Please Note: No Mass on Wednesdays
Monday March
3rd Katherine
Drexel
7:00 PM Jack Mahoney & Jean DeStefano
r/o
Nazarah Bocchino
Tuesday March
4th Casimir
Wednesday March 5th
No Mass on Wednesday
Thursday March
6th
Friday March
7th Perpetura & Felicity, Martyrs
7:00 PM Stations of the Cross followed by Mass
David Conner r/o Bob Burynski
Saturday March 8th John of God,
Religious
8:00 AM Intentions of the
Parishioners
Sunday March 9th
FOURTH
SUNDAY OF LENT
HOURS Pss IV Seasonal Prop
MASS Prop or from Ritual Masses: The Scrutinies
Cr Pf for Fourth Sunday of Lent Sol Bl
RDGS 244: Is 65:17-21 Ps 30:2, 4-4, 11-12a, 13ab
Jn 4:43-54
Samuel does not see as God sees (1) in the choice of
David, who is anointed with oil (Ps). As Jesus cures the blind man (3), so too
are we brought from darkness into light (2) through the grace of baptism.
Stewardship
The blind man was willing to let Jesus minister to him and willingly
did all Jesus asked of him. The Pharisees were more resistant to His message,
spending their time and energy to disprove the miracle. Which am I more like,
the man born blind or the Pharisees?
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS
Al & Ruth Schraeder, Elizabeth Connelly, Genevieve
Casey, Josephine Sarnoski, Josephine Martens, Peter Yazgier and Christine Dyke
may the love of Christ be evident to them in the welcome and help they find in
the family of the Church.
Let us remember in our prayers Anna Pongratz
whom God has called home.
Collections
Counters
March 2nd, Team #1
March 9th, Team #2
March 16th, Team #3
March 23rd, Team #4
MOUNT
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org
Please register for
all events
Weekend Retreat
BEAT STRESS!
Shouldn’t you be drumming?!
Mar 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ($15) Become energized by the sound and
vibration of drums! Drums provided.
PERSONAL RETREAT DAYS
Sacred Time, Sacred Space
March 20, 21, 9:30
a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Bring bag lunch ($15) A personal quiet day to
enjoy God’s presence. Day begins and
ends with communal prayer .
Stewardship Renewal Program
Our
Lady of Mercy’s Stewardship Renewal Initiative is very important to our
financial stability and our budget requirements. If you have not yet returned
your response envelope, please do so at the first opportunity.
Now
Available
Applications for financial aid through the Diocese of Metuchen
Tuition Assistance Program for the 2008-2009 school year are now available at
all diocesan elementary and secondary schools. Completed applications must be
received by Private School Aid Service by no later than
To obtain an application form, please contact the Principal or
main office of the school where the student is registering. A printable version
of the form, both English and Spanish, is also available on the diocesan
website at www.diometuchen.org/cso/tuition.html.
The
Fourth Sunday of Lent is also called Laetari
Sunday. The translation of Laetari is “rejoice” and we rejoice because Lent
is half over. Have you done your Lenten duties with prayers, fasting and
almsgiving?
DIOCESAN
NEWS
Diocesan Spring Collection - March 9th
In your preprinted offertory envelope packs, you will
find an envelope for the Diocesan Spring Collection. This collection is used
for the following national initiatives:
·
Catholic Relief Services –Programs include relief
and resettlement services to the victims of persecution, war and natural
disasters as well as development projects to improve the living conditions of
the poor.
·
Black & Indian Missions – Last year, support went to
some of the neediest people across the
Chrism Mass
Cathedral of St. Francis
of
The Beginning Experience Weekend
April 11-14 This is a
weekend program designed to help widowed, separated and divorced person make a
new beginning in life through powerful, intense and positive experience of hope
and peace and is open to persons of all faiths.
For
more info please call Rosemarie (732) 681-1114, Vivian (732) 441-7070 or Rich
(609) 333-9868.
Attention Prayerful Single Men
St. Mary’s Benedictine
Monastery in
Annual Easter Program
at
Robert Morris
March 6,
OUR
LADY OF MERCY NEWS
Girl
Scout Sunday on March 9th
An Invitation to All Girl Scouts Past & Present
On Sunday March
9th , Troop 245 would like to invite all Girl Scouts past and
present to have a seat in the front pews at the 10 am Mass. Parishioners
- if you could leave the first
few pews open at that Mass for all the Girl Scouts to sit together, it would be
appreciated.
Holy Name Society News
The
2008 Holy Name Society Father – Son
Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday, March 9th at the
Somerset Holiday Inn on
The
price this year is $ 18 for Adults and $ 12 for Children 10 years and
younger. All men and boys of the parish are encouraged to attend. Tickets may
be purchased after all Masses held on March 1st and 2nd. No
tickets will be sold at the door. Blessed
be HIS Holy Name.
NOTICE!
TO ALL OUR LADY OF MERCY
CHURCH PARISHIONERS
The
Our Lady Of Mercy Holy Name Society thought it would be nice to hold a Parish
Picnic in 2008. The picnic would probably be held in September or early October. We
would like to have food and games for all ages at the picnic for the lowest
price possible. If you would be interested in having the Church hold a
Parish Picnic, please drop a note in the February 24th or March 2nd Collection
Baskets saying: "I THINK OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH SHOULD HAVE A PARISH
PICNIC THIS YEAR!" Thank you very much. BLESSED BE HIS HOLY NAME.
Where Are The Chairs??
A number of chairs are
missing from the downstairs hall. If anyone has taken them or knows where they
are please call the rectory at (732)
356-1037.
Gertrude Hawk Candy Pickup
Gertrude
Hawk Easter Candy orders will be available for pick up in the Church Hall NEXT
WEEKEND, March 8th & 9th.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, March 16th the 2008 Confirmation Candidates will sponsor an Easter
Egg Hunt for our Parish children up to age 12. Please complete the form
located in the vestibule and place in the box next to the forms.
All forms need to be completed by Sunday
March 9th.