St. Theresa’s Parish Shrine of the Little Flower 2559 Kingston Road, Scarborough Ontario M1M 1M1 Phone: (416) 261-7498 Fax: (416) 261-2901 Email: [email protected] Website: https://sttheresassc.archtoronto.org Pastor: Rev. Fr. Bienvenido P. Ebcas Deacon: Rev. Mr. Peter Lovrick Secretary: Maria Ciela Sarmiento Mass Intentions Confessions By Appointment Only for the Week Baptisms Monday, June 21 (Private Mass) Every Fourth Sunday of the month Preparation Class – By appointment only Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Weddings Tuesday, June 22 (Livestreamed) Couples planning to be married should contact 7:00 pm Birthday and Thanksgiving of Rene Sagolili the priest one year in advance. Birthday and Thanksgiving of Eyse Mogle & A marriage preparation course is mandatory. Ruben Mendoza (Jeanette Rosales) Parish Schools Thanksgiving of the Silo Family St. Theresa’s Shrine School – (416) 393-5248 Wednesday, June 23 (Livestreamed) St. John Henry Newman Catholic School (416) 393-5519 7:00 pm For the People TCDSB – (416) 222-8282 ext. 5314 Thursday, June 24 (Private Mass) Archdiocese of Toronto The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (416) 934-0606 ● www.archtoronto.org Corazon ‘Manang Cora’ Nastor (Margarita Enriquez) Parish Outreach Friday, June 25 (Livestreamed) Society of Saint Vincent de Paul 7:00 pm Hilarion Pepito, Sr. & Cleotilde (416) 261-7498 ext. 4 (Lysle Kintanar) Caridad Mendoza (Jeanette Rosales) Let Us Pray for Our Sick Saturday, June 26 (Livestreamed) Salvacion Lingad, Audrey Lovrick, Ivania 5:00 pm Thanksgiving of Leopoldo Ariel Presto Maria Bonilla, Adam Jane Villalon, Shirley (Evelyn Chia-Tameta) Baker, Madeliene Franco, Sophy McDonald, Bobby Sunday, June 27 (Livestreamed) Melchers, Gail MacEachern, Jolanta Mirkowski-Paszel, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Rene Romero, Jane Frias Eigo, Delio Pellicione, 10:00 am Birthday and Thanksgiving for Kim & Nynke Elizabeth Callaghan, James Halder, Phyllis Randolph, Jeffrey and Nelson Dollete (Kooh family) Caroline Maiden, Danny Gomes, Karlos Ebcas, Chona Sunico PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND THE MASS. NO WALK-INS ALLOWED. For the Dead MASS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT Jean Maiden, Stephen Callaghan, Arvin Bravo, TO CHANGE. Jane Corry, Theresa Nwosisi, Vincenza Caruso, Click the link below for Daily Readings. Agnes Brewster, Lino Celajes, Arnel Abner, Fr John Alcantara Living with Christ TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the Storm: Scott Hahn Reflects on the JUNE 20, 2021 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading “Do you not yet have Job 38:1,8-11 faith?” Our Lord’s The Lord answers Job's complaints. question in today’s Gospel frames the Responsorial Psalm Sunday liturgies for the Psalm 107:23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31 A song of praise to God for rescue remainder of the year, which the Church calls Second Reading “Ordinary Time.” 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Those in Christ are a new creation. In the weeks ahead, the Church’s liturgy Gospel Reading The Storm in the Sea of Galilee, Rembrandt, 1633 will have us journeying Mark 4:35-41 with Jesus and His disciples, reliving their experience of Jesus calms the storm. His words and deeds, coming to know and believe in FAMILY CONNECTION Him as they did. Notice that today’s Psalm almost provides an outline for Worries and concerns are part of human life. Jesus the Gospel. We sing of sailors caught in a storm; in teaches us, however, that we ought not to let worries their desperation, they call to the Lord and He rescues and concerns consume us. Jesus teaches us that our them. faith ought to lead us to trust in God's protection and love, no matter how strong the whirlwind going on Mark’s Gospel today also intends us to hear a strong around us. Like the disciples, we can bring our worries echo of the story of the prophet Jonah. He, too, was and concerns to Jesus in prayer. Jesus will hear our found asleep on a boat when a life-threatening storm cries for help. He knows that our faith can be fragile and broke out that caused his fellow travelers to pray for he will act so that our trust in God will be strengthened. deliverance, and then to marvel when the storm abated As you gather as a family, invite each family member to (see Jonah 1:3–16). talk about something that might be worrying them. Talk But Jesus is something greater than Jonah about how important it is to share worries and concerns (see Matthew 12:41). And Mark wants us to come to with other people. When we do this, we learn to see our see what the Apostles saw—that God alone has the worries from a different perspective. power to rebuke the wind and the sea (see Isaiah 50:2; This Gospel is a metaphor for our lives. We are in the Psalm 18:16). This is the point of today’s First Reading. boat, the storms of life are raging around us, and like If even the wind and sea obey Him, shouldn’t we trust the disciples, we may believe that Jesus is Him in the chaos and storms of our own lives? unconcerned, or “sleeping.” We hope that we will be as As with the Apostles, the Lord has asked each of us to familiar with Jesus as his disciples. If we feel that Jesus cross to the other side, to leave behind our old ways to is sleeping, are we comfortable enough to wake Jesus travel with Him in the little ship of the Church. and present him with our needs? Jesus does not chide In their fear today, they call Him, “Teacher.” And it is his disciples for waking him. Instead, he chides them for only faith in His teaching that can save us from their lack of faith, for their lack of perspective. When we perishing. We should trust in Christ, and trust like bring our worries to God in prayer, we might just begin Christ—who was able to sleep through the storm, to learn to see things from God's perspective. confident that God was with Him (see Psalm When we bring our worries to Jesus in prayer, Jesus 116:6; Romans 8:31). can help us see things from God's perspective. Invite We should live in thanksgiving for our salvation, as family members to name again a worry or concern and today’s Epistle tells us—as new creations, no longer for pray together that Jesus will help us have faith in God's ourselves but for Him who died for our sake. (Taken love and protection. Conclude in prayer together by from Breaking the Bread, Sunday Bible Reflections – St. praying the Lord's Prayer. (Loyolapress.com) Paul Center (stpaulcenter.com) \ IMPORTANT REMINDERS While we may head into the next stage of the reopening plan for Ontario where churches are allowed public This weekend is ShareLife Sunday! indoor Mass up to 25% capacity, Fr Ben always reminds us that we need to sustain our vigilance today “These uncertain times are especially difficult for to protect each and everyone by not letting our guard addiction clients. Our programs would not be open down – sanitizing our hands and keeping 6 feet (2m) without ShareLife donors; through your support we are physical distancing. We make sure that the church is able to dramatically reduce social isolation for men and safe and clean during your visit. women living with mental health and addictions.” Gentle reminders: 1. Please register to attend the Sunday Masses. No — Robin Griller, St. Michael’s Homes walk-ins allowed. Registration is through EventBrite. The parish office can assist the registration of those Today is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously. who do not have access to the internet or a computer. PRAYER PETITIONS ACCEPTED 2. Please do not leave used facial tissues on the THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE church pews. Your co-operation in keeping our church clean will be We pray for peace, greatly appreciated. reconciliation, and an end We continue to livestream all Masses through our to the COVID-19 livestream channel: https://bit.ly/STP-Livestream pandemic. SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturday 5 pm Holy Mass (Eventbrite) Let us pray for you throughout the month of June! We Sunday 10 am Holy Mass (Eventbrite) place a box in front of the St Theresa’s altar for your Mass at 7 pm followed by Novena to St prayer petitions, which will be remembered in all Tuesday Therese (Register through the parish office) Masses this June. Please mail in your prayer petitions Wednesday Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help at 7 to the Parish Office. (New pm followed by Holy Mass (Register through schedule) the parish office) Novena to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus at Friday 6:45 pm, followed by Holy Mass at 7pm (Register through the parish office) We encourage those who are at an increased risk of COVID-19 to exercise extreme caution when deciding Agnes and Jude Valdez to leave home for any reason. The dispensation from Jolanta and Zibby Paszel Sunday Mass continues at this time. The Parish office is still closed to the public - limited essential appointments only. For certificates, a Priest Reference, Mass intentions, drop of donations, inquiries about Baptism, or arrangements for funerals please Offertory: $1,553.00 Renovation: $447.00 contact us by email or phone. Parishes cannot re-issue marriage records. Marriage is St. Theresa’s Parish is always grateful and a civil record; thus, the official record of marriage appreciates your generosity and continuing should be sought at the Ontario government record. support. How has St. Therese interceded in your life? Faith in action is love, and love in action is service.