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S A I N T C L E M E N T P A R I S H
Rectory: 71 Warner St., Medford MA 02155Tel. (781) 396-3922 or (781) 396-3112 ; Fax (781) 396-2506
FOR EMERGENCIES: 339-221-7563
www.saintclementcatholicparish.org
Parish Administrator Fr. Stefano Colombo FSCB
Assistant
Fr. Paolo Cumin FSCB
In residence Fr. Luca Brancolini FSCB
Parish Secretary: Ann Hoag [email protected]
Office Hours: Mon - Thu 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Closed on Fridays and Holidays
Religious Education : Mary Grace Di Martino
781-396-3322
Junior and Senior High School 781-393-5600
Elementary School
781-396-3488
Principal: Mr. Robert G. Chevrier
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “We who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.” (Gal 2:16-17)
Woman anointing Jesus’ feet
Saint Clement Church June 12, 2016 Somerville/Medford, MA.
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The Anchor
In today’s readings a crucial theme is pro-posed to our attention: what’s forgive-ness? Under which conditions are we for-
given? Can we earn forgiveness? David, the second king of Israel, the supreme model of servant of God, commit-ted a horrible sin: he had an affair with a married woman, Bathsheba, and, in order to conceal the conse-quences of his action, he gave order to have her hus-band, Uriah, killed in battle. David could hide his mis-deeds from men, but not from God: through the voice of the prophet Nathan, God awakens David from his false self-assurance, confronting him with his own sin. David finally acknowledged the gravity of his action: “I have sinned against the LORD.” God has forgiven David, nev-ertheless there’s a punishment connected with the mis-deed: David’s son would die. God’s act of forgiveness is presented as completely ar-bitrary and still connected with a price to pay as the consequence of human action: in reading this passage of the second book of Samuel, we understand that God is kind and forgiving, but we can’t fathom God’s mercy. The episode of Jesus and the “woman of the perfume” sheds a complete different and new light on God’s mercy and forgiveness: God’s mercy is completely gra-tuitous, the manifestation of God’s love for us, His crea-tures. What was missing in the New Testament, his pre-sented here as the “secret” of God’ forgiveness: God wants to forgive us because His love for us is infinite, it’s a love that breaks apart the bond sin-punishment to re-create us and make us able to “show great love”. In washing Jesus’ feet with her tears, wiping them with her hair, kissing them and anointing them, the “woman of the perfume” is showing Simon, the guests and all of us that there is only one thing she wants and needs: hearing Jesus telling her: “Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” God’s forgiveness has a name: Jesus Christ. In his per-son, God is “bowing down” from heaven to reach us and give us the gift of is mercy. We don’t know who the “woman of the perfume” was, we don’t know where she had met Jesus before that dinner, we don’t know what prompted her to enter in the house of a “righteous man” and, in spite of con-tempt and rejection, kneeling as Jesus feet to wash them… We do know one thing though: we want to have the same heart full of affection and longing to hear Je-sus telling us: “Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Fr. Paolo
MASS READINGS and INTENTIONS
Monday, June 13
1Kgs 21:1-16/Mt 5:38-42
7:00 A.M. – Mary A. & Angelo Rapatano, Memorial
Tuesday, June 14
1Kgs 21:17-29/Mt 5:43-48
7:00 A.M.—Maria Molino, Anniversary
Wednesday, June 15
2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
7:00 A.M.– Mass
Thursday, June 16
Sir 48:1-14/Mt 6:7-15
7:00 A.M.—Mass
6:30 P.M.— Louise Green, 1st Anniversary
Friday, June 17
2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20/Mt 6:19-23
7:00 A.M.– Adelmiro, Maria & Tony Centofanti, Mem.
Saturday, June 18
2 Chr 24:17-25/Mt 6:24-34
7:00 A.M.– George Ackerley, 14th Anniversary
4:00 P.M.—Mass of Thanksgiving (Michael Giso)
Pauline Centrella, 1st Anniversary
Sunday, June 19
Zec 12:10-11, 13:1/Gal 3:26-29/Lk 9:18-24
7:00 A.M.— Mass for St. Clement Parishioners
9:00 A.M. - Joseph Molino, Memorial
11:00 A.M. - Giuseppe Salerno, 18th Anniversary
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED.
Gina M. Cappello, Richard Burke, Class of 1956,
Pauline Romano and Joan Therese Dow
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturdays from 3-4 PM
or by
appointment
Saint Clement Parish June 12, 2016 Medford/Somerville, MA
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
COLLECTION DASHBOARD
OUR GOAL FOR OUR WEEKLY (FIRST) COLLECTION: $ 4,000.00
LAST WEEK FIRST COLLECTION: $ 3,383.00
THE SECOND COLLECTION FOR THIS WEEK: QUARTERLY ANNUAL (6-12-16). THE SECOND COLLECTION FOR NEXT WEEK: SEMINARY OFFERING (6-19-16).
COME JOIN US FOR EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Every Thursday at 5:30 PM Followed by Mass at 6:30 PM Quiet time with Jesus in the Eucharist.
JUNIOR CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS MEETING
THIS Sunday, June 12th from 1-3 pm
in the Parish Hall.
CONGRATULATIONS
Pope Francis has named Rev. Robert P. Reed and Very Reverend
Mark O’Connell, JCD as Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION The Religious education program at St. Clement is still running! Classes will resume at the beginning of September. Enrollment for returning and new students starting beginning of July. PILGRIMAGE FOR THE YEAR OF MERCY St. Clement parish is organizing a pilgrimage to the Cathedral to the Holy Cross in Boston for the Year of Mercy on Saturday, September 24th, 2016. YOUNG FAMILIES GATHERING Our next meeting for young families is scheduled for Sunday, September 18th, after the 11am liturgy. WORKSHOP FOR NEW LECTORS, EU-CHARISTIC MINISTERS AND USHERS St. Clement will host a workshop for parishioners in-terested in helping during Sunday masses as lectors, Eucharistic ministers and ushers:
Saturday, September 17th, at 10 am in the church.
Elilita A. Abebe
Gary Baron Kenya S. Chambers
Binbin Chen Larnel F. Coleman
Jordan Reyes DeLeon Matthew Dighton
Do Quoc Minh Duc Christopher Flores Joseph Gonzalez
Michael A. Gonzalez Chenxi Hu
JunYu Huang Davina Isephohi-Edwards
Jiwon Jeong Adrianna Kinney Joseph H. Koenig Erika M. Lydon Ivan Mertilus
Kathiana F. Monestime Brendan O'Brien
Adeboye Oyaronbi Justin A. Peterson
Wing Yin Tam Nelson J. Vega Owen Ventura
Ran Wang Haonan Wu Emma Xie
KaiYao Yao Zihan Ye
Alyssa C. Yenowskas Ziling Yu
MingYu Zhang Zhou YuXuan
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