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OUR MOTHER OF MERCY THE FOURTEETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The Gospel is from St. Matthew 11: 25-30. Pagans and Jews had the same hardships of life to face as we have, and even greater ones. They earned their daily bread with the sweat of brow and body. Their illnesses were more frequent and less beara-ble than ours, for they had not the medical helps that we have. Death came to young and old then as it does now, but for them it was a final parting from loved ones, and no hope of a future happy meeting served to lighten their sorrow. All their crosses were crushing weights, sent to make life more miserable. Life on earth was passed in gloom and darkness and there was no shining star in the heavens to beckon them on or give them hope. Surely God is good to us, to put us into this world at this day and age, and give us the light of faith, and the knowledge of God and of His loving plans for us, which make the burdens of this life so relatively light and even so reasonable for us. We still have to earn our bread. We still have sickness and pains. We still have death stalking the
earth, but unlike the people before Christ we now see a meaning to all these trials. The yoke of Christ is not really a yoke but a bond of love, which joins us to Him, and through Him, to our loving Father in heaven. The rule of life which He asks us to keep, if we are loyal followers of His, is not a series of prohibitions and don'ts. It is rather a succes-sion of sign-posts on the straight road to heaven, making our jour-ney easier and safer. He does ask us to carry our cross daily, that is, to bear the burden of each day's duty, but once the cross is grasped firmly and lovingly it ceases to be a burden. Ours is a world which is in an all-out search for new idols. It is a
world which has left the path marked out by Christ, and forgot-ten or tried to forget, that man's life does not end with death. To be a Christian and to have the light of faith to guide our steps in this neo-pagan darkness, is surely a gift, and a blessing from God, for which we can never thank Him enough. Thank you, God, for this gift. Please give us the grace and the courage to live up to it and to die in the certainty that we shall hear, as we shut our eyes on the light of this world, the consoling words, "come you blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you."
Excerpted from The Sunday Readings
by Fr. Kevin O'Sullivan, O.F.M.
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The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
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FATHER BART’S CORNER
My sisters and brothers:
In our liturgical calendar we see
the names of people who are
officially recognize as saints. One of them is a little girl, her
name is Saint Maria Goretti.
St. Maria Goretti was born of a
poor family in Corinaldi, Italy, in 1890. Near Nettuno she
spent a difficult childhood
assisting her mother in domestic duties. She was of a
pious nature and often at
prayer. In 1902 she was stabbed to death, preferring to
die rather than be raped. Her
mother was present at her canonization in 1950, the first
time a parent was present for a
child's canonization.
"It is well known how this young girl had to face a bitter
struggle with no way to defend
herself. Without warning a vicious stranger (actually
Alessandro Serenelli who lived
with his father in the same
house as the Goretti's.) burst upon her, bent on raping her
and destroying her childlike
purity. In that moment of crisis she could have spoken to her
Redeemer in the words of that
classic, The Imitation of Christ: "Though tested and plagued by
a host of misfortunes, I have no
fear so long as your grace is with me. It is my strength,
stronger than any adversary;
it helps me and gives me
guidance." With splendid courage she surrendered
herself to God and his grace
and so gave her life to protect her virginity.”
Excerpted from a homily at the canoniza-tion of Saint Maria Goretti by Pope Pius XII
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Weekly Readings
07/06— HOS 2:16-18,21-22; MAT
9:18-26
07/07— HOS 8:4-17,11-13; MAT
9:32-38
07/08—HOS 10:1-3,7-8,12 MAT
10:1-7
07/09—HOS 11:1-4, 8-9; MAT
10:7-15
07/10--2 COR 4:6-11,16,17; MAT
16:24-27
07/11— ISA 6:1-8; MAT 10:24-33
07/12 —ISA 55:10-11; ROM 8:18-
23; MAT 13:1-23
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF FORTH WORTH THE BISHOP’S OFFICE
Pastoral Letter
To all Priests, Deacons,
Seminarians, Religious Men
and Women, and Faithful Laity
of the Diocese of Fort Worth
July 3, 2020
Dear Friends in Christ,
In reflecting on the
celebration of the birth of our great nation, the frequently
spoken words of Pope Saint
John Paul II came to mind, “Freedom consist not in doing
what we like, but in having the
right to do what we ought.” As you are aware, Governor
Abbott has re-instituted
restrictions on those establishments of business
that have been unable to
maintain compliance with the
three fundamental measures for ensuring the safety of
workers and the public:
Hygiene/Cleanliness (hand-washing) Physical Distancing,
the Use of Masks
or Face Covering. He has further issued an
executive order requiring the
wearing of masks and facial coverings with a strong recom-
mendation that mask be worn
in church services. It is important to note that what the
Governor is addressing is not
that these measures are inef-
fective, it is that people have not been responsible in
applying them resulting in
adverse effects to our public health and economy.
We as the local church of the Diocese of Fort Worth have
been consistently doing this
well since May 2, when we returned to the public
celebration of Mass, an
essential aspect of the exercise
of our religious liberty. In my letter to you last week, I
reminded you that the
circumstances of this pandemic and its effects upon
our society remove the
obligation to attend Sunday Mass. I also re-emphasized the
necessity for the consistent
and responsible applications of the three above-listed safety
measures and protocols
for the sake of the safety of all
involved (especially the elderly and the vulnerable) with the
celebration of mass and the
other sacraments.
The fact that so many
of you have risen to this level
of accountability with integrity and even valor does not remove
the fact that each of us can
grow complacent especially
after several months of this pandemic with its
accompanying pressures.
I strongly urge you to take this weekend and the following
weekends to examine our
practices at Mass and that we are strictly complying with
these measures with a sense of
solidarity and charity. In other words, we are accountable to
ensure that what we intended
to do regarding safety is in fact consistently being
accomplished.
Some areas to review for complacency include:
ushers meeting the faithful at
the door and escorting them to their seats
with pews marked off, ushers
dismissing and escorting
people out of church in an orderly way to prevent
Clustering in small groups,
frequent sanitizing, the wearing of masks by the faithful and
clergy (when not speaking)
throughout the Mass.
Let us continue to strive
together to set a good example
of how the local church can
work together to worship safely amid this pandemic. Please
continue to exercise the
principle of solidarity in applying these safety measures
and we will affect a prophetic
message for leadership so needed in our society today.
I remain,
Fraternally Yours in Christ, Most Rev. Michael F. Olson
Bishop of Fort worth
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Wednesday, July 08
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Thursday, July 09
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Friday, July 10
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Mass: 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 12
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Romans 8:13
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