St. John the Baptist R. C. Church

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1 St. John the Baptist R. C. Church 895 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, New York Oct. 23, 2016, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Rev. Tom Kunnel, C.O. Administrator Deacon John Cunningham Deacon Robert Pang Kathleen Dunn Religious Education Director May Pang Parish Admin: MASSES Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM 1:00 PM (Spanish) Weekdays: 8:00 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM Holy Days: As Announced Rectory Mon Fri 10:15 AM 4:00 PM Sat 10 AM 12 Noon (Spanish)

2 Dear Parish Family, Sat 10/22 5:00 PM Eileen Keane by Eileen Simon Sun 10/23 8:00 AM Joseph & Josephine Micklas by Micklas Family 10:30:AM Karen Tagliente by Friday Renew Group Mon 10/24 8:00 AM Mildred Oslica (Birthday) by Silva & Soriano Family Tue 10/25 8:00 AM Blanca Guillermo by Luis Narvaez Wed 10/26 8:00 AM Mildred Oslica (Birthday) by Helen, Tony, Kathy Koza Thu 10/27 8:00 AM Frances DeMaio by Helen, Tony, Kathy Koza Fri 10/28 8:00 AM Ralph Merola by Stephanie Roberts Sat 10/29 Sun 10/30 9:00 AM Grace Buonanno by Pat & Rosemarie Miele 5:00 PM Tom Lynch (healing) by Ted Simone & Buzz Johnson 8:00 AM Peggy McCann by Dcn John & Elaine Cunningham 10:30 AM Anne DiFrancesca by Keith Taylor If you wish to go to extremes, let it be in sweetness, patience humility and charity. - St. Philip Neri Please remember in your prayers the Sick and/ or Homebound of our Parish Family. Isabelle Fenton, Tom Lynch, Antoinette Naglieri, Catherine Wright, Maureen O Connor, Ann Ely, Ella Beckerich, Tommy McGuire, Nicholas Bruni, brother of Marge Olsen, Fr Frank Samoylo, Giovanni Mercurio, Nijole Paronetto, Joseph Iorio, father of Lee McGarvey. As a Parish Family, let us remember in our prayers all our beloved departed members of our Parish Community, Mark Cheramie, Ronnie Olson, John Casey, Ray Sheehan, Sandy Scelzo, Mary Iorio, Ada Wray, Johanna Krumm s Sister, Frank Pellegrino brother of Mario Pellegrino, Jonathan Townes, Ralph Merola, Michael Rotundo,Tebby DeMaio, Francisca Aguilar Gomez.In Vienna in Austria there is a church in which the former ruling family in Austria, the Hapsburgs, are buried. When royal funerals arrive the mourners knock at the door of the church to be allowed in. A priest inside would ask Who is it that desires admission here? A guard would call out, His apostolic majesty, the emperor. The priest would answer, I don t know him. They would knock a second time, and again the priest would ask who was there. The funeral guard outside would announce, The highest emperor. A second time the priest would say, I don t know him. A third time they would knock on the door and the priest would ask Who is it? The third time the answer would be, A poor sinner, your brother. The doors would open then and the liturgy for the sinner seeking the mercy of God would begin! There is a journey we all have to make, a pilgrimage we are all called to undertake, and that is the journey from pride to humility. That is the journey or pilgrimage that the Pharisee in today s Gospel needed to make. His statement in today s Gospel shows that he is in need of such a spiritual journey. Currently his point of departure is, I thank you God that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and especially that I am not like this tax-collector here but his destination needs to be that of the tax-collector, God be merciful to me a sinner. It was easy for the Pharisee to fall into the temptation of thinking he was better because he really was a good man. He fasted twice a week whereas Jewish law asked to fast only once a year. He paid tithes, giving away 10% of all his income, whereas Jewish law required one to tithe 10% of grain and firstborn of the flock. Many times in our conversation we refer to people as a good person but kept away from the Church. Here was a good man Pharisee who was in the Temple and still had a long journey to make! Our journey in holiness is a walk towards the light. The nearer we come into the light, clearer we see our littleness and sinfulness. But the moment we acknowledge our sins, grace freely given radiates into our soul and we begin to reflect that light. The Lord says that the sinner went home justified. This is a very rare word used of persons in the Scripture. A justified person is one who has come into right relationship with God and people. This is the real pathway of holiness. This path way does not require us to have a negative opinion about ourselves, rather the glory we can achieve open to grace. Henri Nouwen, in A Cry for Mercy writes: I am impressed by my own spiritual insights. I probably know more about prayer, meditation and contemplation than most Christians do. I have ready many books about the Christian life, and have even written a few myself. Still, as impressed as I am, I am more impressed by the enormous abyss between my insights and my life. I can only keep trying to be faithful, even though I feel faithless most of the time. What else can I do but keep praying to you, even when I feel dark; to keep writing about you, even when I feel numb; to keep speaking in your name, even when I feel alone. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen. Fr. Tom Kunnel C.O.

3 9:45AM Religious Ed - English Sun Mon Tue Wed 23-Oct 24-Oct 25-Oct 26-Oct 10:30AM 11AM 11:30AM 11:30AM 12:30PM 1PM 6:30PM 6:45PM 9:30AM 1:30PM 1PM Family Mass Spanish Baptism Prep Religious Ed - Spanish Legion of Mary Spanish Food Fundraiser AA Meeting CDA Knitting Religious Ed Parents/Candidate Confimation Mtg Scripture Class Altar Server Prep and Practice Baptism Prep Spanish Bible Sturdy Piermont Sr Meeting Spanish Choir Practice RCIA CDA Knitting Our October FAMILY MASS is today at 10:30 am. Let's hope we have a really good turnout. TOMORROW EVENING, October 24th, is our PARENT/CANDIDATE CONFIRMATION MEETING at 6:45 pm in the CHURCH. Please attend this meeting to learn all about the requirements for receiving the sacrament. I want to thank our Hispanic parents for coming to our First Communion Meeting last Sunday. We had 100% of the parents in attendance. Thanks, also, to Marleni Lemus and Isabel Ramos for all of their help. Our collections for the Children of Haiti and for Advent Day are continuing. Kudos to the Young family for their great support with the Haiti effort. Pray always and Pray all ways! Thu 27-Oct Rios de Agua Viva Group Spanish Choir Practice 7:15PM 10AM Parish Council Meeting Fri Renew Group All Soul s Day, Wed. Nov. 2 at 10:30 AM Fri Sat 28-Oct 29-Oct 7:30PM Adult Prayer Group Laying of Hands Youth Group Join us for a prayer service at the cemetery s entrance (by the flag pole) then we will proceed into the cemetery for blessings at the grave sites of family members and friends. Please register on the sign-up sheet in the vestibule, if you plan to attend this prayer service at Rockland Cemetery. Liturgy Schedule Oct 29/30 Eucharistic Day Time Lector Altar Servers Minister Saturday 5:00 PM Christine Mooney Louis Giampiccolo 10/29 William Giampiccolo 8:00 AM John Lawler Betsy Feeney Michaela Duggan Sunday 10/30 10:30 AM Mary Loftus Bill Loftus Gerry Caltagirone 1:00 PM Cruz Molina Natalia Lemus Cindy Ortiz Rafael Mazariego Lizbeth Rodriguez Rosario Guzman Jonathan Rodriguez Rut Sanabria

4 10/16: Collection: $4,337 World Mission Collection $1,036 10/16 #22 Maureen O Connell Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Valino Friday, Nov 11 5:30 PM 10:30 PM St Ann s School Cafeteria 16 Jefferson St, Nyack, NY Call May Pang or Reserve online Proceeds to benefit NY Oratory Priests A BRONX TALE Wed, Mar 15 2PM Show This street wise musical will take you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 60s where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he d love to be. Longacre Theatre Front Orchestra Seat $135/person Leaving Parking lot D from Piermont at 11:30AM Airbrook Bus Transportation Contact Robin Miller or robmiller124@aol.com MUST have 40 tickets paid in full by 11/22 Wishing you all the best as you begin your new life together. God has so many more wonderful things in store for your future together. Wedding Banns 2. Christopher Aimi & Kristen Calle

5 Dear Johan, I was taught to genuflect before entering my pew in church. I am afraid not everyone does that anymore. Is that OK? Should I continue to genuflect? Gentle Reader Sometimes we think that the liturgy begins with the opening song and procession. As a matter of fact, the liturgy begins much sooner than that. It begins when we get ready to make our way to church. From that moment on, we start transitioning from our daily world to the world of the liturgy. This process may involve getting ourselves and maybe our children ready. Then we make our way to church. We find a parking place, hopefully without much difficulty. We walk toward the church across a busy street or through a nicely landscaped garden. When we get to the doors of the church, the transition heightens. Pushing open the often heavy church doors, the wafts of incense and burning wax or the smell of evergreens or Easter lilies meets us. At that moment we engage in two important transitional acts. First we make our way to the baptismal font, where we bless ourselves with holy water and remind ourselves of our baptis mal rights and obligations. Then we proceed into the church proper and, before sitting or kneeling down in prayer, we genuflect as a sign of reverence toward the Blessed Sacrament, which is reserved in the tabernacle. In case the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in a separate chapel a profound bow toward the altar is appropriate as the altar is a symbol of Christ. Both are threshold gestures. They complete the transition from our daily life to our liturgical life, not that the one ever ignores the other. These transitional gestures are extremely important. They express what we believe and they reinforce those beliefs. The loss of these gestures is not only a sign of the loss of reverence due the Blessed Sacrament; it will also compound that loss of reverence. So to answer your question, please continue genuflecting and maybe add a visit to the baptismal font. Hopefully your great example will encourage others to follow suit. UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS Contributed by FIND A MESSAGE using the Letter in the ( ). RFEOMR ( ) UCSEER ( ) RETHAT ( ) RYOLG ( ) Clue: To follow Christ and find yourself more deserving than others means you are Answers are words from this week's readings (See Pg. 7 below the cartoon) When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative. Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. There is a quality of sadness that pervades all the moments of our lives. It seems that there is no such thing as a clear-cut pure joy, but that even in the most happy moments of our existence we sense a tinge of sadness. In every satisfaction, there is an awareness of limitations. In every success, there is the fear of jealousy. Behind every smile, there is a tear. In every embrace, there is loneliness. In every friendship, distance. And in all forms of light, there is the knowledge of surrounding darkness... But this intimate experience in which every bit of life is touched by a bit of death can point us beyond the limits of our existence. It can do so by making us look forward in expectation to the day when our hearts will be filled with perfect joy, a joy that no one shall take away from us. Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking. As soon as we are alone,...inner chaos opens up in us. This chaos can be so disturbing and so confusing that we can hardly wait to get busy again. Entering a private room and shutting the door, therefore, does not mean that we immediately shut our all our inner doubts, anxieties, fears, bad memories, unresolved conflicts, angry feelings and impulsive desires. On the contrary, when we have removed our outer distraction, we often find that our inner distraction manifest themselves to us in full force. We often use the outer distractions to shield ourselves from the interior noises. This makes the discipline of solitude all the more important. Making All Things New and Other Classics To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude. The movement from loneliness to solitude, however, is the beginning of any spiritual life because it is the movement from the restless senses to the restful spiritual from the outward-reaching cravings to the inward-reaching search, from the fearful clinging to the fearless play. Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life

6 LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura El Señor es el Dios de justicia que escucha el grito de los oprimidos, el huérfano, la viuda, los humildes (Sirácide 35:12-14, 16-18). Salmo El Señor no está lejos de sus fieles (Salmo 33). Segunda lectura La corona de los santos me está esperando (2 Timoteo 4:6-8, 16-18). Evangelio El publicano se quedaba atrás, se golpeaba el pecho, diciendo, "Dios mío, ten piedad de mí que soy un pecador" (Lucas 18:9-14). LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes Ef 4: :8; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 13:10-17 Martes Ef 5:21-33 o 5:2a, 25-33; Sal 127:1-5; Lc 13:18-21 Miércoles Ef 6:1-9; Sal 144:10-14; Lc 13:22-30 Jueves: Ef 6:10-20; Sal 144 (143):1b, 2, 9-10; Lc 13:31-35 Jueves Ef 6:10-20; Sal 143:1b, 2, 9-10; Lc 13:31-35 Viernes Ef 2:19-22; Sal 18:2-5; Lc 6:12-16 Sábado Fil 1:18b-26; Sal 41:2, 3, 5cdef; Lc 14:1, 7-11 Domingo Sab 11: :2; Sal 144:1-2, 8-11, 13-14; 2 Tes 1: :2; Lc 19:1-10 LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Trigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Día de la juventud (EE.UU.); Domingo Mundial de las Misiones Lunes: San Antonio María Claret Viernes: Santos Simón y Judas, apóstolesdomingo: Trigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Día de la juventud (EE.UU.); Domingo Mundial de las Misiones Lunes: San Antonio María Claret Para los cursos pre-bautismales llamar a: Alex Aguilar y Natalia Lemus Los cursos se dan previa cita los martes 7pm y domingos 11am. NO HACER COMPARACIONES Cuántas veces hemos leído o escuchado acerca de alguien que se metió en problemas, incluso despedido de su empleo, por un roce con la ley? Mientras nuestras mentes "cristianas" nos dicen que nos apiademos de esa persona y que roguemos por ella, puede que una vocecita interior también esté diciendo: "Me alegro de que yo nunca haría algo así". Y tal vez no lo haríamos. Pero, hay algunas cosas que hacemos que no agradan a Dios? Las lecturas de hoy nos advierten no mirar tan atentamente a las maldades de otros que pasamos por alto nuestras propias debilidades y defectos. Cuando nos comparamos con las peores personas a nuestro alrededor, salimos bastante bien. Sin embargo, hay un peligro en usar la conducta ajena como medida para reflejar nuestras propias virtudes. TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En 1823 se fundó el pueblo de San Rafael de las Quebradillas en Puerto Rico. Este pueblo fue dedicado al santo patrón de los pescadores. Rafael, también es el ángel patrono de la salud. Aunque hoy día su fiesta esta combinada con los otros arcángeles el 29 de septiembre, en el viejo calendario este santo fue conmemorado el 24 de octubre. Rafael (Dios salva) se encuentra en el libro de Tobías y según el autor bíblico, este es el ángel de la guarda de Tobías. El mismo Rafael se presenta como uno de los siete ángeles o arcángeles que llevan las oraciones de los justos al trono de Dios y que gozan de la presencia gloriosa del Santísimo (Tobías 12:15). Mi padre siempre dice que hay que pedir una cosa a Dios, la salud. Si tenemos la salud nada nos falta. Es interesante que en latín, salud y salvación son la misma palabra, salus. El santo patrón de la salud, Rafael nos recuerda que Dios es el único que nos puede salvar, dándonos salud de cuerpo, alma y espíritu.

7 P A R I S H M I N I S T R I E S & C H A I R Buildings & Grounds Pat Miele, Alex Aguilar, Buzz Johnson Deanery Maureen O Connell Eucharistic Adoration Dcn Robert Pang Health Mary Loftus Hispanic Community Micaelina Maldonado/ Geny Aguilar Hospitality Robin Miller Men s Club Bill Loftus. Ralph Olsen Ushers Jake Miraglia Music Elise Espinosa, Chris & Carolyn Yates, Ted Simone Spanish Choir Carlos Cerna, William Martinez Outreach Maria Nest Parish Council Scott Giblin Parish Worship Dcn John Cunningham Religious Education Kathleen Dunn RCIA Dcn Robert Pang, Jose Bolaños Right to Life Scott Giblin Social Kelli Chilson Spiritual Life Johanna Krumm St. Vincent De Paul Fr. Tom Kunnel PARISH COUNCIL Kelli Chilson, Kathleen Dunn, Scott Giblin. Paul Johnson, Andrew Lee, Martina Lynch, William Martinez, Maria Nest, Ralph Olsen, May Pang, Carolyn Yates, Janet Zahn T R U S T E E S Phil McCartin James Pontone Our Sacramental Life Baptism: Please call the Rectory well in advance of the expected day of Baptism to arrange an appointment for an interview. Pre-baptismal meeting for parents is required. Godparents must be confirmed, practicing Catholics. Generally Baptisms are celebrated the third Sunday of each month at 12:00 pm. Reconciliation: Confessions are heard from 4:30-5:00 pm on Saturday. You may also make an appointment with Fr. Tom. Spanish confessions is available from 12:30 1:00 PM on Sundays. Marriage: Marriages should be arranged at least six months in advance. Participation in Pre-Cana is essential. Please call the Rectory to schedule an appointment with Fr. Tom. Anointing of the Sick: Before you enter the hospital for elective surgery or other serious treatment, and for those who have need of spiritual healing. In an emergency, please call Fr. Tom s mobile Holy Orders: Any gentleman interested in exploring the question of vocation to the priesthood or the permanent diaconate should contact Fr. Tom Kunnel. We would also be happy to direct anyone interested in living their lives as Religious Sisters or Brothers. Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: For instruction for Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist for adults and to learn about Catholic Faith. If interested please contact Dcn Robert Pang. For more details and forms Parish Registration: All adults (over age 21) should register in the parish themselves and should use envelopes or parishpay.com. Tithing is 5% of income. This registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of the parish, especially for Baptism and Confirmation sponsorship NY Oratory Of St. Philip Neri Picture (left to right) Fr. Ravi, Fr. Joseph, Fr. George, Fr. Tom, Fr. Roman, Fr. Vladimir, Missing are Fr. Francis, Fr. Jean Paul, Fr. Martin, Fr. Raj, Fr. Peter A word of gratitude and love to all the Oratorian Fathers, especially to Fr Tom, our beloved Administrator who has done so much for our Parish. May the Oratorian Fathers continue to serve our Parish for years to come. We pray for all of the Oratorian fathers through the intersessions of St. Philip Neri, that they will receive God s Grace and support from all whom they serve. Answers: F(O)RMER, RE(S)CUE, THREA(T), G(L)ORY Solution - LOST