Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 627 East 187th Street, Bronx, New York 10458 | T: (718) 295-3770 | F: (718) 367-2240

www.ourladymtcarmelbx.org | E-mail: mtcarmelbx@aol.com

Sunday, October 13, 2019| Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

PARISH STAFF

Administrator Rev. Fr. José Félix Ortega

Parochial Vicar

Rev. Fr. Israel K. Boadi

Religious Education Coordinator Sr. Edna Loquias, SMC

Parish Secretary Miss Elizabeth Mannini

Youth Minister

Mr. Brandon Fernandez

Music Director & Organist Dr. Stephen Rapp

Cantor Principal Mr. Bilen Eminov Mr. John Musto

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Saturday 8:30am | 12:00pm (Both English)

Saturday Evening: 5:00pm (Vigil Mass - English)

Sunday: 8:30am (English) | 9:30am (Spanish)

11:00am (Italian) | 12:15pm (English)

1:30pm (Spanish)

Weekday: 8:30am / 12:00pm / 6:30pm (All English)

RITE OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm or any time by calling the Parish Office.

RITE OF BAPTISM

2nd Sunday of every month in Spanish at 2:30pm 3rd Sunday every other month in English at 2:30pm Attendance at Pre -Baptism Class is required. Please stop by the Parish Center to register or call for more information.

RITE OF MATRIMONY

Wedding dates may be scheduled after initial meeting with a priest.

PASTORAL VISITS TO THE SICK

If you or someone you know is in the hospital or homebound and would be served by a pastoral visit by a Priest, Religious Sister or a lay Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please contact the Parish Center.

NEW PARISHIONERS

We invite new parishioners to register at the Parish Center.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

For information please call Sr. Edna at the Parish Center.

OLMC SCHOOL: 2465 BATHGATE AVENUE

Please contact the School Office at (718) 295-6080.

PARISH CENTER

2380 Belmont Avenue Bronx, NY 10458

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

October 13, 2019 CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 2

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Sunday, October 13th | Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ord. Time 8:30am Anna Cutugnino (living) 9:30am Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo 11:00am Francesco e Vincenza Bordenga

12:15pm Anthony & Emily Valerio 1:30pm Roberto Dario Luna y Graciela Carmona Sancho

Monday, October 14th | Weekday; St. Callistus

8:30am Alfred Mastrovincenzo

Tuesday, October 15th | St. Teresa of Jesus

8:30am Teresa D’Amore 12:00pm Gennaro, Mariantonia & Vincenzo Del Vecchio 6:30pm Yolanda & Rosa Leo

Wednesday, October 16th | Weekday; St. Hedwig;

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

8:30am Philip Cammarano, Sr. 12:00pm Emiliano Rodriguez 6:30pm Lucia Petti (First Anniversary)

Thursday, October 17th | St. Ignatius of Antioch 8:30am Michael & Jane Verini 12:00pm Charles Bengston 6:30pm Juan Rivera

Friday, October 18th | St. Luke, Evangelist

8:30am Adela Quintana 12:00pm Lindo & Maria Borgatti 6:30pm Vincent McDonnell (living)

Saturday, October 19th | SS. John de Brebeuf & Isaac Jogues & Companions; BVM

8:30am Filip Tom Mirdita 12:00pm Padre Pio Prayer Group 5:00pm Deceased of the Marcone Family

Sunday, October 20th | Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ord. Time 8:30am Salvatore Anthony LaLumia 9:30am Blanca Herrera (viviente) 11:00am Le Anime del Purgatorio

12:15pm Gina Costanzo 1:30pm Para la Comunidad de Monte Carmelo

From the Desk of Father José Félix

Fire

Last Sunday, at about 6 in the evening there was a fire in the Church. Seems that, we hope accidentally, a box containing the candles starting to burn out of control. Thanks be to God, there was someone in the Church praying who called the fire department, which arrived quickly to extinguish the fire before the worst would happen.

Jesus in the Gospel says to us: “I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!” (Luke 12:49). Obviously Jesus was not speaking about burning the Church, but uses that image to speak to us about the fire of His love, the fire that should be in our hearts. The fire happened in front of the statue of the Sacred Heart, that heart that burns out of love for us. When Jesus vanished in front of the disciples of Emmaus, they said to each other: “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke, 24:32)

I thank God that nothing happened in the fire, thank the person that called the fire department, thank the firefighters who came quickly to extinguish the fire. But like Jesus… I wish that my heart would burn, and in the heart of each one of you there would be a fire, the fire of God’s love, a real fire that would spread in each home of our parish and our city. For this we pray and work. Amen.

God bless,

Father José Félix

+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for Joseph Moschetta,

Jose Matias Lopez and all the faithful departed

COLLECTION - 10/6/19

This year …………................................................$3,541.00

Last year …........................................................$3,968.91

WEEKEND ATTENDANCE - 10/6/19

Adults: ……. 783 Children: …… 278 Total: …… 1,061

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Naaman, cleansed from his leprosy, returns gratefully to Elisha (2 Kings 5:14-17). Psalm — The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power (Psalm 298). Second Reading — If we have died with Christ we shall also live with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8-13). Gospel — Ten lepers are healed by Jesus, but only one, a Samaritan, returns to give him thanks (Luke 17:11-19).

WEDDING BANNS

III. Anthony Giuliano & Amanda Ponce de Leon II. Daniel Alvarez & Elisa Cariño

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Christian liturgy has always contained an opportuni-ty to make a choice for sharing. From the beginning, Christians pooled their resources, especially for the care of widows and orphans, at the weekly Eucharist. Over the years, the collection became detached from the litur-gy and baskets or plates would be passed through the community while the Mass was going on at the altar, or contributions would be collected at the doors. In Milan’s Ambrosian Rite, these gifts have always been brought to the altar by lay people in procession. In German coun-tries, the ancient custom was for the entire assembly to process with their gifts—first the men, then the women, then the priests and deacons—to offer their gifts at the altar. The old ceremony of canonization included a curi-ous vestige of this procession: people would present the pope with two loaves of bread, two barrels of wine and water, five candles, and three cages containing pigeons or turtledoves!

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MEMORIALS THIS WEEK

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of Rita V. Calabro From RoseMarie & Antoinette Sia

FLEA MARKET ‘THANK YOU’

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S. MARGHERITA MARIA ALACOQUE Nata in Borgogna nel 1647, Margherita ebbe una giovinezza difficile, soprattutto perché dovette vincere la resistenza dei genitori per entrare, a ventiquattro anni, nell'Ordine della Visitazione, fondato da san Francesco di Sales. Margherita, diventata suor Maria, restò vent'anni tra le Visi-tandine, e fin dall'inizio si offrì «vittima al Cuore di Gesù». Fu incompresa dalle consorelle, mal-giudicata dai superiori. Anche i direttori spirituali dapprima diffidarono di lei, giudicandola una fanatica visionaria. Il beato Claudio La Co-lombière divenne preziosa guida della mistica suora della Visitazione, ordinandole di narrare, nell'autobiografia, le sue esperienze ascetiche. Per ispirazione della santa, nacque la festa del Sacro Cuore, ed ebbe origine la pratica dei primi Nove Venerdì del mese. Morì il 17 ottobre 1690.

DESDE EL ESCRITORIO DE P. JOSE FELIX

Fuego

El domingo pasado, hacia las 6 de la tarde hubo un incendio en nuestra Iglesia. Al parecer, suponemos que por accidente, una caja de velas empezó a quemarse fuera de control. Gracias a Dios había alguien en la Iglesia rezando que llamó a los bomberos quienes llegaron rápidamente para apagar el incendio antes de que ocurriera una catástrofe.

Jesús en el Evangelio nos dice: “he venido a traer fuego a la tierra y ¡cómo quisiera que ya estuviera ardiendo!” (Lucas 12,49). Obviamente Jesús no nos habla de incendiar la Iglesia sino que usa ésa imagen para hablarnos del fuego de su amor, del fuego que debe haber en nuestros corazones. El incendio ocurrió frente a la estatua del Sagrado Corazón, ese corazón que arde de amor por nosotros. Cuando Jesús desaparece ante los discípulos de Emaús, ellos se preguntan “¿no ardía nuestro corazón cuando nos hablaba en el camino y nos explicaba las Escrituras?” (Lucas 24,32).

Agradezco a Dios que no pasara nada en el incendio, agradezco a la persona que llamó a los bomberos, agradezco a los bomberos que vinieron rápidamente

a apagar el incendio. Pero como Jesús… yo también quisiera que en mi corazón y en el corazón de cada uno de los parroquianos hubiera un fuego, el fuego

del amor de Dios, un fuego verdadero que se propagara o contagiara en todos nuestros hogares, en nuestro barrio, en nuestra ciudad. Por esto pedimos y

trabajamos. Amén.

Dios les bendiga. P. José Félix

~ HORA SANTA ~

Jueves, 17 de octubre

7:15 p.m.

Lectors - October 19th & 20th

5:00 p.m. C. Diaz & A. Hansen

8:30 a.m. Florence & B. Rivera

11:00 a.m. R. Bizzarro & N. Trombetta

12:15 p.m. F. Spano & M. Gerbasi

* OLMC Dinner Dance *

Sunday, October 27th

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Honorees: Elizabeth Camarillo Cristian Fernandez

Music: Pane e Cioccolato

Cocktails: 3:00 p.m.

Reservations: $110 - Call the office

~ Mary Visits Our Parish ~

PILGRIM VIRGIN STATUE FROM FATIMA, PORTUGAL

Thursday, November 21st Feast of the Presentation of Mary

* Details in upcoming weeks *

Ave Maria!

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