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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Poem: “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns

O my love is like a red, red rose 
That’s newly sprung in June; 
O my love is like a melody 
That’s sweetly played in tune. 

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 
So deep in love am I; 
And I will love thee still, my dear, 
Till a’ the seas gang dry. 

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, 
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; 
I will love thee still, my dear, 
While the sands o’ life shall run. 

And fare thee well, my only love! 
And fare thee well awhile! 
And I will come again, my love, 
Though it were ten thousand mile.

Monday, June 7, 2021

Poem: “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.

Thou are indeed just, Lord, if I contend With thee; 
but, sir, so what I plead is just. Why do sinners’ ways prosper? 
and why must Disappointment all I endeavor end? 
Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, 
How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost 
Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust 
Do in spare hours more thrive than I that spend, 
Sir, life upon thy cause. See, banks and brakes 
Now, leaved how thick! laced they are again 
With fretty chervil, look, and fresh wind shakes 
Them; birds build – but not I build; no, but strain, 
Time’s eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. 
Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Death Notice

 Please pray for the repose of the soul of Dara Predmore, older sister of Fr. John Predmore, S.J., who died peacefully in her sleep on June 4th. Dara suffered from the effects of a brain aneurysm in June 2019 and suffered poor health as a result of it. Throughout the time of COVID, she was in a custodial care facility until September 2020 when her boyfriend was able to move her back to her Los Angeles apartment to provide home care. Dara died at home in the middle of the night and did not appear to suffer. Her boyfriend, Dale, tended to her as a faithful caregiver and provided 24-hour companionship. Dara has one daughter, Erica Bell, of Webster, Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements are pending.

 

Notes of Condolences may be sent to:

 

                                Dale Krafcik

                                2017 250th Street              

                                Lomita, CA 90717

                                (424) 328-0887 or (424) 383-2378

 

                                Erica Bell

                                63 Bigelow Road

                                Webster, MA 01570

                                (508) 789-4684

 

 

Dara’s other siblings are, in chronological order:

                                                

                                Dawn Mari, d. 1999

                                Richard of Douglas, MA

                                Jack (John) of Boston, MA

                                David of San Diego, CA

                                Diane of Biddeford, ME

                                Sharon of Douglas, MA

 

Parents:

                                Constance Predmore, d. 2018

                                Richard Predmore, d. 2021



Fr. Predmore, S.J.

150 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, MA 02125


Spirituality: Fulton J. Sheen, Three to Get Married

 The Trinity is the answer to the questions of Plato.

If there is only one God, what does He think about? He thinks an eternal thought: His eternal Word, or Son.
If there is only one God, whom does he love? He loves His Son, and that mutual love is the Holy Spirit.
The great philosopher was fumbling about for the mystery of the Trinity, for his noble mind seemed in some small way to suspect that an infinite being must have relations of thought and love. But it was not until the Word became Incarnate that man knew the secret of those relations and the inner life of God, for it was Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who revealed to us the inmost life of God.

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Spirituality: Marina Nemat, After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

The way I see Jesus has not changed much at all since I was a child, but my imprisonment and all that followed made me love Him even more. His being the Son of God makes sense to me, because I believe God to be loving, just, forgiving, and merciful. I also believe that He respects free will. After all, He has given it to us so that we can choose to love or hate Him, do good or evil. But is it fair for a loving God to sit on His throne in Heaven and let us struggle and suffer on our own? Would any good father abandon His children this way? It makes perfect sense to me that God decided to come among us, live like us, and die a horribly painful death after being tortured. This is a God I can love with all my heart. A God who sets an example. A God who has bled and whose heart has been broken. This is who Jesus is to me. I don't pretend that I understand the Holy Trinity. But I understand love and sacrifice. I understand faithfulness.

Friday, June 4, 2021

Spirituality: Abraham Lincoln

 Honor to the Soldier, and Sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor also to the citizen who cares for his brother [and sister] in the field, and serves, as best he can, the same cause—honor to him, less only than to him, who braves, for the common good, the storms of heaven and the storms of battle.

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Spirituality: Brian Doyle, Credo: Essays on Grace

But simple as the Sign of the Cross is, it carries a brave weight: it names the Trinity, celebrates the Creator, and brings home all the power of faith to the brush of fingers on skin and bone and belly. So do we, sometimes well and sometimes ill, labor to bring home our belief in God's love to the stuff of our daily lives, the skin and bone of this world — and the Sign of the Cross helps us to remember that we have a Companion on the road.

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A feast of Solidarity The Body and Blood of Christ 2021

                                                     A feast of Solidarity

The Body and Blood of Christ 2021

June 6, 2021

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Exodus 24:3-8; Psalm 116; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

 

The Jewish Passover feast was a solemn, but joyful celebration of God’s steadfastness throughout human history culminating in the deliverance from slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. The Jewish people remembered God’s faithful actions that began at the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The meal consisted of unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and lamb eaten hastily as the people kept vigil as the Lord passed over the houses marked with blood. God’s people would always be attentive to the Lord’s present and would keep ready to move to wherever God chose them to go, for God led them to safety.

 

Jesus and his friends celebrated this same custom and after completing the ritual meal, he broke the bread as customary for cleaning the plates’ remnants, and he personalized the actions. For a Jew, deviation from prescribed rites raises alarms, so the disciples were on guard when he said, “This is my body.” He blessed, broke, and gave it to them with instructions to eat, another new wrinkle.

 

A Passover meal ritually calls for drinking three cups of wine, but Jesus brought a fourth one, a single cup, again a noticeably alteration of their prescribed custom, and says, “This is my blood of the covenant.” This moment would stand out as a curiosity, and Jesus personalizes it, again, another noteworthy departure from the rite. The blood calls to mind the sacrifices of Abraham, the Patriarchs, Moses, and all the priests, but this time Jesus claims it as his own. The moment of Jesus’ offering to God at the altar of the Jewish Temple is at hand, and our Eucharist is born, for every time we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the death of Jesus, who becomes our Lord. Through Jesus, we have communion with God. What a gift that we can have this communion daily, weekly, whenever we need it.

 

The faithfulness of Jesus brings us to universal communion in which we stand in solidarity with one another. Communion brings a personal conversion that leads to greater appreciation of God’s love and calls us to the service of the common good. Our consciousness increase and we adopt an attitude of benevolence that helps us do what is best for others. We see the fragility of human existence and we strive to build a common future that is better than the one handed to us. Service means to care for the vulnerable members of our family, tribe, and society. When we serve the needs of others, we set aside our own wishes and desires, our pursuits of power, and we look upon those in need. Service is tangible, never ideological, as we do not serve ideas, but we serve people who have real faces, genuine stories, complex relationships, and when we serve, we show mercy, a mercy that reaches into another person’s chaos, and we simply abide by them. We choose to be with those whose misfortune reminds us of our privilege and need for humble gratitude. We recognize our own fragility and need for God.

 

Every time we take the bread and drink the cup, we are reminded of the self-offering of Jesus that pulls us into closer connection with God and those around us. We depend upon it. We seek it out. We do not rest until we consume who and what God offers us. We petition Christ to lead us to where His Body and Blood waits to be blessed, broke, and shared, and like the first Passover vigil, we solemnly honor God’s steadfast solidarity to the human race. 

 

Scripture for Daily Mass

Monday: (2 Corinthians 1) For as Christ’s sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow. Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement. 

 

Tuesday: (2 Corinthians 1) For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory. But the one who gives us security with you in Christ and who anointed us is God.

 

Wednesday: (2 Corinthians 3) Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of its glory that was going to fade, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious?

 

Thursday: (2 Corinthians 3) To this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over the hearts of the children of Israel, but whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

 

Friday (Hosea 11) When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, who took them in my arms; I drew them with human cords, with bands of love.

 

Saturday (2 Corinthians 5) The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

 

Gospel: 

Monday: (Matthew 5)  Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

 

 

Tuesday: (Matthew 5) You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket. 

 

Wednesday (Matthew 5) Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.

 

Thursday (Matthew 5) You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment. But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.

 

Friday (John 19) So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side.

 

Saturday (Luke 2) the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

 

Saints of the Week

 

June 9: Ephrem, deacon and doctor (306-373), was born in the area that is now Iraq. He was ordained a deacon and refused priestly ordination. After Persians conquered his home town, Ephrem lived in seclusion where he wrote scriptural commentaries and hymns. He was the first to introduce hymns into public worship.

 

June 9: Joseph de Anchieta, S.J., priest (1534-1597), was from the Canary Islands and became a leading missionary to Brazil. He was one of the founders of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero. He is considered the first Brazilian writer and is regarded as a considerate evangelizer of the native Brazilian population. Alongside the Jesuit Manuel de Nobrega, he created stable colonial establishments in the new country.

 

June 11: Barnabas, apostle (d. 61), was a Jew from Cyprus who joined the early Christians in Jerusalem to build up the church. His name means "son of encouragement." He accepted Paul into his community and worked alongside him for many years to convert the Gentiles. He was stoned to death in his native Cyprus. He was a towering  authority to the early church.

 

This Week in Jesuit History

 

  • June 6, 1610. At the funeral of Henry IV in Paris, two priests preaching in the Churches of St Eustace and St Gervase denounced the Jesuits as accomplices in his death. This was due primarily to the book De Rege of Father Mariana. 
  • June 7, 1556. Peter Canisius becomes the first provincial superior of the newly constituted Province of Upper Germany. 
  • June 8, 1889. Poet Gerard Manley Hopkins died at the age of 44 in Dublin. His final words were "I am so happy, so happy." He wrote, "I wish that my pieces could at some time become known but in some spontaneous way ... and without my forcing." 
  • June 9, 1597. The death of Blessed Jose de Ancieta, Brazil's most famous missionary and the founder of the cities of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. 
  • June 10, 1537. Ignatius and his companions were given minor orders at the house of Bishop Vincenzo Negusanti in Venice, Italy. 
  • June 11, 1742. The Chinese and Malabar Rites were forbidden by Pope Benedict XIV; persecution broke out at once in China. 
  • June 12, 1928. Fr. General Ledochowski responded negatively to the idea of intercollegiate sports at Jesuit colleges because he feared the loss of study time and the amount of travel involved.

Fiesta de la Solidaridad El Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo 2021

                                              Fiesta de la Solidaridad

El Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo 2021

6 de junio de 2021

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Éxodo 24: 3-8 ; Salmo 116 ; Hebreos 9: 11-15 ; Marcos 14: 12-16, 22-26

 

La fiesta de la Pascua judía fue una celebración solemne pero gozosa de la firmeza de Dios a lo largo de la historia humana que culminó con la liberación de la esclavitud a manos de los egipcios. El pueblo judío recordó las acciones fieles de Dios que comenzaron en la época de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. La comida consistió en pan sin levadura, hierbas amargas y cordero comido apresuradamente mientras la gente velaba mientras el Señor pasaba por las casas marcadas con sangre. El pueblo de Dios siempre estaría atento al presente del Señor y se mantendría listo para ir a donde Dios los eligiera para ir, porque Dios los llevó a un lugar seguro.

 

Jesús y sus amigos celebraron esta misma costumbre y luego de completar la comida ritual partió el pan como de costumbre para limpiar los restos de los platos y personalizó las acciones. Para un judío, la desviación de los ritos prescritos genera alarma, por lo que los discípulos estaban en guardia cuando dijo: "Este es mi cuerpo". Bendijo, rompió y se lo dio con instrucciones de comer , otra nueva arruga.

 

Una comida de Pascua requiere ritualmente beber tres copas de vino, pero Jesús trajo una cuarta, una sola copa, de nuevo una alteración notable de su costumbre prescrita, y dice: "Esta es mi sangre del pacto". Este momento destacaría como una curiosidad, y Jesús lo personaliza, de nuevo, otra desviación notable del rito. La sangre recuerda los sacrificios de Abraham, los Patriarcas, Moisés y todos los sacerdotes, pero esta vez Jesús lo reclama como suyo. Se acerca el momento de la ofrenda de Jesús a Dios en el altar del templo judío, y nace nuestra Eucaristía, porque cada vez que comemos este pan y bebemos esta copa, proclamamos la muerte de Jesús, que se convierte en nuestro Señor. A través de Jesús, tenemos comunión con Dios. Qué regalo que podamos tener esta comunión diaria, semanal, cuando la necesitemos.

 

La fidelidad de Jesús nos lleva a la comunión universal en la que nos solidarizamos unos con otros. La comunión trae una conversión personal que conduce a una mayor apreciación del amor de Dios y nos llama al servicio del bien común. Nuestra conciencia aumenta y adoptamos una actitud de benevolencia que nos ayuda a hacer lo mejor para los demás. Vemos la fragilidad de la existencia humana y nos esforzamos por construir un futuro común que sea mejor que el que nos ha sido entregado. Servicio significa cuidar a los miembros vulnerables de nuestra familia, tribu y sociedad. Cuando atendemos las necesidades de los demás, dejamos de lado nuestros propios deseos y anhelos, nuestras búsquedas de poder, y miramos a los necesitados. El servicio es tangible, nunca ideológico, ya que no servimos ideas, pero servimos a personas que tienen rostros reales, historias genuinas, relaciones complejas, y cuando servimos, mostramos misericordia, una misericordia que llega al caos de otra persona, y simplemente Cumplir con ellos. Elegimos estar con aquellos cuya desgracia nos recuerda nuestro privilegio y nuestra necesidad de humilde gratitud. Reconocemos nuestra propia fragilidad y necesidad de Dios.

 

Cada vez que tomamos el pan y bebemos la copa, recordamos la ofrenda de Jesús que nos acerca a una conexión más cercana con Dios y con quienes nos rodean. Dependemos de ello. Lo buscamos. Nosotros no descansaremos hasta que consumimos y lo que Dios nos ofrece. Le pedimos a Cristo que nos lleve a donde Su Cuerpo y Sangre esperan ser bendecidos, divididos y compartidos, y como la primera vigilia pascual, honramos solemnemente la firme solidaridad de Dios con la raza humana.

 

Escritura para la misa diaria

Lunes: ( 2 Corintios 1 ) Porque así como los sufrimientos de Cristo nos sobrepasan, así también por medio de Cristo nos desborda nuestro ánimo. Nuestra esperanza para ti es firme, porque sabemos que a medida que compartes los sufrimientos, también compartes el aliento.

 

Martes: ( 2 Corintios 1 ) Porque por muchas que sean las promesas de Dios, su Sí está en él; por lo tanto, el Amén de nosotros también pasa por él a Dios para gloria. Pero el que nos da seguridad contigo en Cristo y el que nos ungió es Dios .

 

Miércoles: ( 2 Corintios 3 ) Ahora bien, si el ministerio de la muerte, grabado en letras en piedra, fue tan glorioso que los hijos de Israel no pudieron mirar fijamente el rostro de Moisés debido a su gloria que se iba a desvanecer, cuánto más ¿Será glorioso el ministerio del Espíritu?

 

Jueves: ( 2 Corintios 3 ) Hasta el día de hoy, cada vez que se lee a Moisés, un velo cubre el corazón de los hijos de Israel, pero cada vez que una persona se vuelve al Señor, el velo se quita. Ahora el Señor es el Espíritu y donde está el Espíritu del Señor, hay libertad.  

 

Viernes ( Oseas 11 ) Cuando Israel era un niño lo amaba, de Egipto llamé a mi hijo. Sin embargo, fui yo quien enseñó a caminar a Efraín, quien lo tomé en mis brazos; Los dibujé con cuerdas humanas, con bandas de amor .

 

Sábado (2 Corintios 5) El amor de Cristo nos impulsa, una vez que hemos llegado a la convicción de que uno murió por todos; por tanto, todos han muerto. En verdad, murió por todos, para que los que viven ya no vivan para sí mismos, sino para Aquel que por ellos murió y resucitó.

 

Evangelio: 

Lunes: ( Mateo 5 ) Bienaventurados los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, porque ellos serán saciados. B lessed los misericordiosos, porque ellos alcanzarán misericordia. Bienaventurados los limpios de corazón, porque ellos verán a Dios. Bienaventurados los pacificadores, porque serán llamados hijos de Dios. 

 

 

Martes: ( Ma TTHEW 5 ) Ustedes son la luz del mundo. Una ciudad asentada sobre una montaña no se puede esconder. Tampoco encienden una lámpara y luego la ponen debajo de una canasta de celemín.

 

Miércoles ( M atteo 5 ) No penséis que he venido a abolir la ley o los profetas. No he venido a abolir, sino a cumplir. Pero el que obedezca y enseñe estos mandamientos será llamado el mayor en el Reino de los cielos.

 

Jueves ( M atthew 5 ) Habéis oído que se dijo a vuestros antepasados : No matarás; y el que matare será condenado. Pero yo les digo que el que se enoje con su hermano será condenado a juicio .

 

Viernes ( Juan 19 ) Entonces vinieron los soldados y le rompieron las piernas al primero y luego al otro que estaba crucificado con Jesús. Pero cuando llegaron a Jesús y vieron que ya estaba muerto, no le quebraron las piernas, sino que un soldado le clavó la lanza en el costado .    

 

El sábado ( Lucas 2 ) el niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén, pero sus padres no lo sabían. Pensando que estaba en la caravana, viajaron por un día y lo buscaron entre sus familiares y conocidos, pero al no encontrarlo, regresaron a Jerusalén para buscarlo.

 

Santos de la semana

 

9 de junio: Ephrem, diácono y médico (306-373), nació en el área que ahora es Irak. Fue ordenado diácono y rechazó la ordenación sacerdotal. Después de que los persas conquistaron su ciudad natal, Efrén vivió en reclusión donde escribió comentarios de las Escrituras e himnos. Fue el primero en introducir himnos en el culto público.

 

9 de junio: Joseph de Anchieta , SJ, sacerdote (1534-1597), era de las Islas Canarias y se convirtió en un destacado misionero en Brasil. Fue uno de los fundadores de Sao Paulo y Rio de Janiero . Se le considera el primer escritor brasileño y se le considera un evangelizador considerado de la población nativa brasileña. Junto al jesuita Manuel de Nobrega , creó establecimientos coloniales estables en el nuevo país.

 

11 de junio: Bernabé, apóstol (m. 61), era un judío de Chipre que se unió a los primeros cristianos en Jerusalén para edificar la iglesia. Su nombre significa "hijo de ánimo". Aceptó a Pablo en su comunidad y trabajó junto a él durante muchos años para convertir a los gentiles. Fue apedreado hasta morir en su Chipre natal. Fue una autoridad destacada para la iglesia primitiva.

 

Esta semana en la historia de los jesuitas

 

·                6 de junio de 1610. En el funeral de Enrique IV en París, dos sacerdotes que predicaban en las iglesias de San Eustaquio y San Gervasio denunciaron a los jesuitas como cómplices de su muerte. Esto se debió principalmente al libro De Rege del Padre Mariana.

·                7 de junio de 1556. Peter Canisius se convierte en el primer superior provincial de la recién constituida Provincia de la Alta Alemania.

·                8 de junio de 1889. El poeta Gerard Manley Hopkins murió a la edad de 44 años en Dublín. Sus últimas palabras fueron "Estoy tan feliz, tan feliz". Escribió : "Ojalá mis piezas pudieran darse a conocer en algún momento, pero de alguna manera espontánea ... y sin mi forzamiento".

·                9 de junio de 1597. Muerte del Beato José de Ancieta , el misionero más famoso de Brasil y fundador de las ciudades de San Pablo y Río de Janeiro.

·                10 de junio de 1537. Ignacio y sus compañeros recibieron órdenes menores en la casa del obispo Vincenzo Negusanti en Venecia, Italia.

·                11 de junio de 1742. Los ritos chino y malabar fueron prohibidos por el Papa Benedicto XIV; la persecución estalló de inmediato en China.

·                12 de junio de 1928. P. El general Ledochowski respondió negativamente a la idea de los deportes interuniversitarios en los colegios jesuitas porque temía la pérdida de tiempo de estudio y la cantidad de viajes que implicaba.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Prayer: Meister Eckhart

When God laughs at the soul and the soul laughs back at God, the persons of the Trinity are begotten. When the Father laughs at the Son and the Son laughs back at the Father, that laughter gives pleasure, that pleasure gives joy, that joy gives love, and that love is the Holy Spirit.