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Associate Pastor: Fr. Dickson Saviour
2352 SAINT RAYMOND AVE.
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January 20th 2019 –2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Enero 20, 2019-2º Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario
Holy Masses in English: HEY YOUTH!!!
Weekdays: 7:00 a.m.
8:15 a.m. After Mass, Daily Adoration for an hour to the Holy
Eucharist & 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 8:15 a.m.
Vigil Mass Sunday—5:00 p.m.
Sunday : 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 12 Noon
Bible Reflection on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
In the Conference Room
La Santa Misa en Español:
Idente Youth Teens —6th-12th Grade
Adoración Eucarística todos los días de 8:45am—9:45am Fridays 4:30 p.m.—6:00p.m.
Jueves: 7:00 p.m. Domingos: 9:15 a.m. Idente Youth Kids— 3th—5rd Grade Bodega Teens
Reflexión sobre la Biblia los jueves: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays 11a.m.-12p.m.
Contact: Sr. Yerania (631)772-9612 Wednesdays from 5pm to 7pm
En la capilla
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Martin Luther King Jr. “One day we must come to Martin Luther King Jr. “Un día debemos llegar a ver
see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, que la paz no es simplemente un objetivo lejano que
but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. buscamos, sino que es un medio por el cual llegamos a
We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful ese objetivo. Debemos perseguir fines pacíficos por
means.” medios pacíficos.”
Monday, January 21, 2019 - The rectory will be Lunes 21 de Enero de 2019- La rectoría estará
closed. cerrada.
The Celebration of Our Lady of La Celebración de Nuestra Señora de
Altagracia Altagracia
Domingo, 20 de Enero del 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019 Inmediatamente después de la misa de las
Immediately after the 9:15 a.m. mass 9:15 a.m.
We will have breakfast in the St. Joseph Parish Se tendrá un desayuno en el salón parroquial de
Hall. If anyone wishes to collaborate with food or S. José. Si alguien quiere colaborar con comida o
beverages please contact Mrs. Lucy P. Thank you bebidas, por favor póngase en contacto con la señora
very much. Everyone is invited. Lucy P. ¡Muchas gracias! Todos están invitados
Protection of All The Unborn The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Wednesday, January 23 rd You are cordially invite to a Mass of
Thanksgiving as we celebrate the
7:00am James Campisi Beatification of Blessed Clelia
8:15am For the Health & Holiness of Fr. Martin Merloni, Foundress
Esguerra
7:00pm Edith Toribio– Death Anniversary Saturday, February 9, 2019
2:00 PM
Thursday, January 24th St. Patrick’s Cathedral
7:00am For the Soul of Jairo Cruz New York, NY
8:15am Edith Toribio– Death Anniversary Celebrant
His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
7:00pm Misa en Español/ Mass in Spanish Please use the link below to RSVP.
Por La Salud y Santidad de Mercedes Tixi https://tinyurl.com/blessedclelia
Friday, January 25th
7:00am Edith Toribio– Death Anniversary Confesiones: Lunes de 5:00 p.m. a las
8:30 p.m.
8:15am In Memoriam: Anthony Colon Durante este tiempo, tendremos la
7:00pm For the Health & Holiness of Oscar Exposición y Adoración del
Santísimo Sacramento y Confesiones en
Alberto Camarena inglés y español. Estas horas extendidas de
confesiones continuarán después de las
Saturday, January 26th 7:00 p.m. misa de la tarde y terminará a las
8:15am Edith Toribio 8:30 p.m.
Sábados de 4:00 p.m. a las 5:00 p.m.
5:00pm Fran Pepushay También puede hablar con el sacerdote o
llamar a la rectoría para confesarse en otro
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP! momento.
January 13th, 2019 Collections: $3,219
We are thankful for your generosity and remember that we Confessions: Mondays from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
need a minimum of $3100 each week to cover many During this time, we will have Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed
expenses and avoid a big deficit. Thank you. Sacrament and Confessions in English and Spanish. These extended
hours of confessions will continue after the 7:00 p.m. evening Mass and
¡GRACIAS POR SU COLABORACIÓN!
will end at 8:30pm
13 de Enero del 2019 Colectas: $3,219
Estamos muy agradecidos por su generosidad y les
Saturdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
recordamos que se necesita un mínimo de $3100 por semana And you can also speak to a priest or call the rectory for confession at
para cubrir los muchos gastos de la parroquia y evitar un gran different time.
déficit. Gracias.
AMORIS LÆTITIA AMORIS LÆTITIA
OF THE HOLY FATHER DEL SANTO PADRE
FRANCIS FRANCISCO
TO BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS A OBISPOS, SACERDOTES Y DIÁCONOS.
CONSECRATED PERSONS PERSONAS CONSAGRADAS
CHRISTIAN MARRIED COUPLES PAREJAS CASADAS CRISTIANAS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL Y TODOS LOS LAICOS FIELES
ON LOVE IN THE FAMILY SOBRE EL AMOR EN LA FAMILIA
32.“Faithful to Christ’s teaching we look to the 32. « Fieles a las enseñanzas de Cristo miramos
reality of the family today in all its complexity, la realidad de la familia hoy en toda su
with both its lights and shadows… complejidad, en sus luces y sombras […] El
Anthropological and cultural changes in our cambio antropológico cultural hoy influye en
times influence all aspects of life and call for todos los aspectos de la vida y requiere un
an analytic and diversified approach”. Several enfoque analítico y diversificado ». En el
decades ago, the Spanish bishops noted contexto de varias décadas atrás, los Obispos
that families have come to enjoy de España ya reconocían una realidad
greater freedom “through an doméstica con más espacios de libertad, «
equitable distribution of duties, con un reparto equitativo de cargas,
responsibilities and tasks”; responsabilidades y tareas […] Al
Indeed, “a greater emphasis valorar más la comunicación personal
on personal communication entre los esposos, se contribuye a
between the spouses helps to humanizar toda la convivencia familiar
make family life more humane”, […] Ni la sociedad en que vivimos ni
while “neither today’s society nor aquella hacia la que caminamos permiten
that to which we are progressing allow la pervivencia indiscriminada de formas y
an uncritical survival of older forms and modelos del pasado ». Pero « somos
models”. It is also evident that “the principal conscientes de la dirección que están
tendencies in anthropological-cultural tomando los cambios antropológico-culturales,
changes” are leading “individuals, in personal en razón de los cuales los individuos son
and family life, to receive less and less support menos apoyados que en el pasado por las
from social structures than in the past”. estructuras sociales en su vida afectiva y
familiar ».
New York, January 20, 2019.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
REFLECTION
Book of Isaiah 62,1-5; First Letter to the Corinthians 12,4-11; Saint John 2,1-11.
The purpose of this conversation between Mary and Jesus is to show us the importance and power of Mary's prayer and also of our
prayer. Prayer is our way of participating in God's plan. We are not just the beneficiaries of the His work; we are co-workers with Him
(1 Cor 3:9). Because our Heavenly Father has chosen to make us necessary, our prayer is extremely important.
That is what St Paul also affirms in today’s Second Reading when he enumerates the many different gifts of the Holy Spirit to different
persons and adds that to each person is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good, (1 Cor.12:6) not for personal
profit.
Perhaps you and I feel that we have not particular talents, knowledge, success stories or interpersonal skills, but this might well be a
signal that we are beginning to participate in the first Beatitude: We are blessed because we admit that we do not have the ability and
skills to adequately help our neighbors.
Mary cooperates at the beginning of the signs of our Savior and stimulates the faith of the first believers. She is the model of
sensitivity for all persons in all circumstances. Her sensitivity to the human details at the wedding of Cana becomes the providential
instrument for launching Jesus’ public ministry. Her suffering heart accompanies her Son to the foot of the cross, bearing fruit in her
vocation as Mother of the Church and receiving the body of Jesus taken down from the Cross.
Without the ability to feel it is impossible to have the ability to care. Therefore, the formation of sensitivity to the vulnerability of
human beings is the key and the main need for the development of a true evangelical compassion. This is the education of ecstasy,
leading to a good administration of our love, as our father Founder used to say.
Young Thomas Edison, the great inventor, came home one day with a paper for his mother. He told her: My teacher told me to give
this paper only to my mother. Thomas’ mother read the note and her eyes filled with tears. Thomas asked his mother what the note
said, and she read aloud: Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers for training
him. Please teach him yourself. And that’s exactly what Thomas’ mother did; she homeschooled her child with devotion and
dedication. Many years later after Thomas Edison’s mother passed on, and he was now one of the world’s greatest inventors, he
found a folded paper among other family items. He opened the very same paper that had been handed to him to give to his mother
and read the following message: Your son is mentally ill. We won’t let him come to school anymore. At that moment, Edison realized
what his mother had done for him so many years ago. In the book of Proverbs, we learn: The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Do we understand and recognize the meaning and significance of other’s distress?
Wedding is a time of celebration, joy and love. Sensitivity does not only help people in trouble or in need, but joyfully delights in
another’s happiness by entering into the joy of the moment as well. Do we rejoice with those who rejoice?
The Gospel, gives us the way to educate our sensitivity to the true needs of others: Being faithful to little things.
St. Therese of Lisieux was the apple of her father’s eye but when she obtained permission to enter the convent at the age of 15, he
happily brought her there. As a Carmelite contemplative, she did not do anything extraordinary. Like the rest, she followed the daily
and ordinary routine of the monastery. But there was something special in her. She did the ordinary in an extraordinary way.
How? By doing them out of a single intention — love for God — and whatever she did, she presented to her Beloved as little flower
offerings. She called her way of doing little things out of love for God her “Little Way.” She died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. She
was canonized a saint in 1925, just 28 years after her death, by Pope Pius XI. In 1927 he named her co-patron of the missions with St.
Francis Xavier. In 1998, Pope St. John Paul II added one more title, Doctor of the Church. There is this quote from St Therese of
Lisieux, which goes along the line of how we feel that we do not have talents, with nothing special to contribute to the kingdom of
God: My little way is the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute self-surrender.
A true mother, instead of being absorbed in enjoying herself, is on the lookout for her children and those around her. They teach us
constantly, in the little things, what ultimately constitutes sensitivity, embodied in “motherhood”, beyond the evident physical
bearing of children. John Paul II summed it up in Mulieris Dignitatem:
The moral and spiritual strength of a woman is joined to her awareness that God entrusts the human being to her in a
special way… Our time in particular awaits the manifestation of that “genius” which belongs to every woman, and
which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance.
Jesus said: He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much (Lk 16:10). Later He told a parable about some slaves
whose master left them with a certain amount of money to use while He was away. When the master returned, he said to the slave
who had faithfully invested the sum: Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in
authority over ten cities (Lk 19:17). Therefore, He is not talking simply of a technique or a method to make progress in sensitivity
through little things; rather He is teaching that God bless the little things his people do. Sometimes they are small acts, and
sometimes they only appear to be so. Jesus cares deeply about the little things that his people do to bless others. He takes note of
them as precious acts of service. He uses the little things that His people do to carry on His work in the world through
His church.
Three years after the wedding at Cana, Mary was able to forgive all those who had killed her only Son. She did not harbor any ill
hatred or anger against those who hurt her. Like her Son, she forgave freely and without conditions.
The Gospel is filled with examples of individuals who were faithful in small things, and yet whose faithfulness in small things brought
great glory to Christ:
* The boy who gave Jesus his five loaves and two fish (Jn 5: 6-14) was instrumental in the miraculous feeding of the five thousand.
* The widow with the two little coins (Mk 12: 41-44) seemed to have given far less than what those who put in large amounts had
given. Yet, Jesus said that by giving all that she possessed, she had put in more than all.
* Joseph of Arimathea gave Jesus a dignified burial in his own garden tomb. While it took enormous courage for Joseph to ask for the
body of Christ, it was a relatively small thing for a rich man to give up a tomb. In this small act, Joseph played a role in the fulfillment
of an old prophecy: He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor
was any deceit in his mouth (Is 53: 9).
And we should not forget the many men and women mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles who were instrumental, with their simple
acts of generosity, in spreading the Good News.
This has been always the firm belief of the saints: What is a little thing, is just a little thing. But to be faithful in a little thing, is a
great thing (St Augustine)
This also applies to worldly matters. Here is the testimony of a high-ranking retired officer:
Every morning in army training, my instructors, who at the time were all war veterans, would show up in my barracks
room and the first thing they do is inspect my bed. If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers would be
pulled tight, the pillow centered just under the headboard and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack.
It was a simple task, mundane at best. But every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection. It seemed a
little ridiculous at the time, particularly in light of the fact that we were aspiring to be real warriors, tough battle hardened
elite warriors, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proven to me many times over.
If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of
success and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task
completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that the little things
in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right, you will never be able to do the big things right.
And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed
gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
So, if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
It was a little thing when Andrew went and found his own brother Simon and brought him to Jesus. Almost anybody could have done
so little as that. But hardly any apostolic act more important is recorded. It is pretentious in us to call anything little, or anything
great, as if we could measure results. A word spoken, a tear shed, a tremble of the lip, the earnestness of a tone, may change the
destiny, of an immortal soul. What is a little thing?
She has done what she could. That was the high Jesus’ praise to Mary Magdalene when she poured an expensive perfume on Jesus'
feet.
She had brought her best to her Lord. Little things are acceptable if they are really our best. But Mary's deed was not a
small one. The ointment she brought was very costly. She poured it all out on the head and feet of Jesus. "What she could" was the
best she had to give. Mary's "what she could" was a most costly service. It was the costliest of all her possessions that she gave. The
word of Jesus about her and her gift has no possible comfort for us if our little is not our best.
It is worthy of notice that even the alabaster box itself was broken in this holy service. Nothing was kept back.
Santa Teresa de Lisieux era la niña de los ojos de su padre, pero cuando obtuvo el permiso para ingresar al convento a la edad de 15
años, la llevó allí con gozo. Como contemplativa carmelita, no hizo nada extraordinario. Igual que las demás, siguió la rutina diaria y
ordinaria del monasterio. Pero había algo especial en ella. Ella hizo lo ordinario de una manera extraordinaria.
¿Cómo? Haciéndolo con una sola intención, el amor a Dios, y cualquier cosa que hiciera, la presentaba a su Amado como una
pequeña ofrenda floral. Ella llamó a su manera de hacer pequeñas cosas por amor a Dios su "Pequeño Camino". Murió de tuberculosis
a la edad de 24 años. Fue canonizada como santa en 1925, sólo 28 años después de su muerte, por el Papa Pío XI. En 1927 la nombró
patrona de las misiones con San Francisco Javier. En 1998, el Papa San Juan Pablo II agregó un título más: Doctora de la Iglesia. Hay
una cita de Santa Teresa de Lisieux, para cuando sentimos que no tenemos talentos ni nada especial que aportar al reino de Dios: Mi
pequeño camino es el camino de la infancia espiritual, el camino de la confianza y entrega absolutas.
Una verdadera madre, en lugar de estar absorta en cuidarse, está atenta a sus hijos y a quienes la rodean. Nos enseñan
constantemente, en las pequeñas cosas, lo que en última instancia constituye sensibilidad, encarnada en la "maternidad", más allá del
hecho evidente tener hijos. Juan Pablo II lo resumió en Mulieris Dignitatem:
La fuerza moral de la mujer, su fuerza espiritual, se une a la conciencia de que Dios le confía de un modo especial el
hombre, es decir, el ser humano... En este sentido, sobre todo el momento presente espera la manifestación de «genio»
de la mujer, que asegure en toda circunstancia la sensibilidad por el hombre.
Cristo dijo: El que es fiel en lo poco, también lo es en lo mucho (Lc 16:10). Más tarde, contó una parábola sobre de unos siervos a
quienes su amo dejó cierta cantidad de dinero mientras él estaba fuera. Cuando el amo regresó, le dijo al siervo que había invertido
fielmente la suma: Bien, siervo bueno, porque has sido fiel en lo poco, tendrás autoridad sobre diez ciudades. Por tanto, no está
hablando simplemente de una técnica o un método para avanzar en la sensibilidad a través de pequeñas cosas; más bien, Cristo nos
está enseñando que Dios bendice las cosas pequeñas que hacen los suyos. A veces son actos pequeños, y otras veces sólo parecen
serlo. Se preocupa profundamente por las pequeñas cosas los suyos hacen para bendecir a los demás. Toma nota de ello como
preciosos actos de servicio. Usa las pequeñas cosas que los suyos hacen para realizar su obra en el mundo a través de
su Iglesia.
Tres años después de las bodas de Caná, María pudo perdonar a todos aquellos que habían matado a su único Hijo. Ella no abrigó
ningún odio o ira contra los que tanto la lastimaron. Como su Hijo, perdonó libremente y sin condiciones.
El Evangelio está lleno de ejemplos de personas que fueron fieles en las cosas pequeñas y, sin embargo, su fidelidad en las cosas
pequeñas dio gran gloria a Cristo:
* El niño que dio a Jesús sus cinco panes y dos peces (Jn 5: 6-14) fue decisivo en la comida milagrosa de los cinco mil hombres.
* La viuda que entregó dos monedas pequeñas (Mc 12: 41-44) parecía haber dado mucho menos que quienes pusieron grandes
cantidades. Sin embargo, Jesús dijo que al dar todo lo que poseía, ella había dado más que nadie.
* José de Arimatea preparó a Cristo un entierro digno en su propia tumba. Si bien José necesitó un enorme coraje para pedir el
cuerpo de Cristo, para un hombre rico era algo relativamente pequeño regalar una tumba. En este pequeño acto, José desempeñó un
papel en el cumplimiento de una antigua profecía: Se le asignó una tumba con los malvados y con los ricos en su muerte, aunque no
había hecho violencia, ni hubo engaño en su boca (Is 53: 9).
Y no olvidemos los muchos hombres y mujeres mencionados en los Hechos de los Apóstoles que fueron esenciales, con sus simples
actos de generosidad, para difundir la Buena Nueva.
Esa ha sido siempre la firme creencia de los santos: Lo que es una cosa pequeña, es sólo una cosa pequeña. Pero ser fiel en una cosa
pequeña, es una gran cosa (San Agustín)
Esto también sirve en los asuntos mundanos. Este es el testimonio de un oficial retirado de alto rango:
Cada mañana en el entrenamiento militar, mis instructores, que eran todos veteranos de guerra, aparecían en el barracón
y lo primero que hacían era inspeccionar las camas: Si todo estaba bien, las esquinas cuadradas, las fundas ajustadas, la
almohada centrada justo debajo de la cabecera y la manta adicional doblada cuidadosamente al pie del estante.
Era una tarea sencilla, banal en el mejor de los casos. Pero cada mañana teníamos que hacer nuestra cama a la perfección.
Parecía un poco ridículo en ese momento, particularmente a la luz de que aspirábamos a ser verdaderos guerreros,
guerreros de élite endurecidos por duras batallas, pero la sabiduría de este simple acto se me ha hecho manifiesta muchas
veces.
Si haces bien tu cama todas las mañanas habrás cumplido la primera tarea del día. Te dará una pequeña sensación de
éxito y te alentará a hacer otra tarea y otra y otra.
Al final del día, esa tarea completada se habrá convertido en muchas tareas completadas. El hacer tu cama también
reforzará el hecho de que las cosas pequeñas de la vida son importantes. Si no puedes hacer las cosas pequeñas
correctamente, nunca harás bien las cosas grandes.
Y, si por casualidad fue un día deplorable, volverás a casa a una cama que está hecha, que tú hiciste, y una cama hecha te
anima para que mañana sea un mejor día.
Así que, si quieres cambiar el mundo, comienza por hacer la cama.
Fue una cosa pequeña que Andrés llamase a su hermano Simón y lo llevase a Jesús. Cualquiera podría haberlo hecho. Pero apenas
hay ningún acto apostólico más importante. Es pretencioso por nuestra parte llamar pequeña o grande, a una cosa, como si
pudiéramos medir resultados. Una palabra, una lágrima derramada, un temblor del labio, la seriedad de un tono, puede cambiar el
destino, de un alma inmortal. ¿Qué es una cosa pequeña?
Ha hecho lo que podía. Esa fue la gran alabanza de Jesús a María Magdalena cuando vertió un caro perfume en los pies de Jesús. Ella
entregó lo mejor a su Señor. Las pequeñas cosas son aceptables si son realmente lo mejor que podemos hacer. Pero la acción de María
no era pequeña. El ungüento era muy costoso. Lo derramó todo sobre la cabeza y los pies de Jesús. "Lo que podía" era lo mejor que
tenía para dar. El "lo que podía" de María fue un servicio muy costoso. Entregó la más costosa de sus posesiones. Las palabras que
Jesús sobre ella no nos pueden consolar si nuestra pequeña cosa no es también lo mejor que podemos hacer.
Es digno de notar que incluso el frasco de alabastro se rompió en este servicio sagrado. María Magdalena no guardó nada para ella.
Luis Casasús
Superior General de
los Misioneros Identes
Pro-Life Against Abortion