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Our Centennial a �me for healing and hope St. Andrew Church �
1920 �2020 �
Thank you for suppor�ng our parish during the pandemic. �
For online giving please go to: �
www.standrewparish.com or�
h�ps://giving.parishso�.com/app/giving/rev244178
For Daily Mass we are on:
FaceBook: St. Andrew’s Church Family
YouTube: St Andrews Church, Avenel, NJ
Showing the Love of Jesus in Little Ways
Feast of the Ascension
Sunday May 24
SCHEDULE OF EVENT
Mass on
FaceBook St. Andrew’s Church
Family
YouTube: St. Andrews Church,
Avenel, NJ
Mon. 5/25 Alex Herbst
Tues 5/26 Joseph and Columbia
D’Inverno
Wed 5/27 William Poulssen
Thurs 5/28 Frances Keller
Fri. 5/29 Paul DePaolo
George Testa
Sat. 5/30 Sarah Werte
Sun. 5/31 Msry and john Paloczie
Robert Cohen
The paschal candle is a gift in memory of
Linda Foglia .
SHRINE CANDLES
BLESSED MOTHER SACRED HEART
Emily Almeida (Healing)� � Rose & Michael Copertino�
Kenneth Matulonis� � � Quinn/Nolan Families�
Frank Matulonis, Jr. & Sr � � Casale & Farkas Family
Torra Family� � � Mary Mazzarella�
Lucy Trackim� � � Donald Dunphy�
Bob Conway� � � �
George & Dorothy Schnepf� � � � �
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PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY
Sara Marie Eastman, Peter and Michele
Guaracci, Jus�n Kitchen, Gerard Kopchik,
Jus�n Lurker, Col. William McCleary, Staff
Sergeant Keith Zalasar�
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And to our military everywhere!�
Thank you for your service to us in
Parishioner Prayer List
Henry Chomicki, Thomas McCafferty,
Baby Finn Botti, John Allen,
Emily ,Almeida, George Alusik, BZ, Sr.,
Mark and Anthony Beluch, Carl Booth,
Donna Sumpolec Bruno, Sylvia & Mi-
chael Bourgeois, Brian Burns, Dulce
Caliero, Robert Caulfield, Marie
Christini, Ann Ciarrico, Michelle Cole,
Hector Colon, Charles Connolly, Dennis
Costante, Denise Covino, Gerilynn
Crawford, Enrique Curbel, Linda
Czaplicki, Michael Cysani, Gary Davila,
Grace DeVivo, Vincent Di Giorgio, Pat
DiMarco, Pamela Drotar, Joao Elias,
Mollie Endler, Marilyn Evan, Kyle
Fairhurst, Joann Foglia, Albert Foglia,
Richard Fuentes, Frankie Gagliano,
Diana and Jose Garcia, Daniela
Giambrone, Barbara Golinski, Mary
Gorka, Ann Groben, Walter Hasting,
Virginia Higgins, Peter Jastrzembski,
Cheryl Kenny, Hanns Kozbial, Nicholas
Koptko, Barbara La Coco, Richard
Lagripo, Anthony LaMotta, Nick Lange,
Faith Longstreet, Catherine Masher,
Tiffany Masters, Joan Modzelewski,
Garry Maurath, Robert Matzura,
Jeanne Michaloski, Gene Moore, Rose
Muccilli, Irma Munez, Adam
Nowolzinski, Nick Petrillo, Angel
Pimentel, Sandra Lynn Place, Laura
Poland, Peter Reimann, Terry and
Tara Risso, Joe Romanowski, Florence,
Frank, Julie and Lou Salerno, Barbara
Santo, Stephanie Santonastaso,
Charlene Schnepf, Trish Shuller, Perry
Stio, Josephine Strittmatter, Betty
Sullivan, Julio Suarez, Jane Taylor,
Lauren Teague, Ryan Terebetsky, Paul
Tornambe, Mike Vallillo, Alice Wade,
Dan Weiss, Robert Wodarski, Brian
Zalasar, Vincent Zalasar, Marianne
Zelizi, Okaan Zenger
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Feast of the Ascension, Sunday May 24, 2020
From Pope Francis:�
I would like to note two elements
for our reflection. First of all,
during the Ascension Jesus made
the priestly gesture of blessing, and
the disciples certainly expressed
their faith with prostration, they
knelt with bowed heads, this is a
first important point: Jesus is the
one eternal High Priest who with his
Passion passed through death and
the tomb and ascended into heaven.
He is with God the Father where he
intercedes for ever in our favor (cf.
Heb 9:24). As St John says in his
First Letter, he is our Advocate: How
beautiful it is to hear this! When someone is summoned by the judge or is involved in legal
proceedings, the first thing he does is to seek a lawyer to defend him. We have One who
always defends us, who defends us from the snares of devil, who defends us from ourselves
and from our sins!
We have this Advocate; let us not be afraid to turn to him to ask forgiveness, to ask for a
blessing, to ask for mercy! He always pardons us, he is our Advocate: he always defends us!
Don’t forget this! The Ascension of Jesus into heaven acquaints us with this deeply consoling
reality on our journey : in Christ, true God and true man, our humanity was taken to God.
Christ opened the path to us. He is like a roped guide climbing a mountain who, on reaching
the summit, pulls us up to him and leads us to God. If we entrust our life to him, if we let
ourselves be guided by him, we are certain to be in safe hands, in the hands of our Savior, of
our Advocate.
A second element: St Luke says that having seen Jesus ascending into heaven, the Apostles
returned to Jerusalem “with great joy”. This seems to us a little odd. When we are separated
from our relatives, from our friends, because of a definitive departure and, especially, death,
there is usually a natural sadness in us since we will no longer see their face, no longer hear
their voice, or enjoy their love, their presence. The Evangelist instead emphasizes the profound
joy of the Apostles.
But how could this be? Precisely because, with the gaze of faith they understand that although
he has been removed from their sight, Jesus stays with them for ever, he does not abandon
them and in the glory of the Father supports them, guides them and intercedes for them.
St Luke too recounts the event of the Ascension — at the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles
— to emphasize that this event is like the link of the chain that connects Jesus’ earthly life to
the life of the Church. Here St Luke also speaks of the cloud that hid Jesus from the sight of the
disciples, who stood gazing at him ascending to God (cf. Acts 1:9-10). Then two men in white
robes appeared and asked them not to stand there looking up to heaven but to nourish their
lives and their witness with the certainty that Jesus will come again in the same way in which
they saw him ascending into heaven (cf. Acts 1:10-11). This is the invitation to base our con-
templation on Christ’s lordship, to find in him the strength to spread the Gospel and to witness
to it in everyday life: contemplation and action, ora et labora, as St Benedict taught, are both
necessary in our life as Christians.
�
Miss no single opportunity of making some small
sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;
always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love�.
Kindness is my only guiding star. In its light, I sail a
straight route, I have my motto written on my sail:
To live in love.”
In this time of a worldwide pandemic the selfless and
sacrificial way that St. Therese exhibited her entire, short
life on earth is a reminder of how we can live out our
faith. But St. Therese knew well how to remain ground-
ed in what matters most, and her faith was her bea-
con. This image of a sailboat on the sea during a storm
reminds us that we must find our beacon of hope through
love – in, through, and for God – so that we can sail
through life’s storms without worry or anxiety, always cen-
tered on confident trust in God’s loving providence. May
kindness be our guiding star!
To�
Live �
In �
Love!�
Claude Monet painted
his wife Camille, on
her death bed. She is
enveloped in
beautiful soft colors,
which are images of
God’s Spirit that give
us comfort and
reminds us of the soft
glow of heaven. For
all those who have
died may they rest in
peace.
Come Holy Spirit, comfort the sick and infected.
Protect the elderly and the handicapped in nursing homes
and developmental centers. Keep us from anxiety and panic
and enable us to work together to combat his a virus that
has come upon us as a thief in the night.
Help us to re-open our country, our churches, our small
businesses, so that we may gather safely and filled with
gratitude for all who sacrificed themselves to lead us through
this trial.
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