ASSUMPTION GROTTO
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ASSUMPTION GROTTO CHURCH
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
Assumption Grotto
Parish - 1832 -
Our Lady of Lourdes
Shrine - 1881 -
A Pastor’s Descant
'"When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When
did we see you ill or in prison, and visit
you?' And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine, you
did
for
me.'" Mt
25:38-40
H
ard to believe it. I drove past a
Catholic Church last week and
Behold! there on the front lawn were life
-size plastic nativity figures set in place.
While I annually rail against preempting
Christmas in the commercial world, this
act, by a church no less, arouses
wonderment that can’t be matched by the
secularists. Has the whole world gone
mad? Our thoughts at this time of the
end of the Church Year ought to be on
the Four Last Things: death, judgment,
heaven and hell. Advent opens next
Sunday, but it is not the Christmas
season.
I
find myself becoming ever more
upset over the loss of souls in the
deluge of impurity that’s squeezing the
spiritual life out of more and more
people. I’m beginning to wonder
whether chastity even has a chance in
our
world.
The
media,
the
entertainments, the internet abuse, the
conversations of people, their immodest
manner of dress and filthy speech–these
are becoming suffused with sex to the
point that its normal and only
permissible
expression,
in
valid
marriage, is almost not even referenced.
The relentless push of the gay agenda (as
it’s been called) makes me believe that
perversion is becoming the accepted
norm in the USA. I wonder how this
could possibly be so since human nature
itself is so obstinate in asserting
normality and since conscience is an
inescapable reality for everybody. The
idea then hit me that there must be a line,
a trajectory of sexual expression which
begins with normalcy but which moves
downward, from lesser sins of impurity
(though all of them are mortal sins) to
the stranger ones, and then on to the
Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass
©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.
perverse, and finally to violence and
even murder, perhaps with demonic
worship (and possession) being the end
of the line. All along the way there
would be as a result, a progressive
madness–literally speaking, that would
begin to take over the person. This hunch
–too primitive to call a theory–is that
anyone is potentially capable of moving
along this line of sin, from normalcy to
beastly brutality and to ultimate
irrationality. According to this view, it
would not then be a question of whatever
tendencies one claims to have gotten
from birth which determine his life’s
direction, but rather of the degree of
willful daring that one has to venture
down this ‘road’ away from uprightness.
In other words, I challenge the claims
that are often made about abnormal
tendencies as inherited from birth. I’m
proposing rather that everyone’s nature
can incline him to venture away from the
norms of goodness towards sin, more
and more, depending on his boldness to
transgress the just limits imposed by
nature. This is another way of asserting
the condition of fallen human nature due
to original sin. Anyone could be a
potential pervert if he would only let
himself go far down enough, that is, to
abandon right reason to be bold and
wicked enough to experiment with evils’
fascination. If I am right about this, there
would be no such thing as a sexual
compulsion or a proclivity to sinful
activity but only the absence of the
moderating and restricting regulation of
one’s will to develop virtue. This
hypothesis takes away the call for us to
pity those whose proclivities are wayward
and the demand for us to be accepting of
any forms of deviancy as permissible, and
even legally protected. No one has the
right to transgress the laws of nature that
God implanted in our souls, and therefore
no one should cultivate a false compassion
for those who choose to sin. The only right
attitude towards sinners is regret over their
deliberate sinfulness and the hope that God
may give them the actual grace to see the
error of their ways and to reform their
thinking and their conduct.
Without the development of the virtues
from our youthful years which curb sinful
tendencies of all kinds, we are all prone to
be sinners–prone, I say, not destined by an
irresistible force. But because family life is
fast eroding and because Catholic teaching
and practice is dwindling away, and
because education in morals is not well
imparted, the result is that more and more
people will be traveling down this ‘line’
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MONDAY, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, November 24, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Jon Williams (L)
7:00 p.m. - Broughton Family (L)
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Martin Williams (L)
7:00 p.m. - Christina Williams (L)
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Charles Van Overbeke (D)
7:00 p.m. - Daniel Peper (D)
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Thanksgiving Day
7:30 a.m. - Kamal Paulis (D)
9:00 a.m. - Grotto Ushers
No Evening Mass
Friday, November 28, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Mafalda R. Valisi (D)
7:00 p.m. - Boyle/Brannigan Family
(L&D)
Saturday, November 29, 2014
7:30 a.m. - Eric H. Berger (L)
1:30 p.m. - Nuptial: Haapala/Brown
4:00 p.m. - People of the Parish
Sunday, November 30, 2014
6:30, 9:30 a.m. and Noon - People of the
Parish
Graves
For information on graves or our
cremation burial site, call the Rectory,
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
DETROIT, MI
Saturday, November 29, 2014
4:00 p.m. D. Bastuba, , R & J. Praet, J.
& J. Williams, R. Grado
Sunday, November 30, 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: Open Hours: Monday,
1:00 p.m., Wednesday, 1:00 pm, Thursday, 11:00 am.
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
Join us for refreshments in the vestibule
of the gym after Mass on Sunday
Baptism
Jordan Alexis Durso, daughter of Aaron
C. Durso & Christina L. Robins
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]
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CONVENT
313– 527-1739 Office
313-527-4416 Sisters
Wedding Banns
III Philip Haapala & Jennifer Brown,
Grotto
ASSUMPTION (GROTTO) PARISH
DIRECTORY
13770 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48205
Pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone
Associate Pastor, Rev. John Bustamante
Deacon James Wilder
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
November 23, 2014
Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/1 Cor 15:
20 -26, 28/Mt 25:31-46
Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Lk 21:1-4
Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19/Lk 21:5-11
Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4/Lk 21:12-19
Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a
/Lk 21:20-28
Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11--21:2/Lk 21:29-3
Saturday: Rv 22:1-7/Lk 21:34-36
Next Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:27/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37
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CHRIST THE KING
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
Pastor’s Descant (Continued)
from normality to depravity, coming to a
stop at whatever place he would dare not
venture further. Surely, I hope this will
not happen to everybody, but I see that
it’s happening more and more–the ever
increasing usage of pornography propelling the movement along.
We must make up our minds to be very
good Catholic people–with the help of
God.
Fr. Perrone
The Assumption Grotto St. Vincent de
Paul Helpers will be hosting their first
Cookie Sale & Christmas Bazaar TODAY in the gym after all the Masses.
-----------------*************-----------Solemn Novena of Masses Christmas
Cards- A Solemn Novena of Masses
will be offered from December 26th to
January 3rd, nine consecutive days of
Masses for your loved ones. Each keepsake card is a full color photograph of
the church with matching lined envelope. Donation $10.00 per card. Come
in or call the rectory to pick them up.
-----------------*************-----------The Book of Life is set up on the podium in the middle of the church starting this weekend for the month of November. Register your deceased loved
ones in the book to be remembered at all
Masses during the month of November.
-----------------*************-----------Assumption Grotto St. Vincent de
Paul Helpers thank you for your generous donations. If you wish to earmark a
donation for a particular individual or
family, you may do so. St. Vincent de
Paul Helpers will get your donation to
that individual or family. Your donations are tax deductible. St. Vincent de
Paul, pray for us. Thank You.
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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 586776-7774. Men of the Sacred Heart:
--------------------********------------------“So you could not keep watch with me
for one hour?” Matt. 26:40: Here is 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.
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
Stop in after Mass and do your Christmas
shopping. They have a fine selection of
books, religious articles, tee shirts sweat
shirts, coffee mugs, etc., something for
everyone.
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
"For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a
stranger and you welcomed me, naked and
you clothed me, ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me." Jesus insists
that in ministering to others' physical
needs, we are truly serving him.
"Whatever you did for one of the least
brothers of mine, you did for me," he tells
us. And in a similar way, what we fail to
do for them, we fail to do for Christ:
"What you did not do for one of these
least ones, you did not do for me." This
means that we have been given both a gift
and a task. The gift is the chance to encounter Christ in our brothers and sisters.
The task is to be sure we don't neglect the
encounter.
The corporal works of mercy provide us
with a kind of guide for how to live out
this important mission from Christ. These
works include feeding the hungry, giving
drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked,
sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick
and the imprisoned, and burying the dead.
Based on the words of Jesus in today's
Gospel, it's an important part of the Christian life to look for ways to engage in
these kinds of bodily ministries. Traditionally, these "corporal" works are complemented by a set of "spiritual" works.
The spiritual works of mercy ensure that
we don't minister to the body at the expense of the soul. They include admonishing the sinner, instructing the ignorant,
counseling the doubtful, comforting the
sorrowful, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving all injuries, and praying for the
living and the dead. By engaging in these
diverse works of mercy, we serve others,
love Jesus, and hope to "inherit the kingdom prepared for [us] from the foundation of the world."
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Almighty God,
You bring forth bountiful food from the
earth that our loved ones may never grow
hungry.
For this, we give thanks.
You give us families that meet at this
time to reunite and be one with each other.
For this, we give thanks.
You have let us live in a land that has
unbridled opportunity and unparalleled
freedoms.
For this, we give thanks.
For those who are hungry today,
we pray for their fulfillment. For families
that are separated, we pray for their unity.
And for people who live in the midst of
persecution, we pray for their deliverance.
We ask all these things through Christ,
our ever-risen Lord. Amen