Saint Michael Parish May 6, 2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter Rev. Arturo Chagala, Parochial Administrator Bernadette Brokars– Office Manager Saint Michael Church Founded 1831
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Immaculate Conception Church Front & Allen Streets Temporarily No masses Office hours at Saint Michael Tuesday—Friday 9:30 a.m.— 1:00 p.m.
MASS /MISA Sunday Mass at St. Michael 8:30 a.m., English 10:00 a.m. English 11:30 a.m. Español Daily Mass at St. Michael Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. CONFESSIONS Contact Father Arturo Chagala At the Rectory
Sixth Sunday of Easter Saint Michael Parish has been a viable part of Fish town/Northern Liberties for 185 years. We continue creating a community where all God’s children are treated with dignity & respect and where faith, hope and love/charity are abound. We welcome all new immigrants and visitors to our parish. La parroquia de San Miguel ha sido una parte viable de Fishtown/Northern Liberties por 185 años. Continuamos creando una comunidad donde tratamos con dignidad y respeto a los niños y donde la fe, la esperanza y el amor/la caridad es abundante. Damos la bienvenida a todos los nuevos inmigrantes y vecinos a nuestra parroquia.
May 6, Sixth Sunday of Easter This is My Commandment That you love one another as I have Loved you Liturgical Ministers
MASSES FOR THE Week May 6, 2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:30 10:00 AM Thos. Ledereer R/O Rita Lederer !!;300 May 7, 2018Monday Sixth Week of Easter 8:30 AM Pope Francis May 8, Tuesday Easter Weekday 8:30 AM Maria Magdalena Hernandez 05/09 Wednesday Easter Week 8:30AM Sophie Floody R/O sis Clemens 05/10 Thursday Easter Weekday Ascension of The Lord 8:30 Fr Frank Gilberti Fr Karl Zeuner Fr Nicholas Wasserline 05/11 Friday Easter Weekday 8:30 Fr Frank Gilberti, Fr Nicholas Wasserline and Rev. Karl Zeuner May 13 Seventh Sunday of Easter 8:30 10:00 AM Raymond Lederer R/O Eileen Lederer !!;300 SANCTUARY LIGHTS This week, the candles in the sanctuaries Will burn for the following intentions:
Please Pray for our Sick Carmen Diaz Gloria Mathis Edie Mc Grath Hanah Rauch Sissy Colville, Dorothy Martin, Lynne Farrell, Bill Long, Tom Becker, Dean Colville, Eileen Lederer, Jorge Valverde, Cheryl Howards, Elaine Hoffman, Amador & Carmen Santiago, Jane Donohue, Sonny Dunbar, Sharon Micenec, Carmen Robles, Ray Fenner, John Halgen, Audrey Brown, Edward Campbell, Zoraida Caez, Edward Holmes, Henry Lucier, Sis Clemens, Ralph Berarducci, Maria Rivera, Isabella Lederer, Bianca Mercado, Dorothy Schill, Joseph Micenec, Olga Espada, Hilda Rodriguez, Freddie Nagle, and Jane Donahue. Those who have asked for our prayers & those who have no one to pray for them.
May 13 seventh week of Easter 8:30 AM Lector: Bernadette Zotter Eucharistic Maria Maldononada 10:00 AM Lector: as per schedule Eucharistic Min.: as available 11:30 AM : as per schedule Eucharistic Min.: As Available
Christ is Risen Alleluia If you have a friend or relative who is sick, or troubled, please give us their name, address and phone number so we can pray for them and visit them in their home. You may e mail Saint Michael’s or call the office with your request. *********** Si tiene un amigo o pariente enfermo, o con problemas, por favor denos su nombre, dirección y teléfono número para que podamos orar por ellos y visitarlos en su hogar. Puede enviar un correo electrónico a Saint Michaels o llamar a la oficina con su solicitud.
May 6, 2018 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Those wishing to have their child bap zed. Classes will be held: on the 3rd Saturday of every month.at 11:30 a.m. in the Gallagher Hall. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Arrangements must be made with the pastor eight months in advance in order to fulfill Diocesan requirements. Couples rather than parents or wedding coordinators should contact the church. CARE FOR THE SICK: In the occasion of an emergency call the rectory immediately. Call the rectory for a visits at home to the elderly and inform or when someone enters the hospital and wishes a visit from the parish priest. SPONSORSHIP: To be a sponsor/godparent for Bap sm or Confirma on and receive a le er of eligibility from the Pastor, a person must be a registered member of the parish for a minimum of 6 months, at least 16 years of age, received all the Sacraments through Confirma on, a ending Mass faithfully, and Married sacramentally.
SACRAMENTO DEL BAUTISMO: Aquellos que desean que sus hijos sean bautizados, La clase se llevarán a cabo empezando el Sabado 23 de Septiembre y después de esa fecha cada tercer Sabado de mes, A las 11:30 a.m. en el Salón Gallagher Hall.
SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO: Se deben hacer arreglos con el administrados parroquial, ocho meses antes y cumplir con los requisitos Diocesanos. CUIDADO DE LOS ENFERMOS: En ocasión de una Situación de emergencia, de enfermedad o visitas en casa o hospital y desea la visita del Párroco. PADRINOS: Padrino/madrina de Bautismo o confirmación y si Usted necesita recibir una carta comprobante del párroco la persona debe ser miembro registrado de la Parroquia por un mínimo de 6 meses, por lo menos 16 años de edad, recibió todos los Sacramentos hasta confirmación, asistir a la misa fielmente Y si es pareja, ser casado sacramentalmente.
RECORDATORIO: Hay una serie de misas disponibles parahonrar a tus seres queridos. Para programar una misa, venga a la oficina.
ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Every Thursday in the Church following the 8:30 a.m. mass un l 1:00 p.m. COME, LET US ADORE! ATENCION FELIGRESES EXPOSICION DELSANTISIMO SACRAMENTO Cada Jueves en la Iglesia despues de la misa de las 8:30 a.m. hasta la 1:00 p.m. Venid y adoremos!
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May 6 ,2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter A friend once described the spiritual life in this way: Each of us is a child with an instinct for beauty, and God, who is the Beauty behind all beauty, is the hidden presence we naturally seek to touch. We spend our lives reaching for that beauty. But creation is so very great, and we're so very small, that we can accomplish very little -- until God stoops down to provide us with a stool to stand on, so that we can stretch out and touch his face. The legs of that stool are faith, hope and love; and these three great "theological virtues" are what I pray God will fill each of us with in the days of Holy Week and throughout the Easter season. Faith gives meaning. Human beings were made for a purpose; only faith provides it; and without it the soul will die. Faith is not simply doctrines, though these are essential. Faith is not sentiment, or knowledge, or law, though all these play a vital role in our life of faith. Faith is the certitude that God exists and loves us, because he has revealed himself in the one way which doesn't leave much room for disagreement: his palpable presence in our lives. Of course the irony, as C.S. Lewis once wrote, is that the hardest thing to believe is something we've just preached or defended to another. Before ascending to his Father, Jesus told his disciples to preach and teach the good news. That command includes us. But giving the truth away to another person can leave an empty place in our own hearts. The only way to refill that space is to turn back to God and beg him again for his presence. This is one important reason why we pray. Hope gives joy. Every Christian sooner than later discovers that his own skills are too poor, and his sins too stubborn, to be the kind of disciple the world needs -- unless the Easter miracle is true and the resurrected Jesus, once dead but now alive again, is real and present in our lives. Hope sinks its roots in faith and flowers in joy. At the end of the day, there are no unhappy saints. Easter is the great feast of hope, and in the centuries since the empty tomb, we're all living in the morning of the Resurrection every day. We're part of an endless triumph of life; a message which sets itself, in this world, against a culture of death. The task of every believer is therefore to be a witness to the Resurrection and an agent of hope. Finally, love gives life. Christ's love on the Good Friday cross gave life to the world on Easter. All love is fruitful. Every person's life animated by love is fertile and creates new life according to his or her unique vocation; some in the flesh, some in the spirit, but new life nonetheless. The better we love, the more we become the hands of God, sculpting the new beauty of a redeemed creation. Love draws us into God himself. And from our hearts, love calls out two other virtues which spring from it: humility, which allows us to forget ourselves and cherish the dignity of others; and courage, which enables us to live and speak the truth not as a weapon, but as a gift. It isn't enough to speak the truth. We need, as Paul wrote, to speak the truth in love. This year during The Easter Season let's remember that the spiritual life of every Christian should be fired by the words Jesus shared with his apostles on the night he was betrayed: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you" (Jn 15:12). Christ's suffering and death on Good Friday bore fruit in our salvation. When we seek to love with Christ's intensity -- as the apostles did; as every disciple is called to do -- the light of Christ's resurrection will enter our families and begin to transform every life we touch. Such love changed the world once. It can do so again. May God grant all of us a blessed Holy Week and Easter season -- and the faith and hope, the love, humility and courage, to live Easter every day of the year. Archbishop Charles Chaput
Un amigo una vez describió la vida espiritual de esta manera: cada uno de nosotros es un niño con un instinto de belleza, y Dios, que es la Belleza detrás de toda belleza, es la presencia oculta que naturalmente buscamos tocar. Pasamos nuestras vidas buscando esa belleza. Pero la creación es muy grande, y somos muy pequeños, que podemoslograr muy poco - hasta que Dios se agacha para proporcionarnos un taburete para pararse, para que podamos estirarnos y tocar su rostro. Las piernas de ese taburete son fe, esperanza y amor; y estas tres grandes "virtudes teologales" son lo que yo deseo que Dios nos llene a cada uno de nosotros en los días de la Semana Santa y durante todo el tiempo de Pascua. La fe le da significado. Los seres humanos fueron creados para un propósito; solo la fe lo proporciona; y sin ella, el alma morirá. La fe no es simplemente doctrinas, aunque estas son esenciales. La fe no es sentimiento, ni conocimiento, ni ley, aunque todos estos juegan un papel vital en nuestra vida de fe. La fe es la certeza de que Dios existe y nos ama, porque se ha revelado de una manera que no deja mucho espacio para el desacuerdo: su presencia palpable en nuestras vidas. Por supuesto, la ironía, como una vez escribió C. S. Lewis, es que lo más difícil de creer es algo que acabamos de predicar o defender a otro. Antes de ascender a su Padre, Jesús les dijo a sus discípulos que predicaran y enseñaran las buenas nuevas. Ese comando nos incluye a nosotros. Pero regalar la verdad a otra persona puede dejar un lugar vacío en nuestros corazones. La única forma de rellenar ese espacio es regresar a Dios y suplicarle nuevamente por su presencia. Esta es una razón importante por la que oramos. La esperanza da alegría Cada cristiano más pronto que tarde descubre que sus propias habilidades son demasiado pobres, y sus pecados demasiado tercos, para ser el tipo de discípulo que el mundo necesita, a menos que el milagro de Pascua sea verdadero y el Jesús resucitado, una vez muerto, pero ahora vivo de nuevo, es real y está presente en nuestras vidas. La esperanza hunde sus raíces en la fe y las flores en la alegría. Al final del día, no hay santos infelices. La Pascua es la gran fiesta de la esperanza, y en los siglos desde la tumba vacía, todos vivimos en la mañana de la Resurrección todos los días. Somos parte de un triunfo sin fin de la vida; un mensaje que se establece, en este mundo, en contra de una cultura de la muerte. La tarea de cada creyente es, por lo tanto, ser un testigo de la Resurrección y un agente de la esperanza.Finalmente, el amor da vida. El amor de Cristo en la cruz del Viernes Santo dio vida al mundo en Pascua. Todo amor es fructífero. La vida de cada persona animada por el amor es fértil y crea una nueva vida de acuerdo con su vocación única; algunos en la carne, otros en el espíritu, pero nueva vida, no obstante. Cuanto mejor amamos, más nos convertimos en las manos de Dios, esculpiendo la nueva belleza de una creación redimida. El amor nos atrae hacia Dios mismo. Y desde nuestro corazón, el amor evoca otras dos virtudes que surgen de él: la humildad, que nos permite olvidarnos de nosotros mismos y apreciar la dignidad de los demás; y coraje, que nos permite vivir y decir la verdad no como un arma, sino como un regalo. No es suficiente decir la verdad. Necesitamos, como escribió Pablo, hablar la verdad en amor. Este año, durante la temporada de Pascua, recordemos que la vida espiritual de cada cristiano debe ser encendida por las palabras que Jesús compartió con sus apóstoles la noche en que fue traicionado: "Este es mi mandamiento, que se amen los unos a los otros como yo los he amado" (Jn 15:12). El sufrimiento y la muerte de Cristo en el Viernes Santo dieron fruto en nuestra salvación. Cuando buscamos amar con la intensidad de Cristo, como lo hicieron los apóstoles; como todo discípulo está llamado a hacer, la luz de la resurrección de Cristo entrará en nuestras familias y comenzará atransforma cada vida que tocamos.
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