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BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Weekend Magazine April 22, 2018 Creating a Vis Ion F Or the Futur E Together Fourth Sunday of Easter BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Weekend Magazine April 22, 2018 Creating a Vision for the Future Together Fourth Sunday of Easter Is the mystery over the death of John Paul I finally solved? ~ By Ary Waldir Ramos Diaz | Nov 06, 2017 Aleteia A new book about Pope Luciani presents historical data that contradict popular conspiracy theories. lassified documents and testimonies regarding the circumstances of the death of Pope John Paul I—who led Cthe Catholic Church for only 33 days—will be published November 7, in the book Pope Luciani: Chronicle of a Death (Papa Luciani: Cronaca di una morte, Piemme, 252 pages), written by journalist Stefania Falasca. The prologue was penned by Pope . page Francis’ secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The book—written in Italian—shares part of the results of the Mass Intentions. .3 investigation carried out by Falasca, who is also the vice postulator of the cause of beatification of John Paul I, born Albino Luciani. Offertory . 4 (See Death of a Pope page 2) Wkly Calendar … 6 Celebrating Our Past to Awaken the Future Death of a Pope con’t from cover The text draws on secret files from the Holy See and the medical report regarding one of the mysteries of the Catholic Church that has inspired great speculation: the death of the pope at age 66, barely a month after being elected the 263rd Successor of Peter. “The research, which has now been compiled in this book, focuses on the last hours of the life” of Pope John Paul I, and is based on “the available documentation and evidence … carried out in accordance with historical-critical criteria,” wrote Cardinal Parolin. “He prayed, worked and smiled…” An unexpected death Among other documents, the book cites the report drawn up by Renato Buzzonetti, the doctor who ran to the bedside of the deceased pope. The night before (7:00 p.m.), Luciani had suffered chest pains for about five minutes, but this didn’t cause great alarm. See Death of a Pope page 4 Anniversary Mass Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Bishop Gregory Parkes will celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg to commemorate the establishment of the Diocese. (This will be a ticketed event.) Family Faith Fest Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Join Bishop Gregory Parkes for a free faith-and-music festival at beautiful Al Lopez Park in Tampa. Festival will include fun, food, music, exhibits, and an outdoor Mass. Week In Worship MASS INTENTIONS READINGS & FEAST Sat., April 21 Saturday Vigil & Sunday, April 21-22, 2018: 4:00 p.m. Jill Vaspasiano (dec) Fourth Sunday of Easter Sun., April 22 Acts 4:5-12 • Psalm 23 • 1 John 3:16-24 • 8:00 a.m. Nance Young (dec) John 10:11-18 9:30 a.m. Blessed Trinity Parishioners Monday, April 23, 2018: 11:30 p.m. Robert Meyer (dec) Psalm 95; 1 Samuel 16:1-13; 1 Peter 5:1-5 Mon., April 23 7:30 a.m. Genevieve Joyner (liv) Tuesday, April 24, 2018: Tues., April 24 Psalm 95; 1 Chron. 11:1-9; Revelation 7:13-17 7:30 a.m. Recina Thomas (dec) Wed., April 25 Wednesday, April 25, 2018: 7:30 a.m. Mary Christ (dec) Psalm 95; Micah 7:8-20; Mark 14:26-31 9:00 a.m. Vocations Thursday, April 26, 2018: Thurs., April 26 Psalm 22:25-31; Amos 8:1-7; Acts 8:1b-8 7:30 a.m. Bill Maslar (dec) Fri., April 27 Friday, April 27, 2018: 7:30 a.m. Madeline M. Galia Cox (dec) Psalm 22:25-31; Amos 8:11-13; Acts 8:9-25 Sat., April 28 8:00 a.m. Larry Tomaszewski (dec) Saturday, April 28, 2018: 4:00 p.m. Ernest Truby (dec) Psalm 22:25-31; Amos 9:7-15; Mark 4:30-32 Sun., April 29 8:00 a.m. Marianna Congiu (dec) Sunday, April 29, 2018: Fifth Sunday of Easter 9:30 a.m. Blessed Trinity Parishioners Acts 8:26-40 • Psalm 22:25-31 • 11:30 a.m. Claudia Greco (dec) 1 John 4:7-21 • John 15:1-8 First Holy Communion April 29, 2018 NEXT: 9:30 a.m. Mass Reception to follow in the Parish Hall SACRAMENTS Matrimony Baptism Please call the Parish Please call the Office for an Parish Office appointment with a for parish priest before information regarding setting a date. Every the Diocese in Florida Pre-Baptism Class requires at least six before months preparation scheduling a before marriage. Baptism. Finance Matters by Eileen Plasse, Parish Manager any times parishioners ask You can thank them by calling on them me how much the bulletin when you are in need of their particular costs. Now that we have a new specialty. Several of the businesses shiny paper “Weekend Magazine” advertised are parishioner owned. You I am questioned even more about might be sitting in the same pew as the the cost. business owner who is paying for your bulletin. Please think of them next time The answer is the bulletin is you are in need of what they offer. FREE! Hard to believe, but true! Our advertisers are paying for ads for their business Thank you to all the advertisers for your generous gift to the and that covers the cost of our bulletins. parish. Blessed Trinity Offertory Report “I am the good shepherd...and I lay down my life for the 2017 APA sheep…and they will heed my voice.” – John 10:14-16 GOAL: When you pray, do you only ask Jesus for the things $97,501.00 $36,447.50 that you want? Do you ever ask Him what He wants Balance from you? How do you listen for His response? Usually, the answer is in “quiet whispers”, so take $61,053.50 Due time every day, in silence, to actively listen for His response. PAID!! Blessed Trinity ~ April 15 Offertory $ 7,392.00 Gift Shop 199.95 Easter 50.00 Building Fund 199.00 Total: $ 7,840.95 SVDP $ 102.00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR Want to try On Line Giving? CONTINUED GENEROSITY! Go to our Website at btsp.org Death of a Pope (con’t from page 2) Angelo Gugel, the pope’s butler, confirmed that the Holy Father felt ill that night while praying with his secretary, John Magee. However, Magee recounts that the pope didn’t want anyone to worry. Consequently, he didn’t call a doctor, and as a result, he wasn’t given any medicine. Countless pages have been written about the mysterious death of the “Smiling Pope,” as he was called, who was found lifeless in his bed shortly after dawn the following morning (5:15 a.m.) on September 29, 1978, by Sister Vicenza Taffarel and Sister Margherita Marin. The nuns who served the pope are documented as having said that Pope Luciani hadn’t been living overwhelmed with anxiety—contrary to what some people have written—after being elected to the See of Peter. He prayed, worked, and smiled, and didn’t follow any special diet or receive any special care for health reasons. Speculation Writers and journalists have delighted in presenting hypothetical connections between the story of the shortest papacy in history and the Italian Mafia and the Vatican Bank. See Death of a Pope page 5 Death of a Pope con’t from page 4 Hollywood also made its speculative The beatification will have to await However, “that morning, the coffee contribution in The Godfather 3 the due course of approval of the two was still there. After about 10 minutes, (Coppola, 1990). processes that are examining Sister Vincenza said, ‘He hasn’t come “His sudden and unexpected death” presumed miracles through the intercession of the “Smiling Pope.” out yet? Why not?’ I was there in the has given life, in the following hallway. So, I saw that she knocked decades, “to a great number of Cardinal Parolin remembers fondly once; she knocked again, there was no theories, suspicions, and suppositions. when Albino Luciani, the Patriarch reply … Still silence. Then, she He died too soon and too suddenly,” of Venice, became John Paul I. “The opened the door, and then she went in. admitted the Vatican Secretary of cardinals, certainly, didn’t elect him I was there, and I stayed outside while State in the prologue. based on political strategies, but she went in. I heard her say, ‘Your Thus, the cardinal presented Falasca’s rather, strictly according to ecclesial Holiness, you shouldn’t pull these work as putting an end to inferences jokes on me.'” Sister Vicenza had based on a lack of information, on heart problems as well. exaggeration, and on distorted “film “Then, she called me as she came noir”-style reconstructions of the out, shocked; then I went in events that took place that night and quickly with her, and I saw him. the morning of September 29, 1978. The Holy Father was in his bed, “Nor should we forget the value of the the reading light over the pages of the book’s introduction, headboard still on. He had his two before entering into the discussion of pillows under his back, which the last hours of Albino Luciani’s life; criteria.”Secretary of State Parolin propped him up a bit; his legs in them, the figure of the pope is highlighted the humility and were stretched out, his arms were on briefly but effectively outlined. simplicity of John Paul I, and his top of the sheet, in pajamas, and in his It is a useful guide for those who are personality as a bishop who was a hands, resting on his chest, he was interested in learning new details “good shepherd.” holding a few typewritten sheets.
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