Church of

St. Patrick

in Armonk

P.O. Box 6,

29 Cox Avenue,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504

(914) 273-9724

19TH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 13, 2017

MASSES: august 12—AUGUST 20, 2017

Sat 8/12 9:00

5:30

John Daly (D)

Mary Adler (D)

Sun 8/13 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

Eva Raznjevic (D)

No Mass

Mon 8/14 8:30 Jeanne Redavid Mango (D)

Tue 8/15 8:30

12:10

7:30

John Hollingsworth (D)

People of the Parish

——

Wed 8/16 8:30 ——

Thu 8/17 8:30 ——

Fri 8/18 8:30 ——

Sat 8/19 9:00

5:30

Fr. John Quinn & Clara Gressel (D)

Special Intention (L)

Sun 8/20 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

Thecla Finnan (D)

No Mass

Calendar:

Collection

Collection for August 5/6 not available at this printing

ParishPay June: Regular Collection—$8,602.00

Please consider using ParishPay

Thank you for your generosity

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDI-

NARY TIME

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Mon, August 14 — St. Maximilian Kolbe

Tue, August 15 — THE ASSUMPTION OF THE

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY—(Holy Day of Obligation)

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30

Wed, August 16 — St. Stephen of Hungary

Thu, August 17 — Weekday

Fri, August 18 — Weekday

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30 (Note time change)

Sat, August 19 — St. John Eudes

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDI-

NARY TIME

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Altar Flowers

If you wish to memorialize the altar flowers or to dedi-

cate them in honor of a special event (anniversary for

example) please contact the parish office .

Cardinal’s Appeal

August 4, 2017

Goal: $55,500.00

Pledge: $59,970.60

Paid: $56,984.60

No. of Gifts: 137

Average Gift: $437.74

Mass intentions book for 2018 is now open.

Masses for the Feast of the Assumption of

The Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday, August 15th

(Holy day of Obligation)

8:30 am,

12:10 pm

7:30 pm

(Note, there is no Vigil Mass)

The 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima Part XXVII

AUGUST 19, 1917 continued

Comment:

Regarding the promised miracle for October 13th, Lucia writes, in an interview with her pastor, that our Lady said

to her, “Had they not taken you to Ourem, the miracle would have been greater.” I do not know when our Lady

said this to Lucia, as she does not record it as part of the message on August 19th. However, our Lady appeared to

Lucia many times after the Oct. 13th apparition. These additional apparitions are not usually related with the May-

October apparitions because these private revelations were for Lucia, not for the whole world. The messages of

May-October were for the whole world. These private apparitions obviously were not secrets, otherwise Lucia

would not have written of them in her memoirs; they just are not part of the official message of Fatima.

If you visit Fatima, there is a little chapel on the spot where our Lady appeared. While it has been rebuilt since

the first chapel, as our Lady requested, it remains basically the same. At a distance (rough estimation the length

of a football field) is a large basilica in honor of our Lady.

What I am most desirous of commenting on is the statement by our Lady that “many souls go to hell because there

are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.” When I first read this I was shocked. Why would the sal-

vation of souls depend on my prayer and sacrifices for them? This did not make sense to me in light of what I

knew of Jesus’ death and resurrection for the salvation of souls. However, over the years I have come to a better

appreciation of this mystery. God so loves us that He became one with us in all things but sin and God wills that

we should love Him in such a way that we should seek to become one with Him in all things. This means that Je-

sus wills, does not need, but wills (wants, desires, wishes, et cetera) that we be so united to Him in the mystery of

His cross, His suffering, His offering, His sacrifices, that certain graces flow to us and to others only to the degree

that we are united in His sacrifices with our own prayer and sacrifices. While God does not refuse to send the

necessary Grace of salvation to souls, this does not mean they will respond to it positively, in which case their

souls are in grave danger. When there is a hardening of heart, the soul becomes like the “beaten path” by which

the seed that is sown through the grace of God is “taken up;” it does not have a chance. This is the fault of the

person who has sinned in rejecting God’s grace and mercy. God in His divine wisdom and providence knows

when a soul has reached a point, that in the perfect union of His justice and mercy, the graces necessary for a con-

version of heart are denied the soul. However, God is willing to work a miracle of grace to bring the conversion

of the soul, if someone else is willing to make reparation to His justice and mercy on behalf of the sinner. Please

remember, and this is crucial, that while God is merciful beyond the comprehension of all the Angels and Saints,

He still remains just. Some will object that this is precisely what Jesus has done for us. This is true. In fact, it is

precisely the grace that Jesus has won for us that is given to hardened sinners, but there is a point by which that

grace will not be given unless someone is willing to offer prayer and sacrifices for that soul. If I do this, it is not I

who wins the grace or gives it to the soul: Christ has won the grace and Christ gives it to the soul. Again, Christ

does not need my prayer and sacrifices, He wants them for those who do not deserve them. I merely become an

instrument of His grace and mercy. His justice is merciful, His mercy is just.

In Jesus and Mary

Remember - Pray the Rosary Every Day to obtain peace in our world, the conversion of sinners and the salvation of souls, especially those in most need.

TEEN LIFE Coordinators: Melissa Gordon, Faith Lorenzo,

Vera Scavone

CHURCH OF ST. PATRICK IN ARMONK

CYO BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Located in St. Francis Hall (Gym)

Basketball Camps — Summer 2017

Fundamentally Sound Basketball Day Camp 2017:

Week 1: June 26 to June 30

Week 2: July 10 to July 14

Week 3: July 17 to July 21

Teaches Hoops Basketball Camp:

Week 1: July 24-July 28

Week 2: July 31-Aug. 4

Wildcats Boys Basketball Day Camp:

Aug. 14-18

Jeff Lynch Basketball Camp:

Week 1: Aug. 21-Aug. 25

Week 2: Aug. 28-Sept. 1

Please keep the Following in your Prayers

Jeannie Morris Fran Samit

Eileen Sullivan Katerinna MacNeil

Jaspare Miranda Perinna Ruggerio

John Puttre Isabel D’Onofrio

Teresa D’Onofrio Amanda Ross

Patricia Tkach Isa D’Onofrio

Mario & Gloria Guiliano Caroline Pizzorusso

Barbara Grasso Francis Roy Sedore

Barbara A. Jon Adam

Mario J. Guiliano Nick Piteo

Robert Kalian

Centennial Jubilee Pilgrimage

to Fatima, Avila, Loyola & Lourdes—

October 17-25, 2017

Please contact Fr. Galens if you are interested in

joining the Pilgrimage.

Information sheets are available at the Church en-

trances.

Centennial of Our Lady of Fatima

In honor of the Centennial of Our Lady

of Fatima, we will have a Holy Hour on each of the

days she appeared to the Children from 12-1pm.

The dates are:

June 13,

July 13,

August 19,

Sept. 13

Oct. 13.

Please note: on August 13th the children were arrest-

ed and could not be present, so our Lady appeared to

them on August 19th instead

Registration for 2017/2018 CCD is now OPEN

The CCD registration packet, which includes program

information as well as forms needed to register, is

now available on the St. Patrick’s website:

http://stpatrickinarmonk.org/religiouseducation

You can mail or drop off completed Registration

forms with payment. If no one is in the office just

leave the forms in the box outside the office.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email or

call us. We are here to help!

38th Annual Padre Pio Day

Saturday, Aug. 26th

World Apostolate of Fatima, Our Lady's Blue Army

Shrine, 674 Mountain View Road East, Asbury, NJ

08802.

Come to honor St. Padre Pio, Spiritual Father of the

Blue Army. 11:00 am Confessions; 12:00 Angelus &

Announcements - Event Chairman: Mario Bru-

schi; 12:15 Blessed Sacrament Procession;12:30 Holy

Hour: Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R.; 1:30 Holy

Mass - Main Celebrant Most Rev. Gerald Walsh

D.D., Aux. Bishop Diocese of

NY. www.bluearmy.com. 908-689-1700 x210

Elsewhere in the Diocese

Seton Summer Bible Seminar

The New Testament Witness to Family Life

Two Tuesday evenings 7-9 pm the Memorial Chapel

Fr. Martin Kowalski, SSD

8/22 — The Christian Family

8/29 — Gender Roles in the Ancient World

and in the New Testament

Free event. Bring your own bible.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish

1377 E Main St.

Shrub Oak, NY 10588-1422

http://www.seton-parish.org/