saintfrancischapel - St. Francis Chapel

saintfrancischapel - St. Francis Chapel

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“AN OASIS OF SILENCE, AN OASIS OF PRAYER”
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY- MAY 1, 2011
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1001, Boston, MA 02199 617-437-7117 www.stfrancischapel.org
Weekend Masses
Saturday
4:00 PM, 5:30 PM,
7:00 PM en español
Sunday
8:00 AM, 9:15 AM,
10:30 AM, 11:45 AM ,
1:15 PM en español
4:00 PM, 5:30 PM
Weekday Masses
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM, 12:05 PM,
12:35 PM, 4:45 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM, 12 Noon
Confessions
Monday - Friday
8:30 - 11:50 AM*, 1:10 - 4:15 PM
*Wed 11:15 - 11:50
Saturday
9:45 - 11:45 AM, 12:45-3:30 PM
Devotions
Tuesday after Mass: Memorare
Thursday after Mass: St. Jude
Mon-Fri after 4:45 p.m. Mass: Rosary
CHAPEL STAFF
Fr. Chris Uhl, OMV, ([email protected]),
Fr. Greg Staab, OMV, Fr. Dave Yankauskas, OMV,
Fr. Robert Lowrey, OMV, Fr James Doran, OMV
Sacristan: Mary Inoue Webmaster: Terry Wong
Music Director: Kim Araiza
Music Ministry: Rebecca Martin, Taylor Stilson,
Matt Stansfield, Ryan Lynch, Joanna Vasquez,
Glenda Landavazo, Robert Conley
IT: Joey George
Cleaning of Chapel Environment: Nubia Viasus
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
Monday - Friday
8:30-11:45 AM, 1:00-4:30 PM
Saturday 9:30—11:30 AM
12:30—3:30 PM
Sunday 2:30-3:30 PM
Bible Study Groups:
English: 6:00 PM Wednesday
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St. Francis Chapel
Lanteri’s
Corner
Spiritual thoughts from
Ven. Bruno Lanteri,
Founder of the
Oblates
of the Virgin Mary.
“With spiritual joy, one gives greater glory to God
and honors him, demonstrating with deeds that one
thinks well of God and is content in his service and
with his treatment....”
Fr. Bruno Lanteri
Prudential Center, Boston
St. Francis Chapel Bookstore
Item of the Week...
Student Discount!
Starting May 1st students
with a valid ID will receive
a 10%
Mystical Body, Mystical Voice:
Christ in the Words of the Mass
Friday, June 3, 2011
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Merrimack College in Andover , MA
Registration: $40/person
(continental breakfast, lunch, other materials)
Register Online at www.bostoncatholicworship.org
Blessed
Pope John
Paul II
Born May 18,1920
Departed April 2, 2005
Baptized June 20, 1920
Began clandestine seminary studies1942
Ordained to the priesthood November 1, 1946
Consecrated auxiliary bishop of Krakow September 28, 1958
Appointed Archbishop of Krakow January 13, 1964
Made Cardinal June 26, 1967
Elected Pope October 16, 1978
Beatified May 1, 2011
Blessed Pope John Paul II,
Pray for us!
Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger, May 1st, 2011
Join us for the 2011 Walk for Hunger.
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Pick up a registration form in the bookstore or register
online at: www.projectbread.org
Nunc Coepi...and off
to the Phillipines!
Saint Francis Chapel bids farewell to
Fr.Greg Staab, OMV, who has served
here for three years. A diligent Oblate
and a priest with zeal for Christ, the
Church, and Mary...Fr. Greg will be
missed by Boston, but will be a welcome
addition to our staff in the missions.
Save the Date!
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Seminarian Scholarship
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Dinner and Auction
Su
St.
Clement Eucharistic Shrine
If you would like to contribute to the auction or know of someone
who would like to donate, please contact:
Richard McKinney, 617 526-4141,
[email protected]
(Some suggested items are concert/theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates,
tour tickets, sports memorabilia, gift baskets, spa/hair stylist gift certificates,
or perhaps you have a unique item or idea that would drum up bids to aid the
scholarship fund.)
Bulletin Sponsor
of the Week
Without the generosity of our sponsors, we would not
be able to provide you with this bulletin! Please
support our sponsors.
Our sponsor of the week is:
Beacon Hospice
A team to care, comfort and support terminally ill
patients and their families. Beacon Hospice offers
compassionate care when it is needed most.
1-800-HOSPICE
www.beaconhospice.com
Oblates of the Virgin Mary
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MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
MASS INTENTIONS THAT DO NOT APPEAR HERE WERE SCHEDULED AFTER THIS BULLETIN WAS FINALIZED.
Sunday, May 1 DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
8:00 AM
+ Michael J. O’Connor
9:15 AM
Alta Brown
10:30 AM
+ Phillip and Genevieve Sacco and
Wilfred Brown
11:45 AM
Steven and Valerie Brown
1:15 PM
El Alma de Sophia Rojas
4:00 PM
+ Sacco and Brown families
5:30 PM
Easter Novena
Monday, May 2
8:00 AM
Easter Novena
12:05 PM
Sue Bonini
12:35 PM
Thomas Smith
4:45 PM
Mary Sweeney (special intention)
Tuesday, May 3
8:00 AM
+ Florence Lilly
12:05 PM
Eileen Fallon
12:35 PM
+ John Cunniffe
4:45 PM
+ Souls in Purgatory
Wednesday, May 4
8:00 AM
+ Adrian LaPolombara
12:05 PM
+ The Raffo and Padovani families
12:35 PM
+ Herman O. Peterson
4:45 PM
+ Armando Antonio Simosa Fiorello
Thursday, May 5
8:00 AM
+ Souls in Purgatory
12:05 PM
+ Agnes Hart
12:35 PM
+ Annie Cunniffe
4:45 PM
+ Arnold Finaldi, Sr.
Friday, May 6
8:00 AM
Jeanne (birthday)
12:05 PM
Special intention
12:35 PM
Essonghe family
4:45 PM
Anita Crovo
Saturday, May 7
9:00 AM
+ Ann Palmer
12:00 Noon
+ Tom Cunniffe
4:00 PM
+ Catherine and Joseph Costello
5:30 PM
+ Norma Molloy
7:00 PM
+ Carlos Morales
Since 1983, Saint Francis Chapel has been staffed by the Oblates
of the Virgin Mary, a Roman Catholic religious congregation of
priests and brothers united in a common mission to bring the
mercy of God to all people. Founded in 1826 by Ven Fr. Pio
Bruno Lanteri, OMV, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary have
houses throughout the world. The multiple and varied
apostolates of the OMVs include preaching parish missions and
retreats based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius,
fraternal assistance to (and formation of) the clergy, formation of
the laity, the use of the means of social communication (the mass
media) to promote the truth against current errors, parish work,
missionary work, and other apostolates.
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St. Francis Chapel
Prudential Center, Boston
ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN JESUS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
TORONTO, APRIL 19, 2009 (Zenit.org).- There is a proverb that says:
"When the heart is not applied, hands can't do anything." It seems as if this
were written for Thomas the Apostle in today's very familiar Gospel story
that provides us with an archetypal experience of doubt, struggle and faith.
John's first appearance of the Risen Lord to the disciples is both intense and
focused. It is evening, the first day of the week, and the doors were bolted
shut. Anxious disciples are sealed inside. A suspicious, hostile world is
forced tightly outside. Jesus is missing. Suddenly, the Risen One defies
locked doors, blocked hearts, and distorted vision and simply appears.
Jesus reaches out ever so gently to the broken and wounded Apostle.
Thomas hesitatingly put his finger into the wounds of Jesus and love
flowed out. How can you hear this story without thinking of Caravaggio's
magnificent painting of this scene?
Who is this Thomas? He, along with many of the other male disciples,
stood before the cross, not comprehending. Thomas' dreams were hanging
on that cross and his hopes had been shattered. Over the years I have come
to see Thomas as truly one of the greatest and most honest lovers of Jesus,
not the eternal skeptic, nor the bullish, stubborn personality that the
Christian tradition has often painted. I have never enjoyed being called
"doubting Thomas" when I was growing up, simply because I liked to ask
questions! I used to secretly hope that I was named after Aquinas, More,
Becket or Villanova. But my mother insisted that it was the Apostle they
chose for me!
Thomas' struggle and ours
What do we do when something to which we have totally committed
ourselves is destroyed before our very eyes? What do we do when powerful
and faceless institutions suddenly crush someone to whom we have given
total loyalty And what do we do when our immediate reaction in the actual
moment of crisis is to run and hide, for fear of the madding crowds? Such
were the questions of most of the disciples, including Thomas, who had
supported and followed Jesus of Nazareth for the better part of three years.
The doubting Thomas within each of us must be touched. We are asked to
respond to the wounds first within ourselves then in others. Even in our
weakness, we are urged to breathe forth the Spirit so that the wounds may
be healed and our fears overcome. With Thomas we will believe, when our
trembling hand finally and hesitantly reaches out to the Lord in the
community of faith. The words addressed to Thomas were given to us:
"Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed!"
Long ago St. Gregory the Great said of Thomas the Apostle: "If, by
touching the wounds on the body of his master, Thomas is able to help us
overcome the wounds of disbelief, then the doubting of Thomas will have
been more use to us than the faith of all the other apostles."
Centuries after Thomas, we remain forever grateful for the honesty and
humanity of his struggle. Though we know so little about Thomas, his
family background and his destiny, we are given an important hint into his
identity in the etymology of his name in Greek: Thomas (Didymous in
Greek) means "twin". Who was Thomas' other half, his twin? Maybe we
can see his twin by looking into the mirror. Thomas' other half is anyone
who has struggled with the pain of unbelief, doubt and despair, and has
allowed the presence of the Risen Jesus to make a difference.
Divine Mercy is not an option!
Over the past few years, I have listened to not a few liturgists and pastoral
ministers complaining about the fact that this Sunday was given a new
name by Pope John Paul II in the Jubilee Year 2000. Officially called the
Second Sunday of Easter after the liturgical reform of Vatican II, now, by
Decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, the name
has been changed to: "Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday."
Pope John Paul II made the surprise announcement of this change in his
homily at the canonization of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska on April 30, 2000.
On that day he declared: "It is important then that we accept the whole
message that comes to us from the Word of God on this Second Sunday of
Easter, which from now on throughout the Church, will be called 'Divine
Mercy Sunday.'"
What do the visions of a Polish nun have to do with Thomas the Apostle's
encounter with the Risen Lord? Do we have to 'force' a link between Divine
Mercy and the Gospel story of Thomas and the Risen Jesus? The answer to
the first question is: "Everything!" and to the second: "No!"
Clearly, the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday does not compete with, nor
endanger the integrity of the Easter Season, nor does it take away from
Thomas' awesome encounter with the Risen Lord. Divine Mercy Sunday is
the Octave Day of Easter, celebrating the merciful love of God shining
through the whole Easter Triduum and the whole Easter mystery.
The connection is more than evident from the scripture readings for this first
Sunday after Easter. At St. Faustina's canonization, Pope John Paul II said in
his moving homily: "Jesus shows his hands and his side [to the Apostles]. He
points, that is, to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in his heart,
the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on
humanity."
The Meaning of the Day
Divine Mercy Sunday is not a new feast established to celebrate St. Faustina's
revelations. In fact it is not about St. Faustina at all! Rather it recovers an
ancient liturgical tradition, reflected in a teaching attributed to St. Augustine
about the Easter Octave, which he called "the days of mercy and pardon," and
the Octave Day itself "the compendium of the days of mercy."
The Vatican did not give the title of "Divine Mercy Sunday" to the Second
Sunday of Easter merely as an "option," for those dioceses who happen to like
that sort of thing! This means that preaching on God's mercy is not just an
option for this Sunday. To fail to preach on God's mercy this day would mean
largely to ignore the prayers, readings and psalms appointed for that day, as
well as the title "Divine Mercy Sunday" now given to that day in the Roman
Missal.
Several years ago, when I, too, was finding difficulty in seeing the internal
links between the Second Sunday of Easter, my patron saint, Thomas, and Sr.
Faustina's revelation for this day, I came across this wonderful quote by St.
Bernard (Canticle 61, 4-5: PL 183, 1072): "What I cannot obtain by myself, I
appropriate (usurp!) with trust from the pierced side of the Lord, because he is
full of mercy.
"My merit, therefore, is God's mercy. I am certainly not poor in merits, as
long as he is rich in mercy. If the mercies of the Lord are many (Psalm
119:156), I too will abound with merits. And what about my justice? O Lord,
I will remember only your justice. In fact, it is also mine, because you are for
me justice on the part of God."
Then the light went on for me. From that moment onward, I no longer regret
being named after this Thomas and not the others! Thomas' encounter with the
Risen Lord gave me a whole new perspective on the meaning of mercy.
And that has made all of the difference.
Intentions of Pope Benedict XVI
May 2011
General Intention: That those who work in the media may always
respect truth, solidarity and the dignity of each person.
Missionary Intention: That the Lord may grant the Church in China
the capacity to persevere in fidelity to the Gospel and to grow in
unity.
Oblates of the Virgin Mary
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LA PREGUNTA DE PILATO
CIUDAD DEL VATIANO, sábado, 23 abril 2011
(ZENIT.org).- Publicamos el artículo qu eha escrito
Francesco Ventorino en "L'Osservatore Romano" con
el título "La pregunta de Pilato", una profundización
sobre el tema de la verdad en el libro "Jesús de
Nazaret".
La pregunta: "¿Qué es la verdad?", formulada
superficialmente y con cierto escepticismo por el
pragmático Pilato, "es una cuestión muy seria, en la
cual se juega efectivamente el destino de la
humanidad" (Joseph Ratzinger/Benedicto XVI, Jesús
de Nazaret, Ediciones Encuentro 2011, p. 225). Así
introduce Joseph Ratzinger el tema de la verdad en la
segunda parte de su Jesús de Nazaret, narrando el
proceso a Cristo. En efecto, si la verdad no existiera o
fuera inaccesible, a la política no le quedaría sino
"tratar más bien de lograr establecer la paz y la
justicia con los instrumentos disponibles en el ámbito
del poder" (p. 224). Pero entonces, ¿qué justicia sería
posible? "¿No debe haber quizás criterios comunes
que garanticen verdaderamente la justicia para todos,
criterios fuera del alcance de las opiniones
cambiantes y de las concentraciones de poder?" (ib.).
Resulta evidente la actualidad de la cuestión y de su
formulación. En efecto, hoy la irredención del mundo
está relacionada de modo particular con la
ilegibilidad de la creación y con la consiguiente
irreconocibilidad de la verdad. Incluso la ciencia
moderna, que pretende haber descifrado el lenguaje
de Dios, según la expresión de Francis S. Collins, y
explicar las fórmulas matemáticas de la creación,
reconocidas incluso en el código genético del
hombre, en realidad nos ha introducido solamente en
una especie de verdad funcional sobre el ser humano.
"Pero la verdad acerca de sí mismo -sobre quién es,
de dónde viene, cuál es el objeto de su existencia, qué
es el bien o el mal- no se la puede leer
desgraciadamente de esta manera" (p. 227).
"¿Qué es la verdad?". Pilato no es el único que ha
dejado a un lado esta cuestión por insoluble. También
hoy se la considera molesta. "Pero sin la verdad el
hombre pierde en definitiva el sentido de su vida para
dejar el campo libre a los más fuertes. "Redención",
en el pleno sentido de la palabra, sólo puede consistir
en que la verdad sea reconocible" (ib.).
La verdad, según la fórmula lapidaria de Tomás de
Aquino, es Dios mismo, ipsa summa et prima veritas
(Summa theologiae, I, q. 16, a. 5 c). Esta es la razón
por la que la verdad en toda su grandeza y pureza
jamás aparece plenamente, y "verdad y opinión
errónea, verdad y mentira, están continuamente
mezcladas en el mundo de manera casi
inseparable" (p. 225). El hombre se acerca a la verdad
en la medida en que se conforma a la realidad y a su
propia razón, en las cuales, en cierto modo, se refleja
la razón creadora de Dios. Pero la verdad en su
plenitud, al ser Dios mismo, "llega a ser reconocible
si Dios es reconocible. Él se da a conocer en
Jesucristo. En Cristo, ha entrado en el mundo y, con
ello, ha plantado el criterio de la verdad en medio de
la historia" (p. 227).
Así pues, el reconocimiento de la verdad coincide con
el reconocimiento de Cristo vivo y presente en la
historia, es decir, de Cristo resucitado. Pero este
reconocimiento nunca es pleno, y desde las primeras
apariciones del Señor a los discípulos está supeditado
a lo que Ratzinger llama "la dialéctica del reconocer
y no reconocer" (p. 309). Dialéctica que corresponde,
por lo demás, al modo de aparecer de Cristo. "Jesús
llega a través de las puertas cerradas, y de improviso
se presenta en medio de ellos. Y, del mismo modo,
desaparece de repente, como al final del encuentro en
Emaús" (ib.). Precisamente en esta experiencia de
indisponibilidad de su presencia consiste la prueba de
un acontecimiento real, que no se puede reducir a una
invención por parte de los mismos discípulos.
Al final, permanece siempre en todos nosotros esta
pregunta al Señor: "¿Por qué no les has demostrado
con vigor irrefutable que tú eres el Viviente, el Señor
de la vida y de la muerte? ¿Por qué te has
manifestado sólo a un pequeño grupo de discípulos,
de cuyo testimonio tenemos ahora que fiarnos?" (p.
320). Pero "es propio del misterio de Dios actuar de
manera discreta" (p. 321). El Resucitado quiere llegar
a toda la humanidad "solamente mediante la fe de los
suyos, a los que se manifiesta", y "no cesa de llamar
con suavidad a las puertas de nuestro corazón y, si le
abrimos, nos hace lentamente capaces de "ver"" (ib.).
Es necesario admitir que el reconocimiento de la
verdad, sin querer negar la vía de la razón natural,
hoy está más unido que nunca a la credibilidad del
testimonio de los cristianos (¡qué responsabilidad!) y
a la libertad con la que cada hombre se dispone a
acogerla. En efecto, Dios no quiere "arrollar con el
poder exterior, sino dar libertad, ofrecer y suscitar
amor" (ib.). "Ver" siempre está relacionado con amar.
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St. Francis Chapel
Prudential Center, Boston
Oblates of the Virgin Mary—USA
The Oblates of the Virgin Mary is an international religious
community of priests and brothers serving in Italy, France,
Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Nigeria, the United States
and the Philippines. The Oblates are involved in retreat and
parish missions, spiritual direction, parish work, the mass
media, clergy formation, and the foreign missions.
Fr. Bruno
Lanteri
(1759-1830)
The Founder
of the
Oblates of the Virgin Mary.
Declared “Venerable” the first step to
Sainthood.
ST. PETER CHANEL PARISH
Hawaiian Gardens, CA
The US Province of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary is
dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola, and includes
communities in Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado,
California and the Philippines.
ST. CLEMENT EUCHARISTIC SHRINE & ST FRANCIS CHAPEL, Boston. MA
ST. JOSEPH HOUSE, Milton, MA
ST. MARY PARISH
Alton, IL
OMV FORMATION CENTER
Cebu City, Philippines
HOLY GHOST PARISH
& LANTERI CENTER
FOR IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
Denver, CO
The OMV motto,
“MARIAM COGITA, MARIAM
INVOCA”
“THINK OF MARY, CALL ON
MARY”
is taken from a homily by St.
Bernard
on the Blessed Virgin.