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THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL & ST. PETER May 30-31, 2020
Come, Holy Spirit, and make us Pentecost people.
Let your wisdom and right Judgment guide our
decisions and temper our impulses. Let knowledge
and understanding increase our capacity for
empathy and compassion. Let reverence and awe
fill us with gratitude and respect for all creation.
Give us the courage to witness boldly to our faith
in word and deed. Through and with and in Jesus
Christ, we pray.
Amen
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Our new Mass schedule (subject to change) Masses will resume once it reaches 25% occupancy
Weekends
Saturday Vigil – 5:00PM
Sunday – 7:30AM, 9:30AM, 11:30AM
Weekdays Monday – 7:00AM
Tuesday - 9:00AM
Wednesday - 6:30PM
Thursday – 9:00AM
Friday no communion service currently
Mass Intentions previously scheduled will be scheduled at a later date =================================================================================
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Please call at 315-469-6995. Confessions will be at the rectory. Please enter the side door on the
porch at the rectory and turn right (see the sign posted on the entrance door).
THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL & ST. PETER
FOR THOSE SICK & CONVALESCING Michael Sopchak, Nancy Bush, Fred Mangine, Jaqueline
Steele, Thomas Aloi, Kimberly Schoemann, Donald & Ernest
Fenner, Lynn Gravina, Mary Caputo, Joan Kraus, Chris
Jones, Michael Mancuso, John Grim, Kathleen Ellis, John
Newmiller, Mike & Gerry Strojnowski, Elaine & Fred
Peterson, Rosemary Dileo, Noah Ramsay, Sally Heater,
Elizabeth Lyons, Alida Bender, Steve Kelly, Fran Vertucci,
Fr. Pedzich, Al Foraker, Rev. Msgr. Yeazel
FAITH SHARING The readings for May 31st, Pentecost: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7,12-13 and John 20:19-23. As the Church celebrates Pentecost, w remember how the Holy Spirit emboldened those gathered in the upper room to proclaim the Gospel to the all those gathered in Jerusalem, extending Jesus’ message of peace to all. How would Jesus want you to share that message of peace with your family and friends this week? REGISTRATIONS: Please complete and return in the envelope provided. Registration is free until June 15. SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION: If you have a child entering grade 2 or 9 this fall they are eligible for our sacramental programs. Those entering grade 2 will prepare for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist. Those entering grade 9 will enter our Chosen4 program which culminates with Confirmation in grade 11. If you need information or a registration packet contact Bonnie Barker at [email protected]. ==================================================
Bonnie and Stephanie continue to pray for you as we journey through the Easter season. Please let us know if you have a need, concern or question. We are looking forward to the day we can gather together and celebrate as a parish family. Blessings on everyone.
GOSPEL THIS WEEK
Sunday, May 31 – Jn 20:19-23
Monday, June 1 – Jn 19:25-34
Tuesday, June 2 – Mk 12:13-17
Wednesday, June 3 – Mk 12:18-27
Thursday, June 4 – Mk 12:28-34
Friday, June 5 – Jn 10:11-16
Saturday, June 6 – Mk 12:38-44
Sunday, June 7 – Jn 3:16-18
Psalter: Week I, page 37
WORD OF LIFE
“God creates us in his image and likeness, which means we
are made to be in loving relationship with him. The essence of
our identity and worth, the source of our dignity, is that we are
loved by God.”
MAY 30-31, 2020
HAITI
The Haiti Bottle & Can Drive is coming up in July! Please save your refundables for us. News from our Twin Parish, May 21, 2020: At Chauffard, we are well. Thank God, there are no cases of COVID-19 in Chauffard, though the number of people contaminated grows day by day in the country. We continue to train and educate people well day by day. The parish car is working well, thanks to God. It is through her grace that we were able to transport a great part of the material for the construction of the church. The construction [on the main church in Chauffard] has begun. We are working seriously. There is almost no more money left of the sum that I have received [for the construction]. With the schools closed, the lunch food has begun to spoil. The students remain confined to their homes because of the pandemic of Covid-19. I have divided the food among the school teachers here to distribute to the families. I pray for you that God continues to bless and protect you.
TELEVISED MASSES
Spectrum Cable Channel 98 – Saturdays 8:30pm
WSYR Channel 9 – Sundays at 6:30am & 9:30am
www.youtube.com/syrdio
FOX Channel 68 – Sunday 8:30am
EWTN: Spectrum Channel 44 – Masses at Midnight on
Saturdays, & 8:00am, 12:00pm, 7:00pm on Sundays
We still need and are grateful for your support! Please drop off your donation at the rectory or send your gift through the mail or use electronic giving. You can now go to the web page and sign-up for e-giving at www.stmichael-stpeter.org
Collection week of May 23-24 - $4,701.00
Pentecost Sunday – “There are varieties of gifts,
but the same Spirit.” Is the lord inviting you to
share your gifts as a priest, deacon, sister or
brother? Call Father Jason Hage (315) 470-1468
From the Pastor’s Desk
The Solemnity of Pentecost
Like the disciples we have been locked up for
days on end. Remember that the birth of the
Church took place with the disciples locked up in
the upper room. Wind and fire entered the room
and entered the hearts of the disciples. The
disciples experienced the power and the presence of
the Holy Spirit.
On this Pentecost Day imagine what the first
disciples experienced. Try a simple spiritual
exercise. It’s good for you. Try this. Close your
eyes for a moment. Repeat the words ‘Prayer’ and
‘air’ over and over again. Say the words very softly
and slowly to yourself until they sound like poetry.
‘Prayer’ and ‘air’ have a lot more in common than
you might think. Life is totally dependent on being
able to fill our lungs with air. When deprived of air
for only a few minutes we can suffer great physical
damage and even death. Miners suffer from black
lung disease and smokers suffer from emphysema
and heart disease. Serious stuff all of this. Our
spiritual self is dependent upon prayer for vitality as
our physical self is dependent upon air for life. The
quality of our spiritual life depends upon our
relationship with God. When we pray, God
breathes into our souls.
In 1985 Terry Anderson was taken hostage by
Shiite Hezbollah militants. He was held hostage
until 1991. When he was held hostage, he tells how
he turned to prayer during his years of
imprisonment. The various rooms where he was
held captive became his “upper room” or place of
prayer. Here he formed rosaries from threads; read
the Bible more than fifty times; forgave his captors;
and rediscovered his faith.
In one parish where I served, the pastor told the
people they should pray one to two hours every day.
The parishioners said this was impossible. A
frequent comment about prayer, is that there just
isn't enough time. Yet we must pray.
St. Francis said, “If you are upset for any reason,
immediately turn to prayer and remain in the
presence of the most high Father until he restores
you to the joy of your salvation.” Mother Theresa
said, “Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of
containing God’s gift of himself.” Everything tells
us that we need prayer. We must pray, but how are
we going to do it? We need to find our own “upper
room.”
MAY 30-31, 2020
A parishioner begins his day with morning Mass
and if this is not possible with private prayer at
home. During his prayer he spends some time
reflecting upon his work. He consciously makes his
work not a distraction but a part of his prayer.
Thus, his work becomes prayer. Prayer is not a
multiplication of words. It is a life of breathing in
the Holy Spirit who links us to God through all the
events or our lives.
Some need more structure. On Tuesdays,
Eucharistic Adoration offers a quiet time and a quiet
place, an ‘upper room’ if you will, for personal
prayer and reflection. For others, even during this
pandemic, lighting a candle or a few words
scribbled in our “Parish Book of Prayer” might
serve as the starting point for prayer. Participation
in our First Saturday rosary might lead one to
deeper prayer. When we are able to celebrate Mass
again, our Church can become our upper room.
Reading and meditating on the sacred scriptures can
help set the tone for our renewal of public prayer.
As our physical bodies need air to breathe, they
also need food for nourishment and growth. Our
spiritual beings thrive on prayer, but they also need
food — spiritual food. Jesus has provided this as
well. What food does for the body is what the
Eucharist does for the soul. It gives us energy and
defense against diseases. It’s intimate. It’s
partaken in relationship, in family and in
community. It’s a gift shared in love. If you are
what you eat, as the old saying goes, then it
transforms us, makes us more like Christ. Finally,
we take it with us, out of the church doors. In the
words of Pope Benedict XVI, “We cannot approach
the Eucharistic table without being drawn into its
mission which, beginning in the very heart of God,
is meant to reach all people.” I look forward to the
day when all of us can once again gather around the
table of the Lord for this special meal. A meal that
will give us the strength to continue in prayer and in
prayer filled action.
