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Sunday, March 25, 2018| Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion - Year B

PARISH STAFF

Pastor Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Israel K. Boadi

Coordinator of Religious Education Sister Edna Loquias, S.M.C.

Business Manager Esteban Perez

Parish Secretary Elizabeth Mannini

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor Bilen Eminov

Youth Minister School Principal Jesus Vargas Ms. Valerie Savino

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday: 8:30am | 12:00pm (Both English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil Mass - English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre - Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Center.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Office at (718) 295-3770.

MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL 2465 Bathgate Avenue

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

PARISH CENTER

2380 Belmont Avenue Bronx, NY 10458

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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ANNOUNCED MASSES

Sunday, March 25th| Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

8:30am Raffaele & Maria Angela Merolla 9:30am Pro Populo 11:00am Maria Michela e Vincenzo Malafronte

12:15pm Simone Pietro Cutugnino 1:30pm Pedro Urbano Bailon

Monday, March 26th | Monday of Holy Week

8:30am Salvatore & Giuseppina Florio 12:00pm Maria Galeota Iovenity 6:30pm Luigi Capriglione

Tuesday, March 27th | Tuesday of Holy Week

8:30am Caryl Borgatti 12:00pm Manfredo Iovenity 6:30pm Michael Raguso

Wednesday, March 28th | Wednesday of Holy Week 8:30am In Honor of Our Lord’s Agony in the Garden 12:00pm Josephine Saltarelli 6:30pm Hugh Gibney

Thursday, March 29th | Holy Thursday 9:00am Tenebrae

7:30pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper

Friday, March 30th | Good Friday

9:00am Tenebrae 5:30pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

Saturday, March 31st | Holy Saturday

9:00am Tenebrae

7:30pm Easter Vigil

Sunday, April 1st| Easter Sunday 8:30am Madre Pasqua Condo’ 9:30am Pro Populo 11:00am Rosario Darmetta, Giulio e Francesca DiMaggio

12:15pm Angelina CAsti 1:30pm Victoria Elizabeth Bailon

From the Desk of Father Jonathan

You have heard me joke that Palm Sunday is my favorite day of the year because I get to ride the don-key in procession around the Church. I'm only partly joking. I love this day because of what it means for our faith. When Jesus entered Jerusalem and mount-ed a donkey, the drama of his passion was at hand. Jesus knew exactly who he was and why he was going into Jerusalem, even if the people with palms in their hands had other ideas of what he would do for them.

Jesus had entered Jerusalem many times before, but this time his entrance was very different. He was going to lay his life down for each of us. He was go-ing to be crucified at the hands of the Romans and the Jewish leaders who feared him.

When Jesus mounted the donkey, he was fulfilling a prophecy that the Messiah would come mounted a humble animal, instead of an animal made for war. From Zachariah 9:9: "Our king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

When we process together around the church, the priest sits on a similar donkey and leads the commu-nity in a commemoration of that day when Our Lord and Savior showed us that his kingdom is not of this world. Sitting on that donkey and receiving the praise of the people, Jesus truly was a king, but not of geographical, political territories, as they wished, but rather of their hearts. Jesus entered Jerusalem to free all of those people, and all of us, from the conse-quences of our sin. Jesus has come to show us in unforgettable images what true freedom and power look like.

We hold our palms high and also lay them at his feet. And in our hearts, we say to him, "Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Jews, and King of my heart, enter into my life and make me everything you want me to be."

God bless you and your families as we begin this Holy Week.

Father Jonathan + REST IN PEACE +

Please pray for Victor Perez and all the faithful departed

WEEKEND MASSES - 3/18/18

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WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 3/18/18

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St. Anthony’s Bread - March 27th

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PASSION

The contrast between the processional reading in today’s liturgy and the proclamation of the Passion is striking. We are given a glimpse of how profoundly the word of God is fulfilled in Jesus. First he must be hailed as the Messiah, the One who is to come. He must be acknowledged by all, though they do not know what they are saying. They think he is the promised king, a worldly king of the Jews who will free them from the Roman occupation. They do not yet understand, even the disciples, exactly where this triumphal procession is leading. In our lives, we too do not know where we are going. It is in faith that we can follow Christ wherever he may lead us, trusting that death is not the end, nor evil the victor.

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LA PASSIONE

È allo stesso tempo l’ora della luce e l’ora delle tenebre. L’ora

della luce, poiché il sacramento del Corpo e del Sangue è stato istituito, ed è stato detto: “Io sono il pane della vita... Tutto ciò che il Padre mi dà verrà a me: colui che viene a me non lo respingerò... E questa è la volontà di colui che mi ha mandato, che io non perda nulla di quanto mi ha dato, ma lo risusciti l’ultimo giorno” (Gv 6,35-39). Come la morte è arrivata dall’uomo così anche la risurrezione è arrivata dall’uomo, il mondo è stato salvato per mezzo di lui. Questa è la luce della Cena. Al contrario, la tenebra viene da Giuda. Nessuno è penetrato nel suo segreto. Si è visto in lui un mercante di quartiere che aveva un piccolo negozio, e che non ha sopportato il peso della sua vocazione. Egli incarnerebbe il dramma della piccolezza umana. O, ancora, quello di un giocatore freddo e scaltro dalle grandi ambizioni politiche. Lanza del Vasto ha fatto di lui l’incarnazione demoniaca e disumanizzata del male. Tuttavia nessuna di queste figure collima con quella del Giuda del Vangelo. Era un brav’uomo, come molti altri. È stato chiamato come gli altri. Non ha capito che cosa gli si faceva fare, ma gli altri lo capivano? Egli era annunciato dai profeti, e quello che doveva accadere è accaduto. Giuda doveva venire, perché altrimenti come si sarebbero compiute le Scritture? Ma sua madre l’ha forse allattato perché si dicesse di lui: “Sarebbe stato meglio per quell’uomo se non fosse mai nato!”? Pietro ha rinnegato tre volte, e Giuda ha gettato le sue monete d’argento, urlando il suo rimorso per aver tradito un Giusto. Perché la disperazione ha avuto la meglio sul pentimento? Giuda ha tradito, mentre Pietro che ha rinnegato Cristo è diventato la pietra di sostegno della Chiesa. Non restò a Giuda che la corda per impiccarsi. Perché nessuno si è interessato al pentimento di Giuda? Gesù l’ha chiamato “amico”. È veramente lecito pensare che si trattasse di una triste pennellata di stile, affinché sullo sfondo chiaro, il nero apparisse ancora più nero, e il tradimento più ripugnante? Invece, se questa ipotesi sfiora il sacrilegio, che cosa comporta allora l’averlo chiamato “amico”? L’amarezza di una persona tradita? Eppure, se Giuda doveva esserci affinché si compissero le Scritture, quale colpa ha commesso un uomo condannato per essere stato il figlio della perdizione? Non chiariremo mai il mistero di Giuda, né quello del rimorso che da solo non può cambiare nulla. Giuda Iscariota non sarà più

“complice” di nessuno. © lachiesa.it

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION For many centuries, Christian pilgrims have longed to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, and on Passion Sunday the eyes of the world are on the Via Dolorosa, the “Road of Sorrows,” in Jerusalem. As soon as it became safe for Christians to worship in public in the fourth century, a way was marked out. It was changed a few times over the years, and today’s usual route was sketched by the Franciscans six hundred years ago, alt-hough Anglicans and Byzantines have their own unique detours. Friday is the most favored day, although it is crowded then. Almost everyone begins at the Lion’s Gate in the Muslim Quarter, and ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It’s less than a quarter mile, but it threads its way through crowded markets with souvenir shops and fast-food snacks. There are, just as in your parish church, fourteen stations along the way. The ex-act spots are not known, but what matters is the pil-grim’s unique ability to see even an ordinary road in a teeming city as something more than meets the eye.

—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co..

THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS

Sanctuary Lamp In Loving Memory of Rita Cesa

- From Mimma Rizzo-

+ PALM CROSSES FOR THE ALTAR +

have been donated by The Liberatore Family

In Loving Memory of Matthew Spataro

LA PASIÓN

El contraste entre la lectura procesional de la liturgia de hoy y la proclamación de la Pasión es asombroso. Vislumbramos cuán profundamente la Palabra de Dios se cumple en Jesús. Primero Jesús debe ser acogido como el Mesías, el que viene en nombre del Señor. Debe ser reconocido por todos, aunque no sepan lo que están diciendo. Todos piensan que es el rey prometido; un rey terrenal de los judíos que los librará de la ocupación romana. No comprenden todavía, ni siquiera los discípulos, exactamente a dónde se dirige su procesión triunfal. Nosotros tampoco sabemos a dónde estamos yendo en nuestra vida. En la fe podemos seguir a Cristo dondequiera que nos guíe, porque estamos seguros de que la muerte no es el final y el mal no será el vencedor.

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TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

Esta es Semana Santa, semana en la cual los cris-tianos conmemoramos con palmas, y ramos los even-tos centrales de nuestra fe; eventos que alimentan nuestro espíritu con el pan y el vino del amor divino; eventos que se clavan en nuestras almas como Cristo en su cruz; eventos que nos hacen resucitar de nuestros problemas con la esperanza pascual de la liberación de todo aquello que nos perjudica, que nos agobia, que nos oprime y nos deprime. Estaremos allí con nuestros parientes y con gente que no conocemos pero que son nuestros hermanos y hermanas en Cristo gracias a los eventos de la semana en que Jesús entró glorioso a Jerusalén, partió el pan, falleció en el árbol de la cruz y fue sepultado. Esta Se-mana nos une al misterio pascual de Jesús. Celebrando estos ritos antiguos y variados por todo el mundo. Du-rante esta semana el tiempo y el espacio se cancelan para unirnos a los misterios que celebramos, a nuestras familias, a los cristianos por todo el mundo y a través de los siglos.

—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

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Toma la cruz que él envía, así como está, y no como te la imaginas que debe ser.

—Madre Cornelia Connelly

Lectors for March 31st & April 1st

8:00pm Various

8:30am N. Watson & B. Rivera 9:30am I. Gonzalez & A. Cardona 11:00am N. Trombetta & M. Barrett 12:15pm S. Hernandez & V. Vera 1:30pm Y. Cruz & M. Gonzalez

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13 — 53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 — 2:2 [1:1, 26-31a]; Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35; or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20- 22; b) Gn 22:1-18 [1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18]; Ps 16: 5, 8- 11; c) Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; d) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; e) Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 — 4:4; Ps 19:8-11; g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; h) Rom 6:3-11; i) Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mk 16:1-7 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or (at an afternoon or evening Mass) Lk 24:13-35

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