A small act of pure love is more useful to the Church than ...
5
Dear Friends: This past Spring, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of having a prayer life that is complimented with acts of love. He stated, “A small act of pure love is more useful to the Church than all the other works combined.” One way we can perform an act of love is by supporting this year’s Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA). Your gift, given in love to God and neighbor, will help spread Dramatic Missionary Growth across Long Island. The CMA helps fund the education of our seminarians—the future priests of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Your gift helps these young men focus on their studies and prayer life, instead of worrying about how they will financially support their education. Last month, I ordained 3 men to the priesthood; your gift helped make that possible and will be remembered for years to come as they offer the Sacrifice of the Mass for generations to come. Along with the seminarians, the CMA helps hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders each year. Your dollars can be used to help a pregnant mother looking for resources to help her family, a homeless veteran find housing, or an individual struggling with a drug addiction receive treatment. Your gift combined with the gifts of your fellow Long Island Catholics can be life changing for so many people—and be a light of hope for those who are in darkness. This past year and a half have been difficult for all of us, especially those who have lost loved ones or have suffered severe financial hardships. If you have suffered from those instances, please reach out to your local parish for support or call Catholic Charities at 516-733-7000. If you are able to give to the CMA, I ask you to please pray on it and give what you can. I speak for myself and your pastor when I say thank you for your gift. Your generosity and compassion are very much appreciated. May God bless you and your loved ones. Sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre
Transcript of A small act of pure love is more useful to the Church than ...
Dear Friends:
This past Spring, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of having a prayer life that is complimented with acts of love. He stated, “A small act of pure love is more useful to the Church than all the other works combined.” One way we can perform an act of love is by supporting this year’s Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA). Your gift, given in love to God and neighbor, will help spread Dramatic Missionary Growth across Long Island. The CMA helps fund the education of our seminarians—the future priests of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Your gift helps these young men focus on their studies and prayer life, instead of worrying about how they will financially support their education. Last month, I ordained 3 men to the priesthood; your gift helped make that possible and will be remembered for years to come as they offer the Sacrifice of the Mass for generations to come. Along with the seminarians, the CMA helps hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders each year. Your dollars can be used to help a pregnant mother looking for resources to help her family, a homeless veteran find housing, or an individual struggling with a drug addiction receive treatment. Your gift combined with the gifts of your fellow Long Island Catholics can be life changing for so many people—and be a light of hope for those who are in darkness. This past year and a half have been difficult for all of us, especially those who have lost loved ones or have suffered severe financial hardships. If you have suffered from those instances, please reach out to your local parish for support or call Catholic Charities at 516-733-7000. If you are able to give to the CMA, I ask you to please pray on it and give what you can. I speak for myself and your pastor when I say thank you for your gift. Your generosity and compassion are very much appreciated. May God bless you and your loved ones.
Sincerely in Christ,
Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Corpus Christi Church July 11, 2021
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Monday, July 12, 2021
7:30 AM Victor C. Reis 12:30 PM Rev. Patrick Callan
(Birthday Remembrance) 7:30 PM Spanish Intentions
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:30 AM In Honor of Our Lady of Fatima &
Souls in Purgatory 12:30 PM Otilia Ramirez
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
7:30 AM Steven Marquart 12:30 PM Mary Bende
Thursday, July 15, 2021 7:30 AM Mary Ann Iaquinto 12:30 PM Thomas Dolly
Friday, July 16, 2021 7:30 AM Rev. Edward J. Kealey 12:30 PM Joseph & Nancy Carroll
Saturday, July 17, 2021 5:00 PM Antonio, Gracinda & Jose Silva Antonio & Maria Caetano Manuel, Maria & Fernando Caetano Guilherme Simoes Patrick Curran Salvatore Iannolo Frances Somers Colonel Joseph Campano Sunday, July 18, 2021 7:00 AM Angela Crecco 8:30 AM Portuguese Intentions
10:00 AM Filipe DaSilva 11:30 AM People of the Parish 5:00 PM Rosa de Jesus Aracely H. Abril 7:00 PM Francisco & Teolinda da Sousa
CMA Numbers for 2021 Goal = $96,500 Pledges = $44,141 Payments = $38,876 Donors = 188 Average = $234
Thank you to all the families who already have made a sacrificial gift. Please consider a yearly offering.
PRIEST CELEBRANTS’ SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 17, 2021 5:00 PM Fr. Malcolm
Sunday, July 18, 2021 7:00 AM Fr. Ngozi 8:30 AM Fr. Basilio 10:00 AM Fr. Ken 11:30 AM Fr. Ngozi 5:00 PM Fr. Malcolm 7:00 PM Fr. Malcolm
(Schedule is subject to change)
Corpus Christi Mass on YouTube This Sunday July 11, you can watch Fr. Ken celebrate the English Mass. The English Mass will be on YouTube as of 7:00 AM on Sunday. Please type tgomide to watch the Mass in the language of your choice from the comfort of your homes or wherever you are. The mass will be posted to our Facebook page as well. Tell all your friends and family about it so they too can watch.
There will not be a Corpus Christi Sunday Mass on YouTube on July 18th. YouTube Masses will resume the following Sunday July 25th.
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
Sharing Time, Talent and Treasure
Today’s readings are about being chosen and sent. The prophet Amos was chosen by the Lord and sent to use his talents for the people of God. The Gospel recounts the story of the sending of the Twelve. In the second reading, St. Paul reminds us that we, too, are chosen. For what have I been chosen? To whom have I been sent? (Our Sunday Visitor, ibid., page 20).
July 4th Actual Collection = $9,048 July 4th Mail-In Donations = $2,672 July 4th Total Collection = $11,720 Maintenance = $1,079 Attendance = 776
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Corpus Christi Church July 11, 2021
Please remember the sick in your daily prayers, including the following who have asked to be included in our list:
Connie Altvater, Armandina Araujo, Vinnie Benedetto, Violeta Bernal. Anne Boland, Erin Burke, Marie Byrnes, Jeanne Carroll, Michael Castalino, Arlene Cavanagh, Frank de Carolis, Sue Citro, Joann Cornacchioli, James Cunney, Jerry Daraio, Anthony Donnelly, Kate Donovan, Virginia Fallon, Lena Fiorillo, Lilly Fuentes, Kenneth Gallagher, Vanessa Gomes, Robert Hartlett, Eileen Hendrickson, Sue Krebs, Diane LaBianca, Joseph LaBianca, Vincent Lodato, Christine Lucivero, Augustus & Camella Lodato, Jason Lopes, Martin Mastromarino, Thomas Mitchell, Pat Nicolosi, Susan O’Brien, Melissa Ogunsuyi, Gabriel Palhete, Edward Panzella, Linda Pires, Elizabeth Rose, JoAnn Russo, Mary Santucci, Robert Santucci, Lisa Simeone, Alice Squeri, Beatriz Silva Pontes, Paul Tubito, Lorraine Verdade, and any other members of our parish who are sick at this time.
November 1 – 11, 2021 Would you like to join Fr. Tomaz on an exciting 11-day trip to Egypt and the Great Nile River Cruise? For more information, please pick up a brochure at the rectory.
Explore The Mineola Library This Summer!
Limited Edition Library Cards
In Person Programs
Story walk
Seed Library
Life Size Sensory Trail
And so much more!
Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
On the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time we read Mark's version of the call of the Twelve - sending them out in teams of two with his healing power and his authority over unclean spirits. He told them “to take nothing for the journey.” God would take care of them. Wednesday, the US celebrates the Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin. Thursday is the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. We begin three weeks of readings from the Book of Exodus continuing the story of God’s faithful deliverance of the people from slavery in Egypt. This week we read of their plight in Egypt, Moses’ birth and how he became a part of Pharaoh’s inner circle, Moses’ encounter with God in the burning bush, God’s summons to Moses and the people, and the story of the Passover up to the time they left Egypt. The Psalm responses this week are particularly wonderful entries to prayer:
Our help is in the name of the Lord. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. The Lord is kind and merciful. The Lord remembers his covenant forever. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. His mercy endures forever.
We follow a powerful part of Matthew’s Gospel all week, with some wonderful messages of Jesus, preparing us for parables about the Kingdom of God. Jesus does not come to bring simple peace, but to call us to find our lives by surrendering them to him and his mission. Then Jesus goes to teach and to preach, beginning with strong words for the towns in which he worked great cures and where the people have not repented. Rather than being discouraged, Jesus prays to his Father and we have the privilege of overhearing him say that, although these things are hidden from those who seemed educated and clever, “you have revealed them to the childlike.” Jesus invites us to come to him – when we are burdened – and he will give us rest. When the Pharisees go after his disciples because in their hunger they picked grain on the Sabbath, Jesus challenges them to learn what God meant by these words from the prophet Hosea, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” From that point on, those who rejected him conspired to kill him.
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Corpus Christi Church July 11, 2021
Español XV DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO
ORDINARIO
EVANGELIO DE SAN MARCOS 6, 7.13
En aquel tiempo, llamó Jesús a los Doce, los envió de dos en dos y les dio poder sobre los espíritus inmundos. Les mandó que no llevaran nada para el caminho: ni pan, ni mochila, ni dinero en el cinto, sino únicamente un bastón, sandálias y una sola túnica. Y les dijo: “Cuando entren en una casa, quédense en ella hasta que se vaya de ese lugar. Si en alguna parte no los reciben ni los escuchan, al abandonar ese lugar, sacúdanse el polvo de los pies, como una advertência para ellos”. Los discípulos se fueron a predicar el arrepentimiento. Expulsaban a los demónios, ungían con aceite a los enfermos y los curaban.
Una de las primeras cosas que hizo Jesús al comenzar su misión fue la de escoger un grupo de discípulos que le ayudaran a anunciar el Reino de Dios, preparando a la gente a acogerlo mediante la conversión. Que la implantación del Reino de Dios es, ante todo, obra divina, lo demuestra el que confiara su difusión a gente iletrada; es más, no quiere que sus colaboradores se apoyen en médios humanos, sino que todo el éxito de su misión lo confíen a Dios. Lo cual no hace inútil la tarea de los hombres, sino imprecindible para la difusión del Evangelio, tanto más cuanto que la estancia de jesús en la tierra había de ser temporal. Al enviarlos, el Maestro los equipa con poderes extraordinários que dan autoridade a su mensaje:
fundamentalmente las curaciones y la expulsión de demónios, dos señales de la llegada del Reino de Dios. Los apóstoles deben confiar en la providencia de Dios. Tienen la autoridade de Jesús. Jesús prometió que estaria con sus discípulos haste el fin de los tempos. Billetera, llaves, celular. Muchos de nosotros usamos un mantra que reitamos al salir de casa, para asegurarnos que estamos preparados para comenzar el día. Jesús nos envia con menos, invitándonos a confiar que estamos preparados para enfrentar al mundo que nos rodea. El papa Francisco quiere una iglesia pobre para los pobres, y basa su deseo en el texto evangélico de hoy. El Reino de Dios tiene poco que ver con la opulência: es acerca de la vida simple y de compartir con el necessitado.
En la primera lectura de este domingo vemos el profeta Amós que comienza a hablar en nombre de Dios anunciando el castgo de Dios que se avecina y es recriminado por Amasías, sacerdote del santuário de Betel, que es el santuário nacional, controlado por el rey. Existe un grémio de los profetas, también oficiales, ligados a los templos, pero Amós no pertenece a él, y habla al Pueblo anunciando el castigo de Dios por sus pecados y la destrucción del reino del norte. Los sacerdotes oficiales rechazan al profeta no oficial, que no forma parte de los colégios de profetas, sino que habla por Dios que lo ha elegido.
La segunda lectura de este domingo de la carta de Pablo a los Efésios, es un himno de alabanza a Dios.
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Corpus Christi Church July 11, 2021
Português XV DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM
EVANGELHO DE SÃO MARCOS 6, 7.13
Naquele tempo, Jesus chamou os doze Apóstolos e começou a enviá-los dois a dois. Deu-lhes poder sobre os espíritos impuros e ordenou-lhes que nada levassem para o caminho, a não ser o bastão: nem pão, nem alforge, nem dinheiro; que fossem calçados com sandálias, e não levassem duas túnicas. “Quando entrardes em alguma casa, ficai nela até partirdes dali. E se não fordes recebidos em alguma localidade, se os habitantes não vos ouvirem, ao sair de lá, sacudi o pó dos vossos pés como testemunho contra eles”. Os Apóstolo partiram e pregaram o arrependimento, expulsaram muitos demónios, ungiram com óleo muitos doentes e curaram-nos.
É sempre bom voltar para a nossa terra. Após longa ausência Jesus também voltou para Nazaré e, como de costume, no dia de sábado foi para a sinagoga e tomou a palavra, mas o povo não gostou do que ouviu. Jesus deixa Nazaré e começa a percorrer os povoados vizinhos. Então chama os discípulos e os envia dando-lhes regras claras e precisas. O chamado é individual, mas a missão se faz em parceria, é comunitária. É sempre necessária a companhia de mais um irmão para testemunhar, animar e levantar quando for preciso. Os enviados de Jesus são orientados a não levar nada, nem bolsa, nem comida, apenas uma túnica e sandália nos pés. A simplicidade e busca de se identificar com os mais pobres deve ser a principal característica dos seguidores de Jesus. Uma igreja sobrecarregada com excesso de bagagem impede a pregação do Evangelho de
Jesus Cristo. A Igreja deve ser pobre, livre para oferecer o Evangelho em sua verdade mais autêntica. Mesmo com toos os cuidados o missionário pode ser rejeitado, sua palavra pode encontrar grandes obstáculos. Se isso acontecer é preciso sacudir até o pó que grudou no calçado, isto é, a indiferença, rejeição, rancor, para que esta sujeira não impeça de seguir adiante firme na missão.
A primeira leitura deste domingo apresenta-nos a figura do profeta Amós. Ele é um simples trabalhador do campo e sai da sua região para profetizar em Betel, santuário do rei, território dominado pela força e poder de um tirano. Um sacerdote chamado Amasias pede a retirada do profeta acusando-o de conspirar contra o Estado, de importunar o rei que ele protege usando a religião para encobrir seus demandos. No entanto, Amós não se amedronta diante das ameaças recebidas, e confiando no Deus que o chamou, continua a missão que recebeu.
A segunda leitura deste domingo, a carta de Paulo aos cristãos de Éfeso, na Grécia, é talvez a mais bela de Paulo. Revela-nos o plano de Deus sobre o mundo.
INTENÇÕES PARA O DIA 18 DE JULHO +Domingos, Teresa, José e Ana Cardoso + José Barreto + Maria de Lurdes Barbosa Lima +Joaquim e Amélia Antão +Guilherme Simões +Dora e Mário de Jesus Adão +Serafim Araújo +Francisco e Maria Conceição Moreira +Graça da Conceição Amendoeira +Lucília Pereira
