Parish Staff Pastor Rev. David Powers Sch.P. Parochial Vicars Rev. Nelson Henao Sch.P. Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P. Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz Organists Mr. Franco Bonanome Mr. Patrick Marques Leaders of Song Mrs. Terry Bonanome Mr. Alex Henriquez July 2016 Director of Development Mrs. Stephanie Turtle St. Helena’s School (718) 892-3234 Early Childhood (3Yr Olds & Pre-K for All) Elementary School (Grades K-8) Principal: Mr. Richard Meller 2050 Benedict Avenue Bronx, New York 10462 High School: Monsignor Scanlan H.S. (718) 430-0100 http://www.scanlanhs.edu/ Principal: Mr. Peter Doran 915 Hutchinson River Parkway Bronx, New York 10465 St. Helena Rectory: 1315 Olmstead Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10462 Phone: (718) 892-3232 Fax: (718) 892-7713 www.churchofsthelena.com Email: [email protected]Alumni: [email protected]Mass Schedule (Horario de Misas) made at Certificate. should as as at the Rectory. a at Rectory . saint Helena parish Bronx, NY
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Parish Staff Pastor
Rev. David Powers Sch.P.
Parochial Vicars
Rev. Nelson Henao Sch.P.
Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P.
Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz
Organists Mr. Franco Bonanome
Mr. Patrick Marques
Leaders of Song Mrs. Terry Bonanome
Mr. Alex Henriquez
July 2016
Director of Development
Mrs. Stephanie Turtle
St. Helena’s School (718) 892-3234 Early Childhood (3Yr Olds & Pre-K for All)
The Spanish Mass this past Saturday at 1:30PM was in honor of Our Lady of the Cloud. The devotion to The Virgin of the Cloud, La Virgen de la Nube, is from Ecuador. It originated 85 years after the Archbishop of Quito blessed the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Good Success on February 2, 1611. Here is the story of the miracle of Our Lady of the Cloud.
At the end of the year 1696, the Bishop of Quito, Don Sancho de Andrade y Figueroa, was very ill. Disconsolate at the thought of losing their Bishop, the people of Guálupo, a village on the outskirts of Quito, decided to organize a novena to the Virgin Mary asking her for his recovery.
On December 30, they organized a Rosary procession from the town of Guálupo to the Cathedral in Quito. On the return trip, at around 4:30 in the afternoon, Fr. José de Ulloa y la Cadena, chaplain of the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Quito, was leading the group in the praying of the Rosary. He was just beginning to recite the third decade of the Glorious Mysteries when he looked up and saw a figure forming in a large cloud in the late afternoon sky. He pointed to the east and exclaimed to the crowd: “The Virgin! The Virgin!”
In the sky between the sanctuaries of Guálupo and Quito, the Blessed Virgin appeared standing on a cloud somewhat darker and denser than the others, which served as her pedestal. She wore a crown on her head and carried a bunch of lilies in her right hand like a scepter. In her left hand she carried her Divine Son. She was dressed in a white silk tunic that draped to her feet in soft pleats, half hidden by a majestic mantle. On her head was a long filmy white veil.
This apparition, which was viewed by close to 500 persons in the procession as well as many others in the environs of Quito, lasted for the length of a Glory be and the praying of one Our Father and one Hail Mary. Testimonies of the miracle include those of the President of the Royal Chamber Don Mateo de Mata Ponce de León and other respected town officials. All of the testimonies are carefully conserved today in the Archives of the Quito
Archdiocese.
As confirmation of the miracle, the Bishop was immediately healed. Soon afterward, he authorized the devotion to the Virgin under the invocation The Virgin of the Cloud, and erected an altar to her in the Cathedral of Quito. The Bishop, who remained very devoted to the Blessed Virgin and the Rosary, lived some years more, dying in May of 1702.
News of the miracle spread rapidly throughout that province and it soon spread to Peru. Some years later, the Prioress of the Monastery of the Nazarene Mothers, Mother Barbara Josefa of the Holy Trinity, received permission for a picture painted on linen of the Virgin of the Cloud to be carried in the annual October procession through the streets of Lima. This invocation to Our Lady remains very popular in Lima today.
In Ecuador, a grand procession honoring the Virgin of the Cloud is held every year on January 1 in the city of Azogues. It is organized by the Franciscans who constructed a large sanctuary in
that city dedicated to the Virgin of the Cloud.
This devotion has also spread to the United States. Immigrants from Ecuador in Chicago and New York have confraternities dedicated to Our Lady of the Cloud and have annual festivities in her honor.
ROSARY VIRGIN OF CHIQUINQUIRA, COLUMBIA (1555)
The Spanish Mass here at St. Helena on Sunday will be in honor of The Rosary Virgin of Chiquinquira. A reception will follow in the cafeteria. The story of Mary’s appearance there is very interesting. Way up on the Andean Plateau, 150 kilometers to the north of Bogata, Columbia, is the city of Chiquinquira, founded in 1856, and where at the country house of the Spaniard Don Antonio de Santana, a wondrous miracle occurred.
Don Antonio, in 1555, being a devout Christian had an oratory built in his home and requested the Dominican Brother, Fray Andrews Jadraque, to have the image of the Holy Virgin painted. The silversmith and painter, Alonzo de Narvaez did the work. The brother demanded that the Virgin bear a rosary, the official emblem of his order. The cloth had room for two other images at the side, and it was decided to put Saint Anthony of Padua at the right and Saint Andrew the Apostle at the left. The painting was done in tempora, but since the chapel was of straw, the paint faded under the action of the sun, the air and the rain.
The damage was such that the town priest had it removed from the altar as unworthy for the celebration of Holy Mass. The canvas was taken to Chiquinquira and was used for a rag to dry the wheat under the sun. Seven years later Dona Maria Ramos arrived from Spain and grieved to find the chapel used for animals. Day
after day she prayed there that Mary would comfort her soul, and she was hopeful that her prayers would be heard. On Friday, December 26, 1586, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning, the canvas was suddenly brightened by the Holy Virgin. Maria was in pious astonishment, almost in a trance, and soon the miracle drew crowds of people.
This wonderful happening was followed by
miraculous cures. The Church authorities ordered an investigation to be made of the Virgin of Chiquinquira to verify the truth of the miracle and in the year 1630, the Dominican Brotherhood authorized by the archbishop of Bogata, took charge of the sanctuary, and built a church which was replaced by the present Basilica in 1801. The Holy See, after discussion of the wonderful miracle, granted a liturgical feast day on July 9 that is celebrated with special services also in some sections of Venezuela and Ecuador as well.
In 1919, by order of the Holy See, the Holy Image was crowned with splendor in Bogata, and in 1944 it was granted the gold scepter and precious jewels as the mother queen of Colombia. The Virgin of Chiquinquira is the comforting heart of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador; prelates, magistrates, and other leaders
of the nation have knelt down at Mary’s feet and throngs of people, rich and poor, continuously flow to this place to pray for consolation and guidance through this earthly life.
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St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, a Piarist Saint - Feast July 15
It is very important to Pray to Mary
Domenico Pirrotti was born in Montecalvo, Italy on September 29, 1710, the sixth of the eleven children of Jerome and Donna Pirrotti. His father was a lawyer and was of the noble class. At the age of 16, he left home and joined the Piarist fathers in Benevento, where on February 2, 1727, he took the religious habit of the Piarists and professed the four religious vows made by all Piarists: poverty, chastity, obedience, and the education of youth. At the same time, he changed his name to Pompilio Maria.
He was sent to Chieti to study philosophy, but he became ill and was transferred to Melfi to finish his studies. Before his priestly ordination, he was sent to Turi for a year to teach religion and then to Lecce to teach literature. He was ordained on March 20, 1734 by the Archbishop of Brindisi. For the next ten years, he traveled throughout Italy preaching and hearing confessions.
The Lord gave him extraordinary gifts. In 1746, while he was in Lanciano, he rang the church bells at two in the morning and people flocked alarmed. He told them that they had to pray to Mary to save their town from an impending earthquake. The people did as he instructed, and a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region causing severe damage, but Lanciano was spared.
During the famine of 1765, he had the people of Campi Salentina also pray to Our Blessed Mother, and the famine never struck the
village. Even today in this city every year on July 15, the day of his feast, they distribute blessed bread baskets in memory of his protection.
He lived during a time when Jansenism and anticlericalism were growing in popularity, and many Catholics had stopped receiving the Eucharist, but St. Pompilio emphasized the importance of receiving it frequently along with spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, which served as the focus of his preaching and spiritual direction. From this sprang complaints and accusations, resulting in his abrupt departure from Lanciano in 1747.
He spent the next eleven and a half years in Naples spreading the same devotions, and he founded there a confraternity called the Charity of God, which had as its purpose praying for the dead and practicing the Sacraments of Christian virtues, especially the reception of daily Communion. In 1765, he wrote a Novena to the Sacred Heart which spread rapidly throughout the Kingdom of Naples.
He was accused of being too lenient in giving penances, and he was expelled from Naples. For the next six years, he travelled from community to community, preaching and hearing confessions, and during this time he experienced atrocious physical suffering. Finally, he was invited to live in the Piarist community at Campi Salentino by a pious Sacred Heart group. There, he reorganized the schools and made sure that education was available to all children and not just those from wealthy families, and he intensified the religious life of the inhabitants.
After celebrating Mass on Sunday, July 13, 1766, he became ill while hearing confessions. He was brought to his bedroom and
died there two days later at the age of 56, while reciting the first vespers of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. He was beatified in 1890 by Pope Leo XIII and was proclaimed a saint on March 19, 1934 by
Pope Pius XI. His remains are preserved and venerated by the faithful in the Piarist church in Campi Salentina.
THE “HEBREW” STAR OF DAVID WAS
EARLIER USED BY CHRISTIANS
Shockingly, the use of the six-pointed star as the Jewish symbol only goes back to the 17th century, while this symbol was used in Christian churches centuries earlier. To complicate matters further, in Hebrew this star is not called a “Star of David” but magen david - -מגן דוד the “Shield of David”. Why is this an important difference?
The Hebrew word for shield magen literally means a protective covering. In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield (magen)". In Psalms, we find another usage of the word in reference to God made by King David himself, repeating over and over that God alone is “our help and our shield” (magen), the provider of true security. Thus, the "Star of David" is actually a symbol of God's protection.
Unlike the menorah, the Lion of Judah, the shofar, and the lulav, the Star of David was never a uniquely Jewish symbol. The symbol of intertwined equilateral triangles is a common one in the Middle East and North Africa, and is thought to bring good luck. It appears occasionally in early Christian and Jewish artwork, but never as an exclusively Jewish symbol. It is called the “shatkona” in Hinduism and the “seal of Solomon” in Islam. During the 19th century the symbol began to proliferate amongst the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, ultimately being used amongst the Jewish communities in the Pale of Settlement, a region of western Russia where permanent Jewish settlement was prohibited. A significant motivating factor was the desire to imitate the influence of the Christian Cross. The earliest Jewish usage of the symbol was inherited from medieval Arabic literature by Kabbalists for use in talismanic protective amulets (segulof) where it was known as a Seal of Solomon. The symbol was also used in Christian churches as a decorative motif many centuries before its first known use in a Jewish synagogue. Prior to the 19th century, official use in Jewish communities was generally known only in the region of today’s Czech Republic, Austria, and possibly parts of Southern Germany, having begun in medieval Prague.
The symbol became representative of the worldwide Zionist community, and later the broader Jewish community, after it was chosen as the central symbol on a flag at the First Zionist Congress in 1897
US ARMY CHAPLAIN CONSIDERED FOR CANONIZATION
A former army chaplain, and the ninth military chaplain to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, Father Emil J. Kapaun has taken a step closer to possible beatification and sainthood.
But for Scott Carter, coordinator for the Father Kapaun Guild, the story of the priest himself is the real news. “If someone who grew up so close to us, in circumstances fairly similar to us, is able to achieve
sainthood, it’s inspiring. It makes the faith hit home. It really brings it to life and makes us realize that
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everything we talk about, the gospel, Jesus' promises, all of this is real and it is possible to achieve.”
Carter spoke of the number of times the Korean War-era priest survived battles and his runs onto the battlefield to rescue the wounded. The priest's pipe was shot out of his mouth several times.
Fr. Kapaun was born in Pilsen, Kansas to a farming family. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Wichita in June 1940. He served as a U.S. Army chaplain from 1944 through 1946, then re-joined the military chaplaincy in 1948. He was sent to Korea in July 1950, where he became known for his service with the U.S. Army's Eighth Cavalry regiment. He would stay up at night to write letters home on behalf of wounded soldiers.
He was captured by Chinese soldiers at Unsan in North Korea. As a prisoner, the priest carried a fellow prisoner sixty miles, even though the man weighed 20 pounds more than he did. He would share food and wash the clothes of prisoners and pick lice off of their clothes.
After he was placed in a prisoner of war camp, Fr. Kapaun helped his fellow prisoners solve problems and keep up morale. His efforts helped them to survive in a harsh winter. For those who did not survive, he helped bury their corpses. Fr. Kapaun would celebrate the sacraments for his fellow prisoners, hear their confessions, and say Mass. He developed a blood clot in his leg and fell ill with dysentery and pneumonia. He died May 23, 1951, at the age of 35, and was buried in a mass grave on the Yalu River.
In 1993, Pope John Paul II declared him a Servant of God. In April 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military honor. Now the Catholic Church is considering whether he should be beatified. Six historical consultants of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints have evaluated the documents in his case for completeness and accuracy. They approved them at a June 21 meeting in Rome.
The vote sends Fr. Kapaun's cause to the theological consultants who will review the priest’s writings and teachings for conformity with Catholic doctrine and teaching. Their approval would send the case to a panel of the congregation’s cardinals and bishops, which could vote to send the case to Pope Francis for final approval. Pope Francis could then declare him as Venerable.
Separately, medical consultants are examining evidence of two alleged miracles attributed to the priest’s intervention. One miracle must be approved for Fr. Kapaun’s beatification, and a second for his canonization.
FR. NELSON IS ON VACATION, and he will return in mid August. Fr. Jose Javier is here and will celebrate the Spanish Masses. We wish Father Nelson a good vacation. Father Andrew is visiting for a month. We welcome back both Fr. Andrew and Fr. Jose Javier, and Fr. Richard has returned from his vacation.
Eustaguia Mejias, Indrowdi Sadu, Rosa Pena, Adam Mary,
Brenda Jackson, Jennifer Alleyne, Carlos Negro,
James Leunge, Carol Primak, Lucy Cannavacciuolo,
Dominic Lane, Aaron Sylvester, Sean Gaffney,
Peter Vaccaro, Gino Vaccaro, Veronica Gonzalez, Bertha Mero
Please Pray for the Deceased and their Grieving Families:
Inocencia Ortiz, Angela Suarez, Michael Costello, Iris Arcelay,
Ruth Cueva, Barbara Marino McGovern, Fr. Richard Neilson
FORMACION: Una de las cosas que más apoyamos los
Escolapios es la formación, ese es nuestro carisma, la
formación en la piedad y las letras; o sea, en el intelecto y en
la fe. Una de las mejores maneras para conocer nuestra fe, lo
que ella significa y la forma en que puede transformar
nuestras vidas es a través de la formación. Pues bien, les
adelanto algunos programas en español que tenemos
preparados para Septiembre. Taler de Oración y Vida: Siguiendo el método del P.
Larrañaga, muy conocido en el mundo, este taller es muy
valioso para crecer en nuestra vida de oración. Cada jueves a
las 7 pm a partir del 25 de agosto hasta el 8 de diciembre.
Mes de la familia: Tendremos durante cada domingo del
mes de septiembre temas sobre sexualidad y todo lo
referente al tema Pro-Vida (la persona humana, amenazas
para la vida, etc.). Hay temas para los padres y los hijos. Se
realizarán estas actividades después de la misa de 12. Se
distribuirá almuerzo entre los que están inscritos y la
actividad será de una hora y media.
Una fe bien construida: El P. Nelson continuará dictando
este curso que profundiza sobre el significado de ser
Católico y su relación con nuestra vida diaria. El curso se
seguirá dando los martes de 7.30 a 9 pm. desde la primera
semana de septiembre hasta el comienzo del mes de
diciembre. Ya les confirmaré las fechas exactas. Piensa
durante este tiempo que clase deseas tomar, cada cual es
responsable de su propia formación. SIGAMOS
CRECIENDO JUNTOS EN NUESTRO CAMINO
HACIA EL SEÑOR!!!
Viaje del P. Nelson: Me despido, quer idos her manos,
hasta el 16 de agosto. Estaré unos días en México dando
unos retiros a los jóvenes que iniciarán el año del noviciado.
También estaré recibiendo los votos simples de aquellos que
están terminando el noviciado este año. He dado una
explicación sobre este proceso vocacional en el artículo del
día de hoy. Después estaré unos días con la familia.
El P. José Javier Vanegas me estará substituyendo y es
posible que el P. Baltasar lo haga en las últimas misas antes
de mi regreso. Los dos son hermanos escolapios, sé que
ustedes colaborarán con ellos.
Los diferentes ministerios (Eucaristía, lectores, ujieres,
música, misericordia, oración, etc) saben hacer su trabajo.
Les pido continuar en la misma línea, atendiendo las
sugerencias y turnos que les indican sus líderes.
Bendiciones para todos. Que el Señor les proteja siempre,
sea que te quedes en la ciudad o se vayan de viaje. Deseo de
corazón regresar rápido para continuar construyendo
comunidad en el discipulado de Jesucristo.
MISERICORDIOSOS COMO EL PADRE Estamos aquí para escuchar la voz del Espíritu que habla a toda
la Iglesia en nuestro tiempo, el cual es precisamente el tiempo de
la misericordia. De esto estoy seguro. Estamos viviendo el
tiempo de la misericordia, desde hace 30 años o más, hasta hoy.
Esta fue una intuición de san Juan Pablo II, apóstol de la Divina
Misericordia. El tuvo la visión de que este era el tiempo de la
misericordia, gracias al mensaje de santa Faustina Kowalska. El
papa Francisco precisamente continua el legado, proclamando el
8 de diciembre de 2015, el ano jubilar de la misericordia. Esta
predicación de la misericordia con diferentes acentos tiene, pues,
como efecto, o mejor dicho, como causa, un mensaje
esencialmente cristocentrico. El Espíritu Santo es el que da a los
fieles un instinto para encontrase profundamente con Cristo.
Clases para la preparación del Bautismo será el 14 de
julio y julio 28 a las 7PM
CARNAVAL DE LA PARROQUIA FUE TO DO UN ÉXITO
Estamos muy agradecidos con todos los voluntarios que
hicieron posible nuestro primer verdadero carnaval de
nuestra parroquia en los últimos veinticinco años. Fue un
éxito TREMENDO!!! El total de utilidades que dejó el
carnaval estuvo muy cerca de los 18.000 dólares y eso que….
este año estábamos aprendiendo! Todos los ganadores de la
rifa han sido notificados, pueden pasar por la rectoría para
recoger sus regalos.
Estos son los nombres de las personas que aún no han
reclamado en la rectoría los premios del festival:
Michael Mayta 367478
Veronica 367697
Rosita Arayon 367186
Orlando Perez 367133
Pedro Vargas 367144
Katia Gill 367462
Juan Jr. 367173
SAN POMPILIO MARIA PIRROTI SCH. P Era hijo del noble Girolamo Pirotti y Orsola Bozzuti. El 30 de
septiembre, fue bautizado en la Iglesia Colegiata de la Asunción
de Montecalvo Irpino (Avellino, Diócesis de Benevento), y se le
dio el nombre de Domenico Michele Giovan Battista Pioratti. A
los dieciocho años ingresó en la Orden de las Escuelas Pías
(Escolapios), fundada por San José de Calasanz en 1617, tomó el
nombre de Pompilio María, en memoria de su hermano muerto
en el seminario. Maestro, sacerdote, predicador popular y de
ejercicios espirituales, no siempre fue entendido por los
superiores y la autoridad, se dirigió a las diversas regiones de
Italia, produciendo de una amplia colección de cartas de
dirección espiritual y confidencial.
El 2 de febrero 1727, tomó el hábito religioso de los Escolapios
en el Noviciado de San Maria Caravaggio en Nápoles y al final
del primer año de noviciado, obtuvo una dispensa del segundo
año de libertad condicional, el 25 de marzo 1728, hizo la
profesión solemne en Brindisi con los votos de pobreza, castidad,
obediencia, y de educar a la juventud de acuerdo con la Regla de
la Orden, cambiándose completamente el nombre en Pompilio
María.
Desde Nápoles fue enviado a Chieti para continuar sus estudios
en filosofía, pero cayó enfermo y a la esperanza que el cambio de
clima lo beneficiaría, fue trasladado a Melfi (Potenza), donde
continuó sus estudios con éxito sagrado y profano. En 1733, con
la reputación de un teólogo y aún no de sacerdote, fue a Turi
(Bari), dando inicio a la enseñanza de las letras y de educador de
la juventud. Regresó al Reino de Nápoles, fue asignado a la Casa
de los Escolapios en Campi Salentino (Lecce), como Maestro
Superior y de novicios. Durante la hambruna distribuyó "fettoline
de pan" para los pobres. Propagador de la devoción al Sagrado
Corazón de Jesús (él escribió la primera novena en Italia), la
Eucaristía y la Virgen María, a quien llamó "Madre hermosa"
difundió la práctica del Viacrucis. También se le llama el "mártir
del confesionario". Pompilio murió el 15 de julio 1766 en el
municipio de Salento.
El Papa Leo XIII lo beatificó en 1890.
El Papa Pio XI lo santificó el 19 de marzo de 1934.
Los padres escolapios te invitan a celebrar la Santa Misa en
honor a San María Pirrotti, el día viernes 15 de julio a las
8:30am
BUEN DIA, HERMANOS: Recibe un cordial saludo en Cristo.
Misericordiosos como el Padre: El Evangelio según san Lucas
para este domingo contiene sin duda una parábola llena y rica de
misericordia, se trata de la historia del Buen Samaritano.
La parábola que nos muestra Jesús en el evangelio de hoy nos
muestra hasta donde se extiende el horizonte de la misericordia.
Un fariseo se presenta ante Jesús y le pregunto cómo alcanzar la
vida eterna. El Señor le muestra que la respuesta ya la conoce,
que sólo ha de recordar lo que ya está escrito en la Ley.
Precisamente en la primera lectura, Moisés nos da ya la clave de
lo que tenemos que hacer: “Os infundiré mi espíritu, y viviréis;
os colocaré en vuestra tierra, y sabréis, que yo, el Señor, lo digo y
lo hago. Oráculo del Señor.”
El fariseo cae en su propia trampa porque ya sabía aquello que ya
sabía desconocer. No lo ignoraba en teoría, y aquí viene la clave,
pero si en la práctica. Este fragmento del evangelio me conmueve
casi más que la misma parábola porque deja al descubierto algo
que puede ser habitual en nuestro proceder. Sabemos lo que el
Señor quiere, pero no lo llevamos a cabo, como si todos sus
mandatos no tuvieran que ver con la vida real. Nuestra vida se
puede convertirse en una sucesión de excusas, justificaciones,
para no ayudar al prójimo.
San Pablo en la segunda lectura, señala que todo ha sido hecho a
través de Cristo, que es el Primogénito del Padre. Jesús ha venido
a enseñarnos siendo misericordioso como el Padre. Fijémonos,
finalmente, en algún detalle de esta rica parábola. Tanto el
sacerdote como el levita, dan un rodeo, es decir, eligen un
camino más largo, quizás para no entretenerse y poder cumplir
con sus obligaciones religiosas. Jesús nos muestra el camino más
corto que conduce directamente a Dios. Estamos en el año de la
misericordia y el Papa Francisco nos los recuerda: “Tenemos que
abrazar la cultura del encuentro, no basta con dar limosna, sino
de ponerlo todo al servicio de los demás.” ¿Cómo se puede
lograrlo? Nuestra fe, la vida de oración, las obras de
misericordia y la práctica sacramental nos ayudan a recorrer el
mismo camino de Cristo: vivir según la medida de su amor.
Mis queridos hermanos, el que fue despreciado por el levita y por
el sacerdote no fue despreciado por el samaritano que descendía.
nunca hay excusas para no practicar la caridad. Jesús, que se ha
hecho nuestro prójimo, nos recuerda que nadie debe ser ajeno. Él
nos ha recogido en los momentos difíciles de nuestra vida, y nos
ha introducido en la posada que es simbolizada por la Iglesia. En
ella somos curados cuando estamos heridos por el pecado y
también se nos educa, como hace el samaritano con el posadero,
y así aprender a amar a los demás. Jesús viéndonos muertos en el
pecado y ver que nadie nos podía curar, bajo del cielo y se hizo
hombre. Aceptando sufrir por nosotros y se compadeció,
haciéndose nuestro prójimo. P. Jose Javier
Mass Intentions SUNDAY, July 10, 2016-Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Mario Barris 10:30 Altagracia, Carmen, José & Manuel Capellán 12:00 Julio Medina Virgen de Chiquinquira Migdalia Morales Ninito Viajero Virgen de Guadalupe Jacinto Pumavilla y familia Gertrudis Guasco y familia Isidoro Pumavilla Angela and Manuel Diaz (65th Anniversary) (Intentions) 1:30 Jose M. Garcia 5:00 Peter Hernandez MONDAY, July 11, 2016-Feast of St. Benedict 6:50 Julieta Arroyo (Intentions) 8:30 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 12:15 The Shine Family Intentions 7:30 Raquel de Henao (80th Birthday-Intentions) TUESDAY, July 12, 2016-Feast of St. Veronica 6:50 David Savino (Intentions) 8:30 Bridget and Pat Joe Early 12:15 Fr. Steven Markantonis for Healing Intentions
WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016-Feast of St. Henry 6:50 In Thanksgiving for Favors 8:30 Frank and Albina Greco 12:15 Xavier, Francis, Meera, Staven and Jair Joseph (Intentions) 7:30 Fr. Fabian Lopez THURSDAY, July 14, 2016-Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha 6:50 Fr. Frederick Sullivan 8:30 Alessandra Mia Savino (Intentions) 12:15 Fr. Harry R. Tiercelin FRIDAY, July 15, 2016-Feast of St. Bonaventure and St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti 6:50 Lydia Haynes Intentions 8:30 Deceased Members of the Piarist Order 12:15 Fr. John P. Cody SATURDAY, July 16, 2016-Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 6:50 Telma Anith and Family (Intentions) 8:30 Sherry Edmonds 12:15 Ralph A. Cerbone, Jr. 5:30 Luz Santiago SUNDAY, July 17, 2016-Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Pietro Di Vietri 10:30 Daisy George 12:00 Christopher Arce Gonzalez Migdalia Morales Ariadna Morales 1:30 Kevin Rodriguez 5:00 Carlos Fernandez
Readings for the Week of July 10, 2016
Sunday: Dt 30:10-14/Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or Ps
19:8-11/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37
Monday: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 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 102:13-21/Mt 11:28-30
Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10-12, 16/Mt 12:1-8
Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-4, 7-8, 14/Mt 12:14-21
Next Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Ps 15:2-5/Col 1:24-28/Lk 10:38-42
