“Together we will build an atmosphere of faith in which the fruit of the Spirit will abound and draw others to Christ.”

May 16, 2021 Volume 23 Issue 20

Parish Office:

309 Front Street Owego, NY 13827

607-687-1068

Website: http:// www.blessed-trinity

-parish.org

St. James Physical Address:

503 Clark Street Waverly, NY 14892

Mailing Address: 309 Front Street

Owego, NY 13827

Mass Schedule:

Wed. & Fri. - 8:30 a.m. Saturday - 5 pm Sunday - 9 am

St. John Physical Address:

28 Rock Street Newark Valley, NY 13811

Mailing Address: 309 Front Street

Owego, NY 13827

Mass Schedule: Mon. & Wed. - 9 am

Sunday - 11:15 am

St. Margaret Mary Physical Address:

1110 Pennsylvania Ave. Apalachin, NY 13732

Mailing Address: 309 Front Street

Owego, NY 13827

Mass Schedule:

Tues. & Thurs. - 7 am Sunday - 10:45 am

St. Patrick

Physical Address: 300 Main Street

Owego, NY 13827

Mailing Address: 309 Front Street

Owego, NY 13827

Mass Schedule: Tues. & Thurs. - 12 noon

Saturday - 5 pm Sunday - 9 am

First Communion 2021

On Saturday, May 8th, eight children from our parish received First Holy Communion at St. Patrick Church.

Congratulations and God's blessings to: Sophia Bobal (St. John), Kate McEvoy (St. Patrick), Everett Mikula (St. Patrick),

Alayna Pasto (St. Patrick), Logan Presto (St. James), Mason Poluka (St. Patrick), Vladislav Vatnitsky (St. James), and

Nolan Whigham (St. Margaret Mary).

"I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst." (John 6:35)

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9:00 a.m. St. Patrick + Caroline Striley - Kelley & Craig Peron

9:00 a.m. St. James + Teddy Patituce - Lea Covert

10:45 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + For the People

11:15 a.m. St. John + Evelyn & Oscar Masters - Gloria, Joe & Tom Masters

Sunday Seventh Sunday of Easter

9:00 a.m. St. John + Bob Stuhlmiller - Patti & Paul Blazey

Sunday, May 16 10:45 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet—St. John’s Church

Monday, May 17

Tuesday, May 18 6:00 p.m. Rosary—St. James Church 7:00 p.m. The Common Good Prayer Meeting—St. Patrick Chapel

Wednesday, May 19 5:00 p.m. Kindness Counts Kitchen - Free Meal—St. John’s Parking Lot 5:00 p.m. Exposition—St. Patrick Church 5:15 p.m. Confession—St. Patrick Church 6:00 p.m. Benediction—St. Patrick Church 7:00 p.m. Living Rosary St. James Church

Thursday, May 20 4:30 p.m. Free Meal—St. James Parking Lot 5:00 p.m. Exposition—St. James Church 5:15 p.m. Confession—St. James Church 6:00 p.m. Benediction—St. James Church

Friday, May 21

Saturday, May 22 4:00 p.m. Confession—St. Patrick Church 4:00 p.m. Confession—St. James Church

Sunday, May 23 12:15 p.m. Good Bye Coffee Hour for Fr. White—St. John’s Hall

8:30 a.m. St. James + John & Frances Ambury - Tom Ambury

9:00 a.m. St. John + Chuck Curtis - Kim Yammine

Readings for the Week of May 16, 2021

Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/ Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20 Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:15- 17, 20a, 20c-26/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 [19a]/1 Jn 4:11-16/Jn 17:11b-19 Monday: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab [33a]/ Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20-21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68: 29-30, 33-35a, 35bc- 36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9- 10, 11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab [19a]/Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5 and 7 [7b]/Jn 21:20-25 Next Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/ Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39 Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ps 33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15/Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b/ Dn 3:52, 52, 53, 55, 56 or Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11/Ez 37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9/Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12- 15

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Weekly Calendar Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: Seventh Sunday of Easter

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9:00 a.m. St. Patrick + Beth Andreas - The McTamney Family

9:00 a.m. St. James + Bob Hoppe & Elsie Gorman - Laura Hoppe

10:45 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + Antoinette & Antonio DiRenno - The Esposito Family

11:15 a.m. St. John + For the People

5:00 p.m. St. James + Joseph & Ann Patterson and Mel Lovell - Family

5:00 p.m. St. Patrick + Samantha Guzman - Kelley & Craig Peron

7:00 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + William Alfred - Rachel Lee

12 noon St. Patrick + Kathy Szlucha - Walter & Melanie

8:30 a.m. St. James + Peter Condame - Cindy Kingston

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23 Sunday Pentecost Sunday

Friday

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Tuesday

7:00 a.m. St. Margaret Mary + Frank DiReno - The Esposito Family

12 noon St. Patrick + Kathy Szlucha - Walter & Melanie

Wednesday

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5:00 p.m. St. James + Robert Brogan - Gary & Marilyn Keene

5:00 p.m. St. Patrick + Abram Nichols - Kelley & Craig Peron

Thursday

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Baptisms Baptismal preparation is offered and required for parents of children to be baptized in our churches. Please contact the church office for an initial interview and baptismal preparation.

Reconciliation This sacrament celebrating God’s forgiveness is available by appointment (contact a priest) or at the following scheduled times. St. Patrick - Wednesday 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m

St. James - Thursday 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

St. John - First Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Hospital/Nursing Home Visits Please notify the church office if you or a family member will be hospitalized and would like the Sacrament of the Sick or a staff member to visit. Holy Communion at Home Please call the church office if you wish to arrange a visit by one of our Communion Ministers.

Anointing of the Sick Ths Sacrament of strength and healing is available upon request for those who are sick or elderly. Please contact the church office.

Marriage Couples should contact a Priest or Deacon to begin their preparation for marriage at least six months before any anticipated wedding.

Banns:

Memorial Candles/Gifts Memorial donations are accepted for the Sanctuary lamp that burns before the Blessed Sacrament and the Bread and Wine used in our Eucharistic celebrations. Please contact the church office.

Sanctuary Lamp

Bill Shorten St. Patrick Church

Joan Ascione Alice Botts Janice Bouton Jerry Bouton Douglas Brown Denise Brylinski Marie Caffrey Bishop Matthew Clark Ann Cohan Bernie Cohan Anne Comcowich Pat Dewitt Martin Domiano Mary Ann Estelle Brody Hines George Howell

Jana Howell Jim Judski Rosie Kessler Doris Line James Macchiano Carol Malanoski Carolyn Masters Cornelia Mead Hall Moore Lucille Pignatelli Frank Paukowits Violet Ray Ann Rogers Bridgette Romeyn Jean Saltisiak John Sandusky

John Schlee Sally Shea Cathy Soprano Dick Testa Roz Tierno Nate Titus Pam Vasilow Michelle Viggiano Stephanie Watson George Ward Julianna Ward Tina Weed Jack Williams Mary Wisniewski

309 Front Street, Owego, NY 13827 (607) 687-1068

Fax (607) 687- 8122

8 am - 3 pm Monday-Thursday Closed Friday

Email: blessedtrinity@dor.org Website:

http://www.blessed-trinity-parish.org

Fr. Jeffrey Galens, Pastor (607) 687-1068 — Fr.Jeffrey.Galens@dor.org

Fr. Daniel White, Parochial Vicar (607) 687-1068 — Fr.Daniel.L.White@dor.org

Deacon Mike Donovan (607) 687-1068 — Michael.Donovan@dor.org

Deacon Rick DeMars (607) 687-1068—Rick.DeMars@dor.org

Diane Snyder-Bell, Business Manager (607) 687-1068 — Diane.Snyder-Bell@dor.org

Annette Larrabee, Director of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry (607) 687-1068 — Annette.Larrabee@dor.org

Lisa Salamida, Administrative Assistant (607) 687-1068 — Lisa.Salamida@dor.org

St. Patrick Cemetery Christopher Smith, (607) 687-1068, Christopher.Smith@dor.org

St. James Cemetery Christopher Smith, (607) 687-1068, Christopher.Smith@dor.org Sharon Lovell, (607) 565-9967

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they

perform for us in our #me of need. Amen."

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Adam Meyrick Alexander Pannone Nicholas Scherrer Brian Schlicher Paul Stauder Jus#n Williams Dalton Wojcuich Charbel Yammine

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Free Community Meals · Wednesday, May 19 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm St. John · Thursday, May 20 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm St. James

Take Out Only

Please do not get out of your car. Meals will be brought to you. All are welcome.

Daily Prayer of the Month

Heavenly Father, we pray for our country especially on the National Day of Prayer. We ask for Your Graces for all Mothers this Mother's Day. We invoke Your Blessings on our military personnel this Armed Forces Day and implore You take our fallen home with You this Memorial Day. We invite Your Blessings on all families especially on the International Day of Families. We thank Jesus for His advocacy on our behalf following His Ascension and in sending the Holy Spirit from that first Pentecost to us today. We glorify the Most Holy Trinity as we strive for perfection. We ask all of this from our Lord Jesus as we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, His Mother and Mother of the Church. Amen.

Please pray this prayer along with our Prayer Partners today and throughout this month. If you have a suggestion for prayer intentions please let us now at hawaii2343@yahoo.com.

Good Bye and Good Luck Fr. White Fr. White’s new assignment in Ontario, NY will begin on June 29th. Each site will hold a coffee hour so you will have a chance to say good bye and good luck. All are invited.

Sunday, May 23 12:15 pm St. John Saturday, June 19 6 pm St. James Saturday, June 26 6 pm St. Patrick Sunday, June 27 12 noon St. Margaret Mary

St. John’s Annual Chicken BBQ

Sunday, June 13 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. St. John’s Parking Lot

Take Out Only

Menu: 1/2 Chicken, Macaroni Salad, Baked Beans, Roll &

Dessert

Tickets available after St. John’s Mass and at the church office - 687-1068

Living Rosary St. James Altar & Rosary Society will hold their annual May Crowning and Living Rosary at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19 at St. James Church. Fr. White will preside and all are welcome. Masks and social distancing guidelines are still being followed but giving devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary through the rosary remains our prayer to God. Please plan to attend.

Everyday Stewardship Recognize God in Your Ordinary Moments

There’s No Place Like Home Where do you get the best night’s sleep? For me, it’s in my own bed. I don’t even really know why. There’s something about the texture of the sheets, the groove I’ve worn in the pillow. The mattress seems to recognize my shape. I’ve got a job that sees me traveling often and I’ve stayed in plenty of nice places. But there’s just no sleep like the sleep you get at home. There’s a feeling that we have when we’re at home. Our bodies seem to recognize it when we walk in the door. There’s a relaxation that kicks in, a peace that falls over us. I think that’s what Heaven will be like. It won’t be pleasure or happiness — those words aren’t enough to describe what it feels like to be at home, are they? It’s more than that. If you ever wonder why there is pain in this world, it’s because we’re not at home. That’s not to say we don’t belong here. Through God’s mercy, this beautiful world is where we live out our earthly existence, and those existences can be filled with amazing relationships and profound experiences. In fact, we might enjoy our time here so much that we don’t want to leave. But there’s a reason this life has so many things that don't make sense: loss, fear, anger, sickness, hatred. It’s because we weren’t made for this place. For our souls, it’s like a never-ending night in a hotel bed.

— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

Senior Recognition

High School seniors will be recognized and receive a special blessing at Masses on June 12th

and June 13th.

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Theology of the Body (Column 16) Naked and Ashamed

Adam and Eve were filled with God’s Life and Love which we call Grace. We could say they were “clothed” in Grace. While physically naked, they did not “see” (pay attention to, be concerned about,) their nakedness. Rather, they saw in each other the image of their creator and the dignity of each other as a person in God’s image. Adam would love God in Eve and love Eve in God. Eve would love God in Adam and Adam in God. God would love each in themselves and in their union with each other. Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed.

Along comes the serpent who goes after Eve. The serpent of course represents Satan. Where is Adam when this

takes place? Genesis states very simply after the temptation: “and Adam was with Eve”. I must take a turn toward a tangent because it is too important to pass up. Remember Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden only temporarily. When they have manifested freely their choice to love God above all else and give God permission to bring their love to perfection in Heaven, they would have entered into the Beatific Vision of God, their love would have been made perfect, and they would be freed from all temptation, even that of Satan. Also, please recall the discourse on the meaning of love. The greatest measure of love is to lay down one’s life for another. While Adam was not going to die, he was immortal, this does not mean that the Serpent could not kill him. Adam had the duty to defend the Garden and everything in it, especially his wife Eve. What could he have done in the face of such a grave threat and evil as Satan? He could have said: “You enter here over my dead body” so to speak. The Serpent might well have said: “O.K.” and struck Adam down. What do you imagine would have happened if this played out this way? If you say God would have resurrected Adam back to life and brought him and Eve into the glory of Heaven in the Beatific Vision of God, I think you would be correct. They would have passed the test. However, they did not. In that moment of temptation, Adam remained silent in the face of evil. His silence, his hesitation in doing his duty, is already a failure to love. Even if he resisted by saying to Eve “No, don’t listen to it, don’t do it” she might have found the strength she needed to resist. But this is not what happened, Adam remained silent, and the Serpent/Satan was permitted to enter into the Garden.

As mentioned last week the nature of this temptation is to be one’s own god. God had revealed to Adam and Eve

that something was forbidden, and they were not to go there, in the context of the story they were not to “eat of it”. The exact act of disobedience we may never know in this life but it does not matter, the point is clear, by eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they disobeyed God, they chose to do something forbidden. This was an act of pride, of being their own God by deciding for themselves what was good and evil.

When Eve eats of this “fruit” what are the consequences? Nothing. Nothing happens after Eve eats of this fruit. She

presents it to Adam, and he eats of it. What happens when Adam eats of this “fruit”? All hell breaks loose (excuse the pun, although intended). Why? Remember what I said in an earlier column: we must see Genesis in light of Christ if we are going to understand it. God inspired the writers of Genesis to write it so that Adam would be a type of Christ and Eve a type of Mary and the Church. Eve was disobedient first, but her disobedience did not immediately cause the fall, it was only after Adam’s disobedience that was predicated on Eve’s disobedience. Mary gives her yes to the God through the Angel Gabriel. Her obedience precedes the obedience of Jesus (in time). It was not until Mary gave her “yes” to God that Jesus makes incarnate in time His “yes” to the Father. What was His “yes” to? Jesus gives his yes to the Father in that He will become man, like us in all things except sin, remaining God but not seeing His divinity as something to be grasped at. He will be obedient in not using His divinity for His own sake. Yes, He will use it to teach the Apostles that He is God and out of mercy for those in need, but not for His own comfort or pleasure, not even to save His life. Therefore, He is obedient even unto death, death on the Cross. Again, while Mary’s obedience preceded Jesus’s in time, Jesus’s obedience was predicated on Mary’s obedience. It was Jesus’s obedience that saved us. Eve’s disobedience preceded Adam’s disobedience, but Adam’s disobedience damned us. All Grace necessary for our salvation comes from Jesus Christ. Adam, as the first high priest, was chosen by God to be the minister of that grace to Eve, and from His union with Eve to the whole world. When Adam sinned, Eve lost that Grace and so did the whole world.

Back to the main topic: So, Adam disobeys God, eats of this “fruit” and what is the first thing that happens? They

realize they are naked, and they become ashamed. I promise, next week no tangents but an explanation why and what this means. In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, / Fr. Jeffrey Galens

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Blessed Trinity

Envelopes: Attendance: Collection: Electronic: Total Gifts: Year-to-Date Gifts: (July 1, 2020- June 30, 2021)

St. Patrick Envelopes: Attendance: Collection: Electronic: Total Gifts:

Year-to-Date Gifts: (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021)

Sacrificial Offerings

Live Streaming 9 a.m. Sunday Mass The Mass at St. Patrick Church will be live streamed each Sunday at 9 a.m. Please visit our Website – www.blessed-trinity-parish.org for the link. Dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still in effect until further notice.

Catholic Ministries Appeal

Blessed Trinity Parish 82.21%

149 Donors

St. Patrick Parish 69.01%

99 Donors

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$220,884.00

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$ 317,758.00

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