two parishes with one mission: to bring jesus christ to all! · danise mendonça administrative...

june 28, 2020

St. Thomas the Apostle Parish 3 Margin St.

Peabody, MA 01960 978-531-0224 ~ 978-531-6517 fax

www.stthomaspeabody.org

St. John the Baptist Parish 17 Chestnut St

Peabody, MA 01960 978-531-0002

www.stjohnspeabody.org

Two parishes with one mission: to bring Jesus Christ to all!

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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 28, 2020

Peace be with you! ¡la Paz esté con usted! Paz esteja con voce! Our parishes join me in welcoming you and offering to help you on your journey of faith. Below is a directory of our personnel. We are all here to serve you in any way we can. We want to know you and your family so please take a minute to register, using the cards in the pew, or after Mass, or online, or at the office. We can also provide faith formation and sacraments for your children at Saint John's School or in our religious education programs. Let us know how we can help you. God bless! FFr. John

We are here to serve you. Please call or contact us.

Our clergy serve both parishes, our school, and Brooksby Village. Call us at 978-531-0002 Rev. John E. MacInnis, Pastor

Rev. Kevin Leaver, Parochial Vicar Padre Paúl G.M. McManus, Parochial Vicar, Hispanic Ministry

Deacon Leo Martin + Deacon Dan Zinger + Deacon Denis Nakkeeran

Our lay staff are here to help in any way they can:

St. John the Baptist

Karen Hinton Dir. of Religious Ed 1-5 Dawn Alves Dir. of Religious Ed 6-8 Tracy Palen Office Administrator Kathleen Wilkinson Parish Secretary Janet O’Connor Parish Secretary Dr. Holly Zagaria Director of Music Ministry Raisa Ferreras Music Ministry (Spanish) Aida Vargas Spanish Religious Ed Lucy Cortez Spanish Religious Ed Linda McKenzie Brooksby Village Pastoral Assoc. Brooksby Catholic Ministry: 978-536-7947 Saint John School: 978-531-0444Parish Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-3:30pm Email: [email protected]

St. Thomas the Apostle

Dawn Alves Pastoral Associate Dir. of Religious Ed 6-10 Dr. Holly Zagaria Director of Music Ministry Renildo Paiva Music Ministry (Brazilian) Lisa Ann Trainor Dir. of Religious Ed K-5 Tracy Palen Office Administrator Linda Cavallon Administrative Assistant Danise Mendonça Administrative Assistant Leila Andrade Brazilian Administrator

Parish Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-12:00pm Email: [email protected]

Follow us at: St. John and St. Thomas

Churches of Peabody

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For up to date info check our websites at:www.stthomaspeabody.org www.stjohnspeabody.org

St. John’s Parish Pay is now WeShare. Go to our website www.stjohnspeabody.org

Click on Online Giving.On the right of the screen you will see a green

Online giving icon. Click on this for both weekly and second collections.

WeShare at 1-800-950-9952. Thank you !

St. Thomas Parish Soft On-line Giving Go to our website

www.stthomaspeabody.org Click on Online Giving,

Click on this for both weekly and second collections.

Thank you !

Mass Schedule for Both Parishes Masses in English: Saturday 4:00 PM St. Thomas Sunday 8:00AM St. John's 10:00AM St. John's 10:00AM St. Thomas

NO 5:00 PM Mass Masses in Spanish: Saturday 7:00 PM, Sunday 11:30AM & 7:00 PM Brazilian Mass: Sunday 11:30 AM

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR A MASS– NO WALK INS Call 978-531-0002 to register ~or ~

sign-up on our websites under SIGNUP GENIUS

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The Cup We Share This is the second in our series: Eucharist: Holy

Food for Holy People.

Wine is the second element that Jesus chose to use to give Himself to us as sustenance for our life in Him. A cup of wine was (and still is) part of the Jewish ritual of Passover. It is profoundly rich in meaning. There are in fact four cups that are shared by partici-pants. To appreciate the significance for us as Catho-lics I highly recommend you read Scott Hahn's book, The Fourth Cup, written from his perspective as a former evangelical who was amazed to find the mys-tery of the Eucharist in the gospel that he had read all his life. What I learned helped me as a priest and life-long Catholic to go deeper into this unique gift that is ours but holds so much more for us to savor!

A window into how the early church celebrated and understood the meaning of the Eucharist is found in the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. See-ing sad divisions arising when Christians gathered to eat the Lord's supper, Paul returns to the words and actions of Jesus at his last supper: taking, blessing and breaking bread with the words "This is my body that is for you."And then Jesus taking the cup said:"This cup is the new covenant in my blood"and he re-peats his command: "Do this in remembrance of me..."(I Cor. 11:17ff) Paul warns strongly that "anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body , eats and drinks judgment on himself."

The image of the chalice you see here is a window from the convent chapel at Saint John's. It was one of a few I found in the cellar of what is now our parish office and thrift store building. When I created a small chapel in our rectory it found its perfect place behind the tabernacle con-

taining the Body of Christ. Seeing it daily in prayer reminds me of the sacred ministry of priests who are privileged to drink the cup of his Blood so often. We have always done this for you.

And then one day we began to drink it with you. The instruction in our Missal makes clear why it would be appropriate to offer the chalice to all. "Holy Com-munion has a fuller form as a sign when it takes place under both kinds. For in this form the sign of the Eucharistic banquet is more clearly evident and clearer expression is given to the divine will by which the new and eternal covenant is ratified in the Blood of the Lord, as also the connection between the Eucharistic banquet and the eschatological ban-quet in the Kingdom of the Father "(GIRM 281).

The GIRM is very careful to assure us that to receive the Eucharist in only in one form (bread or wine) is to receive the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus. It insists on the authority of bishops to deter-mine when and how Holy Communion may be re-ceived under both kinds. Sadly we face today a situa-tion where the pandemic restricts many aspects of our celebration of the Eucharist. Hence to avoid con-tagion, only the priest drinks from the chalice, and each priest must drink only from his own!

My goal in writing to you about the Eucharist this year is to help you encounter the risen Jesus more deeply and participate in Mass more fully. So we might ask ourselves what "the cup of His blood" meant for him and means for us. It takes us back to the agonizing prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane when Jesus asks the Father to take away the cup of suffer-ing on Calvary, the cup he drank ultimately as the will of God. His was to be the blood of the perfect sacrificial lamb, slain to take away the sins of the world. For us the privilege of drinking the Precious Blood from the chalice is an invitation to follow Je-sus in being willing to accept whatever pain lies in store for us when we do the will of God. What physi-cal or emotional suffering are you bearing at this mo-ment? Or is your cup one of economic hardship. Or is it spiritual in nature such as a loss of peace and confidence about our future or a crisis in the family or in our country as we have seen. Yet wine is also meant to make us happy, something we use to cele-brate. As the miracle at Cana hints at, the new wine given by the Lord is foretaste of the cup of joy at the wedding feast of the Lamb to come! May we thirst for the day when we will drink it fully in the King-dom of Heaven. God bless. Fr. John

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La Copa Que Compar mos Este es el segundo de nuestra serie: Eucaristía:

comida sagrada para la gente santa. El vino es el segundo elemento que Jesús eligió usar para entregarse a nosotros como sustento de nuestra vida en Él. Una copa de vino era (y sigue siendo) parte del ritual judío de la Pascua. Es profundamente rico en significado. De hecho, hay cuatro copas que comparten los participantes. Para apreciar la importancia para no-sotros como católicos, le recomiendo que lea el libro de Scott Hahn, La Cuarta Copa, escrito desde su perspec-tiva como un ex evangélico que se sorprendió al encon-trar el misterio de la Eucaristía en el evangelio que había leído toda su vida. ¡Lo que aprendí me ayudó como sacerdote y católico de toda la vida a profundizar en este regalo único que es nuestro pero que tiene mu-cho más para que podamos saborear!

Una ventana de cómo la iglesia primitiva celebró y en-tendió el significado de la Eucaristía se encuentra en la Primera Carta de San Pablo a los Corintios. Al ver surgir tristes divisiones cuando los cristianos se re-unieron para comer la cena del Señor, Pablo regresa a las palabras y acciones de Jesús en su última cena: tomar, bendecir y partir el pan con las palabras "Este es mi cuerpo que es para ustedes". Y entonces Jesús to-mando la copa dijo: "Esta copa es el nuevo pacto en mi sangre" y repite su orden: "Hagan esto en memoria de mía..." (I Cor. 11: 17ff) Pablo advierte firmemente que "cualquiera quien come y bebe sin discernir el cuerpo, come y bebe juicio sobre sí mismo”.

La imagen del cáliz que ves aquí es una ventana de la capilla del convento en Saint Juan. Fue uno de los pocos que encontré en el sótano de lo que ahora es el edificio de nuestra oficina parroquial y tienda de segunda mano. Cuando creé una pequeña capilla en nuestra rectoría, encontré su lugar perfecto detrás del tabernáculo que

contiene el Cuerpo de Cristo. Verlo diariamente en oración me recuerda el sagrado ministerio de los sacer-dotes que tienen el privilegio de beber de su Sangre tan a menudo. Siempre hemos hecho esto por ti.

Y entonces un día comenzamos a beberlo contigo. La instrucción en nuestro Misal deja en claro por qué sería apropiado ofrecer el cáliz a todos. "La Sagrada Co-munión tiene una forma más completa como signo cu-ando se lleva a cabo bajo ambos tipos. Porque de esta forma el signo del banquete eucarístico es más clara-mente evidente y se da una expresión más clara a la voluntad divina por la cual se ratifica el nuevo y eterno pacto. en la Sangre del Señor, como también la conex-ión entre el banquete eucarístico y el banquete escato-lógico en el Reino del Padre "(GIRM 281).

El GIRM es muy cuidadoso al asegurarnos que recibir la Eucaristía en una sola forma (pan o vino) es recibir el Cuerpo y la Sangre, el Alma y la Divinidad de Jesús. Insiste en la autoridad de los obispos para determinar cuándo y cómo se puede recibir la Sagrada Comunión bajo ambos tipos. Lamentablemente, hoy enfrentamos una situación en la que la pandemia restringe muchos aspectos de nuestra celebración de la Eucaristía. Por lo tanto, para evitar el contagio, ¡solo el sacerdote bebe del cáliz, y cada sacerdote debe beber solo del suyo!

Mi objetivo al escribirles sobre la Eucaristía en este año es ayudarlos a encontrar al Jesús resucitado más profundamente y participar más plenamente en la Misa. Entonces podríamos preguntarnos qué significaba "la copa de Su sangre" para él y lo que significa para no-sotros. Nos lleva de vuelta a la agonizante oración de Jesús en Getsemaní cuando Jesús le pide al Padre que le quite la copa de sufrimiento en el Calvario, la copa que bebió en última instancia como la voluntad de Di-os. La suya sería la sangre del cordero sacrificial per-fecto, asesinado para quitar los pecados del mundo. Para nosotros, el privilegio de beber la Preciosa Sangre del cáliz es una invitación a seguir a Jesús al estar dis-puesto a aceptar cualquier dolor que nos depare cuando hacemos la voluntad de Dios. ¿Qué sufrimiento físico o emocional estás soportando en este momento? ¿O es tu copa una de dificultades económicas? ¿O es de natura-leza espiritual, como una pérdida de paz y confianza sobre nuestro futuro o una crisis en la familia o en nuestro país como hemos visto? Sin embargo, el vino también está destinado a hacernos felices, algo que usa-mos para celebrar. Como lo sugiere el milagro en Caná, ¡el vino nuevo dado por el Señor es un anticipo de la copa de la alegría en la fiesta de bodas del Cordero por venir! Que tengamos sed del día en que lo bebamos por completo en el Reino de los Cielos. Dios los bendiga. Padre John

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E então um dia começamos a beber com você. As in-struções em nosso Missal deixam claro por que seria apropriado oferecer o cálice a todos. "A Santa Co-munhão tem uma forma mais plena como sinal quan-do ocorre nos dois tipos. Pois, desta forma, o sinal do banquete eucarístico é mais evidente e uma expressão mais clara é dada à vontade divina pela qual a nova e eterna aliança é ratificada. no Sangue do Senhor, co-mo também a conexão entre o banquete eucarístico e o banquete escatológico no Reino do Pai "(GIRM281).

A GIRM é muito cuidadosa em garantir-nos que rece-ber a Eucaristia de uma só forma (pão ou vinho) é receber o Corpo e o Sangue, a Alma e a Divindade de Jesus. Insiste na autoridade dos bispos para determi-nar quando e como a Santa Comunhão pode ser rece-bida nos dois tipos. Infelizmente, enfrentamos hoje uma situação em que a pandemia restringe muitos as-pectos de nossa celebração da Eucaristia. Portanto, para evitar o contágio, apenas o padre bebe do cálice, e cada sacerdote deve beber apenas do seu!

Meu objetivo, ao escrever para você sobre a Eucaris-tia este ano, é ajudá-lo a encontrar o Jesus ressuscita-do mais profundamente e a participar da missa mais plenamente. Portanto, podemos nos perguntar o que "o cálice do Seu sangue" significa para ele e significa para nós. Nos leva de volta à oração agonizante de Jesus no Getsêmani, quando Jesus pede ao Pai que tire o cálice do sofrimento no Calvário, o cálice que ele bebeu em última análise, como a vontade de Deus. Deveria ser o sangue do perfeito cordeiro sacrificial, morto para tirar os pecados do mundo. Para nós, o privilégio de beber o Sangue Precioso do cálice é um convite a seguir Jesus, estando disposto a aceitar qualquer dor que estiver reservada para nós quando fizermos a vontade de Deus. Que sofrimento físico ou emocional você está tendo neste momento? Ou seu copo é uma das dificuldades econômicas. Ou é de na-tureza espiritual, como uma perda de paz e confiança em relação ao nosso futuro ou uma crise na família ou em nosso país, como vimos. No entanto, o vinho tam-bém serve para nos fazer felizes, algo que usamos pa-ra comemorar. Como o milagre de Caná sugere, o no-vo vinho dado pelo Senhor é antecipado no cálice da alegria na festa nupcial do Cordeiro que está por vir! Que tenhamos sede do dia em que o beberemos total-mente no Reino dos Céus. Deus abençoe. Pe. John

O Copo Que Compartilhamos Este é o segundo tema da nossa série: Eucaristia:

alimento sagrado para pessoas santas.

O vinho é o segundo elemento que Jesus escolheu usar para se dar a nós como alimento para a nossa vida nele. Um copo de vinho fazia (e ainda faz) parte do ritual judaico da Páscoa. É profundamente rico em significado. De fato, existem quatro copos que são compartilhados pelos participantes. Para apreciar o significado para nós como católicos, recomendo que você leia o livro de Scott Hahn, The Fourth Cup, O Banquete do Cordeiro escrito a partir de sua perspec-tiva como um ex-evangélico que ficou surpreso ao descobrir o mistério da Eucaristia no evangelho que ele havia lido toda a sua vida. O que aprendi me aju-dou como sacerdote e católico ao longo da vida a aprofundar esse presente único que é nosso, mas que tem muito mais para saborear!

Uma janela sobre como a igreja primitiva celebrava e compreendia o significado da Eucaristia é encontrada na Primeira Carta de São Paulo aos Coríntios. Vendo tristes divisões surgindo quando os cristãos se reuni-ram para comer a ceia do Senhor, Paulo volta às pa-lavras e ações de Jesus em sua última ceia: tomar, abençoar e partir o pão com as palavras "Este é o meu corpo que será dado por vós". E então Jesus, pegando o cálice, disse: "Este cálice é a nova aliança no meu sangue" e ele repete o seu comando: "Faça isso em memória de mim ..." (1 Cor. 11: 17ss) Paulo adverte fortemente que "se alguém come e bebe sem discernir o corpo, come e bebe julgamento sobre si mesmo ".

A imagem do cálice que você vê aqui é uma janela da capela do convento na São João. Foi uma das poucas que encontrei no porão do que é hoje o es-critório da nossa paróquia e o brechó. Quando criei uma pequena capela em nossa reitoria, esta im-agem encontrou seu lugar perfeito atrás do taber-

náculo que continha o Corpo de Cristo. Vê-la diari-amente em oração me lembra o ministério sagrado dos sacerdotes que têm o privilégio de beber tantas vezes de seu sangue. Sempre fizemos isso por você

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Please remember the deceased members of our families and

those who were buried from our Parishes during the past week.

May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through

God’s mercy rest in peace. Amen

REMINDER: For July/August/September 4pm Mass is at:

St. John the Baptist 8am Mass is at:

St. Thomas the Apostle

After a brief interruption in business, the volunteer staff of the St. John’s Thrift Shop is happy to

announce its REOPENING!The shop will be open, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm year round! We are bursting,

at the seams, with clothing for every member of the family, shoes, household items, books, toys, religious

items and nice pieces of china and crystal items. We also have a large quantity of linens, blankets, comforters, pil-lows, curtains and drapes, towels, etc. Come in and see our Girls and Infants room, the Book Room filled with paperbacks, hard cover, children's and religious books

cd's, DVD's, greeting cards, etc. We have rooms for Men and Young Men, The Toy Room, which has puzzles, toys

for boys and girls, along with school supplies. The Ladies Room which has a wide selection of blouses, pants, sweaters, shoes, hosiery, hats, dresses, skirts, suits,

etc. The Kitchen has all the necessary items for any kitchen, from glassware to small electric appliances. We have much more. Please come in and remember:

WEAR A MASK & KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING The staff will be available for any question or concerns. We are glad to be back and most happy to welcome all

our regular customers and any new customers. As always, thank you for your support of which

100% goes directly to St. John's parish. The Thrift Shop will be CLOSED on

Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4thWe will, however, be OPEN on Thurs., July 2nd.

We will REOPEN Thursday, July 9th at 9:00 am. Have a safe holiday. See you on the 9th.

God bless us all! The Staff of the Thrift Shop

Dear Community of St. Thomas and St. John,

We await word from Bishop Peter Uglietto regarding the celebration of Confirmation here in our two parishes. Bishop Uglietto is the Vicar General of our Diocese and extremely busy with many of the pandemic concerns for all our parishes. As we hope and pray COVID19 concerns subside, we also anticipate the joyful celebration of Confirmation in the context of Mass.

Thank you, Dawn Alves

CONFIRMATION St. Thomas & St. John’s

MOVIE TO WATCH The SuitcaseA Story About Giving by Jane Meyer Zeal and excitement are a part of every child. This picture book celebrates a young boy's enthusiasm to put into prac-tice the words of Christ: to feed and clothe the poor, help the needy, and love one's neighbor. Thomas shows his family the items he has packed into his suitcase after hearing a stir-ring homily at church, they marvel at his inventiveness and loving heart—he is traveling to the Kingdom of Heaven, and he knows what it takes to get there! Thomas and his family figure out a way, with his suitcase, to accomplish the goal that Thomas is so excited about: to arrive at the Kingdom.

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Memorial Gifts for the EucharistSSt. John the Baptist

June 27th/28th

Bread and Wine AVAILABLE

Sacramental Candles AVAILABLE

Memorial Gifts for the Eucharist St. Thomas the Apostle

June 27th/28 Bread and Wine

Robert & Ann TivnanSanctuary Lamp

AVAILABLE Candle Oil AVAILABLE

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Ascension Press Media Presents

WHAT TO DO IN ADORATION

With Fr. Josh Johnson There are many things we can do during Eucharistic Adoration,

but to make the time most effective there are certain things we should do. Fr. Josh puts forth some simple guidelines you can use to help you improve your relationship with God in the

Blessed Sacrament. https://youtu.be/mbyMeNPddBs

Feast of Corpus Christi 2020 -Feast of Corpus Christi 2021www.bostoncatholic.org/yearoftheeucharist

4 Catholic Podcasts YouShould Be Listening To Pray-As-You-Go

Catholic Stuff You Should KnowThe Word on the Hill with the Lanky Guys

Father Mike Schmitz

The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers

Do the consecrated bread and wine cease to be the Body and Blood of Christ when the Mass is over?

No. During the celebration of the Eucharist, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, and this they remain. They cannot turn back into bread and wine, for they are no longer bread and wine at all. There is thus no reason for them to change back to their "normal" state after the special circumstances of the Mass are past. Once the substance has really changed, the presence of the Body and Blood of Christ "endures as long as the Eu-charistic species subsist" ( Catechism, no. 1377). Against those who maintained that the bread that is consecrated during the Eucharist has no sanctifying power if it is left over until the next day, St. Cyril of Alexandria replied, "Christ is not altered, nor is his holy body changed, but the power of the consecration and his life-giving grace is perpetual in it" ( Letter 83, to Calosyrius, Bishop of Arsi-noe [ PG 76, 1076]). The Church teaches that Christ re-mains present under the appearances of bread and wine as long as the appearances of bread and wine remain (cf. Catechism, no. 1377).

Sharing A Witness Witnessing to our faith

in the Eucharist is a key part of the Year of

the Eucharist. How has the Eucharist had a profound impact on your life? We would love to hear about it. I am looking for individuals to share how they have encountered Jesus in the Eucharist. This will be a series to share in the bulletin each week. Your witness could be a

few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. Contact Danise Mendonca

[email protected]

Looking for good books to readbesides the Bible?

Book SuggestionsKIDS

EDITION

Heavenly Hosts by Kathryn Swegart presents documented Eucharistic mira-cles in story form to bring middle-grade readers to a better understanding of the

Real Presence.

The Night Before My First Com-munion by Natasha Wing A brother and sister celebrate and prepare for this Catholic rite of passage in the

twenty-fourth title in Natasha Wing'sbest-selling paperback series featuring rhyming text in the style of the classic

Clement C. Moore holiday poem.

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Please REGISTER by contacting either parish office, or via our website/social media pages.

Volunteers are needed to be Safety Guides and Cleaners for each night.

SERIES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON FACEBOOK

A NEW 5-Week Series with Seminarian Joe Ferme Began on June 17th with an

Introduction to the Year of the Eucharist See page 12 for highlights of talk

On June 24th Joe discussed The Eucharist in Scripture

July 1st at St. John’s The Three “Ends” of the Eucharist

and The Mass July 8th at St. Thomas

Jesus’ Abiding Presence and Prayer July 15th at St. Thomas Holy Communion and the Divine Indwelling

Each night will include a 30 min talk followed by Eucharistic Adoration for 30 mins.

You are invited to join us from 7-8PM each Wednesday.

Celebration of Solemn Vespers

forSt. Thomas the Apostle

Saturday, July 4th in the church at

St. Thomas at 5:30 PM This will be a chance for our

community to pray together on our patronal feast day

Please REGISTER by contacting either parish office, or via our website/social media pages. Volunteers are needed to be

Safety Guides and Cleaners, Contact parish office to help

SERIES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON FACEBOOK

" Jesus said to him, "Have

you come to believe

because you have seen

me?Blessed are those who

have not seen and havebelieved" (Jn 20:29)

"The Incredulity of Saint Thomas"by Caravaggio

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If you missed the 1st in the 5 part talk series to begin

The Year of the Eucharist with Seminarian Joe Ferme,

included on this page are some highlights from the talk Joe wanted to share. Thank You and Enjoy!

“One of the hymns wri en by St. Thomas for Corpus Chris is called the

Pange Lingua Gloriosi. It’s a beau ful hymn, o en sung on Holy Thursday. We heard it here this past Sunday. The nal

two stanzas are o en sung at the end of a me of Eucharis c Adora on. That part

begins with Tantum ergo. Within that part we hear these words: “Praestet fidessupplementum / Sensuum defectui.”

Faith supplies the supplement for the defect of the senses. We admit that our

senses fail here, that we need faith before the mystery.”

“And while we might not be able to provide what the non-believer is looking for – that is empirical proof in the form of scientific data – belief in the Eucharist is far from some immature and irration-

al belief. In fact, we can say that the one with faith is open to a whole realm of truths that are inaccessible to the one who limits himself by the

confines of physical science”

“Ultimately, our response must be to humble ourselves in faith before the mystery. We humble

ourselves because it is a mystery, and we can’t fully understand it. We wonder, we marvel, we adore, we give thanks. But we also have faith,

and faith wants to go deeper, to know. Pope St. John Paul II wrote an encyclical on faith

and reason, and he uses these two phrases: I believe that I may understand, and I understand

that I may believe. Faith does not mean we stop thinking, nor does thinking rationally mean

we do not have faith.”

“So, while there are things we can say about the mysteries, there will always be more to learn; we will never fully comprehend. And what could be

more interesting than that? Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

That statement is an endless fount. We can spend our entire lives plumbing its depths. We’re called not to dismiss this as some medieval superstition,

but we are also not called, on the other hand, to try and perfectly understand it. Rather, we’re called to humble ourselves in faith before the mystery, while growing in our understanding, always knowing that

there will be more.”

“Just as Bartimaeus asked for that gift of sight, so too are we called to ask

God for the gift of faith – for a deepen-ing and strengthening of faith in

our own life, and the spread of faith. And we can be instruments in that spreading, we can witness to Our

Eucharistic Lord. When Bartimaeus called out, we read that “many rebuked

him, telling him to be silent.” Many might say the same thing to us: “Keep your faith to yourself; that’s all supersti-

tion anyway; isn’t that belief a little old-school, a little outlandish?” “but he cried out all the more.” This year calls

us to enter more deeply into the mystery ourselves, and to beckon

others to join us – to join us in a loving relationship with the Eucharistic

Jesus. In many ways, if we want to accomplish our goals for this Year of the Eucharist, we just have call upon Jesus, and follow Him, as we heard Bartimaeus did after he received his

sight. This Year provides all of us in the Archdiocese with the chance to turn to Him more intentionally, to ponder anew the mystery of the Eucharist, to enter

into a more intimate and personal relationship with Our Good God. In

other words, Christ is passing by this year. We pray for the grace to follow Him…He will lead us to great things.”

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Although I grew up a cradle Catholic, the faith never really became personal for me until late in high school, and then especially in college during my senior year. I was invited on a retreat put on by the Boston University Newman Center, and it changed

my life. Not in the sense that I was a completely changed person, but after that retreat my life had a new direction. I began learning more about the Faith, going to Mass throughout the week, and praying in Eucharistic Adora-tion. Eventually, following a vocations retreat, I began to discern the priesthood. I like to describe my prayer chang-ing at a certain point from asking God what He wanted, in an inquisitive sort of way, to actually hoping that He was calling me to the priesthood. God works through our good desires. Through the witness of good and joyful priests and through living the Christian life with friends, I eventually came to desire to the priesthood, and by God’s grace I am on the way to the fulfillment of that desire. -Joe Ferme

I have heard God's call little by little from the beginning of my life. My parents taught me to pray at a very young age, and I do not remember a time when I didn't have a love for the Bible and for my faith. The high-light of my week was being in church and

going to worship services, and my friends in middle school pointed out to me on retreat how much they appreciated that I was so willing to pray for them and with them. I re-quested baptism at the age of twelve, and it meant so much to me that I even wrote a poem about it and read it to my English class! As I entered high school and college, my search for God in faith reached a new stage and I came to have a great love for regular prayer with the Psalms. It was after I had finished college and started working that I dis-covered the Catholic faith and the Catholic Church; and as I learned what God wanted to give me, I wanted to receive it. Not long after that, I was received into the Catholic Church and confirmed. I loved going to Mass daily, and eventually my parish priest asked me if I had ever thought about becoming a priest myself. With his help, I found my way to the seminary; and now, after my third year, the sem-inary has sent me to Peabody, and I am so very glad to be a part of the community here! -Jeremy Wagner

When I started college, I had the next 50 years of my life planned out. I was going to go to medical school, become a great doctor, save lives, have a wonderful wife and family, and enjoy an amazing life. But, God was inviting me to accept something far

greater than I could have ever imagined. There came a point where I started to ask God what His plan for my life was, rather than blindly following my own. He created me, after all. After some time, He made it abundantly clear that He was calling me to be His priest. He showed me that this was what He created me for and that my ultimate fulfillment would come in being His priest. Upon hearing that call, I couldn't think of doing anything else. I stopped my medical school application and focused entirely on my application to seminary. Following God's call was one of the best decisions I have ever made and I have never been happier. -Deacon Denis Nakkeeran

I can say that I can trace my call to priest-hood all the way back to my youngest years. My Grandma and Grandpa Zinger used to have Sunday dinner at their house and often the parish priests would be invited to come over and join us. In those encounters I had

with them somehow God sewed the seeds of a priestly vo-cation in my heart because as a boy that is always what I wanted to be. I grew up and our Catholic religion and faith was always a very important part of our lives. I was an or-dinary American kid. But, in God’s time he let me know when I should enter the seminary and now in just a few weeks I will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston. Serving the Lord is always a joy! -Deacon Dan

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