3010 South 48th Ct., Cicero, IL 60804 Tel. 708-652-0948, www.stmczcicero.com E- Mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday through Thursday - 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM; Friday - 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Fourth Sunday of Easter May 3rd, 2020 Fr. Waldemar Latkowski CSsR Superior & Pastor, Ext. 227 E-mail: wlatkow- [email protected] Fr. Marian Furca CSsR Associate Pastor, Ext. 229 E-mail: [email protected] Fr. Zbigniew Pienkos CSsR Resident Priest Ext. 226 Rosamar Mallari Secretary, Ext. 220 E-mail: [email protected] Witold Socha - Music Director, Tel. 708-299-8816 † Dolores Kraska-Merda by family SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Easter; World Day of Prayer for Vocations Tuesday: Cinco de Mayo Thursday: National Day of Prayer Saturday May 2nd SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES † Grzegorz Czaja by Lois Brinkman May 3 † Aniela Piszczór by rodzina Call Philip the gospel’s “Answer Man.” “Can anything O zdrowie i błog. Boże dla Łukasza i całej rodziny good come out of Nazareth?” Nathaniel asked Philip, who had Bukowskich by mama proclaimed Jesus “the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets” (John 1:45). Jesus asked Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” (John 6:5). Sunday May 3rd Greeks brought Philip their request: “We would like to see † Floyd F. Nowaczyk by Jean and Philip Nowaczyk Jesus” (John 12:21). Philip’s answer to each question: bring † Shirley Enda by family people to Jesus! At the Last Supper, finally, Philip had a re- quest of his own: “Show us the Father!” (John 14:8). Jesus † Beata Nawrocka by family had three last questions for Philip: “You still don’t know me? † Krzysztof Kogut (żona z dziećmi i przyjaciele) by How can you ask that? Don’t you believe?” And an answer: family “I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (John 14:10). To- † Jadwiga Razniewska by family day’s James is not John’s brother, Zebedee’s son, but, tradi- tion says, author of the New Testament Letter of James, who O Boże błogoslawieństwo i potrzebne łaski dla osób died praying for his murderers in Jesus’ words: “Forgive włączonych do żywego różańca za małżonków them, for they know not what they do.” Few historical details za wstawiennictwem św. Józefa, św. Rity i św. for either saint, but lessons aplenty: Bring every question we o.Pio have and everybody we meet to Jesus; be, as James’ letter O Boże błogoslawieństwo dla dzieci omodlonych przez challenges, “doers of the word and not hearers only” (James rodziców w różach żywego różańca pod 1:22). wezwaniem św. Jana Pawła II, św. Joanny —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Bertta Mola i św. Jana Bosko. O Boże błogoslawieństwo i potrzebne łaski dla członków grupy różańcowej pod wezwaniem św. D A I L Y M A S S Faustyny Kowalskiej. L I V E S T R E A M O zdrowie i blog. Boze dla Bronislawy i Stanislawa Granat † O Boże Miłosierdzie dla Edwarda Papciaka z okazji 23 rocznicy śmierci by corka z rodzina † O radość wieczną dla Antoniego Olszewskiego z Please visit our website: okazji 9 rocznicy śmierci by brat z rodziną O Boże błog. i opiekę Matki Nieustającej Pomocy dla o. Waldemara z okazji urodzin www.stmczcicero.com †Margarita Cuellar Monday to Friday †Benito Nochebuena Cuellar 9:00am - English 12:00pm - Polish Monday May 4th 3:00pm - Spanish † Stella and Albert Cyranek by Sr. Kathy Brazda I Saturday of the month O Boże błog. i opiekę Matki Nieustającej Pomocy dla o. Waldemara w dniu urodzin 9:00am - English and 12:00pm Polish Tuesday May 5th Sunday † Floyd F. Nowaczyk by Jean and Philip Nowaczyk 9:00am - English, 10:30am - Polish, Wednesday May 6th 12:30pm - Spanish † Anthony J. Kaski by Theresa Zaworski No Confessions until further notice Friday May 8th A PRAYER FOR PROTECTION IN TIME OF PANDEMIC O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith. O loving Mother, you know what we need, and weareconfident you will providefor us asat Canain Galilee. Intercedefor us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for those who have died. Intercede also for thosecharged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who aretending to the sick and seeking acure. Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as weare told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen Our Mather of Czestochowa - pray for us. IN NEED OF A SHEPHERD For a while it was very fashionable to own pigs as Summary of Sunday’s Donations pets. The publicity surrounding these creatures informed April 20 to April 26 us that they were—contrary to their popular image—very clean animals, and also quite smart. Sad to say, sheep will most likely never enjoy this sort of domestic vogue. They are neither clean nor smart and are largely defense- Envelopes: $2,270 less when left on their own, even in large numbers. The biblical image of us as the flock of sheep is not a particu- Online/Text-to-Give: $410 larly flattering one. Sheep without a shepherd are truly sad, because they most likely will perish either from their inability to fend for themselves or from their lack of de- We want to thank all our parishion- fenses against predators. Placing ourselves in the heart of ers and friends that have continued this unflattering image can reinforce our faith. Until we their support to our Church during come to a profound realization of how much we need a shepherd, we cannot appreciate how deeply blessed we these difficult times. are to have been given a Shepherd, one who laid down May God bless your generosity! his life for us and was raised to life eternal in the Spirit, so he might guide us and we might follow him in faith forever. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. PRAY FOR OUR PARISHIONERS WHO ARE ILL TODAY’S READINGS Please call the rectory office to add or delete names First Reading — All peoples called by God will receive from the list. the gift of the Spirit if they repent and are baptized (Acts 2:14a, 36-41). Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I Zofia Bednara Nicholas Moskos shall want (Psalm 23). Fr. Ted Bojczuk Marylin Nowicki Second Reading — Once we were like straying sheep; Robert Buckner Nancy Orozco Lopez but now we have been returned to the shepherd, our Pierre Chapman Carolyn Paida guardian (1 Peter 2:20b-25). Jim Connelly John Paida Gospel — The shepherd leads the sheep out into pastures of abundant life (John 10:1-10). Anthony Dean Mike Pawlowski The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna- tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Maria Diaz Ted Rawick Denise Dooley Mark F. Rendak Lottie Fik Leopoldo Reyna READINGS FOR THE WEEK Alma Guzman Mary Ruiz Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:11-18 Edward Hennessey Joann Wojdula Scamerhorn Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Trinidad Hernandez Kathleen Smith Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Heather Hirschbein Haley Spirakis Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Denise M Jandura Antonio Venegas Jn 13:16-20 Rich S Jandura Peter Walke Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Ed Jentczek Bob Wegner Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Maria Jimenez Marie Wisnieski 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12 Olga Jimenez Brenda Wojkovich Theresa Kazda Jim Wojdula Harriet Kurcab Denise Yunker Fourth Sunday Andrea Kulaga Mark Yunker of Easter Karen Lambrecht Michael Yunker Sr. May 3, 2020 Graciela Lopez Paul Zaragoza He himself bore Ray Mizura our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, If you would like to add a name to free from sin, we might live for the list, please call the rectory at righteousness. 708652-0948 Ext. 220. — 1 Peter 2:24a St. Mary of Czestochowa Fourth Sunday of Easter the gate for all of the sheep and that having a good relationship John 10:1-10 with Jesus is the primary characteristic of a Christian leader. Jesus is the gate for his We wish a very happy birthday to sheep. our Pastor Fr. Waldemar Latkow- ski! Fr. Waldemar will be cele- Background on the Gospel brating his birthday on May 4, and Reading we hope this will be the first of This fourth Sunday many more birthdays that he cele- of the Easter season is sometimes called Good Shepherd Sun- brates with us. May God, day because in each of the three lectionary cycles, the Gospel the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, reading invites us to reflect on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. In and the Blessed Virgin Mary each cycle the reading is from the tenth chapter of John’s Gos- continue to guide him, and give pel.