OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Mater Misericordiæ (Mother of Mercy) Mission glorifies God, uniting its members in faith, hope and charity through confession of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith and through participation in the Sacraments and Traditional Rites of the Missale Romanum of 1962, under the governance of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.

St. Bartholomew, Apostle (August 24)

Bartholomew the Apostle was a Galilean, and went to the nearer regions of India which had fallen to him by lot for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There he preached to those peoples the coming of the Lord Christ according to the Gospel of St. Matthew. But, since he had converted many in that region to Jesus Christ, he had to endure many trials and cruel persecutions; and he went into Greater Armenia. Here he brought Polymius the king and his wife and twelve cities to the Christian faith. This aroused against him the hatred of the priests of that people. They inflamed Astyages, the brother of King Polymius, against the Apostle so that he commanded that Bartholomew be flayed alive in a most cruel way and beheaded; and in this martyrdom the Apostle gave up his soul to God. His body was buried at Albanopolis, the city of Greater Armenia where he suffered. It was later taken to the island of Lipari and after-wards was transferred to Benevento. Finally it was taken to Rome by Emperor Otto III and placed in a church on the island in the Tiber dedicated to God under the title of St. Bartholomew’s. -From the Matins readings for the Feast of St. Bartholomew

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP Associate: Rev. Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP Office: 602-253-6090 Cell: 480-231-0573 (for urgent messages) Fax: 602-253-8013

Church: 1537 W. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mail: same as church address Email: contact@phoenixlatinmass.org Website: www.phoenixlatinmass.org

Notitiæ August 19, 2012

Sunday Masses

Propers: Readings:

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II, Green II Corinthians 3: 4-9; Luke 10: 23-37

Intentions:

9:00 am Low Mass; 11:00 am High Mass at Mater Misericordiae Mission, Phoenix 9:00 am: Pro Populo; 11:00 am: Donald Echman+

Intention:

9:00 am Low Mass at Saint Cecilia’s Mission, Clarkdale 9:00 am: Pro Populo

Weekday Masses

At Mater Misericordiae Mission, Monroe St. Church Monday-Friday: 6:30 am and 6:30 pm, Saturday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am

Monday, August 20 Thursday, August 23

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor Class III, White Ecclesiasticus 39: 6-14 Matthew 5: 13-19 6:30am: Thanksgiving 6:30pm: Jon Paladini

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

St. Philip Benizi, Confessor Class III, White I Corinthians 4: 9-14 Luke 12: 32-34 6:30am: Jon Paladini 6:30pm: Wu Family

Tuesday, August 21 Friday, August 24

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow Class III, White Proverbs 31: 10-31 Matthew 13: 44-52 6:30am: Jon Paladini

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

St. Bartholomew, Apostle Class II, Red I Corinthians 12: 27-31 Luke 6: 12-19 6:30am: Mary Trionfera’s Mother 6:30pm: Maureen Riha+

Wednesday, August 22 Saturday, August 25

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Class II, White Ecclesiasticus 24: 23-31 John 19: 25-27 6:30pm: (High Mass) Jon Paladini

Propers: Readings: Intentions:

St. Louis IX, King and Confessor Class III, White Wisdom 10: 10-14 Luke 19: 12-26 6:30am: Dr. Robert Hurt 8:00am: Mary Trionfera’s Mother

Confessions

At MMM Monroe St. Church: Mon-Sat: 15 minutes before each Mass. Saturdays: 3:30-4:30 pm. Sundays: 8am, before the 9am Mass, between the 9am and 11am Masses, and after the 11am Mass.

At St. Cecilia’s: Saturdays: 3-4 pm. Sundays: Before the 9am Mass. Other times by arrangement.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

On Tuesday, August 21, there

will not be an evening Mass, and on Wednesday, August 22, there will not be a morning Mass.

Knights of Columbus: The MMM

Knights of Columbus will be holding a question and answer session about the Knights fol-lowing both Masses on Sunday, August 26 in the Parish Hall. All gentlemen of the parish are invited to attend and find out what the Knights are all about. We hope to enroll ten new members in the month of September.

Also, The August Round Table meeting of the MMM

Knights of Columbus will be held Tuesday, August 28th in the Parish Hall beginning at 7:30 PM. Three important votes will talk place on this date so we need as many members as possible, both new and old, to attend.

Mater Misericordiae Family Night at the Ball

Park: The Diamondbacks play San Francisco on Saturday the 15th of September at 5:00PM. Special ticket prices are $13 for upper deck and $28 for lower deck. Tickets support the Knights and Special Olympics. Come and join with your fellow parish-ioners and Knights Of Columbus from all over the state of Arizona at this special event. The KofC Honor Guard will present the flag pre-game. Tick-ets must be purchased and paid for by Sunday, August 26. Contact Ted Brennan at 602-882-3838 or Ted@diamondbackappraisals.com

FSSP PRAYER REQUESTS August 19: Fr. Stéphane Dupré August 20: Fr. Arnaud Devillers August 21: Fr. Gregory Eichman August 22: Fr. Robert Ferguson August 23: Fr. Charlos Fiore+ August 24: Very Rev. Josef Bisig August 25: Fr. John Fongemie

From the Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide on Today’s Gospel

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him. - A Samaritan one of an entirely different race and religion, and therefore, as a heretic and schismatic, more hateful to the Jews than any other of the Gen-tiles. Yet this despised Samaritan had pity on the poor traveller who had, been abandoned by both priest and Levite. Hence we learn that not only our friends but also our enemies are our neighbours, and Christ holds up this Samaritan as an example of brotherly kindness and love, because he had compassion on one who was hateful to himself and his people.

SUNDAY COLLECT.

Almighty and merciful God, of whose gift it cometh

that Thy faithful people do unto Thee true and

laudable service; grant, we beseech Thee, that we

may run without hindrance toward the attainment

of Thy promises. Through our Lord.

SUNDAY EPISTLE: II Corinthians 3: 4-9

Brethren: Such confidence we have through Christ

towards God. Not that we are sufficient to think

anything of ourselves, as of ourselves; but our suf-

ficiency is from God. Who also hath made us fit

ministers of the new testament, not in the letter,

but in the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit

quickeneth. Now if the ministration of death, en-

graven with letters up-on stones, was glorious, so

that the children of Israel could not steadfastly be-

hold the face of Moses, for the glory of his counte-

nance, which is made void: how shall not the min-

istration of the spirit be rather in glory? For if the

ministration of condemnation be glory, much more

the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.

SUNDAY GOSPEL: Luke 10: 23-37

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Blessed

are the eyes that see the things which you see.

For I say to you, that many prophets and kings

have desired to see the things that you see, and

have not seen them; and to hear the things that

you hear, and have not heard them. And behold a

certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, and saying:

Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? But

He said to him: What is written in the law? How

readest thou? He answering, said: Thou shalt love

the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with

thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with

all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And He

said to him: Thou hast answered rightly: this do,

and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify him-

self, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour? And

Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down

from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers,

who also stripped him, and having wounded him

went away, leaving him half dead: and it chanced

that a certain priest went down the same way, and

seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Le-

vite, when he was near the place and saw him,

passed by. But a certain Samaritan being on his

journey, came near him, and seeing him, was

moved with compassion, and going up to him,

bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and

setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an

inn, and took care of him: and the next day he

took out two pence, and gave to the host, and

said: Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt

spend over and above, I, at my return will repay

thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was

neighbour to him that fell among robbers? But he

said: He that shewed mercy to him.

The History of the Devotion to the Heart of Mary—From the Catholic Encyclopedia The history of the devotion to the Heart of Mary is connected on many points with that to the Heart of Jesus; never-theless, it has its own history which, although very simple, is not devoid of interest. The attention of Christians was early attracted by the love and virtues of the Heart of Mary. The Gospel itself invited this attention with exquisite discretion and delicacy. What was first excited was compassion for the Virgin Mother. It was, so to speak, at the foot of the Cross that the Christian heart first made the acquaintance of the Heart of Mary. Simeon's prophecy paved the way and furnished the devotion with one of its favourite formulae and most popular representations: the heart pierced with a sword. But Mary was not merely passive at the foot of the Cross; "she cooperated through charity", as St. Augustine says, "in the work of our redemption". Another Scriptural passage to help in bringing out the devotion was the twice-repeated saying of St. Luke, that Mary kept all the sayings and doings of Jesus in her heart, that there she might ponder over them and live by them. A few of the Virgin's sayings, also recorded in the Gospel, particularly the Magnificat, disclose new features in Marian psy-chology. Some of the Fathers also throw light upon the psychology of the Virgin, for instance, St. Ambrose, when in his commentary on St. Luke he holds Mary up as the ideal of virginity, and St. Ephrem, when he so poetically sings of the coming of the Magi and the welcome accorded them by the humble Mother. Little by little, in consequence of the application of the Canticle of the loving relations between God and the Blessed Virgin, the Heart of Mary came to be for the Christian Church the Heart of the Spouse of the Canticles as well as the Heart of the Virgin Mother. Some passages from other Sapiential Books, likewise understood as referring to Mary, in whom they personify wisdom and her gentle charms, strengthened this impression. Such are the texts in which wisdom is presented as the mother lofty love, of fear, of knowledge, and of holy hope. In the New Testament Elizabeth proclaims Mary blessed because she has believed the words of the angel; the Magnificat is an expression of her humility; and in answering the woman of the people, who in order to exalt the Son proclaimed the Mother blessed, did not Jesus himself say: "Blessed rather are they that hear the word of God and keep it", thus in a manner inviting us to seek in Mary that which had so endeared her to God and caused her to be selected as the Mother of Jesus? The Fathers understood His meaning, and found in these words a new reason for praising Mary. St. Leo says that through faith and love she con-ceived her Son spiritually, even before receiving Him into her womb, and St. Augustine tells us that she was more blessed in having borne Christ in her heart than in having conceived Him in the flesh. It is only in the twelfth, or towards the end of the eleventh century, that slight indications of a regular devotion are perceived in a sermon by St. Bernard (De duodecim stellis), from which an extract has been taken by the Church and used in the Offices of the Compassion and of the Seven Dolours. Stronger evidences are discernible in the pious meditations on the Ave Maria and the Salve Regina, usually attributed either to St. Anselm of Lucca (d. 1080) or St. Bernard; and also in the large book "De laudibus B. Mariae Virginis" (Douai, 1625) by Richard de Saint-Laurent. Penitentiary of Rouen in the thirteenth century. In St. Mechtilde (d. 1298) and St. Gertrude (d. 1302) the devotion had two earnest adherents. A little earlier it had been included by St. Thomas Becket in the devotion to the joys and sorrows of Mary, by Blessed Hermann (d.1245), one of the first spiritual children of St. Dominic, in his other devo-tions to Mary, and somewhat later it appeared in St. Bridget's "Book of Revelations". Tauler (d. 1361) beholds in Mary the model of a mystical, just as St. Ambrose perceived in her the model of a virginal soul. St. Bernardine of Siena (d.1444) was more absorbed in the contemplation of the virginal heart, and it is from him that the Church has borrowed the lessons of the Second Nocturn for the feast of the Heart of Mary. St. Francis de Sales speaks of the perfections of this heart, the model of love for God, and dedicated to it his "Theotimus". In the second half of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth, ascetic authors dwelt upon this devotion at greater length. It was, however, reserved to St. Jean Eudes (d. 1681) to propagate the devotion, to make it public, and to have a feast celebrated in honor of the Heart of Mary, first at Autun in 1648 and afterwards in a number of French dioceses. He

established several religious societies interested in upholding and promoting the devotion, of which his large book on the Coeur Admirable (Admirable Heart), published in 1681, resembles a summary. Père Eudes' efforts to se-cure the approval of an Office and feast failed at Rome, but, notwithstanding this disappointment, the devotion to the Heart of Mary progressed. In 1799 Pius VI, then in captivity at Florence, granted the Bishop of Palermo the feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary for some of the churches in his dio-cese. In 1805 Pius VII made a new concession, thanks to which the feast was soon widely observed. Such was the existing condition when a twofold movement, started in Paris, gave fresh impetus to the devotion. The two factors of this movement were first of all the revelation of the "miraculous medal" in 1830 and all the prodigies that followed, and then the establish-ment at Notre-Dame-des-Victoires of the Archconfraternity of the Immacu-late Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners, which spread rapidly throughout the world and was the source of numberless graces. On 21 July, 1855, the Con-gregation of Rites finally approved the Office and Mass of the Most Pure Heart of Mary without, however, imposing them upon the Universal Church. [Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1944 to be celebrated on 22 August, coinciding with the traditional octave day of the Assumption.]