The Shrine and Parish Church of the Holy Innocents
“The Little Catholic Church Around the Corner” at the crossroads of the world
128 West 37th St. (Just West of Broadway) New York City 10018 Founded 1866 Schedule Rev. Fr. James L. P. Miara, M. Div., Pastor Perpetual Novenas
Rev. Fr. Louis Van Thanh, Senior Priest Weekdays following the 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. Rev. Fr. Oliver Chanama, In Residence Masses and at 5:50 p.m. and on Saturday following the 12 Rev. Fr. Andrew Bielak, In Residence noon and 1:00 p.m. Masses.
Tel: (212) 279-5861/5862 Monday: Miraculous Medal Tuesday: St. Anthony and St. Anne www.shrineofholyinnocents.org Wednesday: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Joseph Thursday: Infant of Prague, St. Rita and St. Thérèse Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Friday: “The Return Crucifix” and the Passion
Weekdays: 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; Saturday: Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. Sunday: Holy Innocents (at Vespers) and 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Devotions Saturday: 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) and 4:00 p.m. Vigil/Shopper’s Mass Vespers and Benediction: Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Tridentine Latin)
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (Tridentine Low Mass), Holy Rosary: Weekdays at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. 10:30 a.m. (Tridentine High Mass), Saturday at 12:35 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Holy Days of Obligation: Divine Mercy Chaplet: Weekdays at 3:00 p.m.
Vigil at 5:15 p.m. Stations of the Cross (during Lent): 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; Fridays at 12:45 p.m. 8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin); 11:15 a.m.; and after 6:00 p.m. Mass 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m.; Holy Hour of Reparation to the Sacred Heart: 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin High Mass) First Friday of the month from 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Confessions
Weekdays: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12 noon-1:30 p.m.; First Saturday Devotions: 5:15-5:35 p.m. Rosary, 15 minute meditation, prayers & Benediction following 1:00 p.m. Mass
Saturday: 12 noon-1:00 p.m. and 3:15-3:45 p.m. 2000 Hail Marys: Second Saturday of the month Sunday: 9:45-10:30 a.m. and 12 noon-12:30 p.m. from 6:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
And anytime upon request or by appointment Church Hours
Exposition Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. of the Most Blessed Sacrament Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Weekdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.- 5:45 p.m. Benediction Parish Office/Gift Shop Hours
BAPTISMS Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 3rd & 4th Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.; Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
LATIN TRIDENTINE MASS CORNER Thirty-Third Sunday Calendar In Ordinary Time November 15 - 6th Resumed Sunday after November 15, 2020 Epiphany 2nd Class - Chant Mass
Mass Intentions November 16 - St. Gertrude, Virgin SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 - 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 3rd Class - Low Mass 09:00 - Pro Populo 10:30 - Donatilde Zanca (d) November 17 - St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop 12:30 - Iluminada Candiasun (d) & Confessor 3rd Class - Low Mass Monday, November 16 - St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Gertrude, Virgin November 18 - Dedication of the Basilicas of 07:00 – Constantina Romero (d), Holy Souls in Purgatory Ss. Peter & Paul 07:30 – Teresa Rief (d) 3rd Class - Low Mass 12:15 – Gustavo Hernandez (d) 01:15 – Rosa & Leonardo and Romana Mendoza (d) November 19 - St. Elizabeth, Widow with Com- 06:00 – Abel Cardenas (d) memoration of St. Pontian 3rd Class - Low Mass Tuesday, November 17 – St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious November 20 - St. Felix of Valois, Confessor 07:00 – St. Anthony 3rd Class - Low Mass 07:30 – Christian Pepo (L) 12:15 – Iris Wilson (d) November 21 - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin 01:15 – Megan Kiddick (L) Mary 06:00 – The Kiane Family (d) 3rd Class - Low Mass
Wednesday, November 18 – St. Dedication of the Next Sunday
Basilicas of Ss. Peter & Paul November 22 - 24th and Last Sunday After Pente- 07:00 – The O’Donnell Family (d) 07:30 – In Thanksgiving cost 12:15 – Paul Anthony Dublin (L) Birthday 2nd Class - Chant Mass 01:15 – Mieczystaw Subotowicz (d) 06:00 – Joyce Adams (L) Conversion Intentions My God and my All!
Thursday, November 19 – Weekday 7:00 – All Holy Souls in Purgatory 07:30 – Ramon Carandang (d) Eucharistic Holy Hour of Reparation 12:15 – Maria Mercado (L) in honor of the Holy Face of Jesus 01:15 – Rosa Martin (d) 06:00 – Thomas Metelski (L) Every Third Tuesday of the month Following the 6:00 p.m. Mass
Friday, November 20 - Weekday 07:00 – The Dynes Family (d) Next Holy Hour: November 17 07:30 – Thanksgiving to St. Sharbel 12:15 – Carmine & Lena Salerno (d) THANKSGIVING MASSES 01:15 – Andrew & Florence Salerno (d) 06:00 – Jeremiah O’Sullivan (d) Thursday, November 26
Saturday, November 21 – The Presentation of the 7:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. (Latin) Blessed Virgin Mary
12:00 – Joseph W. Stewn (d) Friday, November 27 01:00 – In Thanksgiving to Our Lady Holy Innocents will have its regular 04:00 – Holy Souls in Purgatory weekday schedule of Masses,
NEXT SUNDAY - OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, Confessions and Devotions KING OF THE UNIVERSE HOLY INNOCENTS CHRISTMAS CARDS 09:00 - Pro Populo 10:30 - St. Joseph’s Choir - Thanksgiving & Petition Our own Holy Innocents Christmas Cards are now 12:30 - Asuncion D. Panes (d) available for purchase in the Gift Shop in the Parish
Office. Scenes depict the Nativity Stained-glass win-
The 2021 Traditional Calendars dow and the Adoration of the Magi window. Cards are now available in the Parish Gift Shop may be purchased for $18.50 for a box of 20 or $1.00 in the Parish Office per card. $10.00 per calendar KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS!
THE SHRINE & PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY The star on Mary's veil reminds us that she is the INNOCENTS dawn announcing the coming of Christ. Our Lady's hands hold her Son securely, and her right hand directs our gaze to Him. The Christ Child grasps His mother's hand as though He is frightened by what He sees. In His hurry to reach His mother, Jesus has al- most lost one of His sandals. He became hu- man, like us, in all things but sin. On Our Lady's left and right we see the reasons for Jesus' fear. On the right is the Archangel Gabriel, holding a cross and four nails. On the left is the Archangel Michael, holding a lance, a The Shrine of the Miraculous Icon of pole with a sponge, and a vessel of vine- Our Mother of Perpetual Help gar. This vision of the instruments of the cruci- fixion has driven the Child to His mother's pro- The image of Our Mother of Perpetual Help was tective embrace. venerated centuries ago in Crete and from there sailed to Rome. A private family held the image Yet Mary's gaze is fixed on us, her children on earth. She is our source of constant comfort and until the Blessed Mother appeared to the little girl hope. of the household and told her she wished her pic- ture to be placed in a church "between my beloved A Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church of St. Mary Major and that of my beloved Most holy Virgin Immaculate, our perpetual help, Son, St. John [Lateran]." my Mother Mary: you are the mother of my Lord; On March 27, 1499, the picture was exposed for the queen of the universe; the advocate, the hope, veneration in St. Matthew Church, midway between and the refuge of sinners. I, who am in great need of your Son's grace, have recourse this day to you. Sts. Mary Major and John Lateran, where it stayed for three centuries. In 1798 war destroyed the I am most grateful for the many graces you have church, but the icon was preserved by Augustinian bestowed upon me in the past. I place in you my monks. prayers for my eternal salvation. Accept me as The Redemptorists came to Rome in 1855 and your child and shelter me under your mantle, you who are the mother of mercy. built the Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori where St. Matthew Church had been. From you I ask for a true love of your Son, Jesus They petitioned Pope Pius IX to return the icon Christ. Through you, I hope to die a holy to its former home, and the pope agreed, com- death. My dear Mother, by the love you bear to manding the Redemptorists to "make her known Almighty God, I pray that you assist me always, but most of all at the last moment of my life. throughout the world." On April 26, 1866, the mi- raculous icon was carried in solemn procession to Mary, conceived without sin, continue to be my the Church of St. Alphonsus, where it has remained Mother of Perpetual Help. Amen. ever since. The weekly Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual The Meaning of the Icon Help will resume this Wednesday, November 18, following the 6:00 p.m. Latin Mass. In the Eastern world, religious art is seen as an ex- Petition slips are located at Her Altar on the left tension of God's presence in creation. Icons are of the church. much more than beautiful images: they're meant to help us connect directly with God. And each el- MORNING OFFERING ement of an icon has a specific meaning.
As the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is con- “O Jesus, through the Immaculate templated, its beauty and meaning are slowly un- Heart of Mary, I offer you all my pray- folded. ers, works, joys and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of your Sa- Mary's eyes, filled with compassion and love, cred Heart, in union with the Holy are directed toward us. Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the Our Lady is clothed in the colors of virgins (red) world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions and of mothers (blue). These are also royal colors. of all my relatives and friends and in particular for Jesus, depicted as a young boy, wears the col- the intentions of the Holy Father” (from “Manual of ors of a king. Prayers,” Midwest Theological Forum)
NOVEMBER - Month of the Holy Souls ST. GREGORY THAUMATURGUS (WONDERWORKER) - November 17
Gregory was born to a distinguished pagan family in Neoceasarea in 213. He became a disciple of Origin, and afterward was appointed Bishop of Neoceas- area. Illustrious for his doctrine and sanctity, he
was still more memorable for the number and bril- liance of miracles he worked, which earned for him the title Thaumaturgus – Miracle Worker – and made him comparable to Moses, the Prophets and the Apostles, according to the testimony of St. Basil. Chaplet of the Holy Souls Through his prayer, he moved a mountain that pre- (Prayed on a set of Rosary Beads) vented the construction of a church. He dried a Begin with: The Creed, followed by 1 Our Father, 3 lake that was the cause of dissension between two Hail Marys, and 1 Glory Be for the Pope’s intentions. brothers. He stopped the flooding of the Icus River that was devastating the fields by planting his staff On Large Beads Pray: “O holy souls draw the fire of along the border of the river. His staff took root, God’s Love into my soul to reveal Jesus crucified in me, and was transformed into a great tree beyond here on earth, rather than hereafter in Purgatory.” whose limits the water would not pass.
On Small Beads Pray: “Crucified Lord Jesus have Many times he expelled devils from the idols and mercy on the souls in Purgatory” the bodies of possessed persons. These are some of End with: Recite the Glory Be three times. the many miracles he worked, which caused multi-
Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great tudes to enter the Catholic Faith. He also had the spirit of the Prophets, foretelling many future Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood events. of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses On his deathbed he was informed that the number said throughout the world today, for all the Holy of heretics in Neoceasarea was only seventeen. He Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sin- gave thanks to God, because he had found but sev- ners in the Universal Church, those in my home and enteen Catholics in the diocese when he became within my family. Amen. Bishop.
He was a noted theological writer, and wrote sever- WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE SAINTS al works which, like his miracles, illustrated the teachings of the Church of God. He died between "The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's 270 and 275. eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scrip- tures we can learn our spiritual deformities and ST. FELIX OF VALOIS beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfec- St. Felix of Valois who was born on tion." Pope St. Gregory the Great April 16, 1127, was a Cistercian Hermit and at the age of 70 cofounded the “Words which do not give the light of Christ in- Trinitarians with St. John of Matha. crease the darkness.” St. Teresa of Calcutta He lived as a recluse at Cerfroid, "If things go well, let us rejoice, blessing God who France, and in 1198 received approval makes them prosper. And if they go badly? Let us from the Holy See for the Order of the rejoice, blessing God who allows us to share in the Most Holy Trinity to ransoms captives from the Moors. sweetness of His cross." St Josemaria Escriva Felix founded St. Mathburn Convent in Paris while in his
“Heaven is filled with converted sinners of all kinds, seventies. He died in Cerfroid on November 4, 1212. and there is room for more.” St. Joseph Cafasso Though no bull of his canonization is extant, it is the tradition of his institute that he was canonized by Pope Urban IV on May 1, 1262 and his Feast is celebrated on * Stewardship * November 20.
Regular Collection - 11/08/20 $5,295.00 Prayer from the Mass for the feast of St. Felix: Online Contributions $1,580.90 O God, You inspired blessed Felix, Your confessor, to Shrines and Candles $1,838.00 leave his hermitage to devote himself to the work of
Regular Collection - 11/10/19 $7,553.13 ransoming prisoners; grant we pray You that, by his Shrines and Candles $3,339.00 intercession, through Your grace we may be feed from the bondage of sin and may be safely led to our Your generous contribution to your Parish is heavenly home. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your greatly appreciated! Son, who being God, lives and reigns with You in the May the Good Lord reward you abundantly! unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen
PRESENTATION OF OUR LADY - November 21 It appears that this feast was not celebrated in Rome at
Many of the celebrations in honor of Mary the time of Pope St. Sergius (+701) who established four are based in historical fact. The Sacred other principle feasts dedicated to Mary. By the ninth Scriptures tell of her acceptance of God's century it is celebrated in the monasteries of southern invitation to be the mother of the Savior Italy which had been influenced by the traditions of the at the Annunciation. We know of her ma- Byzantine churches. By the fourteenth century it had ternity and of her faithfulness to her son, spread to England and it is recorded that it was cele- Jesus, even standing at the side of his brated in Avignon, France in 1373. Its acceptance is con- cross. sidered very slow and it was not until the year 1472 that Pope Sixtus IV extended its celebration to the universal The Scriptures tells us nothing of Mary's church hidden life. The inspired Word of God gives us no word about her Presentation in the Temple, the feast which Pope Paul VI in the 1974 encyclical Marialis Cultus, n.8, we celebrate each year on November 21st. However, we wrote of this feast that "despite its apocryphal content, do have the testimonies of tradition which are based on it presents lofty and exemplary values and carries on the accounts which come to us from apostolic times. That venerable traditions having their origins in the Eastern churches." which is known about the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple is found in the Apocrypha, ---The above article by Fr. Mat- principally in chapter seven of the Protoevangelium of thew Mauriello appeared in the Fairfield County Catho- James, which has been dated by historians prior to the lic January 1996. year 200 AD. HOLY INNOCENTS BOOKSHELF This book gives us a detailed account in which Mary's fa- ther, Joachim, tells Anna his wife that he wishes to bring The Deep Church Revealed An Enemy within their child to the Temple of the Lord. Anna responds that they should wait until the child is three years old lest she by John F. McManus yearn for her parents. When the day arrived, the unde- This book, written by a prominent and filed daughters of the Hebrews were invited to accompa- well known Catholic American, is the ny Mary with their lamps burning to the Temple. There product of almost seventy years of close the priest received her, blessed her, and kissed her in observation and deep study in a turbulent welcome. He proclaimed, "The Lord has magnified thy world of rapid change and degradation of church and society. name in all generations. In thee, the Lord will manifest His redemption to the sons of Israel." Mary was placed on Recently, the courageous Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò published an acknowledg- the third step of the Temple and there danced with joy ment of the problems discussed in this and all the house of Israel loved her. It was there that book in his now world famous Open Letter to she was nurtured and her parents returned, glorifying President Trump where he spoke of Freemasonry and the the Almighty. ‘deep church’. Because that letter appeared as this book
This story is a legend with no foundation in history and was going to press, The Deep Church Revealed was added to the original title as a fitting description of its content. the point of the story is to show that even in her child- hood Mary was completely dedicated to God. However, it The revealing begins with a description of the Enlighten- is from this very account that arose the feast of Mary's ment philosophers and their anti-Catholic hatred, and Presentation. the author proceeds from there to detail in forty-one astonishing chapters the story of how those men and the Historians tell us that the Emperor Justinian built a organizations they inspired grew and and spread their splendid church dedicated to Mary in the Temple area in pernicious doctrines throughout the world and the Jerusalem. It was dedicated on November 21, 543 but Church. was destroyed by the Persians within a century. Many of The plans that these Freemasonic organizations laid the early church Fathers such as St. Germanus, Patriarch were remarkably successful, even though vigorously op- of Constantinople (+730) and St. John Damascene, his posed by every Pope for over 200 years. “An enemy hath contemporary, preached magnificent homilies on this done this” Our Lord said in the parable of the wheat and the cockles. feast referring to Mary as that special plant or flower which was being nurtured for better things." She was Truly, this can be said today of the situation in His planted in the House of God, nourished by the Holy Spirit Church. The holy and vigilant Padre Pio told Fr. Luigi and kept her body and soul spotless to receive God in her Villa in 1963 when he assigned Fr. Villa the task of ex- posing these enemies “Courage, courage, courage! For bosom. He Who is all-holy rests among the holy." the Church is already invaded by Freemasonry that has We know that in the Byzantine Church this feast is con- already reached the Pope’s slippers.” sidered one of the twelve great feasts of the liturgical We are thankful to Mr. McManus for telling this story year, called the Dodecaorton. Scholars believe that briefly, succinctly, and with unbounded love for our Holy Mary's Presentation in the Temple is considered a major Mother the Church. He advises us, like Saint Peter, “Be feast for the Eastern churches celebrating the same val- sober and watchful, for your adversary the devil goeth ues that the Western church celebrates in the feast of about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Whom ye should resist, fortes in fide.” the Immaculate Conception. Available in the Bookstore in the Parish Office
Often children who have died before birth have no grave The Shrine to the Unborn or headstone, and sometimes not even a name. At The Blessed by Cardinal O’Connor on December 28, 1993 Church of The Holy Innocents, we invite you to name your child(ren) and to have the opportunity to have your baby's name inscribed in our "BOOK OF LIFE". Here, a candle is always lit in their memory. All day long people stop to pray. On the first Monday of every month, our 12:15pm Mass is celebrated in honor of these children and for the comfort of their families. We pray that you will find peace in knowing that your child(ren) will be remembered at the Shrine and honored by all who pray here.
We will inscribe the names of babies who have died before and at birth in our Book of Life, and as always, we invite you to visit the Shrine if you are in New York City.
SUBWAY ROSARY
The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of the Children Our Regina Mundi Praesidium of the Legion of Mary conducts a Subway Rosary on the second and fourth Who Have Died Unborn Saturdays of the month. All are invited to join in We invite you to name your child(ren) this evangelization effort to spread devotion to Our and provide the opportunity to have Lady. Anyone interested in joining is asked to gath- your babyʹs name inscribed in our “Book of Lifeʺ. er at Holy Innocents by 10:00am. The group will then proceed to 42nd and Broadway Time Square LEGION OF MARY – REGINA MUNDI subway station. We will be located by the Time Square Shuttle downstairs. We recite 20 decades of The Holy Innocents Legion of Mary group the Holy Rosary and return back to Holy Innocents meets each Monday in the Parish Hall fol- around 12:15. Come for all or part of the Subway lowing the 6 p. m. Mass. For more infor- Rosary. mation on joining this ministry as an active or auxiliary member please contact Melissa Upcoming Subway Rosaries
Becker at: [email protected] Will resume when restrictions are lifted A QUOTE ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY
“When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.”
Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche
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