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). from the dead. What kind of king What kind of a can weep at the funeral of his friend only to say, “Lazarus, come out!” king are you? and watch him come back to life.

What kind of king What kind of king rides on a donkey can sit at the dinner table a donkey that might be borrowed, with his subjects and be subject to or might be hijacked? them and wash their feet?

What kind of king builds a castle What kind of king with a wide open door for children can carry his own cross to enter can serve his assassin and but a needle-eye sized hole for help in his own execution? the rich? What kind of king What kind of king can die rides on a donkey so that his assassins into the city where can live? his assassins are waiting? What kind of King are you? What kind of king enters his assassins’ city A King who came not to be served with a ragtag commotion for all to but to serve and to give see his life as a ransom and not one security guard? for many.

What kind of king A King who keeps his promises lets his subjects treat him like a military liberator but doesn’t come with a single sword or A King who I can trust weapon? A King who can save What kind of king lets his followers send a A King I want to follow public message to the competing powers with no intent of answering a And so I come to you, King Jesus single challenge? not to be served by you but to serve you and to give my life to you. What kind of King are you?

So take my cloak What kind of King use it to clothe the naked can send two followers or use it for your donkey to step on. to fetch a donkey I don’t care and know exactly what they’ll so long as you’re the one taking it. need to say?

Because you’re the only one who What kind of king will give me a new garment in return, can tell a blind beggar a white robe made of saints’ righteous “your faith has made you well.” deeds, And actually make him see? a garment that fits so well it’ll be a new self, your self. Use me, King Jesus, all of me.

As you see fit. Make me a knight or a bishop or a rook, or make me an expendable pawn. I don’t care what piece I am. So long as yours is the hand that’s moving me.

Because yours is the mighty hand with an outstretched arm. Yours is the hand that rules with an iron scepter, and that knit me together in my mother’s womb.

So let me follow you, King Jesus all the way to Golgotha.

Let me walk next to you and put palm branches at your feet and shout “Hosanna!” with the children.

And if the child in me shouting “Hosanna!” grows up to an adult shouting “Crucify!” bring me back to the water where I can be born again.

Let me sit at the table with you and take bread and wine from you hands and let me lay my head on your chest.

And if thirty pieces of the world’s silver are ever enough to draw me away Wash my feet and make me clean again

Let me pray with you at Gethsemane and learn from you how to be vulnerable with the Father let me see your tears and sweat and grief.

And if my prayers give way to sleep wake me again with the waters of regeneration.

Let me walk with you to the cross. Let me be Simon of Cyrene, and learn to carry your cross with you.

And if my Simon of Cyrene becomes Simon Peter and I walk away from your cross to deny you lead me back to these waters where I can still die with you.

And live. And all along this long rough road let my song be:

WELCOME Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God, our Prince of Peace, we ask for your presence in Blessed is the coming the streets and homes of our kingdom of our father Gramercy David! community.

Remind us that we belong to one another as children of the Father of everything.

May we care for one another, pray for one another, bless one another.

Keep us safe and healthy in your love.

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