May 24, 2020—Sunday After the Ascension

Daily Masses Resumed Monday, May 11.

Seating is limited to the first 250 in our church at Epiphany, so come early! 6:30 am and 8:00 am.

Sunday Masses will resume next weekend—May 30/31

Due to attendance restrictions more details to come. Details will be posted on our website as soon as possible.

(epiphanytampa.com)

Please supply Epiphany’s CCW with the name of your 2020 graduate (High School or college level) so we can recognize them via our bulletin and on Flocknote.

In the past, the ECCW has provided cakes after the Sunday Masses to celebrate your graduates. Unfortunately we won’t be able to do that this

year, but we still want to recognize them. These are big mile-stones and deserve acknowledgement.

Contact: Jennifer Whiskeyman at jenwhiskeyman@gmail.com or by Flocknote, or the parish office at mark@epiphanytampa.com

Thank you.

And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

[Job 17:9]

Epiphany of Our Lord wishes

Fr. Mangiafico a very Happy 50th

Anniversary to the Priesthood !!!

Ordained

May 23,

1970

Latin Masses for the Week: MAY

25 Mon St. Gregory VII, Comm: St. Urban I

26 Tues St. Philip Neri, Comm: St. Eleutheriu

27 Wed St. Bede the Venerable, Comm: St. John I

28 Thurs St. Augustine of Canterbury

29 Fri St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi

30 Sat Vigil of Pentecost

31 Sun Pentecost Sunday

From the Pastor:

As the Covid-19 scare continues everyone is trying to figure out which “system” works best for opening up closed businesses. The Church is no different than businesses in this regard. How can we celebrate Mass with the least possibility of spreading around a very virulent virus? I have been trying to piece together what would be the ideal form of Mass for battling this virus. Any bishops who wish to use my findings are most welcome to do so.

First of all, some people worry that the virus can be aerosolized, or sprayed through breath, so the obvious solution is a Mass without a choir. That is not ideal for big celebrations, solemnities, and other great festivals, but it is not unworkable. The virus in its airborne form travels fewer than 6 feet unless the person infected sings, shouts, talks loudly, or otherwise projects his voice in a lung-emptying manner. There should be no singing (nor any verbal responses) from the pews, either, since if a choir can infect others, so much more can several hundred “active participants” spread the virus. With singing and speaking being eliminated the virus will not travel anywhere near six feet from the infected breather. Bishops are suggesting using only every other pew, to give the virus time to fall before hitting a person. But it will not travel 6 feet if it encounters a “roadblock”, such as the crook of your arm, or another solid obstacle. The virus will seemingly stop at the barrier and stick to it. Barriers are good but we don’t need plexiglass in the pews. We can simply use every pew, not every other one, so that the clothing on the backside of the people in front of others becomes barriers! The person behind you will, if infected, cover your back with the breathed-out virus, keeping it from going any further. You don’t touch your back so you won’t infect yourself and you become a virus filter for everyone else. Friction, which you will have every time you sit or adjust yourself in your pew, car, or Lazyboy, evidently kills the coronavirus, as does laundering clothing, so the filter is self-cleaning! Also, unless the infected person breathes through his ears, he will not infect the people on either side of him, so there is no reason to sit six feet apart from him. In fact, the closer we pack the people in, the better the chance that the human filter in front will do all the dirty work, as fidgeting, moving around, and turning every which way would be eliminated in a tightly packed congregation.

The priest should face away from the people so that he can neither give nor receive the virus. The altar boy should also not hold the missal for the priest, as each would then be breathing directly into the face of the other. Rather, the missal should remain always on the altar and the priest should say the prayers and read the readings facing away from everybody. The few times the priest should turn to address the people, he should be far from them, perhaps with the sanctuary marked off with a barrier of some sort, like an altar rail, and should keep his head humbly facing slightly down in order to force the virus particles to the floor more quickly. A homily could easily be dispensed with under such circumstances, like the Tridentine (but not Novus Ordo) liturgical rules allow, eliminating the only major time an infected priest would spew his viruses toward the people or vice versa. Obviously, a safe Mass would also have no sign of peace (even turning to wave makes people breathe towards each other) and no hand-holding at -- or even congregational recitation of -- the Our Father. At Communion time the people could approach the barrier (altar rail) and, since they don’t breath sideways, kneel (so that they are not standing face to face with the priest) side by side to receive Holy Communion on the tongue without saying a word, not even “amen.” The priest could give the Benediction to each person using a whispered prayer, virtually eliminating any chance of viruses escaping his mouth. It is much better that only one person, the priest, distribute Holy Communion rather than increase the odds of having an infected distributor by employing extraordinary ministers. Also, since the hands are the main carriers of the virus to the eyes, nose, and mouth of the uninfected person, distributing Holy Communion on the tongue eliminates all possibility of the priest touching a virus-laden hand and passing it on to every other person from that point forward. It goes without saying that the priest should be the only one consuming the Precious Blood and should purify the sacred vessels himself. Formal prayers after Mass, which break the utter silence of the congregation up until then, would be recited by the people on their knees with bowed heads and in subdued voices. Time spent afterward in silent thanksgiving not only would spread no virus but would give people the chance to depart whenever they finish rather than uniformly in an unsafe group jostling each other, fighting for the exits as the Mass ends.

It should be clear by now that the safest form of Mass is a crowded Traditional Latin Low Mass. Worldwide, only it should be celebrated until such time as we can, perhaps in stage 2, transition into an occasional High Mass or, in stage three, Solemn High Mass. By then, we should all be inoculated against all other unsafe forms of Mass and liturgical abuses will depart with the coronavirus! With prayers for your holiness, Rev. Fr. Edwin Palka

THIS WEEK ————— Sunday, May 24 American Heritage Girls Troop Meeting, 8:45 a.m., Classrooms 3, 4, 5 & 6 Team 91, 12:30 p.m., Classrooms 1, 2 & 3 Monday, May 25, Parish Office is Closed for Memorial Day

Pray the Rosary & Divine Mercy!

Tuesday, May 26,

Poker Night, 6:00 p.m., Parish Room Pray the Rosary & Divine Mercy!

Wednesday, May 27,

Spiritual Mothers, 8:45 a.m., Church

American Heritage Girls End of Year Court of Honor, 7:00 p.m., Social Hall

Thursday, May 28, Latin Vespers, 6:00 p.m., sung in the Church Friday, May 29, Pray the Rosary & Divine Mercy!

Saturday, May 30

DOVES, 11:00 a.m., Classroom 5

Altar Boy Training, 12:30 p.m., Church

VIGIL MASS RESUMES!, 5:00 p.m.

NEXT WEEK ————— Sunday, May 31 SUNDAY MASSES RESUME! Team 91, 12:30 p.m., Classrooms 1, 2 & 3 Monday, June 1, Pray the Rosary & Divine Mercy!

Tuesday, June 2,

Poker Night, 6:00 p.m., Parish Room

Wednesday, June 3,

Spiritual Mothers, 8:45 a.m., Church

American Heritage Girls Board Meeting,

7:00 p.m., Social Hall

Thursday, June 4, Latin Vespers, 6:00 p.m., sung in the Church Friday, June 5, First Friday, see schedule on the front cover Schedule a First Friday Holy Hour: call Carole Palka, 786-475-5952 (if no answer, please leave a message)

Saturday, June 6

DOVES, 11:00 a.m., Classroom 5

Please check our website calendar at www.epiphanytampa.com

PARISH CALENDAR

Church Activities are slowly resuming. Please be sure to check the bulletin and our

website for your event’s schedule.

Summer Catholic Enrichment Week July 13 thru July 17

To Volunteer or Register: 813-234-8693 or mark@epiphanytampa.com.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday: 05-23-20 L-8:00 AM Margaret Breslin by the Ryan Family E-8:00 AM Troy Fields—Healing by Bertha Frank 8:00 PM For All Parishioners

Sunday: 05-24-20 7:30 AM †Whitney LeGare by Teresa & Ashley Miller 10:30 AM †Grace Williams by Michael & Amanda Prince

Monday: 05-25-20 6:30 AM †Dan Johnston by Michael & Amanda Prince 8:00 AM

Tuesday: 05-26-20 6:30 AM Claire—Happy Birthday by Doughtrill Cezair 8:00 AM Greta & Cliff Harris by Bertha Frank

Wednesday: 05-27-20 6:30 AM †Jacinta Bunnell & †Patrick McConville by the Ryan Family 8:00 AM

Thursday: 05-28-20 6:30 AM Sarah Cimino—Happy Birthday by Kevin & Gayle Cimino 8:00 AM

Friday: 05-29-20 6:30 AM †Janette McCarty by Michael & Amanda Prince 8:00 AM

Saturday: 05-30-20 L-8:00 AM Nicole Rosendale—Happy Birthday by Mark & Cate E-8:00 AM 5:00 PM For All Parishioners

Sunday: 05-31-20 7:30 AM Hannah Zupco—Happy Birthday (5/28) by Dad & Mom 10:30 AM †Joe Frank by Lisa Hohmann

All Latin Masses in the 2020 Mass Book have been booked. Novus Ordo Masses are Available.

Masses will not be booked without payment of the stipend. Office hours are Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

PRAYER LIST

Please remember in your thoughts and prayers the sick and homebound of our community & others needing prayer.

Special Intentions Armando Alicea, Brian, Leo Comtois, TJ & Tamara Davis, R. Jones, Robert & Lucas Matysuk, Nicole, Kay Rodgers

For Healing: Dolly Albok, Mary Arguelles, Alice Baker, Carmen Baker,

Mary Ann Baker, Jesse Beacham Jr., Melba Beacham, Rachell Beacham,

Michael Britton, Sara Britton, Sarah Comtois, Ariel Grubach, Gloria Jurado, Kim Kale, Denis Lankowski, Fr. Dilan Machado, Helen

Madden, Ann Martin, Katherine Martin, Deacon Max Montayre, Lourdes Munoz, Maria Munoz, Lee Nelson, Ed Palka Sr.,

Dorothy Sands-Cox, Gloria Sims, William Sims, Melissa Wutke

(813-234-8693 /www.epiphany_tampa2@yahoo.com)

Offertory 5-17-20—$1,315.00

Online Giving—$3,094.00

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns in Loving Memory

of JOHN & JOSEPHINE MATYSUK By KIM MATYSUK

Welcome to Our Parish

EPIPHANY CATHOLIC CHURCH IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE VISITORS and

NEW PARISHIONERS WITH US

Social in the Church Hall after the 7:30 & 10:30 morning Masses each Sunday.

Please join us to get acquainted!

New parishioners may register by visiting the Parish Website http://www.epiphanytampa.com or place your registration form

(located in the back of the church) in the offertory basket. Office: (813) 234-8693 / Monday-Friday 9:00AM-3:00PM

2020 Annual Pastoral Appeal

Goal: $44,370.84 Pledged: $15,251.00 Paid: $12,927.00

B. Bernard of Menthon, Confessor : He was by birth a noble Savoyard, and spent his youth in innocence, penance, and serious studies. When he was grown up his father proposed to him an honourable match; but the young man earnestly desiring to devote himself to the service of the church, and recommending himself to God, privately withdrew, and put himself under the direction of Peter, archdeacon of Aoust,

with whom he made great progress in piety and sacred learning. In 966 the bishop of Aoust appointed him archdeacon; which office comprised at that time the jurisdiction both of the grand vicar and official, consequently the whole government of the diocese under the bishop. Bernard, by pious meditation, prayer, and fasting, and by an indefatigable application to the function of preaching during forty-two years, banished ignorance and superstition, and reformed the dioceses of Aoust, Sion, Geneva, Tarantaise, Milan, and Novara. Having destroyed a famous idol of Jupiter on a high mountain in the Walais, and detected the cheat of the priests who gave oracles concealed in its hollow trunk, he erected near that place a monastery and a hospital, now called Great St. Bernard; for he founded on two inhospitable roads and mountains the two monasteries of Great and Little St. Bernard, which are hospitals for the entertainment of all travelers; without which charitable succours hundreds of travelers would yearly perish. St. Bernard died at Novara, eighty-five years old, on the 28th day of May, 1008. He is honoured with a solemn office in many churches in Piedmont, on the 15th of June, which was the day of his burial. His body is enshrined in the monastery at Novara. But his head is exposed in a rich case in the monastery of Monte-Joye, which bears his name in the diocese of Aoust.

Even though the national Sacred Music Colloquiam at Jesuit High School has been cancelled, the chant camp director is still available to do a chant camp for us the week of June 15. Father has given permission to do this, with the stipulation that we will have to observe the guidelines in effect at that time. He's actually very excited about doing something that will help us "get back to being a church community again."

The hours would likely be something like 10-3 during the day. She has also offered to do something during the evening if there is an interest in that.

Please respond to Jean Cantu at cantujean@me.com with your interest in this, either for children, teens, or adults.

Thank you!

Reminder: Please return your Prayers and Pennies donation cans. Thanks!