Easter Sunday April 12, 2020
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Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 “He saw and believed” Epiphany Parish Mission Statement A Place of Mercy and Hope, where Everyone is Welcomed, Loved, and Forgiven Announced Mass Intentions REMEMBRANCE & SPECIAL INTENTIONS A wonderful way to remember our loved ones who have passed on and to pray for special intentions, while giving back to God Saturday, April 11 Announced Mass for 2020 ($15) HOLY SATURDAY Easter Vigil Altar Bread & Wine ($50 / week) Sanctuary Lamp ($20 / week) Sunday, April 12 Please make arrangements at the rectory. EASTER SUNDAY THE RESURRECTION April 12 - 18 OF THE LORD the Sanctuary Lamp will burn in memory of 8:00 am Paul Wellner John Caradonna 10:00 am Nancy Teare 12:00 pm Marguerite & Sam La Barba Monday, April 13 our Bread and Wine will be offered 8:00 am Mary T. Walsh in memory of 12:10 pm Joyce Reyes Hughes Lillian & George Conard Tuesday, April 14 Jack Warmbrand & James Lee 8:00 am Dennis Riney 12:10 pm James A. Verlin Parish House (Rectory): Wednesday, April 15 239 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010 8:00 am Catriona Boland Open: Mon-Fri 9 am - 3:00 pm 12:10 pm Ann & Charles Heim The Parish Office is closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays Thursday, April 16 Telephone: 212-475-1966 Fax: 929-207-3697 8:00 am Celedonio Tolete Website: www.epiphanychurch.nyc 12:10 pm Dominick & Rosa Martire E-mail: [email protected] Friday, April 17 For information about Sacraments, please call the rectory. 8:00 am Gertrudes Verzosa 12:10 pm intentions of Dominick Bianco Rev. Austin Titus, Pastor Saturday, April 18 Rev. James Mayzik, S.J., Parochial Vicar 8:00 am Eileen Dillon Rev. Msgr. Thomas A. Modugno In Residence 12:10 pm Ann Marie Capuano Kate McHugh, Principal, The Epiphany School Sunday, April 19 Deborah J. Keogh, Director of Faith Formation & CCD DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY John D. Coen, Director of Music 8:00 am Dorothy R. Walsh José Ramos & Thomas Lewis, Parish Trustees 10:00 am Trudie Hussey 12:00 pm Holy Souls in Purgatory St. John Chrysostom 7:30 pm Mary Soto This classic Paschal or Easter Sermon is from Saint John Chrysostom, fifth century early church father and one of the greatest preachers of all May the souls of the faithful departed, time. This homily for Holy Pascha exhorts all, even those who have not through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen kept the Lenten fast, to rejoice and enter into the Easter feast of the resurrection. Let all Pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who have toiled since the first hour, let them now receive their due reward; let any who came after the third hour be grateful to join in the feast, and those who may have come after the sixth, let them not be afraid of being too late, for the Lord is gracious and He receives the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes on the eleventh hour as well as to him who has toiled since the first: Easter is the most important day of the year, yes, He has pity on the last and He serves the first; He rewards the one and is indeed of all history. generous to the other; he repays the deed and praises the effort. Without it, we would be Come you all: enter into the joy of your Lord. You the first and you the last, hopelessly and forever lost. receive alike your reward; you rich and you poor, dance together; you sober And with it, paradise was opened and you weaklings, celebrate the day; you who have kept the fast and you to all who seek it. who have not, rejoice today. The table is richly loaded: enjoy its royal banquet. It came at an infinite price. The calf is a fatted one: let no one go away hungry. All of you enjoy the banquet of faith; all of you receive the riches of his goodness. Jesus gave his life for us. We hope that you will give generously in response. Let no one grieve over his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been We are relying on your generosity. revealed; let no one weep over his sins, for pardon has shone from the grave; let no one fear death, for the death of our Savior has set us free: He has Thank you for giving your best destroyed it by enduring it, He has despoiled Hades by going down into its on this most holy of days. kingdom, He has angered it by allowing it to taste of his flesh. Readings for Easter Sunday / Year A Acts 10:34A, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: "You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name." Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” R. “The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right hand of the LORD is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.R. Colossians 3:1-4 Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. OR 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? During these difficult days, Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. the Rosary is more important than ever. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Pray the Rosary - or offer just a decade Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, of Hail Marys every day. but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Let us ask Mary to intercede with her Son Verse before the Gospel - 1 Cor 5:7b-8a to strengthen us in this time of trial. R. Alleluia, alleluia Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed; ON THE MONEY let us then feast with joy in the Lord. R. Alleluia, alleluia Because of the Medical Directives from the Governor, Masses have been cancelled and our weekly envelope donations have all but stopped. Gospel: JN 20:1-9 During the last 12 months, the number online givers has On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb increased slightly (8 donors), but the dollar amount has early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone decreased during this pandemic. removed from the tomb. We are at your mercy, and ask that you So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple give online if at all possible. whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” tithe.ly/give OR So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. epiphanychurch.churchgiving.com They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter Or you can place your envelope in the and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial donation box in the Church narthex. cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, Thank you for keeping us and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths in your prayers and in your hearts! but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw TIP: When you sign up for TITHE.LY, and believed. enter the name of our parish as “Epiphany” For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise (not Church of the Epiphany).