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Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 28, 2020

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June 28, 2020 Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish , Methuen ~ Lawrence Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish

22 Plymouth Street, Methuen, MA 01844 Phone: 978-686-3984 Fax: 978-686-8300 Email: [email protected]

Web: OLGCParish.com

Parish Staff: Very Rev. Christopher Casey, V.F. Pastor — Ext 25 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Steven J. Murphy Deacon—Ext 10 [email protected] Mrs. Karen Miller Business Manager — Ext 17 978-686-0728 [email protected] Mrs. Denise Mundry Parish Office—Ext 10 978-686-3984 [email protected] Lori McLaughlin Coordinator of Music Ministries 603-275-6486 Jimmy Massie Facilities 978-697-4701 [email protected] Religious Education Ph: 978-686-3984 Fax: 978-686-8300 Mr. Mark Friedrich Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation [email protected] Mr. Mark Houle Coordinator Grades K-8 [email protected]

Prayer Shawl Ministry Our prayer shawl gatherings are the first Wednesday of the month at 1pm and 7pm in the Duperry Hall.

We welcome new folks at any time to join us in this beauti-ful, simple ministry. We thank all who have donated yarn or money with which to purchase new yarn. Remember: Blessed Shawls, Lapghans & Baby Blankets are available in the parish office. Thank you and God Bless! Questions? call the parish office.

Ellen Gallant Card Ministry Do you know of someone who is sick, going through difficult times, in the mili-

tary, or may just need a little note of encourage-ment? Fill out the forms found in the church and chapel and drop them in the box labeled “The Ellen Gallant Card Ministry” or the weekly collection basket. If you’d like to help make someone’s day by joining

us in this ministry, contact Donna Fawcett @ [email protected]

Mass Schedule: Church & Chapel are handicapped accessible (elevator in Church, ramp at Chapel)

Sat. 4 pm at St. Theresa Church 22 Plymouth St., Methuen, MA

Sun. 8 am at St. Theresa Church

Sun. 10:30 am at St. Augustine Chapel 128 Ames St., Lawrence, MA

Daily Mass: 7 am Monday — Friday at St. Theresa Church

Reconciliation: Saturdays, 2:45—3:30 pm at St. Theresa Church or anytime by appointment

Baptism: Second Sunday of the month. Previous arrangements necessary

Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance

New Parishioners: Welcome! Please come to the Parish Office to meet us and to register

Lawrence Catholic Academy

101 Parker St. Lawrence, MA 01843

www.lawrencecatholic

academy.org

978-683-5822

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday to Thursday 8 am to 3 pm

Friday 8am to noon

The Parish Office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of

Independence Day

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will resume on Wednesday, July 1st at 1pm and 7pm

Please note that we will gather in Duperry Hall

Hope to see you all there!

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Dear Parishioners, The words Jesus speaks to us this week in the Gospel of Matthew at first blush might seem hard to under-stand. "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daugh-ter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not wor-thy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” What is Jesus trying to tell us? Are the First and the Fourth Commandments concerning loving God and honoring our parents at odds with each other? In fact, Jesus is teaching us about the radical demands of discipleship and the awesome rewards that follow for the faithful. There is no room for half measures here; Jesus makes extraordi-nary demands. He wants full and absolute allegiance to him, even in preference to the closest blood relatives and one’s very self. But why? Jesus, remember, is God and His call to discipleship is a call to enter the life of God, which is love. The love we have for our parents and children is an expression of God’s love for them. Jesus understands love, and knows that when we love others, we are completing the circuit bringing the love we have received from God to others, just as He did when He came to us. This is discipleship, and the de-mands that it makes on us may be overwhelming, but ultimately lead to love, life, happiness, and peace. Achieving this union with God in this life not only makes our time on earth sweeter but is also a foretaste of the Heaven planned for us. Jesus knows all this, so calls us to love in the proper order; God first, and above all, because He is the source of the Love that you are called on to share with others. It is not a selfish call, but rather the path to a generous love modeled for us by His own suffering and death. St. Jose Maria Escriva wrote “People who are constantly concerned with themselves, who act above all for their own satisfaction, endanger their eternal salvation and cannot avoid being unhappy even in this life. Only if a person forgets himself and gives himself to God and to others, in marriage as well as in any other aspect of life, can he be happy on this earth, with a happiness that is a preparation for, and a foretaste of, the joy of heaven” (St Josemaría Escrivá; Christ Is Passing By, 24). Discipleship is not easy, but necessary for eternal life. Clearly, Christian life is based on self-denial: there is no Christianity without the cross. Jesus did not shy away from the cross Himself, and He would not have us do so either. Not because He wants us to experience pain and suffering, but because He knows that pain and suffering, when experienced for another, can become something redemptive, something that saves, and the highest form of love that we can show to another.

God Bless, Fr. Chris

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Saturday, June 27 4:00 pm Real Mathieu ~ 1st Anniversary ~ Requested by his wife and children

Sunday, June 28 8:00 am Thomas Haley ~ Requested by Bob and Denise Mundry 10:30 am Larry Bouchard ~ 9th Anniversary ~ Requested by his family Arthur Thibault ~ Requested by his family Deceased Members of St. Mary High School ~ Class of 1960 All Living Members of the Parish

Monday, June 29 Joseph Lemieux ~ Requested by his family

Tuesday, June 30 Francis Judge ~ Requested by his wife

Wednesday, July 1

Thursday, July 2

Friday, July 3 Patricia Gillett ~ 3rd Anniversary ~ Requested by her family Members of the Altar Society ~ Requested by their families and friends

Saturday, July 4 ~ Independence Day 4:00 pm Paul Halloran, Jr. ~ 30th Anniversary ~ Requested by his mom Maureen Downey ~ Requested by her family Stanley Gradzewicz ~ Requested by Doris Thibodeau Clarence Brien ~ Requested by Arthur and Marge Brien All Living Members of the Parish

Sunday, July 5 8:00 am Amelia and Frederick Vogler ~ Anniversary Remembrance ~ Requested by their family 10:30 am Leo Hebert ~ Requested by John and Joan Shea

IN LOVING MEMORY

WEEK OF JUNE 28, 2020

Altar Bread

In Memory of Chris Pekarski Birthday Remembrance Donated by his Family

Alar Wine

In Memory of Jack Wheeler Donated by his Family

Altar Candles

In Memory of Ron Gosselin Donated by his Family

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St. Vincent de Paul Society

In today’s Gospel hear Jesus tell us: “Whoever gives only a cup of cold water

to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a disciple ~

Amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

This month, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to “acknowledge the goodness of the Father” by assisting families in

need.

Allison Hawkes, Eugene Baldi, Walter Beynon, Helen Sawicki,

Joseph Howanski, Jeannette Demers, Michael Culpon, Mary

Jo Daigle, Ronald Begin, George Henderson, Andrew

Champy, David Champy, David Adams, Gary Stachulski, Douglas McKnight, William Luna, Aiden Sutliff, Ellen Villers, Judith Upham, Benjamin Melo,

Ron Simonian, Art Munger, Brad Waters, Mary Conway, Elisabeth Hooper, Matt Kinsley, Bishop

Todd Brown, Diane Castiglione, Fr. Paul Valley, SP, Noah Leary, Joseph Androwas, Cecile Townsend, Ray Boutselis, Ronald Mullen, Leeann Hanson,

Elaine Labrecque, Sheila Hunt, Reina Rodriguez, Jennifer Prugnarola, Nicholas Norcia, Donna Myers,

Anita & Dottie Watson, Gary Dubois, Michael Donovan, Jaykub Parsons, Ava Gagnon, Tom

McGuire, Judy Lacroix, Charlie Carrell, Mariana Rosato, Carrie McNiss, Sarah & Patrick Scanlon, Kristina Racitti, Robbyn Culpon, and all those on

our Parish prayer line, and all the residents at Woodmill Nursing Home, Nevins Nursing Home,

Mary-Immaculate Nursing Home, Berkeley Nursing Home and Methuen Village.

Those who have died: Raymond Leblanc, Rita Riopelle, Elizabeth Daly

If you have a friend or loved one that you would like us to pray for, please call the parish office and leave the name. If you would like a name put back on the

list, call the office. Thank You.

Prayer Requests for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, live in (name a priest), act in him, speak in and through him. Think your thoughts in his mind, love through his heart. Give him your own dispositions and feelings. Teach, lead and guide him

always. Correct, enlighten and expand his thoughts and behavior. Possess his soul; take over his entire

personality and life. Amen.

June 27 Msgr. Paul McInerny ~ June 28 Fr. Daniel Hickey ~ June 29 Cardinal Seán “Happy Birthday” ~ June 30 Fr. Allan Butler ~ July 1 Fr. Stephen Boyle ~ July 2 Fr. Harry

Kaufman ~ July 3 All Priests on leave

Weekend of June 20/21, 2020

Total Offertory: $ 4,461.00 Maintenance: $ 57.00 Grand Annual to Date: $ 11,308.00

Friends

If your situation makes it possible to continue to give us your weekly envelopes, please do so! This will enable

us to continue to pay our bills while we don’t have regular collections.

You can mail your envelopes in, or put them in the mail slot at the Parish Office.

Thank you!

Also check out 90-DAYS NOW—FOR YOUR PARISH

A special initiative to help your parish during this time.

For more information visit our website www.olgcparish.com

This Week’s Second Collection

This week’s second collection Promoting the Gospel sup-ports Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

and the Catholic Communications Campaign (CCC). Through the work of CCHD and CCC the Gospel is promoted by supporting those in poverty, providing grants to communi-

ty based groups and using the entire array of media tools available today to evangelize and promote gospel values.

While this collection supports national efforts, a portion of the proceeds are designated for local CCHD grants and parish

communication efforts THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

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Week of June 28, 2020

28 SUN 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a/Rom 6:3-4, 8-11/Mt 10:37-42

29 Mon Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 30 Tue Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12/Mt 8:23-27 1 Wed Am 5:14-15, 21-24/Mt 8:28-34 2 Thu Am 7:10-17/Mt 9:1-8 3 Fri Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29 4 Sat Am 9:11-15/Mt 9:14-17 5 SUN Zec 9:9-10/Rom 8:9, 11- 13/Mt 11:25-30

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Please note that we had to remove all of the missalettes, cards, and papers from the Church. The reason for that is that what one person handles at a Mass cannot be left behind for you to handle when you come because it can be a source of transmission of the virus which can live

on surfaces for a while. If you like to have the readings in front of you, there are several ways to do that. Smart

phones can access the internet and bring up the USCCB.org

website, where you can click on the date and the read-ings for that day will be available. There are also sever-al apps like “Laudate” that provide access to the read-

ings and other prayers. Below you will find the links to “Magnificat” and “Word Amount Us”. Magnificat is

also available at your local Catholic bookstores.

Pray With Magnificat During This Challenging Time

By signing up for Magnificat you will have access to the Sunday Liturgy of the Word available in regular or large print. Subscriptions are available for 6 months, 1 year, 2

years or 4 years.

At this time Magnificat is running a special trial Subscription for only $5.00. You will have access to 3 months of print edition with digital access included, 6 months of digital edition only (New American Bible

Lectionary) or 6 months of digital edition only (Jerusalem Bible Lectionary).

During this challenging time, Magnificat is honored to provide complimentary access to their online version to

help people pray from home

Magnificat also offers Prayers For the Sick, Magnificat Online Edition and MagnifiKid Online

edition (missalette for 6 to 12 years old).

To subscribe to Magnificat please visit www.magnificat.net

Word Among Us

Another source for the Sunday Liturgy of the Word can be found at “Word Among Us”.

Subscription information can be fund on their web-site at www.wau.org.

OLGC Website

Please continue to check out the OLGC website which is being updated regularly.

You can view the weekly bulletin and watch our

live stream Masses.

Weekday Masses (Monday to Friday) will air at 8:00am and Sunday Mass will air on

Saturday at 4:00pm and Sunday at 8:00am and 10:30am

Find us at www.olgcparish.com

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