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Rev. Msgr. Thomas Derivan, Pastor

Rev. Joseph Ligory, Parochial Vicar

Rev. Thomas D’Angelo, In Residence

Rev. Robert Imbelli, Weekend Associate

Deacon Anthony P. Cassaneto

Mrs. Josephine Fanelli, Principal

Mrs. Marie McCarrick, Dir. of Religious Education

Dr. Liya Petrides, Music Director

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Monday thru Saturday 8:00am & 9:00am

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December 28, 2014

CONFESSION

Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm and by appointment

BAPTISMS

Baptisms take place most Sundays after the 12:15pm Mass. We ask parents to attend the Baptism preparation meeting. Register at the Rectory for the meeting. The date of the Baptism will be discussed at the Baptism meeting.

MARRIAGES

Call the Rectory at least six months in advance of the wedding date to make an appointment with parish clergy.

CHURCH OF ST. THERESA, BRONX

DECEMBER 28, 2014

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK :

We come to church today just a few days after our celebration of the Feast of Our Savior’s Birth. The joy of Christmas is very much

with us, the sound of Christmas carols, the beauty of the decorations, and of course the scene of the Christmas crib, stable and the manger

of Bethlehem. So many people in this church and in every church stopped to pray before the stable, the place where the Lord Jesus was

born. Perhaps you did the same. When we look at the Christmas crib, we put ourselves in the place of angels who heralded Our

Savior’s birth with those beautiful words which we say in every Mass, “Glory to God in the highest and peace to His people on earth.”

And then we look at the center of the Christmas crib and we see the “Holy Three.” We try to put ourselves in the place of St. Joseph, that

faithful man who did God’s bidding, without complaint, without asking for all the answers. We put ourselves in the place of the most

beautiful woman the world has ever seen, the humble Virgin of Nazareth who had enough faith to say to the Angel, “I am the servant of

the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word.” And we then gaze on the Infant Jesus. We cannot put ourselves in His place.

But we realize that the whole message of Christmas is that He put Himself in our place– He came from heaven, taking upon Himself our

human nature so that He might take away our sins. Jesus put Himself in our place so that we might join Him in His place in the kingdom

of His Father.

The “Holy Three,” Joseph, Mary and Jesus are the Holy Family and today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. Pope Benedict

says this, “In the Gospel, we do not find discourses on the family. We find an event which is worth more than any words: God wanted to

be born and to grow up in a human family. In this way He consecrated the family as the first and ordinary means of His encounter with

humanity.” The Pope’s point is clear: the Lord Jesus did not just appear on this earth. He could have, but He did not. He chose to come

to this earth as we all do, as a member of a family. And in so doing He showed us how important every family is in His sight. We all

know many kinds of families. Some are, shall we say, traditional families, with mother and father and often grandparents helping their

children to grow up and to grow up well. But there are so many other kinds of families, good families. There are single - Parent families

and God bless those good mothers and, at times, good fathers who are raising their children alone. There are families where grandparents

once again are parents, this time for their grandchildren, and God bless them for their valiant efforts. There are foster families who welcome children into their homes and into their hearts and they too deserve our praise and support. The point of today’s feast is that

every family is a Holy Family, traditional or not, bigor small—every family is holy if Jesus is there in the center, even as He is in this

Christmas manger.

So many families today face so many hardships. Parents must face those hardships, some, the physical sickness of a loved-one;

others, the loss of a job; others, the sadness caused by separation of divorce. And young people must face hardships too, particularly the

problem of growing up in a society where there are so, many temptations and dangers and the problem of trying to live by God’s way, not by the way of the world all around us. Pope Benedict spoke about this when he reminded families that they must (to use his words)

“resist the disintegrating forces of our contemporary culture which undermine the very foundations of the family institution.” Yes,

families-parents and children-face so many hardships today. On this Feast of the Holy Family, the Church reminds us that even the Holy

Family faced so many hardships. A short time after the first Christmas, as we hear in the gospel today, Joseph had to obey the angel’s

voice in a dream and take Mary and the Infant Jesus and flee as refugees to Egypt to avoid the murderous threats of King Herod. Yes,

the Holy Family knew what hardship is all about. Yet the point is this: the Holy Family still had Jesus in the center. He would not always be lying in the center of the stable in the manger. But He was always at the center of the life of Mary and Joseph. He was always

in the center of their hearts and that gave them the strength to go on, to be the Holy Family, despite the hardships, despite the problems.

With Jesus in the center, we are all members of the Holy Family. That is the message of today: whether our family is big or small, even

if we are all alone, we still have this family, the Church, with Jesus in the middle, even as His tabernacle is in the middle of our

sanctuary. With Him at the center, we have nothing to fear. We can face our King Herods and our Egypts, our separations and our pains,

because the One who is at the center holds us up and keeps us going.

May this beautiful Feast give us great strength and great hope for the New Year ahead. Look again at the Christmas crib. May we all

learn its message. We are never alone. We have a family: that is the Church. And we have the center of our lives, the One born in the

manger, the One born in our hearts, the One who keeps us all together, and that is Jesus the Lord.

May the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph guide your family and our parish family in the New Year of 2015.

Father Thomas B. Derivan

REMINDER – If you have a Sunday Mass offered for a loved

one and are present at the Mass and would like to bring up the

Offertory Gifts to the Altar, please let one of the ushers know

before the Mass begins.

CONFESSIONS are heard every Saturday from 4:00PM-5:00PM

or by appointment in the Rectory.

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. Amen

HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

ST. THOMAS BECKET

(1118-1170)

DECEMBER 29

A strong man who wavered for a moment, but then learned one

cannot come to terms with evil and so became a strong

churchman, a martyr and a saint-that was Thomas Becket,

archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in his cathedral on December

29, 1170.

His career had been a stormy one. While archdeacon of

Canterbury, he was made chancellor of England at the age of 36

by his friend King Henry II. When Henry felt it advantageous to

make his chancellor the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas gave

him fair warning: he might not accept all of Henry’s intrusions

into church affairs. Nevertheless, he was made archbishop

(1162), resigned his chancellorship and reformed his whole way

of life!

Troubles began. Henry insisted upon usurping Church rights. At

one time, supposing some conciliatory action possible, Thomas

came close to compromise. He momentarily approved the

Constitutions of Clarendon, which would have denied the clergy

the right of trial by a church court and prevented them from

making direct appeal to Rome. But Thomas rejected the

Constitutions, fled to France for safety and remained in exile for

seven years. When he returned to England, he suspected it would

mean certain death. Because Thomas refused to remit censures

he had placed upon bishops favored by the king, Henry cried out

in a rage, “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest!” Four

knights, taking his words as he wished, slew Thomas in the Canterbury cathedral.

Thomas Becket remains a hero-saint down to our own times.

No one becomes a saint without struggle, especially with himself.

Thomas knew he must stand firm in defense of truth and right,

even at the cost of his life. We also must take a stand in the face

of pressures-against dishonesty, deceit, destruction of life-at the cost of popularity, convenience, promotion and even greater

goods.

In T.S. Eliot’s drama, Murder in the Cathedral, Becket faces a

final temptation to seek martyrdom for earthly glory and revenge.

With real insight into his life situation, Thomas responds:

“The last Temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”

LOOKING AHEAD-OUR NEW YEAR’S SCHEDULE

We celebrate on Thursday the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God

on New Year’s Day. It is a holyday of obligation as we dedicate

the New Year to Our Lady.

Our schedule of New Year Masses is as follows:

New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, December 31st )

Vigil Mass at 5:00PM

New Year’s Day (Thursday, January 1st)

Masses follow our Sunday schedule at 7:30AM,

9:00AM (Italian), 10:30AM (Family), 12:15PM & 5:00PM

Please bring this information to the attention of neighbors and

friends.

PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY

Heavenly Father, most good and gracious God,

sustain our family in your love.

Make it a place where holiness and love abound.

Help us to learn to be like Jesus in all our actions.

Aid our family to imitate the Holy Family

of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Help us to learn from the good example of others

and to give good example to everyone.

Assist us in learning

to bear our pain and suffering as Jesus did.

Aid us in overcoming difficulties

And carrying our crosses.

Help our family life to lead only to Jesus,

The source of true happiness.

Please give wholesome habits to our family.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

ST. THERESA SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

We are in the process of expanding our school’s Alumni Associa-

tion and updating our mailing list. A Christmas mailing was sent

out earlier this month. Some persons on this list have moved

since the last mailing several years ago. Others may not have

been on the mailing list at all. If you or another member of your

family did not receive this mailing, we ask you to fill out the form

below and send it to us at the Rectory. Or you may call the Rec-

tory Office with this information. Thank you for your help to St.

Theresa’s School. Please use tear off below.

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Please mail to the Rectory, 2855 St. Theresa Avenue,

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Or call the Rectory Office at 718-892-1900.

DECEMBER 28, 2014

A MESSAGE FOR THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY FROM POPE FRANCIS:

On this first Sunday after Christmas, the Liturgy invites us to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Indeed, every nativity

scene shows us Jesus together with Our Lady and St. Joseph in the grotto of Bethlehem. God wanted to be born into a human family, he

wanted to have a mother and father like us.

Jesus wanted to belong to a family who experienced these hardships, so that no one would feel excluded from the loving closeness of

God. The flight into Egypt caused by Herod’s threat shows us that God is present where man is in danger, where man is suffering, where

he is fleeing, where he experiences rejection and abandonment; but God is also present where man dreams, where he hopes to return in

freedom to his homeland and plans and chooses life for his family and dignity for himself and his loved ones.

Today our gaze on the Holy Family lets us also be drawn into the simplicity of the life they led in Nazareth. It is an example that does

our families great good, helping them increasingly to become communities of love and reconciliation, in which tenderness, mutual help,

and mutual forgiveness is experienced. Let us remember the three key words for living in peace and joy in the family: “may I,” “thank

you” and “sorry”. In our family, when we are not intrusive and ask “may I”, in our family when we are not selfish and learn to say

“thank you”, and when in a family one realizes he has done something wrong and knows how to say “sorry”, in that family there is peace

and joy. Let us remember these three words. Can we repeat them all together: may I, thank you, sorry. (Everyone: may I, thank you,

Sorry!) I would also like to encourage families to become aware of the importance they have in the Church and in society. The

proclamation of the Gospel, in fact, first passes through the family to reach the various spheres of daily life.

Let us fervently call upon Mary Most Holy, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, and St. Joseph her spouse. Let us ask them to enlighten,

comfort and guide every family in the world, so that they may fulfill with dignity and peace the mission which God has entrusted to

them.

FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

DECEMBER 28

Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the Romans and his religious

indifference. Hence he was insecure and fearful of any threat to his throne. He was a master politician and a tyrant capable of extreme

brutality. He killed his wife, his brother and his sister’s two husbands, to name only a few.

Matthew 2:1-18 tells this story: Herod was “greatly troubled” when astrologers from the east came asking the whereabouts of “the

newborn king of the Jews,” whose star they had seen. They were told that the Jewish Scriptures named Bethlehem as the place where the Messiah would be born. Herod cunningly told them to report back to him so that he could also “do him homage.” They found Jesus,

offered him their gifts and, warned by an angel, avoided Herod on their way home. Jesus escaped to Egypt.

Herod became furious and “ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under.” the horror of the

massacre and the devastation of the mothers and fathers led Matthew to quote Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah,/sobbing and loud

lamentation;/Rachel weeping for her children…” (Matthew 2:18). Rachel was the wife of Jacob/Israel. She is pictured as weeping at the

place where the Israelites were herded together by the conquering Assyrians for their march into captivity.

Twenty babies are few, in comparison to the genocide and abortion of our day. But even if there had been only one, we recognize the

greatest treasure God put on the earth-a human person, destined for eternity and graced by Jesus’ death and resurrection.

“Lord, you give us life even before we understand” (Prayer Over the Gifts, Feast of the Holy Innocents).

PETITION BOOK – Have you noticed our Petition Book in the

vestibule of the Church? Every Saturday before the 5:00PM

Mass, the petitions entered into the book for that week are

brought up to the altar of the Blessed Mother, where they remain

for all the weekend Masses. Please pray for these intentions.

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A NEW YEAR’S PRAYER FROM YOUR PRIESTS AND DEACON

Almighty God our Father, as we begin this New Year,

Help us to accept each day as your precious gift.

Help us to realize that every moment is precious, to be used gratefully.

Let us resolve to use every day of the year 2015 well,

not greedily for ourselves, but for your honor and glory and for the service of your people.

Let us remember our loved ones, particularly those whom we may have taken for granted-let us thank them more in the year ahead.

Let us be ready to do those things which we have put aside, the prayers and devotions we wanted to do, the visits we have wanted to

make, the acts of kindness which we may have neglected.

Let us clear up misunderstandings particularly in our families, remembering that life is all too short for petty arguments and differences.

Let us be good examples to our children and our grandchildren and to our neighbor’s children and grandchildren. Let them see you in us.

Let us avoid bitterness, gossip, rash judgment, impatience and those thousands of failures and sins that we may have become too comfortable with.

Let us be better members of our families, of our Church, of our country and of our world.

Let us live every day of this year drawing our strength from Jesus, the Bread of Life.

And finally let us come to the end of this New Year and be able to say that we have truly been your obedient servants who have said to

you in the words of Our Mother Mary, “Let it be done to me according to your will.”

We ask these New Year’s blessings through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy

Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen

May God bless you and your family with a holy and happy New Year.

Father Thomas B. Derivan Father Joseph Ligory

Father Robert Imbelli Father Thomas D’Angelo

Father James Sheehan Deacon Anthony Cassaneto

Salesian Fathers John Serio, Bill Feruzzi, and Matt DeGance

ASK THE

MOTHER OF GOD FOR THE

GIFT OF MATURE FAITH

By Pope Benedict XVI

At the end of a year, we feel a special need to call on the motherly intercession of Mary Most Holy for the city of Rome,

for Italy, for Europe and for the whole world.

Let us entrust to Mary, who is the Mother of Mercy incarnate, particularly those situations to which the Lord’s grace alone

can bring peace, comfort and justice.

The Virgin heard the Angel announcing her divine Motherhood saying to her, “With God nothing will be impossible” (Luke 1:37).

Mary believed and for this reason she is blessed (cf. Luke 1:45).

What is impossible to man becomes possible to the one who believes (cf. Mark 9:23).

Let us ask the Mother of God to obtain for us the gift of a mature faith:

—a faith that we would like to resemble hers as far as possible;

—a faith that is clear, genuine, humble and, at the same time, courageous;

—a faith, steeped in hope and enthusiasm for the Kingdom of God;

—a faith devoid of all fatalism and wholly set on cooperating with the divine will in full and joyful obedience

and with the absolute certainty that God wants nothing but love and life, always and for everyone.

Obtain for us, O Mary, an authentic pure faith. May you always be thanked and blessed, Holy Mother of God! Amen!

SATURDAY DECEMBER 27, 2014

5:00PM Joanne & Jeanette Fiametta

6:30PM Maria Hernandez & Milton Anton

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PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:

Anthony Cardone, Phyllis Caruso, Peter Corbo, Maryann

DiBattista, Daley Gribbon, William Keenan, Frank Maiorana,

Maryann Maiorana, Diane Martino, Joe Martino, Theresa

Martino, Tina Maskara, Vincent Mastrogiovanni, Jeannete

Montalbano, Isabelle O’Brien, Joseph Pisano, Marie Russillo,

THE SANCTUARY LAMP BURNING NEAR THE

TABERNACLE THIS WEEK IS IN MEMORY

OF

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LOVE, BINA & MARIE

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR BREAD IS IN LOVING MEMORY

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Please continue to share the peace and joy of our faith with

others. There are so many that are in the need of Jesus. Can you

be for all of us a living sign to all our parishioners and neighbors,

and tell them for us “we need them and love them”. Someone

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worship the Lord with us. So please invite a friend, relative, or

neighbor to come with you to Church next Sunday. God will do

the rest. Let us share our treasure of faith with others.

MANY THANKS

We are most grateful to all our wonderful parishioners who have

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