10, AUGUST, 2014 - St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
R. C. CHURCH
Celebrating 139 Years of Service to the Community
563 Sterling Place Brooklyn, ny 11238
phone: 718-622-6500 Fax 718-622-2234
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AUGUST 10, 2014 —
nineTEENTH Sunday in ordinary
MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY VIGIL
5:00 PM — English
SUNDAY
9:00 AM
—- French/Creole
10:30 AM
—- English
12:00 PM
-— Spanish
6:00 PM
—- English
WEEKDAY
Monday—Saturday—8:30 AM
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Friday: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
First Friday: 6:30 PM & Eucharist—7:30 PM
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
8:30 AM and 7:30 PM
CONFESSIONS/RECONCILIATION
Saturday 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM or by Appointment
Pastoral team
Rev. Saint Charles Borno, Pastor
Rev. Killick Pierrilus, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Jean Schned Bruno, In Residence
Rev. James Yaro, Summer Help
Rev. Marc Henry Simeon, Summer Help
Octavia Willis, Administrative Assistant
Patrick David, Carolyn Jack, Music Ministry
Social Ministry / St. Vincent De Paul
Guerlyne Bernard, Dir. of Religious Ed
Theresa Whiteman, Youth Ministry
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Mission Statement
We, the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Teresa of Avila, are a community rich in diversity. We are committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and centered in the
Celebration of the Eucharist. Our love of God inspires
us to be people who pray for all people and serve our
sisters and brothers in the local and world community.
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August 10th, 2014, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2
REFLECTIONS ON THE READINGS
OF THE 19TH SUNDAY—AUGUST 10TH, 2014
1 Kings 19, 9-13; Psalm 85; Romans 9, 1-5; Matthew 14, 22-33.
The story of Jesus’ walk on the stormy sea brings forth a
variety of teachings. First Jesus is shown spending time in solitary
prayer. An inspir ing thought! Then he walks on the water s of
the lake. His supreme mastery over the forces of nature is thus
manifested. The Apostles on their fishing boats were being tossed
about by furious waves when they spotted Jesus approaching
them. “Be not afraid It is I” says Jesus to the panicky apostles.
Oh! Yes! May we learn to remain at peace when tossed about by
the tumults of life! Peter anxious to join J esus begs to approach him. “Come! Says Jesus” And here is Peter jumping trustingly into the water and succeeding at walking on the liquid surface. ..yet, not for too long. Frightened by the fury of giant waves,
Peter is seized by doubt and begins to sink. Doubts ar e deadly!
We too at times allow ourselves to fall prey to debilitating doubts.
May we learn from Peter’s example to call out like him: “Lord
save me!” At once Jesus stretched out his hand and rescued him
while saying: “O you of little faith why did you doubt?” Jesus
then stepped into Peter’s bark and restored calm to the elements.
“And there was great peace!” Jesus is still seating in Peter’s
bark.
From the whole story we learn Jesus’ closeness to us,
his mercifulness and promptness to rescue us when in trouble.
We are reminded of the paralyzing effects of doubt.
After this brief meditation on the Gospel, let us marvel at
the first reading and the psalm that helps to bring forth the key
point of today’s liturgy namely that our God is a God of peace
and loving presence. His kindness never fails those who fear
him. Our total trust in him will make us “walk on water.”
REFLEXIONS SUR LES LECTURES
DU 19ÈME DIMANCHE—10 AOUT 2014
1 Rois 14, 9-13; Psaume 85; Romains 9, 1-5; Mathieu 14, 22-33
L’histoire de Jésus marchant sur les eaux fascine comme
un bouquet de fleurs. Nous voyons d’abord Jésus après le grand
miracle de la multiplication des pains se retirer pour un grand
moment de prière personnelle. Pour lui, le contact intime avec
le Père est essentiel et cela devr ait ètr e vr ai pour nous aussi.
Nous le voyons ensuite se mettre à la recherche de ses apotres sur
une mer déchainée. Il marche sur les eaux manifestant ainsi sa
souveraineté absolue sur les éléments. Entr e temps, les pauvres apotres ballotés furieusement par les flots démontés le percoivent s’approchant de leur barque comme une sorte de fantome
lumineux. Nous ne reconnaissons pas toujours Jésus qui se fait
proche. “N’ayez pas peur, c’est moi!” se dépêche-t-il de leur
crier. Pierre toujours plus enflammé que les autres perd toute retenue et demande de pouvoir vite rejoindre le Maitre sur les
flots.”Viens, lui dit Jésus.” Et voila le disciple passionné se jetant
dans l’eau sans réfléchir et marchant lui aussi sur la surface
liquide. Soudainement effrayéà la vue des vagues furieuses
s’écrasant sur ses pieds, il est saisi de doute et commence à s’enfoncer. A son cri d’alarme: “Seigneur sauve moi!” Jésus répond
de suite, étend les mains et le tire des eaux. Il nous arrive à nous
aussi de sombrer dans le doute au milieu des problèmes de
l’existence. Le doute est néfaste! Il débilite et conduit à l’échec. Heureux ceux qui font confiance à Dieu!
A la lecture de ce récit et des autres textes de la liturgie
du jour nous finissons par saisir l’enseignment fondamental qui
nous est transmis. Dieu est proche, compatissant, prompt à
nou secourir. Nous pouvons mettre en lui notre confiance entière. Mème au milieu des cir constances les plus tr oublantes il
est prèt à nous faire “marcher sur les eaux.” Il est présent
comme une douce brise comme nous le fait compr endr e le
Prophète Elie dans la première lecture. Heureux ceux qui croient
en lui!
By: Bishop Guy Sansariq
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 — St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin & Martyr
8:30 am — For the People of the Parish
5:00 pm — 1) Andre Lespiegle (D) by: Bernadette Theodore
2) Mayra Mendez G. (B’day Blessings)
3) Sandra B. Joseph (B’day Blessings) by: The Parish
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 — 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 am — 1) Jeanne Thevenot (D) by: Jocelyne Thevenot
2) Marsha Guillaume (God’s Protection & Health)
10:30 am— 1) Sandra B. Joseph (B’day Blessings)
2) Frankie Aigle (Special Intention) by: Annette Bourne
12:00 pm — Carmen and Nelson Casiano (Health) by: The Parish
6:00 pm — In Memory of Mary Obas by: Flory Cadet
MONDAY, AUGUST 11— St. Clare, Virgin
8:30 am — 1) Smith Lambert (B’day Blessing) by: His wife, Anna
Lambert and Family
2) Marsha Guillaume (God’s Protection & Health)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 — St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious
8:30 am — 1) Pierre Richard Louis (B’day Blessings) by: Fr Borno
2) Nancy Conigliaro (Health)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 — St. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus,
Priest, Martyrs
8:30 am — Jose M. Cancel (D)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 — St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
8:30 am — For Peace and Justice in the World
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15— OFFICE CLOSED—Holy Day of Obligation
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8:30 am — In Memory of Timidi Brisibe by: The Brisibe Family
7:30 pm — For the People of the Parish
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 —
8:30 am — Marie Katiana Borno by: Jean Robin Borno & The Family
5:00 pm — 1) For the Sick and the Homebound
2) Robert Matthews (Health) by: The Parish
Pope Francis: Abortion is Not ‘Progressive’
In November of 2013, Pope Francis issued his Apostolic Exhortation called “The Joy of the
Gospel.” In it he says, “Among the vulnerable for whom the Church wishes to care with
particular love an concern are unborn children, the most defenseless and innocent among us.
Nowadays efforts are made to deny them their human dignity and to do with them whatever
one pleases, taking their lives and passing laws preventing anyone from standing in the way
of this...Human beings are ends in themselves and never a means of resolving other problems...Once this conviction disappears, so do solid and lasting foundations for the defense of
human rights...It is not “progressive” to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.”
Daily mass reading -— Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9-14 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33
Monday:
Tuesday:
Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c Ps 148:1-2, 11-14 Mt 17:22-27
Ez 2:8—3:4 Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
Wednesday: Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22 Ps 113:1-6 Mt 118:15-20
Thursday: Ez 12:1-12 Ps 78:56-59, 61-62 Mt 18:21—19:1
Friday:
Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab Ps 45:10-12, 16 1 Cor 15:20-27, Lk 1:39-56
Saturday: Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32 Ps 51:12-15, 18-19 Mt 19:13-15
Next Sunday —— Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28
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First Annual Street Fair
Saturday, August 16
9:00 am—6:00 pm
Come and go as you please!
Games: for children will be supplied
Entertainment:
THE ASSUMPTION
AUGUST 15
It is I: do not be afraid
There is an expression, “We all want to walk on
water. But, few of us want to be the first one out
of the boat!” Today we hear of Peter being the
first one out of the boat walking on the watr toward Jesus. Why would he dare to do such a
thing? He did so because Jesus told him. Peter
jumped out and walked. And then he sank! He
began to sink only after he took his focus off the Lord and started to think of
himself and his own situation and how strong the wind was and he became
frightened.
The message of the story is simple: in the way of faith, we need to
step out of the boat when the Lord calls. We further need to remain focused
on the Lord, and not on all the distractions and challenges that we think obstruct our path and faith growth. If we remain focused on the Lord, we can
do marvelous things on our journey of faith and as a witness for Christ. He
will never let us sink, so long as we have faith.
We remember the words of Jesus, which were favorites of Saint
John Paul II: “Be not afraid. Have hope!” Jesus’ words live on. Step out in
faith!
READINGS FOR SUNDAY, August 3, 2014
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading Pr ophet Elijah lear ns to listen to God in a new
way. Sometimes God speaks in whispers. (1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a)
Second Reading — Paul expresses his anguish that so many of his
people have not accepted Jesus. In enumerating Israel’s many privileges, Paul puts Christ at the top of the list. (Roman 9:1-5))
Gospel — Jesus reveals Himself to His disciples as the Son of God.
(Matthew 14:22-23)
lived.
The assumption is the oldest feast day of Our
Lady, but we don’t know how it first came to be celebrated. After the building of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in 336, the sacred sites began to be restored and
memories of the life of Our Lord began to be celebrated
by the people of Jerusalem. One of the memories about
his mother centered around the “Tomb of Mary,” close to
Mount Zion, where the early Christian community had
On the hill itself was the “Place of Domitian,” the spot of Mary’s
“falling asleep,” where she had died. The “Tomb of Mary” was where she
was buried. At this time, the “Memory of Mary” was being celebrated.
Later it was to become our feast of the Assumption. For a time, the
“Memory of Mary” was marked only in Palestine, but then it was extended
by the emperor to all the churches of the East. In the seventh century, it
began to be celebrated in Rome under the title of the “Falling Asleep
(Dormitio)” or the Mother of God
Soon the name was changed to the “Assumption of Mary,” since
there was more to the feast than her dying. It also proclaimed that she had
been taken up, body and soul, into heaven. That belief was ancient, dating
back to the apostles themselves. What was clear from the beginning was
that there were no relics of Mary to be venerated, and that an empty tomb
stood on the edge of Jerusalem near the site of her frsth. That location also
soon became a place of pilgrimage (Today, the Benedictine Abbey of the
Domitian of Mary stands on the spot).
The Assumption comples God’s work in her since it was not
fitting that the flesh that had given life to God himself should ever undergo
corruption. The Assumption is God’s crowning of His work as Maryends
her earthly life and enters eternity. The feast turns our eyes in tat direction,
where we will follow when our earthly life is over.
MINISTERS FOR THE 10:30 AM MASS
CELEBRANT: Most Rev. Charles Hammawa
CONCELEBRANTS: Fr. Borno, Fr. Pierrilus, Fr Yaro, etc.
LECTOR: McGeorge Jean Baptiste
BODY OF CHRIST: Bishop Hammawa & Fr. Borno
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Monday
— English Legion on Mary — 6:15 pm - Rectory
— AA Meeting
— 7:00 pm - Hall
— Yoga
— 6:30 pm— Rm 2
Tuesday
— Spanish Prayer Meeting
— Haitian Prayer Meeting
Wednesday
— N/A Meeting
— 7:00 pm- Hall
— Haitian Legion of Mary — 7:00 pm - Rectory
— English Charismatic Group — 7:00 pm - Rectory
— Adoration 9:00 am & 7:30 pm — Church (First Friday)
Thursday
Friday
— 7:30 pm - Hall
— 7:30 pm - Rectory
Saturday
— St. Vincent de Paul
— Youth Legion of Mary
— EPIC Youth Group
— 7:00 (2nd & 4th) Rm 1
— 12 noon - Rectory
— 3.00 pm - Rectory
Sunday
— Haitian Legion of Mary
— Spanish Cursillista
— N/A Meeting
— 11:00 am— Rectory
— 1:30 pm - Rm 2
— 5:00pm - Hall
BLOOD OF CHRIST: Fr. Yaro & Fr. Pierrilus
THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
Nancy Conigliaro, Anna Lambert, Jacquotte Alcinord, Smith Jr. L., Bob Mathews,
Marva Gittens, Gloria Lewis, Violeta Polard, Carlos Jones, Marva Jones, Pamela
Jimenez, Clyde Wilson, Yvette Alexander, Ramon Baez, Denise Maggio, Wilfrid
Gaby, Geralde Jean-Claude, Marlyn Duvivier, Candys Hospedalas, Deacon Paul
Ernst, Edith JB Moise, Monica Fletcher, Marther Parris, Elaine Demonte, Sandra
Ramos, Drucilla Huffin, Wilfred Zanders, Olimpia Sanchez, Frederique C, Michael
Harris, Sr. Huyen, Annette
Boldeau, Ameque Morgan, Nicholas Clesca, Veronica Pamphille, Yazmine Sutherland,
Carlos Barrientos, Philippe
Dure, Kendell Bourne, Kenson
Mesidor, Patrick O’Connor,
Kelly, Rosena Blanc, Rose Coquillon, Sister Ave Clark, Mavis Samuel, Kenneth Sales, Merle Clarke, Gilbert
Joseph, Angelina Lin, Annette Noziles, Bob Conigliaro, Tom Martin, Vaudreuil
Mendes, James Sullivan, Rev. Andrew Struzzieri, Hiram Barrientos, Joseph Boateng Cati, Theresa Bain-Louis, Anthony Briggs, Anthony Jean-Louis, Annie Arenny,
Robert C., Rev. Jean Dumas, Urline, Rev. Freshnac Antilus, Marissa Carter, Divina
Nuñez, Rev. Saint Charles Borno, Mary Bumbalow, Vilma Nunez, Clyde Wilson,
Carmen Casiano, Nelson Casiano, Julio Castillo, Doris Pichardo, Perla Mac Pherson, Gena Laferiere, Jeanne Ferrier, William Smith, Greta Lopez Smith, Paul Piconni, Sonia Lochard, Karene Scott, Bethyna Brizard, Carol Thomas, Barbara Dowie,
Georgeann Campbell, Norma Compas, Edith Prophete, Germy Saint-Aman, Yanick
Francois, Linda Moore, Fulvia Christie, Marie Anne Sanon, Carmene Joseph, Marie
Rose Victor, Ralph Larrieux, Lucille Taylor, Sandra Edmee Joseph….
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SAVE THE DATE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
7:00 pm
Sand Castle
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGES
Diocesan Pilgrimage
Poland & Eastern Europe
Warsaw-Krakow-BudapestVienna-Prague
Visiting the home town of St.
John Paul II
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Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage
500th Anniversary
St. Teresa of Avila
Visiting, Fatima, Lisbon, Avila,
Madrid, Segovia
& Toledo
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November 10-21, 2014
Father Dowd and Father
Cunningham Chaplains
For a Brochure call:
Nawas International
1-203-656-3033
March 12—20, 2015
Bishop Octavio Cisneros
Spiritual Director
For a Brochure call:
Lucille, Regina Tours
1-800-Catholic x208
FATIMA DEVOTION
The Recitation of the Rosary will follow
the 5pm Mass. @ Grotto weather permitting
Saturday, August 9, 2014
(Franklin Square, LI)
St. Teresa of Avila Church’s
140th Anniversary Celebration
$150 Per Person
($15 per Week Plan is accepted)
Invite family & friends for a
fun-filled night of delicious food & Great Entertainment!
Will resume in
September—2014
Enjoy the rest of the summer