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Registration for Outdoor Mass Virtual Mass On Website

The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass issued on March 12, 2020 remains in place for the Diocese of Wilmington.

For those who do not attend Mass, know that God’s infinite grace and mercy remain abundantly available.

For the celebration of Mass at home, Resurrection Parish has a recorded parish Mass posted each Sunday on the website, www.resurrectionde.org

Parishioners who are particularly vulnerable (e.g. over the age of sixty, existing heart or lung conditions, diabetes, or otherwise immuno-compromised) are STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from attending public celebrations of the Church until all restrictions have been lifted.

To register to attend the Outdoor Mass, please visit the parish website www.resurrectionde.org • Registration is required. We will notify you of weather cancellation. • Click on the link to the Sign Up genius page. • You may also call the parish office at 302-368-0146 ext. 0 until Thursday at 3 p.m. to register. • Each individual is a separate registration. • Check in begins at 9 a.m.

Please Bring: a lawn chair, hand sanitizer, a face mask or covering for all

Please Note: 6 ft. social distancing is required at all times on parish property. Restrooms are not available.

Please come with an open heart. Changes to Mass are necessary for the health and safety of all. We are delighted to resume the celebration of Mass after this difficult period of isolation.

We welcome everyone to walk joyfully and patiently as a parish community as we figure this out in a safe, yet holy way.

June 21, 2020

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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INTENTIONS Will be prayed at a private Mass

+Doris McCracken +Kevin Rzucidlo Parish Community +Mark Lemon

-God is the source of all healing and hope, to whom we lift up in prayer the needs of the sick and those who care for them. Lord, allow your healing hand to assist Eva

Skripchuk, Burt Strasser, JD Howell, Jack & Jane Tabaka, Bill Dorsey, Joseph Hemphill, Alyssa Stover, Chet Andruskiewicz, Jim Gambort, Candi Smith, Sean McCormick, Janice Kane, Ralph Culver, Cass Thomas, Patty Calhoun, Katie Fink, Beth Bell, Julie Edmiston, Anna Catriew, Annabelle Capritta, Patricia Barber, Joey (Morton) Scruggs, Steven Huhn, Ed Donaldson, Kathie Wisniewski, Ginnie Marzouca, Fran Huhn, Rick Markel, Peggy Wessel, Andy Werner, Wayne Bunting, Bea Mercatante, Lorraine Sturmfels, Ann Amsler, Hindey Singer Moser, John and Anne Callahan, C.D. Malmgren, Elmer Godwin, Jill Bauerle, Tina Mahler, Debi Kolpak Meghan Weiss, Paul Sanders, Joyce Graney, Joan Rzucidlo and others mentioned in our parish book of intentions

LITURGY

With gratitude and joy we offer Mass Online from Resurrection Parish for Sunday June 21 will be posted on our homepage https://www.resurrectionde.org

our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9x_wcEKTzv5hHLCCV3LKOA and our FaceBook page www.facebook.com/resurrectionde

Pray Together While Apart Sunday Evening, 5 pm Wednesday Morning, 9 am Are you missing other

parishioners? Willing to try a new way of being together while we must be apart? Join in as we share prayer, scripture and song via ZOOM. We gather online at 5 pm Sunday for Evening Prayer and 9 am Wednesday for Morning Prayer. Because we want to avoid Zoom bombing, we ask those who would like to join to please email Ruth Sanders, rsanders@resurrectionde.org for information.

For resources for your prayer and reflections at home, see Resurrection’s Keeping the Seasons page: https://www.resurrectionde.org/keeping-seasons. Sunday prayer services for households, along with discussion starters for children are included.

Explore these learning moments related to the scripture for this Sunday as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ! Find the readings for June 21, the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062120.cfm

Compare Matthew 10:26-33 with Luke 12:2-12 (you might use a gospel parallels book or website). What evidence can you find to suggest that both gospel writers used a common source for this passage? Research the theory of the “Q source” and its use in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Identify a person in your community who actively lives out their faith (proclaiming “from the housetops”). Interview them about any positive or negative reactions or experiences they have had because of the way they live what they believe.

Prayer to Overcome Racism

Mary, friend and mother to all, through your Son, God has found a way to unite himself to every human being, called to be one people, sisters and brothers to each other. We ask for your help in calling on your Son, seeking forgiveness for the times when we have failed to love and respect one another. We ask for your help in obtaining from your Son the grace we need to overcome the evil of racism and to build a just society. We ask for your help in following your Son, so that prejudice and animosity will no longer infect our minds or hearts but will be replaced with a love that respects the dignity of each person. Mother of the Church, the Spirit of your Son Jesus warms our hearts: pray for us. Amen.

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PARISH LIFE

The Summer Service team is staying local

The Center for Ministry Development, that runs the YNIA program, has cancelled their service trips for this summer. It just wasn’t safe for students to be coming together from multiple states/counties. The 7 youth and adults still plan to serve in New Castle County the week of July 13-17. Thank you to all the parishioners who supported our fundraising efforts. Some of the funds will be used in July if needed. The other funds will be carried over to the summer of 2021.

Overwhelming Response to June 6, 2020 Item Drive at Resurrection

The bags and boxes are the

donations collected for the Food Closet and delivered Monday June 8.

Wow, What a turnout! We would like to thank all of you that participated in the recent food drive that helped restock our shelves. As part of the Millcreek Outreach Partnership, we appreciate your generosity so much, especially during this difficult time. Your contributions will ensure that we can continue to serve the people that need us the most right here in our own backyard. As we return to our churches, let us remember to continue to pray for God's healing grace for our community and our country.

If you're interested in volunteer opportunities this summer we could use your help. College or high school students and people that may be working from home this summer welcome. For more information, see our webpage at www.sjbde.org/outreach or call (302) 994-7867.

Thank you again for your support. Jamie Moulthrop

Coordinator- St. Benedict Outreach St. John the Beloved Parish

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Get ready for this year's Virtual Vacation Bible School Adventure!

An online program available for registered families to share at home beginning Monday, July 20, 2020

Each family who registers will receive a

link to the online program, as well as a packet of materials to

supplement the lessons and activities.

To register your child, you can:

1. Complete and return the Registration form found at https://resurrectionde.org/vacation-bible-school to Ebenezer no later than July 13, 2020

2. Email newarkebenezerumc@verizon.net 3. Or Call the Ebenezer United Methodist Church

office at 302-731-9495

For all the details and a registration form go to https://resurrectionde.org/vacation-bible-school

CHRISTIAN FORMATION PROGRAM

Our K to 5 Elementary Program and Sacramental Preparation Classes are suspended at this time. We miss you and send our love. We Are Remote! Check your emails for remote learning updates. Contact

Nancy Maloney, CFP Coordinator, at nmaloney@resurrectionde.org or 368-0146 ext. 104.

YOUTH MINISTRY

We pray that you are all hanging in there with your remote learning. You’ve got this! Remember when you get frustrated or sad that God is always there ready to listen.

Middle School and High School Youth Group

Youth Group Wednesday June 24 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Topic: The gifts of the Holy Spirit. Contact Elaine for the Zoom Link. elittle@resurrectionde.org.

Taking it Home by Deacon John

Megan McKenna in her book, “And Morning Came,” reflections on the Resurrection scriptures, says this about God and the meaning of resurrection: “This means that what God did for Jesus in standing up for him, standing behind him in life and in death, and in standing in communion and solidarity with him, the Father also does for us, here and now, in our lives. Our Father, with Jesus in the Spirit, stands up for us, stands behind us in life and death, and stands in communion and solidarity with us who believe and are baptized into Christ’s body, the church, who are to stand in communion with the poor and those of the earth in need of justice and the judgment of God, declared by our presence with them.”

But just maybe we want to avoid living passionately in this world because this world is not worth our effort; it is a place full of sin and evil. But this is not what God chose to do. Instead, God gave us the Son in order to teach us how we should live because “God so loved the world.” As Paul instructs us today “yes because of sin our world is an imperfect place,” and this means that living passionately, which means the willingness to become vulnerable, we will get hurt, be rejected and in need of forgiveness. “But how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ overflow for the many.” Yes, “sin abounds, but the grace of God abounds all the more.”

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GOSPEL REFLECTION The gospel for today can be a difficult one to hear. It calls us to place our discipleship before our loyalty to family and even before our own life. It is important to place this passage in the broader context of not only the chapter in which it sits, but also within the gospel as a whole. Today’s passage appears at the conclusion of Chapter 10 in the Gospel of Matthew. The entire chapter deals with the commissioning and sending out of the disciples to “proclaim the gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, and drive out demons.” (Mt 10:8) The previous chapter concludes with the words, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Mt 9:37-38) Chapter 10 is a response to this call. Jesus sends the disciples to “work the harvest” through proclamation, healing, and exorcism. At the end of the chapter, having spelt out all the difficulties a disciple must face, Jesus assures them that even the smallest act of welcoming the disciple will be rewarded. It’s also important to understand that the Jewish audience of the Gospel of Matthew found themselves under increasing persecution and there was often division within families between those holding to orthodox Jewish beliefs and those following the new Christian way. For some early Christians, there was the very real choice to be made between following their faith and remaining loyal to family. The Gospel of Matthew repeatedly affirms Jesus as the promised Jewish messiah; as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. For early followers of the Christian way, this this difficult message about being a follower was in the context of an affirmation that the message of Jesus was deeply grounded in their Jewish faith.

ORDINARY TIME 13TH SUNDAY

GOSPEL -- MATTHEW 10:37-42 Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother

more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter

more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his

cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake

will find it. Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the

one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because

he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold

water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a disciple— amen, I say to you, he will surely not

lose his reward.”

context of an affirmation that the message of Jesus was deeply grounded in their Jewish faith. From the perspective of … What must it have been like to be one of those disciples of Jesus? Having followed their Rabbi, or teacher, for some time, he sends them out to “have a go” at doing what he has been doing: preaching; proclaiming the good news; healing; curing lepers and casting out demons. The focus of a disciple is to be like their Rabbi. This is their first real test of being a disciple … seeking to go out into the world without Jesus and do the things that they’ve seen their Rabbi do; to be like their Rabbi! A cup of cold water: Jesus says, “If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water” to a disciple spreading the gospel, then their ultimate reward is assured. To give “a cup of cold water” or “a cold drink” to another person was the most basic act of hospitality or service. It is a metaphor for doing the absolute least service to another. Jesus is saying that even the most trivial act of service that recognizes the work of the disciple will be welcomed and acknowledged. It suggests that “practical loving kindness” is both the test and the result of discipleship. Anyone who welcomes: Having spelled out the difficulties of discipleship throughout Ch 10, the gospel writer has Jesus reassuring the disciples that anyone who welcomes them welcomes him. There are echoes here of other parts of the Gospel of Matthew: the Beatitudes, with its blessings on the poor and humble of heart; the welcome of children, the “little ones” of the kingdom; and the Last Judgment (Mt 24), that reminds us that whatever we do for the least in the world we do for Jesus. Jesus even describes the disciples as “little ones”—a reminder both to them and to those who welcome them.

Exploring the Word prepare for 06/28/2020

The English translation of the Gospel Verses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Lectionary for Mass, Copyright © 1998, 1997, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; All rights reserved. Reflection, questions and alternative viewpoints © Greg Sumter. © Creative Communications 2008. Used with permission. 2006

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