Blessed Sacrament Church

"I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven. If any man eats of this Bread, he shall live forever; and the Bread I will give, is My Flesh." John 6:51-52

“Whosoever shall eat this Bread, or drink

this Chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the

Lord.” 1 Corinthians 11:27

Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place in the side

chapel twenty-four hours a day, every day. All are welcome to come and worship and adore our Eucharistic Lord.

“Could you not watch one hour with Me?” Matthew 26:40

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

LORD'S DAY: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. HOLYDAYS: Vigil: 6:00 p.m. Holyday: 7:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. WEEKDAYS: 9:00 a.m. SATURDAYS: First Saturdays only: 8:00 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment

BAPTISM: As part of the preparation process an

interview with the Pastor and two instructional sessions

are required. Please contact the rectory to schedule.

ENGAGED COUPLES: Arrangements for your

marriage must be made at least nine months in advance

of the marriage date.

NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you and ask

that you register at the Rectory. We want to know and

serve you! We hope that you will favor your parish

with your prayers, your presence and your talents.

Pastor

Rev. Timothy J. Campoli

Church Rectory

221 Federal Street 182 High Street

Greenfield, MA 01301 Greenfield, MA 01301

blessedsacramentgreenfieldma.org (413) 773-3311

Deacon Calvary Cemetery

Deacon John J. Leary Wisdom Way

(413) 219-2734 (C) Greenfield

deaconjohnleary@gmail.com 773-3311

Director of Organist

Religious Education Choir Director

Laurie Tilton Stephen Glover

774-2918 772-0532

lltilton2@gmail.com

Alternatives Pregnancy Center

P. O. Box 344, Greenfield, MA 01302-0344

Pregnancy Tests, Counseling and Support Services

Post Abortion Support

(413) 774-6010

Natural Family Planning

Ed & Suzi Cottrill

413-772-6062

Blessed Sacrament Church Greenfield, MA 01301

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH

(Clergy who are sick)

4:00 Russell F. Zraunig (28th Anniversary) –

by Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zraunig & Family

SUN., AUG. 19TH

– 20th

Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Aksamit)

8:00 Patricia Willey – by Mary Lou & Justin Moore

10:30 Michael Dufraine – by Doug & Joanne Brown

MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH

– St. Bernard (Pope Benedict)

9:00 Leary Family – by Barbara Most

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21ST

– Pope St. Pius X (Deacon Bucci)

9:00 Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Charron & Children –

by Dr. Arthur W. Charron

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22ND

– The Queenship of the Blessed

Virgin Mary (Deacon Nolan)

9:00 Betsy Larkin (6th Anniversary) – by Tina Tyler

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23RD

– St. Rose of Lima (Bishop Maguire)

9:00 George Procak (2nd

Anniversary) – by Daughter

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24TH

– St. Bartholomew (Fr. D. Bombardier)

9:00 Marjorie L. Bridges – by Family

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25TH

– St. Louis / St. Joseph Calasanz

(Fr. Bermudez)

4:00 Chester & Domeneka Rodzwell Baranoski, John &

Nellie Rodzwell Perohonic, Philip & Adele Rodzwell

Bourne and Gerald J. Baranoski

SUNDAY, AUG. 26TH

– 21ST

Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Young)

8:00 Larry Filiault – by Wife & Children

10:30 Hugh Sorenson – by the McGarrah Family

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REMINDER: Please join with us in praying the Rosary

before each daily Mass at 8:15 a.m., before the 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Mass and 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass.

Confessions after each weekend Mass.

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited Fridays at 3:00

p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. All are invited to come and pray

with us.

Blessed Sacrament has a Prayer Chain which is available for

anyone. To utilize the Prayer Chain simply contact one of the

following names with your petition: Annette Canuel - 397-9803

[anet70@comcast.net] or Barbara Wood - 773-8262.

Sponsor Certificates - Many parishes require certificates of

sponsorship for Godparents and Confirmation Sponsors. These

will be issued only to those who are confirmed adult Catholics,

registered in the parish, regular participants at Mass, validly

married in the Church (if applicable) and providing for the

religious education of their own children (if applicable).

Weekend of August 25 & 26

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Saturday, August 25

4:00 Deacon John Leary Hannah Lively

Joanne Yestramski Brian Luippold

Winston LaBelle Holly Elmer

Bill Randall Karen Yestramski-Provost

Raymond Perry

Sunday, August 26

8:00 Deacon John Leary Patricia Schryba

Kevin O’Neil David Culliton

Liza O’Neil John Cormican

Kevin O’Neil, Jr. Phyllis Freeman

Ginger Baird

10:30 Deacon John Leary Nicole Zabawa

Donna Leary Marie Boynton

David Stevens Suzanne Hunter

Bob O’Connor Wayne Cottrill

Elizabeth Zabawa

Poet’s Seat Nursing Home:

Sun., August 26 Lionel & Doris Martin

Lectors/Cantors

Sat., August 25 4:00 Monica McCarthy / Jane Winchester Sun., August 26 8:00 Laurie Tilton / Jackie Jurewicz

10:30 Bea Sommer / Sandra Pavoni

Saturday, August 25

4:00 Erin Moore, Siobhan Moore, Susan Unaitis

Sunday, August 26

8:00 Isaac Paige, Joshua Paige, David Hobbs,

Stephen Filiault

10:30 Haley Rode, Samuel Rode

August 19, 2012 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in memory/honor: Russell F. Zraunig –from Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zraunig & Fam.

The Adoration Chapel Candles will burn this week in

memory/honor of:

1.) William Gorce, Jr. – from Robert & Pat Earley

2.) Rita Kennedy - from Alice E. Melaven

3.) Robert Gebo - from the Family

4.) Vincent & Ralph Testa – from Anonymous

Missionary Cooperative Appeal

This weekend please welcome Fr. Gilbert Aranha, a missionary

priest from Mysore, India, who will be here to seek your help

through the Missionary Cooperative Appeal. The proceeds from

the appeal will help build a church for the Parish Church of St.

Peter’s in Mysore city where over 80% of the parishioners are

very poor. There is an envelope in your parish packet for this

collection.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Do you have a friend or family member who has asked about

the Catholic Church? Were you baptized in the Church but

never received First Communion or Confirmation? Then the

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is for you! This

process welcomes adults into the Catholic Church. Please call

Laurie Tilton, Director of Religious Education, at 774-2918 for

further information.

Parish Picnic

The parish picnic for the Catholic parishes of Greenfield will be

held on Sun., August 26th at Camp Apex from 11:30 a.m.–4:30

p.m. The following events are planned: Lunch: 12:00-1:00;

Swimming: 1:00–3:00 p.m.; Tube Slide: 2:00-4:00 p.m. There

will be children’s activities and games including face painting

and sports on the field. There will also be raffles for the adults

and the children. The menu includes hot dogs, hamburgers,

salads and dessert. The cost is $5/person, $20 max/family.

Tickets will be on sale in the front of each church after all

Masses this weekend. Tickets must be purchased in advance to

attend. Anyone wishing to help should call Monica McCarthy

at 774-7131.

Pilgrimage to Rome and Umbria

A pilgrimage is planned from October 1-12, 2012 to Rome and

Umbria featuring the Ordination to the Diaconate of

Seminarian Michael Pierz. The Ordination Mass will take

place on October 4th

at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s

Basilica. The cost for the trip is $2,849 (credit card) $2,789

(cash/check). For more information contact Durgin Travel

Serve representative Tom & Dianne Romeo at 413-637-2684, or

tjromeo@verizon.net.

Year of Faith Event at St. Rose de Lima

Get a jump start on the Year of Faith, by taking part in a family

centered spiritual event. Join the parish family of St. Rose de

Lima in Chicopee for "Faith in the Family Life Mission

Evening" featuring Michael John Poirier and his

family. Michael John Poirier is a Catholic music minister, song

writer, and storyteller, who travels the country with his family

apostolate, promoting and evangelizing the Catholic faith to the

people he visits." The evening will consist of a talk by the

family and adoration led by Michael. We will also have a light

reception following the event. Join us on Sunday August 26

starting at 6:00 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Knights of

Columbus. Learn more on Facebook at Faith in the Family Life

Mission with Michael John Poirier.

Holy Hour for Life A Holy Hour for Life will be held on Sunday, August 19

th at

5:00 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. Come and join us in prayer.

Seminarian Fund

Envelopes are available at the doors of the church to help the

Seminarian Fund for our diocese. Tuition, room and board costs

the diocese about $25,000 per seminarian per year. Whatever

you can do to help this fund would be greatly appreciated.

Food Pantry for the Poor

We are in need of non-perishable goods such as: soups, peanut

butter, cereal, canned ravioli, crackers, desserts, etc. Thank

you!

Giant Tag Sale at St. Joseph’s Church

St. Joseph's Parish in Shelburne Falls will hold a giant tag sale

fundraiser on Saturday, August 25, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm on

the church grounds located at 34 Monroe Avenue. In addition

to the tag sale there will be a tea cup auction, a large gift raffle,

food and bake sale as well as a car wash. Also, awarded to the

highest bidder will be Chuck Norris total gym exerciser donated

by the Kick Start Foundation. Bids will be taken during the day

and the highest bidder will be announced at 2:00 pm. From

August 20-25 a scrap metal collection will be available. The

event will be held rain or shine. Plenty of free parking !!

Office of the Diaconate

For those of you who don’t know, the Office of the Diaconate is

responsible for the formation of new deacons and the

management of ordained deacons. The Diaconate Formation

Program is an intense four year program combining education

and spiritual preparedness. Classes are held at Elms College in

Chicopee. The program is open to men, ages 35 and up. If you

are interested in receiving information about the program and

when new classes are formed, please email your name, address

and telephone number to diaconate@diospringfield.org.

Office of the Diaconate

It’s been another exciting year for the Diaconate Office in the

Diocese of Springfield! Applications were accepted in June for

the formation of our thirteenth class of deacons (2017) and 12

men from across the Diocese have applied. Our Class of 2013,

consisting of five men, will achieve Lector & Acolyte in

October of this year and are scheduled to be ordained next May.

The Class of 2015, consisting of 8 men, has completed their first

year of the formation program and is well on their way. Please

pray for these men, their families and all the deacons in the

Diocese of Springfield. Together we can make a difference in

our diocese!

Reflections on the Eucharist by Vinny Flynn

God loves you -- Amen! Please join the Parish of Saint Mary in

Longmeadow (Route 5) for an awesome, theologically accurate

and spiritually uplifting Reflection by Mr. Vinny Flynn (author

of “7 Secrets of the Eucharist”) on Jesus’ Real, True, Mystical,

Abiding, Life-Giving and Healing presence within the Blessed

Sacrament! Live music will be included, as well as Eucharistic

Adoration and a Procession. Please attend and show your love

for our Sacramental God! Our two hour celebration will occur

on Saturday, 15 September 2012, from 11:00am until 1:00pm.

Please join us and bring many loved ones! Donation is $10.00

per person for those who can afford it. Please contact Fr. James

Longe (jlonge@stmarylong.org) with questions and Ms. Claire

Falcone (cfalcone@rockys.com) for reservations. Our Blessed

Trinity is highly glorified whenever we sincerely offer Him our

heart, time and generosity – Alleluia!

Mary's Queenship by Fr. William G. Most

The beginning of the concept that Mary is a Queen is

found in the annunciation narrative. For the angel tells her

that her Son will be King over the house of Jacob forever.

So she, His Mother, would be a Queen.

The Fathers of the Church soon picked up these

implications. A text probably

coming from Origen (died c. 254:

cf. Marian Studies 4, 1953, 87)

gives her the title domina, the

feminine form of Latin dominus,

Lord. That same title also appears

in many other early writers, e.g. ,

St. Ephrem, St. Jerome, St. Peter

Chrysologus (cf. Marian Studies

4. 87-91). The word "Queen"

appears about the sixth century,

and is common thereafter (Marian

Studies, 4, 91-94).

The titles "king" and "queen"

are often used loosely, for those

beings that excel in some way.

Thus we call the lion the king of

beasts, the rose the queen of

flowers. Surely Our Lady

deserves the title richly for such

reasons. But there is much more.

Some inadequate reasons have

been suggested: She is the daughter of David. But not

every child of a king becomes a king or queen. Others

have pointed out that she was free from original sin. Then,

since Adam and Eve had a dominion over all things

(Genesis 1. 26) she should have similar dominion. But the

problem is that the royalty of Adam and Eve was largely

metaphorical.

The solidly theological reasons for her title of Queen

are expressed splendidly by Pius XII, in his Radio

message to Fatima, Bendito seja (AAS 38. 266): "He, the

Son of God, reflects on His heavenly Mother the glory, the

majesty and the dominion of His kingship, for, having

been associated to the King of Martyrs in the unspeakable

work of human Redemption as Mother and cooperator,

she remains forever associated to Him, with a practically

unlimited power, in the distribution of the graces which

flow from the Redemption. Jesus is King throughout all

eternity by nature and by right of conquest: through Him,

with Him, and subordinate to Him, Mary is Queen by

grace, by divine relationship, by right of conquest, and by

singular choice [of the Father]. And her kingdom is as vast

as that of her Son and God, since nothing is excluded from

her dominion."

We notice that there are two titles for the kingship of

Christ: divine nature, and "right of conquest", i.e., the

Redemption. She is Queen "through Him, with Him, and

subordinate to Him." The qualifications are obvious, and

need no explanation. Her Queenship is basically a sharing

in the royalty of her Son. We do not think of two powers,

one infinite, the other finite. No, she and her Son are

inseparable, and operate as a unit.

Of the four titles Pius XII gave

for her Queenship, we notice that

two are closely parallel to those of

Jesus:

(1) He is king by nature, as

God; she is Queen by "divine

relationship" that is, by being the

Mother of God. In fact her

relation to her Son is greater than

that of ordinary Mothers of Kings.

For she is the Mother of Him who

is King by very nature, from all

eternity, and the relationship is

exclusive, for He had no human

father. Still further, the ordinary

queen-mother gives birth to a

child who later will become king.

The son of Mary is, as we said,

eternally king, by His very nature.

(2) He is king by right of

conquest. She too is Queen by

right of conquest. We already saw

that this title for Him means that He redeemed us from the

captivity of Satan. She shared in the struggle and victory.

Since the Pope expressed her dependence on Him in a

threefold way--something we would have known anyway-

-then it is clear that he did not have in mind any other

restriction which he did not express. So, maintaining this

subordination, "by right of conquest" means the same for

her as it does for Him.

The other two titles: (3) She is Queen by grace. She is

full of grace, the highest in the category of grace besides

her Son. (4) She is Queen by singular choice of the Father.

A mere human can become King or Queen by choice of

the people. How much greater a title is the choice of the

Father Himself!

Pius XII added that "nothing is excluded from her

dominion." As Mediatrix of all graces, who shared in

earning all graces, she is, as Benedict XV said, "Suppliant

omnipotence": she, united with her Son, can obtain by her

intercession anything that the all-powerful God can do by

His own inherent power.

In the Old Testament, under some Davidic kings, the

gebirah, the "Great Lady", usually the Mother of the King,

held great power as advocate with the king. Cf. 1 Kings

2:20, where Solomon said to his Mother Bathsheba, seated

on a throne at his right: "Make your request, Mother, for I

will not refuse you." Here is a sort of type of Our Lady.