HOLY TRINITY PARISHHudson and Germantown, New York429 E. Allen St. – P. O. Box 323 Hudson, NY 12534

November 4, 2018

PHONE: (518) 828 - 1334 WEBSITE: www.holytrinityhudson.org E-MAIL: holytrinityhudson@gmail.com

VERY REV. ANTHONY BARRATT, E.V.Pastor

DEACON RICHARD WASHBURNDeacon

REV. WINSTON BATHPastor Emeritus

ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS 2018

It is hard to believe, but we are now already afew days into the month of November! It is often abusy month as we get ready for the great family eventof Thanksgiving and thoughts also begin to turn toChristmas (and there are already plenty of Christmasthings about, not least in the stores). We began themonth by celebrating the great feast day of All SaintsDay followed by All Souls Day. It is worth spending afew moments reflecting and remembering why we didthis.

We give thanks and honor to all those specialdisciples who indeed heard the Lord’s call and thenbravely followed him. The feast day of All Saints com-memorates the many people who did this, but who arenot necessarily and officially recognized as saints bythe Church. We can also remember that, as Peter Kreeftputs it: “the saints are not freaks or exceptions. Theyare the standard operating model for human beings. Infact, in the biblical sense of the word, all believers aresaints. All are holy…for they bear the image of God.Saints are not the opposite of sinners. There are no op-posites of sinners in this world. There are only savedsinners and unsaved sinners. Thus “holy” does notmean "sinless" but rather "set-apart:" called out of theworld to the destiny of eternal ecstasy with God.”

The feast day of All Saints is a powerful re-minder of how we can also be inspired by the lives ofthe saints. We too have the same call and the same in-vitation and the Lord offers us the same help so that wecan follow him. So, we are asked not just to admire thesaints, but also to imitate them. November then is agreat month to pick a saint each day and to read abouttheir life so that we can imitate their example and sothat we too can use well the gift of discipleship that wehave received from the Lord. We too can be brave!

November is also, of course, the month of“Holy Souls”: when we traditionally think of all ourfamily, friends and benefactors who have gone beforeus. To mark this time, each year we have a specialMass on All Souls’ Day at 7.00 pm where we remem-bered all our departed brothers and sisters, especiallythose who have died in the last year and who have aparticular connection with our parish. A reminder toothat we will also be offering Mass each day during themonth for those on our memorial list (taken from theAll Souls envelopes that have been handed in) and forthose in our Book of Remembrance (this can be foundin front of the ambo/lectern on the sanctuary).

The tradition of praying for all our loved oneswho have died is, of course, very ancient and it can be

found in almost all cultures and places over millennia.The specific choice of November as the month for aparticular remembering is also ancient: around a thou-sand years old or more. It can be a difficult time as wethink of those who have had such an influence on ourlives but who are no longer physically present with us:we can sorely miss them. So, perhaps we can share afew thoughts on why we have this special season andhow it can help us in our everyday life and to encour-age us to growth in faith.

There are many layers, both emotional andspiritual, to our annual remembrance of those who havedied. We certainly celebrate our faith in life and in thelife to come; in Jesus who is “the resurrection and thelife” (John 11: 25). We can celebrate Jesus’ victoryover sin and death and the promise and hope of our lifein heaven along with those who have gone before us.This is why St. Paul says “do not grieve as the othersdo” (1 Thess. 4: 13). He does not say that we shouldnot grieve at all: that would just be ridiculous. Rather,we should not grieve as though we have no hope orfaith in the life to come.

We also celebrate life: the lives of those whohave gone before us and also our own life. This memo-rial season is a time when we realize both how wonder-ful and yet how fragile the gift of life is and how it isindeed a gift. God calls each one of us to use the gift oflife that we have been given well: in love of God and ofour neighbor, that is, to be His disciples. What happensto us in the life to come is determined by what happensin this life (as is so strongly put in Jesus’ words aboutjudgment in Matthew 25: 31-46). As one spiritualwriter puts it, “our future is now”. St. Ambrose writingall those centuries ago provided us with a great imagewhen he wrote: “the Lord asks us to sacrifice presentinterests for the sake of eternal interests…in this waywe purchase eternity with the coin of time.” Anotherimage that can be helpful is that of our Christian life asa journey. This journey began in our birth and then ourbaptism and it will be completed when our life’s jour-ney is ended. So, a fundamental question is: how welldid we journey…?

This time of the year can be a real encourage-ment for us to discern what God is asking of us and sobravely to live our lives in His service to our families,our friends, our parish community and to those in need.We can be inspired and guided by the saints and by allthose special people we have known who have gonebefore us: family, friends, guides and mentors.

Father Anthony

THE WEEK AHEADT U E S D A Y , N o v e m b e r 6

Vote on Election Day

This coming Tuesday is Election Day. Be sureto exercise your privilege and responsibility asa citizen by voting.

W E D N E S D A Y , N o v e m b e r 7

■ The Gathering: 7:30 at St. Mary’s Academy.

THURSDAY, November 8

Bible Study: 7:00 p.m. St. Mary’s Academy

PLEASE NOTE!

The Hudson VeteransDay Committee will be

holding its Annual Veterans Day Paradeand Service on Sunday, November 11th.The Ceremony will begin at 10:15am atthe Seventh Street Park Veterans Monu-ment and will proceed down WarrenStreet and across Fourth Street to theCourt House Park. Warren Street will beclosed 10:15am to 11:00am during theparade and East and West CourtStreets will be closed from 10:00am to11:30am. In case of rain, Veterans DayServices will be held at St. Mary’s School .

CHRISTIAN SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Christian Service Committee is acceptingnominations for the offices of Chair, Co-Chair, Sec-retary and Treasurer. Members who have not beencontacted by the Nomination Committee should con-tact Sylvia at 518-828-0160 for more informationand to place their nominations. Nominations are dueby November 6, 2018.

Operation PilgrimBeginning the weekend of

October 27 and 28 we would appre-ciate donations of non-perishablefoods for the Thanksgiving basketsthat we put together for the less for-

tunate in our communities. This food drive will con-tinue right up until Thanksgiving. Last year the Ger-mantown Community Cupboard in conjunction withall the local churches put together 45 baskets forThanksgiving. And Catholic Charities in Hudson as-sisted another 100 families.

Each week bring to Mass at least one item for aThanksgiving dinner. Hams or frozen turkeys aregreatly appreciated. In November all the groceries col-lected will be presented to our local food pantries. Lastyear over one hundred families were helped; so pleasehelp continue to respond to these needs.

CASH: We also accept monetary donations, justspecify that it is for either Operation Pilgrim, Hudson,Operation Pilgrim, Germantown, or the GermantownFood Pantry.

To arrange to drop off turkeys, hams, or frozen goodsin Germantown, call Arlene Liepshutz at 518-828-1334. To drop off items in Hudson, call CatholicCharities at 518 828-8660.

Thank you

Dining Out For OthersHelp Catholic Charities fight hunger by

“Dining Out For Others” every Wednesday in No-vember beginning November 7 and ending November28 at local partner restaurants.

Go to www.catholiccharitiescg.org for a listof participating restaurants and dates.

CHRISTMAS CANDYDONATIONS

NEEDED BY NOVEMBER 18

Our teens are beginning their fundrais-ing efforts for 2019. Our first sale will be ourgingerbread sale on Thanksgiving weekend.We need your help in donating candy to beused in decorating houses.

Thank you for your help!

OLV Adoration Chapel Update

The Perpetual Eucharistic Ado-ration Chapel of Our Lady of Victoryis now open, all thanks be to God! Lo-cated inside St. Mary's Church, 429 E.

Allen St., Hudson, it provides a warm and peacefulplace to encounter Our Lord in the Blessed Sacra-ment. May God bless the many generous adorerswhose commitment makes this possible! Already weare hearing wonderful things about the Chapel and theblessings it is bringing to people. There still remainhours available, especially all days from 12 midnight -3 a.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, especially from 11a.m. - to midnight. To sign up, please call Elsie at518-929-0858, or go to the Chapel website atolv.weadorehim.com.

"The purpose of a Holy Hour is to encourage a deeppersonal encounter with Christ. God is constantly in-viting us to come to Him, to converse with Him, to askfor such things as we need and to experience what ablessing there is in fellowship with Him." -Bl. FultonJ. Sheen

Holy Matrimony

God’s Blessings uponFrancisco Roda & Ashley Slattery andKristoffer Carseni & Toni - Ann Lenaand Carolyn Nedwell and Patrick Ponzion the occasion of their recent marriagenuptials.

Advent Giving TreeComing soon we will have our Advent

Giving Trees decorated with name tags ofresidents of our local nursing homes andhealth care facilities.

We invite parishioners to take a nametag and get some kind of token gift for

that person. Then bring it in, (and leave it in one of theChurch vestibules) attractively wrapped, — with the nametag easily visible on the package — around the weekendof December 9th. The Christian Service Committee willthen bring the gifts to the various facilities.

Here are some suggestions for what to get:

WOMEN MENBody wash

AftershaveCologne, body mistLotionsHand creams, lotionsCologneScarf

Ball caps

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

Hand mirrors or mirrors with stands

Dove soap

Packages of cheese crackers

Sugar free cookies (soft are best)

Sugar free hard candies

Word search books

Adult coloring books/colored pencils

Gift certificates for the beauty shop

Sacrificial Giving

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for oth-ers remains, and is immortal. –– Albert Pike

HUDSON

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Oct. 28)….…... $ 5,302.00Utilities…………………………… 262.00Seminarian Support………………………. 340.00Evangelist………………………………………… 22.00World Mission Sunday…………………………… 61.00

GERMANTOWN

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Oct. 28)…...…... $1,439.00Seminarian Support………………………………. 5.00Utilities……………………………………………. 100.00World Mission Sunday……………………………. 40.00

Chapel Dedication - November 17

ALL are invited to attend the 4 p.m. VigilMass Saturday, November 17. BishopScharfenberger will attend to dedicate the newchapel Reception to follow in the rectory.

Eucharistic MomentHow many of you say: I should like to see His

face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, youtouch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, notonly that you may see Him, but also to be your foodand nourishment. Saint John Chrysostom

Readings for the Week of November 4

Sunday: Dt 6:2-6/Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 [2]/Heb 7:23-28/Mk 12:28b-34

Monday: Phil 2:1-4/Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3/Lk 14:12-14Tuesday: Phil 2:5-11/Ps 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30e,31-32 [26a]

/Lk 14:15-24Wednesday: Phil 2:12-18/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/Lk 14:25-33Thursday: Phil 3:3-8a/Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [3b]/Lk15:1-10Friday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 [5]

/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/Jn 2:13-22Saturday: Phil 4:10-19/Ps 112:1b-2, 5-6, 8a and 9/Lk16:9-15

READINGS AND HYMNS (HUDSON)Reading: p. 248 Opening Hymn: # 508 Closing: # 557

MASSES FOR THIS WEEKMONDAY: Weekday (November 5)

7:15 AM Andrew J. McDonald - Pat & Dick Nobes

David Hart - Mike & Barbara Colwell

Helen Ziemba - Kathy & Matt Clark

TUESDAY: Weekday (November 6)

7:15 AM John & Agnes Fiero & Steven & Beverly - Brother, John

David Hart - Karen & Dennis Risch

Mary Lewicki - Ned & Sharon Kisselbrack

WEDNESDAY: Weekday (November 7)

7:15 AM David Hart - Eileen & Rich Zinnanti

Helen T. Ziemba - Nancy & Ed Ziemba

Richard Van Deusen - Sally & Bill Hotaling

THURSDAY: Weekday (November 8)

7:15 AM Leroy, Dorothy & Dirk VanDeCarr - Family

Andrew J. McDonald - Mary Ann & Charles Vieni

Helen T. Ziemba - Amelia Maruniak

FRIDAY: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (November 9)

7:15 AM David Hart - Christian Service Committee

Mary Lewicki - Kathy & Matt Clark

Rose Ziemba - Nancy & Ed Ziemba

9:00 AM For all Seminarians

(G’TWN)

32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SATURDAY VIGIL MASS: (November 10)4:00 PM Frank Havlik - Wife and Family

(HUD) Alice & Edward Krisniski - Helen Krisniski

Louis Conte - Angela Rapp

5:30 PM Living & Deceased of the Parish

(G’TWN)

SUNDAY MORNING MASS: (November 11)

9:00 AM Stanley & Veronica Jezuit - Rita & Harry Koeppel(HUD) Thomas C. Quigley & Mary Lou Bujanow - Family

Sister Margaret Paul Scrodin - Anne Drew11:00 AM Pablo P./Adelaida Comesanas - Comesanas Family(G’TWN)

BAPTISM: Congratulations! If you would like toarrange preparations and a date for Baptism, pleasecontact the Parish Office.

RCIA: For those enquiring about the CatholicFaith or wishing to complete their sacraments: wel-come! Please contact the Parish Office and we will bevery glad to help you further.

RECONCILIATION: Celebrated on Saturdays2.30-3.45 pm in Hudson, before and after Masses inGermantown, or at anytime by appointment. (Note: itis best to call ahead first to check on the availability ofa priest)

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Priests regularlyvisit the hospitals, nursing homes and the homebound.Please do contact the Parish Office if you or someoneyou know is in need of the anointing of sick.

MARRIAGE: Congratulations! So that proper ar-rangements (paperwork, preparations etc.) can bemade, please contact the Parish Office or Fr. Anthonyat least six months before the desired date.

VOCATIONS: If you are considering a vocation tothe priesthood, diaconate or religious life, please con-tact Fr. Anthony to share thoughts and prayers further.

Story of the Dedication ofSt. John Lateran

Most Catholics think of St. Peter’sas the pope’s main church, but they are wrong. St.John Lateran is the pope’s church, the cathedral ofthe Diocese of Rome where the Bishop of Rome pre-sides.

The first basilica on the site suffered fire, earthquake,and the ravages of war, but the Lateran remained thechurch where popes were consecrated.

Pope Innocent X commissioned the present structurein 1646. The Lateran’s towering facade is crownedwith 15 colossal statues of Christ, John the Baptist,John the Evangelist, and 12 doctors of the Church.Beneath its high altar rest the remains of the smallwooden table on which tradition holds Saint Peterhimself celebrated Mass.

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