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Daily Rosary
We welcome all to join us after each 9:00 AM Daily Mass to pray the rosary. We especially need prayer during these troubling times!
Pray the Miraculous Medal Novena with us following the 9:00 AM Mass in the Main Church from Friday, November 29th through Sunday, December 8th (Excluding Sunday, December 1st).
We will continue this devotion every Monday throughout the year following Morning Mass. Please join us in praying this powerful Novena. You may find the Novena prayer as well as further information about the Miraculous Medal by visiting the Miraculous Medal Shrine website: click here for the website.
The Gospel this week invites us to consider the Glory of God; Jesus declares to his disciples, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.” While we are in the Easter season, it is important to recognize that these words of Jesus were spoken during the Last Supper. We already know what happened next, and we also know that after Jesus’ Resurrection, many of His closest friends did not recognize Him.
When we think of Jesus being “glorified,” our expectation might be to see Him in gleaming white robes, a crown upon His head, truly “dressed” as the King of the Jews ought to be dressed.
But what if Jesus had a completely different meaning to seeing the Glory of God? The last lines of our Gospel contain a further message, an instruction from Jesus: “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Seen this way, you and I become the agents of change that allow the world to see the glory of Jesus; when we love unconditionally, we become the presence of God through our hands, our feet and our actions. When we refuse to turn the other cheek, but stand solidly with someone who has been misjudged, or bullied or is simply dealing with a serious health issue, we become the presence of God in our world, in our country, in our town, on our street … in our home.
If we choose to follow a crowd, to let a helpless child, or neighbor get hurt by words or actions, then we have abandoned our calling, as disciples today, to make the glory of God visible in our time and our place in human history.
Jesus was surely glorified in His Resurrection, and His Ascension that we will celebrate in a few weeks. More importantly, when we demonstrate with our actions that we learned the lessons of love He came into the world to teach, then we will see the Glory of God. Perhaps our first reading offers a further key to our call to illuminate the goodness, love, and glory of God: After Paul and Barnabas’ missionary journey, “… when they arrived home, they called the Church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.”
What will God do with you to make His glory present in our world this week? Will you allow yourself to be the brush, while He is the artist?
- Father Jim
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Hospice Care Information
Faith at Home
These links provides you with the latest one-page resource for families, Faith At Home; it connects to the theme of the upcoming Sunday Liturgy. This resource is updated each week and can be found on the diocesan webpage at www.dioceseoftrenton.org/faith-at-home and en Español at www.dioceseoftrenton.org/fe-en-casa.
May God continue to bless us and keep us close to Him.
Please support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help local families in need. Those needing help should call the SVDP helpline at 856-291-7313. Click this link to visit the SVdP website: www.SVDPmoorestown.org
Local food pantries include:
St. Matthew's Church, 318 Chester Ave.
First Baptist Church, 19 West Main St., Moorestown
Bethel AME, 512 N. Church St., Moorestown
Prince of Peace 61 E Rte 70, Marlton, NJ 08053
SVDP also has Thinking of You cards available. A gift can be given to the poor in the name of someone special at your
request. You will be remembered in the prayers and works of the Moorestown Vincentians. We are so very grateful for your
generous ongoing donations.
Our Promise to Protect
The Diocese of Trenton is committed to the initiatives outlined in the U.S. Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in regard to the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse allegations involving minors. The Diocese has in place a Victim’s Assistance Coordinator, who is available to obtain support for your needs and help you make a formal complaint of abuse.
If you have been sexually abused as a minor by a member of the clergy or anyone representing the Catholic Church, or if you know someone who was, you can report that abuse through the diocesan Abuse Hotline: 1-888-296-2965 or via email at abuseline@dioceseoftrenton.org.
The Diocese encourages anyone with an allegation to also report that abuse to their local law enforcement agency. The Diocese reports all allegations received to the appropriate county prosecutor’s office.
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