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PLEASE NOTE—COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY. ALSO, MASS ON FRIDAY EVENINGS DURING LENT.

Monday March 1^st

7:00 PM Mary Repetz r/o OLM Folk Choir

Tuesday March 2^nd

8:00 AM Helen Greczek r/o McConnell Family

Wednesday March 3^rd

8:00 AM COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

Thursday March 4^th

8:00 AM Intentions of the Parishioner

Friday March 5^th World Day of Prayer

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

7:00 PM Eugene Mohan r/o OLM Folk Group

Saturday March 6^th

8:00 AM William Palata r/o Dorothy Yazgier & Family

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday March 6^th Vigil: 2nd Sunday of Lent

5:30 PM Mary Auerbach r/o Family

Sunday March 7^th Second First Sunday of Lent

8:00 AM Departed Members of Santini & Bozzay Families r/o the Family

10:00 AM Mildred Jost r/o Maria Larangeira & Diane Cassidy

12 NOON Frank Ambrose r/o Dolores Moran

February 29^th First Sunday in Lent

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Prop Cr Pf for First Sunday of Lent

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24: Dt 26:4-10 Ps 91: 1-2,10-15

Rom 10:8-13 Lk 4:1-13

Moses recounts great events of salvation history, which find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ. We confess him to be Lord, for God raised him from the dead. He is ever faithful, resisting temptation to forsake his Father’s mission, trusting in God’s love.

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Joe Weston, Sr. Catherine T. Ryan S.A., Susan Franco, Ann Page, Mary Pokotello, Hudson Savarin, Anthony LoSardo, John & Eileen Foxwell, Raffaella Shapiro, Vincent Percianta, Haley Weber, Cole Nesmith, James Murray (uncle of Karen Mathews), Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Blanche Ferarro, Nancy Santora, Teresa Kunz, Josephine Sarnoski, and Joseph Morando.

PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS- The next Baptism Class will be held on April 5, 2004.

Let Us Pray…Fro a greater number of people to devote time and resources to the goals for the pro-life movement.

Anyone wishing to obtain a statement of contributions for the past year (2003), should either drop a note in the Sunday collection basket, giving name, address & phone, or call the Rectory during business hours.

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." -Lk 4:1-3

SUNDAY COLLECTION

February 22, 2004 …………………………$3,928.00

Sunday February 29, 2004

Counters Team # 4 Scaletti

Bingo Team #4

RICE BOWLS MAY BE PICKED UP AT ALL EXITS IN THE CHURCH. ALL RICE BOWLS SHOULD BE RETURNED ON THE WEEKEND APRIL 3/4

The Spring Collection will be taken up on the weekend of February 28/29 2004

The day of fast & abstinence are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. All other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence.

From the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday until the celebration of the Easter Vigil on the evening of Holy Saturday, the Easter fast should be observed so that, with uplifted and welcoming hearts, we may be ready to celebrate the joys of the Resurrection. This ancient tradition, intimately connected with the Rites of Holy Week and the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, is encouraged, especially in those places baptizing catechumens at the Easter Vigil.

The obligation to fast applies only to Catholics between the ages of 18 & 59. To fast in the Catholic Tradition means to limit oneself to one full meal during the day as to experience hunger.

The obligation of abstinence affects all Catholics who have reached the age of 14. Abstinence means to abstain from meat and all meat products.

Those unable to abstain for a valid reason on any given Friday of Lent are asked to perform some other penitential act, or to abstain on another day.

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.

Church Women United will have a World Day of Prayer Service on Friday, March 5, 2004 at the Methodist Church on the corner of Union Ave & Livingston St. in Bound Brook. The service begins at 10AM. The women of Panama wrote the program with the theme “In Faith, Women Shape the Future.” Light refreshments will be served after the program. All women of the community are invited to attend. Please call Catherine @ 732-356-4080 is you have any question.

Two aerial antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at, either.

Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive.

McCarrick Care Center proudly presents an Irish Dinner Show featuring Bobby Byrne on Friday, March 12^th at Our Lady of Peace Church, Rt. 130 No. Brunswick. Dinner 6:30-7:30 PM will include Corned Beef & Cabbage, beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea- show time 8:00 PM. BYOB is permitted. For ticket information, please call Chris at 732-545-4200 X113.

Holy Name Society News

We are happy to say that Grandpa and Uncle Jimmy are coming to the 53^rd Annual Father and Son Communion Breakfast on Sunday, March 14, 2004. We are still working on Harry and he told us he would be there. Last weeks bulletin had the date as the 24th. Sorry for the mistake, but it is on the 14th day of March. Tickets are on sale in the church vestibule after all the weekend Masses. I am hoping that some more of our friends will be attending. We have a good speaker in Mr. Philip Russo and the lovely ladies of the Rosary-Altar Society have promised to prepare and serve a delicious breakfast. Gentlemen, make your plans and come and join us.

Blessed Be HIS Holy Name

The Office of Vocations will be sponsoring a Day of Pray and Discernment on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at the Cenacle Retreat House, from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, for men & women ages 18-50 looking at Religious Life & Priesthood. Please R.S.V.P. by March 19, 2004. 732-562-1990 Ext.1700.

The second annual Spotlight on Catholic Education Dinner is being held on Thursday, April 1 at the Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick. Tickets are $200.00 p/p. Please call 732-562-1990, Ext.1600.

I wish I said that!

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."- Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."- Oscar Wilde

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."- Oscar Wilde

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."- Billy Wilder

“COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?” You are invited to come to spend time with Jesus. Every Thursday from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon there is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in our Church. Stop in for just a minute or two. You will find it time well spent.

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

I went to a seafood disco last week . . . and pulled a mussel.

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

Gertrude Hawk Easter Candy Sale-

Gertrude Hawk Easter candy brochures are available at all exits. Please place all orders by Sunday, March 7. All proceeds go towards church improvements. Please call 908-369-3398 if you need more information.

The Feast of Life

Bakhita Hall at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center will be the site for the upcoming production of Marty Haugen’s Sacred Musical, “The Feast of Life,” on Sat. March 13 at 8:00 PM and Sun March 14 at 7:00 PM. This musical features scriptural stories set to music, and is fun for the whole family. The cast is comprised of teens from around the Diocese, accompanied by a band and chorus. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and teens, $5 children. Seating by reservation only. Please send a self-addressed/stamped envelope to Mary Frances Reavey, The St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, PO Box 191, Metuchen, NJ 08840-0191. Checks to The Diocese of Metuchen. See www.diometuchen.org, or call 732-562-1990 x1634 for details.

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