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CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 221 EAST LAKE BOULEVARD • MAHOPAC, NEW YORK 10541

www.sjtemahopac.org 845-628-2006

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 4:00 PM Nicholas & Concetta Puglisi 5:30 PM Robert Kelleher 7:00 PM For the People of the Parish Sunday 5 The Epiphany of the Lord 7:30 AM Matthew Walsh 9:00 AM Claire Valeri 11:30 AM Helaine O’Shaughnessy 3:00 PM Filipino/American Mass 5:30 PM Richard Carlson Monday 6 St. André Bessette 9:00 AM Paolo & Franesca Graziano Noon Thanksgiving to St. Anthony Tuesday 7 St. Raymond of Peñafort 9:00 AM Richard Reina Noon Anthony Corrado

Wednesday 8 9:00 AM Timothy Kelly Noon John Rossetti

Thursday 9 9:00 AM For the People of the Parish Noon Roseann Harominek

Friday 10 9:00 AM Ann, Dave & Gloria Little Noon Vera Manfredi

Saturday 11 9:00 AM Vera Scatigno 4:00 PM Pennachio & Allen Families 5:30 PM Nancy Valenti 7:00 PM For the People of the Parish

Sunday 12 Baptism of the Lord 7:30 AM Edwin & Betty Rodriguez 9:00 AM Patrick & Mary Gleason 11:30 AM William Tunnard 5:30 PM Antonio & Antonia Babnik

Pray for our Sick Ann Giaimo Frank Ruggiero Fr. Brian C. Brennan Guiseppe Giordano Ellen Galgano Emily Frankfurter Joseph Porcelli Patricia Melisi Marilyn Porcelli Michael Salaway Robert Zowaskey George Wright Edna Heidt Patrick J. Hamill Joan Hurley Frank Smith Alex Luzzi Veronica Croteau Damian Frankfurter Lorraine Vincent Cash Macchiarolo Joan Bloom Carla D’Agostino Maria Menna Gertrude (Doty) Ryan Noah Kaplan George Taranto Raul Duran Ellen Frisolone Margaret Fick Connie Schievi Margaret Beachak Julianna Cappello Benjamin Semegran Franz Wolf Jenny DiBiase

Roseann O’Mara Anthony Puccio Joan Liggio Peter Staruch Alma Verrigni Patricia Batt Margaret Staruch Ann Baker Gene & Eileen Morgan

Denis Lanigan

MEMORIAL OFFERINGS

Bread & Wine John Finnegan Sanctuary Lamp Philip Fornabaio

Altar Candle Rose & Tony LaPeruta Altar Flowers Costello & Entress Families

Pray for our Deceased Lisa Sheil-Tafuri

Pray for our Military Matthew Griffin, USN Joseph Monaco USAF Scott Air Force Base Ill Julie Mundy, USCG – Bahrain Ben Murphy, U.S. Marine Victor Prato, 82nd Airborne Division (Army) Gregory Lorenzini U.S. Navy, Virginia Justin Maguire, LTJG U.S. Navy - Bahrain Bryan Bennett, U.S. Navy, San Diego John Christopher Tucker, Navy, Submarine Matthew Jenkins, USN Nicholas D’Uso, Marines Michael DeSandre, 1st Lieutenant, Air Force Pilot. Nicholas Patrick Spadaccini, U.S. Army Nick Spiegler, U. S. Army Ryan D. Gorell LTJG USN Nurse, Africa Eric Gagne, U. S Navy Eyder Ferreira, U.S. Army John Michael Clifford, U.S. Marine Jacob DeLuca, U.S. Navy Jamie Maguire, US Navy Corporal Robert Firrincieli, U.S. Marines Michael E. Iadarola - Sgt. U.S. Marine in Afganistan Jack T. Hauprich US Army Ranger Johnny Giustino– U.S. Army Catrina Babnik – U.S. Marine

E-mail frontdesk@sjtemahopac.org

Sr. Rose went skiing! She will return in a few weeks!

Faith Formation Lori DiBiase – Coordinator of Religious Education

Ida Pietrosanti & Liz Tota – Program Assistants 845-628-6464 Faithformation@sjtemahopac.org

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – January 5, 2020

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – January 5, 2020

Prayer for our Troops Almighty God and Father, hold our servicemen and women in your loving hands. Protect them as they

protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time and need.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior.

Amen.

Saint Michael, the Archangel, Please guide and protect our Police Officers,

Firefighters, Emergency Personnel and First Responders

Respect Life

Letters to our State Senator Peter Harckham opposing Physician Assisted Suicide so called “Medical Aid in

Dying” bill # S.3947/ A. 2694 will be in the Narthex for you to sign – name and address. Please take a minute to show your opposition to ending vulnerable people’s lives

with having a doctor give pills to kill. NYS spends millions of dollars to place signs and offer help to stop

suicide and then wants to offer suicide to the old, disabled and vulnerable.

Catholic Guidance for End-of-Life Decision Making – End-of-Life decisions, for ourselves and for loved ones, are among the most challenging we will ever face. The NY Governor through the Legislature wants to legalize physician assisted suicide, but that is a false answer and

is a dangerous experiment. Our Church offers comfort and practical guidance to live and die with dignity. Read

the NYS Bishop’s document “Now and at the Hour of Our Death” – we will be passing out this informative booklet. The Church favors palliative medicine and

comfort care. For more resources: lifeofficenyc.org/end-of-life.

A LASTING SEASON “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to

keep it all the year.” - Charles Dickens

The Feast of the Epiphany

The feast of the Epiphany, which was kept in the East and in certain Western Churches before being observed in Rome,

seems to have been originally a feast of the nativity; January 6, for those churches where it was kept, was the equivalent

of Christmas (December 25) in the Roman Church. The feast was introduced at Rome in the second half of the sixth century

and became the complement and, so to say, the crown of the Christmas festival.

Epiphany means manifestation. What the Church celebrates today is the manifestation of our Lord to the whole world;

after being made known to the shepherds of Bethlehem He is revealed to the Magi who have come from the East to adore

Him. Christian tradition has ever seen in the Magi the first fruits of the Gentiles; they lead in their wake all the peoples

of the earth, and thus the Epiphany is an affirmation of universal salvation. St. Leo brings out this point admirably in a

sermon, read at Matins, in which he shows in the adoration of the Magi the beginnings of Christian faith, the time when

the great mass of the heathen sets off to follow the star which summons it to seek its Saviour.

That is the meaning, too, of the wonderful prophecy from Isaias which the liturgy appoints to be read in the first nocturn

at Matins and at the Epistle of the Mass. This same thought of universal redemption the Church returns to as she sings,

in the antiphon to the Magnificat at 2nd Vespers, applying the words to herself, of the union with Christ typified by the wedding feast at Cana, by the baptism of her children foreshadowed by that of Christ in the waters of the Jordan. Formerly

the Epiphany was an additional day for solemn baptisms.

NOTICIAS DE NUESTRA PARROQUIA Miren que ya viene el Señor todopoderoso; en su mano están el reino, la protestad y el imperio. Cfr.

Malaquías 3, 1; 1 Crónicas 29, 12

Queridos hermanos los invitamos para que nos acompañen todos los Sábados a las 7:00 pm a participar en la sagrada misa dominical, aquí en la capilla St. John el Evangelista. ¡Quedan todos cordialmente invitados!

1. Nuestro Grupo de Oración en español nos invita a toda nuestra comunidad a sus reuniones de alabanza y acción de gracias cada viernes a las 7:30 p.m. en el sótano de la capilla de la parroquia. Vengan, acompáñenos, y demos gracias a Dios por un nuevo año lleno de armonía, y unidad en nuestra comunidad.

SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH

Dear brothers, we invite you to join us every Saturday at 7:00pm to participate in the Sacred Mass here at St. John the Evangelist chapel. All are cordially invited!

1. The Prayer Group invites our entire community to its praise and thanksgiving meetings every Friday

at 7:30pm in the Monsignor Powers Room (below the Chapel)

Sacramento del Bautismo: Si están interesados, deben llamar a la parroquia, 845-628-2006 para hablar con Diacono Scarfi. Despues, llama a 845-612-3526 y habla con Irma Silva para solicitor una cita con Silvia Delgado y Luz Pani. Los bautizos seran realizados en la misa los sabados as las 7 pm en la capilla.

Cada tercer sábado del mes, tendremos nuestro Rosario de la Aurora. Quedan todos cordialmente invitados, empezaremos a las 5:00 AM aquí en la capilla San Juan Evangelista. Participen esta invitación a todos sus familiares, vecinos y amigos que quieran asistir, todos son bienvenidos.

Epifanía Del Señor. Id allá y averiguad con diligencia acerca del niño; y cuando le halléis, hacédmelo saber, para que yo también vaya y le adore. Ellos, habiendo oído al rey, se fueron; y he aquí la estrella que habían visto en el oriente iba delante de ellos, hasta que llegando, se detuvo sobre donde estaba el niño. Y al ver la estrella, se regocijaron con muy grande gozo. Y al entrar en la casa, vieron al niño con su madre María, y postrándose, lo adoraron; y abriendo sus tesoros, le ofrecieron presentes: oro, incienso y mirra. Pero siendo avisados por revelación en sueños que no volviesen a Herodes, regresaron a su tierra por otro camino. Mateo 2: 8-12

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – January 5, 2020

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – January 5, 2020

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Gospel Today The Epiphany of the Lord / Matthew 2:1-12 Behold, Magi from the East arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star at its rising and have come to do Him homage.” - Ma hew 2:1-2

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Example - step 5

1] Color twin stars yellow

2] Color diamond (the space between the stars) green to match your tree

3] Cut out the double star on do ed line

4] Fold on gray solid line and glue together to form double-sided star

5] Cut through both stars from dot-to-dot and slip over top of tree between weeks 1 & 3 or 2 & 4

At the time when Jesus was born it was a common belief that a new star appeared at the time of a rulers birth. The Maji believed following

the star would bring them to Jesus, the newborn king, and it did!

DIRECTIONS TO MAKE A STAR FOR THE TOP OF YOUR ADVENT “SHARE ME” TREE

If you don’t have a paper tree, hang your finished star in a window as an Epiphany reminder.

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