St. Rose of Lima Church

St. Rose of Lima Church 269 Parkville Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11230 Rectory (718) 434-8040 saintroseoflimabrooklyn.com Rev. Lukasz Trocha, Pastor Sister Maureen Sullivan, Pastoral Associate Rev. José Lopez, Parochial Vicar Rev. Ilias Gill, Pakistani Apostolate Coordinator MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 5:00 PM (Satisfies Sunday Obligation) Sunday: 8:00 AM, AM (Español), 10:45AM, 12:30 PM (Polish) 5:00 PM (Urdu-Pakistani) Weekday: AM Holydays: AM and 7:30 PM RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Thursday: 9:30AM to 4:00PM Friday: 9:30AM to 1:00PM Tuesday through Thursday: 7:00PM to PM Saturday 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday: AM to 12:30PM Emergency calls at any time CONFESSIONS: Saturdays from 4:00PM to 4:45PM in the lower church (or any time upon request for appointment). ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The communal celebration of this sacrament takes place twice a year within the Eucharist in early October and May (or any other time upon request). WEDDINGS: Couples must make an appointment with one of the parish priests at least six months prior to their intended wedding date. RECITATION OF THE ROSARY: Monday to Friday At 8:40AM before the AM Mass and after the 10:45AM Mass on Sundays. THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET: Monday to Saturday after the AM Mass. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: Wednesdays after the AM Mass. SPANISH CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: Tuesdays at 7:00 PM. SPANISH CURSILLO ULTREA: Wednesdays at 7:00PM FILIPINO/ENGLISH MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER GROUP: Thursdays at 7:00 PM. FILIPINO APOSTOLATE: Mass and music in the Filipino language every second Sunday of the month at 2:00 PM followed by the social gathering. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES: Sunday morning from AM to 10:30AM. BAPTISMS: For Baptism in English or Español, please contact Sister Maureen. Parents must register and attend a class prior to their child s Baptism. For Baptism in Polish please contact fr. Luke. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND BENEDICTION: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Saturday morning in the lower church from 8:00AM to AM. Come at any time during this Holy Hour to pray in the presence of the Eucharistic Lord. Benediction takes place at 8:50 AM. 1st Sunday of Lent March 8th, 2014

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, March 8th Purgatorial Society (March) Rose Bernardo, Emmanuel Filomeno, Adelina Estrada, Ibrain Chaves 5:00PM + Marjorie Venetucci SUNDAY, March 9th - Daylight Saving Time Begins 8:00 People of the Parish + Maria Martinez 10:45 Robert Cain & Family 12:30PM (Polish) 5:00PM (Urdu) MONDAY, March 10th + James & Kathleen Walsh TUESDAY, March 11th Ilsa Ruiz - Special Intention WEDNESDAY, March 12th + Leopoldo Cimini THURSDAY, March 13th FRIDAY, March 14th SATURDAY, March 15th Purgatorial Society (March) 5:00PM + Marion & Frank Dukes SUNDAY, March 16th 8:00 + Dr. Richard Eugene Elston + Marcella O Neill Elston 10:45 People of the Parish 12:30PM (Polish) 5:00PM (Urdu) PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF THE PARISH Marie Ricottone, Paul Sanner, Peter Pitti, Kenneth Young, Grace Galeotti Please Note: Names may be added and will remain on this list for one calendar month. If you would like the name to remain on the list for the following month, please notify the rectory. WEEKLY COLLECTION 1st Collection - Your Gift to St. Rose of Lima Parish 2nd Collection - Black & Indian Mission Appeal COLLECTION Weekend of 03/01/14-03/02/14 $4,747 Weekend of 03/02/13-03/03/13 $5,373 DONATIONS FOR MONTH OF MARCH Wine: In Loving Memory of Morris Dragilow Donated by Marie Dragilow Host: In Loving Memory of Morris Dragilow Donated by Marie Dragilow Candles: In Loving Memory of Ana Quinones Donated by Evelyn Roselle LENTEN SPIRITUALITY OF PRAYER, FASTING AND ALMSGIVING: LENTEN RETREAT A Lenten Retreat in English will be given by Fr. James Casione, a priest of the Redemptorist Order, on mornings and evenings of Monday & Tuesday, March 17th & 18th. More details to follow. LENTEN PROGRAM Join us for a video presentation on "Conversion" by Fr. Robert Barron on Wednesdays, March 12th, March 26th, and April 9th at 7:30PM in the rectory. Each evening will feature two Biblical figures who changed their lives in response to God's call. By exploring these stories, we hope to come to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of conversion in our own lives. Please call Sister Maureen at (718) 434-8040 if you would like to attend. STATIONS OF THE CROSS Stations of the Cross will take place every Saturday at 4:30PM, prior to the 5:00PM Mass. LENTEN COIN HOLDERS Lenten coin holders will be available in the vestibule of the church. You may want to use this as a means of almsgiving which is one of the practices we focus on during Lent. If possible, we ask that you change coins into bills when you return the holder. PASCHAL CANDLES This is your opportunity to memorialize the upper and lower church Pascal Candles for a loved one. Donation for upper church candle is $275, and for lower church candle is $190. Please call Joan at the rectory (718) 434-8040 for more information. DAILY SCRIPTUAL REFLECTIONS IN A BOOKLET FIVE MINUTES WITH THE WORD Five Minutes with the Word is a daily meditation based on the Mass readings for each day of Lent. Take it with you on the subway or bus or put it by the bedside. It will be available in both English & Spanish. BREAD & SOUP MEAL A simple meal of soup & bread is a wonderful way to nourish your hunger with a scaled-down meal. It reminds us that God is the One for whom we ultimately hunger and thirst. Moreover, the meal gives us an opportunity to meet new friends in our parish family. When & Where? Saturday, March 22nd at 6:00PM following the evening Eucharist, and Sunday, March 30th at 2:00PM - all served in the parish Center. Entrance to the Center is from Newkirk Ave and from the lower church. You are asked for an offering of $5-7 to cover the cost.

STRENGTH AGAINST TEMPTATION The first Sunday of the season of Lent always includes a Gospel account of the temptation of the Lord Jesus in the desert by the devil. This year, the story is set against the backdrop of the first reading from Genesis, which recounts the very first temptation by the devil. That story is set in a garden of delight. The Gospel story is set in the desert. As believers, we know that temptation comes our way in our own gardens of delight as well as the deserts of our lives. As Lent begins, our attention is drawn to that temptation within each of us to become like God - we want control, power, and answers to all of life s difficult questions. As communities of faith, we are given this season of repentance so that we can join our hearts with others on the difficult journey of conversion. We look to God and to one another for strength against temptation. Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. TODAY S READINGS First Reading - The man and the woman ate the fruit of the one tree that God had told them to avoid, and their shame overtook them (Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7). Psalm - Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned (Ps 51). Second Reading - Death reigned from Adam to Moses, but now grace and life abound in Christ Jesus (Romans 5:12-19 [12, 17-19]). Gospel - Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and there he fasted for forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:1-11). READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19; Mt 25:31-46 Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Mt 6:7-15 Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Lk 11:29-32 Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Mt 7:7-12 Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Mt 5:20-26 Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119; Mt 5:43-48 Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33; 2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt17:19 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Today, we know more about the beginnings of Lent than our ancestors did. We know that Lent is first of all about baptism, and secondly that it is about the desire of all the baptized to renew the power and potential of that sacrament at Easter. For centuries, this deep truth was largely obscured, but today documents have come to light to reshape the Church s thinking and practice. One source, discovered in the 1880s, is the pilgrim diary of a Spanish nun, Egeria, writing her sisters a detailed travelogue of a fourth-century sojourn in Jerusalem during Holy Week. She describes in vivid detail her participation in liturgies that are close cousins of our own Holy Week prayer, from a festive procession with palms to a procession to the cross. Her greatest delight is in the huge number of elect: men, women, and children who experience a time of deep retreat and identification with Christ s cross, guided by the bishop and supported by their godparents constant nurture. The discovery of Egeria s diary proved to be a moment of grace for the Church; after a long period of ecclesial amnesia, we know at last that baptism is really the work of a whole community of faith, convened by God. -Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Lent; Daylight Saving Time begins Friday: Abstinence TEMPTATION Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. -William Butler Yeats PRAYER The value of persistent prayer is not that God will hear us, but that we will finally hear God. -William McGill R.C.I.A. On this Sunday, March 9th, our parish community will send our catechumen and candidate to Bishop DiMarzio where he will acknowledge their journeys of faith and welcome them to the Rite of Election. At the AM Mass, we will pray for our catechumen, Efrain Cumes. At the 10:45AM Mass, we will pray for our candidate, Chanel Miller. At this time, we also congratulate Yamilet Santiago, who participated in the Rite of Election for Children on Saturday, March 8th, at St. James Cathedral- Basilica. We ask your continued prayers for them as they prepare for their initiation into the Catholic faith at the celebration of the Easter Vigil on April 19th. First Sunday of Lent March 8, 2014 The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve. - Matthew 4:10

MSZA ŚW. W J. POLSKIM: niedziela - godz. 12:30 w święta kościelne - zapowiedziana godzina SAKRAMENT POJEDNANIA: w niedzielę po Mszy zawsze w nagłych wypadkach lub po wcześniejszym umówieniu się w zapowiedziane soboty od godz. 16:00 (dolny kościół) podczas rekolekcji SAKRAMENT MAŁŻEŃSTWA: narzeczeni proszeni są o skontaktowanie się z kapłanem przynajmniej 6 miesięcy przed planowaną datą ślubu SAKRAMENT CHRZTU: w trzecią sobotę miesiąca o godz. 12:00 (w południe) BIURO PARAFIALNE: otwarte w godz. 7:00-16:00 & 1-21:00 w dni pracy; 8:00-18:00 w weekendy osoba mówiąca w j. polskim pełni dyżur w każdy poniedziałek, w godz. 1-21:00. Kontakt telefoniczny po polsku z ks. Łukaszem Trocha: u Róży - tel. (718) 434-8040, następnie wybrać #2 w trakcie wiadomości tak by usłyszeć meniu po polsku. WIELKI POST 2014 - HARMONOGRAM NABOŻEŃSTW DROGA KRZYŻOWA 19:30 WIECZOREM W CZWARTKI W DOLNYM KOŚCIELE GOŻKIE ŻALE 13:30 W NIEDZIELE POD KONIEC MSZY ŚW. REKOLEKCJE 1 WIECZOREM - ŚRODA, 19 MARCA & CZWARTEK, 20 MARCA ZUPA & CHLEB SPOTKANIA PRZY PROSTYM,WILEKOPOSTNYM POSILKU ZUPY & CHLEBA, SOBOTA 22 MARCA, GODZ. 18:00 & NIEDZIELA 30 MARCA, GODZ. 14:00 W CENTRUM PARAFIALNYM. 1 NIEDZIELA WIELKIEGO POSTU Duch wyprowadził Jezusa na pustynię, aby był kuszony przez diabła. A gdy przepościł czterdzieści dni i czterdzieści nocy, odczuł w końcu głód. Wtedy przystąpił kusiciel i rzekł do Niego: Jeśli jesteś Synem Bożym, powiedz, żeby te kamienie stały się chlebem. Lecz on mu odparł: Napisane jest: Nie samym chlebem żyje człowiek, lecz każdym słowem, które pochodzi z ust Bożych. Wtedy wziął Go diabeł do Miasta Świętego, postawił na narożniku świątyni i rzekł Mu: Jeśli jesteś Synem Bożym, rzuć się w dół, jest przecież napisane: Aniołom swoim rozkaże o tobie, a na rękach nosić cię będą byś przypadkiem nie uraził swej nogi o kamień. Odrzekł mu Jezus: Ale jest napisane także: Nie będziesz wystawiał na próbę Pana, Boga swego. Jeszcze raz wziął Go diabeł na bardzo wysoką górę, pokazał Mu wszystkie królestwa świata oraz ich przepych i rzekł do Niego: Dam Ci to wszystko, jeśli upadniesz i oddasz mi pokłon. Na to odrzekł mu Jezus: Idź precz, szatanie! Jest bowiem napisane: Panu, Bogu swemu, będziesz oddawał pokłon i Jemu samemu służyć będziesz. Wtedy opuścił Go diabeł, a oto aniołowie przystąpili i usługiwali Mu. Mateusz 4, 1-11 Chrystus kuszony na pustyni robi coś dokładnie przeciwnego niż Adam kuszony w raju. Odpowiedź na diabelską intrygę jest w posłuszeństwie: Bogu samemu będziesz służył. Dlaczego mam być Bogu posłuszny? To pytanie jest zrodzone z lęku. Można więc zapytać inaczej: Dlaczego mam być posłuszny lekarzowi, który mi przepisuje terapię, lektorowi angielskiego, który uczy wymowy, doświadczonemu przewodnikowi, gdy idę w góry? Posłuszeństwo to zaufanie i uznanie, że nie jestem ekspertem od życia. Pytanie z lęku zrodzone można przełamać tylko doświadczeniem. Stań przed Nim, a będziesz wiedział, dlaczego masz być posłuszny. Mała jest różnica pomiędzy chrześcijańskim posłuszeństwem a miłością. o. Tomasz Kwiecien OP, Oremus

ITENERARIO DE MISAS EN ESPAÑOL: Domingos: am. (Español) El 12 de cada mes misa en honor de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe en la iglesia de abajo a las 7:30pm. HORARIO DE LA RECTORIA: Lunes a Viernes: am - 4:00pm. Martes a Jueves: 7:00pm - pm. Sabados y Domingos: am -1:00pm. CONFESIONES: Sabados de 3:30pm - 4:30pm en la Iglesia de abajo (o a cualquier hora por cita) UNCION DE LOS Este sacramento se administra en la misa de am el primer Domingo de cada mes. MATRIMONIOS: Las parejas deben de hacer una cita con el sacerdotes 6 meses antes del dia de su boda. BAUTISOS: Favor contactar Sister Maureen. Los padres deben registrarsen para una clase, antes del bautiso. ADORACION AL SANTISIMO: Cada Sabado en la iglesia de abajo de 8:00am - pm. NOVENA A LA MEDALLO MILAGROSA Cada Miercoles despues de la misa de am. SANTO ROSARIO: Lunes a Viernes a la 8:40am e la Misa de am. ULTRELLA-CURSILLO: Miercoles a las 7:30pm. VIA CRUCIS LOS VIERNES DE CUARESMA 7:30 PM - ESPAÑOL - IGLESIA DE ARRIBA FORTALEZA ANTE LA TENTACIÓN El primer domingo del tiempo de Cuaresma siempre incluye el relato evangélico de la tentación del Señor Jesús en el desierto por el diablo. Este año tiene como trasfondo la primera lectura de Génesis, en la que se narra la primera tentación del diablo que ocurre en un jardín de delicias. El relato del Evangelio transcurre en el desierto. Los creyentes sabemos que la tentación viene tanto en nuestros propios jardines de delicias como en los desiertos de nuestra vida. La Cuaresma comienza, y nuestra atención se dirige a esa tentación dentro de nosotros de hacernos como Dios queremos control, poder y respuesta a todas las difíciles preguntas de la vida. A nuestras comunidades de fe se les ofrece este tiempo de arrepentimiento para que podamos unir nuestro corazón al de otros en el difícil camino de la conversión. Nos volvemos a Dios y hacia los demás buscando fortaleza ante la tentación. Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. LO QUE VALE LA PENA Aquello por lo que aceptas morir es lo único por lo que puedes vivir. -Antoine Saint Exupery AMISTAD El verdadero amigo puede oír una lágrima caer. -Anónimo TENTACIÓN Cada tentación vencida representa una nueva fuerza moral. Cada prueba vencida y superada con el espíritu correcto hace al alma más noble y fuerte de lo que era antes. -William Butler Yeats EDUCACION RELIGIOSA: Domingos de am a 10:15am. LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura - Entonces se les abrieron los ojos y ambos se dieron cuenta de que estaban desnudos. Cosieron, pues, unas hojas de higuera, y se hicieron unos taparrabos. (Génesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7). Salmo - Ten piedad, Señor, porque somos pecadores (Salmo 51 [50]). Segunda lectura - Una sola trasgresión acarreó sentencia de muerte para todos, pero la rehabilitación merecida por uno solo, obtuvo perdón y vida para todos (Romanos 5:12-19 [12, 17-19]). Evangelio - Adorarás al Señor, tu Dios, y a él solo servirás (Mateo 4:1-11). Primer Domingo de Cuaresma 8 de marzo de 2014 Adorarás al Señor, tu Dios, y a él sólo servirás. - Mateo 4:10