Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 9, 2020

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

113 CHIEGO PLACE ROSELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY 07204

PARISH OFFICE EMAIL Assumption School of Religion Office (908) 245-1107 assumptionrp@yahoo.com (908) 245-6572

FAX WEB PAGE EMAIL (908) 245-2789 www.assumptionrp.com assumptionschool113@gmail.com

SERVED BY: Very Rev. Father James F. Spera, V.F., Pastor Dean, Union County North

Rev. Father Carmine Rizzi, Priest-in-Residence Rev. Deacon David J. Farrell, Deacon and Director of Religious Education

Elizabeth Santora, Trustee Donna Schmatz, Organist and Music Coordinator Virginia Jediny, Parish Secretary Karen Colucci, Religious Education Coordinator New members of the Parish are welcome and invited to REGISTER by calling the Rectory Office. Please notify the Office when moving away from the Parish. Sponsor certificates for the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation will be signed and sealed for Registered parishioners only. You must be registered for 6 months prior to your request.

EUCHARIST: Saturday Evenings: 5:30 pm Sundays: 8:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 Noon Weekdays: Monday - Saturday, 8:00 am Holy Days of Obligation: 8:00 am and 7:30 pm

Novenas: St. Jude after the Saturday 8:00 am Mass St. Anthony, prayers with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, September thru June

Confession: Saturday afternoon from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Weekdays (Monday-Saturday) at 7:30 am before the 8:00 am Mass, or anytime by appointment

To all who are tired and need rest; to all who mourn and need comfort; to all who are friendless and need friendship; to all who are discouraged and need hope; to all who sin and need a Savior; and to whomsoever will,

THIS CHURCH OPENS WIDE ITS DOOR IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS!

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SATURDAY, August 8: Saint Dominic 8:00 AM Eva Reinfeld (From: The Ballantyne Family) 5:30 PM Violet Campbell (Love, Cindy) SUNDAY, August 9: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Nagasaki Memorial Day 8:00 AM For the Parishioners 10:30 AM Ted Stecki (From: Wife & Family) 12:00 Noon Frank Signorello (From: Joe & Family) MONDAY, August 10: St. Lawrence 8:00 AM Armando Matarredona (From: Mary Journe) TUESDAY, August 11: St. Clare 8:00 AM Mike Casa (From: Chris and Loren Harms) WEDNESDAY, August 12: St. Jane Frances de Chantal 8:00 AM Liam McNulty (Love, Mom & Dad) THURSDAY, August 13: SS. Pontian & Hippolytus 8:00 AM Christine Marino (Love, Sister Angela Gravina) FRIDAY, August 14: St. Maximilian Kolbe 8:00 AM Fr. McGivney - Founder of the K of C 1890 SATURDAY, August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 AM Rosemary Ritter (Living) (Love, Mom) 5:30 PM Mary Muso (Love, Angela) SUNDAY, August 16: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 AM For the Parishioners

10:30 AM Caterina & Vincenzo Naccarato (From: Tanina, Children & Grandchildren) 12:00 Noon For the Parishioners

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

LECTORS

ALTAR SERVERS

THE MINISTRIES ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

* Please note: All listed Masses, Services and Events are subject to change depending on further information.

Prayer List: (In alphabetical order) To have someone placed on or removed from the sick list please call the Rectory. We invite you to clip out this section each Sunday. Perhaps you could put it near a prayer book, in your Bible, or in your pocket or purse. It is a good thing when we pray with and for

one another. Thank you and God bless you!

Altagracia Alvarez, Kathy Barz, Fred Boyne, Florence Carosella, Christine Conrad, James Desiderio, Naomi Desiderio, Ronald Fellner, Nicholas Fusco, Bonnie Greer, Joseph Gregory, Cynthia and Thomas Ingman, A.M.J., Baby Janin, Elizabeth Knych, Eleanor Morehouse, Tanina Naccarato, Carol Fellner Nasta, Jeanette Noto, Louis Noto, Monica Quigley O’Brien, Lily Rita Procopio, Roseann Santanna, Frank Sillito, Nancy Sillito, Ann Sisalli, Anthony Spadora, Antonio Spano, Gabrielle Spano, Lynn Tumblety, Joanne Vallone, Tony Wargacki, Ella Zsampar

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 9, 2020

PRAYER FOR A SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be, and becoming that person." - St. Therese of Lisieux

Friday, August 14 will be the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Martyr of Auschwitz. His image is devoutly placed on the transept wall opposite the Altar of St. Joseph. St. Maximilian Kolbe entered the minor seminary near the place of his birth at the tender age of 16 with the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív (then Poland, now Ukraine). He achieved doctorates in both philosophy and theology, while remaining deeply interested in science, even to the point of drawing plans for rocket ships.

Ordained at 24, Maximilian saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. He took upon himself the mission of combating this indifference by founding a group to be known as the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of a good life, prayer, work, and reparation. He also founded the Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary’s protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded a like institution in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in membership and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary.

In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, and then released in less than three months on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, he was arrested again. The Nazis’ purpose was to liquidate the leadership of such Religious Organizations. The end came quickly, in Auschwitz three months later, after terrible beatings and humiliations. St. Maximilian’s martyrdom came about when a prisoner had escaped. The Commandant announced that 10 men would die. The Commandant picked random persons and as they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. Fr. Maximilian spoke up “I would like to take that man’s place. He has a wife and children.” The Commandant kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of the line and ordered Father Kolbe to go with the nine to execution. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others.

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Memorial Bricks

The most recent order of Memorial Bricks have arrived and have been installed. There was a delay due to the recent "shut-down". New orders will be taken in September for a Spring 2021 installment. Thank you for you continued support and generosity. May the memory of all the names inscribed be eternal!

Welcome Bishop Elias!

We will welcome for the first time, our new Regional Bishop, the Episcopal Vicar of Union County, the Most Reverend Elias Lorenzo, O.S.B., on Saturday, August 15, 2020, for the 5:30 P.M. Mass. This will be our celebration for the Feast of the Assumption and an opportunity to formally welcome our new Episcopal Vicar. Due to the present restrictions, we will not be able to offer a formal reception in Loreti Hall to greet the Bishop. We will invite Bishop Elias in the future for future events and an opportunity for all to meet him.

Because of the manner of his death, Fr. Maximilian has been invoked by persons who suffer the scourge of ad-diction. In these days of widespread addiction, no family escapes the horror of this disease. St. Maximilian was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982 by Pope Saint John Paul. May the image of St. Maximilian remind us of the victory of Christ who is more powerful than addic-tion; that love is more powerful than hatred, forgiveness more powerful than sin, and life more powerful than death! St. Maximilian pray for us! Fr. Jim

Please pray for the repose of the soul of the recently deceased:

+Reverend John G. Netta

Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord!

MEDITATION OF THE DAY "The Eucharist is the memorial of Christ's Passover, that is, of the work of salvation accomplished by the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, a work made present by the liturgical action. It is Christ himself, the eternal high priest of the New Covenant who, acting through the min-istry of the priests, offers the Eucharistic sacrifice. And it is the same Christ, really present under the species of bread and wine, who is the offering of the Eucharistic sacrifice." —Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1409-10

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MARY’S GROTTO

We are temporarily closed. Will let you know when we are back!

Ladies of the Rosary Society Church of the Assumption

A Big Thank You to Our St. Anthony Feast Sponsors

Angelo & Joyce Panzarino Annette & Martin Venturo Anthony Giordano Anthony Nardiello & Bernadette M. Theime Arnold's Pest Control Bagels & Beans Ballantyne Family Barbara & Jimmy Goss Bundy Family Catholic War Veterans Post #86 Church of the Assumption Lazarus Group Church of the Assumption Rosary Society Cicariello Bros. Columbia Bank Dorothy Januzzi Gary A. Bundy, Attorney at Law Hammer Manufacturing Co. IORIO Deli Jerry & Kathy Vitale Jerry Vitale at Hallmark Realtors Jim & Angela Byrne Jim & Mary Stewart Joseph & Marlene Polyak Karen & Frank Colucci Knights of Columbus Council #3240 Lisa Dacey: In Loving Memory of Nora Colon Mastapeter Funeral Home Master Pizza McDonald's of Roselle Park Michael & Susanne Keicher Michael Curio and Family Millicent Infuso Nature’s Own Lawn Care Park Appliance Pastrami & Pickles Pizza Stop PROforma AYR Graphics & Printing Red Cadillac Rosemarie Adams Serial Lab Studios Spencer Savings Bank Steve & Dorothy Wyrwa Teena & Randolph Pama Family The Geronimo Family The Ramos Family The Red Cadillac The Thomas M. Grasso Family Tony & Betty Santora Treble & Bass Productions Trinitas Regional Medical Center Vintage

SPECIAL DONATIONS

To make a Special Donation for Hosts, Wine, Candles, Sanctuary Candles or Tabernacle Flowers, please use the Special Donation Envelopes found at the doors of the Church.

The Rectory Office Summer Hours. We ask that you follow the recommendations for social distancing and the wearing of masks. The Office will be closed on Fridays during the summer months beginning Friday, June 26. The Rectory Office Hours through the summer will be Monday through Thursday from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. For emergency please call the Rectory 908-245-1107 for forwarding information.

On behalf of Church of the Assumption and the Feast of St. Anthony Sponsorship Committee, THANK YOU again for your generous sponsorship of our 20th Annual Feast of St. Anthony. While this year’s feast (our 20th Anniversary) was cancelled due to COVID, your continued support, loyalty, and generosity will never be forgotten. Especially this year during the pandemic. We hope that Church of the Assumption can count on your continued support in the future. Until then, have a wonderful and safe summer. With best wishes, sincerest appreciation, and God’s blessing.

Jerry Vitale, Susanne Keicher, Kris Gamba and Ann Marie Peterson

2020 Sponsorship Committee Chairpeople Feast of St. Anthony

WEEKLY COLLECTION

Weekly Collection for August 1/2 $5,532.00

Archdiocese Assessment Bill for the Month of August $7,009.00 Assessment Collection for August 1/2 $ 926.00 Amount short of Monthly Bill $6,083.00 which must be paid from the Weekly Collection to the Archdiocese.

Thank you for your generosity!

"Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand."

-Isaiah 41:10

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of the Church and place it in the collection basket. The Fourth De-gree Knights of Columbus is currently conducting a membership drive. Please be sure to “like” our Facebook page: Knights of Colum-bus - Msgr. Loreti Council #3240

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

Religious Education Contact Information: 908-245-6572 assumptionschool113@gmail.com karen.assumption@hotmail.com

An Artful Reminder!

The inspiration for the "Seraphim Angels" on either side of the crucifix in the Sanctuary has been taken from the Old Testament Book of Isaiah 6:1-3; “ I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him stood the Seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory”. This image of the Seraphim is the most ancient Biblical representation of the "bodiless angelic powers" who stand before the face of God. The Hebrew letters which softly emanate from the Seraphim spell "kadosh, kadosh, kadosh"; translated as "Holy, Holy, Holy". May this Seraphic image inspire us to be holy before the Lord.

A Time to Relax

Summertime is a time to relax. During this leisure time, would you be willing to go through your clos-ets to get rid of all those unwanted heavy winter clothes and shoes which served you so well during the winter season? We also need small appliances, shoes, linens, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, novels, knickknacks, toys, and children’s books. Please do-nate them to the Catholic Charities donation bin lo-cated on the Church ground. Thank you for helping Catholic Charities continue its mission.

SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS (EDITH STEIN) (1891-1942) August 9

“Come,” Edith gently whispered, taking her sister Rosa’s hand, “let us go for our people!” These were Edith Stein’s last words as the Nazis, enraged at the Dutch bishops’ condemnation of their genocide, took into custody all Catholic converts from Judaism. Born Jewish, but non-practicing from her teens, Edith’s search for truth led to a doctorate in philosophy, a brilliant ca-reer as professor and author and, finally, to the Autobiog-raphy of Saint Teresa of Ávila, which she read in one sitting, then declared, “That is the Truth!” Baptized on January 1, 1922, observed then as the feast of Jesus’ ini-tiation into the covenant of Abraham, confirmed on Feb-ruary 2, the feast of Jesus’ Presentation in the Temple, Edith entered the cloistered Carmelites in Cologne, trans-ferring to a convent in Holland when she realized that, because of the Nazi persecution of the Jews, her presence could imperil the safety of the other nuns. She died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz as a daughter of Israel and of the Church.

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THE PRESENCE OF GOD

After the miracle of Jesus walking on water, the dis-ciples exclaimed, “Truly, you are the Son of God” (Matthew 14:33). Most Christians will probably never experience such a dramatic miracle. Like Elijah, we await the manifestation of God in other moments. Per-haps the biggest challenge for the believer is to be con-stantly attuned to the possible presence of God in the everyday events of life. This is a stance that takes some people years to develop. Others seem to find the Lord easily in the simple things. As the week unfolds, let us look for the presence of God in the little things around us. Perhaps, like Elijah, we will be surprised at what we find. And, like the disciples, we can add our voice to the confession, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The LORD said to Elijah: “Stand on the mountain; the LORD will be passing by” (1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a). Psalm — Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation (Psalm 85). Second Reading — To the Israelites belong the cove-nants, the law, and the patriarchs; and from them comes the Christ (Romans 9:1-5). Gospel — As Jesus walked on the sea, the disciples were terrified (Matthew 14:22-33). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Interna-tional Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

"Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when ful-filling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps."

- St. Josemaria Escriva