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 PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO MASS SCHEDULE COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY.

Monday          December 2^nd

7:00 PM        Patricia Savaryn r/o Jean Savaryn

Tuesday         December 3^rd Francis Xavier, priest

   8:00 AM   Intentions of the Parishioner

Wednesday  December 4^th John of Damascus, priest 

   8:00 AM   COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

Thursday      December 5^th

   8:00 AM   Virginia Stopkwicz r/o her sister, Helen

Friday           December 6^th Nicholas, bishop

   8:00 AM   Anne Gaddis r/o Sherry Gaddis

Saturday       December 7^th Ambrose, bishop

   8:00 AM   Deceased members of Yazgier family r/o Dorothy & family

 

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday       December 7^th Vigil 2^nd Sunday of Advent

    5:30 PM   Armand Santini r/o Family

Sunday         December 8^th Second Sunday of Advent

   8:00 AM   Katherine Murray r/o Morano Family

10:00 AM   Genevieve Borysewicz r/o Joe & Mary Getlik

12 NOON     Rena Grazino Orrechio r/o Beata Mastrul & Roseann Short

 

 

Don’t forget to register as a parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Church if you are in the hospital.  Please contact the rectory if you would like to be visited or receive communion.

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes and especially for Jean Hulik, Joe Andruzzi, Bette Nizalak, Linda Sylvester (wife of Dominick Jr.), Florence Altiere, Raffaella Shapiro, Haley Weber, Yoshiaki Nakata, Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Stephen Golaszewski, Nancy Santora, and Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen.

 

PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS The next Baptism Class will be held on Jan 6, 2003.  Please call the Rectory to make arrangements

 

Let us pray…That all Christians may believe and teach that life is a gift from God and we, the work of His hands, have no right to destroy that gift.

 

 

 

"Be watchful!  Be alert!  You do not know when the time will come.  It is like a man traveling abroad.  He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch."  --Mk 13:33-34

 

Jesus reminds his disciples that no one knows when the Master will come.  Ours is not to wait in fear but with hope for the world and also to work fervently to further the Kingdom of God.  Answer the Lord’s call to you today to follow Him as a priest, religious brother or sister, or deacon.  Contact the Vocations office at 732-562-1990 Ext. 1700 or by E-mail at Vocations@diometuchen.org.  Or visit our Website at www.diometuchen.org/vocations.

 

 

 

THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER FUND COLLECTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THE WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 14/15.

 

 

 

COME TO FISH ON FRIDAY and be spiritually “fed” on solid Catholic teachings!  “The Christmas Star” will be presented on Friday, Dec. 13, 2002 at 7:30 PM at St. John Neumann Pastoral Center in Piscataway.  For more information, please call 732-968-4838.

 

DAY OF PRAYER & DISCERNMENT

For men & women ages 18-45 looking at religious life.

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, from 1:30 – 7:30 PM,  the Office of Vocations will be sponsoring a Day of Prayer & Discernment at Bethany Ridge Spirituality Center in Little York, NJ.  RSVP by 12/30/02.  732-562-1990 Ext. 1700

 

 

 

JOIN US for Bingo in the Church Hall.  BINGO IS PLAYED AT 7 PM ON SUNDAY EVENINGS IN OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH HALL.  14 Games…$1,000…plus TWO 50/50 games.  Light refreshments are available.  Please spread the word among family, friends and co-workers that we are playing BINGO at Our Lady of Mercy!  Anyone interested in volunteering his or her time 1 Sunday a month, please contact the rectory.  732-356-1037

 

Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions?  Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I asked, "When do you stop worrying?"  The nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage.  "My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted the class, and was headed for a career making license plates.  As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them."  My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open.  A friend said, "They're trying to find themselves.  Don't worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying.  They'll be adults." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being vulnerable.  I was still worrying over my children, but there was a new wrinkle" - there was nothing I could do about it.  My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. I continued to anguish over their failures, be tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in their disappointments.  My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life.  I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother's warm smile and her occasional, "You look pale.  Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home.  Are you depressed about something?"  Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry?  Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown?  Is concern a curse or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?  One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you?  I've been calling for 3 days, and no one answered.  I was worried."  I smiled a warm smile.  The torch has been passed.

 

New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

 

In November of 1914, the New York Tribune, cooperating with Mr. Bertram Chapman Mayo (founder of Beachwood) issued an "Extra" announcing: "Subscribe to the New York Tribune and secure a lot at Beautiful Beachwood. Act at once, secure your lot in this Summer Paradise now!" This was the greatest premium offered by a newspaper - nothing equal to it was ever attempted in the United States

 

New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.

 

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

 

New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S.

 

Picturesque Cape May holds the distinction of being the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique.

 

In order to meet the increasing demand for his wire rope John Roebling opened a factory in Trenton, New Jersey in 1848. John Roebling, along with his two sons, Washington and Ferdinand, built a suspension bridge across the gorge of the Niagara River. They then built the Brooklyn Bridge plus many other suspension bridges in the United States.

 

New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world.

North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius.

 

New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Passaic River was the site to the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland.

 

New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most famous, Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Cape May.

 

Resource:http://www.50states.com/facts/newjerse.htm