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In Loving Memory of

PATRICK ZACK

Blessings & Best Wishes

to Fr. Benjamin At the beginning of October, Fr. Benjamin Doh Gawu is leaving our Parish to return home to Ghana to resume his work in his Parish and for his Diocese. During August and September, Fr. Benjamin has been a blessing to our Parish Family. On the Altar, in the Confessional, through Spiritual Counsel, and in many other ways, Fr. Benjamin faithfully assisted members of our Parish Family to know Jesus better and to love Him more. Father goes home to Ghana with our prayers and a warm invitation, “See you next summer!”

All are Invited to

Our Special Parish

Welcome

Reception

for

Fr. Wilfred

In the Parish House

Sunday, October 14th

After the 12:00Noon Mass

SPIRIT-FILLED EVANGELIZERS

We may be sure that none of our acts

of love will be lost, nor any of acts of sincere concern for others. No single

act of love for God will be lost, no generous effort is meaningless, no painful endurance is wasted. All of

these circle our world like a vital force.

Sometimes it seems that our work is fruitless, but a mission is not like a business transaction or

investment, or even a humanitarian activity. It is not a show where we count how many people come

as a result of our publicity; it is something much deeper, which escapes all measurement. It may be

that the Lord uses our sacrifices to shower

blessings in another part of the world which we will never visit.

The Holy Spirit works as He wills, when He wills, and where He wills; we entrust ourselves without

pretending to see striking results. We know only

that our commitment is necessary. Let us learn to rest in the tenderness of the arms of the Father

amid our creative and generous commitment...let us give Him everything, allowing Him to make our

efforts bear fruit in His good time.

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

MARY, OUR MOTHER Hail, Mary,

Full of Grace

H ail, O Lady, holy Queen, Mary, holy Mother of God: You are the Virgin made

Church, and the one chosen by the most holy Father in heaven whom He consecrated with His most holy beloved Son and the Holy Spirit the Paraclete, in whom there was and is all the fullness of grace and every good. Hail, His Palace! Hail, His Tabernacle! Hail, His Home! Hail, His Robe! Hail, His Servant! Hail, His Mother! And hail all your holy virtues which through the grace and light of the Holy Spirit are poured into the hearts of the faithful so that from their faithless state you may make them faithful to God.

St. Francis of Assisi..

Blessed Are You

Among Women

M ary is the house and the palace of the Great King, of God

Himself. Our Lord, the co-equal Son of God, once dwelt in her. He was her guest; nay more than a guest, for a guest comes into a house as well as leaves it. But our Lord was actually born in this holy house, from the flesh, from the veins of Mary.

R ightly then she was made to be of pure gold, because she was to give

of that gold to form the body of the Son of God. She was golden in her conception, golden in her birth. She went through the fire of suffering like gold in the furnace, and when she ascended on high, she was, in the words of our hymn, “Above all the angels in glory untold, Standing next to the King in vesture of gold.”

Blessed John Henry Newman..

Blessed Is The Fruit

of Your Womb

If you meet the Virgin Coming down the road, Ask her into your house She bears the word of God.

St. John of the Cross..

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 5:30pm +Nancy & Luke A. Foye, Sr. (Vigil for Sunday Mass)

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 7:30am For Our Parishioners 9:00am +Douglas Hearle 10:30am +Guido & Agnese Bettini 12:00pm +Vicenta Melendez 5:30pm +Antonina Seidita

COLUMBUS DAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

7:00am NO MASS 8:15am +Michael Visconte

12:10pm Intentions of the Everts Family 5:30pm NO MASS

ST. DENIS & COMPANIONS, ST. JOHN LEONARDI TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018 7:00am +Marie Louise Andrei 8:15am +Maxwell Felson

12:10pm Intentions of Christian Erhardt 5:30pm +Rose & Andrew Gull

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 7:00am +Ethel Talabovich 8:15am +Robert Trombetta 12:10pm +Julia Valdivia 5:30pm +Cristina Valdivia

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018 ST. JOHN XXIII 7:00am +Gail R. Schipski 8:15am +Marie Germaine Theriault 12:10pm +Joseph Esposito 5:30pm +Margo & Douglas Coldwell

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 7:00am +Michael Fein 8:15am +Maria Valdivia 12:10pm +Anna Lippis 5:30pm +Marion Buttigieg

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018 8:15am +Richard M. Cashin 12:10pm +Carolyn Roque 5:30pm +Estelle & Peter Iannuzzi (Vigil for Sunday Mass)

2018 THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY $6,738

2017 THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY $8,093

THANK YOU! WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO USE OUR ENVELOPE SYSTEM. LET US KNOW IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE OFFERING ENVELOPES THROUGH THE MAIL.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR SICK: SABRINA BERTUCCI, MURIEL BRAIND,

MARY GOLDSTEIN

FOR OUR DECEASED: PATRICIA KELLER, BROOKS KERR,

BR. PAT SHEA, FR. RICK SHODA

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Prayer Requests

dear Padre I enjoy going to the casino to gamble, but I have seen people gamble and lose all of their money. Is gambling considered a sin?

To play games of chance, to bet on horse or dog races, or to buy lottery tickets are, in and of themselves, innocent undertakings that can be sources of fun—and even financial returns. But circumstances can change an innocent game into something morally suspect, even downright wrong. When a person gets so involved with gambling that it becomes addictive, when the welfare of the gambler and the gambler’s family is jeopardized, gambling ceases to be a harmless amusement. Instead, it becomes an irresponsible practice—indeed, objectively, a sin. The sin lies in the neglect of one’s responsibilities to self, family, and God.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says this about gambling: “Games of chance or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for their needs or those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement” (CCC 2413).

A survey of a local group of Gamblers Anonymous highlights the potential destructive nature of this activity. Within this group, the gambling addiction has led 22 percent to divorce, 40 percent to lose their jobs, 49 percent to steal money with which to pay their gambling debts, and 63 percent to contemplate suicide. Hopefully, we and others will seek healthier ways to relax or seek out our fortunes.

—Redemptorist Fathers