Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
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Sunday, January 1, 2016| Mary, the Mother of God - Year A
PARISH STAFF
Pastor
Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris
Parochial Vicar
Rev. Fr. Urbano Rodrigues
Coordinator of Religious Education
Sister Edna Loquias, S.M.C.
Parish Secretary
Elizabeth Mannini
Music Director & Organist
Dr. Stephen Rapp
PARISH CENTER
Cantor
2380 Belmont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
9:00am to 8:00pm
Thursday & Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm
Bilen Eminov
Youth Minister
Jesus Vargas
School Principal
Ms. Valerie Savino
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Saturday: 8:30am (English) | 12:00pm ( English)
Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (English)
Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)
11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)
1:30pm (Spanish)
RITE OF MATRIMONY
Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial
meeting with a priest.
PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK
Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)
If you or someone you know is in the hospital or
homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit
by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary
Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the
Parish Center.
RITE OF RECONCILIATION
NEW PARISHIONERS
Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling
the Parish Office.
We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish
Center.
RITE OF BAPTISM
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
2 Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm
3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm
For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish
Office at (718) 295-3770.
Attendance at Pre - Baptism Class is required.
Please stop by the Parish Center to register or
call for more information.
MOUNT CARMEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
nd
Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.
January 1, 2017
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
ANNOUNCED MASSES
2
From the Desk of Father Jonathan
SUN.JANUARY1st
MARY,THEHOLYMOTHEROFGOD
8:30am Deceased Members of the Ferrari Family
9:30
Pro Populo
11:00
Donato De Angelis
12:15pm Salvatore M. & Rita M. Calabro
1:30
Blandina Iglesias y Elena Carro
Last week I visited a family in the parish to bless their new
apartment.
MON.JANUARY2ndSS.BASILTHEGREAT
&GREGORYNAZIANZEN
8:30am
Emmanuel Henry (living)
12:00pm
Edward Calleson
6:30pm
Michele Pignuolo (1st Ann)
Just before I left the older daughter ran to the corner of the
small living area and brought back to me a brand new toy. I
thanked her for it, thinking it was a gift for me. She laughed
and said, "No, Father, that's not for you. That's for you to give
to the children who don't have a gift on Christmas, just like
you asked us to do". Tears came to my eyes. The middle
child had already told me she was sad because this year her
parents told her they wouldn't get a Christmas tree in order to
save money for rent. What a family! What Christians! They
were foregoing a tree, on one hand, and buying a brand new
toy for someone else's children, on the other.
TUES.JANUARY3rdCHRISTMASWEEKDAY;
MOSTHOLYNAMEOFJESUS
8:30am Antonietta, Mario, Domenico & Aniello
Squillante
12:00pm For the good health of Lillian Castimore
6:30pm Joseph Horvath, Frank Pappas, Frances &
Nicholas Longo, Christine & Thomas Covino
WED.JANUARY4thST.ELIZABETHANNSETON
8:30am For the intentions of Rey De Sosa (living)
12:00pm Filippa Di Lorenza & Vincenza Bordenga
6:30pm Antonio Russo (1st Ann)
THURS.JANUARY5thST.JOHNNEUMANN
8:30am
Giovanni & Pasqua Del Vecchio
12:00pm
For the intentions of Adamaris Ortega
6:30pm
Martin Ljuljic (1st Ann)
They have several small children and the mother stays at
home. She hopes to go back to work when the youngest
enters kindergarten next year. For now they are living on one,
part-time income because the husband was laid off from his
full-time job. They moved into this new apartment, a one
bedroom, in order to be able to make the monthly rent.
I blessed their home, but I was the one who walked away
blessed.
Christmas has passed but we are still in the "Octave of
Christmas", the eight days of intense celebration of Jesus'
birth.
The best way to celebrate is to double down on our commitment to love others, even to the point of sacrificing our wants
and needs out of love for others.
God bless,
Father Jonathan
FRI.JANUARY6thCHRISTMASWEEKDAY;
ST.ANDRÉBESSETTE
8:30am In Honor of the Child Jesus
12:00pm In Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
6:30pm Lena Sinardi
SAT.JANUARY7thCHRISTMASWEEKDAY;
ST.RAYMONDOFPEÑAFORT
8:30am Giovanni Boiano
12:00pm In Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
5:00pm Felice Marino
SUN.JANUARY8thTHEEPIPHANYOFTHELORD
8:30am Lena & Alphonse Manna
9:30
Pro Populo
11:00
Carmela, Filomena, Francesco ed Angelo Perri
12:15pm Jane Verini
+ JESUS +
the name above every other name
(Philippians 2: 9)
+ REST IN PEACE +
Please
pray
for the deceased members of
our parish & our fallen military.
MEMORIALS OFFERED THIS WEEK
Altar Bread
In Loving Memory of My Parents & Family
from Vincent Ferro
Sanctuary Lamp
In Memory of Gina Gentile
With Love, The Pezzuti Family
January 1, 2017
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD
Sunday Gospel: (Luke 2:16-21)
THE BLESSING WE RECEIVE
The blessing we experience in Christ Jesus is
proclaimed in Numbers as the special blessing for the
people of Israel. They and we are to be blessed by the
invocation of God’s loving kindness, the shining glory
of God’s face turned toward us in love, not away from us
in anger. We are blessed by God’s own peace!
Our wish and our hope are fulfilled in this blessing,
which is made visible in the coming of Jesus. In Jesus,
the image of the invisible God, God’s face is shown to
us and God’s presence is made known to us in faithful
and loving kindness.
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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
“Octave” comes from the Latin word for “eight,” and
since eight is one step beyond seven, the number of days
in a week, it has long been seen as a symbol of perfection,
completion, and new beginnings. Early Christians called
Sunday the “eighth day,” since it was the day after the
Sabbath and a day of resurrected life, the Lord’s Day. By
the seventh century, people regarded the eight days after
Easter Sunday as one great day, an octave, one glorious
feast when people were forbidden to fast or kneel. In the
seventh century, Pentecost acquired an Octave, too.
Christmas didn’t claim the honor of a continuous feast,
but it did get an Octave Day. January 1 is the oldest Marian feast, the Octave of Christmas. It was originally a feast
of the motherhood of Mary, although for centuries until
1969 it was called the Feast of the Circumcision. Our reformed calendar follows the earlier tradition of
celebrating Mary as Mother of God.
RIFLESSIONE SULLA PAROLA DI DIO
Vangelo della Domenica: (Luca 2:16-21)
Il brano del vangelo ci narra un episodio della vita di una
famiglia ebrea, ma l’ambientazione è inusuale per una
nascita. Si tratta di una famiglia emarginata socialmente.
Eppure il bambino è Dio e la giovane donna l’ha concepito e
partorito nella verginità. Alcuni pastori si affrettano, in
risposta a un messaggio dal cielo, per riconoscerlo e
glorificarlo a loro modo. Vi è difficile considerarlo vostro
Dio? Volgete il pensiero per un attimo al fascino persistente
esercitato da sua madre su uomini e donne di ogni ambiente e
classe, su persone che hanno conosciuto successi o fallimenti
di ogni tipo, su uomini di genio, su emarginati, su soldati
angosciati e destinati a morire sul campo di battaglia, su
persone che passano attraverso dure prove spirituali.
Il genio artistico si è spesso consacrato alla sua lode: pensate
alla “Pietà” di Michelangelo, al gran numero di Madonne
medievali e rinascimentali, alle vetrate incantevoli della
cattedrale di Chartres e alla più bella di tutte le icone: la
Madonna di Vladimir, che aspetta con pazienza, nel Museo
Tretiakov di Mosca, giorni migliori. Perché la Madonna ispira
tanta umanità? Forse perché è, come dicono gli ortodossi,
un’icona (= immagine) di Dio? Forse perché Dio parla per
suo tramite anche se Maria resta sempre una sua creatura, sia
pure una creatura unica grazie ai doni ricevuti dal Padre?
Tutto ciò è stato oggetto di discussioni, spesso accese, quando
spiriti grandi cercarono di esprimere in termini umani il
mistero di Dio fatto uomo. Maria fu definita madre di Dio,
“theotokos”, e ciò contribuì a calmare dispute intellettuali.
Questo appellativo è particolarmente caro ai cristiani dell’Est,
ai nostri fratelli del mondo ortodosso, ed è profondamente
radicato nella loro teologia, ripetuto spesso nelle loro belle
liturgie, specialmente nella liturgia bizantina, che è stata
considerata la “più perfetta” proprio per via delle sue
preghiere ufficiali dedicate al culto di Maria.
Cominciamo l’anno nel segno di questo grande mistero.
Cerchiamo allora di approfondire la nostra devozione a
Maria, Madre di Dio e nostra, eliminandone, però, ogni
traccia di sentimentalismo spicciolo. Tentiamo di convincere
i giovani che si tratta qui di un idealismo rispondente, certo,
alle aspirazioni più profonde dello spirito umano, ma che
richiede impegno e molto coraggio.
Buon Anno!
CHELAPACEELAGIOIA
SOVRABBONDINOINVOI
ENELLEVOSTREFAMIGLIE!
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Christmas Angel Tree
MARIA, LA MADRE DI DIO
Maria, da parte sua,
custodiva tutte queste cose,
meditandole nel suo cuore.
(Lc 2, 19)
Make a child’s Christmas happier by taking an Angel
and returning it with an unwrapped toy to the parish
office by this Wednesday. Thank you!
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REFLEXIONEMOS LA PALABRA DE DIOS
Evangelio del Domingo: (Lucas 2:16-21)
LA BENDICIÓN QUE RECIBIMOS
La bendición que experimentamos en Cristo Jesús es
proclamada en Números como una bendición especial
para el pueblo de Israel. Ellos y nosotros seremos
bendecidos por la invocación de la misericordia de Dios,
la gloria resplandeciente de su rostro que nos mira con
amor y no se aleja de nosotros con ira. ¡Hemos sido
bendecidos por la paz de Dios!
Nuestro deseo y nuestra esperanza se cumplen en
esta bendición, que se hace visible en la venida de Jesús.
En Jesús, la imagen del Dios invisible, se nos muestra su
rostro y su presencia se nos da a conocer en la bondad
amorosa y fiel.
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TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
En Nicaragua y otras naciones latinoamericanas se
celebra el final de un año con la “quema del año viejo”.
Construyen grandes muñecos con ropa vieja, pólvora y
papel que se encienden a medianoche entre los dos años.
Celebrar el comienzo de un año nuevo tiene una larga
trayectoria en la historia humana. Hace unos 4000 años el
pueblo de Babilonia ya festejaba la llegada de un nuevo
año con grandes fiestas de primavera. Los judíos, al igual
que otros pueblos agrícolas, también celebraban su año
nuevo durante la primavera, el primer día de Nisán (a principios de abril).
Fue Julio César quien nos dio la fecha del primero de
enero como el inicio de nuestro calendario. En 1582 el Papa
Gregorio XIII reformó el calendario para darnos el que actualmente está en uso. No obstante, los cristianos
continuaron celebrando el año nuevo en primavera para
evitar los excesos del “hombre viejo”. Hace 400 años la
Iglesia comenzó a celebrar el día primero de enero buscando cristianizarlo lo mejor posible. Por eso en el calendario
litúrgico este día es dedicado a María, Madre de Dios.
—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.,
MARÍA, MADRE DE DIOS
Mas María guardaba todas estas
cosas, confiriéndolas en su corazón.
(Lc 2, 19)
+ JESÚS +
el nombre que es sobre todo nombre
(Fil 2: 9)
¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!
¡Que la paz y la alegría
sean abundantes en ustedes
y todas sus familias!
Lectors for January 7th & January 8th
5:00pm
8:30am
9:30am
11:00am
12:15pm
1:30pm
Carlos Vera and Maria Gerbasi
Mike Mongiovi & Carmine Marino, Jr.
TBA
Filomena Matera e Carmelina Martone
Victor Vera and Alexandra Santos
TBA
Readings for the Week
January 2nd to January 7th
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28
1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29-34
1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42
1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 4:14-22a
1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20;
Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 [23, 31-34, 36, 38]
1 Jn 5:14-21; Sal 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 2:1-11
NEW YEAR’S BLESSINGS
TO ALL
May peace and joy be yours in abundance!
Fr. Jonathan, Fr. Urbano, Fr. Pio,
The Sisters & The Entire Sta
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