Saint Michael Parish April 3, 2016

Rev. Arturo Chagala, Parochial Administrator

Ms. Grace Galaschewski, Office Manager Sr. Jennie Catanese, M.S.B.T., Receptionist

Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Divine Mercy Saint Michael Parish has been a viable part of Fishtown/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 Santo Michael ha sido una parte viable de Fishtown/Northern Liberties por 182

años. Continuamos creando una comunidad donde tratamos con dignidad y respeto los niños y donde la fe, la esperanza y el amor/la caridad es abundante.

Damos la bienvenida a todos los nuevos inmigrantes y visitantes a nuestra parroquia. 1

Saint Michael Church Founded 1831

1445 North Second Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

215-739-2358 Fax: 215-739-5766

http://stmichaelsphilly.org E-mail st.michaelrcchurch1831@aol.com

Immaculate Conception Church Front & Allen Streets

Office hours at Saint Michael Monday-Thursday 9 -4:00 p.m.

Friday 9 - 1:00 p.m.

MASS /MISA Sunday

Vigil (Saturday) 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (IC)

11:30 a.m. (español)

Daily Mass Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.

Holy Days Noon at

Immaculate Conception (IC) 7:00 p.m. at

Saint Michael (bilingual)

CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:15 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

& by request

4/3 Sunday of Divine Mercy 5:00 PM vigil The People of the Parish 8:30 AM Barbara Schindle r/o Geri McTear 10:00 AM William Malinowski r/o Rita Malinowski 11:30 AM The People of the Parish

NOTE: STARTING THIS WEEK— ALL WEEK DAY MASSES WILL BE AT 8:30am

4/4 Monday The Annunciation of the Lord 8:30 AM 4/5 Tuesday St. Vincent Ferrer, Priest 8:30 AM Judge William J. Lederer r/o Marie Lederer

4/6 Wednesday Easter Weekday 8:30 AM The Spiritual Contribution to the Arrival of God’s Kingdom on Earth r/o Ralph Berarducci

4/7 Thursday St. John Baptist dela Salle, Priest

8:30 AM

4/8 Friday Easter Weekday 8:30 AM Robert Campbell r/o His Family

4/10 3rd Sunday of Easter 5:00 PM 8:30 AM Antonia Delgado r/o Maria Maldonadole 10:00 AM Aldo DiDomenico Sr. r/o Eileen Lederer 11:30 AM Juana Laboy r/o Maria Laboy

******************** A Little Bit of Wisdom

Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet.

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SANCTUARY LIGHTS will burn in the Churches this week for

Joseph Galdo at the request of Ed Eldridge

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS: March 20, 2016 1st Collection $ 1,686.00 Easter Offering (to date) $ 100.00 Easter Flowers (to date) $ 325.00 Good Friday $ 27.00 Catholic Charities (to date) $ 297.00 Central & Eastern Europe (to date) $ 213.00 Church in Latin America (to date) $ 171.00 Care for Aging Priests (to date) $ 393.00

LITURGICAL MINISTERS April 10, 2016 5:00 PM Lector & Euch. Min.: As Available 8:30 AM Lector: Walt Daskaluk Euch. Min.: Alberta Brown 10:00 AM Lector: Jean Rober tson Euch. Min.: Jim Galdo 11:30 AM Lectors: Alfonso Pantosa & Leticia Justo Euch. Min.: As Available

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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK:

Henry Lucier, Frances Blaise, Sis Clemens, Ralph Berarducci, Maria Rivera, Osealdo Rodriguez, Isabella Lederer, Bianca Mercado, Joanne Sherman,

Mary Zarowski, Dorothy Schill, Olga Espada, Hilda Rodriguez, Freddie Nagle,

our benefactors, those who have asked for our prayers & those who have no one to pray for them.

And also please remember our recent dead:

Barbara Schindle, Al Donofrio, Joseph Galdo & Aldo DiDomenico Sr.

New Parishioners/Nuevos Feligreses

Welcome. Please call the rectory and make an appointment to register as soon as possible. Bienvenidos. Favor de llamar la rectoría y haga una cita para inscribirse lo mas antes posible.

Change of Address/Cambio de Direccion Please notify the parish secretary if you plan to move.

Favor de notificar la secretaria de la parroquia si planificas mudarse. Collection Envelopes/Sobres para la colecta

Every working person should support the parish by regularly using their envelopes - they can be obtained by calling the rectory or filling out one of the “welcome” envelopes at the entrance of the church.

Cada persona de trabajo debe habitualmente apoyar la parroquia usando los sobres—puedes obtenerlos llamando la rectoría o llenando unos de los sobres maracados “bienvenidos” en entrada de la iglesia. 214-2

April 3, 2016 Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Divine Mercy

As Thomas believed because he saw the risen Jesus, so too were many brought to faith through the various signs and wonders wrought by the apostles.

They proclaimed as Lord “the one rejected by the builders”, “the First and the Last of the One who lives”.

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April 3, 2016 Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Divine Mercy

THE FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION

Monday April 4, 2016

The feast of the Annunciation, now recog-nized as a solemnity, was first celebrated in the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incar-nation: God has become one of us. It is a celebration of the actual Incarnation of Jesus Christ. From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become human. Now, as Luke 1:26-38 tells us, the decision is being realized. Mary has an important role to play in God’s plan. Imagine yourself in Mary’s place, asked to say “yes” to a divine plan so vast, so profound and so seemingly impossible that you cannot compre-hend it. “How can this be?’ she asks, bewildered. She is rooted in the faith of her ancestors, and yet now an angel has appeared in the midst of everyday life extending a startling invitation. “You have found favor with God,” the angel says, “and you will conceive and bear His Son.” It is Mary above all others who can teach us what it means to live by faith, and how to respond when God’s providence disrupts the daily course of our lives, overturning its rhythms and expectations. Despite her fears and uncertainty over how this promise could be fulfilled, she still answered : “Yes” .

Her response changed the world forever!

The God-Man embraces all humanity, indeed all creation, to bring it to God in one great act of love. Because human beings have rejected God, Je-sus will accept a life of suffering and an agonizing death:

“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

ABOUT THIS SPECIAL SUNDAY …..

From the diary of a young Polish nun, a special devotion began spreading throughout the world in the 1930s. The message is nothing new, but is a reminder of what the Church has always taught through scripture and tradition:

that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too, must show mercy and forgiveness.

But in the Divine Mercy devotion, the mes-sage takes on a powerful new focus, calling people to a deeper understanding that God’s love is unlimited and available to everyone — especially the greatest sinners. The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of St. Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedi-ence to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God’s mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.

Why is there a Sunday designated as Divine Mercy?

On the Second Sunday of Easter in the Jubilee Year 2000, at the Mass for the canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska, Pope John Paul II proclaimed to the world that “from now on through-out the Church this Sunday will be called Divine Mercy Sunday”. Pope John Paul had actively promoted the message of St. Faustina and also developed a scriptur-al and doctrinal basis for our faith in the mercy of God.

By linking the revealed truth about God’s mercy to one of the most solemn Sundays after Easter itself, he illumined the fact that the liturgy already proclaimed the divine mercy. For centuries in liturgy the Church has proclaimed the mercy of God through the Word of God and the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ.

The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us —no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

It is a message we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.

A — Ask for His Mercy. B — Be merciful. C— Completely trust in Jesus.

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April 3, 2016 Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Divine Mercy Sunday Scripture Reflections

Reading 1 Acts 5:12-16

During the Easter season, the first reading each Sunday is taken from the Acts of the Apostles. This book of the New Testament is like no other. It gives us a beautiful description of the early Church community as it grew. Filled with the Spirit of the risen Christ, the disciples brought the healing love of Jesus to those in need. In doing this, they carried on his mission. Just like the early Church, we are called to carry on the mission of Jesus. We can do this only when we grow in the knowledge and experience of the risen Christ in our lives. Reading 2 Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 Today's reading sounds a little different, doesn't it? It is filled with special symbols that were used to bring hope to the early Christians during a time of per-secution. When we hear the words of the reading, we are filled with the hope of Easter, too. Jesus tells us, "Do not be afraid." Christ has conquered death. He is truly "the one who lives" forever. Gospel John 20:19-31 John's account of that first Easter night is filled with drama. Jesus appears through locked doors and gives his disciples his peace. He gives them the gift of the Holy Spirit and communicates God's power of forgiveness. Thomas, who misses out on this experience of Jesus, refuses to believe unless he can touch Jesus' wounds. A week later he has a chance to do just that! Thomas exclaims, "My Lord and my God!" And Jesus tells us how "blest" are we who have believed in his resurrection without having seen his risen body.

Domingo Escritura Reflexions

Primera lectura Hechos de los Apóstoles 5:12-16 Durante el Tiempo de Pascua la primera lectura de los domingos es tomada de Hechos de los Apóstoles. Este libro del Nuevo Testamento es especial. Da una hermosa descripción de la primera comunidad de la Iglesia en su crecimiento. Llenos del espíritu del Señor resucitado los discípulos lleva-ron el amor sanador de Cristo a los necesitados, cumpliendo así su misión.

Al igual que a los primeros cristianos se nos llama a llevar a cabo la misión de Jesús. Sólo pode-mos hacerlo creciendo en conocimiento y experien-cia del señor resucitado en nuestras vidas.

Segunda lectura Apocalipsis 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19 Las lecturas de hoy suenan un poco diferen-tes, ¿no? Están llenas de símbolos especiales usados para llevar esperanza a los primeros cristianos du-rante un tiempo de persecución. Cuando escuchamos las palabras de las lecturas nos llenamos de esperanza por la resurrec-ción. Jesús también nos dice: "No tengan miedo". Jesús ha conquistado la muerte. El es "el que vive" por siempre. Evangelio Juan 20:19-31 El recuento de Juan de la primera noche de pascua está lleno de drama. Jesús aparece y da la paz a los discípulos que estaban en un cuarto cerrado. Les da el don del Espíritu Santo y les comunica el poder de Dios de perdonar. Tomás, quien no está presente en esta experiencia, se niega a creer a menos que toque las heridas de Jesús. Una semana más tarde tiene la oportunidad de hacerlo. Tomás exclama: "Señor mío y Dios mío". Y Jesús dice lo bendito que somos lo que creemos en su resurrección sin haber visto su cuerpo resucitado. .

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Please support the Catholic Charities Appeal and help

children, women and men throughout the Archdiocese.

Por favor, apoye las Caridades Católicas y

ayudar a los niños, las mujeres y los hombres en toda la arquidiócesis.

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Interested in going on a pilgrimage during this

Year of Mercy?

The N.E. Philly: Fire of Faith Young Adult Group

Mother Boniface Spirituality Center 3501 Solly Avenue, Philadelphia -

Is going on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa

on Saturday, April 30th at 11 a.m. (Carpooling will be available at the

Mother Boniface Center) For more information & details :

Please call: 267-350-1835

PLEASE NOTE—INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING BAPTISMS:

Those wishing to have their children baptized— Classes will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month, at 10:30 a.m. in the Rectory. The Sacrament of Baptism will take place on the 4th Saturday of every month at 11:00 a.m. in St. Michael’s Church. ==================================== Marriage/Matrimonio Arrangements must be made six months in ad-vance in order to fulfill Diocesan requirements. Debe hacer arreglos seis meses de antemano para cumplir los requisitos diocesanos. Care for the Sick/Cuido para los enfermos In the occasion of an emergency call the rectory immediately. Call the rectory for visits at home to the elderly and infirm or when someone enters the hospital and wishes a visit from the parish priest. En caso de una emergencia llame la rectoría inmediatamente. Para visitas en casa de las personas mayores y enfermas o cuando alguien este en el hospital y desee una visita del sacerdote llame la rectoría.

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