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Church of Sts. John and Paul 280 WEAVER STREET • LARCHMONT, NEW YORK 10538
Phone: 914-834-5458 Fax: 914-833-5081 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.sjpparish.org Parish School: 914-834-6332 Religious Educa on: 914-834-4597
Welcome To All Our Parish Family invites all to be ac ve and
par cipa ng members in every aspect of parish life! We care for each other and we want to
worship and serve our Lord and one another. Please consider volunteering by par cipa ng
where you feel you could help.
Rectory Hours Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
No Office Hours: Saturday, Sundays or Legal Holidays In an emergency, you may call at any me, 914-834-5458.
Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 am (Family Mass) And 11:00 am (Choir)
Monday - Saturday: 9:00 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturday: 4:00 - 4:45 pm
PARISH STAFF Most Rev. John S. Bonnici, Pastor Rev. Louis P. Masi, Administrator Rev. Gerard F. Rafferty, Parochial Vicar Dcn. James A. Brown Deacon Dcn. Jack Shea Director of Parish Ministries of Rel. Ed. Joseph Vanderpool Music Director Dayna Packes Parish Office Administrator Mrs. Catherine Avery Rel. Ed. Administra ve Assistant SCHOOL STAFF Mrs. Fa ma deCarvalho-Gianni Principal Mrs. Patricia Howard Vice Principal Mr. Anthony Sco Assistant Principal for Development & Student Life Ms. Jaclyn Sgro School Administra ve Assistant
ALTAR SERVERS [email protected]
FINANCE COMMITTEE Ted Francavilla, Ann Lefever, Ms. Anne Marie Mo e, Ken Padge , Monica Franco-Tejeda (advisor), James Sullivan
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE Benny Caiola & Rick Lefever
TRUSTEES Ms. Anne Marie Mo e & Mr. William J. Knowles
Remember all donations are tax deductible!
PARISH REGISTRATION: All Catholics living in the Parish are invited to register at the Rectory or visit our website to register on-line at www.sjpparish.org. Parents with children enrolled in the Religious Educa on program must be registered and using the envelope system or WESHARE, sjpparish.churchgiving.com. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Parents must contact the rectory to register for a bap sm. Regis-tered families will be scheduled to a end the Bap smal prepara on class The classes are held in the Rectory mee ng room at 6 pm the second Tuesday of the month. Bap smal ceremony will ordinarily be scheduled on Sundays at 1 pm. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Couples should come to the Parish Office at least (6) months be-fore the wedding and meet with a priest to arrange me, banns, and Pre-Cana Conferences. Please call Parish Office for an appointment, 914-834-5458. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: Please call the Parish Office ANYTIME, 914-834-5458. Communion for the sick may be administered weekly or monthly. Please call the Parish Office to arrange a communion visit. Please no fy us if anyone is hospitalized or homebound. DEVOTIONS Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays a er 9:00 am Mass. Rosary: Wednesday a er the 9:00 am Mass. Adora on: The Eucharist is exposed on Thursday 7:00 pm to Midnight and Friday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Devo on to the Precious Blood: Fridays at 7:30 pm in the Chapel. SOCIETIES & ORGANIZATIONS Coordinator of Liturgical Ministries: Deacon Jack Shea Adult Choir: 11:00 am Mass Sunday; prac ce Wednesday’s 7:30 - 9:00 pm In the Church Children’s Choir: Prac ce 8:30 am before 9:00 mass In the Church Knights of Columbus: Dennis M. Berberich, G.K. CYO: Randy McDonald & Chris Mauch School PSPA: Jennifer Graziano Crisis Pregnancy & Post Abor on Counseling: 1-800-648-4357 Legion of Mary: Thursdays 7 to 8 PM behind the Chapel (914) 834-2457
July 24, 2022
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 24, 2022 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday, July 25th
9:00 JOSEPHINE PETRILLO-(M)Req. by Michael and Susan Chalian
Tuesday, July 26th
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Thursday, July 28th 9:00 DICK CONCANNON-(M)
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Saturday, July 30th
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5:00 SABINA O’HARA-(M)Req. by the Ferrisi Family
Sunday, July 31st 7:30 PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
9:00 GUIDO GULLA-(M)Req. by Marianna Gulla
11:00 JOHN T. TOSLOSKIE-(M)Req. by Central Westchester Principals
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Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly
Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
"In old age they will still bear fruit" (Ps 92:15). These words of the Psalmist are glad tidings, a true “gospel” that we can proclaim to all on this second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. They run counter to what the world thinks about this stage of life, but also to the attitude of grim resignation shown by some of us elderly people, who harbour few expectations for the future.
Many people are afraid of old age. They consider it a sort of disease with which any contact is best avoided. The elderly, they think, are none of their concern and should be set apart, perhaps in homes or places where they can be cared for, lest we have to deal with their problems. This is the mindset of the “throw-away culture”, which leads us to think that we are somehow different from the poor and vulnerable in our midst, untouched by their frailties and separated from “them” and their troubles. The Scriptures see things differently. A long life – so the Bible teaches – is a blessing, and the elderly are not outcasts to be shunned but living signs of the goodness of God who bestows life in abundance. Blessed is the house where an older person lives! Blessed is the family that honours the elderly!
Old age is not a time of life easily understood even by those of us who are already experiencing it. Even though it eventually comes with the passage of time, no one prepares us for old age, and at times it seems to take us by surprise. The more developed societies expend large sums on this stage of life without really helping people to understand and appreciate it; they offer healthcare plans to the elderly but not plans for living this age to the full. This makes it hard to look to the future and discern what direction to take. On the one hand, we are tempted to ward off old age by hiding our wrinkles and pretending to be forever young, while on the other, we imagine that the only thing we can do is bide our time, thinking glumly that we cannot “still bring forth fruit”.
Retirement and grown children make many of the things that used to occupy our time and energy no longer so pressing. The recognition that our strength is ebbing or the onset of sickness can undermine our certainties. The fast pace of the world – with which we struggle to keep up – seems to leave us no alternative but to implicitly accept the idea that we are useless. We can resonate with the heartfelt prayer of the Psalmist: “Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent” (71:9).
Yet that same psalm – which meditates on how the Lord has been present at every stage of our lives – urges us to persevere in hope. Along with old age and white hairs, God continues to give us the gift of life and to keep us from being overcome by evil. If we trust in him, we will find the strength to praise him still (cf. vv. 14-20). We will come to see that growing old is more than the natural decline of the body or the inevitable passage of time, but the gift of a long life. Aging is not a condemnation, but a blessing!
For this reason, we ought to take care of ourselves and remain active in our later years. This is also true from a spiritual standpoint: we ought to cultivate our interior life through the assiduous reading of the word of God, daily prayer, reception of the sacraments and participation in the liturgy. In addition to our relationship with God, we should also culti-vate our relationships with others: first of all by showing affectionate concern for our families, our children and grandchil-dren, but also for the poor and those who suffer, by drawing near to them with practical assistance and our prayers. These things will help us not to feel like mere bystanders, sitting on our porches or looking out from our windows, as life goes on all around us. Instead, we should learn to discern everywhere the presence of the Lord. Like “green olive trees in the house of God” (cf. Ps 52:10), we can become a blessing for those who live next to us.
Old age is no time to give up and lower the sails, but a season of enduring fruitfulness: a new mission awaits us and bids us look to the future. “The special sensibility that those of us who are elderly have for the concerns, thoughts and the affections that make us human should once again become the vocation of many. It would be a sign of our love for the younger generations”. This would be our own contribution to the revolution of tenderness, a spiritual and non-violent revolu-tion in which I encourage you, dear grandparents and elderly persons, to take an active role.
Our world is passing through a time of trial and testing, beginning with the sudden, violent outbreak of the pandemic, and then by a war that is harming peace and development on a global scale. Nor is it a coincidence that war is returning to Europe at a time when the generation that experienced it in the last century is dying out. These great cri-ses risk anaesthetizing us to the reality of other “epidemics” and other widespread forms of violence that menace the human family and our common home.
All this points to the need for a profound change, a conversion, that disarms hearts and leads us to see others as our brothers or sisters. We grandparents and elderly people have a great responsibility: to teach the women and men of our time to regard others with the same understanding and loving gaze with which we regard our own grandchildren. We ourselves have grown in humanity by caring for others, and now we can be teachers of a way of life that is peaceful and attentive to those in greatest need. This attitude may be mistaken for weakness or resignation, yet it will be the meek, not the aggressive and the abusive, who will inherit the earth (cf. Mt 5:5).
One fruit that we are called to bring forth is protecting the world. “Our grandparents held us in their arms and carried us on their knees”; now is the time for us to carry on our own knees – with practical assistance or with prayer alone – not only our own grandchildren but also the many frightened grandchildren whom we have not yet met and who may be fleeing from war or suffering its effects. Let us hold in our hearts – like Saint Joseph, who was a loving and attentive father – the little ones of Ukraine, of Afghanistan, of South Sudan…
Many of us have come to a sage and humble realization of what our world very much needs: the recognition that we are not saved alone, and that happiness is a bread we break together. Let us bear witness to this before those who wrongly think that they can find personal fulfilment and success in conflict. Everyone, even the weakest among us, can do this. The very fact that we allow ourselves to be cared for – often by people who come from other countries – is itself a way of saying that living together in peace is not only possible, but necessary.
Dear grandparents, dear elderly persons, we are called to be artisans of the revolution of tenderness in our world! Let us do so by learning to make ever more frequent and better use of the most valuable instrument at our disposal and, indeed, the one best suited to our age: prayer. “Let us too become, as it were, poets of prayer: let us develop a taste for finding our own words, let us once again take up those taught by the word of God”. Our trustful prayer can do a great deal: it can accompany the cry of pain of those who suffer, and it can help change hearts. We can be “the enduring ‘chorus’ of a great spiritual sanctuary, where prayers of supplication and songs of praise sustain the community that toils and struggles in the field of life”.
The World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly is an opportunity to proclaim once more, with joy, that the Church wants to celebrate together with all those whom the Lord – in the words of the Bible – has “filled with days”. Let us celebrate it together! I ask you to make this Day known in your parishes and communities; to seek out those el-derly persons who feel most alone, at home or in residences where they live. Let us make sure that no one feels alone on this day. Expecting a visit can transform those days when we think we have nothing to look forward to; from an initial encounter, a new friendship can emerge. Visiting the elderly who live alone is a work of mercy in our time!
Let us ask Our Lady, Mother of Tender Love, to make all of us artisans of the revolution of tenderness, so that to-gether we can set the world free from the spectre of loneliness and the demon of war.
Please Pray for VocationsAlmighty Father,You have created us for some definite purpose.Grant us the grace to know the path you have planned for us in this life and to respond with a generous “Yes.”Make our archdiocese, parishes, homes and hearts fruitful ground for Your gift of vocations.May our young people respond to Your call with courage and zeal. Stir among our men a desire and the strength to be good and holy priests.Bless us with consecrated religious and those called to a chaste single life, permanent deacons, and faithful husbands and wives, who are a sign of Christ’s love for His Church.We commend our prayer for vocations to You, Father, through the intercession of Mary our Mother, in the Holy Spirit, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
To speak more about a vocation to the priesthood or religious life, reach out to Fr. Louis Masi, Regional Vocation Promoter for the Archdiocese of New York:
COMMUNAUTEE FRANÇAISELa Prière avant de voyager du Cardinal de Bonald « Ô mon Sauveur, envoyez moi votre Ange qui me protège, comme il protégea Tobie » : « Jésus-Christ, mon Sauveur, très fidèle Gardien des hommes, ceux que Vous protégez n'ont aucun danger à craindre, ceux qui ne marchent pas appuyés sur Votre puissante Protec on ne sauraient être en sûreté ; Vous qui avez accordé un heureux voyage au serviteur d'Abraham, au fils de Tobie, et à tous ceux qui ont mis en Vous leur confiance, faites, je Vous en conjure, que ce voyage que j’entreprends, sous Vos auspices, soit heureux ; envoyez moi votre Ange qui me protège, comme il protégea Tobie ; faîtes que je parvienne au terme de mon voyage, ct que je revienne, sans courir aucun danger pour mon corps et mon âme ; afin qu'à mon retour je puisse Vous remercier de votre Bonté infinie pour moi. »
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