Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, December 28th

 And the Word was made flesh, 

and dwelt among us... John 1:14

 Join us for a Christmas Holy Hour

Adoring Jesus, truly present

 in the Blessed Sacrament

 We will Celebrate the 4th Day of Christmas 

with a Game Night

Please feel free to bring in games to share 

When God came into the world, He came as Scripture tells us, obedient first of all to His Father's Will; then, as a Child and through His growing manhood, He was obedient to His mother Mary and to Joseph. In the Eucharist, too, He is totally submissive. The moment a duly ordained priest pronounces the words of Consecration, Jesus Christ comes down on the altar, He obeys. This is our faith. And perhaps this is the hardest lesson to learn, to love God obediently. It means, as we know, obeying God not only interiorly or according to our own understanding or interpretation of God's Will, it means obeying God as that divine Will is explained and interpreted for us by His very fallible and weak human creatures.

Father John A. Hardon, S.J.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, December 21st, 2012

This Friday we will

               go Christmas Caroling


 
              Join us as we share our 
     Christmas Joy with the neighbors !


                   We leave at 8 pm !

There will be cocoa & cookies 

waiting when we return.

"May you be content knowing you are a child of God.

Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.”
― Thérèse de Lisieux

Spirit and Truth NJ, December 14th

 

 This Friday, Tom Boney will lead our study 

of the Sunday Mass Readings

Reading 1 Zep 3:14-18a

Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.

Reading 2 Phil 4:4-7

Gospel Lk 3:10-18

Bible Study will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

 A group will be heading out after Spirit and Truth 

to see 10:30pm show of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit

 


St. Juan Diego deeply loved the Holy Eucharist, and by special permission of the Bishop he received Holy Communion three times a week, a highly unusual occurrence in those times.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday,December 7th

Vigil Mass 

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:30 pm, Holy Family Chapel

McGuinness Center  

First Reading: Psalm: Second Reading: Gospel: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Psalm 98:1-4 Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38

"The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself,"

- St. Peter Julian Eymard

Spirit and Truth NJ, Friday, November 30th

John & Stacie Martinez, a husband and wife team who started the Proud Catholic Company, makers of apparel and more ,
 will share with us about their journey to become a 

Proud Catholic Family.

Talk will be followed by adoration of our 

Lord Jesus Christ, the King in the Blessed Sacrament

Had I but Mary's sinless heart,

To love Thee with, my dearest King;

O with what bursts of fervent praise,

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.

O make us love Thee more and more!

~Hymn JESUS, MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL

by Father Frederick William Faber

http://www.proudcatholiccompany.com/

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 Please Remember to bring books for donation 

to Deacon Michael York's prison ministry

Spirit and Truth NJ on the Road....

In Thanksgiving to the Lord for the gift of Life and Faith

We will be on pilgrimage to the

 Saint John Neumann Shrine, Philadelphia, PA

 this Friday, November 23rd

We will be leaving from St. John the Apostle at 1:00pm sharp!

Please RSVP by Wednesday if you would like to attend and/or can drive.

Cost: Please contribute a few dollars to the driver's fund,  we will go to dinner after the shrine.

http://www.stjohnneumann.org/

"How much I love You, O my Jesus!  I wish to love You with my whole
heart; yet I do not love You enough.  My lack of devotion and my negligence
still haunt me.  I have one desire, that of being near You in the Blessed
Sacrament.  You are the sweet bridegroom of my soul.  My Jesus, my
love, my all, gladly would I endure hunger, thirst, heat and cold to remain
always with You in the Blessed Sacrament..." (St. John Neumann).

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, November 16th

Jesus said to his disciples:   

“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! Luke 12:49

Deacon Tim Kennedy will talk to us about the Year of Faith

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT
OUR LORD TOLD ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT THAT THE FOLLOWING PRAYER WOULD RELEASE 1000 SOULS FROM PURGATORY EACH TIME IT IS SAID. THE PRAYER WAS EXTENDED TO INCLUDE LIVING SINNERS AS WELL.
 
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. AMEN.

"I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later  in the beatific vision of God,"
- St. Gertrude ~ Feast Day November 16th

Women of Truth
 Saturday November 17th 10am ~ 12 pm
 Msgr. Price Room

 Join us for inspiring talk, 

prayer time and fellowship

Hurricane Sandy

WHO?
Young adults in 20’s - 30’s are welcome!
WHAT? -
Aiding the people of South Jersey/Staten Island, TBD
depending on the specific need this date. We ask for an
open heart to whatever the Lord may ask during this
time as the need is great. Call Johanna for more
details (973) 507-6411.
WHEN?
Saturday Nov. 17th 12:30 pm @ St. Johns, Linden in
parking lot. Estimated return 7pm.
DONATIONS?
Diapers (size 3 plus), baby formula, cleaning supplies
(with bleach), work gloves, batteries, laundry detergent,
paper products (plates, napkins, etc), plastic utensils,
Napkins, Flash Light, animal food. No clothes please!
WHAT TO WEAR?
Dress warmly (wear layers), comfortable shoes (water
proof shoes- in case they are needed)
TRANSPORTATION?
We will be carpooling. If possible we ask for a $3
suggested donation for gas money.
MEAL?
Please eat lunch before hand and bring your dinner.
CONTACT INFO?
(973) 507-6411- Johanna F.

Spirit and Truth NJ~ Friday, October 26th

This Friday, Rev. Tim Graff, Director of the Office of Human Concerns for the Archdiocese of Newark

will talk to us about Faithful Citizenship

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic worship.  Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love.  Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world.  May our adoration never cease.”

(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae, February 1980)

Spirit and Truth, Friday, October 19th

Anne Conaty will share with us how to follow the 33 day preparation for ...

"Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary"

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

"In the Blessed Sacrament
God loves us so tenderly,
He empties Himself completely.
O, who could believe it?
Withholding nothing, He gives his all.
He gives his flesh for us to eat
He gives his blood for us to drink.
He gives his soul, his infinite being
To transform us into Himself.
Praised be the Blessed Sacrament!"
- St. Louis de Montfort (Hymn No. 30, 3rd Stanza)

 

In lieu of our usual meeting we have 2 wonderful events we encourage you to attend both events are on Saturday, October 20

1) Critical Life Issues Conference
St. John Neumann Pastoral Center
146 Metlars Lane
Piscataway NJ 08854
Cost is $25 8:30 am - 3:30
To register email amarshall@diometuchen.org or call
732-752-1990 xt 1543

2) Stand up for Religious Freedom Rally
State House Steps NJ Capitol
125 W State Street Trenton NJ
12 noon
More info: standupforreligiousfreedom.com

We hope to see you at one of these events! God Bless!

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ October 12, 2012

 
Please join us for Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

followed by 

Part II of the movie

Padre Pio Miracle Man

"It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun 
than to do so without the Holy Mass."- Padre Pio

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, October 5th

First Friday Mass 

8:30 pm

in the Holy Family Chapel

McGuiness Center

 First Reading:


Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
Psalm:Psalm 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14
Gospel:Luke 10:13-16

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration.asp#5

When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. But souls do not even pay attention to Me; they leave Me to Myself and busy themselves with other things. ... 

They treat Me as a dead object.

 
– Our Lord speaking to St. Faustina (Diary of St. Faustina, 1385)

Spirit ad Truth NJ ~ Friday, September 28th

Looking for God in the Daily Grind

Andrew Burns, Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Newark, 

will share his experience with

 Ignatian Spiritual Examen

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

From the Writings of St. Ignatius


ON THE HOLY COMMUNION.

One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve souls from falling, and to help those who fall from weakness to rise again; therefore it is much more profitable frequently to approach this Divine Sacrament with love, respect, and confidence, than to keep back from an excess of fear and cowardice. 

Spirit and Truth NJ~ Friday, September 21

This Friday we will have adoration of Jesus 

 in the Blessed Sacrament

followed by Movie Night 

Padre Pio 

Miracle Man

http://www.ignatius.com/Products/PPMM-M/padre-pio.aspx

"Kneel down and render the tribute of your presence and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  Confide all your needs to him, along with those of others.  

Speak to him with filial abandonment, give free rein to your heart, and give him complete freedom to work in you as he thinks best."   Padre Pio

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, September 14th

Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

followed by

Bible Study on the Gospel of Luke







St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, 82, 4, 370 A.D.:

Let us submit to God in all things and not contradict Him, even if what He says seems contrary to our reason and intellect; rather let His words prevail over our reason and intellect. Let us act in this way with regard to the (eucharistic) mysteries, looking not only at what falls under our senses but holding on to His words. For His word cannot lead us astray. . . When the word says, `This is My Body', be convinced of it and believe it, and look at it with the eyes of the mind. . . How many now say, `I wish I could see His shape, His appearance, His garments, His sandals.' Only look! You see Him! You touch Him! You eat Him!

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, September 7th

First Friday Mass

8:30 pm

First Reading:1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Psalm:Psalm 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40
Gospel:Luke 5:33-39

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration.asp#7

“We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, ‘Where do the sisters get the joy and energy to do what they are doing?’ The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, ‘ Come to Me.’ He is hungry for souls.” Blessed Mother Teresa

This Week Marks 8 Years of Spirit and Truth in New Jersey!

400+ Fridays of Young Adults adoring
our Lord, Jesus, in the Blessed Sacrament !

Let us give thanks to our almighty
Father for this gift and privilege.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 31st

Join us for adoration of
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Time of Song and Silence in front of our Lord and Savior....













St. Augustine, Sermons, [272] A.D. 391-430:

What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the Body of Christ and the chalice the Blood of Christ. ... How is the bread His Body? And the chalice, or what is in the chalice, how is it His Blood? Those elements, brethren, are called Sacraments, because in them one thing is seen, but another is understood. What is seen is the corporeal species, but what is understood is the spiritual fruit. ... `You, however, are the Body of Christ and His members.' If, therefore, you are the Body of Christ and His members, your mystery is presented at the table of the Lord, you receive your mystery. To that which you are, you answer: `Amen'; and by answering, you subscribe to it. For you hear: `The Body of Christ!' and you answer: `Amen!' Be a member of Christ's Body, so that your `Amen' may be the truth.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 24th

This week Tim Regewitz & Anthony Tarabocchia will share about their recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land


Talk will be followed by adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament




Saint Rose of Lima

Called “the New World's first flower of holiness” in the Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America (no.15), she would spend her time with the Eucharistic Jesus, painting her heart with the different features of transformation that were taking place in her as she was exposed to the love of the Heart of Christ. “There I learned to love,” St. Rose would say. “There I learned that love consumes and desires to give itself, which is why I must give it to those who suffer, to the sick. I do not fear that my dress will be stained with the wounds of those who suffer, for in this manner I clean the wounds of the Face of Christ.”

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 17th

Zack Swantek, Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Newark, will discuss Pope Benedict XVI 's Encyclical Deus Caritas Est

Talk will be followed by adoration of
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

Pope Benedict XVI – from his meeting with members of the Roman clergy
March 2, 2006

Saturday, August 18th Women of Truth will meet 10am-12pm

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 10th

Ezra, Nehemiah and Maccabees
Bible study presented by Tom Boney

Bible Study will be followed
by adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament



“Can you feel the fragrance of Paradise which diffuses Itself from the Tabernacle?"
- St. Philip

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 3rd

Join us for First Friday Mass
in the Holy Family Chapel,
McGuinness Center
8:30pm

First Reading:Jeremiah 26:1-9
Psalm: Psalm 69:5, 8-10, 14
Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58

http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/inspiration_08aug2012.asp#3

"All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man."

- St. John Vianney, Cure d'Ars

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, July 27th

This Friday Jesse Mazzola,
Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Newark will talk to us about:

The Surprise & Challenge of the Parables

Talk will be followed by adoration
of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

"Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who asks for them."
St. Peter Of Alcantara (1499 to 1562)
Founder of the Alcantarines & St. Teresa of Avila spiritual director

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, July 20th

Join us for adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament


Holy Hour will be followed by Classic Movie Night


"When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we represent the one in the world who is in most need of God’s Mercy." We "Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood of The Lamb."
- Pope John Paul II

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, July 13th

POSTPONED

Ezra, Nehemiah and Maccabees
Bible study presented by Tom Boney

Bible Study will be followed
by adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

"Let us never forget that an age prospers or dwindles in proportion to its devotion to the Holy Eucharist. This is the measure of its spiritual life and its faith, of its charity and its virtue."

- St. Peter Julian Eymard

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, July 6th

Join us for First Friday Mass
in the Holy Family Chapel,
McGuinness Center


St. Maria Goretti, Optional Memorial

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel:	Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 Psalm 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131 Matthew 9:9-13

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration.asp#6

Do you know what Mass is? In the Church it is what the sun in our world, it is the soul of our faith, the center of our religion, the end and center of all the ceremonies, rites and sacraments. In a word it is the summary of all that is beautiful and good in the Church of God.

- St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1676-1751)

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, June 22nd

This Friday Fr. Edgardo P. Jocson will present

An Introduction to John Paul II's Theology of the Body

Talk will be followed by adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

"Your reasons for wanting me to stay away from Holy Communion are exactly the ones which cause me to go so often. My distractions are great, but it is in Communion that I recollect myself. I have temptations many times a day; by daily Communion I get the strength to overcome them. I have much very important business to handle and I need light and wisdom; it is for this reason that I go to Holy Communion every day to consult Jesus about them." (St. Thomas More's response when friends reproached him for going to Holy Communion so often.)

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, June 15th

Deacon Robert C. Millea will speak to us on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Deacon Millea was ordained May 2011 for the Archdiocese of Newark .
He is one of three Deacons serving the people
of the parish of St. Stephen, Kearny.

Talk will be followed by Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

"Love keeps Him there [in the Blessed Sacrament] as a victim completely and perpetually delivered over to sacrifice for the glory of the Father and for our salvation. Unite yourself with Him, then, in all that you do. Refer everything to His glory. Set up your abode in this loving Heart of Jesus and you will there find lasting peace and the strength both to bring to fruition all the good desires He inspires in you, and to avoid every deliberate fault. Place in this Heart all your sufferings and difficulties. Everything that comes from the Sacred Heart is sweet. He changes everything into love."

- from the letters of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, June 8th

Earning some Prophets;
God's Guiding Hand

Bible study to be lead by Tom Boney



Bible study will be followed by
Adoration of Jesus
in the Blessed Sacrament

"To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating from the tabernacle, and it is to the Heart of Jesus that I dare go for the solution of all my problems,"
- Pope John XXIII

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, June 1st

First Friday Mass,
8:15pm
Holy Family Chapel,
McGuinness Center

First Reading:1 Peter 4:7-13
Psalm: Psalm 96:10-13
Gospel: Mark 11:11-26

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/inspiration.asp#1

After Mass we will carpool to see the Movie

Hardflip @ AMC Jersey Gardens

http://hardflipmovie.com/

"This food we call the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake except one who believes that the things we teach are true, and has received the washing for forgiveness of sins and for rebirth, and who lives as Christ handed down to us. For we do not receive these things as common bread or common drink; but as Jesus Christ our Savior being incarnate by God's Word took flesh and blood for our salvation, so also we have been taught that the food consecrated by the Word of prayer which comes from him, from which our flesh and blood are nourished by transformation, is the flesh and blood of that incarnate Jesus."

- St. Justin Martyr, 2nd Century ~ Feast Day June 1

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, May 25th

"My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady." St. Phillip Neri

Sister Marilyn Minter, a Felician Sister and Associate Director overseeing Parish Outreach and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Newark, will share with us her experiences as a Missionary in Haiti.



Talk will be followed by adoration of
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

St. Philip Neri, when dying, seeing the priest bringing the Holy Viaticum, exclaimed: "O my Love! Give me my Love!"

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, May 18th

This Friday we will spend extended time in adoration in front
of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Meeting in the church.


Eucharistic adorers share Mary’s life and mission of prayer at the foot of the Most Blessed Sacrament. It is the most beautiful of all missions, and it holds no perils. It is the most holy, for in it all the virtues are practiced
~ St. Peter Julian Eymard