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Sunday, February 3, 2019| Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C)

PARISH STAFF

Pastor Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Israel K. Boadi

Coordinator of Religious Education Sr. Edna Loquias, S.M.C.

Office Manager Mr. Esteban Perez

Parish Secretary Miss Elizabeth Mannini

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor Mr. Bilen Eminov

Youth Minister School Principal Mr. Jesus Vargas Ms. Valerie Savino

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday 8:30am | 12:00pm (Both English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil Mass - English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre -Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

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.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Center.

OLMC SCHOOL: 2465 BATHGATE AVENUE

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

PARISH CENTER

2380 Belmont Avenue Bronx, NY 10458

Open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

February 3, 2019 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 2

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Sunday, February 3rd| Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:30am Deceased Parents & Benefactors of the Sisters 9:30am Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo 11:00am Adelfia, Lisa, Ronnie e Bernardo Civitarese

12:15pm Patsy Santise 1:30pm Josue Gonzalez y Carlos Luna

Monday, February 4th | Weekday

8:30am Richard Pizzonia 12:00pm Joseph & Louise Spedaliere; Mario Campanelli 6:30pm Vasil Pajovic

Tuesday, February 5th | St. Agatha

8:30am Salvatore DeStefano 12:00pm Cristiana Patalano 6:30pm Pasquale & Silvana Marsibilio

Wednesday, February 6th | St. Paul Miki & Companions

8:30am Lucia Petti 12:00pm Deceased of the Borgatti Family 6:30pm In Honor of the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

Thursday, February 7th | Weekday

8:30am Deceased of the Santaniello Family 12:00pm Shirley Conway 6:30pm Pietro Merolla

Friday, February 8th | Weekday; St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita

8:30am Paul, Rose & Rocco Neglio 12:00pm Michael & Jane Verini 6:30pm Mr. & Mrs. Rolline Housette, Josephine Housette and Louis Paone

Saturday, February 9th | Weekday; BVM

8:30am Danielle Tassio 12:00pm Silvana Marsibilio

5:00pm Eleanor Parrinella

Sunday, February 10th| Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:30am Pasqua & Giovanni Del Vecchio 9:30am Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo 11:00am Calogero Carollo e Francesco Cibelli 12:15pm Hermy John Ortiz 1:30pm Arcangelo, Arcangela, Antonietta y Alesandra Cardillo

From the Desk of Father Jonathan

One of the great joys I have as a priest is visit-ing parishioners in the hospital. I don't know if it was the cold weather or just coincidence, but this week we had many hospitalized parishion-ers. On one occasion, I visited three parish-ioners on the same floor in the same hospi-tal. We had a little family reunion of sort. As difficult as a hospital stay is for the patient, I always find the pastoral visit to be joyful. The Lord brings us hope! The Lord brings us light! The Lord heals us, especially our soul! During one of the hospital visits this week, a parishioner told me, "After being in here for so many days, Fr. Jonathan, things get put into perspective. Not one of us in this hospital is taking any money with him or her when we die!" He said it in a very serious and deeply spiritual way. It took me by surprise. But it is so true. When we are healthy, it is easy to live for things that are here today but that won't help us in the life to come. We are so easily tempted to live as if we will be here forev-er. Sickness and age are brutal, but healthy reminders, that what matters most in life is not money or comfort, but rather FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE! Are we investing wisely in our eternity by living with integrity today? Are we investing in build-ing up our faith, hope, and love? I thank you all for daily teaching me by exam-ple how to live with your eyes fixed on heaven, while keeping your feet firmly planted on earth. God bless, Father Jonathan

+REST IN PEACE+ Pray for Gerardo Logripo and all the faithful departed

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WEEKEND MASSES - 1/27/19

Collection …………................................................$3,899.21

Last year’s Collection ........................................$3,689.53

WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 1/27/19

Adults: ……. 805 Children: …… 314 Total: …… 1,119

February 3, 2019 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 3

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord (Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19). Psalm — I will sing of your salvation (Psalm 71). Second Reading — If I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing (1 Corinthians 12:31 — 13:13 [13:4-13]). Gospel — No prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown (Luke 4:21-30). 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.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

The song of the angels, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” resounds from our lips at every Mass. There was a widespread be-lief in the first religions of the world that God stirred cre-ation into being by a word, a song, a musical note. Music and a sense of God’s presence have always been insepa-rable. In the liturgy, your voice is invited into this song as the priest names the reasons for our praise. “Heaven and earth are full of your glory,” and we are not passive on-lookers, but participants in this glory. Catholic prayer no longer assigns this angelic hymn to a choir, but gives it to you to sing. Even if your voice is thought to be suitable only for a well‑insulated shower stall, you are called into this song. We are born to sing—just listen to a baby testing the full range of newly‑discovered vocal abilities. Soon we get shushed and hushed into quiet, and given lots of mes-sages that our voices are unwanted, and that we need to raise our hands in order to be heard. All of that is over-turned in liturgy, the place where God waits to hear us come alive in the song of all creation. In heaven, every-one’s in the choir; why not start practicing now?

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La Letture Oggi

Ger 1,4-5.17-19 Ti ho stabilito profeta delle nazioni.

Sal 70 La mia bocca, Signore, raccontera’ la tua salvezza

1Cor 12,31-13,13 Rimangono la fede, la speranza, la carità; ma la più grande di tutte è la carità.

S. Girolamo Emiliani

Il fondatore dei Somaschi, Girolamo Emiliani (o Mia-

ni) nacque a Venezia nel 1486 da una famiglia nobile (il padre era senatore della Serenissima, la madre era dis-cendente di dogi). Ultimo di quattro fratelli, a soli dieci anni rimase orfano di padre e nel 1506 iniziò la carriera pubblica. Nel 1511 andò a Castelnuovo di Quero a sosti-tuire il fratello Luca, ferito in guerra, e durante un violen-to assedio nemico (Venezia combatteva allora contro la Lega di Cambrai) venne catturato e imprigionato. Nell’umiliazione del carcere subì una profon-da trasformazione interiore, e promise alla Madonna di cambiare vita. Liberato, secondo la tradizione agiografica miracolosamente grazie alla intercessione della Vergine, passando inosservato tra i nemici, andò a Treviso nel santuario di S. Maria Maggiore per sciogliere il suo voto. Al termine del suo mandato a Castelnuovo, nel 1527 ab-bandonò l’attività militare e politica per occuparsi della vedova di Luca (che era morto nel 1519) e dei tre nipoti, amministrando il loro patrimonio. Più tardi, essendo de-ceduto un altro fratello, Marco, prese a carico anche i suoi tre figli. Tornato a Venezia di dedicò interamente a Dio, accostandosi alle esperienze spirituali e caritati-ve più originali della rinascita religiosa della prima metà del Cinquecento; nel 1522 era stato fondato per opera di san Gaetano Thiene l’ospedale degli Incurabili e lì Giro-lamo conobbe anche nel 1527 Gian Piero Carafa (il futu-ro Paolo IV) che diventò il suo direttore spirituale, e i primi teatini giunti da Roma, che lo coinvolsero nella loro attività a favore dei poveri e degli ammalati. Nel corso della tremenda carestia che infierì nella regione nel biennio 1528-29, il santo prestò assistenza nell’ospedale degli Incurabili e soprattutto in quello del Bersaglio, alla cui direzione era stato posto, accogliendovi tutti quelli che vi si presentavano, ma soprattutto gli orfani e le orfa-ne che raccoglieva dalla strada. Per questi ultimi rilevò una bottega dando vita al pio luogo di S. Basilio, per in-segnare loro i primi elementi della dottrina cristiana e per avviarli all’arte della lana. © familiacristiana.it

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Dios destina a Jeremías a ser profeta de las naciones (Jeremías 1:4-5, 17-19). Salmo — Señor, tú eres mi esperanza (Salmo 71 [70]). Segunda lectura — El amor con todas sus muchas face-tas es la más importante de las virtudes (1 Corintios 12:31 — 13:13 [13:4-13]). Evangelio —Jesús reclama que su misión salvífica es para todos los pueblos (Lucas 4:21-30). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario I © 1976, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En muchos hogares Latinos el tiempo de Navidad terminó el día dos de febrero con la levantada del Niño Dios en la fiesta de la Candelaria. Es interesante como el pueblo cristiano tiene un cierto afecto para Jesús en su aspecto de niño. Desde hace siglos con el evangelista Lu-cas y la virgen María la imaginación cristiana ha ido bus-cando al Divino Niño en el templo; con san Cristóbal lle-va cargando al Niño Dios sobre los hombros mientras cruza el río de la vida y san Antonio de Lisboa juega con el Niñito Jesús sobre un libro teológico mientras estudia la Palabra de Dios. Fueron los monjes cistercienses del siglo XII quienes primero desarrollaron esta devoción al Niño Jesús. En su afán por conocer mejor al Dios hecho humano entraban por medio de la meditación imaginativa en los cuatro evangelios. Esta meditación es un entrar en la vida de Jesús de tal manera que vives los eventos en tu corazón y desarrollar así una relación afectiva con el Señor. La de-voción al Niño Dios debe ser acompañada de la lectio divina.

—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Oración a Santa Josefina Bakhita Santa Josefina Bakhita, cuando niña, fuiste vendida como esclava y tuviste que pasar indecibles dificultades y sufrimiento. Una vez liberada de tu esclavitud física, hallaste la verdadera redención en tu encuentro con Cristo y su Iglesia. Oh, Santa Bakhita, ayuda a todos aquellos que están atrapados en la esclavitud; en nombre de ellos, intercede ante Dios para que sean liberados de las cadenas de su cautiverio. Que Dios libere a todo aquel que ha sido esclavizado por el hombre. Bríndales alivio a los que sobreviven la esclavitud y permite que ellos Le vean como modelo de fe y esperanza. Ayuda a todos los sobrevivientes para que encuentren la sanación de sus heridas. Te suplicamos orar e interceder por los que se encuentran esclavizados entre nosotros.

Amen.

ST. JOSEPH PASTA SOCIAL

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8:30am M. Mongiovi & C. Marino, Jr. 11:00am F. Matera & M. Barrett 12:15pm M. Gerbasi & F. Spano

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

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OLMC YOUTH GROUP - “ROOTED”

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HOLY NAME SOCIETY

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