February 9, 2020 The Roman Catholic Communities of S . M3J’ C=Nr_ ŏ BJu*htE, N9 YE)b & S . Au
Pastor Rev. Raymond J. Moreau [email protected]
Priest-in-Residence Rev. Alan J. Lamica
Director of Christian Formation Mr. Troy Deno St. Mary’s Bookkeeper Mrs. Sheila LaRock St. Augustine’s Secretary Ms. Patricia White St. Mary’s Trustees
Mr. Alan Deon Mrs. Wendy Norman St. Augustine’s Trustees Mrs. Lisa Avery Mr. Carter Eldridge Priest Residence 1347 Washington St. Brushton, New York, 12916 Voice & fax (518)529-7433 Website: SHUTINS
www.staugustinesandstmarys.org Do you know of someone who is not
St. Augustine’s able to go to Mass on Sunday, because ST. MARY’S ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY 2472 State Route 11 of weather or sickness? Please call Open 1 V 3PM & 6:30V7:30PM Dianne Russell at 5297474 or Dick North Bangor, New York 12966 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month Hurteau at 4831832 for someone to bring Holy Communion on a weekly Voice & fax (518)483-6674 or monthly basis. Sacrament of Baptism: Infants: contact the parish office before or soon after birth. Adults: inquire about the RCIA Sacrament of Penance: Saturdays 2:453:00 p.m. St. Mary’s Church. You may also contact Fr. Ray Sacrament of the Sick: Contact Fr. Ray in advance of surgery or as soon as possible when serious illness occurs Sacrament of Marriage: Contact the parish office at least 6 months prior to the proposed wedding date to begin prep TO REPORT ABUSE: If you have a complaint or suspect misconduct involving diocesan clergy, religious, em- ployees, or volunteers, contact the Diocesan Victims Assistance Coordinator Terrianne Yanulavich, Adult & Youth Counseling Service of Northern New York, 413 Ryan Road, Churubusco, NY 12923, Phone: (518) 4833261. Email: [email protected] Or call Fr. Chris Carrara, Episcopal Vicar for clergy at 3153932920. COLLECTION: St. Augustine Feb. 1 & 2 MON February 10 St. Scholastica Envelopes: $1,345.00; Plate: $278.00 9:00am SM: Maloney & Horrigan Families ** Solemnity of Mary: $20.00 by the Estate Total: $1,639.00 TUES February 11 5th Ordinary Time Weekday Respect Life: $29.00 9:00am SA: Maloney & Horrigan Families by the Estate St. Mary Feb. 1 & 2 WED February 12 5th Ordinary Time Weekday 9:00am SM: Maloney & Horrigan Families** Envelopes: $1,765.00; Plate: $181.00 by the Estate Total: $1,946.00 THURS February 13 5th Ordinary Time Weekday Respect Life: $45.00 9:00am SA: Maloney & Horrigan Families by the Estate ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH OFFICE SAT February 15 6th Sunday Ordinary Time Office Hours this week for both churches are: 4:00pm SA: For the people of our parishes 9am to 12 noon Monday through Thursday SUN February 16 6th Sunday Ordinary Time Office #5184836674. 8:00am SA: Maloney & Horrigan Families by the Estate 11:00am SM: Maloney & Horrigan Families** RELIGIOUS EDUCATION by the Estate Mr. Troy Deno This week’s Sanctuary Candles: Director of Religious Formation SA For the Safety of our Troops Phone: 5189556144 SMM Cody O’Connor by Mom & Dad Email: [email protected] READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF Feb. 9, 2020 Sun:Is 58:710/Ps 112:45,67,89/1Cor 2:15/ Grades K to 8: 9:1510:45am Mt 5:1316 St. Mary’s Parish Center, Brushton Mon: 1Kgs 8:17,913/Ps 132:67,810/Mk 6:5356 Sunday, Feb. 9 & March 1 Tue: 1Kgs 8:2223,2730/Ps 84:3,4,5and10,11/Mk 7:113 From Father Ray… Wed: 1Kgs 10:110/Ps 37:56,3031,3940/Mk 7:1423 Why is it that all Masses Thur: 1Kgs 11:413/Ps 106:34,3536,37,40/Mk 7:2430 scheduled for this coming week Fri: 1Kgs 11:2932;12:19/Ps 81:1011ab,1213,1415/ are all for the same intention, Mk 7:3137 the same people? The reason is Sat: 1Kgs 12:2632;13:3334/Ps 106:67ab,1920,2122/ that in recent months most peo- Mk 8:110 ple have requested Masses for Next Sunday: Sir 15:1520/Ps 119:12,45,1718,3334/ loved ones to be celebrated on 1Cor 2:610/Mt 5:1737 or 5:2022a,2728,3334a,37 certain dates and most often on a Saturday afternoon or a Sun- ROSARY RALLY day morning. Along with this reality, we have not re- A Rosary Rally will be held at 12:00pm in St. Ann’s ceived enough Mass intentions to celebrate Mass from Church, St. Regis Falls, for world peace and the sanctity people in our local area and have had to request Mass of families on February 22 & March 21. All are wel- intentions from the Diocese so that an intention is of- comed. For more info: Elaine McGivney 5185216133. fered at every Mass. When a Mass is requested, the ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP church mandates that the requested Mass be celebrated “What is the use of a house, if you haven’t got a tolerable within a years time. Some churches in our Diocese planet to put it on?” (Henry Thoreau) What action will receive so many Mass intention requests and are not you do this week to ‘care for our common home’ entrust- able to celebrate them all within a years time. Those ed to us by our Creator? Mass intentions are then forwarded to the diocese for parishes who do not receive enough Mass intentions or LIVE THE LITURGY to retired priests who are in need of Mass intentions. Before the arrival of GPS and other technological advanc- Such has recently been the case with our parishes. I es, folks relied on a compass to assist them with direc- have had to request Mass intentions from the Diocese tions. If set and used properly, people who would other- for our churches. wise be lost could find their way. What properly sets our It is always good to have a Mass offered for someone God compass? We know that we require God in order to who has died or for a particular intention. Please con- find our way through life, but we need to be in proper re- sider doing so at either church and consider offering a lationship with God before this can effectively happen. Mass with no date in mind as we will more easily be God certainly does not need to be placated, but some able to place it on a day that no Mass intention has things open Him up to us more than others. Isaiah gives us been requested. It is also good to keep in mind that our weekend Mass requests fill up fast and to limit yourself a clue today. Share your bread with the hungry … clothe in the number of weekend Mass requests that you re- the naked … remove oppression, false accusation, and serve. This will provide the opportunity for others to malicious speech … satisfy the afflicted. When we do have a Mass celebrated on a weekend for their loved this, we will not only be on proper course and in right re- ones as well. On the next page of this bulletin you will lationship with God, but will be the salt and light Jesus find a brief explanation of why it is good to offer Mass- asks us to be. es for our loved ones. MASS INTENTIONS… “The practice of offering the holy Mass for the repose of the soul of the deceased originates in the early church. The catechism teaches, “From the beginning the church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God” (No. 1032). Praying for the repose of the souls of the deceased is rooted in the Old Testament. Judas Maccabees offered prayers and sacrifices for the Jewish soldiers who had died wearing pagan amulets, which were forbidden by the Torah. II Maccabees reads, “Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out” (12:43). Continuing, “(Judas Maccabees) took up a collection among all his soldiers, … which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inas- much as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus, he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from sin” (12:46). In light of the saving work of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we believe that when a person dies, he faces his particular judgment and must render an account of his life. If that person has died fundamentally believing in God and in a state of grace, but with venial sins and the hurt caused by sin, then God in His divine love and mercy will first purify the soul. After this purification has been completed, the soul will have the holiness and purity needed to share in the beatific vision in heaven. The faithful here on earth can help those souls undergoing purification. The Vatican Council II affirmed: “This sacred council accepts loyally the venerable faith of our ancestors in the living communion which exists between us and our brothers who are in the glory of heaven or who are yet being purified after their death.” (“Dogmatic Constitution on the Church,” No. 51). Therefore, just as we pray for each other and share each other’s burdens now, the faithful on earth can offer prayers and sacrifices to help the departed souls undergoing purification, and no better prayer could be offered than that of the holy sacrifice of the Mass. Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical “Mirae Caritatis” (1902) beautifully elaborated this point and emphasized the connection between the communion of saints with the Mass: “The grace of mutual love among the living, strengthened and increased by the sacrament of the Eucharist, flows, especially by virtue of the sacrifice (of the Mass), to all who belong to the communion of saints. For the communion of saints is simply … the mutual shar- ing of help, atonement, prayers and benefits among the faithful, those already in the heavenly fatherland, those consigned to the purifying fire, and those still making their pilgrim way here on earth. These all form one city, whose head is Christ, and whose vital principle is love. Faith teaches that although the august sacrifice can be of- fered to God alone, it can nevertheless be celebrated in honor of the saints now reigning in heaven with God, who has crowned them, to obtain their intercession for us, and also, according to apostolic tradition, to wash away the stains of those brethren who died in the Lord but without yet being wholly purified.” Therefore, the offering of Mass and other prayers or sacrifices for the intentions of the faithful departed are truly good and holy acts. Please note that this belief not only has its origins in our Old Testament roots but also in the early history of the church. Inscriptions uncovered on tombs in the Roman catacombs of the second century evidence this practice. For example, the epitaph on the tomb of Abercius, bishop of Hieropolis in Phrygia (d. 180), begs for prayers for the repose of his soul. Tertullian in 211 attested to observing the anniversary of death of the faithful departed with prayers. Moreover, the Canons of Hippolytus (c. 235), one of the earliest missals, explicitly mentions the offering of prayers for the dead during the Mass. The testimony of many of the church fathers also beautifully supports this belief: For example, St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386), in one of his many catechetical discourses, ex- plained how at Mass both the living and dead are remembered, and how the eucharistic sacrifice of Our Lord is of benefit to sinners, living and dead; and St. Ambrose (d. 397) preached, “We have loved them during life; let us not abandon them in death, until we have conducted them by our prayers into the house of the Lord.” When we face the death of someone, even a person who is not Catholic, to have a Mass offered for the repose of his soul and to offer our prayers are more beneficial and comforting than any other sympathy card or bouquet of flowers. Most importantly, we always should remember our own dearly departed loved ones in the holy Mass and through our own prayers and sacrifices to help in their gaining eternal rest. Let us keep in our prayers all of our faithful departed. By Fr. William Saunders author of “Catholic Straight Answers” and a priest of the Arlington Diocese.
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