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May 5th 2019–3rd Sunday of Easter 5 de Mayo del 2019 – Tercer Domingo de Pascua
Mother’s Day Novena will be offered for Novena del día de las madres se ofrecerá por
their health and holiness. Mother’s Day su salud y santidad. Ya están disponibles los
Envelopes are now available to include sobres del Día de la Madre y para incluir también
those who have gone to heaven in a
a las que han pasado al cielo en un ramo
Spiritual Bouquet of Nine Masses .
espiritual de nueve misas.
Monday May 13 at 7:00 am
Lunes 13 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Tuesday May 14 at 7:00 am
Martes 14 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Wednesday May 15 at 7:00 am
Miércoles 15 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Thursday May 16 at 7:00 am
Jueves 16 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Friday May 17 at 7:00 am
Viernes 17 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Saturday May 18 at 8:15 am
Sábado 18 de Mayo a las 8:15 am
Sunday May 19 at 8:00 am
Domingo 19 de Mayo a las 8:00 am
Monday May 20 at 7:00 am
Lunes 20 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
Tuesday May 21 at 7:00 am
Martes 21 de Mayo a las 7:00 am
MASSES FOR THE WEEK Spring Gala Dinner Dance
Saturday, May 4 th Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Music, Food, Raffle Prizes
8:15am Connie & Cosmo Ciminello Please bring your family and friends!
10:30am First Holy Communion/ Primera Comuniones All are welcome!
5:00pm Richard Cillo Tickets:
$10.00 Adults
Sunday, May 5th
$5.00 Children (12 years old and under)
8:00am In Gratitude to the Lord for all the Graces to Tickets are available at the rectory or at the entrance on the
the Rosario & D’Costa Family day of the event
9:15am Por la santidad y salud de José Vargas y
Fidelina Silverio Gala de primavera con cena y baile
10:30am John Bucci & The Deceased Bucci Family Sábado 8 de Junio del 2019 de 7:00 pm a 11:00 pm
Música, comida, premios
12 Noon Marta Theresa Leon Santacruz
Por favor traiga a su familia y amigos!
Monday, May 6th ¡Todos son bienvenidos!
7:00am Mario I. Esguerra Uribe Entradas:
8:15am For The Genealogical Tree of The Aracena $ 10.00 adultos
$ 5.00 niños (12 años y menores)
and Garcia Family in Purgatory Los boletos están disponibles en la rectoría
7:00pm For All Souls in Purgatory o en la entrada el día del evento.
Tuesday, May 7th
7:00am For All Parishioners MOTUS CHRISTI
8:15am For the Health & Holiness of Rodrigo Lopez Saturday, May 18, 2019
from 9:30a.m. to 3:00p.m.
Upegui on His Birthday Faith Formation Center
7:00pm Barbara Patrick 1710 Unionport Road
Wednesday, May 8th (Across from St. Dominic Church)
All are invited
7:00am For All Souls in Purgatory
8:15am For All Souls in Purgatory Sábado, 18 de Mayo del 2019
7:00pm For All Souls in Purgatory 9:30 p.m. a 3:00 p.m.
Centro de Formación de Fe
Thursday, May 9th 1710 Unionport Road
7:00am For All Souls in Purgatory (Enfrente de la Iglesia de S. Dominic)
8:15am Anna Luisa Rodriguez Todos están invitados
of their wedding Blessings for the Unborn: If your are pregnant and would
5:00pm Richard Cillo like to have your unborn child blessed please speak to one of
the priests ten minutes before the Mass and the blessing can
Save the Date: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. take place during the Mass. The whole family should be
Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the present if possible.
Idente Missionaries at Santa Maria Bendiciones para los niños aun no nacidos: Si está
Reserve la fecha: Sábado, 16 de Noviembre de 2019 embarazada y desea que sea bendecido su hijo aun no
12:00 del mediodía a 5:00 p.m. nacido , hable con uno de los sacerdotes diez minutos antes
Celebración del 25 Aniversario de los de la misa y la bendición puede tener lugar durante la misa. Si
Misioneros Identes en Santa María es posible, toda la familia debería estar presente.
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
124. A love that is weak or infirm, incapable of 124.Un amor débil o enfermo, incapaz de aceptar el
accepting marriage as a challenge to be taken up and matrimonio como un desafío que require luchar, renacer,
fought for, reborn, renewed and reinvented until reinventarse y empezar siempre de nuevo hasta la
death, cannot sustain a great commitment. It will muerte, no puede sostener un nivel alto de compromiso.
succumb to the culture of the ephemeral that Cede a la cultura de lo provisorio, que impide un
prevents a constant process of growth. Yet proceso constante de crecimiento. Pero « prometer un
“promising love for ever is possible when we per- amor para siempre es posible cuando se descubre un
ceive a plan bigger than our own ideas and plan que sobrepasa los propios proyectos, que nos
undertakings, a plan which sustains us and enables sostiene y nos permite entregar totalmente nuestro
us to surrender our future entirely to the one we futuro a la persona amada ». Que ese amor pueda
love”. If this love is to overcome all trials and atravesar todas las pruebas y mantenerse fiel en contra
remain faithful in the face of everything, it needs the de todo, supone el don de la gracia que lo fortalece y lo
gift of grace to strengthen and elevate it. In the eleva. Como decía san Roberto Belarmino: « El hecho de
words of Saint Robert Bellarmine, “the fact that one que uno solo se una con una sola en un lazo
man unites with one woman in an indissoluble indisoluble,de modo que no puedan separarse,
bond, and that they remain inseparable despite cualesquiera sean las dificultades, y aun cuando se haya
every kind of difficulty, even when there is no perdido la esperanza de la prole, esto no puede ocurrir
longer hope for children, can only be the sign of a sin un gran misterio ».
great mystery”. 125. El matrimonio, además, es una amistad
125. Marriage is likewise a friendship marked by que incluye las notas propias de la pasión, pero
passion, but a passion always directed to an ever orientada siempre a una unión cada vez más firme
more stable and intense union. This is because e intensa. Porque « no ha sido instituido solamente
“marriage was not instituted solely for the para la procreación » sino para que el amor
procreation of children” but also that mutual love mutuo « se manifieste, progrese y madure según
“might be properly expressed, that it should grow un orden recto ». Esta amistad peculiar entre
and mature”. This unique friendship between a man un hombre y una mujer adquiere un carácter
and a woman acquires an all-encompassing totalizante que sólo se da en la unión conyugal.
character only within the conjugal union. Precisely Precisamente por ser totalizante, esta unión también
as all-encompassing, this union is also exclusive, es exclusiva, fiel y abierta a la generación. Se
faithful and open to new life. It shares everything in comparte todo, aun la sexualidad, siempre con
constant mutual respect. The Second Vatican el respeto recíproco. El Concilio Vaticano II lo
Council echoed this by stating that “such a love, expresó diciendo que « un tal amor, asociando a
bringing together the human and the divine, leads la vez lo humano y lo divino, lleva a los esposos a
the partners to a free and mutual self-giving, un don libre y mutuo de sí mismos, comprobado
experienced in tenderness and action, and por sentimientos y actos de ternura, e impregna
permeating their entire lives”. toda su vida ».
REFLECTION
Acts of the Apostles 5,27b-32.40b-41; Book of Revelation 5,11-14; Saint John 21,1-19.
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1. Have you ever being fishing all night long… without catching anything? Probably, we all
have had some painful experience, some moments loaded with a sense of personal failure in our
spiritual or apostolic life when we ask ourselves where have we gone wrong and what can we do now.
Maybe this happened in a concrete activity, or after making a sincere effort to help a person, or just
trying to modify some aspect of my personal behavior. Pope St John Paul II exhorted:
There is a temptation which perennially besets every spiritual journey and pastoral
work: that of thinking that the results depend on our ability to act and to plan. God of
course asks us really to cooperate with his grace, and therefore invites us to invest all our resources of
intelligence and energy in serving the cause of the Kingdom. But it is fatal to forget that without Christ
we can do nothing (Jn 15:5). It is prayer which roots us in this truth. It constantly reminds us of the primacy of Christ and, in union with him,
the primacy of the interior life and of holiness. When this principle is not respected, is it any wonder that pastoral plans come to nothing and
leave us with a disheartening sense of frustration? We then share the experience of the disciples in the Gospel story of the miraculous catch of
fish: We have toiled all night and caught nothing (NMI 38).
Sooner or later we learn that God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength (1 Cor 1:
25). And this discovery happens, usually, through a painful experience, like the fishing all night without catching anything. Even in a not
precisely evangelical context, Michael Jordan, the iconic basketball player, said: You cannot be a great winner without having to experience
struggles and losses. How you use your losses says everything about who you are.
Perhaps, one of the most painful experiences is to see how many of those who walk by your side abandon the path, captivated by the
enticements of this world, suffocated by the difficulties, or victims of fear, as Jesus explains in the parable of the sower. That is what St Paul
writes to Timothy: You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes (2Tim 1: 15).
2. What are the signs, the indicators that the Holy Spirit is really making use of our suffering to purify us and to draw us to
Himself?
* Firstly, these experiences always bring about a sense of awareness of one’s sinfulness.
If we feel a sense of self-righteousness and spiritual superiority over others, it is probably a sign that we have neither seen God nor known Him,
otherwise we would have seen the truth about ourselves: we are sinners like the rest of humanity before Him and yet loved by Him
unconditionally.
St Peter had this reaction when he encountered the Christ’s power and holiness. He thought he knew better than Jesus where to make a catch
of fish. It was with reluctance that he obeyed the Lord in putting down the nets, perhaps just to prove Him wrong. When Peter saw the big
catch that filled the two boats to sinking point, he fell at the knees of Jesus saying: Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man. Anyone who encounters
the holiness of God and His glory will feel very inadequate about himself.
* Secondly the awareness of our sinfulness is accompanied by gratitude and a joyful acceptance of God’s forgiveness. The Second
Reading is an enthusiastic canticle of gratitude: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor
and glory and blessing.
Our humble awareness of sin is immediately followed by the awareness and active welcoming of God’s forgiveness. Jesus assured Peter: Do not
be afraid! This experience was described by St Paul when he wrote to Timothy: He judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even
though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
– of whom I am the foremost (1 Tim 1: 12-15).
If we have received His infinite and undeserving mercy, we will be as grateful as Peter, we will have nothing but gratitude because we will know
that who we are today, what we have and what we do is not just the result of our efforts, but essentially God’s gift. This is the feeling the
Apostles have in today’s First Reading: As is the holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey him.
* Finally, a consequence of the overwhelming experience of God’s mercy is the call to serve Him and our immediate response to that call:
From now on it is men you will catch. What is most amazing is that God has chosen us in spite of our unworthiness and sinfulness.
If we are aware of God’s mercy and forgiveness in our lives, we immediately want to be the apostles of mercy and love, the messengers of the
Good News to all of humanity. Thus, if we have no desire to spread His love and mercy, it means that we either have forgotten our encounter
with Him or we have never been conscious of a radical experience of His love. That is why we rely only on our intellectual knowledge or just on
an act of our will, which of course does not guarantee our perseverance. What is it that confirms Peter as an apostle? What sustains us as
apostles? One thing only: that we received mercy (1 Tim 1:12-16).
In a spirit of prayer and commitment we must listen carefully to the words: Behold, I am at the door and knock (Rev 3:20). God is looking at
us intently, and He takes any opportunity whatsoever. Think of the fishermen, one moment for God to slip in and before you know it, you are
an apostle, a disciple, a prophet, you give your life to your brothers and to Him.
The famous millionaire John D. Rockefeller was asked by a reporter what amount of money was enough to make him happy, replied with, Just
one dollar more. Nothing on Earth is ever going to satisfy us. But if you ask anyone who has made Jesus the Lord of their life, they will tell you
that they are blessed beyond anything they could have ever asked or imagined. A life apart from Jesus will always leave you lacking, but a life
centered on Jesus is full of abundance.
A life of service is demanding, but it is really worthwhile: After encountering the divine wisdom and power of Christ, Peter and his coworkers
no longer followed their own intellectual reasoning and knowledge; instead, they left everything behind and followed the Lord. They became
conscious that their humble efforts will bear fruit exactly when, where and how the Holy Spirit has determined. Without a
radical personal encounter with the Lord and renewal of such encounter, our faith will be weak. In fact, some of us fail to realize that this
encounter not temporary, but permanent. This explains why there is a lack of enthusiasm, conviction and joy to proclaim the Good News.
In the words of Pope Francis:
The greatest miracle Jesus wrought for Simon and the other disappointed and tired fishermen was not so much to fill the
net with fish but to help them not to fall victims of disappointment and discouragement in face of failures. He opened them
to become heralds and witnesses of His word and of the Kingdom of God. And the disciples’ answer was quick and total:
‘And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him (Feb 10, 2019).
3. Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep. Follow me.
This command sounds great and idealistic around a warm fire on the beach, but it becomes a lot more challenging when you are actually
dealing with the sheep. Being in relationship with Jesus means we must love his sheep, even when the sheep are not particularly loveable. How
do you love the sheep who gets on your nerves, the sheep who is so needy, the sheep who broke their promise to you? Remember that Jesus
also called them by name. They are not your sheep; they are Jesus’ sheep. Therefore, all kind of efforts should be carried out to spread
tenderness and sensitivity first and especially to those closest to us:
I would encourage you to pray in such a way that it all comes down to a feeling of home. I have told you that you
should be truly brothers and sisters, treating each other with marvelous respect and care. You should awaken in your
religious life, each day, in your hearts, this feeling of home, this family affection, this intimate tenderness.
Also impart this grace to one another in such a way that, speaking to each other, in whatever way it be –devout,
religious or mystical–, must not be with harshness, with stiff feeling, but with that feeling that responds to a model
reality that is Heaven itself, at whose head is the Most Holy Trinity
(Our Father Founder. En el Corazón del Padre).
Following Jesus pushes us to do what we may not especially want to do Peter’s love will lead to the cross. When you grow old, you will stretch
out your hands, is a reference to stretching one’s arms on the patibulum, the horizontal bar of a Roman cross.
Jesus meets the fishermen when they need help and he helps them in an unexpected way. These fishermen would have been happy with a
basket of fish to sell in the market, but now their nets are breaking and they’re working harder than ever just to remain afloat. Like the
fishermen, we come asking for a little help and sometimes get overwhelmed by the result: God himself asks us for help through the suffering
and the dreams of our neighbors!
God’s love is bigger than we imagined. Indeed, Jesus comes to us when we need help, and through experiences with his Word, the Eucharist,
some people we find in our path…and especially with His calling after some unfruitful night. This help may not provide the result we are
looking for; we need to be prepared for surprises along the way. Yes, he allows the tiniest of things, seemingly insignificant, to become greater
than anything we could have ever imagined.
St Peter cooperated with the grace of God by putting down the nets. When we cooperate with His grace like the apostles, He will show forth His
glory and power in our weakness.
How can we cooperate with His grace and not allow the grace of God given to us to be received in vain?
First, simply by not casting the nets on the left side of the boat. That is, not taking initiatives that have nothing to do with the Kingdom
of Heaven. And second, being aware that we are always feeding some flock; we necessarily have to choose: either feeding His lambs or feeding
our own crazy goats; to nurture the spiritual health of our fellow human beings or to nourish our instincts. The key is to acknowledge that we
cannot avoid this challenging shepherding dilemma.
Por tanto, hemos de realizar todo tipo de esfuerzos para sembrar la ternura y la sensibilidad, primero, y especialmente entre los más cercanos a
nosotros:
Yo os animaría a que hagáis de tal modo vuestra oración, que se reduzca a un sentimiento de hogar. Ya os he dicho que
debéis ser verdaderamente hermanos y hermanas, trataros con maravilloso respeto y cuidado. Debéis despertar en vuestra
vida religiosa, cada día, en vuestros corazones, este sentido de hogar, este cariño familiar, esta ternura íntima
Impartíos también entre vosotros esta gracia de tal modo que, al hablaros mutuamente, cualquiera que sea la forma –devota,
religiosa o mística-, debe ser no con cortedad, con sentimiento artrósico, sino con ese sentimiento que responde a una
realidad modélica que es el cielo mismo en cuya cabecera está la Santísima Trinidad (Nuestro padre Fundador. En el
Corazón del Padre).
El seguir a Cristo nos empuja a hacer lo que quizás no queramos hacer. El amor llevó a Pedro a la cruz. Cuando seas viejo, extenderás tus
manos y te ceñirá otro, y te llevará a donde no quieras, es una referencia al estiramiento de los brazos en el patibulum, el brazo horizontal de
la cruz romana.
Cristo se encuentra con los pescadores cuando necesitan ayuda y les ayuda de una manera inesperada. Esos pescadores se habrían estarían
contentado con una canasta de pescados para vender en el mercado, pero ahora sus redes se están rompiendo y están trabajando más duro que
nunca para mantenerse a flote. Al igual que los pescadores, pedimos un poco de ayuda y, a veces, nos vemos abrumados por el resultado: ¡Dios
mismo nos pide ayuda a través del sufrimiento y los sueños de nuestro prójimo!
El amor de Dios es más grande de lo que podemos imaginar. De hecho, Jesús viene a nosotros cuando necesitamos ayuda y, a través de las
experiencias con su Palabra, la Eucaristía, algunas personas que encontramos en nuestro camino... y especialmente con su llamado después de
una noche infructuosa. Esta ayuda puede no proporcionar el resultado que estábamos buscando; tenemos que estar preparados para las
sorpresas en el camino. Sí, Él permite que las cosas más pequeñas, aparentemente insignificantes, se hagan más grandes que cualquier cosa
que pudiéramos haber imaginado.
San Pedro cooperó con la gracia de Dios al echar las redes. Cuando cooperamos con su gracia como los apóstoles, Él hace visible Su gloria y
poder en nuestra debilidad.
¿Cómo podemos cooperar con Su gracia y no permitir que la gracia de Dios que nos ha sido dada sea recibida en vano?
En primer lugar, simplemente no echando las redes en el lado izquierdo del barco. Es decir, no tomando iniciativas que no tengan
nada que ver con el Reino de los Cielos. Y después, siendo conscientes de que siempre estamos alimentando un rebaño; tenemos que elegir,
necesariamente: alimentar a Sus corderos o alimentar a nuestras cabras locas; nutrir la salud espiritual de nuestros semejantes o alimentar
nuestros instintos. La clave es reconocer que no podemos evitar este desafiante dilema pastoral.
Luis Casasús
Superior General de
los Misioneros Identes