Pastoral Staff Pastor Father Vincent T. Euk Parochial Vicar Fr. John Chang Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O’Brien Deacons Tom Cechulski, Sr. Charles R. Daye , Jr. John Franey Gino (Louis) Esposito School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. Religious Education Sr. Ann Norton, D.R.E. Linda Clayton Business Manager Deacon Gino Esposito Director of Music Emer O’Mahony Youth Ministry Coordinator Sister Ann Norton Phone Contacts Rectory—732-363-4200 Convent—732-364-2361 School—732-364-4130 Religious Education— 732-364-4137 Rectory Fax 732-370-3891 Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00-4:30 PM Second & Fourth Saturday 9AM—12:30 PM Baptisms: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month,.

Weekend Masses: Saturdays: 4:00 PM Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon, 5PM Daily Masses: Mon-Fri—7:20 AM & 12 Noon, Sat: 8AM

Holy Days: As announced in the bulletin. Healing Mass –every first Friday at 7:30PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:00 to 3:45PM and before each Sunday Mass

Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018

Mass Intentions for this Week March 4, 2018

7:20 Madaline Rieker……………………………………….…………...Family 12:00 Stella Ochmanski……………………………………...Horvath Family

TUESDAY 7:20 Mary Welsh ...........................................Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan 12:00 Suzanne McGrath .............................................. Moore Family WEDNESDAY 7:20 Eleanor Kellner ............................... Christa McCauslin & Family 12:00 Rose Corneliussen……………………….…...Karen & Russ Gilbert THURSDAY 7:20 Deborah Mossa ............................................ John & Mary Kulig 12:00 Mary Ann McCarthy ...........................................Ramos Family

7:20 Alex J. Yuka………………….………..MCDSS Committee Members 12:00 Frank Ciranni……………………………...………...Dorothy Costello

8AM Int. of Olga Hubble ...................................... Bob & Diana Morris 4PM Bonnie Yuro .......................................................... Donna Ryder SUNDAY 7:30 Bonnie Yuro ......................................................... Revoir Family 9:00 Bonnie Yuro ............................................. Prayer Shawl Ministry 10:30 Susan Termine ........................................ Ann Tierney & Family 12:00 For the People of the Parish 5:00pm Chester Kasnia ............................................... Masini Family

Sanctuary Candle– Week of March 4, 2018 Intentions of John Dublon ........................................................ Family

Chapel Candles– Week of March 4, 2018 Intentions of Lt. Brian Dublon, atty............................... Mom and Dad

Events for this coming Week– See our website www.stveronica.com

Sacrificial Offering Update Readings for the Week of March 4, 2018 Sunday: Ex 20:1-17; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14 Next Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21

Pastor’s Notes

The Gospel reveals a very deep truth about our inner

selves. “He knew all men and needed no one to bear

witness of man; for He knew what was in

man” (Jn 2:25 RSV). Jesus, being God, has supernatural

powers to read our hearts to see who we really are.

The reading from Exodus enumerates the Ten

Commandments. These supreme laws are the key to

salvation. Over time we mostly learn to follow them by a

kind of brute force. We must discipline ourselves to

follow them by developing self-control at first. The

danger is that we can congratulate ourselves for being

able to attain this level of discipline. But Jesus is going a step further. He tests us just before our personal

endurance to these laws runs out, like Abraham’s

sacrifice of Isaac. He does it in such a fashion that we

begin to humbly recognize our human frailty and see

that it is He Who gives us our strength to endure. We

begin to see that He is the force that sustains us in the

time of temptation which now requires faith. While we

may feel that everything is out of control at the time of

the trial, we come to recognize that He is the one

supporting us only if we are willing to trust Him. Upon

reflection of our sucessful experience of trial, He also

increases our faith and hope, making us recognize that it

is He Who passes the test for us. We come to recognize

that nothing is impossible for God unless it is against His

will or we lack faith to have Him do the impossible

through us.

Our secular society is divorced from God and relies on

materialism, that is things that belong to earth. In a

tyrannical fashion, it makes a lot of assumptions about

us and attempts to manipulate us. Have you noticed

that homosexual marriages are already accepted on the

media? In their dictation, you would think this is a civil

right. Now a behavior instead of a person is made a civil

right. In the secular eye, it is really silly to follow the

prohibitions that God reveals to us. Today prohibitions

do not get us very excited, even when they are from

God. With technology we constantly search for ways to

get around most of them.

The secularists recognize that people will get excited

about ideologies. Ideologies easily corrupt us. In fact,

we can even be convince to die for them or kill for

them. Being divorced from God, ideologies make us

begin to deny human dignity and loose respect for

human life. Those who are willing to die for their

ideologies also are willing to kill for their ideologies. In

the news there is a lot of discussion of young people

joining the ISIS ideology to kill what they perceive as an

enemy. Under the guise of religion these children and

and the like. They feel justified in punishing those doing

these behaviors while not seeing that they too are en-

gaged in an ungodly behavior.

Jesus tells us the solution. Obviously we must follow the

commandments. He says, “If you love me, keep my com-

mandments.” But His love cannot be kept by following

prohibitions. Jesus wants to take our sins away from us

so we can live in Him. He gives us the Eucharist and the

Sacrament of Reconciliation to get His strength, not ours,

to get us to not sin during our trials. The great example

of the repentance of the people of Nineveh shows how

God can avert national disasters. The Rosary (Our Lady

of Victory) was the prime tool used in stopping the inva-sion of Rome by the Moors. We really need to rely more

on God to keep us safe. Only He can change minds, but

we must become people of faith obedient to God to gain

His favor. Sunday Mass is not enough. We need not only

to pray in our homes, but to actively evangelize those

around us by our good example that flows from God Him-

self, and not our egos. May our journey through Lent

help us to achieve this goal.

Fr. Euk

"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" What can keep us from the presence of God? Jesus' dra-

matic cleansing of the temple was seen by his disciples

as a prophetic sign of God's work to purify and restore

true worship and holiness among his people. The temple

was understood as the dwelling place of God among his

people. When God delivered his people from slavery in

Egypt, he brought them safely through the Red Sea, and

led them to Mount Sinai where he made a covenant with

them and gave them a new way of living in moral good-

ness and holiness embodied in the Ten Commandments

(Exodus 20:1-17). God also gave Moses instruction for

how his people were to worship him in holiness and he

instructed them to make a Tabernacle, which was also

referred to as the "tent of meeting" where the people

gathered to offer sacrifice and worship to God. The tent

of meeting was later replaced by the construction of the

temple at Jerusalem. The New Testament Scripture tells

us that these "serve as a copy and shadow of the heav-

enly sanctuary" - God's true Temple in heaven (Hebrews

8:5). Jesus' cleansing of the temple is also a prophetic

sign of what he wants to do with each of us. He ever

seeks to cleanse us of our sinful ways in order to make us into living temples of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthi-

ans 6:19). God desires that we be holy as he is holy. Do

you thirst and hunger for God's holiness?

Scripture Meditation

OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE

Please Pray for Our Sick

Baptism

Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross are every Friday from

February 16th through March 23rd at 7:30PM. All are

welcome!

Sacrament of Reconciliation

On Saturday, March 24th, there will

be extended hours for confession:

1:30PM—3:45PM.

Theology of the Body Please join Fr. Euk on Sunday nights for a lecture series

on the “Theology of the Body”. Meetings held in the Nar-

thex at 6:30PM

Topics:

3/4 Adultery in the Heart

3/18 Living According to the Spirit

4/15 Purity of the Heart is the Discovery of Human

Dignity.

4/29 Creating a Climate Favorable to Purity

Seder Meal-We Need Help!!

Plans are underway for our annual Passover Supper to

held on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 7PM in the

school cafeteria. This special celebration is the kick-off,

preparing us for our solemn Holy Week liturgies the fol-

lowing week. As in the past years, we are in need of

many hands. This is probably one of those few times

“When too many hands do NOT spoil the broth.”

Please consider becoming part of the beautiful celebra-

tion of remembering God’s saving power. Join us as we

prepare for the holiest of weeks in St. Veronica Church.

Please contact Maria Dublon at 848-221-5980 or email

at mfdublon@gmail.com

Seder Meal– Passover Celebration Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 7:00PM

Celebrating the Seder Meal is a traditional

and most pleasant form of fellowship and

shared learning experience. It is a meal that

not only commemorates the Jews’ deliver-

ance but also hope for the coming kingdom

of God. It draws relationships between the

Passover and important New Testament

truths. Tickets are $5.00 on sale after Masses the week-

ends of March 4th and March 11th

Adoration Chapel “Come to me all you who labor and are

burdened and I will give you

rest”. Matthew 11:28

Consider trying to make a Lenten Holy Hour

this year. Be still in His presence; it’s a

personal retreat from the world.

“I keep up the Holy Hour to grow more and more into His

likeness. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour

transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses

was transformed after his companionship with God on the

mountain”. Archbishop Fulton Sheen Registered adorers insure our commitment to keep the chapel open 24/7. Give Him time and He will give Himself to you. Hours Most Needed: (others available)

Sunday : 7AM, 5PM

Monday: 1AM Tuesday: 7AM

Wednesday: 11AM, 12 midnight

Thursday: 2AM Friday: 7PM

Saturday: 7PM

Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com or leave message 732-367-

7750.

Healing Hearts Support Group Healing Hearts Support Group is a support

group for adults that are affected by

separation and divorce. This Spring/

Summer session will be based on

“Recovering from Divorce Program”. This

program is specifically designed to help divorced/

separated Catholics. This program offers support and

addresses the most pressing challenges of divorce. The

program is designed to help divorced/separated

Catholics recover by more fully learning and living their faith. The program will run on Wednesdays from 7:30

PM – 9:00 PM, starting April 4, 2018 and ending June

27, 2018 @ St. Veronica’s Church Rectory Basement

Office. The next information session is Wednesday,

March 7th at 7:30 PM. Please call 732-363-5698 or

email stveronicakre4u@gmail.com for additional

information and/or directions. Please pre-registration for

each session via email or phone.

Pantry Needs

Powdered and boxed milk, coffee, tea

Air Conditioner Replacement Campaign Goal- $200,000.00

To Date Donations: $39,682.00

Please continue to help reach our goal to replace the AC

system. Thank you to those who have donated and for

your continued support. Divine Mercy Prayers Jesus said to St. Faustina: I desire to unite

Myself with human souls. My great delight is

to unite Myself with souls. Know, My daugh-

ter, that when I come to human heart in Holy

Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of

graces which I want to give to the soul.

Please come and join us this Sunday (Mar.

4th) for Divine Mercy Prayer Service at 1 30

in the Church.

Holy Shroud of Turin: Face of the Living God Palm Sunday, March 25th from 2-3:30PM

At St. Martha Church, Point Pleasant, NJ.

Presenter: Sharon L. Santos, M.A..

Sharon has been a “student of the Holy Shroud” since

1978, focusing on ever evolving discoveries of the scien-

tific community. This presentation is both informative

and inspirational as we enter the days of Holy week.

Come and see an exact replica of an image many believe

to be the burial cloth of Christ.

Life in the Spirit Seminar St Veronica's is hosting a 7 week Life

in the Sprit Seminar beginning April

10th. The series of talks and discus-

sions will transform your life and fuel

the fire for the Holy Spirit. Come ex-

perience renewal through God's

Grace, Mercy and Love and ignite the

Power of the Holy Spirit. For more in-

formation regarding this year’s Seminar call Mary Jean at

732-364-2815. You may register in the narthex the

weekends of March 17th and 18th and April 7th and 8th.

“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of

God” Romans 1:14

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