15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—JULY 12, 2020

ST. JOHN PAUL II REGIONAL SCHOOL 631-727-1650 sjp2regional.org Mrs. Abby Swiatkowski, Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 631-727-2114

stisidorefaithformation@gmail.com Mrs. Adrienne Dillingham

ST. ISIDORE R. C. CHURCH

MUSIC MINISTRY Margaret & Elizabeth Kane

Valentina Danowski John Dautzenberg

631-727-2114

Our Mission Statement Lord, God, all creation is yours, and you call us to serve you by caring for the gifts

that surround us. May the example of St. Isidore urge us to share our food with the hungry and to work for the salvation of mankind. We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your son, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen. Saint Isidore, Pray for Us.

622 PULASKI STREET RIVERHEAD, NY 11901-3038 PHONE (631) 727-2114 FAX (631) 369-3566 EMAIL: sisidore@optonline.net www.saintisidoreriverhead.org

REV. ROBERT KUZNIK, PASTOR REV. PIOTR NARKIEWICZ, ASSOC. DEACON MICHAEL A. BONOCORE

REINA BONOCORE, OFFICE DIANNE MASSIELLO, SPIRITUAL

AND SOCIAL MINISTRIES

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

WEEKDAYS 7:00 AM

SATURDAYS 8:00 AM

SATURDAY EVENINGS VIGIL MASS 5:00 PM

SUNDAYS 8:00 & 9:15 AM

10:30 AM (Polish) 12:00 Noon

RECTORY HOURS

WEEKDAYS 9 AM to 12 Noon & 1 PM to 4 PM

SATURDAYS By Appointment Only

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

W/ BENEDICTION Tuesdays 12:00 to 1:00 PM

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

SECOND & FOURTH SUNDAYS 1:15 PM ENG 2:15 POLISH

Please arrange the date of baptism through the Rectory office after the birth of your child. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Please call the Rectory for an appointment at least six months prior to the desired date. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

SATURDAYS 4:00 to 4:45 PM THURSDAYS BEFORE FIRST FRIDAYS 4:00 to 5:00 PM Other times by appointment.

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2020

5:00 pm + Joseph and Tessie Karpinski + Elizabeth Connolly / + Robert Kaelin Health and Blessings for Mr. Jim and Family

15TH SUN. IN ORD. TIME—JULY 12, 2020

8:00 am + Frank, Florence, Paul and Steven Podlas 9:15 am + Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski 10:30 am + Zofia and Tomasz Czaplak (POLISH) + Mariusz and Tadeusz Borowski + Feliksa Sawicka / + Szymon Runowski The People of the Parish, Living and Deceased + Jan Blando (10th A) 12:00 pm + Jadwiga Suchta

MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020

7:00 am + Pete, Ann and Tommy Koczor + John Biancamano

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020

7:00 am + Peter Davern

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020

7:00 am + Małgorzata Narkiewicz + Zofia Czaplak

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020

7:00 am Intentions of the Bonocore Family

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020

7:00 am + Rebecca Havens / + Pat Liebler

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020

8:00 am + Stanislaw and Stanislawa Skibicki 5:00 pm + Janina Talma and Roman Talma + Michael Matnick + Margaret Van Ummerson + Stephen Rannazzisi / + Sophie Fragola

16TH SUN. IN ORD. TIME—JULY 19, 2020

8:00 am + Steinkamp and Roth Grandparents 9:15 am + Helen and Joe Andruszkiewicz 10:30 am + Marek Rachubka (POLISH) The People of the Parish, Living and Deceased + Stanislaw Tuminski + Zbigniew Sarzynski + Deceased Members of the Wiszowaty Family + Deceased Members of the Andrychowski Fam. 12:00 pm + Ed Bilski (A)

15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—JULY 12, 2020

BAPTISMS

Today we welcome:

Jesse Corwin

IN LOVING MEMORY

MISSALETTES

Edna Sydlowski

SANCTUARY LAMP

Edna Sydlowski

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — My word will achieve the end for which it was sent (Isaiah 55:10-11). Psalm — The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest (Psalm 65). Second Reading — We, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan within ourselves awaiting the redemption of our bodies (Romans 8:18-23). Gospel — Some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit (Matthew 13:1-23 [1-9]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 Tuesday: Is 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-8; Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16; Ps 94:5-10, 14-15; Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-14ab, 15- 21; Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Is 38:10-12abcd, 16; Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Mi 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-4, 7-8, 14; Mt 12:14-21 Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19; Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 [24-30]

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Feast July 14th

PRAY FOR OUR SICK Thomas McEnany Ron Paland Robert Sproston Mary Khulman Claire Maffei Richard Okula Denise Babinski Michael Alperti Edith Woods Roseanne Murphy Barbara Kozlowski Sr. Angelina Costano, O. Carm James West Agnes Economos Maurice Vianney Lauzier Louise Lejay Jimmy Blomberg Slawek Tom & Elizabeth Farrugia Cecilia Murphy Kelly Wine Jimmy Temperino Virginia Todd Karen Reilly Frances Alec Mary Van Duesen Thomas DeGirolamo William Berenger Daria Quarlena Eileen Borchart Sheila Nolan Tom Wisniewski III Jean Reyes Carroll Lynn Markowski Corinne Clark Grzegorz Radziwonski James Patrick Jaeger Karen Payet Ernest and Alex Aponte Helen Long Michael Miglionico Wieslaw Luniewski Krzysztof Olszowski Ralph Conforti The Barauskus Family Hope & Brittany Williams John Marion Mary Oleksiak Dan Massiello Emilia Andrychowski Joan & Fred Meister Linda & Marty Keller Jeff Keitel

Philip Schmitt Giuseppe Isgro Wayne Rambo Gary Gioscia Richard Fehr George Angle Carol Block Marta Andreotta Melissa Alexandra Christian Vidal Reilly Butler Doris Donohue Suzanne & Peter Thompson Anna Grefe Joanne Iovino Julie Zotos Helen Condzella Anthony Mannino Chris & Susan Kane The Curry Family Marcella Frisen Vera Doroski Sister M. Alexeus George & Barbara Jaeger The Huntley Family Mark Raplee Theresa Puglia Brian Darmody Greg Alty Leigh Anne Brown Ann Mickaliger Dan Modjeska Judy Zakorski Marie & Greg Miley Marcjanna Stolarzewicz John Shuot Maureen Tighe Gene Esposito Patrick Murphy Alex Michaelson Mike Diem Brian Crowley Michael Barker Louise Pampinello Jim DeRosa Dee DeGirolamo Barbara Fenn Therese Gigante Johanna Benthal Barbara Kobielski Augie & Georgianna Lucente Theresa Jacobs

THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Adoration with Benediction 12 to 1 PM As you enter the

Church, please wear a mask and keep social distance.

Please keep all those serving in the military and their families in your thoughts and prayers especially: 1st Lt.

Nicholas Santorelli, Christopher Drowns, Thomas Gallo, Jeffrey Heppner, James Fleming, Justin Kruel, Peter and Shawna Marie Clark, Cole Lamond,

Jonathan Jacobs, Brendan Fitzgerald, Thomas V. D’Auria, Mateusz Marzec

and Andre DeRosa

DONATIONS

Sunday, July 12th —Sunday Weekly and Debt Reduction

Sunday, July 19th —Sunday Weekly and Debt Reduction

WAYS TO GIVE

• Mail or drop off your envelopes • Call the office...we take credit cards

• Join “Faith Direct” (secure online giving) By visiting faith.direct/NY1048 or

text “Enroll” to 631-212-3366 Your continued generosity enables us to fulfill our

Mission. Thank you!

PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED

Marie Pfaff Jadwiga Bogdziun

Psalm 91 Security Under God’s Protection

A Psalm of Hope I

You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shade of the Almighty, Say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress,

my God in whom I trust.” He will rescue you from the fowler’s snare,

from the destroying plague. He will shelter you with his pinions,

and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day,

Nor the pestilence that roams in darkness, nor the plague that ravages at noon. Though a thousand fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand, near you it shall not come. You need simply watch;

the punishment of the wicked you will see. Because you have the Lord for your refuge

and have made the Most High your stronghold. No evil shall befall you,

No affliction come near your tent. For he commands his angels with regard to you.

to guard you wherever you go. Wi their hands they shall support you,

Lest you strike your foot against a stone. You can tread upon the asp and the viper,

trample the lion and the dragon.

II

Because he clings to me I will deliver him; Because he knows my name I will set him on high.

He will call upon me and I will answer; I will be with him in distress.

I will deliver him and give him honor: With length of days I will satisfy him,

and fill him with my saving power.

God’s Word is to be believed and lived. FAITH is an ACTION word, not just to be read, but to be LIVED!– and to be believed. The one who lives and believes these words (in his heart) will find an inner peace. I couldn’t help but think about what’s going on in our country while reading this psalm of hope. My faith tells me that God is in control and as long as I trust in His Word and believe it, I shall not fear. (John 14:27) “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” St. Pope John Paul II always said, “Be not afraid!” JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Day July 16

(CNA Catholic News Agency)

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier. According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel. This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah successfully challenged the priests of Baal and won the people to the true God. The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel entered the Calendar of the universal Church in the early 18th century. Although there is no historical evidence for the pre-Christian Carmelite community, references in the 12th century record a community of monks on the holy mountain. Despite continual diffi-culties, the community built a monastery and church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Mount Carmel in 1263. Saint Louis, King of France, had visited Mount Carmel in 1254, and brought back six French hermits for whom he built a convent near Paris. Mount Carmel was taken by the Muslims in 1291, and the brothers were killed and the convent burned. The spread of the Carmelites in Europe is largely attributable to the work of Saint Si-

mon Stock (1247-1265). The Carmelite Order was formally approved in 1274 at the Council of Lyon.

The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel The brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, according to the Carmelite tradition, was presented by Our Lady to St. Simon Stock, the then Father General on July 16, 1251. Our Lady gave St. Simon a scapular for the Carmelites with the following promise, saying: "Receive, my beloved Son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all Car-melites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire .... It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace."

The Sabbatine Privilege Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O. Carm., S.T.D. Professor of Theology Loyola University of Chi-cago and Associate Editor states: we recall that it (Sabbatine Privilege) means prompt deliv-ery from purgatory for wearers of the scapular who fulfill certain conditions, especially on the Saturday after death. We can summarize the Sabbatine privilege in two words: the first is 'devoutly’,which goes back to the original scapular promise, that whoever wears the scap-ular devoutly will receive the gift of final perseverance. Notice that the key word is devout-ly. The second word is Saturday; our English word 'Sabbatine' comes from the Latin word for Saturday 'Sabbatum,' like Sabbath, seventh day of the week. But it is not just plain Sat-urday, it is our Lady's Saturday. We look more closely now at both aspects, first the devout wearing of the scapular, second, Saturday as Mary's day. The Church has always insisted on the full meaning of the scapular as a renewal of our baptismal promises, and thereby an assurance of salvation. To wear the scapular without a sincere Christian commitment would be presuming on God's mercy and an insult to the loving protection of the Mother of Jesus.

So it came about that certain conditions were stated in order to gain the Sabbatine privilege — these requirements are central aspects of a truly Christian life, the very conditions that make the original scapular promise of salvation realisti-cally meaningful. The three requirements for the Sabbatine privilege are prayer, penance and the chastity of one's state of life. All three are ingredients of a sincere Christian life, and hence of authentic devotion to our Lady. The prayer prescribed to gain the Sabbatine privilege is the Little Office of our Lady, which can be substituted for by other prayers. The form of penance originally stipulated was not to eat meat on Wednesday and Saturday as well as Friday. In our day any priest who can give the Scapular — and that is no longer limited to Carmelites — can substitute for abstinence from meat a certain number of prayers, most commonly the five decades of the Rosary every day.

Now a word about Saturday as our Lady's day. The Sabbatine privilege, as Carmelites have preached it for centuries, has helped greatly to popularize Saturday as our Blessed Mother's day, on which she shows special love to her children

who have faithfully worn her scapular.

Through all her life, beginning with God's first gift of grace, her Immaculate Conception, and culminating in the glory of her Assumption, our Blessed Mother walked the road of faith. Her faith was tested at the Annunciation, in her Son's public life and in the agony of Calvary. From the early Middle Ages Saturday was dedicated to the Mother of Jesus, in remembrance of her steadfast faith, which still burned brightly even in the midst of sorrow as her Son's body lay in the tomb the first Holy Saturday. The Sabbatine privilege is a strong reminder that Mary most faithful will keep her promises to us. Our Blessed Mother will stand by us when God calls us at our final hour, and her love will accompany us even beyond the gates of death. Thanks to the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel we pray with special confidence, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death." Many popes and saints have strongly recommended wearing the Brown Scapular to the Catholic Faithful. Pope Pius XII said: "The Scapular is a practice of piety which by its very simplicity is suited to everyone, and has spread widely among the faithful of Christ to their spiritual profit." In our own times, Pope Paul VI said: "Let the faithful hold in high esteem the practices and devotions to the Blessed Virgin ... the Rosary and the Scapular of Carmel" and in another place referred to the Scapular as: "so highly recommended by our illustrious predecessors." According to Church tradition, there are three conditions necessary to participate in this Privilege and share in the other spiritual benefits of the Scapular: wear the Brown Scapular, observe chastity according to your state in life, and pray the Rosary. In addition to the Sabbatine Privilege, enrollment in the Brown Scapular also makes a person part of the Carmelite family throughout the world. They therefore share in all of the prayers and good works of the Carmelite Or-ders. In order to receive the spiritual blessings associated with the Scapular, it is necessary to be formally enrolled in the Brown Scapular. The enrollment is made only once by a priest or authorized person. The Scapular can be replaced af-terwards by a medal, which has on one side the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and on the other, the image of Mary. There a short form for giving the scapular: "Receive this Scapular, a sign of your special relationship with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, whom you pledge to imitate. May it be a reminder to you of your dignity as a Christian in serving oth-ers and imitating Mary. Wear it as a sign of her protection and of belonging to the family of Carmel, voluntarily doing the will of God and devoting yourself to building a world true to his plan of community, justice and peace." The scapular stands for:

- A commitment to follow Jesus, like Mary, the perfect model of all the disciples of Christ. This commitment finds its origin in baptism. - It leads into the community of Carmel, a community of religious men and women, which has existed in the Church for over eight centuries. - It reminds of the example of the saints of Carmel, with whom it establishes a close bond as brothers and sisters. - It is an expression of the belief that the bearers of the scapular will meet God in eternal life, aided by the interces-sion and prayers of Mary.

The Carmelites insist that the scapular is not:

- A magical charm to protect someone. - An automatic guarantee of salvation. - An excuse for not living up to the demands of the Christian life

It is instead a sign which has been approved by the Church for over seven centuries and which stands for the decision to:

- Follow Jesus like Mary: - Be open to God and to his will. - Be guided by faith, hope, and love. - To pray at all times - To discover God present in all that happens around us.

THE ROSARY AND THE SCAPULAR ARE INSEPARABLE

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Isidore Church #022299 622 Pulaski Street Riverhead, NY 11901 TELEPHONE 631 727-2114 CONTACT PERSON Reina Bonocore SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2013 Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Windows 7 PRINTER HP Officejet J4580 Transmission Time Wednesday 11:45 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION July 13, 2020 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS PRINT ONLY 350