Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 6/18/2023

Mission Statement

The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary-St. Stephen of Hungary opens its doors to welcome and embrace all in our community. We strive through worship, hospitality and service to receive those seeking a spiritual home. In the midst of diversity of thought, life style, nationality, economic status & age, we endeavor to live as a community of faith and invite you to join our familya family seeking to know and love Jesus Christ.

Parish Staff

Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Baker ............................ frdcab@stelmo79.org

Weekend Associate: .................................... Rev. Anthony Ciorra, IVD

Weekend Associate:...............................................Rev. Edward Beck, CP

Pastoral Associate: Ms. Maryann Tyrer ........ mtyrer@stelmo79.org

Music Director: Mr. John Zupan .................... jzupan@stelmo79.org

Wedding Coordinator: Ms. Debbi Burdett.....dbweddingsnyc@gmail.com

Parish Manager: Jennifer DeSpirito.............................jdespirito@stelmo79.org

Plant Manager: Guillermo Vanegas .......... gvanegas@stelmo79.org

Sacristan: Pedro Pizarro ...................................ppizarro@stelmo79.org

Administrative Assistant: Gladys Tejada ..... gtejada@stelmo79.org

Mass Intentions

Saturday, May 17th Vigil 17th

5:30pm K atherine Reyes (Living) Katherine Reyes

Sunday, June 18th June 18th

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinar y Time Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father’s Day Father’s

8:00am William Mitchell

Church Address : 413 East 79th Street, NYC 10075

Parish Center: 406 East 80th Street, NY, NY 10075

Tel: 212-288-6250 Fax: 212- 570-1562

Email: info@stelmo79.org

Our Offices are open:

Monday & Wednesday 9am - 4pm

Tuesday - Thursday ....................................... 9am - 7pm

Friday ....................................................... Closed

Saturday ................................................. 10am - 2pm

Sunday ..................................................... Closed Closed for Lunch Weekdays..................1pm - 2pm

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Mass Schedule

Daily Mass: Mon-Sat, 12 noon

Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm

Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm & 5pm

Confessions: Saturdays at 5pm or by appointment

10:00am Merillyn Ste phen

10:00am Merillyn Stephen

12:00pm All Parishioners All Parishioners

5pm Jose Eduardo & Edilma Or juela Eduardo & Edilma Orjuela

Monday, June 19th June 19th

9am Mike Ward

Tuesday, June 20th Weekday June 20th

12pm K athleen M. Reddington Kathleen M.

Wednesday, June 21st June 21st

St. Aloysius Gonza ga St. Gonzaga

12pm Jer r y O’Donoghue Jerry

T hur sday, June 22nd Weekday Thursday, 22nd

12pm Eilene Kennedy (Living) Eilene

Friday, June 23rd Weekday 23rd

12pm Eilene Kennedy (Living) Eilene

Saturday, June 24th 24th

T he Nativity of St. John the Baptist The Nativity of St. John the 12pm Rober ta Chapey (Living) 12pm Roberta Chapey (Living)

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK

Danielle Boros, Linda Clarke, Mary O’Connor Lynch, Gloria Velez, Rosalba Paniagua, Bruno Franco Adame, Susan Bacerra, Michael Reilly, Dorothy Condon, Marcelle Ferrier, Joanna Jack, Cindy Garnica Castro and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Thomas Acheson, Margaret Biggs, John Paul Chihorek, William Bahr, Juzefa Rezgiene, Patrick P. Keating, Francesca Sisto & Eugene Flynn

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Friday after the Noon Mass until 3pm in the church and live on-line

Devotions

Miraculous Medal on Mondays after Mass in the church and live on-line

Divine Mercy

Prayed every Friday at 3pm in the church and live on-line

Vespers (Evening Prayer)

Every Friday at 5:10pm in the Chapel and live on-line

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays at 5pm or by appointment

Anointing of the sick

Every third Saturday of the Month after the noon Mass.

Baptisms & Marriages

Please call the rectory office for more information.

Communion for the Homebound:

If you know of anyone who cannot attend church because of illness or age, and would like to have communion brought to them, please contact the Parish office, so that we can arrange for a Eucharistic Minister to bring communion to them.

Weekly Readings & Observances

Today, June 18th there will be Baptism service at 1:30pm at this service we will be baptizing:

Leonardo Antonio Diaz & Pierre Alexandre Leri Arguin

Please join us in congratulating:

Jeison Ant. Diaz & Ruth M. Leonardo

Louis Pierre Arguin & Alessandra C. Leri on their children’s new lives in Christ

Bap sm Services are open for members of the parish to join in the welcoming of our newest members

Weekly Readings & Observances

Readings for the week of June 18, 2023

Sunday: Ex 19:2-6a/Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 (3c)/Rom 5:6-11/Mt 9:36—10:8

Monday: 2 Cor 6:1-10/Ps 98:1, 2b, 3ab, 3cd-4/ Mt 5:38-42

Tuesday: 2 Cor 8:1-9/Ps 146:2, 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8-9a/Mt 5:43-48

Wednesday: 2 Cor 9:6-11/Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 9/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Thursday: 2 Cor 11:1-11/Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 7-8/Mt 6:7-15

Friday: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7/Mt 6:19-23

Saturday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17

Day: Is 49:1-6/Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80

Next Sunday: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 (14c)/Rom 5:12-15/Mt 10:26-33

Observances for the week of June 18, 2023

Sunday: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Father’s Day

Monday: St. Romuald, Abbot

Tuesday: World Refugee Day

Wednesday: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious

Thursday: St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs

Friday:

Saturday: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Next Sunday:12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Liturgy Strengthens the Spiritual Life

Every January, gyms are filled with people who promised themselves to become fit in the year ahead.

Anyone who has attempted to bench press, run, or kickbox their way to better health knows that getting in shape and staying in shape requires more than showing up at the gym. Staying in shape is as much about what happens outside the gym—for example, eating the right foods and getting enough sleep.

Whenever the liturgy is celebrated, participants strengthen their spiritual lives. Just as the result of a physical workout demands more than showing up at the gym, a strong spiritual life depends on more than arriving at church weekly.

Getting the most out of liturgy depends, first, on preparation just as a warm up is required for exercise. The Church’s liturgical documents state that the faithful should come to Mass with “proper dispositions,” with hearts ready to pray, with minds focused to pay attention, and with spirits hungry to feast on the living God. The following are ways to prepare for Mass:

• Read the Scripture readings beforehand.

• Allow yourself and/or your family enough time to get to Mass.

• On the way to Mass, think about everything for which you have to be thankful.

• When you get to church, look for and welcome newcomers.

• Reach out to someone who is going through a tough time.

During Mass, participate with your whole being. Sing the songs and pray the prayers from your heart. Listen attentively. Allow the readings, the music, the symbols, and the rituals to engage your spirit, move your soul, soften your heart, and transform your way of being.

Just as athletes continue to exercise during the cool down after their workout, Catholics should spend time in reflection after the Mass. For the liturgy to penetrate lives, it should be pondered after leaving the church. An individual might begin reflecting by considering what words in the readings, homily, or prayers affected him or her. Perhaps they were drawn particularly to the music or a ritual. Consider what affected you the most. Discuss questions that arose from the readings. Sing the psalm refrain.

Continue throughout the week to be attentive to the liturgy. This can be done in many ways. Pray Morning or Evening Prayer. Participate in the celebration of weekday Mass. Read the daily Scripture readings. Study the faith. Take an adult education class. Practice the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

A good physical workout leaves people exhausted and exhilarated, with a sense of accomplishment. Participating in the liturgy and reflecting on it brings worshippers the sense that God has accomplished something in them.

Connecting the Liturgy with Our Lives © 2019 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications. 800-933-1800; www.LTP.org. Text by Kathy Kuczka.

Photo © John Zich. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago on October 25, 2018.

Participation in the liturgy strengthens the spiritual life.

Five Minute Jesus

Using the Gospel for Prayer - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 25, 2023

It’s simple. 1. Read the Gospel for the following Sunday slowly, reflecting on the story it tells. 2. Reflect on the questions assigned for each day. 3. Make some resolution about how what you read can be lived that day. 4. Then thank God for speaking to you through this reflection.

Gospel Matthew 10:26-33

Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul, rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid, you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever desires me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.

Monday, June 19th

In today’s Gospel Jesus reminds me that I do not have to reveal everything or convince everyone. In God’s time, all will be known. How do I let my experience of God be evident in my life?

Tuesday, June 20th

Will I get a chance to acknowledge Jesus before others today? Maybe there is a kind act I can perform? Perhaps I can find words to comfort someone? Let me think of something.

Wednesday, June 21st

‘Fear,’ as a concept, plays a role in today’s Gospel. Does fear sometimes make me abandon the truth? Do I know sometimes know what to do in a situation but do nothing for fear of the reactions of others? Let me think of at least one time that fear made me abandon the truth.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Do I resist being distracted by the number of sparrows or the quality of the hairs on my head and, instead, focus on Jesus’ love and appreciation of me? How has Jesus’ love and appreciation of me manifested itself?

Friday, June 23, 2023

In the last few lines of the Gospel, Matthew speaks of the importance of the public professions of faith. What have I learned that Jesus will do before his Father? Under what conditions will I be either acknowledged or denied?

Saturday, June 24, 2023

In today’s Gospel, which words comforted me the most? challenged me the most? changed me? What were these words? Why did they have this effect on me?

Just a Word

From the Pastor 06.18.23 -

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Fr. Baker