OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

28-47 43 Street, Astoria, NY 11103 Phone: (718) 278-1611

E-mail: religious.ed@stjosephastoria.org

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Parish STAFF

SACRAMENTS

5:00 p.m. (English) 7:45am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish),

12:00 Noon

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION After 12:00 Mass until 4:00pm.

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 28, 2018 Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the L who made us. — Psalm 95:6 ************************************************************************ TRUE PROPHETS In Deuteronomy today we hear that God’s very words will fill the mouth of a true prophet, but a false prophet will, in a manner of speaking, put mere mortal words into God’s mouth. In Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus teaching and healing as a true prophet, one filled with the authority of God’s own voice. The whole history of our church is filled with both true and false prophets. Some false prophets were extremely popular and quite well-versed in scripture, and even held positions of authority. But in today’s Gospel we learn that Jesus’ fame spread because he taught with authority; he wasn’t an authority because he was popular or famous. Elsewhere, we also learn from him, in his desert temptation confrontations with Satan, that anyone can quote scripture, even against God’s purposes. Today we hear that his authority was not like that of the scribes, who held the official positions of religious authority in his day. Our work is to do our best to discern the true prophets in our midst, and to be true prophets as well. The psalmist tells us how to do this: by not hardening our hearts when God speaks. If we truly listen to God, it will be God’s very words filling our mouths. ************************************************************************ READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Ps 3:2-7; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30 — 19:3; Ps 86:1-6; Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chr 29:10-12; Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32] Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9-14; Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 ************************************************************************

First Friday This Friday, February 2nd is First Friday of the month. The Most Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration following the 12:00Noon Mass and will conclude at 4:00pm with Benediction. ************************************************************************

Memorial of St. Blaise ~ Feb. 3rd

The traditional blessing of throats will take place during the celebration of 8am Mass on Saturday, February 3, 2018

PRAYER INTENTIONS F T S H

James Leung, Remington Stufford, Hugh Smith, George Glus

***********************************************************************Those Who Have Entered into Eternal Life

Lucia Dilluvio, Bozica Sporer, Anita Ripollone, Carmen Bittarelli,

Rino Smokovich, Alesandro Pitraseli & Sabrina Burruto

Saturday, January 27: Vigil Mass 5:00 Frank Cassar, Pasquale Piccirillo & Edwad John Vineski Sunday, January 28: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week Masses of the Day:

7:45 People of the Parish 9:00 Alice & William Bissell Giordano Vlacich Vincente Hernandez, Vlado Turcinovic 10:30 Jose Zambrano, Margarita Gomez Perez Julia Vargras 12:00 Maria Stankievich 7:00 p.m. People of the Parish Monday, January 29: 8:00 Bolivar Ramos 12:00 Salvacion Tawat Tuesday, January 30: 8:00 Guerino Smokovich 12:00 Filippo Navarro Wednesday, January 31: St. John Bosco 8:00 Mass Available 12:00 Maria Camilleri 7:30pm Garcia Victoriano Family Thursday, February 1: The Presentation of the Lord; Groundhog Day; First Friday 8:00 John Henri Perez 12:00 Nicola Rosano Friday, February 2: 8:00 Michael Vasa Kozokar 12:00 Luigi Davi Saturday, February 3: St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; First Saturday; Blessing of Throats; Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 Purgatorial Society 5:00 Joseph Ciciliato Sunday, February 4: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Consecrated Life Masses of the Day:

7:45 Mass Available 9:00 Pawla & Mariano Cauchi 10:30 Dulfredo Rivera & Rocio Rivera, Giovanni Troya 12:00 Denis Dawning & Rory McGonigle

MASS SCHEDULE

Valentine’s Day The Cursillistas Group of St. Joseph’s church invites you, your family and friends to our annual dinner dance party to celebrate Valentine’s Day. This event will take place on:

Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Tickets: $25 per adult, Children $10 (7 -12 years old). If you want to buy tickets you can get them in the parish rectory, for further information call at: 718-278-1611

Fiesta bailable de San Valentín

Gran fiesta bailable con motivo de celebrar el día de San Valentín. Sábado 10 de Febrero 2018 de 7:00pm a 12am. Venga a celebrar el día del amor y la amistad con su familia y amigos. Todos están cordialmente invitados, boletos a la venta en la rectoría de la parroquia. Adultos $25 y niños $10 (7-12 años), menores de 6 años

Mass in honor of the Virgin of Suyapa

Honduran parishioners from St. Joseph’s church invite to a Mass in honor of our Lady of Suyapa, on Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. All are cordially invited to the Mass of our Blessed Virgin of Suyapa, patron saint of Honduras.

*** Misa en honor a la virgen de

Suyapa Feligreses hondureños pertenecientes a la iglesia de San José tienen la alegría de invitar a una Misa en honor de nuestra Virgen de Suyapa, el día martes 6 de Febrero a las 7:30 p.m. Todos cordialmente invitados a la misa de nuestra Santísima Virgen de Suyapa, patrona de Honduras

BAPTISMS Please note that there are no Baptisms during the season of Lent. All Baptisms during the Easter Season will take place during the Sunday Masses only. In order to make arrangements for your child’s Christening please call the parish office at: 718-278-1611 ***********************************************************************

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION One of the most unusual Catholic churches in the world is in Amsterdam: Our Lord in the Attic, or as the locals say, “Ons Lieve Heer op Solder.” What looks like a beautiful narrow brick mansion alongside a canal is a clever disguise for a very well-preserved seventeenth-century home and a secret church. During the Reformation, the Netherlands was divided into Protestant Holland and the Spanish Netherlands, now known as Belgium, a Catholic stronghold. Protestant reformers seized all the Catholic parishes in Holland and “de-Catholicized” them. New laws forbade the celebration of the Mass in public. St. Nicholas Church was renamed “Old Church” by the new owners, and the dispossessed Catholics got to work “hiding” St. Nicholas Parish in the upper floors of this mansion. Other Catholics did the same thing, but this is the only hidden church that survives today. Sunday Mass is still celebrated here. It’s a beautiful hideaway, with nothing spared in regard to marble, gilding, a pipe organ, and classic Dutch painting. A few steps away, the Old Church, begun in 1250, stands emptied of the statues and carvings of its Catholic days, its windows replaced by plain glass. The new tenants gave up when it came to the ceiling, which is still painted with saints, biblical scenes, and merchant ships. The Dutch reformers were tolerant sorts, and as long as the Catholics kept out of sight, they were out of mind. Catholicism was at last tolerated in Holland after 1853, but in 1924 when the International Eucharistic Congress was held in Amsterdam, processions of Catholics were still forbidden in the streets. Today, Roman Catholics are about 19 percent of the population, and there’s no need for any of them to hide in the attic. ***********************************************************************

CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS If anyone is in need of a contribution statement for tax purposes, please contact the Parish Office. ***********************************************************************

Distribution of the precious blood, Temporary Suspended

The Bishop of Brooklyn, has mandated that effective immediately, the distribution of the precious blood to the faithful at Mass, be suspended. This suspension will be lifted upon conclusion of this flu season. Please also refrain from physically exchanging the sign of peace at Mass. Please refrain from the reception of Holy Communion from the cup and avoid shaking hands with others before, during, and after Mass if you are sick or have be sneezing or coughing.

Cuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

28 de enero de 2018 Vengan, y puestos de rodillas, adoremos y bendigamos al Señor, que nos hizo. — Salmo 95(94):6 ************************************************************************

PROFETAS VERDADEROS Hoy en Deuteronomio oímos que las palabras de Dios llenarán la boca de un profeta verdadero, pero un profeta falso pondrá, por así decirlo, palabras meramente humanas en boca de Dios. En el Evangelio según san Marcos, vemos a Jesús enseñando y curando como un profeta verdadero con la autoridad de la voz de Dios. La historia de nuestra Iglesia está llena de ambos tipos de profetas. Algunos profetas falsos fueron extremadamente populares y eran muy versados en la Sagrada Escritura, incluso ocupaban puestos de autoridad eclesial. Pero en el Evangelio de hoy descubrimos que la fama de Jesús se extendió porque enseñaba con autoridad; no era una autoridad porque fuera popular o famoso. En otra parte, descubrimos con él, cuando es tentado y enfrenta a Satanás en el desierto, que cualquiera puede citar la Sagrada Escritura, incluso si estos van en contra de los propósitos de Dios. Hoy oímos que su autoridad no era como la de los escribas, que eran la autoridad oficial religiosa en su época. Nuestra tarea es hacer todo lo posible por saber identificar a los verdaderos profetas que están entre nosotros y también a ser verdaderos profetas. El salmista nos dice cómo hacerlo: no debemos endurecer nuestros corazones cuando escuchamos a Dios. Si realmente escuchamos a Dios, Dios pondrá sus palabras en nuestra boca. *************************************************************** TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE El día 2 de febrero se celebrará la Candelaria. En este día se conmemora la purificación de María, cuarenta días después de que dio a luz a Jesús. Candelaria viene del verbo latín candere (brillar), de allí la palabra candela, o sea, veladora. La celebración de la Purificación de María y la Presentación del Niño Jesús en el templo se conmemora con la bendición de todas las velas y veladoras que se van a usar durante el año. Esto se hace con la esperanza de que nunca venga a faltar la luz, tanto material como espiritual, en las casas de los fieles. Los cristianos, como Simeón en el templo, pueden decir que ellos también han visto la salvación; Jesús la verdadera luz que brilla en brazos de María. En Puerto Rico tradicionalmente esta fiesta se celebra con la quemazón de los árboles de navidad, basura, palos, cosas viejas, etc. Esta costumbre subraya el deseo de dejar atrás todo lo malo para que llegue lo bueno; es decir terminar con la oscuridad para que brille la luz. ***************************************************************

Declaraciones de Impuestos Estaremos enviando una carta de impuestos automáticamente a todos nuestros feligreses que donaron más de $1000 durante este año. (2017) si alguien necesita una declaración de contribución para propósitos tributarios, por favor comuníquese con la oficina de la rectoría.

YOU ARE INVITED TO A MARDI GRAS BREAKFAST

February 4, 2018 after 9:00 a.m., 10:30a.m., and

12 Noon Masses School Social Center (Cafeteria)

Please come and join us for

breakfast, we will have pancakes, eggs, Coffee, juice, sausage, bagels and more….

Entrance is free, you pay only for what you eat, please bring your whole family or a friend and enjoy a delicious Breakfast and an opportunity to meet other parishioners. ************************************************************************

Save the Date! Patronal Feast Day of St. Joseph

Sunday, March 18, 2018

10:00a.m. ~ Solemn Mass in honor of St. Joseph with the blessing and distribution of Bread, Procession with the statue of St. Joseph ending in

benediction.

1:00pm ~ 6:00 p.m. Annual Parish Gala Dinner Dance

at Riccardo’s By the Bridge

Full Cocktail Hour and Open Bar

Sit-down Dinner Music & Dancing

50/50, and other Raffles

Additional details to follow Shortly! ***********************************************************************

Donations Needed St. Joseph Church needs your help with some goods for our St. Joseph Feast. Needed: NEW Gifts such as jewelry, items for the home such as electronic devices, gift baskets, or gift certificates, business sponsors, and monetary donations.

PLEASE BRING ALL DONATIONS TO SAINT JOSEPH’S PARISH OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!.

Update on Parish Weekly Collection, January 21, 2018

Sunday Collection………………..………....$5,225 H.E.L.P..........................................................$1,666 Total Collection ............................................$6,891 ***********************************************************************

The Divine Mercy Prayer Group Please join us for our weekly meeting every Wednesday at

12:30 p.m, at Holy Family Room; Length of meeting is

approximately one hour. ***********************************************************************

Food Pantry Our Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 8:00 —9:30am, to assist any parishioner that is need of food. To register please bring a NYC Benefit card. Please Note: The Secure Food deposit Box… Located in the front lobby of our church on the Rectory side. Please deposit all dry food (pasta, rice, beans, cans and bottles) there. This will assist us in securing that your food donations go directly to the needy. ***********************************************************************

Welcome to Our Parish Please mark one:

Please register me and, yes, send me envelopes. Please contact me about becoming a Catholic or

completing my initiation as a Catholic through the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Con-firmation.

Please contact me about Religion Education for my child.

Please contact me about how I can volunteer.

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