SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020

The Reverend Myles P. Murphy, S.T.L. Pastor

The Reverend Edwin Ezeokeke, Parochial Vicar

The Reverend Lino Gonsalves, In Residence

Sarah Hughes, Office Manager Patricia Molinari, Secretary/Receptionist Carlos Gomez, Director of Maintenance

Don Barnum, Music Director, Canoni Chorale

PARISH OFFICE

Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm

OUR LADY OF VICTORY MASSES

Saturday (Fulfills Sunday Obligation): 5:15pm Sunday: 10:15am, 12:15pm. 5:15pm Mon. - Fri.: 7:15am, 8:15am, 12:15pm*, 1:15pm** & 5:15pm*** (All in Upper Church.)

* Following the 12:15, the Novena of the day follows.

** Following the 1:15, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by the Novena of the day. *** Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:05 pm, followed by Mass.

Saturday: 12:15pm, 5:15pm (Vigil Mass) Holidays: 8:15am, 12:15, & 1:15pm. Holy Day Vigil: 5:15pm Holy Days: 7:15, 8:15,11:45am 12:15, 1:15, 4:45, & 5:15pm

CONFESSIONS Mon. - Fri.: 7:45-8:15am,12:45-1:30pm, 5:00-5:30pm

Sat.: 4:50-5:15pm

Church of Our Lady of Victory 60 William Street

NY, NY 10005 PH: 212-422-5535, FAX: 212-785-4457

Church of Saint Andrew 20 Cardinal Hayes Place

NY, NY 10007

The Catholic Faith Community of

Our Lady of Victory and the

Church of St. Andrew www.olvsta.org

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT After the 1:15pm Weekday Mass.

Benediction will be at 5:05pm, before the 5:15 Mass.

BAPTISMS: Please call the rectory for information.

ST. ANDREW’S MASSES

Monday - Friday: 12:15pm, 1:15pm

CONFESSIONS 15 minutes after each Mass

DEVOTIONS Novena after the 12:15 weekday Mass

Novena and Rosary after 1:15pm weekday Mass

PARISH ACTIVITIES Monday: 5:45pm – Legion of Mary (OLV)

4th Friday: 5:45pm – Patrician Catholic Discussion Group (OLV)) As Announced: FiDi Catholic Young Adults

NOVENAS & DEVOTIONS

Mon.: Miraculous Medal Tues.: St. Anthony Wed.: St. Jude Thurs.: The Holy Spirit Fri.: The Rosary

Sat.: The Rosary 1st Fri.: Sacred Heart Novena Fridays of Lent: Stations of the Cross

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — When the people grumbled to Moses for water in the desert, the Lord heard and brought forth water from the rock for all to drink (Exodus 17:3-7). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:1-2, 5-8). Gospel — Ask, and you will be given living water so that you will never thirst again (John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lec-tionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commis-sion on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights re-served.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Christians have always imagined initiation as a jour-ney. Saul was on a journey on the Damascus road when he was knocked off his feet by an encounter with the Risen Lord. After stumbling, blind, to a Christian household, he emerged days later, baptized and clear‑sighted, as Paul. Enlightened, he begins a life so disconnected with his for-mer ways that it seems to require a new name. The custom of acquiring a new name at baptism is thus very old, and is a deeper question than “naming the baby”; it is, rather, one of a break with the past and a place in the community. The first Christians mostly kept their pagan names, and therefore blended in with their neighbors. Even-tually, some people began to name their children after Christian virtues or feasts, like “Ephiphanus” for a child born on Epiphany, or “Fides” for faith. Later, the names of beloved martyrs or saints began to take hold, as older con-verts exchanged their birth names for the names of admired saints. Today, catechumens may still choose to assume a “Christian name” before baptism, and parents are still asked to be mindful of our tradition as they give a name to a child. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 15, 2020

THIRST Each time today’s Gospel story is read, I can’t help but think of the many television com-mercials I’ve seen depicting perspiring athletes lifting a beverage to their lips while the scorching sun beats down on them. Our culture has definite ideas about how to quench thirst. Today, those ideas are turned upside down. The Samaritan woman operates, ini-tially, on the TV commercial level. She asks Jesus for the flowing water so that she will not have to keep coming to the well. Jesus then talks about what real thirst is, and how he, and he alone, can quench that thirst. Lent calls us to find those places deep within our-selves where we thirst. In our thirst, as did the Israelites, we cry out to God asking for springs of living water. Deep down we know that only the Lord can satisfy these thirsts. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-51b, 6, 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1 41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent Tuesday: St. Patrick Wednesday: St. Cyril of Jerusalem Thursday: St. Joseph; Spring begins Friday: Abstinence

Third Sunday of Lent March 15, 2020 While we were still sinners Christ died for us. — Romans 5:8

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

On all Fridays during Lent, we will offer the Stations of the Cross immediately following the 12:15 Mass in the Upper Church. All are welcome to attend.

Parish Buffet Brunch At Bailey’s Sunday, March 29th & Every Last Sunday of

the Month Following the 10:15 A.M. Mass

Children under 12 eat free $15.00 for a Buffet Brunch w/a Cocktail &

Beverages Join us with friends & make new ones.

(Bailey’s is directly across the street from the Church)

SAINT JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY March 19 Joseph, someone once joked, was indeed the perfect husband: the only major character in Jesus’ story who never utters a word! But the Gospel recounts and the liturgy celebrates his silent witness of faith-filled deeds: “With a husband’s love he cherished Mary, the Virgin Mother of God; with fatherly care he watched over Jesus” (Preface of Saint Joseph, Sacramentary). Catholic devotion, therefore, hails him as patron-protector of the universal Church. Some cultures set a fes-tive “Saint Joseph’s Table,” welcoming the poor and strangers to feast with family and friends. Tradition keeps today as the anniversary of his death, which we presume was peaceful, with Jesus and Mary present. Thus, Catholics invoke Joseph as Patron of a Happy Death. Descended from David’s house, which God finished “building” through Joseph’s provision of a home for Mary and Jesus, he was, fittingly, a carpenter by trade; thus, patron of workers. Spring, nature’s rebirth, begins between his feast and Annuncia-tion (March 25), appropriately, since Joseph’s silent obedience and Mary’s “Let it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38) usher in humanity’s spiritual rebirth. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

WISDOM A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird? —English nursery rhyme

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Please note and mark on your calendar that his Excellency, Bishop Edmund Whalen,

Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of New York, will officiate and preach at our Divine Mercy Holy Hour

on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19th at 2:30 P.M. Welcome Bishop Whalen!

SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacri-fices God is pleased. —Hebrews 13:16

MARIA VESPERS AT PARK AVE ARMORY Marian Vespers, written in 1610 and among Claudio Mon-teverdi’s greatest choral and instrumental achievements, will be performed in the Armory’s soaring Wade Thompson Drill Hall March 21–29, 2020 Friday and Saturday at 8pm Sunday at 3pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:30pm Tickets start at $45 (plus fees) Wade Thompson Drill Hall 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 P 212.933.5834 | armoryonpark.org This performance is approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes with no intermission

A Little Springtime Laugher… How excited was the gardener about spring? So excited he wet his plants. When do monkeys fall from the sky? During APE-ril showers What season is it best to go on a trampoline? Spring time What do you call a rabbit with flees? Bugs Bunny What’s Irish and comes out in Spring? Paddy O’Furni-ture

AVAILABILITY God does not ask for our ability or our inability, but our availability. —Anonymous

*** Indications “for the intentions of”

ST. ANDREW CHURCH

No Weekend Mass at St. Andrew’s location

MASS INTENTIONS

OUR LADY OF VICTORY

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 10:15 am: Jin Zhu Zhang 12:15 pm: James Madera 5:15 pm Evelyn Connors

MONDAY, MARCH 16 7:15 am: Jack O’Leary 8:15 am: Mary Lynch 12:15 pm: Chao Kun Lee 1:15 pm: Evelyn McGarty 5:15 pm: Eduardo Rene Spandre Valesquez

TUESDAY, MARCH 17 7:15 am: Christopher Spezio 8:15 am: Daniel Ward 12:15 pm: Peter Frattini 1:15 pm: Rose Marie Rogers 5:15 pm: Ted Palatucci

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 7:15 am: Gamar Saber El-gawish 8:15 am: Robert Fane 12:15 pm: Gabino Ocasio 1:15 pm: Anuncion Del Rosario Stuart 5:15 pm: Christine Vespe*** THURSDAY, MARCH 19 7:15 am: Forty Days for Life*** 8:15 am: Patrice Jude Dela-tour*** 12:15 pm: Anna Ursino 1:15 pm: Laurence Fazioli 5:15 pm: Francisco Candelario

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 7:15 am: Anthony & Regina D’Alessandro*** 8:15 am: Marie McGrade 12:15 pm: Mary Lynch 1:15 pm: Michael F. Stella 5:15 pm: Victor Tiambeng

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 12:15 pm: Patricia & Dennis Brannick*** 5:15 pm: Gabriela Reyes***

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 10:15 am: Jin Zhu Zhang 12:15 pm: Angie Ayala 5:15 pm Peggy Brandt

12:15 pm: Vocations to The Priesthood 1:15 pm: John Freyne

12:15 pm: Mary Freyne and Family*** 1:15 pm: Susan Amato

12:15 pm: Kathleen Kay Costello 1:15 pm: Mario Santoro

No Weekend Mass at St. Andrew’s location

12:15 pm: Souls in Purga-tory

1:15 pm: Kevin Freyne***

12:15 pm: Gloria V. Pi-antieri

1:15 pm: Genevieve No-bile