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Solemnity of Our Lady
of the Assumption
Holy Mass Schedule
Monday, August 14, 2017 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 8:00 a.m. - Italian 9:00 a.m. - English
6:30 p.m. - Albanian 7:30 p.m. - Spanish
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Monday- August 7, 2017 - Weekday - St. Sixtus II,Pope and Companions, Martyrs; St Cajetan, Priest
8:00 a.m. Francesco Solari 9:00 a.m. Lee Ester Pleasants
Tuesday- August 8, 2017 - St. Dominic, Priest 8:00 a.m. Zoje Bibaj 9:00 a.m. Maruka Lulgjuraj
Wednesday- August 9, 2017 - Weekday - St. Teresa
Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr 8:00 a.m. Vincenzo Testa & Family 9:00 a.m. Mark Lulgjuraj
Thursday- August 10, 2017 - St. Lawrence, Deacon
and Martyr 8:00 a.m. Lena Zadrima 9:00 a.m. Lena Selgan 7:00 p.m. All Souls
Friday- August 11, 2017 - St. Clare, Virgin
8:00 a.m. Rosina Reda 9:00 a.m. Gjergj Nocaj
Saturday- August 12, 2017 - Weekday - St. Jane
Frances de Chantal, Religious 8:00 a.m. Iolanda & Donato Iacovella 9:00 a.m. Gaetano, Rosa & Rugeri Rosaria 5:30 p.m. Noc & Leze Zadrima 7:00 p.m. Rolando Arroyo
Sunday- August 13, 2017 - Nineteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. Antonio C. Moschetta 9:00 a.m. Margarita Burgos 9:15 a.m. Maria LoMonte
10:30 a.m. Maria Malafronte & Gambarella Family 12:00 p.m. For all Parishioners of St. Lucy’s Parish 1:00 p.m. Creole Mass - Center Chapel 1:15 p.m. Jose Frias
into the Roman Catholic Church and our Parish community of St. Lucy The candle in honor of the
Blessed Mother burns this week in memory of
Mildred, Anthony, Phil and
Brandy Capano
Requiescant in Pace Please remember in your prayers the parishioners, friends, relatives and benefactors who recently died
especially, William Flecha
May they rest in Peace, Amen.
Best Wishes & Blessings to
Javier & Maria Reyes
Married on July 29, 2017
Jose & Guadalupe Saragoza
Married on August 1, 2017
RETIRO MARIANO Todos estan invitados a el Retiro Mariano con la Virgen de la Providencia. Sabado 16 de Septiembre de 9 a.m. a 5:30 p.m. En el auditorio de la escuela, habra Santa Misa con la Exposicion del Santisimo, antes de la clausura del retiro.
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Message from Fr. Pergjini- Sunday August 6, 2017. It is the feast Transfigura on. A beau ful feast
in the middle of summer, the Transfigura on of our Lord in mount Tabor. In the Eastern Church this solemnity is rightly called "Easter in the middle of summer” What a beau ful and powerful descrip on” Easter in the middle of summer. Since the third century on top of mount Tabor a basilica was built in the memory of this unique event of the life of Christ on earth. It is believed and well accepted that the date August 6th is the date when the basilica on Mount Tabor was dedicated and has con nued since then to be celebrated in the East and the West. It is very important to know also, that on August 6th, 1456, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, the Chris an army was able to stop the Turks from invading the rest of Europe. It was a great victory for Chris an Europe and it happened on the feast of Transfigura on. In commemora on of the defeat of O oman Empire, one year later Pope Calixtus III, proclaimed that August 6th, the feast of Transfigura on is universal and official date to celebrate the Transfigura on. The Scripture sources of this beau ful feast come from the accounts of the three Gospels, Saint Mathew 17: 1-8, Saint Mark 9: 2-9, and Saint Luke 9: 28-36. They all have the substan al agreement about the event. This liturgical year we are using cycle A, and Gospel readings are taken from Saint Mathew. Christ took Peter, James, and John climbing the high mountain where Christ was transfigured in the presence of Moses and Elijah. The Mountain is such a powerful image in the life of Christ and has a very important place. Pope Benedict XVI in his book “Jesus of Nazareth” volume 2, beau fully describes the deep and profound meaning of the mountains in the life of Christ. He cites the various mountains where Christ had a special and meaningful rela onship. The mountain of tempta ons where Christ defeated the devil; the mountain of great preaching where huge crowds came to hear the good news of salva on; the mountain of his prayer where Christ in solitude prayed to His Father; the mountain of Transfigura on where Christ an cipated the Glory of His Resurrec on: the mountain of his agony where Christ was swea ng blood; the mountain of his Cross where Christ died. And the final mountain is the mountain of the Risen Lord where he powerfully declares; "All power in heaven and on earth is given to me." (Mathew 28:18) On this solemnity of Transfigura on Christ an cipated to his disciples that a er passion and Cross is the Glory of Heaven. And in order to prepare and live the Glory of the Father they had to pay a en on to the voice that came from the cloud, the voice of Almighty Father: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased: listen to him." Mathew 17:5. The disciples were afraid of that voice, afraid to accept suffering and martyrdom, unwilling to accept that the Glory of Risen Christ without the cross would have been impossible. And Christ comes to calm their fear and strengthen them for their future. Yes indeed, this solemnity offers a very powerful image: the face of Christ illuminated by Glory of Almighty Father and the very white color of His vestments an cipated the future Glory of resurrec on. And today as we celebrate this solemnity what is the message for you and myself? Just what happened back then? Or thinking of the victory defea ng Turks on August 6, 1456? If that is the case this feast has nothing to offer to us, just a past event and nothing more. But for us, people of faith and hope who do not simply contemplate the power of this event in the majes c scene of Transfigura on, but this passage of Transfigura on reminds to all of us who par cipate in these sacred mysteries, the voice of the Almighty Father that came from the cloud: Listen to Him he is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased," becomes alive and penetra ng in the holy scripture, and more powerfully on the Altar where Christ is really present body, blood, soul, and divinity. It is Christ who calms our fears, our sufferings, makes easier to carry out our cross, as He did back then to his disciples preparing for the sufferings and Glory. Only on this way, and no other way we can understand the joy of the Transfigura on and humbly listen to Christ accep ng our pains and suffering always having Christ with us and for us. It is Sunday, August 6, 2107, the solemnity of Transfigura on, the Easter in the middle of summer.
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Mensaje de Padre Pergjini- Domingo 6 de agosto de 2017. Es la fiesta de la Transfiguración. Una
hermosa fiesta en medio del verano, la Transfiguración de nuestro Señor en el monte Tabor. En la Iglesia de Oriente esta solemnidad es justamente llamada "Semana Santa en medio del verano" Qué hermosa y poderosa descripción "Pascua en medio del verano" Desde el siglo III en la cima del monte Tabor se construyó una basílica en la memoria de este singular Evento de la vida de Cristo en la erra Se cree y bien aceptado que la fecha 6 de agosto es la fecha en que la basílica en el Monte Tabor fue dedicada y ha con nuado desde entonces para ser celebrado en el Este y el Oeste Es muy importante Para saber también que el 6 de agosto de 1456, en Belgrado, la capital de Serbia, el ejército cris ano logró impedir que los turcos invadieran el resto de Europa. Fue una gran victoria para la Europa cris ana y sucedió en la fiesta de En conmemoración de la derrota del Imperio Otomano, un año más tarde el Papa Calixto III, proclamó que el 6 de agosto, la fiesta de la Transfiguración es fecha universal y oficial para celebrar la Transfiguración. Las fuentes de esta hermosa fiesta provienen de los relatos de los tres Evangelios, San Mateo 17: 1-8, San Marcos 9: 2-9 y San Lucas 9: 28-36. Todos ellos enen el acuerdo sustancial sobre el evento. Este año litúrgico estamos usando el ciclo A, y las lecturas del Evangelio se toman de San Mateo. Cristo llevó a Pedro, San ago y Juan al monte alto donde Cristo fue transfigurado en presencia de Moisés y Elías. La Montaña es una imagen tan poderosa en la vida de Cristo y ene un lugar muy importante. El Papa Benedicto XVI en su libro "Jesús de Nazaret" volumen 2, describe bellamente el profundo y profundo significado de las montañas en la vida de Cristo. Él cita las diversas montañas donde Cristo tuvo una relación especial y significa va. La montaña de las tentaciones donde Cristo derrotó al diablo; La montaña de la gran predicación donde grandes mul tudes llegaron a escuchar las buenas nuevas de la salvación; La montaña de su oración donde Cristo en soledad oró a Su Padre; La montaña de la Transfiguración donde Cristo an cipó la gloria de su resurrección: la montaña de su agonía donde Cristo sudaba sangre; El monte de su Cruz donde Cristo murió. Y la montaña final es la montaña del Señor resucitado donde él poderosamente declara; "Todo poder en el cielo y en la erra me es dado". (Mateo 28:18) En esta solemnidad de la Transfiguración Cristo an cipó a sus discípulos que después de la Pasión y la Cruz es la Gloria del Cielo. Y para preparar y vivir la Gloria del Padre tenían que prestar atención a la voz que venía de la nube, la voz del Padre Todopoderoso: Este es mi Hijo amado, con quien me complazco: escuchadle ". Mateo 17: 5. Los discípulos tenían miedo de esa voz, temerosos de aceptar el sufrimiento y el mar rio, no queriendo aceptar que la Gloria de Cristo resucitado sin la cruz hubiera sido imposible, y Cristo viene a calmar su temor y fortalecerlos para su futuro Sí, esta solemnidad ofrece una imagen muy poderosa: el rostro de Cristo iluminado por la Gloria del Padre Todopoderoso y el color muy blanco de Sus ves mentas an cipó el futuro Gloria de la resurrección Y hoy, al celebrar esta solemnidad, ¿cuál es el mensaje para ustedes Y yo mismo, lo que sucedió en ese entonces o pensando en la victoria que derrotó a los turcos el 6 de agosto de 1456. Si ese es el caso, esta fiesta no ene nada que ofrecernos, sólo un evento pasado y nada más. Personas de fe y de esperanza que no contemplan simplemente el poder de este acontecimiento en la majestuosa escena de la Transfiguración, pero este pasaje de la Transfiguración nos recuerda a todos los que par cipamos en estos misterios sagrados, la voz del Padre Todopoderoso que vino de la nube : Escuchadle, él es mi hijo amado con quien me complazco, "se hace vivo y penetrante en la sagrada escritura, y más poderosamente en el altar donde Cristo es realmente el cuerpo, la sangre, el alma y la divinidad. Es Cristo quien calma nuestros miedos, nuestros sufrimientos, hace más fácil llevar a cabo nuestra cruz, como lo hizo entonces a sus discípulos preparándose para los sufrimientos y la Gloria. Sólo de esta manera, y de ninguna otra manera podemos entender el gozo de la Transfiguración y escuchar humildemente a Cristo aceptando nuestros dolores y sufrimiento siempre teniendo a Cristo con nosotros y para nosotros. Es domingo, 6 de agosto de 2107, la solemnidad de la Transfiguración, la Pascua en medio del verano.
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St. Lucy Parish 2017 Pilgrimages
September 21, 2017 - Shrine to Padre Pio, Barto, PA - bus leaves at 8:30 a.m. and returns by 7 p.m. $35 per person. October 13, 2017 - Shrine to Mary, Help of Christians, Stony Point, NY - bus leaves 9 a.m. and returns by 5 p.m. $30 per person. December 15, 2017 - Shrine to Our Lady of LaSalette and the beautiful and exciting Christmas Lights Display, Attleboro, MA - bus leaves at 11 a.m. and returns by 10 p.m. $45 per person.
Please register and pay for trips at Rectory in advance to assure a seat.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN ADULTS CLASS for adults who have not received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and/or Confirmation. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in the school beginning the end of September. Please come to the rectory office to register along with a copy of birth certificate and or baptismal certificate. The registration fee is $80.00.
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