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THE HILARION ST. HILARY PARISH California and Bryn Mawr Avenues – Chicago, Illinois 60659 FOR GOD AND HIS PEOPLE PARISH MISSION STATEMENT THE FAITH COMMUNITY OF SAINT HILARY IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO. OUR MISSION IS TO KNOW CHRIST THROUGH PRAYER AND EXPERIENCE AND TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN TO ALL. Approved 6/22/11 by the Parish Pastoral Council Steering Committee SPECIAL DEVOTIONS & MASSES Mass in Spanish - Third Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm First Friday Services - Confessions 6:30 pm, Mass 7 pm, & Holy Hour following Mass Mass & Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help every REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE: Wednesday 6:30-8:30 pm Novena to Our Lady of Visitation of Piat (in the Adoration Weekdays: 8:30 AM Monday - Friday Chapel) every Saturday after 5 PM Mass Saturdays: 8:30 AM & 5:00 PM (Vigil Mass) Mass & Marian Devotion to Our Lady of Caysasay on the Sundays: 8 AM, 10 AM & 12 Noon (SH Church) Second Saturday of each month at 6:30 pm Sundays: 9:30 AM (North Park Village Chapel) The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed every Friday in the Holy Days: 8:30 AM & 7:00 PM (SH Church) Adoration Chapel at 3 pm The Rosary is prayed on Monday - Saturday after the RECONCILIATION (Individual Confessions) 8:30 am Mass. The Rosary & Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe is prayed in 4:00 - 4:45 PM every Saturday Spanish every Wednesday at 7 PM in the Adoration Chapel. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Adoration Chapel BAPTISMS are usually celebrated in English on every Wednesday from after the 8:30 am Mass until the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month at 1:30 PM & in Spanish on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 1:30 the 7 pm Mass & every First Friday 9 am - 3 pm PM. Instructions for parents are required. These The Adoration Chapel is open are held in English on the 1st and 3rd Mondays Monday-Thursday 8:30 am - 10:00 am at 7:30 PM & in Spanish on the 2nd Thursday at 6:30 PM in the Rectory. Arrangements must be Friday 8:30 am - 3:00 pm made in advance. Please call the Parish Office, Saturday 8:30 am - 10:00 am 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday. Parish Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Saturdays 9 AM - 2 PM Arrangements for MARRIAGES must be made Sundays 9 AM - 12 PM at least four months in advance. Please call If your organization needs access to any of our parish facilities the Parish Office, 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – in the evening or on weekends, please let us know in advance Friday for more information. so arrangements can be made. Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 4, 2019 St. Hilary Church Chicago, IL REFLECTION I found on the pages of 2013 reflections of Just Me homily’s blog the following reflection on this week’s readings which I am sharing with you. What are values that would help us survive in this world? St. Paul in our second reading today even said: “Seek and think of what is above, not of what is on earth,” (vs 1-2). My dear friends, most of us are seeking and thinking not of what is above but, most of the time, of what is on earth. Supposedly, we must seek the values of the Kingdom of God. These can help us survive in this world. First, be thoughtful. We know that a thoughtful person is a contagious one. By being thoughtful in your everyday actions, you do much to encourage people to follow your example, especially today when we are surrounded with lies. Someone said: “Liars go to hell!” Second, have good manners. Persons who have good manners are those who do not offend others, do not easily get angry, do not return evil for evil, do not monopolize conversation, and do not interrupt when someone else is talking. In other words, they are kind, friendly, respectful, courteous, agreeable, patient, civil and generous. And above all, be charitable. St. Paul exhorts us to love one another in peace as though we formed one family, bearing with one another’s defects. For St. Paul, charity is patient, kind, does not envy, is not pretentious, not puffed up, not ambitious, not self-seeking, not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice over wickedness, etc. (1Cor 13:4-7). I said just a while ago that most of the time, we seek and think of what is on earth like the following: Immorality - We know that adultery is immoral, yet how many husbands and wives are having illicit relationships with other women or men? We know that lying is wrong, but how many of us are doing this just to hide that what we are doing is wrong. I remember somebody who had said that actually there are twelve commandments and not just ten. According to him, the 11th commandment is: Don’t get caught; and the 12th is: If you are caught, don’t tell the truth. Impurity - Our minds are dirty with maliciousness, envy, and even sexual thoughts. Passion - What kind of passion? Passion for money and wealth. Just like in our gospel today, many of us place a high value on material goods. We think that God blesses us because of the material things we possess. We do not realize that some of these material things could be acquired through corruption and stealing which has a thousand forms. But let us remember that money and wealth are not everything. There are things that money cannot buy: true happiness and Kingdom of God which is our final destiny for this life. In the Letter to the Hebrews, it says: “Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have for God has said: ‘I will never fail you nor forsake you,’ ” (Heb 13:5). Money is like a vice, just like drugs - we are addicted to it. There are people who have so much money in bank, but they still long to become richer to the extent that they neglect their loved ones and refuse to give them any of their money. They do not know that in a split second, all these things could be gone. Money which is given to us by God is a test to measure how charitable and merciful we are. Try to reflect on this: Money can buy a bed but not sleep. Money can buy books but not brains. Money can buy food but not an appetite. Money can buy a house but not a home. Money can buy medicine but not health. Money can buy companions but not real friends. Money can buy marriage but not love. Money can buy anything but not heaven. Evil desire - How many of us want to take revenge? Just remember this: a person who pursues revenge should dig two graves; one for him and the other for his enemy. Greed - All greedy people have one thing in common - they are pre-occupied with themselves and their own satisfaction without minding anyone else. Notice how the rich fool of the parable employs the first person singular as he schemes what to do with his money and wealth: “What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest? This is what I shall do. I shall tear down my barns and build large ones. There I shall store all my grain… and I shall say to myself…” It is good to have money and wealth because these can serve and help us also to survive. But if possessed by it, it is like being possessed by a devil, a worst kind of evil. It, therefore, is good not to yearn for it. So seek the things that are above and not the things on earth. Fr. Aloy TODAY (Sunday) - Asian Community Mass ALERT ! Honoring Mary, the Mother of Cultures Main Celebrant: Cardinal Blase J. Cupich If you receive any calls asking for money for Fr. 3:00 pm - St. Margaret Mary Church Tom, Fr. Aloy, or any other staff member, 2324 W. Chase, Chicago delete / hang up immediately. This is a HOAX! NEW PARISH WEBSITE: church.sthilarychicago.org 2 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 4, 2019 St. Hilary School Where faith, family & academics thrive 90 years of academic excellence in a caring Catholic environment. Serving preschool (3 & 4 year olds) through 8th grade We are accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. Classes are filling up quickly. Don’t delay! For more information or to schedule a tour, please contact the school at 773-561-5885. School Office Hours during the summer months are from 9 am - 1 pm, Monday - Friday. DIANA WOLF from St. Hilary made the honor roll at De La Salle Institute for the fourth quarter. We feel this is due to the excellent academic background your school provides its students. Keep up the great work! John F. Brogan Director of Admissions & Academic Dean of Social Sciences Present from St. Hilary: Brigit Isaacson, Fr. Tom Libera, Dave Kalensky, Fr. Aloy Funtila, Kathie Donovan, Iam Calsita, Beth Cadiz We congratulate Diana and her family. May God’s LINCOLN SQUARE RENEW MY CHURCH GROUPING - blessings continue to be with you. St. Hilary, Transfiguration, St. Matthias, & Queen of Angels 3 St. Hilary Church Chicago, IL This Season’s Stewardship St. Hilary Church of Time, Talent & Treasure Salute: Weekly Report (fiscal year July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) We want to thank Marilou Salvador, Cindy & Weekend # 5 (July 27 & 28, 2019) Greg Mendoza for helping the St.