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Our Saviour received a bodily anointing and so became a true king PRIESTS and a true priest. Both king and priest he was of his very self; a saviour could be nothing less. Hear in his own words how he himself became a king: I have been appointed king by God on Zion his holy mountain. Hear in the Father’s words that he was a priest: You are a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedek. Aaron was the ﬁrst under the law to be made a priest by being anointed with chrism, yet the Father does not say, “in the line of Aaron,” lest it be believed that the Saviour’s priesthood could be passed on by inheritance, for at that time Aaron’s priesthood was transmitted by lineal descent. But the Saviour’s priesthood is not inherited because this priest lives on for ever. Therefore Scripture says: You are a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedek. There is, therefore, a saviour in the ﬂesh who is both a king and a domini • o M n M n X priest, though his anointing was not physical but spiritual. Among a St. Faustinus X

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Roman Martyrology: m priest; he had to be one or the other. Only Christ was both king and At Brescia in Venezia, Saints priest; because he had come to fulfil the law, he alone possessed Faustinus and Jovita, the twofold perfection of kingship and priesthood. martyrs. They received the victorious crown of martyr- Those who had been anointed with the oil of kingship or priest- dom after undergoing many glorious trials for the faith hood, although they received only one of these anointings, were of Christ. called messiahs. Our Saviour, however, who is the Christ, was anointed by the Holy Spirit so that the passage in Scripture might be fulfilled: God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of glad- Short Biography ness and raised you above your companions. The dierence, then, Faustinus and Jovita were between the one Christ and the many christs is in the anointing, brothers, nobly born, and since he was anointed with the oil of gladness, which signifies noth- zealous professors of the ing other than the Holy Spirit. Christian religion, which they preached without fear This we know to be true from the Saviour himself. When he took in their city of Brescia, while the bishop of that place lay the book of Isaiah, he opened it and read: The Spirit of the Lord is concealed during the perse- upon me because he has anointed me. He then said that the cution. Their remarkable prophecy was fulfilled in the hearing of those listening. zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, and Peter, the prince of the apostles, also taught that the chrism which procured them a glorious death for their faith at made the Saviour a christ was the Holy Spirit; that is to say, the Brescia in Lombardy, under power of God. When in the Acts of the Apostles Peter spoke to the Emperor Adrian. that faithful and merciful man, the centurion, he said among other things: After the baptism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, started out in Galilee and travelled about performing powerful miracles, and freeing all who were possessed by the devil. Martyr of the Church So you see that Peter too said that Jesus in his humanity was anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power. Thus Jesus in his humanity truly became the Christ. By the anointing of the Holy Read the full bio at Spirit, he was made both king and priest for ever. N Catholic.net DAILY READINGS PARISH OFFICE DAY 1ST READING 2ND READING GOSPEL Location Sat 6/19 900 W. Midway Blvd Sun 6/20 Broomfield, CO 80020 Mon 6/21 Tues 6/22 Website: www.nool.us Wed 6/23 Thurs 6/24 Fri 6/25 Phone: (303) 469-5171 Sat 6/26 Sun 6/27 Office Hours: Monday - Friday PARISH TIMES SUMMER MASS TIMES 8:00am-9:00pm

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COLLECTION COUNTERS NEEDED PARISH LIBRARY WORK DAY Mondays | Morning Shift or Afternoon Shift It's time for another parish library work day! Our entire collection has been added to our digital catalog, so our Our accounting department is in need of men and women next step will be organizing and shelving the books. If you to volunteer a few hours a week on Mondays to count the would like to help with this project, please join us on Satur- weekend collections. We meet Mondays to count during day, July 10. Details are as follows: two shifts in the morning or afternoon. If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out by email or phone to Saturday, July 10 Suzie Sloan, [email protected] or 303-469-5171 ext. 140. 9:00am-5:00pm Come for any or all of the day! Nativity of Our Lord Parish Library/St. Jerome Room USHERS NEEDED Lunch, beer, and soda will be provided. We are looking for volunteers to serve as Ushers at Nativity If you're able to make it for any part of the day, please let of Our Lord. Ushers are needed for every Mass time. We Jacquie know at [email protected]. are looking for regular ushers (committed to serving each Sunday) as well as substitute ushers. Experience is not necessary since we will be conducting training for all ushers VOLUNTEERS FOR SOUND BOOTH in the coming weeks. If you are interested in serving the Parish in this capacity, please send your name, contact info, We are in need of several technically minded volunteers and your preferred Mass time to Paul Fabian at who would be interested in serving the Church's ministry 720-323-8456 or [email protected]. If you are from behind the soundboard. Spots are available for most currently serving as an usher, please send Paul your contact weekend masses; training to be provided. If you are inter- information as well. ested contact Brandon Clark at [email protected].

COFFEE AND DONUTS SACRED RELICS OF THE SAINTS: We have reintroduced coee and donuts following the TREASURES OF THE CHURCH 8:00am and 9:30am and 11:30am Sunday Masses. We are looking for volunteers to help us serve donuts—no experience necessary. If you are interested, please contact Friday, July 9 | 6:30pm Main Church / Cabrini Hall Merrilyn at [email protected]. Featured on page 5. TOTUS TUUS EVENING PROGRAM Nativity of Our Lord Parish presents a teaching and expo- sition of Sacred Relics on Friday, July 9 at 6:30 pm. Father Sunday, June 27 — Thursday, July 1 | Cabrini Hall Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with an extraordinary Vatican collection of over 150 YOUTH NIGHT PROGRAM REGISTRATION OPEN relics, some as old as 2000 years. Among the treasures will be relics of St. Joseph, St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Our pre-registration for the young adult night program is Lisieux, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. currently open for incoming seventh through twelfth Thomas Aquinas and St. Faustina Kowalska. There will graders. also be a portion of the Veil of Our Lady and one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world. You can ﬁnd more information and register online at: Those in attendance will be able to examine and venerate https//www.nool.us/totus-tuus each relic. Throughout history, many healings have been worked in the presence of relics; and thousands have been For questions, reach out to the Faith Alive team, occasioned through this ministry. Do not miss this oppor- tunity. You are encouraged to bring your articles of devo- Mark Thomason tion (such as rosaries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill [email protected] | ext. 104 friends/family members, which you will be able to touch to the reliquaries as a means of intercession. Diane Irby [email protected] | ext. 103 Tricia Fankell 6 [email protected] | ext. 103 Christ, King and Priest Forever

Our Saviour received a bodily anointing and so became a true king and a true priest. Both king and priest he was of his very self; a saviour could be nothing less. Hear in his own words how he himself became a king: I have been appointed king by God on Zion his holy mountain. Hear in the Father’s words that he was a priest: You are a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedek. Aaron was the first under the law to be made a priest by being anointed with chrism, yet the Father does not say, “in the line of Aaron,” lest it be believed that the Saviour’s priesthood could be passed on by inheritance, for at that time Aaron’s priesthood was transmitted by lineal descent. But the Saviour’s priesthood is not inherited because this priest lives on for ever. Therefore Scripture says: You are a priest for ever in the line of Melchizedek. There is, therefore, a saviour in the flesh who is both a king and a priest, though his anointing was not physical but spiritual. Among the Israelites, those kings and priests who were actually anointed with oil were either kings or priests. No man could be both king and priest; he had to be one or the other. Only Christ was both king and priest; because he had come to fulfil the law, he alone possessed the twofold perfection of kingship and priesthood. Those who had been anointed with the oil of kingship or priesthood, although they received only one of these anointings, were called messiahs. Our Saviour, however, who is the Christ, was anointed by the Holy Spirit so that the passage in Scripture might be fulfilled: God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness and raised you above your companions. The dierence, then, between the one Christ and the many christs is in the anointing, since he was anointed with the oil of gladness, which signifies nothing other than the Holy Spirit. This we know to be true from the Saviour himself. When he took the book of Isaiah, he opened it and read: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me. He then said that the prophecy was fulfilled in the hearing of those listening.

Peter, the prince of the apostles, also taught that the chrism which made the Saviour a christ was the Holy Spirit; that is to say, the power of God. When in the Acts of the Apostles Peter spoke to that faithful and merciful man, the centurion, he said among other things: After the baptism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, started out in Galilee and travelled about performing powerful miracles, and freeing all who were possessed by the devil. So you see that Peter too said that Jesus in his humanity was anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power. Thus Jesus in his humanity truly became the Christ. By the anointing of the Holy N Spirit, he was made both king and priest for ever. IN THE PARISH

RESPECT LIFE STEPHEN MINISTRY Thank you for a Generous Year | Annual Baby Shower Thank you to all who generously donated to our annual baby shower! Marisol, Gabriel House, and Boulder Preg- nancy Resource Center were so very grateful for the wonderful gifts. Are you, or someone you know, going through a dicult Our Respect Life ministry at Nativity is small, but we are time? Our Stephen Ministers have been trained to follow passionate about promoting a culture of life and seeing an Jesus’ model as a listener, spending a great deal of time end to abortion. Our ministry is one of prayer and witness. learning and practicing these skills because of their impor- One of local missions includes going on Tuesday mornings tance as a caregiving tool. These, along with other essential to the Boulder late term abortion clinic to pray for the moth- caregiver skills, are why Nativity's Stephen Ministry is able to ers and fathers and their babies going into the clinic. Many oer you a very confidential relationship with someone who mothers feel they have no choice other than abortion, and will listen with compassion and provide nonjudgmental care we are there to show we care. It has been reported that when and encouragement during your time of need. Your there are people praying outside an abortion clinic the no Stephen Ministers are equipped, ready, and waiting to shows for appointments can go as high as 75%. We may provide the comfort and care God very much desires you to never know how many babies have been saved by our have! witness, when the mothers may have just kept on driving past without stopping. We hold onto that hope. A dedicated Please contact Stephen Ministry via our confidential email, pro life prayer warrior stated that in his heart he felt Jesus [email protected] or leave a message on our confi- say to him that by praying at the clinics Jesus’ sorrowful dential helpline, 303-469-5171 ext. 113. heart is consoled. We encourage you to prayerfully discern if Jesus is calling you to join us. It is not a comfortable place to be, but He calls us all out of our comfort to serve Him. NATIVITY FAITH & REASON: We are called to carry a cross for Him. This is a burden we JOB OPENINGS have accepted on Jesus’ behalf. Consider if this is a cross you are called to carry, as well. We would love for you to join Nativity: Faith & Reason School has two part-time sta us in this ministry. openings for this fall for a lower-grade Spanish teacher and a school receptionist. Saturday Morning Rosary Join us every Saturday before the 9:30 a.m. mass as we pray The mission at Nativity states that: We are a family of a Rosary for life. learners in the Catholic tradition, partnering with parents to build a community of faith and academic excellence. Our PRAYERS NEEDED: In the fall the Supreme Court will mission is to form saints and scholars who impact our world hear a case regarding a Mississippi law that bans abortions with gospel values. after 15 weeks of gestation. If the Court upholds that law, it could be the first step in overturning Roe v. Wade, which If you feel that the Lord is calling you to our mission, and through the Supreme Court, made abortions legal at all are interested in discussing the details of either position, we stages across the country in 1973. would be happy to speak to you. If you have any questions, please contact: Please contact the school principal, Holly Peterson, at [email protected]. Eloise Georgen 303-469-8156 [email protected] Janet Carpenter 720-939-7192 [email protected] Upcoming Feasts “Given the breakdown in family life, the wholesale attack on innocent and defenseless human lives, and the violation of St. John Fischer and Thomas More Tuesday, June 22 the integrity of the union of marriage in our society, the call Nativity of John the Baptist Thursday, June 24 to the martyrdom of witness is ever more urgent.” St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Monday, June 28 —Cardinal Burke Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles Tuesday, June 29 The First Martyrs of Rome Wednesday, June 30 St. Thomas, Apostle Saturday, July 3 Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Sunday, July 4 St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr Tuesday, July 6 IN THE HOSTED BY THE PARISH + COMMUNITY

THE HOPE CORNER: A MENTAL ST. VINCENT DE PAUL HEALTH MINISTRY Receiving and Passing It On Crisis Lines: “Charity is the measure by which God judges all things.” —St. Padre Pio If you or anyone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, please call Colorado Crisis Services at 844-493-8255 It’s a human characteristic that we learn and grow by doing. or text “TALK” to 38255 or call any of the following crisis Do you want to grow in the spirit of charity and increase this lines: virtue in your life? If so, consider volunteering a little time each month performing charitable works with the Vincen- Metro Crisis Service 888-885-1222 tians at Nativity. Emergency Psychiatric Service 303-447-1665 Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), Text The Vincentians also recognize that we are the beneﬁciaries HELLO to 7417, www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/ of the charity we receive from the good-hearted generosity Veterans Helpline 1-800-273-TALK of the parishioners here at Nativity. This enables the Vincen- National Crisis Text Line, text “home” to 741741 tians to demonstrate the charity of the parish to those who Substance Abuse and Addiction Hotline are often among the neediest in the community and who 1-800-662-HELP (4357) many times need to know that others care about them just as much as they need help with the rent or groceries. The Hope Corner is a free mental health ministry commit- However, just as those who come to us ask for our help, we ted to instilling hope and reducing stigma. Please contact are coming to you to ask for your help. We need some more The Hope Corner with any questions or comments. If you or volunteers to assist with various tasks especially with visiting a family member are in need of a referral, information or the poor. If you have a desire to grow in charity while experi- community-based resources, contact: Becky Kusick, MA, encing the generosity of others you have what we need. LPC at, [email protected] or 303-907-6499. If you are having a mental health crisis, please call Colorado We’d like to invite you to our next meeting on June 28 at Crisis Services at 844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255. 6:30pm at the church. There isn’t any obligation. Just come and satisfy your curiosity about whether this might the ministry you’ve been looking for. In the meantime, if you know of someone in need of assistance have them call the help line at 720-452-2520. Please join our Flocknote for up-to-date information and Listen to the Weekly Homily changes to our meeting times! https://nool.ﬂocknote.com/svdp Search for “Nativity Homilies”

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There is still room for more Knights to join our Nativity: Faith & We’re proud to announce that Nativity is opening Reason family! Registration is still open for the fourth, sixth, up its second full-size preschool classroom this seventh and eighth grades. To learn more about registration or to fall! As our preschool program has only been schedule a school tour, please visit https://school.nool.us/en- around for three years, we are ecstatic about the roll or call the school at 303-466-4177. Please contact Maddie growth! Ernzen, Marketing & Development Director, with any questions! Please prayerfully consider making a donation to SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS our preschool wishlist, noted below, which will help the teachers coordinate each of the class- Nativity looks forward to the possibility of having volunteers in rooms with adequate equipment. our building again next school year! Want to get involved? We are looking for a variety of volunteers—from helping out in the Wishlist: lunchroom, covering recess duty, reading with students in the classroom and more! If you are interested in volunteering or Play kitchen learning more about these opportunities, please contact Tricycles Shannon Spinuzzi in the school oce at [email protected]. Helmets Craft supplies Wooden blocks CALL FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Shape sorters Plastic animals Are you or someone you know looking for a substitute teaching Multicultural toys—babies, play food, books, gig next school year? Nativity: Faith & Reason is looking for subs! puzzles, etc. We'd love to have you join our family of learners and leaders, helping us to carry out our mission of forming saints and scholars. Please contact the school oce with any Please contact our assistant principal, Lissette Gutierrez, for questions! more information at [email protected]. 999 Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis A LETTER FROM OUR POPES

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good After- who as humble love is always at work in Last Sunday noon! the soil of our life and that of history. This is our confidence, this is what gives us 13 June 2021 The two parables, which the Liturgy the strength to go forward every day, presents us today, – the two parables – patiently, sowing the good that will bear are inspired precisely by ordinary life fruit. How important this attitude also is POPE FRANCIS and reveal the attentive and deep gaze for coming out of the pandemic well! To of Jesus, who observes reality and, cultivate the confidence of being in God’s through small everyday images, opens hands and at the same time for all of us the windows on the mystery of God and to commit ourselves to rebuilding and on human history. Jesus spoke in a way starting up again, with patience and that was easy to understand; he spoke perseverance. with images of reality, of everyday life. In this way, he teaches us that even every- In the Church too, weeds of doubt can day things, which at times all seem the take root, especially when we witness the same and which we carry on with crisis of faith and the failure of different distraction or tiredness, are inhabited by projects and initiatives. But let us never God’s hidden presence; that is, they forget that the results of sowing do not have meaning. So, we too need attentive depend our abilities: they depend on the eyes, to be able “to seek and find God in action of God. It is up to us to sow, and all things." sow with love, with dedication and with patience. But the force of the seed is Today Jesus compares the Kingdom of divine. Jesus explains it in today’s other So many children who God, that is, his presence that dwells in parable: the farmer sows the seed and suffer this: exploited by the heart of things and of the world, to then does not realize how it bears fruit, child labour. Let us all the mustard seed, that is, to the small- because it is the seed itself that grows together renew the effort est seed there is: it is really tiny. Yet, spontaneously, day and night, when he to eliminate this slavery of cast upon the ground, it grows until least expects it (cf. vv. 26-29). With God our times. becoming the tallest tree (cf. Mk in the most infertile soil there is always 4:31-32). This is what God does. At the hope of new sprouts. This afternoon in Augusta, times, the din of the world, along with Sicily, the ceremony will be the many activities that fill our days, May Mary Most Holy, the Lord’s humble held for the arrival of the prevent us from stopping and seeing handmaid, teach us to see the greatness remains of the boat from how the Lord is conducting history. Yet – of God who works in the little things and the shipwreck of 18 April the Gospel assures us – God is at work, to overcome the temptation of discour- 2015. May this symbol of so like a good little seed that silently and agement. Let us trust in Him every day! many tragedies in the Medi- slowly germinates. And, little by little, it terranean Sea continue to becomes a lush tree, which gives life and Dear brothers and sisters! I am especially challenge everyone’s rest to everyone. The seed of our good close to the population of the Tigray conscience and foster the works too can seem like a small thing, region in Ethiopia, struck by a grave growth of a more support- yet all that is good pertains to God, and humanitarian crisis that could expose the ive humanity, that tears thus it humbly, slowly bears fruit. Good, poorest people to famine. Today there is down the wall of indiffer- let us remember, always grows in a famine; there is famine there. Let us pray ence. Let us think about it: humble way, in a hidden, often invisible together that the violence may cease the Mediterranean has way. immediately, that food and heath assis- become Europe’s largest tance be guaranteed to everyone, and cemetery. Dear brothers and sisters, with this that social harmony be restored as soon parable Jesus wants to instil us with as possible. In this regard, I thank all Tomorrow is World Blood confidence. In so many of life’s situa- those who work to alleviate the people’s Donor Day. I sincerely thank tions, indeed, it may happen that we get suffering. Let us pray to Our Lady for the volunteers and I discouraged, because we see the weak- these intentions. encourage them to contin- ness of good as compared to the appar- ue their work, bearing ent power of evil. And we may allow Yesterday, World Day Against Child witness to the values of ourselves to be paralyzed by doubt Labour was celebrated. It is not possible generosity and gratuitous- when we find we are working hard but to close our eyes before the exploitation ness. Thank you very much, the results are not achieved, and things of children, deprived of the right to play, thank you! seem never to change. to study and to dream. According to the estimates of the International Labour I wish everyone a happy The Gospel asks us to take a fresh look Organization, more than 150 million Sunday. And please, do not at ourselves and at reality; it asks us to children are exploited by labour: this is a forget to pray for me. Enjoy have bigger eyes, that are able to see tragedy! 150 million: more or less like the your lunch! Arrivederci! further, especially beyond appearances, inhabitants of Spain, together with in order to discover the presence of God France and Italy. This is happening today!

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