October 23, 2016 - St JOHN PIERMONT

St. John the Baptist R. C. Church
895 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, New York 10968
www.stjohnspiermont.org [email protected] 845-359-0078
Oct. 23, 2016, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Rev. Tom Kunnel, C.O.
MASSES
Administrator
Saturday: 5:00 PM
[email protected]
Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM
Deacon John Cunningham
Deacon Robert Pang
1:00 PM (Spanish)
Weekdays: 8:00 AM
Saturday:
9:00 AM
Holy Days: As Announced
Kathleen Dunn
Religious Education Director
Rectory
May Pang
Mon – Fri 10:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Parish Admin: [email protected]
Sat 10 AM – 12 Noon (Spanish)
Dear Parish Family,
Sat 10/22 5:00 PM
Sun 10/23
Eileen Keane
by Eileen Simon
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
Blanca Guillermo
by Luis Narvaez
10/25 8:00 AM
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.
Sun
Mon
Tue
23-Oct
24-Oct
25-Oct
Wed 26-Oct
Thu
Fri
Sat
27-Oct
28-Oct
9:45AM
Religious Ed - English
10:30AM
11AM
Family Mass
Spanish Baptism Prep
11:30AM
Religious Ed - Spanish
11:30AM
Legion of Mary
12:30PM
Spanish Food Fundraiser
7PM
AA Meeting
1PM
CDA Knitting
6:30PM
Religious Ed
6:45PM
Parents/Candidate Confimation Mtg
9:30AM
Scripture Class
7PM
Altar Server Prep and Practice
7PM
Baptism Prep
7PM
Spanish Bible Sturdy
1:30PM
Piermont Sr Meeting
7PM
Spanish Choir Practice
7PM
RCIA
1PM
CDA Knitting
7PM
Rios de Agua Viva Group
7PM
Spanish Choir Practice
7:15PM
Parish Council Meeting
10AM
Fri Renew Group
7PM
Adult Prayer Group
7PM
Laying of Hands
7:30PM
Youth Group
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!
All Soul’s Day, Wed. Nov. 2 at 10:30 AM
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.
29-Oct
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
Day
Time
Saturday 5:00 PM
10/29
8:00 AM
Sunday
10/30
Lector
Eucharistic
Minister
Christine Mooney
Altar Servers
John Lawler
Betsy Feeney
Louis Giampiccolo
William Giampiccolo
Michaela Duggan
10:30 AM
Mary Loftus
Bill Loftus
Gerry Caltagirone
1:00 PM
Cruz Molina
Rafael Mazariego
Natalia Lemus
Cindy Ortiz
Lizbeth Rodriguez
Rosario Guzman
Rut Sanabria
Jonathan Rodriguez
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
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.
5:30 PM –10:30 PM
St Ann’s School Cafeteria
16 Jefferson St, Nyack, NY 10960
Call May Pang 845 359—0078 or
Reserve online www.nyoratory.org
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 845-596-0459 or
[email protected]
MUST have 40 tickets paid in full by 11/22
Wedding Banns
2. Christopher Aimi &
Kristen Calle
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.
Contributed by
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS
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
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — El Señor es el Dios de justicia que escu-
cha 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 4:32 -- 5:8; 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 11:22 -- 12:2; Sal 144:1-2, 8-11, 13-14; 2
Tes 1:11 -- 2:2; 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 845-480-1502 y Natalia Lemus 845-480-1682. 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.
PARISH MINISTRIES & CHAIR
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
TRUSTEES
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 845 608 9358.
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—www.stjohnspiermont.org
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