HOLY FAMILY PARISH A Catholic faith community called to serve God and others through Eucharist, prayer, education, and daily living of the Gospel values. PARISH OFFICE: 201 CLARK STREET, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45042 (513) 422-0602 www.holyfamilymiddletown.com WEEKEND MASSES ADORATION POSTPONED ST. JOHN CHURCH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH 1405 FIRST AVENUE 201 CLARK STREET SATURDAY 4:30 PM SUNDAY 9:00 AM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SUNDAY 10:30 AM This Mass Live Streamed ST. JOHN CHURCH SATURDAY 3:30 PM May 23, 2021 Pentecost Worship Together Safely As we move beyond the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and access to the COVID-19 vaccine has become more widespread, the Bishops of Ohio have decided to reinstate the general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation beginning June 5-6. As has always been the case, those who have a serious reason are exempt, including those who are ill, have significant health risk factors or care for someone who is immuno-compromised or ill, as well as those who have significant fear or anxiety of contracting coronavirus in a large group. Find the link to this letter on our parish website. VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS! “Holy Spirit, the Lord and life-giver.” These words are in the Creed. Today we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit; he came to bestow a share in divine life upon God’s chosen and covenanted people. There is sound, wind and fiery light as signs of the gift. People experience the reversal of the fall of Babel. Everyone hears in his or her own language the Apostles speaking. They speak about the marvels of God. The Spirit is given to each for a good purpose — building up Christ’s body. Veni Sancte Spiritus! Text, Philip J. Sandstrom, STD © 2001, OCP. All rights reserved. Graduating from High School this Year? It’s Finally Bocce Time! rd nd Parish families with graduating seniors June 3 - September 2 are invited to send in a photo of their 6:00 PM graduate for a Special Photo Spread Games are Thursday evenings th rd set for the Sunday, June 6 bulletin. Send a beginning June 3 through nd digital photo via email to monica@holyfamily September 2 with One Shift middletown.com or bring one by the parish beginning play at 6:00 PM. office to be scanned - it only takes a minute. Refreshments will be available on game nights. Senior photos or a photograph from the The fee to play is $25 per person. We’re looking graduation ceremony or with the grad in for experienced players as well as beginners. th their cap and gown are appropriate. Please The season will conclude on September 9 where include the name of your graduate plus the cash prizes will be awarded to the Top 3 Teams! high school they attended. This special photo For more info or to register, contact Don Accurso st spread deadline is 2:00 PM Tuesday, June 1 . 513-218-4952 or [email protected]. HOLY FAMILY MASS SCHEDULE Daily Scripture Readings Saturday and Sunday - May 22 and 23 Mon: Gn 3:9-15,20 / Jn 19:25-34 Tues: Sir 35:1-12 / Mk 10:28-31 4:30 PM Mass SJ Al & Peg Bagnall - Wedding Anniv. Rem. Wed: Sir 36:1,4-5a,10-17 / Mk 10:32-45 9:00 AM Mass HT Joseph Rossi - Birthday Remembrance Thurs: Sir 42:15-25 / Mk 10:46-52 9:00 AM Mass live streamed and available on the website anytime. Fri: Sir 44:1,9-13 / Mk 11:11-26 Sat: Sir 51:12cd-20 / Mk 11:27-33 10:30 AM Mass SJ Mary Mikula - Anniversary Rem. Sun: Dt 4:32-34,39-40 / Rom 8:14-17 / Mt 28:16-20 The general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days will be reinstated June 5-6, Corpus Christi. Our Prayers and Sympathy are Extended to the family and friends of Margaret Warmoth, Monday, May 24 who died May 17th and of Linda Weaver, who 6:00 PM Mass HT Rosemary Gall - Birthday Remembrance died May 18th, and to Susan Henson in the Tuesday, May 25 death of her brother, Tim Sullivan, who also th No 8:15 AM Mass SJ23 - moved to last school day - Friday died May 18 . 12:10 PM Mass HT Bob Tolen Wednesday, May 26 Sequence 12:10 PM Mass HT Jim Beatty - Wedding Anniversary Rem. Veni Sancte Spiritus Come, O Holy Spirit, come! Thursday, May 27 And from your celestial home 12:10 PM Mass HT Claire Esposito - Birthday Remembrance Shed a ray of light divine! Friday, May 28 Come, O Father of the poor! No 8:00 AM Mass HT Come, source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine. 8:15 AM Mass SJ23 Betty McGuire - staff and students only You, of comforters the best; Saturday, May 29 You, the soul’s most welcome guest; 4:30 PM Mass SJ Rose-Marie Steere Sweet refreshment here below; Sunday, May 30 Most Holy Trinity In our labor, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat; 9:00 AM Mass HT Frank A. Lolli & Scott Bruggeman Solace in the midst of woe. 10:30 AM Mass SJ Cecilia Rossi - Wedding Anniversary Rem. O most blessed Light divine, Shine within these hearts of yours, And our inmost being fill! Weekly Collections Stewardship Where you are not, we have naught, Sunday, May 16th $19,011 Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of ill. Thank you for your generous stewardship! Heal our wounds, our strength renew; 33 Day Bicentennial Marian Pilgrimage On our dryness pour your dew; th Wash the stains of guilt away; at Our Lady of Sorrows Friday June 4 Bend the stubborn heart and will; 6 PM Rosary 7 PM Mass Melt the frozen, warm the chill; On the occasion of the bicentennial celebration Guide the steps that go astray. of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Archbishop Schnurr On the faithful, who adore encourages the faithful to enter into a grace-filled period of And confess you, evermore reflection and examination on our call to radiate Christ to the In your sevenfold gift descend; world. You’re welcome to join us at Our Lady of Sorrows when Give them virtue’s sure reward; we host the pilgrimage. We will pray the Rosary at 6:00 p.m. Give them your salvation, Lord; followed by Mass at 7:00 p.m. Visit www.mary2021.org for Give them joys that never end. information about the Bicentennial Marian Pilgrimage. Amen. Alleluia. Congratulations to St. John XXIII 8th Graders! Introductions to Sunday Readings St. John XXIII 8th graders will celebrate graduation this by Bishop Ken Untener, in collaboration Thursday, May 27th with a Mass at St. John Church. with Catherine Haven and Fr. Bill Taylor First Reading - Acts 2:1-11 Pentecost was a Jewish feast that celebrated the How Much Do YOU Know About beginning of the harvest. It took place 50 days after the feast of Passover. Jewish pilgrims came the Catholic Faith? Find the answers on the last page. to Jerusalem from all over the ancient world for the celebration. Today we hear how Pentecost became 1. Between the Ascension and the day of a Christian feast. Pentecost, the disciples and Mary prayed Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 (a) in the upper room Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians responds to a (b) at Mary’s house letter they wrote to him. They had asked him how (c) in the Temple to deal with the diversity of gifts in community, and (d) in the cave at Bethlehem the rivalries and jealousies that inevitably arose. In today’s passage, he uses a comparison that we 2. Before Christ ascended into heaven, he promised will recognize immediately. to send _____. (a) money SVDP 5th Sunday Collection Next Week (b) the Holy Spirit Your donation which makes possible (c) inspiration the Outreach Ministries, Help Line, (d) angles and Pantry. For your convenience, 3. The day the Holy Spirit came upon the you’ll find a special “SVDP 5th Sunday” disciples in the upper room is called envelope in the May pack. (a) Ordinary Time (b) Advent Are You Expecting Your First Baby (c) Pentecost or Want Your First Child Baptized? (d) Christ the King We ask that you attend a baptismal preparation class, held quarterly in March, June, September 4. The Jewish people celebrated Pentecost, and December. Watch future bulletins for the a feast day celebrating the first fruits actual date, time and location and simply call of the harvest, 50 days after the parish office 422-0602 to register. (a) Passover (b) Yom Kippur Work continues in replacing the SJ Undercroft floor. (c) Rosh Hashanah (d) the first full moon of the summer 5. The Easter Season culminates with the celebrating of (a) the Ascension (b) Pentecost (c) the Assumption (d) Trinity Sunday 6. The Church celebrates ______ liturgical seasons. (a) two (b) four (c) six (d) eight Readings for Saturday and Sunday First Reading - Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.