Fr. Grace · 22-03-2020 · igual que el hombre nacido ciego, podemos elegir a Jesús y sus formas...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2020 [ 2 ] SAINT CLARE of ASSISI PARISH Every miracle Jesus performed was always meant to teach his audience about some basic tenets of their faith. However, some people were only emoonally excited to the extent that they even mistook the Messiah for a "wonder-worker" and consequently missed the lesson being taught. Today's miracle, where Jesus restores the sight of a man born blind portrays to us how the man regained his sight, on the one hand, and also the lesson on how to see, on the other. While the self-righteous people condemned the man for being blind because of the sins of his parents, Jesus, "The Light of the World" offered him hope and love. Jesus teaches us to take personal responsibilies for our sins. It's no longer "Our parents ate the sour grapes and our teeth are on edge". This will eventually help us go a long way as we strive to make sense of every life situaon, by seeing the hand of God in all of them, both good and challenging. We do not just stop at lamenng about our predicaments but strive to change the situaon for the beer through our own human efforts and the grace of God. Being opmisc about the future is good but not sufficient. We need to see Jesus as the one who opens our eyes, minds, and hearts to the greatness and graciousness of our God. Like the man born blind, we can either choose Jesus and his ways of love or choose a life that is devoid of love. But whatever way we choose there is a corresponding responsibility that comes with it. Finally, let's pray that God will keep us safe during this challenge of the coronavirus and other challenges to our life and faith. Fr. Grace
Transcript of Fr. Grace · 22-03-2020 · igual que el hombre nacido ciego, podemos elegir a Jesús y sus formas...
Fourth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2020
[ 2 ] SAINT CLARE of ASSISI PARISH
Every miracle Jesus performed was always meant to teach his audience about some basic tenets of their faith. However, some people were only emotionally excited to the extent that they even mistook the Messiah for a "wonder-worker" and consequently missed the lesson being taught. Today's miracle, where Jesus restores the sight of a man born blind portrays to us how the man regained his sight, on the one hand, and also the lesson on how to see, on the other. While the self-righteous people condemned the man for being blind because of the sins of his parents,
Jesus, "The Light of the World" offered him hope and love. Jesus teaches us to take personal responsibilities for our sins. It's no longer "Our parents ate the sour grapes and our teeth are on edge". This will eventually help us go a long way as we strive to make sense of every life situation, by seeing the hand of God in all of them, both good and challenging. We do not just stop at lamenting about our predicaments but strive to change the situation for the better through our own human efforts and the grace of God. Being optimistic about the future is good but not sufficient. We need to see Jesus as the one who opens our eyes, minds, and hearts to the greatness and graciousness of our God. Like the man born blind, we can either choose Jesus and his ways of love or choose a life that is devoid of love. But whatever way we choose there is a corresponding responsibility that comes with it. Finally, let's pray that God will keep us safe during this challenge of the coronavirus and other challenges to our life and faith.
Fr. Grace
Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma 22 de Marzo de 2020
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[email protected] website: https://stclarenj.org/communidad-hispana
Línea directa en español: 856-467-0227
Cada milagro que Jesús realizó siempre tuvo el propósito de enseñarle a
su audiencia acerca de algunos principios básicos de su fe. Sin embargo,
algunas personas solo estaban emocionadas emocionalmente en la
medida en que incluso confundieron al Mesías con un "hacedor de
maravillas" y, en consecuencia, perdieron la lección que se les enseñaba.
El milagro de hoy, donde Jesús restaura la vista de un hombre nacido
ciego, nos muestra cómo el hombre recuperó su vista, por un lado, y
también la lección sobre cómo ver, por el otro. Mientras que los justos condenaron al
hombre por ser ciego por los pecados de sus padres, Jesús, "La luz del mundo" le ofreció
esperanza y amor.
Jesús nos enseña a asumir responsabilidades personales por nuestros pecados. Ya no es
"Nuestros padres comieron las uvas agrias y nuestros dientes están al borde". Esto
eventualmente nos ayudará a recorrer un largo camino a medida que nos esforzamos por
dar sentido a cada situación de la vida, al ver la mano de Dios en todas ellas, tanto buenas
como desafiantes. No nos limitamos a lamentarnos por nuestras dificultades, sino que nos
esforzamos por mejorar la situación a través de nuestros propios esfuerzos humanos y la
gracia de Dios.
Ser optimista sobre el futuro es bueno pero no suficiente. Necesitamos ver a Jesús como el
que abre nuestros ojos, mentes y corazones a la grandeza y la gracia de nuestro Dios. Al
igual que el hombre nacido ciego, podemos elegir a Jesús y sus formas de amor o elegir una
vida que carece de amor. Pero de cualquier forma que elijamos, hay una responsabilidad
correspondiente que conlleva.
Finalmente, recemos para que Dios nos mantenga a salvo durante este desafío del
coronavirus y otros desafíos a nuestra vida y fe.
Padre Grace
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020
8:00 am SB Harry Hofflinger r/o Retkovis Family
9:30 am GB Christopher Minix r/o Nancy Dwyer
Gloria Flamini r/o Rita & Family
Allysa Godfrey r/o Bill Carbone & Family
Bill & Dolores Mooney r/o Bill Carbone & Family
Jane Giordano r/o Lou & Lorraine Leonardis
9:30 am SB People of The Parish—MH
11:00 am SB Linber Altoro Rodriguez r/o The Reilly Family
4:30 pm SB Wendy Belvick r/o The Kalfas Family
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2020
8:30 am GB Marie Daily r/o John & Elizabeth Donahue TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2020
8:30 am GB Mark Plucinski r/o The Family
6:30 pm SB People of the Parish—MH
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020
8:30 am GB Mary Jane Smith r/o Mrs. Eileen De Simone
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020
8:30 am SB Doris Drager r/o Joseph Drager
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020
8:30 am SB Anthony Cocove Jr. r/o Kevin & Ashley Carr
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 2020
9:00 am SB Helen Di Michael r/o Ramona & Dino Di Battista
4:30 pm GB Francis Ferry r/o Kuhnel Family
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2020
8:00 am SB Rose Mary (Rosie) Tomarchio r/o Grace Romeo
9:30 am GB Louise Fiorile r/o Tonye Bonnie
9:30 am SB Hipolito Mendez r/o Carlos y Cecilia Figueroa
11:00 am SB Leticia Portuguez Quezada r/o The Reilly Family
4:30 pm SB Lucy M. Grasso r/o Freda Barbagallo
FOR THE WEEK
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GB = Gibbstown / PB = Paulsboro / SB = Swedesboro
MH = Ministerio Hispano / BTM = Mass with Baptism
PRAYER LIST
Peter Accordino, Joseph Accordino, Angela, Anderson, Michele Baran, Michelle Barr, Vinny Battaglia, Sandy Belcher, Linda Boone, Jane Boone, Adam Boucher, Geri Buckley, Michael Campbell, Mario Carpino, Anna Carpino, Louis Cipolone, Mikie Coco, John Collins, Dee Conrad, Marie Corey, Gabe Covici, Jeanne Daly,
Mark Dawalt, Megan Davis, Alex DeSimone AF, Andrew DiFonzo, Mikey DiPaolo, Nancy Donnelly, Ann Doran, Edward Duerstock III, Philip Delacot, Kathleen Alice Doyle, Peggy Fiderko, John Fogel, Caroline Fountain, Mark Gage, Frances Gargiulo, Reginald Hall, Anne Marie Harrington, Curtis Holland, Gloria Holland, Thomas Jennings, Ronald Karpovich, Thomas Keegan, John Kelly, Emmanual Kuoma, Kenley Kuhn, Richard Lane, Lucille Leonardi, Sabrina Lisa, Louis Leonardis, Nina Lopes, Kathy McCann, Bruce & Kate Macphail, Betty Moore, Jonathan Ortiz, Yesenia Vazquez Pagan, Alfio Patane, Susan Paul, Pasquale Pezzano, Clelia Pezzano, Nancy Plant, Carolyn Reistle, Zach Rizzuto, Anthony Salvatico, Carol Schultz, Maryann Sparks, Ron Steidler, Bill Swan, Jada Thompson, LeeAnn & Amron Acevedo Thompson & Family, Gabrielle Tiedeken, Francis Trani Zallie, Pasquale Tropiano, Dave Vanneman, Sergio Vera, Michelle Vause, Ruben Vedar, Jill Watson, Bridget (Bea) Weiss and Pat Zabel
Pray for our Service Men and Women Sgt. Christopher Clark, FA Alex Curran, SPC. Trevor Durning, 1st Lt. Patrick George, Mason Harris, Mitchell Harris, Lt. David Kehoe, Sgt. Christian Klaus, Lt. Jeffrey Riggs, SFC Sarah Nothdurft , HN Michael C. Rutcosky, Jr., Dylan Sams, Daryn Smith, Lt. Cdr. Sarah Turse EOD, PFC Issey Wright and the Diocese of Camden Clergy who serve in the armed forces.
WEEK AT A GLANCE
USCCB Priority Resources as
Regards to COVID-19 Through the good leadership of our shepherds, the Church is experiencing the remarkable grace of spiritual closeness from a distance. To the extent you may find it helpful, the Conference has been collecting examples of how our community of faith has sought to remain with one another in prayer during these difficult times. You may find the list here: http://www.usccb.org/coronavirus In the days ahead, we will update this page as we find and you share additional resources. USCCB Public Affairs and Episcopal Resources teams are partnering also with the Office of Divine Worship, the Office of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, and other Conference colleagues to develop new resources to help the faithful in our home prayer. These are being prepared for Catholic Current. Those resources are here: https://catholiccurrent.org/covid19/
The Tabernacle Candle burns in memory of
Sarah Mangano r/o sister Lucy
The Pro-Life Rose is sponsor by
Knight of Columbus
SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
In Preparation for Sunday, March 29, 2020
First Reading: EZ 37:12-14
Second Reading: ROM 8:8-11
Gospel: JN 11:1-45
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After careful consideration regarding the letter from Bishop Dennis Sullivan sent to all
parishes yesterday, Fr. Dave Grover and our St. Clare Leadership team have
concluded important and necessary changes to our parish office activities and
events.
No Public weekly or Sunday MASS will be celebrated until further notice from
our Diocese and direction from our Bishop Dennis Sullivan.
All Home Masses will be canceled starting today Wednesday, March 18,
2020. Keep in mind these restrictions will be based on the next two weeks and
will be revisited as needed.
Parish Office will be closed to the public. Our staff will continue to work
answering phone calls and emails until 1:00 pm. Please leave a message if you
are calling after hours. Office Hours will be:
Monday -Thursday from 9:00 am-1:00 pm until March 31.
· Swedesboro Church and Gibbstown Church will open for parishioners that
would like to visit and pray privately. 2 hours on the following schedule.
St. Joseph Church to 9:00 am-11:00 am Monday-Thurs.
St. Michael Church 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Monday-Friday
· Please Remember that large gatherings are not permitted and NO MORE than
10 people should be in any of our buildings at the same time. We are following the
National, State and Diocesan guidelines of Social distancing.
· We are looking for options to stream Sunday Mass - for our parishioners, one in
English & one in Spanish. We will be sending more information on this soon. Please
visit our website stclarenj.org for more information
Message from Fr. Dave - Effective immediately
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St. Vincent de Paul Society & Clare’s Cupboard
(856)423-4190
Kings Things 1404 Kings Highway, Swedesboro
(856)467-1796
St. Clare’s Youth Ministry
please contact : Alina Connor
mail : [email protected]
Financial Support Contributions I would like to ex-
tend a special
thanks to the many parishioners who
have been so kind as to send their
weekly offertory envelopes into the
office when not attending Mass.
We depend on your offertory to meet
our regular operating expenses so your
efforts are much appreciated.
During this period of Social Distancing,
please consider sending your offertory
to us directly via mail : (140 Broad St,
Swedesboro, NJ 08085), or you can sign
up Online to have your contribution
sent directly from your bank account or
credit card.
Deposit your envelope in The Black Box
outside of our parish office.
We have provided this link Give on our
website https://stclarenj.org to start
your online given process: click on
“Give” -Choose fund“offertory” to
make your weekly donation. It is
important that you click "make this gift
recurring" for the weekly donations.
Thank you in advance for your
continuous support.
stclarenj.org
In light of growing concerns and new direc-tives from the medical experts for the safety of all, Youth Ministry will cancel face-to-face, physical gatherings and events until further notice. However, we will be scheduling virtual online gatherings and events.
These are trying and fearful times. It is times like these that we need our faith more than
ever. It is through faith and support of each other that we can overcome the fear and make it
through. Therefore, through the wonderful
technologies now available to us, we will have virtual gatherings for discussions,
prayers, and other events. Visit our website
Rediscovering the Saints Lent Group Discussion
We will be sending new information about continuing the book discussion
Online To receive an email from St. Clare Parish
go to stclarenj.org Sign up online
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Exposition and
Silence Evening
Wednesday,
March 25 7:00pm
Swedesboro
Location
If you’re interested in
offering a 3-5 minute
reflection, the reading
or gospel for the day,
contact Gina at
467-0037-Parish Office
Annual
Knights of
Columbus
Lenten Fish Fry
schedule for
Friday, March 27
(Cancelled)
Pete Patane 609-221-4749 or
Greg Cancila 856-812-8454
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday- During Lent
March 20th-7PM-Swedesboro ( cancelled)
March 27th-7PM-Swedesboro ( cancelled)
April 3rd-7PM-Gibbstown April 10th-1PM
Swedesboro outdoors and bilingual
( We will review new guidelines for April)
COLUMBIETTES -SPAGHETTI DINNER CANCELLED Hello all! Per the directions from the CDC, the government, and the Diocese, the Columbiettes have decided to cancel this year's Spaghetti Dinner due to COVID-19 breakout.
We understand that this may not be the ideal situation, but our first priority is everyone's health and safety.
We hope to resume the tradition next year! Thank you for your continued support!
To publish Information in our parish bulletin?
Please send us an email to:
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2020 APPEAL: “WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?”
Thank you! Our parish has raised $ 24,000
from 50 donors! Our Parish Goal is $130,000
Your support of the 2020 House of Charity
– Bishop’s Annual Appeal ensures the vitality of essential Diocesan ministries and programs that sustain the healing, teaching
and redemptive Presence of Jesus Christ
throughout Southern New Jersey.
If you have not already given, please return your completed
pledge card to the parish or give online at
www.camdendiocese.org/hoc.
Your gift matters to your neighbors.
Please feel free to use resources, which will be
updated as new information becomes
available, in lieu of celebrating Mass at parishes
and other areas, in accordance with public
weekday and Sunday Masses being suspended.
Go to www.camdendiocese.org/live-stream-
mass/ for a complete list including times,
continually being updated.
The Children’s Liturgy at St. Clare is
cancelled until further notice.
Daily Audio Mass 1 PM | Live
stream: Weekdays 1 PM
Sundays 10 AM, 12:30 PM
