CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Pastor

Rev. Saint Charles Borno

Parochial Vicars

Rev. Felino Reyes Rev. Pierre Louis

Deacons Deacon Ronald Agnant

Deacon Joseph Piaubert

Admin. Assist

Mrs. Sandra B. Joseph

Religious Education Ms. Nancy Gerard

RCIA Coord.

Deacon Ronald

Agnant

RCIA Office Hours

By Appointment Only

Trustees

Chantal Marie Isaac Gil Modesto Solis

Music Director Jeremy Laguerre

279 East 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226

Our Mission Statement

The parish of the Holy Innocents in Brooklyn is a blessed multicultural community. We exist to proclaim, witness and celebrate the presence of Christ in the community through evangelization and Liturgical cele-brations. We are committed to fos-ter a strong spirituality, a sense of stewardship, responsible leadership by promoting unity, social justice and peace. We seek guidance from the Holy Spirit to achieve our mis-sion as Disciples of Christ.

Nuestra Mision

La Paroquia de los Santos Inocentes en Brooklyn es una comunidad mul-ticultural bendecido. Nosotros ex-istimos para proclamar el testimonio y celebrar la presencia de Cristo a través de la evangelización y cele-braciones litúrgicas. Estamos com-prometidos a fomentar una espiritu-alidad, un sentido de la corre-sponsabilidad, el liderazgo re-sponsable de promover la unidad, la justicia social y la paz. Buscamos la guía del Espírtu Santo para nuestra misión como Discípulos de Cristo.

Misyon Nou

Pawas Sent Inosan ki nan Brook-lyn nan, nou se yon kominote beni e miltikiltirèl. Nou existe poun proklame, temwaye e selebre pre-zans Jezi-kri nan kominote a, nan jan nou evangelize e selebre litiji nou yo. Nou se yon komite ki gen yon spirtitualite djan-m. Nou pran responsablite ki pemet nou grandi nan inyon, jistis sosyal e kè poze. Nap chèche sekou Lespri Sen an poun kapab akonpli misyon nou kom vrè disip Kris la.

Weekdays

Monday—Saturday:

8:00 AM English

Saturday Vigil 4:00 PM English

7:00 PM Spanish

Sunday 9:00 AM English

11:00 AM Spanish

1:45 PM Creole

Reconciliation

Saturday at 4:00PM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—7:00PM Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00PM

Sunday: 9:00AM—2:00PM

MASS SCHEDULE Baptism Celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of the month in English, Spanish & Creole (in the English

or at the Haitian Mass on Sunday)

Marriage Arrangements for marriage must be made with a priest at least SIX MONTHS

before the wedding.

PARISH PASTORAL STAFF

SACRAMENTS

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Pope at Urbi et orbi: Full text of his meditation

Pope Francis meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of

Mark during the prayer service over which he presided on the steps of

St Peter's Basilica on Friday evening. Here is the full text.

“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard be-gins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by; we feel it in the air, we notice in people’s gestures, their glances give them away. We find ourselves afraid and lost. Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other. On this boat… are all of us. Just like those disciples, who spoke anxiously with one voice, saying “We are perishing” (v. 38), so we too have realized that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves, but only together can we do this. It is easy to recognize ourselves in this story. What is harder to understand is Jesus’ attitude. While his disciples are quite naturally alarmed and desperate, he stands in the stern, in the part of the boat that sinks first. And what does he do? In spite of the tempest, he sleeps on soundly, trusting in the Father; (Continued throughout bulletin)

The Rectory Office

will be closed until

further notice.

CONFESSION when a priest is not

available? This habit of returning home “takes flesh in the Sacrament of Reconcilia-tion”, the Pope explained. “I know that many of you go to confes-

sion before Easter… Many will say to me:

‘But Father…I can't leave the house and

I want to make my peace with the Lord.

I want Him to embrace me… How can I

do that unless I find a priest?’. Do what

the catechism says. It's very clear. If

you don't find a priest to go to confes-

sion, speak to God. He's your Father.

Tell Him the truth: ‘Lord. I did this and

this and this. Pardon me.’ Ask His for-

giveness with all your heart with an act

of contrition, and promise Him,

‘afterward I will go to confession.’ You

will return to God's grace immediately.

You yourself can draw near, as the cate-

chism teaches us, to God's forgiveness,

without having a priest at hand.”

Sat - Jer 11:18-20/Jn 7:40-53

Sun - Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-

45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

Mon - Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33

-62 or 13:41c-62/Jn 8:1-11

Tue - Nm 21:4-9/Jn 8:21-30

Wed - Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Jn 8:31-

42

Thu - Gn 17:3-9/Jn 8:51-59

Fri - Jer 20:10-13/Jn 10:31-42

Sat - Ez 37:21-28/Jn 11:45-56

MASS INTENTIONS ∙In loving memory of Jean Claude Jean Pierre by Marie Jean Pierre and his

children

∙En accion de gracias por el anniversario de san Oscar Romero pedido por el

committee Relna de la Paz

∙God’s Blessing upon Erick Phillpotts by Gladys Phillpotts and children

∙In loving memory of Marie Rolande Delva and Ramses Jean-Noel

∙Thanksgiving to the Lord by Marie Kerline Lamour

∙Thanksgiving for Adler and Bianca Roseau by Kerline Roseau

∙Por eterno Descanso de Juanita Hernandez pedido por M. Hernandez

∙Bendiciones de cumpleanos para la difurda Margarita Polano pedido por

Ana P.

this is the only time in the Gospels we see Jesus sleeping. When he wakes up, after calming the wind and the waters, he turns to the disciples in a reproaching voice: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” (v. 40). Let us try to understand. In what does the lack of the disciples’ faith consist, as con-trasted with Jesus’ trust? They had not stopped believing in him; in fact, they called on him. But we see how they call on him: “Teacher, do you not care if we per-ish?” (v. 38). Do you not care: they think that Jesus is not interested in them, does not care about them. One of the things that hurts us and our families most when we hear it said is: “Do you not care about me?” It is a phrase that wounds and unleash-es storms in our hearts. It would have shaken Jesus too. Because he, more than an-yone, cares about us. Indeed, once they have called on him, he saves his disciples from their discouragement. The storm exposes our vulnerability and uncovers those false and superfluous cer-tainties around which we have constructed our daily schedules, our projects, our habits and priorities. It shows us how we have allowed to become dull and feeble the very things that nourish, sustain and strengthen our lives and our communities. The tempest lays bare all our prepackaged ideas and forgetfulness of what nourish-es our people’s souls; all those attempts that anesthetize us with ways of thinking and acting that supposedly “save” us, but instead prove incapable of putting us in touch with our roots and keeping alive the memory of those who have gone before us. We deprive ourselves of the antibodies we need to confront adversity. In this storm, the façade of those stereotypes with which we camouflaged our egos, always worrying about our image, has fallen away, uncovering once more that (blessed) common belonging, of which we cannot be deprived: our belonging as brothers and sisters. “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Lord, your word this evening strikes us and regards us, all of us. In this world, that you love more than we do, we have gone ahead at breakneck speed, feeling powerful and able to do anything. Greedy for profit, we let ourselves get caught up in things, and lured away by haste. We did not stop at your reproach to us, we were not shaken awake by wars or injustice across the world, nor did we listen to the cry of the poor or of our ailing planet. We carried on regardless, thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick. Now that we are in a stormy sea, we implore you: “Wake up, Lord!”. “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Lord, you are calling to us, calling us to faith. Which is not so much believing that you exist, but coming to you and trusting in you. This Lent your call reverberates urgently: “Be converted!”, “Return to me with all your heart” (Joel 2:12). You are calling on us to seize this time of trial as a time of choosing. It is not the time of your judgement, but of our judgement: a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not. It is a time to get our lives back on track with regard to you, Lord, and to others. We can look to so many exemplary companions for the journey, who, even though fearful, have reacted by giving their lives. This is the force of the Spirit poured out and fashioned in courageous and generous self-denial. It is the life in the Spirit that can redeem, value and demonstrate how our lives are woven together

and sustained by ordinary people – often forgotten people – who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines nor on the grand catwalks of the latest show, but who without any doubt are in these very days writing the decisive events of our time: doctors, nurses, supermarket employees, cleaners, caregivers, providers of transport, law and order forces, volunteers, priests, religious men and women and so very many others who have understood that no one reaches salvation by them-selves. In the face of so much suffering, where the authentic development of our peoples is assessed, we experience the priestly prayer of Jesus: “That they may all be one” (Jn 17:21). How many people every day are exercising patience and offering hope, taking care to sow not panic but a shared responsibility. How many fathers, mothers, grandparents and teachers are showing our children, in small everyday gestures, how to face up to and navigate a crisis by adjusting their routines, lifting their gaze and fostering prayer. How many are praying, offering and interceding for the good of all. Prayer and quiet service: these are our victorious weapons. “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith”? Faith begins when we realise we are in need of salvation. We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we flounder: we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars. Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives. Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them. Like the disciples, we will experience that with him on board there will be no shipwreck. Be-cause this is God’s strength: turning to the good everything that happens to us, even the bad things. He brings serenity into our storms, because with God life never dies. The Lord asks us and, in the midst of our tempest, invites us to reawaken and put into practice that solidarity and hope capable of giving strength, support and mean-ing to these hours when everything seems to be floundering. The Lord awakens so as to reawaken and revive our Easter faith. We have an anchor: by his cross we have been saved. We have a rudder: by his cross we have been redeemed. We have a hope: by his cross we have been healed and embraced so that nothing and no one can separate us from his redeeming love. In the midst of isolation when we are suf-fering from a lack of tenderness and chances to meet up, and we experience the loss of so many things, let us once again listen to the proclamation that saves us: he is risen and is living by our side. The Lord asks us from his cross to rediscover the life that awaits us, to look towards those who look to us, to strengthen, recognize and foster the grace that lives within us. Let us not quench the wavering flame (cf. Is 42:3) that never falters, and let us allow hope to be rekindled. Embracing his cross means finding the courage to embrace all the hardships of the present time, abandoning for a moment our eagerness for power and possessions in order to make room for the creativity that only the Spirit is capable of inspiring. It means finding the courage to create spaces where everyone can recognize that they are called, and to allow new forms of hospitality, fraternity and solidarity. By his cross we have been saved in order to embrace hope and let it strengthen and sustain all measures and all possible avenues for helping us protect ourselves and others. Em-bracing the Lord in order to embrace hope: that is the strength of faith, which frees us from fear and gives us hope. “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith”? Dear brothers and sisters, from this place

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LIVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE – SUNDAY

Time Holy Mass

8:00 A.M. 주일미사 (KO)

9:00 A.M. Mès Saint lan 10:00 A.M. La Santa Messa 11:00 A.M. Holy Mass 12:00 P.M. Msza Święta 1:30 P.M. La Santa Misa

3:00 P.M. 彌撒聖祭 (CH)

LIVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE – WEEKDAYS

Time Holy Mass 8:00 A.M Holy Mass 8:30 A.M Mès Saint lan 9:00 A.M La Santa Misa 9:30 A.M Msza Święta 10:00 A.M. La Santa Messa

10:30 A.M. 彌撒聖祭 (CH)

11:00 A.M. 매일미사 (KO)

that tells of Peter’s rock-solid faith, I would like this evening to entrust all of you to the Lord, through the intercession of Mary, Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea. From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God’s blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace. Lord, may you bless the world, give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts. You ask us not to be afraid. Yet our faith is weak and we are fearful. But you, Lord, will not leave us at the mercy of the storm. Tell us again: “Do not be afraid” (Mt 28:5). And we, together with Peter, “cast all our anxieties onto you, for you care about us” (cf. 1 Pet 5:7).

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