OUR MISSION STATEMENT Mater Misericordiæ (Mother of Mercy) Mission glorifies God, uniting its members in faith, hope and charity through confession of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith and through participation in the Sacraments and Traditional Rites of the Missale Romanum of 1962, under the governance of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. The Heart of Mary, by Leopold Kupelwieser, 1796-1862 Church Address: 1537 West Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Office: 602-253-6090 Fax: 602-253-8013 Website: www.phoenixlatinmass.org Pastor: Rev. Fr. Howard Remski, FSSP Email: [email protected]Cell: 941-726-4423 Assistant Pastor: Rev. Fr. Michael Passo, FSSP Email: [email protected]Cell: 402-659-9966 Notitiæ August 16, 2015 Weekday Masses Monday-Friday: 6:30 am and 6:30 pm; Saturday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am Monday, August 17 Thursday, August 20 Propers: Readings: Intentions: St. Hyacinth Confessor, Class III, White Ecclesiasticus 31: 8-11 St. Luke 12: 35-40 6:30am: Jeff Nemitz + 6:30pm: Jeff Nemitz + Propers: Readings: Intentions: St. Bernard of Clairvaux Abbot, Doctor, Class III, White Ecclesiasticus 39: 6-14 St. Matthew 5: 13-19 6:30am: Carol Insco 6:30pm: Priests, Religious, and Seminarians Tuesday, August 18 Friday, August 21 Propers: Readings: Intentions: Feria Class IV 6:30am: Jeff Nemitz + 6:30pm: Jeff Nemitz + Propers: Readings: Intentions: St. Jane Frances de Chantal Widow, Class III, White Proverbs 31: 10-31 St. Matthew 13:44-52 6:30am: Helen Kolenko + 6:30pm: Matthew Gustke Wednesday, August 19 Saturday, August 22 Propers: Readings: Intentions: St. John Eudes Confessor, Class III, White Ecclesiasticus 31: 8-11 St. Luke 12: 35-40 6:30am: Jeff Nemitz + 6:30pm: Jon Insco Propers: Readings: Intentions: Immaculate Heart of Mary Class II, White Ecclesiasticus 24: 23-31 St. John 19: 25-27 6:30am: Tasha Insco 8:00am: Aaron Gustke Confessions Monday-Saturday: 30 minutes before each Mass. Other times by arrangement. Sundays: Before the 7am Mass, between the 7am, 9am, and 11am Masses, and after the 11am Mass. Sunday Masses Propers: Readings: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II, Green 2 Corinthians 3: 4-9 ; St. Luke 10: 23-37 Intentions: 7:00 am Low Mass; 9:00 am Low Mass; 11:00 am High Mass at Mater Misericordiae Mission 7:00 am: Pro Populo; 9:00 am: Jody Bechtel; 11:00 am: Priests and Vocations
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OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Mater Misericordiæ (Mother of Mercy) Mission glorifies God, uniting its members in faith, hope and charity through confession of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith and through participation in
the Sacraments and Traditional Rites of the Missale Romanum of 1962, under the governance of the
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.
The Heart of Mary, by Leopold Kupelwieser, 1796-1862
Church Address: 1537 West Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Office: 602-253-6090 Fax: 602-253-8013
August 18: Fr. Simon Zurita August 19: Fr. Denis Bouchard
August 20: Fr. Philip Wolfe
August 21: Fr. Anthony Uy August 22: Fr. John Brancich
SUNDAY EPISTLE: 2 Corinthians 3: 4-9
Brethren: Such confidence we have through Christ to-
wards God. Not that we are sufficient to think anything
of ourselves, as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is
from God. Who also hath made us fit ministers of the
new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit: for
the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth. Now if the
ministration of death, engraven with letters upon
stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel
could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the
glory of his countenance, which is made void: how
shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in
glory? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory,
much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in
glory. ..
SUNDAY GOSPEL: St. Luke 10: 23-37
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Blessed are
the eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to
see the things that you see, and have not seen
them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempt-
ing Him, and saying: Master, what must I do to possess
eternal life? But He said to him: What is written in the law? how readest thou? He answering, said: Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole
soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And He said to him: Thou hast
answered rightly: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, will-
ing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my
neighbour? And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers,
who also stripped him, and having wounded him went
away, leaving him half dead: and it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him, passed
by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the
place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near him, and seeing him, was
moved with compassion, and going up to him, bound up
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of
him: and the next day he took out two pence, and gave to
the host, and said: Take care of him, and whatsoever thou
shalt spend over and above, I, at my return will repay thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour
to him that fell among robbers? But he said: He that
shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go and do thou in like manner.
Excerpts from DOCTOR MELLIFLUUS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX,
THE LAST OF THE FATHERS
TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES
IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE
Health and Apostolic Benediction.
1. The "Doctor Mellifluus," "the last of the Fathers, but certainly not inferior to the earlier ones,"[1] was remarkable for such qualities of nature and of mind, and so enriched by God with heavenly gifts, that in the changing and often
stormy times in which he lived, he seemed to dominate by his holiness, wisdom, and most prudent counsel. Where-
fore, he has been highly praised, not only by the sovereign Pontiffs and writers of the Catholic Church, but also, and not infrequently, by heretics. Thus, when in the midst of universal jubilation, Our predecessor, Alexander III, of
happy memory, inscribed him among the canonized saints, he paid reverent tribute when he wrote: "We have
passed in review the holy and venerable life of this same blessed man, not only in himself a shining example of holi-ness and religion, but also shone forth in the whole Church of God because of his faith and of his fruitful influence in
the house of God by word and example; since he taught the precepts of our holy religion even to foreign and barbar-
ian nations, and so recalled a countless multitude of sinners . . . to the right path of the spiritual life."[2] "He was," as Cardinal Baronius writes, "a truly apostolic man, nay, a genuine apostle sent by God, mighty in work and word,
everywhere and in all things adding luster to his apostolate through the signs that followed, so that he was in noth-
ing inferior to the great apostles, . . . and should be called . . . at one and the same time an adornment and a main-stay of the Catholic Church."[3]
30. To this warm love of Jesus Christ was joined a most sweet and tender devotion towards His glorious Mother,
whose motherly love he repaid with the affection of a child, and whom he jealously honored. So great was his confi-dence in her most powerful intercession, that he did not hesitate to write: "It is the will of God that we should have
nothing which has not passed through the hands of Mary."[48] Likewise: "Such is the will of God, Who would have us
obtain everything through the hands of Mary."[49]
31. And here it is well, Venerable Brethren, to bid you all consider a page in praise of Mary than which there is per-
haps none more beautiful, more moving, more apt to excite love for her, more useful to stir devotion and to inspire
imitation of her virtuous example: "Mary . . . is interpreted to mean 'Star of the Sea.' This admirably befits the Virgin Mother. There is indeed a wonderful appropriateness in this comparison of her with a star, because as a star sends
out its rays without harm to itself, so did the Virgin bring forth her Child without injury to her integrity. And as the
ray does not diminish the rightness of the star, so neither did the Child born of her tarnish the beauty of Mary's vir-ginity. She is therefore that glorious star, which, as the prophet said, arose out of Jacob, whose ray enlightens the
whole earth, whose splendor shines out for all to see in heaven and reaches even unto hell. . . She, I say, is that
shining and brilliant star, so much needed, set in place above life's great and spacious sea, glittering with merits, all
aglow with examples for our imitation. Oh, whosoever thou art that perceiveth thyself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground, turn
not away thine eyes from the splendor of this guiding star, unless thou wish to be submerged by the storm! When
the storms to temptation burst upon thee, when thou seest thyself driven upon the rocks of tribulation, look at the star, call upon Mary. When buffeted by the billows of pride, or ambition, or hatred, or jealousy, look at the star, call
upon Mary. Should anger, or avarice, or fleshly desire violently assail the frail vessel of thy soul, look at the star, call
upon Mary. If troubled on account of the heinousness of thy sins, distressed at the filthy state of thy conscience, and terrified at the thought of the awful judgment to come, thou art beginning to sink into the bottomless gulf of sadness
and to be swallowed in the abyss of despair, then think of Mary. In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary,
call upon Mary. Let not her name leave thy lips, never suffer it to leave thy heart. And that thou mayest more surely obtain the assistance of her prayer, see that thou dost walk in her footsteps. With her for guide, thou shalt never go
astray; whilst invoking her, thou shalt never lose heart; so long as she is in thy mind, thou shalt not be deceived;
whilst she holds thy hand, thou canst not fall; under her protection, thou hast nothing to fear; if she walks before thee, thou shalt not grow weary; if she shows thee favor, thou shalt reach the goal."[50]
32. We can think of no better way to conclude this Encyclical Letter than in the words of the "Doctor Mellifluus" to
invite all to be more and more devout to the loving Mother of God, and each in his respective state in life to strive to
imitate her exalted virtues. If at the beginning of the twelfth century grave dangers threatened the Church and hu-man society, the perils besetting our own age are hardly less formidable. The Catholic faith, supreme solace of man-
kind, often languishes in souls, and in many regions and countries is even subjected to the bitterest public attacks.
With the Christian religion either neglected or cruelly destroyed, morals, both public and private, clearly stray from the straight way, and, following the tortuous path of error, end miserably in vice.
