SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday, June 14, 2020 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ SACRED HEART FOOD DRIVE SACRED HEART'S For those who have been affected by the Pandemic REOPENING SCHEDULE: On Father’s Day weekend, June 20th and 21st we will be collecting food for SVDP Society to help our neighbors who have been adversely affected by WEEKENDS unemployment and the pandemic. If you are able, please bring some food Saturday – 4:00pm in and place it on the carts outside of Church. The Archdiocese of Detroit Sunday – 10:00am Christian Service Department, through donations from Catholic WEEKDAYS Charities and Knights of Columbus, is providing some food. The following Monday – 9:00am is what we need to supplement the food being provided: Tuesday – No Mass Wednesday – 9:00am Pancake Mix Syrup Pasta Thursday – No Mass Salad Dressing Gravy Pasta Sauce Friday – 9:00am Toilet Paper Kleenex Paper Towels Sloppy Joes Jello Tuna Brownie Mix Frosting Cake Mix TV and Livestream Muffin Mix Peas Macaroni & Cheese Baked Beans Carrots Peanut Butter Mass Schedules Chili Rice Hand Soap Watch Sunday, Saturday, Boxed Potatoes Fruit Crackers or Daily Mass from home. For a complete listing of online Thanks you for this act of Kindness and TV Mass Schedules go to and loving our neighbors. aod.org/livemasses God Bless your for your generosity! Page 2 Sacred Heart Catholic Church St. Germaine HEARTS ON FIRE June 15 at Sacred Heart On June 15, it is the feast Where Faith is Known, day of St. Germaine Cousin. Lived, & Shared Germaine Cousin was born in 1579 in Pibrac, a small I have come to set the earth on fire, and how village not far from Toulouse, France. From her earliest years she was a frail, I wish it were already blazing. (Luke 12:49) sickly child, and throughout her life was afflicted with scrofula, a tubercular condition affecting particularly the glands of the neck. In addition, her right REMINDER—Why we are reading and praying arm and hand were deformed and partially paralyzed. Despite her many through Unleash the Gospel: LISTEN to the afflictions, the child possessed a charming, sweet disposition. Germaine Archbishop: From his letter, Unleash the Gospel— endured not only bodily sufferings, but harsh, cruel treatment from her The Synod 16’s foundational conviction is that the stepmother, who had a deep aversion for the little girl. The child was almost Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit is resolved to starved to death and obliged to sleep in the barn on a pile of leaves and obey the Holy Spirit and be made by him a band twigs under the stairway. At break of day, summer and winter, she would of joyful missionary disciples. The Archdiocese drive the sheep into the fields to graze, then watch them until evening. She of Detroit, following the call of Pope Francis, is had to spin during this time, and if the allotted wool was not spun, she was resolved to undergo a “missionary conversion,” severely punished. a change in our culture such that every person, at every level of the Church, through personal The village children, not encounter with Jesus Christ, embraces his or her sharing the hostility of identity as a son or daughter of God and, in the the adults toward this for- power of the Holy Spirit, is formed and sent forth lorn child, loved to listen as a joyful missionary disciple... For everyone in to her speak about the the Archdiocese it entails making one’s relation- goodness and love of God ship with Jesus and alignment with his will the while she guarded her central guiding principle of every aspect of life... flock. The only instruction This is a reawakening to our foundational calling, Germaine ever received applied in a new way to the specific circumstances was the catechism taught and challenges of our time. after Sunday Mass in the UNLEASH THE GOSPEL, pg 7 village church, which she attended with joy. PRAY: Tear or cut off this prayer and keep it During the long hours of where you’ll remember to pray it throughout solitude, she spent in the the week fields and in the stable at night, she remained in Come, Holy Spirit, to Sacred Heart Church and all sweet communion with who enter here. Enkindle in every one of us the desire God, and never com- to undergo this “missionary conversion.” Lead us to a plained of her hard life. “personal encounter with Jesus Christ. By Your pow- Every morning she was er, enfold us into your holy Family so that we em- at Mass, and afterwards brace the identity you give us as a son or daughter went to kneel before Our Lady’s shrine. To reach the church she had to cross of God. Then form us and send us forth as joyful mis- what was ordinarily a small stream; but after a heavy rain it would become a sionary disciples. Create in us the desire and the will raging torrent. Several times at those moments, the villagers were amazed to make our relationship with Jesus and alignment to see the rushing waters separate when Germaine approached, and then with HIs will the central guiding principle of every to watch her cross on dry land. When she left her sheep to go to church, she aspect of our lives. Come Holy Spirit, set our hearts would place her staff upright in the ground, and the sheep never went far on fire with your love to become joyful missionary from it. One day the stepmother was seen pursuing Germaine as she drove disciples. Amen! the sheep down the road. She was accusing the girl of having stolen some bread and concealing it in her apron. When Germaine unfolded her apron, ACT: What is this letter saying to you? What fragrant flowers, foreign to that region, fell to the ground. changes would you need to make in order that Germaine died one night in the year 1601, at the age of twenty-one, and your “relationship with Jesus and alignment with was buried as was the custom in those days, in the village church. For- his will” is the central guiding principle of every ty-three years later, when a relative was to be buried near her and the aspect of your life? Pray the above prayer to the stones were removed, the grave digger found to his amazement, the body Holy Spirit to give you the desire, the will and the of a beautiful young girl in a state of perfect preservation. She is the patron power to make it so. saint of victims of abuse, abandoned people, people with disabilities, and To read the entire letter, “Unleash the Gospel” go to against poverty, illness and loss of parents. unleashethegospel.org www.esacredheart.org Page 3 SAFELY RETURNING TO MASS To attend Mass the following precautions must be taken by everyone: 1. You MUST not have a fever (please take your temperature prior to coming to Mass) 2. If you are ill please stay home! (watch a live stream Mass) 3. You MUST wear a mask to enter the church and at all times while in church 4. Please wash your hands thoroughly before coming to Mass 5. Entrance will be through the main doors only (north entrance only) 6. We are limited to the number of people we can have in the church and we MUST maintain social distancing so please follow directions. Once the church is filled, we will not be able to let additional people enter. Please review the Archbishop's newest guidance on aod.org or at esacredheart.org. All of these precautions are for everyone's safety and to prevent spreading of the coronavirus. Please respect each other and take proper safety precautions. God Bless - Keep Safe and Keep Praying! GOSPEL MEDITATION ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE Please Continue It is no wonder that followers of Christ are called the Body of Christ. After all, sharing to Pray for the in the same spiritual food and sacred meal, they become what they eat and reveal the Divine Image. There is so much power for healing in the community of believers. following Through the Eucharist, Christ becomes as present in those who have partaken of his Religious Body and Blood as he has the elements themselves. The very presence of God touches Education students the depths of the human soul and visits a part of us that no human being can ever hope to explore. We are God’s. The sacred Eucharistic meal is a celebration of intimacy, who are still the reunion of two loves in constant search of and longing for the other. preparing The community of believers receives the power and the presence to touch and heal to receive their in the name of the One they have welcomed within. It is now within their grasp to sacraments change the way life is lived and to more intentionally put into practice the Beatitudes that the Divine Guest has revealed. We are asked to be like Christ and work to create this year. a world of sufficiency, where the greed of some no longer creates the want of others but where all of God’s children can find a home and a place at the table of life. The FIRST COMMUNION One who makes a home within calls us to live a life that transforms. We are changed FIRST COMMUNION ourselves and now become agents of change for others. We are the Body of Christ. God is with us.