SAINT VINCENT FERRER R0MAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

CHURCH: 925 EAST 37TH STREET OFFICE: 1603 BROOKLYN AVE., BROOKLYN, NY 11210 PHONE 718-859-9009 Email: info@saintvincentfer rer .org

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Antonius Peter Gopaul Website: http://saintvincentfer rer .org Office hours: By appointment only

PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 31ST 2020

The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention For June

Prayer intention for Evangelization—The Way of the Heart: We pray that all those who suffer may

find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus.

All of us have been baptized into one and the same spirit. That same Spirit, the Advocate, was given as a gift to the disciples to strengthen them to go forth in the name of the Lord, “to renew the face of the earth”.

Daily and Sunday Masses are streamed live on the Parish’s website. www.saintvincentferrer.org

MASS INTENTIONS:

Saturday, May 30th 5:00 p.m. Manotte Larose - In memoriam

Pentecost Sunday, May 31st 10:00 a.m. The People of Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Jocelyne David - In thanksgiving to the Blessed Mother Terrance Durity - Birthday blessing Requested by Irmin Payne, mother Ida Ferrero - In memoriam Requested by Yvette Lubin

Monday, June 1st 3:00 p.m. Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Ed Antonio - In memoriam Requested by the Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer

Tuesday, June 2nd 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Saints Marcellinus and Peter , Martyrs Rev. Fr. William A. Smith - In memoriam

Wednesday, June 3rd 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs Rev. Msgr. John A. Burns - In memoriam

Thursday, June 4th 3:00 p.m. George Lakhan - Birthday blessing Requested by the Lakhan family

Friday, June 5th 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Joan Gooding - In thanksgiving Requested by the Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer

Saturday, June 6th 3:00 p.m. Memorial of Saint Norbert, Bishop Rev. Msgr. John E. Mahoney - In memoriam

THE RICHNESS OF THE SPIRIT Students, and most adults recalling their school days, are familiar with the phrase “compare and contrast” that shows up from time to time on tests. Today we hear two different accounts of the giving of the Holy Spirit to the church. Let’s contrast, then compare. Luke’s account from Acts is filled with arresting details: the mighty wind from heaven, the tongues of flame, the miracle of different languages. John’s account seems timid: fearful disciples, the wounded Christ, the expelling of breath from his risen body, not from the sky. Our literal, modern minds wonder which way it happened; our noisy culture probably makes us prefer the former. But if we compare the two, we find that the dazzling richness of the Spirit fills both accounts, for it is the very breath of the risen Christ, ascended to the sky in Luke, that appears to his disciples in John and sends his followers forth to carry on his mission of forgiving sin and proclaiming the mighty acts of God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles begin to speak in tongues (Acts 2:1-11). Psalm — Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Psalm 104). Second Reading — In one Spirit we are baptized into one body and given to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13). Gospel — Jesus Christ appears to the disciples and sends them on their mission with the power to forgive or retain sins through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps 87:1-3, 5-7; Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18; Ps 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Mk 12:28-34 Friday: 2 Tm 3:10-17; Ps 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168; 1-6; Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8; Ps 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22; Mk 12:38-44 Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

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OUR STAFF Pastor: Rev. Fr . Antonius Peter Gopaul

Parish Secretary: Allison Gullap

Maintenance: Richard Mahabir Ricardo Dacosta

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SAINT CHARLES LWANGA AND HIS COMPANIONS (martyred 1886-87) June 3 “Master of Pages,” reputedly the handsomest man in all Uganda, Charles Lwanga, lay catechist, courageously led about forty teenaged boys, Catholics and Anglicans, on a forty-mile forced march to martyrdom for their common Christian faith. Teaching each other the hymns of their different churches, they strengthened one another for the ordeal ahead. King Mwanga, himself barely twenty, had ordered them executed for being “those who pray.” But these royal pages were the king’s male harem, who, now Christians, refused what pious accounts demurely describe as his “unreasonable demands.” Some were clubbed to death, most burned alive; the youngest, thirteen-year old Saint Kizito, whom Charles had often shielded from the King’s lust; the most tragic, Saint Mbaga, whose father was his executioner! In 1964, Paul VI canonized the young Catholics and praised their Anglican companions, recalling the heroism of early Christianity’s African martyrs, which we modern Christians of far less faith never expected to see repeated. Forty years after the pope’s words, what does our faith cost us? Heroism aside, how generous is our re-sponse? —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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