SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Reverend Myles P. Murphy, S.T.L., Pastor

The Reverend Roshan Sovis, Parochial Vicar The Reverend Edward Owusu-Ansah, In Residence

Deacon David Ciorciari, Weekday Assistant

Janel Rodriguez, Office Manager, OLV Patricia Molinari, Secretary/Receptionist, OLV Nancy Gilbertson, Secretary/Receptionist, SA

Edith Jeanty, Secretary/Receptionist, SA Carlos Gomez, Director of Maintenance, OLV

Marcial Sandoval, Maintenance, SA Don Barnum, Music Director, Canoni Chorale

Michael Tucci, Music Director, Schola Cantorum

OUR LADY OF VICTORY PARISH OFFICE Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm

ST. ANDREW’S PARISH OFFICE Monday-Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm

OUR LADY OF VICTORY MASSES

Saturday (Fulfills Sunday Obligation): 5:15pm Sunday: 10:15am, 12:15pm. 5:15pm Mon. - Fri.: 7:15am, 8:15am, 12:15pm*, 1:15pm** & 5:15pm*** (All in Upper Church.)

* Following the 12:15, the Novena of the day follows.

** Following the 1:15, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by the Novena of the day. *** Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:05 pm, followed by Mass.

Saturday: 12:15pm, 5:15pm (Vigil Mass) Holidays: 8:15am & 12:15pm Holy Day Vigil: 5:15pm Holy Days: 7:15, 7:45, 8:15,11:45am 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 4:45, & 5:15pm

CONFESSIONS Mon. - Fri.: 7:45-8:15am,12:45-1:30pm, 5:00-5:30pm

Sat.: 4:50-5:15pm

Church of Our Lady of Victory 60 William Street

NY, NY 10005 PH: 212-422-5535, FAX: 212-785-4457

Church of Saint Andrew 20 Cardinal Hayes Place

NY, NY 10007 PH: 212-962-3972

The Catholic Faith Community of

Our Lady of Victory and the

Church of St. Andrew

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT After the 1:15pm Weekday Mass.

Benediction will be at 5:05pm, before the 5:15 Mass.

BAPTISMS Sundays at 1:00pm

ST. ANDREW’S MASSES

Sunday: 12:15pm, 5:15pm Monday - Friday: 12:15pm, 1:15pm

CONFESSIONS 15 minutes after each Mass

DEVOTIONS Novena after the 12:15 weekday Mass

Novena and Rosary after 1:15pm weekday Mass

PARISH ACTIVITIES Monday: 5:45pm – Legion of Mary (OLV)

4th Friday: 5:45pm – Patrician Catholic Discussion Group (OLV)) As Announced: FiDi Catholic Young Adults

NOVENAS & DEVOTIONS

Mon.: Miraculous Medal Tues.: St. Anthony Wed.: St. Jude Thurs.: The Holy Spirit Fri.: The Rosary

Sat.: The Rosary 1st Fri.: Sacred Heart Novena Fridays of Lent: Stations of the Cross

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Remember the commandments and hate not your neighbor (Sirach 27:30 — 28:9). Psalm — The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion (Psalm 103). Second Reading — Whether we live, or whether we die, we do so for the Lord (Romans 14:7-9). Gospel — Forgive one another from your heart (Matthew 18:21-35).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

We’ve seen how the rescue of Eucharistic Prayer II from the mists of history changed the style of our prayer, introducing a sleek simplicity to the prayer said aloud by the priest. Remember, before the reform of our prayer in the late 1960s, the priest whispered the words of the Roman Canon, Eucharistic Prayer I. His voice was not amplified, his back was to the people, who could only tell what was going on by a shift in his posture as he bowed and genuflected and as bells were rung to indicate his

progress through the prayer. With the emergence of the new prayers, some feared that the old prayer would be lost forever if it weren’t somehow

changed. The reformers asked that it be streamlined a bit by omitting the repeated “Through Christ” at the end of various intercessions, and trimming the list of somewhat obscure saints. The new edition therefore brackets parts of the two lists of saints in the prayer, unfortunately dropping all the women from the second set. The decision was also made to keep the Lord’s words at the consecration exactly the same in every Eucharistic Prayer, although there is precedent for more variety. On November 2, 1968, Pope Paul VI signed off on the plan of the new Mass, and by April 1969, the publication of the revised order of Mass was announced. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Ps 28:2, 7-9; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps 101:1b-3ab, 5-6; Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Ps 111:1-6; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Friday: 1 Tm 6:2c-12; Ps 49:6-10, 17-20; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Tm 6:13-16; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a

THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME September 17, 2017, Year A

FORGIVENESS Nearly ten years before, a son and father had parted ways when the business they shared went bankrupt. The son blamed the father. They did not speak to each other again. Then the father became seriously ill. The mother called the son and told him he had better come soon. The son walked sheepishly into the hospital room. The father motioned his son to him and whispered: “Did you ever think you could do anything that would keep me from loving you?” Resentment and anger are foul things, the first reading from Sirach tells us. Remember the last things. Stop hating. Live by the commandments. As Saint Paul writes to the Romans, we are to live for the Lord and die for the Lord. Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel reminds us of God’s compassion. The immense sin of humanity has been forgiven and stricken from the record. We are to forgive others in the same way. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

AUTUMN Besides the autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of the haze. —Emily Dickinson

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catechetical Sunday Tuesday: St. Januarius Wednesday: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions; Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year 5778) begins at sunset Thursday: St. Matthew Friday: Autumn begins Saturday: St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

JOIN US FOR

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Exposition after the 12:15 PM & 1:15 Masses

in the Upper Church

FORGIVE OTHERS There are many kinds of alms the giving of which helps us to obtain pardon for our sins; but none is greater than that by which we forgive from our heart a sin that someone has committed against us. —St. Augustine

ABOUT ST. MATTHEW Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheus, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the time of Christ. According to the Gos-pel, Matthew was work-ing at a collection booth in Capernaum when Christ came to him and asked, "Follow me." With this simple call, Matthew became a disciple of Christ. From Matthew we know of the many doings of Christ and the message Christ spread of salvation for all people who come to God through Him. The Gospel account of Matthew tells the same story as that found in the other three Gospels, so scholars are certain of its authenticity. His book is the first of the four Gospels in the New Testament. Many years following the death of Christ, around 41 and 50 AD, Matthew wrote his gospel account. He wrote the book in Aramaic in the hope that his account would convince his fellow people that Jesus was the Messiah and that His kingdom had been fulfilled in a spiritual way. It was an important message at a time when almost everyone was expecting the return of a militant messiah brandishing a sword. It is thought he departed for other lands to escape persecution sometime after 42 AD. According to various legends he fled to Parthia and Persia, or Ethiopia. Nothing is recorded of Matthew's passing. We do not know how he died, if his death was natural or if he was martyred. Saint Matthew is often depicted with one of the four living creatures of Revelation 4:7, which reads, "The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a bull, the third living creature had a human face, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle." Matthew was a tax collector and is therefore the patron saint of bankers. The Church established St. Matthew's feast day as September 21.

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St. Matthew Prayer O Glorious St. Matthew, in your Gospel you portray Jesus as the longed-for Messiah who fulfilled the Prophets of the Old Covenant and as the new Lawgiver who founded a Church of the New Covenant. Obtain for us the grace to see Jesus living in his Church and to follow his teachings in our lives on earth so that we may live forever with him in heaven. Amen.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE Manhattan Fall Campaign

Join fellow Catholics during the 40 days between Wed., Sept. 27 and Sun. Nov. 5, 2017

anytime between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm As they pray across from the Planned Parenthood at

26 Bleecker Street, NY NY 10012 on the public right of way

for the end of abortion. This Planned Parenthood location is right next to The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, named for the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who famously encouraged people to “spiritually adopt” an unborn child by saying the following prayer for nine months:

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. Amen.

It is said that although the identity of the child you pray for will be un-known to you during your earthly life, there is every hope that you will be united with that child forever in Heaven.

MASS INTENTIONS

OUR LADY OF VICTORY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 10:15 am: In Honor of The Sacred Heart of Jesus 12:15 pm: Antony & Regina D’Alessandro*** 5:15 pm: Alice Gould

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 7:15 am: Lillian Milana 8:15 am: In Thanksgiving to Padre Pio 12:15 pm: Marie Mead 1:15 pm: Carmine, Tom, Michelina, and Peggy D’Amato 5:15 pm: Renato L. Guy

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 7:15 am: Anthony John & Marie D’Amato 8:15 am: Maria Meny Goduco 12:15 pm: Giuseppe Fracchiolla 1:15 pm: Frank Giaccio 5:15 pm: Andres Marcelo

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 7:15 am: Mary Eagleston 8:15 am: Adela Mathias 12:15 pm: John Callahan 1:15 pm: Maria Grazia & Rose D’Amato 5:15 pm: Stella Duffy

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 7:15 am: In Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 8:15 am: Nour Sami 12:15 pm: Elizabeth Iacovone 1:15 pm: G.X. and Elizabeth McCarthy*** 5:15 pm: Brian Campell***

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 7:15 am: Eugene Daly 8:15 am: Ernesto Corrales 12:15 pm: Catherine Brady Callahan 1:15 pm: William Staniecki 5:15 pm: Daniel McGouran

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 12:15 pm: John Cavallo 5:15 pm: Philip Barbero

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 10:15 am: Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Conlon*** 12:15 pm: Vincent M. Saponar, Jr. 5:15 pm: Edilberto Soriano

ST. ANDREW CHURCH

12:15 pm: Lucy Garfinkle 5:15 pm: Msgr. Joseph Nugent ***

12:15 pm: Gliceria Balcon 1:15 pm: Leona Zagami

12:15 pm: Eleanor Toomey Yakovchuk 1:15 pm: Gale Gallahue

12:15 pm: Arthur Galdames 1:15pm: Virgilio Lim Tan

12:15 pm: Esteban Almonte 1:15pm: John Simpson

12:15 pm: Stanley Nowakowski*** 1:15 pm: Lorraine Perro

No Saturday Mass at St. Andrew’s location

12:15 pm: Rocco M. Thompson 5:15 pm: Fr. Everett Brown***

*** Indications “for the intentions of”

JOIN US IN PRAYING

The Divine Mercy Chaplet

MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:00 PM

IN THE MAIN CHURCH

Jesus, I Trust in You!

THIS WEEK

Altar Bread & Wine Offered at St. Andrew:

In Loving Memory

of

John Simpson

Given by Elaine Draghi

SUNDAY FUNNIES

A monastery in the English countryside had fallen on hard times, and decided to establish a business to defray their ex-penses. Other monasteries, they knew, had opened bakeries or wineries. Being English, however, they decided to open a fish-and-chips restaurant. The establishment soon became very popular, attract-ing people from all over. One city fellow, thinking himself clever, asked one of the brothers standing nearby, “I suppose you’re the ‘fish friar’?” “No,” answered the brother levelly, “I’m the ‘chip monk’.”