13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Important Updates
NO 7:30 AM MASS on July 1st – Canada Day
PARISH OFFICE CLOSED – the office will be closed on July 1st for Canada Day – reopening on the 2nd.
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL begins after 9 am Mass on July 4th.
FIRST FRIDAY is on July 5th – Adoration begins after 9 am Mass & Novena (no 7:30 am Mass that day) followed by Benediction at 6:45 pm and Mass at 7 pm. A sign-up sheet is at the Church entrance – it would be greatly appreciated if 2-3 people could sign up per time slot.
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL will be celebrated at 9 am Mass on Saturday, July 13th – all are cordially invited! Reception to follow in the parish hall.
Special Notes
Please join us in welcoming Carmelite Provincial Superior, Rev. Fr. Silvestre D’Souza for his Pastoral Visitation on July 7th – he will be celebrating
9 am Mass – Monday, July 8 – Wednesday, July 10th
FILIPINO MASS is cancelled from July.
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP will meet in person on the third Thursday of the month at 7 pm
HAPPY CANADA DAY, EVERYONE!
Reflections
OUR ACT OF FAITH
Last Sunday we heard about Jesus calming the storm, the first of four miracles that Jesus performs in the vicinity of the Sea of Galilee. Each of these four miracle stories offers us a glimpse at Jesus’ power. This week we hear about the third and fourth miracles, skipping the second miracle, the healing of a man from Gerasene who was possessed by a demon.
Today’s Gospel reports two stories of healing. One story tells us about a father’s great love for his dying daughter. The other story tells us about a desperate woman who risks much as she seeks healing from Jesus. In each story, the request for healing is itself a courageous act of faith, and yet very different circumstances are represented by the lives of each suffering person.
Jairus is described as a synagogue official, a man of considerable standing in the Jewish community. Distraught over his daughter’s poor health, he approaches Jesus and asks him to heal her. Although Mark doesn’t provide many details, we can imagine that his daughter has been ill for some time and that her condition is deteriorating.
As Jesus leaves with Jairus, Mark describes a second person who seeks healing from Jesus, a woman with a hemorrhage. This woman secretly touches Jesus from behind and is immediately cured. In response, Jesus turns and asks who touched him. Jesus’ disciples, always a little clueless in Mark’s Gospel, help us envision the scene. The crowds are pushing in on Jesus, and yet he, knowing that power has gone out of him, asks who touched him. The woman could have remained anonymous, yet at Jesus’ question she steps forward and acknowledges what she has done. Jesus responds by acknowledging her as a model of faith and sends her away in peace.
At this point, we can imagine Jairus’s impatience with Jesus; his daughter is dying and Jesus hasn’t helped him yet. As if to build a sense of urgency, messengers suddenly arrive and confirm Jairus’s worst fear: his daughter has died. Jesus curiously ignores their message and reassures Jairus. When they arrive at Jairus’s home, they find family and friends mourning the girl’s death. Jesus enters the room of the dead girl, takes her by the hand, and instructs her to arise. Jairus’s faith in Jesus has not been in vain; his daughter is restored to life.
The contrasts between Jairus and the woman with the hemorrhage are stark and revealing. One is a man, the other is a woman. One is a public official, an important person in the community. The other is a woman who has lost everything to find a cure to a condition that separated her from the community. One approaches Jesus publicly. The other approaches Jesus secretly. Yet in each case, faith leads them to seek out Jesus in their time of need.
The Gospel concludes with Jesus’ instructions to remain silent about this miracle. This is typical of Mark’s Gospel and is sometimes referred to as the messianic secret. Repeatedly, those who witness Jesus’ power and authority are instructed to not speak of what they have witnessed. These instructions appear impossible to obey, and it is difficult to understand the purpose of these instructions. But in each case, they seem to emphasize the fact that each individual, including the reader of Mark’s Gospel, must, in the end, make his or her own judgment about Jesus’ identity. Each individual must make his or her own act of faith in affirming Jesus as God’s Son.
~ Loyola Press
Mass Intentions
Sunday, June 30
Healing Mass for Yanic Pean by Chantelle Pean
Repose Ernesto A. Mendoza by Cari Mendoza
Repose Teresa Braham by Carmen Alcantara
Monday, July 1
Spec. Intention Erna Mills by Legion of Mary
Tuesday, July 2
Spec. Intention St Edmund Parishioners
Repose Josefa & All My Loved Ones by Flory Nielsen
Repose Santos family by Ludovina Santos
Spec. Intention Maenard Bihis by Mum
Wednesday, July 3
Repose Deceased Member of the Order by Carmelite Community of St. Mary of Jesus
Repose Aidan Cham by Jonathan & Rhea Aguirre
Thursday, July 4
Spec. Intention Laura Labadan by Legion of Mary
Repose Dad Joseph Hiep Pham by Rosa Zivarts
Friday, July 5
Repose Ellen Karame by Marie Dayton
Repose Ana Francis Mendes by Mendonca family
Spec. Intention Christine Gallagher/House of Prayer by Jant Ficocelli
Saturday, July 6
Spec. Intention Grace Khoo by Legion of Mary
Repose Mum Mary Nhan Pham by Rosa Zivarts
Parish Events
CWL
2nd Thursday of each month @ 7 PM
CWL MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2024 are due before the end of APRIL. Kindly bring your cheque or EXACT cash of $40.50 to the office during office hours, or drop an envelope into the communion basket, tagged CWL Membership. If you need to do e-transfer, contact Donna @ dkmajeau@shaw.ca
Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus general meetings are in person on the 1st Tuesday each month @7pm/executive meetings are also in person on the last Tuesday of the month @7pm
SPECIAL OFFER - Knights of Columbus - Free 1 Year On-Line Membership. You can enjoy the benefits of being a Knights of Columbus member including Accidental Death Benefit and the famous Columbia Magazine.
Promo Code: BLESSEDMCGIVNEY
After joining, please check your Inbox for confirmation.
St. Eds Christian Meditation Group
Thu 15th Feb @ 7 PM
The St Edmund's Parish unit of the 'World Community for Christian Meditation' (WCCM) will resume its in-person meditation meeting, on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7.00 pm in St Edmund's Church.
The first (resumed) in-person meeting will be held Thursday, 15 February at 7.00 pm.
WCCM had suspended in-person meetings owing to COVID-19 restrictions but continues to hold a weekly virtual meeting on Mondays (via ZOOM), also at 7.00 pm.
You are sincerely invited to attend the WCCM meeting(s). All are welcome.
To learn more about WCCM, kindly contact: Luis Zunino - email lzunino@gzarchitects.com
School Events
St. Edmunds Elementary School
St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
Pilgrimage to the Medjugorje Youth Festival & Italy - The STA Alumni Association, in conjunction with STA Campus Ministry, is hosting a Pilgrimage to the Medjugorje Youth Festival and Italy from July 22nd - August 8th, 2024. All STA alumni & their families (18+) are invited to join.
Find more information at: https://www.aquinas.org/alumni
Religious Education
PREP 2024-2025
Information about the next series of classes will be posted in the bulletin nearer the time when they recommence.
Children's Choir Training
NO PRACTISE OR CHOIR JULY OR AUGUST
Altar Server Training
Every Saturday 11-11:30 am
Archdiocese Notices & Events
GOOD NEWS!!!
We have reached our parish goal so now all pledges made will come back to parish.
JULY 3RD AT 7 PM AT HOLY TRINITY PARISH HALL: North Shore Pro-Life is hosting a CCBR workshop on How To Speak To Post-Abortive Mothers & Fathers. If you would like to know how to help young adults in your life who have been involved with an abortion or people who are in need of healing from abortion, this 1-hour evening workshop will give you insights on how to do so in an empathetic way. Register for free via email to northshoreprolife@gmail.com
VOCATION LIVE-IN on the weekend of July 6 -7 at the Seminary of Christ the King in Mission, BC. Anyone wishing to enter the Seminary in the next couple of years is welcome. For more information phone 604-826-8975 or email rector.minors@sck.ca
Street Missionary Weekend 2024 - Learn to serve the homeless in the streets of Vancouver from Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 14, 2024
"Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." Matt 25:40 Register at www.catholicstreetmissionaries.org
GROTTO OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES – St. Joseph’s Parish (Mission) invites you to the Grotto at Fraser River Heritage Park (7494 Mary Street, Mission) to celebrate the Holy Eucharist in honour of Our Lady, on Saturday, August 17th at 1pm. Main Celebrant will be the Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, CSB, Archbishop of Vancouver. Confessions will be heard on site between 10am and 1pm. After Mass, procession to the Grotto where the Rosary is prayed and then Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Time for picnic and fellowship. Please bring your own picnic lunch and chairs. For bus information, please contact the Bus Coordinarot in your Parish or email: info@aquinasinstitute.ca. See official post in the lobby of the church. Visit www.MissionGrotto.com
Financial Updates
Remember St. Edmund's in your Will
Bread & Wine
Prayer Requests
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of Father Steny & Father Cannio
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intention of St. Edmund Parishioners
Our Parish Community is asked to pray for the Special Intentions of All Carmelite Priests
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