Divine Mercy Parish Parroquia Divina Misericordia

Formerly St. Mary’s and St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Churches Serving Jesus Christ since 1854 and 1871 232 Central Avenue, Rahway NJ 07065

h ps://www.divinemercyrahway.church

Mass Schedule

Weekday 12:00 pm Monday to Friday Martes 7:00 pm Misa en Español Saturday 9:00 am, 4:00 pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm Misa en Español Holydays 6:00 pm (Vigil Mass) 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm Misa en Español

Rev. Alexander T. Cruz

Pastor, extn 103 Email:fr.alex@divinemercyrahway.church

Rev. Jozef Krajnak, Ph.D. Resident Priest, extn 104

Email:frjozef63@divinemercyrahway.church Joseph Keefe Arlene Mione

Trustees

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,

King of the Universe November 24, 2019

Parish Membership

Our parish embraces diversity. We may come from different origins but we are

one in faith, love & devo on to the merciful Heart of Jesus. Everyone is

welcome to join our growing communi-ty. Please come and visit our office to

register. Parish Office/Rectory

Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am - 2 pm

Email: office@divinemercyrahway.church Tel (732)388-0082, (732)388-0083

CCD (732)382-0004

THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Sacramental Schedule

Confession Monday to Friday a er the Mass, Saturdays 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm or call the priest for an appointment

Bap sm Call the parish office to make an ap-pointment with a priest

Marriage Couples planning marriage must no fy the Parish rec-tory a year in advance for date and requirement. Call the Parish Office to make an appointment with a priest.

Anoin ng of the Sick Contact a priest at any me.

Holy Communion For anyone who are homebound or confined in hospitals and would like to receive Holy Communion please contact the parish office or rectory.

Divine Mercy Parish Community

Worship Apostolate meets in Room 104

Rosary Society meets four mes a year

Filipino Community Mass every 3rd Sunday of the month with the Filipino Choir, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Church

Divine Mercy Ministry of Jesus Meets at the Vigil Mass on every 4TH Saturday of the month

Spanish Community Reuniones Hispanas

Eucaris a Dominical 12:30 pm

Bau sos Por favor llamar la oficina de Lunes a Viernes.

Matrimonio Feligreses registrados enen que presentarse un año antes de la boda.

Reconciliación Cada Martes Despues de la Misa 12:00 pm Y de la 7:00 pm, Cada Miercoles Despues de la Misa de la 12:00pm

Unción de los Enfermos Por favor llamar a la oficina para visitas a las casa o hospital.

Mensajeras del Amor de Cristo Visitan los enfermos Diana (732)535-0278

Educación Religiosa llamada (732)382-0004

Movimiento Juan XXIII Jueves 8:00 pm Parish School #104

Grupo Guadalupano Martes 7:00 pm Iglesia Grupo Juvenil "Angeles de Jesús" Sábado 4:00pm - 6:00pm Aula 208 Grupo de Oración Sábado 7:00 pm Connell Hall

“Grupos Voluntarios Limpian La Iglesia”

Mil Avemarias - Cada Primera Semana del mes, Miercoles manana Juan XXIII - Cada Seguda Semana del mes, Sábado Guadalupanos - Cada Tercera semana del mes, Sábado Grupo de Oracion– Cada Cuarta semana del mes, Sábado

Devotions Eucharis c Adora on

11:00 am Every first Friday of the month, Mary Mother of God

9:00 am Every first Saturday of the month Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:00 pm Every 4TH Saturday of the month Our Lady of Miraculous Medal

Novena on Mondays a er the 12:00 pm Mass St. Jude

Novena on Thursdays a er the 12:00 pm Mass

SAINT OF THE WEEK

Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

God source and giver of all things, we give thanks on this Thanksgiving Day for the beauty of the whole

crea on.

We give thanks for the blessing of family and friends: both those gathered around this table and those who

are present only in our hearts.

We give you thanks for the food, prepared by loving hands, and for the graces you provide to nourish our

bodies minds and hearts so that we might be er serve you.

Help us to be faithful stewards of all that has been given us. May we reflect that which we have received

to all we meet, especially the less fortunate in our midst. Amen

THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE NOVEMBER 24, 2019

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23

( Vigil Mass ) 4:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

8:00 am Ϯ Marilyn Regan 9:30 am Ϯ Vincent Badala Sr.

11:00 am Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory 12:30 pm Ϯ Guadalupe Zacatula & Paulina Maria Rivas

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

12:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 12:00 pm Ϯ Anthony Cherubino 7:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 12:00 pm Ϯ Basil Pereira

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Thanksgiving Day 12:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 12:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Feast of Saint Andrew

9:00 am Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory 4:00 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 First Sunday of Advent

8:00 am Special Inten on of Hudzik and Dziadio Family 9:30 am Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

11:00 am Special Inten on of Yuhas family 12:30 pm Ϯ All Souls in Purgatory

All general mass inten ons and private mass sched-

ules are now posted at the Parish website h ps://divinemercyrahway.church under Mass Inten ons.

THIS WEEK AT DIVINE MERCY

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 8:00 am Guadalupano 9:30 am CCD classes 11: 00 am RCIA Spanish class (103) 12:00 pm Food Pantry (Annex) 7:00 pm AA Mee ng (Hall)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25

7:00 pm Spanish Bible Classes (102) 7:00 pm Bible Study—Gospel of John (104)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26

7:00 pm CCD & RCIA classes in English 7:00 pm Guadalupano (Church) 8:00 pm BLD_DCS Mee ng (202)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Happy Thanksgiving 7:30 pm Juan XXIII (201) 7:30 pm BLD_Single Parents (Hall)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29

7:30 pm BLD All (AUD/ GYM)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 2:00 pm Wedding (Church) 4:00 pm Angeles (208) 7:00 pm Grupo De Oracion (Hall) All parish schedules are now posted at the Parish web Site h ps://divinemercyrahway.church Events & News.

GIFTS AND OFFERINGS

The Tabernacle Lamp is being offered for

Ϯ Albert F Reitenmeyer The Altar Bread is being offered for Ϯ John R Reitenmeyer

The Altar Wine is being offered for Ϯ Margaret Reitenmeyer

The Altar Candles are being offered for

Ϯ Albert F Reitenmeyer

THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE NOVEMBER 24, 2019

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Dear Parishioners,

I am deeply humbled by your overwhelming support to all upcoming and ongoing projects of our Parish. I am truly grateful for all your coopera on, prayers and generous dona-

ons to the following projects;

1) THE MEMORIAL BELLS OF ST. MARK’S CHURCH

This campaign has concluded and the construc on for this project has started. The excess dona on from this project of $520 will be used for the lamp post that will stand beside the memorial bells. The names of donors for this project are now published in our website.

2) ADORATION ROOM

DONORS Mario Caballero Donor and Architect Felipe Gallegos Carpenter Elizabeth Rogers Donated Divine Mercy Frame Alex Marble & Norma $100 Juana Guadalupe Lima $750 Mil Aves Marias $300 Miguel Caranza $50 Anonymous 1 $100 Sonia Estremera $25 Victoria Ba sta $50 Carlos & Luis & Erika Olle $150 Graciela Rodriguez $50 Mercedez Gamboa $300 Gabriela Salgado $25 Juana Perez $40 Carlos & Miriam Balseca $50 Ilda Monteroso $500 Fernando/ Maria Cardosa $60 Jose & Angela Osorio $200 Robert & Maria Castro $50 Eunice Urdinola $50 Rosa Garcia $40 Amanda Gonzalez $100 Rosary Society $200 Jorge & Filipino Choir $100 Heminilda Betancur $500 Marie Hyppolite $150 Robert Sivitsky $25 Stephen McCarthy $50 William & Noreen Rack $500 Anonymous 2 $200 Anonymous 3 $50 Eleanor Orpilla $50 Darlene Beadling $150 Ϯ Nina Baynosa $400 Dolly Cardona $50 Anonymous 4 $100 Juanita Dickson $100 Knights of Columbus 1146 $250 Anonymous 5 $50 Citsay Family $50

I am very excited to inform all of you that the con-struc on for this project has started. The Adora on Room will be located at the right front wing of the Church. The es mated cost of this project is $7,977.76. The total dona ons as of 11/20/2019 is $6,015. Again from the bo om of my heart thank you very much for your con nued support and generosi-ty!

Yours in Christ, Rev. Alexander T. Cruz

Thanksgiving Celebra ng with a thankful heart…

Thanksgiving Day is among the na on’s finest na onal tradi ons. Indeed se ng a day aside for giving thanks to

God is not just a U.S. phenomenon as many countries worldwide celebrate harvest fes vals that express gra -

tude to God.

For Chris ans, Thanksgiving Day has special meaning, for we know that gra tude lies at the very heart of disciple-

ship. A grateful heart heralds the beginning of discipleship and opens the way to our deepest response, the desire to

return to God for the bounty of our lives.

For what do we thank our Creator? The early American colonists, who gave inspira on to the Thanksgiving Day tradi on were thankful for their very survival. Many of

their compatriots were buried in the soil of the new land, far from all that had been cherished and familiar.

Its natural to thank God when things seem to turn out the way we had hoped, when disaster is averted, when life

seems filled with abundance. Harder, perhaps, is the abil-ity to thank God for being present to us in mes of strug-

gle, failure, illness and death. But, in the heart of the Chris-an, the memory of God’s presence is comfort and gi all

its own.

If we take me to reflect on our lives, we o en discover that we are most grateful for a gi we struggled to receive.

O en we find that what has come to us in the form of hardship has a hindsight revealed itself as a gi . This is

why each days struggles and trials should be met with a hear elt “thank you”.

Meister Eckhart, a 14th century Dominican mys c, wrote, “If the only prayer you ever say is “thank you,’ that will

suffice.” At first, this might seem puzzling. What of praise and pe ons? But Eckhart knew that the most genuine

response, and indeed, the first and most spontaneous re-sponse of the heart which has discovered God, is “thank

you.” Gra tude lies at the beginning of true prayer.

As we reflect on this me of thanksgiving, let us be present to those moments when God’s gi s were hidden in shad-

ow and remember to be thankful for all.

Parish Giving Online is now available at Divine Mercy Parish. Sign-up is quick and easy via the link on our website (h ps://

divinemercyrahway.church). For any ques ons or inquiries, please send an email to: webadmin@divinemercyrahway.church

SUNDAY READINGS

2 Samuel 5: 1 - 3

Psalms 122 : 1 - 2, 3 - 4, 4 - 5

Colossians 1: 12 - 20

Gospel from Luke 23: 35 - 43

THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Reflec ng on the Gospel of Luke 23: 35 - 43

Sadly, there have always been those who scoff at others or make fun of them, generally because they themselves feel

threatened in some way. Those who suffer such bullying be-havior o en feel powerless and demeaned. There may be

some comfort for such people in today’s gospel. We find here a serious case of bullying and two dignified responses that

undermine the destruc ve power of those who taunt or de-ride.

The first response is that of Jesus who refuses to retaliate when the soldiers mock him or when another convicted crimi-nal (“one of the criminals hanging there”) derides him. Anoth-

er dignified response comes from “the other” criminal. This man has the insight to recognize that Jesus is innocent. He also has the courage to challenge the injus ce of what is going on

around him. Having offered his challenge, he then turns to Jesus and addresses him by name: “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” His request reveals his faith in Jesus as the human face of God. It also reveals his knowledge of Jesus’ mission, first announced in Galilee: “I must proclaim

the good news of the kingdom of God ….”

Jesus points to God and God’s reign or empire. Jesus’ criminal companion points to the reign or empire of Jesus. The reign of God and the reign of Jesus are one and the same. In turning to Jesus and pu ng his request, this criminal becomes a disciple and receives the assurance of a share in Jesus’ life with God:

“Today you will be with me…” “Jesus, remember me” is a fi ng prayer in the face of all life’s struggles. It is a prayer for

mercy. Next me we sing these words or pray them in our hearts, we might spare a thought for the one who first u ered them, a convicted Jewish criminal who had the courage to rise

above his own suffering and to challenge the unjust oppres-sion of an innocent neighbor. Like Jesus, this criminal was and con nues to be an instrument of God’s reign. His capacity to

challenge the injus ce of Jesus’ execu on might be a source of inspira on for us as we struggle to find mercy and jus ce for the Earth as well as for the innocent ones who seek asylum in our midst only to find themselves subjected to the torture of

exile and hopelessness.

The tle of today’s feast reminds us of the boundless nature of God’s rule or reign: we celebrate Christ Jesus as ruler of the universe, of all that is and of all that will be. As our under-

standing of the universe expands, we find ourselves caught up in the ever crea ve and saving presence of a compassionate,

merciful God. This feast might serve as a reminder to us to allow the peace of Christ to reign in our hearts even in the face

of derision. May God bless us all.

-Reflec on from h p://catholicearthcare.org.au/

ACT OF DEDICATION TO JESUS CHRIST THE KING

Most sweet Jesus,

Redeemer of the human race, lookdown upon us humbly pray-ing before You. We are Yours, and Yours we wish to be; but to be more surely united with You, behold each one of us freely

consecrates oneself today to Your Most Sacred Heart.

Be King, O Lord not only of the faithful who have never forsak-en You, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned You; grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house,

lest they died of wretchedness and hunger.

Be King, of those who deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of

Truth and the unity of Faith, so that soon there maybe one flock and one Shepherd.

Grant, O Lord to Your Church assurance of freedom from harm; give tranquility to all na ons; make the earth resound from

pole to pole with one cry; Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salva on. Amen

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