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Readings for the week of St. Peter the Apostle Gift Shop TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
June 11, 2017
Monday to Thursday 8am-4:30pm It is often heard that todays observance
Sunday: (Closed for Lunch 1pm-1:30pm) is an idea feast, and that it is somewhat
Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 Dn 3:52-56 2 Cor 13: difficult to grasp its meaning. Other great
11-13 Jn 3:16-18 solemnities, such as Christmas and Easter,
Sunday 9am-4pm
have an easily grasped core. Yet, even
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Monday: though the Trinity is at the heart of our faith,
2 Cor 1:1-7 Ps 34:2-9 Mt 5:1-12 firmly declared in the Creed since the Coun-
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cil of Nicea in 325, we are used to having
Tuesday: people shrug and say, Well, its a mystery.
2 Cor 1:18-22 Ps 119:129-133, 135 Perhaps it is more helpful to think of this
Mt 5:13-16 see 581: Is 61:1-3a Lk 10:1-9 as a relationship feast, since it unveils our
deepest identity. Dorothy Day was a great
Wednesday: social reformer, pacifist, and ardent lover of
2 Cor 3:4-11 Ps 99:5-9 Mt 5:17-19 the Trinity. When people told her that she
Please Support our Gift Shop would certainly be canonized one day (the
Thursday: process is indeed underway), she protested
2 Cor 3:15 4:1, 3-6 Ps 85:9ab, 10, In Memoriam dismissively by remarking that people were
11-14 Mt 5:20-26 raising a fuss just because she was not afraid
to talk about God. She loved the Trinity, and
Friday: St. Peter The Apostle Catholic treasured the traditional icon for the feast, also
2 Cor 4:7-15 Ps 116:10-11, 15-18 Community known as The Hospitality of Abraham,
Mt 5:27-32 Extend our Most Sincere depicting the three angelic beings seated at a
Condolences table tilted toward the viewer and laden with
Saturday: bread and wine. For her, the Trinity revealed
2 Cor 5:14-21 Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12 to The Families Of:
the heart of the Catholic life, three Cs if you
Mt 5:33-37 will: community, communication, and com-
Jose Mendoza Jr.
munion. That was not an idea for her, but
Next Sunday: Lidia Osorio what it means to be created in the image of the
Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20
Jeffrey Scalzitti Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 10:16-17 Jn 6:51-58
William McKune Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
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certificate is also needed.
We also have continuing Religious Education for those who have received their first communion
(3rd grade- 8th grade) on Wednesdays
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Audio/Video Ministry
Join the Choir
Audio/Video Ministry is looking for kind hearted
people to run the slideshows for Mass. If you like to Practices: Wednesday, 6:45pm & Saturday, 4:00pm
help out at St. Peters and haven't found a ministry you In the Church
would enjoy, this group will surely love your support. If you can sing or play a musical instrument we invite you to join our Choir
All you have to do is contact Anthony J. Sperduti - A/
please attend the rehearsal or call the Parish office 702-970-2500
V Min istry Co o rd in ato r at h is email
anthonysperduti@gmail.com or call him at
702.354.5960 and we can instruct you on the simple to LEGION OF MARY
follow procedures of running the slideshow projectors ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CHURCH
for your fellow parishioners. You will find this
ministry easy and fun and if you ever feel like falling Rosary every Saturday 9am to 10am In the Chapel
asleep during Mass this will surely keep you awake as If you are interested in joining, please contact:
you follow along with the Mass. We are looking for
new people to start as soon as possible. Nelly Heagney 702-374-3352 or Rosie Garcia 702-376-8636
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Dear Father Gem: I was raised in a very conservative Catholic There is nothing new here on the contrary, this has been the
environment. Growing up I always dreamt of getting married in the Churchs teaching from time immemorial. And note that so far, we have
Church and lived happily till death separates us. Well, I got married been speaking only of Catholic theology. Predictably, Canon Law
in the Church; unfortunately, it was short lived. We divorced for some accords perfectly with theology on this issue, since canon 1085.1 states
very compelling reasons and I was very devastated. Years later, I met that if a person is already married, he/she cannot validly marry someone
a guy who I married in a non-Catholic ceremony. I knew I couldnt else.
marry him in the Church because of my prior bond and I couldnt But, as we all know, when someone spouses dies, he/she is no
receive Communion as well. longer married to the deceased on this earth, and thus the Catholic
Church holds that the living spouse can now validly marry somebody
I just received news from my friend that my first husband passed else. So if you remarried outside the Church while your first spouse was
away. She told me that I could now receive Communion again since still living, what happens to the validity of that second marriage if the
my second marriage is now valid. Is my friend canonically right with first spouse dies? Well, the simplest answer is: NOTHING. It was an
her assessment of my situation? Please advice. invalid marriage and it still is.
Megan, Parishioner This is because at the time of the second wedding, you were
impeded from marriage by the impediment of prior bond, as per the
Dear Megan: Youve touched a very common theological and abovementioned canon 1085.1. The impediment existed at the time of
canonical issue here. You know when it comes to marriage Canon Law the second wedding, and thats what counts.
reflects the Churchs theological teaching on this sacrament. This fact is Another reason why the second marriage is invalid despite the
directly relevant to your question because if you understand Catholic death of your first husband is due to a lack of canonical form. This
theology on the sacrament of matrimony, the law regarding this concept simply means that the wedding of a Catholic must be celebrated
particular situation is fairly easy to deduce. So lets first review the in accord with Church law and in the presence of the local bishop, the
Catholic Churchs understanding of marriage, and then well be able to parish priest, or another Catholic cleric deputed by either of them (c.
see what the Canon Law says about this matter. 1108.1). Yes, there is a loophole: its possible to obtain a dispensation
from canonical form in advance from the diocesan bishop. But were
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1614) is talking here about the remarriage of a divorced Catholic, whose first
unequivocal about the indissolubility of marriage: marriage was not annulled. So there is no way that such a dispensation
could ever be granted in these circumstances.
The matrimonial union of man and woman is indissoluble: Now, how do we straighten this issue so that you can receive
God himself has determined that what therefore God has Communion again?
joined together, let no man put asunder (Matt. 19:6).
1.) Legally, your second marriage has to be made valid.
The reason why the Catholic Church does not accept divorce Hence, you should start by speaking to a priest regarding
and remarriage is simply because Jesus didnt. Once a couple has how to go about doing this. Assuming that there are no
been validly married, and the marriage has been consummated, the other canonical issues involved, fixing this should not be an
Church teaches that the marriage cannot be dissolved by any human or insurmountable problem at all.
earthly power (CCC 1640). If the marriage is found for some reason to
have been celebrated invalidly, then the Church will issue a decree of 2.) Spiritually, it is time for you to go to confession and sort
nullity, and the spouses will be able to marry in the Church again. out the moral issues involved in this whole situation. These
You said that you married in a Catholic wedding ceremony, will, of course, vary from person to person; but regardless
divorced and subsequently remarried outside the Church without of individual circumstances, sacramental absolution is a
obtaining an annulment of the first marriage. In all simplicity, your critical component of returning to the Church.
second marriage is invalid, period. Under civil law, of course, the
second marriage is legal because you were divorced to the first; but the In conclusion, therefore, the death of your first spouse removes
Catholic Church nevertheless regards you as still being married to your the obvious obstacle to a second marriage in the Church. But it doesnt
first spouse. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1650) is quite remove the need for you to actively take the steps necessary to have that
straightforward on this matter. It says: second marriage recognized as valid by the Church since the second
marriage was contracted when your first spouse was still alive, and its
Today there are numerous Catholics in many countries who validity doesnt happen automatically after the demise of the first
have recourse to civil divorce and contract new civil unions. spouse. One cant simply say, for example, Well, I guess my
In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ Whoever divorces remarriage in a civil ceremony is now valid! because it doesnt work
his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; that way. Still, it is very possibleand it may actually be very easy,
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she depending on the individual circumstancesfor you to resolve your
commits adultery (Mark 10:11-12), the Church maintains irregular marriage situation. I would be more than happy to help you on
that a new union cannot be recognized as valid, if the first this new endeavor of yours.
marriage was. If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find
themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes Gods
law. Consequently, they cannot receive Eucharistic Fr Gem
communion as long as this situation persists.
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