Transfiguration Parish is a community of Christian believers faithful to our Catholic tradition and a pilgrim people entrusted to the Carmelite Fathers. Through our participation in public worship we are nourished by the Word and the Body of the Lord. We are called to share what we have received by evangelization and by good works to those in need.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST Saturday, Evening: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm Weekdays: Monday through Friday: 7:15 & 9:00 am (Day Chapel) Weekends: Saturday morning: 9:00 am (Day Chapel) Holy Days of Obligation: 7:15 am, 9:00 am, 12:10 pm & 7:30 pm. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession) Saturday: 4:00 - 4:30 pm Other times by appointment THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Pre-Baptismal Instruction for Parents:

Held prior to Baptism (Call the Parish Office for schedules and further information)

Baptisms The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on the last Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm except during Advent and Lent.

THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY The Sacrament of Matrimony is celebrated for parishioners. The couple are to contact the priest at least six (6) months prior to the ceremony.

PRIORY OFFICE - SUMMER HOURS Monday , Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Saturday: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm Sunday: 9:00 am to 1:30 pm Closed on all holidays. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND MINISTRY TO THE SICK & ELDERLY The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament of healing., expressing love of God and our Church for the sick, our shut-ins and the elderly. For the SERIOUSLY ILL and dying, contact the Priory. Communion will be brought on Sundays to the home of any person permanently or temporarily homebound. CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY Welcome to the Transfiguration Community. Please register at the Priory. Registering and weekly participating are ways of acquiring a true sense of belonging to our parish community. A record of active membership is a necessary requirement for marriage in the Parish Church, testimonial letters for Baptismal/Confirmation sponsors. If you move or change address, please notify us.

Fr. Emiel: pastortransfig10591@gmail.com Religious Education: transfigurationprep@gmail.com Website: www.transfiguration-tarrytown.org Parish Office: Transfigurationsec@gmail.com Facebook page: Transfiguration Tarrytown Transfiguration School :www.transfigurationschool.org

The People of God, called to form the Christian Community of . . .

THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION Tarrytown, New York 10591

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SATURDAY-June 22, 2019 5:00 Jean Donnelly req. by Carolyn Walters SUNDAY– June 23, 2019 8:00 Joan Quinn req. by the Prescott family 10:00 Gloria Astudillo req. by the Fazzino family 12:00 Richard Cross req. by Jasmine & Chithra Rodrigo MONDAY 7:15 The Parishioners of Transfiguration 9:00 Madeline Bonadies req. by Carolyn Walters & Mary Hevern TUESDAY 7:15 A Special Intention 9:00 Marie Riegel req. by the Transfiguration Seniors WEDNESDAY 7:15 A Special Intention 9:00 Anthony Pujia req. by Mrs. Pujia THURSDAY 7:15 JoAnn Cerussi req. by Albert Cerussi, Jr. 9:00 Eugene Errico req. by Kathleen Cross FRIDAY 7:15 A Special Intention 9:00 Thomas Downey req. by Wally & Cathie Coval SATURDAY 9:00 Frank Valente req. by Helen Long 5:00 Mark Broadway req. by Mary Ann Kunert SUNDAY 8:00 Elizabeth Fahey req. by the Del Monaco family 10:00 Anne Cherico req. Carolyn Walters 12:00 Jose Simao req. by Jose A. Simao

June 16, 2019 $7,189.00

Attendance— 581 Envelopes–214

Catholic Home Missions & the Church in Latin America

$2,040.00 Envelopes– 115

Readings for the Week Sunday: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17 Monday: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Tuesday: Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20 Thursday Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 [6b-12, 15-16]; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11; Lk 15:3-7 Saturday: Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; The Sanctuary candle burning in the

Church this week is in memory of Mario Belanich and family The Sanctuary candle burning in the Chapel this week is in memory of Tim & Ted Lipka req. by Eleanor Cornett The Shrine candle is burning is for victims of mass shooting that has occurred this year

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 23, 2019

[A]s often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord

until he comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26

Masses for the Week Weekly Offering

THE EUCHARIST Just as the bread, which is made from the earth, when God is invoked is no longer common bread but the Eucharist, both earthly and heavenly, so our bod-ies, after we have received the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, since they hold the hope of the resurrection. —St. Irenaeus

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

Pastors Letter

RENEW AND REBUILD: Thank you to all who have honored your pledges. We currently have $90,477.68. Because of your generosity, the following projects will be realized this sum-mer: Installation of fire alarms in the church;

Installation of a security monitoring system; Refurbishment of the parish hall and surrounding corridors.

As you continue to fulfill your pledges, we shall complete other projects and improve our par-ish home.

FIRE LANE – NO PARKING: The paved area in front of the Broadway/Prospect corner entrance of the church is a fire lane. As such, parking is prohibited in this area. Do please re-frain from parking there. Traffic cones will be place across this lane to indicate no parking. Thank you.

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: We conclude our reflections on the gospels with the gospel of John. John’s gospel is the last of the canonical list of gospels, and is wholly different from the syn-optic gospels. It is full of symbolism and written in an erudite style to communicate an en-counter with the Divine. In iconography, the gospel is represented by an image of an eagle. Early Christian scholars believe that the eagle was one of only a few creatures who could look directly into the sun. Reflecting on Jesus in the gospel of John is a profound experience of looking at God like the eagle looks at the sun. AUTHORSHIP The final lines of Chapter 21 indicate that the author of the gospel is the beloved disciple. The gospel includes some stories unique to it, and describes events in detail, indicating that the au-thor was an eyewitness to what had occurred. The gospel, however, underwent several revi-sions, meaning that additional parts were added by other authors in the Johannine school. WHO IS JOHN? Tradition ascribes the author of the gospel to John the apostle, because his particular relation-ship with Jesus resembles that of the anonymous disciple called “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” According to tradition, John was the youngest of the apostles and outlived them all. He was also the only one who died of natural causes, dying in Ephesus around 98 . In his old age, he taught St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and the great theologian, St. Ignatius of An-tioch, who was the first to use the term “Catholic” in reference to the Christian Church. WHEN WAS THE GOSPEL COMPOSED? Scholars believe that the gospel underwent several revisions and was completed between 90 and 100 .

WHO WAS JOHN’S AUDIENCE? The gospel addresses various conflicts and controversies: establishing John the Baptist as pre-cursor to Jesus, against the Baptist’s disciples; the polemic between the synagogue and the Church in the figures of the Pharisees and Sadducees; the equality of women in the Church’s mission. Traditionally, the place of composition was Ephesus, and addressed to the Christian community established there. THE DIVISION OF THE BOOK: Prologue (1:1–18) The Book of Signs (1:19–12:50) The Book of Glory (13:1–20:31) Epilogue: The Resurrection Appearance in Galilee (21:1–25)

PARTICULAR FEATURES: The Prologue (1:1-24): Unique among all of the gospels, the gospel sets up the central themes

of the gospel. It introduces Jesus as the eternal Word or Logos who exists from all eternity, and who reveals the Father to us. The remainder of the chapter distinguishes John the Bap-tist from Jesus, and describes the calling of the first disciples.

Jesus the Word, or Logos, of God: The English translation of the Greek word Logos does not fully capture the meaning of the word. A better translation would be “first principle,” i.e., “that” through which everything came into being, which gives existence and life to all things, the origin of all things and that which continues their existence and life. For the au-thor of the gospel, Jesus is both God and the First Principle of all things.

The “Book of Signs”: The first half of the book concerns itself with the miracles of Jesus. Unlike the other gospels, however, the gospel sees these wondrous works as “signs” or in-dicators of the identity of Jesus, and of the love that the Father has for Jesus’ disciples. They are, thus, much more than nice works done for people in need. It is significant, there-fore, that the gospel names 7 miracles. The number “7” signifies completeness or whole-ness. The miracles are:

1. the transformation of water into wine at Cana (2:1–11); this represents the replacement of the Jewish ceremonial washings and symbolizes the entire creative and transforming work of Jesus.

2. the cure of the royal official’s son (4:46–54) simply by the word of Jesus at a distance, sig-nifies the power of Jesus’ life-giving word. The same theme is further developed by other signs, probably for a total of seven.

3. the cure of the paralytic at the pool with five porticoes in 5:1–47, continues the theme of water offering newness of life.

4. the multiplication of loaves (6:1–15) is interpreted for the reader by the discourse that fol-lows, where the bread of life is used first as a figure for the revelation of God in Jesus and then for the Eucharist.

5. the walking on the waters of the Sea of Galilee (6:16–21). Together with the previous mira-cle, these signs are connected much as the manna and the crossing of the Red Sea are in the Passover narrative and symbolize a new exodus.

PLEASE PRAY FOR: OUR MILITARY: Anthony Correia

OUR SICK: Justin Baker, William Duggan, Ann Duggan Baker, Gabriela Deluca, Mary Elizabeth Groth, Patrick Heffernan, James Keely, Jimmy Kennedy, Peggy Lahoz, Viola Little, Marie Minuck, Peg Mahoney, Salvatore Mullins, Michael Mohoney, Brent Newbury, Edward F. Parzyk, Maria Rada, Carmen Rodriguez, August Zagrobelny, Christian Zinone OUR DECEASED: Herbert P. LeFevre, Viola Little, William Makar, Jim McGuirk,

If you would like to include others in this prayer list, please contact the priory office. Names will remain on the list for two weeks, or according to need.

6. the sign of the young man born blind (9:1-41), reveal Jesus as the Light of the world. 7. the raising of Lazarus (11:1–44), is the climax of signs. Lazarus is presented as a token of

the real life that Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life, who will now ironically be put to death because of his gift of life to Lazarus, will give to all who believe in him once he has been raised from the dead.

The “Book of Glory”: This part of the gospel begins in the upper room with the announce-ment that Jesus’ hour had come, meaning the moment of his passion. All of the chapters that preceded are intended to lead up to this part of Jesus’ story, wherein Jesus reveals the glory of the Father and returns to Him. We reflect the gospel when we celebrate the Holy Triduum as one continuous memorial that covers 11 days: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil on Saturday, and the eight first days of Easter which we celebrate as one day.

“The disciple whom Jesus loved”: This phrase is mentioned six times in the gospel: 13:23-25; 19:26-27; 20:1-10; 21:7; 21:20-23; 21:24. The final words of Chapter 21 indicate that this figure is the author of the gospel. Martin L. Smith suggests that the phrase is also a lit-erary devices intended for the reader to identify with this person and through him develop our own relationship with Jesus.

The relationship between Mary, John, and the Church (19:26–27): In this interaction be-tween Jesus, his mother and the beloved disciple, Jesus entrusts the mutual care of the two closest people in his life to one another. The Church continues this relationship through our veneration of Mary and her mutual care of us. Connecting this to the first miracle, we understand that Mary also intercedes on our behalf to God and prays for our needs.

During the summer months there will be NO Coffee Hour. The exception will be on Sun-day, July 14 to celebrate the feast of Our La-dy of Mt. Carmel.

INFORMATION SHEET Church name: Church of the Transfiguration, Tarrytown NY Bulletin number: 511472 Date of publication: June 23, 2019 Number of pages transmitted: Cover + text pages + this page = 6 (6-1-JL) Special instructions: Please call Liz Rooney @ 914-631-1672 /cell 914-419-9729