Rev. Fr. James L. P. Miara, M. Div., Pastor Rev. Fr. Louis Van Thanh, Senior Priest Rev. Fr. Oliver Chanama, In Residence Rev. Fr. Andrew Bielak, In Residence

Tel: (212) 279-5861/5862

www.shrineofholyinnocents.org

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Weekdays: 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Saturday: 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) and 4:00 p.m. Vigil/Shopper’s Mass Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (Tridentine Low Mass), 10:30 a.m. (Tridentine High Mass), 12:30 p.m. Holy Days of Obligation:

Vigil at 5:15 p.m. 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; 8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin); 11:15 a.m.; 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin High Mass)

Confessions

Weekdays: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12 noon-1:30 p.m.; 5:15-5:35 p.m. Saturday: 12 noon-1:00 p.m. and 3:15-3:45 p.m. Sunday: 9:45-10:30 a.m. and 12 noon-12:30 p.m.

And anytime upon request or by appointment

Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Weekdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.- 5:45 p.m. Benediction

BAPTISMS

3rd & 4th Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.; Sundays at 1:30 p.m.

Perpetual Novenas

Weekdays following the 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. Masses and at 5:50 p.m. and on Saturday following the 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. Masses. Monday: Miraculous Medal Tuesday: St. Anthony and St. Anne Wednesday: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Joseph Thursday: Infant of Prague, St. Rita and St. Thérèse Friday: “The Return Crucifix” and the Passion Saturday: Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima Sunday: Holy Innocents (at Vespers) Devotions

Vespers and Benediction: Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Tridentine Latin)

Holy Rosary: Weekdays at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Saturday at 12:35 p.m. Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Divine Mercy Chaplet: Weekdays at 3:00 p.m.

Stations of the Cross (during Lent): Fridays at 12:45 p.m. and after 6:00 p.m. Mass

Holy Hour of Reparation to the Sacred Heart: First Friday of the month from 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.

First Saturday Devotions: Rosary, 15 minute meditation, prayers & Benediction following 1:00 p.m. Mass

2000 Hail Marys: Second Saturday of the month from 6:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Church Hours

Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Parish Office/Gift Shop Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

S c h e d u l e

The Shrine and Parish Church of the Holy Innocents

“The Little Catholic Church Around the Corner” at the crossroads of the world

128 West 37th St. (Just West of Broadway) New York City 10018

Founded 1866

LATIN TRIDENTINE MASS CORNER

Calendar

June 21 - Third Sunday after Pentecost 2nd Class

June 22 - St. John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr with Commemoration of St. Paulinus, Bishop & Confessor

3rd Class

June 23 - Vigil of St. John the Baptist 2nd Class

June 24 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist 1st Class

June 25 - St. William, Abbot 3rd Class

June 26 - Ss. John & Paul, Martyrs 3rd Class

June 27 - Blessed Virgin of Perpetual Help 4th Class

Next Sunday

June 28 - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 2nd Class

“Amo Missa Latina - I Love the Latin Mass”

The following Announced Mass Intentions will be celebrated this week in the private Masses of the parish priests:

Joseph Vickers & James Henry (d)

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Alvin Baltrop & Sarah Butler (d) Keith Hagman (d) Jose Olavarria (d) Crispino & Imelda De Lara (d) Death Anniversary

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John Schnur (L) Margaret Kelly (L) Birthday Lagrimas de Asis (d)

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Fr. Bill Olesik (L) Carol Miara (L) Birthday Ricardo Lariano (d) Holy Innocents St. Joseph Choir – Thanksgiving

and Petition

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Vincent McDonell (L) Carmine & Lena Salerno (d) Paul & Florence Salerno (d) All Holy Souls in Purgatory

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The Dynes Family (d) James Scully (d) Marina Miranda (d)

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In Honor and Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

In Honor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor

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Altar Offerings

Adoration Candles

Rev. Fr. James Miara Welfare and Intentions

Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time June 21, 2020

NEW SCHEDULE FOR HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH

Sunday

- 12:15 p.m. Church opens for Exposition and Adora-tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 6:00 p.m.

- 12:30 p.m. Confessions in the Lower Church Hall until all have been heard.

Monday through Saturday

- 10:00 a.m. Church opens for Exposition and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 6:00 p.m.

- Confessions by appointment only by calling the Rectory: 212-279-5861

LIVESTREAMED MASSES

Until the shelter in place stay-at-home ban is lifted and public worship begins again, the 10:30 a.m. High Mass will be live streamed each Sun-day. Please access our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/InnocentsNYC/ Please note that you do not need a Facebook page account in order to view the Mass. Today is the External Solemnity of the Most Sa-cred Heart of Jesus. The Mass will be followed by Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the reci-tation of the Litany of the Sacred Heart and Act of Reparation followed by Benediction. Under the usu-al conditions, a plenary indulgence may be gained on this day for reciting the Act of Reparation.

ALTAR FLOWERS DONOR

“I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.”

- Psalm 26:8

If anyone is interested in donating the Altar Flowers a for a special intention or in memory of someone, for any of the major feast days in June, please contact the Parish Office. The dona-tion is $250.00 for two arrangements.

Frs. Miara, Van Thanh, Chanama, Moses, Andrzej and the Staff at the Shrine & Parish Church of the Holy Innocents wish all the Fathers of our Parish and those visiting a Hap-py and Blessed Father’s Day! May St. Joseph, model of all father-hood, be your inspiration and sup-port.

Eucharistic Holy Hour of Reparation in honor of the

Holy Face of Jesus

Every Third Tuesday of the month Following the 6:00 p.m. Mass

Next Holy Hour: To be determined

THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST - June 24

One day an angel appeared to Zachary and announced that he was to have a son named John, who would prepare Israel for the messiah. Zachary doubted that Eliza-beth, his aged wife, could bear a child.

He asked for a sign, and the angel obliged. Zachary was struck dumb until John’s birth. When the baby was born, the old man cuddled him and celebrated with this prophetic song:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people, he has set them free; and he has established for us a saving power in the House of his servant David, just as he proclaimed, by the mouth of the holy prophets from ancient times, that he would save us from our enemies and from the hands of all those who hate us, and show faithful love to our ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant.

This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, that he would grant us, free from fear, to be delivered from the hands of our enemies, to serve him in holiness and uprightness in his presence, all our days. And you, little child, you shall be called Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun has come from on high to visit us to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow dark as death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

—Luke 1:68–79 NJB

St. John began his ministry thirty years later. He called people to repent and baptized them in water as a sign of purification. Jesus himself approached John for baptism “Behold the lamb of God,” John declared to the crowds, “who takes away the sin of the world.” He resisted baptizing Jesus, but acquiesced when Jesus explained that he wanted to set an example of righteous behavior.

Herod, the ruler of Galilee, arrested John because he feared the Baptist might foment a rebellion. John had also embittered Herod by condemning his marriage to Herodias, his half-brother’s wife. While in pris-on, John was bothered with doubt about Jesus. He had expected the messiah to come more forcefully with a “winnowing fan in his hand to clear the threshing floor.” Thus, he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he was really the messiah.

Jesus responded that he fulfilled all the messianic signs, healing the blind, the deaf, the lame, and lepers, raising the dead, and preaching good news to the poor. Then Jesus praised John to the crowds as “more than a prophet” and as the greatest man who ever lived. One evening Herod threw a party for Galilee’s upper crust. Herodias’s daughter entertained, dancing so beautifully that Herod offered to reward her with any-thing she desired. Her mother told her to ask for John the Baptist’s head on a platter. Herod kept his prom-ise. Without even a pretense of a trial, he gave the order and a soldier beheaded John at the prison.

“The Immaculate alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will consecrate themselves en-tirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God’s Kingdom.”

- St. Maximilian Kolbe

DONORS NEEDED

We are in need of donors for a new microphone for the High Altar for use at the Ad Orientem Novus Or-do Masses as well as for a lectern for the sedilia for priests who wish to begin the celebration of Holy Mass there. If you are interested in contributing to this, please contact the Parish Office.

COLLECTION REPORT

Regular Collection (mailed) - 6/14/20 $2,005.00 Online Contributions $1,625.00 Shrines and Candles $ 350.50

Regular Collection - 06/16/19 $7,535.00 Shrines and Candles $2,549.00

Your generous contribution to your Parish is greatly appreciated!

May the Good Lord reward you abundantly!

MEMORIAL OPPORTUNITIES

In addition to the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the living and deceased, the following may also be offered for the week, Sunday to Saturday:

1) Sanctuary Candle burning before Our Lord in the tabernacle - $25.00 2) Altar Candles - $50.00 3) Altar Bread - $40.00 4) Altar Wine - $30.00 5) Adoration Candles - $65.00 6) Altar Flowers - $250.00 for 2 arrangements

Please contact the rectory office if you are inter-ested in offering any of these items.

The intention will be published weekly in the Parish bulletin.

OUR LADY OF MEDJUGORJE, QUEEN OF PEACE -June 25

PRAYER TO THE QUEEN OF PEACE OF MEDJUGORJE

O Mother of mine, Mother of good-ness, love and mercy I love you in-finitely And I offer myself to You. By means of Your goodness, Your love and Your grace, save me. I desire to be yours. I love you infi-nitely, and desire You to protect me. From the depth of my heart I pray you, Mother of goodness, give me Your goodness. Let me gain Heaven by means of it. I pray You, by Your infinite love, to give me the grace, so that I may love every man, as You have loved Jesus Christ. I pray You to give me the grace To be merciful towards You. * I offer myself completely and desire that you follow my every step. Because You are full of grace. And I desire that I will never forget this. And if, by chance, I should lose grace I pray You to restore it to me once more. Amen. *The phrase “ I pray you to give me the grace to be merciful towards You” means “give me the grace to love your will which is different to mine”

ST. JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA - June 26th

José María Mariano Escrivá y Albás was born to José Escrivá y Corzán and his wife, María de los Dolores Albás y Blanc on 9 January 1902, in the small town of Barbastro, in Huesca, Aragón, Spain, the second of six children and the first of two sons. José Escrivá was a merchant and a partner in a textile company that eventually went bankrupt, forcing the family to relocate in 1915 to the city of Logroño, in the northern province of La Rioja, where he worked as a clerk in a clothing store. Young Josemaría first felt that “he had been chosen for something”, it is reported, when he saw footprints left in the snow by a monk walking barefoot.

With his father’s blessing, Escrivá prepared to be-come a priest of the Catholic Church. He studied first in Logroño and then in Zaragoza, where he was ordained as deacon on Saturday, 20 December 1924. He was ordained a priest, also in Zaragoza, on Saturday, 28 March 1925. After a brief appoint-ment to a rural parish in Perdiguera, he went to Madrid, the Spanish capital, in 1927 to study law at the Central University. In Madrid, Escrivá was em-ployed as a private tutor and as a chaplain to the Foundation of Santa Isabel, which comprised the royal Convent of Santa Isabel and a school managed by the Little Sisters of the Assumption.

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedi-cated to the teaching that everyone is called to ho-liness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity.

Escrivá gained a doctorate in civil law at the Com-plutense University of Madrid and a doctorate in theology at the Lateran University in Rome. His principal work was the initiation, government and expansion of Opus Dei. Escrivá’s best-known publi-cation is The Way, which has been translated into 43 languages and has sold several million copies. Escrivá died on 26 June 1975.

CONTINUED PARISHIONERS DONOR SUPPPORT

During these unsettling times, Parishioners and Do-nors can make their weekly contribution online which is available at https://innocents.churchgiving.com or by calling the fol-lowing number:

WeShare Donor Customer Service Phone Number: 800-950-9952 (press #3 and then press #2)

WeShare Customer Service Email: weshare@4lpi.com

WeShare Donor FAQ: WeShare Donor Support

We deeply appreciate your support and generosity to your Parish. Please email the Parish Office at rectory@shrineofholyinnocents.org if you have any questions.

Goal for Holy Innocents - $57,000

Participation Goal - 67

Pledged to date - $23,993

Number of donors - 56

Still needed - $33,007

If you have not made your pledge/gift to this year’s Appeal, please do so today! Thank you for your gen-erosity.

Join Fr. Miara & Holy Innocents Parish on a

Eucharistic Franciscan Pilgrimage to Mother Angelica’s

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Hanceville, Alabama

&

EWTN

Irondale, Alabama

September 21—25, 2020

$1,200 (per person) $1,400 (for single room)

Daily Holy Mass * Rosary * Sightseeing

Travel Package Inclusions Round-trip economy class via American Air-

lines: New York/Charlotte/Birmingham - Birmingham/Charlotte/New York Motor coach transportation upon arrival and

available for the entire tour 4 nights accommodations in twin rooms at tourist

hotels 10 meals EWTN Live Show, Daily Holy Mass, Rosary, Sight-

seeing Please call the Rectory for more information and to receive a detailed itinerary and to make reserva-tions: 212-279-5861 Ext. 10

SAINTS JOHN & PAUL - June 26

Saints John and Paul were brothers and army offic-ers whom the emperor Constantine held in high es-teem and so were assigned to the household of his daughter Constantia. In some versions of the story they were heirs to Constantia and court dignitaries. But when Julian the Apostate became emperor (called such in Christian history because of his re-turn to ancient Roman pagan worship), they re-fused to go to the court to take the oath to serve the Roman gods and offer sacrifice, even though many others were doing so. One historian of the time said that Julian persuaded many Christians, including even some priests, to make such sacrific-es, using his flattery or bribing them. John and Paul proved immune to both flattery and gifts and then to threats. Julian gave them ten days to reconsider, after which he had them placed under house arrest and killed by a captain of the guard, Terentianus, and buried on the spot. During those ten days the brothers met with their friends and celebrated Mass with a priest of the Roman community. They made plans to have all they possessed distributed to the poor and thus were ready to face their fate fully. Their execution was kept from the public as much as possible, including where they were buried, be-cause Julian did not want to stir up a cult of mar-tyrs. One year after their death, however, Julian died in battle and was succeeded by Jovianus who embraced the Catholic faith. He allowed a basilica to be built over the place where their presumed graves were and that place of martyrdom soon be-came a pilgrimage site. The date of their martyr-dom is not actually known but 362 A.D. is the usual year given. Their feast day is June 26th.

The Shrine to the Unborn Blessed by Cardinal O’Connor on December 28, 1993

The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of the Children Who Have Died Unborn

We invite you to name your child(ren) and provide the opportunity to have

your babyʹs name inscribed in our “Book of Lifeʺ.

LEGION OF MARY – REGINA MUNDI

The Holy Innocents Legion of Mary group meets each Monday in the Parish Hall fol-lowing the 6 p. m. Mass. For more infor-mation on joining this ministry as an ac-tive or auxiliary member please contact Melissa Becker at: melissa_925@msn.com

Often children who have died before birth have no grave or headstone, and sometimes not even a name. At The Church of The Holy Innocents, we invite you to name your child(ren) and to have the opportunity to have your baby's name inscribed in our "BOOK OF LIFE". Here, a candle is always lit in their memory. All day long people stop to pray. On the first Monday of every month, our 12:15pm Mass is celebrated in honor of these children and for the comfort of their families. We pray that you will find peace in knowing that your child(ren) will be remembered at the Shrine and honored by all who pray here.

We will inscribe the names of babies who have died before and at birth in our Book of Life, and as always, we invite

you to visit the Shrine if you are in New York City.

SUBWAY ROSARY

Our Regina Mundi Praesidium of the Legion of Mary conducts a Subway Rosary on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. All are invited to join in this evangelization effort to spread devotion to Our Lady. Anyone interested in joining is asked to gather at Holy Innocents by 10:00am. The group will then proceed to 42nd and Broadway Time Square subway station. We

will be located by the Time Square Shuttle downstairs. We recite 20 decades of the Holy Rosary and return back to Holy Innocents around 12:15. Come for all or

part of the Subway Rosary.

Upcoming Subway Rosaries

June 27 July 11

VOLUNTEER SINGERS NEEDED

"Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, al-ways and for everything giving thanks..."

- Ephesians Ch 5.

The Shrine & Parish Church of Holy Innocents Volun-teer choir needs your voice! All ages welcome. We meet on Sundays at 9:30am in the Church Hall. Please email Rachel Aldridge at Al-dridge.r.a@gmail.com if you are interested in join-ing. No prior experience necessary.

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-5, 8-9; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-6; Mt 8:1-4 Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; Mt 8:5-17 Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a; Ps 89:2-3, 16-19; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42