Corpus Christi Parish 70 Pleasant St. Waterville, ME 04901

(207) 872-2281 Email: ccmoffice@gwi.net

Website: www.corpuschristimaine.org

May 10, 2020

MASS SCHEDULE

Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours 116 Silver St. Waterville

Saturday 4:00 & 6:00PM Sunday 9:00 & 10:30AM Tuesday/Thursday 12:15PM

St. John the Baptist 26 Monument St. Winslow

Saturday 4:00PM Sunday 7:30 & 10:00AM Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:00AM

A Prayer in Gratitude for Our Mothers

Good and Gentle God, we pray in gratitude for our mothers

and for all the women who have joined with you in the wonder of bringing

forth new life. You who became human through a woman, grant to all mothers the courage they need to face

the uncertain future that life with children always brings.

Give them the strength to live and to be loved in return, not perfectly, but

humanly. Give them the faithful support of husband, family and friends

as they care for the physical and spiritual growth of their children. Give them joy and delight in their

children to sustain them through the trials of motherhood. Most of all, give

them the wisdom to turn to you for help when they need it most. Amen.

- Author Unknown

We will do our best in the next several weeks to keep all parishioners updated through our

Social Media pages:

Visit our parish website at: www.corpuschristimaine.org

Our easy to navigate website is your source for Mass times, ministry schedules, Mass readings and daily

prayers, Catholic resources, videos and so much more.

Like us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/

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View photos, videos and get inspired through fellowship with other parishioners!

Parish Instagram Account Corpus Christi Parish is now on

Instagram. Find us at: @corpuschristimaine

Access us on a computer by visiting: https://www.instagram.com/corpuschristimaine/

Download Our Parish App!

Our Corpus Christi app is available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay connected throughout the week with instant notifications. Enjoy a bunch of additional

features like prayers, daily readings, helpful reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession, and much

more. To access: text app to 88202

Parish Faith Formation Blog: Keepin’ it Real . . . Catholic

https://faithformationcorp.wixsite.com/faithformation Follow our Faith Formation blog for great ideas for how to

grow in faith for children and adults.

Parish Staff Rev. Daniel J. Baillargeon, Pastor Rev. Patrick Finn, Parochial Vicar

Kim Suttie, Pastoral Life Coordinator Deb Hebert, Parish Business Coordinator &

Director of St. Francis Cemetery Daja Gombojav, Catechetical Leader for grades K-8 Marge Veilleux, Pastoral Administrative Assistant

Joan Hallee, Pastoral Receptionist Valerie Wheeler, Principal St. John Catholic School

Parish Staff

Parish Information

The Week Ahead

All programs and meetings have been suspended until further notice.

Parish Social Media

The Mission of Corpus Christi Parish is to share our gifts as the body of Christ

through Liturgy, Outreach and Education.

Parish Mission Statement

Sanctuary Candle

In thanksgiving by a parishioner (SJ)

Keep in Your Prayers

Please remember Roger Caron

May God’s healing touch come down upon our brothers and sisters in faith.

Please call the Parish Office to be included in our Prayer Line.

Live-Streamed Mass Schedule

Sunday 9AM Monday 12:15PM

Wednesday 12:15PM Thursday 12:15PM

Friday 12:15PM

Mass Intentions for the Dead from March 19-April 17 will be celebrated in the order in which they were originally scheduled. Moving forward intentions will be honored as requested. On days when the live-stream is not available, our priests will celebrate Mass privately for the intention listed.

MONDAY May 11, 2020 12:15 PM Sandra Joler by Carmen and Wayne Bourgoin

TUESDAY May 12, 2020 Althea Noel by M/M John Joler

WEDNESDAY May 13, 2020 12:15 PM Regina Bedard Carberry by M/M Arthur Pellerin

THURSDAY May 14, 2020 12:15 PM Gerald Michaud, Sr. by Theresa Collier

FRIDAY May 15, 2020 12:15 PM Maurice Kennedy by his wife

SATURDAY May 16, 2020 Gerald and Mae Hart by their children

SUNDAY May 17, 2020 9:00 AM Joseph Jacob Noyes by Grandmother and family

Mass Times & Intentions Drive-thru Confessions

Fridays 11AM-12noon Notre Dame parking lot

Saturdays 3-4PM St. John parking lot

St. Francis Catholic Cemetery

In accordance with the CDC and the Diocese of Portland, St. Francis Catholic Cemetery’s office will be closed due to the Coronavirus. We will continue to take calls and respond to them as soon as possible. Should you need to purchase a lot, we will call you to make an appointment to meet at the Cemetery office. We are continuing with our winter schedule to make burials as usual through April 15. After then we will adhere to the Diocesan guidelines that only immediate families will be allowed to come into the Cemetery for the Committal prayers and burial. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time. May God bless you and your families and keep you safe.

Stewardship of Treasure

Offertory for May 3 - $11,120.70 Average weekly offertory to date - $14,730.05

Our budget is based on a weekly average offertory of - $15,570.15

Please consider mailing your weekly offering to us or dropping it off at the parish office or signing up for our new

online giving option WeShare by going to our website.

Thank you for your continued support of our parish.

Readings for the Week

Gospel Meditation

2019 Contribution Tax Letter

Parishioners needing a letter containing their 2019 contributions must CALL the parish office and make this request. This information is not automatically generated and mailed out. Please have your envelope number available when you call.

Fifth Sunday of Easter

When earthly lives end, especially when the person is younger, we tend to focus upon and consider what was lost. We think of lost opportunities — things they won’t be able to see, babies they won’t be able to cradle, and adventures that now must go undiscovered. Our minds create this chasm between earth and heaven that sees the losses of this life as permanent ones, never possible to achieve again. This perception causes many folks to remain stuck in their grief as they ponder all of the missed opportunities and regrets.

This is not resurrection thinking. All of the love that we can give and receive, the joy and elation that can be experienced, the adventures that can be undertaken, and the possibilities to be discovered are all part of a continuous journey. They are not ends in and of themselves but are all part of the unfolding of a relationship we have with God, who not only makes all of these wonderful things possible now but sustains them and fulfills them into eternity. The perception and experience of loss is really an illusion, because in God’s eternal kingdom and in God’s time, nothing is ever lost. Even the most intimate and tender of moments we can conceive of sharing with another human being are only part of a journey toward perfect intimate and tender moments to be shared with God in our resurrected life. We become like God and see God as He is in eternity. What greater joy, love, and hope can ever be discovered as we walk down our often dimly lit paths in this world.

This is an awesome wonder and magnificent news to behold. Call to mind someone you have lost in death. How do you see them now? How do you see yourself in heaven? Remind yourself, again, that God is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Our happiness is not going to be fully realized in this world, and there is nothing we can find here that cannot be found one hundred fold in eternity. It’s all about relationship, and not solely about the relationships we have with each other, ourselves, and the world in which we live. It’s about our relationship with God. If we realize how special that one relationship really is, then there is only one particular of heaven and life eternal that really matters: namely, that we fall into love eternal and discover truth. For when we finally close our eyes in death, then all will be well as long as we are with God. There are no losses, only gains. ©LPi

Question for Adults - In a challenge you face right now, what will it mean to live the way of Jesus Christ? Question for Kids - Name some ways you can be more like Jesus when you are playing with your friends or family. © 2019 The Pastoral Center. All rights reserved.

Sunday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 [22]/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12 Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16 [1ab]/Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 [cf. 12]/Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 [cf. 1]/Jn 15:1-8

Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8]/Jn 15:9-17 Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-9, 10 and 12 [10a]/Jn 15:12-17

Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5 [2a]/Jn 15:18-21 Next Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 [1]/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21

©LPi

Calling all Snowbirds

If you have returned for the summer please contact the Parish Office so we can record it in our census and resume your envelopes. Welcome home!

ELEMENTARY FAITH FORMATION & JUNIOR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY

Classes are held at the Faith Formation Center attached to St. John Catholic School, September-May.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY Sunday Evenings 6:00 - 8:00PM

Youth Ministry Room on the 2nd Floor at St. John School (enter by the Grotto)

All gathered Faith Formation programs have been suspended until further notice.

With guidance from the Center for Disease Control, Bishop Deeley is temporarily suspending all daily and Sunday Masses and religious services throughout the diocese, effective immediately. Funerals and weddings may continue but only with immediate family present.

Corpus Christi Parish live-streamed Masses on our parish Facebook page: Sundays at 9:00AM

Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays at 12:15PM

Although we are unable to attend Mass in person, it is important that we continue to support our parish as best we can to continue to carry on the mission of the Church. Please consider mailing or dropping off your weekly offering to the Parish Office or signing up for We Share, our new online giving option. Thank you!

A Simple Act of Spiritual Communion for Children

Jesus, I believe you are really present

in the Eucharist. I love you with my whole heart.

I want you to be in my soul all the time.

Please be with me in spirit even when I can’t receive you in the

Blessed Sacrament. Keep me always close to you as part of the Body of Christ,

just as you promised. Amen.

Q & A - Saints or Sinners

FYI: Music for our Streamed Masses

Those of you watching the live-streamed Sunday Masses on our parish Facebook page might have noticed the limited music that we are using. Most of the music we use regularly at Mass including the Responsorial Psalm, prayers and other sung parts of the Mass is copyrighted material. Out of respect and justice for those who created this music, we have decided to limit our music at each Mass to just three hymns that can be found in the Public Domain and are not subject to copyright restrictions.

My Jesus,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You

into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment

receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace you as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

Question: Our prayer group has been reading the lives of some saints, and we were struck by how some of them thought they were such sinners. Why would someone so holy think they had such serious sin?

Answer: Professional athletes practice the fundamentals of their sport over and over again, reaching for better form, consistency, and performance. They focus on the basics, review past performances, and visualize greater success. Practice makes better, if not perfect!

Spiritual masters such as the saints also looked for perfection. They practiced their faith in the search for holiness, grace, and virtue. Through sacraments, prayer, study, good works, and penance, they raised their level of awareness and their sensitivity to the presence of God, the demands of the Gospel, and the workings of the Holy Spirit. They examined their consciences daily, reviewing the day for moments of failure and times that they could have been more virtuous in one way or another. They resolved to do better, be more attentive, and alert!

Therefore, anything that would distract them or interfere with their relationship with God would be like a small black spot on a bright white wall — you can't miss it! The great saints were aware of sin and the presence of evil because they were so tuned into the struggle between good and evil that was fought in their own lives, hearts, and souls. ©LPi

Please Keep Us Updated

Have a new name/address/phone number or email? Want to receive offertory envelopes? Please keep the parish updated with your current information by calling or dropping by the parish office at 872-2281 or 70 Pleasant St., Waterville, ME 04901.

If there is anything we can do for you to ease these challenging times, please let us know.

Vocations

“Who has faith in Me will do the works I do, and far greater than these.” Are you being called to do the work of the Lord as a priest, deacon, sister or brother? If you are considering this possibility, contact Fr. Seamus Griesbach 773-6471 Email: seamus.griesbach@portlanddiocese.org Website: www.portlanddiocese/vocations

Dear Parishioners,

Not long ago our world as we know it changed. During this Easter season let us reflect on the important things in our lives: love of God, family, friends and community. People have lost jobs, experienced anxiety, perhaps saddened by the death of a loved one, and we practice social distancing. However, we need to keep in touch spiritually and emotionally. If you or someone you know are alone during this pandemic and might need a happy “How are you doing?” phone call, please contact the Parish Office at ccmoffice@gwi.net or 872-2281.

If you do know of someone to whom we can “reach out” please ask their permission to share their contact information with parish volunteers. We want to respect their personal information. They do not have to be a member of the parish. We are community – all of us!

Help Us Reach Out

Witnesses for Jesus

This journey of faith is not always easy. Sometimes the greatest wounds are those we suffer when family members and friends wander away from God and leave us behind. The faith they had when they were younger is now strained, or they see the daily walking with Jesus to be too difficult. For them, Jesus becomes what Peter wrote about when he described Jesus as the stone that causes people to stumble and the rock that makes them fall. Our journey is hard enough, but watching a loved one stumble and fall is heart-breaking.

What are we to do in such a situation? Most importantly, we pray. We must realize that God is more powerful than us, and even if we can’t make them see the truth, He can. Then we witness to the transformative power of Jesus by our own lives. We need to serve him in word and deed. We should let a joy of being a disciple enlighten our faces. Allow Jesus to work through us so that others may be drawn to him. Lastly, we must never lose hope. Many have walked long journeys alone only to find God far down the road. What will it take to bring someone to Christ? It might be an action, a word, or an emotion. We never know how certain people will be touched. That loved one is a gift from God in your life. Place them back in God’s hands, and let Him pick them up if they have stumbled and fallen. —Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

Everyday Stewardship - Recognize God in Your Ordinary Moments