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Saint Thomas More
The Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chaplaincy & Pastoral Team
Rev. Robert Beloin, PhD., Chaplain
Kathleen Byrnes, Assistant Chaplain
Rev. Eddie DeLeón, CMF, Assistant Chaplain
Curtis Beavers, Facilities Staff
Kimberly Buckley, Finance Assistant
Jamie Cappetta, Director of Program & Development
Karolyn Dunn, Finance Administrator
Frank Finkle, Facilities Manager
Michael Flora, Director of Administration & Finance
Richard Gard, '07 DMA, Director of Music
Louis Plagesse, Facilities Staff
Vicki Plagesse, Facilities Staff
Michelle Towster, Pastoral Intern
Rebecca Trujillo, Administrative Assistant/Development
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Calendar & Daily Readings
Members of the community are encouraged to use the Scriptural readings in their daily prayer. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will
take place on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30 pm — 6:30 pm or by appointment.
Monday
September 5
Tuesday
September 6
Wednesday
September 7
Thursday
September 8
Friday
September 9
Saturday
September 10
Sunday
September 11
Weekday
Private Prayer: Col 1:24-2:3; Ps 62:6-7, 9; Lk 6:6-11
Weekday
5:00 pm Eucharist: Col 2:6-15; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11; Lk 6:12-19
5:30 pm — 6:30 pm: Sacrament of Reconciliation; 10:00 pm: Night Prayer
Weekday
5:00 pm Eucharist: Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-13; Lk 6:20-26
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
5:00 pm Eucharist: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:18-23
Peter Claver, Priest
5:00 pm Eucharist: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42
Weekday
Private Prayer: 1 Tm 1:15-17; Ps 113:1-7; Lk 6:43-49
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Undergraduate Student Council
Emily Gray MC '13, Co-Chairperson
Matthew Dernbach TC '13, Co-Chairperson
Peter Wilczynski CC '12, Publicity Co-Chairperson
Sophia Yoo SY '13, Publicity Co-Chairperson
Travis Heine PC '14 , Social Justice Co-Chairperson
Michael Protacio TD '13, Social Justice Co-Chairperson
Amymarie Bartholomew DC '13, Liturgy & Spirituality Co-Chairperson
David Suwondo BK '13, Liturgy & Spirituality Co-Chairperson
Caroline Dewing SM '12, Social Activities Co-Chairperson
Patrick Pitoniak TC '12, Social Activities Co-Chairperson
Jeff Marrs TC '13, Program Committee Representative
Kyle Wittenauer TC '14, Student Outreach Co-Chairperson
Katie Levandoski BK '13, Student Outreach Co-Chairperson
Katie Fruin BK '13, Secretary/Treasurer
Graduate Student Council
Christian Burset, Elizabeth Calle, Anthony Domestico, Megan
Eckerle, Meagan Fitzpatrick, Craig Ford, Conor Frailey, Karen
Paczkowski, Christopher Thissen, Anna Trofka and Peter
Verovsek
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10:00 am, 5:00 pm & 10:00 pm Eucharist:
Sir 27:30-28;9; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35

Graduate Student
Wine & Cheese Reception
Come and reconnect
with or
meet other
Catholic Graduate Students!
Thursday, September 8 th
5:30 pm w courtyard
Student Retreat
“The Art of Forgiveness”
Relax, recharge
&
meet fellow Catholic Yalies!
Saturday, September 10 th
from 10:00 am—6:00 pm
The Thomas E. Jr, Golden Center
“Sundaes on Monday”
FROSH ONLY!
Ice Cream Treat
&
meet STM Leaders!
Monday, September 12 th
8:00 pm w courtyard
Meet the Chaplains: The Chaplain and Assistant Chaplains are available to meet students anytime by appointment. Call the
office or send them an email: Fr. Bob: ext. 101, robert.beloin@yale.edu, Katie: ext. 103, katie.byrnes@yale.edu, or Fr. Eddie:
ext. 102, eddie.deleon@yale.edu or just stop in if you see their office doors open.
Catholic Art at Yale: An Afternoon at the Gallery: All students are invited on Sunday, September 18 th for an exclusive tour
and discussion of ten Christian works of art with a Yale Art Gallery curator. This partnership between STM and the YAG will
challenge participants to reflect upon the intersection of faith and art as it relates to the artist and the time period. Join us for this
rare opportunity and check out one of the most prestigious galleries in the world! Group departs from the courtyard at 2:00 pm
and will return by 4:30 pm. To reserve your spot or for more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors and Acolytes: Interested in becoming more involved in the ministry of the community? Consider
becoming a Eucharistic Minister, Lector or an Acolyte. Participation in these ministries requires just an extra few minutes a
week. Training sessions for new Eucharistic Ministers and Acolytes will be held after all Masses on Sunday, September 18 th .
Lector training will be held at 3:30 pm on Sunday, September 18 th . For more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Catholic Faculty Series “Life as a Scholar and a Believer”: Everyone is invited to a dinner discussion with Richard Gard, Director
of Music on Sunday, September 18 th at 6:00 pm in the dining hall. Richard Gard joined Saint Thomas More Chapel in 2000.
In 2003 he was appointed to the faculty at the Yale School of Music where he teaches musicianship, analysis, and improvisation
and serves as a Graduate Advisor. Concurrently, he is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of the Arts at Naugatuck
Valley Community College. This is an excellent opportunity to hear the personal reflections of a Catholic faculty member. Dinner
will be served.
Small Church Communities (SCC): Small Church Communities offer an experience of Church in small groups, focusing on
bible study, faith formation, friendship and service. By learning how to read Scripture as a Catholic Christian and apply it to your
life, you have the opportunity to develop a mature adult faith during your time at Yale. Sign-up on Sunday, September 18 th . The
opening dinner will be take place on Sunday, September 25 th at 6:00 pm in the dining hall, providing an opportunity to meet
your group before the sessions start during the week of Monday, September 26 th . For more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Volunteers needed: Interested in helping out with the liturgical life here at STM? Volunteers are needed to help with laundering
the linens used during liturgies. If interested, contact katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Religious Education for Kids Registration: We will begin our 7 th year of offering religious instruction for children on Sunday,
October 2 nd . Classes meet Sundays during the academic year. Families are invited to register on Sunday, September 25 th . For
more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Teachers needed: All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to teach the youngest members of our community.
Classes begin on Sunday, October 2 nd and meet Sunday mornings for 50 minutes during the regular academic term. In most
cases there are two teachers per age group and all materials are supplied. Consider this exciting opportunity to work with
kids!Training will take place on Sunday, September 25 th . For more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Become a member of the choir: The Saint Thomas More Chapel Choir is one of the most inspiring ensembles at Yale, featuring
concert performances as well as Sunday choral, instrumental, and solo liturgical music. Weekly rehearsals are 45 minutes before
each Mass. Instrumentalists and singers are invited to join. For more information: richard.gard@yale.edu.

*For the next 9 weeks, articles on the new Missal translation will appear here to help prepare us Xfor Advent 2011.*
XXX Celebrating the Lord’s Day
THE SUNDAY EUCHARIST
The primary way in which we celebrate the Lord’s Day is with our participation in the Sunday Eucharist. This
celebration is not a solitary, private event. Instead, we come together as the People of God, the Church, to worship with one
heart and one voice. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) teaches that “participation in the communal celebration
of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to His Church” (CCC, no. 2182).
We should arrive on time, prepared in mind and heart to fully participate in the Mass. Those who cannot attend
because of illness or the need to care for infants or the sick deserve our prayers and special attention. Often, people will
suggest that going to Sunday Mass is not necessary. After all, they can pray at home just as well. This has clearly
been an issue in the Church for more than a millennium. In the fourth century, St. John Chrysostom addressed this
problem directly:
You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out
to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of
souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests. (CCC, no. 2179, quoting St. John Chrysostom, De
incomprehensibili 3, 6: PG 48, 725)
Private prayer, though essential to the spiritual life, can never replace the celebration of the eucharistic Liturgy and
the reception of Holy Communion.
KEEPING SUNDAY—ALL DAY
Celebrating the Sunday Eucharist—though central and essential—does not complete our observance of Sunday. In
addition to attending Mass each Sunday, we should also refrain “from those activities which impede the worship of God
and disturb the joy proper to the day of the Lord or the necessary relaxation of mind and body”(Compendium of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 453).
Sunday has traditionally been a day of rest. However, the concept of a day of rest may seem odd in a world that runs
24/7, where we are tethered to our work by a variety of electronic gadgets, where businesses run as normal no matter what
the day of the week, and where silence seems to be an endangered species. By taking a day each week to rest in the Lord,
we provide a living example to the culture that all time belongs to God and that people are more important than things.
As Pope John Paul II said in Dies Domini (The Day of the Lord), his apostolic letter on Sunday:
Through Sunday rest, daily concerns and tasks can find their proper perspective: the material things about
which we worry give way to spiritual values; in a moment of encounter and less pressured exchange, we see
the true face of the people with whom we live. Even the beauties of nature—too often marred by the desire to
exploit, which turns against man himself—can be rediscovered and enjoyed to the full. (Dies Domini, no. 67)
Not everyone has the freedom to take Sundays away from work.
Resting on Sunday does not mean that we are inactive. Instead,
Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the
infirm, and the elderly. Christians will also sanctify Sunday by devoting time and care to their families and
relatives, often difficult to do on other days of the week. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation
of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life. (CCC, no. 2186)
To celebrate the Lord’s Day more fully, consider trying the following:
w Go for a walk or bike ride and give thanks to God for the beauty of nature.
w Spend time reading the Bible or a spiritual book.
w Pray the Rosary or the Liturgy of the Hours, alone or with others.
w Turn off your gadgets and enjoy the silence.
As we take time each week to celebrate the Paschal Mystery in the Eucharist and to rest from the burdens of our daily
lives, we remind ourselves that we are made in the image and likeness of God who “rested on the seventh day from all the
work he had undertaken” (Gn 2:2).
REFERENCES
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The Word of the Lord—Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time —September 11, 2011
Try to develop the habit of preparing the texts each week before coming to Mass. Becoming more familiar with the text during
the week, you can prayerfully prepare for next Sunday’s Mass and more readily enter into the spirit of the celebration.
First Reading
Sirach 27:30—28;9
Today’s reading is part of a lengthier passage in Sirach
that describes how deceit, mistrust, betrayal, and suspicion
can destroy a friendship and do lasting harm to the friends.
Some scholars suggest that the passage refers to the story of
Esther, to Haman’s plot to kill Mordecai. Haman had been
promoted to a high rank and Mordecai had refused to pay
him homage. Then Haman refused to forgive Mordecai, the
tables turned on Haman and he suffered death because of
his own wrath.
Paired with today’s Gospel because of the theme of
forgiveness, this reading argues that forgiveness of a
neighbor’s injustice comes first; after forgiving one’s
neighbor, in prayer, one can ask for the forgiveness of one’s
own sins. The rhetorical questions which follow this teaching
serve to reinforce the point that anger and resentment toward
others must give way to mercy.
The final verses of the reading teach us that the decision
to forgive one’s neighbor rather than continue to be angry
is best made while thinking about the end of one’s life and
one’s decision to follow the commandments.
Second Reading
Romans 14:7—9
This is the last Sunday of twelve counted Sundays
in Ordinary Time in which the Second Reading is from
Romans. This Sunday’s Second Reading, like last Sunday’s,
comes from the hortatory or catechetical section of Romans
in which Paul teaches about what it means to live in Christ.
In last Sunday’s passage, Paul made the point that all the
commandments are summed up in the saying “Love your
neighbor as yourself.” Recall also that Paul understood
Jesus as the fulfillment 01 the commandments. In today’s
brief passage, Paul puts forward what could be considered
the basics of love. The love of Christians for one another is
founded on the Lord who lived, died, and rose for them. All
that we do—our living and our dying—is done “for the Lord.”
Controversies around whether or not to eat meat, observe
certain festivals, and follow dietary laws of the Mosaic code
form the backdrop to Paul’s call for unity in the Lord. These
controversies, like some today, can be understood generally
as disagreements between those who wanted to hold onto
the details of the law and those who wanted to maintain the
spirit of the law.
Whatever the decision on the observance of particular
components of the law, for Paul, the community must decide
based on its life in the Lord. All our decisions, for Paul, must
be guided by selflessness and love, the definition of living
and dying in the Lord.
Gospel
Matthew 18:21—35
Today’s Gospel begins with Peter’s question to Jesus
about how often he must forgive a brother who sins against
him. Perhaps Peter is hoping Jesus will say that Peter would
need to forgive no more than seven times. Unexpectedly
and to Peter’s dismay, Jesus responds that Peter must offer
forgiveness 71 times, a number that symbolizes forgiveness
without end. To illustrate this forgiveness, Jesus tells the
parable of the unforgiving servant.
This parable has three scenes. In the first, the emphasis
is on the king’s compassion toward the debtor who owed
him a large amount of money—literally 10,000 talents.
The king’s offer to repay his servant’s debt in fun is hardly
realistic given the enormity of the money owed.
The second scene entails a turn of events. The servant to
whom the master extended his generous offer to forgive his
debt approaches a servant indebted to him. The servant’s
harshness and lack of compassion to the one who owed a
much smaller amount than he owed the master, shows the
human person’s tendency toward sin.
The third scene involves the fellow servants and the king.
These servants hold the unforgiving servant accountable
to the master who in turn reminds the servant of his
forgiveness and punishes him for not offering the same
forgiveness when he had an opportunity to do so.
The parable needs no other explanation than Jesus’
words about his heavenly Father. Disciples are to imitate
the frequency and depth of divine mercy. The failure to do
so bas’ consequences at the final judgment. Though there
are consequences, notice that the master’s forgiveness of
his servants Joan is not taken away. So, too, the Father’s
compassion for those who fail to forgive is never removed,
yet he patiently waits for them to offer forgiveness to those
who have wronged them.
Praying with Scripture
— © Archdiocese of Chicago 2011
1. On this anniversary of the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, pray for the ability to forgive
whatever seems unforgivable.
2. Ask Jesus to open your heart even more fully to divine
compassion.
3. Pray to know when to leave an abusive situation when
offers of forgiveness are not matched by repentance by
the perpetrator.