Weekly Bulletin February 14, 2010
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"Blessed are you who are
poor, for the
Today’s
Sunday: Jer 17:5-8/1 Cor 15:12, 16-20/Lk
6:17, 20-26
Monday: Jas 1:1-11/Mk 8:11-13
Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18/Mk 8:14-21
Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20---6:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25
Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15
Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32
Next
Sunday: Dt 26:4-10/Rom 10:8-13/Lk 4:1-13
Mass
Intentions
None scheduled
Prayers
For the sick
Catherine Maniscalco, Elsie
Barnor, Jody Thomas, Gloria Marshall, Michelle Beausoleil, Jeanne Bouley, Mary
Peltier, Helen McNabb, Maura O’Toole, Mary Lou Frates, Anthony Venti, Scott
Hammond, Ed Walsh, Jo & V Chiodo, Donna Prado, Bill Kannegiser, Melina
Diaz, Lorraine Thomas, Gary Canning, Tom Hughes, Sheila Gough, Sheila Grove,
Matt Canuel, Joe Mason, Christine Seskevich, Gertie DiLoreto, Maureen Irvine,
Al Shannon, Diane Donovan, Mike Molyneux, Rev. Lionel Blain, Tom Olin
Featured
Website: The Light Is On For You
The Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop Hennesey, and The Light Is On For
You Committee have announced the launch of a new website for the
Lenten Reconciliation Initiative. The website has the following resources:
How to Make a Good Confession & Examination of Conscience
Confession FAQs
Video message from Bishop Hennessey and many other videos on Confession
Parish Resources (Bulletin articles/pdfs, prayers of the faithful, homily
ideas, logo downloads)
Links on Confession (General resources, Writings from the Popes, Pastoral
Letters from Bishops)
News articles about the Initiativewww.thelightisonforyou.org
Today’s Music
Gathering Song: RS #722
Bring Forth the Kingdom Responsorial Psalm: RS #57
Psalm 27 The Lord is my light.
Communion Song: RS #924 Canción
Sending Forth Song: RS # RS #914 Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
Holy Communion Under Both Species and the
Sign of Peace
The Archdiocese is encouraging the return to the liturgical
practices of distributing Holy Communion under both species and
including once again the option of a handshake as a sign of peace.
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish will return to these liturgical
practices on the First Sunday of Lent, February 21st. We continue to encourage
the use of common sense precautions with regard to influenza and our liturgical
celebrations.
a) Priests, Deacons, and
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion should practice good hygiene.
Ministers of Holy Communion should be encouraged to wash their hands before
Mass begins, or even to use an alcohol based anti-bacterial solution before and
after distributing Holy Communion.
b) If you are sick, or suspect yourself to be sick with a
contagious illness, please stay home from church and limit contact with
others to keep from infecting them. We will miss having you with us, but we
will understand and welcome you with open arms when you are well again!
c) People who
choose to come to church even though they do not feel 100% well should use
common sense in deciding whether or not to hold hands at any point during
the Mass, exchange the sign of peace, or receive from the cup.
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February 15
The Parish
Offices will be closed on Monday, February 15, in observance of
Presidents' Day. They will reopen on Tuesday, February 16 at 9:30 am.
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
Wed.,
February 17 Ash Wednesday service.
This is a
5:00 pm service,
not a
Monday, February 22 Youth Commission meeting in
8:00 – 9:00 pm
Wed., February 24 First Reconciliation Service
for 2nd
6:30 – 8:00 pm grade
students and their family members will be held in the church. A parent must attend with their child.
Over the next few months
during the 4:30, 9:30 and 11:30 Masses we will have members from our First
Eucharist classes and their family bringing up the gifts during the offertory.
Please remember these students and their families in your prayers.
Sunday, Feb. 28 Sunday Evening
5:00 pm welcome.
Monday, March 1 Confirmation I Rel Ed in O’Connell
7:30 – 9:00pm Hall
Wed., March 3 Rel Ed Commission meeting in the
7:30 – 9:00pm
Sat., March 6 First Communion Workshop – both
1:00 – 4:00pm the
student and at least one parent or adult must attend
for the whole time.
Sunday,
March 7 Pre-K through 5th grade Rel Ed
10:30 – 11:30am classes
in
Formation
in O’Connell Hall. All
Adults
are welcome.
5:00pm Sunday
Evening
welcome.
Ash Wednesday, February 17
Ash
Wednesday, marking the beginning of the season of Lent, is Wednesday,
February 17. Marking with ashes will be included at Mass at 9:00 am and
7:30 pm and at a Liturgy of the Word at 5:00 pm. Ash Wednesday liturgies will
take place in the church.
Smudges
with Ashes, Smeared with Oil
On a somber
Wednesday we will gather to smudge every forehead with ashes, admonishing each
other to remember that dust returns to dust and that the only way through death
to life is Christ. The ashes are made by burning palms—given to us on Passion
Sunday a year ago with the invitation to “go forth in peace, praising Jesus our
Messiah, as did the crowds that welcomed him into
This gritty
smudge that we accept on our foreheads is not a death sentence. It is not the
mark of Cain. A reminder of our fragile mortality, it is nonetheless shaped in
the great sign of salvation: The ashes form a cross, a thumb‑printed
cross that marks the same heads that were smeared with chrism at baptism.
Anointed with that royal oil, we are committed to conversion, to continually
setting out for the new Jerusalem, to leaving behind forever our captivity in
This gritty
ashen sign reminds us that on the way there is soil and toil, sweat and hard
work before we come to the oasis in this desert—the Easter bath of baptism. At
the font, on a damp and chilly night, water will wash away soil and oil will
soothe away toil to make new Christians royal: heirs of the reign of God. The
dusty smudges will be gone, and in the light of the paschal candle the oily
heads of the newly baptized will shine like the moon and the stars, reminding
us of our destiny. What begins in ashes ends in water and fire.
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Mir Pace
International
Mir Pace International is
currently recruiting 8th – 12th grade students for a week-long service
experience in
Mir Pace International, a Catholic
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (www.mirpace.org), empowers teens to change
the lives of the poor and forgotten through long-term global community
building, while also helping them discover the profound and positive impact
they can make in service to others. Our proudest achievement has been to ignite
a spirit of volunteerism that is now being carried on into their adult lives.
Lent:
A Sense of the Season
The word Lent means springtime. This word
comes from the same root as lengthen. Daytime lengthens during Lent. The
northern hemisphere turns toward the sun, the source of life, and winter turns
into spring. In Hebrew, the word for repentance is the same as the word that
means to turn, like the turning of the earth to the sun, like the turning of
the soil before planting.
“Even now, says the Lord, turn to me.”
(Joel 2:12) The word sin means separation. We are called to turn from our
separate selves, from our sin, to come together in community. Self-denial is
the way we express our repentance. In the lengthening brightness from Ash
Wednesday until Holy Thursday afternoon, our holy Lent, we turn to God as our
source of life.
Self-denial is threefold, advises
Matthew’s gospel. We pray: “Go to your room, close your door, and pray to your
Father in private.” We fast: “No one must see you are fasting but your Father.”
We give alms: “Keep your deeds of mercy secret, and your Father who sees in
secret will repay you.” Through the Lenten exercise of prayer, fasting and
almsgiving, we spring-clean our lives, sharpen our senses, put tomorrow in its
place and treasure the day at hand.
Why are there forty days in Lent? It took
forty days for sinfulness to drown in the flood before a new creation could
inherit the earth. It took forty years for the generation of slaves to die before
the freeborn could enter the promised land. For forty days Moses and Elijah and
Jesus fasted and prayed to prepare themselves for a life’s work.
At the beginning of Lent the bishop calls
out the names of the catechumens who seek to be baptized at Easter. Their names
are written in the book of the elect, the chosen. God has chosen them, and they
have chosen to turn to God. Lent is the forty days before the baptism of the
catechumens. The already baptized can share the excitement and the struggles of
the elect and rediscover the meaning of baptism in their own lives. During the
forty days, both catechumens and the faithful journey together to the holy
font.
We keep Lent together. We put aside our
business-as-usual to support each other in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We
turn to God to enlighten us and purify us throughout the lengthening brightness
of our holy season of Lent.
“For now is the acceptable time! Now is
the day of salvation!”
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© 1997, Archdiocese of
We have a responsibility
to future generations.
from Pope Benedict's Message for the Celebration of World Day of
Peace - January 1, 2010: If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation
The goods of creation belong to humanity
as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously
endangering the supply of certain natural resources not only for the present
generation, but above all for generations yet to come. (# 7)
A greater sense of intergenerational
solidarity is urgently
needed. Future generations cannot be saddled with the cost of our use of common
environmental resources. “We have inherited from past generations, and we have
benefited from the work of our contemporaries; for this reason we have
obligations towards all . . . This is a responsibility that present
generations have towards those of the future, a responsibility that also
concerns individual States and the international community”. (# 8)
Natural resources should be used in such a
way that immediate benefits do not have a negative impact on living creatures,
human and not, present and future; that the protection of private property does
not conflict with the universal destination of goods; that human activity does
not compromise the fruitfulness of the earth, for the benefit of people now and
in the future. (# 8)
Soup
Kitchen
Try to imagine
the fortitude and organizational skills it takes to prepare and serve over a
hundred full course suppers every night in a kitchen under total
renovation. The plumbers, electricians and carpenters leave early in the
afternoon and the mission begins! What they did not have was
anything with which to dry our multiple pans and trays. But Ruth Parker
sent in a dozen new quality dishtowels.
It all came
together nicely and our grateful men and women enjoyed a plentiful full course
meal of salad, hot stew, cupcakes and ice cream on a cold February evening.
Our salad was prepared
by Jeanne-Marie Brookfield and Nancy Connolly.
Our meaty stews
were assembled and cooked by Ruth Parker, Jody Pandelidis, Mary Bibbo, Kathy
Hawes, Connie Malloy, Pat Doherty, Laura Bené, Chuck Ahern, Jean Sullivan and
Helen Earley.
Our "pure
delight" frosted cupcakes were lovingly prepared by Emma Morrill, Xavier
Keenan (a choice between Saints and Colts was not lost on the fans), Venera
Clark, the Rosa Family , Jeannette Keating and Sue Molinda.
Shopping was done
by Nancy Connolly, Jeanne-Marie Brookfield, and David Brookfield.
The ice cream was
paid for by Jim Delaney.
Servers were
Nancy Connolly, Jeanne-Marie Brookfield, Brenda Minihan, Patrick Minihan the
Younger and Patrick Minihan the Elder.
Thank you
all. It's a great team. If anyone is interested in helping to serve
occasionally please call..Jeanne-Marie at 784-7812 or Brenda Minihan at
784-6036.
Our next Soup
Kitchen is on April 7 in the newly renovated kitchen.
From Deacon
Mike
Tami Ellis and Deacon Mike
Honored
During a Mass on
February 2,
Here are their
nomination paragraphs:
Mike Iwanowicz
was nominated by Alison Ravech who said, “Thank you for being there – you have
guided the youth in our town and you are an inspiration – Thank you!”
Tami Ellis was
nominated by Melissa Ellis.
My mom is
dedicated to helping others. She is the Religious Education Coordinator at my parish
and she is always helping others. She meets with people when it fits their
schedule and she never complains or seeks to be in the spotlight. She is often
seen working 7 days a week just to do what needs to be done, she doesn’t look
for the glory; she does it because
she cares.
Gospel Focus – Treated as the prophets
As part of his
sermon, Jesus announces, “Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out,
abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man… This
was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.” The prophets of the Old
Testament were the chosen spokesmen of God. Their message was often unpopular
and they were often threatened and berated for challenging the social order. To
be treated in this way is in fact something of an affirmation that one’s words
and actions are reflecting the message of God. The Word of God is confronting
and challenging!
Reflection
Questions:
- Why does Jesus’ sermon balance the blessings for
the poor with the curses on the rich?
- What comfort can the poor and rejected take from
this sermon?
- In what ways might this sermon be misinterpreted
to avoid addressing the needs of the poor?
- What implications does this gospel have for
people with riches and success today?
Collection – Sunday,
February 7
The average cost to run the
parish is $10,000 per week and our expectation is that 80% ($8,000) will come
from the weekly offertory. On February
7, the parishioners contributed $7,325.50.
The Annual Collection
We are making one last
request to increase the number of donors to this year’s Annual Collection. In 2008, $79,500 was collected from 244
donors to the Annual Collection. To date,
we have received $74,700 from 206 donors for the 2009 Annual Collection. Our
hope is to increase the number of donors thereby increasing the amount received
this year to equal or surpass last year’s Annual Collection. If you have not given, please consider making
a donation to this year’s Annual Collection.
Thank you for your generosity.
Red Cross
Blood Drive
The Christian
Service Commission of OLOS is sponsoring a blood drive to benefit the Red Cross
on Friday, Feb. 26 in O'Connell Hall from 2- 7 pm. If you wish to donate, you
may sign up after the 4:30 Mass on Feb.20, and after the 7:30, 9:30; and
11:30 Mass on Feb.21. You may also schedule an appointment by calling the Red
Cross at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543). There is a critical need for
blood. Please consider helping the Red Cross to help us when we may need
blood. For information, please contact Ginny Devlin at 781-784-3516, or rnginny@aol.com.
Save The Date, Sixth
Annual Fr. Bullock Run, Walk, Shuffle
This year's event will be run
on Sunday, June 13, 2010. Last year, close to 300 runners, walkers
and "shufflers" of all ages participated. The $9,000.00 that was
raised was donated to
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