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Rev. Tom Kunnel, C.O. , Administrator Deacon Robert Pang

MASSES: Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM 1:00 PM (Spanish)

Weekdays: 8:00 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM

Dear Parish Family, John’s Gospel: Jesus’ public life begins with a wedding and closes with a funeral. There are four primary characters in this story: Jesus, Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Martha, Mary and

Lazarus, siblings, were good friends of Jesus. John tells us that he “loved” them. The sisters of Lazarus, Martha and Mary, send word to Jesus telling him that “the man you love” is gravely ill. Curiously though, Jesus does not immediately rush off to see Lazarus. Instead he stays where he is for two more days, until Lazarus is dead, and then sets off to see him. When he arrives near the house, he is met by Martha who says to him: “If you had been here, my brother would not have died!” Basical-ly her question is: “Where were you? Why didn’t you come and heal him?” Jesus does not answer her question but instead assures her that Lazarus will live in some deeper way. Martha then goes and calls her sister, Mary. When Mary arrives she repeats the identical words to Jesus that Martha had spoken: “If you had been here my brother would not have died!” However, coming out of Mary’s mouth, these words mean something else, something deeper. Mary is asking the universal, timeless question about suffering and God’s seeming absence. Her query (“Where were you when my broth-er died?”) asks that question for everyone: Where is God when inno-cent people suffer? Where was God during the holocaust? Where is God when anyone’s brother dies? Where is God during this time of ‘death all over the world’ and we are helpless against an unseen ene-my? On his arrival, Jesus pacified Martha with one of the most treasured of his teachings, which brings great consolation at funeral service, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.” Jesus offers “eternal life,” which begins with Faith now and lasts forever in its fullness. John’s story offers a challenging re-sponse and offers us all those words that bring such consolation at fu-neral services: “I am the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in me even if he [or she] dies will live, and everyone who believes in me will never die.” The lesson in this death and raising may be put this way: the God we believe in doesn’t necessarily intervene and rescue us from suffering and death (although we are invited to pray for that). Instead he redeems our suffering afterwards. But sometimes the only answer to the ques-tion of suffering and evil is the one Jesus gave to Mary and Martha—shared helplessness, shared distress, and shared tears, with no attempt to try to explain God’s seeming absence, but rather a trusting that, be-cause God is all-loving and all-powerful, in the end all shall be well and our pain will someday be redeemed in God’s embrace. While the miracle of raising Lazarus from grave shows Jesus’ Divine power over death itself it also shows him as a wonderfully sensitive human being. His love for Lazarus and his sisters is palpable. Martha’s and Mary’s complaint that Jesus’ presence would have averted Laza-rus’ death shows us how real their friendship was. So do Jesus’ tears. The story also represents the best of that special human quality in Jesus of openly expressing real feelings. This interpretive description of Je-sus’ greatest miracle is also John’s reflection on the significance of the Resurrection.

Fr. Tom Kunnel C.O.

Please remember in your prayers the Sick and/or Homebound of our Parish Family. Anna Hick-ey, Larry Goswick, Ismaela Sanabria Maldonado, mother of Marleni, Edith & Ana, Anne O’Connor, Gino Galante, Helen Koza, Virginia McCauley Cook, Kristen Lynn, Helen Bark, Nijole Paronetto, Mary Lynch Donaldson sister of Peter Lynch, Johanna Krumm, Tim Armstrong, Eileen Moson, Madeline Moson, Michael McCormack, Joe Den-nerlein

As a Parish Family, let us remember in our prayers all our beloved departed members of our Parish Community Theresa Mayernik, sister of Fran Loftus, Maureen Diana, Marion Hinchcliff, mother of Una McHugh, Jessica Lee, Mary O’Rourke mother of Chris O’Rourke, Fr. John Dwyer, Cecilia Harlan, Eileen Wozniak Phil Kohlbrenner, Cathy Kohlbrenner—father & sister of Andy Kohlbrenner PLEASE ADVISE THE RECTORY (359-0078) WHENEVER A PARISHION-ER BECOMES HOMEBOUND, ILL, OR HOSPITALIZED SO ARRANGE-MENTS CAN BE MADE FOR A PRIEST, DEACON OR EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TO VISIT AND BRING COMMUNION TO THEM.

Sun 3/29 10:30 PM Michael & Mary McLaughlin By Armstrong Family

Mon 3/30 8:00 AM Mary Boyle By Gino Silvestri

Tue 3/31 8:00 AM Clarita Silva (2nd Anniv) By Soriano & Silva Family

Wed 4/1 8:00 AM Eileen Wozniak By Helen, Anthony & Kathy Koza

Thu 4/2 8:00 AM Intentions of All the Medical Re-sponders of the Coronavirus By St. John

Fri 4/3 8:00 AM Intentions of All Victims of the Coronavirus By St. John

Sat 4/4 9:00 AM Safety of caretakers Especially Jonathan, Laura & Freida By Silva & Soriano Family

Sun 4/5 10:30 AM Michael & Mary McLaughlin By Armstrong Family

Hoping and praying for all during this coronavirus pandemic. Keep the faith and know we will all get through this with the help of God. Everyone has time on their hands, so fill some of it by praying the Rosary, making the Stations of the Cross, helping Mom and Dad and watching the Mass on the parish website. If you do, your will remember this as your best Lenten season to date. Blessings and love, Kathleen Dunn and all of our great Catechists

Have you looked into formed.org. This is a good time to check it out. They have some wonderful movies that are perfect for the children. Try this one:

The Witness Trilogy God with us.

Readings No. 820 5th Sunday of Lent

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Sun 29-Mar

10:30 AM Webcast English Mass 11:30 AM Legion of Mary - Canceled 1:00 PM Webcast Espanol Misa 7:00:00 PM

AA Meeting - Canceled

Mon 30-Mar 10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass

Tues 31-Mar 10:00 AM Scripture Class - Canceled 10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass

Wed 1-Apr 10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass 1:30 PM Piermont Sr. Meeting - Canceled

Thu 2-Apr 10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass

Fri 3-Apr

10:00 AM Webcast English Stations of the Cross

10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass 7:30 PM Webcast Espanol Via Crucis

Sat 4-Apr 10:30 AM Webcast Daily Mass

Webcast Schedule:

Daily Masses: Monday—Saturday: 10:30 AM

Stations of the Cross: Friday: 10AM Sunday Mass:

English—10:30 AM Via Crucis:

Viernes: 7:30 PM Domingo Santa Misa: Espanol—1:00 PM

Today’s Readings First Reading —Thus says the Lord GOD: I will open your graves, have you rise from them, and settle you on your land. Then you shall know I am the LORD, O my people! (Ezekiel 37:12-14). Psalm — With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of re-demption (Psalm 130). Second Reading — If Christ is in you, the spirit is alive even if the body is dead because of sin (Romans 8:8-11). Gospel — Lazarus, dead for four days, came out of his tomb when Jesus called his name (John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]).

IVE GLORY TO GOD On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, just before we begin to enter Holy Week, we are summoned to Bethany. If we had been friends of Mary, Lazarus, and Martha, and found out that Lazarus was gravely ill, we probably would have dropped everything to be with them. This was what was so surprising about the behavior of Jesus. Although he was their close friend, he chose to stay away, that God’s glory would be manifested. This is a persistent theme in John’s Gospel. Right to the very end, Jesus’ works were meant to give glory to the Father. As our Lenten journey reaches a crescendo, let us be mindful that, as people who have “put on Christ” in baptism, we are also called, by our attitudes and actions, to give glory to God.

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As you know the bills for the maintenance of the church continues regardless, please con-tinue to send your offerings to support the church either by mail or through online pay-ment https://stjohnspiermont.churchgiving.com Thank you for your support and generosity to St. Johns.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]

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A Coronavirus Prayer Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may expe-rience your healing love.

Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care.

Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from work-ing together and neighbors from helping one another.

Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim invul-nerability to a disease that knows no borders.

Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow.

Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.

Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, de-fend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace.

Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help those affected and who put themselves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace.

Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve. Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions that will help prepare for or prevent future outbreaks. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth.

Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace.

Jesus Christ, heal us.

Amen

Una Oracion por el Coronavirus Jesucristo, tú atravesaste pueblos y villas “curando toda dolencia y toda enfermedad.” Por tu mandato, los enfermos fueron curados. Acude a nuestra ayuda hoy, en medio de la propagación global del coronavirus, para que podamos sen-tir tu amor curativo.

Cura a todos los enfermos con el virus. Que puedan re-cuperar sus fuerzas y sanar mediante un buen cuidado mé-dico.

Sánanos de nuestros temores, los cuales no permiten que las naciones trabajen unidas y que los vecinos se ayuden unos a otros.

Cúranos de nuestro orgullo, el cual nos hace asumir invulnerabilidad ante una enfermedad que no tiene

límites.

Jesucristo, sanador de todo, acompáñanos en es-tos tiempos de incertidumbre y pena.

Acompaña aquellos que han muerto por causa del virus. Que estén descansando a tu lado en tu paz

eterna.

Acompaña las familias de quienes están enfermos o que han muerto. En medio de sus preocupaciones y penas, líbrales de enfermedad y desesperación. Permíteles sentir tu paz.

Acompaña los doctores, enfermeras, investigadores y todos los profesionales médicos que andan en búsqueda de sanar y ayudar a los afectados, y que corren riesgos en el proceso. Permíteles sentir tu protección y paz.

Acompaña los líderes de todas las naciones. Dales la visión para actuar con amor, y un verdadero interés en el bienestar de la gente que deben de servir. Dales la sabiduría para poder invertir en soluciones de largo plazo que ayudarán a la preparación o prevención de futuros brotes. Permíteles conocer tu paz en esta tierra, mientras juntos trabajan para lograrlo.

Ya estemos en nuestras casas o en el extranjero, rodeados de muchos o de unos pocos que sufren de esta enfermedad, Jesucristo, acompáñanos mientras soportamos y lamen-tamos, persistimos y nos preparamos. Sustituye nuestra an-siedad por tu paz.

Jesucristo, sánanos. Amen

LECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura - Abriré sus tumbas; pondré mi es-píritu en ustedes para que tengan vida (Ezequiel 37:12-14). Salmo — Con el Señor hay misericordia y redención com-pleta (Salmo 129). Segunda lectura — El Espíritu de vida mora en nosotros (Romanos 8:8-11). Evangelio — Yo soy la Resurrección y la Vida (Juan 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]).

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Sal 22:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Martes: Nm 21:4-9; Sal 101:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Miércoles: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Jueves: Gn 17:3-9; Sal 104:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Viernes: Jer 20:10-13; Sal 17:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Sábado: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Domingo: Mt 21:1-11 (procesión); Is 50:4-7; Sal 21:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Fil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]

DA GLORIA A DIOS En el Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma, justo antes de entrar en la Semana Santa, somos llamados a Betania. Si hubiéra-mos sido amigos de María, Lázaro y Marta, y nos hubiéra-mos enterado que Lázaro estaba gravemente enfermo, probablemente lo habríamos dejado todo para estar con ellos. Eso es lo más sorprendente del comportamiento de Jesús. Pese a que era su amigo cercano, eligió mantenerse alejado, para que la gloria de Dios se manifestara. Este es un tema persistente en el Evangelio de Juan. Hasta el mis-mo final, las obras de Jesús son para dar gloria al Padre. A medida que nuestra jornada de Cuaresma llega a su apo-geo, recordemos que, como personas que “se han revestido de Cristo” en el Bautismo, también somos llamados a dar gloria a Dios en nuestras actitudes y acciones.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma Miércoles: Día de los inocentes Jueves: San Francisco de Paula Viernes: Primer viernes; Abstinencia Sábado: San Isidoro; Primer sábado

P A R I S H M I N I S T R I E S & C H A I R Buildings & Grounds Pat Miele, Alex Aguilar Eucharistic Adoration Dcn Robert Pang Health Mary Loftus Hispanic Community Michaelina Maldonado Ministerios Marianos Luis y Aida Cachichabla Hospitality Robin Miller Men’s Club Bill Loftus. Ralph Olsen Ushers Jake Miraglia Music Elise Espinosa, Chris & Carolyn Yates, Ann Quattrocchi & Eileen Petersen Spanish Choir Carlos Cerna, William Martinez Outreach Maria Nest Parish Council Ralph Olsen Parish Worship Dcn Rob Pang Religious Education Kathleen Dunn RCIA Dcn Robert Pang, Nelson Zamora Catholic Daughters Marge Olsen Right to Life Scott Giblin Social May Pang Spiritual Life Johanna Krumm St. Vincent De Paul Fr. Tom Kunnel

P A R I S H C O U N C I L Alex Aguilar, Kathleen Dunn, Jonathan/Dominika Fanning, Lucia/Sal Caruana, Marleni Lemus, Ray/Beverly Sambrotto,

Irma Vasquez T R U S T E E S

Phil McCartin James Pontone

Our Sacramental Life

Baptism: Please call the Rectory well in advance of the expected day of Bap-tism to arrange an appointment for an interview. Pre-baptismal meeting for parents is required. Godparents must be confirmed, practicing Catholics. Gener-ally Baptisms are celebrated the third Sunday of each month at 12:00 pm.

Reconciliation: Confessions are heard from 4:30-5:00 pm on Saturday. You may also make an appointment with Fr. Tom. Spanish confessions is available from 12:30–1:00 PM on Sundays.

Marriage: Marriages should be arranged at least six months in advance. Partici-pation in Pre-Cana is essential. Please call the Rectory to schedule an appoint-ment with Fr. Tom.

Anointing of the Sick: Before you enter the hospital for elective surgery or other serious treatment, and for those who have need of spiritual healing. In an emergency, please call Fr. Tom’s mobile 845 608 9358.

Holy Orders: Any gentleman interested in exploring the question of vocation to the priesthood or the permanent diaconate should contact Fr. Tom Kunnel. We would also be happy to direct anyone interested in living their lives as Religious Sisters or Brothers.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: For instruction for Baptism, Confirma-tion and Eucharist for adults and to learn about Catholic Faith. If interested please contact Dcn Robert Pang.

For more details and forms—www.stjohnspiermont.org

Parish Registration: All adults (over age 21) should register in the parish themselves and should use envelopes or parishpay.com. Tithing is 5% of income. This registration is our only means of certifying anyone as a member of the parish, especially for Baptism and Confirmation sponsorship letters and for scheduling Baptisms and Weddings.

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