The Most Holy Body & Blood Of Christ The Miracle Of The Eucharist Sts. Peter and Paul Church June 23, 2019 GOOD NEWS! One of the most interesting paintings of the Last Supper is from the 1340s by the Master of Fossa. Typically this scene is illustrated much like da Vinci’s The Last Supper—the Twelve Apostles sitting on one side of the table. In this rare interpretation, Jesus directly distributes the host to his apostles, reminding us how we receive Communion today. This rendering could be a nod to the feast of Corpus Christi, solemnly Reading I - Genesis 14:18-20 approved some thirty years earlier by Pope Clement V At the dawn of salvation history, God revealed our in 1311 in response to a eucharistic miracle in an future in figures. A king and high priest comes Umbrian town. from Jerusalem, offering bread and wine to celebrate the victory of God’s beloved servant, A German priest struggling with his belief in the Abram, over his foes. By his offering, eucharistic presence of Jesus was celebrating Mass in Melchizedek bestows God’s blessings on Abram. Orvieto en route to Rome. After the consecration, the host turned to flesh and began to bleed. He wrapped up the Eucharist and brought it to the bishop in a nearby Reading II - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 town. After studying the blood and the eyewitnesses, a As Paul recalls in today’s Epistle, Jesus miracle was declared. transformed the sign of bread and wine, making it a sign of His Body and Blood, through which God Hundreds of documented eucharistic miracles help bestows upon us the blessings of His “new confirm our faith in the Eucharist. Should you question covenant.” the belief that Christ’s body and blood are really present in the Eucharist, perhaps reading about these miracles Gospel - Luke 9:11b-17 would help. Jesus is “the priest forever according to the order The Master of Fossa’s Last Supper is placed directly of Melchizedek,” that God, in today’s Psalm, beneath his painting of the crucifixion, in this way swears will rule from Zion, the new Jerusalem. By reminding us that the Mass and Eucharist make present the miracle of loaves and fishes, Jesus in today’s to us today the power of Jesus’ death. By celebrating Gospel again prefigures the blessings of the Eucharist. Notice that He takes the bread, blesses the Eucharist, we unite ourselves with that Jesus and it, breaks it, and gives it to the Twelve. It is a those events of his passion, death, and resurrection. For priesthood He conferred upon the Apostles in this reason, many Catholics silently repeat before ordering them to feed the crowd, in filling exactly receiving Communion, “My Lord and my God. twelve baskets with leftover bread, in commanding them on the night He was handed Fr. Mark Haydu, LC over: “Do this in remembrance of Me.” For Refecton How is my faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the NEXT WEEK’S READINGS Eucharist? Should I look for ways to make my faith in his Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul presence grow, perhaps by going to adoration this week? 1st Reading © 2019 Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO 63057-9999. Printed in U.S.A. Acts of the Apostles 12:1—11 Imprimatur: “In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish has been granted on December 1, 2017, by the Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, Auxiliary Bishop, Psalm 34:2—9 Archdiocese of St. Louis. Permission to publish is an indication that nothing contrary to Church teaching is contained in this work. It does not imply any 2nd Reading endorsement of the opinions expressed in the publication; nor is any liability assumed by this permission.” No part of this work may be used in any form 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 without the prior written permission of Liguori Publications. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, Gospel 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All Rights Matthew 16:13—19 Reserved. To order Liguori Sunday Bulletins, call 800-325-9521 JUNE Prayer Intentions from Pope Francis The Mode of Life of Priests Kia Rose Adams Stanley Ho That priests, through the modesty and Loranzo Alota Maria Elena Jencks humility of their lives, commit themselves actively to a Becky Alota, Jack Jucewicz solidarity with those who are most poor. Darlene Amoro Christopher Jucewicz Eddie Bantolina Darren Kaupu This weekend we celebrate Ho Lun Big Maggie Lutero Olivia Mia Blake Richard McCrea Jr. “The Feast of Corpus Christ” Arthur Cababa Edwin C. Munalem Susie Cababa Bety Ann Nault th With its origins datng back to the mid 13 century, Milanie Cleofas Carmencita Oasan the Feast of Corpus Christ is an ancient and sacred Avon Czerwinski Olivia B Olegario jubilant celebraton of the Blessed Sacrament. It is a Regina Czerwinski Judy Orlando chance for all believers to focus on the Body of Christ Teresita Custodio Jack Sanders Blanche DeConte Rita Stocker in the Eucharist, and the Body of Christ, the Aida Diao Rafael Inigo Suarez Church. We faithful gather together to express our Shirley Dungo Lolita Suton love and devoton to Jesus Christ, not only to and for Tessie Dungo Andrea Pontllas ourselves, but on this day, we proclaim it to the entre Yuriko Enomoto Lisa Tang world! Encornita Esteban Ruth Tavares-Toma Robert Heisler Khristan Vinca Arthur Ho Theresa Yu PRAYER LIST FOR THE SICK Prayers bring our parish community together and this is true especially when we pray for those parishioners who are ill among us. We have updated the list for this year. If you wish to have your name or the names of your loved ones included on the list, please fll the form below. (Because of privacy laws, only the sick person themselves or immediate family members may submit a request). Please fll in the informaton below. You may place your request in the collecton basket or return it to the ofce. Mahalo for your prayers & concern. Please print clearly. NAME of the Sick:______________________________ and for Name of Person Requestng : __________________________________ (Relatonship): ________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________ 2 STEWARDSHIP OF TIME - TALENT - TREASURE Intenton We pray for the freedom to live out our faith through Mahalo for your contributons of non-perishable respect for human life. food items for the Catholic Care Brown Bag Project, volunteers sorted and prepared 50 bags, Prayers on Monday, June 17th for our Kupuna, families Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be and those in need of supplemental food. Mahalo Refecton to our volunteers who came to help pack the In recent years, religious freedom has been brown bags with food. increasingly threatened, endangering our ability to live out our Faith in ways such as protectng and ***************** defending human life. Health care legislaton has The next Hawaii Food Bank Distribution will be repeatedly tried to mandate aborton and July 19th @ 1:15-2:45 p.m. contraceptve coverage in insurance plans and force If you would like to receive the Hawaii Foodbank Catholic hospitals to provide aborton. Health care professionals have been the victms of discriminaton box see the website to register. There are age for refusing to partcipate in or refer for aborton. and income qualifications. Most disturbing, nurses have reported being forced to partcipate in aborton procedures, directly The Hawaii Food Bank Distribution was Friday violatng their deeply held religious beliefs. As June 21st. Mahalo to all our volunteers who Catholics, we know that every human life is created in helped sign-in the kupuna and helped them the image and likeness of God. Let us pray for the distribute the Hawaii Foodbank boxes. protecton of religious freedom in our naton, that we may contnue our pro-life eforts in accord with the If you are able to volunteer please come at Gospel of Life. 11:00 a.m. to check in. We need help Acts of Reparaton registering people, passing out water and • Learn the stories of St. John Fisher and St. refreshments, translators, showing kindness to Thomas. See why these two faithful men are strangers. Strong bodies needed to help carry regarded as the patrons of religious freedom and boxes to the cars. seek their intercession. Do you know someone in our parish who would • Join in prayer and sacrifce with other Catholics benefit from receiving a food bag to help them during Religious Freedom Week, June 22-June 29. make ends meet? Consider making a small sacrifce each day for the intenton of preserving religious freedom. Please tell them to contact our Catholic Care Helpline • Ofer some other sacrifce, prayer, or act of (808) 941-0675 penance that you feel called to do for this All information we receive remains confidential. month’s intenton. 3 FAITH FORMATION Youth Ministry SCRIPTURE Mahalo to Garrick Nagao, Jonalynn and Parish Scripture has a new night! Genevieve Sabado, Marfie Gawat and Gigi Labrador for guiding our youth through this Father Khanh will be leading first year of the re-ordering of the Scripture on Sacraments. Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. We discovered Saints, went to confession (Pot luck fellowship at 5:30 p.m.) and learned about the nine gifts of the Holy All are welcome to attend. Spirit. Only two more left to go. The study is Lectionary based (follows the Sunday readings) and will look at the Scriptures of the Sunday to come. We are life long learners of our faith. Each week is a journey into the hidden gems of the Word of Last meeting before the summer break will God.