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ESTABLISHED 1959

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) June 14th, 2020

SAINT JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH

PARISH BOOKKEEPER

CARRIE PETERSON

509-653-2534

CARRIE.PETERSON@ YAKIMADIOCESE.ORG

Matthew 5:14

WEBSITE: STJOHNNACHES.ORG

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THIS WEEK AT SAINT JOHN

Monday - No Mass celebrated

Tuesday - No Mass celebrated.

Wednesday - No Mass celebrated.

Thursday - No Mass celebrated

Friday - No Mass celebrated.

Saturday - No Mass celebrated.

Sunday - Outdoor Masses at St. Juan Diego 9:00 a.m. English and 11:30 a.m. Spanish

THIS WEEK’S READINGS June 15: Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:1–16; Ps 5:2–7; Mt 5:38–42 June 16: Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17–29; Ps 51:3–6, 11, 16; Mt 5:43–48 June 17: Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordi-nary Time 2 Kgs 2:1, 6–14; Ps 31:20-21, 24; Mt 6:1–6, 16–18 June 18: Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordi-nary Time Sir 48:1–14; Ps 97:1–7; Mt 6:7–15 June 19: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Dt 7:6–11; Ps 103:1–4, 6, 8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7–16; Mt 11:25–30 June 20: The Immaculate Heart of Mary 2 Chr 24:17–25; Ps 89:4–5, 29–34; Lk 2:41–51 June 21: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:10–13; Ps 69:8–10, 14, 17, 33–35; Rom 5:12–15; Mt 10:26–33

SEMINARIANS!

Bishop Tyson has encouraged us to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Jacob Sevigny is studying at Mundelein Seminary, in Mundelein Illinois. Please keep

him and those who are considering vocations in your prayers.

Rachel’s Vineyard is a post-abortion re-covery program for all those affected by abortion, such as the mother, father, grand-parents and siblings, friends and medical practitioners who have conducted the abor-tions. Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to re-new, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a sup-portive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. See rachelsvineyard.org for more information.

If God is calling you to hope and healing OR to minister to those in need of hope and healing here in our local community, please contact Lisa 509-421-7847 or rvcentral-wa@gmail.com for more information.

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A QUOTE FROM THE POPE FRANCIS ON EUCHARIST,

ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

“Today the Church shows the world the Corpus Christi – the Body of

Christ. And she invites us to adore him: Venite adoremus –Come let us

adore him. The attention of believers is focused on the Sacrament in

which Christ has left himself: Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. It is

the reason for considering it as the holiest reality: “the Blessed Sac-

rament”, living memorial of the redeeming Sacrifice. On the Solem-

nity of Corpus Christi, we return to that “Thursday” which we call

“Holy,” on which the Redeemer celebrated his last Passover with

the disciples: it was the Last Supper, fulfilling the Jewish Passover

supper and inaugurating the Eucharistic rite.”

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QUESTION BOX

Q. I receive The Catholic Virginian and have enjoyed reading your column over the years. But I do have a question that

has always bothered me, even though I have made more than 30 retreats at a Jesuit retreat center and have taught CCD (religious education). In the Apostles' Creed, why does it say that Jesus descended into hell and rose on the third day? How could Jesus go to hell? He had no sins -- he was God. (Glen Allen, Virginia)

ANSWER: Dur ing the celebration of the Mass, the Apostles' Creed may be used as an option in place of the more tr aditional Nicene C reed, and that prayer does say that Jesus, following his death, "descended into hell." When I received your email, it occurred to me that I had answered a similar question once before; but when I checked my files, I discovered that that particular column had run in the year 2013. And since I've been asked the same thing a number of times since then, it seems the question is still on people's minds and might deserve another response. The answer has to do with the ambiguity, in early Christian times, of the Hebrew word "sheol." That word could refer to the eternal abode of the devil and the damned, but it could also denote the place where the righteous awaited redemption. Until Jesus had completed his death and resurrection, they just could not yet know the joys of being in God's presence. So, the first act of Christ after his death on Calvary was to go and rescue the just who had already died and bring them with him into the glory of the Father. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states: "Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before him" (CCC No. 633).

On a Catholic-Jewish wedding

Q. My boyfriend and I are madly in love and have decided to get married. He is American (from New Hampshire), and I am from the South American country of Ecuador. We met four years ago, and our relationship has survived distance as well as differences in language and culture. Additionally, I am a Catholic and he is a Jew. We would like to have a wedding ceremony reflecting our two faiths. What is the process for having that recognized by the church?

We would like to have both a rabbi and a priest give us their blessings at the marriage. We have in mind a wedding about a year from now in Florida. I can't, though, go right now to Florida to make these arrangements, since I am still in the middle of the visa process. What can we do to have this happen? (Ecuador)

A. I have been involved in a number of interfaith wedding ceremonies such as you describe - all with the blessing of the Catholic Church. It's a little bit complicated for you and your fiancé because of the geographic distances, but it can certainly happen, and this is what I think you should do.

First, you should telephone the Catholic diocese in the area of Florida where you would like to be married. (The Florida dioceses are: Miami, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Pensacola-Tallahassee, Palm Beach and Venice.) When you call, ask for the marriage tribunal office, explain your situation and seek their advice. Ask them to put you in touch with a priest they think might be willing to accommodate you.

Then speak with that priest and, if he's willing to be involved, ask him to suggest a local rabbi who might participate. Then call that rabbi and seek his or her assistance. At some point, you and your fiancé will need to fill out some paperwork with the church seeking the required permissions, as well as obtain a civil marriage license.

One question you'll have to decide is whether you want the priest or the rabbi to be the one to receive your vows during the ceremony; it can work either way, but there's a technical difference in the sort of permission/dispensation you need to obtain. You have a year to work on this so it can certainly come together, but it would be best to start soon. Meanwhile, I will pray for the two of you and for God's blessings on your marriage.

Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com or at

40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.

Our parish is now offering Online Giving! Visit our website to sign up and to begin contributing automatically to St.

John. This convenient new system does not require you to contact your bank to sign up or to make changes. You can

use any of your checking or savings accounts and the funds will be automatically transferred to our parish bank ac-

count. This system is more convenient for the parish than electronic checks from your bank. And it’s convenient for

you because you can make changes at any time. You can see reports on your contribution history and generate tax statements at each year’s end. You can

come to www.stjohnnaches.org to get started. Please note that the Online Giving platform is formatted for use with Google Chrome, rather than Internet

Explorer. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Carrie Peterson at 509.653.2534. Thank you.

SEXUAL ABUSE HOTLINE

If you have been abused or victimized by a member of the Catholic clergy, please believe in the possibility for hope and help and healing. We encourage you to come forward and speak out. The Yakima Diocese has a sexual abuse hotline for those who wish to report some incident concerning that issue as regards to a bishop, priest, deacon or diocesan employee or volunteer. Our diocese provides a private/confidential phone line for those wishing to report

incidents of sexual abuse regarding clergy, diocesan or church employees or volunteers 1-888-276-4490.

With so many people out of work, the St. Vincent Center is seeing an unprecedented number of families who need extra help with food security. Can you please help by working Friday mornings (8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) at the food bank in Union Gap? Volunteers are especially needed to carry heavy boxes from the warehouse to waiting cars. Safety precautions will be enforced and personal protective equipment will be provided. The St.Vincent Center is a community outreach program of Catholic Charities Serving Cen-tral Washington.

Please visit https://catholiccharitiescw.org/services/involvement/volunteer-opportunities to begin the pro-cess of becoming a volunteer.

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THE SOLEMNITY OF MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

First Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14b-16a Moses tells the people to remember how God deliv-ered them from slavery in Egypt.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 147:12-15,19-20 Praise God, Jerusalem!

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Though many, we are one body when we partake of the Body and Blood of Christ.

Gospel Reading John 6:51-58 Jesus says, “I am the living bread.”

Background on the Gospel Reading

This Sunday we celebrate a second solemnity during this period of Ordinary Time in the liturgical calen-dar. Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. This day was once called Corpus Christi, which is Latin for “Body of Christ.” In the revised Lectionary the name for this day is expanded to reflect more completely our Eu-charistic theology.

Today’s Gospel is taken from the Gospel according to John. The reading is part of a discourse between Jesus and a crowd of Jews. The discourse comes shortly after the miracle of Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes. In John’s Gospel, miracles such as this are identified as “signs” through which people come to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. These signs are followed by dialogue, or discourse that interprets and explains the miracle. In John’s Gospel, Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves is said to have occurred near Passover, thus linking it to the Exodus story and God’s saving action toward the Israelites.

Having seen Jesus multiply the loaves and fishes, the crowd pursues him, perhaps seeking more food but also looking for another sign. Jesus tells the crowd that he is the bread of life. He explains that just as God gave the Israelites manna to sustain them in the desert, so now God has sent new manna that will give eternal life. It is in this context that Jesus repeats those words in today’s Gospel and tells them again that he is the living bread that came down from heaven.

Jesus’ words are not well understood by the crowd; they argue that Jesus is not from heaven but born of Mary and Joseph. The crowd also has trouble under-standing how Jesus could give them his flesh to eat. Jesus tells them that when they eat his flesh and drink his blood, they will remain forever connected to him. These are difficult words, but they are im-portant because they seek to show us our intimate connection with Jesus.

This is the mystery that is at the heart of our Eucha-ristic theology. In the elements of bread and wine, Jesus’ Body and Blood are truly present. When we share in the Body and Blood of Christ, Jesus himself comes to dwell within us. This communion with the Lord makes us one body, brings us eternal life, and sends us forth to be Christ’s Body in the world.

https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/sunday-connection

Reflection on Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

It is necessary to be alone sometimes, for the soul requires solitude in order to maintain its individuality. But we couldn’t live like that. We’d go mad. The fact is: we are remarkably dependent on one another. We need other people in our lives – for support, affirmation, encouragement, companionship. They nourish and sustain us in a hundred different ways. And of course, we nourish them also.

Today people are schooled in individualism with the result that they find community diffi-cult. There is a lot of loneliness in the world today. Many people are crying out for a friend, for a companion, for a sense of belonging.

The word ‘companion’ is a lovely word. It comes from two Latin words: cum which means with, and panis which means bread. So, a ‘companion’ literally means someone with whom I share bread. It’s not everyone that you enjoy a meal with. Not everyone that you invite in for a cup of tea. There has to be a bond. And that bond is deepened by the sharing of food and drink. When people invite us to their table, they offer us more than food. They offer us trust, welcome and friendship. We feel honored. The talk is as much a part of the fare as the food. Afterwards we feel nourished, not only in body, but also in heart and spirit.

The Eucharist is the meal that we share in the Lord’s memory and at his command. By invit-ing us to partake of the sacred food of the Eucharist, Jesus makes us his companions and friends. And in doing so we ought to become companions and friends to one another.

We need Christ – that’s obvious. But we also need one another. To be a believer, or just a spiritual person, in today’s world can be a lonely business. Here is where the community comes in. We are a community of believers whose common faith strengthens the faith of each individual.

The first Christians supported one another. They forgave each other’s offenses, shared their possessions, and fostered the spirit of community. Sharing creates a bond, and bonding leads to sharing. The Eucharist was at the center of everything. It was this that bound them togeth-er and enabled them to offer a loving service to one another.

Recalling the words of Jesus, the Catholic Church professes that, in the celebration of the Eucharist, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the instrumentality of the priest. Jesus said: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. . .. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink”. The whole Christ is truly present, body, blood, soul, and divinity, under the appear-ances of bread and wine—the glorified Christ who rose from the dead after dying for our sins. This is what the Church means when she speaks of the “Real Presence” of Christ in the Eucharist. The risen Christ is present to his Church in many ways, but most especially through the sacrament of his Body and Blood. I give thanks to God in a special way for that most incredible gift of his Real Presence in the Eucharist and for the fact that we are back together as a community.

Source: https://saintjohntheevangelist.com/ft/solemnity-of-the-body-and-blood-of-christ-

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