JUNE 4, 2017 PENTECOST SUNDAY St. Luke Parish Rev. Danilo Soriano Pastor Religious Education Tel: 630/665-2322 stlrfp@aol.com Parish Office Tel: 630/668-1325 Parish Office E-Mail: stloff@aol.com Website: www.stlukecarolstream.org SEND OUT YOUR SPIRIT Language. Fifty years ago, the landscape of liturgy was very different. It was grounded firmly in Latin, which is to the present day still the official language of the Roman Rite. Very few people were fluent in Latin, even though in those days Latin was far more widely studied in school. Nevertheless, almost every Catholic was competent in the responses and chants of Latin since it is not difficult to pronounce. The clergy were normally minimally competent in Latin, since much of seminary education was conducted in that language. When the Second Vatican Council was convened, all of the debate and daily work of the council was to be in Latin. In the first session in 1962, Boston s Cardinal Richard Cushing continually complained about it, and threatened not to return in 1963 if something wasn t done. He convinced the fathers when he rose to speak in fairly fluent Latin in an unforgettable Boston twang. The next year, he returned, but with a simultaneous translation system funded by the people of Boston. The ordinary everyday language of the people, the vernacular, had arrived at the Vatican via Boston! Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Last week we heard that, following the Ascension, the disciples, Mary, and other followers of the Lord retreated to the upper room in prayer. This week we hear that, while praying in that room, the Holy Spirit comes upon them. Jesus post-resurrection promise, recounted in today s Gospel, is fulfilled: the power of the Holy Spirit comes upon Jesus followers. Saint Paul tells us that all of us, in some way, are given gifts of the Holy Spirit, gifts that can be used to spread the Good News. Today is one of the Church s greatest festivals. Let us carry the refrain of the responsorial psalm with us throughout the coming week: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth! (Psalm 104:30). Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today, the languages of the whole world arise to God in a Pentecost of praise. In some American dioceses, the Mass is offered every Sunday in more than thirty different languages, including the silent praise of American Sign
MASSES CELEBRATED DURING THE WEEK ARE HELD IN THE CHURCH SATURDAY JUNE 3 4:15 4:45pm Confessions 5:00 Dorothy Otott & Son, Bill Jr., req. by the Moore family SUNDAY JUNE 4 8:30am The Intentions of the Celebrant 11:00 The People of St. Luke Parish Please pray for the sick in our parish especially, Pat Angelo, Joan Artiaga, Yecenia Bosley, Disabled Vets, Jim Erickson, Angel Faulkner, Tim Johnson, Ed Jones Audrey Race, Margie Rothchild and Jim Wright. Please remember our beloved dead, especially Robert Watz and the men and women who have given their lives for our country. MONDAY JUNE 5 Mass will not be celebrated today TUESDAY JUNE 6 WEDNESDAY JUNE 7 THURSDAY JUNE 8 FRIDAY JUNE 9 SATURDAY JUNE 10 4:15 4:45pm Confessions 5:00 The People of St. Luke Parish SUNDAY JUNE 11 8:30am Thomas Fox req. by Doris Fox 11:00 St. Luke Parish Memorial Society THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of the Lord. THE GIFT Ask nothing of God, then, but this gift of divine Love, that is, the Holy Spirit. Walter Hilton MISSION Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results. Mary Slessor
TODAY S READINGS First Reading Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11). Second Reading In one Spirit we are baptized into one body and given to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b- 7, 12-13). Gospel Jesus Christ appears to the disciples and sends them on their mission with the power to forgive or retain sins through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Tb 1:3; 2:1a-8; Ps 112:1b-2, 3b-6; Mk 12:1-12 Tuesday: Tb 2:9-14; Ps 112:1-2, 7-9; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Ps 25:2-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 12:28-34 Friday: Tb 11:5-17; Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-10; Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20; Tb 13:2, 6efgh, 7, 8; Mk 12:38-44 Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO DAUGHTERS HAS A MACHINE IN HER BACK TO KEEP HER ALIVE The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Luke Parish tries to help those in our parish when hardships occur. One of the families in the parish is a single mom with two daughters. This single mom has a machine device embedded in her back to help keep her alive. Mom does her best to take care of her children all by herself. The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Luke helps her by providing food, assists with some medical expenses and help with some or her utility payments. In the Gospel that all of us read and believe, Jesus is quoted many times telling us to help the poor. The volunteers of the St. Vincent de Paul Society do our best to help those who call for help. To continue doing that by answering the phone calls and delivering the food, and assisting with some of the bills, we ask your financial help. Just a few dollars from everyone would help a lot. We have many more than just the single mom we mentioned. There are many more families in our parish who are poor and suffering. To help them, there are donation boxes by the side door to the large side parking lot. There is a solid wooden box at the back of church on the east side, and there is a donation box just outside the back door of the church in the lobby by the book of prayers. Please help us. A little bit from a lot of people will help us help others and serve the poor as Jesus commands us everyday in His Gospel. Thank you!! CCW BUNCO Please mark your calendar and join us for our 5th annual BBQ grilled dinner and Bunco on Saturday June 10th in Jericho after the 5:00pm mass. CCW is providing a complementary meal, desserts, drinks and of course Bunco!! You may even pick up prize. All are welcome so please join us.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CLOTHING DRIVE JUNE 10TH & JUNE 11TH The St. Vincent de Paul truck will be in our parking lot the weekend of June 10th & 11th for our Spring Clothing Drive!! We will accept. Clothing, shoes, linens and books in good or bad condition. Unusable clothing, shoes, linens and even books generate income for the needy because they are sold for rags or in bulk. No baby equipment such as cribs, walkers, strollers, playpens, etc. ALL BABY CLOTHES ACCEPTED! Small housewares and electronics dishes, glass ware, utensils, toasters, blenders, coffee makers, radios, cd players etc. SORRY NO TELEVISIONS. Your donations go to the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shops where much of your donations are given away free to needy families in the community. Some are sold at reasonable prices at the thrift shops so that needy families can shop with dignity. Proceeds from the thrift shops go into a general assistance fund where St. Vincent de Paul Conferences at the churches help families with rent, mortgage or utility assistance. For furniture and large item donations, please email saintvincentdonate@gmail.com or call for a home pick up at 630/231-4658. Thanks for your generous donations! Society of St. Vincent de Paul PREVIEW OUR DIOCESAN BIBLE SCHOOL! The acclaimed Biblical Institute of the Diocese of Joliet is registering students for two sites this fall: at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish (Darien) for Year 1 classes on Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm and at Visitation Parish (Elmhurst) for Year 2 classes on Saturdays 9:00-11:00am. If you want to learn the Bible from a Catholic perspective, come and see if this program is for you. SIX preview nights will be held in JUNE and AUGUST and SEPTEMBER. Visitation Parish (Elmhurst) June 1 and August 22, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Darien) June 20 and September 13, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Immaculate Conception Parish (Elmhurst) June 28, 7:00-8:30 p.m. St. Isaac Jogues Parish (Hinsdale) August 28, 7:00-8:30pm Meet an instructor, talk to current students, see the books, get a feel for a typical class! For more information go to: www.dioceseofjoliet.org/reo and click on Biblical Institute or call 815/221-6147. JOYFUL AGAIN WIDOWED MINISTRY Widowed? Wondering: How long it takes before things begin to look better? How to move forward with your life? Then consider attending one of the retreat/workshops being held this summer for widowed men & women. July 1st & 2nd St. Julie s Tinley Park July 22nd & 23rd Holy Family Inverness August 12th & 13th Mary Queen Elmhurst For more information you can send them an email at joyfulagain7211@gmail.com or call them at Joyful Again Widowed Ministry 708/354-7211.
CELEBRATE AMERICA! at the 22nd Annual Senior Lifestyle Expo on Tuesday & Wednesday, August 22nd & 23rd at Drury Lane Oakbrrook Terrace from 9:00am 2:00pm. Get connected at Chicagoland s largest event targeted to active adults, the Senior Lifestyle Expo! This is your opportunity to enjoy entertainment, information and fun, all under one roof. Health and Wellness Screenings Outstanding Entertainment Senior Idol Competition Connecting the Generations Writing Challenge Interesting & Educational Seminars Interactive Game Show Challenge Drawings and Giveaways 100+ Product and Service Exhibitors Save the dates now. For more information call Katie at 630/293-5990. Senior Idol & Writing Challenge Applications are available, just ask or you can download applications at www.seniorlifestyleexpo.org. BEGINNING AND BEGINNING AGAIN During the coming weeks, as you or loved ones celebrate graduation, remember it isn t a closed door, an end or a farewell. Instead, it s an entryway threshold, a beginning, a hello and one of many such opportunities that mark life. God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings, just as graduations are not terminations but commencements, writes Bernie Siegel. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease. Of course, we can create a perfect world only by letting God guide our actions. So, dear graduates, may you partner with God to meet suffering with love, kindness and compassion through all the new beginnings of your life! Copyright 2017 by Communication Resources. All rights reserved The Newsletter Newsletter (ISSN 0885-6966) is published monthly by Communication Resources, Inc. PO Box 36269, Canton OH 44735, Phone: 1-800-992-2144. E-mail: service@newsletternewsletter.com. Web site: www.newsletternewsletter.com WHY DON T STREETLAMPS HAVE EARS? Mom! my 3-year-old self hissed at 6 a.m. Why don t streetlamps have ears? My mom later wrote (in a 1974 article) that she peered at me sleepily, silently asking a question of her own: Seriously?! That year I amused and exasperated my parents with countless questions: Why did sister leave one shoe here and one there? If God is up in heaven, how did he make the grass? Why are dandelions yellow? To that query, Mom replied, I guess that s how God wanted them and wrote, In our house, we let God answer many of our questions. I still have questions: Why is my dynamic young friend dying of cancer? Why are a parent s own children sometimes hard to love? How can we end war, poverty, sex trafficking? Should we donate money or save for college? How, exactly, does salvation work? Sometimes science or professionals are God s instruments to answer my questions. Sometimes answers come quietly to my heart and sometimes they don t come at all. Faith doesn t mean never questioning. It means trusting enough to ask, even when a question seems silly or pointless. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for teaching me by your loving example that God always welcomes my questions. Heidi Mann Copyright 2017 by Communication Resources. All rights reserved The Newsletter Newsletter (ISSN 0885-6966) is published monthly by Communication Resources, Inc. PO Box 36269, Canton OH 44735, Phone: 1-800-992-2144. E-mail: service@newsletternewsletter
FIRST HOLY, THEN HAPPY Having been married 16 years, I m aware that marriage isn t all flowers and sunshine. Oh, I was realistic enough, even early on, to know that miscommunication and disagreements would intrude on romance, fondness and the glad sharing of chores and childcare. Even so, the subtitle of Gary Thomas book Sacred Marriage (Zondervan) grabbed my attention: What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? I pondered that for days, reminding myself I m to focus on my holiness, not my husband s. What if marriage is to teach me selflessness rather than to meet all my needs? What if the holiness of love means being patient and kind, not irritable or rude? What if instead of keeping score of kitchen duty I simply did my husband s (without counting)? What if I offered empathy, not criticism; respect, not resentment? And what if walking in holiness leads to greater happiness? To such a change in perspective, I say, I do! Heidi Mann SUMMER FLOWERS Behold the flowers of June! How fair and bright their buds appear, as, opening to the summer air, our eyes and hearts they cheer! Who would have thought there could abound such beauty and delight beneath the cold and wintry ground that hid those flowers from sight? That power which made and governs all the mighty power of God alone could life and beauty call out of the lifeless sod. And he, who from the winter s gloom can summer thus disclose, shall one day make the desert bloom, and blossom as the rose. Anonymous Both articles from Copyright 2017 by Communication Resources. All rights reserved The Newsletter Newsletter (ISSN 0885-6966) is published monthly by Communication Resources, Inc. PO Box 36269, Canton OH 44735, Phone: 1-800-992-2144. E-mail: service@newsletternewsletter.com. Web site: www.newsletternewsletter.com. CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ANNUAL APPEAL PLEDGE REPORT CHANGE AMOUNT Monthly pledge payments for CMAA pledges should be made in the next few days. It is very important that these pledges be paid so that our parish will reach our goal. Once we have reached our goal in paid pledges, 70% of the additional funds received will be returned to the parish for our use. PARISH GOAL: $21,694.00 AMOUNT PLEDGED: $8,825.00 AMOUNT PAID: $5,850.00 REMAINING BALANCE: $2,975.00 REBATE AMOUNT: