tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13720465752241552852024-03-13T23:36:26.239-04:00Church of the Sacred Heart, New Brunswick, NJ<i>the latest from Hub City's happening parish...</i>CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-5152097731476943732011-07-21T11:08:00.001-04:002011-07-21T11:08:58.396-04:00ROMAN MISSAL UPDATE - PART 2Preparing for Changes
Following up on last week’s article, the second possibly confusing change in the Roman Missal concerns the priest’s repetition of Christ’s own words at consecration of the chalice. In the phrase “this is the cup of my blood… which will be shed for you and for all,´ the last word will be changed from “all” to “many” (in accord with the Latin term multis). When Pope Benedict CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-41961664131137528642011-07-14T11:07:00.001-04:002011-07-14T11:07:43.850-04:00Feast Day of Blessed Kateri Tekawitha"Kateri was a child of nature. Her sainthood will raise the minds and hearts of those who love nature and work in ecology."
Bishop Stanislaus Brzana, Bishop of Ogdensburg, N.Y.
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), also known as Blessed Catherine Tekakwitha, is honored by the Catholic Church as the patroness of ecology, nature, and the environment.
Tekakwitha's baptismal name is CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-10649825580933020352011-07-12T19:19:00.002-04:002011-07-13T09:53:58.315-04:00Roman Missal UpdateIn mid-August, we will begin to prepare for the changes that will take place at Mass in the new translation of the Roman Missal. The “official” date of transition will be Sunday, November 27, 2011 – the first Sunday of Advent.
The majority of the changes will affect the priest. However, several changes will be for the people.
“And with your spirit”
The first change concerns CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-69762921080469618772011-06-21T09:19:00.000-04:002011-06-21T09:19:21.547-04:00Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was born Luigi Gonzaga on March 9, 1568 (Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy) and died June 21, 1591 (Rome) at the age of 23. He is the Patron of youth; students; Jesuit novices; AIDS patients; AIDS caregivers; sufferers of pestilence. He was beatified on October 19, 1605, by Pope Paul V and canonized on December 31, 1726, by Pope Benedict XIII.CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-42091982111775190192011-06-13T11:26:00.003-04:002011-06-13T11:27:30.276-04:00Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1195. Although associated in devotional prayer with the finding of lost objects, Saint Anthony was in fact an extremely gifted preacher and teacher of God’s word. He did seek out those lost in unbelief and denial and brought them back to the fold of faith by the power of the word he preached.
Saint Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, O.F.M., (CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-89533996014313720312011-06-12T09:03:00.001-04:002011-06-12T09:04:28.417-04:00PENTECOST SUNDAY
Today, Pentecost Sunday, marks the end of the Easter season and celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary. By the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Christ’s paschal mystery was brought to its completion. The Holy Spirit prepares us with his grace in order to draw us to Christ.
Luke gives us a dramatic picture of the CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-2304975895793576872011-06-11T10:10:00.002-04:002011-06-11T10:12:40.350-04:00Saturday of the Seventh Week of EasterSAINT BARNABAS
On this Eve of Pentecost, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Barnabas. He was a just and faithful servant to whom the success of the Gospel was far more important than his own. He willingly sought and sponsored Saint Paul without any thought of seeking a competitive edge. Humility in God’s service brings its own success.
Born in Cyprus, Barnabas is numbered among the first CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-87293775204102605952011-06-10T17:25:00.000-04:002011-06-10T17:25:43.509-04:00Friday of the Seventh Week of EasterActs 25:13-21 "Do not forget all the gifts of God." (Psalm 103:2)
Since Easter Monday, the Mass readings have been following the story of the early church as it unfolds in the Acts of the Apostles. We have gone from Pentecost to Paul’s imprisonment. We have seen Peter’s role in his mission to the Gentiles. We have followed the initial growth of the church in Jerusalem and watched it extend to CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-25209241776190967212011-06-09T12:53:00.003-04:002011-06-09T13:02:59.881-04:00Thursday of the Seventh Week of EasterThree days short of Pentecost Sunday, today, June 9th, we celebrate the memory of St. Ephrem.
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. ~ Saint Ephrem
Saint Ephrem was born of a Christian family in Nisibis around the year 306. CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-16498137560979203882011-06-08T14:26:00.007-04:002011-06-08T14:31:29.661-04:00Wednesday of the Seventh Week of EasterActs 20:28-38
“We must help the weak.” (Acts 20:35)
As we continue to wind down to the end of the Easter Season, today’s reading gives us a final farewell from St. Paul. He had not only founded the church at Ephesus but lived among the believers for three years. During that time, “God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul.” As a result, “the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightilyCCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-29403996022502264402011-06-07T10:31:00.003-04:002011-06-07T10:32:47.178-04:00Tuesday of the Seventh Week of EasterActs 20:17-27
“But now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem.” (Acts 20:22)
Every Sunday at Mass we affirm our belief in the Holy Spirit when we pray the Creed: “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.” Such powerful words—and soCCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-57005150679633430962011-06-06T12:55:00.003-04:002011-06-06T12:57:06.231-04:00Monday of the Seventh Week of EasterActs of the Apostles (19:6)
"When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them."
We are only days away now from Pentecost. It is time to shift our focus and pay attention to the words of Scripture in Acts while keeping an eye on the way the Holy Spirit worked powerfully in the apostles in all they said and did.
In today’s reading, when Paul encountered believers in CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-19675304106876552962011-06-05T09:39:00.003-04:002011-06-05T09:41:06.007-04:00The Seventh Sunday of EasterJohn 17:1-11a "I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began."
There is one week until Pentecost Sunday and it is after the Ascension. The remaining apostles "have kept the Father’s word;" "they have believed that the Father sent Jesus." They witness to God’s CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-30698576243915801052011-06-04T07:46:00.000-04:002011-06-04T07:46:29.759-04:00Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter"Ask and you will receive." (John 16:24)
At the Last Supper, Jesus promised his disciples that he would give them the Holy Spirit. But how would they—and how would we—know the love and help that the Spirit has come to give? Jesus’ answer is simple: Ask!
So what will we receive if we ask for the Spirit?
First, and most important, we will receive revelation. One of the Spirit’s most vital CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-22166796061627044442011-06-03T16:13:00.000-04:002011-06-03T16:13:45.544-04:00Friday of the Sixth Week of EasterSaint Charles Lwanga and Companions - Memorial
Owing to religious hatred, many faithful Christians were killed in Uganda by King Mwanga during the yeas 1885 to 1887. Some of them had enjoyed the good graces of the king at his court, and some were even related to him. Among the, Charles Lwanga and his twenty-one companions, adhering steadfastly to the Catholic faith, were put toCCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-38639853508247112412011-06-02T09:27:00.003-04:002011-06-02T09:28:41.823-04:00Thursday of the Sixth Week of EasterTHE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
"You will see me." (John 16:16)
What a promise! Jesus was going away, but he promised that he would come back, and the apostles would see him once more. These words brought them a great measure of comfort. And yes, they did see Jesus again—on Easter Sunday, when he appeared to them in the upper room. But the "seeing" Jesus was speaking of here meant more than justCCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-50036805534956891612011-06-01T09:43:00.000-04:002011-06-01T09:43:39.542-04:00Wednesday of the Sixth Week of EasterSaint Justin Memorial
Saint Justin, philosopher and martyr, was born of pagan parents in Flavia Neapolis in Samaria at the beginning of the second century. Following his conversion to faith, he wrote many works in defense of religion, of which we have only two: The Apology and the Dialogue with Trypho. He also opened a school in Rome in which public debates were held. CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-54764280037071323772011-05-31T11:53:00.001-04:002011-05-31T11:54:08.453-04:00Tuesday of the Sixth Week of EasterFeast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Unlike a visit that we may make to a friend or a loved one, a visitation is different owing to the purpose intended. A visitation aims to accomplish something. Specifically, it is an encounter that carries within it a meaning that is exceptional. In the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that meaning is not a message, but rather the CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-6589337223590608002011-05-30T11:16:00.001-04:002011-05-30T11:16:53.780-04:00Monday of the Sixth Week of EasterJohn 15:26-16: 4a
Jesus promises that when he sends "the Spirit of Truth," the Spirit "will testify to me." The Spirit does not come to bring us something different from what Christ brought us, but rather to help us make Christ ours - to make it possible for everything that we have encountered in Jesus to become more and more our own.
Let us invite the Spirit to open our hearts so CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-31473944014748742752011-05-29T20:47:00.000-04:002011-05-29T20:47:10.031-04:00The Sixth Sunday of EasterActs of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17
When Philip "proclaimed the Christ" to the crowds, "with one accord" they "paid attention to what was said." Their full acceptance of the word of God provoked Peter and John to go to them and lay hands on them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. This fulfills what Jesus promised us the night before he died: "The Father will give CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-36504622622002840862011-05-29T20:41:00.000-04:002011-05-29T20:41:36.241-04:00Saturday of the Fifth Week of EasterActs of the Apostles 16:1-10
"Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number."This was due in large part to Paul and Timothy's attentive docility and obedience to the Holy Spirit. They had been "chosen out of the world" by Jesus. When we act out of that belonging, conscio that we do not "belong to the world," we change the world.CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-77462791488072938542011-05-29T20:37:00.001-04:002011-05-29T20:37:50.263-04:00Friday of the Fifth Week of EasterSaint Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Augustine was sent in 597 from Saint Andrew's monastery in Rome by Saint Gregory to Great to preach the Gospel in England. He was aided there by King Ethelbert andchosen bishop of Canterbury. He converted many to the faith and established many dioceses, especially in the kingdom of Kent. He died on May 26, about the year 605.
CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-7272440286490793492011-05-29T20:32:00.000-04:002011-05-29T20:32:31.457-04:00Thursday of the Fifth Week of EasterSaint Philip Neri
Saint Philip Neri was born in Florence in 1515. He went to Rome and began to work with young men among whom he fostered Christian life and formed an association for the poor and the sick. Ordained to the priesthood in 1551, he founded the Oratory where spiritual reading, singing, and works of charity were practiced. He excelled in his love of neighbor and in CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-8750145386181674522011-05-29T20:09:00.000-04:002011-05-29T20:09:43.410-04:00Wednesday of the Fifth Week of EasterSaint Bede The Venerable
Saint Bede was born in the neighborhood of the Wearmouth monastery in 673. He was trained by Saint Benedict Biscop and later entered the monastery. Ordained to the priesthood, he spent his ministry teaching and writing. Saint Bede wrote theological and historical works in the patristic tradition and explained sacred Scripture. He died in 735.
CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372046575224155285.post-28427200550187989392011-05-24T17:43:00.002-04:002011-05-29T11:04:27.637-04:00Tuesday of the Fifth Week of EasterJohn 14:27-31a
"Do not let your hearts be troubled…”
Today’s Gospel, which is often heard read at funerals is one that gives us hope and comfort. I recently attended a funeral and after every reference to Jesus' promises, the homilist repeated Jesus’ words - “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Right there in the midst of grief and loss, just hearing his words silenced the sobs around me.CCST-SHC-DOMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930199521014349823noreply@blogger.com0