The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

100 NE 191 Street ~ Miami, Florida 33179 ~ (305)652-3624 ~ Fax (305)652-5207 Website: www.visitationmiami.org ~ Email: office@visitationmiami.org

Monday ~ Saturday: 8am (English) Saturday Vigil: 5pm (English)

Sunday: 8am & 10am (English) 12 Noon (Spanish) Reconciliation

Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 9:30am & 11:30am or during the week by appointment only

Rosary Monday ~ Saturday at 7:30am in the Church

Adoration Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday at 8:30am

Exposition & Benediction First Friday of the month from 7pm-9pm in the Church

Sacraments Please contact the parish office to make arrangements

CREOLE CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

Thursday’s 8:00pm - 9:30pm in the Parish Hall. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Meets 2nd Sunday of the month @ 2pm in the Activities Room. For more information contact Walter Aguilar.

LEGION OF MARY Saturday’s 8:30am -10:30am in the Activities Room.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month in the Food Pantry. Distribution of food, 2nd & 4th Wednesday from 9am – 12pm. For more info please call 786-462-4815.

RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY If you or someone you know is pregnant and needs help or would like to volunteer your time or donate baby items please call 786-452-0266, 1515 NW 167 Street, Bldg. 4, Suite 190, Miami Gardens, FL 33169, respectlifeministry@comcast.net

WOMEN’S COUNCIL Meets every 4th Saturday of the month @ 6pm in the Activities Room. For more info, please contact Ella Brown @ 305-624-7206, peaceread@bellsouth.net or Debbie Gadson @ 954-614-6936, deborahagadson@bellsouth.net

MINISTRIES

MASSES

Monday ~ Friday

8:30am - 2:00pm & 2:30pm - 4:30pm

S T A F F Rev. Msgr. George Puthusseril, JCD, Pastor

Rev. James Quinn, Weekends Pete Fetscher, Property Manager Cheryl Thornhill, Parish Secretary

Yanic Elie, Custodian R E L I G I O U S E D U C A T I O N

Marcia Waite, Director of Religious Education Email: ccddre@visitationmiami.org

PARISH OFFICE

MARCH 9 ~ MARCH 1 6 Sat., Mar 9, Vigil: First Sunday of Lent 5pm: Thanksgiving to the Immaculate Heart of Mary/Danny Charles 5pm: Thanksgiving for Rubbens Laville/His mother Sun., Mar 10, First Sunday of Lent 8am: Linh Phero Phung Nguyen/Ngoc Nguyen, wife 8am: AVAILABLE 10am: In Thanksgiving/Erica Gabriel 10am: Absalon Alvarez, Sr./His family 12pm: Orlando Jose de Alba/Nery & Jose Salguero 12pm: Elda Diaz/Maria Gomez 12pm: Joshua Gonzalez/familias Ayala & Gonzalez Mon., Mar 11, Lenten Weekday 8am: Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel/Ariane Beauboeuf 8am: AVAILABLE Tues., Mar 12, Lenten Weekday 8am: The People of the Parish Wed., Mar 13, Lenten Weekday 8am: Rosemary Donnelly/Robert Schwab 8am: Enance Maxilus/Suzie Maxilus Thur. Mar 14, Lenten Weekday 8am: Leon Lormil/Irmine Louis-Jean 8am: Enance Maxilus/Suzie Maxilus Fri., Mar 15, Lenten Weekday 8am: In Thanksgiving/Elizabeth Grant 8am: AVAILABLE Sat., Mar 16, Lenten Weekday 8am: Efel Toussaint/Evelyne Toussaint 8am: Efel Toussaint/Evelyne Toussaint

Pray for the Needs and Health of Sydell Hotson, Walter Aguilar, Elia Sarmiento, Candida Lofranco, Lechy Maria Nowak, Steve Lagueux, Gail & Deidra Moller, Marie Moore, Camille, Ernest McPherson, Fr. Luis Garcia, Marcelina Figueroa, Carmen Marcano, Blanca Ochoa, Barbara Seifert, Chris Carter, Ida Mae Welp, Denise Morpeau, Gilda Santiago, Irene Kovalcin, Guanipa, Cecily Reid, Moveta Sukie, Henry Suckie, Ruth Gardner, Clifford Reginald Singh, Porfirio & Ana Burgos, Jo & Tom Pender, Guylaine Labbe, Jean Michel Cote, Edith Baronville, Maria Urena, Yvette Smith, Socra Antenor, and all the sick of our parish. ***Please notify the parish office to add or remove a name ***

First Reading — God brought us into this land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 26:4-10). Psalm — Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble (Psalm 91). Second Reading — The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (Romans 10:8-13). Gospel — Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led into the desert for forty days (Luke 4:1-13).

ALMSGIVING, PRAYER, FASTING AND TEMPTATION

As we begin our season of fasting, prayer, and alms-giving, the reading from Deuteronomy reminds us of our duty of almsgiving, that we “set [our offerings] before the Lord, [our] God, [and] shall bow down in [God’s] pres-ence” (Deuteronomy 26:10). The reading from Romans refers us to our prayer, reminding us that “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart . . . For every-one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:8, 13). These are comforting words and encourage us to ask God for what we need and to aid us in our prayer. Finally, the Gospel of Luke shows us a fasting Jesus, who was tempted as we are, and who knows what it means to be human. Someone once said that temptation arises when you’re tired and weary, and the devil comes along and makes a perfectly reasonable sug-gestion. Jesus shows us that, with his help, we too can overcome our temptations, reasonable as they may sound.

TODAY’S GOSPEL IN ACTION

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

TODAY’S READINGS

Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1, 7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17 — 4:1 [3:20 — 4:1]; Lk 9:28b-36

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Mar 9, 2019 to Mar 15, 2019 for Louis Mildor, Meritee G. Mildor,

Antoinette Mildor, Louisana Mildor, Jeantine Louissaint

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March 3, 2019 5pm Vigil Mass: $1625.08 8am Mass: $1763.00 10am Mass: $3625.00 12pm Mass: $1069.50 Church in Latin America: $ 930.30 Building Fund: $ 811.00

Lenten Rules & Regulations Fast and abstinence: The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6. Both Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, April 19, are days of abstinence from meat for all who are 14 years and older. They are also days of fast (one

full meal and two sma l l meals, with nothing eaten between the meals) for adults from 18 to 59 years of age. All Fri-days of Lent are days of a b s t i n e n c e from meat for those 14 years and older.

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