1 | Our Lady of Victory Parish MASS PROGRAM FIRST READING Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people as peace offerings to the LORD, Moses took half and related all the words and ordinances of the of the blood and put it in large bowls; LORD, they all answered with one voice, the other half he splashed on the altar. "We will do everything that the LORD has told us." Taking the book of the covenant, he read it Moses then wrote down all the words of the aloud to the people, who answered, "All that the LORD and, rising early the next day, LORD has said, we will heed and do." he erected at the foot of the mountain an altar Then he took the blood and sprinkled it on the and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant Then, having sent certain young men of the Isra- that the LORD has made with you in accordance elites to offer holocausts and sacrifice young bulls with all these words of his." RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. SECOND READING Heb 9:11-15 Brothers and sisters: so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more When Christ came as high priest will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal of the good things that have come to be, Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, passing through the greater and more perfect cleanse our consciences from dead works tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not be- to worship the living God. longing to this creation, he entered once for all For this reason he is mediator of a new cove- into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats nant: since a death has taken place for deliv- and calves but with his own blood, thus obtain- erance from transgressions under the first cove- ing eternal redemption. For if the blood of nant, those who are called may receive the goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's promised eternal inheritance. ashes can sanctify those who are defiled SEQUENCE Lauda Sion Lo! the angel’s food is given You refresh us, you defend us, To the pilgrim who has striven; Your eternal goodness send us see the children’s bread from heaven, In the land of life to see. which on dogs may not be spent. You who all things can and know, Truth the ancient types fulfilling, Who on earth such food bestow, Isaac bound, a victim willing, Grant us with your saints, though lowest, Paschal lamb, its lifeblood spilling, Where the heav’nly feast you show, manna to the fathers sent. Fellow heirs and guests to be. Amen. Alleluia. Very bread, good shepherd, tend us, Jesu, of your love befriend us, 2 | Our Lady of Victory Parish MASS PROGRAM GOSPEL Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened and found it just as he had told them; and they Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, prepared the Passover. While they were eating, Jesus’ disciples said to him, "Where do you want he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passo- to them, and said, "Take it; this is my body." ver?" He sent two of his disciples and said to Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, "Go into the city and a man will meet you, them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, carrying a jar of water. Follow him. Wherever he "This is my blood of the covenant, which will be enters, say to the master of the house, 'The shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I drink again the fruit of the vine until the day may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' Then when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." he will show you a large upper room furnished Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the and ready. Make the preparations for us there." Mount of Olives. The disciples then went off, entered the city, PRAYER FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE VICTORY FUTURE PROJECT Almighty God and Father, we can build the kingdom you desire and the You established your light on this hill in Delhi and community you long to see. Give us generous, generations have kept that light burning brightly. kind hearts and bless our efforts with Success. As we look forward, bless our efforts and our de- Amen liberations. Give us wisdom and courage so that Our Lady of Victory Weekend Extraordinary DailyDaily Masses Lectors Altar Servers Altar Servers Lectors Masses Ministers Monday, June Jack Lang- Saturday, 1 Needed 7 litz June 12 8:30AM 8:30AM Tuesday, June Claire Cahill (Daily Mass) 8 Saturday, Connor McCarthy Claire Elizabeth 8:30AM June 12 Janie Knepfle Cahill Schroeder Wed., June 9 Esther Geier- 4:30PM Anna Groh 1 Needed 8:30AM mann 2 EM’s Sunday, Johnathan Aull 1 Needed Gary Asman Needed June 13 Josephine Aull 1 Needed Thursday, June Carol 8:45AM Megan Cain 10 Weisker 8:30AM Sunday, Phoebe Fulwiler Whitney Zach Hafner Thursday, June 1 Needed 3 Needed June 13 Sam Kolkmeyer Costa Joan 10 7:00 PM So- 11:00AM Leah Wilburn Honkomp lemnity of the Most Sacred Anniversary Intentions for the Deceased. Heart of Jesus The following death anniversaries occurred: Friday, June 11 Mary Licata June 7th - June 13th 8:30AM Carol Bricker - Esther Humphrey - Joe Johnson 3 | Our Lady of Victory Parish Fr. BenRs Column Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Almost every Church, built before 1970, seemed to have a statue of the Sa- cred Heart of Jesus. It was also very common to see images, statues, pictures or icons, of the Sacred Heart in Catholic homes. Devotion to the Sacred Heart was very popular and widespread until fairly recently. This devotion is very an- cient in the Church and even in the Gospels we read of the piercing of the Lord’s Heart by the centurion Longinus. Saints such as Saint Bernard of Clair- vaux, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Herman Joseph (d.1241) of Cologne, Saint Bonaventure (d. 1274), Saint Lutgarde (d.1246), Saint Mechtilde of Helfta (d.1298), Saint Gertrude the Great (d. 1302), Lanspergius (d. 1539) of the Carthusians of Cologne, the Benedictine Louis de Blois (d. 1566) Abbot of Liessies in Hainaut, John of Avila (d. 1569), and Francis de Sales (d. 1622) all promoted the devotion in one form or another throughout the Mid- dle-Ages. The most significant impetus for the devotion to the Sacred Heart in modern times is due to the miraculous apparitions of the Lord to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690). St. Margaret Mary was a sister of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, in the village of Paray-le-Monial, France. The first apparition took place on December 27, 1673, the feast of Saint John the Evan- gelist, and the final one 18 months later on June 16, 1675. She wrote, "He disclosed to me the marvels of his Love and the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart." Saint Margaret Mary said that Jesus, appearing radiant with love, said: "Behold the Heart that has so loved men. ...Instead of gratitude I receive from the greater part (of humankind) only in- gratitude." It was during these apparitions that the Lord Jesus revealed the character of the de- votion and promises he made to those who would honor His Sacred Heart. He requested to be honored under the figure of his heart, also saying that he asked for a devotion of expiatory love. Jesus asked St. Margaret Mary to work to establish a feast of reparation on the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi, and from individu- als, he requested, in particular, frequent reception of Communion, especially on the first Friday of the month, a “Holy Hour” during Eucharistic Adoration on Thursdays, confession of sins, and praying for the intentions of the Holy Father. Promises of the Sacred Heart To those who would honor and consecrate them- selves and make reparations to His Sacred Heart Je- sus promised that: I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life. 4 | Our Lady of Victory Parish Fr. BenRs Column I will give peace in their families. I will console them in all their troubles. I will be their refuge in life and especially in death. I will abundantly bless all their undertakings. Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy. Tepid souls shall become fervent. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection. I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts. Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart. In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise you that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments, and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour.