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Holy Family St. Thomas Aquinas Parish 249 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 Office: (718) 768-9471 / Fax: (718) 788-3390 Parish Office Hours / Horario de la Oficina Mon. - Fri. 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 12pm website: holyfamily-stthomas-brooklyn.org email: [email protected] MASS SCHEDULES: St. Thomas Aquinas Church Mon. - Sat.: 12:15 PM Saturday 5:30 PM Vigil Sunday 9:00 AM 10:45 AM (Spanish) 12:30 PM CHURCH OPENS 15 MINUTES BEFORE MASS Confessions: Saturday 4pm -5pm Baptisms: 1:30PM Spanish - 2nd Saturday English - 4th Saturday Pre-baptismal Class 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm English Class—Chapel Spanish Class—Church For Marriage Preparation or to arrange a baptism, please, call the Rectory PARISH STAFF: Administrator: Rev. Rafael Perez In residence: Rev. Jesús Cuadros Rev. Melchizedek Okrokoto Rev. Francis Fayez Deacon: Mr. John Flannery (Retired) Director of Faith Formation & Pastoral Assistant: Sr. Doryne Bermoy, FLP, ext. 102 Administrative Assistant: Mayra Orellana, ext. 103 Receptionist & Bookkeeper: Estelle Gonzalez, ext. 106 Music Minister: Cesar Reyes Holy Family - St. Thomas Aquinas PRAYER REQUESTS MASS INTENTIONS “He heals the brokenhearted, and binds Sat 10/02 12:15pm • Anthony Ray Bermoy - Bday in Heaven up their wounds…” Psalm 147:3 • Eternal Rest Anthony Campbell 5:30pm • Eternal Rest Jose Antonio Pons Kathy Gatto Mary C. Debock Lisa Dueno 6:30pm • FREE LATIN AMERICAN PIANO Sue Fleming JoAnn Rimbos Josephine Dijczuk AND SONG RECITAL Michele Battaglia Amelia Arias Paul Isaacs OCTOBER 3RD - 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME George Zook Bertha Chamorro Christopher Gratton 9:00am • Health & Welfare of Frank McCabe Cecilia Alvarado Nydia Morales Antonio Fuentes • Health & Welfare of the Rosarians Francisco Rivera Jose Alvarado Victoria Godkin • Eternal Rest of Anthony Ray Bermoy - 1 month Anniversary Victor Arias Rita Montes Sarita Smith Ofelia Palermo Carmella Sheehan Susy Palermo 10:45am • Salud y Bienestar de Edgardo Cordero en su Cumpleaños Robert O’Connor Ricardo Figueroa Margaret O’Connor • Por el Descanso Eterno de José & Thomas Masino Mary Lynch Jennie Ferrando Mirian Galarza Limari Morales Osoria Morales Ana Morales 12:30pm • Eternal Rest David F. Mills Dolores Marcario Lillian Striano Elba Morales Mon 10/04 12:15pm • Eternal Rest Gil Medina - 1 month Anniv. Sylvia Lopez Mrs. Washburn Phyllis Boozer Helen Shrewsbury Ricardo Figueroa Wendy Vasquez Tue 10/05 12:15pm • For the Health & Welfare of Sister Doryne Bermoy and her Family Manuel Vasquez Albert Areas Mary Harned • Eternal Rest Sue Izzi—4 year Anniv. Sr. Pelegrina Cortes Rosa Hernandez Barbara Tennyson • Eternal Rest Aurelie Kaplan Antonia Mercado Thomas Matchett Judy Kruger Wed 10/06 12:15pm • Health & Welfare Carmen Lydia - Bday Joseph Redding Irma E. Cortes Kevin Crossan • Thanksgiving Immaculate Heart of Mary Betty Collins Kathy Leonard Petra Yenque • Lydia M Bermoy - Birthday in Heaven Ana Maria Bravo Christopher Tan Ann Wareham Thur 10/07 12:15pm • Eternal Rest of Louis Greco Jade Windsor Rev. Andrew Sioleti Blanca Gallegos Fri 10/08 12:15pm • For the Eternal Rest of Lydia M. Jay Rizzo Debbie Wareham Kennet Quintana Bermoy - 40th Day Jose Torres Maria Quiñones Robert Schienberg, Sr. 1:00pm • HOLY HOUR James Robenson Yolanda Cobo Florence Shrewsbury Sat 10/09 12:15pm • Antonio Franco Sam Iaccone Cathy Ricciuto Eternal Rest of Josue Melendez Gertrude Agoglia Joseph Fagan Melanie Diaz 5:30pm • Eternal Rest Rafael Batista-Medina - Antonio Fuentes Camilo Otalvaro Maria Aviles 40th Day Edward Pruna Dawn Fuentes Stephen Myles 6:30pm • Vigilia Grupo de Oración de Adultos “Vida y Salvación” Herman Moreno Nilda Pruna Linda Bulling Isabel Cordero Roselie Poitevien Robert & Becky Pascual 8pm • Hora Santa—Padre Rafael Perez MEMORIAL DONATIONS WE PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED DECEASED Bread and Wine: Louis Greco Sanctuary Lamp: Louis Greco JEAN MARIE MAPPLEBECK Mass Candle: Louis Greco 2 Holy Family - St. Thomas Aquinas UPCOMING EVENTS MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Saturday Oct 2 • ♪♫♪ FREE “LATIN AMERICAN PIANO AND SONG RECITAL” ♪♫♪ After the 5:30pm Mass in the Church Music from Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Venezuela Cesar Reyes, Piano Eliam Ramos, Baritone Samarie Alicea, Soprano Sunday Oct 3 • Blessing of the Animals at 12pm in the Parking Lot. • Please bring your pet to the Parking Lot for a special blessing! Thursday Oct 7 • OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY FEAST DAY - 12:15pm Mass. • People attending this Mass will receive a “Bilingual Pray the Rosary” book as a gift. Friday Oct 8 • First Day of English RCIA - Religious Education Classes for Adults - 6:45pm Saturday Oct 9 • Vigilia Grupo de Oración Carismático Adultos - 6:30pm - 11pm en la iglesia. Sunday Oct 10 • We would like to Congratulate Msgr. Faustino Cordero on his 50th Anniversary to the Priesthood. A Solemn Mass will be celebrated at 10:30am at St. Finbar’s Church 138 Bay 20th St, Brooklyn, NY 11214. • If you would like to send a congratulatory card you can mail it to his new residence at: Msgr. Faustino Cordero Immaculate Conception Center 7200 Douglaston Parkway Douglaston, NY 11362 Monday Oct 11 • COLOMBUS DAY - RECTORY CLOSED - Mass at 12:15pm Saturday Oct 16 MEMORIAL MASS HONORING LYDIA BERMOY & ANTHONY RAY BERMOY Mother & Brother of our beloved Sister Doryne Bermoy, they passed a couple of weeks ago in the Philippines. The Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 12:15pm in St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Please, pray for the repose of their souls and for the consolation of their family and friends. MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN THE PEACE OF OUR LORD! 3 Holy Family - St. Thomas Aquinas 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1st READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS 2nd READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE 2:18-24 HEBREWS 2:9-11 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be Brothers and sisters: He "for a little while" was made alone. I will make a suitable partner for him." So the "lower than the angels," that by the grace of God he might LORD God formed out of the ground various wild ani- taste death for everyone. mals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all man called each of them would be its name. The man things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffer- all wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable part- ing. He who consecrates and those who are being conse- ner for the man. crated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them “brothers.” So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed THE WORD OF THE LORD. up its place with flesh. The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (10:2-16) called 'woman,' for out of 'her man’ this one has been tak- en." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, "Is it lawful clings to his wife, and the two of them become one flesh. for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him. He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command THE WORD OF THE LORD. you?" They replied, "Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her." But Jesus told them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God RESPONSORIAL PSALM made them male and female. For this reason a man shall Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two R.(cf.5) May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate." Blessed are you who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways! In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; this. He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and blessed shall you be and favored. R. marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine adultery." in the recesses of your home; your children like olive plants And people were bringing children to him that he might around your table. R. touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he became indignant and said to them, "Let the Behold, thus is the man blessed children come to me; do not prevent them, for the king- who fears the LORD. dom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, The LORD bless you from Zion: whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem will not enter it." Then he embraced them and blessed all the days of your life. R. them, placing his hands on them. May you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! R. THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD. 4 Holy Family - St. Thomas Aquinas XXVII DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO 1 LECTURA DEL LIBRO DE GENESIS 2 LECTURA DE LA CARTA A LOS HEBREOS 2:18-24 (2,8-11) En aquel día, dijo el Señor Dios: “No es bueno que el Hermanos: Es verdad que ahora todavía no vemos el uni- hombre este solo.