Church of

St. Patrick

in Armonk

P.O. Box 6,

29 Cox Avenue,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504

(914) 273-9724

FIFTH SUNDAY

OF LENT

MARCH 13, 2016

MASSES: mar. 5—Mar. 13, 2016

Sat 3/12 9:00

5:30

John Daly (D)

Jane & John Sowinski (D)

Sun 3/13 8:30 Georgiy Natanov (D)

10:30 Nicholas Toriano (D)

12:00 People of the Parish

Mon 3/14 8:30 Vincent Giangaspro (D)

Tue 3/15 8:30 Br. Benjamin (D)

Wed 3/16 8:30 John Hollingsworth (D)

Thu 3/17 8:30

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Fri 3/18 8:30

Vincent Giangaspro (D)

Sat 3/19 9:00

5:30

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People of the Parish

Sun 3/20 8:30 John R. O’Hanlon (D)

10:15 Anna Maria Colella-Albino (D)

12:00 John Daly (D)

Calendar:

Collection: Mar 5-6: $4,498.00 in 95 envelopes

Bishops Overseas: $1,013.00 in 46 envelopes

ParishPay for February Reg. Collection: $8,802.00

Please consider using Parish Pay

Thank you for your generosity

SUNDAY, March 13, 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Mon, Mar. 14 — Weekday

Tue, Mar. 15 — Weekday

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30

Walking With Purpose : 9:30-11:30

Wed, Mar. 16 — Weekday

Thu, Mar. 17 — St. Patrick

Bible Study: cance;;ed

Fri, Mar. 18 — Weekday

Contemplative Prayer Group: 1:00-2:00 Stations of the Cross: 7:00pm

Sat, Mar. 19 — St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Confession: 4:30-5:15

SUNDAY, March 20, PALM SUNDAY

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Food First Sunday — We are looking for volun-

teers to help deliver the donated food to the Food

Pantry in Mt. Kisco. If you can help with this

job, please call or email the office: 914-273-0724

or churchofstpat@optonline.net

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Cardinal’s Appeal Update As of 3/4/16

Goal: $43,000

Pledged: $22,715

Paid: $20,255

Gifts: 51

Palm Sunday: 10:30 Mass begins at 10:15 in the gym with the Blessing

of the Palms and Procession

Holy Week Schedule:

Monday, March 21: Confession 3-9 pm

Holy Thursday: 7 pm, Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Good Friday:

No 8:30 Mass

10:00 am, Children’s Stations of the Cross

3:00 pm, Service of the Lord’s Passion

7:00 pm, Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday:

9:00 am, Tenebrae

8:00 pm, Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday Masses: 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 12:00

pm, in the church

THE FOUR LAST

THINGS

Heaven You may be wondering what happened to purgatory:

“Why isn’t purgatory included in the Four Last

Things”? Purgatory belongs to the topic of Heaven be-

cause everyone who goes to purgatory is going to Heav-

en. Purgatory is not a last thing. It is temporal. Purga-

tory is the place where those who die in sanctifying

grace but in justice need to make amends for their sins

and be purified from all attachment to sin before enter-

ing Heaven.

I use the term “entering” Heaven and it sounds like we

enter into a place where the saints are present along with

Jesus and Mary. God the Father is present there and so

is the Holy Spirit. It is said as if we are privileged to be

in their company. I am in no position to describe the

“place” of Heaven. Its nature as a “place” I will leave

for the Theologians to discuss. However, most funda-

mentally we know Heaven is a state of being: being ful-

ly and intimately united to God the Father, Son, and Ho-

ly Spirit. We will not be seeing God as we see the reali-

ty of creation around us now. Now we perceive reality

through our senses. We say reality is mediated through

our senses. Unfortunately, at times our senses can de-

ceive us. However, when we speak of seeing God we

do not mean mediated through our senses but immedi-

ately, as He really and truly is. Exactly how this is, is

beyond my ability to describe. We see objects now as

separate from us but we will see God, not separate from

us but as intimately united as one with God. We will

remain distinct from God of course. We will not be

“God” in the strict sense of the term be, but we will be

so one with God that we will be like God. This reality

has already begun for us in Sanctifying Grace.

Through Sanctifying Grace we participate in the Life

and Love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. However,

while on earth our participation is imperfect and incom-

plete. Imperfect in that it is inhibited by sin and incom-

plete in that we do not yet see God face to face, i.e., as

He really and truly is, unmediated by our senses. In

Heaven we will be more intimately one with God, body

and soul, than a man and woman in marriage. In fact,

the union of a man and woman in marriage is a sacra-

ment, an outward sign of our eventual union with God.

Of course, THE sacrament of this union with God is the

Eucharist. In the Eucharist our Body and Soul become

one with the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus

Christ. This union with God is so intimate and so com-

plete that it cannot be with the slightest defilement. It

absolutely must be pure and complete. Imagine, by way

of example, a glass that is so perfectly clean that nothing

is in or on it to deflect the rays of light from the sun. A

single dust particle or the tiniest smudge or defect in the

glass when held up to the sun will stand out because it

deflects or inhibits the light. There can be nothing in us

to inhibit or take away from reflecting the absolute puri-

ty and holiness of God. We can also use the analogy of

a drinking glass. The same must be true with the purity

of the Glass but here we can also speak of its capacity.

If I have an 8oz glass but in the glass are objects that

displace the water (Grace) by 4oz then Glass does not

contain its true capacity of water. Not only will the ob-

ject block the light but it will inhibit the glass from be-

ing full of water. So, too, with our souls.

We are finite and so are our souls. They have a finite

capacity to participate in the Life and Love of God

which we call Grace (symbolized by water). We can

merit and increase in our capacity to participate in

God’s Life only in this life on earth. When we die our

“capacity” is set for all eternity. Image the 8oz glass

being dropped in the ocean. When we enter into Heav-

en we will enter into the infinite ocean of God’s Life

and Love. We will participate in it to the fullest of our

being and there will be nothing in us, not even in the

slightest, to detract, deflect or inhibit our participation

and reflections of God’s Life and Light. If my soul is to

be likened to an 8oz glass, the soul of St. Mother Teresa

of Calcutta (soon to be canonized as Saint) might be like

the Pacific Ocean. Regardless of our capacity, for all

eternity we will be completely filled with God’s Life,

Love and Light to the complete and perfect satisfaction

and happiness of our being. We will be intimately one

with God and sharing in the Life and Love of the Father,

Son, and Holy Spirit in the company and communion of

all the saints in Heaven.

In Jesus and Mary,

It is with great sad-

ness that our reli-

gious Ed Program

says good-bye to

Sr. Barbara Heil,

who has been with

us for at least 30

years, helping our

second graders pre-

pare for the sacra-

ment of First Holy

Communion. As

most of you know,

Sister was killed in a car crash last week as she ran

errands following her daily stint as a Latin teacher and

Admission’s Officer at Kennedy Catholic High

School.

Sr. Barbara has been a fixture here at St. Pat’s, always

arriving an hour or so before class to set everything up

in the classroom. She would create a little altar in the

front of the classroom out of one of the desks, draping

it in a lacy covering. She had little cups stuffed with

crayons, one for each child and a kind word and smile

for them when they came in off the bus. Over her

many years here, she diligently kept refining her les-

son plans until they were effortless, seamless and

masterful. There was never any doubt that Sister’s

students would understand why they were receiving

First Communion and know exactly what to do on that

day. And when the day of First Communion arrived,

Sister would be in the Church with her students. She

would sit among them, helping any who were nerv-

ous.

During her final weeks with us, Sr. Barbara was suf-

fering from severe arthritis and could barely make it

to her classroom on a walker. She was awaiting hip-

replacement surgery. Because she could barely get

around the classroom, she said her students “became

her hands and feet,” getting things for her, passing out

the papers and helping her anyway they could. “They

are the best class I’ve ever had,” she said about them.

What a wonderful testament to Sister.

PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR SR. BARBARA!

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Teen Life News

8th Graders: You are cordially invited to join St. Patrick's Teen

Life! Please register on the St. Patrick of Armonk

website. Teen Life has some terrific upcoming

events.

Volunteers Needed for Soup Kitchen

Homeless people and struggling families can find

shelter, a warm meal and friendly faces in soup kitch-

ens. All volunteers at soup kitchens make a difference

in somebody's life. And while you may find yourself

short on free time, the rewards of volunteering at a

soup kitchen will be worth it. Soup Kitchen Volun-

teering takes place on Sat. Afternoons between 12-3

(5 kids max) on March 12th and April 9th (7 teens

max). Teens must be at least 15 years old to volun-

teer. The soup kitchen is called the Meatloaf Kitchen

and is located in NYC. Please contact teen life asap if

your child is interested in participating. Adults inter-

ested in bringing a group to a soup kitchen should also

contact Teen Life.

Teen Rec. Night

We are also going to be sending out announcement

regarding some Teen Rec. nights and other things so

you must regularly check the St. Patrick of Armonk

Google Plus Community. So...how do you do

that? You must provide a gmail address

(students school email works!) asap. We will then

send you an Invitation to join the google plus commu-

nity you must "accept invitation". In order to find the

invitation, you must have a google account, or gmail

account. In your gmail make sure you check "All

Mail" and/or "Social" or "Categories" to find your

invitation to join. Sometimes it does not show up in

the standard Inbox. It is important that you do this

asap as we would like to use Google Plus as a means

of communicating. AOL, Verizon and others do not

work with Google plus. Parents are welcome to join

our Google Plus Teen Life Community but you too

must provide us with a gmail address.

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Please keep the Following in your Prayers

Lillian Ward Jeannie Morris

Eileen Sullivan Katerinna MacNeil

Jaspare Miranda Perinna Ruggerio

John Puttre

Joy Lichten

Patricia Tkach

Mario & Gloria Guiliano

Sal & Barbara Grasso

Paul Benfari

Katherine Dubiell

Elsewhere in the Archdiocese

Spiritual Retreat Offered by the Legionaries of Christ, the retreat is based on

the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola and is com-

prised of guided meditations, private reflection, Mass, op-

portunities for Confession and spiritual direction.

Women’s Weekends: Feb. 19-21, Mar. 11-13, June 24-26

Men’s Weekend: Feb.. 26-28

Retreat weekends begin Friday at 5pm and end Sunday after

3pm Mass.

For more information call 914-244-3685 or go to

www.regnumchristny.org

From the Office of the Vicar General,

Archdiocese of New York Anyone who needs to report an alleged incident of sexual

abuse of a minor by a priest, deacon, religious, or lay person

serving in the Archdiocese of New York is asked to contact

Sr. Eileen Clifford, O.P. at 212-371-1000 x 2949 or Deacon

George J. Coppola at 917-861-1762. Both may be reached

via e-mail at victimassistance@archny.org. Information can

also be found on the archdiocesan website,

www.archny.org. In keeping with the archdiocesan policy

regarding sexual abuse of minors, this information is provid-

ed to ensure that our children remain safe and secure.

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The Archdiocese of New York takes the stewardship of your

donations and its resources seriously. If you have

knowledge of financial misconduct or suspect that it might

be occurring, please report your concerns via a toll-free hot-

line at 877-820-0541, or on the internet at http://

www.reportlineweb.com/ADNY. Both are available 24

hours per day.

The Catholic schools of Northern Westchester/Putnam

represent one of the greatest educational values and

there are seats available in our PreK through 8th grade

programs for the 2016-2017 school year. We invite you

to experience Catholic education in action by attending

Touring Tuesday or by scheduling a pr ivate tour .

Upcoming Touring Tuesday events will be held on

March 8th, and April 12th from 9-11am or by ap-

pointment. Please call 646-794-2885 to make a reser-

vation!

Families may apply to a Northern Westchester/Putnam

regional Catholic school and learn about Financial As-

sistance in three ways:

Using our NEW Online Application via

www.ApplyCatholicSchoolsNY.org 1. Over the phone by calling our bilingual assistance

line: 646-794-2885 In person by visiting the Catholic school of your choice We look forward to welcoming you to our family!

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Readings for the Week of March 13, 2016

Sunday: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11

Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-6/

Jn 8:12-20

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: J er 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-7/Jn 10:31-42

Saturday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29/Rom 4:13,

16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Next Sunday: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/Phil

2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49

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