- Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring -
June 1
Saint of the day:
Saint Justin
Patron Saint of philosophers, apologists, and lecturers
JUNE
Wildlife
fills our life with joy and refreshment. Songbirds and birds of prey, squirrels
and rabbits, butterflies and lightning bugs all carry a message worth
discovering in early summer. Do we see and hear them, or do we overlook them,
even despise them? Are they simply an annoyance, or do we come to know, love,
and even serve these fellow creatures by providing protection and habitat?
June: The Sacred Heart of Jesus – The Sacred Heart of Jesus
is the revelation of God’s immense love for us. It is often depicted as a fiery
furnace, pierced and broken, but beating with love. The Sacred Heart is also a
profound reminder of the humanity of our Lord, for his heart is not a mere
symbol, but a true physical reality.
Overview of June[1]
As
we begin to feel the warmth of summer, we can reflect that we celebrate the
feasts of Corpus Christi (June 2), the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(June 7) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 8). God is Love and the
Sacred Heart of Jesus — present on earth in the Blessed Sacrament — is the
human manifestation of God's Love for men. Appropriately June is considered the
month for weddings where human hearts join and cooperate with the Creator in
bringing forth new life. The family they create is a human reflection of the
Blessed Trinity.
Appropriately June is considered the
month for weddings where human hearts join and cooperate with the Creator in
bringing forth new life. The family they create is a human reflection of the
Blessed Trinity. Appropriately
June is considered the month for weddings where human hearts join and cooperate
with the Creator in bringing forth new life. The family they create is a human
reflection of the Blessed Trinity.
Following
Pentecost, the Church begins her slow descent from the great peaks of the
Easter Season to the verdant pastures of Ordinary Time, the longest of the
liturgical seasons. Like the lush June growth all around us, the green of the
liturgical season points to the new life won for us by the Redemption of Jesus
Christ, the new life of Charity. For Our Lord came to cast the fire of His love
on the earth, and to that end, sent His Holy Spirit at Pentecost in the form of
tongues of fire. Ordinary Time is the hour to “go out to all the world and tell
the good news.” The feasts of June highlight this expansion of the Church. At
least ten times, the Church vests in the red of the martyrs whose blood is the
very seed of her growth. She also celebrates the feasts of the apostles Peter
and Paul, and the birth of St. John the Baptist, proto-disciple and prophet. We
too are called to be witnesses like the apostles and martyrs. May the Heart of
Jesus inflame our hearts so that we may be worthy of our Baptismal call to
holiness. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
June is dedicated to the Sacred
Heart[2]
Since
the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special
devotions. The month of June is set apart for devotion to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. "From among all the proofs of the infinite goodness of our Savior
none stands out more prominently than the fact that, as the love of the
faithful grew cold, He, Divine Love Itself, gave Himself to us to be honored by
a very special devotion and that the rich treasury of the Church was thrown
wide open in the interests of that devotion." These words of Pope Pius XI
refer to the Sacred Heart Devotion, which in its present form dates from the
revelations given to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1673-75.
The
devotion consists in the divine worship of the human heart of Christ, which is
united to His divinity and which is a symbol of His love for us. The aim of the
devotion is to make our Lord king over our hearts by prompting them to return
love to Him (especially through an act of consecration by which we offer to the
Heart of Jesus both ourselves and all that belongs to us) and to make
reparation for our ingratitude to God.
Prayer:
INVOCATION
O
Heart of love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things from my own
weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness. Saint Margaret Mary
Alacoque
PRAYER
TO THE SACRED HEART
Devotion
to the Sacred Heart was the characteristic note of the piety of Saint Gertrude
the Great (1256-1302), Benedictine nun and renowned mystic. She was, in fact,
the first great exponent of devotion to the Sacred Heart. In our efforts to
honor the Heart of Jesus we have this prayer as a model for our own: Hail!
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and quickening source of eternal life, infinite
treasure of the Divinity, and burning furnace of divine love. Thou art my
refuge and my sanctuary, Oh my amiable Savior. Consume my heart with that
burning fire with which Thine is ever inflamed. Pour down on my soul those
graces which flow from Thy love, and let my heart be so united with Thine, that
our wills may be one, and mine in all things be conformed to Thine. May Thy
divine will be equally the standard and rule of all my desires and of all my
actions. Amen. Saint Gertrude
FOR
THE CHURCH
O
most holy Heart of Jesus, shower Thy blessings in abundant measure upon Thy
holy Church, upon the Supreme Pontiff and upon all the clergy; to the just
grant perseverance; convert sinners; enlighten unbelievers; bless our
relations, friends and benefactors; assist the dying; deliver the holy souls in
purgatory; and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Thy love. Amen.
A
PRAYER OF TRUST
O God, who didst in wondrous manner reveal to the virgin, Margaret Mary, the unsearchable riches of Thy Heart, grant that loving Thee, after her example, in all things and above all things, we may in Thy Heart find our abiding home.
ACT
OF LOVE
Reveal
Thy Sacred Heart to me, O Jesus, and show me Its attractions. Unite me to It
forever. Grant that all my aspirations and all the beats of my heart, which
cease not even while I sleep, may be a testimonial to Thee of my love for Thee
and may say to Thee: Yes, Lord, I am all Thine; pledge of my allegiance to Thee
rests ever in my heart will never cease to be there. Do Thou accept the slight
amount of good that I do and be graciously pleased to repair all m] wrongdoing;
so that I may be able to bless Thee in time and in eternity. Amen. Cardinal
Merry del Val
MEMORARE
TO THE SACRED HEART Remember, O most sweet Jesus, that no one who has had
recourse to Thy Sacred Heart, implored its help, or sought it mercy was ever
abandoned. Encouraged with confidence, O tenderest of hearts, we present
ourselves before Thee, crushes beneath the weight of our sins. In our misery, O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, despise not our simple prayers, but mercifully grant our
requests.
Prayer
Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and
Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954
JUNE TIMETABLE
June
Travel?[3]
·
Machu
Picchu Explore the incredible Inca
ruins of Peru’s Machu Picchu, often called “Lost city of the Incas.” Take
an adventurous climb to see the Temple of Condor and Sun Gate -- the end point
for the Inca Trail. Visit in June to take advantage of the dry season and to
avoid the heavy crowds in July and August.
·
Whale Watching, Stellwagen
Bank—May thru October-- Did
winter come and go without you getting a chance to see whales? There’s still
time: Between May and September, more than 400 orcas swim in the waters around
Canada’s Vancouver Island. Or head to the Azores, the Portuguese archipelago
about 1,000 miles from Lisbon, where sperm whales gather from May to October.
Closer to home, Stellwagen Bank, a submerged sandbank between Cape Cod and Cape
Ann in Massachusetts, attracts the endangered North Atlantic right whale to its
waters.
·
Chicago
Blues Festival-June 6--Chicago is the place to visit in June,
especially if you’re a fan of the blues. The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues music
festival in the world. Over three days, more than 500,000 people converge on
Grant Park to hear well-renown performers perform on the festival’s five
stages.
·
Dragon Boat Races—June 8-10--Visit
Hong Kong to experience the excitement of the Duanwu Festival, celebrated on
the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. The festival includes dragon boat races in Aberdeen --
one of the first places to host these races in Hong Kong. Fishermen believe
that rowing dragon boats during the Duanwu Festival will bring them luck.
·
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival—June
13-16--From indie rock to reggae, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in
Manchester, Tennessee, draws thousands of fans every year. Previous notable
acts include Bob Dylan, Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, The Beach Boys
and The White Stripes. During this four-day music festival, bands, rappers,
musicians and singers perform from around noon until 4 a.m. or later at Great
Stage Park, which is located on a 700-acre farm.
· Father's Day June 16 Don’t forget about Dad this month. Spend some extra time with your father figure by planning a trip to go fly fishing, rock climbing or skydiving. For a getaway minus the adrenaline-pumping thrills, we have a few Father’s Day travel ideas like a brewery tour in Portland, Oregon, or game of golf in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
o Arizona
Iceman’s Calendar
·
June 1st First
Saturday
·
June 4th MASS First
Wednesday
·
June 6th D-Day,
1944-Thu
·
June 7th
Sacred
Heart of Jesus
·
June 8th Immaculate
Heart of Mary-Sat
·
June 9th Third
Sunday after Pentecost
·
June 11th St. Barnabas-Shavuot
begins at sundown-Tue
·
June 13th Orthodox Ascension-Thu
·
June 14th St. Basal-Flag Day-Fri
·
June 16th Fourth
Sunday after Pentecost-Father’s Day
·
June 19th Juneteenth National
Independence Day-Wed
·
June 20th Summer Solstice-Thu
·
June 21st Full Strawberry Moon-Fri
·
June 23rd Fifth Sunday
after Pentecost
·
June 24th Feast
of John the Baptist-Mon
o Midsummer
Day
·
June 29th Feast of St’s
Peter
and Paul
·
June 30th Sixth
Sunday after Pentecost
MEMORIAL OF SAINT JUSTIN, MARTYR
Jude,
Chapter 1, Verse 22-23
22 On
those who waver, have mercy; 23 save
others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with FEAR, abhorring even the outer
garment stained by the flesh.
Save others by snatching
them out of the fire. Jude is advising us to be prudent when you save others.
There is almost no way you can pull others from a fire without being burnt,
unless you are wearing protective garments.
You cannot save
unbelievers by hanging out in the bar with them or partying with them.
Jude states the even the
very garments of the godless are to be abhorred because of their contagion or
in more simplistic terms we cannot have the same lifestyle as the godless. No,
we must be in the world but not of
the world. Christ in His Sermon on the Mount taught us how our lifestyle is to
be.
1.
Be not afraid but be brave in the world loving
even the loveless.
2.
Do not become prideful and self-important but show humility;
reverence and respect to all: for they are created by the hand of God.
3.
Do not envy the wicked; but let your desire be
to be kind remembering they must account for themselves before God;
respect and be loyal to them.
4.
Let your anger be at injustice, showing patience,
compassion and forgiveness to the sinner.
5.
Be temperate and do all
things in moderation; do not greedily
take things to yourself but share your wealth with those in need. Remember to
show true charity by helping them with their troubles thus empowering
them to become greater; to pursue righteousness.
6.
Do not become slothful or failing to resist evil but
be diligent
to build the Kingdom of God; one day and one person at a time: begin with
yourself.
7.
Do not be gluttonous;
avoid excess and exclusivity (the country club mentality) but be temperate
sacrifice, give up and surrender to the Spirit of God.
8.
Do not look on others as
objects to be used for lustful needs
but see them as created by the hand of God; your chase purpose is to help
them achieve God’s dream for them.
First Saturday-Time
to Get Serious About Fatima[4]
The world's gone mad. Take the attacks and outrages perpetrated by men upon their neighbors or the persecutions of the Church in China and North Korea, and the list could go on. But it's pointless to compare tragedies, to try to determine who's most wounded, who is most in pain. Rather, it's time and long past time to apply the solutions we've had all along. I'm talking, of course, about the message of Fatima, specifically Our Lady's calls for the daily Rosary for peace in the world and the Five First Saturday’s devotion.
My
fellow Marian Fr. Seraphim Michalenko sometimes tells a story that a priest
ministering in Japan shared with him in Rome. This priest was attending an
international gathering of Christians from across the world, attended by
foreign dignitaries. The ambassador from Japan approached the priest, verified
that the priest served in Japan and was a Catholic priest, and then said,
"War is your fault." The priest was surprised and asked what the
ambassador meant. The ambassador said, "You Catholics, all of you — we do
not have peace in the world. It is your fault." The priest said,
"Ambassador, why do you blame us?" The ambassador said, "I've
read about this. The Lady came to you at Fatima, right? That's what you
believe? She told you what to do to secure peace in the world. Well, there's no
peace in the world, so obviously you Catholics haven't done it." The
priest had to acknowledge that the ambassador was correct, but still tried to
protest, saying, "Isn't peace everyone's responsibility?" The
ambassador was vehement. "No, she came to you Catholics. Not to Buddhists.
Not to Hindus. She came to you, and it is your responsibility."
We've
been given the answer. Pray the Rosary daily for peace in the world and invite
others to pray with you. At college, there would occasionally be "sit ins
for peace." A number of my fellow students, passionately convicted and
righteously indignant though they were, would go and sit outside the student
center with signs. That was their sit in for peace. It always massively
frustrated me because here we were, a Catholic school, armed with a whole host
of powerful prayers and devotions, and there they were just sitting. If they'd
just bothered to pray the Rosary, their protest would have meant a great deal
in this world and the next.
Why
not arrange for a Rosary for peace at your colleges and universities, if not
every day, then at least every Saturday, traditionally set aside as Our Lady’s
Day?
Why
not revive the tradition of family and neighborhood Rosaries, offered
specifically for the intention of peace in the world?
What
about having a regular Rosary for peace at your parish, maybe even before Mass
with the permission of your pastor?
• Make the Five First Saturdays devotion
• Consecrate yourself to the Immaculate Heart, and encourage others to do the
same.
• Become invested in the Brown Scapular.
• Do penance for your sins and on behalf of poor sinners everywhere.
Don't just sit there — the world is in trouble, and we have the answer.
St. Justin, Apologist and Martyr[5]
(c. 100-165), who was one of the most important Christian writers of the
second century. Justin himself tells how his study of all the schools of
philosophy led him to Christianity, and how he dedicated his life to the
defense of the Christian faith as "the one certain and profitable
philosophy."
St. Justin is particularly celebrated for the two Apologies which he was courageous enough to address in succession to the persecuting emperors Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius. One of them contains a description of the rites of baptism and the ceremonies of Mass, thus constituting the most valuable evidence that we possess on the Roman liturgy of his day. He was beheaded in Rome in 165. Justin is also referred to as "the Philosopher."
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PROLOGUE
"FATHER...
this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom you have sent."
"God
our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the
truth." "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which
we must be saved"- than the name of JESUS.
Apostolic Exhortation[6]
Veneremur
Cernui – Down in Adoration Falling
of The Most
Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix,
to Priests, Deacons, Religious and the Lay Faithful of the Diocese of Phoenix
on the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
My beloved Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
Part II
III. Worthy Reception of Holy
Communion – Conforming our life with Christ.
61. From the very beginning,
the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, passed down to us in the Didache – one of
the oldest writings outside the New Testament – describes this ancient practice
in which the priest, just before distributing Holy Communion says: “Whoever is
holy, let him approach, whoever is not, let him do penance” (Didache 10). The
Church has always stressed this perennial doctrine and discipline: before one
receives Jesus Christ in Holy Communion one must be in communion of life,
restored often by God’s mercy in the Sacrament of Penance. Otherwise, instead
of receiving all the graces from Holy Communion, we are partaking of our own
condemnation. Saint Paul declared, “Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of
the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.” In
other words, whoever unworthily receives the Eucharist will have to answer for
the Lord’s death. The Apostle further warned, “A person should examine himself,
and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without
discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself” (1 Cor 11:27-29).
62. Thomas Aquinas painfully
but clearly echoed Saint Paul’s warning in the hymn Lauda Sion Salvatorem
reminding us that the “Bread of Life” becomes the bread of death for those who
consume Jesus in the state of grave sin. “The good partake, the bad partake:
with, however, an unequal share of life and death. It is death to the bad, life
to the good: behold how unlike is the result of like partaking.” When one
receives Holy Communion unworthily, the Sacrament becomes a sacrilege; the
spiritual medicine becomes for that person — it is frightful to say — a form of
spiritual poison. When we do not really believe in Jesus, when we do not really
seek to conform our entire life to Him and receive Jesus even though we know
that we have sinned against Him, then this just leads to a greater sin and
betrayal.
63. In speaking of the
Sacrament of Penance, I wish to gratefully acknowledge the dedication of our
priests who generously offer their time to ensure that the faithful can always
have the opportunity for confession. In the exercise of their ministry, they are
also contributing to helping the faithful prepare worthily for Holy Communion.
Pray for your priests who have faithfully made themselves available for this
very purpose! Pray also that God may bless us with more vocations to the
priesthood!
To be continued…
Vinny’s
Corner-Get your Jazz on
Music in the Mountains
Concert Series: Nancy Elliott
Catalina
State Park Saturday, June 1, 2024 6 p.m.
Come on out to Catalina
State Park for a Southwestern Americana performance with Nancy
Elliott!
Bob Atkinson, a Tucson,
Arizona Poet, describes Nancy this way; “Nancy's feeling for Southwestern
Culture gets displayed in each concert she performs. In a mix
of historical stories, cultural stories, and contemporary experience, Ms.
Elliott displays a warmth on stage few of us can match in daily social
interactions. Her guitar and persona create a feeling of being in a room
speaking one-on-one with her, even if you're only one of many enjoying her
refreshing musical treatment of a polished acoustic/singing/
Visit her website at www.NancyElliottMusic.com
Don't forget to bring a
chair, picnic dinner, drinks or enjoy a hike in the park before the show
starts! Concert is included in all-day admission price of $7.
Please bring a chair and
feel free to bring a friend, food, and drinks (no glass). The Concert is
held at the Trailhead Stage located at the end of the park road 1.5-miles north
of the Ranger Station.
Eat
Breakfast!
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: End
to abortion
·
Saturday
Litany of the Hours Invoking the Aid of Mother Mary
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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