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ASSUMPTION GROTTO CHURCH FEBRUARY 3, 2013

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A Pastors Descant As long as man has a human heart which is to say, alwayshe remains capable of being disturbed, shocked, no matter how desensitized he may have become. Just when we thought we had hit moral bottom in our lecherous society new statistical information stuns us with new lows. Heres the reported fact: Ninety percent of children eight to sixteen years old say that they view pornography online, and many of them are already addicted to it. Ive given you upsetting updates before. Its truly hard to keep abreast with the fast-paced degeneracy of our time. More recent stats: every second 28,258 people look at pornography online; every second $3,075 is being spent on it. And this: many young people are using their own bodies in self-made pornography by their phones; this now has a name: Sexting. And so, its not just the villainous professionals who are perverting young minds and destroying the moral fabric, but its also our kids themselves. The addictive nature of porn consumption is due to the chemicals in the brain that salacious viewing produces, thus easily creating paths in the brain that become increasingly stronger with each further use. The result is not only an ongoing desire for this pleasure but an ever-increasingly stronger desire for it, and in baser and baser unnatural forms. What is this doing to degrade women? What is it doing to cripple normal relations of spouses? What it is doing to disable youth from ever being able to be successfully married? These are only among the many questions, and we have not even mentioned the damning of souls and the frustrating of Christs When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away. - Lk 4:28-30 Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass 2001, 1998, 1970 CCD. redemptive work for so many. Parents: Dont be naive. Dont be made fools. Its happening. Filters on your computers can be bypassed. Children from good families are getting porn online. Ask yourselves: Will my children go to hell because I wasnt vigilant but foolishly prided myself on what a good job I was doing in raising my children? Must parents wake up to the reality of the corrupted, twisted state of their childrens souls only when their kids will have become perverts, will have been jailed, will have suffered abortions, will have been ritually slaughtered, will have become mental patients in hospitals, etc.? I need to be very careful here not to overstep lawful bounds in saying that if parents are oblivious to the truth of their childrens activities in this regard priests are often aware of them. I dont want parents to become insanely suspicious, either because their children go to confession often or neglect to go often. Theres no one rule about the Sacrament of Confession; its employed frequently by great sinners as much as by the devout. But what ought to be observed by everybody is a regular and frequent use of the Sacrament: for the sake of the eternal salvation of your childrens souls andyes, evenfor Gods sake! Im truly sorry to have to write about this most upsetting subject again. I feel however that this is my professed duty as a pastor who sees menacing wolves howling and salivating ready to advance upon the most tender and helpless of his little flock. Is a priest to say nothing? Do nothing? This one form of human sin spells an entire reversal, a whole inversion of the very purposes for which I am a priest and for which this parish church exists and for which our Lord suffered. Have I now justified the recurrence of this unsavory subject? I hope so, but even if not, I hope you are sufficiently outraged and agonized by the stats to do what you must to shield, protect, andif needs becorrect and help heal the wounded souls of the young. Well, here Im out of space when I had wanted to say some other things. In brief: Today is Saint Blaises feast day. Accordingly, we will bless throats during the rosary recitation that follows Mass (and so, no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the noon Mass

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ASSUMPTION (GROTTO) PARISH DIRECTORY 13770 Gratiot Avenue Detroit, MI 48205 Pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone Associate Pastor, Rev. John Bustamante Deacon James Wilder RECTORY BUSINESS HOURS Monday-Friday ............................. 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday-Sunday........................... 9:00am-2:00pm Evening hours ............................... by appointment Rectory 313-372-0762, FAX 372-2064 Website: www.assumptiongrotto.com e-mail: grottorectory@ameritech.net Assumption Grotto Gift Shop 313-332-4432 Email:assumptiongrottogiftshop@hotmail.com Parish Council President Anna Graziosi ..................................586-775-3228 Organist, Ray Long ........................313-372-0762 Email: grottomusic@ameritech.net SUNDAY MASSES: Saturdays at 4:00; Sundays at 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), & Noon HOLY DAY MASSES: 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), Noon & evening at 7:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. (Tridentine), . & 7:00 p.m. , Saturday. 7:30 a.m (Tridentine) CONFESSIONS: Saturday 2:30-3:30 ., Sunday 9:00 & 11:30 a.m. BAPTISMS: Every Saturday after the 4:00 p.m. Mass or Sunday after the Noon Masse. Arrange at the Rectory Office. BLESSING FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS: After the Noon Mass on the first Sunday of the month. REGISTRATION: Come to Rectory 9-5 p.m., Mon-Fri. If not possible, call for a registration form to be sent out to you. ORDER OF CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY CROSS - 313-884-1121 SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CONVENT 313 527-1739 Office 313-527-4416 Sisters

Monday, February 4, 2013 7:30 a.m. - Margaret L. & Donald A. Wich (D) 7:00 p.m. - Teresa Clara Vitti (D) Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:30 a.m. - Eva & Andrew R. Mollison (D) 7:00 p.m. - Legion of Mary Intentions Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:30 a.m. - William J. Lesnek 7:00 p.m. - Linda & Alan Carp (L) Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:30 a.m. - Rosemary & Michael Robertson (L&D) 7:00 p.m. - Hugh Pollock (D) Friday, February 8, 2013 7:30 a.m. - David Allasio (L) 7:00 p.m. - Mary Margaret Stump Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:30 a.m. - Patrons of the Shrine 1:30 p.m. - Nuptial: Bluestein-Gorial 4:00 p.m. - People of the Parish Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:30 a.m. and Noon - People of the Parish 9:30 a.m. - Petitions

Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:00 p.m. D. Bastuba, , R & J. Praet, J. & J. Williams, R. Grado Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:30 a.m. R. Jacek, , D. & T. Pawlowski, C. Kolomjec 9:30 a.m. K. Garavaglia, D & J. Schuster, J. Kucel, L., A., & E. Bueche, D. Miller, D. & J. Betts, K., D. Dux, M. Henderson., C. G. & J. Rochon, J. Lang, E. Loster, J. Prevo, M. & G. Heffernan, R. Santine, A., J. & S Coates, J. & . Simpson 12:00 p.m. B., S. Sharp, J., P. I. & M. Doyle, C. & M. Chambers, G & J. Venditti, A. & M. Arrigoni, A. & J. Kopke, F. & W. Remske

Altar Care
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Team #5, after the 7:30 a.m. Mass Mary Kucel To volunteer for Altar Care once every 5 weeks, call the rectory office.

Nuptial
III Nathan Bluestein & Mae Gorial, Grotto

Gethsemane Eucharistic Adoration Chapel

The Chapel, located in the Convent, is open 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Monday-Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We need more people to be adorers. If you can commit to one hour, or be a sub when someone is absent, please call the Convent at 313-527-4416. Readings for the Week of Feb. 3rd Sunday: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19/1 Cor 12:31-13:13 or 13:4-13/Lk 4:21-30 Monday: Heb 11:32-40/Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4/Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Mk 6:1 -6 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Mk 6:7 -13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8/Mk 6:14-29 Saturday:Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Mk 6:30 -34 Next Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/1 Cor 15:111 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 Liturgical Publications Inc

Graves
For information on graves or our cremains burial site, call the Rectory, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Memorial Stones
There are spaces available from the main gate going toward the school on the cemetery gate ($350). Contact the Rectory (372-0762).

Join us for refreshments in the vestibule

Weekly Holy Hours

Wednesday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, for all our Priests Thursday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, in commemoration of the Passio Domini Friday: after 7:00 p.m. Mass - for the souls in Purgatory Saturday: after the 4:00 p.m. Mass - for all our Military First Sunday of the Month: K of C Holy Hour after the Noon Mass, Benediction, prayers, Holy Rosary for vocations

St. Blaise is a constant reminder to us of God's care and concern for us in our weakness. Blessing of Throats after the Masses, today during the Rosary today.

To schedule the use of a room in the school, contact Janet at the Rectory Office (372-0762)

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Pastors Descant (Continued) The K of C are hosting a Pancake Breakfast after 9:30 and noon Masses today. (A fine way to gild those newly hallowed throats!) Of the Super Bowl I have no word. For this, consult your local suburban parish. Finale: Lent falls one week from this Wednesday. Its not too early to plan on what extras you will be doing for the holy season. Fr. Perrone revealed the miracle of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Christs Real Presence so reverently. Know and appreciate the past and why the tradition of Latin plays such an important part in worship, doctrine and the sacraments and why Latin is its very mouthpiece. Deacon Jim Wilder is offering a Beginning Latin Class starting Friday, February 15th at 4:30 p.m. for 8 weeks, cost $125.00, in the rectory. (a minimum of 5 students required) Private tutoring is also available. Call the rectory office to register ------------------*******---------------------Attention Ladies of the Parish - We need more help with cleaning the church. If you can help clean once every six weeks, please call the Rectory Office to volunteer. We need to see some new faces as volunteers. Special thanks to ladies who have been coming faithfully for many years. ------------------*******---------------------Reminder: St. Vincent De Paul stores have a continuing need for usable furniture, appliances and clothing. For pickups, call 1-877-788-4623. ------------------*******---------------------Men of the Sacred Heart: Have your home consecrated to Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and receive his special graces for this devotion and the twelve promises. Call Tom Ulrich at 586775-8138 or Deacon Jim Wilder at 586776-7774. ------------------*******---------------------Just as the Green Berets and the Navy Seals require special training to accomplish their mission, so are the Legion of Mary members prepared spiritually for the battle of life. Are You being called to the elite special forces of Mary? For more information, call Sister Mary at 586-8796023 or Brother Bruce at 586-552-7354

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by the local Roman governor around AD316. This is all that is known about him, the rest being legend. We know much more about devotion to and the popularity of St. Blaise than historical facts. The special blessing of throats associated with St. Blaise is due to a miracle attributed to him. While in prison, he miraculously saved a boy choking on a fish bone. Early in the sixth century, evidence exists in the Eastern Church that Blaise was prayed to for aliments of the throat. To this day, his feast is a holy day in the Eastern Church. In the ninth century, veneration of St. Blaise came to the Western church and became very popular. Blessing of the throats with crossed candles began in the 1500s, the height of devotion to St. Blaise, and that blessing is still part of the devotion of the Catholic Church. No matter what the facts are, St. Blaise is a constant reminder to us of God's care and concern for us in our weakness, sickness, and limited human existence. God's healing touch is with us always. St. Blaise's celebration is one of the ways in which we highlight and thank God for that care and concern. (c)2006 Liturgical Publications Inc, New Berlin, WI 53151

Learn a natural way to achieve or postpone pregnancy! The Couple to Couple League is teaching the SymptoThermal Method of Natural Family Planning at Assumption Grotto in Detroit (13770 Gratiot, Detroit MI 48205). The dates for the class series are: March 2nd, April 6th and May 4th (Saturdays from 9am - Noon). Registration is required at least one week prior to the start of Class 1 at ccli.org. -----------------*************-----------Sunday, February 3rd, is the Feast of St. Blaise. Blessing of throats will take place after the Masses, during the Rosary. -----------------*************-----------The Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes will be prayed after all Masses from February 2nd through 10th. -----------------*************-----------Mark your calendars: The Knights of Columbus will be offering Fish Fries on the Fridays of Lent this year. -----------------*************-----------Annual Winter Cotillion - Fat Tuesday, February 12th, in the gym. Music , traditional reels, old dance tunes of the Colonies and line dances from the late 1700s to mid 1800s. Refreshments 6:30 p.m., dancing commences at 7:00 p.m. with the Grand March. Tickets $7.00. Bring your favorite Hors DOeuvre or finger food and Pazki to pass. Beverages will be provided. For tickets or information, call Mary McGuckin at (313) 243-6455 -----------------*************-----------Learn why the words Dominus Vobiscum have changed the church and the world forever. Know why Latin has

Wedding Anniversary Mass For couples married 25 years or more, Mass will be celebrated at 4:00 p.m., February 9th. Call the rectory to register. 313-372-0762. A reception for the celebrating couples will follow the Mass in the lounge.

A special blessing of throats occurs on the feast of St. Blaise, February 3. What is the origin of this? St. Blaise, Biagio in Italian, Blasco or Blas in Spanish, was a bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in modern Turkey, who was martyred for witnessing to the faith. He was tortured and beheaded for his beliefs

Reserved seating will be available in the front of the church