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Church of St. Theresa a Caring Community Reaching out to One Another in Christ Church of St. Theresa A Caring Community Reaching Out To One Another in Christ 2855 St. Theresa Avenue, Bronx, New York SUNDAY MASSES ST. THERESA’S FAMILY IS OUR FAMILY Saturday at 5:00pm, Sunday at 7:30am, 9:00am(Italian), “ST. THERESA STRONG” 10:30am(Family Mass) 12:15pm , 1:30PM(Spanish) & 5:00pm WEEKDAY MASSES Monday thru Saturday 8:00am & 9:00am DEVOTIONS Miraculous Medal & St. Theresa Novenas after Monday morning Masses St. Anthony Novena after Tuesday morning Masses. Thursday 12 Noon Mass & Eucharistic Adoration Exposition & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday 6:00PM CONFESSION Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm and by appointment BAPTISMS Baptisms take place most Sundays after the 1:30pm Mass. We ask parents to attend the Baptism preparation meeting. Register at the Rectory for the meeting. The date of the Baptism will be discussed at the Baptism meeting. MARRIAGES Call the Rectory at least six months in advance of the wedding date to make an appointment with parish clergy. Rev. Msgr. Thomas Derivan, Pastor Rev. Joseph Ligory, Parochial Vicar Mrs. Josephine Fanelli, Principal Rev. Edmundo Gomez, Retired, Mrs. Marie McCarrick, Dir. of Religious Education Rev. Robert Imbelli, Weekend Associate Nadia Papayani, Dir. of Music RECTORY: 7188921900/1901 WEBSITE: www.sttheresachurchbronx.org SCHOOL: 7187923688 FAX: 7188921146 EMAIL: [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: 7187928434 CHURCH OF ST. THERESA, BRONX FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DERIVAN This week on Wednesday we celebrate the feast of a saint who died only fifty years ago. His shrine at San Giovanni Rotundo in southern Italy is said to be the most visited shrine of any saint in the world. He never traveled outside his native country, yet he is beloved in every country. People from every nation, from every walk of life, from ordinary Catholics even to Popes, have had devotion to him. He has been very much “everyone’s saint.” His official name is St. Pio of Pietrelcina, the name of the town where he was born. But people revere him by his simple name, the name by which the world knows him, Saint Padre Pio. It is amazing that Padre Pio has become so popular in the Church. In the midst of our very materialistic age, he was a simple Franciscan Capuchin Friar vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience. He owned nothing. He sought nothing, but to do God’s will. He had very little formal education, having to look after his family’s sheep in his early years. From an early age, he decided that his life would be in God’s service. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Capuchin Friary. He was ordained in 1910. Except for a brief period in military service, he spent fifty years serving in the Friary at San Giovanni Rotundo, where his shrine has been built. He did the work of a holy priest, hearing confessions for hours upon hours each day, giving spiritual direction to the friars and to the many ordinary Catholics who came for him for counsel. His advice to all was simple, “Pray, hope and don’t worry.” On September 20, 1918, after celebrating Mass, Padre Pio had a vision of Jesus on the cross, called the stigmata. He wrote that he was embarrassed at these visible wounds, not wanting attention to be drawn to himself. He prayed that he would be delivered not from the pain of Jesus’ wounds, which he willingly accepted, but from the outward sight of them which, he said, caused him “such embarrassment.” He never wanted attention to be directed to him, only to Jesus. After the stigmata was discovered on him, his fame spread throughout the world. He was uncomfortable with fame. He called it “unbearable humiliation.” He just wanted to do Christ’s work. For Padre Pio, the words of St. Paul in the reading today took on special meaning, “For me, life is Christ.” He wanted people to see Jesus, not him. Even in bearing the stigmata, he wanted people to look at Jesus’ wounds, which they were, not Padre Pio’s wounds. He wanted people to live in Christ, to let Christ live in them, whoever they were, whatever vocation they had, to let Christ, shine in their lives. He wanted people who were suffering to unite their sufferings with those of Jesus. He wanted people to realize that it was not the visible wounds of Jesus that mattered; it was spiritually uniting our wounds, our sufferings, our burdens with Him. When he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002, the late Pope (who incidentally had gone to the Padre for confession as a young priest and who had begged for his prayers for a Polish woman who was afterwards cured), the late Pope said, “The life and mission of Padre Pio testify that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted with love, transform themselves into a privileged journey of holiness, which opens the person toward a greater good, known only to the Lord.” When we think of it we should not wonder why Padre Pio is so popular among God’s people. He speaks to us, whoever we are. He speaks particularly to those who are sick and suffering, those who are afflicted by the recent virus, reminding them and all of us that we too must bear Jesus’ wounds offering to God our Father the sufferings and cares of our lives. He speaks to parents who experience the challenge of raising children particularly during these troubled times. He speaks to those who are suffering trouble in their families, those who feel alone, those who may be fearful of what is ahead. To all of those people and to all of us, St. Padre Pio continues to tell us from heaven what he told people who came to him during his time on earth, “Pray, hope and do not worry.” Turn to this wonderful saint. Make him your heavenly friend. He will help you in more ways than you think. Let him help you to say and understand St. Paul’s words and to live by them, “For me to live is Christ.” Father Thomas B. Derivan SEPTEMBER 23RD ST. PIO OF PIETRELCINA Priest Born in 1887 in the small village of Pietrelcina in the south of Italy, Francesco Forgione joined the Order of Franciscan Capuchins at the age of fifteen and took the name Pio. He was ordained seven years later and assigned to the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo in his village. For fifty years, Padre Pio, as he came to be known, was a much sought after spiritual advisor, confessor, and intercessor whose life was devoted to the Eucharist and prayer. People came from all over the world to see him celebrate Mass and ask for his help. On September 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ in his body. He was to carry these wounds for the next fifty years. Many Church officials and doctors examined his wounds. Some of them thought that he might be faking his wounds. However, after examining him, almost all were convinced that his Stigmata was truly from God. Padre Pio would especially suffer while he was celebrating Holy Mass each day. It was as if he were experiencing just what Jesus did on the Cross. Like Jesus, he would lose much blood from his wounds. He would always offer up these sufferings for the salvation of the world. Padre Pio ate very little and slept even less. All his time was devoted to prayer and meditation and serving God’s people, especially hearing their confessions and offering spiritual advice. Late in his life, Padre Pio was able to open a “House To Relieve Suffering” that would take care of not only the people’s physical needs but also their spiritual needs. After an entire life lived for God, doing good works and even miracles, Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968. So many people believed that Padre Pio was a Saint that by the next year the Capuchin friars asked the Church to consider canonizing him. Over the next several years all of the friar’s writings and actions were examined, and by 1983 the official process was in work. Padre Pio was beatified in 1999 by Pope John Paul II and canonized in 2002 by the same Pontiff. PRAYER God, through a singular grace You enabled Your Priest St. Pio to participate in the Cross of Your Son and through his ministry You renewed the wonders of Your mercy. Grant that by his intercession we may be continually united with Christ’s Passion and reach the glory of His Resurrection. Amen TWENTHFIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PADRE PIO’S PRAYER AFTER HOLY COMMUNION Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You. Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often. Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervor. Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness. Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will. Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You. Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and always be in Your company. Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You. Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.
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