FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 2, 2021

Over 120 years of service to the people of God in Coney Island website: www.olsbrooklyn.com

e-mail: rectoryoffice@olsbrooklyn.com

2866 WEST 17TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11224

Phone: (718) 266-1612

Fax: (718) 301-2281

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace WELCOME TO

A PARISH SERVED BY THE VOCATIONIST FATHERS

SCHEDULE OF MASSES SATURDAY EVENING VIGIL

7:30 PM in Spanish SUNDAY

9:30 AM and 12:30 PM in English; 11:00 AM in Spanish MONDAY THRU FRIDAY MORNINGS

8:30 AM in English TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS

6:30 PM in Spanish 6:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction (Tuesdays and First Friday)

SATURDAY MORNINGS 9:00 AM in English (preceded by

Our Lady of Solace Novena at 8:30 AM) 11:00 AM French Creole (2nd Saturday of the month)

CONFESSIONS IN THE CHURCH

SATURDAY 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PARISH STAFF

REV. JAVIER FLORES, S.D.V. PARISH ADMINISTRATOR olsjaviersdv@gmail.com

REV. PATRICK NWACHUKWU, S.D.V. Parochial Vicar and

Chaplain, Sts. Joachim & Anne Nursing Home REV. LORENZO GOMEZ, S.D.V.

in residence Chaplain, Coney Island Hospital

MS. EPIFANIA TOLAMA Parish Secretary

etolama@olsbrooklyn.com MRS. MARIA GARCES

Director of Religious Education mgarces@olsbrooklyn.com

MS. BRENDA REYES Parish Youth Minister

brendarc@olsbrooklyn.com MR. ROBERT WEIGEL Director of Music

olsmusicman@earthlink.net MR. ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ

Parish Maintenance PARISH TRUSTEES MR. VINCENT CIRINO MS. CARMEN CARRILL

Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 2, 2021

Sun. 05/02

9:30AM: Mass in English (organist/singer) 11AM: Misa en español (organista/cantante) 12:30PM: Mass in English (organist/singer)

Mon. 05/03 Rectory Office Hours: 9:30AM to 5PM

9:30AM-1:30PM: Catholic Charities Food Pantry Tue. 05/04 Rectory Office Hours: 9:30AM to 8PM Wed. 05/05 Rectory Office Hours: 9:30AM to 5PM

7PM: Parents First Communion Class Meeting in church Thu. 05/06 Rectory Office Hours: 9:30AM to 5PM Fri. 05/07 Rectory Office Hours: 9:30AM to 5PM Sat. 05/08

Confessions 10AM to 11AM in church

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

9:30 AM Juan Carlos Carril r/b Carmen, Briana, Daniel & Alexa

11:00 AM Difuntos de la familia Rojas 12:30 PM

8:30 AM

8:30 AM Raffaele Russo r/b Lella 6:30 PM

8:30 AM

8:30 AM

8:30 AM 6:30 PM Elsa Zambrano r/b su hija y nietas

7:30 PM Doris Polanco r/b su hijo Raul Hernandez

9:30 AM Marie Brunette Cadet, beloved mother r/b Solange Prophete

11:00 AM Florentina Soto, Catherine Martino, Christine Reyes Lorenzana r/b Noelia Perez

12:30 PM Delia Brathwaite r/b daughter Lucy, and son Lorenzo

9:00 AM In Memory of Jerry Mauro r/b Gaglioti Family

7:30 PM Alicia Cuautli Cardoso r/b familia

11:00AM MONTHLY FRENCH CREOLE MASS

FLOWERS TO THE BLESSED MOTHER In Memory of Pina D’Aniello & Luisa DeAngelis

(Russo)

SANCTUARY LAMP Available

BREAD AND WINE Anna Fallacaro Romani r/b Gaglioti Family

ALTAR CANDLES In Memory of Luz Ortiz r/b daughter, Luz Montano

MAY MEMORIALS

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

SACRAMENTAL CARE PRAY FOR OUR SICK

WEEKLY COLLECTION

UPDATE CONTACT

INFO 

SUNDAY OFFERING 

as of 04/26/2021

Pledges received: 37

Diocesan Assigned Goal: $28,691.00

AMOUNT PLEDGED: $9,605.00

AMOUNT RECEIVED: $6,148.00

AMERICAN ITALIAN COALITIONS

Assistance is available to seniors through the Medicare Savings Program. For more information and eligibility please contact:

AMICO ESP Monday-Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM 138 Bay 20th Street (St. Finbar churchyard) Brooklyn, NY 11214 (718) 256-3445

Fifth Sunday of Easter Quinto Domingo de Pascua

1) BY OFFERING A DAILY PRAYER FOR THOSE CALLED BY GOD TO HIS SERVICE;

2) BY OFFERING A DAILY SACRIFICE FOR THIS INTENTION; 3) BY GIVING A DONATION WHEN ASKED.

1) OFRECIENDO UNA ORACI N DIARIA PARA AQUELLOS QUE DIOS LLAMA A SU SERVICIO;

2) OFRECIENDO AL SE OR UN SACRIFICIO DIARIO; 3) DONANDO UNA OFRENDA CUANDO PUEDAN.

FIRST COMMUNION CLASS PARENT MEETING

Wednesday, May 5th 7:00 PM in the church

Parents, please, join us to discuss the sacramental requirements and important upcoming dates.

REUNION DE PADRES DE

Miércoles, 5 de mayo a las 7:00 PM en la iglesia

Padres, por favor acompáñennos para informarse acera de los requisitos del Sacramento de Primera Comunión y fechas importantes próximas.

CONFIRMATION CLASS PARENTS MEETING

Wednesday, May 26th 7:00 PM in the church

Parents, please, join us to discuss the sacramental requirements and important upcoming dates for your children.

REUNION DE PADRES DE

Miércoles, 26 de mayo a las 7:00 PM en la iglesia

Padres, por favor acompáñennos para informarse acera de los requisitos del Sacramento Confirmación y fechas importantes próximas.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION 2021-22

Please, visit the rectory to update your children’s information. We will begin remote learning. Don’t wait until the last minute to register.

Registration Fee: $50.00 per child.

INSCRIPCION DE EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA 2021-22

Inscripcion: $50.00 por niño.

OUR LADY OF GRACE CATHOLIC ACADEMY

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, located at 385 Avenue W, Brooklyn, NY 11223, has open enrollment for children from Nursery to Eighth grade. Our Lady of Grace also offers the Common Core Standards Initiative and all the benefits of a traditional public school in addition to extra curricular programs such as, Art, Foreign Language, Band, Talent Club, After School, Chess Club & Robotics. Families may also apply for financial aid through the Futures in Education Grant.

For more information, please, visit olgbk.org or call their office

at (718) 375-2081. Or reach the Spanish ambassador

at (917) 780-2588

La Academia Católica Nuestra Señora de la Gracia, ubicada en 385 Avenue W Brooklyn, NY 11223, tiene inscripciones abiertas para jardin de niños a octavo grado. La academia también ofrece la iniciativa de “Common Core” y todos los beneficios de una escuela pública tradicional además de programas extra curriculares como Arte, Idioma Extranjero, musica, grupo de talent, ajedrez, y robotica. Las familias tambien pueden aplicar para asistencia financiera a traves de la beca “Futures in Educatio”

Para más información, por favor, visite olgbk.org o su oficina al 718-375-2081.

Tambien puede comincarse en español con la embajadora al 917-780-2588.

Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 2, 2021

LIVING IN SHAME?

I n the reading from St. John's first letter, he talks about our hearts condemning us. (1 John 3:20) He is referring to the shame we feel when we do

something sinful. When he says God is greater than our hearts he means that even when we know we have sinned, even if we feel unworthy to be forgiven, God is still a forgiving God, who doesn't wait for us to be "worthy." He patiently waits for us to ask for his mercy, to want his forgiveness. So when we confess our sins, we need not doubt that we are forgiven.

But sometimes we feel shame when we have done nothing wrong. It may be something simple, like sneezing in the quiet part of a symphony. Or perhaps something more serious, such as when you accidentally hurt someone. That is when it is good to remember that God knows what happened and still loves us.

The best way to remember this is by living as God commands, by loving God and our neighbor. If you believe in Jesus, you love God, because you trust that God sent his Son to save us. So we know that God forgives us even before we ask him to. If you love your neighbor, then you reach out to the person you hurt, instead of hiding in shame, and try to help them.

When we stop living in shame and start living in love, we know that the Lord lives in us. And as both the second reading and the gospel point out, we can ask for whatever we need and receive it. For when God lives in us and we live in him, we won't ask for anything trivial or selfish. His Spirit teaches us how to pray with confidence and faith. We pray as Jesus taught in the Lord's Prayer: "Thy will be done." Our love and trust in God will help us to accept whatever God sends our way.

— Tom Schmidt

BEARING FRUIT Few of us, even when we meditate on the image of the vine and branches,

stop to really think about how God “prunes” us. For some there is the danger of thinking that we are already producing fruit for the kingdom, in deed and truth as John says, perhaps raising a family, being active in our parish, and so on. But even those branches which are bearing fruit, the Gospel tells us, can be pruned to produce still more. Today Saul, freshly “pruned” by his conversion, arrives in Jerusalem and meets resistance. Since he had been persecuting Christians, this was only natural. But even after he is accepted and begins to bear fruit, he meets further adversity, and his letters are filled with many accounts of how his trials “pruned” him to produce greater fruit for the kingdom. Like him, as long as we remain in Christ we will continue to bear fruit and, when the will of the Father determines it is time to prune us, the strength of the true vine must enable us to endure it.

TODAY’S READINGS: F R — Barnabas reported to the apostles how Saul had seen the Lord on the way

(Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31). R P — I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people (Psalm 22). S R — This is God’s commandment: that we may believe and love (1 John 3:18-24). G — I am the true vine; whoever remains in me will bear much fruit (John 15:1-8).

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Even if we feel guilty, God is superior to our feelings and he knows everything.

1 John 3:20

Quinto Domingo de Pascua — 2 de mayo de 2021

¿VIVIR EN LA VERGÜENZA?

E n la lectura de la primera carta de San Juan, habla de que nuestro corazón nos condena. (1 Juan 3, 20) Se refiere a la vergüenza que

sentimos cuando hacemos algo pecaminoso. Cuando dice que Dios es más grande que nuestro corazón, quiere decir que incluso cuando sabemos que hemos pecado, incluso si nos sentimos indignos de ser perdonados, Dios sigue siendo un Dios que perdona, que no espera que seamos "dignos". Espera pacientemente que le pidamos misericordia, que deseemos su perdón. Por eso, cuando confesamos nuestros pecados, no tenemos por qué dudar de que somos perdonados.

Pero a veces sentimos vergüenza cuando no hemos hecho nada malo. Puede ser algo simple, como estornudar en la parte baja de una sinfonía. O quizás algo más serio, como cuando accidentalmente hieres a alguien. Es entonces cuando es bueno recordar que Dios sabe lo que pasó y todavía nos ama.

La mejor manera de recordar esto es viviendo como Dios manda, amando a Dios y al prójimo. Si crees en Jesús, amas a Dios, porque confías en que Dios envió a su Hijo para salvarnos. Entonces sabemos que Dios nos perdona incluso antes de que se lo pidamos. Si amas a tu prójimo, entonces te acercas a la persona que lastimaste, en lugar de esconderte en la vergüenza, y tratas de ayudarla.

Cuando dejamos de vivir con vergüenza y comenzamos a vivir en amor, sabemos que el Señor vive en nosotros. Y como señalan tanto la segunda lectura como el evangelio, podemos pedir lo que necesitemos y recibirlo. Porque cuando Dios vive en nosotros y nosotros vivimos en él, no pediremos nada trivial o egoísta. Su Espíritu nos enseña a orar con confianza y fe. Oramos como Jesús enseñó en el Padrenuestro: "Hágase tu voluntad". Nuestro amor y confianza en Dios nos ayudarán a aceptar todo lo que Dios nos envíe.

— Tom Schmidt

DEN FRUTOS Pocos de nosotros, incluso cuando meditamos sobre la imagen de la vid y los

sarmientos, nos detenemos a pensar realmente acerca de cómo Dios nos “poda”. Para algunos, existe el peligro de pensar que ya estamos produciendo frutos para el reino, de verdad y con hechos como dice Juan, tal vez criando una familia, siendo activos en nuestra parroquia y así. Pero incluso aquellas ramas que están dando sus frutos, nos dice el Evangelio, se pueden podar para producir aún más. Hoy Saulo, recién “podado” por su conversión, llega a Jerusalén y encuentra resistencia. Ya que había estado persiguiendo a los cristianos, esto era natural. Pero incluso después de que lo aceptan y comienza a dar frutos, se encuentra con más adversidad, y sus cartas están llenas de muchos relatos de cómo sus pruebas eran “podas” para que produjera más frutos para el Reino. Al igual que él, siempre y cuando permanezcamos en Cristo, vamos a seguir dando frutos y, cuando la voluntad del Padre, determine que es hora de que nos pode, la fuerza de la vid verdadera deberá permitirnos soportarlo.

LECTURAS DE HOY: P L — Bernabé explica a los discípulos en Jerusalén la conversión de Pablo

(Hechos de los Apóstoles 9, 26-31 ). S R — Bendito sea el Señor. Aleluya (Salmo 22 [21]). S L — Dios nos ordena que creamos en el nombre de Jesucristo y que nos amemos

como él nos ama (1 Juan 3, 18-24). E — Los que viven en Jesús y Jesús vive en ellos producen mucho fruto (Juan 15, 1-8).

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Aun si nos sentimos culpables, Dios es superior a nuestros sentimientos y él lo sabe todo. .

1 Juan 3:20