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Easter Sunday Corpus Christi Church April 12, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

THERE WILL NOT BE PUBLIC MASSES Monday, April 13, 2020 7:30 AM Police Officers 9:00 AM Our Lady of Fatima and

Souls in purgatory Tuesday, April 14, 2020 7:30 AM First Responders 9:00 AM Health Care Workers Wednesday, April 15, 2020 7:30 AM Supermarket Employees 9:00 AM Blanche Taylor Thursday, April 16, 2020 7:30 AM Virus Victims 9:00 AM Philip Paul Krause (10th Anni) Friday, April 17, 2020 7:30 AM Jack Hehman 9:00 AM Medical Professionals Saturday, April 18, 2020 5:00 PM Ernesto & Olinda Marques Vicencio Viegas Isabel & Leroy Barroca Carlos Nunes da Costa Alice McGuinty Antonio, Gracinda & Jose Silva Maria, Manuel & Fernando Caetano Felice Mirabile Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:00 AM John de Almeida (Birth Rem) 8:30 AM Antonio & Helena Mendes Olivia da Silva Teresa Cardoso Leonardo & Lurdes Albuquerque Julian Barreto Albuquerque Manuel & Joaquina Portela Manuel Miranda Joao & Gloria Arantes Martins Adelino, Rosa & Aduzinda Braz David Martins da Silva 10:00 AM Carlo & Filomena Crecco 11:30 AM People of the Parish 5:00 PM Spanish Mass 7:00 PM Richard Ellis

This weekend, in place of the Masses, the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist will be in Exposition on the Altar for your personal prayers; at 5PM Saturday evening, all Sunday morning, and 5PM Sunday evening.

Your Priests will be celebrating all Masses with your intentions, both weekdays and weekends. There is no such thing as a "private Mass". But these are Masses without a congregation.

Corpus Christi Easter Sunday Mass on YouTube

You can watch Fr. Tomaz on YouTube celebrating Easter Sunday Mass in English for everyone to be able to watch from the comfort of your homes or wherever you are. It will be available on youtube on Sunday April 12, 2020 as of 10 AM. Please go on YouTube

and type in tgomide to be able to watch it. Please let all your friends and family know as well.

Easter Sunday Readings First Reading – Acts of the Apostles 10:34, 37-43 • Jesus’ gifts of forgiveness of sin, salvation, and membership in His Church are open to all who seek Him.

Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 • As good stewards, we are thankful for our many blessings through the Lord’s goodness and power.

Second Reading – Colossians 3:1-4 • We can seek what is above by sharing what we have here on earth. This is what Christian stewardship is all about. We realize that anything we have here on earth is not nearly as important as being with Christ. Once we realize that, sharing what we have is easy (Archdiocese of St. Louis, ibid.). – or – Second Reading – 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 • Through sincerity and truth in the Eucharist, the Christian community is renewed.

Gospel – John 20:1-9 • Very early in the morning after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body with precious oils. The reward for this good and conscientious steward was to be among the first to know that Jesus had been raised from the dead! Alleluia! (Our Sunday Visitor, ibid., page 9).


My Dear Parishioners of Corpus Christi: Palm Sunday without the distribution of palm branches? Jesus still enters our lives humbly riding on a donkey! Reconciliation Monday without the Sacrament of Confession? Jesus stills opens His hand and His heart to forgive us in mercy. Holy Thursday without the trilingual Mass of the Lord's Supper and ritual washing of the feet? Jesus still offers us His sacred Body and Blood in the Most Holy Eucharist! Good Friday without the Stations of the Cross and venerating the wood on which He died? Jesus still sacrifices the gift of Himself as the greatest act of charity for each of us! Holy Saturday evening without the Paschal Candle entering the darkened church to give light to each one of our candles? Jesus still enlightens our desperate world with His power and peace to dispel all despair and darkness! Easter Sunday morning without the glorious celebration of the Resurrection from the tomb on the third day? Jesus still rises above all destruction and death, to promise us the fullness of life and love, for every one of our souls and families here at our beloved Church of Corpus Christi!!! No one on the planet earth could have predicted a Holy Week such as we all are experiencing this April 2020. And yet despite the global virus that is reeking havoc among all the nations, Jesus is still with us! Jesus has always been with us! And Jesus will be with us until the end of time and the world as we know it! Despite the reality that most of us are living separately in the sanctuaries of our own homes this Easter time. Nevertheless, we are united in the true faith that peers into that empty tomb of Christ; and we see not emptiness, but gaze upon the Risen Lord calling us to be not afraid!!! This Easter is a special time to pray for those who are sick and dying from this disease; and to commend to God those who have already passed through death into the promise of eternal life. This is our profound hope as Christians bonded together in the mystery of this sacred season. This is also a time to pray in thanksgiving for all those putting their own lives on the line in the face of this terrible sickness: doctors, nurses, medical professionals, first responders, police officers, health care workers, grocery store employees, pharmacists, military personnel, and countless volunteers who offer themselves in service to so many suffering people in need. May all of our Paschal prayers rise up to heaven with the risen Christ Jesus, as we ask our Mother Mary to intercede for all Her children in this time of faith, hope and love!!! Yours in Christ, Father Malcolm Ps... Thank you to all of our extremely generous parishioners who continue to support our great parish by your monetary contributions. Please continue to help us survive these trying times, by giving financially in your envelopes or automated donations.


Post Office Box 9023, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-9023 • phone 516.678.5800 • fax 516.678.3138 • [email protected]

DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

Easter 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

None of us could have imagined even weeks ago, that we would celebrate Holy Week and Easter

Sunday virtually.

I have been amazed and inspired by the creativity and initiative of our pastors, our people and

our parishes to continue evangelizing all of Long Island.

Whether it is video-streaming Masses and Eucharistic adoration, conducting a virtual parish

mission, or a health precaution sensitive Eucharistic procession through neighborhoods, you are

all moving forward and trusting in the transformative power of the Risen Christ as we continue to

experience the tragedies, trauma, unemployment, financial and economic distress of the COVID-

19 crisis.

The light that streams from the glorified wounds of the Risen Jesus always touches and

transforms our wounds and fears, and the wounds and fears of the world.

We remember in a special way this Easter Sunday and throughout the Easter season the souls of

those who have died from the corona virus and their families, and those who, as Pope Francis

says, are “writing the decisive events of our time: doctors, nurses, supermarket employees,

cleaners, caregivers, providers of transport, law and order forces, volunteers, priests, deacons,

religious men and women and so very many others.” We remember our families and the efforts

of each of us to care for our families and our neighbors.

While we are all in pain that our Holy Week 2020 needs to be a virtual one, we do have a Pastoral

Letter, The Great Week: A Pilgrimage with the Lord in Holy Week which can help strengthen, lift

and inspire our virtual Holy Week celebrations.

This Pastoral Letter is a user-friendly, easily understandable synthesis of Holy Week and the

Sacred Triduum, its liturgical theology, spirituality and history, designed to show the relationship

between the Sacred Liturgies of Holy Week and Catholic Evangelization.

I encourage everyone to participate in all the Holy Week liturgies virtually through the Catholic

Faith Network (see: catholicfaithnetwork.org for details) and through your own parishes

streaming the liturgies.


DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

Let’s take this unique and virtual evangelization opportunity to pray that the Risen Christ might

lead a massive return of Catholic Long Islanders to a full, active and conscious participation in our

Holy Week liturgies and our Sunday Masses throughout the year.

I encourage you all to read and pray our Pastoral Letter which is available on our diocesan

website DRVC.org and in the March 2020 Long Island Catholic magazine that many of you

received at home.

I also had the opportunity on March 27, 2020, to share the Pastoral Letter with every American

Bishop in the United States for possible use in their dioceses as they celebrate virtual Holy Weeks

around the country.

I received an email from the Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska. He thanked the Diocese of Rockville

Centre for sharing the Holy Week Pastoral Letter with the people of Fairbanks, Alaska and said:

“We have 37 remote parishes of Native Alaskans, pretty much on ‘lock down’ that could benefit

enormously from the Pastoral Letter.”

Catholic Long Islanders stand in the solidarity of the Risen Lord with Catholic Alaskans! This is just

another example of the global Catholic solidarity that our Holy Father Pope Francis models for us

and calls us to.

Thank you for continuing to support your parish and the vital ministries of our Church as your

means allow during this most challenging time for all of us. The Church continues to serve the

spiritual and physical needs of people during this crisis. Weekly collections mailed or given online

will be critical to the sustaining and reemergence of our parishes.

Our Easter joy may be delayed this year, but our faith, hope and trust in the power of Jesus

Christ’s death and resurrection must shine brighter than ever. The cross of this crisis offers us the

opportunity for a renewed and lasting appreciation for the gift of family and the transformative

power of faith.

Know that you and all your families are in my heart and in my prayers as we celebrate The Great Week, Easter Sunday, the Easter Octave, Divine Mercy Sunday and the Easter Season.

He is Risen! Alleluia!

Sincerely in Christ,

Most Reverend John O. Barres Bishop of Rockville Centre


The Catholic Faith Network (CFN) Broadcast of the Celebration of the Eucharist:

St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, New York

Monday – Friday at 8:30 am & 12:30 pm ET Sunday at 11:00 am & 7:00 pm ET

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

Monday – Friday at 6:30 pm ET

Our Lady of Loretto Church, Hempstead, New York Sunday at 6 pm ET

The Catholic Faith Network (CFN) is available throughout the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area on

Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FiOS TV channel 296, and Spectrum channel 162/471.

The Catholic Faith Network (CFN) is also available on selected cable and satellite systems nationwide, along with a vast on-demand library of original programming and a high quality 24/7 live stream at CFNtv.org

You can also watch CFN on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, or by downloading the CFN iOS

mobile app at the app store by searching “Catholic Faith Network” or “CFN”

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Religious Education Classes remain cancelled. We will keep you informed as we receive the current updates.

Grade 6 and 7 Students, please finalize your Confirmation Workbooks. The Mass can be watched on Optimum Channel 29 and Verizon Fios Channel 296 on Sunday mornings at 11:00 AM. As we enter Holy Week, let us continue the prayers we were saying together at the end of class each week:

We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee; Because by Your Holy Cross

you have redeemed the world!

and

I pledge allegiance to the Cross of Jesus Christ and to the faith for which it stands: One Church, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic with Grace and Salvation

for all. Amen.

Final CMA Numbers for 2020 Goal = $99,400 Pledges = $26,160 Payments = $16,280 Donors = 96 Average = $273

Thank you to all the families who already have made a sacrificial gift. Please consider a yearly offering.

Please remember the sick in your daily prayers, including the following who have asked to be included in our list:

Connie Altvater, Armandina Araujo, Vinnie Benedetto, Anne Boland, Marie Byrnes, Jeanne Carroll, Michael Castalino, Arlene Cavanagh, Vincent Ciurleo, Manuel DaPonte, Frank de Carolis, Anthony Donnelly, Kate Donovan, Virginia Fallon, Joanne Fitzgerald, Lilly Fuentes, Kenneth Gallagher, Vanessa Gomes, Robert Hartlett, Eileen Hendrickson, Sue Krebs, Diane LaBianca, Joseph LaBianca, Vincent Lodato, Christine Lucivero, Jason Lopes, Jack Maia, Olinda Marques, Pat Nicolosi, Melissa Ogunsuyi, Linda Pires, JoAnn Russo, Mary Santucci, Robert Santucci, Lisa Simeone, Alice Squeri, Beatriz Silva Pontes, Paul Tubito, Lorraine Verdade, Phillip Washburn, and any other members of our parish who are sick at this time.

STEWARDSHIP CORNER Sharing Time, Talent and Treasure

“Christ is risen! Our heavenly Father gives us the greatest gift of all: an opportunity for salvation through Jesus, His Son.

Souls in Purgatory


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Español DOMINGO DE LA RESURRECCIÓN

DEL EVANGELIO SEGÚN SAN MATEO En la madrçugada del sábado, al alborear el primer día de la semana, fuerom María Magdalena y la otra María a ver el sepulcro . Y de pronto tembló fuertemente la tierra, pues un ángel del Señor, bajando del cielo y acercándose, corrió la piedra y se sentó encima. Su aspecto era de relâmpago y su vestido blanco como la nieve; los sentinelas temblaron de miedo y quedaron como muertos. El ángel habló a las mujeres: “Vosotras, no temáis; ya sé que buscais a Jesús, el crucificado. No está aqui. Ha resucitado, como había dicho. Venid a ver el sitio donde yacia e id aprisa a decir a sus discípulos: Ha resucitado de entre los muertos y va por adelante de vosotros a Galilea. Allí lo veréis. Mirad, os lo he anunciado”. Ellas se marcharon a toda prisa del sepulcro; impressionadas y llenas de alegría, corrieron a anunciarlo a los discípulos. De pronto, Jesús les salió al encuentro y les dijo: “Alegraos”. Ellas se acercaron, se prostraron ante él y le abrazaron los pies. Jesús les dijo: “No tengáis miedo: id a comunicar a mis hermanos que vayan a Galilea; allí me verán”.

ÉSTE ES EL DÍA EN QUE ACTUÓ EL SEÑOR: SEA

NUESTRA ALEGRIA Y NUESTRO GOZO

La Páscoa es la culminación del Evangelio, es la Buena Noticia por excelência: Jesús, el crucificado, ha resucitado. Este acontecimento es la base de nuestra fe y de nuestra esperanza: si Cristo no hubiera resucitado, el cristianismo perderia su valor; toda la misión de la Iglesia se quedaría sin brío, pues desde aqui ha comenzado y desde aqui reemprede sempre de nuevo. El mensage que los cristianos llevan al mundo es este: Jesús, ha vencido al odio, la misericordia al pecado, el bien al mal, la verdade a la mentira, la vida a la muerte. La Buena Nueva no es solo una palabra, sino un testimonio de amor gratuito y fiel: es un salir de sí mismo para ir al encuentro del otro, estar al lado de los heridos por la vida, compartir con quien carece de lo necessário, permanecer junto al enfermo, al excluído... – “Venid y vereis” - El amor es más fuerte, el amor hace florecer la esperanza en el desierto.

De parte de nuestro pastor, padre Malcom, de parte de padre Ngozi y de mi parte, deseamos a todos vosotros y a vuestras famílias una Feliz Páscoa. Que el Señor Jesucristo llene vuestros corazones con la esperanza y con la alegría de la resurrección!


Português DOMINGO DA RESSURREIÇÃO

Evangelho Segundo São João

No primeiro dia da semana, Maria Madalena foi de manhãzinha, ainda escuro, ao sepulcro e viu a pedra retirado do sepulcro. Correu então e foi ter com Simão Pedro e com o outro discípulo que Jesus amava e disse-lhes: “Levaram o Senhor do sepulcro e não sabemos onde O puseram”. Pedro partiu com o outro discípulo e foram ambos ao sepulcro. Corriam os dois juntos, mas o outro discípulo (João) antecipou-se, correndo mais depressa do que Pedro, e chegou primeiro ao sepulcro. Debruçando-se, viu as ligaduras no chão e o sudário que tinha estado sobre a cabeça de Jesus, não com as ligaduras, mas enrolado à parte. Entrou também o outro discípulo que chegara primeiro ao sepulcro; viu e acreditou. Na verdade, ainda não tinham entendido a Escritura, segundo a qual Jesus devia ressuscitar dos mortos.

Carta de S. Paulo aos Colossenses Irmãos,: Se ressuscitastes com Cristo, aspirai às coisas do alto, onde Cristo Se encontra, sentado à direita de Deus. Afeiçoai-vos às coisas do alto e não às da terra. Porque vós morrestes e a vossa vida está escondida com Cristo em Deus. Quando Cristo, que é a vossa vida, Se manifestar, então também vós vos haveis de manifestar com Ele na glória.

ESTE É O DIA QUE O SENHOR FEZ: EXULTEMOS E

CANTEMOS DE ALEGRIA. Meus irmãos, durante este tempo de tanta inseguridade, de tanto temor e de tanta ansiedade, celebramos o dia mais feliz e cheio de esperança. Cristo ressuscitou dos mortos e Ele é a nossa esperança. Tudo o que vivemos nestes dias parece um pesadelo sem fim, um pesadelo do qual queremos tanto despertar. Sentimo-nos abandonados por Deus, sentimo-nos sozinhos neste mundo cheio de perigos e de desgraças. Não se esqueçam das palavras de Jesus na cruz: “Pai, por que me abandonaste”? Mas Ele coloca a sua vida nas mãos do Deus. “Pai, nas vossas mãos entrego o meu espírito”. Sim, meus irmãos, nestes dias de prova, é a nossa fé que nos sustenta. Sem fé, somente sobra o desespero. Sabemos que Deus não dorme, que jamais abandona os seus filhos. É Páscoa, é tempo de ressurreição, é tempo de vida. Vamos erguer os nossos pensamentos para Deus e repetir como Jesus: Pai, nas vossas mãos entrego o meu espírito. O pesadelo vai terminar e nós todos, com os braços para o céu vamos agradecer ao nosso Deus que nos salva. Em nome do nosso pastor, padre Malcom, do padre Ngozi quero desejar a todos vós e às vossas famílias uma Páscoa cheia de AMOR, cheia de ESPERANÇA, cheia de ALEGRIA. O Senhor ressuscitou verdadeiramente, Aleluia, Aleluia!

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