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Readings: June 14, 2020

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body

and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

First Reading: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16

God fed you in the wilderness with manna

that your ancestors did not know.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 10.16-17

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body.

Gospel: John 6.51-59

My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

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Mass Intentions June 8 - 14 Monday

7:00pm James Devereaux Jr. and

Sister Madge Barton

Tuesday

8:00am Deceased members of the

Broderick family

Wednesday 7:00pm Bernard Howlett and Maureen Greene

Thursday

8:00am Ron Broderick

Friday

8:00am No Requested Intentions

Saturday 5:00pm Margaret Noseworthy, Anthony Ryan

and Dennis and Christine McDonald

Sunday 9:30am The Parishioners

11:30am Anna Gosse, Catherine Bidgood and

Deceased members of the Hannaford and

Abbott families

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God, we praise you:

Father all-powerful,

Christ Lord and Savior,

Spirit of Love.

You reveal yourself in the depths of our being,

drawing us to share in your life and your love.

One God, three Persons,

be near to the people formed in your image,

close to the world your love brings to life.

We ask you this, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

one God, true and living, forever and ever. Amen.

Notice - Parish Office and Daily Mass

Out of concern for the health and well-being of all, the

parish office is closed to the public for the time being.

We are available by phone @ 579-0065 and by email:

stteresasadmass@outlook.com.

Please check the parish webpage - www.stteresa.ca and/

or facebook page for updates.

Daily Mass is recorded at 8:00 am, Monday through

Friday.

There is no Mass on Saturday. Sunday Mass will be

recorded at 10:00 am. Recorded Masses will be available

through the link on the parish webpage

approximately 11/2 hours from recording.

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Marriages

A minimum of six months advance notice is required.

A marriage preparation program is required to be married in the

church.

Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office to schedule the pre-baptism

course and for more information. A copy of the child’s birth

certificate must be provided before the baptism.

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Redemptorists Television (www.redemptorist.tv) Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help -

Wednesdays on Vision TV at 10am and 2pm.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Marian Talk: Faye Arellano ~ Journey with Mary

Homilist: Fr. Mark Miller C.Ss.R. ~ Spiritual Works of Mary

Centre for Life is hosting virtual tax clinics under the

Community Income Tax Preparation Program. If you are

a senior with a modest income please call 579-1500 for

any inquiries or to make an appointment.

In preparation for the Feast of Our

Lady of Perpetual Help, we are

presenting reflections every

Wednesday, for the next four

weeks beginning June 3. This will

follow the weekday mass. The

link can be found on the parish

website www.stteresa.ca

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Three in One, or One in Three? Our thinking moves far from the reality of God when we

limit our reflection of the Trinity to numbers. The char-

acterizations of an old man, a younger man, and a dove

do not help much either. However, these are attempts to

somehow talk about the mystery of all mysteries. We

cannot adequately conceptualize or characterize God,

but we try. Each reading today makes its own attempt.

In the Exodus passage, God actually describes God’s

own self: “gracious and merciful, slow to anger and

abounding in love and fidelity” (Exodus 34:6).

The Gospel passage tells us how these divine features play out in our lives: “God so loved the world

that he gave his only Son” (John 3:16). This Son is God in the flesh. What greater love can there be?

The prayer in Paul’s letter seems to scoop us up like an adoring parent would into the embrace of the

Trinity: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of

God and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of

you” (2 Corinthians 13:13).

Theologians tell us that each person of the Trinity interacts

with us and the rest of the created universe in a way unique

to each person. Though different, each way is an expression of self-emptying love. The only response

required of us is openness to that love. God only asks that we accept that love and allow it to transform

us. Then we will be the living example of the Trinity’s love for all.

Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA Liguori Publications

A Word from Pope Francis

With our eyes fixed on Jesus and his merciful gaze, we experience the love of the

Most Holy Trinity....His person is nothing but love, a love given gratuitously....The

signs he works, especially in favor of sinners, the poor, the marginalized, the sick,

and the suffering, are all meant to teach mercy.

Misericordiae Vultus, April 11, 2015

St. Teresa’s Parish - Served By The Redemptorists Since Sunday, October 21, 1956

Fr. Ciro Perez C.Ss.R., Fr. Tony Bidgood C.Ss.R. & Fr. David Louch C.Ss.R.

Telephone: 709-579-0065

120 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s, NL, A1E 1V1 Fax: 579-3804

Website: www.stteresa.ca

Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 - 4:00 pm

Our bulletin is available online.

June 7, 2020 ~ The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

God so loved the world that he gave his

only Son, so that everyone who believes in

him might not perish. John 3:16

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Collection Received at Office Door & Mail

Regular Collection $7,071.00

Archbishop's Appeal $150.00 (Total $1,830.00)

Pope's Pastoral Works $205.00 (Total $900.00)

Cemetery Collection $88.00 (Total $283.00)

Initial Offering $20.00

Development & Peace $40.00 (Total $1,572.00)

Good Friday $270.00 (Total $2,264.00)

Easter Sunday 4360.00 (Total $7,712.45)

Acknowledged with gratitude.

Mass Intentions The parish office is open only for staff. If you

would like to book a mass intention please call the

office and the information will be taken over the

phone. Payment for the intention must be received

on the day that it is booked. The cost is $5 cash or

cheque.

Dear Padre,

Why was the confusing word consubstantial

added to our Creed some years ago? What was

wrong with the old “one in being with the

Father”?

The Creed or Profession of Faith is said at Mass

so that the assembly “may respond to the Word of

God proclaimed in the readings…and explained in

the Homily and that they may also honor and

confess the great mysteries of the faith…before

the celebration of these mysteries in the Eucharist

begins” (General Instruction of the Roman Missal,

67). The Nicene Creed normally is used, although

the Apostles’ Creed may replace it at Masses with

children or on Sundays during the seasons of Lent

and Easter.

In the Nicene Creed, “We believe” changed to “I

believe” because a profession of faith is a

profoundly personal act, even when it’s made in

public while at Mass. Plus, the literal translation

of the Latin word credo is “I believe,” not “we

believe.”

The word consubstantial indicates that Christ isn’t

simply united with the Father but that they share

the same substance. In other words, Christ is not a

different God, but he’s the same God with the

Father, since our God is One. They’re coequal and

coeternal. In St. John’s Gospel, Philip asks Jesus

to “show us the Father, and that will be enough

for us.” Jesus replies, “Whoever has seen me has

seen the Father....Believe me that I am in the

Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe

because of the works themselves”

(John 14:8–9, 11).

Fr. Byron Miller, CSsR., Liguori Publications

YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOU

In this time when people are not coming to the

church for Masses and other activities, we still

need your generosity to continue paying the bills,

providing services, and paying the staff of our

Parish. You can continue supporting our parish

by dropping your offering envelope into the

mail slot at the parish office or mailing it in.

Thank you for your continued support.

WHERE IS GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF

THIS PANDEMIC? If you have been asking questions about how to make

meaning in these uncharted waters that we are in, you

are not alone. If you've asked where God is, or how

you might hear God's voice, others are asking the

same questions.

If you would like to take part in an online discussion

about your own experiences and how it all relates

to God and faith, the Redemptorist Adult Faith Forma-

tion Team (Fr. Tony Bidgood, CSsR, Fr. David

Louch, CSsR and Anne Walsh) would like invite you

to a virtual Zoom gathering of people who want to

share their thoughts, questions and faith.

Simply email us at the following address:

rafftcssr@gmail.com

and the Redemptorist Adult Faith Formation Team

will contact you about how to connect to the

virtual discussion. We look forward to hearing from

you. Peace!

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MESSAGE FOR JUNE 7TH

2020, TRINITY SUNDAY Dear Parishioners, During the last two weeks, we have had beautiful sunny days; I hope some of you have had the opportunity to go out walking or driving (preserving social distancing) to contemplate the gorgeous views, and breathe the pure, fresh air. The liturgy for this weekend invites us to reflect on the Most Holy Trinity, the same Trinity that you and I invoke when we make the Sign of the Cross when we start our prayer. Some people make the Sign of the Cross at other times, such as when starting a project, when they go out, when in risk or danger, or when passing a church or a cemetery. In some cultures, it is very common for children to ask for the blessing of the Holy Trinity from their parents or grandparents, or from priests or bishops. Anyway! we implore the presence of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit all the time as followers of Jesus. Let us reflect and pray about and with the Most Holy Trinity. The Most Holy Trinity is the revelation of the mystery of God’s inner life. This will remain a mystery for all of us as long as we live in this world, even though the veil which covers it is lifted ever so little. Our Bible assures us that God exists as three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, while remaining one God. Although we cannot even begin to give a logical explanation for this, our faith enables us in some small measure to experience the presence of this Triune God. How this can happen is described by St Augustine in a most beautiful passage from his Confessions (p. 211). “What do I love when I love my God?” he asks. “Not material beauty or beauty of a temporal order; not the brilliance of earthly light, so welcome to our eyes; not the sweet melody of harmony and song; not the fragrance of flowers, perfumes and spices; not manna or honey; not limbs such as the body delights to embrace. It is not these that I love when I love my God. And yet, when I love him, it is true that I love a light of a certain kind, a voice, a perfume, a food, an embrace; but they are of the kind that I love in my inner self.” “So tell me something of my God,” he asks. And loud and clear they answered, “God is he who made us.” Seeing God will change us utterly, and this salvation is a pure gift that always comes from the Father, announced and realized in his divine Son, and made effective in each of us through the action of the Holy Spirit. St Paul tells us that “in one Spirit we have access through Christ to the Father” (Eph 2:18). God is love. There are Three Persons in the Trinity, the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. Together they represent the fullness of love. We are made in the image of a triune God. God the Father, who created us, his Son who saved us, and the Holy Spirit who continues to guide us. Our lives should reflect the Trinity. We should be always creative like the Father, compassionate like the Son, and offer our talents in the service of others like the Holy Spirit. Take time to reflect and pray to the Holy Trinity, and make the Holy Trinity be present in your life through all the actions of love you offer to your brothers and sisters. Many blessings, stay safe and pray for each other. Yours, Fr. Ciro A Perez, CSsR