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Saint May 23, 2021 2918 US Route 7 Pittsford, Vermont 05763

802.483.2301

Email: [email protected]

A ministry of the Capuchin , Province of St. Mary, New York and New

Father Maurice Moreau, OFM Cap, Pastor In residence at Peter’s Friary with Father John Tokaz, OFM Cap.

MASS SCHEDULE Sunday 9:00 AM Monday & Tuesday 9:00 AM Holy Days 9:00 AM

CONFESSIONS – upon request

BAPTISMS - Contact Parish Office well in advance.

WEDDINGS – Contact Parish Office at least six in advance to make arrangements for marriage.

OFFICE HOURS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SAINT ALPHONSUS Monday and Tuesday (Grades K-8) CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Sarah Carrara (353-7284) Jon Keith (483.6489) work Dee Daly [email protected] Jon Keith (483.2029) home Administrative Assistant

ONLINE GIVING https:// FINANCE COUNCIL Website: osvhub.com/st-alphonsus- Third Tue of the 5:45 PM http://www.stalphonsusvt.org liguori-parish/funds

PARISH COUNCIL Third Tue of the month 6:30 PM Facebook: www.facebook.com/saintalphonsusvt LITURGICAL CALENDAR & MASS INTENTIONS

23 SUN Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 / Jn 20:19-23

 9:00 AM Corbett by Jan Ryan

24 Mon Mary, Mother of the Church Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Jn 19:25-34

Mother, help our faith!  9:00 AM Queen Family by the Estate Open our ears to hear God’s word and to recognize his 25 Tue Saint Bede , Priest and ; voice and call. Saint Gregory VII, ; Saint de’ Pazzi, Awaken in us a desire to follow in his footsteps, to go Sir 35:1-12/Mk 10:28-31 forth from our own land and to receive his promise. Help us to be touched by his love, that we may touch him in faith.  9:00 AM Carol L’Herault by Philip & Laura Gagnon Help us to entrust ourselves fully to him and to believe in 26 Wed Saint Philip Neri, Priest Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17/Mk 10:32-45 his love, especially at times of trial, beneath the shadow of the cross, when our faith is called to mature. 27 Thu Saint Augustine of , Sow in our faith the joy of the Risen One. Sir 42:15-25/Mk 10:46-52 Remind us that those who believe are never alone. Teach us to see all things with the eyes of Jesus, that 28 Fri Sir 44:1, 9-13/Mk 11:11-26 he may be light for our path. And may this light of faith always increase in us, until the dawn of that undying day 29 Sat Saint Paul VI, Pope; BVM Sir 51:12cd-20/Mk 11:27-33 which is Christ himself, your Son, our !

30 SUN THE MOST HOLY Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/Rom 8:14- 17/Mt 28:16-20 Outdoor Mass  9:00 AM Loretta Wood by family Beginning May 23rd, 9:00 am Sunday Mass will be celebrated outside in the upper parking lot. We will continue holding Sunday Mass outside throughout the summer. If it is raining, Mass will be held in the church. The last Saturday evening Mass was celebrated on May 15th.

One of 3 significant Jewish festivals, Pentecost is the Looking Ahead - Dates to Remember Greek name for the Festival of Weeks, a prominent feast in the Jewish calendar that celebrated God giving them Tuesday, June 1st 9:00 am Memorial Mass in the cemetery the 10 Commandments 50 days after the Exodus from Sunday, September 12th 4:00 pm—6:00 pm Parish Picnic Egypt. God instructed his people to celebrate the Festival of Weeks, which was to be held 7 full weeks (49 days) Sunday, September 19th Family Catechesis with Potluck plus one day after Passover, equaling 50 days. Also called the Feast of Harvest, this was when the Jews would Sunday, September 26th 9:00 am Mass First Communion present offerings of the first fruits of their spring crops. Jewish law required all adult Jewish men to come to Jerusalem from wherever they were living to personally be in attendance for the celebration. Last Sunday of the Month, May 30th.

The Christian celebration of Pentecost celebrates the NEXT SUNDAY is Food Shelf Sunday. We encour- descent of the Holy Spirit on the followers of Jesus. It age each family to contribute one non-perishable item marks the beginning of the Christian Church. for those in need. EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP— LPi A Thought from Tracy Earl Welliver

RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

You Don’t Have What It Takes — but You Will

Those of us in ministry love this saying: God doesn’t call the equipped. He equips the called.

We all know that sort of queasy feeling we get in the pit of our stomachs when it becomes clear what we’re supposed to do, in any situation. It’s that feeling of: Oh, no. Not me. Not now. I can’t.

We’ve all got our list of reasons why not, don’t we? We do it for everything, from big life problems to small everyday choices. I’m not going to invite my neighbor to church because I don’t want to come across as pushy. I’m not going to make amends with my cousin because she’ll just walk all over me again. I’m not going to say a Rosary tonight because I’m tired and it’ll just stress me out. Because of Pentecost, Jesus can now be personally However, even if we all put our lists of “reasons why we present with every believer around the globe, through can’t” together, I don’t think any of us have reasons quite his Holy Spirit. In fact, because the Holy Spirit dwells as valid as the apostles. Their was to convert the inside us (1 Cor. 3:16), it is something that can never be nations — and here they are, a bunch of fishermen who taken away. Jesus promised in John 14-16 that the Spirit haven’t been out of Judea, who speak only their own will give us peace, courage, comfort, and guidance— languages. Were they supposed to preach the Gospel via a everything we need. particularly compelling game of charades? Because Pentecost was such an important, history- But even that big, giant, stop-you-dead-in-your tracks changing event, many Christians have commemorated it Reason Why We Can’t was nothing, because God had a up to the present—particularly the Christian traditions plan. He didn’t call a bunch of equipped men. He called that follow a church calendar, such as Lutheran, them, and He equipped them. Cue the tongues of fire! Episcopal, Methodist, Orthodox, Roman and more. The practice of observing Pentecost seems to date God doesn’t call us to do His will because we have what to the early church, when the entire period from it takes. He calls us because He’s ready to give us what it to Pentecost was used as a for preparing and then takes. Being a good steward is to answer the call of Christ baptizing new believers. knowing he will provide. Today churches vary in how they celebrate Pentecost Sunday, but they often incorporate symbols of the Spirit, such as a dove or flames of fire.

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