Parish of the Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

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Pentecost SundayMay 31, 2020

Incarnation Parish Bulletin

Pentecost Sunday May 31, 2020

Dear Friends,As you are by now aware, Governor Baker has announced a four phased approach to re-opening businesses across the state. Phase One will allow some essential stores and businesses to re-open immediately and we were pleasantly surprised to hear that places of worship are included in this first phase. Immediately after the announcement, the Archdiocese sent out to every parish an eleven page directive with guidelines to re-open our churches safely. This is all very good news but I want to be clear-re-opening does not mean a return to normal. How we celebrate mass will be very different for the foreseeable future. The

necessary precautions and requirements are long and will definitely take some time to get used to, but the presence of the virus has already changed our lives on so many levels. As we put together our own plan of re-opening the parish, I want to make you aware of a few decisions that have already been made.

1. This past week, the church and office were deep cleaned and sanitized by an outside company.

2. Daily Mass resumed last week, starting on May 25th at 8:00am.

Regular Weekday Schedule-8:00am Mon & Tue at MBS8:00am Thurs & Fri at Inc

3. Funeral liturgies are now allowed starting, May 25th.

4. Weekend liturgies will resume this weekend, May 30-31-the Feast of Pentecost. We will initially return to our regular weekend schedule at both parishes but that may change due to limits of capacity numbers allowed and the time necessary to sanitize the church between liturgies. We may well need to make some changes in mass times due to these constraints going forward.

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5. We will only be allowed 40% of our church capacity at any liturgy. Once we reach that number we will not be allowed to admit any more and the doors closed. The people who attend any liturgy will be required to social distance (6 feet) from others. Families of one household will be able to sit together but all areas of the church will be clearly marked. Everyone must wear a mask or a facial covering while in church.

We will all be asked to accept and adjust to many other changes and requirements as we begin to open up our churches. We will all need a great deal of patience and flexibility in the coming weeks for sure. Please keep in mind that although it is great news to be back in church for mass-it is not business as usual. You will notice many other changed as well and we will be asked to accept a new normal.

We will get through this together.

FR STEVETo read about the Boston Archdiocese guidelines and recommendations:https://www.bostoncatholic.org/news/may-18-2020-archdiocese-boston-statement-phase-1-re-opening

MILESTONESPlease remember family and friends in need of prayer, especially Sarah Fradkin, Bill Connors,

Maureen, Irene Lawless, Perry Brown, Betty Howard, Stephen Gaeta, Jim R., Ted Ayotte, Robert Burke, Sandra W., John Anderson, April Crouse, Adele Maciejowski, Colleen Sullivan, Debbie Saschuk, Julia G., Donna Correia, Sandra V., Don Marsden, Georgia Rose Okerholm, Donna Page, Denise, Sr. Mary Shaun, Nicholas Ward, Frank Zizzo, Helen Staunton, Domenic DeLuca, Maia DeLuca, Joseph Connelly, Jeannette Bailey, Anita V., Leona Dewhurst, Jacqueline, Chuck Giorgio, Kathleen O’Neill, Thomas M., Michael Lester, Sydni Simpson Garrity, Carole R. , Patricia Zibroski, Anthony S.,Janice T., John Maciejowski, Bonnie Strudas, Helen Giorgio, Andrew Reczeck, Frank Stankavish, Susan D., Ed M., Joyce D., Joshua B.,Janelle Hodges, Diane, and parishioners facing surgery.

If there is anyone you wish to add to the prayer list, please contact the rectory. Please note: All names will remain on our Prayer List and will be prayed for unless our office is notified to remove an individual.

GRAND ANNUAL APPEALOur Grand Annual Appeal is underway and thanks to so many of you for your generosity! As of last week, our Grand Annual contributions totaled $89,712.00

If you would like to contribute to the Grand Annual Collection and did not receive an envelope, you can contribute online through our website:www.incarnationmelrose.org, or use one of the envelopes available at the doors of the church.

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FINANCIAL REPORT

Thanks to all of you who have been giving online!Use the following link to sign up for Online Giving!https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=45

May 18, 2020 – May 24, 2020OnlineOffertory $3,094.00Monthly Maintenance 511.00 $3,605.00

Mail- InOffertory $1,060.00Monthly Maintenance 10.00 $1,070.00

CALENDAR

If you have scheduled an announced mass during this time, Gina Distefano will be in touch with you when masses resume to reschedule.

JAMES FIELD MEMORIAL

SCHOLARSHIP Thanks to our golf tournament and donations made in memory of Fr. Jim Field, the parish is prepared to make awards annually to graduating seniors. A letter of application including a description of engagement in church life and community activities as well as details of

achievement and goals for college is required. Seniors are asked to send their letter to Fr. Steve by June 1.

Congratulations to our graduating seniors!

Katie Wright is graduating from Melrose High School and will attend the University of New Hampshire!

Tell us about your seniors so they can be recognized! Here is your chance to brag about your children and grandchildren!

CATHOLIC APPEALThe launch of the Catholic Appeal will be postponed until another weekend that would be well suited for the parish. For those who wish to make a contribution currently can do so online (www.bostoncatholicappeal.org) or through the request you may have received in the mail. 

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We received a nice note at the Rectory to express thanks for our many donations, both food and cash to Bread of Life. We will be having another food drive in a couple of weeks!

PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS*

For The KidsChildren’s Liturgy of the Word20 minute liturgies each Sunday for Children to watch while their parents watch the Mass online.Sun 8:30am

Women of the ChurchHidden: A Life All For God

The story of the Trappistine Sisters of Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham, MA, the first monastery of Cistercian Nuns in the United States.Thurs 4am/Fri 8:30pm

CatholicTV PresentsA World At Prayer: The Vision of Patrick PeytonThis documentary examines the incredible force one man had on six continents, spreading the gift of peace through prayer.Mon 9:30pm/Thurs 8pm/Sat 3:30am

CatholicTV ShowcaseFather Alberione: God's EditorThis documentary highlights the history of the development of communication in the modern Church and of the priest who pioneered this process, Fr. James Alberione.Thurs 5pm/Sat 1pm

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CatholicTV Mass Celebrants* :Sunday, May 31Cardinal Seán O'MalleyBoston  Monday, June 1Father Ronald BakerWakefield

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Tuesday, June 2Father Anthony CusackDorchester

Wednesday, June 3Father Robert ConnorsDorchester

Thursday, June 4Father Kevin LeaverPeabody

Friday, June 5Father Timothy HynesFoxborough

Saturday, June 6Father David O'LearyWayland

Divine OfficeDaily9am Morning Prayer9pm Evening PrayerRosaryMon.-Sat. 10am & 6:30pmSun. 9:30am & 6:30pm

Chaplet of Divine Mercy:Daily, 3pm

*Celebrants subject to change

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PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 31, 2020

TonguesThere is too much to talk about on Pentecost weekend.

Just look at all that is happening on this “feast of the Holy Spirit” (as it has been called). It is the end of our extended Easter celebration—had you

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remembered that Easter season has lasted for all these weeks? And the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to send the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete, the Comforter).

Also, it shows the results that this Paraclete brings about: the apostles begin speaking in tongues! Jews from all different lands and languages understand without any translation (Acts 2:1 to 11)! This Paraclete means to bring us together, to allay differences, to hear the other person instead of just reacting.

Still more, Saturday night’s Vigil of Pentecost includes the profound story of the Tower of Babel (Gn 11:1 to 9). The Church put it in this place apparently because the Holy Spirit is able to reverse the babbling of humankind. Of course, “babble” is a word derived from the Hebrew word “Babel,” meaning “confusion of voices.”*

But now the problem. How did this all happen?

John’s Gospel has an entirely different version of how the Holy Spirit was sent into the disciples! Instead of Luke’s “noise like a strong driving wind” and “tongues of flame,” John has a quietening story. The risen Jesus appears in their midst and says “Peace be with you.” Then, very simply, he continues, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Peace and understanding result. Peace like you and I would love to have.

Do we spend this week’s reflection figuring out some way to reconcile such strikingly different stories of the same event? Which is true? How can all this be accurate?

• reversal of the babbling; • Jesus’ promise of the Paraclete;

• driving winds; • flames hanging over heads; • peace; • sending of the Holy Spirit;• very different versions of that story.

We have an example here of the different ways that individuals remember any great and deeply felt event—something like the way Rashômon, that great 1950s movie, narrated the same event in very different ways according to how various characters experienced it, each recalling it according to the perspective and the emotion they had. Or, for instance, Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 academy award winning, Parasite.

Let us take a shortcut. The diversity has roots. What are the most important things to understand about Pentecost?

First, it is the feast of the third person of the Trinity.

Second, it is based on three central facts:

• The Father is so much within Jesus that if you know Jesus you know the   Father.

• If you let him, Jesus will be within you just as the Father is in him.

• This will happen by the sending of the Holy Spirit, who is the “insides” of Jesus and of the Father. The Spirit is the love they have for each other, the closeness, the great sharing.

Thus, the reason Pentecost in all its diversity is a feast equal to Christmas and Easter is that it is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit into the world of men and women. All the liturgical celebrations of

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Pentecost, even in this era of virus, boil down to one thing:God is placing the love that is himself deep into our own spirits!

Let us trust!

John Foley, SJ________ * (Heb bābel)

Fr. John Foley, SJ, is a composer and scholar at Saint Louis University.

THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE

Dreams and VisionsIn today’s Gospel Jesus promises us that “I will not leave you orphaned; I will come back to you and you will have life.” Our faith, nurtured in this great paschal season, tells us that God-made-flesh is God-with-us, never abandoning us and always filling us with life.

It should be a great comfort to all of us, who share in the pain and suffering of ordinary life, to know that the Spirit of Jesus is with us always. It should be especially comforting to know that Jesus will not leave orphaned all those whom the world casts aside: the poor and homeless, the racial and ethnic minorities, the sick and dying, the prisoner and the refugee.

  “Thus says the Lord: I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall see visions.”

The coming of the Spirit should fill us with dreams and visions of a better world. Let us dream, in the

Spirit, of a classless society in which all people are regarded and treated as equals.

Let us dream, in the Spirit, of a nonviolent world in which there is no war, no terrorist attacks on innocent people, no murder, and no death penalty.

Let us dream, in the Spirit, of a world of economic justice in which all people have their basic needs met, and no one lives in poverty, hunger, or homelessness. Let us dream, in the Spirit, of a world of love, forgiveness, and service.

  “Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” May the Spirit of God guide us to end the suffering we have brought on ourselves and “unite the faces and nations on earth to proclaim your glory.”

The People of God believe that they are led by the Spirit of the Lord, who fills the earth.

Motivated by this faith, it labors to decipher authentic signs of God’s presence and purpose in the happenings, needs, and desires in which this People has a part along with other men of our age.

For faith throws a new light on everything, manifests God’s design for man’s total vocation, and thus directs the mind to solutions which are fully human.

Vatican II, Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 1965:11

Gerald Darring

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HOW TO FIND USAs a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Boston, we are committed to excellence in liturgy, service, hospitality, and life-long learning, all centered in Christ. 429 Upham Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Office: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm1-781-662-8844 Office1-781-662-9340 FAX e-mail: i.rectory@comcast.net website: www.incarnationmelrose.org Follow us on Twitter @IncParish Like us on Facebook!PASTORAL and SUPPORT STAFF Fr. Steve Madden,Pastori.rectory@comcast.netFr. Michael Ssenfuma, Parochial Vicarmdssenfuma@gmail.comFr. André Brouillette, Weekend AssistantDeacon Bob Breendeaconbob2008@gmail.comAnn Lahiff, Director of Faith Formation AnnLahiff7@aol.comShawn Gelzleichter, Director of Music Ministriessgelzleichter@gmail.com Gina Distefano, Business Administratori.rectory@comcast.netBrother David E. Wiggin, C.F.X., Bookkeeper Jim Guiry, Maintenance ManagerDottie Ahlin, Household Assistant

LITURGY (Beginning 5/25) Mass Schedule~ Saturday 4:30; Sunday 8:00 am & 10:30amDaily Mass ~Thursday-Friday at 8:00.

SCRIPTURE STUDY )Every Friday morning -meeting online via Zoom. Email Shawn if you would like to participate. Everyone is welcome in this lively and interesting forum.

RECONCILIATION (Suspended due to COVID-19)Saturday, 3:30 - 4:15 pm, or by appointment at any time.

JOINING THE PARISHNo matter what your journey has been, we want to be your companions for the next steps, to share the Gospel together and to help each other along the way.Please introduce yourself to a staff member, or drop in for

coffee on Sunday. You can register as a parishioner online via our website, or stop by the rectory. ADULT INITIATION, RCIAWe are always ready to begin the process by which an adult or older child becomes a Catholic, either by full initiation in baptism, or by reception into full communion. We are also happy to prepare you for adult Confirmation. Contact Deacon Bob Breen.

BAPTISM FOR INFANTSCongratulations! The baptism of infants is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month, or within the Sunday assembly. Fr. Steve is the staff contact person for preparation.

GENERATIONS OF FAITHWe are a community of life-long learners. Our parish program of inter-generational learning and celebration of faith is called Generations of Faith. Contact:Ann Lahiff.

MARRIAGECongratulations! The engaged couple must contact the Rectory at least six months in advance, preferably a year ahead

CARE OF THE SICK To arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick, for Holy Communion for the home-bound, or Viaticum for the Dying, please contact the parish office. We normally send ministers out with communion after the eight o’clock on Sunday, and also schedule regular home visits during the week. It is always possible to anoint the sick during regularly scheduled liturgies. All you have to do is ask!

ORDER of CHRISTIAN FUNERALSWe will work with you to plan your own funeral liturgy or that of a loved one, and are prepared to celebrate the Vigil, also known as the “Wake,” in the Church building for those who choose.

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