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Saint Paul ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
August 16th, 2020 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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PARISH STAFF (all email names are followed by stpaulrcchurch.org)
Rev. John Gabriel, Pastor / jgabriel@
Rev. Paul Houlis, Parochial Vicar / phoulis@
Rev. Silvano Kim, Parochial Vicar / skim@
Rev. Patrick Adikwu, In-Residence
Tom Flanagan, Deacon / tflanagan@
Jeremiah K. Rehse, Deacon
John Nunziata, Pastoral Associate / jnunziata@
Donna Schifano, Director of Outreach / dschifano@
Tim Gysin, Director of Music / tgysin@
Toni Bilotti Cecere, Director of Youth Choirs / tcecere@ Craig Jandoli, Director of Youth Ministry / cjandoli@
Rosemary Peguero, Spanish Community / rpeguero@
Joe Lynch, Business Manager / jlynch@
Joanne Becker, Parish Office Administrative Assistant /
jbecker@
Bulletin Manager/ bulletinmgr@
FAITH FORMATION OFFICE / faithformation@
Phone: 201-327-8010
Chi Aquino, Director of Faith Formation / caquino@
Donna Johnson, Confirmation Coordinator / djohnson@
SCHOOL OFFICE 187 Wyckoff Avenue, Ramsey, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-327-1108 Website: www.academyofstpaul.org Tracy Graham, Academy Principal
Beginning Saturday, June 27 we will resume our Summer Mass Schedule as follows:
Saturday: 5 pm Sunday: 8 am, 10 am, 12 pm and 7 pm
All Masses will take place in church with maximum number of people at 100.
There will be no Masses in the Gym at this time. Daily Mass: 10 am in church
Live Streamed Masses: Daily and Sunday 10 am
SUNDAY COLLECTION, AUGUST 9TH AMOUNT ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS : AMOUNT
SUNDAY COLLECTION SOCIAL CONCERNS
PARISH GIVING MAINTENANCE
TOTAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
MASS SCHEDULE
The parish office continues to be closed. However, full time staff members continue to work from home and are available via email. Also, parishioners can call the main office number at 201-327-0976 to leave a message. All calls will be returned.
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Monday, August 17th
10:00am: Novena of Masses
Tuesday, August 18th
10:00am: Novena of Masses
Wednesday, August 19th
10:00am: Gene Holtz- Tonia Holtz
Thursday, August 20th
10:00am: Louis Mallory - Men's Cornerstone
Friday, August 21st
10:00am: Judy Coco - Anita & Jim Robertson
Saturday, August 22nd
10:00am: Daniel P. White - The Boscarino Family
5:00pm: Kenneth O'Rourke - The Bianco Famliy
Sunday, August 23rd
8:00am: Landon Gonska - 3rd Birthday - Grandma & Grandpa Chan
10:00am: Yvette Milowic - Walt Milowic
Noon: People of the Parish
7:00pm: James Rockefeller - The Schifano Family
DEVOTIONS AND MEMORIALS ALTAR BREADS
ALTAR WINE
SANCTUARY LAMP
Edward & Nancy Carr - Cathy Lynch
PRAYER REQUESTS MILITARY
All the women & men who serve in our armed forces.
SICK
Francesca Reganato, Baby Olive Losos, Robert Lobban, Debra Ravattine, Mary Ann Eltringham
DECEASED
Christopher Joseph Leuzzi
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Academy of Saint Paul, a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School,
provides academic excellence in an atmosphere of love and Catholic Christian values through scholarship, spirituality and
service. Our rigorous curriculum and exemplary teachers prepare our students to take their place as faith-filled stewards in the
Church and the world. Let us partner with you in your child’s school
success and in the development of their Catholic identity.
Call 201-327-1108.
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RAMSEY LIBRARY
The Ramsey Knights of Columbus Hall at 48 Mechanic Street is now open for events. There is a spacious backyard, in addition to the indoor facility, which provide plenty of social distance space for your next party or special occasion.
Please call 201-327-9606 to make your reservation.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Twice monthly the committee provides a home cooked meal for eight people with the AIDS virus, who live in a home on the grounds of The New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus. Volunteers are needed for the following dates
to cook and deliver a meal for the residents on:
Friday, August 28th
Contact Debbie Amato at 201-825-7856. for more info or to sign up.
HARRISON HOUSE
The 2020 Annual Appeal is well underway. We have $79,011.00 pledged by 188 donors . This is approximately 62.29% of our goal of $126,850.00 The outpouring of support from many parishioners like you helps sustain the important ministries across the Archdiocese of Newark. These programs help to make our own parish a more vibrant place of worship. If you have yet to give, please pick up a pledge form at the back of the church or visit www.rcan.org/sharing. Thank you for your prayers and support.
Things to do “On the Road Again”
Say the Rosary Novena for Peace in the US – More info at
https://queenofpeacemedia.com/fifty-four-day-novena/
Listen to Relevant Radio – 1160 a.m. or access the free APP
(Found: Wartime Prayer Book – contact [email protected])
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REFLECTION
August 30, 2020 – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson
Cliches. Those words or phrases that pop up in our conversations springing from a collection of them we’ve ac-quired over time. We are as comfortable with them as when we’re wearing an old pair of loafers, which we might have done throughout the recent Covid lock down. Some common examples: “Let’s touch base.” “I’m like a kid in a candy store.” “We’re not laughing at you, we’re laughing with you” and “Read between the lines.” I’d like to ap-ply just one for our reflection: “Honesty is the best policy.”
Supposedly that last one originated with our own Ben Franklin. But Shakespeare had written much earlier: “If I lose mine honor I lose myself.” Mark Twain typically adds a touch of sardonic humor: “Honesty is the best policy when there’s money in it.” Our sage Thomas Jefferson is appropriately thoughtful: “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” Finally, Mother Saint Teresa tells us; “Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest anyway.”
For my purpose, I refer to Our Lord’s dictum, not a cliché at all I think, that to be His disciples: “Whoever wishes to come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.” Once again, we have here a case of Our Lord Jesus being totally, if not brutally honest. So transparent that He sets the bar rather high on what it really means to be a disciple, you might add to be a brother or sister to Him. Yes, honesty is the best policy but not the most likable.
I always had a suspicion that there is a tamping down of this belief among some popular televangelists. I think you know the ones whom I mean. The backdrop of their often “feel good” sermons before an adoring crowd never features a cross, much less a crucifix (and there is a difference!) There is rarely a mention of taking up a cross in one’s daily life, because Christianity for them is always pure joy and happiness. Some assign material prosperity as a guarantee of gospel living. It’s all indirectly resurrection and very little passion and death. Perhaps I exag-gerate but it is how I perceive them.
We know better. And if we’re transparently honest, living out Christianity is not easy all the time. Especially in our present Western culture, which identifies wealth as a sign of one’s value and importance. We applaud the limou-sine riders of our day, even rushing to take a “selfie” with them whenever possible. Who among us would rush toward a beaten Man wearing a crown of thorns that makes His blood trickle down to His eyes?
On the other hand, true honesty has to admit that while belief in uniting one’s suffering with that of Christ (the old “offer it up” line) may ease the pain, it does not remove it. Ask any martyr. But at least we know the pain can be spiritually enriching. I think of that every time I’m in the dentist’s chair. But wherever you think of it, hold on to it as the honest truth. It’s not a cliché,
“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, and shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” (C. S. Lewis, The Problem Pain) God love you, and give you His peace!
Reading I: Jeremiah 20: 7-9 Here is a “confession” of the St. Augustine sort, in which the prophet reveals the pains and bothersome elements of his calling. He says he feels “duped” or “tricked” by God. In fulfilling his mission, he faced many persecutors, and yet the urge to preach was irresistible, so he has carried on.
Reading II: Romans 12: 1-2 Christian life is supposed to be a sacrifice offered to God. Also, we are not to conform to the passing world, but to the things of the life to come that will last. We are therefore to be inwardly transformed.
The Gospel: Matthew 16: 21-27 Peter, only having recently proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah, now becomes an unwitting obstacle to the Lord’s mission. How? By remonstrating Jesus when He says His mission involves the cross. Jesus goes on to describe Peter’s discipleship, and ours, as a matter of taking up our own cross, whatever that might be.
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