ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS ASSUMPTION GROTTO CHURCH OCTOBER 19, 2014 Assumption Grotto Parish - 1832 - Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine - 1881 - A Pastor’s Descant V arious disconcerting things are being said about the synod of bishops being held in Rome, on the subject of the family. In particular, one cardinal is said to be campaigning the bishops (and the Pope) to permit divorced Catholics who have attempted ‘remarriage’ (outside the Church) to receive Holy Communion, presumably without committing sacrilege. The issue is larger than may seem since it concerns the sanctioning of a second “marriage” of a Catholic; a redefinition of the sin of adultery; and a new and unprecedented allowance for one in a state of mortal sin to receive the Eucharist in “good conscience.” Not wishing to anticipate the verdict of the synodal fathers on the suggestion to revise the Church’s teachings, I turn my attention to the last issue, the worthy reception of Holy Communion. I’ve begun to think that we generally may be receiving Communion too often. This opinion–radical, controversial and much against the grain–is a reversal of the thought of Pope Saint Pius X who, in his time, encouraged the frequent and even daily reception of Holy Communion. His motives then must be seen in the context of the times in which he lived. Times have changed, however, and men’s attitudes have changed as well. What I’m proposing for consideration is that we fast from frequent Holy Communion for a time in order to make us hunger and yearn for Christ. Analogous to this would be the dietary problem of many Americans today who are eating far too much and too often, and as a consequence have health problems. In a similar way, we’re overeating the Holy Eucharist, being "Show me the coin that pays the census tax." Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." - Mt 22:19-21 Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass unmindful of Christ’s Presence therein, and being poorly suited to receive Him. The result is spiritual illness–ironic to say so–and perhaps even, according to Saint Paul again, physical sickness as a consequence (cf. 1 Cor. 11:30). Consider those who receive Communion without a thought to Who it is they’re receiving; or take someone who frequently sins and confesses and receives Communion but without having made a firm resolution to sin no more. Saint Paul had sharp words of reproach to those who receive the Eucharist, without examining themselves as to whether they are worthy of Communion or those who communicate without “recognizing the Body.” Perhaps we should stop what we’re doing so thoughtlessly, taking “time out” from receiving Communion, in order to recover our spiritual senses. For this, a fast, that is, a refraining from Holy Communion for a while might help us to become healthier, expanding our desire for receiving Christ, becoming hungry for Him. Making acts of Spiritual Communion, prayers of desire to receive the Holy Sacrament, is useful towards that end. Hours of adoration and visits to the Blessed Sacrament may also help stimulate an appetite for a reception of the Holy Eucharist. devout Am I proposing a new Jansenism? I think not. We’re sorely in need of a greater awareness of the Inestimable Gift of the Eucharist and of the requisite worthiness to receive It. We’ve become gluttonous children of God who need to hunger for Him. I ’ve received some suggestions on the future use of our convent building. Now another matter comes our way by the retirement of our parish grave digger. We’re looking for someone to take on the job. When I asked what equipment is needed I was told that a backhoe, a dump truck, cable and chains were necessary. With many men out of work, there might be one among you able and willing to take this on. (It’s employment; not a volunteer position.) So, I’m putting out the word. T he annual Benefit Dinner and Raffle takes place today in the gym following the noon Mass. Too many procrastinating people, I fear, are counting on getting their tickets at the door today. The caterers however had to cook for a given number of people, a number we had to estimate based on the sale of tickets. ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS COPY DEADLINE MONDAY, 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Gainer Family (D) 7:00 p.m. - Jeanette T. Lutfy (D) Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Steve Fredal (D) 7:00 p.m. - Anthony & Pauline Barbara (D) Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Smith Family (L) 7:00 p.m. - Patrick Smith (L) Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Charles Van Overbeke (D) 7:00 p.m. - Boyle/Brannigan Family (L&D) Friday, October 24, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Mafalda R. Valise (D) 10:00 a.m. - Memorial Mass: Thomas J. Kramek 7:00 p.m. - Lucia Bednarek (L) Saturday, October 25, 2014 7:30 a.m. - Ryan Steinhaus (L) 4:00 p.m. - People of the Parish Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:30, 9:30 a.m. and Noon - People of the Parish Graves DETROIT, MI Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:00 p.m. D. Bastuba, , R & J. Praet, J. & J. Williams, R. Grado Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:30 a.m. R. Jacek, C. Kolomjec, M Pomeroy 9:30 a.m. K. Garavaglia, D. Schuster, K., D. Dux, J. & E. Lang, J. Prevo, G. Heffernan, R.& A. Santine, A., J. & S Coates, J. & J Simpson, H. Wisniewski, B. & J. Newby, 12:00 p.m. B. & S. Sharp, J., P. I. & M. Doyle, C. & M. Chambers, G & J. Venditti, A. & M. Arrigoni, A. & J. Kopke, F. & W. Remske, J. Gallagher, P. Cooper, C. G. & J. Rochon, D & L Steinhaus Gethsemane Eucharistic Adoration Chapel The Chapel, located in the Convent, is open 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Monday-Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We need more people to be adorers. If you can commit to one hour, or be a sub when someone is absent, please call the Convent at 313-527-4416. Open Hours: Monday, 1:00 p.m., Thursday, 11:00 am. & 3:00 pm For information on graves or our cremation burial site, call the Rectory, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ASSUMPTION (GROTTO) PARISH DIRECTORY 13770 Gratiot Avenue Detroit, MI 48205 Pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone Associate Pastor, Rev. John Bustamante Deacon James Wilder RECTORY BUSINESS HOURS Monday-Friday ............................. 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday-Sunday........................... 9:00am-2:00pm Evening hours ............................... by appointment Rectory 313-372-0762, FAX 372-2064 Website: www.assumptiongrotto.com e-mail: [email protected] Assumption Grotto Gift Shop 313-332-4432 Email:[email protected] Parish Council President Anna Graziosi ..................................586-775-3228 Organist, Ray Long ........................313-372-0762 Email: [email protected] SUNDAY MASSES: Saturdays at 4:00; Sundays at 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), & Noon HOLY DAY MASSES: 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), Noon & evening at 7:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. (Tridentine), . & 7:00 p.m. , Saturday. 7:30 a.m (Tridentine) CONFESSIONS: Saturday 2:30-3:30 ., Sunday 9:00 & 11:30 a.m. BAPTISMS: Every Saturday after the 4:00 p.m. Mass or Sunday after the Noon Mass. Arrange at the Rectory Office. BLESSING FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS: After the Noon Mass on the first Sunday of the month. REGISTRATION: Come to Rectory 9-5 p.m., Mon-Fri. If not possible, call for a registration form to be sent out to you. ORDER OF CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY CROSS - 313-884-1121 SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CONVENT 313– 527-1739 Office 313-527-4416 Sisters Join us for refreshments in the vestibule of the gym after Mass. Weekly Holy Hours Wednesday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, “for all our Priests Thursday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, in commemoration of the Passio Domini Friday: after 7:00 p.m. Mass - for the souls in Purgatory Saturday: after the 4:00 p.m. Mass - for all our Military First Sunday of the Month: K of C Holy Hour after the Noon Mass, Benediction, prayers, Holy Rosary for vocations Readings for the Week of October 19, 2014 Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 Monday: Eph 2:1-10/Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Eph 2:12-22/Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12/Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21/Lk 12:49-53 Friday: Eph 4:1-6/Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16/Lk 13:1-9 Next Sunday: Ex 22:20-26/1 Thes 1:5c10/Mt 22:34-40 ©Liturgical Publications Inc TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME and so, many may be turned away from this long-planned-for event. This strikes a discordant final note, but I nevertheless remain hopeful for a good outcome. Fr. Perrone St. Vincent De Paul Helpers announce the second Swing Dance fundraiser with the Dave Ziarko Band on October 25th, 7-10:00 p.m. in the gym. Come enjoy live music, fun, food and friendship. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $8.00 per person. --------------------********----------------Sunday Social - Volunteers are needed at the Sunday Social to help at the counter. Call Mary Mc Guckin at 313-2436455. --------------------********----------------Parish Council Updates At the September Parish Council Meeting it was decided that the council will only meet 5 times a year. The months Father Perrone chose were February, April, June September and November. Our next meeting will be November 17th. --------------------********----------------The Rosary is prayed daily throughout the month of October at the Grotto, weather permitting, or in church. Monday through Friday at 6:30 p.m., Saturday after the 4:00 p.m. Mass, and Sunday after the Noon Mass. A leader may volunteer from those in attendance. --------------------********----------------We are in need of Lectors for the 4:00 p.m. Mass and the Noon Mass. We would like to see some of the younger men of the parish volunteer. Normally we would have 4 men for these masses so that it would only be a once a month commitment. Call the rectory to volunteer. --------------------********----------------Parishioners are invited to have your home consecrated to Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and receive his special graces for this devotion and the twelve promises. Call Tom Ulrich at 586-775-8138 or Deacon Jim Wilder at 586-776-7774. Men of the Sacred Heart: --------------------********----------------“So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?” Matt. 26:40: Here is OCTOBER 19, 2014 another request that asks for an hour of prayer. Could you please come to a neighborhood abortion clinic and spend one hour with us? As we pray for pregnant mothers and their babies, we ask that Jesus will protect them. For more information, call Dan Goodnow, Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, 313-530-4539. --------------------********------------------Purgatorial Society - You will find envelopes in the pews today to write in the names of your deceased loved ones for two special Masses that will be said for them. This year’s Masses will be said Sunday, November 2nd, All Souls Day, and Sunday, November 9th, at the 9:30 a.m. Mass. Assumption Grotto Gift Shop 313-332-4432 [email protected] Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:30-10:30am Sunday: after the 9:30 & Noon Mass The Gift Shop has many fine items to choose from if you are in need of a gift or are looking for something special for yourself. A good selection of books is also available . Come in and browse. Hours: MonFri. 8:30-10:30 a.m., Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Call 313-332-4432 World Mission Sunday This year, the Pontifical Mission Societies, which sponsors World Mission Sunday, is focusing on the Gospel passage from Matthew, "I will build my church" (16:18). Throughout the world, the Pontifical Mission Society spreads the good news of the Gospel far and wide. Let us pray, and offer our gift of support and money to the spread of the Gospel in faraway lands, and in our own cities and towns. Let us pray Good and gracious God, we humbly ask your blessings upon our brothers and sisters in lands far from us. Your Gospel message was handed to us through our parents and nurtured in our communities by priests, brothers, and sisters who have dedicated their lives to spread God's good news. Help us to be generous in our offering of monetary gifts to the Pontifical Mission Society. May our gifts continue the work of evangelization of countries throughout the world. We ask this in Christ's name, who is our brother and savior. Amen. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." Jesus had a brilliant way of navigating tricky situations. In today's Gospel, the Pharisees "plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech." But he outwitted them, as usual. They wanted to catch him being a political rebel; they expected him to suggest that paying taxes to Caesar was unnecessary or even unjust. But instead, he shifted the focus. He emphasized the importance of fulfilling our civic responsibilities but also the necessity of giving to God what we owe him. So, how do we know what we should "repay" to God? Well, Jesus' response to the Pharisees gives us our answer. He looked at the Roman coin that bore the image of Caesar on it. Then he concluded that the coin belonged to Caesar because it was made in his likeness. Now, what bears the image of God? What is made in his likeness? We are! "God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them" (Gn 1:27). If the coin belonged to Caesar, we belong to God. We repay God by giving him ourselves! This self-giving is what the Second Vatican Council called "the obedience of faith." Through this spiritual obedience, we freely commit ourselves to God, "offering the full submission of intellect and will to God" (Dei Verbum #5). Jesus is calling us today to use our will to choose to follow God. Indeed, the one thing we can give God in return for the gift of life is our will. He gave us the freedom to love him or not. And while the choice is always ours, today Jesus encourages us to make the right decision by giving God what is really his: ourselves! ©2014 Liturgical Publications Inc
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