Merry Christmas

 

 

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, December 20th

                        Join us this Friday for
                         Christmas Caroling
                           around St. John's
                                 Leaving 8:15
   

    

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, December 13 th, 2013

                     This Friday Holy Hour 
                         8:30pm, in church 

          Spend time with Jesus truly present
                      in the Blessed Sacrament
                   in preparation for Christmas



                       Opportunity for confession

Spirit and Truth NJ Friday, December 6, 2013

First Friday of Advent Mass 8:30 pm Holy Family Chapel, McGuiness Center

This Friday, November 29, 2013 Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Katherine Drexel Bensalem, PA Leaving from St. John the Apostle. 11:00 am Please contact 732-491-1223 for more information WE WILL NOT MEET ON FRIDAY EVENING

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, November 22

This Friday Deacon Tim Kennedy will help us prepare to celebrate Advent, the season of joyous expectation. Talk will be followed by adoratiion of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Spirit and Truth NJ~Friday, November 15th, 2013

                              This Friday Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Benediction followed by Movie Night

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Saturday Women of Truth 

10 am-12pm Msgr. Price Room

Spirit & Truth NJ ~ Friday November 8, 2013

Join us this Friday for our monthly bible study 

and adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

8:00 pm in the McGuiness Center (to be confirmed)

Spirit and Truth NJ Friday, November 1st, 2013

                  

                  Mass for the Solemnity of All Saints
                                 


                              The Holy Family Chapel
                                   McGuiness Center
                                               9:00PM
   

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ October 25th, 2013

Join us for adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.                                                       

We will also have preparation  for All Saints Day....

HOLY MEN AND WOMEN  PRAY FOR US

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ October 18th, 2013

                      Join us for adoration of Jesus in
                        the Blessed Sacrament



                                   We will view part II of
  
                                  PAUL Contending for the Faith
       


    

Spirit and Truth NJ Friday, October 11th

Join us this Friday...





  We will spend time in adoration of our Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament....



            Followed by Bible Study....Tom Boney will lead our discussion.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday October 4th

            First Friday Mass

                              8:30 pm


                  Holy Family Chapel
                  McGuiness Center

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday September 27th 2013

This Friday join us for  a Holy Hour...

                                      Come and adore our Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament




                                                                     8:30 pm in the church

Spirit and Truth ~ Friday September 20th,2013

This Friday Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.


                          8:15pm. in the church.      





                     

Spirit and Truth NJ~ September 13, 2013

"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

Theology of the Body

 

 Part 6

             “Sexual Morality in Christian Doctrine”

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

 

 

 

 

Spirit and Truth, Friday September 6th, 2013

“Our lives must be woven around the Eucharist...fix your eyes on Him Who is the light; bring your hearts close to His Divine Heart; ask Him to grant you the grace of knowing Him, the love of loving Him, the courage to serve Him. Seek Him fervently.”  Blessed Mother Teresa

 

First Friday Mass

 

8:30 pm, Holy Family Chapel

McGuiness Center 

Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart

First Reading: Colossians 1: 15-20

Psalm 100: 2-5

Gospel:  Luke 5: 33-39

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

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday August 30th

"I will speak, then, to our Lord Jesus Christ; I will speak, and let him hear me. I believe him present; I do not doubt it at all. For he himself has said 'I am with you always, even unto the consummation of the world'" (Matt. 28:20). St. Augustine

Happy 9th Anniversary Spirit and Truth NJ!

450+ Fridays of Young Adults 

Adoring Jesus, Our Lord, in the Blessed Sacrament!

This Friday Mass of Thanksgiving

for Spirit and Truth

8:30 pm

Game Night to follow

Please feel free to bring games

Please bring a beverage or snack to share!

 

 

 

Spirit & Truth Friday, August 23rd

Join us this Friday for ...
 

 Gift of Self: 

Healing & Becoming 

Who You Were Meant to Be

presented by Zack Swantek, 

Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Newark 

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament 

"We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our poor eyes fail to see Him. Let us once become interior souls and we shall immediately see. In no better way can we enter into the Heart of our Lord than through Saint Joseph. Jesus and Mary are eager to pay the debts which they owe him for his devoted care of them, and their greatest pleasure is to fulfill his least desire. Let him, then, lead you by hand into the interior sanctuary of Jesus Eucharistic."

- St. Peter Julian Eymard

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, August 16th

“If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.”
– St. Maximillian Kolbe

Join us for adoration of

 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

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We will begin a new Bible Study Series this Friday

 Saturday August 17th

Women of Truth Meeting

10am- 12pm

Msgr. Price Room

Spirit and Truth NJ~ Friday, August 9th, 2013

Theology of the Body

 

 Part 5

            
“Celibacy in the Plan of God

         Talk will be followed by adoration

         of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

 

"'And the Word became flesh'. That truth became a reality in the manger at Bethlehem.

 But it was to be fulfilled in yet another form: 'Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood, has eternal life.' The Savior, who knows that we are human beings and will remain human beings who have to struggle daily with weaknesses, comes to our assistance in a truly divine manner. Just as the human body is in need of daily bread, so also does the divine life in us require constant nourishment."  St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Spirit and Truth NJ~Friday, July 26th

Holy Hour

Come Let us Adore Our Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

8:15pm

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
"What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! 

O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation."

Friday, June 12 ,2013

Theology of the Body

                 Part 4
            
     Marriage as the Sacrament of God's Love

                         For His People






         Talk will be followed by adoration

         of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

July 5th, 2013

Spirit. and Truth will not meet on July 5th.





Please join us next Friday for 4th part in the Theology of the Body Series.

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ June 14th 2013

Theology of the Body Series

Meets 2nd  Fridays 

Beginning April 12th

Part 3 of the Series

What it means to be a 

  Man in the plan of God

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

The 'Theology of the Body' is Pope John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person - body, soul, and spirit. As he explains, the physical human body has a specific meaning and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:  

• Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?
• Why were we created male and female? Does it really matter if we are one sex or another?
• Why were man and woman called to communion from the beginning? What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and his plan for our lives?
• What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?
• What exactly is "Love"?
• Is it truly possible to be pure of heart?

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, June 7th 2013

"O Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, and our dear Mother! O all ye holy angels, who, by your adoration in our churches, make up for the little love which your God and our Saviour receives from men, obtain for us the grace to comprehend a little the love of Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament."

- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

 

First Friday Mass

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 

 

8:30 pm, Holy Family Chapel

McGuiness Center 

 

Revelation of the Sacred Heart
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, (1647-1690) 
It was on June 16, 1675, that the last of the grand revelations relative to the Sacred Heart took place. It was to close the cycle of those solemn disclosures. Until then the humble virgin had received from the Lord only personal favors, very like those with which other holy souls had already been favored. He had only demanded of her some individual practices of devotion. Now however, the hour was come for Him to invest her with her grand, public mission.
During the octave of the feast of the Blessed Sacrament, June 16, 1675, Margaret Mary was on her knees before the choir-grate, her eyes fixed on the tabernacle. She had just received "some of the unmeasured graces of His love". We have no particulars of these graces.
Suddenly the Lord appeared on the altar and discovered to her His Heart:

"Behold", said He to her, "this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, in order to testify its love. In return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this sacrament of love. What is most painful to Me," added the Savior, in a tone that went to the Sister's heart, "is that they are hearts consecrated to Me"

Then He commanded her to have established in the Church a particular feast to honor His Sacred Heart.

"It is for this reason I ask thee that the first Friday after the octave of the Blessed Sacrament be appropriated to a special feast, to honor My Heart by communicating on that day, and making reparation for the indignity that it has received. And I promise that My Heart shall dilate to pour out abundantly the influences of its love on all that will render it this honor or procure its being rendered". 

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http://usccb.org/bible/readings/060713.cfm

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ May 31st, 2013

 

Spirit and Truth 

Holy Hour

"Make Reparation for the ingratitude of men. Spend an hour in prayer to appease divine justice, to implore mercy for sinners, to honor Me, to console Me for My bitter suffering when abandoned by My Apostles, when they did not WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME." ~ Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque ~

 Happy Feast of Corpus Christi 

Corpus Christi, therefore, is a unique feast and constitutes an important encounter of faith and praise for every Christian community. This feast originated in a specific historical and cultural context: it was born for the very precise purpose of openly reaffirming the faith of the People of God in Jesus Christ, alive and truly present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. It is a feast that was established in order to publicly adore, praise and thank the Lord, who continues "to love us "to the end', even to offering us his body and his blood" (Pope Benedict Sacramentum Caritatis, n. 1).

 http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20070607_corpus-christi_en.html

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ May 24th, 2013

Join us for  ...

Five Steps for Happy, Healthy, Holy Dating

Presented by Carolyn and Paul Tomasello

Presentation will be followed by 

Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

"My sweetest Joy is to be in the presence of Jesus in the holy Sacrament. I beg that when obliged to withdraw in body, I may leave my heart before the holy Sacrament. How I would miss Our Lord if He were to be away from me by His presence in the Blessed Sacrament!"

- St. Katharine Drexel

Spirit ad Truth NJ ~ Friday, May 17th, 213

Join us for adoration of

 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

We will continue the 

Year of Faith Bible Study Series

Please bring your bibles! 

What meaneth this most gracious condescension, this most
lovely invitation? How shall I dare to come, who know no good
thing of myself, whence I might be able to presume? How shall I
bring Thee within my house, seeing that I so often have sinned in
Thy most loving sight? Angels and Archangels stand in awe of
Thee, the Saints and just men fear Thee, and Thou sayest, Come
unto Me!    Except Thou, Lord, hadst said it, who should believe it
true?  And except Thou hadst commanded, who should attempt to draw near?

T. Kempis ~ Imitation of Christ

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, May 10th

Theology of the Body Series

Meets 2nd  Fridays 

Beginning April 12th

Part 2 of the Series

What it means to be a 

'Woman' in the plan of God".

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

The 'Theology of the Body' is Pope John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person - body, soul, and spirit. As he explains, the physical human body has a specific meaning and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:  

• Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?
• Why were we created male and female? Does it really matter if we are one sex or another?
• Why were man and woman called to communion from the beginning? What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and his plan for our lives?
• What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?
• What exactly is "Love"?
• Is it truly possible to be pure of heart?

 

http://www.theologyofthebody.net/

Spirit ad Truth, Friday April 26th

Climbing Mt. Carmel: a journey through the spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila

presented by Anne Ameno

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

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"In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence,"

- St. Teresa of Avila

Spirit and Truth NJ ~ Friday, February 19th, 2013

"Dear brothers and sisters, this is true for every Christian: faith is first and foremost a personal intimate encounter with Jesus, it is having an experience of his closeness, his friendship and his love. It is in this way that we learn to know him ever better, to love him and follow him more and more. May this happen to each one of us!"-Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience (October 21, 2009)

Please join us for adoration of

 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

Adoration will be 

followed by Bible Study

Please bring your Bibles

"If angels could be jealous of men, 

they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." --St. Maximilian Kolbe

Spirit and Truth NJ~ April 12th

Theology of the Body Series

Meets 2nd  Fridays 

Beginning April 12th

Father Edgardo Jocson will teach us 

Blessed John Paul's Theology of the body

 in a five-part series

Talk will be followed by adoration of 

Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

The 'Theology of the Body' is Pope John Paul II's integrated vision of the human person - body, soul, and spirit. As he explains, the physical human body has a specific meaning and is capable of revealing answers regarding fundamental questions about us and our lives:  

• Is there a real purpose to life and if so, what is it?
• Why were we created male and female? Does it really matter if we are one sex or another?
• Why were man and woman called to communion from the beginning? What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and his plan for our lives?
• What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?
• What exactly is "Love"?
• Is it truly possible to be pure of heart?

 

http://www.theologyofthebody.net/

Spirit and Truth, April 5th, 2013

 

"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

 

 First Friday Mass

8:30pm

8:30 pm, Holy Family Chapel

McGuinness Center  

Reading 1 Acts 4:1-12

After the crippled man had been cured,
while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,
the priests, the captain of the temple guard,
and the Sadducees confronted them,
disturbed that they were teaching the people
and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
They laid hands on Peter and John
and put them in custody until the next day,
since it was already evening.
But many of those who heard the word came to believe
and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

On the next day, their leaders, elders, and scribes
were assembled in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest,
Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
and all who were of the high-priestly class.
They brought them into their presence and questioned them,
“By what power or by what name have you done this?”
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them,
“Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today
about a good deed done to a cripple,
namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know
that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;
in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”

Responsorial Psalm Ps 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a

R. (22) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.or:
R. Alleluia.
O LORD, grant salvation!
O LORD, grant prosperity!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God, and he has given us light.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Gospel Jn 21:1-14

Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself in this way.
Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They said to him, “We also will come with you.”
So they went out and got into the boat,
but that night they caught nothing.
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”
They answered him, “No.”
So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.”
So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.”
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
and jumped into the sea.
The other disciples came in the boat,
for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
dragging the net with the fish.
When they climbed out on shore,
they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”
So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.”
And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”
because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead. 

 

 http://usccb.org/bible/readings/040513.cfm