Our Lady of Victories Church (serving Harrington Park, River Vale and the Pascack/Northern Valley)

150 Harriot Avenue, Harrington Park, New Jersey www.olvhp.org

OLV Rectory OLV Fax Religious Education OLV Convent Phone: 201-768-1706 201-768-3962 201-768-1400 201-768-1705 Address: 81 Lynn St. 155 Parkway 145 Parkway Email: olvrectory.hp@gmail.com olvhpccd@gmail.com

S , May 12, 2019 A.D. MOTHERS

The most important person on earth is a mother.

She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not.

She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral … a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body.

Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature. God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation.

What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this:

to be a mother!

Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

TO ALL OUR MOTHERS, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY.

-Fr. Wojciech and OLV Family

To our Mothers who have gone before us, eternal rest grant unto them, oh Lord!

REGISTER FOR OLV PARISH All Roman Catholics living within the boundaries of Our Lady of Victories Church should officially register; If you did NOT receive an Easter mailing you are probably NOT registered! Obtain a registration form from the priest after Mass or phone Maria at the Rectory. We strongly encourage you to register, even if you do not plan to use envelopes, so we can include you on our mailing list. Only registered members of the parish, who fulfill all other canonical [Church Law] requirements can obtain a Sponsor [Godparent] Certificate, letter of recommendation or other documentation.

It’s Not Over Yet Thanks to everyone who made a pledge to the Sharing God’s Blessings Appeal, but we still have not reached our goal. Please consider giving; Sharing God’s Blessings appeal envelopes are at the exits of the church. If you do fill it out, return it to Maria at the rectory.

CCD CORNER This will be our last CCD Corner for this school year. Please keep in your prayers the 40 students who will receive Confirmation this afternoon. May they be open to the workings of the Holy Spirit in their lives. If you haven’t done so already, PLEASE REGISTER your children for next year’s classes. We would like to take this opportuni-ty to thank our teachers for being such wonderful, caring and dedicated pillars of our faith to our students and parish! Congratula-tions on a job well done! Although our classes have concluded for this year, we encourage all our students and parents to attend Sunday Mass and be feed the Bread of Life. On behalf of the entire staff, we wish you a blessed and safe summer.

- 2 - Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park/River Vale N.J. Fr. Wojciech’s Corner - Today we celebrate Mother’s Day. To all the mothers: THANK YOU. I understood what it means to be a mother while in the seminary, when I had to wash and iron my own clothes. I then understood that my mother used to do it often, as well as cooking and cleaning. And she never grumbled about it. I did. So then, I understood that is takes a special charism to be a mother. By the way greetings from my mom, she thanks you all for your prayers. Happy Mothers Day to all our mothers. We remember all our mothers, including those who are sick and bedridden. For our deceased mothers, eternal rest grant unto them. As a way of celebrating Mothers Day in a special way the Knights of Columbus will start off their annual Baby Bottle Drive to assist mothers and children in need. I encourage us all to participate. Last week we had a beautiful 1st Holy Communion of 21 of our little boys and girls. This weekend we congratulate our 40 Confirmandi. May the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit fill your lives to be faithful witnesses of Christ’s resurrection. I always like the deacons’ words at the end of Mass: “Go forth glorifying God by your lives.” May this be true for you dear young people. And as one of my old friend priests (93 years old) used to say: ‘Aim High.’ Many thanks to Deacon Al, Susan, Mary Clare and to all our CCD teachers who volunteer so much time to our children. Speaking about young people, I would like to welcome back our college students. The statistics are very disheartening; 2/3 of Catholics will walk away from the Church by the time they finish college. A week ago together with our parish CCD Coordinator we participated in the Banquet for St Paul’s Outreach - Catholic Faith Alive on Campus initiative. I was so pleased to know that these young people help our many times very lonely students on campuses and fight against the current. We have a saying in Poland the healthy fish swims against a current. For more on St. Paul’s Outreach please visit: https://spo.org/national-news/2015/10/29/get-to-know-spo-in-90-seconds Please do not forget that Newman Centers, Newman Houses, New-man Clubs, or Newman Communities are Roman Catholic ministry centers that provide pastoral services and ministries to student popula-tion within the universities. The Newman Guide recommends Catholic colleges and universities because of their commitment to a faithful Catholic education. For more info see: https://newmansociety.org/the-newman-guide/recommended-colleges/ This Sunday is World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Let us ask the Good Shepherd to provide vocations to the Sacred Priesthood and Religious Life. And finally I would like to congratulate 3 young men who were elevat-ed to the rank of Eagle scout: Sean Powers, Ryan Jordan and Marc Terranova. Our Mayor was right when he said: Boy Scouts of America are the best activity for the young boys between other activities. I was impressed to see the boys who, unlike those who only spend time playing games and become “lost in clouds”, they are fully ready to serve and fully aware of reality. THUMBS UP. Again Happy Mothers Day!

OLV PARKING LOT THE CHURCH PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 20TH AND TUESDAY, MAY 21ST

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Prayer for the Safety of Soldiers Almighty and eternal God, those who take refuge in You will be glad and forever will shout for joy. Protect these soldiers as they discharge their duties. Protect them with the shield of Your strength and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of Your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise You for Your loving care. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Pray for Our Sick Please PRAY in the name of JESUS, the Healer, that the SICK of OLV PARISH may be restored to health and all those who ASSIST and CARE for the sick will be given the STRENGTH to continue GOD’S GOOD WILL: baby Cordelia, Richard Bolton, Sal Cenicola, Helen Choma, Lorraine Degerdon, Vincent DePaola, Carl Falasca, Jay Filip-pone, Marie Filippone, Mary Foley, John Pal, Joyanna Peros, Jeremy Unanue, Brian, Carla, Chris, Dierdre, Edward, Elba, Jennifer, Joann, Lisa, Lucas, Lynn, Michael, Patrick, Paul, Peter, Robert, Sean.

CLOTHING BINS Please help Catholic Charities continue its mission by donating your unwanted clothing, small appliances, shoes, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, and books (no reference books) to the donation bin located on our property. May the spirit of the Risen Christ resound through your generosity. Thank you.

St. Joseph HS presents Lend Me a Tenor "One of the two great farces by a living writer" according to New York Times. Performances are Thurs., Fri., Sat., May 16, 17, 18 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 19, at 3pm. Inserra Theater at St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale NJ. Purchase tickets $17 at SJR.BookTix.com. All seats reserved. For group rates call 201-391-7422. Senior citizen preview performance, $10 per ticket, Wed., May 15, at 3pm.- preshow nosh and talk at 2:15pm.

World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Sunday, May 12, also known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” The purpose of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations is to publicly fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2).

Only one who raised Christ can raise a Christian. Only the one who raised a HIGH PRIEST

can raise a good holy priest. Let us pray to Mary to RAISE GOOD PRIESTS.

"She is more Mother than Queen." --Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church

So don’t try to be more queen than a mother.

Pray for Those in the Military US Army Captain Ben Clemente RRT Specialist James Crumb Specialist Peter Dippolito Major Michael Franson Sergeant First Class Charles Greene Captain Shawn Linn Lieutenant Gigi McElroy Colonel John McLaughlin Captain John G. Miele

US Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Shawn Llewellyn A1C Alexander Kolbe

US Marine Corps. Lance Corporal Shanna Bennett Corporal Matthew Brady 1st Lieutenant Ryan Colomeo Lance Corporal Thomas Iafrate

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Julia Cheringal Ensign Jon Clemente Lieutenant Joseph Jaeger Lieutenant Andrew Jaeger OS3 Daniel T. LoVecchio

Mass Intentions Monday, May 13—Our Lady of Fatima 8:00 All Mothers 12:00 Winifred Pavlu R/b the Kip Family Tuesday, May 14 – St. Matthias, Apostle 8:00 John Plinio R/b Stephen and Robin Hartman 12:00 Marie Heil R/b Sandra and Michael McClure

Wednesday, May 15 – St. Isidore the Farmer 8:00 Alberto Bellini R/b Carole Bellini 12:00 All Mothers

Thursday, May 16–St. John Nepomucene of Bohemia–Priest 8:00 Robert K. Raymond R/b William Raymond 12:00 Paul Leary R/b Ron and Adele Filippone

Friday, May 17–St. Paschal Baylon of Spain - Brother 8:00 All Mothers 12:00 Anna Mae Kaelber R/b Tony and Laura Scott

Saturday, May 18–St. John I of Italy – Pope and Martyr 8:00 Louis Davi R/b Lorraine Petrone 12:00 Intentions of Eleanor Cordon R/b the Cordon Family 4:00 Sr. Sheila Holleran R/b Sr. Elizabeth 5:00 Esperanza Cordon R/b the Cordon Family

Sunday, May 19–St. Yves of France–Priest and Lawyer. 7:30 Danny Wakefield R/b the McLarnon Family 8:15 Intentions of Erin Joy Davidson R/b the Demarie Family 9:30 Holy Name Society members, living and deceased 10:45 Louis Kurtz R/b Rae Rinaldi 12:00 Gino Zocco R/b Mike Zocco 1:00 People of the Parish 6:00 Irene Romano R/b Bill and Dianne Smith 7:00 Carol Gordon R/b Connie and Rich Luzzi

Sanctuary Memorials The Church Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week for the repose of the soul of Irene Louise Ricciardi, r/b Bruce Michael Ricciardi. The Blessed Virgin Mary Votive Lamp will burn this week for the repose of the soul of Lydia DeJesus Mohsenin, r/b the Dunn Family. The Saint Joseph Votive Lamp will burn this week for a special intention, r/b WernerFamily.

Jesus the NEW SAMSON The Old Testament tells of Samson, how one night he lifted the gates of the city of Gaza from their hinges and carried them off. So, in the night when he was forsaken by God, Jesus unhinged the far more heavily bolted gates of our perdition and, on Easter morn-ing, set us free to walk down the path into God’s broad landscape. —Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar-from You crown the Year with Your Goodness

- 3 - Mary, the Gate of Heaven.

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- 4- MAY IS DEDICATED TO OUR LADY.

Mary is the NECK!!! Do you remember that scene in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding in which the Greek mothers teach the Greek girl that the Greek father is the “head” of household, but that the mother is the “neck”? They may have been Greeks, but they were reading from a Roman script – because a similar thing was said by Pope Saint Pius X in his encyclical Ad diem illum of 1904, # 13 (and also by Saint Bernard of Sienna before him). According to Saint Pius X, the source is Jesus Christ "of whose fullness we have all received" (John i., 16), the Blessed Virgin Mary is the “neck” that connects Christ the Head to the Church as His Body. But Mary, as St. Bernard fittingly remarks, is the ‘channel’ or, even the neck, through which the body is joined to the head, and likewise through which the head exerts its power and strength on the body. For she is the neck of our Head, by which all spiritual gifts are communicated to His Mystical Body. Honoring the Bedridden Mothers

St. Anna Schäffer (1882-1925) Growing up in Bavaria, Anna desired to enter a missionary order, but after her father’s untimely death she had to work to support her family. In February 1901, while working in a laundry, she slipped and fell into a vat of boiling lye, suffering severe burns. The next months were ones of excruciating pain. Anna survived gangrene, only to undergo thirty unsuccessful surgeries for skin grafts. Finally the word came that she would be bedridden for the rest of her life. At first Anna struggled against this diagnosis. Yet, through prayer and frequent Communion, she began to embrace a new path. “Her sickbed became her cloister cell and her suffering a missionary service,” Pope Benedict XVI would say at her canonization. Anna devoted her days to writing letters of consolation and creating needlework for local churches. “I have three keys to heaven,” she said. “The biggest is made out of pig iron and is heavy - it is my suffering. The second is the sewing needle, and the third is the penholder. With these different keys, I strive each day to open the door to heaven.” As her prayer life deepened, so did Anna’s joyful confidence in God’s plan. Paralysis set in, and then colon cancer. A fall from her bed caused a neurological injury that robbed her of her voice. Yet on her deathbed she made one last prayer: “Jesus, I love you.” Her feast day is October 5th.

“Whoever finds Mary shall find Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP

TOOoo much …….!!!! It is objected that there is much repetition in the Rosary because the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary are said so often; therefore it is monotonous. That reminds me of a woman who came to see me one evening after instructions. She said: “I would never become Catholic. You say the same words in the Rosary, over and over again, and anyone who repeats the same words is never sincere. I would never believe such a person and neither would God.” I asked her who the man was who was with her. She said it was her fiancé. I asked, “Does he love you?” “He told me.” “What did he say?” He said, “I love you.” “But never before?” “He tells me every night.” I said, “Do not believe him.” He is repeating; he is not sincere.” The beautiful truth, there is no repetition in “I love you.” Because there is a new moment of time, another point in space, the words do not mean the same as before. Love is never monotonous in the uniformity of its expression. The mind is infinitely variable in its language, but the heart is not. The heart of man in the face of the woman he loves is too poor to translate the infinity of his affection into different words. So the heart takes but one expression, “I love you” and in saying it over and over again, it never repeats. It is the only real news in the universe. That is what we do when we say the Rosary. We are saying to the Holy Trinity, to the Incarnate Savior, to the Blessed Mother, “I love you”, “I love you”, “I love you.” -By Abp. Fulton J. Sheen

The embrace of Mary in our sins heals us. Her smile, amidst our sins, offers us the opportunity to start afresh ...

For he who falls into sin is the child of Adam. He who boasts of sin is a child of the devil. BUT he who repents from sin is the child of God and Mary...

Mother’s special WEEP-ON and WEAPON

The Rosary stops a busy family in its tracks, quiets the world’s noise, gathers us together, and focuses us on God and not ourselves. This does wonders for a family psychologically and emotionally.

—TOM HOOPES - from The Rosary of Saint John Paul II - Mary MOTHER OF VOCATIONS:

KIDZ KORNER ANSWERS 1. St. Elizabeth. 2. St. Anne. 3. Eve. 4. St. Elizabeth Seton. 5. St. Gerard.

- 5 - HAPPY MOTHERS DAY Mother who believed in THE WEIGHT OF THE HOLY MASS (From the Catholic Society of Evangelists Newsletter, August, 1999)

The following TRUE STORY was related to Sr. M. Veronica Murphy by an elderly nun who heard it from the lips of the late Reverend Father Stanislaus SS.CC. One day many years ago, in a little town in Luxembourg, a Captain of the Forest Guards was in deep conversation with the butcher when an elderly woman entered the shop. The butch-er broke off the conversation to ask the old woman what she wanted. She had come to beg for a little meat, but had no money. The Captain was amused at the woman and the butcher. 'Only a little meat, but how much are you going to give her?', he wondered. 'I am sorry I have no money, but I'll hear Mass for you, ' the woman told the butcher. Both the butcher and the Captain were indifferent about religion, so they at once began to scoff at the old woman's idea. 'All right then,' said the butcher. 'You go and hear Mass for me and when you come back I'll give you as much as the Mass is worth'. The woman left the shop and returned later. She approached the counter and the butcher said 'All right then we'll see.' He took a slip of paper and wrote on it 'I heard a Mass for you.' He placed the paper on the scales and a tiny bone on the other side, but nothing happened. Next he placed a piece of meat instead of the bone, but still the paper proved heavier. Both men were beginning to feel ashamed of their mockery but continued their game. A large piece of meat was placed on the balance, but still the paper held its own. The butcher, exasperated, examined the scales but found they were alright. 'What do you want my good woman? Must I give you a whole leg of mutton?' At this he placed the leg of mutton on the balance, but the paper outweighed the meat. A larger piece of meat was put on, but again the weight remained on the side of the paper. This so impressed the butcher that he was converted and promised to give the woman her daily ration of meat. As for the Captain, he left the shop a changed man and became an ardent lover of daily Mass. Two of his sons became priests, one a Jesuit and the other a Father of the Sacred Heart. Father Stanislaus finished the story by saying, 'I am from the Religious of the Sacred Heart and the Captain was my father. 'From this incident the Captain became a daily Mass attendant and his children were trained to follow his example. Later, when his sons became priests, he advised them to say Mass well every day and never miss the Sacrifice of the Mass through any fault of their own. If you like the story, share it with someone. Remember too that 'a Holy Mass a day keeps the Devil away'

KIDZ KORNER 1. Who was St. John the Baptist’s mom? 2. Who was the Virgin Mary’s mom? 3. Who was the mother of Cain and Abel? 4. What famous American Saint was the mother of five children? 5. Who is the patron of expectant mothers? Answers on page four

T H E O T O K O S - Mary: Mother of God A woman is a man’s mother either if she carried him in her womb or if she was the woman contributing half of his genetic matter or both. Mary was the mother of Jesus in both of these senses; because she not only carried Jesus in her womb, but also supplied all of the genetic matter for His human body, since it was through her - not Joseph - that Jesus “was descended from David according to the flesh” (Rom. 1:3). Since Mary is Jesus’ mother, it must be concluded that she is also the Mother of God: If Mary is the mother of Jesus, and if Jesus is God, then Mary is the Mother of God. There is no way out of this logical syllogism, the valid form of which has been recognized by classical logicians since before the time of Christ. Although Mary is the Mother of God, she is not His mother in the sense that she is older than God or the source of her Son’s divinity, for she is neither. Rather, we say that she is the Mother of God in the sense that she carried in her womb a divine person - Jesus Christ, God “in the flesh” (2 John 7, cf. John 1:14) - and in the sense that she contributed the genetic matter to the human form God took in Jesus Christ. Some assert that Mary did not carry God in her womb, but only carried Christ’s human nature. This assertion reinvents a heresy from the fifth century known as Nestorianism, which runs aground on the fact that a mother does not merely carry the human nature of her child in her womb. Rather, she carries the person of her child. Women do not give birth to human natures; they give birth to persons. Mary thus carried and gave birth to the person of Jesus Christ, and the person she gave birth to was God.

Mother of the Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard, that Saint so totally devoted to the Eucharist, declared that even in this world, after Jesus' Ascension into Heaven, the Blessed Virgin "lived a life in and by the Blessed Sacrament;" and thus he liked to call her "Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament." St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina would sometimes say to his spiritual children, "Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernac-le?" And how could she fail to be there --- she who "stood by the Cross of Jesus" on Calvary (John 19:25)? Therefore St. Alphonsus Liguori, in his book of devotions, used to always join a visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary to each visit to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. St. Maximilian M. Kolbe used to recommend that when we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, we never fail to remember Mary's presence, calling on her and associating ourselves with her, at least seeing to it that her sweet name comes to mind. The reply St. Bernadette Soubirous gave was very beautiful, when someone put this tricky question to her: "What would please you more, to receive Holy Communion, or to see the Madonna in the grotto?" The little Saint thought for a minute and then answered, "What a strange question! The two cannot be separated. Jesus and Mary always go together."

A Little Humor ... The boss is asking … Mr. Kowalski! You do everything so slow, you think slow, you write slow, you walk slow, is there anything you do fast?? Yes, sir, I get tired fast.