St. Thomas More Church June 27, 2021

Sunday, June 27, 2021 LITURGY SCHEDULE Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (English Mass) Weekend: Saturday Vigil, 4:30 pm Sunday, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Tridentine) Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Tridentine Mass) Weekday: Monday-Friday, 12:00 pm Saturday, 8:00 am

Sunday, July 4, 2021 Reconciliation Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday, 4:00-4:20 pm (English Mass) Sunday, 9:30-9:50 am, 11:30-11:50 am Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 pm Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Also, you may request an appointment with a (Tridentine Mass) priest for confession.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays, 12:30-2:00 pm

MSGR. RICHARD’S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION Devotions Please join us in Donlan Hall after the 10:00am First Friday, 12:00 pm Mass, followed by adoration, Mass to celebrate Msgr. Richard’s retirement. First Friday Prayers and the Rosary. Brunch will be served. First Saturday, 8:00 am Mass, followed by adoration, First Saturday Prayers and the Rosary. LATIN MASS INTENTIONS

Fr. Scott Haynes will say the masses for the intentions scheduled from June 27th through the end of July. Pastor’s Page

THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Jesus is the source of life and the only source of a cure in today’s gospel. After last week’s gospel in which the apostles experience fear in the boat, Jesus takes them a step further to experience the fact that only God has power over life and death. Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from death and He cures the woman with the hemorrhage that persisted for twelve years. This is the messianic divinity that Jesus wants His disciples to recognize. Jesus is God and we must look to Him for all our needs both physical and spiritual.

Over the past forty-three years I have witnessed both phenomena in today’s gospel. I have been with individuals who are dying – some as young as post-birth and others as old as in their 90’s. Death is always a loss and always an opportunity to turn our attention to Christ who can raise us from the dead. I have experienced death so often that I no longer have any fear of it. Instead, it has become a source of reflection and prayer that all people will use the experience to grow closer to the Lord. Then there are those who are chronically ill like the woman in the gospel. She represents those who are constantly reaching out for help. I have been involved with many chronically ill individuals both in counseling and in bedside encouragement. Illness brings about a loneliness that only our kind- ness and the Lord’s gentle touch can cure.

In all my years as a priest, I have loved parish life. There is no greater joy than becoming at- tached to a community of people like us at St. Thomas More Parish. It makes preaching so much easier when a priest knows the community. It makes relationships so much easier when a priest knows the community. I also love a good sense of humor. We need to laugh more often together and allow life to be just a little less overbearing. A smile goes a long way in today’s world. I am glad that I have had the privilege of sharing my smiles with you. Together we must strive to make this world more tolerable.

Finally, let us move past what has happened to us over the past year. Let us remember that God has an ultimate purpose in every situation that affects us. St. Thomas More will live on in you and in the hearts of all who have loved this parish. I will continue to love you and pray for you and I ask you to do the same for me. I have the privilege of being able to speak personally about the beauty and won- der I have found in this parish. To live and serve at Tommy More is a privilege and an honor that I can carry with me to heaven. Be proud and stand firm in the Lord!!! Many thanks to all of you for the last six years of my formal priesthood.

Love and blessings,

Msgr. Richard M. Zborowski

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PARISH INFORMATION SUNDAY, June 27 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Office 2825 West 81st St., Chicago, IL 60652 10:00 am For the Intentions of Msgr. Richard Zborowski Robert & Evelyn McMorrow (Family) Phone 773-436-4444 - Fax 773-778-9087 Email address: [email protected] 12:00 pm Tony Philbin (Phyllis Spizzirri, Carol Rossi & Visit our official Facebook page at: Diane Zervos) St. Thomas More Chicago Living & Deceased of Abramic & Mabbott Families Website address: (Abramic Family) http://stthomasmorecatholicchurch.org/ MONDAY, June 28 St. Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr Office Hours Monday-Thursday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 12:00 pm Bob Dapkus (Family) Friday-Sunday - Closed For the Intentions of Franciscan Sister Servants of Redemptive Love (Sr. Maria-Paulina) Rectory Rev. Msgr. Richard Zborowski, Pastor TUESDAY, June 29 Rev. Scott Haynes, Associate Pastor Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles

12:00 pm Living & Deceased of Kimmey & Hannon Families Business Manager Bob Dapkus (Meehan Family) Pat Lave WEDNESDAY, June 30 Director of Music The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

Michel Domingue 12:00 pm Living & Deceased of Kimmey & Hannon Families Bob Dapkus (John & Nancy Simmons) Coordinator of Religious Ed Debbie Ksycki THURSDAY, July 1 St. Junipero Serra, Priest

Registration 12:00 pm Divine Mercy Blessings for Delores LaBriola & New parishioners should register at the parish office. Family (Luann & Ron Bloom) For the Intentions of Franciscan Sister Servants of Religious Goods Store Redemptive Love (Sr .Maria-Paulina) Open on the third weekend of the month. FRIDAY, July 2

SACRAMENTS 12:00 pm Spiritual Graces for Meagan Bruce Visitations (Luann & Ron Bloom) Hospital or Homebound; Please contact the Parish Office at Living & Deceased of Greiner & Napoli Families 773-436-4444 as soon as possible for Communion, Confes- (Abramic Family) sion or Anointing of the Sick. SATURDAY, July 3 Marriage St. Thomas, Apostle

Registered and supporting members should call the parish 8:00 am Anniversary Blessings for Donald & Barbara office. A date should not be set until consulting with the Jaskolski (Luann & Ron Bloom & Lucille Jaskolski) Pastor. Health & Healing for Janet Abramic (Abramic Family) Baptism Registered parishioners should contact the parish office. (Vigil Mass)

4:30 pm Msgr. Richard Zborowski (Adele O’Sullivan) Funeral Fr. Raymond Jasinski (Dolores Pogor) Registered parishioners should contact the parish office.

Bulletin Catholic Charities: General Number 312-655-7000 Please submit all requests for bulletin announcement on Counseling Center 312-655-7725 Mondays by 10:00 am. Catholictherapists.com http://www.purityispossible.com/ Project Rachel (post-abortion healing): 888-456-4673 Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255 Aid for Women (crisis pregnancy): 312-621-1100 Courage and EnCourage Apostolates: (203) 803-1564 http://www.couragerc.org/ Page 3 PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL FOR THE SICK

Janet Abramic Daniel Jiminez Tricia Quasthoff Sandy Badke Maria Jiminez Walter Quasthoff Crispin Bofinger Rebecca Jiminez Len Reilly Joseph Carrabotta Cathy Lahart Pat Sheehy Sarah Dalton Mike Lave Phyliis Spizzirri Diane & Jim Flaherty Kenneth Novickis Mary Tadda Sandra Halper Celeste Phifer Ken Watterson William Jendzio Dolores Pogor

Omnipotent and eternal God, the everlasting Salvation of those who believe,

hear us on behalf of Thy sick.

FOR THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

Margaret Collins Marcellus Jae Lane

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

NEW MISSION DIRECTOR

of ST. THOMAS MORE MISSION

FATHER ANDREW C. SMITH, JR.

Fr. Smith leaves his position as Pastor of Holy Angels Catholic Church, 615 East Oakwood Blvd., Chicago IL 60653, to become the Mission Director of St. Thomas More Mission, 2825 W. 81st St., Chicago, IL 60652, effective July 1, 2021.

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‘I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.’ St. Thomas More

This past week we honored our patron Saint Thomas More (1477-1535) on his feast day, June 22. He was a close friend of King Henry VIII. As a judge, he was renowned for his incorruptibility and high ethical standards, which meant he was ap- pointed Lord Chancellor, the highest legal position at the time in England. When Henry VIII wanted to be granted a di- vorce from Catherine of Aragon, Thomas More opposed him.

He resigned the chancellorship and retired from public life. However, as he was a prominent figure, he was asked to take an oath to support the Act of Succession, which effectively repudiated the papal religious authority. He refused, was imprisoned in the Tower of London, was found guilty of high treason for denying the King’s supreme headship of the Church, sentenced to death and executed on 6 July 1535.

In 1929, G.K. Chesterton said that Thomas More “is important today, but he is not as important now as he will be in 100 years from today.” In 2021, we are nearing that 100 year mark and we can see how the dignity of marriage has been and continues to be attacked. The family is the bedrock of society and we need the intercession of our heavenly patron more now than ever.

Chesterton probably pointed towards the martyrdom of Thomas More for religious freedom and being a model of in- tegrity and devotion. Our drawing today shows Thomas More and his family. The painting of this exact composition is lost, but this drawing survived. Drawn in 1527, this composition is seen as the earliest portrait conversation piece in Eng- lish painting/drawing. Portraits before would have depicted one person, head and shoulders, on a single canvas. hence, this 'conversation piece' which is a more informal group portrait depicting full length figures in a domestic set- ting, would have been very revolutionary at the time.

Thomas More is depicted in the center, with the engaged couple Anne Cresacre and his only son, John More, on either side of him. On the right of our painting are More's youngest daughter, Cecily Heron, and his eldest daughter, Margaret Roper. More's second wife, Alice, is kneeling on the extreme right.

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Congratulations to our Confirmandi, June 19, 2021

Holy Spirit, strengthen our St. Thomas More Parish Confirmandi with your gifts of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord,. Fill them with the joy of your presence. Increase in them the fruit of your Spirit. Help them to experience and trust your dwelling within, so that they may count on your guidance today and every day. Show us the way to help one another become better disciples of Jesus Christ, sharing your love with our world and with each person we encounter. Amen.

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