Mass Schedule Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm 7:00 pm in Spanish Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm 4:00 pm in Korean 10:00 am in German (Archbishop Stepinac High School Church of the Sacred Heart Chapel, White Plains, NY) Hartsdale, New York 10530 Daily Masses Monday-Friday Parish Mission Statement 7:00 am and 12:10 pm Saturday: 8:30 am Church of the Sacred Heart is a Community of Disciples of the Lord, who invites us all, to gather as one, to hear His word, Holy Day Masses to give thanks for that word amid prayer and praise, When the Holy Day is a work day: and to offer a loving hand of comfort and support to all, Vigil at 7:30 pm especially those in need. Day: 7:00 am, 10:00 am and 12:10 pm Served by Rev. Michael Moon Religious Education Sacraments Pastor Mr. Christopher Siegfried Rev. Anthony Uwandu (Coordinator) Baptisms Parochial Vicar 59 Wilson Street Sunday at 2:00 pm Rev. James Villa Tel: 946-7242, ext. 4 Arranged two months in advance. Rev. Christian Goebel Email: ( German Catholic Community) [email protected] Marriages Rev. Ralph Barile (Retired) Arranged six months in advance. Msgr. Patrick J. Carney Music Ministry Call rectory for appointment. (Pastor Emeritus) Organists Deacon Robert J. Piloco Karan Chin Reconciliation Jin Lee Saturday between Rectory Kyle Mange 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm Secretaries Susan Muller Anytime upon request. Doris Zapata-Torres Anna Campa Leaders of Song Anointing of the Sick 10 Lawton Avenue Camille Coppola Please call the rectory. Office Hours: Monday to Friday, Lauren Meade 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Elizabeth Laskie-Gonzalez Tel: 949-0028/29 Fax: 289-0398 Email address: Adult and Children Choirs Communion to the Sick and [email protected] Karan Chin Homebound Please notify the rectory when School Folk Group Director someone is homebound or being Mr. Christopher Siegfried, Principal Jonathan Goldwasser admitted to the hospital. A priest or Mr. Cesar Rivera Eucharistic Minister will bring Administrative Assistant Holy Communion. 59 Wilson Street Tel: 946-7242 Fax: 946-7323 February 16, 2020 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday, February 15: Vigil Masses 5:00 Marie Brody (+) 7:00 Special Intentions (Spanish Mass) Sunday, February 16: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Mary Reda (B) 9:30 In Honor of St. Thérèse of Lisieux 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners 12:30 Edward Cammilleri (+) 4:00 Korean Mass 7:00 John Sullivan (A) Monday, February 17: The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order; Presidents’ Day 7:00 Special Intention 12:10 Grazia DiCiaula (A) Choice Tuesday, February 18: 7:00 Maribeth Groth (L)(Healing) & Kathleen (L) “If you choose you can keep the command- 12:10 Michael Rubino Giglio (A) ments,” Sirach tells us. God “has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth Wednesday, February 19: your hand” (Sirach 15:15, 16). This is a great mys- 7:00 Oliva & Juanito Zarsuelo (+) tery: God does not control us so completely that we 12:10 Robert Gregory (+)(B) cannot choose our own path. We have certain bound- aries, of course, but no one but we can choose our Thursday, February 20: way within those boundaries. 7:00 Maribeth Groth (L)(Healing) & Kathleen (L) In today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus 12:10 In Honor of St. Thérèse of Lisieux reminds us of our freedom and our responsibility for our lives. He calls us to look beyond the words of the Friday, February 21: St. Peter Damian commandments, all the way to their meaning. Look 7:00 Carlito Zarsuelo (+) beyond the adultery to the selfishness that poisons our 12:10 Grazia Bellino (A) love. Look beyond the murder to the anger that eats away at our compassion. Look beyond the perjured Saturday, February 22: testimony to the lies and deception that drive our be- The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle; havior. 8:30 Jesus Colet (A) Our vocation is to choose life for ourselves, and to choose a path through our part of the world that 5:00 Vivienne Dupré helps make life possible and more abundant for oth- 7:00 Jairo & Olga Cataño (A) (Spanish Mass) ers as well. th Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Sunday, February 23: 7 Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Pedro Sr. & Exuperancia R. Flores (+) 9:30 Andrew Manzi Readings for the Week 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners rd 12:30 Susan Freidhof (3 A) Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; 4:00 Korean Mass Mk 8:11-13 7:00 Tina & Mario DiPalermo (+) Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a; 14-15, 18-19; . Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jas 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mk 8:22-26 Reference Key Thursday: Jas 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-7; Mk 8:27-33 Friday: Jas 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112:1-6; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 A - Anniversary (Deceased) Saturday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 B - Birthday (Deceased) Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; L - Living 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48 + - Deceased Saint Peter Damian’s Story February 21 Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor per- son or two with him at table and he liked to minister personally to The Story of the Seven Founders of the Servite their needs. Order: February 17 Peter escaped poverty and the neglect of his own brother when his other broth- Can you imagine seven prominent men of Bos- er, who was archpriest of Ravenna, took him under his ton or Denver banding together, leaving their homes and wing. His brother sent him to good schools and Peter professions, and going into solitude for a life directly became a professor. given to God? That is what happened in the cultured and Already in those days, Peter was very strict with prosperous city of Florence in the middle of the 13th himself. He wore a hair shirt under his clothes, fasted century. The city was torn with political strife as well as rigorously and spent many hours in prayer. Soon, he de- the heresy of the Cathari, who believed that physical re- cided to leave his teaching and give himself completely ality was inherently evil. Morals were low and religion to prayer with the Benedictines of the reform of Saint seemed meaningless. Romuald at Fonte Avellana. They lived two monks to a In 1240, seven noblemen of Florence mutually hermitage. Peter was so eager to pray and slept so little decided to withdraw from the city to a solitary place for that he soon suffered from severe insomnia. He found he prayer and direct service of God. Their initial difficulty had to use some prudence in taking care of himself. was providing for their dependents, since two were still When he was not praying, he studied the Bible. married and two were widowers. The abbot commanded that when he died Peter Their aim was to lead a life of penance and pray- should succeed him. Abbot Peter founded five other her- er, but they soon found themselves disturbed by constant mitages. He encouraged his brothers in a life of prayer visitors from Florence. They next withdrew to the desert- and solitude and wanted nothing more for himself. The ed slopes of Monte Senario. Holy See periodically called on him, however, to be a In 1244, under the direction of Saint Peter of peacemaker or troubleshooter, between two abbeys in Verona, O.P., this small group adopted a religious habit dispute or a cleric or government official in some disa- similar to the Dominican habit, choosing to live under greement with Rome. the Rule of St. Augustine and adopting the name of the Finally, Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardi- Servants of Mary. The new Order took a form more like nal-bishop of Ostia. He worked hard to wipe out simo- that of the mendicant friars than that of the older monas- ny—the buying of church offices–and encouraged his tic Orders. priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan Members of the community came to the United clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer States from Austria in 1852 and settled in New York and and religious observance. He wished to restore primitive later in Philadelphia. The two American provinces devel- discipline among religious and priests, warning against oped from the foundation made by Father Austin Morini needless travel, violations of poverty, and too comforta- in 1870 in Wisconsin. ble living. He even wrote to the bishop of Besancon Community members combined monastic life complaining that the canons there sat down when they and active ministry. In the monastery, they led a life of were singing the psalms in the Divine Office. prayer, work and silence while in the active apostolate He wrote many letters. Some 170 are extant. We they engaged in parochial work, teaching, preaching, and also have 53 of his sermons and seven lives, or biog- other ministerial activities. raphies, that he wrote. He preferred examples and stories rather than theory in his writings. The liturgical offices Reflection he wrote are evidence of his talent as a stylist in Latin.