Parish STAFF SCHEDULE OF MASSES 5:00 p.m. (English) 7:45am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish), 12:00 Noon EUCHARISTIC ADORATION After 12 noon Mass until 4 pm. SACRAMENTS OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 28-47 43 Street, Astoria, NY 11103 Phone: (718) 278-1611 E-mail: religious.ed@stjosephastoria.org
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday, October 27:Vigil 5:00 Sofia & Christopher Korczynski Sunday, October 28: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Priesthood Sunday 7:45 The Fallon & Losty Families 9:00 Gaetana, Rosario, Flippo Giacone Celeste Bagatta, Giordano Vlacich, Maria & Raffaele Morandi 10:30 Remigia & Jose Molina Emilia Jaramillo 12:00 Matteo Bartolotta 7:00 p.m. Esther Perez Monday, October 29: 8:00 Thomas Cudahy 12:00 D Eri Family Tuesday, October 30: 8:00 Juan Collazo Jr. (Health Recovery) 12:00 Madeline Florio Maria & Vincenzo Leo Wednesday, October 31: Halloween 8:00 Joseph Molina Mongalo (Special Intentions) 12:00 Hildy Bruthanz Toohey, Phyllis Ottati 7:30pm Pastora Villada, Marcelina Badillo Hilario Thursday, November 1:All Saints 9:00 Angelina Spensieri 12:00 Calogero & Grazia Acquista Friday, November 2: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day); First Friday 9:00 All Souls 12:00 All Souls 2:00 pm All Souls (Italian Mass) 6:30pm All Souls (Spanish Mass) 7:30 pm Memorial Mass for all our parishioners Saturday, November 3: St. Martin de Porres; Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday 8:00 Purgatorial Society 5:00 Catherine & Thomas Donohue For relatives & friends of Dorothy Green Sunday, November 4:Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time; National Vocation Awareness Week; Daylight Saving Time ends 7:45 Lucia & Alessio Gaviglia 9:00 Giuseppe Gizzi, Angelo & Serafica Curatolo Michaele & Gerardina Pasquarielto 10:30 Remigia & Jose Molina Juarez Felix Pedro & Obdulia Espinales 12:00 Cassar & Xuereb 7:00 p.m. Alice Freeman Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 28, 2018 The L has done great things for us; we are glad indeed. Psalm 126:3 THE HOPE AND PROMISE OF REDEMPTION The prophet Jeremiah prophesies the end of the Babylonian exile. He describes how the weak and sorrowful people now return with joy. These are the scattered people of God: the blind and the lame, the mothers and pregnant women. They shall be led along an easy road so that no one will stumble. The Lord s kindness and mercy are on all these weak and broken people. Here and in Psalm 126 we find the most lovely poetic images of God s love and care for us. Those that sow in tears / shall reap rejoicing. Although they go forth weeping, / carrying the seed to be sown, / they shall come back rejoicing, / carrying their sheaves (Psalm 126:5 6). Although God had to punish Israel for their many sins, God never forgot them, scattered as they were, and brings them all back to the land of their ancestors, there to flourish and be joyful again. We can see in this the hope and the promise of our own redemption, gathered from the far corners of the earth into the great banquet of God. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Eph 2:12-22; Ps 85:9ab-14; Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53 Friday: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday: Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126:1-6; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 Bread and Wine to be consecrated at Masses during the weekend of October 27-28 in loving memory of Maria & Raffaela Morandi as requested by their Children. ****** Bread and Wine to be consecrated at Masses during the week of October 29-Nov 2 in loving memory of Baby Rocco Cangemi as requested by The Cangemi Family ****** sanctuary Lamp for the week and weekend of October 29-November 4 will burn in thanksgiving for Jem Contracting. Requested by: The Molina Family PRAYER INTENTIONS T S H Madaline Gabella, George Glus, Franco Faruccio, Nora Smyth, Margaret Zgombic, Patti Duman, Jane Vassil, Donna SanSouci Those Who Have Entered into Eternal Life
Christ the Pantocrator by Father Vincent Continuing my instruction on the image of Christ the Pantocrator which was recently painted in the dome of our Church, this week, as promised, we begin to explain the rich symbolism purposely painted into the byzantine Icons. There is a whole series of disciplines and theologies reflected and expressed in Icons. The most important aspect is that an Icon expresses Beauty and Truth. Creating something beautiful and truthful must be learned with great effort and patience. First, it is encouraged that the artist, or the iconographer, spend some time in prayer and fasting, placing themselves before the Holy and asking for the grace to guide their hand in giving form to the mysteries of God for others to ponder and venerate. The connecting point of the divine and the human is mostly expressed in the eyes of the Icon. The eyes of an Icon are meant to be windows for us to get a glimpse of heaven and for heaven to get a glimpse of us. There are certain rules that are expressed in the art of painting the eyes of an Icon; the first being that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. The Virgin Mary and the saints always look directly at us and engage us whereas the eyes of Christ never look directly at us because of Jesus being both God and Man. His eyes also express a double meaning: one eye being the All Knowing and All-Seeing eye of God and the other the human and merciful eye of Jesus as one of us. This is why, wherever you stand in Church, the eyes of Jesus seem like they not only follow us around but, at the same time, they are looking at us with love, waiting for us to come to Him. Another feature on the face of Christ is the two locks of hair on His forehead which represent the Divine and Human nature of Christ. Moving down to the robes of Christ, the bright blue mantle represents Christ s humanity covering over the red and gold parts of the tunic. These two colors (the red and gold) represent Hi s divinity. The imperial stole on the left shoulder under the mantel represents Christ as the King of Kings. This insertion of imperial insignias also serves to remind the Emperor/Cesar, and all those in authority, that they are not equal to God and they too are subjected to the Christ as Lord of all. To whom much has been given much more is demanded - none of us is exempt or above the authority of God. If you continue to look upon the image of Christ, you notice that one hand (the Left hand of Christ) holds either an open or closed book representing Christ as the Living Word (Logos). Another aspect of the book in Christ s hand signifies Christ as the Teacher fulfilling the prophecies of old that God will teach His people. In our image in the dome, Christ takes the words of Jesus from Scripture inviting all to come to Him and find rest. The Right Hand of Christ, at first glance, is posed in blessing, the index finger straight up representing the Greek letter I and the middle finger slightly curved representing C. In Greek the IC represents the name Jesus. The thumb crossed over the forth finger representing the Greek letter X and the pinky slightly curved again represents the Greek letter C. The two letters, XC, thus signifies the word Christ or the Anointed of God. It is Jesus Christ blessing everyone who comes to Him. The other interesting fact is that this hand of blessing is larger or out of proportion with the rest of the Image and this is because God is always blessing us. The gold that surrounds the Images and the Sanctuary of the Church, also has a significant meaning, it represents heaven. In closing, I hope and pray that when we come before the Altar of God, we are reminded that we are standing before the mystery of the Divine who, out of love, reaches down and envelopes us. I pray this brings peace to all our hearts. Next week, we will speak of the images below the Christ and the beautiful stain glass windows.
We send our prayers, thanks, and love to all the priest in our lives, and we ask God that their days be filled with peace and joy. ********************************************************************** Join Us For Breakfast November 4th, 2018 after 9:00 a.m., 10:30a.m., and 12 Noon Masses School Social Center (Cafeteria) Please come and join us for breakfast, we will have pancakes, eggs, Coffee, juice, sausage, bagels and more. Entrance is free, you pay only for what you eat, please bring your whole family or a friend and enjoy a delicious Breakfast and an opportunity to meet other parishioners. Trigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 28 de octubre de 2018 Estábamos alegres, pues ha hecho grandes cosas por su pueblo el Señor. Salmo 126 (125):3 LA ESPERANZA Y PROMESA DE REDENCIÓN El profeta Jeremías anuncia el fin del exilio en Babilonia. Describe cómo los débiles y los tristes ahora regresarán con alegría. Éste es el pueblo dispersado de Dios: los ciegos y cojos; preñadas y paridas. Serán guiados por un camino llano para que nadie tropiece. La bondad y misericordia del Señor están con este pueblo débil y deshecho. Aquí y en el Salmo 126 (125) encontramos imágenes poéticas extremadamente hermosas del amor y cuidado que Dios tiene por nosotros. Los que sembraban con lágrimas, / cosechan entre cantares. Al ir, iba llorando, / llevando la semilla; / al volver, vuelve cantando, / trayendo sus gavillas (Salmo 126[125]:5-6). Si bien Dios tuvo que castigar a Israel por sus muchos pecados, nunca se olvidó de ellos aun cuando estaban dispersos, y los llevó de regreso a la tierra de sus ancestros para que prosperaran y fueran felices de nuevo. En esto encontramos la esperanza y la promesa de nuestra propia redención al reunirnos, desde todos los rincones del mundo, para celebrar el gran banquete de Dios. TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En México y otros países latinoamericanos se están preparando para celebrar el Día de Todos los Santos (1 o de noviembre) y el Día de los Fieles Difuntos (2 de noviembre). Estas dos fiestas cristianas fueron mezcladas con antiguos ritos y devociones mesoamericanas. Ellas enfatizan que la muerte es parte normal del ciclo de la vida y que los difuntos no se olvidan de sus seres queridos. Esta es la base de la devoción católica a los santos: Dios es Dios de los vivos y no de los muertos (Mateo 22:32); por eso los muertos siguen vivos en una nueva dimensión. En estos días, las familias pasan tiempo en los cementerios, visitando las tumbas de sus parientes y amistades, lavando las lápidas, poniendo arreglos de zempasuchil y encendiendo veladoras. En casa, muchos latinos construyen y adornan altarcitos dedicándolos a las almas de sus seres queridos que han muerto. En los altares se encuentran papel picado, fotos de los difuntos, artículos religiosos, comida, bebida, cigarritos y otras cosas que los ya muertos disfrutaban durante sus vidas. Para los niños muertos se añaden juguetitos que les gustaban en vida
2018 Annual Catholic Appeal As of October 23 2018, 150 parish families have pledged $60,462.00; $51,733.00 received toward our parish goal of $55,455. for the 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal to assist Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and our diocesan church to maintain its many services and ministries. Thanks to the 150 Families who generously responded we are $3722, from completing our goal. The remaining amount pledged $5007, hopefully will be returned to St. Joe s to help pay our outstanding debts. Mass Book for 2019 If you have had a loved one buried from the parish during the last year, you may reserve a Mass to be celebrated for that deceased person. This Mass must be arranged personally at the Parish Office on 43rd St. during the week (October 29 to November 2). The offering for a Mass will be $15 for a weekday Mass and $25 for a Saturday evening and Sunday Mass. The new Mass book for 2019 will be open on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, in the Parish Center for anyone who desires a Mass to be celebrated for the intention of a loved one in the next calendar year. The Mass book will be closed during the week of November 5th, and will re-open on Monday, November 12. St. Joseph s Annual Flea Market Saturday November 10, 2018 St. Joseph s school Gym 1 Table $35, 2 Tables $60, 3 Tables $90 For more information contact Jackie Barkoutsis at (718) 932-9766 or JB092504@hotmail.com ************************************************************** Theology on Tap Please join fellow young adults of the parishes in LIC and Astoria for Theology on Tap. This lecture series focuses on current events in religion sponsored by the Diocese of Brooklyn. Location: Mojave 22-36 31st Street Astoria, NY 10/29/18 The Gospel of Failure, Manny Gutierrez Time: 7pm Update on Parish Weekly Collection, October 21, 2018 Sunday Collection...$4,795 Reduction Of Debt...$1,310 World Mission...$730 Total Collection...$6,835 The Divine Mercy Prayer Group Please join us for our weekly meeting every Wednesday after the Noon Mass, in the Gathering Space; Length of meeting is approximately one hour. Food Pantry Our Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 8:00 to 9:00am, to assist any parishioner that is need of food. To register please bring a NYC Benefit card. Please Note: The Secure Food deposit Box Located in the front lobby of our church on the Rectory side. Please deposit all dry food (pasta, rice, beans, cans and bottles) there. This will assist us in securing that your food donations go directly to the needy. Welcome to Our Parish Please mark one: Please register me and, yes, send me envelopes. Please contact me about becoming a Catholic or completing my initiation as a Catholic through the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation. Please contact me about Religion Education for my child. Please contact me about how I can volunteer. Name: Last Name Date of Birth : Address: Apt. # City: State: Zip code Phone: E-mail: Please fill out this form, and deposit in the basket collection or in the Parish office, or e-mail rectory@stjosephastoria.org
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