Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish 101-41 91st Street

Ozone Park, NY 11416

DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC MASSES

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

THE CHURCH AND THE RECTORY OFFICE ARE CLOSED.

As you attend Mass on TV or through Internet, we invite you to consider making your parish offering through electronic giving by going to: www.givecentral.org/dob. You may also mail your check to the rectory or drop off your envelopes/offering. Thank you for your continuing generosity in helping support our parish.

Rev. John Tino Pastor

Rev. Killick Pierrilus Parochial Vicar

Rev. Ryszard Koper Parochial Vicar

Deacon Edward J. Guster, Jr.

Deacon Andrew A. Marchello

Ms. Patricia Kistner Religious Education Director

Ms. Eva Sze Music Director

MASS AND INTENTIONS There are no public celebrations of Mass until further notice.

Mass is livestreamed from Nativity BVM Church on Facebook at 11am on Sundays.

All Mass Intentions will be satisfied by private celebrations of Mass by the priests.

To schedule a Mass Intention, please telephone the rectory.

Mass can also be seen on television at Net TV (Fios Channel 48; Optimum Channel 30; Spectrum Channel 97) or on-line at www.netny.tv.

FUNERALS There are no Funeral Masses.

BAPTISM/FIRST COMMUNION/ CONFIRMATION/WEDDINGS

All Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation and Wedding celebrations have been postponed.

PARISH SERVICES All parish devotions, meetings and other events are cancelled until further notice.

The Churches and the Rectory Office are closed.

For updates, please check the parish website: www.nativityststans.org

In an emergency or if you need to speak with a priest, please telephone the Rectory at 718-845-3691 and leave a message. Your call will be returned as soon as possible.

April 26th, 2020 Third Sunday of Easter

CONTACT Telephone: 718.845.3691 Fax: 718.845.8978 Email: nativityststans@verizon.net Web: www.nativityststans.org

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Due to the Corona virus,

the Rectory office is CLOSED

until further notice.

Saturday April 25th St. Mark, Evangelist Luigi Napolitano By Wife & Sons Graciela Campo De Lozano By Alfredo, Cielo, Patricia & Adriana

Sunday April 26th Third Sunday of Easter LIVING Keith Hernandez By Patti D’Agostino LIVING Patti D’Agostino By Patti D’Agostino Angela, Angelo & Rita Ieraci By Catina Arena

Monday April 27th Easter Weekday LIVING Patti D’Agostino (Birthday Blessings) By Friend John T. & Vincenza S. Murphy By Kathleen, Juli, Jon & Emily

Tuesday April 28th St. Peter Chanel; St. Louis de Montfort Joseph Lyons By Wife Chandra

Wednesday April 29th St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin Deceased Members of the Glasco Family By Charles Marchello

Thursday April 30th St. Pius V, Pope Camila Mirra By Bianco Family

Friday May 1st First Friday; St. Joseph the Worker John Provisiero, Sr. (33rd Anniversary) By Wife & Children All Deceased Members of the Sacred Heart Society

Sunday April 26th Third Sunday of Easter Andrzej Lada By Maria & Stefan Olak & Family Jan Wilczak By Stella Grzegorz Wojtak (Birthday in Heaven) By Parents

Sunday May 3rd Fourth Sunday of Easter Zofia Niekrasz By Muszynski Family Za Zmarlych Czlonkow Tow. Serca Jezus

Saturday May 2nd St. Athanasius, Bishop & Dr. of the Church Dr. Francis Colace By Margaret Colace Elisa Cortez & Isaac Glenn Beatty By May Cortez LIVING Obispo Nicholas DiMarzio By Sagrado Corazon Jonathan Andre Polanco By Ana Paulino

Sunday May 3rd Fourth Sunday of Easter Vincenzo Lopes By Wife Angela & Children Vinny & Mario In honor of Madonna Dell’Arco By Maria Angieri Daniele DiTillio By Wife & Family Angelo Arena By Joe Arena Purgatorial Society

April 26th - Third Sunday of Easter

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary --- St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr All public Masses are suspended until further notice.

Mass Intentions will be satisfied by private celebrations of Mass by the priests.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Saint Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish 101-41 91st Street

Ozone Park, New York 11416

Tel: 718 845 3691

Website: nativityststans.org

Email: nativityststans@verizon.net

Easter 2020

My dear Parishioners:

As we journey in this Easter Season, it is my sincere hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during these difficult times.

At this time, we are invited by the Lord to deepen our faith and trust in Him. The Gospel of St. Matthew presents us with the event of the storm in the sea. When the Apostles were in fear and panic in the boat, when confronted by the storm they called upon Jesus and the storm subsided. Their prayers were answered. Now we are confronted by the storm of these difficult times and we want to pray to the Lord to deliver us from these moments and place our trust in Him. We are separated from one another in our community, but we are joined spiritually in faith through our Risen Lord to one another.

For this reason, we want to nourish our faith and trust in the Lord persevering in prayer more than ever. We cannot pray together in Church, but we can unite ourselves through the availability of Masses and other devotions presented to us on Television like our diocesan NET-TV, or other means of communication. You can make an act of spiritual communion at Mass. You can go to our website for more information. The priests and I are praying for you and we are celebrating Mass daily privately to satisfying the Mass intentions already in our Parish Mass Book. If you have a Mass intention that you want to offer for a loved one, please contact our parish secretary Ana by calling her the Rectory office. The rectory office is closed but we can try to accommodate your requests.

Some of you have called the rectory to find out how you can make your parish offering, especially if you have the parish envelopes. You know that even though we do not have now the weekly collection, the cost of utilities and payroll has not disappeared. You can catch up with your weekly Mass donations and also your Easter donation, into one donation, by sending a check by mail or you can drop it at the rectory front door mail slot. You can now also donate online at www.givecentral.org/dob or go to our website: www.nativityststans.org and click on the “Give Central box”.

Thank you for your continued generosity and during these trying times we are called to pray and support one another. On behalf of the priests, deacons and staff I extend my sincere wishes of a Blessed Easter to you and your loved ones. May God keep you safe and healthy.

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. John Tino

Pastor

April 26, 2020 Third Sunday of Easter What does it take for our eyes to be opened? Every day, a man laboriously walks down Main Street of town. With great difficulty but graceful determination, he places one foot in front of the other, uses a crudely made staff for support, and walks. His pace is slow, but he walks. What does he hope to see? Where does he want to go? What does he find? We all walk through life. The type of “walking” life requires is not always physical but is most assuredly emotional and spiritual. We walk, we look, we encounter, and we seek. How we do these things and what we actually find is determined by what we carry and what we allow ourselves to discover along the way. If walking is too challenging for us, we may choose to isolate and stay alone. If we are afraid to walk, we may become overly dependent on others providing for us and abandon the journey. We can walk and pay attention only to what is in front of our feet and never notice the immensity of what is happening around us. The road is never the same twice. The journey is always different. What kinds of things do you notice as you walk through life? It seems that the disciples of the Road to Emmaus missed a lot at first. We do as well. We are called to walk with purpose, to listen, and to notice things that may not at first be apparent. We have to allow the One who has a special claim on our soul to enlighten, instruct, and inspire us. The incarnate mystery of God is pulsating in and through all of creation, where the presence of the Word who became flesh can be discovered. He has been with us all along. How could we have missed Him? Our journey brings us back to the breaking of the bread, and something begins to stir within us. We begin to understand, and things look differently. Bread, body, wine, and blood bring us to see that everyone and everything is a “Eucharistic” encounter. We become what we eat and we see what we eat. We continue to walk. Our eyes are now opened, and we recognize Him. Our hearts burn. Stay with us. Please stay with us. ©LPi

PRAY FOR THE DECEASED

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE For all those who have died

during the corona virus crisis.

APRIL: Freedom from Addiction We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied.

Remember in your prayers the sick of our parish:

Merciful Jesus be with us now. Bless those who are ill with your healing embrace. Give them your strength to endure the trials of their illness and grant them healing if it be in accord with Your Holy will and that of our Father in Heaven. Amen.

For all those ill with

Corona virus Arthur Weber, Sr.

Barbara Martuscello Christopher Cucci

Frank Carbone Frank Sorrentino Stephen Petrillo

John Gaynor

Juan Ureña

Kenneth Ordonez

Luz Marina Castillo

Madeline Padilla

Maria de los Angeles Rojas

Shirley Aguilar

Irene Gaynor June Dotterman

Rose Anzaldi Gertrude Gwardjak

Paul J. Chapman

Winnie Tobias

Fr. Angelo Pezzullo Fr. Paul Palmiotto

Erma Aloisio Zoe Bonowitz

Maria Abreu Maddalena Marsicano

Beatrice Arango Kai Sawe

John Vicedomini Jr. Eric Kelly

Rafael Perez Remington Stafford

Dorothy Bonowitz Thomas J. Hurlman Philip Schlesinger Ann Sanfillippo

Danny C. Lourine Ruth Foresta

Francisco Rivera Sr. Marguerite Torre

LET’S DRESS OUR BEST TO GIVE THE LORD OUR SUNDAY’S BEST!

26 de abril de 2020 3er Domingo de Pascua Continúa la alegría y el ambiente pascual; el aroma de las flores, la pila bautismal y el Cirio Pascual que nos alumbra en cada celebración de la Eucaristía. Su presencia disipa toda duda y oscuridad. La antífona de entrada que ilumina la alabanza de los fieles: “Aclama a Dios, tierra entera. Canten todo un himno a su nombre. Denle gracias y alábenlo. Aleluya.” La narración del Evangelio de San Lucas que invita a dejar la ceguera para vivir en la luz de Cristo; abandonando la incredulidad, profesando una fe firme en el Resucitado. Júbilo total en este Tercer Domingo de Pascua. En el relato del camino de Emaús, Jesús se aparece a sus desanimados discípulos haciéndose el desconocido. En el camino, les explica las Escrituras y luego a su invitación de quedarse con ellos porque ya cae la tarde, se sienta a la mesa, toma el pan y lo bendice, lo parte y al dárselo a ellos desaparece. Entonces el sentimiento aflora en ellos y se dicen: “¡Con razón nuestro corazón ardía, mientras nos hablaba por el camino y nos explicaba las Escrituras!” (Lucas 24:32). ¿Reconocemos a Jesús cuando camina con nosotros? ¿Sabemos cuándo parte el pan y nos lo da? Por último, ¿Cuándo arde nuestro corazón al escuchar las Escrituras? Son simples preguntas que llevan a una conversión penetrante si se profundiza en ellas. En esta línea se mueven las lecturas de hoy; confirmar la fe y la esperanza. Acercarse al nuevo comienzo de la Pascua es lo esencial. Jesús catequiza y evangeliza, a la misma vez, a sus desalentados discípulos. Quita su ceguera haciéndoles ver como las Escrituras habían anunciado ese escándalo de la Cruz. ¡Aleluya! ©LPi

Practica lo que Predicas Missouri es conocido como el estado "Muéstrame." Parece haber diferentes puntos de vista en cuanto a cómo surgió este lema, pero hoy en día se dice que habla de personas que operan con sentido común y que no se dejan engañar fácilmente por la palabrería o la charlatanería. Seríamos prudentes al adoptar tal disposición nosotros mismos. Ser así no es realmente como Santo Tomás en el Evangelio cuando duda de lo que ve claramente frente a él. Se trata más de mantenernos a un estándar explicado en otro lema: "Di lo que quieres decir y practica lo que predicas."

Si afirmamos ser cristianos, discípulos de Jesús resucitado, entonces quienes nos rodean deberían poder notarlo por nuestras acciones. ¿Puede alguien ser verdaderamente un discípulo de Jesús y no ser un buen corresponsable de todo lo que nos ha dado? Jesús se da a conocer continuamente en la Sagrada Eucaristía. Cuando nos unimos para partir el pan en la misa, Jesús nos muestra su amor al estar realmente presente para nosotros. Él está dispuesto a mostrarnos. ¿Qué estamos dispuestos a mostrarle nosotros a cambio?

Todos los días, Jesús nos llama a responder de alguna manera. Nuestra respuesta muestra si somos quienes decimos ser: sus discípulos. Estoy bastante seguro de que Jesús no es de Missouri, pero sé que no se deja engañar por nuestras medias verdades e intenciones equivocadas. También dice lo que quiere decir y practica lo que predica. ¿No deberían sus discípulos hacer lo mismo? —Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS © LPi

MISA E INTENCIONES No hay celebraciones públicas de misa hasta nuevo aviso. La misa se transmite en vivo en Facebook a las 11:00 a.m. los domingos. Todas las intenciones de misa serán satisfechas por celebraciones privadas de misa por parte de los sacerdotes. Para programar una intención de masas, llame a la rectoría. La misa también se puede ver en televisión en Net TV (Fios Channel 48; Optimum Channel 30; Spectrum Channel 97) o en línea en www.netny.tv. FUNERALES: No hay misas funerarias. BAUTISMO / PRIMERA COMUNIÓN /CONFIRMACIÓN / BODAS Se han pospuesto todas las celebraciones de bautismo, primera comunión, confirmación y boda. SERVICIOS PARROQUIALES Todas las devociones parroquiales, reuniones y otros eventos se cancelan hasta nuevo aviso. Las iglesias y la oficina de la rectoría están cerradas. Para actualizaciones, visite el sitio web de la parroquia: www.nativityststans.org En caso de emergencia o si necesita hablar con un sacerdote, llame a la Rectoría al 718-845-3691 y deje un mensaje. Responderemos su llamada lo antes posible.