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Fourth Sunday of Easter April 25th, 2021 Mass Intentions St. Joseph Worcester Liturgical Ministers Remember in your Prayers Lectors: 5/8/2021 & 5/9/2021 3:45 PM: Diane Fedor 10:15 AM: Theresa Olsen If you wish to request prayers for your loved one in need, es- pecially the sick and the dying, please call the parish office 607-397-9373. Lord, in your great kindness, please remember all those most in need of prayers, especially: Arty Verity, Helen Tiffany, Paula Jenkins, Thomas Hernandez, Marie Roberts, Vincent Marino, Walter Marchlowski, Joan & John Rielly, Peter Mrav- lja, Jeanette Castro, Carol & Earl Richards, Nick Stoutland, John Mulbury, Gerard Adubato, Fred Smith & Gary Hughes. Remember those in need of food during this difficult time. Our church continues to collect food for our local food pan- tries. Thank you for your generosity. Weekly Offering Table The Year of St. Joseph Prayer St. Joseph, you are the faithful protector and interces- sor of all who love and venerate you. I have special confidence in you. You are powerful with God and will never abandon your faithful servants. I humbly invoke you and commend myself with all who are dear to me to your intercession. By the love you have for Jesus and Mary, do not abandon me during life and assist me at the hour of my death. Glorious St. Joseph, be my guide, my father, and my model through life that I may merit to die as you did in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Guardian of the Word Incarnate, I am confident that your prayers on my behalf will be graciously heard be- fore the throne of God. Through Christ, our Lord, Amen Readings for the week of May 2, 2021 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 Monday: 1 Cor 15:1-8/Jn 14:6-14 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11 Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21 Saturday April 24th, 2021—Vigil 3:45 PM +Mary Margaret Longendyke by Jim Lon- gendyke + Rev. James Spenard OFM by Bill & Kathi Fredette Sunday April 25th, 2021—Vigil 10: 15 AM +Mary Margaret Longendyke by Jim Lon- gendyke +Helmuth Golda by Joan & Jim Tiner +Peter William Mravlja by Henry & Debi Sanna + George Rooney, Sr. by Catherine Rooney Wednesday April 28th, 2021—Vigil 9: 00 AM +Janet Castro by Chris Gartung Friday April 30th, 2021—Vigil 12:00 PM +Mary Margaret Longendyke by Jim Lon- gendyke Saturday May 1st, 2021— Vigil 3: 45 PM + Forgotten & Unknown Souls on Easter by Pat Watrous + Thomas Spina by Chris Gartung Sunday May 2nd, 2021—Fifth Sunday of Easter 10:15 AM +James Wenner by Jim & Joan Tiner +Peter William Mravlja by Henry & Debi Sanna Weekly Need: $2, 360. 57 April 17th & 18th, 2021 Sat Sun Total Regular Offering $ 592.00 $ 973.00 $ 1,565.00 Evangelist Coll 129.00 Thank you for supporting your parish! We are still in need of volunteers to count the money. Are you willing? Please contact Fr. Joe! Please mark your calendars. We will need all hands on deck. For those that are doing spring cleaning, drop offs of gently used items (no electronics) will be held on April 25- 27th after our two masses. Please call or email Cheryl Jory at 607-638-5613 or [email protected] if you would like to help out on May 1st. Lunch will be provided for all the helpers. Please REMEMBER our Covid Precautions!!! The Annual Spring Cleanup & Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday, May 1st Can you help us financially? Thank you for your generous support to St. Joseph. Your donation helps us to pay the bills. Without you, what will I do? Now you can make your weekly offering to St. Joseph by mail or place it in our side door rectory drop box. You are all in my prayers and masses. God Bless You! A Salute to all the St. Joseph’s Life Gardeners Fr. Joe would like to extend his sincere thanks to all of our volunteers for having done a fabu- lous job of keeping our Life Garden so beautiful last year for all to enjoy. He hopes that we can continue to do the same this year. Those who have a grave or graves in the St. Joseph Cemetery, we ask you to please re- move all flowers and other items around your area (especially glass), so that our mowers can start to keep the cemetery in pristine shape. Please help us to maintain this Holy ground. St. Joseph’s Cemetery Maintenance HELP WANTED We are looking for volunteers to help out with the floral arrangements that are put around the altar at weekend masses and holidays. If you are interested and willing to serve, please contact Teresa Millias at 607- 397-9342. Thank you!! World Day of Prayer for Vocations—April 25, 2021 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE WORLD DAY OF VOCATIONS “The Lord’s call is not an intrusion of God in our freedom; it is not a “cage” or a burden to be borne. On the contrary, it is the loving initiative whereby God encounters us and invites us to be part of a great undertaking. He opens before our eyes the hori- zon of a greater sea and an abundant catch.” On this World Day of Prayer, Pope Francis reflects on how the Lord is calling on us to be “bearers of promise” and have “courage to take a risk” with Him and for Him. By reading the Gospel account of the calling of the first disciples by the sea of Galilee (Mk 1:16-20) we can consider our calling. On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations, let us join in prayer and ask the Lord to help us discover His plan of love for our lives, and to grant us the courage to walk in the path that, from the beginning, He has chosen for each of us. Sincerest Condolences On behalf of St. Joseph’s Parish, we offer our sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to Susan Chuyko on the death of her mother, Elizabeth Chuyko at the age of 93. Elizabeth was the mother-in-law of Jeanette Cororan- Castro’s brother, Neil Cororan. Please pray for the repose of Elizabeth’s soul and ex- tended prayers for Susan. The funeral mass will be on Wednesday, April 28 at 11:00 am. PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Lord Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father and Mary Immaculate, grant to our young people the generosity necessary to follow Your call and the courage required to overcome all obstacles to their voca- tion. Give the parents that faith, love and spirit of sacrifice which will inspire them to offer their children to God’s service and to re- joice whenever one of their children is called to the priesthood and religious life. Let your example a nd that of you Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph encourage both young people and parents and let Your grace sustain them. Amen God, the Father of Heaven, Have Mercy on Us Consecration to St. Joseph will increase the presence of the Father in your life. We learn this truth from the life of Jesus himself. When the Heavenly Father sent his Son into the world to save us and make us his children, he selected one saint to represent him on earth: St. Joseph. Jesus, in living under the roof of St. Joseph and being his Son, gave us a personal example of total entrustment to St. Joseph. Jesus loved, obeyed, and imitated his earthly father. Saint Joseph is the only man that Jesus ever called father; Jesus delighted in being known as the “son of Jo- seph” (see Jn 6:42). We, too, should consider it an honor to be his children. If, according to the plans of the Father, Jesus needed St. Joseph, how much more do we need him, too! (Reprinted from the “Consecration to St. Joseph by Donald H. Calloway, MMC)
