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WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK AUGUST

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

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04 Sunday

Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m. Tonys Travelers - Tanglewood, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Sold Out!) Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. Pieta Monthly Mass & Coffee 10:00 a.m. (See ad for details.)

On behalf of the Franciscan Friarsand our dedicated lay Partnerswho minister here at St. Anthony Shrine & Ministry Center, I sincerely welcome you. Please be sure to take one of our Bulletins home with you after Mass. It will list all the various Masses and programs available in the coming week(s). We are honored that you chose to worship your Loving God here with us. Fr. Jim Kelly, OFM Guardian and Executive Director

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06 Tuesday

No scheduled events No scheduled events Fellowship & Fiesta, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (See ad for details.) Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (See ad for details.)

Monday: Tuesday:

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Wednesday:

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Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Nm 13:1-2, 25 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Nm 20:1-13; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Mt 16:13-23 Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Heb 11:12, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]; Lk 12:32-48 [35-40]

REGULAR EVENTS
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SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major The Transfiguration of the Lord St. Sixtus II and Companions; St. Cajetan St. Dominic; Eid al-Fitr (Islamic observance of the end of Ramadan) begins St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross St. Lawrence

A.A. Step Meeting 5:45 p.m. Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m. A.A. Open Meeting Noon Mens Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m. Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m. Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m. Grupo Hispano de Oracin 4:15 p.m. A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m. Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m. Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd Wed.) TBA Thursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon Mens Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m. A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m. Saturday Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 9:30 a.m. Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 10:50 a.m. Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 10:30 a.m. alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 4:30 p.m. Pieta Ministry Coffee (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m. Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:00 p.m. Separated and Divorced Catholics 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

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Sunday, August 4, 2013 Join us at our 10 a.m. Mass Followed by a Coffee with other grieving parents. [Or, if you prefer, join us for the Coffee Social only]

Events This Week

Monthly Mass and Coffee Social

Needs of Grieving Parents

Castle Island Book Club: The Dovekeepers novel by Alice Hoffman

Upcoming Events

Join other parents in a warm and comforting place for a short Scripture reading, discussion, fellowship, and refreshments. All are Welcome! Contact: Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM, 617-542-6440, ext. 215. Wednesday, August 7, 2013. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 4th floor Clare Room Pre-registration required by Noon August 6.

Fellowship & Fiesta!!

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com. Leave your name & telephone no. and (optional) what food/ dessert/beverage items, if any, you plan on bringing.
Offered by Evangelization

A time for small group discussion, Bible study, reflection and fellowship in a relaxed setting. Potluck supper - food will be provided courtesy of participants.

Book is available at Amazon.com (paperback $12.27, Kindle $7.99) Note: Paperback is 528 pages. The book will be even more meaningful if you have had the opportunity to visit Masada and are familiar with its history. Book must be read before joining the discussion group.

registration requested.

Sunday, August 11, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Book discussion and picnic Meet at Castle Island near Sullivans via own transportation. Food may be purchased at Sullivans or bring your own lunch and a beach chair or blanket. Pre-

Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School

Bread on the Common Street Ministry to Homeless Persons

2nd & 4th Wednesdays, August 14 & 28. 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. All are invited to be part of a ministry to homeless persons on the streets and nearby the Shrine on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. We meet in the auditorium of the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., prepare food packets, and then visit with homeless persons on the streets, offering food, socks, and presence, ending at 7:30 p.m. Please call ahead of time if you plan on coming. For more information, please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.
Offered by Evangelization

2nd & 4th Thursdays, August 8 & 22. 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. 4th fl. Francis room Facilitated by Bob Giers, csd & Fr. Jim Czerwinski, OFM

Mens Faith Works Spirituality Group

This is a great opportunity for men to come together and grow in their spiritual lives and deepen their personal relationship with God thorough prayer and faith sharing. (Matt. 18:20) when two or more are gathered in my name I am in their midst. For more information, contact Bob Giers at 617542-6440, ext. 198.
Offered by the Franciscan Spiritual Companionship Ministry

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The Canticle

Franciscana

Volume 32 No. 8 August 2013 a monthly publication of St. Anthony Shrine

It has been the fate of the Franciscan Order also to be born, raised, and matured in an atmosphere of contrast. Throughout the early documents of the
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By Divine decree the people of Israel settled on special ground. But designating it holy implies contrast. The usual terms describing such a difference are sacred and profane. The Israelites lived on sacred soil. The land given them by God as a Divine gift was holy. Within that Holy Land one could find a city also holy, Jerusalem. Within that holy city a temple stood, expressing a more intense dwelling of the Holy One. And within that temple lay the spiritual center of the world: the Holy of Holies. Outside of that sacred space lay a land profane, pagan, and unholy. People living there the Israelites considered unbelievers, those serving other gods. As the uncircumcised, they lived differently. For a Jew to travel outside the Holy Land could be dangerous. Contamination finds evidence throughout the pages of the Hebrew Scriptures, even dealings with unbelievers within Israel. The Chosen people could be lured into betraying their heritage and their faith. Even kings fell. The natural dynamics of the nation flowed inwardly. Stay among your own family, tribe, nation.

One of the great teaching tools of the Bible is contrast. We understand something of Jacob by learning something of his brother Esau. We appreciate the power of the Chosen One by measuring the strength of David against Goliath. And we guess the depth of faith in the New Testament from those to whom the words of Jesus are directed: the crowd vs. the Apostles. Even Jesus himself we initially discover in the Gospel of Luke in contrast with John the Baptist. Definitions and identities do not take isolated forms but are propped up against something else. Even the notion of God throughout the Hebrew Scriptures comes compared with the other no-gods. And so contrast lingers also in the place for Gods chosen people: The Holy Land. This Divinely selected piece of earth is lodged among land and people seen as not so holy.

Identity Through Contrast

Order, whispers of monasticism move among various accounts. St. Francis spoke bluntly about not wanting his friars to be monks. Yet he founded a communal form of life. Monasticism formed the major pattern for such group living. One therefore sees both similarities and contrasts. Both served the Church. Both shared many of the basics of community living. But friars technically were mendicants, not monks. The mendicant, literally beggars of the spirit, pursue a different life style, ministry, and spirituality. As a new movement within the Church, this contrasting orientation faced pressure to return to older monastic forms, missing the claim of Francis of being a new fool. The friars formed a new approach, appearing just before a major Church Council (IV Lateran Council 1215). From those reform moments a new spirit was blowing through decisions of Church leaders.

Both monk and mendicant do find grounding in Scriptures, but in different texts. The classical New Testament passage forming the soil for monasticism comes from the Acts of the Apostles. It can be found in the second chapter where the author describes the early Church. It begins with: They devoted themselves to the apostles instruction and the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers (Acts of the Apostles 2, 42) This expression of Church in the Apostolic age, plus the following age of martyrs, led to a general vision of the world. The experience of persecution and martyrdom particularly brought about an escape from a hostile world. That hostility became generalized to the conditions of the outside world, whether persecuted or not. Therefore safety from all outside forces could only be found inside monastery walls.

Monasticism created its own Holy Land, its own sacred space. A walled-in portion of land called a cloister. Like the nation of Israel, the cloister formed a privileged place of encounter with the Divine. This sacred space provided a stable life style with few surprises. Life took on an ordered routine so attention could be paid to inside occurrences. Travel outside the cloister could be pursued but only with permission and for serious reason. Contamination could take place there. One typical characteristic of Church reform consisted in stopping the wanderings of the monks. Getting them back inside the cloister. The mendicants offered a dramatic contrast. They maintained a very different vision of religious life, while upholding some similarities. They did not seek a life of withdrawal. Their Biblical roots came from the Missionary Discourse of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels. Jesus sends his followers out to preach the

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kingdom of God. It begins with Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits (Mark 6, 7). This pivotal text influenced the life of St. Francis, thereby becoming his ground plan for living. Rather than withdrawal, the focus would shift toward people and the world. Friars saw the privileged place of Divine encounter within the everyday world and not in a cloistered getaway. They regarded the world itself as friendly. They did not fear it as a place of contamination. St. Francis wrote of the elements of nature in family terms: Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Therefore, with the coming of the mendicants, the Church began to walk. Mendicants moved without commitments toward stability. They lived their lives as pilgrims and strangers. They saw their mission as a presence among the people of God, whether that be in cities and villages or in the countryside. People did not come to them, they came to the people. They preached the Gospel to anyone who would listen. Their lifestyle mirrored early Christianity in its wanderings into the Roman Empire. No special, sacred space dotted their maps. They too reverenced Jerusalem, but the daily center of their worship would be wherever the Scripture was proclaimed and the Eucharistic bread was broken. Whatever churches they came upon, they considered their temple, the center of their worship. Which may be one reason why G. K. Chesterton noted another contrast. He referred to the monks as an order while the friars he labelled more properly a movement.

Fr. Emeric raises an interesting point. It helps to understand that many different ways in which the gospel life has come to be lived over the last two thousand years. It is interesting for me in a special way, since before I became a Franciscan, I was for over twenty years an Oblate of St. Benedict, a situation roughly equivalent to membership in the Secular Franciscans. An Oblate is associated with a particular monastery, in my case first with Portsmouth Priory (now Abbey) and then while studying at Catholic University with St. Anselms Priory (now Abbey) in Washington. As I progressed in my teaching career I became associated with Mount Saviour Monastery. Those twenty or more years were made more meaningful as I wove into my daily existence a sense of oneness with a community and a spiritual tradition which helped greatly to sustain me, even though I moved from place to place. 100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440

Response

Christian history and continuing experience provide many challenging responses to the troubles of today. Live the Faith!

What is all this about? Demographically, we are becoming an urban world. People are crowding in to cities everywhere; the rural population is shrinking; the rural poor are increasing, unable to derive a living because of less and less opportunity as the family farm gives way to agribusiness. The urban poor have less and less opportunity to work as progress dictates increased mechanization. People everywhere need the Church actively involved in providing a way of coping with development, especially when development breaks the people-centered heart of civilization. The sons and daughters of Benedict must witness to the holiness of rural life; the sons and daughters of Francis must by their involvement create holy cities dedicated to the fullness of conscious human experience. Stability with opportunity is needed everywhere: a sense of place ruled by justice; a sense of rule providing foundation.

The movement of the Benedictines is out of the city into the embrace of the order of nature. The order for the Friars Minor is into the dynamic movement of the city governed by the inherently sound insights of the Rule.

The monk belongs in the countryside, sustained by the seasonal output of crops. The Friar belongs to the city and views the rural areas as territory to be passed through on the way. True, the city occupies a place, but the place is conditioned by the dynamics of city life. One enjoys the quiet flow of the country; in the city one is constantly on the move. How can you be stable in the city? This was the question Francis asked and sought to answer in the Rule Of Life.

The Franciscan movement enlivened by vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, has its own stability. It is not rooted in a place (though Assisi is very important). Stability for us is in the Rule given by Francis. Far from rooted in a place, it defines place as wherever we live the rule. The all important concept of poverty robs us of place and gives us a moving existence where we are in the rule wherever we are.

The Benedictine Monk professes three vows, obedience, stability and conversion of lifestyle. Stability in regard to a place is paramount: you have to plant your feet firmly to be able to look to the heavens. The rule of St. Benedict is very much concerned with development of a community well established in a place. How is it governed? How is life lived? How and when are prayer said? What is served for food? Practical considerations observed as the rule describes and sustains the place.

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Masses The Arch Street Band
SATURDAY AFTERNOON VIGIL MASSES ** Music

Second Floor Chapel 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Following Masses ** Music 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Second Floor Chapel
LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES

4:00 p.m. ** 5:30 p.m. **

Second Floor Chapel

First Floor Chapel

4:15 p.m.

SUNDAY MASSES

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Second WednesdayAnointing Mass: time to be announced Third WednesdayDay of Remembrance Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m. Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions MISA EN ESPAOL Cada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde
SATURDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

WEEKDAY MASSES

Celebrated in First Floor Chapel Weekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seasonal Communal Penance Service: (to be announced) Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. CONTACT US: Phone: 1-617-542-6440 Fax: 1-617-542-4225 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.org Address: 100 Arch Street Downtown Crossing Boston, MA 02110

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Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays at 1:45 p.m. Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Sundays at 1:00 p.m. Benediction (First Floor Chapel) Weekdays: 5:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m. Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.
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Holy Rosary of Mary Sundays: 2:45 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Fr. James Patrick Kelly, OFM, PhD Guardian and Executive Director Fr. Brian Cullinane, OFM Assistant Executive Director of Ministries

MINISTRIES OF SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE WORSHIP/YOUR SPIRITUAL HOME RECONCILIATION MUSIC LAzARUS PROGRAM WELLNESS CENTER SAINT ANTHONY BREAD FOR THE POOR BREAD ON THE COMMON FRANCISCAN SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP MINISTRY THE KIDS PROGRAM SENIORS ON ARCH STREET MYCHAL JUDGE CENTER FOR RECOVERY FRANCISCAN FOOD CENTER EVANGELIzATION GOOD WORD: (617) 542-0502 HISPANIC MINISTRY FRANCISCAN ADULT SCHOOL PIETA MINISTRY COME HOME PROGRAM PRISON MINISTRY
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Spirituality of the Readings

18th Sunday of Ordinary Time C Reading I: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 Responsorial Psalm: 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 Reading II: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

Spirituality of the Readings

Qoheleth says you seek these things in vain. You should listen to him.

In the Gospel Jesus says succinctly that ones life does not consist of possessions even though one may be rich. He tells the famous parable, which again I paraphrase:

In Vain, In Vain

At the bottom of our hearts, maybe you or I would think of our lives as wasted. The beer commercial shows a bunch of men guzzling beer and acting like teenagers and tells us, it doesnt get any better than this. Doesnt it? Do you really agree with this statement? Today the word vanity has come to mean proud personal displays, like a peacock. But the original meaning of the word is the one intended in the First Reading: something that is empty or valueless, something that is like a vapor. In vain comes closer to the meaning (from the Hebrew hebel, which could come from the name Abel*).

A very rich man produced a huge harvest one year. He was busy tearing down his storage barns to build still larger ones so he could hoard more into them.

This must be sensible because we can see the same thing all through the Americanized cultures. Buildings get larger and larger and the greatest compliment that sportscasters can give an athlete is, He is the greatest in the history of . . . (name your sport). Just like the man in Jesus story. Just like what Qoheleth calls vanity. The parables rich man got a nasty surprise as he was eating, drinking and being merry. God said, You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?

So when Qoheleth, the presumed author of the First Reading, says, Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity, he means that everything is in vain. It is like a statement of despair. Likely he would be diagnosed today with depression. So let us wonder whether the First Reading is right. Would you agree that your life is in vain?

Could the same thing be said to you or me? Could God say, You fool, to us? Are we hoarding what we have, even if we are poor? Are we being children of God or children of mammon? Truth is, all of us are constructed in such a way that we can open to the source and summit of all love, God. This is the one thing that makes life worth living. If we cannot see over the piles of possessions we have (or wish we had), our lives are in vain. If death were on its way to you this very night, what would you take with you to God?

The reading gives a dark answer, which I will paraphrase here: What profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun? All his days, sorrow and grief are their occupation; even at night his mind is not at rest. We have a saying, You cant take it with you when you go. But we die trying.

How much of your life is devoted to riches and looking good? Are you one of those who is dedicated to the bottom line, to fighting for wealth so you will have something to live for?
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___________ * Because in the bible story Abel lived such a short life, killed by his brother Cain.
Fr. John Foley, S. J. Copyright 2013, The Center for Liturgy at Saint Louis University. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

You are invited to write a note to the author of this reflection: Fr. John Foley, S. J. (johnbfoley@yahoo.com)

more Upcoming Events Sacramental ANOINTING OF THE SICK

Our next celebration of the Anointing of the Sick will take place on Wednesday, August 14 at the 1:15 p.m. Mass. All those who suffer from physical, mental or emotional illness are welcome to receive this Sacrament. August 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m. 2nd fl. classroom

New Eucharistic Ministers Workshop

Saturday, October 5, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Leaders: Fr.Frank McHugh, OFM & Worship Committee

New Worship Ministers Workshops

Russian River Cruise meeting

New Lectors Workshop

Final Meeting of pilgrims for Russian River Cruise with Pam Strand, travel agent.
Contact: Fr. Raphael Bonanno, OFM, 617-5426440

Commissioning following successful completion of the workshop and practicum:

Masses on Saturday, October 26 at 4 p.m. & Sunday, October 27 at 10 a.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Plus A follow-on practicum session of 2 hours to be arranged. Leaders: Fr. Emeric Meier, OFM & Worship Committee

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As a Lector, youll prepare and then proclaim the readings at the Liturgy. As a Eucharistic Minister, you will help serve the Body and Blood of Christ to the gathered community. Most new Worship Ministers start by serving one or two Masses per month. Once you are comfortable in the Ministry, you may volunteer to serve more frequently. Every Lector and Eucharistic Minister needs to complete a training session before being commissioned to serve. These training sessions happen only twice a year, so be sure to sign up now! Registration is requested by Monday, September 30, 2013. To register for these workshops, please fill out form found in the lobbies of the Shrine or email worship@stanthonyshrine.org. Questions? Contact Fr. Frank McHugh via email or at 617-542-6440 x170.

For new Worship Ministers, a program of theology and practicum and public commissioning for service. We need your help! There are fifty Eucharistic celebrations every week at the Shrine, drawing thousands of people to worship in Downtown Crossing.

20s/30s Boston Young Adults Life of Pi Movie night at Shrine

Thursday, August 22, 2013, 6:00 p.m. 2nd fl. classroom Followed by discussion. For more information, please contact sas20s30s@stanthonyshrine.org

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School