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“AN OASIS OF SILENCE, AN OASIS OF PRAYER”
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT– APRIL 10, 2011
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1001, Boston, MA 02199 617-437-7117 www.stfrancischapel.org
“I am the resurrection
and the life; whoever
believes in me, even
if he dies, will live,
and everyone who
lives and believes in
me will never die…”
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Music Director: Kim Araiza
Music Ministry: Rebecca Martin,
Taylor Stilson, Matt Stansfield,
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IT: Joey George
Cleaning of Chapel
Environment: Nubia Viasus
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
Lenten Stations of the Cross
Every Friday in Lent at 5:45 PM
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
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
Devotions
Tuesday after Mass: Memorare
Thursday after Mass: St. Jude
Mon-Fri after 4:45 p.m. Mass: Rosary
Bible Study Groups:
Italian: Monday 6:30 PM
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.
Father Lanteri’s Act of Consecration to Mary
(Part 2 of 2)
I place in you all that trust which a child places in his
mother, from whom he begs with great confidence, and
without fear of being refused, all that he needs.
I choose you as my loving Mother, and choose to
depend on you in all my actions. I wish to discern at every
moment what is most pleasing to you that I may fulfill with
all my strength what you choose for me. I desire to be
totally available to your desire, and that my only desire be
what you desire. I declare above all, that my firm purpose
is to adore, love and praise Jesus Christ, the fruit of your
most pure womb, with that spirit, that heart, and in that
perfect way that you, most blessed Virgin , adore, love, and
praise him in heaven, with the intention of giving him the
same glory that you constantly give him in heaven.
Be pleased, my sovereign Lady and most loving Mother,
to accept me as your unworthy servant and son, and grant
me the grace to imitate the angels in my readiness to follow
your desires, and to love Jesus with your own most ardent
Heart.
Since I know myself unworthy of so great a grace, I ask
the intercession of my Guardian Angel, of St. Joseph, St.
John and St. Aloysius, that I may obtain this blessing, and
the grace of persevering fidelity to what I have promised.
- Keep Your Eyes on Jesus Young Adult retreat directed by Fr. Bill Brown
April 16th, 9AM-7PM at St. Joseph Retreat House
65 Father Carney Drive, Milton, MA 02186
cost - $40.00 per person. Includes coffee & pastry,
lunch and dinner to register call - 617-698-6785 x102
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St. Francis Chapel Bookstore
Item of the Week...
Diary of Saint
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Great reading as we near
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Save the Date!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Seminarian Scholarship
Dinner and Auction
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.)
"On behalf of the entire Wykes family, I want
to thank all those who have sent cards and
Masses as we grieve the loss of our father. Your
prayers and support are very much appreciated,
and we offer you our fondest thanks and our
most heartfelt prayers. Thank you so much and
God bless you." -- Fr. John Wykes, OMV
Pure in Heart Weekly meeting on Thursday at 7PM in
the Upper Room at: St. Clement's Eucharistic Shrine,
1105 Bolyston St, Boston.
There will be Mass, Rosary, Discussion and Pizza.
Pure in Heart America, Inc. is a Catholic non-profit composed of young adults
ages 18-35. Weekly prayer and fellowship fosters purity and respect for the sanctity of life.
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Oblates of the Virgin Mary
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
MASS INTENTIONS THAT DO NOT APPEAR HERE WERE SCHEDULED AFTER THIS BULLETIN WAS FINALIZED.
Sunday, April 10
8:00 AM
+ Mrs. Nellie Casselli
9:15 AM
Veronica Salvaggio
10:30 AM
+ Rosemary Gardill
11:45 AM
+ Helen Baker
1:15 PM
La salud de Claudia Haramillo
4:00 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
5:30 PM
Salvatore Saturno and Mary DeMeo
Monday, April 11
8:00 AM
For the people of Japan
12:05 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
12:35 PM
+ Mercedes R. David
4:45 PM
+ Richard Roebuck
Tuesday, April 12
8:00 AM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
12:05 PM
Guadalupe Torres
12:35 PM
Joshua Salvaggio
4:45 PM
San José
Thursday, April 14
8:00 AM
+ Souls in Purgatory
12:05 PM
Henry Malionek
12:35 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
4:45 PM
+ Edward Hanley
Friday, April 15
8:00 AM
+ Agnes Hart
12:05 PM
Richard Salvaggio
12:35 PM
Father Edward Broom, OMV
CONTINUOUS CONFESSIONS BEGIN AT 1PM
4:45 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
Saturday, April 16
9:00 AM
+ Dr. James E. Cassidy
12:00 Noon + Sylvia Kotch
4:00 PM
+ Catalina Cardona
5:30 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
7:00 PM
Marcela Munar (cumpleaños)
Wednesday, April 13
8:00 AM
Alessandra Salvaggio
12:05 PM
Dolores Molloy
12:35 PM
+ Antolino Ayala
4:45 PM
Robert Ravenscoft, Jr (special intn)
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.
CONTINUOUS
CONFESSIONS
END SUNDAY
AT 6PM!
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St. Francis Chapel
Prudential Center, Boston
THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF FAITH THAT MAKES US HAPPY
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 1, 2011 (Zenit.org).There's a special kind of faith: a faith-astonishment,
an "incredulous faith," a faith that makes us happy.
And this, says the preacher of the Pontifical
Household, is faith in God's love for us.
Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa made this
reflection today when he gave his second Lenten
sermon in the presence of Benedict XVI and
members of the Roman Curia.
The preacher continued with the series he began last
week on love, considering "two very different
meanings" of the expression "love of God": "one in
which God is object and the other in which God is
subject; one which indicates our love for God and
the other which indicates God's love for us."
The preacher then outlined the objective revelation
of the love of God in history, looking at the love of
God in the Trinity, then the love of God in creation,
in revelation and in the Incarnation, and finally, the
love of God poured into our hearts.
But the Capuchin concluded his sermon with the
question: "What will we do, what will we say after
having heard how much God loves us?"
"A first answer," he said, "is to love God in return!
Is not this the first and greatest commandment of the
law?" That, he said, is secondary. Another step -- "to
love one another as God has loved us" -- is also
secondary, the preacher contended.
"[F]irst there is something else to do," he explained.
"To believe in the love of God! After having said
that 'God is love,' the evangelist John exclaims: 'We
believe the love God has for us.'"
This, then, is a call to faith, Father Cantalamessa
noted, but "it is a question of a special faith: faithastonishment, incredulous faith -- a paradox, I know,
but true! -- a faith that does not know how to equip
itself with what it believes, even if it does believe it.
How is it possible that God, supremely happy in his
quiet eternity, had the desire not only to create us,
but also to come in person to suffer among us? How
is this possible? Look, this is faith-astonishment, the
faith that makes us happy."
What the demons got right
The Capuchin went on to refer to the drama
presented by C.S. Lewis in "The Screwtape Letters."
The author depicts the demons discussing among
themselves how it could be that God can really love
"the human vermin."
"They are sure it cannot be," Father Cantalamessa
recounted. "There must be a fraud, a trick. [...] The
love of God for his creatures is, for them, the mystery
of mysteries. And I believe that, at least on this, the
demons are right."
Indeed, the preacher proposed, belief in God's love for
us is "perhaps the most difficult thing that there is also
for us human creatures."
"Do we really believe that God loves us?" he asked.
"[...] If we believed, life, we ourselves, things, events,
pain itself, everything would immediately be
transfigured before our eyes. This very day we would
be with him in paradise, because paradise is but this:
to enjoy in fullness the love of God."
Father Cantalamessa lamented that "no one -- I say no
one -- among the philosophers, or among the religions,
says to man that God loves him, he loved man first
and he loves him with a love of mercy and of desire:
with eros and agape."
He said that we are invited to do what St. Paul did: "to
see our life, exactly as it presents itself, to bring to the
surface the fears that nest in us, the sadness, the
threats, the complexes, the physical or moral defects,
the painful memory that humiliates us, and to expose
everything to the light of the thought that God loves
me. He invites me to ask myself; what in my life
attempts to depress me?"
Like Paul, Father Cantalamessa affirmed, "we can
look at the world that surrounds us, which makes us
afraid. What Paul calls the 'height' and the 'depth' are
for us now infinitely great on high and infinitely small
below, the universe and the atom. Everything is ready
to crush us; man is weak and alone, in a universe so
much greater than him and become, in addition, even
more threatening, following the scientific discoveries
that he has made and that he does not succeed in
controlling, as is being dramatically demonstrated by
the atomic reactors in Fukushima."
"Everything can be questioned," the preacher asserted,
"all of our safety measures can fail, but never this: that
God loves us and is stronger than everything. 'Our
help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and
earth.'"
Intentions of Pope Benedict XVI
April 2011
General Intention: That the Church may offer new generations, through the
believable proclamation of the Gospel, ever-new reasons of life and hope.
Missionary Intention: That missionaries, with the proclamation of the Gospel and
their witness of life, may bring Christ to all those who do not yet know Him.
Oblates of the Virgin Mary
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“AL MUNDO HOY LE CUESTA CREER QUE DIOS LE AMA”, SEGÚN P. CANTALAMESSA
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, viernes 1 de abril
de 2011 (ZENIT.org).- “El primer y fundamental
anuncio que la Iglesia está encargada de llevara
al mundo y que el mundo espera de la Iglesia es
el del amor de Dios”, dijo hoy el padre Raniero
Cantalamessa, predicador de la Casa Pontificia,
ante Benedicto XVI y la Curia Romana.
El predicador del Papa dedicó su segunda
meditación cuaresmal a hablar de Dios amor en
la creación, en la Escritura, en la encarnación de
Cristo y en su muerte y resurrección.
“Los hombres necesitan saber que Dios les ama,
y nadie mejor que los discípulos de Cristo es
capaz de llevarles esta buena noticia”.
“Otros, en el mundo, comparten con los
cristianos el temor de Dios, la preocupación por
la justicia social y el respeto del hombre, por la
paz y la tolerancia; pero nadie – digo nadie –
entre los filósofos ni entre las religiones, dice al
hombre que Dios le ama, lo ama primero, y lo
ama con amor de misericordia y de deseo: con
eros y agape”, añadió.
La tarea del hombre, en respuesta a este amor, no
es tanto amar a Dios, sino antes y primeramente,
creer en el amor de Dios.
“Parecería una fe fácil y agradable; en cambio, es
quizás lo más difícil que hay también para
nosotros, criaturas humanas”, subrayó el padre
Cantalamessa. “Si nos lo creyésemos, en seguida
la vida, nosotros mismos, las cosas, los
acontecimientos, el mismo dolor, todo se
transfiguraría ante nuestros ojos”.
El mundo, afirmó, “ha hecho cada vez más difícil
creer en el amor. Quien ha sido traicionado o
herido una vez, tiene miedo de amar y de ser
amado, porque sabe cuánto duele sentirse
engañado. Así, se va engrosando cada vez más la
multitud de los que no consiguen creer en el amor
de Dios; es más, en ningún amor”.
“El desencanto y el cinismo es la marca de
nuestra cultura secularizada. En el plano personal
está también la experiencia de nuestra pobreza y
miseria que nos hace decir: Sí, este amor de Dios
es hermoso, pero no es para mí. Yo no soy
digno...”.
El sacerdote invitó a los presentes a mirar la
propia vida, “a sacar a la luz los miedos que se
esconden allí, el dolor, las amenazas,los
complejos, ese defecto físico o moral, ese
recuerdo penoso que nos humilla, y a exponerlo
todo a la luz del pensamiento de que Dios me
ama”.
“Todo puede ser cuestionado, todas las
seguridades pueden llegar a faltarnos, pero nunca
esta: que Dios nos ama y que es más fuerte que
todo”, añadió.
Los rasgos del Dios-amor
El padre Cantalamessa subrayó los rasgos del
amor divino contenidos en la revelación cristiana,
y que la distinguen absolutamente de las demás
religiones y filosofías existentes.
El primero es la singularidad del hecho de que
Dios es el que ama primero al hombre, y no a la
inversa: el amor de Dios es el amor de Dios hacia
el hombre, mucho más que el deber del hombre
de amar a Dios.
“Lo más importante no es saber si Dios existe,
sino si es amor. Si, por hipótesis, él existiese pero
no fuese amor, habría que temer más que
alegrarse de su existencia, como de hecho ha
sucedido en diversos pueblos y civilizaciones. La
fe cristiana nos reafirma precisamente en esto:
¡Dios existe y es amor!”
El segundo es que Dios creó al hombre por amor.
“¡Qué lejos está – afirmó el padre Cantalamessa
– la visión cristiana del origen del universo de la
del cientificismo ateo! Uno de los sufrimientos
más profundos para un joven o una chica es
descubrir un día que está en el mundo por
casualidad, no querido, no esperado, incluso por
un error de sus padres. Un cierto cientificismo
ateo parece empeñado en infligir este tipo de
sufrimiento a la humanidad entera”.
El tercero es que Dios ama como padre y como
madre, a diferencia de la concepción pagana de
Dios, que reflejaba un “amor sin debilidad”, viril,
mientras que la Biblia muestra el amor maternal
de Dios, “hecho de acogida y de ternura”.
El cuarto es que el amor divino es también
esponsal, “un amor de deseo y de elección. ¡Si es
verdad, por ello, que el hombre desea a Dios, es
verdad, misteriosamente, también lo contrario, es
decir, que Dios desea al hombre, quiere y estima
su amor”.
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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.