PLEASE NOTE-COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY.  REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE

        Monday    March 13^th

      7:00 PM   Stephen Golaszewski r/o Kathy

     Tuesday    March 14^th

      8:00 AM   Janet Morris r/o Marion Holeman

Wednesday    March 15^th

      8:00 AM   COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

     Thursday    March 16^th

      8:00 AM   John Chilipka r/o Irene Di Giacomo

        Friday    March 17^th

      7:00 PM   Sophie Platukis r/o Adam Platukis

                     Stations of the Cross followed by Mass

     Saturday    March 18^th

      8:00 AM   Sophie Platukis r/o Adam Platukis

     Saturday    March 18^th 3rd Sunday of Lent

      5:30 PM   Betty Kopencey r/o Her Family

 

SUNDAY MASSES

       Sunday    March 19^th Third Sunday of Lent

      8:00 AM   Rudy Stys r/o Getlik Family

    10:00 AM   Mary Harabin r/o Tom & Carol Harabin & Family

      12 NOON   Julia Nowakowski r/o Getlik Family

 

        

   

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for John Vanderhoff, Gail Rotondo, Tony Gangitano, Frank Kozden, Christine Dyke, Gilda Rizzon, David King, Mary Pokotello, John Foxwell, Haley Weber, Blanche Ferarro, Adam Platukis, Kalman Sipos, Josephine Sarnoski, Roseanne Scaletti, Chris Perciante, and Diane Manley.

Please also pray for the soul of Patrick P. Puppo, who passed away recently.  Let us ask God through our prayers to reward him as only he can with a place of light, happiness & peace forever.

 

As you may know, the Memorial of St. Patrick falls on a Friday this year.  For members of the faithful who desire it, Bishop Bootkoski has commuted the penitential obligation on March 17 to the obligation to abstain from meat on another day in the Lenten season other than a Friday.

 

 

Rice Bowls may be picked up at all exits and should be returned on the weekend of April 1-2.

Stewardship

Your participation in Our Lady of Mercy’s Stewardship Renewal Initiative is important.  Our Lady of Mercy needs your spiritual commitment & your financial commitment.  Please make our parish an important part of your life and the lives of your family members.

 

 

MOUNT ST. MARY HOUSE OF PRAYER

1651 U.S. Highway 22

Watchung, NJ 07069-6587

(908) 753-2091 msmhope@att.net

Mount St. Mary House of Prayer, Watchung, will offer the following programs. To register, call 908-753-2091 or e-mail: msmhope@att.net

GRIEF RECOVERY

Learning a process to deal with grief

Gentle experiential process for resolving the grief caused by loss Sun-Apr. 2, 1-5 p.m. ($45)

 

Diocesan News:

The Diocese of Metuchen ran its Pro-Life Poster Contest with this year’s theme of “It’s a Wonderful Life!”  Each man’s life touches so many others.  How do you touch the lives of others?  How is God calling you to help protect the unborn, the disabled and or the elderly?  To encourage participation from our CCD students, OLM Respect Life Committee with funds provided by the Holy Name Society ran a parish contest with $10 & $5 prizes for 1^st & 2^nd places in each grade.  The winners are:

Susan Callahan, Sophie Bischoff, Kalee Johnson, Leanne Naberschnig, Anna Simoncelli, Nicole Morris, Matt Franzyshen, Steven Bischoff & Shannon Stamile.  All entries were sent to the Diocese and those winners will be announced in a few weeks.

First Synod of the Diocese of Metuchen

First Synod of the Diocese of Metuchen

Speak Up Sessions: Sorting Through Responses

As Lent begins, 175 Speak Up Sessions have been held. This count includes special sessions for senior citizens and youth; those served by prison chaplains; and ones in Spanish and Polish. That’s a lot of responses to organize!

During March and April, well-trained volunteers will sort your feedback into categories. Six broad headings have been developed to help organize the scores of comments. It’s possible that additional categories will emerge. In reality, we won’t know which issues are of greatest concern until after all your responses are reviewed.

Remember, the synod is a process not an event! Part of this process involves discovering what’s on the minds and in the hearts of the People of God. Every issue that’s important enough to be raised, will be important enough to be considered.

Learn more about this historic event!

www.diometuchen.org/synod

 

 

Please return all Gertrude Hawk Easter candy orders on Sunday, March 19 by 1:00 PM.  Place in church collection basket or rectory mail slot.  Checks should be made out to Diane Mosko.

 

I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son. Genesis 22:12

A young man was jogging in the early evening & decided to call ahead for pizza.  Just as he was to make the call, a homeless man asked for some spare change.  He reached into his sweat pants & pulled out a handful of change.  “Take what you need.”  The homeless man couldn’t believe his good fortune & said, “I’ll take it all.”  Just then he realized he had no change to make the phone call.  In turn he asked the homeless man if he could borrow some change.  The homeless man turned and held out the handful of coins. “Here, “ he said, “Take what you need.”

We must be like Abraham whose actions expressed those words “Take whatever you need.”  Abraham believed it so much that he was willing to sacrifice his own son.  God does ask, though, that nothing come before him and your relationship with him.  Not family, job, leisure or life itself. God asks for a lot, but God gives a hundredfold in return.

Father, Giver of Gifts, you ask that we be as generous as you.  You seek from us only one gift.  May we trust you enough to surrender ourselves and allow you to take whatever you need.  I ask this in Jesus’ name, the Divine Gift.  Amen.

 

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The Humor of Youth

Young people are a prime source of embarrassing statements and bone-headed bloopers. Now it seems that their teachers are sharing all this on the Net.

 

Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.

 

Magna Carta provided that no free man should be hanged twice for the same offense.

 

Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin, which he built with his own hands.

 

Question: What is one horsepower? Answer: One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second.

 

You can listen to thunder after lightening and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it you got hit, so never mind.

 

Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers.

 

In looking at a drop of water under a microscope, we find there are twice as many H's as O's.

 

Clouds are high flying fogs.

                                

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