If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing

September 25, 2011

26^th Sunday in ordinary time

Ez 18:25-28/Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5/Mt 21:28-32

“If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory, rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others.”
So often we think of our relationship with God as a personal thing ‘God and me”. It is, yet we also find our God in community, whether at home, in a parish, or a particular group which tries to live the faith.
It is that social dimension which Paul asks his disciples to put into practice, thus allowing his role as leader to be successful. He did not remain with the group, but wrote and encouraged them to be faithful. Look at the words he uses: solace, participation in the Spirit, compassion and mercy, oneness in mind and heart. These are elements which help form a true community of faith, moving us to say ‘God and we.’
From the first days of the Christian era, until now, the care for others has been a mark of the church – outreach to the poor, care for the sick, welcoming of newcomers, the works of mercy. May we think for a moment how others are living out the wish and mandate of St. Paul. May we discover Christ in these special moments of which Paul speaks. May we find ourselves moving to express our faith by doing the same.
HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly

The collection for September 18^th was $9,209. Please be generous with your weekly contribution to our parish ministries. We encourage you to enroll via the ParishPay website https://www.parishpay.com/. Select the St Joseph West Village link. Use the paperless way to help our ministry.

St. Dominic, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Martin de Porres,...these are just a few of the great saints of the Order of Preachers. Have you ever considered a vocation to be a Dominican brother or a priest? The next vocation weekend at the Dominican House of Studies will be Sept. 30- Oct. 2, 2011 in Washington DC. Contact Fr. Benedict Croell OP, the vocation director for the Eastern Dominican Province by calling [phone] or log on to DominicanFriars.org and click on “Vocations.”

Join St. Joseph's Choir (11:30 AM Traditional Mass)

Are you an accomplished singer? Do you read music? Are you able to sing on pitch? Then, we need you!  We are currently looking for committed singers to take part in our liturgy. We meet on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Audition required. Please email the Director of Music, Jin Krista Kang, at [e-mail]

Young Adult Retreat October 14-16 - St. Ignatius Retreat House - Manhasset, NY Those in their 20s and 30s are invited to participate in a weekend retreat presented by St. Ignatius Retreat House and Charis Ministries. Peer-led discussions will reflect on issues facing young adults seeking to discern their way through the world while living in relationship with God. Cost: $150 to $300, depending on accommodation preference. Financial assistance available. Visit www.inisfada.net or call Terri at [phone] x 15 for more info and to register.

Looking to Make a Difference as a Volunteer?
St. Joseph’s Soup Kitchen has been operating in Casserly Hall every Saturday for about 20 years. Meals are prepared with the help of an army of volunteers from different churches and faiths, working under the supervision of one of our rotating head chefs. We strive for nutritionally balanced, hearty meals and whenever possible, include fresh vegetables and salads. We are open to the public from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., but the preparation shift begins at 10:00 a.m.

For more information, email

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Theology on Tap-NYC: From White Collar to, well…White Collar: On September 26, 2011, Fr Robert Mucci, canon lawyer and priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn, will address Theology on Tap about his personal vocation story and how we can find our own vocation.  Before he became a priest, Fr. Mucci was a chief actuary and on the board of directors for his company.  ToT NYC is located at Klub 45 Room-Connolly’s Bar, 121 West 45th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues.  Event begins at 7:30pm and ends around 9pm. For more info, visit www.totnyc.org

The Roman Forum Lectures are back!

Fervent Catholics on a Ship of Fools:

From the Fall of Constantinople to the Reuchlinstreit

Lecturer: John Rao D.Phil. Oxford University

Assoc. Prof. of History, St. John’s University

10/2-An Unending Ottoman Advance

All sessions meet on Sundays at 2:30pm

$10.00 at the door

St. Joseph’s Church Hall- 371 Sixth Ave.

The New Roman Missal

On the Art of Translation

Prof. Anthony Esolen
Let me give a prime example. In the new translation, most of the prefaces to the Liturgy of the Eucharist consist of a single sentence, between the declaration of the priest that it is right for us to praise God, and his summoning us to join the angels and archangels in their hym of praise. Typically, an opening clause after the pronoun “who” reminds us of what God has done for us- rather than reporting the information back to God; and that is followed by a prayer that is to be considered in the light of what God has done, or a reflection upon the meaing of God’s action. Here, for example, is the central portion of the Preface for the Assumption of Mary:

For today the Virgin Mother of God was assumed into heaven as the beginning and image

of your Church’s coming to perfection

and a sure sign of hope and comfort to your pilgrim people; rightlyyou would not allow her

to see the corruption of the tomb

since from her own body she marvelously brought forth

your incarnate Son, the Author of all life.
Notice, in this lovely prayer, that we begin and end with our minds devoted to the Motherhood of Mary, as is right and just for this solemn feast. Notice too that what is in the middle is deftly balanced, one truth reflecting upon another, so that the Assumption of Mary is an image of the raising of the Church and of all her pilgrims. Both are a reflection of the Resurrection of Jesus in his glorified body, Jesus, to whom the whole Church applies the words of the Psalm: “ You would not let your holy one see corruption.”
Steeped in Scripture

And that leads me to the last but perhaps most important point. It is astonishing how steeped in Scripture the prayers of the Mass are, how, for example, a passage from Saint Paul will be placed alongside a passage from the Psalms , effortlessly interwoven, to make a profound theological point, or to see our Christian prayer as springing from and elevating the prayers of the children of Israel. It is no exaggeration to say that even the relatively short prayers the Liturgy of the Word, the Collects, echo one or two passages in the Word of God. Every single Collect is delicately and wisely crafted to fit the season and the day. The new translation unmuffles that Word of God, so that we can hear it once again in all of our prayers, and that we can glimpse the great work of sacred art that the Mass is. It is an art whose language comes from God himself, yet it is an art for everyone. Our heads have been anointed with oil; our cups overflow.

So when we pray in this translation, let us not be embarrassed by beauty, by intricacy, by elevation, by mystery, by the potency of repetition, by fullness of heart and of expression. Let us instead consider every word of the Latin to be like the wine at Cana, and let us be gratful for translators who humbled themselves to accept that wine, without desiring to translate it back into water.

To Be Continued…
FEAST DAYS, SCRIPTURE CITATIONS

AND SPECIAL INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, September 24

Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a/Lk 9:43b-45

12:10PM Sally DeBella

5:30PM Maura Markham (living)

SUNDAY, September 25 26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ez 18:25-28/Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5/Mt 21:28-32

9:00 AM

11:30 AM Ruth Hill

6:00 PM Mr. Gutorski

MONDAY, September 26 sts. Cosmos & Damian

Zec 8:1-8/Lk 9:46-50

12:10 PM Patrick Gregan

5:30 PM

TUESDAY September 27 St. Vincent de Paul

Zec 8:20-23/Lk 9:51-56

12:10 PM Briody McHugh

5:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, September 28 St. Wenceslas

Neh 2:1-8/Lk 9:57-62

12:10 PM Mike Rafferty

5:30 PM

THURSDAY, September 29 Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rev 12:7-12a/Jn 1:47-51

12:10PM

5:30PM

FRIDAY, September 30

Bar 1:15-22/Lk 10:13-16

12:10PM

5:30PM

SATURDAY, October 1 St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Bar 4:5-12, 27-29/Lk 10:17-24

12:10PM Virginia Monteferrario

5:30PM Kathleen Lynch
MONTHLY PARISH ACTIVITIES

Sunday
10:00 AM	Children’s Religious Studies	Casserly
10:00 AM	Scripture Discussion	Library
2:30 PM	Roman Forum Lectures	Casserly
7:00 PM	Grad Law	Casserly/Rectory
Monday
6:30 PM	Centering Prayer	Church
7:00 PM	YACHT Club for Young Adults	Casserly/Library
Tuesday
7:00 PM	Aquinas Circle of Undergraduates	Casserly/Library
Wednesday
6:30 PM	Korean Catholic Students	Casserly/Library
7:30 PM	Lenten Confirmation Class	1^st Floor Back Parlor
Thursday
6:30 PM 1^st /mo	Pax Christi Bd Mtg	PCMNY
7:00 PM	Newman Club	Casserly/Library
7:00PM	Scripture Study	1^st Floor-Back Parlor
Friday
6:00 PM 1^st/mo	Novena/ Sacred Heart	Church
6:15 PM	St. Egidio Prayer	Church
Saturday
10:00-3:00 PM	Soup Kitchen	Casserly
12:30 PM 1^st/mo	Blessing of the Sick	Church
6:00 PM	Alcoholics Anonymous	Caserly