C HURCH OF S T . M ONICA
413 EAST 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10075
RECTORY: 212-288-6250
W EBSITE :
ASSOCIATES:
REV. JOE A. FRANCIS
REV. JOBY MATHEW
IN SUNDAY SERVICE:
REV. RICHARD AROLD
ORGANIST &
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC:
MR. DAVID SCHAEFER
CANTOR &
LEADER OF SONG:
MR. JOSEPH NEAL
WWW . CHURCHOFSTMONICA . ORG
PASTOR:
REV. MSGR. THOMAS A. MODUGNO
MASSES
SUNDAYS:
7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM,
12:00 NOON PRINCIPAL LITURGY
WEEKDAYS &
FIRST FRIDAYS:
7:30AM, 12:00 NOON
SATURDAYS:
9:00AM, 5:30PM VIGIL
BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES:
BY APPOINTMENT.
PLEASE CONTACT A MEMBER
OF THE PARISH STAFF
WELL IN ADVANCE.
SACRAMENT
OF RECONCILIATION:
CONFESSIONS ARE HEARD
AT 5:00PM ON SATURDAYS
AND ANYTIME BY
APPOINTMENT.
RESURRECTION OF THE LORD: APRIL 8TH 2012
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RESURRECTION OF THE LORD:
APRIL 8TH 2012
“Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is
a part of the person is indeed answered. Through Jesus we do know ‘the room where exiled love lays down its victory.’
He himself is this place, and he calls us to be with him and in dependence on him. He calls us to keep this place open
within the world so that he, the exiled love, may reappear over and over in the world…God exists: that is the real
message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed.”
(Pope Benedict XVI)
TODAY’S READINGS …
First Reading:
Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43).
Psalm:
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118).
(1) Second Reading: All who are baptized, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3: 1-4) or
(2) Second Reading: Christ our Passover is sacrificed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5: 6b-8).
Gospel:
Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each responds to the empty tomb (John 20: 1-9) or Mark 16: 17 ( or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke 24: 13-35).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK …
Monday:
Acts 2:14, 22-33; Mt 28: 8-15
Tuesday:
Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20: 11-18
Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24: 13-35
Thursday:
Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24: 35-48
Friday:
Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21: 1-14
Saturday:
Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118; 1Jn 5: 1-6; Jn 20:19-31
SATURDAY: VIGIL
8:00PM: St. Monica Parishioners
SUNDAY: RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
7:30 St. Monica Parishioners
9:00 St. Monica Parishioners
10:30 St. Monica Parishioners
12:00 St. Monica Parishioners
MONDAY: WEEKDAY
7:30 William Smith
12:00 In Thanksgiving
WEDNESDAY: WEEKDAY
7:30 Frank Alfano
12:00 Souls in Purgatory
THURSDAY: WEEKDAY
7:30 Joseph Uddo (8th Anniv)
12:00 Helen T. Quinn
FRIDAY: WEEKDAY
7:30 Anthony Hodges
12:00 Doris Carrick
SATURDAY: WEEKDAY
9:00 Michael and Katie Joyce
TUESDAY: WEEKDAY
7:30 Walter Ferber
12:00 Priests of St Monica
REJOICE AND BE GLAD…
During the first three or four centuries of Christianity, if you asked a Christian to name the feast days of the church,
your answer would have been a puzzled stare, for there was only one feast: the Resurrection of the Lord. Every Sunday
was a feast celebrating the one great feast. Even though our calendar now has many beautiful and holy feast, we must
continually be called back to the fact that all these other feasts exist because of the feast of Christ’s Passover from
death to life. The psalm today proclaims this message well: “This is the day.” It is not one of many days, but it is the
day of all days, the one that gives all the others their origin, purpose, meaning, and destiny. Listen carefully to Peter’s
speech in Acts with its recollection of the Passion, to the words of the apostle Paul, and to the account of Mary
Magdalene, John, and Peter finding the empty tomb, and you will hear the many wonderful works that God has done
for us through Christ. Rejoice and be glad!
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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION …
STEWARDSHIP …On Easter Eve
It has been said that the most convincing sign of the Risen
Christ is the Risen Christian. Today, in parishes around the
world, new life is drawn from the waters of baptism, and
new Christians are thrilled to see the crowds pour in to join
in the feast. On Easter, we do not say the Creed, but rather
renew our baptismal promises with hearty responses. We
are taking the first joyful steps on a fifty-day-long
celebration. In the southern hemisphere, the world is
slipping into winter, but for us in North America, the earth
itself seems to sing hymns to Christ’s victory. Look this
morning for the fresh paschal candle standing near the
baptismal waters. It was consecrated in the hours of the
night, will burn brightly for fifty days whenever we gather
for prayer, and will glow again at every baptism and every
funeral in the year ahead. Even though we may be gathered
around the candle someday in sadness, today’s joy at
Christ’s victory over death will shine through.
Place 1 cup of pecans in a zippered plastic bag and let
children break them into pieces with a wooden spoon.
Explain that Jesus was arrested and was beaten by Roman
soldiers. Let each child smell the vinegar and pour 1
teaspoon into a mixing bowl. Explain that Jesus was thirsty
on the cross and was given vinegar to drink. Add 3 egg
whites, representing life, to the vinegar. Explain that Jesus
gave his life to give us life. Sprinkle salt into each child’s
hand. Let them taste it and put a pinch into the bowl.
—James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS …
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the million who will not survive
this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the
loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the
pangs of starvation, you are ahead of over 500 million
people in the world.
If you have food, clothes on your back, a roof overhead,
and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the people
in the world.
If your have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare
change in the dish some place, you are among the top 8%
of the world’s wealthy.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than
over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve
never been hurt, dance like nobody is watching, sing
like no one is listening, live like it is Heaven on Earth
and …
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
MASS OPENINGS …
We have available Mass openings for the remainder of the
year. To schedule an announced Mass
the stipend is $15.00, the Mass is
offered here and the name is printed in
our church bulletin.
The stipend for an unannounced Mass
is $7.00 and the names are sent to the
missions where the Mass is celebrated.
Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus’
disciples, and the bitterness of our own sins. Add 1 cup of
sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that
Jesus died because he loves us. He wants us to know this
and how we belong to him. Beat with a mixer on high
speed until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color
white represents our purity when God forgives our sins.
Fold in the nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a cookie sheet
covered in waxed paper. Explain that each mound
represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body is laid. Put
the cookie sheet in a 300 F oven, close the door and turn
the oven off! Give each child a piece of tape and seal the
oven door. Explain that Jesus’ tomb was sealed. Go to bed!
Explain that they may feel sad leaving the cookies in the
oven overnight, just as Jesus’ disciples were miserable
when the tomb was sealed.
On Easter day, open the oven and give everyone a cookie.
The cookies are hollow! On the first Easter Jesus’
followers were amazed to find the tomb empty! Jesus is
alive!
Read the Easter story together on Easter Sunday before
dinner, and enjoy the cookies for dessert.
EUCHARIST, STEWARDSHIP AND PERSONAL
VOCATION …
The Christian life is a call to discipleship. This call is
given to each of us. We live it out in various states of life:
as clerics, consecrated people or as lay faithful. In each of
these states, the Holy Eucharist occupies a central place as
source of life, strength, generosity and perseverance in
stewardship.
The Christian life is a response to the call which comes
from Jesus. “Come after me and I will make you into
fishers of people. And at once they left their nets and
followed him” (Ml. 1;18).
“Teacher, where do you live? He replied: “Come and
see.” (Jn 1:38-39)
PLEASE REMEMBER…
Both in life and in death, we belong to the Lord.
- Romans 14
Please remember St. Monica’s Church in your will.
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MEMORIAL OPPORTUNITIES …
OUTSIDE THE PARISH …
The weekly Sanctuary Light and the Bread and Wine
used for the Celebration of the Eucharist may be
reserved for your special intentions in memory of a
deceased loved one, in thanksgiving for a favor
received or for any other special need.
St Stephen of Hungary Social Fund Raising Committee
Presents:
A Night of Yorkville Rock & Roll Nostalgia featuring
The Del Satins and The Brooklyn Bridge
Also performing Marty G & Friends and Yorkville’s Own
D.J. Frank on Friday, April 13th, 2012 doors open at
8:00pm St Stephen of Hungary Parish Hall 414 East 82 nd
Street. Ticket price: $55.00 per person.
The Burning of the Sanctuary Light
In Loving Memory of Anna and Vanes Bellevue
Requested by Rita Bellvue
+
The Bread and Wine for the
Celebration of the Eucharist
In Loving Memory of Armetta Familiy
Requested by Adam Armetta
FROM OUR PASTOR …
The priests of St. Monica’s
Parish join me in wishing each
and every parishioner, friend and
visitor to St. Monica’s Church a
very Blessed and Joyous Easter!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU…
St. Monica’s Parish is family; it is Jesus Christ’s living
body.
Many, many ‘THANKS’ to all of you who gave so freely
and wholeheartedly of your time and talents – the
Eucharistic Ministers, Acolytes, Cross Bearers, Thurifers,
Lectors, Choir, Musicians, and Ushers – also to those who
offer hospitality, and to all who scrubbed, polished, and
helped to decorate our church for the Easter celebration.
EASTER DONATIONS …
The Easter collection is an important part of St.
Monica’s income. We depend on your generosity to
support the liturgies and the musical settings. The
beauty of the Easter Altar is glorious to behold.
May God bless you for all that you do for our parish.
CHRIST IS HERE …
Christ departed from our sight that we might return to our
hearts, and there find him. For he departed, and behold, he
is here. —St. Augustine
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50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY …
Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary
anytime during 2012 are invited to attend the Annual
Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass at the Cathedral of St.
Patrick, Sunday, April 29th at 2:00pm. Pre-registration
is required. Please contract your parish for registration.
The closing date to register for the Mass is Friday,
April 13th, 2012.
This event is sponsored by the Family Life/Respect
Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES …
Feeding the Hungry and Sheltering the Homeless. In
uncertain economic times, homelessness is a real threat for
individuals and families who have lost jobs.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
prevents 3,300 families from becoming homeless ad
provides temporary apartments to 2,000 individuals each
year. On any given night, Catholic Charities New York
provides shelter for more than 1,500 people.
Learn more: www.catholiccharitiesNY.org
LECTURE …
‘The Pope’s PR Problem:
The Untold Story of Benedict XVI’
On Monday, April 23rd, St. Joseph’s Church Yorkville,
located 404 East 87th Street, will commemorate the fourth
anniversary of Pope Benedict’s visit to the church with a
talk by the renowned Vaticanologist John L. Allen, Jr on
“The Pope’s PR Problem:
The Untold Story of Benedict XVI’
The talk will be held at 7:00pm in the school auditorium
and will be followed by a dessert reception. Admission is
free.
For further information, please call (212) 289-6030.
THE RETURN OF EASTER …
The return of Easter should be to the Christian life the call
of a trumpet. It is the news of a great victory. It is the
solution of a great perplexity. It is the assurance of a great
triumph. —Frederick Temple
ALLELUIA…
The Alleluia, which has been silent for forty days, will
now be heard in praise and thanksgiving for the
Resurrection of Our Lord on Easter.
SPECIAL DEVOTIONS
Rosary: Weekdays after the Noon Mass
and on Saturday after the 9:00am
Holy Hour: First Friday of each month after the Noon Mass
Devotions: Miraculous Medal on Mondays after each Mass
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