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CONGRATULATIONS FATHER KOYS!!! The Ladies of the Altar & Rosary Society invite you to join us in sending Fr. Koys best wishes on his special day. May 18th will be the 35th Anniversary of his ordination. The party that was planned to mark this milestone had to be postponed due to the social distancing mandate. I am sure that Father would enjoy a note, card, e-mail or text. We thank Father for all the many contributions he has made to our parish. We wish him health and happiness as he continues his journey.

Pres: Barbara 708.257.9129 V.P. Linda 630.257.8252 Sec: Judi 630.243.9414 Treas: Chris 708.330.5216

Mass Schedule

WEEKENDS: Saturdays: 5:00pm & Sundays: 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30am HOLY DAYS: 7:00am & 7:00pm

WEEKDAYS: Mon, Tue, Thu 8:15am & Fri 6:00pm

WEDNESDAY: Adoration at 5:00pm & Mass 7:00pm

CONFESSION SCHEDULE: Wednesdays 6:15-7:00pm & Saturdays 9:30-10:00am otherwise by appointment.

BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS & FUNERALS: Contact the rectory office.

SICK & HOMEBOUND PASTORAL CARE: Please notify rectory.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Wed, Thu & Fri: 9:00am to 2:00pm.

CLERGY: Fr. Tom Koys, M.A.,S.T.L., Pastor, Fr. Edward Gleeson, Pastor Emeritus Fr. Robert Coleman, Resident Deacon John Wilkinson, C.K.M. Deacon Doug Szarzynski

WE FLY TO YOUR PROTECTION, O HOLY MOTHER OF GOD; DO NOT DESPISE OUR PETITIONS IN OUR NECESSITIES, BUT DELIVER US ALWAYS FROM EVERY DANGER, O GLORIOUS AND

BLESSED VIRGIN.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020

Page Two May 17, 2020

FROM THE DESK OF, FR. THOMAS KOYS, M.A.,S.T.L., PASTOR

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ALL TASK FORCE MEMBERS! Please join the Zoom meeting on Monday, May 18th, 7pm. For a status report on the St. James Catholic Mission Society.

HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED A LATIN MASS? The Liturgy Task Force would like to hear from you regarding the Tridentine (Traditional Latin) Mass. Please grab a survey from the kiosk by the Grotto or visit our website.

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The Archdiocese of Chicago is in discussion with the ap-propriate authorities on a two-phase process for the reopen-ing of our parishes to the public. Here’s a quote from Bish-op Hicks:

“Tuesday, May 5, the Presbyterial Council and deans pro-vided Cardinal Cupich with valuable input for our phased plan to reopen our churches. The Cardinal also convened a meeting of the bishops of the Chicago Province. Those meetings and consultations with public officials have re-sulted in the development of a phased approach to reopen-ing. It will incorporate incremental steps, initially focusing on liturgical celebrations that lend themselves to smaller gatherings, before progressing to larger celebrations, such as Mass. The guidelines will include a procedure for pastor and parish leader certification including webinar trainings that will explain the necessary steps for the proper manage-ment and maintenance of the campus, the administration of the sacraments, communication with parishioners.”

St. Therese of Lisieux, pray for us!

Peace, Bishop Ron Hicks

Sooo, it is likely that, soon, our churches will be opened for private prayer. Concurrently, the faithful again will have access to sacraments such as Baptism, Confession, and Weddings, as long as these gatherings abide by the proper health measures, including limiting attendance at each gathering to the number recommended by the CDC. The Illinois Bishops have been in conversation with Gover-nor Pritzker urging that numerical limitations on gatherings be replaced with social distancing standards allowing a per-centage of the capacity that each church can hold. This measure would allow the faithful to attend public Masses and would still ensure the safety of those gathered. This second phase of the reopening process is expected to begin by the end of May.

In spite of challenges and restrictions, we are working to restore the Sacraments to our parishioners as quickly and safely as possible. We will abide by the instructions of our local ordinary, understanding that “the salvation of souls must always be the supreme law in the Church” (Canon 1752). Thank you for your heroic patience, devout understanding, and charity during this difficult time. “One thing I have

asked of the Lord, this I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the de-light of the Lord, and may visit his temple.” (Ps 26:4)

A very special THANK YOU to all who have kept support-ing St. James, through the mail or online!

Can’t wait till we can have a real cook out, check out the great new roof at Sag Hall. Thanks Joe!

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Sixth Sunday of Easter Page Three

HOW DID JESUS GO FROM BEING A HERO TO BEING HATED IN LESS THAN A WEEK?

Although we are well into the Easter season, my mind harkens back to an event on Good Friday that has often puzzled me. What turned the crowd against Jesus? Recall that just six days earlier, on Palm Sunday, the crowds praised Him, acclaimed Him Son of David, and spoke of Him as a king and messiah. By the morning of Good Friday, though, they were calling for Him to be crucified. What turned them against Him?

My usual explanation was to suppose that the Temple leaders hired a crowd of ruffians and coached them on what to say. In other words, I conjectured that these were not the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday but rather a carefully selected group assembled on the plaza in front of the governor’s residence (the Praetorium). While it may be true that the Temple leaders coached them, it still raises the question, how were they able to find so many people willing to turn against a man so widely admired and appreciated by the ordinary faithful?

Fr. Antonin-Gilbert Sertillanges gave a thoughtful and in-sightful analysis of this event and of the crowd’s motiva-tion in his book What Jesus Saw from the Cross. Let us consid-er Fr. Sertillanges’ explanation of the mood of the crowd. (Note that he does not discount that many in the crowd may well have hailed Jesus as Messiah on Palm Sunday.)

At the beginning of his sacred ministry … Jesus had aroused intense enthusiasm …. [But now] what is the grievance? That the leaders of the Jews should have hated Jesus is perhaps intelligible, but the enmity of the crowd is most mysterious. It is only at the last moment that it becomes manifest, and then only under the stimulus of encouragement from the priests (pp. 157-158).

So, Fr. Sertillanges has pondered the mysterious shift in mood of the crowd. And while he notes that there was some stimulus from the Temple leaders, he does not presume that those lead-ers had gathered the crowd.

[On that Good Friday] morning the crowd assembled for reasons of its own. They have a right to have a prisoner released to them on this day and they are coming to claim that right. Perhaps they are thinking of Barabbas, perhaps of Jesus, who is just at this moment appearing before the tribunal. … Pilate [however] irri-tates them twice by referring jocularly to [Jesus] as “their king.” [And thus, Jesus now] arouses their division more than their pity: a messiah in chains before a Roman governor? This seems to be the kernel of the matter in the eyes of these Israel-ites, who were enthusiastic [on Palm Sunday], a few moments ago were in doubt, and now are suddenly hostile and furious (p. 158).

Now Father moves to the psychological shift that takes place:

Mobs do not like to be disillusioned; and the man who disap-points them may pass in a moment from the rank of a national hero to nothing, and even to less than nothing. … Think what a

disillusionment it is for the Jews to see Jesus in this [scourged] condition before Pilate.…This is the Pauline “scandal of the cross” (p. 159).

From disappointment they pass to spite, from spite to anger, and under the ceaseless encouragement of their iniquitous leaders they are easily roused to exasperation. The word cross has been spoken; it is taken up and repeated. … The taste of blood now begins to intoxicate the mob; a thrill of cruelty runs through them all. To any further questions or objections, the maddened crowd has only one reply, given with increasing violence: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” (pp. 159-160)

[And thus, Jesus departs the Praetorium] carrying all his bless-ings with him. As he processes along the way … the cruel gaiety of this day has gone to everybody’s head. Every savage instinct latent in the heart of man was awake; souls froth over with rage in this anticipatory delegation of those in every generation who would hate and oppose Christ vented itself in the cry of Satanic joy (p. 161).

Going even deeper into the cause of their disillusionment, Fr. Sertillanges ponders:

And yet, [at a deeper spiritual level] the problem still remains: how did this transformation which we have described become possible?

The mystics tell us that a great moral lapse is always preceded by hidden causes. [Some have noted that] the Jewish masses at that time were prone to mystical curiosity and superstitious prac-tices. The success that Jesus achieved among the masses was due to the [messianic] interests of the moment and the enthusi-asm aroused by his miracles, the fascination of his discourse, and to the sardonic satisfaction of hearing their leaders criticized and of seeing them defied …. [This explains their attraction to Jesus] more than a fully convinced adherence to Jesus and his teaching (pp. 161-162).

The people had become dazzled, not convinced, and their carnal expectations were disappointed. Jesus as a political Messiah … Casting off the Roman yoke, the abolition of taxes and the return of the Jews of the dispersal, this is what would have won them over. But the aims and the doctrines of the Savior were not of this kind; and this is the reason why, as soon as they see their selfish hopes disappointed, the crowd turned against him. Their favor becomes hostility (p. 162).

This is quite a rich examination of the puzzling shift in the mood of the crowd. To Father’s reflection I can only add that St. Paul calls the cross a stumbling block to Jews because Deu-teronomy (21:23) says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.” As they beheld Jesus horribly scourged, a prelude to cruci-fixion, they judge Him cursed by God and bitterly dismissed the idea that He could be the Messiah they hoped for.

There much to ponder in Fr. A.G. Sertillanges’ What Jesus Saw from the Cross. It is rich in history and spirituality and I highly recommend it for your reading.

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