Church of

St. Patrick

in Armonk

P.O. Box 6,

29 Cox Avenue,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504

(914) 273-9724

26TH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

MASSES: sept. 24—OCT. 2, 2016

Sat 9/24 9:00

5:30

Mike Gagliardi (L)

Guy Magrone (D)

Sun 9/25 8:30 Theresa and John O’Donnell

10:30

12:00

People of the Parish

Niels and Joan Stone (D)

Mon 9/26 8:30 Mike Gagliardi (L)

Tue 9/27 8:30 John and Emma Hollingsworth (D)

Wed 9/28 8:30 ——

Thu 9/29 8:30 ——

Fri 9/30 8:30 Christy Howard (L)

Sat 10/1 9:00

5:30

Joseph Lombardo (D)

Dr. Paul Roszko (L)

Sun 10/2 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

Sara Gertz (D)

Joanne Ballengee (D)

Calendar:

Collection: September 17-18— $3,198.00 in 76

envelopes

Collection October 1-2 for Repair & Maintenance

ParishPay for August Regular Collection: $8,027.00

Please consider using ParishPay

Thank you for your generosity

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDI-

NARY TIME

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry. CCD: 9:20-10:20

Mon, September 26 — SS. Cosmas & Damian

CCD: 3:30-4:30 pm

CCD: 7:00-8:00 pm

Tue, September 27 — St. Vincent DePaul

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30

CCD Parents Meeting: 7:00 pm

Wed, September 28 — St. Wenceslaus; St. Lawrence

Ruiz and Companions

CCD: 3:30-4:30 pm

CCD: 6:00-7:00 pm

Thu, September 29 — SS. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

Fri, September 30 — St. Jerome

Contemplative Prayer Group: 1:00-2:00

Sat, October 1 — St. Therese of the Little Child

First Saturday

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDI-

NARY TIME

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry. CCD: 9:20-10:20 am

1st Grade Children’s Mass & Blessing of the Mothers:

10:30

RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY

Readings for the Week of September 25

Sunday: Am 6:1a, 4-7/Ps 146:7-10/1 Tm 6:11-16/Lk

16:19-31

Monday: Jb 1:6-22/Ps 17:1-3, 6-7/Lk 9:46-50

Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Ps 88:2-8/Lk 9:51-56

Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Ps 88:10-15/Lk 9:57-62

Thursday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/Ps 138:1-5/Jn

1:47-51

Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14/

Lk 10:13-16

Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91,

125, 130/Lk 10:171:47-51

Pillars of Holiness: Part I – JUSTICE

Continued.

The essence of holiness is Love. Not any ordinary love,

but the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who is the Love of

the Father and the Son personified. It is the indwelling

of the Holy Spirit, whom we received at Baptism, that

makes us holy. We call this objective holiness. We are

a holy people created in the Divine Image and recreated

in the Divine Life. This Divine Life of God is the Love

of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

As was said in an earlier column, the virtue of Justice is

a pillar of holiness. We cannot be holy without it.

Sure, we may be baptized and in the state of Grace

(objectively Holy, but God wants us to be “perfected as

our Heavenly Father is perfect.” Since our holiness

consists of not only being created in the image of God,

but also being recreated to share in the very life of God,

we must show justice to our neighbor. We cannot love

God and hate our neighbor.

What do we owe our neighbor in justice? Again, this

has been made very clear to us. “You shall not Kill,

You shall not commit Adultery, You shall not steal,

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,

you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, you shall not

covet your neighbor’s goods.” Obviously, these are the

last six of the Ten Commandments. And, of course, you

understand that they mean much more than what is at

face value. For example, “You shall not kill” also

means you shall not abuse your body with drugs or al-

cohol. It also forbids actions that can cause scandal to

others and “kill” the life of Grace in them. “You shall

not commit adultery” also forbids any sexual relations

before marriage with anyone – NO MATTER HOW

MUCH YOU THINK YOU LOVE THEM. One last

example: “You shall not steal” forbids wasting time on

the Job at the employer’s expense, or the employer not

paying a just wage. In essence, Justice to our neighbor

consists in treating our neighbor as we would want them

to treat us. When we treat others with justice, not simp-

ly because we have to, but because we truly love them

as ourselves, we are well on the way to holiness, BUT

we are not there yet.

Justice is giving what is owed to someone else. We

have to do what is just under pain of sin, and often

times very serious (mortal) sin. Being just is doing our

duty, no more and no less. Our Lord calls those who

simply do their duty “useless servants.” We must be

just in order to remain in God’s grace and remain

“objectively” holy. Although this will keep us on the

path to Heaven, it does not guarantee entrance through

the front door. If we have done our duty, but made a

mess of ourselves in the process, we may have to enter

through the back door and get cleaned up in the mud

room (purgatory), or as our Lord put it, serve table be-

fore we sit down to eat. Rather, the holiness that our

Lord is calling us to is one who goes beyond the call of

duty, to be more than just, but to be compassionate. Of

course, in God justice and mercy are one. Even for us

mercy is often an obligation in justice because mercy

has been given to us by God. However, when we speak

of mercy as separate from justice, we are speaking of it

when it goes beyond the obligation of duty. This leads

us to our second pillar of holiness – COMPASSION.

Until the next time, may you be Just so that you may

receive the Divine Mercy.

In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

Please keep the Following in your Prayers

Lillian Ward Jeannie Morris

Eileen Sullivan Katerinna MacNeil

Jaspare Miranda Perinna Ruggerio

John Puttre Isabel D’Onofrio

Joy Lichten Teresa D’Onofrio

Patricia Tkach Isa D’Onofrio

Mario & Gloria Guiliano Caroline Pizzorusso

Sal & Barbara Grasso Nancy Mahoney

Paul Benfari Francis Roy Sedore

Katherine Dubiell Guy & Joni Mezzancello

Mario J. Guiliano, Sr.

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Elsewhere in the Diocese

“Red Mass” Sponsored by

The Catholic Lawyers Guild of New York

The Reverend Thomas E. Collins, President, Arch-

bishop Stepinac High School, will celebrate the An-

nual Red Mass for the Judiciary, Attorney, and Mem-

bers of Law Enforcement and their families on

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at St.

John the Evangelist Church, 148 Hamilton Avenue,

White Plains, New York.

The Mass is sponsored by the Catholic Lawyers Guild

of the Archdiocese of New York and is a solemn reli-

gious ceremony asking God to guide the legal profes-

sion toward the administration of justice. The custom

dates back to Europe in the 13th Century. In the

United States the practice was instituted by the Catho-

lic Lawyers Guild in the New York Archdiocese in

1938.

Following the Mass, there will be a reception in the

auditorium of St. John the Evangelist School located

next to the Church.

Bereavement Ministry

Holy Innocents Church

The Bereavement Support Group will begin on

Monday, September 26th and run for 8 consecutive

Mondays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Sister Kathy

O’Hanlon, O.P. will facilitate this group. To regis-

ter, or to obtain more information, please call Sister

Kathy at Holy Innocents (914-769-0025 ext. 12).

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School

Golden Jubilee Ball

The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton School Golden Jubi-

lee Ball will be Friday, November 4, 2016 at Villa

Barone Hilltop Manor, Mahopac, NY. Tickets are

on sale now: $95 ea/$85 ea for groups of 10 or

more. This is not a school-only event, alumni, par-

ents, current and former faculty, all Seton parishion-

ers and friends are invited!

Email SetonShrubOakAlumni@outlook.com or call

or more information.

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RDC Center for

Counseling & Human Development

You are invited to an Open House on Thursday,

October 6th (8:30am– 9:30 am) at the RDC Center

for Counseling & Human Development, 52 N.

Broadway, White Plains. We are celebrating our

25th Anniversary! We are proud that we have been

able to provide affordable counseling in an atmos-

phere of welcome for the past 25 years and will con-

tinue into the future. Come visit our Center and

learn of our services – Parents, grandparents, teach-

ers, social workers, psychologists, health profession-

als – all are welcome! RSVP – Pat Sheridan,

LCSW 914-798-1103, psheri-

dan@divinecompassion.org by Sept. 29th.

Join Teen Life:

Any teens who have been confirmed and have not already joined teen life are encouraged to join by going to the St Patrick's website and filling out a registration form. When registering, teens should be sure to provide cell phone numbers to receive important text mes-sages, and it is best to use either your Byram Hills email address or a gmail address so that you can regularly check the St. Patrick of Armonk Google Plus Community. So...how do you do that? You must provide a gmail address (students school email works!) asap. We will then send you an Invitation to join the google plus community you must "accept invitation". In or-der to find the invitation, you must have a google account, or gmail account. In your gmail make sure you check "All Mail" and/or "Social" or "Categories" to find your invitation to join. Sometimes it does not show up in the standard Inbox. It is important that you do this asap as we would like to use Google Plus as a means of communicating. AOL, Verizon and others do not work with Google plus. Parents are welcome to join our Google Plus Teen Life Community but you too must provide us with a gmail address. _________________________________________

CYO Registration is now OPEN Please go to https://leagueathletics.com/

Default.asp?org=Stpatrickarmonkcyobb, or

St Patrick’s website

at www.stpatrickinarmonk.org & select Youth /

CYO BB & then ‘Click here to Register for

2016/2017 season” & follow instructions.

We are using a new registration system.

Make sure you complete all requested fields and

checkout process/payment.

Registration Fees:

Sept 1 - Sept 25th : $275 for first child / $170 for

each additional child.

Sept 26th - Oct 10th : $375 for first child / $270 for

each additional child.

Registration closes after October 10th.

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Children’s Masses

I try to rotate the grades 1-7 for a homily directed at them. Also, the children will sponsor the Mass by doing the readings, handing out bulletins, and their parents setting up the coffee social after Mass. (Please, parents, volunteer for your child’s grade level -thanks.) The dates of these Masses are as follows: Oct. 2...……1stGrade & Blessing of the Mothers Oct. 16 ….….Teen Life Mass Oct. 23 ……..Grade 2 Oct. 30……..Grade 3 Nov. 6 ……..Grade 4 Nov. 13 …….CYO Mass Nov. 20 ……..Grade 5 Dec. 4 ………Grade 6 Dec. 11 ……..Grade 7 Jan. 8 ……….Grade 1 Jan 22 ………Grade 2 Jan. 29 ……...Grade 3 Feb. 5 ……….Grade 4 Feb. 12 ………Grade 5 Mar. 5 ……….Grade 6 Mar. 19 ………Grade 7