Doers of the Word, Living for the Lord

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1 St James Catholic Church Doers of the Word, Living for the Lord Daily Mass: 8 :00 a.m. English (Monday thru Saturday) 7:30 p.m. Spanish (Tuesdays and Fridays) 7:30 p.m. French/Creole (Wednesdays) Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. English 8 :00p.m. Spanish (Neo-Catechumenal) Holy Days of Obligation 7:30 p.m. Vigil 8:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m. Creole 9:30 a.m. English 12 :00 p.m. Spanish 5:00 p.m. Creole NW 7 Avenue ~ North Miami, FL Office: Fax: sjamech@yahoo.com School: Website: stjamesnorthmiami.org

2 St James Catholic Community PASTORAL TEAM Rev. Msgr. Chanel Jeanty, Pastor Rev. Fredy A. Yara, Associate Pastor Msgr. Almy Augustin, In Residence SUPPORT STAFF Sr. Stephanie Flynn, S.S.J., Principal Ms. Marmara Cadet, Business Manager Mrs. Martine C. Chrisphonte, Parish Secy. Mrs. Manuela V.Ternier, Rel. Ed. Coord. Mr. Gary Camblin, Music Director SACRAMENTS OF RECONCILIATION Every Saturday from 8:45 9:30 AM and from 5:00 5:30 PM. Sundays 30 min. before scheduled masses Anytime by Appointment. BAPTISMS Call two months in advance. Must make an appointment with one of the priests for the process to start. Baptisms are celebrated once a month consecutively in English, Spanish and Creole. Please call the office to make arrangements. MARRIAGES Six months preparation period required. Contact priest at least six months in advance. OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM The office is located at 540 NW 132 St North Miami Fl Early Learning Center Tel: Weekly Parish Activities Sunday, April 16th, :00 AM Legion of Mary (Creole)... SW Mtg Rm 2:00 PM Holy Family Grp...Parish Hall 6:00 PM New Generation Group..Meeting Rm Monday, April 17th, :00 PM Legion of Mary (Spanish)...Relg. Off. 7:00 PM Charismatic Grp Parish Hall Last Monday of the Month.... Church Tuesday, April 18th, :30 PM Legion of Mary (English)...Choir Room 8:00 PM Grupo de Oracion.....Chapel 8:30 PM Neo Catechumenal Way...Meeting Room 8:30 PM Neo Catechumenal Way 1... Choir Room Wednesday, April 19th, :00 PM Talleres Abrazos de Amor(3rd Wednesday)..Rel. Ed. Off 8:00 PM Charismatic Group...Meeting Room Thursday, April 20th, :30 PM Spanish Bible Class...Meeting Rm 7:30 PM RCIA Class...Rel. Ed. Off Friday, April 21st, PM Recitation of the Rosary (Creole)...Chapel 7:00 PM Fraternity Youth Group...Parish Hall Saturday, April 22nd, AM - 5PM Blessed Sacrament Adoration...Chapel 10:00 AM Legion of Mary (Spanish)...Chapel Mtg Rm 10:30 AM Legion of Mary(Youth)...Choir Room 4:00-5PM English Choir Practice Church 4:00 PM Legion of Mary (Creole)....SW Ch Mtg Rm 5:00 PM Haitian Liturgy Comm (once a month)...chapel 8:00 PM Choir Practice...Church SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Celebrating STEM Education : (5th - 8th Grade) When: Saturday May 6 - Check-in opens at 8:15am Where: Msgr Pace High School Spartan Center Dona on is $10 with lunch included! Sign up today: h p://bit.ly/pacestemcamp %%%%%%%%% On May 6, 2017, there will be a Congress for the Youths - ages 15 to 35 years. This will be at the Parish Hall from 8:00am to 10:00pm. A small donation of $10 is requested. Food will be provided Please call the rectory at for tickets and waiver forms. %%%%%%%%% For Employment Opportunities with the Archdiocese of Miami please visit our website at

3 Mass Intentions/ Entansyon Mès/Intenciones de Misa SATURDAY, April 15, :00 AM Morning Prayer 9:00 AM Rosary (Spanish) 12:00 PM Blessing of the food baskets 8:00 PM Easter Vigil SUNDAY, April 16, :30 AM 9:30 AM 12:00 PM EASTER SUNDAY 5:00 PM MONDAY, April 17, :00 AM Georges Castellon req by margot & Martha Rawlins TUESDAY, April 18, :00 AM Nerva Maxi req by Emmanuella Maxi Tkgv to God for Saintano Innocent Tkgv to God for Jacqueline Almonor 7:30 PM Joel Matias WEDNESDAY, April 19, :00 AM Hans Plaisimond req by Martine Chrisphonte 7:30 PM Delivrance for Kedney Celestin & Flancy Longuefesse req by Marie Celestin THURSDAY, April 20, :00 AM Tkgv to God for Karine Fenelon FRIDAY, April 21, :00 AM Max Joseph 7:30 PM Jose Hernandez req by Micky SATURDAY, April 22, :00 AM Homer & Jaime Ceron req by the Family 45th Wedding Anniv. Gerard & Louise Thelusma Stewardship of Treasure April 8 and 9, 2017 Weekend Offerings Weekend Masses.$7, Other.. $1, Weekly Plate Collection need (Budget) $10, Deficit.....$2, Thank you for your continued support! =========== TODAY S READINGS First Reading Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43). Psalm This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118). (1) Second Reading All who are bap zed, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or (2) Second Reading Christ our Passover is sacri-ficed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8). Gospel Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or Ma hew 28:1-10 (or, at an a ernoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35). The English transla on of the Psalm Responses from Lec onary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna onal Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved Food For the Hungry We thank you for your food donations, please continue to help.we accept canned or boxed food, oil, peanut buttergreen and yellow vegetables to the Rectory. It truly feels so good when we are able to help so many every year that come to our door in need of assistance through your generous donations. God loves a cheerful giver. Each time we give to someone we are giving to Christ.

4 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts3:11-26;Ps 8:2,5-9;Lk24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12;Ps 118:1-2,4,22-27; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Easter Sunday of the Resurrec on of the Lord Monday: Monday within the Octave of Easter; Income Tax Day Tuesday: Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Wednesday: Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Thursday: Thursday within the Octave of Easter Friday: Friday within the Octave of East er Saturday: Saturday within the Octave of Easter; Earth Day ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura Pedro es un tes go: el Señor ha resucitado (Hch 10:34a, 37-43). Salmo Este es el día que hizo el Señor; regocijémonos y alegrémonos (Salmo 118 [117]). (1) Segunda lectura Todos los bau zados, eleven su corazón al cielo (Colosenses 3:1-4) o (2) Segunda lectura Cristo nuestra Pascua fue sacri-ficado; por tanto celebremos (1 Corin os 5:6b -8). Evangelio Tres tes gos, María, Pedro y Juan; cada uno responde a la tumba vacía (Juan 20:1-9) o Mateo 28:1-10 (o en la Misa de la tarde o de la noche, Lc 24:13-35). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. REJOICE AND BE GLAD This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118:24). Let us remember that these words of today s responsorial psalm are not only sung from the hearts of those gathered in our parish. They are also sung by the poor in ny barrios throughout Central and South America. They are sung by those denied religious freedom in our world; these Chris ans li their voices in clandes ne places of worship. These words are sung by people who have lost loved ones to acts of terrorism and war around the globe. Even in the midst of conflict and division, Chris- ans s ll come together to declare that poverty, loneliness, violence, and division will never, ever have as much power as the life, death, and resurrec on of Jesus Christ. Indeed, let us rejoice this day and be glad! Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. REGOCIJÉMONOS Y ALEGRÉMONOS Este es el día en que actuó el Señor: sea nuestra alegría y nuestro gozo! (Salmo 118:24). Recordemos que estas palabras del salmo responsorial de hoy no sólo brotan del corazón de los que están reunidos en nuestra parroquia. También son cantadas por los pobres en pequeños barrios de toda América Central y Sudamérica. Son cantadas por aquellos a los que se les niega la libertad religiosa en nuestro mundo; estos cris anos elevan sus voces en lugares de culto clandes nos. Son cantadas por personas que han perdido seres queridos a manos del terrorismo y la guerra alrededor del mundo. Incluso en medio del conflicto y la división, los cris- anos nos unimos para declarar que la pobreza, la soledad, la violencia y la división nunca jamás tendrán tanto poder como la Vida, la Muertey la Resurrección de Jesucristo. Sin duda, regocijémonos este día y alegrémonos! Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. REJOUISSEZ VOUS ET SOYEZ HEUREUX C est le jour que le Seigneur a fait; réjouissons nous et soyons heureux (Psaume 118:24). Rappellons-nous que ces paroles du psaume responsoriel d aujourd hui ne sont pas seulement chantées à par r du coeur de ceux qui sont réunis dans notre paroisse. Elles sont chantées également par les pauvres vivantdans les barrios à travers l Amérique du sud et l Amérique centrale. Elles sont chantées par ceux qui sont privés de leur liberté de religion dans notre monde. Ces chré ens élèvent leur voix dans des lieux d adora on clandes nes. Ces paroles sont chantées par des personnes qui ont perdues des proches a cause d actes de terrorisme et de guerre partout dans le monde. Malgré les conflits et les division, les chré ens con nuent de se regrouper pour déclarer que la pauvreté, la solitude, la violence et la division n auront jamais autant de pouvoir que la vie, la mort et la résurrec on de Jésus Christ. Encore plus en ce jour, réjouissons nous en ce jour et soyons heureux!

5 Easter Joy Comes and Goes but the Eucharis c Community Always Remains In our part of the world the spring flowers are seeking the sun s invita ons to come out and spread their smiles. There are coolish winds that whisper to the flowers to stay inside as it did to me when I stepped out the house. Spring around here is a me of tensions. What should I wear today? Will we play soccer today, or pull out the umbrella for a walk in the Rain of God? There are tensions within our spirits as well on this day that Commemorates Easter. Easter s joy can so easily be dimmed by our ongoing experiences of carrying our crosses of life, by our discouragement about the not so successful or frui ul lent that passed. But today our renewal of bap smal promises is a renewal of our beliefs in the love of God and the hope that we have in him as human pilgrims walking the journey. So, as you enter the church we can s ll pray with the tensions of nature around us and our human nature as we watch leaves budding or clouds forming or sun shining. We can pray with the sprinkles of rain or sunshine. We pray with the inconsistencies of the weather and of our own personal spirits. Easter joy comes and goes but today, like every Sunday, we are here for the Eucharis c consistency of God s presence that never fails. The Gospel is just a wonderful story of the Resurrec on. One devoted woman and a good human being has suffered through the Passion and death of Jesus. She, like all the other disciples, had their faith-dream crash into pieces. Mary of Magdala followed her natural inclina ons to go backward to the familiar. She went with downcast faces and spirits and she le with others, believing and hoping against all hopes. The tension for all the disciples is that they trusted the teachings of Jesus, His friendship and invita ons and then went out as a loser. Perhaps they too had le everything to follow Jesus and now they were returning to patch it all back together by themselves. Throughout the Resurrec on Stories, Jesus will come along side them, but as is the usual prac ce during the Resurrec on narra ves, they will fail to realize His real presence to them. Jesus plays it simple; Peter commented that they had taken the Body of the Lord as a acknowledgement of the evidence and the acceptance by them that they did understand that the Christ had to suffer and die. So, to you I ask, is an empty tomb convincing enough for you to believe? Is this the Resurrec on? Yes, in this sense, because it was a uni ng, a calling to believe beyond seeing, and most importantly, because it culminated in a return to community and mission. Jesus is buried three mes in His life. The first was in the womb of His mother. The second was in the tomb a er His death. The third is His being buried in the Breaking of the Bread a er His Resurrec on. All three burials were meant for His coming to His three ways of being a Real Presence within our human lives. The womb, the Tomb, and our bodies are blest by His presence. All three are delivery places. He was born, lived, died, was buried and rose that His body might give life and vision to this world. The womb and tomb could not hold Him. We who do hold Him, do not hold Him back, but hold Him forth, hold Him sacredly toward His sisters and brothers. We hold Him and yet He too holds us together and with a sense of having to do something good. We hold Him so that others may behold Him in how we live as His Body. Mary of Magdala and the other disciples get back on the Jerusalem shu le and, having regained their sight, return to their mission. Their hearts were burning with a renewed awareness of just who they were. Others had regained their self-sense as well and the fragmented and sha ered were being collected and reformed in Jerusalem. It is true that we cannot give what we do not have. These disciples were given back their sense of themselves. They said yes, amen to Jesus truth that He had risen and to their own truths that the adventure of faith in following Jesus was really a journey of Jesus following them. They were pregnant, as had Mary been and the tomb as well, but now they were alive to give Him life, full, that they might give sight and life through and within the community of believers. I pray that you might come to know who you really are in the Lord and join us in our mission to be Doers of the Word, Living for the Lord. The disciples recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Alleluia. Lk. 24, 35

6 Keep kids aware of the dangers online Just about everyone in your community has access to the internet, and it can be a valuable tool for learning, communicating and educating. In the classroom, kids can go online to do research and assignments. Adults should also be educating kids about the dangers that lurk online predators and strangers who are trolling for information can pose as anyone, and it is important that kids use caution on any site, no matter what they are doing. Today, some new cell phone text messaging services keep cell phone texting activity increasingly private. In order to protect young people, one must stay current and re-connect with ever changing technology. For more information log into or Mantenga a los niños conscientes de los peligros en internet Casi todos en su comunidad tiene acceso a internet, y puede ser una valiosa herramienta para el aprendizaje, la comunicación y la educación. En el aula, los niños pueden usar Internet para hacer investigaciones y tareas. Los adultos también deben estar educando a los niños sobre los peligros que se esconden en la Internet, los depredadores y extraños que buscan información puede hacerse pasar como cualquier persona, y es importante que los niños tengan cuidado en cualquier sitio, no importa lo que estén haciendo. Desafortunadamente, todo eso puede ya ser parte del pasado. En la actualidad, algunos nuevos servicios de mensaje de texto por celular mantienen la actividad de mensajes de texto muy privada. Para proteger a los jóvenes, uno debe estar al corriente y reconectado con la tecnología cambiante. Para más información inicie sesión en or

7 1- Social Media Easter Sunday reflec on from parish priest. 2- Planned Giving Did you know that capital gains tax can be op onal? A charitable gi of appreciated assets may o en reduce and even eliminate capital gains tax. Consider a charitable gi of appreciated assets to <St James Church>. For more informa on, contact the rectory or call the Office of Planned Giving at (305) Stewardship Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. COLOSSIANS 3:2 Is God your priority in all thing in life? Possessions, electronics, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Stop and do a quick check of what is really important to you. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priori es need to be re-adjusted. Don t let earthly things become the god before God.