ASCENSION OF THE LORD
“Go, Therefore…”
Matthew’s Gospel gives us what we call the “great commission” which is nothing more or nothing less than spreading the joy of the Gospel. We are to make disciples of all the nations. We don’t have to be left in loss, staring up at the sky. We know with certainty that the early Christians definitely believed that Jesus intended for them to spread this message, and they understood fully that it is in the Church that the Good News of Jesus and the mission of Jesus are spread.
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FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH – June 6
ALL DAY ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT from 8:30AM until 6:45PM. Holy Masses at 8AM (Eng.) and 7PM (Pol.).
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POPE PAUL VI TO BE BEATIFIED
OCTOBER 19, 2014
The beatification ceremony will take place October 19, 2014, at the conclusion of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the family.
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REST IN PEACE
In your prayers, please remember our parishioner, Agnes (Jadwiga) Zielony who entered Eternal Life on May 27th. Our condolences are offered to her family and friends. In this time of sadness, may they know God’s consolation. There will be a rosary at 10:00 am, followed by the Funeral Mass in St. Stanislaus Church on Saturday, June 7th at 10:30 am. A reception will follow the Mass.
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PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI LEADERS TO PRAY WITH POPE AT VATICAN JUNE 8
An encounter among Pope Francis, the Palestinian president, and the Israeli president at the Vatican to pray for peace in the Holy Land has been set for June 8, the Holy See has announced.
“The encounter to pray for peace, to which the Holy Father Francis has invited the president of Israel, Shimon Peres, and of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will take place Sunday, June 8, in the afternoon, at the Vatican,” the Holy See press office announced May 29. “This date has been accepted by both parties.”
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THE INCARNATION
The Mystery of How Jesus
Is God and Man at the Same Time
In theological language hallowed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, theologians express this truth in the familiar phrases of the union of two natures (of God and man) in one person (the Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity).
We all have a general idea of union, and we have some idea from our own self-awareness of what a person is. But this is only partially helpful here because in Christ it is a unique kind of union, and the modern meaning of person and personality is not what the Council of Chalcedon meant by the same words.
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