WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS St. Mary’s Church, Barnegat St. Mary of the Pines, Manahawkin April 18 & 19, 2020 April 18 & 19, 2020 Saturday, April 18 Saturday, April 18 5:30pm Happy 50th Anniversary Amor & George 4:00pm Deceased Members of the Garrity & Rochford Garcia Families: Marilyn Christopher O’Neill: Mom & Dad Michael Chisari: Carol & Jim Morrow Pauline Sylvestro: Norma Quartello Susan Accunzo: Dottie Sunday, April 19 Geraldine Donnelly: Charles & Carol Kosar 8:00am Anna Saladino: Jim & Linda Saladino Mildred Prinzivola: Anna Piazza Thomas F. Burke: Mary A. Burke Joseph W. LaFrance: Sharon Wolfe 10:00am People of the James Ballard: Marty & Sophie Sampson 12:00n Sam Quartello: wife, Norma Al Spinney: Ginny Draney Louis, Julia & Russell Castelli: Norma Helen Ronan: husband, Tom Ronan Miele Family: Sandy & Frank Peter Palatini: Fran & Ralph Badolato Mastroeni Family: Sandy & Frank Sunday, April 19 David Sharp: Jack & Barbara Tyler 7:30am Pauline Ostrowski: Colleen Sheerin Lutz Cynthia Gombalski: Jane Wnuk Betty Austin: Geri Atzert Paul Wnuk: Jane Wnuk 9:00am Cesar Poisler: Mom & Dad Deceased Members of the Boland, Michael Charles Pona, Jr.: Barbara Gasper Schafer, Hanlon & Lennahan Families: 11:30am Robert & Kathleen DePetris: Family Robert & Mary Boland Cathy Boss: Kilby Family Irma Class: Tom & Bea Celentano Dawn Ramos: John Cooke & Sandy Maglio Living & Deceased Members of the Amabile Family: Ann & Jack Weekdays 5:00pm Anselmo “Joe” Brandimarte: Wohl Family Monday, April 20 Zdenka Oblak: Dragovcic Family 9:00am Olga Emanuele: Roberta & Dan Rissmeyer Mary Kochanski: husband, Richard Weekdays Tuesday, April 21 Monday, April 20 9:00am Rosemary Healy: Tom & Beth Ackers 8:00am Judith Penland: Michelle O,Neill Andrew Woodhull: Barbara Lambert Mariana Almazan: Mr. & Mrs. James Wednesday, April 22 D’Andrea 9:00am Guadalupe Haro: Marge & Joe Caruana Tuesday, April 21 Lydia Guglielmo: Anthony & Gloria 8:00am George Coanshock: daughter, Joyce Thursday, April 23 John Morgan: Roy & Peg Bateman 9:00am Anthony Morena: Donna & Mike Morena Wednesday, April 22 Fausta Marron: Family 8:00am Nicholas Federico: Federico Family Friday, April 24 John Morgan: DiCaro Family 9:00am Dan Eskesen: sister, Catherine Thursday, April 23 John Broome: Angie & Dave Varina 8:00am Kayla Lorraine Stott: Arthur Macrae, Desiree and Jenette Jared Crippin: Gary & Diane Kaykendall All churches are to remain closed, even for private Friday, April 24 prayers, until further notice. 8:00am Happy 55th Anniversary Carol & Ben Stefanelli: Children CONFESSIONS Happy 55th Anniversary Marie & Frank Since the churches must remain closed, Confessions Tansey will be suspended until further notice. Carolyn Krutsick: Family Till we again have regularly scheduled confessions, you Rev. John Boland, S.J.: Richard Lucas can make a good Act of Contrition and ask for God’s Michael & Dorothy Gahan: Daughter & forgiveness. In a real spiritual emergency, you can call for Family a quick appointment. Souls in Purgatory Valerie Travisano: Anthony Travisano ST. MARY’S “LIVE-STREAMED” MASSES Margaret “Peggy” Treglia: Bach Family St. Mary’s will have a live-streamed Mass each Sunday at Warren Searles: Dave & Joyce Zimmer 11:00am throughout this time when public Masses are Saturday, April 25 suspended. 8:00am Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Palumbo and Mr. & Mrs. Bertram Kern: Judy Kern Eugene Capoano: Felicia Massari

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Memorials – St. Mary’s, Barnegat UPCOMING MASS SCHEDULES Bread & Wine are donated this week in loving memory of St. Mary’s Church, Barnegat Michael McCarthy requested by Friends of Oyster Creek. April 25 & 26, 2020 Altar Candles burn this week in loving memory of Michael Saturday, April 25 McCarthy requested by Friends of Oyster Creek. 5:30pm Joan Rivers: husband, John Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel burns this week in loving memory of Michael McCarthy requested by Friends of Oyster Creek. Peter Flynn: Claire Gancarz Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel burns this week in loving memory Sunday, April 26 of Michael McCarthy requested by Friends of Oyster Creek. 8:00am Happy 65th Anniversary Carol & Theodore Britske Memorials – St. Mary of the Pines Henry Yhlen: Ray & Camille Gudzak Bread & Wine are donated this week in loving memory of Dan 10:00am Linda McIntyre: Mom Eskesen requested by Janice. Andrew Onacilla: Frank & Elaine Flynn Altar Candles burn this week in loving memory of Dan Frank Vitrano: Andrew & Lovlene Sansone Eskesen requested by Janice. 12:00n Vincent Buonocore: Tom & Barbara Sanctuary Lamp in Chapel burns this week in loving memory of Dan Eskesen requested by Janice. Thompson Joseph & Lena Pisano: John & Alice Melillo SCRIPTURE READINGS 5:00pm People of the Parish THIS WEEK: DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY. Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 St. Mary of the Pines NEXT WEEK: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER. Acts 2:14, 22- Saturday, April 25 33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-25 4:00pm Opal Ethington: Barbara Fasolo Peggy Reskin: Marty & Sophie Sampson BIBLE TRIVIA Michael Gilchrist: Mom, Dad & Cathy Ann LAST WEEK: Who is Mary of Magdala, the first witness of the Resurrection? Sunday, April 26 She was a follower of Christ from Magdala, near Tiberias on 7:30am Antonio Johnson: Brian & Cathy Lyman the west shore of Galilee. She is identified as being among the Peter Nuzzo: Matt & Pam women who accompanied Christ and ministered to Him (Luke Alvin Adelhoch: Janice DeRosa and 8:2-3). Jesus delivered her from the oppression of seven Pat Gardella demons (Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2). She was present at the foot of 9:00am Joan Cox and Rena Jannuzzi: Michele the cross (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 19:25) and Reichert witnessed the placing of Christ in the tomb (Matthew 27:61; Barbara Royle: Charles & Donna Dae Mark 15:47). Later tradition identified her as the sister of 11:30am Bill & Marge DePetris: Family Martha and Lazarus and the sinful women who anointed the feet of Jesus. While not impossible, there is no definite Diane Morales: Joseph, Stephanie & evidence for identifying her with either. Michael TODAY’S QUESTION: What is the significance from today’s Mario Cicalese: daughter, Mary First Reading where it states that the early Christians “devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area?” RESPECT LIFE NEWS Quotes from Evangelium Vitae (The of Life), ST. MARY ACADEMY encyclical of St. John Paul II issued in 1995. St. Mary Academy, the place where children learn, grow, love “28. This situation, with its light and shadows, ought to and serve, is accepting applications for admission for students make us all fully aware that we are facing an enormous and in K-8. Financial aid is available on a first-come, first-serve dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the need basis. For more information, please contact the School ‘culture of death’ and the ‘culture of life.’ We find ourselves Principal, Lizanne Coyne at [email protected]. not only ‘faced with’ but necessarily ‘in the midst of’ this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the FORMED inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally During these days when our activities are limited, we remind pro-life.” you to take advantage of FORMED, if you have not already. Simply go to the website, and register for your FREE REALITY CHECK/BASIC TRUTH subscription. Follow these simple steps: From the book by Steve Weidenkopf: “The Real Story of 1. Go to https://formed.org History: Answering Twenty Centuries of Anti- 2. Click on “Register” – signup free using the parish Catholic Myths.” code below. MYTH: “Luther and the other Reformers were the first to 3. Enter Parish Code: KPPW4J (case sensitive-use translate Scripture into vernacular languages, which the upper case) Church had previously forbidden.” 4. Enter your email address and click GO THE REAL STORY: “The Church has always supported the 5. Complete Subscription form and Create Password translation of Scripture into the vernacular, because it is 6. Agree to terms and click SUBMIT charged by Christ to spread the Gospel throughout the 7. FORMED will send a verification to your email world. It has opposed only faulty vernacular translations by 8. Open email like and sign in to your account heretics who used them to spread errors.” The most well- (Any issues, contact FORMED at [email protected]) known is St. ’s translation of the Bible into Latin in the late fourth century, the .

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RESPECT LIFE NEWS Quotes from Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), encyclical of St. John Paul II issued in 1995. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY This quote is appropriate for the many good people who are Today, the Second Sunday of Easter, is Divine Mercy Sunday! doing so much during this current coronavirus epidemic: Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very special day when “all the divine floodgates through which graces “Furthermore, how can we fail to mention all those daily flow are opened “ (Diary 699) Our Lord made a great promise to gestures of openness, sacrifice and unselfish care which all those souls who would go to Confession and then receive Him countless people lovingly make in families, hospitals, in Holy Communion on the Feast of Mercy, on the Sunday after orphanages, homes for the elderly and other centers or Easter, which is now called Divine Mercy Sunday throughout the communities which defend life? Allowing herself to be . Jesus promised that “The soul that will go to guided by the example of Jesus the ‘Good Samaritan’ (cf. Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the Luke 10:29-37) and upheld by His strength, the Church has complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.” (Diary 699) He always been in the front line in providing charitable help…” went on to say “I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion of the Feast of

My Mercy.” (Diary 1109) We want to encourage everyone to take MAY THE LORD WATCH OVER US AND PROTECT US. advantage of this incredible promise and the additional Plenary MAY HE DELIVER US FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AND Indulgence on this great Feast of Mercy “Divine Mercy Sunday.” KEEP US SAFE AND HEALTHY. AMEN. [Be free from attachment to sin, go to confession when able in the WE THANK SO MANY COURAGEOUS MEN AND future, receive Holy Communion when able, and pray for the WOMEN WHO ARE DOING SO MUCH DURING THESE intentions of the Holy Father] We want you to benefit fully from DIFFICULT TIMES AND WE PRAY FOR THEM: these promises, and we also want you to notify all of your family DOCTORS, NURSES, MEDICAL RESEARCH, FIRST and friends about them too and urge them to return to the practice RESPONDERS, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, of their faith! The Image of The Divine Mercy, which Our Lord requested to be solemnly blessed and venerated on this day, will GOVERNMENT LEADERS, TEACHERS AND STAFF be on display in our church. John Paull II said that the image WORKING FROM HOME, PARENTS, CHILDREN, GOOD portrays the Risen Jesus Christ bringing Mercy to the whole world. NEIGHBORS, AND SO MANY MORE. THESE ARE Our Lord said, “I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE MANY first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so “STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE” AND DOING THEIR that every soul may know about it. I promise that the soul that will PART. venerate this image will not perish”. ((Diary 341, 48) Please spend some time in prayer before the image of the Divine Mercy, even on KNOW YOUR a small prayer card. Jesus said to St. Faustina, “I am offering St. Julius I (d. 352), April 12. people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy.” That vessel is this image with the signature: Son of a Roman named Rusticus, he was elected Pope to Jesus, I trust in You”. (Diary 327) “The two rays denote Blood and succeed Pope St. Mark on February 6, 337. Julius was Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls soon involved in the when Eusebius of righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of Nicomedia opposed the return of Athanasius to the see of souls. These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My Alexandria in 338. Eusebius and his followers elected tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on George, whereupon the Arians elected Pistus. Julius the cross…Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the convened a synod in Rome in 340 or 341 that neither group just hand of God shall not lay hold of him.” (Diary 299) attended, and in a letter to the Eusebian bishops, Julian About the feast day “Divine Mercy Sunday,” Jesus said “…tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast declared that Athanasius was the rightful bishop of of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially poor Alexandria and reinstated him. The matter was not finally sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are settled until the Council of Sardica (Sofia), summoned by open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the souls who Emperors Constans and Constantius in 342 or 343, approach the Fount of My Mercy. On that day all the divine declared Julius’ action correct and that any deposed bishop floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear had the right of appeal to the Pope in Rome. Julius built to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet…Mankind several basilicas and churches in Rome and died there on will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy”. (Diary April 12. 699) Our Lord said “When you go to confession, to this fountain of My Mercy, the Blood and Water, which came forth from My Heart TITHING REPORT always flows down upon your soul…” and “Every time you go to Our donations for April 4/5 were $14,880,00 with online confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy with great trust, donations totaling $3,746.00. Our donations for April 11/12 so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When were $27,120,00 with online donations totaling $4,934,00. you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting We are so grateful to those who have been able to send in there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I Myself act in their donations by dropping them off in the rectory office your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy.” mail box, through the mail, or electronic donations. We will (602) Make your confession before Me. The person of the priest have some numbers for you by next week. THANK YOU. is…only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest that I am making use of; open our soul in confession to Me, and I will fill it “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love is with My light.” (1725) everlasting” It is required of all Catholics to confess their serious sins at least Since we do not have Masses, there are no collections. once every year. If you haven’t met this obligation then take Again, any donations you are able to send through the mail, advantage of this outstanding opportunity to receive an outpouring dropping in the rectory mail box, or on-line will be greatly of an ocean of graces that Jesus promises. appreciated. Thanks so much for your great generosity. Let The Church normally allows for one to go to Confession up to 20 us pray for one another. days, but under current social distancing restrictions that time is 3-563 extended. God is His Mercy is able to bestow His Grace beyond abundant Mercy. Even though people cannot go to that time! Confession, God is still offering His forgiveness. Even Covid-19 cannot stop or limit God’s Divine Mercy! though people, who have been away from the Church, cannot go now, they are still invited back to the fullness of LETTER FROM MONSIGNOR KEN God’s love. It does not feel like it, but that doesn’t mean it During these difficult days, I have been both comforted and is any less real. God is more powerful than the inspired by the stories of some of the saints. For Easter I coronavirus. God is more powerful than social distancing. talked about St. Alypius, companion of St. Augustine. For God’s grace can’t be blocked by a mask. His touch can’t be this Divine Mercy Sunday, for our Holy Hour I have chosen stopped by gloves. I know it can feel as if the practice of our to talk about a little-known girl martyr from China, St. Li. For Faith is chained. Think of the many times throughout my letter this week I want to tell you about St. Joseph history in which the Church was persecuted. The Church Cupertino. I know that some of you are familiar with him, still stands! Remember, Jesus promised, “the gates of the but he has a special meaning to me. When I was a young netherworld shall not prevail against it.” ( Matthew 16:18) boy, I learned my faith going to what we then called “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a “Catechism.” I don’t can’t remember exactly how old I was, descendant of David: such is my gospel, for which I am but one day we watched a movie about Joseph called The suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But Reluctant . His story, especially the ending, had a the word of God is not chained. Therefore, I bear with profound effect on me. everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that He was born in Cupertino in 1603. As a young boy he was they too may obtain the that is in Christ Jesus, slow to learn and absent-minded. He was known at times to together with eternal glory. This saying is trustworthy: wander about aimlessly, with his mouth gaping open. He If we have died with Him even had a bad temper. Eventually he joined the We shall also live with Him; Franciscan Minor Conventual. After his ordination, If we persevere, we shall also reign with Him. there was a change in him. He gave himself up entirely to a But if we deny Him, He will deny us. life of devotion to the Lord and His Church. He had If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, overcome hardships and ridicule from his early years and For He cannot deny Himself.” (2 Timothy 2:8-13) was known for his holiness. Once he said that all the troubles of this world were nothing but the “play” battles KNOW YOUR SAINTS children have with popguns. He grew in sanctity and His St. Leo IX (1002-54), April 19. love of God. The Holy Spirit began to work amazing He was sent to study under his cousin Adalbert at Toul and miracles through him. Over seventy times, people saw him received a canonry there in 1017. Although a , he rise from the ground while offering Mass and praying. His commanded troops under Emperor Conrad II when he spiritual gifts, especially that of levitation brought him great invaded Italy in 1026 and made quite a reputation as a attention. It was a gift that, at times, was misunderstood, military man. He was elected bishop of Toul while in Italy and brought upon him jealousy and anger. and ruled for twenty years, instituting many reforms among The movie focused on this gift of levitation and the reaction the clergy and introducing the Cluny reform in the from those in his community. monasteries of his see. In 1048, with the support of his Eventually, this led to his being kept from the public, and relative Emperor Henry III, he was elected Pope to succeed one of his religious superiors, in the movie played by Pope Damasus II and was consecrated on February 12, Ricardo Montalban, was convinced that he was possessed. 1049. He at once called a synod at Rome, which He even arranged for St. Joseph to undergo an exorcism. denounced simony and clerical incontinence, and he began Finally, to prevent any further levitation, they chained him to a series of reforms, traveling all over Western Europe in his the floor. I still remember the dramatic scene that followed. efforts to have them enforced, earning the title Peregrinus After Ricardo Montalban and others from the community Apostolicus (the Apostolic Pilgrim). He condemned walked away and down the hall, suddenly they noticed a Berengarius of Tours for his denial of transubstantiation, bright light shining from his room. Next, they heard the acted as peacemaker in an attemp.t to reconcile the sound of the chains being pulled from the floor and falling to differences between the Emperor and King Andrew of the ground. They ran back to his room, only to discover St. Hungary in 1052, and succeeded in adding Benevento and Joseph, raised from the floor in ecstatic prayer. With that, territories in southern Italy to Peter’s patrimony. Leo led an instead of being skeptical of him, the character of Ricardo army against the Norman invaders in 1053 but was Montalban acknowledged his sanctity. defeated and captured at Civitella and imprisoned at What impressed me about this story, and the reason I share Benevento. He was severely criticized by St. Peter Damian it today, is that, literally, they couldn’t keep St. Joseph for this action—a Pope acting as a military commander and Cupertino down. I find that particularly inspiring at this time. leading an army. Leo also became involved in 1053 in a For the moment, and like you I am waiting, we are told to dispute with Michael Cerularius of Constantinople keep the churches locked and to not have public Masses or (a dispute that was the beginning of the complete the Sacraments. In a way, we can feel like poor Joseph, separation of Rome and the Eastern churches) for chained to the floor. But, the love and grace of God cannot increasing the ritual differences with the . Leo’s be chained. Nothing the government, or any earthly power proposal that the Pope be elected only by cardinals was put does, can stop the power of God. This is Divine Mercy into effect five years after his death and endures to the Sunday. Even though we cannot physically go the Church present day. He died in Rome on April 19. Many miracles and we cannot do all the things that we usually do in were attributed to him, and he was canonized in 1087. observance of this special day, God is still pouring forth His

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