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Church of the Holy Spirit (516) 354-0359 6th, 2019 The Feast of the

MASS SCHEDULE BAPTISMS Saturday: Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Please contact: Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, Deacon Lachlan at Ext 112 to make 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM arrangements for your child’s baptism

Monday Through Saturday: 8:30 AM SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Holy Days: As announced Arrangements must be made at least Family Mass 9:30 AM one year prior to the ceremony and before arrangements are made for the CONFESSIONS reception. Saturday: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Please contact: Fr. Grieco at [email protected] Pastor’s Pen

The Liturgical Season of

The season of Christmas begins with the vigil Masses on and concludes on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Therefore, Christmas is a season, not a single day. During this season, we celebrate the birth of Christ into our world and into our hearts, and reflect on the gift of salvation that is born with him…including the fact that he was born to die for us.

The and the are popular symbols of the season and a tradition in many Christmas homes. It is also traditional to exchange Christmas gifts with family and friends as a way to honor God the Father’s gift of his only son to the world. Having received the gift of Christ, we naturally want to pass that gift along to our loved ones.

The Octave of Christmas

Although the Christmas season ends on the Baptism of the Lord, we also have the Octave of Christmas. An Octave is the eight-day period during which Christmas or Easter is cele- brated, and includes the actual feast. The feast day itself, Christmas Day, is considered the first day, and it is followed by six days called “days within the Octave”. Every one of the days within the Octave are considered another “little Christmas”. January 1st, the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, is the Octave Day of Christmas. The Octave Day, New Years, is the final day of Christmas, but the Christmas season still continues until the Baptism of the Lord.

Within the Octave of Christmas (the 8 days of Christmas) we also have 4 very important feast days: St. Stephen, St. John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents and the .

The Christmas Season becomes much more meaningful when we have a better understand- ing of the spiritual and liturgical aspect. May God continue to bless us as we celebrate the birth of His son - .

-2- Deacon Lachlan

Epiphany Proclamation

The Epiphany Proclamation dates to a time when very few people could read or write. It was intended to alert people to the dates of the moveable feasts in the church year. Today of course we can readily find out these dates from a calendar or from a computer, but in an age when we have forgotten so many of our traditions, it’s nice to make some effort to remember where we came from. Many more religious holidays were observed in days gone by, and there was a time when the church was at the center of everyone’s life. Both work and social events revolved around the church. Even in the not so distant past the church played a bigger role in society. It was our way of being identified in the community. Even today we often speak of where we grew up in relation to our parish. It was where we were grounded. While this still holds true for some of us…. for many ….. the Church and the parish (and ultimately God) mean very little to them. Hopeful- ly, through the Grace of God, we can make a return to the days when the Church our parish, and God, will be front and center in our lives.

While a day like Christmas is fixed in our minds and on the calendars on December 25th, many of the im- portant feasts of the Church year move, based upon the date that Easter is set. Easter changes each year moving to the Sunday after the "Paschal Full Moon," and can fall between March 22 and April 25. In an- cient times before calendars were common, most people did not know the dates for the upcoming . On Epiphany Sunday, the upcoming dates were "proclaimed" after the gospel in this way:

Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts (for the year 2019) Know, dear brethren that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Savior, so by leave of God's mercy we announce to you also the joy of his Resurrection,. On the sixth day of March will fall Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast of the most sacred Lenten season. On the twenty-first day of April you will celebrate with joy Easter Day, the Paschal feast of our Lord Jesus Christ. On the thirtieth day of May will be the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. On the ninth day of June, the feast of Pentecost. On the twenty-third day of June, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. On the first day of December, the First Sunday of the of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom is honor and glory for ever and ever.

Amen. May Almighty God bless us, protect us from all evil, and lead us into everlasting life. Amen

-3- Family Mass ~ December 30th

FAMILY MASS LECTOR SCHEDULE

January 6th, 2019 Intro Victoria McGuigan 1st Reading Sean Andrade 2nd Reading Jasmine Garnica Petitions Ewan Zehnter

January 13th, 2019 (CC) Intro Ian Alana 1st Reading Sherwin Fernandes 2nd Reading Prescilla Ferri Petitions Andrew Canese

January 20th, 2019 Intro Daniel Corcoran 1st Reading Sean Andrade 2nd Reading Ciara Lennon Petitions Rosie Zehnter

If you are unable to make a Mass, please call or text: Marie Scandura at: (516) 279-8381

-4- Candle Lighting

Right to Life Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Please mark your calendar and sign up for the Right to Life Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, January 20th. The bus will leave from the parking lot at Holy Spirit Church promptly at 9:00 AM (coffee and donuts will be served 8:30 AM in the Church cafeteria) and will return at approximately 12:30 PM. The cost is $15.00 per person.

There are two buses with seating capacity of 44 per bus. Reserve your seats early by contacting Tom McGowan, PGK at (516) 352-9004.

-5- Mass Intentions and Prayers

Saturday January 5th 5:00PM (Vigil) Stella Laczynski

Sunday January 6th The Epiphany of the Lord 8:00AM Parishioners of Holy Spirit Thomasa Kudelycz Bryan Holmstock 9:30AM Claudie Etienne Bernard Duffy Mason David Black 11:00AM Christoher Roerden Marie Lappin 12:30AM Thomas Marino Janet Rossano Ninabeth Palces Vincent Sauchelli Monday January 7th ~ Christmas Weekday Joe and Flo Grimm Florence Krupski 8:30AM Purgatorial Society Ted Diamond Danielle DeFilippis th Emelia Arroyo Tuesday January 8 ~ Christmas Weekday Patty Scorcia Nancy Krouter 8:30AM Kevin McHale Margaret Sapienza-Trott Frank Sequino Wednesday January 9th ~ Christmas Weekday Bill Catlin 8:30 AM Rose and Henry Maffoni

Thursday January 10th~Christmas Weekday

8:30AM Katherine Keffer

Friday January 11th~Christmas Weekday This week’s Candle burns in Loving memory of 8:30 AM Joseph Kusk

Saturday January 12th~Christmas Weekday Florenda Pedron Ilm 8:30AM Multiple Intentions: Mary Jane Sabino From Grace Cashin 5:00PM (Vigil) Francesco Maola The Pedron Family

Sunday January 13th The Baptism of the Lord 8:00AM Guillermina Ocampo 9:30AM Parishioners of Holy Spirit 11:00AM Carol A. Marinello This week’s Bread and Wine is 12:30PM Elenita Teofilo in Loving Memory of

Louie Pedron Ilm

From The Pedron Family

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year DUE TO A PRINTING DEADLINE, WE ARE UNABLE TO PUBLISH THE from all of our Volunteers PARISH OFFERING at Holy Spirit’s Social Ministry FOR LAST WEEK, SUNDAY, December 30th, 2018 Thank you for your continued $10,324 generosity. Your kindhearted generosity to Holy Spirit Church is very much appreciated. Please Remember the Poor Boxes as You Leave Church. They are The Bread Boxes Of the Poor!

-7- Children’s Christmas Pageant

-8- Miscellaneous Pastoral Staff

For bulletin announcements Rev Frank Grieco, Pastor Ext. 116 E-mail: [email protected] Please send requests to [email protected] Deacon Lachlan Cameron Ext. 112 E-mail: [email protected] Also please “cc” [email protected] [email protected] Deacon Douglas Ferreiro Ext. 171 E-mail: [email protected] Please be sure to write: HOLY SPIRIT BULLETIN REQUEST Deacon John J. Hogan Ext. 132 In the subject box E-mail:[email protected]

Deadline is Monday by 10am Religious Education Office Ext. 132 (During class times Ext. 133) E-mail: [email protected] EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Music Director: Mary Bolan Ext. 176 “Behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, say- Bulletin - Deborah Liguori Ext 147 ing Where is the new born king of the Jews?” We saw E-mail: [email protected] His star and it’s rising and have come to do Him hom- age.” How strange to journey far for perhaps so little. Parish Social Ministry Of course the magi go to the capitol city. Of course Tom Friel, Director Ext. 138 E-mail: [email protected] they entreat with King Herod. Of course this is where they expect new born royalty to be. But where is the Website: www.holyspiritnhp.com child? “in of Judea,” the scribes say. And so Coordinator: the magi go on to what is yet another Christmas mira- May O’Boyle Deegan cle. E-mail: [email protected]

We don’t know where the magi met the Christ Child, Rectory Office Ext. 117 but it cannot have been lavish. Perhaps it was the Phone: 516-354-0359 Fax: 516-354-2611 stable. Perhaps it was a small hovel Joseph had found Rectory Hours: to wait out the census. But it would have been the Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm home of a laborer, worn and threadbare. Here, in this Friday: Closed unassuming abode, the magi are still “overjoyed...they Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm prostrated themselves and did Him homage”. Religious Education Office Hours:

Have you ever gotten to the end of a great work and Mondays: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursdays: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm found the results to be underwhelming? How did you respond? Were you disappointed or elated at God’s Church Hours: providence and your upended expectations? The magi Monday through Friday 7:00 am - 8:00 pm journeyed hundreds of miles over treacherous terrain to Saturday: 7:00 am - 6:15 pm Sunday: 7:00 am - 2:00 pm pay homage to royalty they have see prophesied in the stars. They encountered an ordinary family displace Emergency call (516) 880-2936 from their home. This Sunday, the magi are an example for us. Can we see God in the unexpected? Do we encounter Him in the person who doesn’t fit our expec- tations of propriety? Do we revere Christ’s presence in the poor? Or do we expect to meet God only in places of honor and esteem? This week, ask God forthe grace to honor Him in the unexpected places and unassuming people. He is waiting for you!

-9- Miscellaneous

PARISH CALENDAR Youth Monday January 7th Ministry 12:15 PM Tops Meeting The next meeting of the God 7:00 PM K of C Board Meeting Squad is 7:15 PM AA Meeting Sunday, January 6th at 7 pm in Martin Hall. th Tuesday January 8 As the group tries to develop their goals & direction, 10:00 AM Legion of Mary they have come up with 2 possible emblems 8:00 PM K of C representing their mission.

th Wednesday January 9 God Squad believes that Faith can move mountains. 7:00 PM Columbiettes 2 of the emblems for consideration are shown here.

th Thursday January 10 We are looking for new members to help us to 'move 7:15 PM AA Meeting Caf mountains'. Interested? th Friday January 11 Contact [email protected] or join us on the 6th. 3:00 PM Rosary Future meetings are January 20th & February 3rd Saturday January 12th 7:00 AM AA Meeting 3:45 PM Confessions

The Christmas season is filled with significant feasts, solemnities, and holy days. December 30 was the feast of the Holy Family. January 1 was the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany. We know the accoun t of , the Magi who saw the star and came from the East bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrth. We also know that these gifts symbolized: gold, indicating that the baby Jesus was a king, frankincense, acknowledging that He was the tru God, and myrth, a spice used in burial, pointing to the fact that jesus was also tru man who would suffer and die for us. But what implicateions do these gifts have for our relationship with Jesus? To find the answer, go to FORMED, “Opening the Word” for this Sunday. It’s only a six minute talk that will give new meaning to the familiar scripture story.

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