Join us for our Parish Picnic on Sunday September 27th at 12:30pm.  See more information on the Upcoming events page and in our bulletin.  Hope to see you there!

Please follow daily Mass and Sunday, 8:30am Mass live on our Facebook live streaming page:

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(Please wear a mask at all times, sanitize your hands before entering the church,

and keep distance of 6 ft.)

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Corpus Christi needs your support.  God bless you.

Fr. Mark Jurzyk, Pastor 1415 W. Lies Road, Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-483-4673

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    23th Sunday of Ordinary Time (September 5-6)

Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.  If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church.  (Mt 18:15-17)

It doesn’t take long before every Catholic is confronted with the fact that, despite the Church’s immaculate nature in Christ, she is composed of sinners. Because of this, Christ’s teaching on fraternal correction is not extrinsic and exceptional to the Christian life, but is interior and constitutive. If anyone has yet to feel the exigency for such Christian instruction, they have failed to truly engage the life of the Church and assume her inner form.

Only Christians living in spiritual proximity will require Christ’s practice of reconciliation. And those with the courage to follow it are truly the “watchman for the house of Israel” (Ez. 33:7). To like that reveals not the failure of community, but the sign of its health. To be the watchman of the brother is to understand the radically humanizing process undertaken when reconciliation is done according to the mind of Christ. When we tend to our relationships with great care, we tend to the presence of Christ, manifest where two or three are gathered.

The Christian of the modern world must live with an underlying relational certainty — that despite ourselves, Christ holds us together in a unity not found in this world. As Luigi Giussani notes, this is contrary to the fragility of modern man’s relationships: “we might construct skyscrapers, atomic bombs, the most subtle systems of philosophy, but we no longer build the human because it consists of relationships.” In a world whose most terrible affliction is the uncertainty of relationships, there may be no greater witness than the symphonic fraternity of Christ’s faithful.

 

1. On Sunday, June 15, we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ – Corpus Christi, our parish’s patronal feast. After the 11 am Mass, we held a procession with the Blessed Sacrament to a special “altar” at the east entrance to the parish parking lot, and then proceeded to the Marian Grotto where all those who participated in the procession received a benediction (a special blessing with the Blessed Sacrament). This blessing reached not only those present but all members of Corpus Christi parish, and even all those who live in the geographical boundaries of our parish, Catholics and non-Catholics alike. The procession was a public manifestation of our faith. I was pleasantly surprised that so many people participated in it.

2. More and more people feel safe and comfortable to participate in person in Sunday Mass. I am glad to see that attendance at weekday Masses has returned to the level prior to the pandemic. Please continue to register for weekend Masses on our parish website or call the parish office.

3. We have resumed all sacramental celebrations: weddings and baptisms, and also funerals. During these celebrations, we will use the same safety measures as we have for Sunday Masses. Weekday Masses (Monday through Friday) will continue to be celebrated at 9 am. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on Saturdays from 4 to 4:45 pm. and on Tuesdays, from 6 to 7 pm. Confession will also be offered after each daily Mass or by appointment.

4. Many of you have assisted at the Masses this past weekend. Thank you! We need more volunteers to assist as ushers and cleaners/sanitizers so that the responsibility won’t fall on the same people. If you can volunteer as an usher, please contact Mike Strawn at strawn8@sbcglobal.net, and to help with cleaning/sanitizing after Masses, please email Joanne Talbot at jmt32@sbcglobal.net. We hope to have enough volunteers to be able to rotate teams.

Fr. Mark Jurzyk

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A special note about your Sunday offertory:

As always, we depend on your weekly offertory to make these essential ministries and activities happen. We still need your continued donations. Further, if you are blessed to be able to offer more than normal, your help is needed now. We urge all parishioners to move to online giving to sustain our Church. It allows you to make your donations via your smart device or computer. You can contribute using direct withdrawal (ACH) or credit cards. There is no need to contact your bank or the parish office. The payments are flexible; you can start, stop, and change your contributions at any time. The web site adheres to banking security standards.

To give online, visit our church web site at www.corpuschristicarolstream.org, and on the homepage, click on “E-Contribution” at the top of the page for a one-time donation, or click on “Set Up Regular Contributions” for recurring donations. Signing up for recurring donations will ensure that the parish can continue its ministry efforts during this difficult time.

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There are a couple options to access the live streaming of our daily Mass (9 am) and Sunday Mass (11 am):  go to our Corpus Christi website (www.corpuschristicarolstream.org) and view it on the homepage (or click on the “Live Stream” sidebar on the left hand side of the screen).  Or, use this Facebook link (https://www.facebook.com/ccfunerals/?eid=ARAU1AhVMwC0szVJpdFXRYFymgah7Dm7wTDfzhIQaudjHuKsj4sCme-Jju-UoQ21uM7IWxpf5V3QuPPu).

Spiritual Communion   An act of Spiritual Communion can help in our current situation. It can be prayed at Communion time while watching Mass on an electronic device, or any time during the day when you especially want to be united with the Lord.  All that is required is an expression of contrition/sorrow for sin made before inviting the Lord into your heart through this prayer of spiritual communion:  

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen

           

Resources for Sunday Mass and prayer:

https://www.ewtn.com/tv/watch-live

Holy Masses live online

Daily Mass

Other resources:

Welcome to Relevant Radio

http://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-presents/fr-mike-schmitz Our parish bulletin at https://www.corpuschristicarolstream.org will also list various resources.  

Weekend Masses

Saturday Vigil -- 5:00pm, Sunday -- 8:30am & 11:00am

First & Third Sundays of month -- 12:30pm (Polish Mass)

Weekday Masses

Monday - Friday at 9:00am (also live-streaming Mass) First Saturday of month at 9:00am

Holy Days

Masses at 9:00am & 7:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays 4:00pm - 4:45pm in St. Francis Room (Confession also available on Tuesdays 6 - 7 pm, and after every morning Mass) and by appointment Seasonal Reconciliation Services during Advent & Lent

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