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Santa Maria Parish
A ministry of the Idente Missionaries
RECTORY: 2352 St. Raymond’s Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462
Tel.: 718-828-2380
CONFERENCE ROOM: 1573 Zerega Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462
WEB PAGE: www.santamariaparish.us
3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER - APRIL 14TH, 2013 A.D.
Rev. Fr. Biju Joseph Thalupathan, M.Id, S.T.L.
Parochial Vicar.
Rev. Deacon Marek Wasilewski, M.Id, M.Div.
Director of Religious Education &
Youth Minister
Rev. Fr. Martin I. Esguerra, M.Id, D.Min.
Pastor
TRUSTEES - Mr. Jesse Mojica - Mrs. Ann Ring
SACRISTAN - Mr. Alfred Selvakumar
MASS SCHEDULE
Weekdays: 7:00am, 8:15am, 7:00pm
Saturdays: 8:15am, 5:00pm (Vigil for Sunday)
Sundays: In italiano 8:15am
En español 9:15am
English: 10:30am, 12noon, 5:00pm
Weekday Holydays:
7:00am, 8:30am. 11:00am, 7:00pm
NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you to our Parish and ask that you please register in the
Rectory. Remember we cannot give out Immigration Letters or Sponsor Letters if you are not registered
and supporting your parish weekly.
Santa Maria School Registrations
for the 2013-2014 academic year
are taking place now.
Please reserve your seat promptly!
Come visit the school or call to schedule
a tour - 718 823 3636 extension 4.
We made it…. we reached our goal
in pledges….Sincere gratitude to each
of you who made a pledge! Remember
that pledges are still accepted...and that a
large percentage of the amount paid over
our goal is returned to the parish!
***World Day of Prayer for Vocations will
be observed on Sunday, April 21st, also
You are a child of God…
No one deserves to be abused…
if you are suffering domestic violence…
there is hope!...please call 1 800 621 4673.
known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of
this day is to publically fulfill the Lord's instruction
to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into
his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that
young men and women hear and respond generously
to the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaconate,
religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular
institutes.
Believe… Belong… Become...
Mass Intentions
Altar Servers
Saturday, April 20th
5:00 pm G. Rodriguez, M.Harrison, C. Troche
Sunday, April 21st
8:15 am J. Richardson, O. Tapia, M. Reynoso, C. Cuerno
9:15 am A.& C. Aracena, C. Cardenas, E. Lucero, S. Tapia
10:30 am M. & C. D’Aloia, R. Giron, K. & K. Ortiz
12 noon A. Lopez, K. Pinelli, A. & A. Estevez,
S. & G. Cataldo
5:00 pm I. Livica, M. Mojica, A. Persuad, K.Velez
Free Nutritious Hot Meals every Wednesday at 10:15 AM in front of Santa Maria Church! Come...get a meal for your self or for someone you know is homebound! Sponsored by R.A.I.N. SANTA MARIA SENIORS
Come socialize in a safe environment…
FRIDAYS - from 10am to 3pm
in the Parish Hall.
Freedom from Pornography (for men)
Admit you don’t have control over this
problem, resolve to get well and seek help;
♦ Think and evaluate your home and work
environment. Are there any triggers to porn in
those places? Take measures to remove them
immediately;
♦ Think and evaluate the friends and places that
you frequently find yourself outside of home and
work. Assess whether they are contributing to the
vice of porn. If so, take measures to remove or
replace them in your life;
♦ Pray, pray, pray! Develop a daily prayer
life. Seek God’s forgiveness and grace when you
fall to your sin. Avail yourself of these graces daily
by praying the rosary, reading the Bible, fasting,
and frequenting the sacraments of Reconciliation
(as often as is necessary) and Eucharist;
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For more tips and information:
The King’s Men - www.thekingsmen.org
Saturday, April 13th
8:15 am Dominick Marango
5:00 pm Florence Simonetti
Sunday, April 14th
8:15 am Filadelfio DiFranco, Lazara Maria Rosa, and Dino
Pezzulo
9:15 am Segundo Daniel Mayancela, Jose Antonio Guasco,
Luis Antonio Loja, Jesusa Mayancela Lazo
10:30 am Arnaldo and Francisca Anchundia
12:00 pm Deceased Members of the Agliardo & Tangredi Families
5:00 pm Michael, John and Joe McNiff
Monday, April 15th
7:00 am Thanksgiving to Our Blessed Mother
8:15 am Teresa, Rocco, Nino, and Elizabeth Casamassima
7:00 pm Jose Elias Aracena
Tuesday, April 16th
7:00 am In Honor of St. Anthony
8:15 am Thelma Jo Farley
7:00 pm For the Recovery of Sabrina Lingas
Wednesday, April 17th
7:00 am Saveria Verlezza and All Souls
8:15 am Lisa Villani
7:00 pm Frank DePalo and Jerry Torres
Thursday, April 18th
7:00 am Jovencia, Ruben, Fe, Federico, Maria Cabagui,
Amando Martin, and Leonardo Ferrer
8:15 am Maria DiPlan
7:00 pm For the Recovery of Sabrina Lingas
Friday, April 19th
7:00 am All Souls
8:15 am In Honor of the Sacred Heart
7:00 pm For the Recovery of Sabrina Lingas
Saturday, April 20th
8:15 am Raffaela Spinello and Romeia Macchia
5:00 pm Frances Beaulieu
Sunday, April 21st
8:15 am Maria Aliberti and Anna and Andrea Leo
9:15 am Claudio Cabreja, Guadalupe Martinez Herrera and The
Deceased Members of the Alfredo Aracena’s
Geneological Tree, and God’s Blessings on Anna Pina,
10:30 am Ronaldo Fernandez
12:00 pm Henry DeWald
5:00 pm For The Intentions of Brother Equino
A BIG THANK YOU to the following
persons and businesses that donated so
generously to our Easter Flowers Fund:
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Castle Hill Funeral Home
Cornelius F. Moylan
Daniel and Helen Marini
Thomas C. Bible Funeral Home
Raymond and Myrna Abesamis
Rositer Araya and Carlos V. Marin
Victor Quirolo & Sons Funeral Home
REFLECTION ON THE READINGS Third Sunday of Easter (April 14th) Acts 2:14.22‐28 Ps 16:1‐2.5.7‐11 1Pe 1:17‐21 Lk 24:13‐35 St. Peter, speaking to the Jews, says to them: “You, by means of lawless men, killed him on a cross.” It is easy to elude our moral responsibilities and to place the blame on evil doers. Who incites his neighbor to do evil? We all have a bit of blame by omission or commission, all, because as a result of original sin and our personal sins, we contribute to Christ’s death. With this admission, we should place all our love, our faith and hope in God because by Christ’s death and resurrection we have been rescued, redeemed. We have died with Christ, but we shall also resurrect with Him. We participate already in this world, as the first fruits, of Christ’s resurrection, especially when we receive the Eucharist, but also when we are in grace, in prayer and in hope because the resurrection of our bodies at the end of time is a sign of the resurrection to grace and its increase by means of prayer and the sacraments. The disciples of Emmaus recognized Christ because of the way that he broke bread (Lk 24:35), that is, in the way Jesus loved and gave himself to them. They understood the resurrected Jesus because, in some way, they had resurrected with Him and in Him to the spiritual life. What is or what are those characteristic signs by which we can recognize, without a doubt, the resurrected Christ? The form of love that Christ bestows on us as a gift when we pray, when we have the willingness to receive Him, when we also offer ourselves with generosity, when we help others, when we forgive, etc. It is then when we recognize Christ resurrected in the other and in oneself because the Lord gives Himself to us as life, as resurrection, as eternal nourishment so as to resurrect a little each day in Him until the fullness of our resurrection is achieved. REFLEXION SOBRE LAS ESCRITURAS Tercer domingo de Pascua (14 de abril) Hch 2:14.22‐28 Sal 16:1‐2.5.7‐11 1Pe 1:17‐21 Lc 24:13‐35 San Pedro, dirigiéndose a los judíos, les dice: “vosotros, por mano de paganos, lo matasteis en una cruz”. Es fácil eludir nuestras responsabilidades morales echando la culpa a quienes han sido los ejecutores del mal. ¿Quién incita al prójimo a obrar el mal? Todos tenemos un poco de culpa por omisión o comisión, todos, por el pecado original y por nuestros pecados personales, contribuimos en la muerte de Cristo. Reconocido este hecho, debemos poner en Dios nuestro amor, nuestra fe y esperanza porque por la muerte y resurrección de Cristo hemos sido rescatados, redimidos. Hemos muerto con Cristo, pero también resucitamos con Él. Participamos ya en este mundo, como primicias, de la resurrección de Cristo, sobre todo, al recibir la Eucaristía, pero además cuando estamos en gracia, en nuestra oración, en nuestra esperanza porque la resurrección de nuestros cuerpos al final de los tiempos es signo también de la resurrección a la gracia y al aumento de ésta por medio de la oración y de los sacramentos. Los discípulos de Emaús reconocieron a Cristo resucitado por la forma de partir el pan (Lc 24:35), esto es, en la forma de amor y de entrega que Cristo les estaba dando. Entendieron a Cristo resucitado porque, de alguna manera, les hizo resucitar con Él y en Él a la vida espiritual. ¿Cuál es o cuáles son aquellos rasgos característicos por los cuales podemos reconocer, sin lugar a dudas, a Cristo resucitado? La forma de amor que Cristo nos otorga como don cuando oramos, cuando tenemos la disposición de recibirle, cuando nos entregamos nosotros también con generosidad, cuando ayudamos a los demás, cuando perdonamos, etc. Es entonces cuando reconocemos a Cristo resucitado en el otro y en mí porque se nos da como vida, como resurrección, como alimento eterno para resucitar en Él cada día un poco más hasta que quede consumada nuestra plena resurrección. God’s Word for Catholic Teens...