May 29, 2016 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH 6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608 Email: Church@CorpusChristiParish.com! Website: www.corpuschristiparish.com TELEPHONE NUMBERS Parish Office: 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 School Office: 342-5474, ext. 1 Fax 380-0325 Rel. Ed. Office: 342-5474, ext. 7 Fax 380-0325 Full-Day Care: 342-2424 Fax 343-3119 Youth Ministry: 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 PASTORAL STAFF Very Rev. James F. Zoghby, V.F., Pastor Rev. John S. Boudreaux, Associate Pastor Deacon Arthur W. Robbins, Deacon Sr. Donna Cooper, R.S.M., Visitation Chaplain Mrs. Joan T. McMullen, School Principal Mrs. Diane M. Stoyka, Parish Catechetical Leader Mrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, R.C.I.A. Coordinator Mr. Peter J. Stoyka, Youth Ministry Director Mr. C. Clinton Doolittle, Music Director Mr. David F. Walker, Gym Manager TO REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARISH Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms are available in the church vestibule and parish office. COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES For rental information and kitchen services, please call the parish office at 342-1852 or 342-1420. SUNDAY MASSES Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Saturday Morning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. WEEKDAY MASSES 6:30 a.m.: Monday through Friday 8:15 a.m.: Monday through Saturday SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularly after the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses. BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK Please call the parish office (342-1852) or information and scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick. ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.) Please see published schedule for specific dates and times, or call the parish office (342-1852). SUNDAY SCHOOL (C.C.D.) Grades K 12, Sundays during school year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs. SCHOOL, SACS-accredited for Grades 3K through 8. Special preschool program for 6-week-old infants to 2- year olds, Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please call the school office, 342-5474, ext. 1 for info.
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Weekday Communion Services This Week During the archdiocesan priests retreat: Mon.-Thurs., 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. BLOOD DRIVE Next Sunday, June 5, 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Bloodmobile in Central Parking Lot All donors will receive a T-Shirt. Search & Serve A Vocation Discernment Experience for Men and Women June 26 - July 2 This summer take a week to discern in action with the Daughters of Charity and Vincentian Fathers and Brothers. Single Catholic men and women, ages 18-40, are invited to join us in New Orleans, La, June 26-July 2, as we serve, pray, talk and discover God s Call together. We re here to walk with you on your discernment journey. For more information, and to register, visit http://daughters-ofcharity.com/retreats, or contact Sr. Theresa Sullivan, D.C. at sistertheresa.sullivan@doc.org or at 812-963-7556. VBS 2016 June 20-24 Cave Quest Following Jesus, the Light of the World Can you donate items or volunteer to help? A list of needed items and volunteer forms (for adults and Middle & High School students) are on the VBS table in the vestibule. CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOL Opening day next school year: Wed., Aug. 17. Noon dismissal. First Communion Pictures and Certificates can be picked up at the parish office Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School resumes on Aug. 28, at 10:05 a.m. with a brief parent meeting in the Adult Ed. Room, followed by a meet & greet with the Sunday School teachers. Info: Diane Stoyka, 342-5474, ext. 7. Resumes August 24. Wednesday Night Dinner Society of St. Vincent de Paul Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations and In-Need Drop Box at the SVDP table in the vestibule. Join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul by attending a meeting on the 1 st & 3 rd Wed., 6:30 p.m., Community Ctr.. Conf. Rm. To seek help, call 432-5173; leave name & phone no. Men of St. Joseph Tuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room Also Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. in the Parish House All men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion. Info: Damian Bell, 639-2522 or 367-4486 or Damian@rockbwm.com. Wed Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or walter.bracewell@gmail.com Springhill Avenue Temple Welcomes Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi Friday, June 17, 8 p.m. Topic: The 50 th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate In its announcement of Archbishop Rodi s upcoming visit, Springhill Avenue Temple states: Nostra Aetate ( In Our Times ), Vatican II s 1965 Declaration on the Church s Relationship to Non-Christian Religions, is one of the most influential and celebrated documents issued by the Second Vatican Council. It made possible a new and positive relationship between Jews and Catholics. The 40 th anniversary of Nostra Aetate was in November of last year. Springhill Avenue Temple also invites all to attend: This event is free and open to the public. Widowed Persons Support Group For information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977. Tuesday Women s Bible Study 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. in Room 3 (Com. Ctr., 2 nd Floor Info: Judi Ankiewicz, 553-7882. Tuesday Night Bible Study Tuesdays 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish House (except 2 nd Tues of the month, meet in school library) Info: Dave Burchette, 367-6660. Thursday Women s Bible Study Summer Study begins on Thursday, June 9, at 9:15 a.m. in the Conference Room (2 nd Floor of the Community Center) Info: Penny Claiborne at claiborneps@gmail.com or 904-868-0063. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS K of C Meeting: 2 nd Tues., June 14, 7 p.m., the Parish House Contact: Grand Knight, Cosmo Comiskey, 508-0547. Knights of Columbus Funds raised for the K of C Ultrasound Initiative. Also, donation given to Catholic Scouting Corpus Christi s Knights of Columbus raised $362 through their recent Butts for Babies fundraiser for the K of C Ultrasound Initiative. The K of C Ultrasound Initiative seeks to provide medically certified pro-life pregnancy care centers with ultrasound units to monitor the health of babies in utero, and to allow mothers to see their development." Our K of C also provided 13 Boston Butts (a $390 value) to the Mobile Committee on Catholic Scouting for their annual Archbishop's dinner. Learn more about how the Knights of Columbus are serving those in need by visiting the Supreme K of C website at www.kofc.org and learn more about Corpus Christi s Knights at www.kofc13125.org. For more info, contact Grand Knight Cosmo Comiskey, 508-0547. First Friday Adoration 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the chapel. Please sign up for one of the hours at the table in the chapel. AA Alanon OA CODA AA: Sun., 7 p.m., and Wed., 7 p.m., Cougar Den. Alanon: Sun., 7 p.m., and Wed., 7 p.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg. OA: Sat., 9 a.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg. CODA: Tues., 6:45 p.m., Arts & Sciences Bldg.
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA MAY 29, 2016 Welcome New Parishioners David & Ally Greer and their daughters, Mary Catherine and Anna BAPTIZED IN CHRIST Anna Marii Greer (daughter of David Joseph Greer, II & Alyssa Ann deveer Greer) William Ellis Herrboldt (son of Erik Lee Herrboldt & Megan Leigh Barstow Herrboldt) REST IN PEACE Penne McCormick Ward FIRST COLLECTION TODAY: for tithing offerings. SECOND COLLECTION TODAY: for Corpus Christi Building Fund. CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN FINAL: $1,528.00 MAY 22 ND BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $2,437.77 MAY 22 ND TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $25,365.16 Thank You and God Bless You To set up Online Giving: Please go to www.corpuschristiparish.com; click Church ; then click the green Online Giving icon on the church s homepage. Make a one-time contribution, or set up a recurring withdrawal, from a checking, saving or credit card account to tithing, building fund, school annual fund or other special collection. For assistance, call 800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852. Offering Envelopes To receive Offering Envelopes, please notify the parish office at 342-1852 or Church@CorpusChristiParish.com. The Body of Christ. Amen! The Eucharist brings us together with others young and old, poor and affluent, neighbors and visitors. Just as Christ loved to be with others and gave himself to all on the Cross, so we are called to give ourselves generously to our brothers and sisters, sharing in their joys and sorrows. The Eucharist calls us to see all of them as our brothers and sisters, and to see in them the face of Christ. Pope Francis The celebration of the Mass, gathering everyone around the one table, is a reminder that all the faithful have been united into the body of Christ despite all their differences. Unity is the truth and strength of the Christian revolution. Around the Eucharistic table people diverse on account of age, sex, social condition (and) political ideology gather and become one. The Eucharist can never be a private act, reserved to people who have been chosen for their affinity or out of friendship. The Eucharist is (an act of) public worship, which has nothing esoteric (for the select few) or exclusive. Catholics must always be vigilant to ensure that at every celebration of the Eucharist all Catholics are welcome, no matter their differences of nationality, profession, social class or political ideas. Pope Benedict XVI Some say that they are not worthy to take communion often. We take communion not because we are holy, but in order to become so... Union with Jesus in communion makes us able to share in his holiness. St. John Baptiste de la Salle Our Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to Him the heaven of our souls. St. Theresa of Lisieux God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 1 John 4:16b The Body of Christ. Amen!
The Body of Christ ~ Corpus Christi Is not the bread we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, many though we are, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. St. Paul, 1 Cor 10:16-17 You, then, are the body of Christ. Everyone of you is a member of it. St. Paul, 1 Cor 12:27 If you want to understand the body of Christ, listen to what the apostle Paul says to the faithful: You are Christ s own body, his members ; thus, it is your own mystery which is placed on the Lord s table. It is your own mystery that you receive. At communion, the priest says: The body of Christ, and you reply Amen. When you say Amen, you are saying yes to what you are. St. Augustine (354-430) For Augustine, Christ s body is both on the table and gathered around it. Impact Homilies St. Augustine tells those who are to receive the Body of Christ in the Eucharist: Be what you see, and receive what you are (Sermon 272). In another sermon he says, If you receive worthily, you are what you have received (Sermon 227). United States Conference of Catholic Bishops When we receive Jesus in the Eucharist, we are assimilated into him. We become his Body, we take on his mind and heart, uniting ourselves to his love. When the host is offered to us as the Body of Christ, and we open our hand to receive it and say, Amen, we are saying yes not only to receiving Christ s Body but to being his Body. We are saying, in effect, Amen, yes, I believe that this is the Body of Christ, and that this is the Body I am called to be. I receive him to become him, to be Eucharist for others. St. John Chrysostom (347-407) Do you wish to honor the Body of Christ? Do not ignore Him when he is naked. Do not pay Him homage in the temple clad in silk only then to neglect Him outside where He suffers cold and nakedness. He who said: This is my body is the same one who said, You saw Me hungry and you gave Me no food and Whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did also for Me. What good is it if the Eucharistic Table is overloaded with golden chalices, when he is dying of hunger? Start by satisfying his hunger, and then, with what is left, you may adorn the altar as well. St. John Chrysostom The temple of our afflicted neighbor s body is more holy than the altar of stone on which you celebrate the holy sacrifice. You are able to contemplate this altar everywhere, in the street and in the open squares. St. John Chrysostom Respect that Table in which we all participate. After participating in such a Table, and communing such Food, why take up arms against one another? Not only arrows and javelins cause wounds. Certain words inflict more profound wounds. A word pronounced against your brother is poison shot from your mouth. If your neighbor harmed you, ask God to show mercy to him. He is your brother, a member of Christ s body. He is called to one and the same Table with you. St. John Chrysostom
The Eucharist does not just unite us to God as individuals who are isolated from one another. Rather, we are united to Christ together with all the other members of the Mystical Body. The celebration of the Eucharist should thus increase our love for one another and remind us of our responsibilities toward one another. Furthermore, as members of the Mystical Body, we have a duty to represent Christ and to bring Christ to the world. We have a responsibility to work against all the forces in our world that oppose the Gospel (the Good News), including all forms of injustice. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible. St. Gerard Majella The Eucharist commits us to the poor. To receive in truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest, his brethren. (#1397) The Catechism of The Catholic Church The bread and wine are transformed in order to transform us so that we can transform the world. St. Francis regularly received the Lord and was changed. Then, he was able to change the world by his life and love. He was able to perceive Christ s presence in everyone, and people, in turn, could see Christ s presence in him. Bishop Paul A. Zipfel It is important to be ever mindful that communion with Christ is deeply tied to communion with our brothers and sisters. The Sunday Eucharistic gathering is an experience of brotherhood. The sign of peace is a particularly expressive gesture which the faithful are invited to make as a manifestation of the commitment to mutual love which is made in sharing the one bread. St. John Paul II [The fact that all who share in the Eucharist are incorporated as one into his body means that] we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate among ourselves. If we want to present ourselves to Him, we also must go out to meet each other. The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Unity. St. John Paul II We must not deceive ourselves: it s by our reciprocal love and, in particular, by the concern we have for those in need that we will be recognized as true disciples of Christ (Jn 13:55; Mt 24:31-46). This is the criterion on the basis of which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations will be confirmed. St. John Paul II In sacramental communion I become one with the Lord, l i k e a l l t h e o t h e r communicants. As Saint Paul says, Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread (1 Cor 10:17). Union with Christ is also union with all those to whom he gives himself. We become one body, completely joined in a single existence. Love of God and love of neighbor are now truly united: God incarnate draws us all to himself. Pope Benedict XVI The Eucharist has a personal and social character : Christ unites himself with me, but also with those beside me, and so unites himself equally with my neighbor. We are all one bread, one body. And this is communion without solidarity with others the Eucharist is abused. Pope Benedict XVI Jesus, the bread come down from heaven and the bread of life, makes himself visible every day... where people are served and fed, without distinction of race, religion or culture. Every human, without distinction of race, culture, or religion, is created in the image and likeness of God. Every person is filled with the same dignity. Pope Benedict XVI