Father Richard J. Rego, Chaplain
Fr. Isaac Fynn, Weekend Associate
PO Box 14257 Tucson, AZ 85732-4257
Office Hours 10:00-12:00 Mon-Fri
Phone: (520) 205-4096 * Fax: (520) 205-4097
Email: frrichardrego@comcast.net
Website:  www.saintgianna.net

“Put on then, as God’s holy and beloved people, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience.  Forgive one another; and if one has a complaint against another, as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also forgive.  And above all these things put on charity, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.  And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.  And always be thankful - - - And whatever you do in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3: 12-15,17).
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Latin Mass Schedule                        MASS INTENTIONS        
Daily Mass 12:15 pm                        Sun 6:30 Fr. Paul La Rocque, RIP
Saturday 8:30 am                            Sun 1:45 Pro Populo
Sunday Masses                            
6:30 am, 1:45 pm                            Mon 12:15 Decease Kelly & Karish Fam
Rosary                                             Tues Most Abandoned Souls
Sundays 1:30 pm                              Wed  Fr. Ronald Bidaro, RIP
                                                         Thurs  Fr. Paul La Rocque, RIP
Confessions Schedule                        Friday: Msgr. Richard Schuler
Mon-Fri 11:00am to 12:00 Noon                    Saturday: As in St. Ambrose Bulletin
Saturday 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm                    
Sunday 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm                     Readings Pentecost Sunday  

Devotions Schedule                        Introit - - -IV Esdr 2: 36,37: Ps 77:1
Fatima Devotions every                     Epistle - - Acts 8: 14-17
1st Monday of Month 7:00 pm                                 Paschal Alleluia Jn 14:26
Saint Joseph Devotions                 Gospel - - Jn 10:1-10
Wednesday after 12:15 Mass                            
                                    


Mon, June 4 - - -St. Francis Caracciolo
Tues, June 5 - - St. Boniface, Bishop & Martyr
Wed, June 6 - - -St. Norbert, Bishop & Confessor
Thurs, June 7 - - Corpus Christi
Fri, June 8 - - - - Feria
Sat, June 9  - - - Saturday of Our Lady

Gospel Words of Jesus Christ Our Divine Savior
 46 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It is better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire: 47 Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 48 For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be salted with salt. 49 Salt is good. But if the salt became unsavoury; wherewith will you season it? Have salt in you, and have peace among you. (Mark 9: 46-49)

From the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans
 16 Be of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men. 19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. (Rom 12: 16-20)

Spiritual Thought Of The Week
From Blessed Are The Pure In Heart by Bishop Robert W. Finn: “Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being. Sexuality, in which man’s belonging to the bodily and biological world is expressed, becomes personal and truly human when it is integrated into the relationship of one person to another, in the complete and lifelong mutual gift of a man and woman. The virtue of chastity therefore involves the integrity of the person and the integrality of the gift.  Those who treat others as objects might experience some passing pleasure but they are not going to be happy. Chastity exists not to prevent happiness but to allow happiness to mature and blossom. Chastity helps us to see people as they really are. It helps to ground us in truth.”


From The Imitation Of Christ By Thomas A Kempis
Book Three The Thirty-Seventh Chapter - - -  THE VOICE OF CHRIST:  MY CHILD, renounce self and you shall find Me. Give up your own self-will, your possessions, and you shall always gain. For once you resign yourself irrevocably, greater grace will be given you.
From The Teachings Of The Second Vatican Council

SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM  (On the Sacred Liturgy) - - -  #5: 5. God who "wills that all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:4), "who in many and various ways spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets" (Heb. 1:1), when the fullness of time had come sent His Son, the Word made flesh, anointed by the Holy Spirit, to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the contrite of heart, to be a "bodily and spiritual medicine", the Mediator between God and man.  For His humanity, united with the person of the Word, was the instrument of our salvation. Therefore in Christ "the perfect achievement of our reconciliation came forth, and the fullness of divine worship was given to us.”  The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord in redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He achieved His task principally by the paschal mystery of His blessed passions resurrection from the dead, and the glorious ascension, whereby "dying, he destroyed our death and, rising, he restored our life." For it was from the side of Christ as He slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth "the wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.”

From The Code Of Canon Law Canon 332 §1. The Roman Pontiff obtains full and supreme power in the Church by his acceptance of legitimate election together with Episcopal consecration. Therefore, a person elected to the supreme pontificate who is marked with Episcopal character obtains this power from the moment of acceptance. If the person elected lacks Episcopal character, however, he is to be ordained a bishop immediately.  §2. If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone.

Catechism Of The Catholic  Church  2331 "God is love and in himself he lives a mystery of personal loving communion. Creating the human race in his own image . . .. God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation, and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion.” "God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created."

SPECIAL NOTICE
Please be advised that donations to Saint Gianna’s can be made through our website: www.saintgianna.net.  By so doing, one can contribute using their credit card.  We appreciate your financial support and also ask your prayers for our continued success.  Also, please note that we are now set up with PayPal so that our parishioners and friends can automatically contribute a designated amount each month toward your support of Saint Gianna’s.  Check our website for details: www.saintgianna.net.

Corpus Christi Sunday, June 10th - - - On this glorious Solemnity, we will celebrate a High Mass followed by Benediction & a short Procession with the Blessed Sacrament.  

Pope Benedict XVI Prayer Intention For June
General - - - - That the Lord protects mariners and all those who are involved in activities on the sea.
Mission - - - - That through its presence and action the Church in North Africa be a witness of God’s love for every individual and people.


    Today is the Feast of the Blessed Trinity.  The Introit sets the tone of the Mass: ”Blessed be the Holy Trinity and undivided Unity. We will give Him glory because He has shown mercy to us.”  Every day we offer all of our prayers, Masses and Sacraments: “In the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Constantly we Catholics invoke and praise the Most Blessed Trinity.
    
    In today’s Collect, we confess the true Faith as we acknowledge the glory of the Trinity.  We adore the Triune God beseeching Him to defend us “against all adversity.”  Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, expresses his wonder and praise: “O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God.”  Filled with amazement, Saint Paul searches for words to describe the unfathomable Trinitarian mystery: “Of Him (the Father), and by Him (the Son) and in Him (the Holy Spirit) are all things.”
    
    In the Gospel we read the principal Scripture passage which asserts the Three Divine Persons of the Trinity: “Go...baptize in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them whatsoever I have commanded you.”
    
    For centuries, the Fathers, Doctors and Theologians of the Church have pondered this incomprehensible mystery.  In the final analysis, man’s attempt at understanding humbly must yield to faith. We must believe that which Jesus has revealed for He is the Son of God.  He can neither deceive nor be deceived.
    
    Trinity Sunday reminds us of God’s splendor and majesty.  What are we in comparison to God?  Today, when sins of pride abound, we must reflect upon the Blessed Trinity as an antidote to our pride.  The pagan culture has many false gods and their accompanying vices.  It worships the false god of pop psychology, which has fed man's pride with inordinate notions of "self-esteem."  In days of faith, Catholic schools taught students to know, love and serve God.  Now we are immersed in our own ego. "Look at how great I am.  I can be anyone or do anything I want.  I am number one!"  We become our own little gods.    
    
    Scripture remind us in the Books of Proverbs and Psalms that God hates pride and hears the humble.  "Learn of me," Jesus said, "for I am gentle and humble of heart" (Matthew 11: 29).  If we are to be like the Lord, true self-esteem must be grounded in humility and not in pride.  
    
    Saint Thomas Aquinas say that a well-ordered self-esteem humbly recalls what God has done for us.  The Father, the First Person of the Blessed Trinity, has created us.  He destined us for eternal life as His adopted sons.  When man strayed from God by sin, the Father sent the Son to be our Redeemer.  Jesus Christ, true God and true Man, is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.  After dying on the Cross and rising from the dead, the Son sent the Holy Spirit.  He is the Third person of the Blessed Trinity, the Spirit of Truth, who sanctifies us and maintains the Catholic Church in truth and love.    
    
    Saint John says: "See what love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called children of God! Yes!  That is what we are" (1John 3: 1)!  Of ourselves, we are nothing.  But in God's love, we have the infinite worth of having become sons of God.  See how God loves us!
    
    In the Communion Prayer of today’s Mass we humbly pray: “Bless the God of Heaven and before all the living we will praise Him because He has shown His mercy to us.”
    
    On this Trinity Sunday, let us fall on our knees in adoration along with Our Blessed Mother, the Angels, Archangels, and the whole heavenly host.  Let us worship the One True God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  SANCTUS! SANCTUS! SANCTUS!  Lord God of power and might.  Heaven and earth are filled with your glory!  Amen!

                    Father Richard J. Rego, S.T.L.