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SAINT MARY PARISH Parroquia De Santa María June 21, 2020 / 21 De Junio De 2020 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 21, 2020 The Calling of St. Matthew (c. 1599‐1600) The artist Caravaggio depicts Matthew the tax collector sitting at a table with four other men. Jesus Christ and Saint Peter have entered the room, and Jesus is pointing at Matthew. A beam of light illuminates the faces of the men at the table who are looking at Jesus Christ. SAINT MARY PARISH Parroquia de Santa María June 21, 2020 / 21 de Junio de 2020 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 21, 2020 ALTAR ADORNMENT day, parishioners, neighbors and visitors – Christians and non– A Church building is sanctified. It is consecrated to God. Conse- Christians – visit and stop to venerate the Lord hanging on the cration means something is set-apart from other activities for a Cross. The crucifix outside is reaching people who won’t come particular purpose. The holiest part of a Christian Church is the inside. place of sacrifice. It is an altar. A consecrated altar is made of In such a large space, the centrality, dignity and importance of the stone and has relics of martyrs placed in the stone. Wooden altars consecrated altar was lost. The altar is where the bloodless sacri- are not consecrated like stone altars but they have a piece of stone fice of Christ is performed through the consecrated priest. It is built into the wood. St. Mary’s Church has gone through a num- from here that God feeds and loves us with Himself. The altar is ber of expansions and physical changes since plans for the the symbol of Christ himself. Church started in 1858. The church building was renovated, ex- When I was sent to St. Mary’s in 2006, a plywood free standing panded and beautified over the years. Sometime in the 1890s or wall was built behind the priest’s chair. It blocked a small door early years of the 20th century, three magnificent stone altars which was used to access the old high altar which was no longer were built in the sanctuary. They were designed according to the there. I was told that attempts had been made to fill the visual time and the Tridentine Rite. It included the reredos, the High emptiness of the space. Curtains, drapes and sheers were used to Altar in the center of the Church. It was highly decorated marble. cover it, but nothing was successful. Personally, I found that sit- The priest faced the apse wall when celebrating Mass, and every- ting in the chair surrounded by curtains and sheers made me very one at Mass faced the same direction under that rite. The taber- uncomfortable. We took it down. nacle was in the center. Old photos show that the Statue of Mary which is now on the right side of the altar was in the center with After the restoration of the Church in 2010, we built what is angels flanking her on each side. Today those angels are at the called a civory or baldacchin to emphasize once again the im- center entrance of the Church. The right side altar was topped by portance of the altar. The most famous baldachin in the world was the statue of St. Joseph which is now placed at the side entrance built by Bernini over the altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Our near the Confessional. The left side altar was adorned with the civory was made up of the four columns united by an architrave Sacred Heart of Jesus who now stands near the bathroom side (main beam). It was donated by a wonderful parishioner, Bob entrance. WHY WERE THERE THREE ALTARS INSTEAD OF Little, a veteran who was sent to both the European and Pacific ONE? The was more than one altar because priests were not al- Theatres in World War II. He wanted to make an offering in lowed to concelebrate Mass with one another. It was not part of memory of his beloved wife, Ruthie, before his death. One of our the Tridentine Rite. Also each priest was required by law to cele- parishioners, Matt Leblanc, built this piece. The design of the brate a Mass each day. original civory was modern. It was my idea that it should differ- entiate itself from all the other rounded arches in the Church. The Second Vatican Council instituted a number of changes and reforms. The Tridentine Rite which had been celebrated since the Over time, I do not think my idea was completely successful. Last Council of Trent was replaced by the Mass of Paul VI. The most year, visitors from a neighboring parish came to me and said they obvious change was that Mass was no longer celebrated in Latin wanted to help us adorn the altar. They told me they have been only. The vulgate, or language of the people, became the lan- blessed by God and wanted to make an offering to show their guage of the prayers. This is a topic with a lot of different com- thanks. Let us give thanks for this generous and faithful couple. plexities, arguments and feelings accompanying it, which is not Let us give thanks for their initiative. They didn’t wait to be the point of this essay. I only mention it because the pastor and asked; they offered on their own. Our plans began before the pan- people of St. Mary’s after the Council chose to implement the demic and the drop in attendance and money. We would have reform of worship by taking down the altars of the Tridentine never started the project if they had waited to make the donation. Rite. I have heard stories that it was broken up in pieces and They are still alive so I don’t want to mention their names without brought outside to the parking lot so people could bring a piece to asking them. I spoke about the challenges and they gave me the their home. I suspect there are still pieces of St. Mary’s altarpiec- go ahead to complete the civory with a canopy or roof. So Matt es on mantles as well as being used as doorstops in some homes and I got to work designing the canopy like the one over the altar in the parish. in the beautiful ancient basilica of St. Clement’s in Rome. We were also helped by the artistic talent of Neil Clapp. The addition Just as some of the statues on those altars were moved out of the is not complete. We are now looking at how to light it and incor- sanctuary, parts of the old altar were used to create the present porate a crucifix. We pray that it will bring honor to our Lord and altar. You can see that the alabaster columns holding up the table help all of us worship and be united in mind and heart – not by were saved. The rest of the apse space was left empty. A large the physical materials but by the grace of the Spirit that comes by crucifix was placed high up in the ceiling area but it was very far the offering of His Body and Blood at that altar. Let us also re- away from the altar and the two pieces really did not connect. joice that this has been accomplished in light of what we are fac- Depending where one sat, you either looked at the altar or looked ing – it is another sign that nothing can stop us from honoring the at the crucifix. That crucifix has been brought outside the Church Lord who honors us with Himself. where people can see the Lord hanging on the Cross for them. All 2 Duodécimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 21 de Junio 2020 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, WELCOME STEVEN! We as a nation are once again facing unrest, division and uncer- Dear Parishioners of St. Mary: tainty on what will happen next. It is often said that the media My name is Steven Restrepo. I am a semi- only reports the bad things. There is certainly no shortage of bad narian for the Archdiocese of Boston. I was news to report. People in cities all over the country are gathering born and raised in the City of Boston. I for marches and protests even with the pandemic. What is the come from two immigrant parents from Co- Church’s first responsibility in this situation? It is the same re- lombia. I learned how to speak Spanish at sponsibility as at every other time – to pray. The Church is called home. I have three older brothers. I am a to ask God to intercede and pray. Prayer must always be done to graduate of Boston College. I entered St. John’s Seminary in the lead us to act and work for what is just... but it has to begin with Fall of 2015. I moved to the rectory on June 11th for my summer prayer. Prayer reminds us to be humble. Prayer is done to soften pastoral assignment. As of May, I finished Third Theology and hearts. Prayer is done because the Holy Spirit is the one alone expect to begin my final year of seminary formation in Septem- who can bridge the divide and reach all at the same time. A ber. It is with God’s hope and joy that I will be ordained as a tran- Church that doesn’t first pray isn’t the Church of Jesus Christ; it sitional deacon in the fall. I thank all of you for your warm wel- is just another NGO, social group or cult.
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