St. Linus Parish

Cardinal Blase Cupich Archbishop of Chicago

Most Reverend Andrew Peter Wypych Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago

Church: 10300 S. Lawler, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 422-2400 Parish Website: www.stlinusoaklawn.org School: 10400 S. Lawler 425-1656 www.stlinusschool.org Office of Religious Education: 10300 S. Lawler 636-4373 www.stlinusoaklawn.org/ReligiousEducation Parish Fax: 708-422-2707 (Temporary) OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday, 10-2 Friday, 10-2 Saturday 9-5 Sunday, No Hours PARISH STAFF: PASTOR: Rev. Mark Walter ASSOCIATE PASTORS: Rev. Joseph Cook PASTOR EMERITUS: Rev. Joseph Auer PERMANENT DEACON: Robert Cislo SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Margaret Hayes D.R.E.: Cheryl Antos, D. Min. MUSIC DIRECTOR: Peg Mooney BUSINESS MANAGER: Joseph Dillon FAMILY MINISTRY: Joan Hickey ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Peggy Masino YOUTH MINISTER: Teresa LeCompte MAINTENANCE OFFICE: Bob Powers IN RESIDENCE: Rev. Gene Smith at Mercy Circle AA MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUPS: Saturday morning at 10:00 AM in the basement of the Rectory. Sunday evening at 7:30 PM in the Cardiff Center. Contact Ernie 708-541-5415 or Pat 773-329-4202. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS MEETING: Monday evening at 7:30 PM in the Cardiff Center. NEW PARISHIONERS: New parishioners are welcome to register at the rectory as soon as possible.

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 14, 2020

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS: SUNDAY SCHEDULE: 10:00AM (by reservation only) MONDAY-FRIDAY: Weekday schedule will resume in the near future. HOLY DAYS: See the bulletin for Mass schedule. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday 12:00 to 1:00 PM PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Adoration in the Jesus Light of the World Adoration Chapel. (Enter from the parking lot.) MARIAN DEVOTIONS

The rosary is said each weekday after the 7:30 AM Mass and after the 8:30 AM Mass on Saturday. BAPTISM Baptism is celebrated on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at 1:15 PM. Prior to the Baptism a one hour preparation session for the parents is required. Class is offered on the FIRST Monday of the month. (except when it is a holiday). To make arrangements, please call the rectory. MARRIAGE Please contact one of the priests or deacon to arrange the date and time of your marriage celebration at least four months prior to the date. ST. LINUS SEEKING WISDOM PRAYER GROUP Meets every Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM in the Cardiff Center.

From Fr. Mark’s Desk: Solemnity of Body and Blood of Christ: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” We recently celebrated Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit into our lives in many and varied ways. One such way is prevalent in today’s celebra on of the Body and Blood of Jesus. The gi s of bread and wine are made holy by the power of the Holy Spirit. “Make holy, there-fore, these gi s, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them… they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is the Spirit of God that makes this Eucharist we share, holy! From that point, a formula ensues. Take, Give Thanks, Break, and Share, becomes the very ritual of the Eucharist. This ritual can also be applied to our lives. We take what God has giv-en, give thanks for what we have received, break what we have and share it with others. In the Eucharist, this ‘ritual’ is intended, not to make less of what we are, but be er sanc fied in what we have shared and received. “The Eucharist can be seen only by those who already love the Lord and believe in his ac-

ve, loving presence to us. But is that not true of every good rela onship that we have? Friendship is like that, human love is like that. The bonds that unite us with those we love are invisible bonds. They become visible only indirectly, only by what we do as a result of them.” Henri Nouwen Thus, whoever eats this bread, lives! And so, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the life of the Chris an. The formula is this: Take, Give Thanks, Break, and Give. (Repeat as neces-sary!) So, last Sunday we had our 1st Mass in a while at 10am. It was good to be back. Our open-ing will be slow to ensure our gatherings are safe as can be for all. Please con nue to be pa-

ent as we go through this difficult me. And finally, the need for peace, harmony and an end to racial injus ce faces us again. I heard the ques on once: “Why do our voices raise when we are upset with another?” The answer was: “Because our hearts have dri ed apart”. Listen, pray, then speak. Peace be with you, and with your spirit. Have a great week! Fr. Mark Walter

We remember the sick in our Parish: Laura, Kurt Baldwin, Dominic Balesteri, Pablo Bernhart, Mary Blazek, Kelly Bojan, Elizabeth Bombal, Marge Bostrom, Elaine Braasch, Andre Breathett, Joan Brennan, Marty Brogan, Walter Bruen, Frank Bubeck, Cathy Burns, Jenny Cascone, Maria Cardosi, Jim Carollo, Dominick Ca-rone, Hank Castillo, Dora Chaparro, Doug & Phyllis Combs, Mae Combs, Rebecca Combs, Teresa Conway, Dawn Creed, Trevor Daley, Dianne Danaher, Amanda Da-vis, Christina Delia, William De Rieter, Ernie Di Julio, Peg-gy Doyle, Brian Duffin, Tony Errico, Sr. Emma Exconde, Connie Fazzini, Allison Fila, Dolores Ford, Erin Fox, Emily Gadomski, Nancy Gannon, Jennifer Garcia, Sr. Rose Mary Gira, Bunny Gruca, Patty Gulick, William Harte, Sherry Hayes, Nathan Herber, Linda Hillsman, Christine Hodg-man, Florence Hodgson, Ed Hopkins, Alma Izaguirre, Ha-ley Jablonski, Denise Jandura, Rick Jandura, Robert Kin-sella, Mary Kmak, Pat Kuczwara, Valentine Kulczak, Ann Kulig, Brooklyn Lanning, Maureen Lawton, Annie Liston, Joan Loftus, Robert Lux, Virginia Lyle, Con Lynch, Kim Mackovitch-Dougherty, Daniel Maloney, Joseph Mariani, Marilyn Marquardt, Donn Marshall, Robert H. McCann, Sr., Nancy McCormick, Jim McGuffage, Maureen McVey, Nancy Medler, Raymond Menard, Marlene Merlini, Ronald Merlini, Jim Metke, Bernadette Hainsworth Miller, Mark Miller, James Mitchell, Raymond Montez, Erin Carr Mott, Denise Mullins, Jack & Pat Mulvihill, Catherine Murphy, Thomas Murphy, Ken Neth, Joseph Nichols, Ruth Nichols, Jo Noak, Mike Nolan, Jean Nowobielski, Marge Nykaza, Gerard Oblazny, Martin O’Boyle, Mary O’Boyle, Joyce O’Connor, Jeffery O’Donnell, Dan O’Gorman, Jason Osterloh, Patricia Oziem, Laima Panek, Nicholas Parente, Dorothy Pavc, Caitlyn Pawlowski, Kenny Pawlowski, Kath-leen Perkovich, Michael Pfeffer, Jason Phillips, Lorraine Pontarelli, Greg Price, Meg Radcliff, Richard Ralston, Vir-ginia Ranney, Marieta Rebodos, Brendan Reidy, Susan Reilly, Mark F. Rendak, Priscilla Rian, Allan Rice, Tammy Rice, Tom Sauch, Loretta L. Schild, Larry Schmit, Mary Lou Schoettler, Mary Anne Smidt, Danielle Smith, Dorothy Smith, John Spirakes, Maria Stamis, Al Stuba, Bob & Su-san Sutter, Tyler Svare, Lorraine Svelnis, Marion Tadda, Ed Thomas, Belin Trevino, Baby Olivia Ann Ustupski, Therese Veldman, Donna Verda, Pat Wallace, Jim Walsh, Bernard Ward, Melanie Williams, Carol Wojociechowski, Elaine Zabilka, Barb and Dolores Zych

Eternal Rest Grant To Them, O Lord

Margaret Sweeney Bishop George Murry

Dorothy Wagner

Stewardship… Giving of our time, talent and treasure is not about giving until it hurts. Rather, it is about giving until you feel good about what you have given. How much you have has nothing to do with generosity to God. If you don’t give of your time, talent and treasure with what you have, you most likely won’t do it if you have more. “Whoever is faithful is small matters will be faithful in large ones.” (Luke 16:10) You are just one person, but you are important to God and His work. Be faithful as you give of your time, talent and treasure.

FOOD FROM HEAVEN God sustained the people of Israel for forty years in the desert with manna sent down from heaven, and Moses doesn’t want them to forget it. God brought forth water from stone for them to drink, and Moses doesn’t want them to forget this, either. And Moses tells them—twice—that the food that God sent was a food that neither they nor their an-cestors before them had ever experienced before. Jesus too speaks of food come down from heav-en, food that the Jewish people had never experi-enced before. Recalling the manna in the desert, Je-sus doesn’t want them to forget it either, explaining that he is the food and drink of eternal life. And Paul reiterates to the Corinthians and to all of us that in the bread and in the cup, we share in the body and blood of Christ. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Never forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery (Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a). Psalm — Praise the Lord, Jerusalem (Psalm 147). Second Reading — Because the loaf of bread is one, we who partake of it, though we are many, are one body (1 Corinthians 10:16-17). Gospel — Jesus said, “I am the living bread; who-ever eats this bread will live forever” (John 6:51-58). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society

LOVE IN OUR WORK Today as we celebrate the gift of the Body and Blood of Christ, let us pray for those who are hungry, malnour-ished and starving. Is there a family you know who needs assistance? Please call the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help those who are hungry.

Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food

should do likewise. —Luke 3:11

PLEASE NOTE: We are always looking for new members or volunteers. Leave your name and number

at the rectory.

“Bundle Weekend” 2020 Schedule July 25 & 26; October 24 & 25

Clothing collection boxes are still located at

St. Gerald and St. Germaine parishes Please save any donations for our “Bundle

Weekend”, or bring them to the above boxes.

MORNING OFFERING O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I

offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart,

in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in

particular for the intentions of Pope Francis:

JUNE

The Way of the Heart: We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing them-selves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus.

Marist High School Honor Roll

Ryan Adasiak Nicholas Baker Brendan Barry Rocco Bartolini Kaela Bittner

Genevieve Boland Thomas Boland Joshua Burns

Gina Czochara Ashley Drag

Sebastian Drag Emma Gapski

Cristian Grajeda Eric Grajeda

Margaret Hynes Gianna Ibrado Jake Ingram

Sarah Immordino Emma Jamison Riley Jamison Adam Keller Julia Kokaska

Lauren Kokaska

Kailyn Loch John Lundy

Morgan Lyons Benjamin Marks

Samuel McNamara Sara Mullarkey Alexis O’Brien Kayla O’Brien

Audrey O’Connor Emily Oskielunas Eirinn O’Sullivan Kathryn Pawlecki

Andrew Perz Brendan Raftery

Brae Sanchez Kezen Sanchez Kalyssa Smith

John Stifter Vanessa Vihnanek

Meer Virji Jack Vulich James Ward

TRANSFORMATION The effect of our sharing in the Body and Blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive. —Pope St. Leo the Great