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MONDAY: 8:00AM – 3:00PM TUESDAY: 8:00AM – 3:00PM FRIDAY: 8:00AM – 3:00PM

WEDNESDAY: 8:00AM – 2:00PM THURSDAY: 8:00AM – 2:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY CLOSED

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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER First Reading: Acts 4:32-35 This passage describes the actions of the first community of Christians. They were of “one heart and one mind.” They had no rich or poor among them, for they shared all necessary items with one another. Second Reading: I John 5:1-6 John explains that we become God’s children by believing in Jesus. When we love God and concern ourselves only with pleasing God, our faith is strong enough to conquer the evil in our world. Gospel: John 20:19-31 Jesus appeared to the disciples despite locked doors, breathed on them so that they could receive the Holy Spirit, and gave them the power to forgive sins in his name. Thomas, who was not present, refused to believe without seeing Jesus for himself. Jesus appeared again when Thomas was present, and told him, “Blest are they who have not seen and have believed.”

, Monday Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

Tuesday Acts 4:32-37; Jn 3:7b-15

Wednesday Acts 5:17-26; Jn 3:16-21

Thursday Acts 5:27-33; Jn 3:31-36

Friday Acts 5:34-42; Jn 6:1-15

Saturday Acts 6:1-7; Jn 6:16-21

MASS INTENTIONS Divine Mercy Sunday

Welcome! New parishioners are asked to register by calling or visiting the parish office or by speaking to one of the parish staff. WHY A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE A REGISTERED PARISHIONER The precepts of the Church explained that: we need to belong to a parish (your

parish is the Church in the City where you are domiciled) and to contribute to its support. Everyone should do this (Canon 107). To identify yourself with a worshipping community of faith. Salvation comes to us by God in community. Religion is not meant to be individualistic. Membership in a parish community is the norm. To allow the priest of the parish to know you so that Letters of Recommendation can be given when needed. (Sponsorship/certificates)

SATURDAY 8:30 AM 5:00 PM

April 7 Special Intention for Linda & Bruce Hill

Dora Dicarlo

SUNDAY 7:45 AM

9:15 APM

11:000 AM

April 8 Andrea Sanchez

John & Anna Sobosky William & Josey Cooper, William

Cooper, Jr. Giovanni & Maria Grace Astore

MONDAY 8:30 AM

April 9 Anthony Grillo

TUESDAY 8:30 AM

April 10 Kay McAdams 8th Anniversary

WEDNESDAY 8:30 AM 8:45 AM

April 11 Novena

Vergelita Gonzales

THURSDAY 8:30 AM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM

April 12 Marie Guido

Divine Mercy Chaplet Evening Prayer

Novena to St. Jude Benediction

FRIDAY 8:30 AM

April 13 Rev. Msgr. Martin Rausher

SATURDAY 8:30 AM 5:00 PM

April 14 Special Intention for Fr. Adam Muda

Francisco Bonilla SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM 11:00 AM

April 15 Joan Hoer 2nd Anniversary

Ryan Sheridan Andrea Sanchez

STEWARDSHIP – A WAY OF LIFE

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ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

EVERY THURSDAY: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM "The Eucharist is connected with Passion. …To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of his love … When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then, when you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now." Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Every 3rd Sunday of the month the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed after the 9:15am Mass and be reposed before the 11:00am Mass. All are invited to join us in prayer ============================================

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL

HELP Every Wednesday at 8:30 am, followed

with the Holy Mass

FAITH FORMATION SCHEDULE MASS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT 9:15 AM

April 8, 2018 GRADE 1: MEETING ROOM - 10:20 – 11:30 AM

GRADES 2 – 4: PARISH CENTER - 10:20 – 11:30 AM GRADES 5 – 7: PARISH CENTER - 4:00 – 5:30 PM

GRADE 8: 7:00-8:30 PM PARISH CENTER CONFIRMATION IS ON SUNDAY EVENING FROM 7:00 – 8:30 PM

GRADE 9: PARISH CENTER GRADE 10: MEETING ROOM ========================================================

SAINT JUDE’S YOUTH GROUP - Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the Parish

Center. All teens are welcome. For more information, please call

Janice at (201) 400-1692. Our Youth Group has set up a Café. Anyone wishing to come by for tea or coffee are welcome to attend.

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY meet on the 1st TUESDAY of the month, in the Church meeting room at 8:00 PM immediately following the Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 PM in the Church. ==================================================== MEN’S GROUP will restart on April 7 in the meeting room of the Church at 7:30 am. THEOLOGY TABLE: Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:00pm at Frank’s Pizzeria. Ask the questions you always wanted to ask. Come and go anytime.

SELF DEFENSE CLASS is every Tuesday night in the Church meeting room from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Call Mike at 973-229-9881 for more information.

MONTH 5: Mommy felt me kick This month marks the half-way point to birth, and the baby is very active. Sleep habits develop and his mother can feel him move and stretch, particularly when she is resting. He is big and strong enough to kick hard against the outside uterine wall and dent it. Up to now, although he swam with ease in his watery world, he was too small for her to detect because the inside wall of the uterus has little feeling. Babies born at this age have survived.

Knights of Columbus Council 9914 Scholarship Contest

Any High School Senior who is a practicing Catholic at St. Jude’s Church is invited to submit an essay for consideration in our annual Scholarship Contest. The topic of the essay is “What my Catholic Faith means to me”. The essay should be at least 250 words and answer the question raised in the topic. If you have any questions or when you are ready to submit the essay, please contact Mike Coolican, Scott Cawood or Manny Fernandes. The deadline for entering your essay is Sunday April 29, 2018. Mike Coolican 973-229-9881; Scott Cawood 908-684-2467; Manny Fernandes 973-398-5534

PRAY FOR THE SICK: Ann Bauer, James Bonavota, Amanda Church, Kevin Dillion, Kyle Bussey,Jordyn Cameron, Sue Cardena ,Margaret Ciana, Shannon Reggie Crowley, Harper Ann Douglas, Bruce Feinberg, Richard Ferris, Dylan Flinchum, Tom & Deanna Foli , Dehlia Fr Herbert Grobe, William Goehr, Mary Hessenius, Irene Hogan, Bruce Hill, Rosemarie Juskus ,Cheryl Lotito, Diane Lounsbery Joan Major, Tony Maldonado, Gabriela Marchiello, Herbie Miller, Julia McAndrews, Lynne McDonald, Sean McDonald, Freddie Middleton, Anthony Monetti, John Moser, Yvonne Paquing, Genowefa Penkala, Judy Pickett, Angela Puglis, Richard Ratti, Joel Rivera, Danny Rourk, Mary Rushka, Paul Sansevere,Henry Scala, Emma Scannelli, Anthony Sisco, Robert Sottolano, William Stelmach, Carol Strasser, Nancy & Tom Tevis, Katherine vonEhr, Joyce Williams, Yvonne Zaccone. Remember in your prayers the repose of the soul of Marion Franciscus who entered into eternal glory. =================================================

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Parishpay users should follow “https://www.churchgiving.com/?pc=3vactt03” to verify

your new WeShare account. If you run into any issues accessing your account, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-950-9952, Option One (or call the Rectory at 973-398-6377). If you are interested in joining our automated

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SHOP RITE CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AFTER ALL THE MASSES IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE CHURCH. ST.

JUDE’S GETS 5% OF CERTIFICATES

MY CATHOLIC FAITH: Q. Do devotions to Mary and praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet

have any biblical foundation? A. That depends upon what you mean by a biblical foundation. Strictly speaking, the Bible does not explicitly say, “Pray the rosary and other devotions to Mary.” Nor does it explicitly say, “Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.” But, of course, that’s a somewhat obvious answer. I believe the real answer to your question has to do with the biblical foundation to those practices. So let’s take a look at that. Regarding devotion to Mary, there are numerous ways that devotion to her is found in the Bible. Here are some of those ways. First, the Rosary, which is the most common devotion to our Blessed Mother, is primarily Scriptural. On each bead of the rosary we pray the words of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, as well as the words of St. Elizabeth to Mary. “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you.” And, “Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb” (Luke 1:26-46). Additionally, we pray the “Our Father” prayer which is directly from Jesus and pray the “Glory Be” prayer which is echoed in Scripture numerous ways. So, yes, the Rosary is very Biblical in that sense. We are primarily repeating certain Scriptures. Additionally, in praying the Rosary we are to meditate upon one of twenty different Scriptural stories during each of the twenty decades. So the prayers are Scriptural and the meditations are Scriptural. Second, devotion to Mary in general comes to us from the fact that Jesus lived the Fourth Commandment perfectly. That Commandment says, “Honor your father and mother.” Jesus honored His mother perfectly and we are to imitate Jesus in all He does. Therefore, we are to honor His mother, too. Third, at the Cross Jesus said to the Apostle John, “Behold, your mother.” And in giving Mary to John, the Church has always seen that Mary is given to all of us. We are all to behold our mother in the person of Mary. Fourth, Jesus gave Peter the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and said that whatever he binds on earth is bound in Heaven (Matthew 16:19). He gave Peter the gift of infallibly leading the Church into all truth. We believe that this gift of infallible teaching did not stop with Peter but was passed on through the ages to all his successors whom we call the popes. And these popes have definitively taught, in countless ages, the value of honoring our Blessed Mother. So though this last point is not a direct biblical call to honor our Blessed Mother, it is an indirect Biblical command through the teaching of the Church founded by Christ in the Scriptures. There are also numerous ways in which Mary is spoken of in the Old and New Testaments which would require a book to detail it all. But hopefully the few thoughts above help. Regarding the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the same basic principles apply. Though this Chaplet is not mentioned in Scripture, the message and meditations are deeply Scriptural in every way. “For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” This is the heart of the Chaplet and it is at the heart of the Gospel message. In truth, there could not be a more Scripturally based prayer than this. The Scriptures reveal God’s mercy, His gift of salvation

and our need for it. The Scriptures point to Jesus’ saving sacrifice as the source of salvation and this Chaplet acknowledges that truth and calls upon that grace. So, yes, it is very Scriptural. The last point to make is this. Be sure to use the Bible in the way it was written. It was not written as a strict and complete roadmap which answers every question directly. Yes, it does answer every question and gives us the necessary message of salvation. It is the fullness of revelation from God. But Jesus never said to us, “Here is my Bible. Follow it and only it. Do not do anything that is not explicitly spoken of in these pages.” No, what Jesus did is to start His Church through the foundation of the Apostles. And from that Church the Bible was also given. But the Bible must always be read in union with the Church and Her teachings through the ages.

Divine Mercy is the form that God's eternal love takes when He reaches out to us in the midst of our misery and our brokenness. Whatever the nature of our need might be — sin, guilt, suffering, or death — He is always ready to pour out

His merciful, compassionate love for us, to help us. Where there was only despair, loneliness, and heartache before, comes joy, fruitfulness, and abiding love. The message of Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us and wants us to approach Him in constant prayer, repenting of our sins while asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world. He wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others, extending our love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us. We must realize that God does not do anything in portions. He is infinite and the amount of His Divine Mercy available to us is infinite. The only limiting factor is us. The more we trust in Jesus, the more graces we will receive and the more all will come to share His joy. This is the message Jesus is giving us through today’s devotion to his Divine Mercy, a mercy which he tells us is unfathomable and which he wants us to spread throughout the world through our own actions and love for others. The Chaplet Today’s observance of Divine Mercy Sunday is a good time to renew our devotion to the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. There is a close link between this devotion and the pro-life movement. Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, who was a principal translator of St. Faustina's diary, and the postulator of her cause of canonization, writes the following: “On at least three occasions, from 8:00-11:00 in the evening, she felt like her insides were being torn apart. She suffered so much that she thought she was going to die. The doctors couldn't figure out what was ailing her, and no medication was able to alleviate her sufferings. Later, she was given to understand that she was undergoing those pains for mothers who were aborting their children (Diary, 1276). "On another occasion, she had a vision of an angel coming with thunderbolts to destroy one of the most beautiful cities of her country. And she felt powerless to do anything about it (Diary, 474). What antidote did the Lord give her? The Chaplet of Divine Mercy. [She explained] that the city was to be chastised for its sins, primarily the sin of abortion." ("Wombs of Mercy," Marian Helpers Bulletin, Summer 1995, p.13). In 2003, Pope John Paul II issued an Apostolic Blessing to all who pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet “for mothers, that they not abort their offspring; for infants in danger of being put to death in the womb; for a change of heart of providers of abortions and of their collaborators; for human victims of stem cell research, genetic manipulation, cloning and euthanasia; and for all entrusted with the government of peoples, that they may promote the Culture of Life, so as to put an end to the culture of death."

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APRIL 14-15

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M. Coolican

Christopher Grace

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9:15 AM

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Matthew Steven

11:00 AM D. Orianzi

C. & S. Cerrada, R. Nevins, M. Kuty

Victor, Naomi

5:00 PM

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T. Cole

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7:45 AM

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9:15 AM

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C. Gartley, S. Gesregan

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11:00 AM F. Pepe

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Bates

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