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Sunday, June 3, 2018| Corpus Christi (Year B)

PARISH STAFF

Pastor Rev. Fr. Jonathan Morris

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Israel K. Boadi

Coordinator of Religious Education Sr. Edna Loquias, S.M.C.

Business Manager Mr. Esteban Perez

Parish Secretary Miss Elizabeth Mannini

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor Mr. Bilen Eminov

Youth Minister School Principal Mr. Jesus Vargas Ms. Valerie Savino

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday: 8:30am | 12:00pm (Both English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil Mass - English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre -Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Center.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Center.

OLMC SCHOOL: 2465 BATHGATE AVENUE

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

PARISH CENTER 2380 Belmont Avenue

Bronx, NY 10458

Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Fridays through Labor Day 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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ANNOUNCED MASSES

Sunday, June 3rd| Corpus Christi 8:30am Maria Angela & Raffaele Merolla 9:30am Pro Populo 11:00am Bartolomeo ed Antonietta Ruocco

12:15pm Maria, Giuseppe & Luigi Florio 1:30pm Confirmation Mass

Monday, June 4th | Weekday

8:30am Fr. Nicholas Basile 12:00pm Thomas & Anna Del Juidice 6:30pm For a special intention

Tuesday, June 5th | St. Boniface

8:30am Mario & Erma Borgatti 12:00pm Deceased of the Vitti Family 6:30pm Egidio Apuzzo

Wednesday, June 6th | Weekday; St. Norbert 8:30am Michael, Carmela & Giovanni Navarra 12:00pm Paolo, Giuseppe & Lucia De Bellis 6:30pm Natalia & Giorgio Cozza

Thursday, June 7th | Weekday

8:30am Deceased of the Del Vecchio Family 12:00pm Maria, Michael & Mario Campanelli 6:30pm Isabella Spatera

Friday, June 8th | The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

8:30am Carmine Pistocco 12:00pm Joseph & Angela Vitali 6:30pm Frances & Nicholas Longo; Christine & Thomas Covino, Jennie Salce, Frank Pappas

Saturday, June 9th | The Immaculate Heart of Mary

8:30am Aniello & Immacolata Squillante 12:00pm Maria Michela Malafronte

5:00pm In Honor of St. Anthony of Padua

Sunday, June 10th| Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:30am Marie De Dominicis & Family 9:30am Pro Populo 11:00am Pasquale Ferraro

12:15pm Annina Marino, Luigi & Simone Pietro Cutugnino 1:30pm Emiliano Rodriguez

From the Desk of Father Jonathan

You will begin to see around the neighborhood post-ers advertising the upcoming "St Anthony Feast", which will run from Wednesday, June 13th - Sunday, June 17th. I hope you enjoy what I think will be a fun and dignified tribute to one of our most beloved saints. We are making special efforts to improve the cleanliness of the streets during the feast, especially in the early morn-ing hours, and to offer a new set of musical performanc-es. To help us prepare spiritually for the feast, after each daily and Sunday mass from June 1-June 13th, the presiding priest will lead the congregation in a pray-er to St. Anthony. This is a simple way to mark what in Italian is referred to as the "Tredicina a Sant'Antonio", the 13 days leading up to the feast.

Once again, I would like to ask for volunteers to help us keep 187th St. clean during the feast by working one or more evenings, emptying the waste baskets we will put in the middle of the street and sweeping up garbage that is dropped. Next weekend we will have sign-ups for this after all the masses or you can call the parish office and leave your information.

This coming Monday, June 4th we will begin a trial month of prayer and vigilance in our church. Many of you have signed up to pray for a half an hour or more each week. We are calling this ministry "Prayer Senti-nels". You will notice that the back pew, on either side of the aisle will be marked as the place for our sentinels to pray. This will allow us to keep an eye on the church, even as we pray for our neighborhood. Instructions will be placed in that area for what to do if you notice that something is not right (people laying down in the pews, possible theft, etc.). A binder with the daily schedule of sentinels will be in the back of the church. There is still time to add your name!

Finally, please welcome back to the parish for the month of July, Fr. Benedict Adu-Frimpong. Fr. Benedict teaches in a seminary in Ghana but has offered to be with us again for part of the Summer during his break. The Lord continues to provide shepherds for his flock!

God bless, Father Jonathan

+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for Enzo Di Rende,

& all the faithful departed

WEEKEND MASSES - 5/27/18

Collection …………............................................$3,083.43

Last year’s collection..........................................$3,589.83

WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 5/27/18

Adults: ……. 737 Children: …… 175 Total: …… 912

WEDDING BANNS

II. Orlando Espinoza & Monica Lucero

Confirmation

Congratulations to all the Confirmation candidates! May your lives always be guided and comforted by the power of the Holy Spirit

Veni, Creator Spiritus!

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PRECIOUS BLOOD

On this solemnity we focus our attention on the Body and Blood of Christ. We listen to the story of the renewal of the old covenant, which Moses sealed by splashing the blood of animals on the altar of sacrifice, as well as on the people. Jesus, whose blood is the blood of the new covenant, shed that precious blood on the cross, saving us from sin and promising us everlasting life. Blood is the life source that courses through our bodies. The precious blood of Christ is the life source for our spirits. Today may we, like the psalmist, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, whose Body and Blood strengthen us to bring the Good News to everyone we meet.

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IL SANGUE PREZIOSO

Gesù ci ha promesso di stare con noi fino alla fine del mondo (Mt 28,20). Egli ha mantenuto la sua parola in molti modi. Egli è con noi nella sua parola, che è sempre una parola viva e santa, che conduce al Padre chi ad essa si affida. Egli è presente, ancora di più, nel sacramento del suo corpo e del suo sangue. E ciò merita certo una festa. Questo sacramento ci colma, innanzi tutto perché fa arrivare fino a noi l’“incarnazione” del Verbo divino: Dio continua a venire per restare. Non ci abbandonerà più. In secondo luogo, questo sacramento ci nutre: alimenta in noi quella vita divina che è la nostra vera vita, poiché è eterna. Questo sacramento, infine, ci fa vedere, sotto forma di pane e di vino, colui che gli apostoli hanno visto, ma, proprio come Gesù di Nazaret non era visto da tutti come il Messia, il sacramento del suo corpo e del suo sangue non convince tutti. Per chi si ferma alle apparenze, tale sacramento non costituisce una prova, poiché ciò che si vede non basta. Infatti si vede solo ciò che si lascia vedere. Per il credente invece, cioè per chi si lascia raggiungere dall’amore di Dio, questo sacramento è il più grande fra i segni, il segno che mette in comunione con Gesù stesso. Il credente è da esso trasfigurato, il suo peccato è purificato, grazie ad esso pregusta il banchetto promesso: quello delle nozze del Figlio.

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

The origins of today’s solemnity lie in thirteenth-century Belgium. In those days, people seldom received Holy Communion, and never from the chalice. A nun in a troubled convent, Juliana of Liège, devoted her life to stirring up love for the Eucharist, lobbying for a feast day to honor the Blessed Sacrament with Masses and processions. Juliana may have been inspired by the Ascension Day processions in nearby Bruges. Crusaders brought a treasure home to Bruges from Constantinople in 1204: a reliquary said to contain a cloth from Joseph of Arima-thea with which he had helped prepare the body of Jesus for burial. The stain on the cloth was said to be the holy blood itself, and so the people of Bruges built a great basilica to house the relic. Bruges became a great center of pilgrimage because of this treasure, and the proces-sion of the Holy Blood is still one of the greatest festi-vals in Belgium today. The bishop carries the relic through the narrow streets, and the people wear medie-val costumes and act out scenes from the Bible.

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Triduo in onore di Sant’Antonio

11 e 12 Giugno Lunedi’ e Martedi’

6:30 p.m.

Mercoledi’ - 13 Giugno - 12:00 p.m.

~ Venite con i vostri parenti ed amici ~

“Prendete, questo è il mio corpo. Questo è il mio sangue, il sangue dell’alleanza”, dice il Signore. Alleluia.

(Mc 14,22.24)

THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of

Anna & Cosimo Lavacca

From Granddaughter, Jean Neglio

CHARITY Charity is that with which no one is lost, and with-out which no one is saved.

—St. Robert Bellarmine

THE START It’s the start that stops most people.

—Anonymous

PRECIOSA SANGRE

En esta solemnidad centramos nuestra atención al Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo. Escuchamos el relato de renovación de la antigua alianza, la cual Moisés selló rociando la sangre de animales en el altar de sacrificio, así como en las personas. Jesús, cuya sangre es la sangre de la nueva alianza, derramó esa preciosa sangre en la cruz para salvarnos del pecado y prometernos la vida eterna. La sangre es la fuente de vida que fluye por nuestro cuerpo. La preciosa sangre de Cristo es la fuente de vida de nuestro espíritu. Que hoy, como el salmista, ofrezcamos un sacrificio de agradecimiento al Señor, cuyo cuerpo y sangre nos fortalecen para llevar la Buena Nueva a todos los que conocemos.

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TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Los cristianos creemos que Jesucristo esta físicamen-te presente en el pan y el vino consagrado durante la Mi-sa. Esta creencia es tan antigua como nuestra Iglesia, pe-ro fue solo en el siglo XIII que los cristianos comenzaron a venerar la presencia sacramentada de Jesús en la hostia. Fue durante esta época que nació la fiesta de Corpus Cristi o la actual celebración del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo. Muchas comunidades cristianas celebran esta fiesta con procesiones y cantos en honor al Santísimo Sacramento del altar. Recuerdo que en Texas el pueblo méxicoamericano cantaba: “Bendito, bendito, bendito sea Dios, / los ánge-les cantan y alaban a Dios (2x). Yo creo Dios mío que estas en el altar / oculto en la hostia ten vengo adorar (2x)”. Este canto enfatiza la verdadera presencia de Jesús en el pan consagrado, pero sus cantores ignoran el hecho que nosotros también fuimos consagrados en el Bautis-mo; consagrados para “alter Cristus” (otro Cristo) en el vecindario. En un mundo donde menos gente asiste a Misa el único Corpus Cristi que la mayoría de la gente secularizada verá es tu cuerpo. Ojalá podamos compor-tarnos como buenos testigos de la fe y que proclamemos “bendito, bendito” siempre y en todo lugar.

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Lectors for June 9th & 10th

5:00pm C. Vera & F. Spano

8:30am M. Mongiovi & C. Marino, Jr. 9:30am A. Cardona 11:00am F. Matera & N. Trombetta 12:15pm M. Gerbasi & B. Kajtazi 1:30pm M. Melendez

Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us!

HOLY NAME SOCIETY

All men of the parish are invited to join the members of the Holy Name Society at their monthly

Corporate Communion Mass in the church next Sunday, June 10th at 8:30 a.m., and the meeting

after Mass, in the Monsignor Ruvo Meeting Room, 2410 Hughes Avenue. There will be a presentation on June, Month of the Sacred Heart, followed by a

brief meeting. Refreshments will be served.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Pt 1:2-7; Ps 91:1-2, 14-16; Mk 12:1-12 Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18; Ps 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Mk 12:28b-34 Friday: Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Is 12:2-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; Jn 19:31-37 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 2:41-51 Sunday: Gn 3:9-15; Ps 130:1-8; 2 Cor 4:13 — 5:1; Mk 3:20-35

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