The Catholic Faith Community of

Our Lady of Victory

and Saint Andrew

JANUARY 16, 2022

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The Reverend Myles P. Murphy, S.T.L., Pastor

The Reverend Lino Gonsalves, In Residence

Patricia Molinari, Secretary/Receptionist Carlos Gomez, Director of Maintenance

Don Barnum, Music Director, Schola Cantorum PARISH OFFICE

Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm † 212-422-5535 † Fax 212-785-4457 † Web OLVSTA.ORG

MASSES

OUR LADY OF VICTORY Sunday: 10:15 am, 12:15pm & 5:15pm Mon - Fri: 8:15am, 12:15pm

Holidays: 8:15am, 12:15pm Holy Day Vigil: As Announced Holy Days: 8:15am, 12:15pm, 1:15pm

SAINT ANDREW No Mass at Saint Andrew until further notice

NOVENAS & DEVOTIONS Novena follows the 12:15pm weekday Mass

OUR LADY OF VICTORY 60 William Street, NY, NY 10005

SAINT ANDREW 20 Cardinal Hayes Place, NY, NY 10007

CONFESSIONS Mon - Fri: 12:45-1:15pm

. BAPTISMS

Please call the rectory for information.

PARISH ACTIVITIES Legion of Mary (OLV) - Thursday- 4:00 Lower Chapel

Patrician Catholic (Discussion Group (OLV) As Announced

FiDi Catholic Young Adults - As Announced

WELCOME VISITORS! It is our pleasure to welcome you to Our Lady of Victory & Saint Andrew. If we can be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us. We urge you to check out our website with the very interesting history of our relatively “young” parish, as well as goings-on that might be of interest.

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Mon: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Tues: St. Anthony Wed: St. Joseph Thur: St. Jude Fri: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Fridays of Lent: Stations of the Cross

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January 16, 2022 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

In the Wedding By Dr. Scott Hahn

Think of these first weeks after Christmas as a season of "epiphanies." The Liturgy is showing us Who Jesus is and what He has revealed about our relationship with God. Last week and the week before, the imagery was royal and filial - Jesus is the newborn king of the Jews who makes us co-heirs of Israel's promise, beloved children of God. Last week in the Liturgy we went to a Bap-tism. This week we're at a wedding. We're being shown another dimension of our relationship with God. If we're sons and daughters of God, it's because we've married into the family. Have you ever wondered why the Bible begins and ends with a wedding - Adam and Eve's in the garden and the mar-riage supper of the Lamb (compare Genesis 2:23-24 and Revelation 19:9; 21:9; 22:17)?

Throughout the Bible, marriage is the symbol of the covenant relationship God desires with His chosen people. He is the Groom, humanity His beloved and sought-after bride. We see this reflected beautifully in today's First Reading. When Israel breaks the covenant she is compared to an unfaithful spouse (see Jeremiah 2:20-36; 3:1-13). But God prom-ises to take her back, to "espouse" her to Him forever in an everlasting covenant (see Hosea 2:18-22).

That's why in today's Gospel, Jesus performs His first public "sign" at a wedding feast. Jesus is the divine Bridegroom (see John 3:29), calling us to His royal wedding feast (see Matthew 22:1-14).

By His New Covenant, He will become "one flesh" with all humanity in the Church (see Ephesians 5:21-33). By our Baptism, each of us has been betrothed to Christ as a bride to a Husband (see 2 Corinthians 11:2).

The new wine that Jesus pours out at today's feast is the gift of the Holy Spirit given to His bride and body, as today's Epistle says. This is the "salvation" announced to the "families of nations" in today's Psalm. A service of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology www.SalvationHistory.com

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JOIN US IN PRAYING

THE DIVINE MERCY

CHAPLET MON-FRI at 3:00 PM in the Upper Church

For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion have

mercy on us and the whole world!

MASS INTENTIONS

OUR LADY OF VICTORY

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 10:15am: Jin Zhu Zhang 12:15pm: Richard Eagen 5:15pm: Kathleen Nogan

MONDAY, JANUARY 17 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - HOLIDAY 8:15 am: Laura Rosa Palacia Molino 12:15 pm: Anthony Yacka TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 8:15 am: For the Intentions of Maria Cirilloi 12:15 pm: Richard Cody WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 8:15 am: Dolores Lolo Cirillo 12:15pm: For the Intentions of Mara Chavolla THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 8:15 am: Monsignor Richard Pignott 12:15pm Joseph Palmieri FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 8:15am: Giovanna, Nicola & Anna Lucignano 12:15pm: In Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Altagrace SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 10:15am: Jin Zhu Zhang 12:15pm: Giovanna, Nicola & Anna Lucignano 5:15pm: Ann Dougherty

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You can now light a candle in the church and have it stay lit for almost a week for your prayer intentions, in thanksgiving to God or in memorial of a loved one!

These special votive candles have clear covers decorated with a cross design and can be placed inside one of the glass holders provided before the statues of Christ the King, Our Lady of Fatima, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Divine Mercy, Our Lady of Victory or Saint Anne, the Mother of Mary in the Upper Church only. Once lit, the candles will stay burning for your intention for about a week.

They are available for purchase from the parish office downstairs or from Carlos, our Sacristan, if you see him in the Upper Church.

If you wish, you can also purchase the candle and light for your home. The protective glass containers are also available for purchase.

The lighting of candles for your prayer intentions is a time-honored tradition in the Catholic Church that we are happy to provide at Our Lady of Victory and St. Andrew.

6-DAY CANDLES

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"The Historical Jesus" - Lecture with Msgr. John Meier,

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2022 January Liturgical Calendar

Jan 16 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 62: 1-5/ Ps 96: 1-2. 2-3. 7-8. 9-10 (3)/ 1 Cor 12: 4-11/ Jn 2: 1-11 Jan 17 Mon: Anthony, ab M 1 Sm 15: 16-23/ Ps 50: 8-9. 16bc-17. 21 and 23/ Mk 2: 18-22 Jan 20 Thu: Ordinary Weekday/Fabian, pp, mt/ Sebastian, mt 1 Sm 18: 6-9; 19: 1-7/ Ps 56: 2-3. 9-10a. 10b-11. 12-13/ Mk 3: 7-12 Jan 21 Fri: Agnes, v, mt M 1 Sm 24: 3-21/ Ps 57: 2. 3-4. 6 and 11/ Mk 3: 13-19 Jan 22 Sat: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children M 2 Sm 1: 1-4. 11-12. 19. 23-27/ Ps 80: 2-3. 5-7/ Mk 3: 20-21 Jan 23 SUN: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Neh 8: 2-4a. 5-6. 8-10/ Ps 19: 8. 9. 10. 15/ 1 Cor 12: 12-30/ Lk 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 Jan 24 Mon: Francis de Sales, bp, rf, dr M 2 Sm 5: 1-7. 10/ Ps 89: 20. 21-22. 25-26/ Mk 3: 22-30 Jan 25 Tue: Conversion of Paul, ap F Acts 22: 3-16 or Acts 9: 1-22/ Ps 117: 1bc. 2/ Mk 16: 15-18 Jan 26 Wed: Timothy and Titus, bps M 2 Tm 1: 1-8 or Ti 1: 1-5/ Ps 96: 1-2a. 2b-3. 7-8a. 10/ Mk 4: 1-20 Jan 27 Thu: Ordinary Weekday/ Angela Merici, v, rf 2 Sm 7: 18-19. 24-29/ Ps 132: 1-2. 3-5. 11. 12. 13-14/ Mk 4: 21-25 Jan 28 Fri: Thomas Aquinas, p, r, dr M 2 Sm 11: 1-4a. 5-10a. 13-17/ Ps 51: 3-4. 5-6a. 6bcd-7. 10-11/ Mk 4: 26-34 Jan 30 SUN: FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jer 1: 4-5. 17-19/ Ps 71: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 15-17/ 1 Cor 12: 31 13: 13/ Lk 4: 21- 30

Monday, January 17, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a National holiday. We will have two masses

at 8:15am and 12:15pm, The church office will be closed. Enjoy a blessed and safe holiday!

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January 16, 2022 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION We have the wedding at Cana at the heart of today’s lit-urgy because this story of Jesus’ first miracle of water turned into wine was originally part of the Epiphany feast. Wedding celebrations always require some savvy plan-ning, and a people who have a talent for hospitality in the mix. The mother of Jesus has been recruited to deal with some of the details of the banquet, and when a very un-derstandable crisis arises, she does what she can to rescue the party. Anyone who has ever run out of ice, dessert, or table settings knows the stress! Slowly, the memory of Jesus Christ’s blessing of this marriage feast led the Church to form a way to bless mar-riages. A thousand years ago weddings migrated from the family home to the doors of the church, where the cele-bration was held in public view. From this practice came a prayer called the “Nuptial Blessing,” one of the most solemn prayers in our tradition. It is very much like the prayers by which baptismal water and chrism are conse-crated, the ordination prayer over a priest, and the Eucha-ristic Prayers over bread and wine. Four hundred fifty years ago, weddings moved inside the church building. All of this gives married couples good reason to celebrate this day as a mini-anniversary, especially with the clink-ing of glasses filled with good wine. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

PRAYER OF THE WEEK Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Almighty ever-living God, who govern all things, both in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the pleading of your people and bestow your peace on our times. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

ASSISTING YOUR PARISH WITH EXPENSES... THE BREAD AND WINE &

THE SANCTUARY CANDLE We have decided to make the daily expense of bread and wine, that will become the body and blood of Christ, and/

or sanctuary candles, that indicate the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in the Church available monthly! Your offering can be for your own intentions or in memory of a

loved one, or your anniversary or someone else’s etc. Your offering and intention will be mentioned in the

bulletin. The donation would be $50.00 monthly for each. You can

donate for one or both. If interested, please stop by the Rectory Office (located under the Church) from 8:30 to 5:30,

Monday-Friday. Or you can mail it in to the Rectory office at: OLVSTA

60 William Street New York, NY 10005

Thank you! What is the Sanctuary Candle?

The always lit candle in the Sanctuary indicates the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

This is a centuries old tradition that every Catholic church

in the world observes. It is located on the left side of the Sanctuary

just behind and above the Lectern/Ambo.

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