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Parish of the Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Melrose and Saugus

The 15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 12, 2020

Incarnation Parish Bulletin

The 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time July 12, 2020

GENERATIONS OF FAITH (“GOF”) NEWSWe are excited to report that we will be celebrating First Communion with our young parishioners soon! Beginning with the first week in August and continuing through Labor Day, the children will be receiving the sacrament in small groups at our regular Saturday and Sunday liturgies. Although the circumstances necessitated by our current health crisis are not ideal, we welcome these children to the table of the Lord with great joy!

Looking ahead to September and our next year of GOF, we are currently weighing some of the options for Large Group Classes and GOF events. One approach which we are considering would be to have in-person Large Group Classes for Grades 2 & 10 only, with classes divided to allow for proper sizes with social distancing. Other grades would have online class resources available. Although we are planning to offer a full schedule of GOF Learning Events this year, we are aware that most likely large gatherings of this type may not be permitted, at least through 2020, and much of that learning will be online as well. We will let you know once we have a plan in mind, although one thing we

have all learned in these last months is the importance of flexibility!

Each year, our GOF events take a deep dive into a specific theme of Catholic Teaching. You may remember that last year it was the Creed, before that, the Sacraments, Liturgical Year, etc. This year our GOF events will focus on Mercy. Some of the topics include: reconciliation and healing, prayer and mercy toward each other and the Earth. In the words of Pope Francis, mercy is a verb, not a noun. What does that mean for us?

We will be reaching out to you in the coming weeks with our plans for the the rest of 2020. In the meantime, enjoy these summer weeks!

Be safe and well!

AnnAnn Lahiff, Pastoral Associate

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MILESTONESPlease remember family and friends in need of prayer, especially Sarah Fradkin, Bill Connors, Maureen, Irene Lawless, Perry Brown, Betty Howard, Stephen Gaeta, Jim R., Ted Ayotte, Robert Burke, Sandra W., John Anderson, April Crouse, Adele Maciejowski, Colleen Sullivan, Debbie Saschuk, Julia G., Donna Correia, Sandra V., Don Marsden, Georgia Rose Okerholm, Donna Page, Denise, Sr. Mary Shaun, Nicholas Ward, Frank Zizzo, Helen Staunton, Domenic DeLuca, Maia DeLuca, Joseph Connelly, Jeannette Bailey, Anita V., Leona Dewhurst, Jacqueline, Chuck Giorgio, Kathleen O’Neill, Thomas M., Michael Lester, Sydni Simpson Garrity, Carole R. , Patricia Zibroski, Anthony S.,Janice T., John Maciejowski, Bonnie Strudas, Helen Giorgio, Andrew Reczeck, Frank Stankavish, Susan D., Ed M., Joyce D., Joshua B.,Janelle Hodges, Diane, Chris T., and parishioners facing surgery.If there is anyone you wish to add to the prayer list, please contact the rectory. Please note: All names will remain on our Prayer List and will be prayed for unless our office is notified to remove an individual.

GRAND ANNUAL APPEALOur Grand Annual Appeal is underway and thanks to so many of you for your generosity! As of last week, our Grand Annual contributions totaled $95,182.00

If you would like to contribute to the Grand Annual Collection and did not receive an envelope, you can contribute online through our website:www.incarnationmelrose.org, or use one of the envelopes available at the doors of the church.

FINANCIAL REPORT

Thanks to all of you who have been giving online!Use the following link to sign up for Online Giving!https://www.myowngiving.com/Default.aspx?cid=45

June 28, 2020 – July 5, 2020Offertory Online $1,630.00Basket 3,848.00 $5,478.00

Monthly Maintenance Online $ 921.00 Basket 80.00 $1,001.00

Grand Annual $95,182.00

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Weekend Mass Schedule beginning June 6/7

Incarnation Saturday 4:30 p.m.Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Most Blessed Sacrament Saturday 4:00 p.m.Sunday 8:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.


CALENDAR

July 11 4:30 p.m. Walter Gardner

July 12 9:30 a.m. Robert Barry

July 16 8:00 a.m. Margaret Distefano

July 18 4:30p.m. Deceased Members of

the Ahlin Family

July 19 9:30 a.m. People of Incarnation

CATHOLIC APPEAL

Even in the midst of a global pandemic, service to others remains core to the work of our Church. • Our COVID response team of priests is anointing

the sick in hospitals.• Our priests continue to serve their communities

virtually and in-person as allowed. • Our Central Ministries continue to care for so

many in need. • Our Risk Management office continues to

provide guidance for parishes and schools.This is Our Church. Funded by the Catholic Appeal. If you are able, please prayerfully consider

making a gift to the 2020 Catholic Appeal to ensure that this critical work continues. Your support will make a significant difference as we continue serving the Catholic faithful and all our brothers and sisters in need. To learn more about Your Church at Work or to make a donation, visit www.bostoncatholicappeal.org Thank you!

SENIOR SHOUT OUT

Tell us about your seniors so they can be recognized! Here is your chance to brag about your children and grandchildren!

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“DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.”

1 Corinthians 11:24

Four weeks ago, on the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, the Archdiocese of Boston kicked off the Year of the Eucharist. The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ celebrates the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass that day inside St. Peter’s Basilica. In his homily he spoke extensively about the Eucharist, the true presence of Jesus and how Jesus’ gift to us strengthens us and can transform our lives. Pope Francis stated that the Eucharist heals us of our wounds, emptiness and sadness, and gives us the strength to share Christ’s loving mercy with others.

This coming year as we acknowledge and celebrate Jesus’ gift of Himself to us in the Eucharist let us also be transformed by this selfless gift. Pope Francis said, “This is the strength of the Eucharist, which transforms us into bringers of God, bringers of joy, not negativity.”

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or if you would like to join with your fellow parishioners in becoming a Missionary of

the Eucharist. My email is [email protected].

God bless you and your loved ones. Be safe!

Deacon Bob

SUSTAINING MUSIC MINISTRYTo those of you who are joining us in person, first and foremost welcome back, and welcome home. It is great to see those of you that made the decision to return to the liturgy for the first time in months. Thank you for doing so in as responsible a manner as possible – maintain a safe distance, washing hands and using hand sanitizer judiciously, keeping masks on (and covering both your mouth and nose), and all other precautions necessary to mitigate the risk of transmitting and contracting the coronavirus. A special thanks to those who helped disinfect pews, doors, and other surfaces between Masses. We appreciate your help and cooperation in transitioning back into operation as a parish.

To those of you participating in the Mass from home via the online resources, thank you as well. Your decision to delay returning to parish activity keeps manageable the strain of balancing both the restrictions of public health guidelines and being available for the Sacrament. We are committed to continue providing these resources – broadcast Masses via YouTube, as well as online print resources such as a worship aid and bulletin – for as long as the need persists. We hope to see you back, too, but appreciate and respect your decision to do so at a later time.As many of you know, the archdiocesan guidelines regarding music in the liturgy are unprecedented. Because the virus is spread through droplets contained in the air we breathe out (and in), singing proposes a vastly higher risk than speaking

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– singing projects the voice, and with it, the breath, over a larger area and with a greater density. Therefore, the role of music and the participation of the assembly has been turned upside down. “[F]ull and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all else…”, as set out in the Constitution of Sacred Liturgy, has been suspended (and rightly so) in the light of current awareness that the health and safety of the people of the Church is an undisputable priority. As such, choral and congregational singing has been suspended, and the vocal music of a soloist and psalmist is severely limited in this current environment. When and how these restrictions may be lifted is something about which I hope and pray constantly. I am saddened for this loss of richness in how we celebrate the Mass. At the same time, I am grateful for the opportunity to experience the Liturgy in its current state as an alternative to not celebrating the Liturgy at all.

So in the spirit of making lemonade out of lemons, music ministry at Incarnation is taking this opportunity to focus on instrumental music. Stringed and percussion instruments are particularly worth encouraging at this point, as they do not rely on the human breath for production. I am reaching out to our instrumentalists that regularly assist at Mass already, but want to make sure those instrumental musicians not currently engaged in music ministry know – this is a call for you. We often put calls out for increased participation in the choir, and we rely on our cantors to lead our sung participation at all of our Liturgies, but now the focus is on you,

instrumentalists of the parish. This is an opportunity for your gifts and talents to be seen and shared with the parish community to a greater extent than ever before. If you are a musician of high school age or older and are willing to help assist your parish community in worship at any of our Masses, please email or call the parish office. We’d love to hear from you, and we’d love to hear you.

Shawn

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5-WEEK VIRTUAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPWednesday Evenings, July 22 – August 12, & 26via Zoom, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Grieving during this time of pandemic can be a very challenging and painful experience. If you have lost a loved one, whether due to COVID-19 or another cause, you may feel isolated and alone in your grief during this time of social distancing. Connecting with others who share a similar experience of mourning amid the isolation and

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uncertainty of this time can provide comfort and support.

Please join our Grief Support Group to connect with others virtually on Wednesday evenings, July 22, 29, and August 5, 12, and 26. Together, we will explore the grieving process and consider the spiritual elements of grief and healing grounded in Christian hope. For more information, please call Patrice Fitzpatrick, the Pastoral Associate at Saint Patrick Parish, Stoneham: 781-438-0200 to register by Wednesday, July 15. You will need a computer, a tablet, or a smart phone that has a camera in order to participate in these virtual meetings. This technology is easy to use and we can assist you in getting started.If you are not comfortable using this technology, our Virtual Grief Drop-In Meetings on the second Monday of each month offer phone-in attendance. Please call Patrice for more information. There is no charge for participating in these groups, which are sponsored by the McDonald-Finnegan Funeral Home, 322 Main Street, Stoneham.

THE 15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

JULY 12, 2020

Yearning for GoodnessThe readings for this nearly mid-summer Sunday reflect the beauties of the earth: its golden harvests, its astonishing Spring, its delicate birds, beasts, mountains, hills and plains. Even in this time of virus, those whose eyes can see will find infinite surprise!

I must be fully myself and allow God to do the rest.

Yes, even in this time of virus and troubles.

I want to quote a complete poem in this space, hoping that I am not just indulging my attachment to poetry. The Jesuit poet Hopkins was so filled with the world’s beauty that I want him to speak here, in the poem called “Pied Beauty.”*

Glory be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-color as a brinded cow;

For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;

Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.

All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows

how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;

He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.*

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Some of the language is unusual, I admit. I hope the footnote below will help you, especially when you read the poem out loud. If you spend time with these glorious images you will come to love our ever-evolving blue planet like someone bathing in the gentle tide of ocean swirl. All of it luxuriant, all of it precious.

In the First Reading the Lord uses this ebb and flow of seasons to show the workings of his visceral love for the earth.

He says,

Just as the rain and snow come down to earth, and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, … so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth. It comes to the world and does not return until it has moistened and nourished life in every single creature that will receive it.

A fruitful harvest, the Psalm calls it.

Then, in the Second Reading, St. Paul speaks of all creation groaning in labor pains. Human beings too groan within themselves like seeds which break open and push their way through tough ground and evolve into full trees that stretch up for Christ’s light.

Can such rich images apply to you and me? How is our own soil? God pours his grace into it always. Do you and I groan and yearn for the goodness of God which is already lavished upon us? Do we take time each day to let love in? Or when we listen

to the Word on Sunday, perhaps with some interest, do we then forget everything by Monday?

Jesus lists a number of things we might have to correct in order to accept the gifts he has ready for us (Gospel). We might be shallow ground, he says. Or rocky soil. Weeds might choke us.

Discouraging, isn’t it? Must I pretend to be rich soil, though I know my shallowness?

No. I must be fully myself and allow God to do the rest. The Indian poet Tagore put it this way:

The cloud stood humbly in a corner of the sky.The morning crowned it with splendor.

(Tagore, Stray Birds, #100)

Let us be humble and join in the revolving refreshment of all earthly things. Can’t we open our leaves, and allow the sun to come in?

John Foley, SJ________* For convenience, here is a glossary of some of Hopkins’ terms:

pied: patches of a number colors, as various birds and other animals have.

Also, the Pied Piper. dappled: marked by spots of a different shade,

tone, or color brinded: an archaic word referring to grey or

brown streaks or patterns, as in a cat’s fur. stipple: dots or small touches of the brush, used to

make a painting (or a newspaper photo).

fallow: Land plowed but left unseeded during a growing season._______Fr. John Foley, SJ, is a composer and scholar at Saint Louis University.

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HOW TO FIND USAs a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Boston, we are committed to excellence in liturgy, service, hospitality, and life-long learning, all centered in Christ. 429 Upham Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Office: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm1-781-662-8844 Office1-781-662-9340 FAX e-mail: [email protected] website: www.incarnationmelrose.org Follow us on Twitter @IncParish Like us on Facebook!PASTORAL and SUPPORT STAFF Fr. Steve Madden,[email protected]. Michael Ssenfuma, Parochial [email protected]. André Brouillette, Weekend AssistantDeacon Bob [email protected] Lahiff, Director of Faith Formation [email protected] Gelzleichter, Director of Music [email protected] Gina Distefano, Business [email protected] David E. Wiggin, C.F.X., Bookkeeper Jim Guiry, Maintenance ManagerDottie Ahlin, Household Assistant

LITURGY (Beginning 6/6) Mass Schedule~ Saturday 4:30; Sunday 9:30Daily Mass ~Thursday-Friday at 8:00.

SCRIPTURE STUDY )Every Friday morning -meeting online via Zoom. Email Shawn if you would like to participate. Everyone is welcome in this lively and interesting forum.

RECONCILIATION by appointment.

JOINING THE PARISHNo matter what your journey has been, we want to be your companions for the next steps, to share the Gospel together and to help each other along the way.Please introduce yourself to a staff member, or drop in for coffee on Sunday. You can register as a parishioner online via our website, or stop by the rectory.

ADULT INITIATION, RCIAWe are always ready to begin the process by which an adult or older child becomes a Catholic, either by full initiation in baptism, or by reception into full communion. We are also happy to prepare you for adult Confirmation. Contact Deacon Bob Breen.

BAPTISM FOR INFANTSCongratulations! The baptism of infants is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month, or within the Sunday assembly. Fr. Steve is the staff contact person for preparation.

GENERATIONS OF FAITHWe are a community of life-long learners. Our parish program of inter-generational learning and celebration of faith is called Generations of Faith. Contact:Ann Lahiff.

MARRIAGECongratulations! The engaged couple must contact the Rectory at least six months in advance, preferably a year ahead.

CARE OF THE SICK To arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick, for Holy Communion for the home-bound, or Viaticum for the Dying, please contact the parish office. It is always possible to anoint the sick during regularly scheduled liturgies. All you have to do is ask!

ORDER of CHRISTIAN FUNERALSWe will work with you to plan your own funeral liturgy or that of a loved one, and are prepared to celebrate the Vigil, also known as the “Wake,” in the Church building for those who choose.

BULLETIN INFORMATIONPlease contact Ann Lahiff at [email protected] with any questions, information or submissions for our bulletin.http://www.incarnationmelrose.orgTo view bulletin, click “bulletin archive,” and then, “Incarnation bulletins”

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