Saint Anthony’s Revere

Pray for the souls of: Concetta Scata, Anthony Giunta, Marie Carmela Ischia, Wayne DePietro.

Masses this Week

Sunday, January 28, 7:30John Rainone, John Rainone III,

Corinne Rainone & Helen Barry by sister Grace & Sandra

10:00 Antonio Rauseo by wife12:00Kenneth P. Blair by wife Lola

Monday, January 29, 7:00 Special Healing for Betty 12:00Barbara A. Baldinelli by Carolyn

DesMarais

Tuesday, January 30, 7:008:00 In Honor of St. Anthony of Padua – In Church

Wednesday, January 31, In the Chapel 7:0012:00

Thursday, February 1, In the Chapel

7:0012:00Bernice C. Dondero (1st Anniv)

by Lisa & Alissa

Friday, February 2, In the Chapel7:00 12:00 John Schott Jr. by wife7:00 PM First Friday Community

Mass

Saturday, February 3, In the Church

9:AM Community Mass4:PM Sharon DiGregorio by husband

& family7PM Parish Mass

+Masses next Sunday, February 4,

2018

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Every day brings something new, the organ in our sanctuary that we have been using is breaking down. I had someone come out to fix it and he informed me that it isn’t worth fixing. He suggested we either purchase a new (used one) for about $10,000.00 – Perhaps there is someone in our congregation who like to donate this organ in memory of their loved one. Maybe two families would like at $5,000.00 each could donate in your loved one’s names. It would be inscribed on the organ and would be remembered each time it is used. If you’re interested please contact me.We are planning our Lenten Program, Yes, Lent is right around the corner. Ash Wednesday is February 14, 2018 no chocolates just (flowers)! As soon as we get our dates finalized we will publish the dates and times. Until then stay healthy and I will go back to my macaroni and meatballs, a very healthy meal!

God Bless Fr. George

_______________________________________OFFERTORY

The Offertory collection for week ending January 21, 2018 ($4,109.00). In order for St. Anthony to reach the budget we need ($5,000.00) a week. Thank you for all of your generous support throughout the year.

Blessing of the Throats

Will be Saturday February 3rd and Sunday February 4th after all the Masses.

Ash Wednesday Schedule

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH250 Revere Street Est. 2001 Revere, MA 02151 Tel: (781)

289-1234/8873Fax: (781) 289-6394

MassesSunday: (Saturday, 4 and 7 PM)

7:30 AM, 10:00 AM & 12:00 Noon Holy Day: (Eve 4 PM) 7 AM, 12 Noon

& 7 PMDaily: 7AM and 12:00 Noon except

Tuesdays 7 & 8 Adoration until 4:00 PM, Saturdays 9 AM

Saint Anthony Devotions : The 13 Tuesdays

+Every Tuesday: Holy Mass 8:00 AM

Devotions & Benediction: 3:30 & 7:00 PM

Sacrament of Penance:Saturdays: 3:00-3:45, 6:30-6:45 PM or

by appointmentin the Rectory.

Sacrament of Baptism:Baptism will be done on the second

Sunday of every Month. Classes for Parents and Godparents will be held on the First Sunday of every month at 1:30

PM in the Chapel.Please call the Rectory to register.

Sacrament of Marriage:Preparation for Christian Marriage

begins at least one year prior to the planned date of the Wedding. Couples

contemplating marriage please go online to www.bostoncatholic.org to find out date

and time for Transformed in Love.____________________________________

PASTORRev. George J. Butera

Ext - 14PAROCHIAL VICARS

Rev. Karunaya Xavier ArulrajExt - 17

Rev. Heniston WashingtonExt - 13

PERMANENT DEACONDeacon Joseph A. Belmonte

Ext - 20Administrator of Faith Formation

Donna Felzani,

Friday Community Mass February 2, 2018 at 7 PM

1. Vincent & Catherine Napoli2. Rev. Edward J. Gaudette3. Lucy DeMasse4. Frank & Phyllis Natale by Linda & Janice Natale5. Genesio Spina by family6. Phyllis Hanlon by family7. Peter Carr by St. Anthony’s staff8. Lucy & Michael Bonanno by children9. Thanksgiving to St. Anthony by Anastasie Duff10. Vinnie & Bobby & All Souls in Purgatory

Saturday Community Mass February 3, 2018 at 9 AM

1. Galla Family by son William2. John J. Papa by mother & father3. Vincent & Catherine Napoli4. Lucy DeMasse5. Rev. Edward J. Guadette6. Mark Slattery by mother & family7. John A. McKinnon Jr. by wife, daughter & family8. Flammio Family by Ken9. Diana Pelis by Citro family10. Theresa Lanciotti by daughter Linda11. David Puopolo by Frances Pisano12. Vinnie & Bobby & All Souls in Purgatory13. Oscar Ranieri by Richard Dellazoppa14. Basso & Grasso by family15. Anthony & Rose Borghetti by family16. Edward M. Merrick by Ken & Elsa Leonard17. Rev. William Butler by Amil & Denise Salami18. Robert T. Mirabito by Sal Firicano & family19. Gerald Esposito by Ronald & Marilyn Clark20. Joseph Bevilacqua by Arthur Otolo21. Marie Cooke by Jean Bolognese22. Janet Spano by family23. Antonio Crupi by Ann Batchelder24. Clementina R. Gnerre by Anita Travis25. Emma Leonardi (24th Anniv) and husband

Pasquale Leonardi by daughters Jean & Patricia & families

26. George Nazzaro (2nd Anniv) by wife Patricia and sons George, Karl and wife Danna, Giulianna & Karl P.

27. Joseph Badalato Jr. by Al & Maryann Giorgio28. William George Renz (Birthday) by son John

The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Faith Formation News

Congratulations to the New England Patriots on their amazing come from behind win! Now onto

the Super Bowl! 

It was wonderful to see all of you at Faith Formation last weekend! We had excellent

attendance in all our classes. 

Here's what's happening:

Sunday, January 28th: Regular Schedule of Classes Grades 1 and 2 from 8:45 until 9:45 and

Grades 3 through 8 from 11:00 until 12:00.

Sunday, February 4th: Regular Schedule of Classes.

***There is a mandatory Parents' Meeting for all parents of children who will be receiving the sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion at 9:00 in the Chapel. Father

George and Father Xavier will have a refresher course on the sacraments for parents and

information about the Retreat on March 17 and First Holy Communion will be presented. Parents of the Sacramental Prep students in grades 3-8

should be in attendance also.

Sunday, February 11th: Regular Schedule of Classes. All students and families should attend the Family Teaching Mass in the Hall at 10:00.

Grades 1 and 2 will go to the Hall after class and grades 3 through 8 will have class after the

Mass. More info will be sent home.

Don't forget!! It is very important for our First Communion and Sacramental Prep classes to attend their classes weekly and to attend Mass with their families. We are teaching the children all about the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which

they will make for the first time on March 17.

Have a wonderful week, and Go Patriots!

God Bless You!

Donna Felzani

Background on the Gospel Reading

Today’s Gospel continues our reading from Mark and describes what some believe was likely to have been a typical day in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus and the disciples that chose to follow him in last week’s Gospel arrive at Capernaum, a small village on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus teaches in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Mark reports that the people respond to Jesus’ teaching with astonishment, noting Jesus’ authority and contrasting it with the scribes’. Early in Mark’s Gospel we already find evidence of the tension that will manifest itself fully in Jerusalem.

After Jesus’ preaching, an even more astonishing thing happens. A man possessed with an unclean spirit calls out to Jesus. As we see in this example and throughout Mark’s Gospel, the spirits and demons seem to know Jesus and are often fearful of him. In fact, they seem to understand Jesus’ identity better than his disciples. As we will read again and again in Mark’s Gospel, Jesus orders the spirit to be quiet and drives the unclean spirit out of the man. Jesus’ ability to heal those possessed by demons is an indication of his power over evil.

In the prescientific age of Jesus’ time, all illnesses were understood to be manifestations of evil and sinfulness. Our modern understanding of illness is very different. Possession by unclean spirits may have been a way to describe what we might call mental illness today. It may have even been a way of describing certain kinds of physical conditions. There is evidence that there were many kinds of exorcists and healers in first-century Palestine. Jesus appears to be like these healers, but he heals with unique authority and connects his healing activities with the words of his preaching.

We are missing the point that Mark is trying to make in this Gospel, however, if we try to explain away the healing work of Jesus. The crowds see in Jesus’ cure of the possessed man further affirmation of his authority. Jesus’ power to heal gives greater credence to his teaching. Jesus impresses the crowds through his words, which are manifested with power in his deeds. Mark’s Gospel tells us that because of the authority with which he healed, Jesus’ fame spread throughout all of Galilee.

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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God

Throughout the history of Christian spirituality, the interpretation to this beatitude always points out the virtue of chastity. I do not deny it. But it is not good to limit the beatitude with particular virtue called chastity. Rev. Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa says in Christ’s thinking purity of heart does not point out to a particular virtue but it is a quality that should accompany all the virtues. Further he says the clearest opposite of purity of heart is not impurity but hypocrisy.

We all know that both Old Testament and New Testament deeply deal with hypocrisy especially our Lord Jesus Christ condemns hypocrisy of the religious authorities of his time. Hypocrisy is a sin. The reason is:

1. Hypocrisy gives priority to the opinion of the world.

2. Hypocrisy keeps God in the second place.

3. Hypocrisy makes us to hide our true nature.

The intention of an act decides the purity or impurity of the act. So, all the acts are pure when they are done with good intention. When we look into the origin of the word, hypocrisy which is reserved for theatre arts. St. Augustine recalls this in his commentary on the beatitude of the pure in heart: “For hypocrites are pretenders, as it were setters forth of other characters, just as in the plays of theatre.”

This is clearly seen in the lives of Pharisees and scribes. Quoting prophet Isaiah, Jesus says “this people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts” (MT.15:8-9). In the modern world, everything is viewed with profit orientation. It makes even relationships as commodity. As long as a particular relationship (mother, father, husband, wife, sister, brother, uncle, aunty…) is useful, we relate. In other words, there is no genuine or true love in our relationships. We cannot love God unless

Confirmation News“The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide

our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster”. - Sheri Fink

Sheri Fink is an American journalist who writes about health, medicine and science. She received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting of a health center. Though she doesn’t speak about her religion, she does speak and insist on moral values of human life for a better world. She says that the moral values protect us from any disorientation. But, even before people like Dr. Sheri Fink, Catholicism, to which we belong, not only speaks and insists on moral values but also tells us that they are God given guidelines for maximizing “the divine” within ourselves and that is the way for the dawn of the kingdom of God. No individual person or married couple with the failures in moral values looked high and the history also continue to prove us that without the moral values there is no joy and peace. Our Confirmation program not only informs the candidates with the moral values but also encourages them to dwell in to be the true disciples of Christ.

January 28, 2018 is the “Fourth Week in Ordinary Time”. On this weekend both the first and second year Confirmation Candidates have their sessions. The first-year candidates will have their session on “Sacrament of Marriage”, right after the 12 Noon Mass from 1.15 PM to 2.15 PM at the faith formation building. And the second-year candidates will have their session on “How the Christian Ethics is meaningful for life” at the faith formation building from 6.30 PM to 8.00 PM.

It is required for all the candidates to attend any one of the weekend Mass and do the sign-up sheets in the vestibule.

If you have any questions or concerns please call me on my cell phone 781-244-9162 or email me at xkarun69@gmail.com.

Thank you.Fr.Xavier

The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeBlessed are the pure in heart, for

they shall see God

Prayer: Loving God, I thank you for your blessings. But ignoring them, I run after world’s glory. I feel sorry for it and being hypocrite in my words and deeds. Give me grace to be pure in heart. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Edited and Compiled by Fr. Heni________________________________________

Envelopes January 2018

Envelopes for January 28, 2018: Offertory and Support of the Church around the World

Housekeeping

Please it would be greatly appreciated if you could help us to keep our Church as well as the restrooms clean. We don’t have a facility manager who works on Saturday or Sunday. Thank you for all you do.

Little Black Books

Once again Jessica Consoli and Antoinette Dennis have donated to our Parish these beautiful Lenten books. We will be giving them out on the weekend of February 10th and 11th. Thank you to Jessica and Antoinette for your generous contribution.

Religious Pilgrimage

A Spiritually Uplifting Pilgrimage is planned to Poland for August 18-27, 2018. Some highlights – The Shrine of the Divine Mercy, St. Pope Paul II’s Shrine, and the spectacular salt mines. For details go to http://tinyurl.com/yaywb665 the click on choose my trip; Custom trip; scroll down to Pilgrimage to Poland with Hida Carneiro. Call 781-286-6354 or 617-513-2326 for additional information. Leave a voicemail for a returned call.

BASIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

We have started a new program, namely “Basic Christian Community” (BCC) in our Parish. Basic Christian Community is the life style of early Christians. Few families gather at a home and they pray 3

SAINT ANTHONY January 28, 2018

Sanctuary Candle For

January 2018Donated

In Loving Memory Of

Husband Robert Cummings

&Loving ParentsLester & Helen

ByJoann

My Brother’s Table ForJanuary 2018

DonatedIn Loving Memory

OfAlba Marie labella

ByConnie & Al Rolli

MissalsFor

January 2018 Donated

In Loving MemoryOf

Philip LaCasciaBy

family

Eucharistic Hosts For

January 2018Donated

In Loving Memory Of

Rose & Angelo Morretti&

Dianne (Morretti) Dingolo&

Sister Christine Marie(Passionate Sister in

Christ)By

Sunday, January 28, 20188:45 – 12:00 Faith

Formation 7 PM- AA-room C-lower

rectory*

Monday January 29, 20187 AM & 12 Noon Mass –

Chapel4 PM to 10 PM- Bingo-Hall

7 PM – Hispanic Prayer Meeting-Chapel

*Tuesday, January 30, 2018

7 AM Mass- Chapel8 AM Mass-Church

Adoration 8:30 AM until 4:00 PM - Church

3:30 and 7:00 PM Devotions

Confessions -6 PM to 7 PM- Church

*

Thursday, February 1, 20187 AM & 12:00 PM – Chapel

12 Noon-AA-Room C-Lower Rectory

*

Friday, February 2, 20187 AM and 12 Noon – Mass –

Church7:00 PM – First Friday

Community Mass- In the Main Church

*Saturday, February 3, 20189:00 AM Community Mass4 & 7 PM Mass – ChurchConfession – Church at3 – 3:45 PM and 6:30 –

6:45PM

Flea Market 8:30 until 2:30 PM

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