GOOD SHEPHERD

AMERICAN NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH

1890 WHITESVILLE RD, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755
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JUNE 18, 2017

CORPUS CHRISTI
Mass Schedule
Saturday 5PM
Sunday 8AM & 10AM

Served by:
Fr. Anthony R. Lipari, FCM
Pastor

Fr. Drew Miller

Associate Pastor

Sr. Donna Lombardi, N/FCM

Pastoral Associate

Karen Suter
Parish Administrator

Mike & Fran Krol

Parish Council Leaders

An All Inclusive Independent Catholic Community,

Dedicated to Making the World a Better Place
 A Shepherd's View
The more I grow older, the
more the expression, "You are
what you eat," becomes a reali-
ty! While we all watch what we
eat in fear of weight gain, or
eat certain things that will help
us lose weight, today's Solem-
nity of "The Most Holy Body
and Blood of Christ" (Corpus Christi) truly makes
us realize that whenever we consume
Communion at Church we should become what
we eat!
Receiving Holy Communion is such a wonderful
gift! We should reverence it, honor it and live it.
When coming to Communion, one should be
truly graced to receive it, not grab it. The Host
should be accepted into our hands with
reverence. The cup should be SLOWLY poured
into our mouths. Speaking of which, it always
brings up the question, why some people DO
NOT receive the cup? Or why do some Churches
never offer it? After all, Jesus said, "Take and Eat,
Take and Drink." Intinction, the dipping of
the consecrated host into the cup, is allowed for
those who do not want to take the cup...but I
encourage you to rethink this method. Jesus
shared the cup to His Disciples to drink from it.
Don't forget to say AMEN (which means I
BELIEVE!) as the Eucharist and Cup is presented
to you.
Parents should truly teach the holiness of the
Eucharist to their youngsters and we older ones
should approach Communion with awesome
respect, for what we receive is TRULY the Body
and Blood of Jesus...not a memorial, not a
symbol, but the Lord Himself.
Some other points of interest....Whenever we
come into church we should slightly bow to the
Altar in which once again, Jesus will come to us,
and should be honored before we sit in our pews.
The same is true whenever we pass the
Tabernacle (the Home of the Reserved,
Consecrated Hosts for the distribution to the Sick
June 18
5pm For the fathers of our parish
8am For the fathers of our parish
10am Pat Fusaro
June 25
5pm
8am
10am
Shepherds View continued .
Talking in Church should be at a low level of
chat so that others might be allowed to pray.
After Receiving Communion, participate in the
Eucharistic Song, or say prayers of
thanksgiving privately.
One of the greatest compliments all the
parishioners at Good Shepherd are to praise
over, is the fact that after communion NO ONE
rushes out to the parking lot, like in so many
other churches. I am weekly inspired by that
reverence of ALL our members and want to say
thank you! Finally, as you leave Church after the
Sending Forth Blessing, always remember YOU
ARE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST CONSUMED.
Bring the Jesus inside of you to all you
encounter by word and action. Truly make every
Sunday, and every day, a love for the Most Holy
Body and Blood of Jesus!
Live Jesus in our hearts,
forever!
 Saints of the Week

June 19:
St. Romuald, Abbot, (+1027)

June 21:
St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious (+1591)

June 22:
St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop, (+431)

Sts John Fisher, Bishop

& Thomas More, Martyrs (+1535)

Franciscan Reflections

Let everyone be struck with

fear, let the whole world
tremble, and let the heavens
exult when Christ, the Son of
the living God, is present on
the altar in the hands of a
priest! O wonderful loftiness and
stupendous dignity! O sublime
humility! O humble sublimity! The
Lord of the universe, God and the Son
of God, so humbles himself that for
our salvation he hides himself under
an ordinary piece of bread and a cup
of wine! Brothers & Sisters, look at the
humility of God, and pour out your
hearts before him! Humble yourselves
that you may be exalted by him! Hold
nothing back of yourselves for
yourselves, that he who gives himself
totally to you may receive you
totally!

~St Francis of Assisi

(Letter to The Order 26-29)

 St. Thomas More
Martyr (1478-1535) June Birthday Blessings to ..
Thomas More was one of the most highly
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respected men of his time. A successful
barrister, an honest judge, a famous scholar, Samantha Cassese
he rose to the highest status of any David Costello
commoner in England, appointed by Henry Erin Costello
VIII to the post of lord chancellor.
He considered himself a loyal friend and
servant of the king. But by this point King
and belated May Blessings to:
Henry was moving on a collision course with
the authority of the Catholic Church. The Sue Radsniak and Joan Keeney!
issue was his desire to annul his marriage to
Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn.
When the pope blocked his way, Henry
divorced Catherine, married Anne, and
required that all subjects repudiate any
foreign authority, prince or potentate.
Rather than oppose the king, More resigned
his position but when he refused to take the
oath he was arrested and imprisoned in the
Tower of London.
After fifteen months More was put on trial
and convicted on the basis of perjured God and Father of all creation,
testimony. On the day of his execution on we come before you today with humble hearts.
July 6, 1535, he displayed his wit, asking for You are our model of a loving father.
When we fail and fall short of your expectations,
the executioners help in ascending the
you are always there at the end of the day with
scaffold: As for my coming down, let me
open arms,\ready to heal the cuts and scrapes
shift for myself. Addressing the gathered of the day and to encourage us to try again
crowed he spoke: I die as the kings true and not to give up.
servant, but Gods first.
We hold up these men in our midst who act in the
World as fathers to their children or models of
Little as I meddle in the conscience of fathers for others.
others, I am certain that my conscience
belongs to me alone. It is the last thing that Bless them in their moments of doubt and
a man can do for his salvation: to be at one frustration with their children. Give them
with himself. ~ St. Thomas More warm and open hearts to forgive failures.
Provide them with the words needed for
encouragement and perseverance.
Source: Blessed Among Us; Day by Day with Saintly We ask all this in the name of Jesus.
Witnesses written by Robert Ellsberg Amen.
Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN