RESPONSORIAL PSALM: I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.
TODAY’S MASS INTENTION: Parishioners of St. Elizabeth and St. Emeric parishes
MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS FOR THE COMING WEEK:
| June | 7 | Monday | 9:00 AM | Olga Centivany, by Charles Centivany |
| June | 8 | Tuesday | 9:00 AM | Thomas A. Sherman (special intention) |
| June | 9 | Wednesday | 9:00 AM | Julius Baranyai, by Jeanette Baranyai |
| June | 10 | Thursday | 9:00 AM | John J. Koza, by Fr. David Misbrener |
| June | 11 | Friday | 9:00 AM | Ilona Balunek, by George Balunek |
| June | 12 | Saturday | 5:00 PM | Mária Goda, by daughter Ágnes & Family |
| June | 13 | Sunday | 11:15 AM | Barnabás Lacza, by the Family |
FROM THE DESK OF FR. BONA: Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (also called, from Latin, Corpus Christi – meaning, Body of Christ). It generally falls on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in dioceses in the United States, it is moved to the following Sunday. The reason for Thursday is the desire of the Church to make a connection to the Mass of the Lord’s Supper celebrated on Holy Thursday.
What led to establishment of this feast? St. Juliana of Liege was born in Belgium in 1191. Orphaned she was raised by Augustinian nuns (along with her sister). Juliana later took vows as an Augustinian nun herself. At age 16, she began having mystical visions during Eucharistic Adoration in which she would see the moon in its fullness, with a dark spot on it. Christ later revealed to her that the moon symbolized the life of the Church, and the dark spot represented the missing liturgical feast that would promote veneration of the Most Holy Eucharist. For 20 years, she kept these visions a secret. Later, she expressed her desire to have such a feast established to Bishop Robert Torote of Liege, who after some initial hesitation instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in his diocese. (At that time, bishops had that power). Several other bishops in the surrounding dioceses followed his lead. St. Juliana died in 1258, before the exposed Blessed Sacrament.
In 1261, one of the original bishops who had instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in his diocese was elected Pope Urban IV. In 1264, he instituted the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ as a universal feast for the Church and affirmed the authenticity of St. Juliana’s mystical visions. Pope Urban asked one of the greatest theologians in the history of the Catholic Church, St. Thomas Aquinas, to compose the text for the Liturgical Office for this new feast. These texts are used to this day.
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ this weekend, let us thank the Lord for this beautiful Sacrament, which brings us so much consolation. Let us ask St. Juliana to help inspire in us a deeper love for the Eucharist. Let us offer prayers and sacrifices in reparation for the sacrileges committed against the Most Holy Eucharist. After all, on this earth, there is nothing more important than the Blessed Sacrament.
TODAY (JUNE 6) PROCESSION IN HONOR OF CORPUS CHRISTI: Please join us, after the Mass, for this procession.
PRAYER BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: My Lord Jesus Christ, for the love which You bear to men, You remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit You. I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar: I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me and in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me your holy Mother Mary for my advocate, and for having called me to visit You in this church (chapel).
IMPORTANT NEWS: With the improving situation concerning the health pandemic, the bishops of Ohio have decided to reinstate the general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation (Code of Canon Law, c. 1247). This will take effect in each of the Dioceses of Ohio the weekend of June 5-6, 2021.
LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: Sunday Offering: $1,240. Maintenance: $250. Thank you for remembering your church’s needs in these difficult times. Thank you also for sending in your offertory donation when not in attendance at Mass either by mail or on our website using a credit card or the PayPal option: https://stemeric.com/donations/
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially for Bev Kimar, Béla Tarmann, Rose Dudevszky, Teréz Kalász, Madeleine B. Smith, and Gerő Kondray.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED.
NEW POST PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS: Starting this weekend, June 5/6, the new (relaxed) protocols are in force. See the last week’s bulletin for details.
THIS SUNDAY the 9:15 AM Mass (St. Elizabeth of Hungary) is livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/saintemeric/ and on our website, https://stemeric.com/
Ez a bejegyzés olvasható Magyar (Hungarian) nyelven is.
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