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Blessed Sacrament Church
"I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh." John 6:51-52
“Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink this Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of
the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 11:27 Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place in the side chapel
twenty-four hours a day, every day. All are welcome to come and worship and adore our Eucharistic Lord.
“Could you not watch one hour with Me?” Matthew 26:40
SCHEDULE OF MASSES
LORD'S DAY: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. HOLYDAYS: Vigil: 6:00 p.m. Holyday: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. WEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m. SATURDAYS: First Saturdays only: 8:00 a.m.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment
BAPTISM: As part of the preparation process an
interview with the Pastor and two instructional sessions
are required. Please contact the rectory to schedule.
ENGAGED COUPLES: Arrangements for your
marriage must be made at least nine months in advance
of the marriage date.
NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you and ask
that you register at the Rectory. We want to know and
serve you! We hope that you will favor your parish
with your prayers, your presence and your talents.
Pastor
Rev. Timothy J. Campoli
Church Rectory
221 Federal Street 182 High Street
Greenfield, MA 01301 Greenfield, MA 01301
blessedsacramentgreenfieldma.org (413) 773-3311
Deacon Calvary Cemetery
Deacon John J. Leary Wisdom Way
(413) 219-2734 (C) Greenfield
[email protected] 773-3311
Director of Organist
Religious Education Choir Director
Laurie Tilton Stephen Glover
774-2918 772-0532
[email protected]
Alternatives Pregnancy Center
P. O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA 01302-0344
Pregnancy Tests, Counseling and Support Services
Post Abortion Support
(413) 774-6010
Natural Family Planning
Ed & Suzi Cottrill
(413) 772-6062
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Blessed Sacrament Church Greenfield, MA 01301
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH (Fr. Bermudez)
4:00 Robert and Sylvia Therrien – by Phil and Eva Babits
SUN., SEPT. 27TH – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Clergy in
8:00 Janet Penfield – by Family Purgatory)
10:30 Janet Penfield – by Family
MON., SEPT. 28TH – St. Wenceslaus/St. Lawrence Ruiz & Comps.
(Fr. Roach)
9:00 John W. Kilarski – by Ed & Mary Lou Bueno
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29TH – Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
(Clergy in Purgatory)
9:00 Living and departed members of the Fritz and Klepacki
Families – by Betty Fritz
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH – St. Jerome (Msgr. Yargeau)
9:00 W. William Schmid – by Wife
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST – St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Fr.
9:00 Edward L. Zak – by Laurie Tilton Cullen)
FIRST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND – The Holy Guardian Angels
(Fr. Campoli)
9:00 Holy Souls in Purgatory – by Jackie Jurewicz
FIRST SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD (Clergy who are sick)
8:00 Health & Blessings for Alex Scrivener – by Filiault
Family
4:00 Fernando Soto McCarthy – by John & Suzanne Davis
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 Ann LaFleur – by Family (Our
10:30 Janet Penfield – by Family Seminarians)
************************************************** REMINDER: Please join with us in praying the Rosary before
each daily Mass at 8:15 a.m., before the 4:00 p.m. Saturday Mass
and 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass. Confessions after each weekend Mass. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited Fridays at 3:00
p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. All are invited to come and pray
with us. Blessed Sacrament has a Prayer Chain which is available for
anyone. To utilize the Prayer Chain simply contact Annette
Canuel at 397-9803 or [email protected] with your petition.
Sponsor Certificates - Many parishes require certificates of
sponsorship for Godparents and Confirmation Sponsors. These
will be issued only to those who are confirmed adult Catholics,
registered in the parish, regular participants at Mass, validly
married in the Church (if applicable) and providing for the
religious education of their own children (if applicable).
Weekend of October 3 & 4
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Saturday, October 3
4:00 Jason Semaski Hannah Lively
Kerry Semaski Brian Luippold
Bill Randall Winston LaBelle
Ann Dillon Joanne Yestramski
Judie McCarthy
Sunday, October 4
8:00 Deacon John Leary Kevin O’Neil, Jr.
Lionel Martin Jim Podlesney Ginger Baird Lynne Podlesney Kevin O’Neil
Liza O’Neil
10:30 Bob O’Connor Mary Jane Bardwell Marie Boynton Joyce Thibodo Suzanne Hunter Bob Page Wayne Cottrill Judy Lapointe Annette Canuel
Poet’s Seat Nursing Home:
Sunday, October 4 Deacon John and Donna Leary
Lectors / Cantors:
Sat., Oct. 3 4:00 Monica McCarthy / John Lively
Sun., Oct. 4 8:00 Laurie Tilton / Jane Winchester 10:30 Marie Boynton / Karlena Henry
Saturday, October 3
4:00 Piper Day, Penley Day
Sunday, October 4
8:00 Stephen Filiault, James Staelens
10:30 Eddie Muenkel, Lauren Ross, Lillian Ross
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September 27, 2015 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Requiescat In Pace Leo A. Canuel, Jr.
The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in memory/honor:
In Thanksgiving for prayers answered – from Anonymous
The Adoration Chapel Candles will burn this week in
memory/honor of:
1.) Mickey Grant, Health and Blessings – from Anonymous
2.) Eleanor & Robert Earley – from Pat & Bob Earley
3.) Janet Penfield - from Mark & Melissa Penfield
4.) Special intentions of the Rode Family
Thank You from Catholics for Life
We would like to thank everyone who helped out with and
supported the Catholics for Life booth at the Franklin County Fair
this year. It was a great success, giving out almost 150 bags,
hundreds of lollipops and stickers, and lots of literature and
CDs. We also sold many bumper stickers, magnets and little feet
pins. We are getting the word out that Life is Precious and that
is our goal. Congratulations to Brian Hervieux of Bernardston,
the winner of our 50/50 Raffle! God is working and His Grace and
Mercy are abundant, especially when we do His work! Thank you
again for your generosity in always helping with the Pro-life
message.
Rosary Sodality
The Blessed Sacrament Rosary Sodality will have their meeting
on Tuesday, September 29th in the Sacristy at 6:30 p.m.
followed by Benediction and Rosary in the Adoration Chapel at
7:10 p.m. The Rosary Sodality would like to invite all
parishioners, men, women, and children, C.C.D classes and the
R.C.I.A. adults, to join us for the Rosary and for Benediction. All
women are invited to join the Sodality. For more info., call Judy
Lapointe (774-2025) or Doris Martin (772-0630).
RCIA Informational Meeting
Do you have a friend or family member who has asked about the
Catholic Church? Were you baptized in the Church but never
received First Holy Communion or Confirmation? Do you feel
you just don’t know what the Church teaches? Then the Rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is for you! This process
welcomes adults into the Catholic Church. There will be an
informational meeting about RCIA on Tuesday, September 29th
at 7:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Rectory located at 182 High
St. Please call Laurie Tilton at 774-2918 or e-mail her at
[email protected] for further information.
Evangelization Survey The diocese is in the midst of surveying active and non-active
Catholics on their perspectives on the Catholic Church. The on-
line survey can be found at both diospringfield.org and
iobserve.org. Please take a few moments to share your thoughts
and also encourage others, regardless where they are in their own
faith journey, to take the survey. The survey is available in
Spanish as well and will be open until October 5. Thank you in
advance!
Anniversary Mass for Married Couples
Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski cordially invites all married couples
to celebrate their significant wedding anniversaries in 2014/2015
with a special Mass on Sunday, October 18th, at 2:00 p.m., at St.
Michael’s Cathedral, Springfield, MA. Many couples celebrating
25th and 50th anniversaries attend every year, but any couples
wishing to remember their anniversary with this special liturgy
are also most welcome. Please notify the parish office of your
name and address ASAP to receive a personal invitation from
Bishop Rozanski.
Calvary Cemetery Reminder: October 1st is the time set each year for the removal
of pots and flowers from the graves at Calvary Cemetery because
of the fall cleanup. Thank you!
Bell Choir Seeks Ringers!
The Blessed Sacrament Bell Choir is seeking a few new members
to join the group. We will be meeting on Tuesdays at 5:00
p.m. this year and our first rehearsal is on Tuesday, September
29th. Rehearsals will last only one hour, and they are not every
week. We meet in the Sacristy at Blessed Sacrament Church. All
music will be provided and instructions as we play. When the
music comes together with all players, it is awesome! Bell
playing experience is not necessary, but the ability to follow basic
musical notes helps the ringers. We will be playing at some of
the 4:00 p.m. Masses this fall as well as the upcoming Deanery
Celebrations. If you would like to join us, please contact
Kathleen Galluzzo at 413-498-2158.
Help Needed to Clean Adoration Chapel
Four teams of volunteers help clean the Adoration Chapel once a
month and we are in need of more volunteers to help with the
weekly cleaning. The 30 minutes, once a month, needs are for
one or two more volunteers for the first Monday of the month,
three volunteers for the second Monday of the month and one or
two more volunteers for the third Monday of the month. The
Adoration Chapel is open 24/7 and we clean it every Monday. It
only requires about 30 minutes of your valuable time. The normal
time for cleaning is from 7:00 a.m. to about 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. on
Mondays. Please call Pat Earley at 773-3396 if you can help.
Thank you!
Food Pantry
Please remember to leave your non-perishable food donations at
the doors of the church for our Food Pantry. We especially need
peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, cereal, hearty soup, canned beans,
macaroni and cheese, pasta, crackers/cookies, and jello/puddings.
Thank you!
Rosary Sunday Devotions
The Dominican Nuns of West Springfield cordially invite all to
take part in their annual Rosary Sunday Devotions at 1:00
p.m. on Sunday, October 4, 2015. This will include the blessing
and distribution of roses, recitation of the rosary and benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament. The monastery is located at 1430
Riverdale Street.
Matter of Balance Workshop
A Matter of Balance is an evidence-based, interactive falls-
prevention workshop series geared towards older adults. The goal
of the series is to help participants reduce their fear of falling,
teach them techniques to decrease their likelihood of falling, and
increase their strength and balance by guiding them through
gentle exercises. A Matter of Balance will take place
on Wednesdays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, September 30—
November 18 at the Greenfield YMCA. For more information
and to register, call Marcus Chiaretto (Franklin County Home
Care) 773-5555 ext. 2304.
40 Days for Life
Through November 1st, you are invited to join other Christians
for 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You are
also invited to stand and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in
the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood at 3550 Main
Street, Springfield, Mass. If you would like more information,
especially if you’d like to volunteer, contact: Tim Biggins at
[email protected] and/or (413) 342-0403.
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The Choirs of Angels Fr. William Saunders
The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly affirms,
“The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that
sacred Scripture usually calls
‘angels’ is a truth of faith. The
witness of Scripture is as clear
as the unanimity of Tradition”
(no. 328). Given that we do
believe in angels, we define
them as pure spirits and
personal beings with
intelligence and free will. They
are immortal beings. As the
Bible attests, they appear to
humans as apparitions with a
human form.
Since the fourth century, nine choirs or types of
angels are identified in the Bible and have been
elaborated upon by various theologians: The first
three choirs see and adore God directly. The
seraphim, which means “the burning ones,” have
the most intense “flaming” love for God and
comprehend Him with the greatest clarity.
(Interestingly, Lucifer, which means “light bearer,”
was one of the seraphim whose beautiful light was
changed into darkness.) The cherubim, which means
“fullness of wisdom,” contemplate God’s divine providence
and plan for His creatures. Lastly, the thrones, symbolizing
divine justice and judicial power, contemplate God’s power
and justice.
The next three choirs fulfill God’s providential plan for
the universe: The dominations or dominions, whose name
evokes authority, govern the lesser choirs of angels. The
virtues, whose name originally suggested power or strength,
implement the orders from the dominations and govern the
heavenly bodies. Lastly, the powers confront and fight
against any evil forces opposed to God’s providential plan.
The last three choirs are directly involved in human
affairs: The principalities care for earthly principalities,
such as nations or cities. The archangels deliver God’s most
important messages to mankind, while each angel serves as
a guardian for each of us. Although not official dogma, this
schema became popular in the Middle Ages in the writings
of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Hildegard of Bingen and
John Scotus Erigina.
Nevertheless, we believe that Almighty God created the
angels before the rest of creation. At some point, some
angels, led by Lucifer, rebelled against God. These angels
made a free choice, radically and irrevocably rejecting God
and His rule. Therefore, they were cast into Hell. This event
is mentioned, albeit briefly, in several passages of the New
Testament: St. Peter wrote, “Did God spare even the angels
who sinned? He did not! He held them captive in Tartarus
[Hell] — consigned them to pits of darkness, to be guarded
until judgment” (1 Pt 2:3). In the Letter of St. Jude we read,
“There were angels, too, who did not keep to their own
domain, who deserted their dwelling place. These the Lord
has kept in perpetual bondage, shrouded in murky darkness
against the judgment of the
great day. Sodom,
Gomorrah and the towns
thereabouts indulged in lust,
just as those angels did; they
practiced unnatural vice.
They are set before us to
dissuade us, as they undergo
a punishment of eternal fire”
(Jude 6-7). When Jesus
spoke of the Last Judgment
and the need to serve the
least of our brethren, He said to the unrighteous,
“Out of my sight, you condemned, into that
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his
angels” (Mt 25:41). Always remember that these
fallen angels — the devil and demons — had been
created good, but by their own free will choose to
sin and turn away from God.
A key to understanding angels is by looking at
what they do. First, angels see, praise and worship
God in His divine presence. Jesus said, “See that
you never despise one of these little ones. I assure you, their
angels in Heaven constantly behold my heavenly Father’s
face” (Mt 18:10), a passage which also indicates that each
of us has a guardian angel. The Book of Revelation
described how the angels surround the throne of God and
sing praises (cf Rv 5:11ff, 7:11ff). Moreover, they rejoice
over the saved soul of the repentant sinner (Lk 15:10).
Second, “angel” comes from the Greek “angelos” which
means “messenger,” which describes their role in
interacting with this world. St. Augustine stated that angels
were “the mighty ones who do His word, hearkening to the
voice of His word.” Throughout sacred Scripture, the angels
served as messengers of God, whether delivering an actual
message of God’s plan of salvation, rendering justice, or
providing strength and comfort. Here are a few examples of
their role as messengers in the Old Testament: After the Fall
of Adam and Eve and their expulsion, the cherubim guarded
the entrance to the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:24). Angels
protected Lot and his family in Sodom and Gomorrah (Gn
19). The angel stopped Abraham as he was about to offer
Isaac in sacrifice (Gn 22). An angel guarded the people on
the way to the Promised Land (Ex 23:20). In the New
Testament, an angel appeared to the centurion Cornelius
and prompted his conversion (Acts 10:1ff); and an angel
freed St. Peter from prison (Acts 12:1ff). In all, Hebrews
1:14 captured their role well: “Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent to serve those who are to inherit salvation?”
Seraphim Cherubim Thrones
Dominations Virtues Powers
Principalities Archangels
Angels
