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Pentecost Sunday Corpus Christi Church May 31, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Monday, June 1, 2020 7:30 AM Michela Nardi - Anniversary 9:00 AM John de Almeida 8:00 PM Spanish Intention Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:30 AM Bernadette & John Hogan 9:00 AM Michela Nardi - Birth Remembrance Wednesday, June 3, 2020 7:30 AM For Virus Victims 9:00 AM Maria Barbosa Reis Thursday, June 4, 2020 7:30 AM For the Unemployed 9:00 AM Carlos Nunes da Costa (Birth Rem Friday, June 5, 2020 7:30 AM For the Lonely 9:00 AM Helen Buzek - 12th Anniversary Saturday, June 6, 2020

5:00 PM Elizabeth Cox Ernest Alvarez

Sunday, June 7, 2020 7:00 AM For Healthcare Workers 8:30 AM Olivia da Silva Armindo & Silvina Monteiro Henriqueta & Agostinho Reis Jose Fernandes dos Reis Barbosa 10:00 AM Jack Begg - 9th Anniversary 11:30 AM People of the Parish 5:00 PM Spanish Intention 7:00 PM For the Hungry As of Memorial Day (Monday 25 May), your priests now are celebrating all Masses in the Church with your intentions listed here in the bulletin. The three on-line Masses which we will continue, always are offered for your intentions listed in the bulletin.

Thank you to our many magnificent parishioners who came to Church when Masses were not celebrated publicly. Your profound prayer life in God's house before the Blessed Sacrament in Exposition is a deep expression of your love for our Lord Jesus Christ here at Corpus Christi.

PRIEST CELEBRANTS’ SCHEDULE Saturday, June 6, 2020 5:00 PM Fr. Malcolm

Sunday, June 7, 2020 7:00 AM Fr. Ngozi 8:30 AM Fr. Tomaz 10:00 AM Fr. Malcolm 11:30 AM Bishop Anjay 5:00 PM Fr. Tomaz 7:00 PM Fr. Ngozi

Corpus Christi Mass on YouTube

This Sunday May 31st, you can watch Bishop Anjay celebrate the English Mass, Fr. Malcolm will celebrate the Portuguese Mass and Fr. Tomaz will celebrate the Spanish Mass. All three Masses will be on YouTube as of 7:00 AM on Sunday. Please type tgomide to watch the Mass in the language of your choice from the comfort of your homes or wherever you are. The masses will be posted to our Facebook page as well. Tell all your friends and family about it so they too can watch.

STEWARDSHIP CORNER Sharing Time, Talent and Treasure

In the second reading today, St. Paul reminds the Corinthians, “there are different gifts, but the same Spirit; there are different ministries, but the same Lord.” How am I using my gifts for the common good? (Our Sunday Visitor, ibid., page 10).

Because of the virus, no public Masses have been celebrated in any Church for 11 weekends, including Easter Sunday. Nevertheless, your incredibly generous hearts have sent in a total of $111,125 during these extremely difficult days! Thank you for your great sacrificial love for our beloved Parish of Corpus Christi.


Pastor’s Notes

This weekend throughout the Catholic world, the Church celebrates the solemnity of Pentecost Sunday; the gift and power of the Holy Spirit coming upon all peoples of the planet, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. Pentecost is the promise of Jesus Himself, who vows to be with us forever. And it is the Spirit of the Lord who has sustained all Christians through all suffering and struggles; in the past, now, and into the future. Pentecost represents the birth of the Church. How appropriate it is for Corpus Christi to be opened this Sunday, since the closing of public Masses on March 16th because of COVID-19. We began open daily Masses on Memorial Day, and will continue as long as the virus remains in check. Please help in this effort by wearing masks, purifying hands and sitting separately in Church. We are offering now Confessions, Anointings, Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and Memorial Masses (especially for people who died these past few months, and were not given proper burial rites). Also we are hoping to schedule soon Masses for First Holy Communion and Confirmation for our young people who missed out on these special Sacraments. Please recognize that the governor and New York State regulate the number of people we can allow in the Church at any one time for safety reasons. Equally important is to understand that the Diocesan Bishop will determine when we are allowed to distribute Holy Communion once again. For now, we will continue to video-tape for internet access our three Masses in English, Spanish and Portuguese. We encourage elderly persons and the vulnerable to watch Mass at home, and to receive “Spiritual Communion”. Bishop Barres has extended the dispensation to all Catholics from attending Sunday worship, so that you are not committing a mortal sin by missing Mass. Spiritual Communion is the practice of an ardent desire for union with Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist, and a loving embrace as though we had already received Him. Please pray this “Act of Spiritual Communion” during the Mass when you cannot receive: “My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never let me be separated from You…….Amen” Yours in Christ, Father Malcolm


Letter to the Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Rockville Centre From Bishop John O. Barres

Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2020

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

In Saint John’s Gospel this weekend, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, we proclaim that “Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you...’.”

In reflecting on this passage, I immediately began to think about our priests in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, who glorify the Father by serving the faithful daily. These are enormously trying times for all of us, but our priests and pastors have risen to the occasion in so many creative ways. They serve the people of God through on-line Masses, blessing homes in their parishes, curbside adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and much more.

I am so grateful to each and every one of our priests who are working tirelessly to serve the people in their parishes while they are helping grieving families and tending to the sick. However, as they are doing all of this, we are not able to gather our congregations on weekends and therefore, are not receiving the offertory collections that are so very important to the financial health of our parishes.

Appreciating the anxieties you are facing, we urge you to please continue supporting your parish with weekly offertory donations. These funds are critical for the continued operation of your parish. Every day, your parish provides for the pastoral and spiritual care of its parishioners. It is there in the happiest moments in your life - weddings, baptisms, first Communions - and is a source of comfort during the most challenging times such as our current crisis or the death of a loved one. There are senior services, food pantries, youth ministries, schools, and on-going religious education. All of this depends on you! We must also prepare to fully reemerge when the crisis is over and we are able to join together again as the Body of Christ. We ask that you please consider making the sacrifice, at a minimum, to continue your current weekly level of support.

One easy way to do so is through your parish's online giving provider. Your parish may have an online giving account that can be accessed through the parish website. We have also developed a “Text to Give” option for each of our parishes enabling you to make a weekly donation on your smart phone. To access information regarding this innovative form of giving, please go to the following website https://www.drvcmissionarygrowth.org/text2give. I know that the faithful on Long Island understand this and will and respond as you always do in times of crisis.

Please know that you and your family are remembered in my daily prayers and Masses.

Sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre


Corpus Christi Sunday

14 June 2020 Let’s hope and pray our Parish Feast Day will be a wonderful experience of faith in

Jesus Christ, to bring us all back to our beloved Parish Church for Mass and Eucharistic procession (if it is safe, legal, and the virus continues to decline).

Fathers’ Day Sunday 21 June 2020

Our Church Community of Corpus Christi is so blessed to have so many gifted dads and granddads, who imitate the example of St. Joseph as the foster-father of Jesus, husband to Mary, and protector of the Holy Family. Like Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth, these men work by their words and deeds in building up the Body of Christ here in Mineola. We will pray for and honor all the fathers and grandfathers of our parish family, at all the Masses during the month of June. Please write their names (both living and deceased) on the envelopes received in the mail, or additional envelopes by the doors of the church. We will keep them on the Altar and by the Tabernacle, to remind us of our fathers’ perpetual love and prayers.


Pentecost Sunday

31 May 2020

This weekend marks the Solemnity of Pentecost, and the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles; the very birth of the Church. A “strong-driving wind” accompanied by “tongues of fire” were the manifestations of the power

and the gift of the Spirit of Christ.

May the Holy Spirit truly give us all a new birth of life throughout all the earth! May the Spirit of Jesus bring us out of the darkness of COVID-19, and lead us into the light of God’s peace and love! May the Paraclete help all people of every nation, language and culture, to understand one another in the spirit of truth and freedom!


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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who

fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession,

was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of Virgins, my mother. To you do

I come; before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise

not on my petition, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen

Mary, Mother of the Church, Pray for Us!

Final CMA Numbers for 2020 Goal = $99,400 Pledges = $26,160 Payments = $16,280 Donors = 96 Average = $273

Thank you to all the families who already have made a sacrificial gift. Please consider a yearly offering.

Please remember the sick in your daily prayers, including the following who have asked to be included in our list:

Connie Altvater, Armandina Araujo, Vinnie Benedetto, Anne Boland, Marie Byrnes, Jeanne Carroll, Michael Castalino, Arlene Cavanagh, Vincent Ciurleo, Manuel DaPonte, Frank de Carolis, Anthony Donnelly, Kate Donovan, Virginia Fallon, Joanne Fitzgerald, Lilly Fuentes, Kenneth Gallagher, Vanessa Gomes, Robert Hartlett, Eileen Hendrickson, Sue Krebs, Diane LaBianca, Joseph LaBianca, Vincent Lodato, Christine Lucivero, Jason Lopes, Jack Maia, Rosemary Mastandrea, Pat Nicolosi, Susan O’Brien, Melissa Ogunsuyi, Linda Pires, JoAnn Russo, Mary Santucci, Robert Santucci, Lisa Simeone, MaryAnn, Andy & Jaclyn Simonetti, Alice Squeri, Beatriz Silva Pontes, Paul Tubito, Lorraine Verdade, Phillip Washburn, and any other members of our parish who are sick at this time.

Parish Outreach Update

Thank you to all of you wonderful parishioners who have responded to our plea to help re-stock our food pantry. Your generosity is so well appreciated. If you or anyone you know in our community of Mineola is in need of some emergency dry and canned food, please call our Outreach Center at: 516-248-4858.

While during this health crisis we are open with limited hours, you can leave a phone message and it will be returned within 24-48 hours. We will then be able to set up an appointment for you to come in and obtain some food. We are all in this together. Remember our parish motto: You Together are mu Body.


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Español DOMINGO DE PENTECOSTES

DE LOS HECHOS DE LOS APÓSTOLOS Al llegar el día de Pentecostés, estaban todos reunidos en el mismo lugar. De repente, un ruído del cielo, como de un viento recio, resonó en toda la casa donde se encontraban. Vieron aparecer unas lenguas como llamaradas, que se repartían, posándose encima de cada uno. Se llenaron todos de Espíritu Santo y empezaron a hablar en lenguas extranjeras, cada uno en la lengua que el Espíritu le sugeria. Se encontraban entonces en Jerusalén judíos devotos de todas las naciones de la tierra Al oír el ruído, acudieron en massa y quedaron desconcertados, porque cada una les oía hablar en su propio idioma. Enormemente sorprendidos, preguntaban: “No son galileos todos esos que están hablando? Entonces, como es que cada uno los oímos hablar en nuestra lengua nativa? Entre nosotro hay partos, medos y elamitas, otros vivimos en Mesopotamia, Judea, Capadocia, en el Ponto y en Asia, en Frigia o en Panfilia, en Egipto o en la zona de Libia que limita con Cirene; algunos somos forasteros de Roma, otros judíos o prosélitos; también hay cretenses y árabes; y cada uno los oímos hablar de las maravillas de Dios en nuestra propia lengua”.

Jesus habia dicho a los discípulos que no les dejaria solos, que cuando volviera al Padre, les enviaria el Espíritu. Antes de la Ascencisión al cielo, les mandó que no se ausentasen de Jerusalén, sino que permanecieran juntos para prepararse a recibir el don del Espíritu Santo. Ellos se reuniron en oración con María en el Cenáculo, en espera de ese aconteimiento prometido. Las imágenes que utiliza San Lucas en los Hechos de los Apóstoles para indicar la irrupción del Espíritu Santo – el viento y el fuego – aluden al Sinaí, donde Dios se habia revelado al Pueblo de Israel y les habia concedido su alianza. La fiesta del Sinaí, que Israel celebraba cincuenta dias después de la Pascua de los judios, era la fiesta del Pacto, de la Alianza. Al hablar de lentuas de fuego, San Lucas quiere presentar Pentecostés como un nuevo Sinaí, como la fiesta del nuevo Pacto, en el que la alianza con Israel se extiende a todos los pueblos de la tierra. En el día de Pentecostés el Espíritu Santo descendió con fuerza sobre los Apóstoles; así comenzó la missión de la Iglesia en el mundo.

VEN, ESPÍRITU SANGO, LLENA LOS CORAZONES DE TUS FIELES Y ENCIENDE EN ELLOS LA LLAMA DE TU AMOR.


Português PENTECOSTES

ACTOS DOS APÓSTOLOS Quando chegou o dia de Pentecostes, os Apóstolos estavam todos reunidos no mesmo lugar. Subitamente, fez-se ouvir, vindo do Céu, um rumor semelhante a forte rajada de vento, que encheu toda a casa onde se encontravam. Viram então aparece uma espéie de línguas de fogo, que se iam dividindo, e pousou uma sobre cada um deles. Todos ficaram cheios do Espírito Santo e começaram a falar outras línguas, conforme o Espírito hes concedia que se exprimissem. Residiam em Jerusalém judeus piedosos, procedentes de todas as nações que há debaixo do céu. Ao ouvir aquele ruído, a mulltidão reuniu-se e ficou admirada pois cada qual os ouvia falar na sua própria língua. Atónitos e maravilhados, diziam: “Não são todos galileus os que estão a falar? Então como é que os ouve cada um de nós falar na sua própria língua? Partos, medos, elamitas, habitantes da Mesopotâmia, da Judeia e da Capadócia, do Ponto da Ásia, da Frígia e da Panfília, do Egipto e das regiões da Líbia, vizinha de Cirene, colonos de Roma, tantos judeus como prosélitos, cretenses e árabes, ouvimo-los proclamar nas nossas línguas as maravilhas de Deus”. Ninguém pode dizer Jesus é o Senhor a não ser pela accão do Espírito Santo. De facto, há diversidade de dons espirituais, mas o Espírito é o mesmo. (Da primeira carta de S. Paulo aos Coríntios 12, 3-4)

A Igreja conclui hoje o Tempo Pascal com a solenidade de Pentecostes. O Pentecostes era uma festa dos judeus muito antiga, celebrada cinquenta dias depois da Páscoa judaica e que comemorava a chegada do povo de Israel ao monte Sinai. Todos sabemos o que aconteceu no monte Sinai: Moisés subiu ao monte, encontrou Deus e recebeu a LEI para a transmitir ao seu povo. Dizendo que o Espírito tinha descido sobre os discípulos precisamente no dia de Pentecostes, Lucas, o autor dos Actos dos Apóstolos, quer ensinar que o Espírito substituiu a antiga LEI e tornou-se a NOVA LEI para o cristão. Jesus prometeu aos seus discípulos que não os deixaria sós e que iria enviar o Espírito. Hoje celebramos a festa deste dom do Ressuscitado

Vinde, Espírito Santo, enchei os corações dos vosso fiéis e acendei neles o fogo do vosso amor.

Intenções - Domingo, dia 7 de junho + Olívia da Silva + Armindo e Silvina Monteiro + Henriqueta e Agostinho Reis + José Fernandes dos Reis Barbosa

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