Established 1901

February 21, 2021

Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission Church

(TOP) Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission Church

Mission Statement The parish of the Sacred Heart is striving to live these words:

As parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish rooted in scripture

and nourished by the Eucharist, we strive to be a faith community of one heart and mind. As pilgrims on the journey, we commit ourselves in Jesus’ name to welcome

and serve one another as children of the Father, respecting the dignity of all, guided by the Holy Spirit.

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Mass Schedule

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mattituck

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mattituck 10:00 a.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mattituck

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Mattituck

Thursday and Saturday no morning Mass No Mass if Cutchogue-Mattituck School districts close due to

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Rectory Parish Office

27905 Main Road If you are a new parishioner to Sacred Heart Parish, PO Box 926 welcome! We’d like to get to know you better and provide Cutchogue, NY 11935 any services that you are in need of. Please stop in at the rectory to fill out a registration form or call the rectory at Rectory…………………………….………...631-734-6722 734-6722 and we will be happy to send you a registration Fax……………………………….…………..631-734-7906 form. You can put the completed registration form in the Email……………...………[email protected] collection basket at Mass, mail it or drop it off at the rectory. Website…………..………..……www.sacredheartolgc.org Obtain Mass cards, certificates of baptism or marriage or Rev. Msgr. W. Staudt, Pastor………..631-734-6722 other Parish business. Email…………………………[email protected] Monday through Friday Deacon Chris Ervin………………………….631-734-6722 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Email…………………[email protected] Sacrament of Reconciliation Elaine Villano, Business Manager……....…..631-734-6722 Saturday, 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mattituck Email………..……[email protected]

Denise Connelly Wasson..……………….…..631-734-2568 Sacrament of Baptism Administrator of Faith Formation Please call the rectory office 631-734-6722 Email……………...... [email protected] Office of Faith Formation………….………...631-734-2568 Marriages Arrangements for a wedding must be made by the couple in Patti Homan, Director of Music…….….…....631-734-6078 person with the priest. Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance of the date and before other Sacred Heart Cemetery…………..…………..631-732-3460 arrangements are made.

Stacy Stanzione……………….…….………631-734-6722 Eucharistic Adoration Maureen’s Haven “Ministry to the Homeless” Marian Novena Prayers and Adoration is now taking place after the 9:00a.m. Mass on Monday mornings. If a funeral Loretta Hatzel-Geraci……………….……….631-477-6469 is scheduled on a Monday morning Adoration will be Coordinator of North Fork Parish Outreach cancelled. Email…………….……………[email protected] North Fork Thrift Shop………………..……..631-477-6607 Novena

Sr. Margaret Smyth, OP Monday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Mattituck Spanish Ministry………………………..…....631-369-4601 Immediately following the 9:00 a.m. Mass

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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR LOVED ONES MASS SCHEDULE WHO ARE ILL

Saturday, February 20-Saturday after Ash If you wish your intention to continue after the four Wednesday; World Day of Social Justice week period, please let us know by calling the rectory at 734-6722. 5:00 p.m. Allan Dickerson Frank Milowski The collective prayers of all the members of our parish Terp are with you. Joan Crosson William Mack William Paul Schupler Sunday, February 21-First Sunday of Lent; Rite of Christina Mack Fr. Charles Kohli Election; Rite of Calling the Candidates to Continuing Rachel Seaman Enrique DeLeon Conversion; Rite of Sending Robert Brennan Fr. Austin Titus Michael Neville Mary Anne Larsen 8:00 a.m. People of the Parish Sue Ellis Bill Bowe Julie Rapuano Timothy Milowski 10:00 a.m. Susan Sweeney Megan Kieser Katy Zlatniski Scott Kelling Joe Ferrigno Anthony Pedone, Jr. Allan Dickerson Paula DeVito Diane Baker Philip DeCicco Chloe Rombach Kenneth Ehlers MaryAnn Mauceri (Living) Monika Kneuer Johanna Benthal Carol Peters Charles Fausti Monday, February 22-The Chair of Peter the Keri Stromski Peter McSherry Apostle; Washington’s Birthday; Julian Calendar Nick Bolobanic Joanne McSherry Lent begins Maryann Bolobanic MaryAnn Mauceri Louis Medaglia Christine Strovink 9:00 a.m. Dorothy Burnham Thank you for reaching out to us, your parish family, Tuesday, February 23-St. in your time of need. We want you to know that we, as a parish, will be keeping your need in our prayers. 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, February 24 CHURCH IN NEED 9:00 a.m. Colman&Margaret & Sr. Christine Greene O.P. February 21, 2021

Thursday, February 25-Purim (Jewish observance) begins at sunset

No Mass Next weekend a special diocesan collection will be taken for The Church in Need. The monies collected will be Friday, February 26-Abstinence shared among three areas of the world where there is particular need for help: 9:00a.m. Joseph Reiss  The Church in Central and Eastern Europe  The Church in Latin America Saturday, February 27-St. Gregory of Narek  The Church in Africa

5:00 p.m. Ann Swedish MaryAnn Mauceri (Living) Please use your boxed set of donation envelopes. If you do not have a boxed set of envelopes you may Sunday, February 28-Second Sunday of Lent contact the rectory and you will be added to our list for collection envelopes. 8:00 a.m. Allan Dickerson You may use any envelope, please make a notation that your donation is for, The Church in Need. 10:00 a.m. People of the Parish SACRED HEART PARISH PAGE 4

THE RESPECT FOR LIFE ROSE STEWARDSHIP TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE For the babies in danger of abortion By In today’s Gospel, we read about Jesus’ entrance Vicky & Bill Slade into the desert to be tempted by Satan. It was reported in 2017 that the "Harvard Law As we begin our Lenten Journey, what is one thing journal concludes unborn Babies Have you can do throughout this season to serve your God Constitutional Rights". and neighbor? Perhaps, if your means allow, give a PLEASE HELP THE UNBORN. A donation of little more in the weekly offertory or donate goods to any size helps the mothers who say "Yes" to life. a parish’s food pantry? All proceeds go to Birthright. For the poor and needy in our community. We pray to the Lord... Make checks out to Sacred Heart Parish and mail to Mimi Ashton, P.O. Box 457, Mattituck, NY 11952 PARISH FOOD DRIVE WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Joseph Robert Elak Jr. And Carolyn Elizabeth Sweeney

Saturday February 20th at 1:30p.m. Parish Food Drive March 6&7: “For as Christ’s sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow. (2 Corinthians 1:5) You by bringing your nonperishable grocery offerings to the Church TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION on March 6 and 7 for distribution by our North Fork Parish Outreach. Please make sure that In a few weeks’ time , at the Chrism Mass of your bag is stronger than the weight of your the diocese, fresh sacramental oils will be blessed and generosity as broken jars don’t make it to chrism consecrated for use in every parish. Olive oil Pantry shelves. May the Lord bless your is the main ingredient of chrism, but olive oil with compassionate overflowing heart. some exotic additives that change its character and May the Lord bless your compassionate purpose. Rich balsam and perfumes separate chrism from the pantry. Food no longer, neither is this oil overflowing heart. for grooming or toning muscles. It has a breathtaking aroma that is both alluring and May the Lord bless your compassionate enduring. overflowing heart. The prayer of consecration is a good for the coming Lenten season since it focuses us on the goal of our journey, linking it with HOW DO YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE MASS AFTER A the olive-bearing dove at the end of ’s stormy SNOW EVENT? voyage of forty days. The dove signaled the birth of a There will be NO MASS at Our Lady of Good new world, a society reborn from the wreckage of the Counsel Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday if old, drowned world of sin. the Mattituck –Cutchogue School District is closed At the end of our Lenten journey, the oil of due to inclement weather. chrism will be poured down in abundance on the brows of catechumens and infants, as well as on those On the weekends, try calling the Rectory at 631-734- to be confirmed or ordained. Lent puts us in touch 6722 and listen to the message for further with the hard edges of life in need of , and information. Do not come out if the roads have not the chrism of Easter joy redeems and restores. been plowed. For your safety, please use common sense-When in doubt, do not come out.

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Lenten Practices Lenten Preparation in the home

ASH WEDNESDAY, All FRIDAYS IN LENT Bring your family together to share a Scripture except March 19, and GOOD Friday are account of Jesus in the desert. Gather to read and days of abstinence from eating meat for discuss before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. those 14 years of age and older. Because of the Solemnity of St. Joseph Lent is meant to be a season of simple living so that (March 19) falls on a Friday of Lent, and you can make time for prayer, penance, and good solemnities are never days of penance, works. the faithful are not obliged to abstain from meat on that day. Create a Lenten Table Scape In the same way that decorating for Christmas and Easter helps us to remember what we’re celebrating, adding items to our home that remind Holy Week Reservations us of our Lenten journey helps us focus on what Lent is about. Consider keeping a vase filled with In order to seat as Many people as we sand to remind your family of Jesus’ time in the can-RESERVATIONS will be required for desert. Palm branches on display recall Jesus’ joyful entry into Jerusalem before his Death. Use the following Masses and Service. deep purples and violets to reflect the Lenten colors used in your church and worship. The family table All Palm Sunday Masses and your prayer space are places that you can Saturday -5:00p.m. incorporate these symbols and reminders of Lent. Sunday -8:00a.m. & 10:00a.m.

Holy Thursday Mass Feast of the Lord’s Supper –7:00p.m.

Good Friday Service-3:00p.m.

Easter Vigil Mass-8:00p.m. MASKS MUST BE WORN UPON ENTERING THE CHURCH AND REMAIN ON THROUGHOUT THE MASS. ALL EASTER SUNDAY MASSES Due to Social Distancing only 70 people will be permitted at each Mass.

8:00a.m. The dispensation from the obligation to attend FAMILY MASS 10:00a.m. Sunday Mass remains in effect indefinitely. Those And the 11:30a.m. MASS who are sick or vulnerable due to age or health conditions are strongly encouraged to remain at home We will begin taking reservations and view the Mass online or on television . beginning Tuesday the 23rd of February, Based on the dispensation, if you would like to attend until all the Masses are full-NO ONE will Mass and are available during the week, would you be admitted to these Masses without a consider attending a daily Mass that is less attended? reservation. Daily Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and MASKS MUST BE WORN AND Friday at 9:00am. SOCIAL DISTANCING MUST BE PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE YOUR MASKS As you receive the host in your hand, slip the host OBSERVED. under your mask up from your chin and place it into Please call or email the rectory to make your mouth. your reservations at 631-734-6722 or 631-734-2568. Weekend Masses: Saturday, 5:00p.m. Sunday 8:00a.m. and 10:00a.m. Our weekend Mass times [email protected] may possibly change to accommodate another Mass SACRED HEART PARISH PAGE 6

February 21, 2021 First Sunday of Lent

REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL Lent is the time of year we devote to scrutinizing our lives in the light of our baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus. Today’s readings are a nice shorthand catechism of what our baptized lives mean. As Noah passed through the waters of the flood to a covenant with God, so did we enter into a covenant, a promised relationship with God through our baptism. Peter’s letter gives an explicit explanation of what our baptism means: it is an appeal we make to God for a clear conscience. How do we obtain this clear conscience? The words proclaimed by Jesus immediately following his temptation show us the way: “Repent, and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15). It might be a good spiritual exercise to keep these readings before us throughout the entire season of Lent, a means to help us return to a life lived by our baptismal promises. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I will set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth (Genesis 9:8-15). Psalm — Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant (Psalm 25). Second Reading — The water of the flood prefigured baptism, which saves you now (1 Peter 3:18-22). Gospel — Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels ministered to him (Mark 1:12-15) The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10, 15-19; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Lent; Rite of Election; Rite of Calling the Candidates to Continuing Conversion; Rite of Sending Monday: Washington’s Birthday; Julian Calendar Lent begins Tuesday: St. Polycarp Thursday: Purim (Jewish observance) begins at sunset Friday: Abstinence Saturday: St. Gregory of Narek

FEAST OF FAITH Seasonal Changes for the Liturgies of Lent Today is the First Sunday of Lent. During this season of preparation for Easter, our churches look stark and simple—no flowers at the altar, no festive banners or decorations. And our liturgies feel different, too. The organ is quiet except to accompany the singing of the assembly. The Gloria, our Sunday song of rejoicing, is not heard except on solemnities, and we will not sing the Alleluia, our joyful acclamation of praise, until the Easter Vigil. “Alleluia cannot always / Be our song while here below,” says an eleventh-century . “Alleluia our transgressions / Make us for a while forego; / For the solemn time is coming / When our tears for sins must flow” (Alleluia dulce carmen, J. M. Neale, trans.). $29.95/Mo. billed quarterly

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