SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020 ---- Mary Margaret Lyons ---- Rev. Ward Moore

SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 ---- Kate Renzetti ---- Anthony Sansone ---- Kenneth Conti

MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020 ---- Anthony Nappi

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 ---- Robert Ventura

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2020 ---- Michelle Sutter ---- For the Unborn

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 ---- Anne Nausid (Living) ---- Lukas Berec

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020 ---- No Mass on Friday

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2020 ---- Mary Margaret Lyons ---- Rev. Ward Moore

SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020 ---- Kate Renzetti ---- Anthony Sansone ---- Kenneth Conti SANCTUARY LAMP In memory of Dn. Pat VanOrman

SUNDAY OFFERING

May 9-10, 2020 $5,459.00 Easter $ 335.00 Monthly $1,462.00 Life @ Poverty $ 105.00 Peter’s Pence $ 290.00 TOTAL $7,651.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!! Reminder: If you attend Mass at either St. Luke’s or St. Mark’s you can drop your Our Lady of the Mountain envelope in the collection basket and it will be credited as your donation to Our Lady of the Mountain.

FAITH DIRECT

During this time of social distancing, Our Lady of the Mountain depends on online donations to continue our ministry. We prayerfully invite you to sign up for eGiving from your computer, smartphone or tablet and set up a recurring donation or make a one-time gift. Sign up today by visiting faith.direct/NJ568 or recently added, text “enroll’ to 908-651-9118. You will be prompted to complete a one-time registration with your billing and contact information. Thank you for your continued support of our parish family. God Bless You, Fr. Marcin

MINISTRIES

Altar Servers ---------------------- Fr. Javier --------------------------- 876-4395 Baptism Preparation ------------ Fr. Marcin ------------------------- 876-4395 Children’s Liturgy ---------------- Debi Pinelli ------------------ 908-256-6338 Columbiettes --------------------- Joanne Lee ------------------ 908-619-3835 Eucharistic Ministers ----------- Cindy Jones ----------------------- 684-0661 Evangelization -------------------- Renny Hodgskin ------------------ 876-4395 Food Pantry Director ----------- Traci Geraghty -------------------- 876-4003 Gift Shop --------------------------- Fran Clary -------------------------- 852-5779 Knights of Columbus ------------ John Clary ------------------------- 852-5779 Lectors------------------------------ Chris Latran ----------------------- 852-9341 Music/Choir Director ----------- Rita Mueller ----------------- 973-862-2095 R.C.I.A. ----------------------------- Fr. Marcin ------------------------- 876-4395 Rosary Altar Society ------------ Carol Petronella ------------ 732-794-8382 Sacristan --------------------------- Linda Richartz -------------------- 876-4395 Visiting Ministry ----------------- Deacon Bob Head --------------- 684-8399 Weddings -------------------------- Kim Smith ------------------------- 876-4395

Local Youth Protection / Safe Environment Coordinator: Kim SmithTHIS WEEK’S EVENTS

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

May 17th, 2020 6th Sunday of Easter

Today we celebrate the Sixth Sunday of Easter on this first day of the week

known as THE LORD’S DAY. “If you love me you will keep my commandments,” says Jesus to us today.

We could say that is a very strong statement by Jesus. Does this mean that every time we sin we do not love Jesus? Yes. Although we love Jesus, every time we commit sin we love something or someone else more than Jesus. If we love Jesus more than anything else we will keep ourselves free from sin for Jesus. If we love Jesus we will strive to give ourselves totally to him. When we sin we are giving ourselves to something other than Jesus or to somebody other than Jesus. And when we love Jesus with all our heart, soul, mind and strength we will not want to put

anything, no matter how small, before Jesus. Again the words of Jesus in our Gospel are, “If you love me you will keep my commandments.” Sometimes we hear people make statements like, “Jesus understands that I am human. He will forgive me.” Jesus is forgiving, we do not doubt Jesus’ mercy. But if we love Jesus more than anything we will put Jesus before whatever it is that is tempting us and we will try to root that sin out of our lives completely.

Loving Jesus therefore is not just something emotional; loving Jesus means changing our lives, reforming our lives, working on our personalities and characters, overcoming sinful habits, stretching ourselves to love as Jesus loved. Loving Jesus means thinking about ourselves and others as Jesus thinks.

We cannot have both a pure love of Jesus and sin in our lives at the same time. Truly loving Jesus leads us to give up whatever in our lives draws us away from Jesus. Truly loving Jesus leads us to making changes in the way we live and think and act. Sinning is putting Jesus in second place but when we love Jesus we put Jesus in first place and so we will keep his commandments. How do we know if we love Jesus? Look at the way we live our lives. Do we live as Jesus asks? Do we live as Jesus asks us through the Church’s teaching? If we do, then we know that we love Jesus. But if we say we love Jesus and yet continue to think or act in a way that is the opposite of Jesus then we see that we do not put Jesus in first place, we do not truly love Jesus because we do not keep his commandments. And if we truly love Jesus and do not understand the Church’s teaching on an issue, our love of Jesus will prompt us to probe and learn until we understand why the Church teaches what she does so that we will not cause pain to Jesus by not keeping his commandments. So for some, loving Jesus may mean humbly walking the way of trust until clearer understanding comes.

Loving Jesus

and keeping his commandments fills us with the love of Jesus and the love of the Father, and in our hearts we see Jesus. When we love Jesus and keep his commandments we

have Jesus in our hearts. Sin kills the life of God in us, serious sin kills the life of God in us in a serious way. It is not God who sends us to Purgatory, we send ourselves to Purgatory because if our soul is impure we would be blinded by the pure light of God’s love and we need to purify ourselves to be able to enjoy the vision of God in heaven. God does not send anyone to hell, anyone who goes to hell does so because they have chosen to totally reject the love of God.

How much does Jesus love us? This much, he stretched out his arms on the cross and died for us. Let us never be afraid to turn to Jesus for mercy after sinning, he is always waiting to forgive us and restore us again. CHRIST IS RISEN!!!

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION THIS YEAR The Bishops of New Jersey have agreed to transfer the celebration of the Solemnity of the Ascension from a holy day of obligation observed on Thursday, May 21, 2020, to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2020, replacing the Mass and readings of the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The transfer of the feast is for this year only. The bishops felt this necessary to accommodate priests who found the livestreaming of Mass difficult. As you are well aware, the obligation of the faithful to attend Mass remains suspended for the present time.

NEW WAY TO GIVE. BY TEXT To securely make a gift to OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAIN CHURCH text a dollar amount to 908-651-9118. You will be asked to complete a one-time registration page with your billing and contact information. After this registration, you can give any time by texting a dollar amount to our phone number.

CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY FAMILY --- NEXT SUNDAY (MAY 24TH) AT 11AM MASS

Knights of Columbus asked me to do the consecration of our families to the Holy Family. I think especially at this time it is so important to turn to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and ask for help and protection during this pandemic time.

Families today face many struggles, both through cultural pressure and through personal struggles that accompany family life. Despite these struggles – and partly as a result of conquering them --- families have great capacity for love and joy, a joy that is strengthened through the peace and truth found in Christ. To help families live out the joy of Christ, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori has composed a prayer through which families will come together to consecrate themselves under the protection of the Holy Family. In this prayer, we ask for the aid or intercession of the perfect son Jesus Christ, Mary the perfect mother, and Joseph who is a model for every father. Preparing for the Consecration to the Holy Family is not a single event. It is choosing a way of life for your family. Through this consecration, each participant is consciously choosing to be a beacon of God’s love through His Church

NEWS AND UPDATES BISHOP ELECT KEVIN SWEENEY --- See the Paterson Diocese website to view the greeting sent to us by our new bishop, Father Kevin J. Sweeney, Pastor of Saint Michael Church in Brooklyn. Father Sweeney will be ordained as bishop and installed as the 8th Bishop of Paterson at a time to be announced. Let us keep Bishop Elect Sweeney in our daily prayers asking the Lord to bless him in the episcopal ministry he will assume. PRAYER FOR THE BISHOP-ELECT --- Good and gracious God, we stand on the threshold of a new time for our diocese. As we cross that threshold in thankfulness, we ask you to pour out an abundance of grace on our Bishop-elect Kevin Sweeney that he may faithfully assume his ministry among us and that, together with him, we may work for the building up of our local church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. I AM HERE FOR YOU --- Let me assure you, my dear parishioners, THAT I AM PROVIDING PASTORAL CARE REGARDLESS OF THE PANDEMIC. Please call or e-mail me if I can be helpful to you. I am available for confession, visiting the sick with the sacraments and providing other pastoral care that is needed. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME – I AM HERE FOR YOU! THANK YOU --- These are strange times, but we trust that God is with us. We walk together in hope that we will find new ways to stay connected, to comfort one another, and to reach out together for Christ's healing of our world and our people. Thank you for mailing and dropping off your weekly donations. If you would like to write a check for multiple envelopes you can. But please give us the envelopes NOT a list of dates. The envelope company processes the envelopes w/machines so your envelopes go through a machine not by hand. You can do 1 check but please include all the envelopes that your donations is covering. Thank you so much for helping me out during these very difficult times. Your help has been invaluable to me, and I don’t know how I would have managed without your help and support. Thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate your generosity. In a special way I would like to thank my office staff for being very helpful to me at this time. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY FOR YOUR LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAIN PARISH.

It is only through your contributions that we are able to survive and deliver services and carry out the important spiritual work within the church and beyond especially now during this pandemic time. “For it is in giving that we receive.” ―St. Francis of Assisi.

No one has ever become poor by giving. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

FROM MORRIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Our Admissions team put together a phenomenal Virtual Open House on our website. Please take a few minutes to visit and see all of the wonderful programs that Morris Catholic has to offer. We look forward to welcoming the newest generation of Crusaders to our campus to continue our grand tradition of Catholic Education at Morris Catholic. For more information and Virtual Open House go to: www.morriscatholic.org/virtualopenhouse/

DAILY MASS – MONDAY - THURSDAY - 10:30AM SATURDAY – OUTDOOR CONFESSION – (ST. MARK’S PARKING LOT) – 11AM-12NOON SUNDAY (THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD) – 11:00AM

.PRAY DAILY. .PRAYER OF POPE FRANCIS FOR PROTECTION

AND HELP. O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm. You…know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen. Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of those of us who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. BISHOP IS ASKING US TO PRAY A ROSARY DAILY

TO MARY OUR MOTHER

From Fr. Javier Due to the current situation of the world, Fr. Javier will not be able to return to us until this situation is rectified. His country remains shut down as of now.

SARAH’S FIGHT FOR HOPE BLOOD DRIVE A Blood Drive on Tuesday, June 23rd from 1:00PM – 6:00PM at the Schooley’s Mountain Fire House – Main Hall, 231 Schooley’s Mountain Road, Long Valley. To schedule your appointment today go to www.redcrossblood.org

OLM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS Scholarship applications for high school seniors applying for or entering an institution of higher learning or recognized trade school are available in the Parish Office beginning Monday, May 4th, 2020. Due to the pandemic we are asking the seniors to please call the office and leave your name, address & a phone number and we will mail you the application with the instructions. All new applications must be returned to Kim Smith by Friday, May 29th, 2020. Scholarship awards are based on the following criteria:

Student or family of student is a registered parishioner for at least one year and contributes by way of our envelope system.

Parish service involvement up to 50%. Financial need up to 25%. Scholastic achievement up to 25%.

Renewal Applications for our current college students, are also available in the office and must be returned no later than June 19th, 2020. Due to the pandemic we are asking renewal students to please call the office and leave your name, address & a phone number and we will mail you the application with the instructions. For more information, please call the Parish Office.

2020 LONG VALLEY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCHOLARSHIP The Long Valley Knights of Columbus Scholarship is open to any graduating high school senior residing within Washington township area or otherwise sponsored by a member of the Long Valley Knights of Columbus Council #10419. Candidates must be a practicing Catholic and be accepted to a two or four-year program at an accredited college, university or Trade School for the 2020– 2021 school year. For any questions, you can have people contact me at patgibb@gmail.com.

The Application is available on the Knights website. Click “resources” then go to “Knights of Columbus”

COLUMBIETTES SCHOLARSHIP

Attention High School Seniors-Long Valley Columbiettes Scholarship application May be found on the Columbiette Web Site printed below or go to OLM or St. Mark’s parish website (Click resources and then Columbiettes and application is there).

https://sites.google.com/view/lvcolumbiettes/home

Grade K – 10 ALL CLASSES CANCELLED

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

High School Youth Group

Grades 9 to 12

GROCERY GIFT CARDS Your support of this program helps our young people as all the proceeds go into our OLM Scholarship Fund. Gift cards are always available at the OLM office during regular office hours. If you have not tried this way to shop for your family’s food

give it a try. It can also help with budgeting. Thank you! Cards are available. Please call the office!

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP RECREATION The Annual Memorial Day Ceremony saluting our brave servicemen & servicewomen, who have given so much for our country will be held on the website; www.wtmorris.org and the townships social media pages on Saturday, May 23rd.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to share your faith with our young parishioners and neighbors? VBS will be held July 27th - 31st. If you could not attend the planning meeting and would like to be involved in our VBS, please contact Dolores Reagle, youth group coordinator, at ministrytoyouth@comcast.net or 908-876-5024.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Please remember to pray for the sick of our parish community who have requested our prayers: Baby Aiden, Baby Avery, Anthony Arbolino, Arianna Anello, Gail Behrik,

Vic Berzanski, Addison Bigos, Christine Bird, Alex Birdsall, Julien Bonifacio, Noah Bonita, Patrick & Sharon Bower, Karen Boyd, Christine Branch, Toni Brenner, Christina Brithtly, Kim Brown, Nancy Buchman, Tim Burns, Josephine Canova, Patricia Carroll, Joseph Caruso, Ron Caruso, James Castagna, Jeff Cheripka, Robert Cheripka, David Chung, Eric Clemente, Geraldine Coon, Robert Curtis, Sr., Randy Clymer, William Corchado, Chris Cornell, Fr. Ed Davey, Gary Davila, Phyllis DeFranco, Christopher Delplato, Michelle Demarest, Mike Depew, Vito Dellibovi, Dennis Doner, Sue Elahie, Glenn Evans, Jayden Feichter, Michael Fiume, Barbara Froetscher, Mary Gallagher, Baby Antonia Gallardo, Ann Gentile, Jean Greco, Jerry Green, Don Grevera, Mike Grundy, Sr., Anabela Guerra, Laurel Jilek, Kristina Kantz, Michael Kennedy, Martin Kester, Carman Kissoczy, Pam Longo, Raymond Lurker, Jillian Martin, Nancy Martin, Judy Martino, Aiden Mason, Darlene McHugh, Ed Michonski, Jennifer Mollitor, Faith Morelli, Nora Ochwat, Johnnie O’Conney, Jim Owens, Mary Pace, Dennis Paradise, Arlene & Chandra Parikh, Anita Paterson, Jim & Carolynn Pauze, Stelios & Mary Pispitsos, Rita Powell, Deanna Procuito, Clifford Pultz, Art Quails, Joanne Reilly, Dan Salerno, Kathleen Sanders, Marge Sanders, Jillian Sayre, Connor Scott, Colinda Shernce, Paula Smith, Brian Steli, Bob Taylor, Thomas Tell, Jr., April Turkmen, Paula Vacca, Lil Varga, Jean Ward, Ronald Warner, Allen Watts, Ryan Wendt, Adrienne Werner, Alice Whedon, Betty Windt, Melissa Winters & Issac Zujkowski. We are currently praying for the sick from the pulpit for one month then adding their names to this list in the bulletin. If there is someone’s name listed that has passed away please contact the office and let us know. Thank you