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In Loving Memory of

JENNIE & FRANK SACCO

Word Above Us (Verbum Supernum)

The Word descending from above, though with the Father still on high, went forth upon His work of love, and soon to life’s last eve drew nigh.

He shortly to a death accursed by a disciple shall be given; but, to His Twelve Disciples, first He gives Himself, the Bread from Heaven.

Himself in either kind He gave; He gave His Flesh; He gave His Blood; of flesh and blood all men are made; and He of man would be the food.

At birth, our Brother He became; at board, Himself as food He gives; to ransom us He died in shame; as, our reward, in bliss He lives.

O saving Victim! Opening wide the Gate of Heaven to us below! Our foes press on from every side-- Your aid supply, Your strength bestow.

St. Thomas Aquinas

ALL ARE INVITED TO

OUR PARISH

CELEBRATION

of

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE

BODY & BLOOD

OF THE LORD

SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH

Solemn Eucharistic Procession

following the 12Noon Mass

Eucharistic Holy Hour following

the Solemn Procession

Eucharistic Adoration until the

5:30pm Mass

ASAP Do you think you know

what the abbreviation

“ASAP” means?

Well, think again.

What if it really means, “Always Say A

Prayer”? So, if there’s work to do and you

have to hurry and scurry-ASAP.

In the midst of family chaos when quality time

is rare-ASAP. When it seems that your wor-

ries are more than you can bear-ASAP.

Remember, God knows how stressful life can

be, and He wants to ease your cares-ASAP.

Whose House is This?

W hose House is our Parish Church,

God’s or ours?

The answer is Yes! Both! Our Church is

God’s House because it is the house, the

holy place, where God dwells among us. It

is also the place where we who are God’s

People and the Mystical Body of Christ on

earth, come together

as His Church.

It is impossible for us to contain or imprison

God in a structure built by human hands.

Yet, in His awesome love, God has “pitched

His tent” and chooses to live right here in

our Church, in the Tabernacle.

When we who, in Baptism, are made

Children of God and members of God’s

Church, gather in our Parish Church and join

our Priest around God’s Holy Word, at our

Baptismal Font, and at the Lord’s altar, God

chooses to dwell here too.

The God Who created the night sky and

adorned it with stars, the God for Whom the

highest mountains are nothing but bits of

mud squished between Divine Toes, and for

Whom vast oceans are merely puddles, has

no need of a sanctuary or temple.

But we, the people God loves from before

time began, need a holy place where we

can come together to share and remember

in Word, Sacrament, and other sacred rites

the amazing truth that we are the “living

stones” of the Church, whose flesh and

blood bears witness to Jesus in a way even

more significant than Church art, architecture,

bricks or mortar.

Happily, we have such a holy place, it’s our

Parish Church! This means that it’s our

obligation to lovingly care for this holy

place. Our Parish Church isn’t some kind of

“holy” meeting hall. It’s not a cafeteria, a

place where you eat and drink. It’s not a

park, where you bring or walk animals.

It’s not a subway platform, where you rush

around, or a place to have loud conversations

or talk on your cell phone. It’s a holy place, a

sacred place, a Holy Land right here in Mid-

Town Manhattan, where the Body of Christ is

present, the Voice of Christ rings out, and

where the Sacrifice of Christ, the Holy Sacrifice

of the Mass, is offered and shared.

It’s every parishioner’s clear responsibility

to show reverence in and for our Parish Church.

But, reverence also includes respect and

consideration for your brothers and sisters

in Christ. This kind of reverence is the love

you show when you realize that each person

who comes to Church and gathers with you

around the table of the Lord’s Word and

Sacrament is a living stone who builds up

this spiritual house. This reverence is also

the wonder you experience by knowing

that here, in our Parish Church,

the Living God truly

lives among

all of us.

SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017 5:30pm +Gregory Mateo (Vigil for Sunday)

THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST SUNDAY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 FATHER’S DAY 7:30am +Eugene Bay 9:00am +Mary D’Angelo 10:30am Father’s Day Novena 12:00pm +Josephine & Gennaro Roscigno 5:30pm +William A. Mathers

11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017 ST. ROMUALD

7:00am Father’s Day Novena 8:15am For Our Parishioners 12:10pm +Dena Anne Santoro 5:30pm +Helen & Phil Memole

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 7:00am +Mary McKiernan 8:15am Father’s Day Novena 12:10pm +Marie Louise Andrei 5:30pm +Rose & Andrew Gull

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA

7:00am Father’s Day Novena 8:15am +Hedwig Werner 12:10pm +John W. Kelliher

5:30pm +Gail R. Schipski

ST. JOHN FISHER & ST. THOMAS MORE THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017

7:00am +Ethel Talabovich 8:15am Father’s Day Novena 12:10pm Catholic Guardian Services 5:30pm +Rose & Andrew Gull

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017 MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS 7:00am +Marie Louise Andrei 8:15am In Thanksgiving 12:10pm +Lucille & James Killorin 5:30pm Father’s Day Novena

SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017 NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 8:15am +Elena & Frances Baldeon 12:10pm Father’s Day Novena

5:30pm +Angelina Farfone (Vigil for Sunday)

2017 MOST HOLY TRINITY $6,053

2016 MOST HOLY TRINITY $7,675

THANK YOU! WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO USE OUR ENVELOPE SYSTEM. LET US KNOW IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE OFFERING ENVELOPES THROUGH THE MAIL.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR SICK: SABRINA BERTUCCI, MURIEL BRAIND,

ROBERT ELGORT, MARY GOLDSTEIN, PAT KIELY

FOR OUR DECEASED: VERONICA MALUENDA, MARIA ROSCIGNO

Please call the Parish House to have someone’s name placed on this list. Check to see if someone who is ill consents to having their name published. We only publish the names of recently deceased.

Prayer Requests

WELCOME! As we end the month of

June, Fr. Antony Alfred leaves

on vacation and we welcome Fr. Benjamin Doh Gawu.

Fr. Benjamin is a priest of

the Diocese of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana.

He was ordained to the Priesthood in 2011.

After ordination, Fr. Benjamin worked in different

capacities in remote parts of Ghana, expanding the

frontiers of the Church to areas where there was previously no resident priest. He also served as a

Parochial Vicar and as assistant Headmaster in the Rijnbeek Junior Catholic School.

Father Benjamin is currently pursuing further

studies at the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome.

We ask God’s Blessing on Fr. Benjamin’s Priestly Ministry to our Parish Family during the summer

months.

A Prayer For Fathers

God Our Father, we give You thanks

for our fathers and for all fathers,

young and old. We pray for young

fathers: May they find the courage

and perseverance to balance their

work, family, and faith with joy and sacrifice.

We pray for fathers around the world whose

children are lost or suffering: May they know

that the God of Compassion walks with them in

their sorrow.

We pray for men who are not fathers but still

mentor and guide us with fatherly love and

advice.

We remember our own fathers and

grandfathers who are no longer with us: May

they live with You forever and still nourish us

with their love. AMEN.