The Epiphany Of The Lord January 3, 2016 SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SAINT GERARD MISSION Redemptorists Serving our Parish Fr. Thomas Burke, C.Ss.R., Pastor Fr. Edward Gray, C.Ss.R. Fr. Francis Nelson, C.Ss.R. Fr. George Rosario, C.Ss.R. Fr. Aldrin Nunes, C.Ss.R. Deacon. Darrell Cevasco, C.Ss.R. Fr. Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R., Missionary \Permanent Deacons Deacon Steve Cooley Deacon Tom Murray Retired SAINT GERARD MISSION Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Phone, 386-428-6426 Emergency, 386-428-9899 Fax, 386-423-4088 / Location, 998 Fr. Donlan Dr., New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 P.O. Box 729, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170 Please visit our website: www.sacredheartnsb.com Email: [email protected] St. Gerard Mission Church: Phone, 386-426-0930 / Location, 3171 S. Ridgewood Ave., Edgewater, FL 32141 Please visit our website: stgerardsedge.com Welcome to Sacred Heart Catholic Church & St. Gerard Mission Church We are delighted to welcome everyone who has come to share a Eucharistic meal with us today. Whether you are a family member, a friend, a familiar face, or a visitor, know that your presence enlivens our Eucharistic celebration and our community. We are glad you are here. The Redemptorist Community of Sacred Heart Church & St. Gerard Mission Mass Schedule Parish Nurse Health Ministry Sacred Heart Parish and Sacred Heart Masses: St. Gerard Mission Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Parish Nurse: Dianne Barr, RN Sunday: 7:00, 9:00 & 11:30am “There is a sense in which no doctor ever heals. The doctors them- Weekdays: 7 :00& 11:00am Saturdays: 7:00am selves would be the first to admit this. The magic is not in the med- icine but in the patient’s body. What the treatment does is to stim- Holy Day Vigil: 7:00pm ulate natural functions or to remove what hinders them. We speak Holy Day: 7:00 & 11:00am for convenience of the doctor, or the dressing, healing a cut. But in Reconciliation: another sense every cut heals itself: no cut can be healed in a Saturday 3:00—3:45 pm corpse...All who are cured are cured by Him, not merely in the Thurs. before 1st Fri. 4:00—5:00 pm sense that His providence provides them with medical assistance and wholesome environments, but also in the sense that their very St. Gerard Mission Masses: tissues are repaired by the far –descending energy which, flowing All administration is at Sacred Heart Parish Office from Him . energizes the whole system of Nature.” C. S. Lewis Saturday Vigil: 4:30pm Sunday: 10:00am Wednesdays: 9:00am First Friday: 9:00am Instead of New Year’s resolutions, let us use THE OPTOMISTS Holy Days: 9:00am CREED. Promise yourself: Reconciliation half hr. before Mass •To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Sacred Heart Catholic School •To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you Pre-Kindergarten thru 8th Grade meet. Principal: Mrs. Leigh Svajko • 1003 Turnbull Street To make all of your friends feel that there is something special New Smyrna Beach, Fl. 32168 in them. Phone: (386) 428-4732 •To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism Fax: (386) 428-4087 come true. Website: www.shseagles.org •To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. •To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about yours. •To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the achieve- ments of the future. •To give every living creature you meet a smile. •To give so much time for the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Sacraments Author unknown: but I hope you agree with, as I do. God Bless You If you would like to have your child Baptized, or receive First Holy Communion, or Betty Kaiser RNBSN for Dianne Barr, RN Parish Nurse Confirmation or maybe you are planning on “Congratulations, Sacred Heart and getting Married or need the Anointing of the St. Gerard members, for being committed to each other as well as Sick or Last Rites please contact the being citizens and taxpayers. I am proud to be a member and Parish Office. Thank You. friends with all.” Betty Kaiser, RN, BSN Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School and St. Gerard Mission __________________________________________________________ 2 Mass Intentions LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACES Saturday January 2 7:00am +Mike Viserta by Joann & Skip Melnick “Appearances can be deceiving,” as the saying 4:00pm CCW goes. As we celebrate the epiphania, the Sunday January 3 “appearing” of the eternal Word of God on earth, 7:00am +William Meyer by Wife Terri this is still true. 9:00am +Brian Hill by Vera & Guil Prada 11:30am +Fredo Jesuina Castanheira by daughter Dina What rapturous foresight must have filled Isai- ah as he wrote the words we hear today. How, for Monday January 4 7:00am +Jim & Freda Vincent by Kathy Jerry Eaton four hundred years, they must have filled the 11:00am Sick and Dying by Carlos & Maria Costa hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day Tuesday January 5 when God’s glory would shine on them. How de- 7:00am James G. Ogle by Marcela Ogle ceived some must have felt when the glory of God 11:00am Living & Deceased Members of Legion of came to them in the lowliest and humblest of hu- Mary by the Legion of Mary man lives. Wednesday January 6 7:00am +Marge O’Connor by Friends 11:00am Mary Wall by Gerald & Bridget Wall We have many expectations about how the di- Thursday January 7 vine presence will appear among us. But we can 7:00am +Robert Allen by William & Carole Hart also set ourselves up, through these expectations, 11:00am Joan Clerkin by Katie Connor to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We Friday January 8 get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting 7:00am Abandoned Souls in Purgatory by that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It Dave & Jan Nixon may take a persistent journey for us to come upon 11:00am +Souls in Purgatory by Carlos & Maria Costa the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Saturday January 9 Jesus Christ. 7:00am +Ann Hopkins by Tony & Tina Dalasandro 4:00pm +Julie Gilkyson by Pat Heady Sunday January 10 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES 7:00am +Peggy Bader by MaryAnn Murray 9:00am Elizabeth Radicioni by Husband, Walter 11:30am +All Deceased Friends & Relatives of Sunday: Epiphany of the Lord; Frank and Esper Radosta National Migration Week + Cross indicates the person is deceased. Monday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton No cross the person is alive. Tuesday: St. John Neumann READINGS FOR THE WEEK Wednesday: St. André Bessette Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 — 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Thursday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 Julian Calendar Christmas Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 — 5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30; Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School and St. Gerard Mission ______________________________________________________ 3 John Neumann was born on March 28, 1811, in Prachatitz,Bohemia. He completed his studies for the priesthood at the University of Prague. John who had always been interested in being a missionary to America, wrote to several bishops in the United States. In 1836, he came to this country. Bishop Dubois of New York Welcomed him gladly or there were few priests in the area. On June 25, 1836, John was ordained a priest at the old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Mott Street, New York City. The following week Fr. Neumann became pastor of the whole Niagara frontier, some 100 miles of swampy, primeval forest. He would walk or ride miles through the dangerous forest in snow, rain or heat to bring the consolations of religion to the sick and the needy. He neither ate, rested nor slept properly. Fr. John Neumann had a deep respect and love for learning. Whenever he could, he set up little school houses and if teachers were not available, found time to conduct the classes himself. Since he wanted to live in a religious community which corresponded more to his missionary vocation he entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. (The Redemptorist) He made his profession of vows in 1842. He was the first Redemptorist to be professed in the United States. His first assignment was to the Redemptorist Church of St. James in Baltimore. His ability to speak seven languages, German, Czech, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Gaelic helped him to serve the people. Fr. Neumann was always there whenever anyone needed him. He never turned anyone away. On February 10, 1848 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States and in January, 1851, he was appointed rector of St.