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Portland Diocese - Updated Protocols as of May 24
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Upcoming 2nd CollectionsJun 12-13
Fuel Fund
Jun 19-20
Catholic Communications
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Jul 03-04
Fuel Fund
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Pray for the Priests of the Day... Portland
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This Week's Scripture Readings
Jun 05- Jun 20
Jun 05, Sat Mark 12:38-44
Jun 06, Sun Mark 14:12-16, 22-26
Jun 07, Mon Matt 5:1-12
Jun 08, Tue Matt 5:13-16
Jun 09, Wed Matt 5:17-19
Jun 10, Thu Matt 5:20-26
Jun 11, Fri John 19:31-37
Jun 12, Sat Luke 2:41-51
Jun 13, Sun Mark 4:26-34
Jun 14, Mon Matt 5:38-42
Jun 15, Tue Matt 5:43-48
Jun 16, Wed Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
Jun 17, Thu Matt 6:7-15
Jun 18, Fri Matt 6:19-23
Jun 19, Sat Matt 6:24-34
Jun 20, Sun Mark 4:35-41 -
Farewell & Best Wishes on your Retirement Fr Malo
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Welcome Fr Tony
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"Do This In Remembrance of Me" 1 Corinthians 11:24
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Worship Sites
St Mary of Lourdes - Lincoln St Leo the Great - Howland
142 Main St. 18 River Road
PO Box 310 PO Box 22
Lincoln, ME 04457 Howland, ME 04448
Business Office: 207-794-6333 Rectory: 207-732-3495
MISSIONS
Sacred Heart - Winn St. Anne's - Danforth
5 Route 168 75 Houlton Road
Winn, ME 04495 Danforth, ME 04424
(No masses held at present) Masses in Summer Only
(Memorial Day - Labor Day)
Mass - 1st Sunday at 1:00 pm
SC - 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sunday at 9:00 am
Reconciliation/Confession
Parishioners can call the rectory @ 732-3495 for an appointment
Eucharistic Adoration @ St Leo the Great Church in Howland
Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm – 7:30pm
For more information, contact Dave Goolsby @ 731-7089
St. Matthew Cemetery
Jack Neel (Superintendent) 290-4490
The cemetery is open for burials from May 15 to Nov 01 during the year.
These dates are subject to change depending on weather and the cemetery conditons.
Mass Cancellations due to weather, etc...
If the weather or road conditions are not good, we encourage everyone to stay safe and do not travel if it may endanger people's health. If Mass is cancelled due to the weather, road conditions, or other unforeseen reasons, we will post the cancellation on our website, ourladyoftheeucharist.org and on our Facebook page. You can also call the Rectory at 732-3495 -
Parish Happenings
Obligation to attend Mass is back
According to the Diocese, Catholics will once again be obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days beginning on the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 19-20, Fathers' Day Weekend
Letter to Parishioners - June 2021
If you did not receive a copy of the lastest Parish letter that was recently mailed to all Parishioners of Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish, you can read a copy on this website. Find the Web Links section on the top right of this webpage. Right under the title "Web Links" you will find the link titled "Letters to Parishioners". Click on it and the latest letter is dated 06-02-21. Just click on the link and the letter should appear on your screen. If it doesn't please call the office and we can check to make sure that you are on our mailing list.
Daughters of Isabella News
Daughters of Isabella Meeting
June 07 @ 5:30 pm in LincolnAttention Offertory Envelope Users
If you would like an accounting of your church offerings for next year's tax return, you need to use envelopes (or WeShare). We do not keep track of other forms of giving. If you need a box of 2021 envelopes, please call the office at 794-6333.Lincoln Regional Food Cupboard Needs Flour & Sugar
The first weekend of each month is designated "Flour & Sugar for the Food Cupboard". All donations to the Food Cupboard can be left at the Johnston Dandy Company located next to St Mary's Church.
June 06 bulletin now available on the website
Next Bulletin will be available June 20
Until further notice, the bulletin will be printed on a bi-weekly basis. Even though a new bulletin will not be available every week, the website will be updated regularly, and we encourage all parishioners to check the website for up-to-date parish news and events.
2021 Liturgical Year Missals Now Available
Please note that if you do take a Missal, they cannot be left in the pews. You can bring them to church when you attend a Mass, but you must take them home when you leave the church. We do encourage everyone to put their name & phone number on their missal. If you would like to help defray the cost of the Missal, each of the missals cost to the parish is $7.00. If you would like to obtain a copy, please call the office at 794-6333. -
Prayer Corner for the Living
Ashley Betty McGinn Calvin Ham Chris
Daniel Noble Dicker Family Doris Carney Donny & Janet Marin Dominic Ed Plourde Joe Farinaro Jean Neel
Jennie Leighton Joel Jimmy Corro Jake & Marilyn Noble
John Henderson Kathy Lawrence Joanne & Phil McIntyre
Karl McGillvray Lionel Rodrigue Louise & Clarence McIntyre
Marie Kilbride Mariea Tricarico Matthew Norma Cottle
Penny Allen Ray Voisine Ricky Weatherbee Robin Barker
Ryan Barker Sandra Barker Stephen Cottle Stuart Kilbride
Stuart Smith Tyler Harriet
Dwight & Pam Osgood & family
James, Wayne, Jeannine, Cindy, RobertIf you would like to add a name to the Prayer Corner for the Living,
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The Saints Corner
(This will be updated regularly with a different saint)Birth of Saint John the Baptist
First Century
June 24 - SolemnityA rugged forerunner cuts a path for his cousin“Dies natalis” means “birthday” or “anniversary” in Latin. But for early Christians, “dies natalis” referred to a martyr’s date of death and its subsequent commemoration in the Church’s liturgy, most typically through the assigning of a feast day. Most saints, martyrs or otherwise, are commemorated on, or near, the date of their death, the date their body was transferred to its final resting place, or on another significant date in their lives—date of ordination, coronation as pope, consecration as nun, etc. Besides Christ Himself, only two saints’ birthdays are commemorated liturgically: The Virgin Mary’s on September 8, exactly nine months after the Feast of her Immaculate Conception; and Saint John the Baptist’s on June 24, today’s feast. Saint Mary and Saint John were both sanctified, or made holy, before they first opened their eyes to the light or ever gulped a mouthful of fresh air. A long span of years did not turn them into saints. God made them holy from the start. So we commemorate their lives from the start, from their birthdays.
Only the Gospel of Saint Luke tells us the details of John’s birth. John’s mother and father were Elizabeth and Zechariah. They were beyond the age for having children. But Zechariah, a priest who served in the Temple in Jerusalem, was told one night by the Archangel Gabriel that Elizabeth would give birth to a boy they must name John. Zechariah was dumbfounded. Literally, when he disbelieved this annunciation, he was rendered speechless until the child’s birth. When his speech was finally restored, a torrent of praise gushed out in the canticle known as the Benedictus. It is prayed as part of the Breviary every single day at morning prayer by hundreds of thousands of priests and nuns the world over. Zechariah’s prayer of praise lives on.
The celebration of the nativity of John the Baptist is perhaps the oldest liturgical feast day in all Christendom, much older than the Feast of Christmas itself. It was at one time celebrated with three distinct Masses—vigil, dawn, and daytime—just like Christmas still is. The beheading of John, celebrated on August 29, is of equally ancient origin. The oldest liturgical books even, incredibly, indicate that there was once a liturgical commemoration of the conception of John the Baptist celebrated nine months prior to his birth, on September 24.
Today’s feast is placed three months after the Annunciation, on March 25, because that gospel scene tells us that Elizabeth, John’s mother, was six months pregnant at the time. Three more months take us to June 24. (The one day discrepancy between March 25 and June 24 is an accident of counting. If December and June each had thirty-one days there would be no discrepancy.) Three related feast days line up beautifully: March 25, the Annunciation; June 24, the birth of John the Baptist; December 25, the birth of Christ. John’s birth foretells Christ’s birth. Although the historical chronology may not be exact, the dates show the theological interconnection among the three feasts.
All parents are naturally curious to discover the sex of their child in utero. Some allow themselves to be told the sex. Others wait in suspense. Elizabeth and Zechariah were told by a winged messenger of God Himself that they would have a boy. That little boy grew to be a man, a great man, who accepted death rather than swallow his words criticizing the powerful Herod Antipas. John ran ahead of Christ, clearing the ground so that the Lord’s pathway would be clear. This forerunner baptized the Christ, preached and prophesied like the Christ, fasted and prayed like the Christ, and died for the truth like the Christ. But he did not rise from the dead like the Christ. There is only one Easter. We rejoice at Saint John the Baptist’s birth, because what followed merits rejoicing. We rejoice at his birth, because we rejoice at the great and generous God who intervenes in our lives, who discovers us before we discover Him.
May the birth of Saint John the Baptist deepen our love for all unborn babies, who must be given the chance to grow, to live, and to become the great men and women God invites them to be. God respected the laws of human biology when intervening in history. May we follow His example of seeing every child, every life, as a gift.
Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/june-24---birth-of-saint-john-the-baptist/