Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church

Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church
1000 North Jefferson Avenue, Goldsboro NC 27530-3141
919-734-5033
Rev. Alex Gonzalez, Pastor
Deacon Webster James
July 20, 2014—Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
EUCHARISTIC LITURGY
Weekend
Saturday Vigil
5:00PM English
7:00PM Spanish
Sábado ~ 5:00 PM En Inglés
Sábado ~ 7:00 PM En Español
Sunday
10:00 AM English
1:00 PM Spanish
Domingo ~ 10:00 AM En Inglés
Domingo ~ 1:00 PM En Español
Weekdays
9:00 AM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
lunes, martes, jueves, viernes
7:00 PM jueves en Español
No Mass on Wednesday
No hay Misa los miércoles
Holy Days 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM No Vigil Masses
Adoración al Santisimo 9:00 AM y 5:30 PM
First Friday Adoration begins after morning Mass
and ends with Benediction at 7:00 PM.
Todos los viernes primero de mes de 10:00 AM a 5:30 PM
WELCOME VISITORS AND NEWCOMERS
New members may register by calling the parish
office (weekdays from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM).
Mission Statement
Saint Mary is a diverse Catholic community working
together to live the Gospel, grow in faith through the
Eucharist, and share our gifts in service to others.
WELCOME HOME RETURNING CATHOLICS
Landings is designed to help people return to
Mass and the Sacraments.
Call the office for information.
Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church
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Mass Intentions and Readings
for July 19 to July 27, 2014
PARISH DIRECTORY
CHURCH
Office (Oficina): 919 734-5033
FAX: 919 580-0730
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Web: www.saintmarygoldsboro.org
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Alex Gonzalez, Pastor…..ext. 27
Deacon Webster A. James...….ext. 29
Director of Faith Formation
Mrs. Carole Sears……………...ext. 34
Liturgy Coordinator
Mrs. Debbie Gambella,
Parish Secretary…………....…ext. 10
Mrs. Kathy Hennessy,
Parish Secretary…….....…......ext. 26
Mrs. Tracey Davis,
Parish Bookkeeper…..…...…..ext. 28
Mrs. Elvira Ponce,
Hispanic Ministry………...…..ext. 22
Mrs. Vicki Ellis,
Choir Director, 10:00 AM
Mr. Philip Eubanks, Organist
Mr. Mike Nault, Organist & Choir
Director, 5:00 PM
Mr. Van Tran, Sacristan
SCHOOL
Office: 919 735-1931
FAX: 919 735-1917
E-Mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
SCHOOL STAFF
Mrs. Lynn Magoon,
Principal…………………........ext. 33
Mrs. Anne Marie Gambella,
Admn. Assistant………….......ext. 11
MAINTENANCE STAFF
Mr. Harold Jones,
Supervisor………………….….ext. 31
Mr. Larry Jones,
Assistant………...………….....ext. 31
PASTORAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL
Chair Hank Daniels,
Vice-Chair John Marguglio
Secretary Sharon Thomas
Finance Council Chair John Heeden
Kevin Bacon, Steve Balli, Sheila Covar, Anne Hurrey, Joseph Jones, Paula Long, Phyllis Radford, Donna Stevenson, Gene Seward.
Goldsboro, N. C.
Sat. 7/19
5:00PM
7:00PM
Sun.7/20
10:00AM
1:00PM
Mon.7/21
9:00AM
Tue.7/22
9:00AM
Wed.7/23
9:00AM
Thu.7/24
9:00AM
6:30PM
Fri. 7/25
9:00AM
Sat. 7/26
5:00PM
7:00PM
Sun.7/27
10:00AM
1:00PM
Micah 2:1-5; Psalm 10:1-4, 5-8, 14; Matthew 12:14-21
Garrnet Rimmer, dec. by Deacon & Mrs. W. James
Spanish Mass
Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Romans 8:2627; Matthew 13:24-43 [24-30]
John Roderick Flanigan, dec. by Pete & Rita Flanigan
Pro Populo
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Psalm 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Matthew
12:38-42
Special Intention by Kuczynski Family
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Psalm 85:2-8; John 20:1-2, 11-18
Ann & Olin Stoltz, dec. by Marcie & Bobby Grant
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10; Psalm 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17;
Matthew 13:1-9
No Mass Today
Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Psalm 26:6-7ab, 8-11; Matthew
13:10-17
Howard Burns, dec. by Jim & Chuckie Mayros
Installation Mass for Father Alex
2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Psalm 126:1bc-6; Matthew 20:20-28
Tempie Farfour, dec. by Deacon & Mrs. W. James
Jeremiah 7:1-11; Psalm 84:3-6a, 8a,11; Matthew 13:24-30
Anna Kuczynski, dec. by Kuczynski Family
Spanish Mass
1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130; Romans
8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 [44-46]
Josephine Bannon, dec. by Lois & Chuck Gray
Pro Populo
Sacramental Life
Penance and Reconciliation
Saturday ~ 4-4:30PM and by
appointment.
Baptism
Baptisms are during Mass the third
weekend of each month. Preparation
is required before scheduling the time
and date.
Marriage
Contact the Deacon six months in advance of the ceremony.
Sacrament of the Sick
If you wish to receive the sacrament of
the sick during a prolonged illness or
before surgery, please call the office.
Communion
If you wish to receive communion
from a Eucharistic Minister due to
illness, age, or handicap, please call
the office. These visits are made after
the Mass has been celebrated.
Altar Flowers
For the week of July 20th are in Honor of Gary and Pat Emery on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
The Sanctuary Lamps
For the week of July 20 to July 26
Church Lamp: will be lit in Honor of
Elizabeth Berger on the occasion of
her 98th Birthday.
By: Jim & Carla Berger
Chapel Lamp: May be lit in Memory
of a person or in Honor of a person or
an event. Call the Parish Office to arrange this.
Bulletin Deadline:
10 working days before
publication.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
USO Cookie Program
Don’t’ forget your cookies for our
Airmen on Base! They really look
forward to those home baked cookies.
Just drop your cookies off any Monday at the Parish Office during regular business hours. The USO Coordinator will pick up the cookies and
take them to the Base.
St. Mary parishioners have been very
generous with donating to this program. Thank You.
Rosary for Vocations, Monday,
July 21st in the Chapel at 5:30pm.
The third Monday of each month a
small but devoted group meets to
pray the Rosary asking the Blessed
Mother to intercede for us with her
Divine Son in bringing more vocations to our Diocese. We would love
to see this group grow! So consider
stopping on your way home from
work to pray the Rosary with us.
SVDP Would Like To Wine
and Dine You...
On Sunday, August 3rd the Society
of St. Vincent de Paul will be holding
a Membership Drive Dinner. Any
Parishioner who would like to know
more about the Society and the work
they do is invited to attend. This will
be a Spaghetti Supper with all the
trimmings. Join us in the Cafeteria at
4:00PM on August 3rd and enjoy a
wonderful dinner and some very interesting information on the Society
of St. Vincent de Paul.
Help Wanted Saint Mary School
is looking for someone with strong
bilingual skills to teach grades 6, 7,
and 8 Spanish approximately 5 hours
a week. Please contact Mrs. Magoon
for more information at 919-735-1931
ext. 33 or [email protected].
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July 20, 2014
Parish Calendar
Sunday, July 20– 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
* RCIA
* Spanish Language Choir Practice
Lounge
Church
after 10:00am Mass
after 1:00pm Mass
Chapel
5:30pm
6th grade classroom
Chapel
Library
6:00pm
6:45pm
7:00pm
6th grade classroom
7:00pm
Monday, July 21
* Rosary for Vocations
Tuesday, July 22
* SVDP
* Perpetual Novena
* Legion of Mary
Wednesday, July 23
* Bible Study, “Jonah”
Thursday, July 24
* Installation Mass for Father Alex
* Reception for Father Alex
Church
Auditorium
6:30pm
after Mass
Friday, July 25
* Spanish Language Choir Practice
Church
6:00pm
Parish House
Church
9:00am
4:00pm
Saturday, July 26
* Landings Training
* 5:00pm Choir Practice
Sunday, July 27-17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
* RCIA
* Spanish Language Choir Practice
Lounge
Church
after 10:00am Mass
after 1:00pm Mass
Offertory Report
Do you know a 3 to 5 year old child
who would like to “Rock” with us
here at Saint Mary’s Pre-School?
Call the School Office at 919-7351931 and let us know about them.
We have 3 day & 5 day openings.
July 6
$9,203.86
Budgeted:
$7,750.00
Over (Under) $1,453.86
Saint Mary School: $882.00
Second Collection July 27: Family
Life Center
Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church
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Goldsboro, N. C.
Treasures From Our Tradition
In our thoughts and prayers:
Pray for the intentions of those in
nursing facilities, the homebound, the
chronically ill, and those who are critically ill.
Please remember in a special way the
following parishioners who have requested your prayers:
Ralph Bailey, Judy Cordeiro, Lee &
Sarah Davis, Marjorie Dixon, Elaine
Evans, Agnes Harris, Bill Irvine,
Joan Jones, Bertha Kish, Erma Lawrence, Denise Lewis, Dorothy Lewis,
Jim & Billie Myers, Verna Mullinax,
Wilbur & Mary Perry, Benjamin
Raposa, Natalie Ulrey and Terry Williams.
If you would like your name included
in the Prayers for the Sick in the Bulletin please contact our coordinators
for “Prayers for the Sick”, Gloria at
919-734-3810 or JoAnn at 919-7367266.
Charlemagne, crowned Holy Roman
Emperor on Christmas Day, 800, had
a major interest in shaping the worship life of the church, and began a
long period of reform and regulation.
We owe many confirmation policies
and practices to his rule. A baptized
person was required to be confirmed
as soon as the bishop's presence made
it possible. Priests were expected to
do their best in seeing to it that a newly-baptized child received the Eucharist. One twelfth-century ritual insists
that if the child is not yet capable of
eating or drinking, then the priest
might give him or her some of the
Precious Blood on a leaf or a finger.
Despite the best efforts of the Empire
to hold liturgical life together, the
rules were not always lived out with
great beauty. St. Richard of Chichester of thirteenth-century England, for
example, was canonized for his holy
life as a bishop. One of the remarkable signs of his sanctity was his willingness to climb down from his horse
to confirm "merely baptized" layfolk
who crossed his path! This praiseworthy practice points a finger of blame
at less zealous bishops, whose casual
attitudes revealed a sacrament in need
of rescue.
--Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S.
Paluch Co.
Please also remember in your prayers all of our parishioners who are in
the military especially those who are
deployed.
Saint Charbel Feast July 24
“...a hermit of the Lebanese mountain is inscribed in the number of the
blessed, a new eminent member of
monastic sanctity is enriching, by his
example and his intercession, the
entire Christian people. May he
make us understand, in a world
largely fascinated by wealth and
comfort, the paramount value of poverty, penance and asceticism, to liberate the soul in its ascent to God…”
~Pope Paul VI, October 9, 1977
The Goldsboro Office of Catholic Charities is excited to announce that we will now be open five
days a week! Our new hours are as
follows: Monday 8:30am to 3:00pm,
Tuesday through Friday 8:30am to
5:00pm. We will be closed daily for
lunch from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Our
Case Manager/Counselor will be
available Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday and our Regional Director/bilingual counselor will be available
Tuesday and Thursday. If you or anyone you know are in need of assistance please contact our office at 919947-0802.
Do you have an hour or two each
week to help those in need? Do you
have a special talent or hobby that
could benefit others? Our local Catholic Charities Office needs your help!
Please consider volunteering and enjoy the many blessings from being the
hands and feet of Jesus to those within
our community. Contact Maria Fissori at 919-947-0802 or [email protected] for more information.
Project “Backpack” the Goldsbo-
Welcome to our Parish Family
Paris Bass, daughter of Brendell Bass and Destiny Banks.
Paris was Baptized here at St.
Mary on May 31, 2014.
ro Catholic Charities office will be
running a special project during the
month of July to assist children in the
area with back to school “Backpacks”.
There will be a box at the entrance to
the church where you can drop items
that would go in backpack...colored
pencils, pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, crayons, etc. Thank you for
your generosity.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
About Liturgy
Hospitality Ministers and encountering Chirst:
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Respect Life
Four guides for Hospitality Ministers;
First, hospitality ministers must
make sure their welcome of the members of the gathering assembly is a
welcome of Jesus himself. Members
of the assembly are members of the
Body of Christ. The focus of the hospitality ministers is, therefore, on
Christ himself.
Second, hospitality ministers, in their
very greeting of those who are gathering, already play an important part in
helping the assembly members have a
listening attitude toward the God
whom they will encounter in the celebration of liturgy. All the warmth and
friendliness of the hospitality minister,
then, is directed to opening those they
greet to encounter God during liturgy.
Third, the hospitality members themselves must practice being present to
others in their daily living if they are
to help assembly members encounter
God. Their ministry is essentially a
ministry modeling how to encounter
others.
Fourth, Hospitality ministers must
focus on their actions as ministry, always serving the greater good of gathering those who come to liturgy as the
one Body of Christ.
~Living Liturgy 2013
Who are our Hospitality Ministers? Here at St. Mary the Ushers
who serve at the Masses are also the
Hospitality Ministers. We are in need
of some Ushers/Hospitality Ministers
for Masses on the weekends. If this is
a Ministry you feel called to please,
call the Parish Office at 919-734-5033
ext. 10 or 26.
“All guests who present themselves
are to be welcomed as Christ, for he
himself will say: I was a stranger and
you welcomed me.” (Matthew 25:35).
After Hobby Lobby Comes
Priests for Life—Why We Are
Confident
By Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life
On Monday, June 30, Priests for Life
expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby
Lobby case. Upon further analysis of
that decision, we continue to be encouraged by it and by its implications
for our own case, which has already
been argued in the DC Circuit Court
of Appeals, which could issue its decision any day, potentially setting up
another Supreme Court case regarding
the HHS mandate.
In Hobby Lobby, the Court said that
the Obama Administration was wrong
in trying to force this– and other similarly situated businesses—to obey the
HHS Mandate by providing insurance
coverage for “services” that the business found morally objectionable.
Why was the Administration wrong?
Because outside of the most unusual
circumstances, the government can’t
stop people from living their lives—
and this includes conducting their
businesses—according to their religious convictions. Nor can the government be the one to decide whether
those religious convictions are reasonable.
The Supreme Court made that very
clear in the Hobby Lobby decision.
What’s happening here is that the
Obama Administration wants to expand access to abortion and contraception. It is, in fact, my conviction that
Obamacare itself is a bailout of the
faltering abortion industry.
Now if the Administration thinks this
is an important goal, we have news for
them: they are going to have to pursue
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it without us. We are not going to lift
a finger to help.
The case that Priests for Life—and
many other religious groups—have
brought against the HHS mandate
differs from Hobby Lobby in a number of ways, including the fact that the
Administration already gives groups
like ours an “accommodation,” by
which, if we fill out a government
form, the Administration claims we
do not have to provide the coverage
for the objectionable practices. But
filling out the form simply initiates a
different way for our employees to get
the coverage. So, as legal expert O.
Carter Snead pointed out in a recent
article, while we are saying “No,” the
way we have to say it functions as a
“Yes.”
We are encouraged by the Hobby
Lobby case because the Court clearly
stated that while this
“accommodation” might be a solution
for businesses, because having it is less
restrictive of their religious freedom
than not having it, the Court was not
deciding whether the accommodation
was the right solution for those who
object to it. In other words, Hobby
Lobby was not objecting to the accommodation, which they did not have in
the first place, but rather to the provision of insurance for the objectionable
practices. And the Court said it was
not up to them to second-guess the
reasonableness of those objections.
For us, then our objection to the accommodation falls under the same
category of a sincerely held religious
belief which—as the Supreme court
clearly said—the government cannot
force believers to violate.
If the government wants to provide
citizens with coverage for things we
teach are immoral, they can do it
themselves. Don’t look for any cooperation, authorization, or facilitation
from us. That is the approach that is
least restrictive to our religious freedom, and that’s why we are confident
as we await the decision in our own
case.
“Behold the inheritance of the Lord
are children: the reward, the fruit of
the womb.
~Psalms 126
Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church
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Goldsboro, N. C.
Jamaica—a bit of All Right
Madison Wildman, Kristina Musses, Brennan Dove,
Cameron Dove, Joann Guthrie & McKenna Dove
If you read travel brochures about Jamaica you will see words like “All Right”, “Crystal Clear Water” “Long
Sandy Beaches”, “Beautiful”, “Memories to last a lifetime”. Well, our TYM Missionaries found all of this but in
a very different way then those travelling as tourist. Our girls and their two chaperones, Liz Dove and Corey Vermeulin arrived in Seville in St. Anne’s Bay ready for a week of work and prayer. Every morning started with a
prayer service then off to breakfast. After breakfast they congregated and the groups were given their work assignments for the day. They split into their work groups and headed for the vans to arrive at their assigned work area
by 8:30am. At noon everyone returned to the Villa for lunch and to get their afternoon work assignment. They
worked from 1pm to 5pm then returned to the Villa for dinner and ended each evening with Mass.
So what was this work they did? They helped repair homes for some of the people in Seville; cement needed to be
mixed and poured for Faith to replace a rotted wood floor in her home and then Yvonne and Rose needed rotted
wood replaced and painted in their home. There was a wooden room that had to be torn down and replaced with
cinder block but to do this they had to move a truckload of sand from the road to the property, then one bucket at
a time the sand, water and rock had to be carried up a stairway of natural rock.
For 4 years a community building at Seville Heights has been worked on by various mission teams and while our
team was there they worked on forming and filling in the stairway to the building. This was an extensive job involving many groups as the fill had to be moved up the side of a mountain to the steps. This was accomplished by
making a “bucket brigade” up the mountain. While three people shoveled rock and dirt into buckets the rest of
the group lined the mountain and handed the buckets back and forth dumping the rock and earth into the top of
the stairway to build it up to the wooden form. The next step will be cementing the steps and this will be done by
other groups who will come work after our team has left Seville.
Each team had the opportunity to shop for a family and deliver the groceries to them. It is said that grocery shopping in Jamaica is quite an experience and maybe one of our Missionaries will tell us the story of grocery shopping when they address the Parish at one of the Masses.
Our Mission Team from St. Mary had an opportunity to spend a shift at the local infirmary where they built a
ramp from the building to a new covered gazebo at the edge of the beach. They found the residence of the infirmary wonderful and very excited to have one on one attention from our group. While at the infirmary they sang,
danced, prayed and talked with the residents as well as handing out some much appreciated treats to them. Every
where they went the locals were very welcoming, the children all asked for “sweeties” because they don’t get candy often. The children also love to play “futball” and our girls were happy to play with them as often and as long
as they could. There was a day of sightseeing and enjoying the long sandy beaches and crystal clear water but it
seems that what was most precious to our Mission group were the smiles on the people they helped and came to
love and they agree that is where the true beauty of the Island is. It is the friendships they made and the children
they played with that will be the “memories” that last through their lifetimes.
Check out the Bulletin Board outside the Faith Formation Office for more pictures.
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Joann Guthrie reading the Bible to some of the
residence of the infirmary where our team built
the ramp.
Joann Guthrie and neighborhood kids playing soccer during a
work break.
Kristina Musses, Madison Wildman & Cameron
Dove playing with kids at the Seville compound.
Corey Vermeulin with some of the residents of the
Infirmary.
Liz Dove & Brennon Dove at the compound playing with
local children.
Enjoying the crystal clear blue water of Jamaica!
Iglesia Católica Romana Santa María
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Misión de la Parroquia Presentación de 3 Años
La parroquia de Santa María
es una comunidad católica y
diversa que trabaja unida
para vivir el evangelio, crecer en fe por la Eucaristía y
compartir nuestros talentos en servicio a
otros.
Directorio
Padre John Alexander Gonzalez
919 734-5033 ext. 27
Bautismos—Elvira Ponce 919-252-0768
Sacramentos
Bautismo: Asistir a la preparación, padres y padrinos y
fijar la fecha con el sacerdote.
Confesión: Sábados de 4:00pm a
4:30pm
Para enfermos en el hospital o en casa
comuníquese
con la parroquia.
Requisitos:
∗ Solicitarla 2 meses antes.
∗ Estar bautizado (a).
∗ Donación
XV Años
Si cumples y/o deseas celebrar tus XV
años en los primeros 6 meses del año te
invitamos a inscibirte para la preparación:
Requisitos:
∗ Estar bautizada
∗ Haber hecho la primera Comunión
∗ Iscribirse con 4 meses de anticipación
∗ Asistir a la preparación
∗ Donación
Abogado Certificado en Migración
El ministerio social católico tiene un
abogado autorizado y reconocido para
casos de migración si usted necesita algún servicio comuníquese con:
Jim Palmer 252-355-5111
(habla español)
2717 Memorial Blvd., Greenville
Unción de los Enfermos: Si usted
quiere recibir el sacramento por enferESPEREMOS PACIENTEmedad u operación favor de comunicár- MENTE EL JUICIO
noslo.
Mateo, más que los otros evangelistas,
habla sobre Jesús que sale de su hogar y
Comunión para enfermos: Si tiene alregresa. Muchas veces sale de su casa
gún familiar en el
porque las multitudes se reúnen afuera y
hospital o en casa que desee recibir la
quieren que les enseñe. Hoy, después de
comunión
haber enseñado y despachado a las mulcomuníquese con la parroquia.
titudes, sus discípulos lo siguen hasta su
Matrimonios: Iniciar la preparación
casa buscando más explicación a lo que
con seis meses de anticipación.
parece ser, al menos a nosotros hoy,
parábolas muy directas.
Platicas Pre-Bautismales
Tanto para Mateo como para Marcos,
Requisitos:
cuando Jesús está en la casa con sus
discípulos siempre significa un momen∗ Asistir a las pláticas, padres y pato especial para enseñar y nos debe
drinos.
∗ Traer copia del acta de nacimiento hacer prestar atención. Usualmente es
Jesús quien nos da consejos sensatos
del niño (a).
∗ Traer copia del acta de matrimonio sobre lo que significa ser sus seguidores.
Hoy no es diferente: seguir a Cristo sigde los padrinos.
nifica estar listo a encontrarse con los
∗ Llenar una solicitud por niño.
∗ Estar registrados o registrarse en la seguidores del mal, tener que vivir y
trabajar y predicar entre ellos, esperando
parroquia.
pacientemente ese juicio que sólo puede
venir de Dios, el juicio de decidir justaConfirmaciones
mente quién será arrojado a las llamas y
∗ Estar bautizado.
quién vivirá para ser un santo ejemplar.
∗ Haber hecho la primera communEscuchemos esta enseñanza casera para
ion.
que significa lo mismo para nosotros
∗ Ser mayor de 15 años.
que seguimos a Cristo hoy.
Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
Goldsboro, N. C.
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Uno de los pasajes bíblicos más bellos
tiene que ser el de Isaías 11:6. El profeta
proclama la paz mesiánica como una
paz en donde animales voraces como el
lobo, el leopardo, el león y la osa habitarán tranquilamente con animales
mansos como el cordero, el cabrito, el
ternero y la vaca "y un niño pequeño los
conducirá". Esta es una paz donde la
justicia rectifica las desigualdades y
pone fin a la violencia. En esta profecía
el Cristo es un niño que pastorea el
mundo con una eficacia sorprendente.
Él hace lo que los gobernantes del mundo pretenden hacer pero nunca logran,
pone fin a la guerra, la pobreza y el
hambre.
Por esta razón hay muchas imágenes del
Niño Jesús como el Santo Niño de Atocha, el Niño Jesús de Praga, el Divino
Niño de Bogotá y el Niño Jesús en
manos de san Antonio, entre otros.
Éstas captan el deseo cristiano de que el
niño venga a conducirnos hacia la paz
mesiánica y a la vez, nos recuerda que
hay que ser como niños para entrar en el
reino de Dios.
--Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM,
Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
En Direccion Correcta
Si damos un paso hacia Dios, Dios
correrá diez pasos hacia nosortos.
~Anónimo
Se necesita ayuda
Saint Mary School está buscando a alguien perfectamente bilingúe para dar
clases de Español en los grados 6, 7, y 8
aproximadamente 5 horas a la semana.
Para mayor información, favor contactar a Mrs. Magoon al 919-735-1931
ext. 33 o
[email protected].
Decimosexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
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Lecturas De La Semana
Lunes:
Miqueas 6:1-4, 6-8; Salmos 50 (49): 5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mateo
12:38-42
Martes:
Miqueas 7:14-15, 18-20; Salmos 85 (84):2-8; Juan 20:1-2, 11-18
Miércoles: Jeremías 1:1, 4-10; Salmos 71 (70):1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17; Mateo 13:1-9
Jueves:
Jeremías 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Salmos 26 (25):6-7ab, 8-11; Mateo 13:1017
Viernes:
2 Corintios 4:7-15; Salmos 126 (125):1bc-6; Mateo 20:20-28
Sábado:
Jeremías 7:1-11; Salmos 84 (83):3-6a, 8a, 11; Mateo 13:24-30
Domingo: 1 Reyes 3:5, 7-12; Salmos 119 (118):57, 72, 76-77, 127-130;
Romanos 8:28-30; Mateo 13:44-52[44-46]
Decimoquinto Domingo del Tiempo
Ordinario
na del periódico o en la misma media hora
del noticiero y también entrelazados en el
mismo corazón humano. La existencia de
Sabiduría 12:13, 16-19 / Salmo 85:5-6, 9-10, ellos está vinculada con la libertad humana
15-16a / Romanos 8:26-27 /Mateo 13:24-43 así como con el poder del pecado y la maldad en nuestro mundo.
o 13:24-30
Jesús cuenta la parábola con el mismo objetiReflexionemos sobre la Palabra de Dios
vo que el autor de la Sabiduría: Dios ejerce
Nuestra experiencia del mundo es a menudo su poder mitigado con la indulgencia y la
una experiencia de opuestos: verdad y menti- misericordia; la justicia de Dios está equilira, bondad y maldad, belleza y fealdad. To- brada con su amor y su bondad. Nuestro
dos esos opuestos se encuentran en una ínti- deseo de arrancar y destruir la cizaña premama proximidad, a menudo en la misma pági- turamente pudiera destruir el trigo bueno.
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Aunque el Evangelio interpreta esta parábola
con relación a diferentes grupos de la comunidad, podemos también aplicarla al trigo y
la cizaña, el mal y el bien, que se encuentran
en el corazón.
Jesús dice que la presencia activa de Dios en
el mundo es a veces tan pequeña como una
semilla de mostaza y tan frágil como una
pizca de levadura, y sin embargo ambas cosas contienen tal poder que al hacer su función producen crecimiento y expansión.
El reto ante nosotros es ser pacientes con los
demás tal como lo es Dios y cooperar con
Dios para que purifique nuestro propio corazón. La semana pasada Jesús hizo una advertencia acerca de los corazones indolentes;
hoy describe un corazón contaminado, el
bien penetrado por el mal. Pero el poder de
Dios es más fuerte que el poder del mal y de
la muerte. Sé paciente y ábrete siempre a las
obras de la gracia de Dios.
—James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R.
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