Transfiguration Parish is a community of Christian believers faithful to our Catholic tradition and a pilgrim people entrusted to the Carmelite Fathers. Through our participation in public worship we are nourished by the Word and the Body of the Lord. We are called to share what we have received by evangelization and by good works to those in need.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST Saturday, Evening: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm Weekdays: Monday through Friday: 7:15 & 9:00 am (Day Chapel) Weekends: Saturday morning: 9:00 am (Day Chapel) Holy Days of Obligation: 7:15 am, 9:00 am, 12:10 pm & 7:30 pm. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30 pm Other times by appointment THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Pre-Baptismal Instruction for Parents:

Held prior to Baptism (Call the Parish Office for schedules and further information)

Baptisms The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on the last Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm except during Advent and Lent.

THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Sacrament of Matrimony is celebrated for parishioners. The couple are to contact the priest at least six (6) months prior to the ceremony.

PRIORY OFFICE - SUMMER HOURS Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Saturday: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm Sunday: 9:00 am to 1:30 pm Closed on all holidays. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND MINISTRY TO THE SICK & ELDERLY The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament of healing., expressing love of God and our Church for the sick, our shut-ins and the elderly. For the SERIOUSLY ILL and dying, contact the Priory. Communion will be brought on Sundays to the home of any person permanently or temporarily homebound. CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY Welcome to the Transfiguration Community. Please register at the Priory. Registering and weekly participating are ways of acquiring a true sense of belonging to our parish community. A record of active membership is a necessary requirement for marriage in the Parish Church, testimonial letters for Baptismal/Confirmation sponsors. If you move or change address, please notify us.

Fr. Emiel: pastortransfig10591@gmail.com Religious Education: transfigurationprep@gmail.com Website: www.transfiguration-tarrytown.org Parish Office: Transfigurationsec@gmail.com Facebook page: Transfiguration Tarrytown Transfiguration School :www.transfigurationschool.org

The People of God, called to form the Christian Community of . . .

THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION Tarrytown, New York 10591

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SATURDAY-JULY 13, 2019 5:00 Isabelle & Thomas Varian req. by Maureen & Thomas Fleming SUNDAY– JULY 14, 2019 8:00 Joan Quinn req. by Audrey Prescott 10:00 Kate Zeitler req. by Hal & Shara Tanenbaum 12:00 Mary Walter req. by the Wiseman family MONDAY 7:15 Virginia M. Kunkel req. by Peter Downey 9:00 Ita Mullany req. by Eleanor Hunt TUESDAY 7:15 Fina Randazzo req. by Marie O’Connor 9:00 John Bruschi req. by Mary Farrell WEDNESDAY 7:15 Fina Randazzo req. by Marian Randazzo 9:00 Joanna Kirernan req. by Anna Marie Reinthaler THURSDAY 7:15 The Parishioners of Transfiguration 9:00 Arthur Thomas Ashley req. by Jennifer & Justin Green FRIDAY 7:15 Jim Kennedy req. by the Lauro family 9:00 Thomas S. Downey req. by the Latessa family SATURDAY 9:00 Anna M. Angevine req. by Marian Randazzo 5:00 Catherine Thomas req. by the Clarke family SUNDAY 8:00 Isaura Simao req. by Jose Simao 10:00 Mary Horgane req. by Sue, Rich, Stacey & Elizabeth O’Dowd 12:00 Bob Sorrentino req. by Eleanor Sorrentino

July 7, 2019 $8,435.00

Attendance— 547 Envelopes–178

Carmelite Mission Appeal $1,186.00

Readings for the Week 

Sunday: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37; or 19:8-11; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 Monday: St. Bonaventure Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 Tuesday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: St. Camillus de Lellis Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9; 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: St. Apollinaris; Blessed Virgin Mary Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21 Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42

The Sanctuary candle burning in the Church this week is in memory of Viola Little req. by Anita O’Connor The Sanctuary candle burning in the Chapel this week is for the newly married members of our parish. The Shrine candle is burning is in memory of Mark Broadway req. by Teresa Broadway

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2019

Christ Jesus . . . is the head of the body, the church. — Colossians 1:15, 18

  

Masses for the Week Weekly Offering

Sunday Missals for 2019/2020 Order your Sunday Missal for next year now. Order forms are in the rack by the elevator. Cost $3.50 Missals are helpful for the home bound and for prayerful preparation for Sunday.

HAPPINESS Since happiness is nothing else but the enjoy-ment of the Supreme good, and the Supreme good is above us, no one can be happy who does not rise above oneself.—St. Bonaventure

WISDOM Wisdom has been defined as knowing the difference between pulling your weight and throwing it around. —Anonymous

FIFTEETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Pastors Letter LIVING IN FEAR…OR RECOGNIZING THE CALL TO TRANSFORMATION: As I sat in the back seat of the little red Italian car and we pulled away from the gates of the English College seminary, I was sent off by my classmates who waved goodbye as they wished me well on my journey. I, on the other hand, was full of fear, with nothing to my name except what was in two pieces of luggage. Having lived in England for almost all of my adult life thus far, and now leaving a life that, for all intents and purposes, was already planned for me, including ordination and a career, I was now returning to the US with no job prospects and no idea what the future would hold. The only thing I had to hold on to was the belief that God had a plan for me. As Catholics, we are blessed with a faith that we can experience with all of our senses. We see the colors of the vestments and decorations as they change with each celebration, and we use strong visual symbols to recall us of our faith, like candles, water, and the chalice and paten. We feel the water that flows over us in baptism, and when we bless ourselves as we enter the church, as well as the oils that are used to anoint us at baptism and confirmation, and when we are sick. We smell the incense used at the altar, and the flowers that festoon the sanctuary dur-ing special holidays. We hear the Word of God read to us on Sundays, and the blessings that we receive in all of the sacraments, including penance. And we taste the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist. All of these offer us tangible signs of the presence and action of Christ in our lives.

POPE FRANCIS’ INTENTION FOR JULY – JUSTICE: “The decisions made by judges influence the rights and property of citizens. Their independence should keep them safe from favoritism and from pressures that could contaminate the decisions they have to make. Judges must follow the example of Jesus, who never negotiates the truth. Let us pray that those who administer justice may work with integrity, and that the injustice which prevails in the world may not have the last word.” The original video can be seen on the parish website: transfiguration-tarrytown.org.

MORE FROM POPE FRANCIS: “Today’s world is increasingly becoming more elitist and cruel towards the excluded. Developing countries continue to be drained of their best natural and human resources for the benefit of a few privileged markets. Wars only affect some re-gions of the world, yet weapons of war are produced and sold in other regions which then re-fuse to accept the refugees produced by these conflicts, are unwilling to take them in. Those who pay the price are always the little ones, the poor, the most vulnerable, who are prevented from sitting at the table and are left with the “crumbs” of the banquet. The Church which “goes forth” can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fall-en away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast whom we ourselves as a society are excluding. Real development is fruitful and inclusive, oriented towards the future.” –– mes-sage in occasion of the 105th World Migrant and Refugee Day on September 29, 2019. The original video can be seen on the parish website: transfiguration-tarrytown.org.

Furthermore, we are able to respond to Christ’s love in the way that we live our lives. We are challenged to be moral, meaning to live according to God’s law in such a way that helps us to live peacefully with one another; but also virtuous, meaning to exercise God’s gift of love in a manner that allows God to express His love for others through us. Our faith is much more than simply “doing what is right” or whatever we want “as long as it doesn’t hurt others.” We are called to be pro-active, to make the environment and the atmosphere in which we live and find ourselves a place where Christ can be encountered. Most importantly, we are called to be people of prayer. As a religious and as a priest, I have met many people who have asked me, “Why bother to pray?” “What is the value of a nun or a monk who spends their life in the abbey or monastery talking to God instead of putting in some hard and concrete work for God?” And as people of faith, some have also made the comment, “I am too antsy to sit and pray. I have to do something. That is my way of pray-ing.” With all of their good intentions, they forget that prayer is not first and foremost about getting God to do something. Prayer is allowing God to love us. In this way, we know firsthand about the ultimate desires of God for each of us: faith, hope, and love, and all of those gifts that stem from these virtues, e.g., forgiveness and mercy, justice and righteousness, wisdom and truth. In prayer, we learn to let God be God by seeing how He takes care of eve-rything in our lives, even in our most difficult, challenging, and sometimes fearful moments, and trusting that, time and time again, He will do the same according to His will. We also learn from prayer that His will is greater and more awesome than anything we can ever want or imagine. After this, we have peace in the midst of even the most troublesome times, and have this same trust for others in the same boat. Part of seeing our life in prayer, this dynamic that we call the “spiritual life,” then, is seeing Him present when everything seems to be chaotic, unclear, and unstable. It helps us to be courageous even when we aren’t sure what will happen, because we know that, whatever hap-pens, God will always work for our good and the good of others because He already has. Fur-thermore, in prayer we come to understand that even the worst evil has its end. GOD WILL ALWAYS WIN. It might not always seem to be a victory at first, but when it brings about the change in us that God desires, then we see that He, indeed, has won. As we learn this, we come to desire nothing other than to do His will. Which brings me back to my original story. I left the seminary in order to enter the Carmel-ites, not to be a Carmelite religious per se, but to grow more deeply in my relationship with God. Carmel was, and is, the path which He has chosen for me. It has been a path of surpris-es, both good and bad, a path of contrariness, a path that sometimes even seemed dark and un-sure. But God has always won. This is the lens through which we see Mary’s discipleship to Christ, and the lens through which I and my brothers serve the parish, with the desire that to-gether, we may all grow in authentic faith, hope, and love. Happy feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. God bless.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR: OUR MILITARY: Anthony Correia

OUR SICK: Justin Baker, Gabrielle DeLuca William Duggan, Ann Duggan Baker, Xiomara Chibo, Mary Elizabeth Groth, Patrick Heffernan, James Keely, Peggy Lahoz, Marie Minuck, Peg Mahoney, Salvatore Mullins, Michael Mohoney, Amada Molina, Luis B. Molina Edward F. Parzyk, Maria Rada, Amada Reimundez, Carmen Rodriguez, August Zagrobelny, Christian Zinone OUR DECEASED: Philip Farenga, Viola Little, James Kennedy, James M. Maloney,

If you would like to include others in this prayer list, please contact the priory office. Names will remain on the list for two weeks, or according to need.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Novena

Prayer Cards for the novena be available at the church en-trance. There will be a celebra-tion of Evening Prayer to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel this Tues-day evening, July 16th at 7:30 in the chapel. All are welcome.

PHELPS HOSPITAL NEEDS YOU!! Do you have a few hors to spare? Want to feel good about giving back to your commu-nity and helping your neighbors? How about becoming a Phelps Hospital Volunteer! Come reap the rewards that only volunteering can offer. We are currently looking for week-end volunteers to man the Information Desk either Saturday or Sunday, morning or after-noon shifts are available. Please call the Vol-unteer Services Office at 914-366-3170 or visit our Website at www.phelpshospital.org to complete an online application.

The 31st Annual Father Forrester Memorial Padre Golf Tournament sponsored by the Car-

melite Friars will be held begin-ning with registration and a con-tinental breakfast at 9 am on Monday, August 5, 2019 at the West Hills Country Club in Mid-dletown, New York. The $150 fee includes lunch, golf, an

awards dinner, greens fees, golf cart and door prizes or come to dinner for only $60. Advance registration is required. Journal ads cost $25, $50 or $100, Tee Signs cost $150 and Raffle Tickets are also available. For information or to register, call Gloria at 845-344-0876, Monday thru Thursday from 8;30 am to 4:00 pm. To register online visit carmelitedevelopment.org

St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Collection Weekend July 20th and 21th Summer Vacations are here,

but the need for food is still great! St. Vincent de Paul is a parish-based minis-try that is part of a worldwide Catholic lay organization of men and women. In confi-dentiality, through person-to-person contact we care for the spiritual health as well as the physical needs of our neighbors. Our food collection will take place next weekend. Items of Particular Need: Pasta Sauce, Canned Fruit, Jelly Other Items: Canned Tuna, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Pasta, Peanut Butter, Canned Vegetables, Soup, Canned Chicken

Thank you!

INFORMATION SHEET Church name: Church of the Transfiguration, Tarrytown NY Bulletin number: 511472 Date of publication: July 14, 2019 Number of pages transmitted: Cover + text pages + this page = 6 (6-1-JL) Special instructions: Please call Liz Rooney @ 914-631-1672 /cell 914-419-9729