The one who knows of the kingdom of heaven brings new and old from the storeroom 133 Beach Street, Revere, MA 02151 Phone: 781-289-0735 Fax: 781-629-1936 Web page: www.icrevere.com Email: parishoffi[email protected]MASS SCHEDULE Monday & Saturday: 9 am Tuesday through Friday: 7:30 am Wednesday: 7 pm (Misa en Español) SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4 pm Vigil Mass 6 & 8 pm (Neocatechumenal Communities) Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am 12:30 pm & 6:00 pm (Español) SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Call the rectory at least six months before the wedding. CONFESSIONS By appointment only Call (781) 629-9386 EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Thursday: 12 noon to 6:00 pm ANOINTING OF THE SICK Home and Hospital visits by the priests upon request. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Phone: 781-289-0735 Rectory Address: 119 Beach Revere, MA 02151 Rectory Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am to 2:30pm Closed for lunch: 12 pm to 1 pm IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL 127 Winthrop Ave., Revere, MA 02151 Tel: 781-284-0519 www.icrevere.org Principal: Stephen Hanley RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE (CCD): Tel: 781-289-8126 JULY 26, 2020 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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The one who knows of the kingdom of heaven brings
new and old from the storeroom
133 Beach Street, Revere, MA 02151 Phone: 781-289-0735 Fax: 781-629-1936 Web page: www.icrevere.com Email: [email protected]
MASS SCHEDULE
Monday & Saturday: 9 am Tuesday through Friday: 7:30 am Wednesday: 7 pm (Misa en Español)
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4 pm Vigil Mass 6 & 8 pm (Neocatechumenal Communities) Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am 12:30 pm & 6:00 pm (Español)
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Call the rectory at least six months before the wedding.
CONFESSIONS
By appointment only Call (781) 629-9386
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION:
Thursday: 12 noon to 6:00 pm
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Home and Hospital visits by the priests upon request.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Phone: 781-289-0735
Rectory Address: 119 Beach Revere, MA 02151
Rectory Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am to 2:30pm
Closed for lunch: 12 pm to 1 pm
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL 127 Winthrop Ave., Revere, MA 02151
Tel: 781-284-0519 www.icrevere.org
Principal: Stephen Hanley RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE (CCD):
Tel: 781-289-8126
JULY 26, 2020
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK & READINGS
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 34:2-11; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21
July 25, Saturday St. James, Apostle 9:00 am Ann Marie Simpson 4:00 pm Eduardo Prieto July 26, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am 10:30 am Community Mass Oscar Lazo Domenic DeCristoforo Catarina Lobianco 12:30 Oscar Jorge Lazo July 27, Monday 9:00 am July 28, Tuesday 7:30 am July 29, Wednesday St Martha 7:30 am Nina Francis Dineen 7:00 pm July 30, Thursday St. Peter Chrysologus 7:30 am July 31, Friday St. Ignatius of Loyola 7:30 am August 1, Saturday St. Alphonsus 9:00 am Robert Sheehan 4:00 pm Deceased members of the Hagstrom, Cann and West Families August 2, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 am Francesco Mongavaro & Wim Ensing 10:30 am Community Mass Frederick, Ruth & Robert Randall
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Solomon prays for an understanding heart (1 Kings 3:5, 7-12). Psalm — Lord, I love your commands (Psalm 119). Second Reading — All things work for good for those who love God (Romans 8:28-30). Gospel — The one who knows of the kingdom of heaven brings new and old from the storeroom (Matthew 13:44-52 [44-46]).
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PARISH STAFF
Parish Administrator: Rev. Jorge Daniel Lazo Pujada Parochial Vicars: Rev. Eric Velasquez Religious Ed. Secretary: Gail Hagstrom, 781-289-8126 Business Manager: Emanuel Noe Parish Secretary: Eleanor Dunn Religious Workers: Giulio & Rachele Costa
SAINT OF THE WEEK
SAINT MARTHA (first century)
July 29
Whether you find Martha Stewart admirable or annoying, she has the perfect
patron saint. Luke describes Martha—saint, not Stewart—as “burdened with much serving” (Luke 10:40). About Mary, seated, listening to Jesus, Martha complained, “Do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?” Jesus’ response, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things . . . Mary has chosen the better part” (10:41, 42), suggests to some the superiority of the contemplative life, leaving the rest of us, supporting families, earning livings, (helping others?), as second-class Christians. But Luke introduces Martha and Mary immediately after Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, whom Jesus recommends as a model of practical compassion, concluding, “Go and do likewise” (10:37). Go and do! Sit and listen! Discipleship is never either/or but both/and. Jesus ministered in prayerful silence and hospitable service. Monastic calendars add Martha’s sister, Mary, and brother, Lazarus, calling all three “hosts of the Lord,” recalling their welcome of Jesus to their home in Bethany, reminding us Whom we welcome whenever we extend summertime hospitality!
NOTICIAS CATÓLICAS Y ANUNCIOS
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Memorials for 2020
If you wish to have a loved one remembered in a partic-ular month of the year 2020, please call the Parish Sec-retary now.
ANNIVERSARY & MEMORIAL MASSES FOR AUGUST, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2020
We are booking Anniversary Masses for those months. Please call the Parish Secretary or come to the Rectory.
Notification for those attending Sunday Masses
Dear Parishioners, The Archdiocese of Boston is requiring that each person who attends a Sunday Mass should be given the oppor-tunity to put their name and contact information on a list to be notified if there is a positive Covid-19 test of a per-son who also attended that Mass. If we learn that somebody tested positive we will make the announcement on the parish website and we will reach you to inform you so that in consultation with your physician, you can make the appropriate steps. For your safety if you wish to be contacted, please call or email the rectory or use this QR code below to fill a form with the appropriate contact information so that you can receive notification. Simply take a picture of this code. God Bless you. Fr. Jorge Daniel Lazo
First Communions
Since we couldn’t have a proper First Communion mass with our children. We are giving the opportunity to come and receive their first communion in the Sunday masses over the next few weeks. Please contact the office to choose a date for your children to receive First
Communion. It’s important to see the children our future receive the sacrament of Life and be support-ed by the domestic Church, their families! Congratulations!
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
EVERY THURSDAY, FROM
12:00 pm TO 6:00 pm
“Do you realize that Jesus is there in the Blessed Sac-rament expressly for you, for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart.”
St Therese of Lisieux
PARISH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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OFFERTORY
JULY 19
Thank you for your continued support May God bless your generosity
The Revere Knights of Columbus, located at 29 Central Ave-nue has been in the Revere Community since 1896. We have rechartered as the St. Michael the Archangel, Council #16550. Our Chaplain is our own Fr. Dan. If interested, please contact any member—Our number is 781-853-0490 or by email at [email protected]. It is a great organization open for all Catholic men 18 or older in good standing. John Verrengia, Grand Knight
GOSPEL REFLECTION BY POPE FRANCIS
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good Morning!
Jesus’ parabolic discourse groups together seven parables in the 13th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, and concludes with today’s three parallel stories: the hidden treasure (v. 44), the fine pearl (vv. 45-46) and the fishing net (vv. 47-48). I will pause on the first two which highlight the protagonists’ decision to sell everything in order to acquire what they have found. The first case has to do with a farmer who casually happens upon a hidden treasure in the field he is working. As the field is not his property, he must purchase it in order to take possession of the treasure: he therefore decides to risk all his possessions so as not to lose that truly exceptional opportunity. In the second case, there is a merchant of precious pearls; as an expert, he has spied a pearl of great value. He too decides to wager everything on that pearl, to the point of selling all the others.
These parallel stories highlight two characteristics regarding possession of the Kingdom of God: searching and sacrifice. It is true that the Kingdom of God is offered to all — it is a gift, it is a present, it is a grace — but it does not come on a silver platter: it requires dynamism; it is about searching, journeying, working hard. The atti-tude of searching is the essential condition for finding. The heart must burn with the desire to reach the valuable good, that is, the Kingdom of God which is made present in the person of Jesus. He is the hidden treasure; he is the pearl of great val-ue. He is the fundamental discovery who can make a decisive change in our lives, filling it with meaning.
Faced with the unexpected discovery, both the farmer and the merchant realize that they are facing a unique opportunity which should not be missed; hence, they sell all that they own. Assessing the inestimable value of the treasure leads to a decision that also implies sacrifice, detachment and renunciation. When the treasure and the pearl are discovered, that is, when we have found the Lord, we must not let this discovery become barren, but rather sacrifice everything else in order to acquire it. It is not a question of disdaining the rest but of subordinating them to Jesus, putting him in first place; grace in first place. The disciple of Christ is not one who has deprived himself of something essential; he is one who has found much more: he has found the com-plete joy that only the Lord can give. It is the evangelical joy of the sick who have been healed; of the par-doned sinners, of the thief for whom the doors of heaven open.
The joy of the Gospel fills the heart and the entire life of those who encounter Jesus. Those who allow them-selves to be saved by him are freed from sin, sadness, inner emptiness and isolation. With Jesus Christ, joy is always born and reborn (cf. Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, n. 1). Today we are called to contem-plate the joy of the farmer and the merchant in the parables. It is the joy of each of us when we discover the closeness and the comforting presence of Jesus in our lives. A presence which transforms the heart and opens us to the needs and the welcoming of our brothers, especially the weakest.
Let us pray for the intercession of the Virgin Mary so that each of us may know how to bear witness, in daily words and gestures, to the joy of having found the treasure of the Kingdom of God, that is, the love that the Father has given us through Jesus.
CATHOLIC NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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El GRUPO DE ORACION “INMACULADO CORAZON DE MARIA”
ASAMBLEA DE ORACION
VIERNES a las 7:00 pm EN LA IGLESIA
“
"Quien quiera algo que no sea Cristo, no sabe lo que quiere; quien pida algo que no sea Cristo, no sabe lo que pide; quien no trabaje por Cristo, no sabe lo que hace".
San Felipe Neri
Grupo de Juvenil “Luz y Vida”
Nuestro grupo juvenil “Luz y Vida”
se reúnen: Jueves de 6:30 pm a 8:00 pm
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35 Martes: Jer 14:17-22; Sal 79 (78):8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 Miércoles: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Sal 34 (33):2-11; Jn 11:19-27 o Lc 10:38-42 Jueves: Jer 18:1-6; Sal 146 (145):1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Viernes: Jer 26:1-9; Sal 69 (68):5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 Sábado: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Sal 69 (68):15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 Domingo: Is 55:1-3; Sal 145 (144):8-9, 15-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — Dame a mí, tu servidor, la capacidad de juzgar bien (1 Reyes 3:5, 7-12). Salmo — Amo, Señor, tus mandamientos (Salmo 119 [118]). Segunda lectura — Estamos predestinados a ser conformados a la imagen del Hijo de Dios (Romanos 8:28-30). Evangelio — Cuando encontramos la perla de gran valor, tenemos que ofrecer por ella todo lo que poseemos (Mateo 13:44-52 [44-46]).
SAN IGNACIO DE LOYOLA
(1491-1556) 31 de julio
Este santo español desde su adolescencia se unió a las cortes y soñó con la carrera militar. Además de galán, aprendió a manejar las armas y nunca
perdió la valentía ni la rigidez de carácter. En una de las guerras, una bala de cañón le hirió la rodilla. Luego de la operación, como no había quedado bien y no podría vestir la bota militar, pidió que le quebraran la rodilla y la operaran bien ¡sin anestesia! Estando en recuperación le dieron a leer los evangelios y la vida de los santos y, como él siempre había soñado con cosas mayores, encontró en la vida de los santos algo que realmente valía la pena y renunció a su ambición militar para servir a Dios. A partir de ahí inició una experiencia de conversión que lo llevó a entregarse a Dios por completo y a ayudar a otras personas a que encontraran a Dios en todo. Siendo adulto se preparó en las ciencias humanas y con otros compañeros, entre ellos San Francisco Xavier, fundó la Compañía de Jesús; conocidos actualmente como los Jesuitas.
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REFLEXION DEL EVANGELIO
POR PAPA FRANCISCO
Queridos hermanos y hermanas, ¡buenos días!
El discurso de las parábolas de Jesús, que reúne siete parábolas en el capítulo 13 del Evangelio de Mateo, se concluye con las tres similares de hoy: el tesoro escondido (v. 44), la perla preciosa (v. 45-46) y la red de pesca (v. 47-48). Me detengo en las dos primeras que subrayan la decisión de los protagonistas de vender cualquier cosa para obtener eso que han descubierto. En el primer caso se trata de un campesino que casualmente tropieza con un tesoro escondido en el campo donde está trabajando. No siendo el campo de su propiedad debe adquirirlo si quiere poseer el tesoro: por tanto decide arriesgar todos sus bienes para no perder esa ocasión realmente excepcional. En el segundo caso encontramos un mercader de perlas preciosas; él, experto conocedor, ha identificado una perla de gran valor. También él decide apostar todo a esa perla, hasta el punto de vender todas las demás.
Estas similitudes destacan dos características respecto a la posesión del Reino de Dios: la búsqueda y el sacrificio. Es verdad que el Reino de Dios es ofrecido a todos —es un don, es un regalo, es una gra-cia— pero no está puesto a disposición en un plato de plata, requiere dinamismo: se trata de buscar, caminar, trabajar. La actitud de la búsqueda es la condición esencial para encontrar; es necesario que el corazón queme desde el deseo de alcanzar el bien precioso, es decir el Reino de Dios que se hace presente en la persona de Jesús. Es Él el tesoro escondido, es Él la perla de gran valor. Él es el descu-brimiento fundamental, que puede dar un giro decisivo a nuestra vida, llenándola de significado.
Frente al descubrimiento inesperado, tanto el campesino como el mercader se dan cuenta de que tienen delante una ocasión única que no pueden dejar escapar, por lo tanto venden todo lo que poseen. La val-oración del valor inestimable del tesoro, lleva a una decisión que implica también sacrificio, desapegos y renuncias. Cuando el tesoro y la perla son descubiertos, es decir cuando hemos encontrado al Señor, es necesario no dejar estéril este descubrimiento, sino sacrificar por ello cualquier otra cosa. No se trata de despreciar el resto, sino de subordinarlo a Jesús, poniéndole a Él en el primer lugar. La gracia en el pri-mer lugar. El discípulo de Cristo no es uno que se ha privado de algo esencial; es uno que ha encontrado mucho más: ha encontrado la alegría plena que solo el Señor puede donar. Es la alegría evangélica de los enfermos sanados; de los pecadores perdonados; del ladrón al que se le abre la puerta al paraíso.
La alegría del Evangelio llena el corazón y la vida entera de aquellos que se encuentran con Jesús. Aquellos que se dejan salvar por Él son liberados del pecado, de la tristeza, del vacío interior, del aislam-iento. Con Jesucristo siempre nace y renace la alegría (cf. Exort. ap. Evangelii gaudium, 1). Hoy somos exhortados a contemplar la alegría del campesino y del mercader de las parábolas. Es la alegría de cada uno de nosotros cuando descubrimos la cercanía y la presencia consoladora de Jesús en nuestra vida. Una presencia que transforma el corazón y nos abre a la necesidad y a la acogida de los hermanos, espe-cialmente de aquellos más débiles.
Rezamos, por intercesión de la Virgen María, para que cada uno de nosotros sepa testimoniar, con las palabras y los gestos cotidianos, la alegría de haber encontrado el tesoro del Reino de Dios, es decir el amor que el Padre nos ha donado mediante Jesús.
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