PLEASE NOTE—COMMUNION
SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
Monday June 28th
Irenaeus, martyr
7:00 PM Dorothy Wolk r/o Frank & Lucille Tymecki
Tuesday June
29th Peter & Paul
8:00 AM Freda Yazgier r/o Irene & Betty
Wednesday June
30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church
8:00 AM COMMUNION
SERVICE ONLY
Thursday July
1st
8:00 AM Catherine Anderson r/o Lionel & Josephine
Martens.
Friday July
2nd First Friday
8:00 AM Cyril George Mitchell r/o Martens/Foxwell
Families
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday July
3rd Vigil: 14thh Ordinary Sunday
5:30 PM Florence Kropiewnicki r/o Kropiewnicki Family
Sunday July 4th 14th Ordinary
Sunday
8:00 AM Mary Nichol r/o Rosary Altar Society
10:00 AM Cosmo Romano r/o M/M Peter Roberts
12 NOON Donald McConnell r/o Wife & Children
Begin
Pss I Seasonal Prop
Prop Gl Cr Sun Pf I-VIII
99 :1 Kgs 19:16b,19-21 Ps 16:1-2,5
Gal 5:1,13-18 Lk 9:51-62
Elisha is summoned to follow the prophet Elijah and to succeed him. Jesus insists that those who follow him must abandon all material or psychological securities, walking ever forward without looking back. It is the Lord alone who is to hold fast our lot. Paul distinguishes between true freedom and license.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Bill Fioravant, John Pongratz, Joseph Ballotta, Mary Ann Manley, Mary Pokotello, Hudson Savarin, Albert Schraeder, Rose Campanero, Patrick Puppo, John & Eileen Foxwell, Sr. Elinor Foxwell, F.M.M., Haley Weber, Cole Nesmith, James Murray (uncle of Karen Mathews), Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Blanche Ferarro, David Alliprandine, Ralph Ley, Teresa Kunz, Josephine Sarnoski, and Joseph Morando. Please also pray for the soul of Deacon John H. Purdy II from St. Magdalen de Pazzi Church in Flemington, who passed away last week.
PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS- The next Baptism Class will be on Monday, September 13, 2004.
Let Us Pray…For all men whose children have been aborted that they may find healing for their pain.
“The harvest is rich,” Jesus tells the seventy-two in today’s Gospel, “but the workers are few.” The situation is the same today. How can I help with God’s harvest? Am I called into the field? Am I one who could provide food or shelter or wages to those who toil in the fields of the Lord?
“A
Celebration of Marriage”
Sunday,
July 25, 2004
3:00
– 5:00 PM
Find out how to enhance your romance and build a better marriage. Call the Family Life Office @732-562-1990 Ext. 1623 or 1624 to information or email familylife@diometuchen.org.
Mothers in Love
+ Fathers in Love = Families in Love
Choose God’s plan for you to be tender lovers for the rest of your life. Choose a Marriage Encounter Weekend, which is coming up on: July 9-11, 2004. Early registration is advisable. Phone 888-827-NJME for information or to register.
June
20, 2004 $2,846.50
Father’s
Day $105.00
Sunday June 27, 2004
Counters Team # 1
Graber/Fasanella
Bingo Team #4
Bishop Bootkoski has asked all parishes in the Diocese to take a collection to help the people of Haiti & The Dominican Republic who have been left homeless & destitute due to the recent floods. Accordingly, we will take a “Free Will Offering” This weekend, June 26/27 at all the Masses. Please be as generous as your means allow.
Today’s readings seem to contradict each other: “go home to say goodbye; don’t go home to say goodbye.” As so often is the case in Scripture, we must read between the lines. The real issue is, “Who has a steward’s heart?” The Gospel indicates some half-heartedness where Jesus is looking for single-heartedness! Elisha exhibits a true YES as he leaves everything behind with great love and generosity for God an also for his Family.
Someone is Waiting for You!
How very fortunate we are to have the
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 8:30 AM until 12
noon. We are able to visit with Jesus,
one on one, and to tell Him all of our troubles and worries and receive His
Loving Peace and Comfort while in His Presence.
Won’t you come and visit Him? It could be for 15 minutes, ½ hour or 1 hour. His Blessings are there for you. Let’s not miss this beautiful Spiritual Opportunity.
Part Time Job opportunities are available at The St.
Jude Shop in
Holy
Name Society News
Congratulations to Keith Fasanella for a job
well done. He did a great job on the Saturday Night at the Ballpark. Our Lady
of Mercy Church was represented by over fifty persons. And the home team came
away victorious in the double header. Thanks Keith for a job well done. I would like to remind our members and ALL
male parishioner's and ALL our friends that our retreat to the San Alfonso
Retreat House in West Long Branch at the "
Blessed
Be HIS Holy Name
THE SCULPTOR'S ATTITUDE
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have. Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free. Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste. Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive. Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born. Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses. Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships. Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do. Today I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge. Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul. Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have! What will you choose to do with Today? Have a Great Day...unless you have other plans.
Author Unknown."
SCRABBLE This has got to
be one of the cleverest E-mails. Someone out there either has too much spare
time or is deadly at Scrabble.
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS
GORE
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
EVANGELIST: When you rearrange the letters: EVIL'S
AGENT
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN
PRAYER
THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE
COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH
LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS!
NO MORE Z'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I'M
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT
QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS
ONE
Have a safe summer