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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2018
The Reverend Myles P. Murphy, S.T.L. Pastor
Fr. Edwin Ezeokeke, Parochial Vicar
The Reverend Lino Gonsalves, In Residence The Reverend Richard
Lasrado, In Residence
Janel Rodriguez, Office Manager Patricia Molinari,
Secretary/Receptionist Carlos Gomez, Director of Maintenance
Don Barnum, Music Director, Canoni Chorale Michael Tucci, Music
Director, Schola Cantorum
PARISH OFFICE
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm
OUR LADY OF VICTORY MASSES
Saturday (Fulfills Sunday Obligation): 5:15pm Sunday: 10:15am,
12:15pm. 5:15pm Mon. - Fri.: 7:15am, 8:15am, 12:15pm*, 1:15pm**
& 5:15pm*** (All in Upper Church.)
* Following the 12:15, the Novena of the day follows.
** Following the 1:15, there will be Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament, followed by the Novena of the day. *** Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament at 5:05 pm, followed by Mass.
Saturday: 12:15pm, 5:15pm (Vigil Mass) Holidays: 8:15am &
12:15pm Holy Day Vigil: 5:15pm Holy Days: 7:15, 7:45, 8:15,11:45am
12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 4:45, & 5:15pm
CONFESSIONS Mon. - Fri.: 7:45-8:15am,12:45-1:30pm,
5:00-5:30pm
Sat.: 4:50-5:15pm
Church of Our Lady of Victory 60 William Street
NY, NY 10005 PH: 212-422-5535, FAX: 212-785-4457
Church of Saint Andrew 20 Cardinal Hayes Place
NY, NY 10007
The Catholic Faith Community of
Our Lady of Victory and the
Church of St. Andrew www.olvsta.org
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT After the 1:15pm Weekday
Mass.
Benediction will be at 5:05pm, before the 5:15 Mass.
BAPTISMS: Please call the rectory for information.
ST. ANDREW’S MASSES
Monday - Friday: 12:15pm, 1:15pm
CONFESSIONS 15 minutes after each Mass
DEVOTIONS Novena after the 12:15 weekday Mass
Novena and Rosary after 1:15pm weekday Mass
PARISH ACTIVITIES Monday: 5:45pm – Legion of Mary (OLV) 4th
Friday: 5:45pm – Patrician Catholic Discussion Group (OLV)) As
Announced: FiDi Catholic Young Adults
NOVENAS & DEVOTIONS Mon.: Miraculous Medal Tues.: St.
Anthony Wed.: St. Jude Thurs.: The Holy Spirit Fri.: The Rosary
Sat.: The Rosary 1st Fri.: Sacred Heart Novena Fridays of Lent:
Stations of the Cross
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TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Wisdom has built her house; she has dressed her
meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table (Proverbs
9:1-6). Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 34).
Second Reading — Be filled with the Spirit, giving thanks always
and for everything (Ephesians 5:15-20). Gospel — I am the living
bread that came down from heaven (John 6:51-58).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary
for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in
the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
This is the height of vacation season, but as any-one who has
ever been to Rome in the summer knows, no time to visit there! The
city is sweltering, and in a pre-air-conditioned world long ago,
Romans figured out that they needed a break in the surrounding
hills. Even the pope clears out. His destination is usually
Castelgandolfo, a lovely little hill town southeast of Rome,
overlooking a tranquil lake. It has been a papal possession since
about 1600, and in 1929, when most of the papal states were
fi-nally lost, the papal dwelling was given “extraterritorial
rights,” meaning that it is an extension of Vatican City and not
under Italian rule. The Vatican observatory maintained telescopes
here for decades, far from the glare of the city lights of Rome,
but al-though the observatory offices remain here year round, the
telescopes are in Arizona. Pope Francis spends less time here than
his predeces-sors, though he still slows down the pace of his work
in Rome. Vacations can help us visit friends and relatives, and
revive those human contacts that the pace of our lives keeps us
from cultivating. The pope needs a break, and so do you. Vacation
comes from a word meaning to empty oneself. There’s still time to
clear the calendar for at least one golden summer day even if you
don’t have a personal castle in the hills!
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 21, 2018, Year
B
HOUSEHOLDS IN GOD’S SERVICE In the ancient world, “household”
was a wide-reaching concept. When Joshua today speaks of his
household serving the Lord, he meant not just those people who
lived inside his walls or those related to him by blood or
marriage; he meant slaves or servants and their families, and
anyone indebted to him in any way. Even his livestock and other
possessions would be consecrated to ser-vice of God. In our world,
we value allowing individuals their freedom to choose how they
live, and wouldn’t think of offering our pets to the service of
God. But, as we discern our vocation as disciples baptized into
Christ, we can come to realize how far-ranging the “households” of
our lives still are: how we act toward our spouses, children,
roommates or anyone we live with; our behavior with neighbors; or
in public as we en-counter many “strangers” every day in stores or
traffic who suddenly are “next door” to us. How can we use our
time, our resources, or gifts for selfless reasons rather than
personal gain? No matter what life our witness to the Good News
calls us to, we all have a “household” that must be consecrated to
service of the Lord our God. — Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.,
Inc
THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 26, 2018
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
— Joshua 24:15b
Pope Paul VI looks through a telescope at the observatory.
TRUST
I may trust Jesus too little, but I can never trust him too
much. —Anonymous
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Monica
Tuesday : St. Augustine Wednesday: The Passion of St. John the
Baptist Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday; World Day of
Prayer for the Care of Creation
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS Back by popular demand . . . !
We are happy to announce that LYRA, a choir of six professional
vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia, will present a concert of
Russian choral music here at Our Lady of Victory on Wednesday,
September 12th at 12:40 p.m. This will be our second opportunity to
share in the enormous Russian musical heritage. Last years response
from those attending was universally positive!
Come and enjoy the sounds of Russian Sacred Music as interpreted
by real Russians. All the singers are pro-fessionals singing in
different professional choirs and opera houses of St. Petersburg,
Russia. Again, Wednesday, September 12th at 12:40. Concert will end
at 1:10. Try to join us!
L Y R A
SAINT MONICA & SAINT AUGUSTINE
MOTHER & SON St. Monica was born in the year 332 in Tagaste,
North Africa. Monica had a conversion experi-ence at a very young
age and lived a life of virtue. When she reached a marriage-able
age, her parents gave her in
marriage to a non-Christian man named Patricius. Monica’s
husband Patricius, not only came home drunk each day but had a
violent temper and Monica was often the victim of his rage.
Patricius was neither a faithful hus-band and therefore, Monica’s
life was full of trials. Monica endured all her trials with
patience, gentleness and kindness. She would daily pray for the
conversion of her husband, even though he would oppose her
Christian practices. Her strong faith and hope in God’s mercy
fi-nally payed off. Patricius accepted his wife’s faith a year
before his death. He admitted that he admired his wife’s strong
faith and it was her unwavering kindness towards him that changed
him. St Augustine, St Monica’s son was seventeen when his father
died. St Augustine was brilliant in his studies and therefore was
sent to Carthage, so he could develop his talents and become a man
of culture. Although he excelled in his studies, his behavior
became unacceptable to his mother. Not only that he went into loose
living with women, alco-hol and addictions of all kinds, but also
he got involved with a cult called Manichaeism. One could only
imagine the anguish of this poor mother Saint Monica. Monica never
gave up her prayers for her son. She would fast, cry and beg God
for her son’s conversion. Legend says that a drain formed in the
ground where her tears fell while she prayed for her son. Monica
would approach the local bishop and ask them to win her son over to
the faith. The Bishop would often console her saying, “God’s time
will come. Go now, it is not possible that the son of so many tears
should perish”. Monica was a mother who never gave up. Finally the
time came when Augustine was twenty nine a successful teacher then,
had to work under the influence of Bishop (later Saint) Ambrose.
Monica found that her son had at this stage given up Manichaeism.
Monica made friends with Bishop Ambrose in order to help her son
give up his current lifestyle. For her greatest Joy, Augustine not
only embraced Christianity during an Easter celebration, but he
decided to live a life of celibacy and devote himself to God’s
ser-vice. St Augustine, was not only a wonderful Bishop, but later
became one of the greatest saints and doctors of the Catholic
church. This was the culminating point of his mother's prayers
being answered. www.family-prayer.org
PRAYER FOR THE INTERCESSION OF SAINT MONICA
FOR WAYWARD CHILDREN
Blessed Monica, mother of St. Augustine, we give thanks to our
Father in Heaven Who looked with mercy upon your tears
over your wayward son. His conversion and heroic
sanctification
were the fruit of your prayers.
Dear St. Monica, we now ask you to pray with us for all those
sons and daughters
that have wandered away from God, and to add your prayers to
those of all mothers
who are worried over their children.
Pray also for us that, following your example,
we may, in the company of our children,
one day enjoy the eternal vision of
our Father in Heaven.
Amen.
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MASS INTENTION
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 10:15 am: Margaret Fitzpatrick 12:15 pm: Jeff
Morgan 5:15 pm: Frances Gori
MONDAY, AUGUST 27 7:15 am: Evelyn Jose 8:15 am Rosario &
Providenza Faraone 12:15 pm: Rose Way 1:15 pm: Judith Hoertz 5:15
pm: Andrew Joseph Colucci
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 7:15 am: Thomas McGlyn 8:15 am: Rosa Quinter
12:15 pm: Lisa Maloney 1:15 pm: Jennie Andreola & Joseph Romano
5:15 pm: Erica Zaya Lynn Schoenrock
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 7:15 am: Vincent McDonnell*** 8:15 am:
James Arthur McMahon 12:15 pm: Veronica Juarez*** 1:15 pm: Arthur
Z. Corpuz 5:15 pm: Evelyn Jose
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 7:15 am: Christine Moore*** 8:15 am: Rosauro
Espejo 12:15 pm: Brian McKenna 1:15 pm: Florence Moore Murnane 5:15
pm: Rosa D. Novarro
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 7:15 am: Vincent McDonnell*** 8:15 am: Louise
Schifando 12:15 pm: Ellen Callahan 1:15 pm: Richard Teofilo 5:15
pm: David Heuwetter
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 12:15 pm: Jin Zhu Zhang 5:15 pm Antoinette
Gallucci
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 10:15 am: Dorothy Van Name 12:15 pm: Ed
Kanczewski 5:15 pm: Vincent McDonnell***
ST. ANDREW CHURCH
12:15 pm: Souls in Purgatory 1:15 pm: Vocations to the
Priesthood
12:15 pm: Carl Michel Sabbat*** 1:15 pm: John & Mary Freyne
***
12:15 pm: Anthony Montefusco and Nicholas Lagano 1:15pm: John
Spellman
12:15 pm: Vocations to the Priesthood 1:15pm: Norma
Hernandez
12:15 pm: Bob Stewart 1:15pm: Vocations to the Priesthood
*** Indications “for the intentions of”
No Weekend Mass at St. Andrew’s location
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No Weekend Mass at St. Andrew’s location
I was feeling pretty creaky after hearing the TV reporter say,
“To contact me, go to my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, or
try me the old-fashioned way: e-mail!"
HOW DID DINOSAURS COMMUNICATE?
PRAYER IN HONOR OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
O God, You raised up St. John the Baptist to prepare a perfect
people for Christ. Fill Your people with the joy of possessing His
grace, and direct the minds of all the faithful in the way of peace
and salvation. Grant that as St. John was martyred for truth and
jus-tice, so we may energetically profess our Faith in You, and
lead others to the Way, the Truth, and Eternal Life. AMEN.
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