Parish Office (863) 453-4757 Fax (863) 453-2620 Pentecost Sunday May 20, 2018 Parish Office Hours Monday through Friday 9 AM to 2:30 PM Pastor Fr. Nicholas McLoughlin Assisting Clergy Fr. Gerald Grogan Pastor Emeritus Fr. Leo Frechette Deacon Fred Simon Schedule of Masses Saturday Confession 3:30 PM English 6:30 PM Spanish Vigil Mass 4 PM English 7 PM Spanish Sunday 8 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Days Vigil Mass 5:30 PM 8 & 10:30 AM Daily Mass Monday-Friday 8 AM First Friday Mass and Holy Hour 8 AM Visit us on the web! www.ologap.org Pentecost Sunday The Birthday of the Church When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim (Acts of the Apostles: 2). Congratulations OLG 2018 Senior High School Graduates
Page 2 Our Lady of Grace Dear parishioners: The Evangelist John gives us the setting for this post-resurrection appearance of Jesus: On the evening of the first day of the week It was Easter Sunday evening. Jesus disciples were assembled in a room where the doors were locked for fear of the Jews. Sometimes, we pray or go to Church out of fear. Since it was Sunday evening, Jesus disciples were assembled out of fear to celebrate the Eucharist it was probably a house-church. The fear was probably caused by their past failures betrayal, denial or worse and by the hostile atmosphere toward the followers of Christ. Jesus greets them, Peace be with you. This was the greeting that Jesus would have shared with them at the Last Supper: Peace is my farewell to you; my peace is my gift to you; and I do not give it to you as the world gives it to you (John 14: 2728). Next, Jesus shows them his hands and his side with wound marks inflicted during the Crucifixion (John 20: 25). He wanted to assure them that he was not a delusory figment of their imagination. In his wounds, He wanted to show them the meaning of sin. Jesus repeats his greeting, Peace to you. Or, is it a greeting? Peace is something that Jesus gives as gift to his disciples as they begin their ministry, namely, the assurance of his presence with them. If they are to bring peace to troubled souls and to a troubled world, they must first possess that peace in their own lives. Peace is that calm in the eye of the storm. What all of us seek most in life is that inner peace. Peace comes from an intimate relationship with Jesus. There is a difference between forgiveness and healing. Jesus followers knew that he forgave them through multiple meetings after the Resurrection. Even though they knew that they were forgiven, they still remembered their past failures. They were in need of a healing of memories. Jesus offers Graduate Brisa Luevano them this healing as they begin their public ministry so that they, in turn, will offer that forgiveness and healing Peace to those who are in need of it.. Our graduates their photos are on the next page - are going out into a troubled, wounded world, captured in R.E.M., the Rock Band 90 s hit, Everybody hurts sometimes. May they be agents of God s peace and healing, especially the healing of memories. Fr. Nick
Pentecost Sunday Page 3 Kadie Crosson Rosalinda Jaramillo Cristina Reyes Timothy Ferreira Jennifer Martin-Cruz Yair Vegas Edgar Gomez Jasmine Martinez Kevin Andrew Seymour Guadalupe Guzman-Gomez Marcos Mendoza Denise Lindimas
Page 4 Our Lady of Grace Graduate Kadie Crosson served as Reader Nicholas Scott leads graduates into Church Brisa Luevano & Jennie Martin-Cruz bring gifts Happy graduates assemble for graduates Mass Graduates exchange the sign of peace at Mass. Graduate Tim Ferreira receives communion
Pentecost Sunday Page 5 OLG Area 2018 High School Graduates Grand Knight Joe Hamilton awards K of C $1,000 scholarship to Jasmine Martinez Thank you K of C for Graduates Brunch Brother Nicholas with graduate Tim who plans to join the Marines June 17, 2018. Guadalupe Guzman-Gomez receives $1,000 scholarship from Dennis Kellner & a Bible from Angie Heiring from the school of religion Graduate Brisa Luevano with her very proud parents after the Graduates Mass.
Page 6 MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY MAY 19 4:00 pm + Glen Hartsfield by Ann Hartsfield. + Arthur Picard by Family. 7:00 pm Special Intention by Lydia Garcia. SUNDAY MAY 20 8:00 am + Gabrielle Felton Gonzalez by Her Daughter. 10:30 am + Joseph & Elsie DeGroot by Family. MONDAY MAY 21 8:00 am Repose of Souls who have no one to pray for the by Sullivan & Cox Family. TUESDAY MAY 22 8:00 am + Jimmy White by John & Kathy Campbell. WEDNESDAY MAY 23 8:00 am + Teresa Bagetis by Ralph & Judy Todino THURSDAY MAY 24 8:00 am + Cora Kosky by Arthur Kosky. FRIDAY MAY 25 8:00 am + Dick Gaskell by Bobbi Gaskel. SATURDAY MAY 26 4:00 pm + Tori Caron by Jeanette & Donald Billy. 7:00 pm Special Intention for Mariano Zuniya by Mariano Rodriguez SUNDAY MAY 27 8:00 am + Carol Keller by Peter Keller. Novena of Masses for a great respect for all human life by K of C. 10:30 am + Nancy Wiley by Merritt Wiley. For emergency prayer chain requests, you can email kmurphy@timacusa.com or text Kevin at 863-443-1852 Our Lady of Grace FOR THE SICK OF THE PARISH Claudette Laverriere John Minadeo Jade Jackson Glenna Thompson Andres Clavijo Lise Sevigny Perry Gilpatrick Patty Meegan J.R. Lejeune Gregory Syfert Gerald Martin Gerald Ott Patricia Martin And for those who care for the sick, for the deceased member s and benefactors of the parish, and for our loved ones. 595 East Main Street Avon Park, Florida 33825 Teresa Torres (863)449-0039 MARIA, La Madre Que Escucha MONTH 2 Developing Baby -- "I'm dancing!" Spiritual Adoption Program Your spiritually adopted baby is making progress developing all of her external features and internal organs. Her brain is functioning at 40 days. Her mother can hear her heart beat now on an ultrasonic stethoscope. Baby-teeth buds are present at 6-1/2 weeks. The central nervous system is functioning and 40 muscle sets begin their first exercises. From this moment, your spiritually adopted baby grows and refines her body. But, everything she needs to survive after birth is already present by the end of the eighth week. She is now called a "fetus," a Latin word meaning "little one." Ultrasound reveals that this little one can now spring, flip, and jump--her first dance steps! Psalm 139:13 - "You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb."
Staff & Ministries Administrative Assistant Betty Heiring betty.heiring@ologap.org Religious Education Judy Nugent Angie Heiring angie.heiring@ologap.org (863) 453-7537 Music Gene Ryan mee@generyan.com Associate Youth Director Angie Heiring (863) 453-7537 Prayer Group Kevin Murphy Women s Guild Debbie Augusta - President (863) 385-8872 Respect Life Dick & Marie Carlson (863) 471-2134 Parish Council President Judy Pounds Vice President Piedad Sarmiento- Noriega Secretary Judy Nugent Members Debbie Augusta Maureen Cool Darlyne Devany John Paul Heston Jim McGann Karen Hecker Tina Starling Teresa Torres John Wolbert The Holy Spirit Without the Holy Spirit, God is far away Christ stays in the past, The Gospel is a dead letter, The Church is simply an organization, Authority a matter of dominion, Mission is a matter of propaganda, The Liturgy no more than an evocation, Christian living a slave morality. But in the Holy Spirit: The Cosmos is resurrected and groans with Birth-pangs of the Kingdom, The risen Christ is there, The Gospel is the power of life, The Church shows forth the life of the Trinity, Authority is a liberating service, Mission is a Pentecost, The Liturgy is both memorial and anticipation Human action is deified.