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 23rd, :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 24th, :00 PM Legion of Mary (Spanish)...Relg. Off. 7:00 PM Charismatic Grp Parish Hall Last Monday of the Month.... Church Tuesday, April 25th, :30 PM Legion of Mary (English)...Choir Room 8:00 PM Grupo de Oracion.....Chapel 8:30 PM Neo Catechumenal Way.2...Parish Hall 8:30 PM Neo Catechumenal Way 3... Rel. Ed. Off Wednesday, April 26th, :00 PM Talleres Abrazos de Amor(3rd Wednesday)..Rel. Ed. Off 8:00 PM Charismatic Group (Every 2 wks)...rel. Ed. Off 8:00 PM Neo Catech. #1.Parish Hall Thursday, April 27th, :30 PM Spanish Bible Class...SW..Mtg Rm 7:30 PM RCIA Class...Rel. Ed. Off 7:00 PM Holy Family (1st Monday).Chapel Friday, April 28th, PM Recitation of the Rosary (Creole)...Chapel 7:00 PM Fraternity Youth Group...Rel. Ed. Off 6:30 PM Madres Y Padres rantes (1st Friday).. Chapel Saturday, April 29th, AM - 5PM Blessed Sacrament Adoration...Chapel 10:00 AM Legion of Mary (Spanish)...Mtg Rm 10:30 AM Legion of Mary(Youth)...SW Mtg Rm 4:00-5PM English Choir Practice Church 4:00 PM Legion of Mary (Creole)....SW 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 22, :30 PM Silvia Forero req by Maria Forero Patrick Sr & Gery Ward req by Patrick Ward SUNDAY, April 23, :30 AM Marguerite Charlot req by Antonia Charlot Tkgv to God for Antonia Charlot 9:30 AM Tkgv to God for Gaelle-Line Noel Tkgv to Jesus for Margalie Fontus 12:00 PM Guadalupe Lopez req by Elvira Lopez Wilfredo Marrero Sr & Jr. req by Maima Marrero 5:00 PM Tkgv to God req by Patricia Charleston Tkgv to God for Marjorie Merisier req by her Mother MONDAY, April 24, :00 AM Itelie Barreau req by Vinelia Booz TUESDAY, April 25, :00 AM In Honor of Little Jesus of Prague req by Nerlande Boyer & Marie Josee Pierre Tkgv to God for Jemedy Lovinsky 7:30 PM Tkgv to God for Jamila Boucicot WEDNESDAY, April 26, :00 AM Tkgv to God for Louci Flasher 7:30 PM Rony Jean-Pierre THURSDAY, April 27, :00 AM B-Day Belrive Valentino req by His Mother FRIDAY, April 28, :00 AM Sp Int. for Norbert Dieter req by Martha Rawlins 7:30 PM Paula Rodriguez SATURDAY, April 29, :00 AM Gloria Alvarez req by Margot & Marha B-Day Murielle Placide Stewardship of Treasure April 15 and 16, 2017 Weekend Offerings Weekend Masses...$12, Other... $85.00 Thank you for your continued support! =========== TODAY S READINGS First Reading All who believed were devoted to the teachings of the apostles, the communal life, the breaking of the bread, and prayer (Acts 2:42-47). Psalm Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlas ng (Psalm 118). Second Reading God has given us an undiminished inheritance, safeguarded for us in heaven (1 Peter 1:3-9). Gospel The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. The absent Thomas doubts (John 20:19-31). 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 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter Monday: (or of Divine Mercy) Yom Ha-Shoa (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Tuesday: St. Mark Wednesday: Administra ve Professionals Day Friday: Saturday: St. Peter Chanel; St. Louis Grignion de Mon ort; Arbor Day St. Catherine of Siena ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura Todos los creyentes vivían unidos y compar an todo cuanto tenían (Hechos 2:42-47). Salmo Den gracias a Dios porque es bueno, su amor es eterno (Salmo 118 [117]). Segunda lectura Dios nos concedió renacer a la vida que esperamos por la resurrección de Jesucristo de entre los muertos. (1 Pedro 1:3-9). Evangelio Felices los que creen sin haber visto (Juan 20:19-31). Salmo responsorial: Leccionario Hispanoamericano Dominical 1970, Comisión Episcopal Española. Usado con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. A SEASON OF JOY They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers (Acts 2:42). This first line of today s first reading sets the tone as this fi y-day celebra on of Easter opens before us. Today we listen to the teachings of three apostles Luke, Peter, and John who remind us that even though we have not seen Christ, we nonetheless are filled with joy as we place our belief in his saving death and resurrec on. Each week during the Easter season we will gather as a community of faith to find strength and support from our God and from one another. Each week we will gather to break bread and offer the great prayer of thanksgiving, ac ons that will manifest the very presence of the risen Christ in our midst. Let us be open to the wonders of this season of joy. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. TIEMPO DE ALEGRÍA Acudían asiduamente a escuchar las enseñanzas de los apóstoles, vivían en comunión fraterna y se congregaban para orar en común y celebrar la fracción del pan (Hechos 2:42). La primera línea de la primera lectura de hoy marca la pauta al comenzar esta celebración de Pascua de cincuenta días. Hoy escuchamos las enseñanzas de tres apóstoles Lucas, Pedro y Juan que nos recuerdan que, aunque no hayamos visto a Cristo, estamos llenos de alegría al depositar nuestra creencia en su muerte y resurrección salvadoras. Cada semana durante el empo de Pascua nos reuniremos como comunidad de fe para hallar fuerzas y apoyo de nuestro Dios y de los demás. Cada semana nos reuniremos para fraccionar el pan y dar gracias en oración, acciones que manifestarán la mismísima presencia del Cristo resucitado entre nosotros. Estemos abiertos a los milagros de este empo de alegría. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. UNE SAISON DE JOIE Ils se sont devoués à l enseignement des apôtres et à la vie communautaire, à la frac on du pain et aux prières (Actes 2;42). Ce e première phrase de la première lecture donne le ton à ce e célébra on des cinquante jours de Pâques qui s étend devant nous. Aujourd hui nous sommes exposés aux enseignements de trois apôtres Luc, Pierre et Jean qui nous rappellent que même si nous n avons pas vu le Christ, nous sommes néanmoins rempli de joie alors que nous me ons notre foi dans sa mort salvatrice et sa résurrec on. Chaque semaine durant ce e saison Pascale nous nous réunirons comme étant une communauté de foi afin de trouver le courage et le support de notre Dieu et de nos frères. Chaque semaine nous nous réunirons pour rompre le pain et offrir la prière de remerciement, des ac ons qui démontreront la présence effec ve du Christ ressuscité parmi nous. Soyons ouvert aux merveilles de ce e saison de joie!

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

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7 1- Social Media Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlas ng. 2- Planned Giving A Charitable Gi Annuity benefits our parish, offers be er rates than many CDs, gives you a tax deduc on, and is an excellent way to pass on your Catholic Heritage. Contact the rectory or all the Office of Planned Giving at (305) for more informa on. 3- Stewardship Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, Peace be with you. JOHN 20:19 How good are you at making people feel welcome? When you meet someone new, a new parishioner, a neighbor, a work colleague, do you welcome them and make them feel at home? Many of us can probably do a much be er job at this. When we make people feel welcome, we make them feel like they are belong instead of being excluded. A simple smile and a plain hello goes a long way.