April 19, 2020 HOLY FAMILY
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
www.hfccwny.org To Live the Great Commandment: Love of God and Love of Neighbor
Very Reverend Stephen Karani Fr. Michael Twardzik Deacon Paul Clement Deacon Dan Slattery, Emeritus
SACRAMENTAL LIFE Baptism: Call the office to set up an ap- pointment with a priest at least 4 weeks ahead. Baptisms take place during the Mass. Please contact the priest if special arrangements need to be made. Reconciliation: Saturday, 3:00 3:45pm at St. Mary Church or by appointment with a priest. Marriage: Call the office, to set up an ap- pointment with a Priest, at least 6 months ahead, and to reserve the church and date. Anointing of the Sick: Please call the office or the Rectory. New Parishioners: Welcome to our parish. We would like to get to know you and invite you to register. Registration forms are available in the Parish office and in each of the Churches. Faith Formation & Youth Ministry: Prekindergarten through Adult Formation. For more information call the Parish Office. Parish outreach to those in need St. Vincent de Paul Society, 7285192 Parish Office: 206 Fremont St., Wayland, NY 14572 Phone: 5857282228 Fax: 5857282232 Rectory Phone: 5853352700 Email [email protected] Office Hours: Mon.Thurs. 9:00 4:00, Friday 9:00Noon On the web @ www.hfccwny.org Facebook Holy Family Catholic Community, Wayland, NY
HOLY FAMILY STAFF and Email Contact Information Laurie Baverstock, Business Manager [email protected] Very Reverend Stephen Karani, Pastor [email protected] Rachele Sick Catechetical Coor. [email protected] Rev. Michael Twardzik, Parochial Vicar [email protected] Marleen Mark Adult Continuing Education/Parish Life Ministry Deacon Daniel Slattery [email protected] [email protected] Connie Becker, Secretary [email protected] Page 2 HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC COMMUNITYApril 19, 2020
Mass Intentions for the Week Weekend Mass Celebrations Third Sunday of Easter Monday, April 20 Acts 2:14, 2233/Ps 16:12, 5, 78, 910, 11 [11a]/1 Pt 1:17 St. Joseph +Robert Newcomb 21/Lk 24:1335 by Rosemary Newcomb Saturday, April 25 Tuesday, April 21 St. MaryFor the intentions of Attica St. Mary + Frank Lawrence Rec by Family by Clare, Amy, Annie & Diane Sacred Heart + Mark Gerber Sunday, April 26 by Gerry Recktenwald St. Joseph +Wayne Kinney Wednesday, April 22 by Mary Kinney St. Pius V+Pro Populo St. Joseph+Pro Populo St. Pius V + Gross, Rauber, Engel Family by Family Thursday, April 23 St. Mary + Gary Harrington Sacred Heart + Pro Populo by Robin & Michael Kapelke Friday, April 24 St. Mary + Anthony & Helen Recktenwald St. Mary +Pro Populo by Lucille Ellis St. Joseph + Pro Populo
The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week…
SUNDAY READINGS, April 19, 2020 First Reading: They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK REFLECT AND RESPOND heart,praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. TO SCRIPTURE (Acts 2:46b47a) April 19, 2020 Psalm: First Reading Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love is According to Luke, the original community of believers in everlasting. (Ps 118) or Alleluia Jerusalem met daily to pray, break bread, and commit themselves to the teaching of the Apostles. When have you experienced a similar level of communal harmony? Second Reading: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope Second Reading through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 The First Letter of Peter opens with a prayer of thanksgiving Pt 1:39) for the blessings received from the resurrection of Jesus. In what ways do you show gratitude for Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Gospel: Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” (Jn 20:1931) Gospel Reading John is the only evangelist to record the episode of Thomas’ initial doubt in Jesus’ resurrection. What role does doubt ©LPi have in your spiritual journey?
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PARISH OUTREACH FOR LOCAL NEEDS GOSPEL MEDITATION ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDER- One way our parish helps local families is through the STANDING OF SCRIPTURE St. Vincent de Paul Society A person was going through a very dark time, questioning the meaning of life, not feeling very purposeful or worth- while, and feeling disconnected and unappreciated. Sud- denly, they gazed up at the night sky, found themselves in awe of all the stars and constellations, and exclaimed, “I am here on purpose and I am loved!” Having been brought by Donation boxes in back of each church. 7285192 God to this moment of intense connection and awareness, New members always welcome. his life changed from that moment on.
If we are always preoccupied with the challenges, obliga- List of televised and livestream Masses tions, and stuff of daily life, we can easily miss the wonder- ful opportunities when the resurrected Christ is knocking at TV Mass for the ShutIns on News10NBC WHECTV our door. If we open ourselves to the fullness of experience, (Rochester) we will find ourselves listening and embracing all that is 5:30 a.m. Sunday on News10NBC around us, being caught up in the magnificence of crea- 8 a.m. Sunday on MeTV (overtheair channel 10.2 and tion’s grandeur and knowing in our heart and soul that God Cable channel 1245) and streamed onwhec.com is and I am. https://www.whec.com/article/12636/ While that sounds like a simple, tellmesomethingI don’t WHAT IS DEVOTION TO DIVINE MERCY? know kind of revelation, it is lifechanging when it takes root in the depth of a person’s soul. Stumbling upon this awe- THE IMAGE known as Divine Mercy is a relative newcomer some truth and internalizing it doesn’t require an assent of on the Catholic devotional scene. It originated with Saint the mind. It beckons for a claim on our soul. We find our- Maria Faustina Kowalska (19051938), Poland’s “Apostle of selves knowing something profound that cannot be ex- the Divine Mercy.” Hired as a domestic servant while a plained or reasoned, but purely is. When we are caught up teenager, the “bright lights” she’d seen in prayer from a in an experience and encounter the truth, it doesn’t matter young age eventually drew her toward religious life. how all of the pieces got put together. Truth is simply truth. The “my Lord and my God” responses we utter are not In 1931 Sister Faustina had a vision of Jesus clothed in evoked because all of the pieces of faith and life make rea- white, one hand raised in blessing, the other at his breast. sonable sense. The “my Lord and my God” affirmations From his body two radiant streams flowed, one red, the oth- come when we are lifted up out of our preoccupations and silliness and are in the presence of mystery and mercy. er pale. Through an artist Faustina felt called to recreate this image with the signature “Jesus, I trust in you.” Pope God is mystery, one who is beyond our grasp but at the John Paul II canonized Faustina in 2000 and established same time within our reach, knowable yet unknowable. And the Second Sunday of the Easter season as Divine Mercy when in the presence of mystery, there comes an intense Sunday. experience of mercy. We know deep within the essence of ourselves N and in the very life of creation N this beating, A reading for this day reminds us of “the water and the unconditionally accepting, lifesustaining, profound, mysteri- blood” that flowed from the side of Jesus on the cross. The ous yet familiar presence of love. We have found our peace. beams of white and red light radiating in the Divine Mercy “Peace be with you.” Breathe in and breathe out. Peace. image are thought to be reminders of the water of baptism, by which the mercy of God redeems us from original sin, ©LPi and the cup of the Eucharist, Christ’s blood shed for our redemption. On Divine Mercy Sunday we recall how the compassion of God restores us to life through these sacra- mental actions. Prayer for Healing Alice Camille Gracious Lord, remember in your mercy those who suffer today. Give strength and encouragement to those who minister to their needs. Remember your promise not to let them be tested beyond what they are able to bear. Above all, give them the reassurance that you are with them as they walk through this valley of the shadows of death. And in your good time send healing of body and spirit. [Name those who need healing or help in their suffering.] In Jesus’ name, Amen © 2015 Creative Communications for the Parish. All rights reserved.
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Invest just five minutes a day, and your faith will deepen and growNa day at a time.
Monday, Apr 20, 2020 EASTER WEEKDAY Give life the last word Today is the 21st anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. How to cope with the sorrow and outrage of that incident and so many similar ones? We begin to rebuild our society when we allow the Spirit to flow through us and see the face of God in others. “Every human being . . . , however weak, is created ‘in the image and likeness of God,’” Pope Benedict XIV said in Cameroon in 2009. “Every person must live! . . . Death will never have the last word!” Acknowledge the right of those around you to live, no matter their differences, their weakness or strengths, their failings or successes. TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 4:2331; John 3:18 (267). “You do not know where [the wind] comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Tuesday, Apr 21, 2020 MEMORIAL OF ANSELM, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Our Redeemer, in the flesh In 1098, Saint Anselm wrote the treatise “Why the GodMan?” to champion a core Christian tenet: the IncarnationNthe belief that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine. Incarnation is a big deal. Nearly every heresy tackled by the Early Church concerned errant beliefs about Jesus’ true nature. No, we don’t believe that Jesus was merely human (Arianism) or that he was all divine, only pretending to be human (Docetism). We believe that the second person of the Trinity took on human flesh to save us. Imagine that! TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 4:3237; John 3:7b15 (268). “You must be born from above.” Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020 EASTER WEEKDAY Give your sister some breathing space "Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life. . . .This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her." Thus opens Laudato Si’, Pope Francis' encyclical "On Care for Our Common Home." Do we really want to live in darkness? Shine a light on what each of us can do to clean up the planet. And plant a tree for good measure! TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 5:1726; John 3:1621 (269). “The light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light.” Thursday, Apr 23, 2020 MEMORIAL OF GEORGE, MARTYR Face the dragon The legend of Saint George the dragon slayer is a famous one, but it’s not as rooted in historical fact as is the manner of his martyrdom. Yes, George had the courage to face a monsterNbut the monster was the Roman emperor Diocletian, whose persecution of Christians in the early 300s martyred not only George but wellknown saints Sebastian, Agnes, Lucy, and Philomena, among countless others. George, a soldier, remained joyous even when tortured for his belief. What negative influences threaten your own joyous practice of Christian faith todayNand are you willing to face them, as George was? TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 5:2733; John 3:3136 (270). “One who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.” Friday, Apr 24, 2020 MEMORIAL OF FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST, MARTYR Clothes make the saint Holding a law degree from Germany, Fidelis of Sigmaringen (15771622) was known as the “poor man’s lawyer” who sometimes would give his destitute clients the clothes off his back. But he tired of the adversarial nature of the law profession, so he joined the Capuchin Friars. Ordained a priest in 1612, Fidelis was sent to Switzerland to convert Calvinist reformers. In violent reaction to his successful efforts, Fidelis was set upon and murdered. He was canonized in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. Fidelis means “faithful” in Latin. Exercise your faith today by donating clothes to the poor in memory of Fidelis. TODAY'S READINGS: Acts 5:3442; John 6:115 (271). “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” Saturday, Apr 25, 2020 FEAST OF MARK, EVANGELIST Write the Good News with the ink of your life Mark was an early follower of Jesus but not one of the 12 apostles. Most scholars think that he was the “John who is called Mark” referenced in Acts 12:12 who joined in mission work with Paul and Barnabas. Today’s first reading mentions that he had a special sonlike relationship with Peter. Beyond that, little is known except that he used the gifts he had been given to write the shortest and earliest gospel a few decades after Jesus’ death. His gospel became the inspiration for Matthew and Luke to write theirs. How will those who come after you take inspiration from your life and the way you shared the Good News? TODAY'S READINGS: 1 Peter 5:5b14; Mark 16:1520 (555). “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation.” ©2020 TrueQuest Communications. TakeFiveForFaith.com
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