St Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community
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St Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community
St Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community Madison Heights, Michigan www.stvincentferrer.net From The Pastor I was surprised recently when I was asked about the Trinity. The questioner wondered how, if God the Father was the head of the Trinity, how could each person of the Trinity be equal and indivisible? I had to reflect upon the answer. Unaware at the time, this was a good warm up to the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity that we celebrate today. The feast had its origins early in the Church in response to the Arian heresy that debated the humanity and divinity of Jesus. As early as the fourth and fifth centuries a votive Mass in honor of the Holy Trinity was being said. Prior to the year one thousand, particularly in monasteries, Mass honoring the Holy Trinity became more wide spread and was celebrated as a feast day on the Sunday after Pentecost. Finally, in the year 1334 Pope John XXII named the feast for the universal Church. What we celebrate today has been celebrated in the Church for well over a thousand years as we honor, worship, and adore the majesty and unity of the Godhead in the life of the Trinity. Is one person of the Trinity more powerful or more important than another? The answer is no. We profess the Trinity to be one God in three persons, distinct in personhood, yet equal in majesty, and indivisible in unity. More recently this same truth as been expressed as one God given in three ways of being. Essential as the concept of personhood is to the Trinity, it does create a bit of a visual conundrum as we try to imagine three persons superglued together so as to be one. God is one, yet experienced in three ways of being. We know God as Father. The role and activity of the Father is to create; to be the source and origin of divine abundance in the providence of creation. We profess Jesus to be the Son of God, fully human born of the Virgin Mary, remaining fully divine as the Incarnate Word of God. The role and activity of the Incarnate Son is to redeem and liberate humanity and all creation from the disorder of sin caused by the deception of evil. We experience the redemption of Jesus through faith in the healing compassion, merciful forgiveness, and divine power of Jesus to perform miracles. Our experience is further confirmed in the new life of the Resurrection after the perfect self-emptying death of the Jesus on the Cross. Through our faith and prayer, we perceive the presence and power of Jesus in our lives here and now through the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. The role and action of the Holy Spirit is to sanctify and bring unity to all who live in Christ. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth (today’s gospel) who reminds, informs, and reveals the wisdom and will of Jesus to all believers. We experience the Holy Spirit in countless ways of inspiration, healing presence, conviction against sin, call to conversion, loving peace, insight, answer to problems, agent of reconciliation, and one who prays in us as we do not know how to pray of ourselves. One person of the Trinity is not more than, or greater than another of the persons; each is perfectly self-emptying into the others. Another way to say the same thing is to say that each person of the Trinity is perfectly and completely for the others. The gospel today begins to form this understanding. Each person of the Trinity is perfect love for the others. Jesus says, ‘all that the Father has is mine…’ Further, Jesus declares to the Spirit all that he hears from the Father. The Trinity has and is one perfect will: unity in love. All that the Father wills is perfectly fulfilled in the willful action of Jesus. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus says, ‘Father, not my will, but your will be done’. Earlier in John’s gospel Jesus declares, ‘I do nothing on my own, I do only what I see the Father doing’. In the Father’s act of creating we see the action and presence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit (St. Paul to the Ephesians and Colossians). In the redemption of Jesus, we see the will of the Father and the action of the Holy Spirit. In the gift of the Holy Spirit we see the will of the Father revealed and accomplished in the work of the Son. Each person of the Trinity is perfectly self-emptying love for the other. The Father pours all that the Father is into the person of the Son. All the Son has been given by the Father has been poured out for humanity and all creation for the sake of reconciliation and unity. The Holy Spirit is the perfect love of the Father for the Son, and the love of the Son for the Father. The Holy Spirit is the perfect love of the Father and Son that proceeds forth into you and me, and all creation. The Father would never say, I am greater than the Son. The Son would never claim authority greater than that of the Father. The Spirit is the perfect unity and divine authority of the Father and the Son. Each is eternally for the other. This is the model and intention of our created existence. Like the Godhead, we become most ourselves when we are for others. Accepting the gift of creation, the promise of redemption, and the unity of love in the Spirit, our nature is to share and give ourselves to others in love. Alone in ourselves this is impossible; with and within the unity of the Trinity all is possible and will come to its fruition in the divine promise of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thank you to all who have given to the CSA. We took a big step forward last week and we are close to our goal. If you have not yet responded, we are in need of your gift. I am grateful for your goodness in support of our parish and the larger Church. I also must thank so many of you who sent condolences, Mass cards, and prayers for my brother, Tom. They have been a great blessing to me and to Tom and his family. For your kindness, I thank you. Father John Esper Page 2 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church LITURGICAL SCHEDULE ST VINCENT FERRER CHURCH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - 4:00pm Sunday - 8:00am, 10:00am, and 12:30pm (Vietnamese/Bilingual) WEEKDAY SCHEDULE Monday thru Thursday - Mass 8:00am Friday - 8:00am Communion Service - Chapel EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Tuesdays 8:45am-6:00pm - Chapel HEALING MASS Last Saturday of the Month - 4:00pm Sacramental Anointing follows Mass SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Private Confession Saturday - 3:00-3:45pm BAPTISM - WEDDING - FUNERAL FUNERAL LUNCHEON Contact the Parish Office to make arrangements PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION ST VINCENT FERRER Parish Office 28353 Herbert St., Madison Heights, MI 48071 248-542-8720 Fax 248-542-8721 Website: www.stvincentferrer.net Office Hours Mon.-Thurs. - 9:00am-Noon & 1:00-4.30pm Friday 9:00am-Noon Closed Saturday & Sunday Parish Staff Reverend John C. Esper, Pastor Rev. Mr. Andrew Fairbanks, Deacon Deborah Tourville, Business Mgr./Spiritual Direction Sheryl Brown, Parish Secretary/Bulletin Jim Balistreri, Music Director Mary Ann Przybysz, Adult Faith Formation/RCIA Kirsten Kyle, Christian Service & Evangelization Carl Copen, Facilities Supervisor Alex Mototolea, Eric Henderson, Maintenance Faith Formation Office SVF School Bldg. - Herbert St. entrance 248-398-1743 Faith Formation Office Hours Monday 1:00pm-9:00pm Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm Thursday by appointment Faith Formation Staff Betty Sheehan, Director of Religious Education Samantha Nguyen, Vietnamese Instruction Tamara Smythe, Administrative Assistant MONDAY, May 23, 2016 8:00am Mass: Geneva Alzate† req. by Rose Maroto TUESDAY, May 24, 2016 8:00am Mass: Antoinette Gusmano† req. by Michelle Waskowski EUCHARISTIC ADORATION 8:45AM to 6:00PM WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2016 8:00am Mass: Christopher Hudy (Special Intention) req. by Mary Ann Simmons YEAR OF MERCY HOLY HOUR 7:00-8:00pm THURSDAY, May 26, 2016 8:00am Mass: Sam Gusmano† req. by Michelle Waskowski FRIDAY, May 27, 2016 8:00am Communion Service SATURDAY, May 28, 2016 4:00pm Mass: Donna Dietrich† req. by John & Jenny Dietrich Phyllis Confer† req. by Mary Zalewski Geraldine Mikszewski† req. by Family Lou Ellen McGrath† req. by Mary Sutherland Thomas Esper† req. by Vince & Pia Corporale Joseph D’Anna† req. by Bob Mazurco SUNDAY, May 29, 2016 8:00am Mass: Lou Ellen McGrath† req. Starling Miller 10:00am Mass: Ben Guc† req. by Bob & Bernie Ripp Maria Miceli† req. by Virga Family Terry Hackett† req. by Rose Maroto Regina Szeliga† (2nd R.A.) req. by Stepson, Tony & Jeanette Szeliga 12:30pm Mass: Mass of Thanksgiving by Fr. Tom Nguyen Ancestors, All Souls and All Vietnamese Intentions HOLY HOUR For Year of Mercy Wed., May 25th - 7:00pm Join your parish family at St. Vincent Ferrer for a time of prayer and music as we celebrate Pope Francis' proclaimed Jubilee Year of Mercy on Wednesday, May 25th with a Holy Hour from 7:00-8:00pm in church. A monthly Holy Hour takes place the fourth Wednesday of each month and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available on Tuesdays from 8:45am to 6:00pm in the St. Vincent Ferrer Chapel. Page 3 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community THE TRINITY IS LOVE Theologians throughout the Christian centuries have spilled much ink (and, on occasion, some blood) in describing and defining the mystery of the Holy Trinity. One of the earliest, most poetic, and beautiful descriptions comes from St. Augustine in De Trinitas, wherein he describes the Trinity as One (the Father) who loves, One (the Son) who is loved, and One (the Spirit) who is love. And these three Ones are also one Three. It might be wisest for us to leave the technical wranglings to the academic theologians, and focus on the fact that the three Persons of the Trinity are indeed persons; they are best known and understood in their love for each other and for us. We are made in the image of those loving persons, and our best relationships are lived out in the context of love. Truly loving relationships are inexhaustible mysteries to be lived in joy. If this is true of our human relationships, how much more so is it true of our relationship with the Trinity. And how much more does it call upon us to be joyful, loving witnesses of the holy mystery of the Onein-Three. This is the mystery to which we were called when we were chosen to be God's own, baptized with water in the name of the Holy Trinity. Sacrament of Confirmation Monday, May 23, 2016 7:00pm Mass Come Holy Spirit Enkindle in us the fire of your love... This Monday we welcome Bishop Donald Hanchon to our parish to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with twenty-one of our Faith Formation students. Our community offers prayers, congratulations and support to our Confirmation students.. May they be strengthened by the gifts of the Holy Spirit and blessed on their faith journeys. Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Revelation Bible Study 9am - New Building Hall 7:00pm Faith Formation Office Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. Choir 7:00pm - Choir Room Thursday, May 19, 2016 Prayer Blanket 6pm - Parish Hall NEXT SATURDAY MAY 28, 2016 HEALING MASS 4:00PM Fr John will administer the Sacrament of the Sick after Mass. Prayer teams will be available for individual prayer. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus. Page 4 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Y M P C Thank you to all the prayer warriors in our parish! Thanks to your dedication, we almost ran out of extra prayer cards last weekend. A new stack of prayer cards to pray for the Year of Mercy has been placed at each entrance to the church. You and your family are invited to take one and use it to pray for our parish and all within our parish boundaries. It has been seven weeks since we started praying this prayer. How have you seen God move in this time? Have you seen people, events, or situations changed? Have you felt your own heart touched, moved, or inflamed by praying this prayer? One of the most wonderful things God does is to change our own hearts as we commit to pray for others. If you have a story of how you have seen God moving since starting to pray this prayer, please send it to Kirsten at:[email protected]. For more information, or if you would like to formally commit to being a prayer warrior for the parish and/or the upcoming Evangelization synod, please contact Kirsten in the parish office. Prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy Lord Jesus Christ, You have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us and all within the boundaries of St. Vincent Ferrer with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Christian Service Corner P B M The Prayer Blanket Ministry meets this Thursday, May 26 at 6pm in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. You do not need to know how to sew! All are invited to the 5th Sunday Rosary Program The Fr. James B. Heary Knights of Columbus is asking the St. Vincent Ferrer Community to come together to pray the Rosary. Everyone is invited to participate in the organization’s 5th Sunday Rosary Program. This service will be conducted on Sunday, May 29th at 7pm, here at St. Vincent Ferrer Church. Knights will be providing all those in attendance with the finger rosaries and prayer booklets. The booklet includes the prayers necessary for praying the rosary. Participants may also bring their own rosaries to use during the service. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Around the turn of the fourth century, Augustine, still fairly fresh from the baptismal waters in Milan, was elected bishop of a tiny city in North Africa, Hippo. He told his people, “While I am frightened by what I am for you, then I am consoled by what I am with you. For you I am a bishop, with you I am a Christian.” He had his priorities right, and also knew that everyone coming from the water arises with a ministry, a specific role, in bringing about God’s kingdom. If we were asked to purge English of Greek vocabulary, we would gain an insight into key ministries in our church. Bishop, from the Greek episkopos, would become simply “overseer;” priest, from the Greek presybter, would become “elder;” and deacon, from the Greek diakonos, would be “servant.” Each title stands in relationship to all the baptized, serving the community, helping it to be the Body of Christ. In our deepest tradition, each of these ordained ministries is attuned to help us become our best selves, to hunger and thirst for the coming of God’s kingdom. The goal for each one of us is to be able to recognize the presence of Christ in worship and in service. Although only some of us are ordained to ministry, each of us is called to ministry. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. BE MERCIFUL It is good sense in a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 Page 5 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community Jubilee Year of Mercy Dec. 8, 2015 to Nov. 20, 2016 Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity The word mercy, Pope Francis declared in his announcement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, “reveals the very mystery of the Most Holy Trinity” (Misericordiae Vultus, 2). For mercy is how God comes to meet us; mercy is the fundamental law helping us recognize everyone as brothers and sisters; mercy is the bridge connecting God and humanity, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. God’s selfrevelation as a life-giving, lovesharing Trinity of Persons draws us closer to God in friendship and communion. Both Judaism and Islam consider mercy one of God’s most important attributes. Israel unceasingly proclaims God boundless in mercy. Islam addresses the Creator as “Merciful and Kind,” believing divine mercy limitless, its doors always open. May this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis prays, open us to more fervent dialogue, deepen our mutual understanding, eliminate all closed-minded disrespect, and drive out every form of violence and discrimination. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch The Most Holy Trinity God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the human race your wondrous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity, powerful in majesty. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Company, Inc. There are two times when to keep your mouth shut: when swimming and when angry. —Anonymous Co., Inc. Papal quotes Copyright © 2015, Libreria Editrice V aticana. Used with permission. Pray for vocations to the priesthood, permanent diaconate, religious life and married life. Sign up in back of church to host the Traveling Vocations Chalice for one week! Amoris Laetitia “Bootcamp” Pope Francis’s Amoris Laetitia came out on April 8th—how much have you read? If you need a little push, join the AL Bootcamp with us! We will read a small bit from Chapter 4 (Love in Marriage) and ask you to do something related to it for your marriage every day. Join us on Facebook or Twitter. We’re joining one of our “sister” sites, Marriage: Unique for a Reason. For those who prefer to print it out all at once, every day is listed at the website. Sundays are your “day of rest” but that doesn’t mean you should slack off on your love. Program continues to June 8th. For more visit: http://www.foryourmarriage.org/ amoris-laetitia-bootcamp/ On Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reverend John C. Esper administered the Sacrament of Baptism to Cecilia Frances Ritter and Reverend Thai Hung Nguyen administered the Sacrament of Baptism to Olivia Khai-Vi Nguyen Aubrey Bao Anh Vu We welcome them into Christ’s family. May they grow strong in their faith by the example of their parents and godparents. May God bless our newly baptized and their families. Congratulations to the parents and godparents. Page 6 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE May 28/29, 2016 ALTAR SERVERS MASS TIME SACRISTAN/ SERVER READERS Saturday Mass 4:00pm D Tourville D Tye M Kairis D Bail C Keyes P King L Proszkowski LR Proszkowski T Riley S Swanson Sunday Mass 8:00am C McCarthy J Miller K Kyle B Turchin J Turchin Volunteer Sunday Mass 10:00am D Gray J Hauzie J Szeliga J Giszczak A Goll S Gordon B Gutowski A Bionson M Black J Newell R Orloski Sunday Mass 12:30pm Ryan Vu Huong Van Vinh Nguyen Chien M. Tuan N Thu P. Thuy H. Thuy N. M Gray EME Traveling Chalice Host - May 29, 2016 Lawrence Tejada 10am Mass Please pray for all who are homebound , those undergoing/recovering from surgery, medical procedures or testing, and those who have made special prayer requests. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF May 23, 2016 Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10c; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98:1-4; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 10:32-45 Thursday: 1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12; Ps 100:2-5; Mk 10:4652 Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96:10-13; Mk 11:11-26 Saturday: Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2-6; Mk 11:27-33 Sunday: Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1-4; 1 Cor 11:2326; Lk 9:11b-17 2016 Thank you to the 250 families/individuals who have responded to CSA 2016 . We $47,946.00 continue to accept pledges or donations. Please mark envelope “CSA” and drop in the collection basket or mail to new office. B Panek L Tejada Deacon Andy Lord Jesus, You are the Divine Physician and Healer. To You, we lift up in prayer those who are lonely, homeless, sick or addicted; those who are unemployed or underemployed; those who are anxious or depressed and all who are suffering in any way spiritually, physically or emotionally. In their pain and brokenness, we ask that you bring them the comfort of your loving presence. In You, may they find strength for the day and hope for the journey. Amen FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Offertory Env. Distributed & e-fund participant 908 Offertory Env. Used & e-fund participants 295 Total Amount in Offertory Env. & e-funds rec’d $ 6,972.50 815.68 Loose Cash /Check Collection Offertory Collection Total $ 7,788.18 Budgeted Amount for Offertory $ 9,538.05 Energy $ 168.00 St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Community PRAYING THE LABYRINTH St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit June 2nd 6-9pm The Labyrinth is an ancient Christian prayer form often seen as a metaphor for our spiritual journey, A Pilgrimage to the Holy. Participants will learn about the history and movements of the labyrinth as well as experience walking and praying the Labyrinth. The workshop takes place on Thursday, June 2nd from 7 to 9pm. To register, contact Lynette Marshall at 313-286-2800 or online at www.stpaulretreat.org/retreats/ register-upcoming-retreats. Page 7 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick Episcopal Church 1434 E. 13 Mile Rd. Madison Heights, MI48071 (west of dequindre Road) Meaningful Activity Ideas for Persons with Dementia Speaker: Lauren Cetnar, Program Coordinator Alzheimer's Association - Greater Michigan Chapter A person with dementia will eventually need a caregiver's assistance to organize the day. Planned activities can enhance the person's sense of dignity and self-esteem by giving more purpose and meaning to his or her life. 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