GOOD SHEPHERD

AMERICAN NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH

1890 WHITESVILLE RD, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755
732-279-6837

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November 13, 2016

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Schedule
Saturday 5PM
Sunday 8AM & 10AM
Served by:
Fr. Anthony R. Lipari, FCM
Pastor

Franciscan Community of Mercy

Fr. Miguel Fernandez, N/FCM

Associate Pastor

Fr. Drew Miller

Associate Pastor

Sr. Donna Lombardi, N/FCM

Pastoral Associate
Family Faith Formation

Karen Suter

Parish Administrator

Wendy and Mike Melly

Parish Council Leaders

An All Inclusive Independent Catholic Community,

Dedicated to Making the World a Better Place

A Shepherds View
November 1213th
5pm Manfred Rauch
8am Blanca Navarro
10am
November 1920th
5PM Malachy McCool
8AM
10AM John Weaver, Sr.

Franciscan Reflections
"Blessed is the servant who would
love and respect brother or sister
as much when they are far away
as when they are present, and
would not say anything behind
their back that couldn't be said
with charity face to face."
~ St Francis of Assisi"Admonition #25"

Saints of the Week

November 15: Albert the Great, bishop &
doctor of the church (+1280)
November 16: Margaret of Scotland
(+1093)
Gertrude, virgin (+1302)
November 17: Elizabeth of Hungary,
religious (+1231)
November 18: Rose Philippine Duchensne,
virgin (+1852)

In our First Reading, the

prophet Malachi issues a dire
warning about the end of time.
It will be a day of justice; evildoers will be reduced to stubble by
fire; but for those that are in
awe of the Lord will be saved.
This warning has been given to
call people out from infidelity to a covenant with
God. In our Second Reading, St Paul warns the
Christian Community of Thessalonica to be people of hospitality, never be busybodies, or act in
disorderly fashion. Doing the Lord's work is the
goal of everyday behavior. The Gospel passage in
Luke is called eschatological; it points to the end
of times and includes cosmic signs and natural
disasters that speak of the end of things known
and familiar. Wow, this all sounds scary. The positive message is that only God has a hand in the
matters of life and death and those that persevere in faith will be saved by God.
So, I ask you this week to pray for that gift of
perseverance. Consider all that our ancestors
have gone through; look at our families who
crossed the oceans to come to a new land; look
at the early founders of our nation; see the witness of perseverance, hope and faith! Faith, it's a
grace, a gift, a challenge, and it's all about God's
LOVE and OUR PERSEVERANCE.

Live Jesus in our hearts,

forever!

Welcome and congratulations to

Cardinal-Elect Joseph Tobin on his
appointment as Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Newark.

Keeping Silence

Adult Faith Formation with Fr. Anthony

Monday evenings at 7PM - downstairs
All are welcome!

NO BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!

Bible study will resume next Friday,
November 25th.

Welcome, Natalie Ray, to our

parish family

Weekly Justice Challenge

The Sunday Gospel describes the end times,
and has Jesus challenging the apostles to live
faithfully and persevere through the turmoil.
Throughout Lukes Gospel, Jesus paints a picture of his ultimate goal for the futurethe realization of his Fathers Kingdom here on earth.
The Reign of God brings a kingdom of peace
and equality, a world in which everyone has
what he/she needs to live a life of dignity and
hope. It is a world in which love rules over
hate. Your challenge this week is to discuss as
a family or household one step you can take to
bring the reign of God one step closer to being
realized. What act of love or kindness, of justice or equality, can you do to make Jesus
dream for humanity a reality?

Weekly Justice Challenges Fall Season, Year C

Center for Ministry Development 2016.

In the liturgy, we are silent, silent together. This is not

an individual silence, even though each of usas best as
each of is ableis quiet. This is not a passive silence, even
though we try to be as still as we can be. We are silent
together, actively quiet, purposely still. Were silent before the liturgy begins, in order to be present to each other and thus find God. God is always present to us; we forget that sometimes, fail to hear God amid our noisy living.
So before we wrestle with God in our rites, we are silent:
Be still, and know that I am God.
We are silent at the words Let us pray. These words
begin the opening prayer and prayer after communion at
Mass, as well as the prayers after the psalms at morning
and evening prayer. At this invitation, we pray and we
pray hard and we pray hard together, so that when the
priest speaks, all of our prayers are drawn to those words
like metal shavings to a magnet. One voice breaks the silence with words of prayer, and one mighty voice, spoken
from all of our throats, seals that prayer: Amen!
We are silent after readings of scripture and after the
homily. How else can God speak to us? How else are we to
hear the divine voice, not only echoing from long ago in
ancient words brought back to life, but speaking now, in
this time, in the quiet that we provide here? After the
readings and the homily, we are silent together because
we are listening together for the voice on which our very
lives depend, the voice that calls us into being, the voice
that bids us to come out of our dumb tombs to live and to
love again.
On occasion, instead of singing, we may be silent when
the gifts of money are gathered for the poor and for the
church, and when the gifts of bread and wine are brought
to the altar. And when all have been fed, when all have
drank from the cup, again we are silent, caught up in the
revery of great mystery, standing together wideeyed and
satisfied, breathing quiet gratitude for life breaking out
everywhere, enjoying the quiet of this moment before an
eternal dawn, when God will be all in all and the final silence will be ruptured with raucous, joyous cries of
Worthy! Worthy! Worthy!
The liturgys silences both tax and nourish us. They tire
us because they are active moments, concentrated periods of deliberate, attentive, awefilled stillness. But they
nourish us as well. They are vitamins for a life made anemic with noise, tonic for the blathering (the worlds and
our own) that sometimes sickens us. The moments of
communal silence in the liturgy plant seeds of peace in our
souls, so that in the turmoil of every day life we can find a
still center inside and hear the voice of God.
Copyright 2001 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL 606221101; 18009331800; www.ltp.org. Text by David Philippart. Art by Luba Lukova. All rights reserved. Used with permission .

Friday, November 18th

Wine & Paint Party!!
Location: Good Shepherd (downstairs)
$35 per person
Price includes: 2 glasses (your choice: wine, pilsner, or
tumbler) art supplies and instruction!
B.Y.O.B light refreshments will be
served.
For tickets, contact one of the following:

7-night Cruise to Bermuda

September 2017
Ship name: Celebrity Summit
2017 Sail Date: September 3rd

Mike (201) 562-2847

Joan (201) 410-3743
Laurie (732) 773-4410
Seating is limited so purchase early!!

November Fellowship Sunday

November 19th following 5PM Mass
Please take a little time to mingle and enjoy getting to know your fellow parishioners. We will make the coffee .. Feel free
to bring a treat if you wish.
Each year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving the
Toms River Interfaith Clergy Association sponsors
an interfaith service in which we all give thanks
together. This year it will be held on:

November 20 at 4PM
Christ Episcopal Church
415 Washington Street
Toms River

Parish Christmas Party

December 18th

2PM6PM
The Park Pavillion
Seaside Park, NJ
(above the Sawmill)
$40 pp
Buffet Dinner - Cash Bar
For tickets contact Karen at 732-279-3867
or via email :
GoodShepherdANCC.TR@gmail.com

Destination: Bermuda

Departure Port: Cape Liberty, NJ

Pricing: (per person):
Inside
$799.00

Ocean View Concierge Veranda

$939.00
$1319

Taxes, fees and port expenses: $195.10 not included

in price.
Contact Donna Lombardi at 732-597-2273 or email:
donna@sailsipsavor.com for questions or reservations!
Prices are per person, based on double occupancy, for cruise only on select sailings and stateroom categories. Taxes, fees and port expenses are additional. For new reservations only.
Subject to availability. Certain restrictions apply. Prices include Non Commissionable Cruise
Fare and are quoted in US Dollars. All itineraries and prices are subject to change without
notice. 2016 Celebrity Cruises Inc.

CAN TAB COLLECTION!

Angelina, one of our teen
parishioners, is involved in a fundraising project to benefit homeless families seeking shelter. Tabs are redeemed at the Recycling Center for
cash which is then applied toward the
cost of temporary housing for local
families. Please bring your tabs to church and drop in
our container in the entrance hall. Thank you!!