Parish of the Visitation
192 Sandford Street | New Brunswick NJ, 08901
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WelcomeParish of the Visitation
192 Sandford Street | New Brunswick NJ, 08901
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From the Pastor's Desk St. Paul, in the second reading tells the Ephesians that they are children of light. He could be talking to us today. Once we were in darkness but now we are children of light because we are in the light of the Lord. And because of this we should live as children of the light. In the darkness it’s hard to perceive what is before us, what is happening. It’s as if we were blind. That is like the man born blind who was brought to Jesus. They brought him to Jesus to settle a question they had. Who sinned that this man was born blind? It’s a simple minded world view. They didn’t know from congenital cataracts, or congenital glaucoma as in Lowe’s Syndrome (of course Dr. Charles Lowe was born in the 20th century). Dr Lowe told me that he noticed that his patients would touch the sides of their eyes with their thumb. The reason was that the physical touching of the eye would trigger a brief flash of light. That was all they could see. Maybe the man in the Gospel was in a similar situation. All the light he could see was if he touched his eyes, and then only a brief flash. Lowe’s Syndrome is caused by recessive genes. It has nothing to do with sin either on the part of the parents or of the child. That is true of most conditions. Jesus say, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Then he makes clay with spit and soil and touched the eyes of the man, smearing the clay on his eyes. Did the blind man see sparks of light? And when he washed in the pool of Siloam, he could see. He could see perfectly, Much better than the Pharisees and the Sadducees who were blind to faith. The man born blind could see also with eyes of faith. He says “I do believe, Lord,” How about us? Can we see with eyes of faith? Or are we as blind as the Pharisees and Sadducees? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ San Pablo, en la segunda lectura, dice a los Efesios que son hijos de la luz. Podría estar hablando con nosotros hoy. Una vez estábamos en la oscuridad de las tinieblas pero ahora somos hijos de la luz, porque estamos en la luz del Señor. Y por eso debemos vivir como hijos de la luz. En la oscuridad es difícil percibir lo que está delante de uno, no se puede ver lo que esté pasando. Es como si estuviéramos ciegos. Eso es como el hombre ciego de nacimiento que fue llevado a Jesús. Lo trajeron a Jesús para resolver una duda que tenían. ¿Quién pecó para que este hombre naciera ciego? Es una visión del mundo muy sencilla. No conocían de las cataratas congénitas, o la glaucoma congénita como en síndrome de Lowe (por supuesto, el Dr. Charles Lowe nació en el siglo XX). El Dr. Lowe me dijo que notó que sus pacientes se tocaban los lados de los ojos con el pulgar. La razón era que el contacto físico con el ojo producia un breve brillo de luz. Solamente veían un breve relámpago . Tal vez el ciego del Evangelio estaba en una situación similar. Toda la luz que podía ver era si se tocaba los ojos, y luego solo un breve destello. El síndrome de Lowe es causado por genes recesivos. No tiene nada que ver con el pecado por parte de los padres o del hijo. Eso es cierto para la mayoría de las condiciones. Jesús dice: “Mientras estoy en el mundo, soy la luz del mundo”. Luego hace lodo con saliva y le tocó los ojos del ciego, untándole el lodo en sus ojos. ¿Habrá visto el ciego chispas de luz? Y cuando se lavó en la piscina de Siloé, podia ver. Podía ver perfectamente, mucho mejor que los fariseos y los saduceos que estaban ciegos a la fe. El ciego de nacimiento podía también ver perfectamente con los ojos de la fe. Él dice: “Sí creo, Señor”, ¿y nosotros? ¿Podemos ver con los ojos de la fe? ¿O estamos tan ciegos como los fariseos y saduceos?
Saturday3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Or by appointment @ St. Mary
Please call the Parish Office for any other questions (Favor de llamar a la oficina parroquial para cualquier inquietud)
Weekday Masses
Monday 12:10 PM English - St. Mary's; followed by St Jude Novena
(M Tu W Th & F) - 12:10 PM (English) - St. Mary's
(M Tu W Th F & Sa) - 8:00 AM (English) -St. Mary's
Tuesday 7:00 PM (Spanish) at St. John's
Friday 7:00 PM (Spanish) - St. Mary's; followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoración al Santisimo)
Weekend Masses
4:00 pm in English – St. Mary’s - Saturday 7:00 pm in Spanish - St. Mary’s - Saturday 5:30 pm in English - St. Theresa’s -Saturday 9:00 am in Spanish –St. John’s - Sunday 8:30 am in English - St. Mary's - Sunday 11:00 am in English -St. Mary’s - Sunday 1:00 pm in Spanish - St. Mary’s - Sunday 6:00 pm in English - St. Mary’s - Sunday
Food for Thought
Candle Offering
The cost of having a lamp lit is $20 for the week.
Please contact the Parish Office for availability. Thank you!
Spreading the Word
Each talent not developed is bud that never opens to reveal its beauty and fragrance. I stand accountable for developing the talents I have been given. How do I return to the Lord the uniqueness that is me through my compassion? My artistic gifts? My organizational ability?
Why Give?
We don't give because we have an abundance of resources and can afford it; we give because of a desire to share what we have with others out of love and gratitude.