Church of St Monica 413 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075 Tel: 212-288-6250 / 6251 Fax: 212-570-1562 Email: info@churchofstmonica.org Website: www.churchofstmonica.org PASTOR: Rev. Peter M. Colapietro ASSOCIATES: Rev. Joe A. Francis Rev. Joby Mathew IN SUNDAY SERVICE: Rev. Richard Arold ORGANIST & DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Mr. David Schaefer CANTOR & LEADER OF SONG: Mr. Joseph Neal FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (A) From time immemorial God has promised, O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. But this will not happen before Jesus weeps. He weeps in front of doubt: You want to go back there? He weeps in front of nihilism: Could he not have done something? He weeps in front of fatalism: Lord, by now there will be a stench. This is the optimum moment for God to have Lazarus rise from his grave, for then the event will teach us just how far we must go in trusting the power of Jesus love for us. Although dead because of sin, the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you. BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES: By Appointment only. Please contact a member of the parish staff well in advance. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: 5:00 PM on Saturdays Anytime by appointment COMMUNION FOR THE HOMEBOUND: Anyone who cannot attend church because of illness or age, please contact the parish office, so that arrangements can be made to bring communion to you. MASSES Sundays: 7:30 AM; 9:00 AM; 10:30 AM & 12 NOON (Principal Liturgy & Choir) Weekdays: 7:30 AM & 12 NOON Saturdays: 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM (Vigil) April 06, 2014 UPCOMING EVENTS RCIA SCHEDULE Thursday evenings at 7:30pm 8:30pm In the RECTORY EVENING MASS Monday through Friday at 6:00 PM OFFICE HOURS WEEKDAYS: 9:30 AM - 7:45 PM SATURDAYS: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM SUNDAYS: 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM SPECIAL DEVOTIONS Rosary Weekdays after the Noon Mass and on Saturday after the 9:00 AM mass Holy Hour First Friday of each month after the Noon Mass Devotions Miraculous Medal on Mondays after each Mass
Page 2 TODAY S READINGS First Reading Thus says the Lord GOD: I will open your graves, have you rise from them, and settle you on your land. Then you shall know I am the LORD, O my people! (Ezekiel 37:12-14) [Page: 514] Second Reading If Christ is in you, the spirit is alive even if the body is dead because of sin (Romans 8:8-11) [Page: 514] Gospel Lazarus, dead for four days, came out of his tomb when Jesus called his name (John 11:1-45) [Page: 514] READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 27:66 PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED I ve gone to prepare a place for you. + Katherine Zeitler Ann Flynn Please pray for our deceased parishioners and friends. Remember your loved ones by dedicating in their honor Altar Bread & Wine or Sanctuary Light This Week s Bread and Wine + In Loving Memory of Joseph & Marisa Catalano SATURDAY (APR 5): VIGIL 5:30 PM Theresa Smith SUNDAY (APR 6): FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 AM August & Louise Clements 9:00 AM Michael & Mary Regan 10:30 AM Mary Devaney 12 NOON St Monica Parishioners MONDAY (APR 7): LENTEN WEEKDAY 7:30 AM Dr Maria Marta Litrenta (Living) 12 NOON Peg & Patrick Briody 6:00 PM Andalesia Bachiller TUESDAY (APR 8): LENTEN WEEKDAY 7:30 AM Michael J Manniello 12 NOON Joni Loeffler 6:00 PM Patrick Quinn WEDNESDAY (APR 9): LENTEN WEEKDAY 7:30 AM William Smith 12 NOON Mary Devaney 6:00 PM Nicholas, Nora & Edward Fredo THURSDAY (APR 10) : LENTEN WEEKDAY 7:30 AM Vanes Bellevue 12 NOON Beatrice O Carroll 6:00 PM Nicholas, Nora & Edward Fredo FRIDAY (APR 11: LENTEN WEEKDAY 7:30 AM Frederick Rockwell, Jr. 12 NOON Helen T Quinn 6:00 PM Leonora Simpao SATURDAY (APR 12): LENTEN WEEKDAY 9:00 AM Joseph Uddo PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please remember in your prayers: Patti Banks, Anne Hoagland, Kevin Schafer, Barbara Donahue, Teddy Moore, Mia Catherine Trammel, Christine Powers, Fred Janek, Thomas Mathew, Sheela Kurien, Virginia Bannon and those wounded in Military Action If you wish to add the names of your loved one to the prayer list, please notify the rectory: (212) 288-6250.
TODAY S HYMNS Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Welcome to St. Monica's! The music for today's Eucharist can be found in our hymnal on the following pages: Entrance Hymn 234 Parce Domine Penitential Rite 112 Responsorial Psalm 514 With the Lord, there is mercy and fullness of redemption. Gospel Acclamation 114 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die. Offertory Hymn Table Song (D. Haas) Sung by Joseph Neal At Noon: Pater, in Manus Tuas (T. Dubois) sung by Vincent Ricciardi, soloist with the choir Sanctus 185 Memorial Acclamation * Great Amen * The Lord's Prayer 120 Lamb of God 187 Communion Hymn 355 Eye Has Not Seen At noon: Adoramus Te (G. Palestrina) sung by the choir Recessional Hymn 243 Forty Days and Forty Nights *from the Mass For A New Era. for texts, see pew card PLEASE REMEMBER Both in life and in death, we belong to the Lord (Romans 14). Please remember St Monica s Church in your will. Page 3 LENT INFORMATION Please remember our forty day Lenten support is for The Dwelling Place. A privately funded transitional residence for women. Please visit www.thedwellingplaceofny.org or call (212) 564-7887. Thank you for your generosity. REFLECTING ON GOD S WORD James was a new man. When the nurses and his brother told him how close he had come to dying, he realized he d been given a second chance, a new lease on life. The new Jim was as different from the old Jim as a newborn baby is from a child in the womb. No longer was he alone and confined in the dark spirit of depression. His tomb of illness had become a womb of new life, releasing him from bondage, giving him a spirit of energy and hope, and connecting him with a helping, compassionate community. When we hear the promises of new life and invitations to believe in this Sunday s scripture it is easy to think of something after we die. But we have already died with Christ in baptism and, like Lazarus, we have received a new lease on life, this time with the Spirit of God dwelling in us. He was raised from his tomb to embrace a new and richer life, we also have new and richer lives to live in the Spirit of faith, gratitude, love, and hope. LIVING GOD S WORD Lazarus was given a new lease on life, but that did not make him immortal. Eventually he had to die, just like Jesus, our loved ones, and all of us. Do we believe, with Martha, that our death will be a birth into an even richer experience of new life? TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION There is a geography to the liturgy of baptism that distills the journey of faith. Each part of the liturgy is assigned to a distinct part of the church building. Baptism starts at the door. Then, the celebration moves to the place for God s Word. Next, as the litany of the saints is sung, there is a procession to the font. Finally, the movement is to the table, the altar of the Eucharist. There, newly baptized adults are brought to the sacred meal, or the parents of infants are blessed and reminded that their child will one day share fully in the table s banquet.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES 2014 RECONCILIATION (CONFESSION) MONDAY, APRIL 14 4 pm to 8 pm Page 4 GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 18 HOLY THURSDAY APRIL 17 9:00 AM Morning Prayer 8:00 PM Mass of The Lord s Supper with Choir Visits to Repository until 11:00 PM Volunteers are needed for the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday. If you wish to participate, please call the parish office (212-288-6251). HOLY SATURDAY APRIL 19 9:00 AM Morning Prayer 12 NOON Stations of the Cross 3:00 PM Liturgy of The Lord s Passion & Holy Communion with Choir 8:00 PM Stations & Veneration of the Cross *Confession available during all Services* 9:00 AM Morning Prayer 8:30 PM Easter Vigil Liturgy with Choir & Festival Ensemble EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 20 Masses at 7:30am; 9:00am; 10:30am; Principal Mass at 12 Noon with Choir & Festival Ensemble at the 10:30am and 12 Noon Masses SAINTS OF THE WEEK ST VINCENT FERRER (APRIL 5) The zealous Dominican preacher, Vincent Ferrer, lived in one of the most turbulent periods in the history of the Church. It was the time of the Western Schism and the residence of the pope at Avignon, France. Vincent was born at Valencia, Spain. He entered the Dominican Order at the age of 15 and was ordained a priest in 1378. All his life he felt that he was called to carry the gospel not only to Christians but also to the Jews, the Muslims and the heretical sects of the Cathari and Waldensians. In 1390 Vincent became the official theologian for the papal legate, Cardinal Peter de Luna, and accompanied him to trips throughout Spain. When the cardinal became pope, taking the name of Benedict XIII, he called Vincent to Avignon as confessor. Vincent naturally supported this pope and persuaded the courts in France, Aragon and Castile to do likewise. Later, when he saw the stubborn resistance of the pope in perpetuating the Schism, he changed his mind and announced that the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre should refuse to obey the pope at Avignon. St Vincent preached not only in Spain and France but also in Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands. He is reputed to have received the gift of tongues and was renowned as a healer. The high point of St Vincent s preaching mission was between the yeas 1412 and 1419. He died at Vannes, France, while on a preaching mission in which he tried to put an end to the Hundred Years War between France and England. He was canonized in 1455 and is highly venerated to this day not only in Spain and Latin America but also in the Philippines. SAINT JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE (April 7) John Baptist De La Salle was born in 1651 at Rheims in France and belongs to what is known as the French school of spirituality. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1678. He was at first a canon but renounced that office in order to dedicate himself to the education of poor youth. Out of this grew the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, popularly known as the Christian Brothers. In 1684 his first twelve followers made temporary profession and placed the Congregation under the special patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, in 1700 the first difficulties arose in regard to the teaching methods introduced by the founder. Moreover, the Sulpicians reacted coldly to him because John Baptist did away with outdated traditional methods of teaching and insisted on the use of French rather than Latin. Although his original intention was to conduct only free schools for poor youth, in 1698, at the request of King James II of England (exiled in France), he opened the first school for boys of the aristocracy. The Congregation and its work prospered in spite of numerous trials and difficulties. He died on Good Friday of 1719, was canonized in 1900, and declared patron of teachers by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
Page 5 Cardinal s Appeal Updates (St Monica s Church) As of April 4, 2014: Pledge Paid Gifts Av. Gift Parish Goal $72,680.00 $65,000.00 126 $579.00 $79,000.00 Pledge as percentage of the goal 92% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Page 6 COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS 511510: Church of St. Monica 413 East 79 th Street, NYC., NY 10075 PHONE: 212-288-6251 CONTACT PERSON: JoAnn M Freer SOFTWARE: Windows XP Professional Microsoft Word 2010 Adobe Acrobat X Microsoft Publisher PRINTER: Adobe PDF NUMBER OF PAGES: 1 through 5 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 6, 2014 TRANSMISSION TIME: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please use this copy for print