Church of St. Theresa A Caring Community Reaching Out To One Another in Christ
2855 St. Theresa Avenue, Bronx, New York
SUNDAY MASSES ST. THERESA’S FAMILY IS OUR FAMILY Saturday at 5:00pm, Sunday at 7:30am, 9:00am(Italian), “ST. THERESA STRONG” 10:30am(Family Mass) 12:15pm , 1:30PM(Spanish) & 5:00pm WEEKDAY MASSES Monday thru Saturday 8:00am & 9:00am DEVOTIONS Miraculous Medal & St. Theresa Novenas after Monday morning Masses St. Anthony Novena after Tuesday morning Masses. Thursday 12 Noon Mass & Eucharistic Adoration Exposition & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday 6:00PM
CONFESSION Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm and by appointment BAPTISMS Baptisms take place most Sundays after the 1:30pm Mass. We ask parents to attend the Baptism preparation meeting. Register at the Rectory for the meeting. The date of the Baptism will be discussed at the Baptism meeting. MARRIAGES Call the Rectory at least six months in advance of the wedding date to make an appointment with parish clergy.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas Derivan, Pastor
Rev. Joseph Ligory, Parochial Vicar Mrs. Josephine Fanelli, Principal Rev. Edmundo Gomez, Retired, Mrs. Marie McCarrick, Dir. of Religious Education Rev. Robert Imbelli, Weekend Associate Nadia Papayani, Dir. of Music
RECTORY: 7188921900/1901 WEBSITE: www.sttheresachurchbronx.org SCHOOL: 7187923688 FAX: 7188921146 EMAIL: [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: 7187928434 CHURCH OF ST. THERESA, BRONX FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DERIVAN Next Sunday we will be celebrating the Feast of All Saints when we honor all of God’s holy ones in heaven, both those who are canonized as saints, officially called saints because of the holiness of their lives, but also the countless uncanonized saints, the many people who lived good and holy lives, including parents and grandparents, teachers and priests, friends and neighbors who have gone home to God after living good and faithful Christian lives. In a beautiful phrase, Pope Francis calls them “the saints next door.” And he says, “We must be grateful to God who has given them to us, putting them close to us as living and contagious examples of the way to live and die in faithfulness to the Lord Jesus and his Gospel.” Christian life is all about becoming a saint. Our own St. Theresa said this, “There is only one tragedy in lifeNnot to become a saint.” And she often said this simple sentence, “I want to become a saint.” But we say to ourselves, “This is good for St. Theresa, an extraordinary person. But how can that be good for us right here and now?” Let us draw from today’s gospel two important lessons about becoming saints: First, to become a saint does not require extraordinary things. In fact St. Theresa once said, “Our Lord does not look so much on the greatness of our actions, as on the love with which we do them.” Things do not make a person a saint; love makes a person a saint. As the other St. Theresa, St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, “To do great things for God does not require extraordinary things; ordinary things are enough. It is how much love you put in the doing of your life that makes your life something beautiful for God.” To become a saint, we must do our best to make our lives beautiful for God. The second thing to remember is that only God makes saints. In a sense, He makes it easy. The Lord in the gospel today gives us the program to become saints. This man in the gospel wants to trick Our Lord by asking Him which is the greatest of the commandments. If the Lord were to pick one of the Ten Commandments, the man would say, “What about the other nine?” So the Lord answers in an unexpected way. The first commandment is to love God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength, to love God completely with everything you have and everything you are. But Jesus does not stop there. He immediately gives the second commandment. The man had not asked for the second commandment, but Jesus gives it anyway, as if to say, “You have to follow both commandments if you want to follow meNlove God and love your neighbor. Your love of God shows itself in your love of others and your love of others strengthens your love for God.” We call these the two Great Commandments. Pope Francis says they are “two sides of the same coin. You cannot love God without loving your neighbor and you cannot love your neighbor without loving God. The visible sign a Christian can show in order to witness to his love for God to the world and to others, to his family, is the love he bears for his brothers.” How do you become a saint? What program do we have to follow? Jesus gives us the blueprint today. If you love God and love your neighbor, you are on the way to letting God make you a saint. November is often called the month of saints. During November we celebrate the feast of St. Martin of Tours. Martin later on in life was a great bishop and teacher of the faith. But as a young man, he was a soldier in the Roman army, studying to become a Christian. Even though he was not yet baptized, the love of God and the love of neighbor was truly in his heart. One day, Martin the soldier was riding to his winter quarters. As he rode down the road, he saw a beggar man in the road who cried out to him. “Martin, please give me something to keep me warm.” Martin did not have any extra clothing. All he had was his large soldier’s cape, which was used as a blanket at nighttime. Without thinking about it, Martin took off his cloak, took out his sword and cut the cloak in half, giving half to the poor man and keeping half for himself. That night Martin had a dream and in the dream the Lord Jesus came to him, wearing the half of cloak which Martin had given the beggar. And the Lord said, “Martin, not yet a Christian, you have clothed me with the cloak of your love.” Do we want to become saints? Then we must do what Martin did, We must love God and neighbor. If we want to be saints, like St. Martin, we must love God enough to clothe others with our love. Father Thomas B. Derivan ANOINTING OF THE SICK BAPTISMS The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be As you know, we have been allowed to resume baptisms in our administered in our church next Saturday, November 7th at a church, following the proper safety procedures. Parents who special 12:00PM Mass. wish to have their child baptized should come to the rectory to All who need Christ’s healing grace because of old age or fill out the necessary form. Then they are asked to see Father sickness of mind or body are welcome to receive this beautiful Derivan after any Mass on Sunday to arrange for the date of the Sacrament. As you know, the Church has extended the use of baptism. Parents will be asked to view “Baptismal Instruction this sacrament (which formerly was given only to those in for Parents” which is on our website: danger of death) to all who seek to have Christ’s grace to help www.sttheresachurchbronx.org. them bear sickness or old age. We welcome you to the Mass next Saturday at 12:00PM. THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
MESSAGE OF OUR HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS FOR THIS SUNDAY This Sunday, the Liturgy presents us with a brief, but very important Gospel passage (Mt 22:3440). Matthew the Evangelist recounts that the Pharisees assemble in order to put Jesus to the test. One of them, a doctor of the Law, asks him this question: “Teacher, which one is the great commandment in the law?” (v. 36). It is an insidious question, because more than 600 precepts are mentioned in the Law of Moses. How should thegreat commandmentbe distinguished among these? But Jesus responds without hesitation: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”. And he adds: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (vv. 37, 39). This response of Jesus is not to be taken for granted, because, among the numerous precepts of the Hebrew Law, the most important were the 10 Commandments, communicated directly by God to Moses, as the conditions of the Covenant with the people. But Jesus wants to make it understood that without love for God and for our neighbor there is no true fidelity to this Covenant with the Lord. You may do many good things, fulfil many precepts, many good things, but if you do not have love, this serves no purpose. It is confirmed by another text in the Book of Exodus, the socalled “Covenant Code”, where it is said that one cannot adhere to the Covenant with the Lord and mistreat those who enjoy his protection. And who are those who enjoy his protection? The Bible says: the widow, the orphan and the stranger, the migrant, that is, the most lonely and defenseless people (cf. Ex 22:2021). In responding to those Pharisees who question him, Jesus also tries to help them put their religiosity in order, to distinguish what truly matters from what is less important. Jesus says: “On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets” (Mt. 22:40). They are the most important, and the others depend on these two. And Jesus lived his life precisely in this way: preaching and practicing what truly matters and is essential, namely, love. Love gives impulse and fruitfulness to life and to the journey of life: without love, both life and faith remain sterile. What Jesus proposes in this Gospel passage is a wonderful ideal, which corresponds to our heart’s most authentic desire. Indeed, we were created to love and to be loved. God, who is Love, created us to make us participants in his life, to be loved by him and to love him, and with him, to love all other people. This is God’s “dream” for mankind. And to accomplish it we need his grace; we need to receive within us the capacity to love which comes from God himself. Jesus offers himself to us in the Eucharist for this very reason. In it we receive Jesus in the utmost expression of his love, when he offered himself to the Father for our salvation. May the Blessed Virgin help us to welcome into our life the “great commandment” of love of God and neighbor. Indeed, if we have experienced it ever since we were children, we will never cease converting ourselves to it and putting it into practice in the various situations in which we find ourselves.
THE CONTINUED SURPRISE OF GOD’S LOVE Life is full of surprises so the saying goes. In our lives we experience so many wonderful and amazing surprises. Remember the surprising look of delight on your spouses’ face when they said I do. Or the pure and deep feelings of love we have for our children the moment they are born, or the joy and surprise of knowing the right way to reach our goals when we didn’t even realize we had them. The greatest surprise, of course, is that God loves each of us as if we were his only creature. No matter what we do in our lives, what jobs, what sins, what successes, God’s love is always with us, always supporting us even when we don’t feel we deserve it. Some find this too good to be true. They cannot believe that God came in the person of His only Son to win us back by His loving example by words and by deeds. Those are the people who give up on God, who don’t take advantage of the beautiful sacrament of reconciliation. They are so afraid that they have turned so far from God’s love that they believe he will not welcome them back. But we know that is shortsighted. God is not like our friends or family, who unfortunately sometimes do not have the capacity to forgive and mend relationships. God is ALWAYS going to forgive, is ALWAYS going to welcome us back into the light of his love and help us continue our righteous journey toward Heaven. So when the challenges and surprises of life cast a dark shadow on our path, it is up to us to remember that God is always on our side. And with his guiding light and love, we can overcome any obstacle and become the people He knows we can be. (From Franciscan Mission Associates)
MESSAGE FROM FATHER DERIVAN: COMING TO SUNDAY MASS We are happy to see the many parishioners who have been coming to Mass each Sunday or Saturday evening. God bless you for doing so! But frankly we have not seen many others. Let me assure you that it is safe to come to church for Mass where every safety precaution is followed. Masks must be worn by all. Hand sanitizer is available at all entrances. The benches are sanitized after every Mass. Cardinal Dolan has emphasized that these precautions must strictly be followed and I am happy to say that they are followed here. We have the Mass on website and other social media for those who are homebound. But this is not intended for those who are able to come to Mass. We want to see youNespecially familiesNat Mass. We want you to be able to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion. If you have not been coming, please do so. We look forward to welcoming you home.
PETITION BOOK: Have you noticed our Petition Book in CONFESSIONS are heard every Saturday from 4:00PM to the vestibule of the Church? Every Saturday before the 5:00PM Mass, the petitions entered into the book for that week are 5:00PM or by appointment in the Rectory. brought up to the altar of the Blessed Mother, where they remain for all the weekend Masses. Please pray for these intentions. OCTOBER 25, 2020 THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY Each week during October we present here some reflections on the mysteries of the Rosary, provided by the University of Dayton Catholic Center. Today we reflect on the GLORIOUS MYSTERIES The Resurrection Christ’s Resurrection and the risen Christ himself is the principle and source of our future resurrection: “Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep….For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” The risen Christ lives in the hearts of this faithful while they await that fulfillment. In Christ, Christians “have tasted...the powers of the age to come: and their lives are swept up by Christ into the heart of divine life, so that they may “live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” The Ascension When his visible presence was taken from them, Jesus did not leave his disciples orphans. He promised to remain with them until the end of time; he sent them his Spirit. As a result communion with Jesus has become, in a way, more intense: “By communicating his Spirit, Christ mystically constitutes as his body those brothers of his who are called together from every nation.” The Descent of the Holy Spirit The mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit is bought to completion in the Church, which is the Body of Christ and the Temple of the Holy Spirit. This joint mission henceforth brings Christ’s faithful to share in his communion with the Father in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit prepares men and goes out to them with his grace, in order to draw them to Christ. The Spirit manifests the risen Lord to them; recalls his word to them and opens their minds to the understanding of his Death and Resurrection. He makes present the mystery of Christ, supremely in the Eucharist, in order to reconcile them, to bring them into communion with God, that they may “bear much fruit.” The Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven “This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation…. Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix.” The Coronation of Our Lady The “splendor of an entirely unique holiness” by which Mary is “enriched from the first instant of her conception” comes wholly from Christ: she is “redeemed, in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son.” The Father blessed Mary more than any other created person “in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” and chose her “in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him in love.”
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS: As you can imagine, the current crisis has affected our parish just as it has affected your family. Despite the hardship, we ask you to continue to help St. Theresa’s Church. We thank those who have brought their weekly envelopes to Mass or mailed them to the rectory. We are asking everyone to do so. Because there are fewer people able to come to Sunday Mass, we are even more grateful to you for making the extra sacrifice that so many of you have made. Please consider the following: 1. If you are bringing your envelopes to the rectory or sending them there, you may wish to send you envelopes on a monthly, rather than weekly, basis, as some parishioners are doing. If so, just attach the envelopes together or put them in an envelope to be sent or dropped off here. There is a dropoff slot at the rectory for this purpose and in this way you can be assured that your offering reaches us. 2. You may wish to consider making your offering electronically. If so, please consult our parish website (www.sttheresachurchbronx.org) and go to the section marked “Parish Giving.” 3. For the moment we are following the procedure of having collection baskets in the rear of the church where you can place your offering either before or after Mass. After the Mass, these baskets are brought to the brown collection boxes which are on either side of the sanctuary (one by the shrine of Our Blessed Mother and the other by the shrine of St. Joseph). If you are more comfortable with placing your contribution yourself directly in the brown collection boxes, by all means please do so. Thank you for your continued help to St. Theresa’s Church.
HANDICAP ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS The side entrance to the Church on Pilgrim Avenue will be open Please support our advertisers; it is their support that makes this every Sunday for anyone who is handicapped or in a wheelchair. bulletin possible, and when you visit them, please let them Also this same entrance will be opened every weekday until know that you read their advertisement in St. Theresa ‘s 9:30AM. bulletin. BEATIFICATION OF FATHER MICHAEL MCGIVNEY, FOUNDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSM THIS SATURDAY Father McGivney (18521890), the son of Irish immigrants, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and was ordained a priest in 1877 for what is now the Archdiocese of Hartford. He founded the Knights of Columbus at St. Mary’s Parish in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882. He originally started the Knights as a service organization to help widows and orphans. At the time, Father McGivney was an assistant pastor at St. Mary’s Parish. He is buried in New Haven. The fraternal order for Catholic men has become the largest lay Catholic organization in the world with 2 million members and sponsors a wide range of educational, charitable and religious activities. Father McGivney, who will be the first American parish priest to be beatified and has long been a hero of workingclass Catholics, can be viewed as a martyr of a pandemic. When he died of pneumonia complications at age 38 in 1890, it was during an outbreak of influenza known as the Russian flu in Thomaston, Connecticut. Some recent evidence, according to the Knights, indicates the outbreak may have been the result of a coronavirus. “Father McGivney has inspired generations of Catholic men to roll up their sleeves and put their faith into action,” Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said. “He was decades ahead of his time in giving the laity an important role within the church. Today, his spirit continues to shape the extraordinary charitable work of Knights as they continue to serve those on the margins of society as he served widows and orphans in the 1880s.” Pope Francis has directed that Father McGivney will be beatified (the final step before being canonized as a saint) at the Hartford Cathedral this Saturday, October 31st.
OCTOBER 28TH OCTOBER 29TH SAINTS SIMON & JUDE, APOSTLES SAINT NARCISSUS OF JERUSALEM (1ST CENTURY) (d. c. 216)
Jude is so named by Luke and Acts. Matthew and Mark call Life in secondand thirdcentury Jerusalem couldn’t have been him Thaddeus. He is not mentioned elsewhere in the Gospels, easy, but Saint Narcissus managed to live well beyond 100. except of course where all the apostles are mentioned. Scholars Details of his life are sketchy, but there are many reports of hold that he is not the author of the Letter of Jude. Actually, his miracles. The miracle for which Narcissus is most Jude had the same name as Judas Iscariot. Evidently because of remembered was turning water into oil for use in the church the disgrace of that name, it was shortened to “Jude” in English. lamps on Holy Saturday when the deacons had forgotten to Simon is mentioned on all four lists of the apostles. On two provide any. of them he is called “the Zealot.” The Zealots were a Jewish We do know that Narcissus became bishop of Jerusalem in the sect that represented an extreme of Jewish nationalism. For late second century. He was known for his holiness, but there them, the messianic promise of the Old Testament meant that are hints that many people found him harsh and rigid in his the Jews were to be a free and independent nation. God alone efforts to impose Church discipline. One of his many detractors was their king, and any payment of taxes to the Romans was a accused Narcissus of a serious crime at one point. Though the blasphemy against God. No doubt some of the Zealots were the charges against him did not hold up, he used the occasion to spiritual heirs of the Maccabees, carrying on their ideals of retire from his role as bishop and live in solitude. His religion and independence. But many were the counterparts of disappearance was so sudden and convincing that many people modern terrorists. assumed he had actually died. They raided and killed, attacking both foreigners and Several successors were appointed during his years in “collaborating” Jews. They were chiefly responsible for the isolation. Finally, Narcissus reappeared in Jerusalem and was rebellion against Rome which ended in the destruction of persuaded to resume his duties. By then he had reached an Jerusalem in A.D. 70. advanced age, so a younger bishop was brought in to assist him As in the case of all the apostles except for Peter, James and until his death. John, we are faced with men who are really unknown, and we As our life spans increase and we face the bodily problems of are struck by the fact that their holiness is simply taken to be aging, we might keep Saint Narcissus in mind and ask him to a gift of Christ. He chose some unlikely people: a former help us face our developing issues. He reminds us, particularly Zealot, a former (crooked) tax collector, an impetuous those who are on in years, that the Lord always has a plan for fisherman, two “sons of thunder,” and a man named Judas us, whatever our age, and we are all called to be faithful to Him Iscariot. to the end of our days. It is a reminder that we cannot receive too often. Holiness does not depend on human merit, culture, personality, effort, or achievement. It is entirely God’s creation and gift. God needs no Zealots to bring about the kingdom by force. Jude, like all the saints, is the saint of the impossible: Only God can create PETITION BOOK his divine life in human beings. And God wills to do so, for all Have you noticed our Petition Book in the vestibule of the of us. Church? Every Saturday before the 5:00PM Mass, the Saint Jude is one of the most popular saints and is honored as petitions entered into the book for that week are brought up to the patron saint of desperate situations. the altar of the Blessed Mother, where they remain for all the weekend Masses. Please pray for these intentions. THE SANCTUARY LAMP BURNING NEAR THE SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2020 TABERNACLE THIS WEEK IS IN LOVING MEMORY 5:00PM Cornetta Family OF OLIMPIA RINALDI \SUNDAY OCTOBER 25, 2020 LOVE, YOUR LOVING FAMILY 7:30AM Parishioners of St. Theresa 9:00AM Marie Sansalone 10:30AM Raymond Tucciarone PRAYER FOR RESPECT LIFE 12:15PM Irma Orrico 1:30PM Laura Gomez Heavenly Father, the beauty and dignity of human life was the 5:00PM Dorina DiLullo crowning of your creation. MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2020 You further ennobled that life when your Son became one 8:00AM John Reilly with us in his incarnation. Help us to realize the sacredness of human life and to respect 9:00AM Felicia & Cirino Sanfilippo it from the moment of conception until the last moment at TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2020 death. 8:00AM John Reilly Give us courage to speak with truth and love and with 9:00AM Angelo Pozzuto conviction in defense of life. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2020 Help us to extend the gentle hand of mercy and forgiveness 8:00AM John Reilly to those who do not reverence your gift of life. To all, grant pardon for the times we have failed to be grateful 9:00AM Margharita Sebastiano for your precious gift of life or to respect it in others. THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2020 8:00AM John Reilly We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen 9:00AM Frank Vignola 12NOON For the family well being of Gac, Paska, Gjuraj (Living) FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 2020 ST. 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