Parish Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 am-3 pm...we are closed on Fridays, unless there is a funeral.

LOCAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY MASS SCHEDULE Weekend Schedule St. Michael the Archangel: Sat 5:15 pm, Sun 7:30 and 10:15 am Signed Mass for the Hearing Impaired on the last Saturday of each month. Sacred Heart: Sat 4 pm, Sun 8:30 and 10:30 am St. Jude the Apostle: Sat 4 pm, Sun 9 and 11:30 am Weekday Schedule St. Michael the Archangel: Mon-Thurs at 12:10 pm Sacred Heart: Mon-Fri: 9:00 am St. Jude the Apostle: Mon-Fri: 8 am Keep informed about what is happening at St. Michael’s: Parish Website: http://www.stmichael-troy.com/ Parish Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/StMichaelTroyNY Download the Parish Phone App on your Smart Phone - iPhone users go to the App Store and android users go to Google Play. Search for MY Parish App. Download this App to your phone, & then search for St. Michael the Archangel Troy Parish Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saint_michaels_troy Twitter: https://twitter .com/StMichaelsTroy

SACRAMENTS • Baptism - Parents seeking Baptism for their child need to make an appointment with the Parish Deacon to begin the preparation process for the sacrament. Reconciliation - This sacrament of healing is available prior to the Vigil Mass and following the Vigil Mass or by appointment. Marriage - The couple should call the Pastor at least eight months in advance of the desired marriage date to begin the preparation process for the sacrament.

HOSPITAL /HOME VISITS • Parish members who are admitted to the hospital are encouraged to designate St. Michael's as their home parish. It is also helpful if a family member contacts the parish office to let us know of a hospitalization. Members of the parish who are homebound or who have been admitted to a Nursing/Rehabilitation facility and want to receive the Eucharist should call the parish office to request a visit and the Eucharist.

PRAYER CHAIN •Please call the parish office to activate the “Prayer Chain” for your special intentions and needs, or to become a member of this important ministry.

FAITH FORMATION • Our parish is committed to supporting parish members in lifelong Faith Formation through our Faith Formation process called “Whole Parish Catechesis.” We help to form the faith of the children in our parish in partnership with their parents. Persons who desire to become a member of the Catholic Faith, should call the parish office and request an appointment with the Pastor to learn about the RCIA process.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We welcome all of our visitors and want you to know that we are blessed to have you here to worship with us. To become a registered member of St. Michael's parish, please

call the Pastor for an appointment. We will be happy to have you as a member of our par-ish family. Saint Michael's is a friendly and caring community. Your presence among us

would be a blessing for us. Welcome!

Office: 175 Williams Road 518-283-6110 518-283-3938 (Fax) Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-3 pm Closed on Fridays Website: www.stmichael-troy.com

Staff: Pastor: The Very Rev. Anthony Ligato –ext. 202

anthony.ligato@rcda.org Parochial Vicar Rev. Zachariah Chichester-ext. 202 zach.chichester@rcda.org Rev. James M. Mackey-ext. 203 Assisting Priest

Theresa Reid-ext. 212 Administrative Assistant to the Pastor and Business Administrator StMichaeltheArchangel.Troy@rcda.org

Deacon Bob Sweeney-ext. 203 Director of Pastoral Care deaconbobsw@aol.com

Barbara Berger-ext. 204 Youth & Faith Formation BaBergerLLFF@gmail.com

Barbara McMahon-ext. 201 Parish Secretary St.MichaelsParish@live.com

Joseph Rizzo-ext. 213 Parish Music Director choirmaster1@nycap.rr.com Peggy Cross-ext. 205 Accountant PegCrossSMC@gmail.com Paul Burns –ext.206 Data Entry Administrator Paul.Burns@rcda.org Br. Ronald Davis, FSD-ext. 207 Head Sacristan and Cantor

Trustees: Robert Long rlong001@nycap.rr.com Ann Kowalczyk annmarie.kowalczyk@verizon.net

Ministry Chairs

Phyllis Flynn Mescia Pastoral Council President pmescia@nycap.rr.com Veronica Ciccarelli Women’s Guild President ronnieciccarelli@gmail.com Men’s Club President aborden2@nycap.rr.com

Ginny Amsden RN MS-Parish Nurse gindouga@hotmail.com

St. Michael the Archangel, Troy, New York Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 18-19, 2020 From Fr. Anthony Ligato

An Element of Surprise Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, There has been an element of surprise added to our every-day lives over these past several months caused by the pan-demic. One day we wake up and find we were going to

work from home and that our children were going to attend school remotely. For many, there would be no work availa-ble at all and they were laid off or lost their jobs all togeth-

er. For some people they were surprised when they found out that they had caught the virus. Many were surprised by the severity of their symptoms and others were surprised

they had no symptoms at all. These are only a few of the daily surprises we have had to withstand during these diffi-cult months, and we are a bit anxious on what surprises

await us.

The unexpected surprises of life do not have to cause us to be anxious, some surprises can be joy filled such as a sur-prise birthday party or a parable by Jesus Christ. There is always an element of surprise in the parables Jesus uses to teach His Disciples. The first surprise to any of Jesus’ para-bles is how He uses the ordinary events of every day to re-veal the that the Kingdom of God is present in the real mo-ments of life. The second way Jesus uses the element of sur-prise in the parables He tells; are the extraordinary decisions that are made by those in the parables. Take for example the Shepherd who leaves 99 sheep and goes searching for one lost sheep. This decision seems to put at risk 99 sheep just to save one. Or how Jesus challenges prejudice bigotry with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Samaritans were un-clean religiously and were outcasts in society, but Jesus uses the Samaritan and his good deeds to reveal the sins of the religious authorities. This element of surprise created anger among the religious authorities of Jesus’ time. There exists an element of surprise in the three parables we hear in today’s gospel from Matthew 13:24-43. Jesus teach-es His disciples the importance of patience by not being

hasty and judgmental. The first parable Jesus teaches the crowds and His disciples is the man who sowed good seed, “When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as

well.” The element of surprise comes with His response when He was told about the weeds. “Do you want us to go and pull them up? He replied, No, if you pull up the weeds

you might uproot the wheat along with them.” What farmer or gardener would exercise patience and let the weeds grow

alongside the crops all in an attempt to safeguard the entire crop.

The second parable Jesus offers is the parable of the

mustard seed. The element of surprise is that from a tiny mustard seed you will get the largest of plants which can provide a home to the birds of the air. “It

is the smallest of seeds, yet when full grown it is the largest of plants.” The lesson that comes from this element of surprise is that we should never pre-

judge. Just as a muster seed can grow into a great plant so too the Kingdom of Heaven will provide a home to all who believe through death on a cross.

The third parable we hear in today’s gospel is of the woman who took yeast and mixed it with three measures of wheat flour. Do you know how many people can be fed by three measures of wheat flour? 100 people! This is the element of surprise, that many people will be included in the Kingdom of Heaven. The final element of surprise comes when Jesus

teaches His disciples the meaning of the first para-ble. Jesus reveals himself as the Son of Man which is a messianic title from the Book of the Prophet

Ezekiel and the Book of the Prophet Daniel. “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the King-

dom.”

In each of these parables we learn who God is for us. The parable of the man who sowed good seed teach-es us; God is patient. The parable of the mustard

seed teaches us that God does not pre-judge us nor should we pre-judge one another. If a great plant can come from a mustard seed and salvation can come

from death on a cross, then faithfulness can come from a sinner. The parable of the woman who mixed yeast with three measures of flour teaches us that the

Kingdom of Heaven will expand to include many. Does this surprise you?

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Anthony

July Schedule for Adoration (with Confessions)

St. Michael’s-Tuesday, July 21 at 5:30 pm

St. Jude-Friday, July 24 at 5:30 pm

St. Michael’s-Tuesday, July 28 at 5:30 pm

St. Jude-Friday, July 31 at 5:30 pm

JULY 19, 2020

MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK: St. Michael’s Public & Live Streaming

Masses for July 18-19, 2020

4 pm Mass Livestreamed (St. Jude the Apostle) Public Mass Saturday, July 18 @ 5:15 pm J. Edward Sullivan, Jr.-Barhold Family Marjorie Flynn-Keegan Family Public Mass Sunday, July 19 @ 7:30 am Jack Berry-Wife, Virginia & Family Henerette Miller-Vince & Patty Callagan & Family Streaming Mass Sunday, July 19 @ 10:15 am Terri Prendergast-Ronnie & Mike Ciccarelli

MONDAY, July 20 @ 12:10 pm All Those Who Need Our Prayers during this Pandemic TUESDAY, July 21 @ 12:10 pm For the Intentions of Bishop Scharfenberger WEDNESDAY, July 22 @ 12:10 pm Health Care Workers in our Area Joanne Decker-Ed & Marie Budd THURSDAY, July 23 @ 12:10 pm Charles J. Masher (Birthday)-Estate FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 Office Closed

St. Michael’s Public & Live Streaming Masses for July 25-26, 2020

Public Mass-Saturday, July 25 @ 5:15 pm Edward VanValkenburg-Nancy Conroy Anthony Ferro (Birthday)-wife, Mary & Family Public Mass-Sunday, July 26 @ 7:30 am Donna Savoia-Ed & Sharon Simonik In Honor of St. Anne-Barbara & Jennifer McMahon Streaming Mass-Sunday, July 26 @ 10:15 am Josephine DiDomenicantonio-Husband, Mario & Family Terri Prendergast-Joan DeDeo Geraldine Caropreso-M/M Paul Burek This weekend, we will begin the nine day Novena to St. Anne, mother of Mary Immaculate. Our Novena will be prayed after all the Masses beginning Saturday, July 18 and conclude on Sun-day, July 26. St. Anne especially intercedes for Mothers, Grand-mothers, Unmarried women, Women in Labor, Infertile Women, Housewifes,, Cabinet makers & Miners. All are invited to join St. Jude the Apostle and St. Michael the Archangel parishes in praying this powerful Novena.

Tabernacle Votive Candle in Memory of a Loved one

If you would like to have the Tabernacle Votive Candle (either in Church or in the Chapel) lighted for one week in Memory of a loved one or for an-other intention, please call the parish office or e-mail the parish office. The announced intention will be included each week in the bulletin. The offering for the Tabernacle Votive Candle is $10.00, you can mail your offering to the parish office.

We will have two Sunday Masses Live

Streamed: Live Streaming of Masses at St. Michael the Arch-angel and St. Jude the Apostle Churches via Facebook pages: Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Mass Lived Streamed Sunday 10:15 AM Mass Live Streamed Daily Masses Live Streamed Monday-Friday at 8:00

AM Monday-Thursday- Lived Streamed at 12:10 PM

Schedule for the Week of July 18-19

July 18-4:00 PM Vigil Mass at St. Jude the Apostle July 19- 10:15 AM Mass at St. Michael the Archangel

July 19-25, 2020 Votive Lights

SANCTUARY (IN CHURCH) Catherine Chichester

From Friends

(IN CHAPEL)

John H. Reid, Sr.

From His Children

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Music for St. Michael the Archangel Church July 18-19, 2020

Opening Hymn: Blest Be the Lord Dan Schutte Refrain Blest be the Lord; blest be the Lord, the God of mercy, the God who saves. I shall not fear the dark of night, nor the arrow that flies by day. 1. He will release me from the nets of all my foes. He will protect me from their wicked hands. Beneath the shadow of his wings I will rejoice To find a dwelling place secure. 2. I need not shrink before the terrors of the night, nor stand alone before the light of day. No harm shall come to me, no arrow strike me down, no evil settle in my soul. Text: Based on Psalm 91. Text and music © 1976, OCP. All rights reserved. Offertory: Many and Great Ricky Manalo CSP 1. Many and great are bearers of the Word: the Christ speaks; the heart seeks. Gathered as one, we listen to the Word and share the meal of new birth. Refrain The wheat grows from springtime to fall; the wine flows; in Christ we recall the sharing of our lives with one and all. 2. Many and great are the seeds upon the field: the hand sows; the seeds grow. Take now and eat the covenant fulfilled the bread of promise and life. 3. Many and great are voices of despair: the rain falls; the voice calls. Take now and drink the wine of hope and care; our cup of blessings we share. 4. Many and great are pebbles in the sand: the sun glows; the wind blows. Take now and spread the Word to ev’ry land, the Word of goodness and hope. © 1995, Ricky Manalo, CSP. Published by OCP. All rights re-served.

Communion: Spirit and Grace Ricky Manalo, CSP 1. Spirit and grace, here in this meal; you are the wind that breathes through the field. Gather the wheat and form us in Christ. Come, be our source and breath of life. Refrain In the bread, blessed, broken and shared, Christ is our life, whose presence we bear. Come, O Spirit, make your grace revealed in this holy meal. 2. Spirit and grace, here in this meal; you are the life that flows through the vine. Gather this drink and form us in Christ. Come, be our source and blood of life.

© 2006, Ricky Manalo, CSP. Published by OCP. All rights re-served.& Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved. Closing: Celtic Alleluia: Sending Forth Fintan O’Carroll/Christopher Walker Refrain Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. 1. Now with the strength of your Word, send us to be your disciples, to bring all the world to the joy of your kingdom. 2. Fed with the Bread of new life, filled with the wine of compassion, send us out to serve all the world in your name. 3. Now make us steadfast in faith, joyful in hope of Christ’s coming, and by unity let your love fill our lives.

© 1985, 1996, Fintan O’Carroll and Christopher Walker. Pub-lished by OCP. All rights reserved.