Church of St. Patrick in Armonk · 1/1/2017  · Andrew Suozzi (D) Calendar: Collection Dec. 17-18: $5,378.00 in 94 envelopes Collection for Dec. 25 not available at this printing

Church of

St. Patrick

in Armonk

P.O. Box 6,

29 Cox Avenue,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504

(914) 273-9724

SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

JANUARY 1, 2017

MASSES: DEC. 31—JAN. 8, 2017

Sat 12/31 9:00

5:30

Intentions of the Gazivoda family (L)

Arvis Dalton (D)

Sun 1/1 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

——

Stephen Colangelo (D)

Mon 1/2 8:30 Jeanne Tennyson (D)

Tue 1/3 8:30 Mary Carr Finnegan (D)

Wed 1/4 8:30 Dorothy Kahn (D)

Thu 1/5 8:30 Lynn & Barry Watson (L)

Fri 1/6 8:30 Stephen Tennyson (D)

Sat 1/7 9:00

5:30

Catechists (L)

Katherine Endico (D)

Sun 1/8 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

Carmela DiCapua (D)

Andrew Suozzi (D)

Calendar:

Collection Dec. 17-18: $5,378.00 in 94 envelopes

Collection for Dec. 25 not available at this printing

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$8,912.00

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1ST, SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

No CCD classes

Mon, January 2 — SS. Basil the Great and Gregory

Nazianzen

No CCD classes

Tue, January 3 — The Most Holy Name of Jesus

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30

Walking with Purpose: 9:30-11:30

Wed, January 4 — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

CCD: 3:30-4:30; 6:00-7:00;

Confirmation Class: 6:00

Thu, January 5 — St. John Neumann

Fri, January 6 — St. Andre Bassette; First Friday

Contemplative Prayer Group: 1:00-2:00

Sat, January 7 — St. Raymond of Penyafort; First

Saturday

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH, SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry. CCD: 9:20-10:20

Confirmation Class: 9:20-10:20

1st Grade Mass: 10:30

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Readings for the Week of January 1, 2017

Sunday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-

21

Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98/Jn 1:19-28

Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29--3:6/Ps 98/Jn 1:29-34

Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10/Ps 98/Jn 1:35-42

Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21/Ps 100/Jn 1:43-51

Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Ps 147/Mk 1:7-11 or Lk

3:23-28 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38

Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Ps 149/Jn 2:1-11

The Holy Family

and

Mary the Mother of God

Normally the Sunday after Christmas would be

the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and

Joseph. This feast honors the Holy Family as

rightly it should but at the same time it reminds us

of the importance of Family life not simply for

the individual but for society as well. However,

this year the feast is bumped because it falls on

the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God. No

matter, because the feast of the Holy Family ex-

ists because of, and is integrally bound to, the

truth that Mary is the Mother of God.

Some wonder how Mary can be the mother of

God, often asking “is she not the mother of His

humanity not His divinity?” This question is of-

ten predicated on a false assumption of Jesus; that

He is a Human Person and a Divine Person. Je-

sus is a Divine Person with two natures: a human

nature and a divine nature. The two natures are

not split into two personalities but rather are unit-

ed in the one Divine Person. The person is the

one who is both the object and subject of an ac-

tion. If I hit you in the nose, I – the person – is

responsible not my hand. Thus, if you say:

“OUCH! You hit me!” I cannot say “No, I did not

hit you, my hand hit you.” I, the person, am the

one who acted and thus is responsible. Nor could

I say “No, I did not hit you, I hit your nose!” Ob-

viously your nose is a part of you, the person. If

Jesus, the Divine Person – God, is in Mary’s

womb then He – God – is in Mary’s womb. Mary

gave birth to Jesus, a Divine Person, she nursed

Him, changed Him, and all the while He is a Di-

vine Person. Therefore, Mary is truly the Mother

of God because He is God. While Mary is holy

enough in herself that with Joseph, their family

can truly be called “holy”, with the reality that

Jesus is God, the Second Person of the Trinity,

the family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is Holy be-

yond comprehension.

Family life is the first society by which a child

begins to learn how to be a participating member

of society. One aspect of any society is authority.

Any society without authority is doomed to chaos

and anarchy. It is also integral to society that just

and legitimate authority be respected. If it is not

respected then once again chaos and anarchy

reign. Parents have an important role to play in

educating their children on the importance of au-

thority and respect of it. In the Holy Family we

see Joseph and Mary first acknowledging the Au-

thority of God in humbling accepting His will for

them. We also see their respect for the authority

of man in fulfilling the request that they submit to

the census.

Another aspect of any society is sacrifice for the

common good. Family life offers this first in the

sacrifices that husband and wife must make for

the good of their marriage and the good of their

children. Also the child should have to make sac-

rifices for the good of the family. This is espe-

cially evident when there are siblings. The more

siblings one has then the more one will learn the

meaning of sacrifice for the common good and

the good of other individuals as well. Again, we

see this in Mary and Joseph in the sacrifices they

had to make for the good of each other and for the

protection of Jesus. Learning to deny one self

comforts and immediate satisfaction for the good

of others is a concept I fear is all but lost in a

world that glorifies individualism and one’s own

happiness, comfort and satisfaction as primary

and the common good of others as secondary. To

learn this, children must see this in the relation-

ship of their parents to each other, the demand of

this in family life, and the example the parents set

in their own communities.

In Jesus, Mary (The Mother of God), and Joseph,

Children’s Masses

I try to rotate the grades 1-7 for a homily directed at them.

Also, the children will sponsor the Mass by doing the

readings, handing out bulletins, and their parents setting

up the coffee social after Mass. The dates of these Masses

are as follows:

Jan. 8 ……….Grade 1 Jan 22 …… Grade 2

Jan. 29 ……...Grade 3 Feb. 5 …… Grade 4

Feb. 12 …… Grade 5 Mar. 5 …… Grade 6

Mar. 19 …… Grade 7

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

REVELATION

The Kingdom Yet to come

An Eleven-Part Bible Study Featuring Jeff Cavins

Beginning January 26

Ending April 6

Total of 10 Lessons

Thursday Evenings t 7:00 p.m.

Church of St. Patrick in Armonk

Cost/Registration $30 Registration Fee

Registration forms at each entrance to the church

For More Information

Call Fr. Galens at 914-273-9724 or

Email: [email protected]

Please keep the Following in your Prayers

Lillian Ward Jeannie Morris

Eileen Sullivan Katerinna MacNeil

Jaspare Miranda Perinna Ruggerio

John Puttre Isabel D’Onofrio

Joy Lichten Teresa D’Onofrio

Patricia Tkach Isa D’Onofrio

Mario & Gloria Guiliano Caroline Pizzorusso

Barbara Grasso Susan Beninati

Paul Benfari Francis Roy Sedore

Katherine Dubiell Mike Gagliardi

Marie J. Guiliano, Sr. Jon Adam

Claire Finnan