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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs 53 Prospect Road, Centerport, NY 11721 631.757.8184 www.olqmparish.org November 8, 2020 Pastor Reverend Stephen J. Pietrowski [email protected] Associate Pastor Fr. Collins Adutwum [email protected] Deacons John Rieger [email protected] Lou Cosentino [email protected] Pastoral Associate 631.757.6250 Brother Etienne, OSF [email protected] Assistant to Pastor Nanci DeSantis [email protected] Parish Administration Judy Smith [email protected] Children’s Faith Formation 631.757.0720 Nancy Dougherty, Director Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time [email protected] Georgena Ryan, Coordinator [email protected] Parish Social Ministry 631.754.9045 Maria Ryan, Director [email protected] Mary Ellen Pisano, Assistant [email protected] Music Coordinator Deirdre Kupka Come Pray With Us Facilities Paul Kupka This abbreviated bulletin has been issued for our website to ensure parishioners have the most current information. ~ Our Lady Queen of Martyrs ~ Dear Brothers and Sisters, At this writing the election still has not been decided, but I ask you to join with me in praying for whomever will be selected to be our President. Regardless of who you voted for, let us pray that our President will be a person to bring our Country together and help us move forward in peace. This coming week our parish will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Henning. Our Teens have been waiting patiently for this day and I invite you to pray with me for them and their families as they receive this amazing gift of the Holy Spirit. Someone recently asked me why we offer this Sacrament now? Why as a Teen? What better moment is there when our young people are about to embark on their adult life? Over the next several years our kids will be asked to make some of the most important choices of their adult life; school, career, a mate as well as a thousand other lesser but important choices. What better time for a fuller share of God’s Spirit to help them in these most difficult decisions! So, let us pray for them. Come Holy Spirit, give them your wisdom, your courage, your hope, your love and open their hearts to your presence that they know how much they are loved by God and how God yearns to be part of their lives! Amen! Beyond Confirmation, its also Thanksgiving time and the Christmas Holidays are around the corner. As is our tradition here at OLQM, our annual Pie Sale to benefit others is underway. This year Copenhagen Bakery will be assisting us. All of the proceeds from this year’s Pie Sale will support Homeless Outreach Project which helps feed and provide for the homeless in our community. They provide meals, toiletries, clothes and supplies. Many of the people who take advantage of these services are also supported by HIHI – the Huntington Initiative for the Homeless. Please support this program by buying your pie for your table and helping us help others. Order forms are available at the doors of the church and a PDF is available from the Parish Website Parish Social ~ All Are Welcome ~ Ministry section. All Orders should be returned with payment to the Parish Social Ministry Office. Thank you! On to our Gospel…. Jesus gives us the parable of the wise and foolish virgins who await the arrival of the bridegroom. In Jesus’ day, it was a custom for the young unwed women of the community to act as “maids of honor” for the Bride. They would wait into the night with their lamps lit to greet the Groom and his entourage who would come to claim his betrothed. It was a joyous occasion that would be followed by much feasting. At this particular wedding in the parable some of the young women come prepared with enough oil to last the night and some come unprepared and as a result their lamps go out before the Groom’s arrival. The foolish virgins – are really foolish- they go out in the middle of the night seeking to buy oil, (silly girls, who is open at that hour?) and wind up missing the arrival of the bridegroom. Now this is part of the exaggeration on Jesus part that makes this parable almost comical. No one would go out in the middle of the night looking for a place to by oil. There was no Walmart or 24-hour convenience stores. Those silly girls would have been wandering around in the dark all night and wind up missing everything. The point Jesus is trying to make is that we need to be prepared. Sometimes we go through life running, running, running all the time. So much so, that we feel exhausted and never accomplish anything. We go about unprepared to meet life’s challenges and in the end, feel like a bit of flotsam floating along aimlessly. Life needs preparation. The philosopher Socrates is quoted as saying that the, “Unexamined life is not worth living.” And yet isn’t that often how our lives turn out? Jesus challenges us to stop, take the time to put things in order and be prepared. We need to set our priorities and then follow through on them. In light of this, Jesus wants us to make heaven first on our list of priorities. And yet, how often do we think about heaven? For that matter, how often do we think about being holy – YES, HOLY. Holiness is not reserved for Saints, or blessed objects. You and I are called to be holy. We were consecrated in our Baptism. The problem is that we never think of ourselves that way. Instead we see our sins or our failures and wind up settling for less than we were consecrated to be. Holiness needs thought, time and preparation. Just like a runner, or a maid waiting in the night for the groom to arrive, we need to STOP and think about where we are going and how to get there. It’s all about the choices we make and how determined we are to cross that finish line or be at that party we call heaven! As always, God leaves that in our hands. Question for the week: Where do you find the wisdom to live your life clearly and with determination? How do you prepare yourself to meet the Lord every day? Peace, Fr. Steve ~ Schedule of Masses ~ Parking Reminder: If you plan to leave your car to sit outside, PLEASE PARK IN OUR MAIN PARKING LOT and walk with your chair to the Sacred Space. If you have a passenger who is unable to walk that distance,please drop them off at the Sacred Space and then go to park your car. The parking spaces in the lower Church Our regular weekend Mass schedule has resumed, lot adjacent to the however, the outdoor Mass will now be celebrated at Sacred Space should 10:00 am rather than 8:00 am, weather permitting. be reserved for those who wish to remain in their cars and The 8:00 am Mass will now be celebrated in the church. listen to the Mass on their car radio. For the outdoor Masses, you have the option to “drive in” and remain in Those who remain your car, parked at the edge of the parking lot, facing the Sacred Space, in their cars for or bring your own chairs and a radio or boom box to tune into the Mass, which will be broadcast on 105.3 FM. This allows you to safely participate Mass and wish with proper social distancing. to receive Holy Communion,please Saturday morning Masses will resume on put your car lights Saturday, November 7th at 9:00 am with Confessions to follow on after Mass has immediately after Mass. We will not be offering afternoon Confessions at concluded, and OLQM, however Confessions are being offered on Saturday afternoons at the celebrant will St. Philip Neri Parish at 4:00 PM. bring Communion to you after those Father Steve will continue to video Mass for those who are not ready to return. seated outside have One thing that we request, regardless of which Mass you attend, is that you please received. wear a mask, and bring gel to sanitize your hands as you prepare to receive Communion. ~ Praying For and Supporting One Another ~ Mass intentions PRAYER REQUESTS DATE TIME OFFERED FOR et us especially remember those who have asked for our prayers. 11/7 5:00 PM Louis R. Ferrara L All Souls Novena 11/8 8:00 AM Kay Mollica Sister Eileen Corcoran Jean Snyder All Souls Novena Alaya Wright Marianne Fiore Daniel Smalley Baby Elizabeth Merz 10:00 AM Virginia Pinkert Ann Lawshe Wrede Family Brian Pryor Robert Simkins Lauren Redman Pamela Daly Terry McAdam Peggy Clelland Joseph Peter Giordano Tom Staib George Noke Ed Gradel All Souls Novena Vinny Luparello Vince DeSimone 12:00 PM Janet Pavlica Cynthia Giordano Charlie Leonhardt All Souls Novena Cora Nemesh Lynne Johnson Stephanie Pietrowski Charlene Sutton 11/9 12:00 PM Andrew & Mary Pavlica Jan Miller Wolfgang White All Souls Novena Maria Villafane Dennis Patrick Vito Agosta Bobbi Ryan 11/10 12:00 PM Howard Jaeckel Josephine Amadio Mary Kate Ryan All Souls Novena Katelyn Gregorie Chris Vedder Peggy Zohorsky 11/11 9:00 AM All Souls Novena Jeff Bracy Helen Larkin Sandra Reda 11/12 12:00 PM In Honor of St. Jude Don Bright Roseanne Tomlison - 20th Anniversary Mary Manelski Tommy Mazur Leonard Lattanzi - 1st Anniversary Patricia Mazur Owen Kenny Christine Spalletta Isabelle Grenier Annemarie Cherry 11/13 No Daily Mass on Friday Charlotte Stuertz 11/14 9:00 AM Anne Hornik Corrinne Brooks 5:00 PM Jack Naughton on his birthday 11/15 8:00 AM Danilo deSoto 10:00 AM Peter Mitchell & James Grant Gerald McLaughlin 12:00 PM Elizabeth Udziela Pray for the peaceful rest of all of our beloved parishioners and friends especially Kacie Buchanan,Tony Millon and Margaret Melia.