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SShrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage A Ministry of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
51 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA 02210 | P.O. Box 52198, Boston, MA 02205 | 339.201.1184
EELEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
JUNE 13, 2021
Our Lady of Good Voyage June 13, 2021
Mass Schedule Sunday
9:30am, 11:30am, 7:00pm
Monday - Friday 12:10pm
Ordinary Form Latin Mass First Friday of the Month, 7:00pm
Hours Sunday: 9:00am - 1:00pm, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 3:00pm Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact 339.201.1184
[email protected] [email protected]
Clergy at the Shrine Rev. Peter F. DeFazio, Rector
Rev. Luis Hernandez FSCB, Chaplain Deacon Paul Kline
Assisted by Rev. Michele Benetti, Rev. Luca Brancolini, FSCB
Rev. Dennis Scott Surrency, OFM, Cap. Rev. Eric Cadin & Rev. Michael Zimmerman
Archdiocese of Boston, Vocations Shrine Evangelization Associates
Nathan Maurer
Kathy Stebbins & Susan Abbott
Music Director Kathleen Crozier
Wedding Coordinator Joanne Meehan
Expanded Hours are Beginning! As of May 15, open Saturdays 10 am
to 6 pm As of June 1, open Weekdays 9 am to 6 pm As of June 6, open Sundays 9 am to 8 pm
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$9 All Day Parking on Sundays with a voucher One Seaport Garage, 75 Sleeper St.
Sacraments Confession: Weekdays, 30 minutess before and after the 12:10pm Mass Thursdays, 5-6 pm; Sundays 6-7 pm Baptism: Please call or email the Shrine to sched ule or for more information. Weddings/Marriage: Please email Joanne Meehan, the Shrine Wedding Coordinator, at [email protected] Adult Baptism and Confirmation (RCIA) For anyone interested in becoming Catholic or for Catholics who have not yet been Con firmed, please email Fr. Luis Hernandez at [email protected] for more info. Anointing of the Sick & Communion Calls Please call or email the Shrine to set up an appointment.
Devotions & Groups Rosary: Wednesdays after 12:10 Mass Adoration: Thursdays 5-6 pm Sundays 6-7 pm Ordinary Form Latin Mass: First Friday of the month, 7 pmYoung Adult Group: Third
Sundays, following the 7 pm Mass
NEW SHRINE DOORS
Many folks have complimented the new shrine entrance doors that offer a window into our lovely liturgies. We are happy to receive donations toward the cost of the manufacturing and installation of
these doors. If you would like to make such a donation, you may do so on-line (as explained elsewhere in this bulletin) with the notation
“new doors.” If writing a check, please make it payable to “Our Lady of Good Voyage,” with the note “new doors.” We greatly ap-preciate your ongoing support of these efforts to make our Shrine a welcoming and faith-filled community where our awesome God can
be encountered.
As of May 29, masks are no longer required for vaccinated people in the state of Massachusetts. The State does advise that non-
vaccinated people continue to wear masks.
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The Normalcy of Astonishment by Fr. Luis, Chaplain
It seems that the expression “return to normalcy” became popular thanks to the United States presidential candi-
date Warren G. Harding in 1920. In his campaign promises, especially before the election he won, he used this ex-pression to refer to a return to the way of life before World War I. One century after that, we are almost tired of listen-ing to the same expression after the most dramatic pandemic in recent times.
Still, we wonder: what is normalcy and where are we to return? Is normality just being back to what we did bare-ly two years ago? Is it just the boredom of having normal or average activities? Hopefully, our time ahead is more than that.
In the Gospel, we can see that the normality of Jesus’ life was always extraordinary. He was never tired of show-ing his unprecedented wisdom, of performing miraculous cures and deeds, of making the seeds of His kingdom “sprout and grow”. There’s nothing average or “normal” in his behavior, nor in his followers’.
One particular mark of the extraordinary quality that life may gain, especially after the pandemic, is a renewed acknowledgement of the goodness and beauty of people and things, just because they exist, just because they have been given to us by a loving Father.
The famous playwright Tennessee Williams had the genius to portray this quality in many of his characters. Es-pecially, after his reception in the Catholic Church in 1969, he staged a little-known play called Small Craft Warn-ings. Williams conceded that one of its monologues was “the very heart of my life”, because it delves into the experi-ence of an old and wrecked screenwriter, who appears cynical in comparison to a young man he meets. He says:
“Yes, once, quite a long while ago, I was often startled by the sense of being alive, of being myself, living! Pre-sent on earth, in the flesh, yes, for some completely mysterious reason, a single, separate, intensely conscious being, myself: living! … And by the existence of everything that exists, I’d be lightning-struck with astonishment … This boy I picked up tonight, the kid from the tall corn country, still has the capacity for being surprised by what he sees, hears and feels in this kingdom of earth”.
The young man, in fact, is oddly going by bike from Iowa to Mexico. “All the way up the canyon to my place, he kept saying, I can’t believe it, I’m here, I’ve come to the Pacific, the world’s greatest ocean! … as if nobody, Magel-lan or Balboa or even the Indians had never seen it before him; yes, like he’d discovered this ocean, the largest on earth, and so on, because he’d found it himself, it existed, now, for the first time, never before … And this excitement of his reminded me of my having lost the ability to say My God! instead of just Oh, well.”
I hope that the acclaimed “return to normalcy” brings each of us back to our capacity for being astonished by everything we are given, that we may say “My God! instead of just Oh, well.”
REFLECTIONS
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Walking a Mile… by Fr. Peter DeFazio, Rector
“Walking a mile in another person’s shoes” is not an easy metaphor to realize in one’s own life. We have our own set of experiences and sometimes, try as hard as we can to relate to another person, we cannot do so easily. I could not genuinely relate with a refugee neighbor who shared her testimony on a conference call the other night: she and her siblings growing up in the United States, as the only nation they have ever known, and yet facing adulthood without a pathway to citizenship. Just one of the many human stories that was shared on a call focusing on “social justice”—something as old as Jesus’ Beatitudes but a term that is curiously now used as a pejorative by some people of faith. Identifying with another person requires stepping outside of our own experiences and using both imagination and heart. A few months ago, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops proposed prayers of the faithful that ask God for an outpouring of empathy: ● the grace to see every human being as a child of God, regardless of race, language or culture… ● the wisdom to receive the stories and experiences of those different from ourselves and to respond with respect… ● that we may cultivate welcome, extend hospitality, and encourage the participation of people of all cultures, ethnici-ties and backgrounds, let us pray to the Lord. It can be challenging to identify with a language group, ethnicity, or religion that we are not familiar with; to contem-plate what it is like to be without the legal status and privileges that many of us have always enjoyed; or, to under-stand the barriers that another person faces in matters that we might take for granted. But we can listen empathetical-ly, and without judgment, as someone tells us about these experiences. Especially during a week in which the Heart of Christ is recalled as such an enduring symbol. The Seaport is a beautiful neighborhood that has arisen in a relatively short amount of time. But in the shadow of this opulence are signs of a less affluent society. As one enters the Seaport, especially on foot, from South Station or along A Street, a few simple detours will bring a person face-to-face with men and women whose mornings begin beneath bridges or on the banks of the channel. Our Shrine is blessed to have a concrete way, via the Good Samaritan Minis-try, to help members of our South Boston community who we may not always see, but are struggling in various ways. And as we open our hearts and our hands to help others, we recall that social justice is the Gospel. We began our Gospel readings this past week with the Beatitudes, where in Matthew chapter 5, Jesus outlines a diffi-cult pathway to heavenly citizenship. None of us is ever completely secure. This past year taught many of this. And we never know what tomorrow brings our way. When and if our own hour of need comes in this life, will we be greeted with the compassion and understanding of neighbors and a society that is generous in spirit and rich in chari-ty, or will we encounter a cold indifference that crosses over to the other side of the street? “Blessed are the merciful,” says Jesus, “for they will inherit mercy.” The Beatitudes serve as a kind of Gospel wake-up call. How are we doing? What path are we on? Are we on track to that heavenly citizenship presented by the Lord in his Beatitudes?
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