Reverend Roger A. Soley
11704 DULEY STATION
RD. UPPER MARLBORO,
MD 20772-7995
PHONE: 301-856-3880
FAX: 301-856-3944
Pastor
Lewis Smith
Grand Knight/Knights of Columbus
Deacon John Montgomery
Permanent Deacon
Joseph M. Nappi
Accountant
Jill Primrose
Administrative Assistant
Mass Schedule:
Saturday: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Saint Joseph Center
Holy Rosary Church
Daily (M-F): 8:00 a.m.
Saint Joseph Center
Sunday: -
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Holy Rosary Church
St. Joseph Center
Holy Days:
8:00 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
St. Joseph Center
St. Joseph Center
Sacrament Information:
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday, 4:00 - 4:45 PM in the
Church
Infant Baptism:
Kindly call the priest or secretary
at the rectory to make
arrangements.
Marriage: Please call the priest
or secretary 6 months prior to a
marriage.
Parish Council Members
Eileen Ford
Celia Culbert
Rosario Dickerson
Betty Elliott
John Ferguson
856-5529
952-1522
952-8115
856-1142
856-3626
David Julian
Susan Marciniak
Ron Nosalik
Juanita Pointer
Jeanette Zak
856-4313
782-7868
868-6826
599-7034
627-8323
Parish Finance Council Members
Steve Proctor (Chair)
Nancy Brazerol
Raymond Ford
868-4872
627-3763
856-5529
Chester Gryskewicz
Juanita Pointer
599-6665
599-7034
Parish Registration
Everyone is encouraged to register in the Parish. Take and fill out a registration form at the rear of the Church or Center and
place it in one of the collection baskets or drop it off or mail it to the rectory.
Parish Web Site: www.mostholyrosarychurch.org Washington Archdiocese: www.adw.org
Share Web Site: www.sharedc.org
MD Catholic Conference: www.mdcathcon.org
CATHOLIC CHURCH ---ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON--
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19, 2015
Last Sunday we heard Jesus sending out the twelve on their first missionary journey. Today, we hear of their return from
ministry. This is the only time in Mark’s gospel that the term “apostle” appears, referring to the twelve. Jesus compassionately reads
the situation. He does not encourage them to do more or to do better. In his compassionate wisdom, he knows that they need time
to rest and to relax.
I think that Jesus would add a third r to our secular notion of R&R. Rest and relaxation are absolutely necessary, but so is a third R:
reflection -- to determine where we are, where we are going. Jesus guides his apostles toward a quiet place. It turns out to be not so
quiet, so he takes over the teaching and allows the twelve to rest. The three R’s can be delayed, but never omitted. After all, Jesus
promised refreshment for the tired: “Come to me all you who are weary and heavily burdened; I will refresh you.”
You are disciples. Many - no, most - of you minister to the community. Often, when you do not name what you are doing as ministry
you minister to an elderly parent or lonely relative, - listening to oft’ repeated stories, adjusting to slowness of gait. You minister to a
needy child - taking the time to play, to answer a hundred questions. You minister to a hurting friend by your presence. You minister
to a sick neighbor by shopping, preparing a meal. Besides all that, you work at keeping yourself and your household going.
When the boat crunches up on the sand on the far side of the lake, Jesus, without complaint, ministers to the people who interrupted
his plan. The twelve are not mentioned. Likely, Jesus sent them off for rest, relaxation, and reflection on the conversation they had
while crossing the four miles on the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus has something to say to you today. You, too, need to take time for the 3 R’s. Rest, relax, and reflect. Deliberate rest and
relaxation are essential for healthy living. Reflection is essential for establishing a balance between work and R&R. Jesus did not
push the twelve beyond their limits, nor does he push you. He may be leading you by posing some questions:

Where am I on the continuum of work and the three R’s? Extremes are easy to reach. Extreme work leads to burnout.
Extreme rest leads to rust. Extreme introspection leads to scrupulosity or spiritual self-centeredness. The alternative
extreme leads to being a workaholic. There will always be something to do or some “reason” to do little or nothing.
Balance is the challenge.
 What is the quality of my rest? Am I renewed after rest / relaxation? Does my rest usually make me feel good about
returning to activity? Downtime is not “one size fits all.” It is relative to where one is in life at any given time. Once again,
we need balance.
 How can I allow Jesus to minister to me? Do I need more interior, prayer to discern god’s will? Rote prayer can become a
regimen of “busy work” that actually avoids honest conversation with our Lord.
Summer provides weather for relaxation and the suspension and slowdown of many church ministries. For active parishioners who
are weary, summer provides a needed break from ministry. For not-so-active parishioners, it provides a time for reflection on
choices for a fresh start in September. We need to meet Jesus in the quiet place before we meet him in the market place. In
Eucharist we meet our Lord. Let’s receive him and follow him into both ministry and into the three R’s.
.
16th Sunday
in
Ordinary
Time
July 19, 2015
Mass Schedule / Intentions for the Week
This Weekend, July 18-19
Saturday, 5:00pm
Sunday, 9am
Sunday, 11am
Pro Populo
Bobby Mason (D)
Mary Casey (D)
This Week, July 20-25
Monday, 8am
Tuesday, 8am
Wednesday, 8am
Thursday, 8am
Friday, 8am
Saturday, 8:30am
Joan McMurr (L)
Marguerite Foley(D)
Mary W. Jordan (D)
Sonya Euell(D)
Ronnie Proctor(D)
Carole E. McKenzie (D)
Next Weekend, July 25-26
Saturday, 5:00pm
Sunday, 9am
Sunday, 11am
Pearl & Valette Proctor (D)
Pro Populo
James Lynch (L)
Next Sunday’s Readings
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Second Reading
Gospel
2 Kings 4:42-44
Ephesians 4:1-6
John 6:1-15
This Week’s Lectors
Saturday, 5pm
Sunday, 9am
Sunday, 11am
John Wilson
Samantha Northern
Isarah Pierre-Louis
This Week’s Extraordinary Ministers
Saturday, 5pm
Sunday, 9am
Sunday, 11am
Ernest Washington
Bernadine McConville
Maryann and David Julian,
John and Evelyn Ferguson
This Week’s Acolyte
Sunday, 11am
Lindsey Julian
Most Holy Rosary Council
No. 11511
Grand Knight Al Camp
Mary Lou Abald, Sister Agnes Clare, Sister Brauna
McFarlane, Judy Anderson, John Anderson, Monica
Anderson, Dominic Arman, Margaret Beaver, Terry
Bechtold, Frank Bello, Frederick Bello, Gladys Benton,
George Berry, Veronica Best, Ruth Block, Faith Britt,
John Bugg, John Burns, Paul Cahill, Lilian Caplins,
Bob & Barbara Carroll, Mary Cave, Patrice ChandlerSmith, Jackie Chancio, Marco Clark, Angel Colbert,
Theresa Colbert,
Joshua Colbert,
Sterling Colbert, Sr.,
Elizabeth Cook, Bob
Coughlan, Cliff Daus,
Sister
Brona Donohoe, Ed
Donovan, Carl Edgell,
Jerome Eppler, Mary
Farrimond, Richard
Farrell,
Jr., Ricky Farrell, III, Kuniko Fluck, Eileen Ford,
Jacqueline Ford, Ernestine Fredette, Frederick Fricker,
Joshua Gardener, Joyce Green, Denise Griffin, Donald
Griffith, Joseph & Fernande Haran, Monica Harley,
Frances Hawkins, Ethel Herring, Andy Hoffman, Joe
Holley, Joe Hooks, Msgr. Richard Hughes, Mary
Hurlock, Jessie Hutchison, Robert & Liz Isom, Rose
Jackson, Theresa Jackson, John Jako, Marianne
Julian, Chuck Kidwell, Christine Kidwell, Tim Kiley,
Marion Kneas, Michael Langway, Nancy LaVine,
Nancy Lingerfelt, Miriam Love, Juanita Lowe, Fr. John
Lynch, Rosalie Lynn, Paul Martin, Barbara Mattis,
James McFadden, Betty McFarlane, Noah McLaughlin,
Peggy McLaughlin, , Gary McLean, Joan McMurrer,
Rachel McMurrer, Deborah McNeill, T.J. Mauck,
Richard Mizak, Charles Moroney, Damiana Murphy,
Michael Nappi, Paul Nappi, Ralph Nasatka, Agnes
O’Malley, Jessica O’Neill, Margaret Penn, Donald
Point, Sally Presti, Barbara Proctor, John A. Proctor,
Marvin Proctor, Nellie Proctor, Bob Richards, Connie
Richards, Roxanne Riker, Patty Robinson, Joe
Rodgers, Beverly Sadler, Leisl Shreader, Chuck
Shilling, Audrey Smith, Candace Smith, Fr. John
Smolko, Jeni Stepanek, Bernie & Melissa Spicer,
Maurie Stevens, Frances Stokes, Barb Sullivan, Mary
H. Swann, Austin Swann, Virgil Teti, Joanna
Thompson, Jackie Vanacore, Eric Van Tassel, Wayne
Van Tassel, Fred Voss, Bessie Walger, Eloise Wells,
Robyn White, Antonio White.
Please pray that those whose names appear
here – and others we know who are will – will
experience health, healing and peace of mind.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
We are surrounded by voices, shouting or whispering
many conflicting messages. How do we recognize
God’s voice among all of these voices?
In Jesus’ time, shepherds
would put their flocks together
in a common enclosure. They
would separate the sheep in
the morning by using their
voices. Each shepherd had
trained his sheep to be attuned to his voice and his
voice only. The shepherd would call his sheep by their
individual names, and they would follow him. So,
among all the voices that surround and beckon us,
how do we discern the unique cadence of God’s
voice? Which is the voice of the Good Shepherd?
~ God is recognized wherever one sees life, joy,
health, color, and humor, as well as in dying, suffering,
poverty, and a beaten-down spirit.
~ God’s voice calls us to what’s higher, sets us
apart, and invites us to holiness, even as it is
recognized in what calls us to humility, submergence
into humanity, and in that which refuses to denigrate
our humanity.
~ God is recognized in what appears in our lives as
“foreign,” as other, as “stranger,” even as it is
recognized in the voice that beckons us home.
~ God’s voice challenges and stretches us, and it
the only voice that ultimately soothes and comforts us.
~ God is always heard in a privileged way in the
poor, and it beckons us through the voice of the artist
and the intellectual.
~ God always invites us to live beyond all fear, even
as he inspires holy fear.
~ His voice is heard inside the gifts of the Holy
Spirit, even as it invites us never to deny the
complexities of our world and our own lives.
~ God’s voice is heard wherever there is genuine
enjoyment and gratitude, even as it asks us to deny
ourselves, die to ourselves, and freely relativize all the
things of this world.
~ The voice of God, it would seem, is forever found
in paradox.
~ Adapted and redacted, Ron Rolheiser
ourselves in time we might live with you in
eternity. Amen.
Today at all
Masses, the
sacrament of Holy
Anointing will take
place. The grace of this sacrament is one of
strengthening, peace and courage to overcome
the difficulties that go with illness or old age. This
grace is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who renews trust
and faith in God and strengthens against the
temptation to discouragement and anguish in the
face of death. All who feel the need for physical
or spiritual healing are welcomed.
July is the Month
of the Precious Blood
Lord Jesus, you became man so that
your passion and death and your
blood on the cross might prove to us
how much you love us. Protect us and us so that
we will not run away from the cross, but will
welcome every opportunity to remain in union
with your Precious Blood, so that, dying to
AT THE 11AM MASS
ST. JOSEPH CENTER
Retreat for Separated and Divorced Catholics
will be held July 24-26. Flyers with registration
information and directions are at back of Church
and Center. You can also search online at
www.rc.net/washington/sdc for more information.
The Fourth Annual Father Vince O’Brien
Memorial Retreat for Separated and Divorced
Catholics at the Loyola Retreat House in
Faulkner, MD to be held from July 24-26.
Monsignor Maury O’Connell, the SDC Chaplain,
will be the Retreat Director. The Retreat Theme
is “Peace with Family, Friends, and God.” The
Theme is applicable to the newly separated as
well as those long divorced. The 3-Day Retreat
cost is $235 which includes Room and Board
from Friday Dinner to Sunday lunch. Must
register by July 17th.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR
* * *
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
ANNUAL OUTDOOR MASS
AND PARISH PICNIC
(Only ONE MASS that weekend.)