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Pastoral Staff Pastor Father Vincent T. Euk Parochial Vicar Fr. John Chang Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O’Brien Deacons Tom Cechulski, Sr. Charles R. Daye , Jr. John Franey Gino (Louis) Esposito School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. Religious Education Sr. Ann Norton, D.R.E. Linda Clayton Business Manager Deacon Gino Esposito Director of Music Emer O’Mahony Youth Ministry Coordinator Sister Ann Norton Phone Contacts Rectory—732-363-4200 Convent—732-364-2361 School—732-364-4130 Religious Education— 732-364-4137 Rectory Fax 732-370-3891 Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00-4:30 PM Second & Fourth Saturday 9AM—12:30 PM Baptisms: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month,.
Weekend Masses: Saturdays: 4:00 PM Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon, 5PM Daily Masses: Mon-Fri—7:20 AM & 12 Noon, Sat: 8AM
Holy Days: As announced in the bulletin. Healing Mass –every first Friday at 7:30PM
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:00 to 3:45PM and before each Sunday Mass
Fifth Sunday of Lent March 18, 2018
Mass Intentions for this Week March 18, 2018
7:20 Helena Mlynarska……………………………………….…….Rieker Family 12:00 Grandma Pauline………………………………………………..Weg Family
TUESDAY 7:20 Dr. Robert Gialanella ........................................... Cecelia Smith 12:00 Int. of Bo Rieker ................................. Deacon Gino & Rosaria WEDNESDAY 7:20 Dr. Arcadio & Rosario Rodriguez ..................................... Family 12:00 Maunieves Masotti………………………………………..Ramos Family THURSDAY 7:20 Lenny Weg .................................................. Bob & Diana Morris 12:00 Alva Lawder ...................................................... Karen & Tracy
7:20 Brandon Iuzzolino……………………………………………….Laura Arena 12:00 Josephine Silva…………………………………………….daughter, Patti
8AM Catherine Peragine .............................. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nagy 4PM For the People of the Parish SUNDAY 7:30 Bonnie Yuro .......................................... Christa Reiff McCauslin 9:00 John Dobek ............................................................ Wife & Sons 10:30 Martin Pereira.......................................... Jim and Anna Cairns 12:00 Susan Termine ................................................. Hyland Family 5:00pm Joseph Wojcio ................................................... Patti Wojcio Sanctuary Candle– Week of March 18, 2018 Special Intentions Chapel Candles– Week of March 18, 2018 In memory of Bove & DeRiso Families ...................................... Family
Events for this coming Week– See our website www.stveronica.com
Sacrificial Offering Update Readings for the Week of March 18, 2018
Sunday: Jer 31: 31-34; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22 Mt 1:16, 18- 21 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11:45-56 Next Sunday: Mk 11:1-10; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47
Pastor’s Notes
Jeremiah tells us the old covenant has been violated and
its reforms have not lasted. Disaster is to follow
because of this and a remnant nation will be formed. An
everlasting covenant will be established promising
peace and prosperity. While the twelve Tribes of Israel
have failed, Jesus will choose 12 men from various
backgrounds to form a “new nation,” the Church. Her
leaders and their successors will share in the words and
deeds of Christ. They will form a universal people united
in a new covenant that will fulfill and perfect the old
one. The Church is formed at the Last Supper where the
Twelve Apostles are united in a communion and
community with Jesus Christ. Having a human element,
one of these Apostles will turn traitor. This remnant will
take on a new type of covenant: “I will be their God and
they will be my people.” She will provide the essential
elements for everlasting life, the forgiveness of sins
through Baptism and after that the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. Individuals will be responsible for
themselves and must atone for their evil. Religion will
be an interiorized inspirational activity of the heart rather
than an exterior activity of law. Members will be capable
of knowing God Himself by study of the Scriptures and
the teachings (catechism) of the Catholic Church. They
will experience God in the Holy Eucharist as well as the
six other Sacraments. What great opportunities we are
given when we cooperate with God’s will for us!
Because Philip had a Greek name, he might have been
able to speak Greek. This may be why the Greeks
approached him. Jesus addresses these visitors about
His coming glorification, His crucifixion and His
resurrection. He will attract all people to Himself –
including the Greeks. Jesus goes on further to say that
through His example in humbling Himself by dying on the
Cross, He will redeem us and exalt us. By our imitation
of Him in shedding ourselves of selfishness and
forgetting our own comforts, we can also become
effective in drawing others to Christ. We are asked to
follow Christ. That is, to live like Him, adapt His ways by
obedience to God’s will for us and to be an evangelizing
example to others.
In our moments of weakness, we must ask God to give
us the spiritual strength to sustain us. Even with the
Lenten resolutions that we have made, we must ask God
to help us keep them. We have committed ourselves to
make some kind of sacrifice this Lent and this sacrifice
will challenge us at times. When this challenge comes, it
will only be by accepting Christ’s help that we will not
give into breaking our resolutions. You may have already
noticed that our resolutions have challenged us to the
point that we cannot endure them. Forty days is a long
time! When we reach the breaking point, only God can
help us to continue the sacrifice. We simply cannot do it
alone. Perhaps the Lenten message for us is to see that
we are totally dependent on God to get us through our
entire life. We simply cannot do it alone. We are not that
strong. Maybe that is the whole point of Lent. We are
not autonomous.
Fr. Euk
When I am lifted up - I will draw all people to myself" How does God bring us into an inseparable bond of love and
unity with himself? God is a covenant-maker who draws men
and women to himself in a bond of peace and friendship. God
established a covenant with his people when he freed them
from slavery in Egypt and brought them to his holy mountain at
Sinai. "I will be your God, and you will be my people" (Exodus
6:7; Leviticus 26:12). But his people time and again broke cov-
enant with him and did not follow his ways (Jeremiah 31:32) -
"each did what was right in his or her own eyes" (Judges 17:26
and 21:25). God, nonetheless, continued to send his prophets
to draw his people back.
A new and everlasting covenant When the prophet Jeremiah was sent to the exiles to offer
them a message of hope and restoration, he spoke of a new
covenant that would surpass the previous covenant which God
had made. God intended to establish a new and everlasting
covenant that would wipe away the sins of his people and open
the way to God's throne of mercy and grace (his undeserved
favor and blessing). This new covenant would be sealed with
the blood of the perfect sacrifice that Jesus would offer to the
Father when he died upon the cross to atone for our sins. At
the beginning of Jesus' ministry, John the Baptist prophetically
pointed to Jesus as the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin
of the world" (John 1:29). Jesus, the only begotten Son of God,
was sent from the Father in heaven to became a man for our
sake so he could as man offer the one perfect sacrifice that
would unite us with God and give us everlasting life.
Jesus' hour of glory
Shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover, Jesus announced
to his disciples that the "hour has come for the Son of Man to
be glorified" (John 12:23). The Son of Man is a prophetic title
for the Messiah recorded in the prophecy of Daniel (see the
Book of Daniel 7:13-14). In Jesus' time the Jewish people were
looking for a Messiah who would set them free from the op-
pressive rule of Rome. Jesus came to set people free from the
worst oppression of all - the tyranny of endless slavery to sin,
Satan, and death. Jesus came to bring us into a new covenant
relationship with God that would not end with death but lead to
eternal life.
Jesus announced to his followers that when "he would be
lifted up from the earth, he would draw all people to him-
self" (John 12:32). What did Jesus mean by the expression of
being "lifted up" and "drawing people to himself"? When a great
leader won a complete and decisive conquest over his ene-
mies and brought freedom and peace to his people, he was
crowned and given a new title, as Victor, Savior, and Deliverer
of the people. A conquering ruler was robed in royal splendor
and raised up and enthroned on high in the sight of his people.
Scripture Meditation
OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE
Please Pray for Our Sick
Baptism
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross are every Friday from
February 16th through March 23rd at 7:30PM. All are
welcome!
Sacrament of Reconciliation On Saturday, March 24th, there will
be extended hours for confession:
1:30PM—3:45PM.
Theology of the Body Please join Fr. Euk on Sunday nights for a lecture series
on the “Theology of the Body.” Meetings held in the Nar-
thex at 6:30PM.
Topics:
3/18 Living According to the Spirit
4/15 Purity of the Heart is the Discovery of Human
Dignity.
4/29 Creating a Climate Favorable to Purity
Life in the Spirit Seminar St Veronica's is hosting a 7 week
Life in the Spirit Seminar, beginning
Tuesday, April 10th. The talks and
discussions will transform your life
and fuel the fire for the Holy Spir-
it. Come experience renewal
through God's Grace, Mercy and
Love and ignite the Power of the Holy Spirit. For more
information regarding this year’s seminar, or to register
email [email protected] or call Mary Jean at 732 364
2815. “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are
children of God” Romans 8:14
Sources used our Lenten Mission
Many have asked Sister Marie Pappas what sources she
used for our Lenten Mission. Here is the list she sent:
Praying the Rosary Like Never Before: Encounter the Wonder
of Heaven and Earth by Edward Sri
Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words – Dr. Joaquin M. Alonso, CMF
ed. by Fr. Louis Kondor, SVD
Vision of Fatima – Fr. Thomas McGlynn, OP
Fatima for Today – Fr. Andrew Apostoli, CFR
Our Lady of Fatima: 100 Years of Stories, Prayers and Devo-
tions – Donna Marie Cooper O’Boyle
Contemplative Rosary with St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of
Avila – Dan Burke and Connie Rossini
The Marian Option: God’s Solution to a Civilization in Crisis –
Carrie Gress
Total Consecration Through the Mysteries of the Rosary: Medi-
tations to Prepare for Total Consecration to Jesus Through
Mary – Fr. Ed Broom, OMV
FILM: Full of Grace: The Story of Mary the Mother of Jesus
FILM: Mary of Nazareth: An Epic Film of the Mother of Christ
FILM: Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles
Adoration Chapel “Come to me all you who labor and are
burdened and I will give you
rest”. Matthew 11:28
Consider trying to make a Lenten Holy Hour
this year. Be still in His presence; it’s a
personal retreat from the world.
“I keep up the Holy Hour to grow more and more into His
likeness. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour
transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses
was transformed after his companionship with God on the
mountain”. Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Registered adorers insure our commitment to keep the chapel open 24/7. Give Him time and He will give Himself to you. Hours Most Needed: (others available)
Sunday : 7AM, 5PM
Monday: 1AM , 8AM Tuesday: 7AM
Wednesday: 12 midnight
Thursday: 2AM Friday: 7PM
Saturday: 7PM
Contact Debbie [email protected] or leave message 732-367-
7750.
Annual Parish Plant Sale Fundraiser Thank you to all who supported our
fundraiser last year and purchased
all those beautiful plants.
This year our plant sale will be held
on May 5 from 1 PM to 5 PM. All
types of plants and vegetables will
be available for purchase. In order to
ensure that everyone receives the plants and vegetables
they want, this year we are also pre-ordering flats (13.00
per flat no mixing of flats) which will be reserved and
available for pick up on May 5 between 1 and 5
PM. Order forms are available in the narthex or at the
rectory office, Orders must be received in the rectory
by April 9th.
Pilgrimage to Ireland June 25-July 4, 2018 Under Spiritual Director Fr. Genaro Daguplo from St.
Raphael-Holy Angeles Parish. Round trip from Newark NJ.
$ 3,150 pp double occupancy. Protection plan during trip
included. For more info please call Deacon Tom 732-610
-5434.
Pantry Needs
Coffee, tea, mayonnaise, mustard, pork & beans,
powdered or boxed milk.
Sunday Brunch Please join us for our monthly brunch and friendship
gathering. Sunday, March 18th directly following the
noon Mass. All are welcome!!
Seder Meal– Passover Celebration Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at
7:00PM
Celebrating the Seder Meal is a traditional
and most pleasant form of fellowship and
shared learning experience. It is a meal
that not only commemorates the Jews’ de-
liverance but also hope for the coming kingdom of God.
It draws relationships between the Passover and im-
portant New Testament truths. Tickets are $5.00 on
sale at the rectory this week.
Easter Basket Request
OUR NEEDS