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Luke 9:51-56 draws our attention. It is a “A Lesson on Mercy.” Even though the word "mercy" does not appear here, mercy itself appears. And here in this village of Samaria, He finds a perfect opportunity to teach His disciples a very short but unforgettable lesson about mercy. Mercy is exalted in Scripture and in reality. Mercy is godlike. Mercy is required to be a good missionary disciple. St. Paul, in Colossians 3:12 said, "Therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies." This is a command. Another thing about mercy is that it is reciprocal. In Matthew 5:7, "Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy." You want mercy, give it and you'll get it back. You'll get it back from the Lord and you'll also get it back from the people to whom you show mercy. We are to be known as a people of mercy. And it's always been at the heart of Christ’s mission and our Christian ministry.
In the Bible we see many passages that the Jewish leaders had no mercy for children. They had little mercy for women. They had no mercy for Gentiles and they hated Samaritans. Jews going from Galilee down to Judea, Jerusalem, generally wouldn't even walk through Samaria; they'd go all the way around just to avoid going through there because it was a defiled, unclean place. If someone went through that
territory they went at some risk, carrying their own food so they wouldn't have to eat from the hands of the Samaritans. Samaritans were a mixed race, semi-pagan offspring of Israelites from the northern kingdom who were left behind when the northern kingdom was taken into Assyrian captivity. They were left there. They intermarried with pagans who were loyal to the Assyrian king so they were a mixed race. They had abandoned their Jewish roots and heritage. They had absorbed paganism. They feared the Lord, 2 Kings 17:33 says they feared the Lord, yet served their own gods. But It was to a Samaritan woman that Jesus first revealed His messiahship in John 4, the woman at the well. And you know that Jesus made a Samaritan the hero of one of His most wonderful stories, the story called, "The Good Samaritan.” This was a rebuke to the Jewish leaders, because, you remember, the rabbis and the Jewish leaders passed by and didn't help the wounded man. And later in the Gospel they were commissioned to go to Samaria, Acts 1:8,“Go to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria.”
The Lord Jesus never had a problem with extending the borders of mercy. And so He sent messengers on ahead of Him. He had to arrange a place at least for thirteen of them. He is asking to go where Jewish religion will not go. Go
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 30, 2019 Be a Missionary of Mercy Fr. Bosco Padamattummal
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Saint MaryReverend Fr. Bosco Padamattummal, Administrator
Deacon Dennis Walters 210 West Main Street, Manchester, MI 48158 Phone: (734) 428-8811; Fax: (734) 428-1393
Email: [email protected] Website: stmarymanchester.org
WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 5:00 pm, Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am
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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
For the solemnity of Corpus Christi June 23rd, the Parish held a Eucharistic procession organized by Tina Doyle.
SAT., JUNE 29 SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Gal 1:11-20/Jn 21:15-19 (590)Day: Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 (591) Pss Prop
3:30-4:30 pm Confession 5:00 pm Vigil Mass: ♰Robert Wagner
[Jim and Marja Warner]
SUN., JUNE 30 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21/Gal 5:1, 13-18/Lk 9:51-62 (99) Pss I
8:00-8:15 am Confession 8:30 am Mass: For the People 10:00-10:15 am Confession 10:30 am Mass: ♰Mark Belcher
[Scott and Ann Kueffner]MON., JULY 1 Weekday/St. Junipero SerraGn 18:16-33/Mt 8:18-22 (377) No Mass Today in Manchester
TUES., JULY 2 Weekday
Gn 19:15-29/Mt 8:23-27 (378) 8:30 am Mass: ♰Frances Murray [St. Mary Church]
WED., JULY 3 ST. THOMAS, APOSTLEEph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29 (593) Pss Prop
8:30 am Mass: ♰Dewey Van Riper [Alice Kidd]
THURS., JULY 4 Weekday/Independence DayMass “For the Country or a City,” nos. 882-886, or “For Peace and Justice,” nos. 887-891
8:30 am Mass: ♰Richard Krzyzaniak, a birthday remembrance
[The Krzyzaniak Family]
FRI., JULY 5 First Friday/Sts. Anthony Zaccaria & Elizabeth of Portugal
Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Mt 9:9-13 (381)
8:30 am Mass: ♰Ethel Fahey-Way [Judy and EddieWalz]
SAT., JULY 6 First Saturday/St. Maria Goretti/BVMGn 27:1-5, 15-29/Mt 9:14-17 (382)
3:30-4:30 pm Confession 5:00 pm Vigil Mass: ♰William Boyd, a birthday remembrance
[The Boyd Family]SUN., JULY 7 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 66:10-14c/Gal 6:14-18/Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9 (102) Pss II
8:00-8:15 am Confession 8:30 am Mass: For the People 10:00-10:15 am Confession 10:30 am Mass: ♰Rita Townsend
[St. Mary’s Altar Society]
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Schedule Change The Independence Day holiday is this week. Please note that there will NOT be Eucharistic Adoration on First Friday, July 5th. First Saturday Mass on July 6th has also been cancelled for this month. Please note that these devotions will resume in August.
Pilgrimage to Poland Fr. Mark Rutherford is leading a Diocesan pilgrimage to Poland to commemorate the 100th Birthday of Pope John Paul II. The tour dates are set for May 13-22, 2020. There will be informational meetings at 7:00pm as follows: July 16th at Queens, Jackson; July 23rd at St. Gerard, Lansing. For info, please contact Rich Budd 517.342.2471 or [email protected].
Parish Picnic Planning The Annual Parish Picnic, usually held in mid- to late-August, is need of an event organizer. This year Fr. Bosco would like to hold the event at the Parish Center. Please contact him at the Parish Office 734-428-8811 if you would like to take the lead in planning this event. It is a great opportunity for the entire Parish community to gather, relax and enjoy a bit of fellowship with one another.
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where hatred exists. He went to the most socially despised group and He showed them mercy. In verse 53, they didn't receive Him. The village said, "We don't want Him here. We don't want you in this village." I’m sure that the messengers of the apostles, whoever they were, went “bringing God to town.” The Samaritans didn't know anything about Jesus Christ. They knew only whatever the apostles may have told them, they remained unimpressed. And so they rejected Him. That would be typical of the way they would have treated Jews anyway. They didn't receive Him because He was going toward Jerusalem. They hated the fact that He was going down to worship at that temple which they despised. And they were so jealous because their temple had been destroyed; the rejection was more of a racial thing and religious jealousy. Old feelings ran deep and were steadfast. That is why they said they were not going to let you have an easy journey down to your place and help you on your way. And verse 54, when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” These two are called the sons of thunder, Boanerges. Well, what made them think they could do that? They knew where they were and they were thinking back to 2 Kings 1. Elijah was in the same area, the same region. And some of the enemies of God got in a situation with Elijah and he called down fire from heaven and burned them up. And these disciples are sort of Elijah-like, because they've been called to be the prophets of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Verse 55: "He turned and rebuked them." Jesus was telling His apostles and us, You can't go through ministry with that kind of an attitude, every time you make a simple proclamation of Jesus Christ and somebody doesn’t accept Him and you want to
burn them to death or curse them? This is not sensible evangelization. Instead this is the time of mercy. Verse 56: "For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives but to save them.” The Son of Man, Luke 19:10, has come to seek and to save the lost. And what's the point here? He gives mercy to the ignorant. They didn't reject Jesus because He claimed to be God. They rejected Him because He was Jewish and He was going to the temple, which means they didn't even understand who He was. Dear brothers and sisters, there's always mercy extended to those who may be deeply religious but are ignorant of the truth. Verse 56: "They went on to another village." That is not the end of preaching to the Samaritans. But on that day they did whatever they needed to do to find a place somewhere else. A few years after this, the early church began to grow and a man named Philip, it says in Acts 8, went down to Samaria and preached Christ to them. Acts 8:6-8, "The mult i tudes were of one accord...with one accord accepted the things spoken by Philip." "They were hearing and seeing the miracles which Philip did. Unclean spirits crying with a loud voice came out of many who were possessed, many who were paralyzed and lame were healed and there was great joy in that city."
Dear friends, this is a mission of mercy and we must take the message of the mercy of God in Christ to the people outside our borders, outside our comfort zone, outside our religious system and give them compassion and sympathy and tenderheartedness and patience to hear and believe the message. Mercy is at the heart of redemptive ministry. Mercy is to extend to all without regard for race, or status, or gender, or age. And mercy is to be offered patiently toward those who are ignorant in unbelief. ❖
Fr. Bosco’s article continued from page 1
Parish Family Birthdays
June 30 Josephine Rickert ........June 30 Emma Sharrow-Ducsay ...........July 1 Whitney O’Hotzke............July 2 Eileen Doyle ............July 3 Peter Remski............July 4 Danielle McClorey ............July 4 Alexander McClorey............July 6 Claudia Walz............July 7 Connie Achtenberg............
Please Pray for: Matt Beals
Duane Beuerle Leroy Cummings
Dettloff Family Sue DuRussel Mike Gibbons
Wilma Lentz Babette Medlock
Toby Riley Katelyn Simpson
Joyce Stein Virginia Strong
Bruce Sommers
Geneva, Joan and Nancy Walkowe
Eddie and Judy Walz Sharon Warren
Repose of the Soul of: ✟Russ Aiuto
Sanctuary Lamps are burning this week for:
1. In Memory of ✟Clark Warner
(Jim and Marja Warner) 2. The Repose of the Soul of
✟Rita Townsend(John and Beth Ball)
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St. Mary Roman Catholic
Church Stewardship
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS Sunday, June 16, 2019
Sunday Envelopes $4,374.02 ............Loose Cash & Checks $118.00 .......Welcome Envelopes $95.00 ...........Ascension $30.00 ..........................E-Giving $430.98 ............................
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Weekly toward budget $5,048.00 .......Weekly goal $5,300.00 .......................Amt. BELOW goal $252.00 ............
⏤ OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS: Buildings and Maintenance… $90.00 Mission Appeal - Mandeville..$130.00 Poor Box $4.00 ...........................Votive Candles $42.00...................
St. Mary’s 2019 DSA goal:$28,001
To date 88 families have pledged $24,370 or 87% of
our goal.
Altar Flowers For the week of June 30th
In Memory of ✟Florence Tomko
sponsored by her Daughter Linda McGee
