PLEASE NOTE – No Mass on Wednesdays
Monday May
21st
7:00 PM Edward
Bell r/o Our Lady of Mercy
Rosary Altar Society
Tuesday May
22nd Rita of Cascia
Wednesday May 23rd
Jewish
Observance: Savuot
No Mass on Wednesday
Thursday May
24th
Friday May 25th Mary
Magdalene dei Pazzi
Saturday May 26th Philip Neri, priest
8:00 AM Intentions of the Parishioners
5:30 PM Libby
Crea r/o Mark, Diane & Matt Mosko
Sunday May 27th Solemnity Pentecost
Religious
Education Program
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SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
HOURS Pss III Seasonal prop
MASS Prop Gl Cr Easter Pf I-V
RDGS 61: Acts 7:55-60 Ps 97:1-2,6-7,9
Rv
22:12-14,16-17,20 Jn 17:20-26
Stephen, the first martyr of the infant Church (1), washes his robe in
the blood of the Lamb, the Alpha and Omega (2). He proclaims Jesus Lord and
King, Most High over all the earth (Ps). In Him may all become one.
Stewardship
The second reading today contains the somber warning that
Jesus is coming soon and will bring to each person the reward that his or her
conduct deserves. Has my stewardship of the blessings entrusted to me been such
that I could respond joyfully, “Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!”?
PLEASE
PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS including:
Helen Johnson, Tony Gangitano, David King, Haley Weber, Frank Stashak,
Josephine Sarnoski, Elizabeth Connelly, Loretta Girard, Mary Pokotello, Blanche
Ferarro, Sheila Del Mastro, John & Peter Foxwell, Dorothy Burke, Terese
King, John & Christine Dyke, Peter Yazgier and Genevieve Casey.
Let us
remember in our prayers Mr. Joseph Sylvester whom God has called home.
Collections
May 13th $4266.00
Counters
Team #4
Bingo
Team #2
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07069-6587
(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org
Please,
register for all events
Meet Mary Through Her Many
Apparitions
Wed, May 30, either 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 7:30-9:30 p.m. ($15) (Please specify time
when registering) Listen to Mary’s
messages to us and how we can respond to them.
Program includes video & sung
rosary.
DIOCESAN NEWS
The Office of Vocations Invites You to Join Them
June
1st,
For Directions, http://holyrosary
churchnj.org
June
2nd, 10am Cathedral of St. Francis, Metuchen.
Ordination to the Priesthood, Rev. Mr. Bede Kim. For more info or directions, (732) 562-2457 or visit Vocations@diometuchen.org.
Celebrate Life – A Day for Seniors
June 8th, 10 am The Family
Life Office is pleased to announce the 2nd annual “Celebrate Life
Day for Seniors” at the
Annual Diocesan Scout Award Mass
June 16th,
The
Diocese of Metuchen, Catholic Scouting
For info, please call
Memorial Day Mass at Diocesan Cemeteries
Rev. Msgr. John B. Szymanski will be the celebrant of
the annual Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 28 at
All the faithful are invited to participate at either
site and are encouraged to bring lawn chairs for comfort. In the event of
inclement weather, the Mass will be celebrated inside the Mausoleum Chapel
located at each site. For more info: (732)568-2408
HOLY NAME SOCIETY NEWS
Patriots Game in June
June
30th The Holy Name Society is, once again, sponsoring a
Patriot Baseball Game Gathering. This year's gathering will be at the June
30th Patriots vs. the Lancaster Barnstormers Game at
ROSARY
ALTAR SOCIETY NEWS
57th
Annual Women’s Communion Breakfast
June 3rd The Rosary
Altar Society will be sponsoring their 57th Annual Women’s Communion
Breakfast at the Holiday Inn on Davidson Ave., Somerset after the 8 am Mass on
June 3rd. Tickets will be on sale after each Mass. Ticket prices are
$18.00 for ladies and $12.00 for young ladies 10 & under. All the ladies of
the parish are invited to attend. Last date to purchase tickets will be
Sunday, May 27th, no tickets will be sold the day of the
breakfast.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Pilgrimage/Retreat
to Saint Pio
Fr. Ken Brighenti of
Immaculata
Annual Garage Sale
The 4th
Annual I.H.S. Race 4 Freedom
Attention all Runners and Walkers! The 4th Annual Immaculata
High School Race 4 Freedom is just around the corner. Scheduled for
Fadda, were ya in time to give him Last Rites?
It’s a phrase we hear in old movies. If you do a
search on “Last Rites” in the Catholic
Encyclopedia (www.newadvent.org) you
will not find a definition.
The following is what we should expect from a priest at
a gravely ill loved one’s bedside: Anointing
of the Sick. A sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic
Church that was formerly known as Extreme Unction and is the seventh sacrament.
In it, a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips, hands,
feet, and sometimes, in the case of men, the loins, by a priest while he
recites absolutions for sins committed.
The
Roman Catholic Church teaches that through this sacrament, the sick and dying
receive remission of sins, health of soul, and, if God wills, health of body.
The sacrament may be shortened, and it may be given conditionally, as when
there is doubt as to whether the recipient is living or as to whether he is
baptized.
Anointing
of the Sick is given only to persons seriously ill and in danger of death from
internal causes; hence, it is not given before operations or in battle before
attack.
Anointing
of the Sick, the last confession (Penance), and the Viaticum (Eucharist given
to the dying) in this order are the last
rites of the church.
Unless
your loved one can talk to confess their sins and swallow the Viaticum, don’t
ask a priest for “Last Rites”, ask him to give them “Anointing of the Sick”.
The
chief biblical text for Anointing of the Sick is James 5.14,15. "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the
elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord
will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven."
