June 2, 2013 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: School Office: Rel. Ed. Office: Preschool Office: Youth Ministry: 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 342-5474, ext. 1 Fax 380-0325 342-5474, ext. 7 Fax 380-0325 342-2424 Fax 343-3119 342-1852 Fax 342-6313 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 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. Linda M. Hawkins, Pastoral Assistant Mrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, Pastoral Assistant Mrs. Joan T. McMullen, School Principal Mrs. Kathleen Q. Jester, Parish Catechetical Leader Mrs. Colleen DeVoe, Youth Ministry Co-Director Mrs. Brenda Martens, Youth Ministry Co-Director Mr. Matthew F. Purvis, Music Director Mr. Jay H. Henley, 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. 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) for 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 K through 8. For info & registration, please call the school office. PRESCHOOL, State-licensed for 6-week to 4-yr. olds. For info & registration, please call the preschool office
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST VBS June 10-14 Wanted: Adult and 6th-12th Grade Student Volunteers (Great opportunity for Students Service Hours!) No making of lesson plans required. Materials are provided. Different Stations: drama, movie, games, kitchen, arts & crafts & imagination station, nursery, music/dance. Please fill out a registration form in the vestibule. Looking for materials & supplies for VBS Please stop by the VBS table in the atrium to see if you can help. High School Confirmation This Sunday, June 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Confirmation Preparation Session This is for all high school students who will be entering their th sophomore year (10 Grade) in the fall and who wish to receive the th sacrament of Confirmation in their Junior year (11 Grade). We will start with Mass at 11 a.m., followed by lunch and our program. The session will end at 3 p.m. Your Confirmation booklets and more information about your Spring 2015 Confirmation will be given out at this session. All Confirmation Candidates are required to attend. Society of St. Vincent de Paul Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations put in the designated places in the vestibule are distributed by our St. Vincent de Paul Society. Join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul by attending a meeting. st rd nd Meetings: 1 & 3 Wed., 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm. (2 Flr.) To obtain assistance, call 432-5173 and leave name & phone no. A Big Thanks to these businesses for sponsoring VBS! Assist 2 Sell Richard March Jim Donaghey, D.M.D., P.C. Fadalla's Auto Air and Detail Kirby's Spectrum Collision Michael Lyons, M.D. Surety Land Title Info: kjester@corpuschristiparish.com. Bible St udy Groups Sundays, 8:45-10:45 a.m. Resumes in the fall in the school counselor's conference room. Breakfast is served also. Tuesdays, 1:45-3:00 p.m. Resumes in the fall in the Adult Ed. Room. Info: Judi Ankiewicz, 344-0321. Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Parish House. The Acts of the Apostles. Info: Dave Burchette, 367-6660. Men of St. Joseph Tuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family Room nd Also Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. in Room 6 (2 Floor) All men are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion. Info: Jim Donaghey, jbd@orthomobile.com or www.menofstjoseph.com. Wed Evening Info: Walter Bracewell, 599-1650 or walter.bracewell@yahoo.com Women of Mary Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m., in the Family Room All women are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion. Info: Sr. Deborah Kennedy, R.S.M., 316-3960. Wednesday Night Dinner 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Banquet Hall $9.00 for Adults! $4.00 for Children (Age 12 & under) Resumes August 21 CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOL th Registration continues for K4 8 Grades, with a waiting list for K3. Info: 342-5474, ext. 1, or jmcmullen@corpuschristiparish.com. Widowed Persons Support Group For information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977. Welcom e, New Pa ris h ioners Ricky & Brandi Brooks and their daughter, Makenzie Chad & Danielle Pugh and their children, Valerie and Bryson 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 vestibule. FIRST COLLECTION TODAY for tithing offerings. SECOND COLLECTION TODAY for Oklahoma Tornado Relief. Last weekend s collection totals will be posted in next Sunday s bulletin. Online Giving With Online Giving you can either make a one-time contribution or set up a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings or credit card account: Go to www.corpuschristiparish.com; click Church ; then click the green Online Giving icon, and follow the instructions to contribute to the tithing or building fund or special collections. For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852. Thank You and God Bless You God bless all who faithfully tithe and contribute to the support of God's work here at Corpus Christi, and those who make a special bequest in their will for Corpus Christi Church. To make a direct donation of stock, contact your stockbroker, or call Steve Setterstrom at Citigroup Global Mkts. at 470-1060. Detailed reports of contributions can be obtained at the parish office, or they can be mailed or emailed at any time by calling the parish office (342-1852).
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA J UNE 2, 2 0 1 3 Ha p p y Fea s t Da y t o Us! We should ask ourselves: How do I let myself be guided by the Holy Spirit so that my witness of faith is one of unity and communion? Do I bring the message of reconciliation and love that is the Gospel to the places where I live? Bringing the Gospel means we must live the reconciliation, forgiveness, peace, unity, love that the Holy Spirit gives us. Let us remember the words of Jesus: By this will all know that you are my disciples, that you love one another. Luke 24:35 Do this in memory of me. (Luke 22:19) By this will everyone recognize you as my followers: your love for one another. (John 13:35) This is my commandment: that you love one another. (John 15:17)
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. Pope 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. Pope 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. Pope John Paul II In sacramental communion I become one with the Lord, like all the other 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
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 Worship itself, Eucharistic communion, includes the reality both of being loved and of loving others in turn. A Eucharist which does not pass over into the concrete practice of love [of others] is intrinsically fragmented. Pope Benedict XVI Everybody has a place in the Church. Every person, without exception, should be made to feel at home, and never rejected. Pope Benedict XVI When attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist, Catholics must be filled with gratitude for God s great gifts. Despite the fact that we have nothing to give in return and we are full of faults, Jesus invites us to his table and wants to be with us. Pope Benedict XVI Make your left hand a throne for your right, make a hollow of your palm and receive the body of Christ, saying: Amen! St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386 AD) 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 Defending the Christians before the emperor Hadrian, the non-christian Aristides described the love and care Christians extended to others and said: This is really a new kind of person. There is something divine in them. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 1 John 4:16 b The Body of Christ. Amen!