SICK CALLS - In all cases of serious illness or accidents, a priest should be called at once. Holy Communion will be brought to the sick upon request.

MARRIAGES - Should be arranged at least 6 months in advance.

NEWCOMERS - All new families / individuals may register by stopping at the rectory or by calling the parish secretary ext. 220.

Sunday of Divine Mercy April 19th, 2020

3010 South 48th Ct., Cicero, IL 60804

Tel. 708-652-0948, www.stmczcicero.com

E- Mail: parish@stmczcicero.com

Office Hours: Monday through Thursday - 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM;

Friday - 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Fr. Waldemar Latkowski CSsR

Superior & Pastor, Ext. 227

E-mail: wlatkowski@stmczcicero.com

Fr. Marian Furca CSsR

Associate Pastor, Ext. 229

E-mail: mfurca@stmczcicero.com

Fr. Zbigniew Pienkos CSsR

Resident Priest Ext. 226

Rosamar Mallari

Secretary, Ext. 220

E-mail: parish@stmczcicero.com

Witold Socha - Music Director,

Tel. 708-299-8816

Masses:

Saturday 8.00 AM (English, every 1st Saturday only)

5:00 PM (English), 6:30 PM (Polish)

Sunday 8:30 AM (English), 10:30 AM (Polish),

12:30 PM & 4:00 PM (Spanish)

Weekdays Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday 7:30 AM (English), 8:15 AM (Spanish)

Wednesday 8:00 AM (English) (only one mass)

First Fridays

7:00 PM (Polish)

Confessions:

Saturday 4:00 – 4:45 PM

(Trilingual) 6:00 — 6:30 PM

(Trilingual)

Wednesday 6:00 – 7:40 PM

(Trilingual)

Sunday 10:00 – 10:30 AM (Polish)

First Friday

6:30 – 7:00 PM (Polish)

Devotions:

Every Wednesday 8:30AM Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM The entire day of adoration

of the Blessed Sacrament

7:00 PM Prayer Group-Adoration (Spanish) 7:45 PM Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

(Spanish)

First Fridays 8:00-8:10 AM Adoration (English)

First Saturdays

8:30-9:00 AM Adoration (English)

Every Saturdays 6:30PM Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Polish)

Every Fourth Saturday

6:30 PM Novena, Mass & Prayer Vigil (Polish)

Sunday April 19th For blessings and health for Jean Yunker on her birthday

(Wojdula and Yunker families) † Floyd F. Nowaczyk (Jean and Philip Nowaczyk) † Adolfina Dobrzanska, 7th anniversary (Teresa and Adam

Domek) † George Enda (family) † Dennis Pencak (Janet Meyers) † Triplets Anthony, Valerie, and Helen Motyka (Wojdula and

Yunker families) O Boże błogoslawieństwo i potrzebne łaski dla osób włączonych

do żywego różańca za małżonków za wstawiennictwem św. Józefa, św. Rity i św. o.Pio

O Boże błogoslawieństwo dla dzieci omodlonych przez rodziców w różach żywego różańca pod wezwaniem św. Jana Pawła II, św. Joanny Bertta Mola i św. Jana Bosko.

O Boże błogoslawieństwo i potrzebne łaski dla członków grupy różańcowej pod wezwaniem św. Faustyny Kowalskiej.

O szybki powrot do zdrowia i opieke M.B. Czestochowskiej dla Boguslawy Ptak by maz z dziecmi

O zdrowie i blog. Boze dla Bronislawy i Stanislawa Granat † Aniela Piszczór (rodzina) † Beata Nawrocka (family) † Krzysztof Kogut (żona z dziećmi i przyjaciele) (family) Monday April 20th † John and Helen Kociolko (son) Tuesday April 21st † Anselmo Garcia Carlon by Edelmira Garcia Wednesday April 22nd † Albert G. Skrzypczak by Dorothy

Mass Intention Requests Those wishing to honor a loved one during the celebration of Mass-for the living or the deceased, or for prayerful re-

membrance of anniversaries, birthdays, and other special

intentions should contact the parish secretary at 708-652-

0948 ext. 220. The stipend per Mass intention is $10, over

the phone payments accepted.

April 19, 2020 Second Sunday of Easter

(or Sunday of Divine Mercy) GET REAL! Those of us who flatter ourselves that we have a “realistic” view of the world may listen to the first reading today and say, “Get real!” when we hear Luke’s account of the early, Elysian days of the Christian movement. All seems to be rosy, lots of wonders are performed, everyone shares selflessly, they eat together in “exultation,” and the Lord added to their numbers? Well, who wouldn’t be attracted to a group like this? From the wind that swept through the upper room at Pentecost as the Spirit of God blew over the face of the waters in Genesis, and the fire that appeared over each disciple as the light appeared at the dawn of creation, Luke’s intent in Acts is to show a new creation, a restoration of creation’s origi-nal goodness through the working of the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit who continues to make us into the Body of Christ. We may occasionally, like Thomas in the Gospel, say, “Get real!” but our ultimate reality in the Spirit is to work continually to make our Chris-tian community a new creation, one in which others will find God’s joy and beauty. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — All who believed were devoted to the teachings of the apostles, the communal life, the breaking of the bread, and prayer (Acts 2:42-47). Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading — God has given us an undimin-ished inheritance, safeguarded for us in heaven (1 Peter 1:3-9). Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. The absent Thomas doubts (John 20:19-31). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Internation-al Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora-tion. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Sunday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35

Prayer to the Divine Mercy O Lord, behold here before You a soul who exists in this world in order to allow You to exercise Your admirable mercy and manifest it before heaven and earth. Others may glorify You through their faith-fulness and perseverance, thus making evident the power of Your grace. How sweet and generous You are to those who are faithful to You! Nevertheless, I will glorify You by acquaint-ing others of Your goodness to sinners and by re-minding them that Your mercy is above all malice, that nothing can exhaust it, and that no relapse, no matter how shameful or criminal, should allow the sinner to despair of forgiveness.

I have offended You grievously, O Beloved Redeemer, but it would be still worse if I were to offend You by thinking that You were lacking in goodness to forgive me. I would rather He deprive me of everything else than the trust I have in Your Mercy. Should I fall a hundred times or should my crimes be a hundred times worse that they actually are, I would continue to trust in Your mercy.

Amen.

Live-streaming of The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy at 3:00 PM in YouTube and Facebook (click the Livestream link in our website).

O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust

ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while re-maining steadfast in faith. O loving Mother, you know what we need, and weareconfident you will providefor us asat Canain Galilee.

Intercedefor us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable, and for tho-se who have died. Intercede also for those-

charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who aretending to the sick and seeking acure. Help us, O Mother of

Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as weare told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried

our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen

Our Mather of Czestochowa - pray for us.

A PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

IN TIME OF PANDEMIC

Marylin Nowicki Nancy Orozco Lopez

Carolyn Paida John Paida

Mike Pawlowski Ted Rawick

Mark F. Rendak Leopoldo Reyna

Mary Ruiz Joann Wojdula Scamerhorn

Kathleen Smith Haley Spirakis

Antonio Venegas Peter Walke Bob Wegner

Marie Wisnieski Brenda Wojkovich

Jim Wojdula Denise Yunker Mark Yunker

Michael Yunker Sr. Paul Zaragoza

If you would like to add a name to the list, please call the rectory at 708652-0948 Ext. 220.

Zofia Bednara Fr. Ted Bojczuk Robert Buckner Pierre Chapman

Jim Connelly Anthony Dean

Maria Diaz Denise Dooley

Lottie Fik Alma Guzman

Edward Hennessey Trinidad Hernandez Heather Hirschbein Denise M Jandura

Rich S Jandura Ed Jentczek

Maria Jimenez Olga Jimenez

Theresa Kazda Harriet Kurcab Andrea Kulaga

Karen Lambrecht Graciela Lopez

Ray Mizura Nicholas Moskos

pray for our parishioners who are ill

Please call the rectory office to add or delete names from the list.

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St. Mary of Czestochowa

Sunday of Divine Mercy

John 20:19-31

Thomas believes because he

sees Jesus.

Background on the Gospel

Reading

The Gospels tell us

that Jesus appeared to the disciples on several occasions after they

discovered that his tomb was empty. Part of the mystery of Jesus’

Resurrection is that he appeared to his disciples not as a spirit but in

bodily form. The bodily form was not one that the disciples recog-

nized though. In John’s Gospel, Mary of Magdala does not recog-

nize that the figure standing before her is Jesus until he speaks to

her. In Luke’s Gospel the disciples who meet Jesus on the road to

Emmaus do not recognize him until he breaks bread with them. The

resurrected Jesus had a physical presence, but the disciples could-

n’t recognize Jesus unless he allowed them to. His resurrected

body, nonetheless, showed the marks of his crucifixion.

From readings such as today’s Gospel, we also see that in

his resurrected body, Jesus seems to be free of physical constraints.

He appears to the disciples despite the fact that the doors were

locked.

Jesus greets his disciples with the gift of peace and the gift

of the Holy Spirit. In doing so, Jesus commissions his disciples to

continue the work that he has begun: “As the Father has sent me, so

I send you.” During the meeting, Jesus also shows the integral con-

nection between forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The story of Thomas illustrates our Christian experience

today: We are called to believe without seeing. In fact, all Christians

after the first witnesses have been called to believe without seeing.

Thomas’s doubt is hardly surprising; the news of Jesus’ appearance

was incredible to the disciples who had seen him crucified and bur-

ied. Thomas’s human nature compelled him to want hard evidence

that the Jesus who appeared to the disciples after his death was

indeed the same Jesus who had been crucified. Thomas is given the

opportunity to act on that desire. He is our witness that Jesus is

really risen.

Our faith is based on the witness of the Church that has

preceded us, beginning with Thomas and the first disciples. Through

Baptism we receive the same Holy Spirit that Jesus brought to the

first disciples. We are among those who are “blessed” because we

believe without having seen.

Saint Mark Feast Day April 25

St. Mark was an evangelist, or Gospel writer. In fact, he was the pioneer in Gospel writing. His is the shortest and the oldest of the Gospels. Little is known of Mark except from the New Testament. He was not one of the twelve apostles, but was a member of the first Chri-stian community. Mark had firsthand experience of the early Church and apostolic life. He was a traveling com-panion and assistant of Paul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey. Something happened to Mark on that journey, perhaps homesickness, so he returned to Jerusalem. The incident caused a quarrel between Paul and Barnabas. Barnabas, Mark’s cousin, was sympathetic toward Mark, but Paul would not hear of Mark accompa-nying them again. La-ter Paul and Mark must have been recon-ciled, because when Paul wrote to Timothy during his final impri-sonment, he asked for Mark’s help. Mark’s Go-spel was a great con-tribution to the Church. It included oral and written tradi-tion concerning the words and deeds of Jesus. Mark probably secured some of his material from St. Pe-ter. He shows Jesus as the suffering Son of God. Mark knew that to accept the Risen Jesus meant to come to terms with the cross. Jesus was glorified because he willingly allo-wed himself to suffer death for our salvation. Mark wri-tes that anyone who wishes to follow Jesus must accept the cross. Mark wrote to proclaim the Good News to a community of both Jewish and Gentile Christians. His Gospel is direct and simple to read. He speaks to Chri-stians about Jesus, who understands their difficulties and sufferings and will one day bring them to share with him eternal joy and glory. Traditionally Mark is thought to have been foun-der and bishop of the church of Alexandria, Egypt, where he was martyred. Over the years artists have given a symbol to each of the evangelists. Mark’s symbol is a winged lion because his Gospel begins with the story of John the Baptist who, like a roaring lion, called people to repent. from Saints Kit

San Marcos Evangelista 25 de abril

Era primo de San Bernabé y acompañó a este y a San Pablo en el primer viaje misionero que hicieron estos dos apósto-les. Pero al llegar a regiones donde había muchos guerrilleros y atracadores, donde según palabras de San Pablo: "había peligro de ladrones, peligro de asaltos en los caminos, peligro de asaltos en la soledad" (2 Cor.), Marcos se atemorizó y se apartó de los dos misioneros y se volvió otra vez a su patria. En el segundo viaje Bernabé quiso llevar consigo otra vez a su primo Marcos, pero San Pablo se opuso, diciendo que no ofrecía garantías de perseverancia para resistir los peligros y las dificultades del viaje. Esto hizo que los dos apóstoles se sepa-raran y se fueran cada uno por su lado a misionar. Después vol-verá a ser otra vez muy amigo de San Pablo. San Marcos llegó a ser el secretario y hombre de con-fianza de San Pedro. Como le escuchaba siempre sus sermones

Domingo de Divina Mise-ricordia

Jn 20, 19-31

Al anochecer del día de la resurrección, es-tando cerradas las puertas de la casa donde se halla-ban los discípulos, por miedo a los judíos, se pre-sentó Jesús en medio de ellos y les dijo: “La paz esté con ustedes”. Dicho

esto, les mostró las manos y el costado. Cuando los discí-pulos vieron al Señor, se llenaron de alegría. De nuevo les dijo Jesús: “La paz esté con ustedes. Como el Padre me ha enviado, así también los envío yo”. Después de decir esto, sopló sobre ellos y les dijo: “Reciban el Espíritu Santo. A los que les perdonen los pe-cados, les quedarán perdonados; y a los que no se los per-donen, les quedarán sin perdonar”. Tomás, uno de los Doce, a quien llamaban el Ge-melo, no estaba con ellos cuando vino Jesús, y los otros discípulos le decían: “Hemos visto al Señor”. Pero él les contestó: “Si no veo en sus manos la señal de los clavos y si no meto mi dedo en los agujeros de los clavos y no meto mi mano en su costado, no creeré”. Ocho días después, estaban reunidos los discípulos a puerta cerrada y Tomás estaba con ellos. Jesús se presen-tó de nuevo en medio de ellos y les dijo: “La paz esté con ustedes”. Luego le dijo a Tomás: “Aquí están mis manos; acerca tu dedo. Trae acá tu mano, métela en mi costado y no sigas dudando, sino cree”. Tomás le respondió: “¡Señor mío y Dios mío!” Jesús añadió: “Tú crees porque me has visto; dichosos los que creen sin haber visto”. Otros muchos signos hizo Jesús en presencia de sus discípulos, pero no están escritos en este libro. Se es-cribieron éstos para que ustedes crean que Jesús es el Me-sías, el Hijo de Dios, y para que, creyendo, tengan vida en su nombre.

que no eran sino el recordar los hechos y las palabras de Jesús, Marcos fue aprendiéndolos muy bien. Y dicen que a pedido de los cristianos de Roma escribió lo que acerca de Jesucristo había oído predicar al apóstol. Esto es lo que se llama "Evangelio según San Marcos". El evangelio de San Marcos es como una repetición de lo que el Apóstol Pedro predicaba. Es el más corto de los 4 evange-lios. El de San Lucas tiene 1,140 frases. El de Mateo 1,068. El de San Juan 879 y el de San Marcos solamente tiene 746 frases. Son 16 capítulos llenos de narraciones muy vivas, gráficas, salpicadas de detalles interesantes. Se propone no dejar de narrar lo que contribuya a hacer más llamativa la narración. Allí parece estar hablando un testigo ocular que se ha fijado en todo y lo repite con agrado. Es el reflejo de lo que San Pedro presenció y que se le ha quedado grabado en su memoria. Se fija más en los hechos de Jesús que en sus discursos. Sus narraciones son agradables por lo frescas y espontáneas. Parece un reportero gráfico narrando lo que sus ojos vieron y sus oídos escucharon. Presenta atractivos cuadros: gestos, miradas, sentimientos de Jesús. Dicen los espe-cialistas que el evangelio de San Marcos mientras más se le estu-dia, más se convence uno de que el que lo escribió era un verda-dero artista de la narración y que con este escrito contribuyó a que muchos millones de lectores se entusiasmen por la persona de nuestro amable Salvador. Un sabio afirmó que "el evangelio de San Marcos es el libro más importante que se ha escrito", pues parece que fue el primer evangelio que se escribió y que de él sacaron mucho material los otros tres evangelistas. San Marcos tiene 105 paisajes y de ellos aparecen 93 en Mateo y 85 en Lucas. De las 746 frases de Marcos, San Mateo reproduce 606 y copia el 51% de las palabras que emplea Mar-cos. San Lucas reproduce en su evangelio 320 de las 746 frases de San Marcos. Solamente hay 24 frases de San Marcos que no se encuentran ni en Mateo ni en Lucas. Por eso es que el Evan-gelio de San Marcos es un libro verdaderamente importante. San Pedro llama a Marcos en sus cartas: "Hijo mío". Y San Pablo cuando escribe a Timoteo desde su prisión en Roma le dice: "Tráigame a Marcos, porque necesito de su colaboración". Dicen los antiguos historiadores que fue un compañero muy apre-ciado por los dos apóstoles. Dicen que San Marcos fue nombrado obispo de Alejan-dría en Egipto, y que allá en esa ciudad fue martirizado por los enemigos de la religión un 25 de abril. La ciudad de Venecia (Italia) lo eligió como patrono y construyó en su honor la bellísima Catedral de San Marcos.

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Prosił o to Jezus objawiający się siostrze Faustynie Kowalskiej.

Formy kultu Miłosierdzia Bożego Cześć obrazu Jezusa Miłosiernego: ma on przedstawiać Pana Jezusa z czerwonymi i bladymi promieniami wypły-wającymi z Jego serca, i podpisem: „Jezu, ufam Tobie”. „Dusza, która czcić będzie ten obraz nie zginie” - obiecu-je Pan Jezus. Pierwszy obraz, malowany „pod dyktando” s. Faustyny, pozostał w Wilnie. Z powstałych później na podstawie „Dzienniczka” wizerunków Jezusa Miłosierne-go, na całym świecie kultu doznaje obraz namalowany przez krakowskiego artystę z Łagiewnik Adolfa Hyłę. Święto Miłosierdzia (obchodzone w pierwszą niedzielę po Wielkanocy) dał Pan Jezus grzesznikom jako „ostatnią deskę ratunku”. Z dobrze odprawioną spowiedzią i Ko-

munią św. przyjętą w tym dniu związana jest obietnica „zupełnego odpuszczenia win i kar”. W archidiecezji krakowskiej kard. Franciszek Macharski ustanowił je w 1985 r. 10 lat później, na wniosek Episkopatu Polski, Stolica Apostolska zezwoliła na obcho-dzenie go w całej Polsce.

Szkarłat bielszy od śniegu :. Koronka do Miłosierdzia Bożego: „Chociażby grzesznik był najzatwardzialszy, je-

żeli raz tylko zmówi tę koronkę, dostąpi łaski z nieskończonego miłosierdzia Mojego” - zapewnia Pan Jezus.

Jak odmawiać Koronkę do Miłosierdzia Bożego? :. Modlitwa w godzinie Miłosierdzia (w chwili konania Jezusa na krzyżu o godz.

15.00): „W tej godzinie - obiecuje Pan Jezus - nie odmówię duszy niczego, która mnie prosi przez mękę Moją”.

Godzina Miłosierdzia:. Szerzenie czci Bożego Miłosierdzia: tych, którzy szerzą cześć Bożego Miłosierdzia

„osłaniam przez całe życie jak czuła matka swe niemowlę, a w godzinę śmierci nie bę-dę im Sędzią, ale miłosiernym Zbawicielem” - zapewnia Jezus.

Prośba Jezusa się spełnia :. Lekarstwo na duchowe biedy :.

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