SSAINT CLARE CHURCH“We become what we love and who we love shapes

what we become.” - St. Clare

Saint Clare R.C. Church 69 Allwood Road —- Clifton, NJ 07014

Phone: (973)777-9313 Fax: (973)777-6945 Website: SaintClareNJ.com Email: office@saintclarenj.com Facebook: SaintClareNJ

Easter Sunday

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ EASTER SUNDAY

MONDAY — APRIL 5, 2021 8:30am -SOPHIA GIANNA DRAHOS (Well Being) +LORENZO ORLANDA +RICHARD HABICK, SR. TUESDAY — APRIL 6, 2021 8:30am +KATHLEEN BARBETTA +MARY CLANCY -NAEL BARAQUIO (Well Being) WEDNESDAY — APRIL 7, 2021 8:30am +NELLIE HAUGER +DEBORAH ROON THURSDAY — APRIL 8, 2021 8:30am +MSGR. MADDEN and PARENTS FRIDAY — APRIL 9, 2021 8:30am -HOLY FAMILY-THANKSGIVING (Well Being) SATURDAY — APRIL 10, 2021 4:00pm +BOB and BEVERLY SAGE +TERESA and ANTONIO DESCANDIA SUNDAY — APRIL 11, 2021 (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY) 9:00am +JOHN and ANNIE MADDEN +ALBERTO & JUANITA LaROSA 11:00am +ANTHONY GRIMALDI +SIMPLICIO M NAEL, JR. +ALBINA and STEPHEN BACSENKO

Altar Bread & Wine

+ALBERTO & JUANITA LaROSA Altar Candles

PRO POPULO Sanctuary/Divine Mercy Candle

-PRO POPULO St. Clare Candle

+URSINO RODRIGUEZ St. Francis Candle

-PRO POPULO St. Joseph Candle -PRO POPULO

Memorial Opportunities are available : Contact the Office at 973-777-9313

Altar Bread & Wine: $25 dona on All Candles: $15 dona on each

Did you know…... Weekly memorials for our candles at the altar, Blessed Sacrament and Ss Francis, Clare and Joseph are available; additionally our bread and wine. Memorials can be made for both the living and the dead, in thanksgiving, for special needs, birthdays and anniversaries. Your participation helps us de-fray the cost, please pray over this and consider a memorial.

2021 MASS BOOK NOW OPEN Please email your request(s) to: Of ice@SaintClareNJ.com with the proper spelling of each Mass Intention.

($20.00 Donation) We will no longer honor last minute mass intentions. Please plan at least two weeks in advance for a Mass request. Also note that some days are illing up so they may not always be available. If you are in need of a Mass card, you will be required to pick up from the parish of ice mailbox located outside the main of ice. If you do not have email, you may submit your Mass request along with the donation via handwritten note. Please know that you must write clearly and answer the questions listed above. APRIL ENVELOPE SCHEDULE

April 11 -Regular Collec on -Maintenance and Repair -Debt Reduc on

April 18 -Regular Collec on

April 26 -Regular Collec on -Catholic Campaign for Human Development

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ EASTER SUNDAY

MINISTRY SCHEDULE—April 10/11

First Holy Communion

Saturday May 1st — 10am

Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

Golden Anniversary Mass for

2020 Did you celebrate your 50th Wed-ding Anniversary in 2020? If your were married in 1970, the Diocese of Paterson invites you to celebrate your 50th wed-ding anniversary Mass to be offered at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, NJ. Bishop Sweeney will serve as the main celebrant on this joyous occa-sion to be held: Sunday, April 25th, 2021 at 3:30pm

Arrangements can be made by picking up a registration form after mass in the sac-risty. The deadline to register in Thursday April 8th. You will receive ad-ditional information from the Office of Family Life once your registration has been processed.

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LECTOR Edmund Arellano Josie Lagazo-Estero Michael LaRosa

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SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ EASTER SUNDAY

Reflections on the Liturgy of the Word — Easter Sunday First Reading Acts of the Apostles 10:34a,37-43 Peter preaches about Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23 Rejoice in this day of the Lord. Second Reading Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Colossians: Having been raised by Christ, be concerned with what is above. 1 Corinthians: Let us celebrate this feast with new yeast. Gospel Reading John 20:1-9 Mary of Magdala finds that the stone has been removed from Jesus' tomb. Background on the Gospel Reading Today we begin the Easter Season, our 50-day meditation on the mystery of Christ's Resurrection. Our Gospel today tells us about the disciples' discovery of the empty tomb. It concludes by telling us that they did not yet understand that Jesus had risen from the dead. Thus, the details provided are not necessarily meant to offer proof of the Resurrection. The details invite us to reflect upon a most amazing gift, that is faith in Jesus and his Resurrection. Each of the four Gospels tells us that Jesus' empty tomb was first discovered by women. This is notable because in first-century Jewish society women could not serve as legal witnesses. In the case of John's Gospel, the only woman attending the tomb is Mary of Magdala. Unlike the Synop-tic accounts, John's Gospel does not describe an appearance of angels at the tomb. Instead, Mary is simply said to have observed that the stone that had sealed the tomb had been moved, and she runs to alert Simon Peter and the beloved disciple. Her statement to them is telling. She assumes that Jesus' body has been removed, perhaps stolen. She does not consider that Jesus has been raised from the dead. Simon Peter and the beloved disciple race to the tomb, presumably to verify Mary's report. The beloved disciple arrives first but does not enter the tomb until after Simon Peter. This detail paints a vivid picture, as does the detail provided about the burial cloths. Some scholars believe that the presence of the burial cloths in the tomb offers evidence to the listener that Jesus' body had not been stolen (it is understood that grave robbers would have taken the burial cloths together with the body). The Gospel passage concludes, however, that even having seen the empty tomb and the burial cloths, the disciples do not yet understand about the Resurrection. In the passage that follows, Mary of Magdala meets Jesus but mistakes him for the gardener. In the weeks ahead, the Gospel readings from our liturgy will show us how the disciples came to believe in Jesus' Resurrection through his appearances to them. Our Easter faith is based on their witness to both the empty tomb and their continuing relationship with Jesus—in his appearances and in his gift of the Holy Spirit.

SAINT CLARE PARISH • CLIFTON, NJ EASTER SUNDAY

Prayer to Saint Joseph To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our tribulation, and having implored

the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also. Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of

God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has pur-chased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children ofJesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.

St. Joseph Candle

In addition to our weekly candle offerings, we are also offering the special St. Joseph Candle found in the Shrine during the Year of St. Joseph.

Please pick-up form in the sacristy. The offering for the candle is: $15.00

God Bless You.

Your generosity to our parish is greatly appreciated.

May God continue to always Bless You

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