March 17Th, 2019 Parish Staff
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March 17th, 2019 Parish Staff Rev. Vincent Clemente Pastor Rev. Victor A. Caviedes Parochial Vicar Lorie Raimondi Business Manager Christy Swift Administrative Assistant Connie Rollins DRE Carol la Perriere Music Director __________________ Office Hours Mon.-Fri.: 9:00AM—3:00PM Wed.: 9:00AM—12:00 Noon Mass Schedule Monday - Friday 9:00 AM 1st Saturday of Month - 9:00 (with Anointing of the Sick) Saturday (Vigil) 4:00 PM Sunday October—May 8 AM & 10:00 AM June—September 9:00AM Holy Days Vigil 7:00 PM, 9:00 AM __________________ 3380 Placid View Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852 Confessions Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 PM OFFICE: 863-465-3215 / FAX: 863-465-0649 Page 2 2nd Sunday of Lent March 17th, 2019 Readings for the Weekly Mass Intentions Adoration of the Week of March 17th Blessed Sacrament Monday, March 18th, 9:00 AM Thursday Sunday: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18/Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14[1a]/Phil 3:17-4:1 or 3:20-4:1/Lk 9:28b-36 After 9:00 AM Mass - 5:00 PM †Beverly Burke, by Betty Near Monday: Dn 9:4b-10/Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 [cf. Sacraments 103:10a]/Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday, March 19th, 9:00 AM Baptisms Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, Last Saturday of the Month or by appointment 4-5, 27, 29 [37]/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, †Terry Fleming, by Rosemary Mosely 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Weddings Contact Parish Office Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15- Wednesday, March 20th, 9:00 AM 16 [17b]/Mt 20:17-28 Anointing the Sick & Thursday: Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 †Marge Tousignant, by Hiram & Nancy Homebound [40:5a]/Lk 16:19-31 Pedraza Please contact the parish office at least 2 days prior to admission Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps 105:16- Thursday, March 21st, 9:00 AM to hospital, if possible. 17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Altar Flowers Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9 †James Burns, by Norman & Lorraine Pekar -10, 11-12 [8a]/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 To contribute to the flower fund or to spon- Next Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15/Ps 103:1-2, 3- sor flowers for Sunday 4, 6-7, 8, 11 [8a]/1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9 Friday, March 22nd, 9:00 AM services in memory of a loved one or for any special intention, please call †Pat Lamattina, by Anthony Notaro For online giving, go to Annie Rodriguez at 863-465-7675. our website Checks should be made payable to: ww.stjameschurchlp.org CCW, Lake Placid and can be mailed Click on this icon. Saturday, March 23rd to PO Box 1955, Lake Placid FL 33862. Vigil 4:00 PM Holy Water The holy water dispenser is located in Please Pray for: †Ken Wojcik, by Jim & Lucia Paul the vestibule of the church. Diana Alarcon Karolyn Lind Votive Candles Jennei Alvarez Whidyne Lynch Sunday, March 24th Votive candles are located in the church and in the chapel. Rosalie Bissett Colton Malinowski 8:00 AM Nonnie Braddock Dorothy Moore Remembering your Parish in Virginia Burns Steve Panetta †Joey DiNoia, by Adele Moye your Will or Family Trust Joy Christmas James Penn Gifts provided through wills and Jill Clark Mary Rasmussen 10:00 AM trusts enable donors to make significant contributions that may not Ava D’Andrea Nida Roquiz have been possible during their lifetime. †Sandy Spayd, by the Sassin Family Jamarkus Davis Frank Ruggiero Thank you for your consideration. Marianna Estrada Judy Smith Your gift to the CFA supports vari- Florence Federowitz Nathan Stanley ous programs of the Diocese, including our Prison Outreach, Youth and Young David Hall Steve Stratton Adult Outreach, Family Life Outreach, Betty Kerney Irene Tracy Respect Life Outreach and many others. If you are living in a marriage outside of the Catholic Church and would like We commend to God’s Collections to be in full communion with the Loving Embrace: Ash Wed $2,680.95 Church, please contact the office at Betty Marotta & C&E Europe $743 863-465-3215 to arrange an 3/10 $6625.72 appointment with Fr. Vincent. Mary Lou DeBates B&I Missions $297.28 March 17th, 2019 2nd Sunday of Lent Page 3 My Dear People, ness of all will not be the same. By his Transfiguration, Jesus strengthens his He spoke of his departure: that is, his departure from disciples’ faith, revealing a trace of the glory his body this world, in other words, his death. It can also be will have after the Resurrection. He wants them to understood as meaning our Lord’s ascension. realize that his passion will not be the end, but rather “Listen to him!”: everything God wishes to say the route he will take to reach his glorification. “For a to mankind he has said through Christ, now that the person to go straight along the road, he must have fullness of time has come, “Therefore,” St. John of the some knowledge of the end—just as an archer will cross explains, “if any now should question God or not shoot an arrow straight unless he first sees the desire a vision or revelation, not only would he be target. This is particularly necessary if the road is acting foolishly but he would be committing an hard and rough, the going heavy, and the end delight- offence against God, by not fixing his gaze on Christ ful.” (St. Thomas Aquinas, with no desire for any new Summa Theologiae, 3, q. thing. For God could reply 45, a 1). to him in this way: “If I have Through the miracle spoken all things to you in of the transfiguration Jesus my Word, what answer can I shows one of the qualities of give you now, or what can I glorified bodies—brightness, give you now, or what can I by which the bodies of the reveal to you that is greater saints shall shine like the than this? Fix your eyes on sun, according to the words him alone, for in him I have of our Lord recorded in the spoken and revealed to you Gospel of St. Matthew: “the all things, and in him you will righteous will shine like the find even more than what sun in the kingdom of their Father’ (Mt 13, 43). To you ask for or desire. Hear him, for I have no more remove the possibility of doubt on the subject, he faith to reveal, nor I have any more things to exemplifies this in his transfiguration. This quality the declare.’” (Ascent of Mount Carmel, book 2, chap apostle sometimes calls “glory,” sometimes 22.5). “brightness”: He ‘will change our lowly body to the Congratulations to all the candidates who received like of his glorious body’ (Phil 3:21). Of his glory the Confirmation. Continue to live your faith and follow Israelites beheld some image in the desert, when the the inspiration daily of the Saint that you have chosen face of Moses, after he had enjoyed the presence and continue to depend on Christ. and conversation of God, shone with such luster that Happy St. Patrick’s day to everyone! they could not look on it. (cf. Ex34:29) This quality is not common to all in the same degree. All the bodies Yours in Christ, Fr. Vincent Clemente of the saints will be equally impassible; but the bright- USHERS NEEDED Second Collections SOUP SOCIALS FRIDAYS IN Call the LENT, 6PM church March 17th— St. Vincent de Social Hall Paul All are welcome! office to Sign up to bring something volunteer March 31st— Catholic Relief in the church vestibule if Services you can. Page 4 2nd Sunday of Lent March 17th, 2019 Unplanned - A new movie will be released in Lenten Challenge theaters across the country on Friday, March 29, which tells the story of Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood Director from Bryan, Texas who became a pro-life advocate. The movie is rated R because of the violent nature of abortion, but it is a beautiful love story of a husband and parents who did not like the career she had chosen. It also tells the story of the birth of 40 Days for Life out- side her abortion facility. Please make the effort to see this movie on opening weekend March 29-31. Unplanned will be playing at AMC, Lakeshore Mall, Hwy 27 in Sebring starting March 29th. SAVE YOUR VISION MONTH The Knights of Columbus annual Tootsie Roll Drive for We don't think about our eyes all that much People with Intellectual unless we have to. We wake up, open them Disabilities. and we continue on with our day. Only when they burn, itch, sting, or strain do we think “maybe I should call a doctor.” All Proceeds go to the Miracle League of Lake Placid. – But – Why wait until it's too late? A sense as cherished as our sight is We will be at Publix on March not something to take for granted. 22nd and 23rd. Take advantage of are these 6 tips to save your vision: If you have questions or would • Get your eyes checked yearly like to help, • Eat vision-enhancing foods (spinach, citrus fruits, melons, broccoli, please call Dale salmon, carrots, berries, etc.