February 28 - Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower

BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE
LITTLE FLOWER
Year of Mercy ~ Año de la Misericordia
Third Sunday of Lent
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE
7:30am, 9:00am (Español), 11:00am, 1:00pm,
6:30pm (Español).
(Discalced Carmelite Nuns at 7am)
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Monday ~ Friday:12:00pm & 5:30pm
(Discalced Carmelite Nuns at 7:00am)
Saturday: 8:00am & 5:30pm (Vigil)
(Discalced Carmelite Nuns at 7:00am)
SPECIAL MASSES
Tuesday: 5:30pm Carmelite Community Mass
Thursday:8:30am Little Flower School Mass
1st Friday:5:30pm Mass for the Sick
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Thursday: 6:00pm~7:00pm Holy Hour
Monday ~ Sunday Our St. Elias Chapel is open
for Adoration from 8:00am to 6:00pm
CONFESSIONS~CONFESIONES
Tuesday: 6:00- 7:00pm
Saturday: 4:00- 5:00pm & 7:00- 8:00pm
By appointment, call the parish office.
Spiritual Direction, call the parish office.
BAPTISMS ~ BAUTISMOS
English: Second Sunday of the month
Spanish: Third Sunday of the month
For more information: www.littleflowerbasilica.org
Prayer of Pope Francis for the Jubilee
Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and
have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be
saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money;
the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things;
made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief.
Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power
above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the
world, its Lord risen and glorified.
You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they
may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives
and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus,
through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the
Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
WEDDINGS~ BODAS
At least six months prior to wedding date. View
requirements on website:
www.littleflowerbasilica.org
VISITING THE SICK
Call the parish office.
Little Flower School
905 Kentucky Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78201
Tel. (210) 732-9207 * Fax (210) 732-3214
www.littleflowercatholicschool.org
Parish Staff
Pastor: Fr. Luis Gerardo Belmonte-Luna, O.C.D.
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Marion Bui, O.C.D.
Senior Secretary: Sylvia DeHoyos
Business Manager: Susana Cantu
Book Keeper: Consuelo Salazar
Human Resources: Laura Cole
CCD Director: Rita Beltran
Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Therese Parish
PROGRAM
Friday, March 4th
5:30pm - Mass and Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
7:00pm - Penitential Service
7:30pm - Sacrament of Reconciliation offered thru
Saturday 4 p.m.
8:30pm - Eucharistic Hymns by Little Flower
Adult Choir
10:00pm - Divine Chaplet
**Eucharistic Adoration ALL NIGHT**
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
24 Hours for the Lord
Year of Mercy ~ Año de la Misericordia
March 4th ~5th 2016
The initiative of “24 Hours for the Lord,” to be celebrated on the Friday and Saturday preceding the
Fourth Week of Lent, should be implemented in every
diocese. So many people, including young people, are
returning to the Sacrament of Reconciliation; through
this experience they are rediscovering a path back to
the Lord, living a moment of intense prayer and finding meaning in their lives. Let us place the Sacrament
of Reconciliation at the centre once more in such a way
that it will enable people to touch the grandeur of
God’s mercy with their own hands. For every penitent,
it will be a source of true interior peace.
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La iniciativa “24 horas para el Señor”, de celebrarse
durante el viernes y sábado que anteceden el IV domingo de Cuaresma, se incremente en las Diócesis. Muchas personas están volviendo a acercarse al sacramento de la Reconciliación y entre ellas muchos jóvenes, quienes en una experiencia semejante suelen reencontrar el camino para volver al Señor, para vivir
un momento de intensa oración y redescubrir el sentido de la propia vida. De nuevo ponemos convencidos
en el centro el sacramento de la Reconciliación, porque nos permite experimentar en carne propia la
grandeza de la misericordia. Será para cada penitente fuente de verdadera paz interior.
From the Bulla “Misericordia Vultus”, Pope Francis
Saturday, March 5th
7:30am - Morning Prayer and Office of Readings
8:00am - Sung Mass
10:00am - Divine Chaplet
12:00pm - Holy Rosary
5:00pm - Solemn Vespers and Benediction with the
Blessed Sacrament
5:30 pm - Vigil Mass
Third Sunday of Lent
February 28, 2016
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTRIBUCIONES DOMINICALES
Fr. Luis is requesting that all parish families use one of the
following two methods for your contributions, not only to
receive your annual donation letter, but to help him with
the great responsibility of planning and budgeting the
administration of this your parish.
Envelope System: Our new envelope system consists of
booklets that are mailed to your home on a quarterly basis. These booklets include envelopes for your Sunday contribution and second collections for St. Vincent de Paul and
the Building Maintenance Fund.
Online Giving: We have launched a new and improved
website with Online Giving. With the new Online Giving
system you can safely donate electronically for different
funds including your weekly Sunday contribution at
www.littleflowerbasilica.org
El Padre Luis pide a todas las familias de la parroquia
que usen uno de los dos siguientes sistemas para realizar
sus donaciones, esto será de gran ayuda, no solo para
enviarles la carta de su contribución anual, si no también
para ayudar al Padre Luis con la gran responsabilidad de
solventar los gatos que genera la administración de esta
su parroquia, que es casa de ustedes.
Sistema de Sobres: Nuestro nuevo sistema de sobres consiste de un cuadernillo que se enviara por correo a su domicilio cada tres meses. Este cuadernillo contiene los sobres
correspondientes a cada domingo, así como los de las segundas colectas para San Vicente de Paul y para el Fondo de Mantenimiento de la iglesia.
Donaciones Electrónicas: Hemos cambiado y actualizado
nuestra página web a través de la cual también puede
hacer sus donaciones electrónicamente. Esta es una forma
segura para hacerlo entrando a la página web:
www.littleflowerbasilica.org.
Our Pastor Needs Your Help!
In the last few years, we have been running an average annual deficit of $45,000, resulting in our inabil- ¡Nuestro Párroco Necesita De Su Ayuda!
ity to maintain the basic operating activities and to
En los últimos años, hemos tenido un bajo déficit de
meet our financial obligations to the Archdiocese.
$45,000 cada año, lo que nos inhabilita para cubrir los
gastos básicos y cumplir con nuestras obligaciones financieras con la Arquidiócesis.
Muchas personas creen equivocadamente que porque esta
es una Basílica tenemos mucho dinero. Por el contrario,
precisamente Basílica genera demasiados gastos. La colecta Dominical es el ingreso principal con el que contamos
Below, you will find a “Guideline to Giving”. We ask para el funcionamiento y existencia de esta parroquia. En
el boletín de este domingo, encontrara una “Guía de Doyou to review it and encourage you to consider innación” que le sugerimos. Les pedimos que la revisen y
creasing your regular Sunday contribution.
que conscientemente consideren incrementar su colecta
Remember that your “Sunday Contribution” is not
dominical.
merely to “give charity” it is to share what God has
blessed us with so to place it at the service of others. Recuerden que su “Contribución Dominical,” no es meramente “dar limosna” si no es compartir lo que Dios nos ha
dado para ponerlo al servicio de los demás.
Sometimes people mistakenly think that because we
are a Basilica, we have lots of money. On the contrary, because we are a Basilica, we have many expenses. Your Sunday contribution is the primary income
for the operation and existence of this parish.
Guideline to Giving/ Guía de Donación
Current Weekly
Giving Level
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
7.00
10.00
15.00
Suggested New
Giving Level
2.00 to 3.00
4.00 to 6.00
6.00 to 8.00
7.00 to 9.00
8.00 to 10.00
11.00 to 14.00
14.00 to 17.00
20.00 to 25.00
Current Weekly
Giving Level
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
40.00
45.00
50.00
55.00
60.00
Suggested New
Giving Level
27.00 to 32.00
32.00 to 39.00
37.00 to 44.00
42.00 to 49.00
47.00 to 54.00
52.00 to 59.00
57.00 to 64.00
62.00 to 69.00
67.00 to 74.00
Current Weekly
Giving Level
65.00
70.00
75.00
80.00
85.00
90.00
95.00
100.00
Suggested New
Giving Level
72.00 to 79.00
77.00 to 84.00
82.00 to 89.00
87.00 to 94.00
92.00 to 99.00
97.00 to 104.00
102.00 to 109.00
110.00 to 115.00
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
Pope Francis writes in Misericordiae Vultus—the papal bull that
announced this Jubilee Year of Mercy— that he desires that
Christian people everywhere more deeply reflect on the corporal
and spiritual works of mercy. The pope views this year as an
Parish Lenten Retreat - Retiro Cuaresmal
opportunity to “reawaken our conscience, too often grown dull in
the face of poverty.” He challenges us to “enter more deeply into Saturday, March 12th
8am to 1pm
the heart of the Gospel where the poor have a special experience of God’s mercy.”
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” (Mt 9:13)
Lent is a time to reflect more intentionally on Pope Francis’ invitation. During these 40 days, we examine our own lives in an ongoing effort to “be merciful, just as [the] Father is merciful.” And
CRS Rice Bowl is our tool to do just this. Through CRS Rice Bowl,
we encounter those living in conditions of poverty around the
world, and we have the opportunity to practice the corporal and
spiritual works of mercy through our prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Joan Rosenhauer, Executive Vice President of CRS’ U.S. Make
your Lenten practice this year one of mercy.
 Faith-Sharing: Use this adult faith-sharing resource, Live
Mercy: Feed the Hungry, to inspire reflection on the scope of
global hunger and how we are called to respond in mercy.
 Gospel Reflections: Consider how the Gospel of the Word
each Sunday can inspire you and your community to live
mercy throughout the week.
 Lives of the Saints: Contemplate God’s mercy throughout
our Catholic tradition by reflecting on the Lives of the Saints
who have gone before us.
“Misericordia quiero y no sacrificio.” (Mt 9,13)
Presenters: Fr. Luis Gerardo Belmonte-Luna, O.C.D.
Fr. Marion Bui, O.C.D.
Horarium
8:00am - Bilingual Mass (Procession through the Holy Door)
9:00am - Breakfast (Basilica’s undercroft)
9:30am - 1st Presentation (English & Spanish)
10:15am - Break
10:30am - 2nd Presentation (English & Spanish)
11:15am - Break
11:30am - Eucharistic Adoration
12:00pm - Lunch
Please call the Parish Office to
register 210 ~735 9126 ext.116.
Lenten Meditations on the Parables
of the Mercy of God
By Mr. Ezequiel Machado, O.C.D.S.
Meditaciones Cuaresmales sobre las Parábolas de
la Misericordia de Dios
Por el P. Luis Gerardo Belmonte-Luna, O.C.D.
Friday, March 4th
24 Hours for the Lord (No Presentation)
Friday, March 11th
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37)
Friday, March 18th
The Unforgiving Servant (Mathew 18: 21-35)
Viernes 4 de Marzo
24 Hours for the Lord (No hay presentación)
Viernes 11 de Marzo
Parábola del buen samaritano (Lucas10: 25-37)
Viernes 18 de Marzo
Parábola del siervo malvado (Mateo 18: 21-35)
Trecera Domingo de Cuaresma
28 de febrero del 2016
Scholarship Opportunity
Lent
St. Joseph’s Society and Hope for the Future are offering
16 scholarships to incoming high school freshmen, two for
each of the eight San Antonio Catholic high schools. These
scholarships will be awarded based on grades, class attendance, extracurricular activities, community service,
Church service, family income, and other criteria. Applicant
must register online at http://eepurl.com/bOc3mn before
March 31. Completed applications must be received by
April 15. For more information, visit www.stjosephshall.com/
scholarship/ or call (210)224-8279. The office is open
Monday through Friday from 3:330 pm to 7:00 pm.
Contact: Larry Wedige (210)696-1104
[email protected]
The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are
prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Church asks us to
surrender ourselves to prayer and to the reading of
Scripture, to fasting and to giving alms. The fasting
that all do together on Fridays is but a sign of the daily Lenten discipline of individuals and households: fasting for certain periods of time, fasting from certain
foods, but also fasting from other things and activities.
Likewise, the giving of alms is some effort to share this
world equally– not only through the distribution of
money, but through the sharing of our time and talents.
Prayer of Pope Francis for the Jubilee
Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the
heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you
sees Him.
Show us your face and we will be saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene
from seeking happiness only in
created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and
assured Paradise to the repentant thief.
Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words
that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the
gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God
who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord
risen and glorified.
You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in
weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those
in ignorance and error:
let everyone who approaches them feel sought after,
loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its
anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of
grace from the Lord,
and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring
good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the
oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of
Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the
Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
40 Cans for Lent Food Drive
February 10 thru March 27
There will be containers for you to drop off your
canned goods in the Church foyer
every Sunday.
The following items are recommended for donating:
- Canned tuna/ chicken
- Canned soups
- Canned vegetables/ fruit
- Peanut Butter/ Jelly
- Rice/ Beans/ Pasta/ Spaghetti Sauce
-Noodles (i.e. Macaroni and Cheese, Fideo)
- Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Salt
An Invitation to Serve
Are you looking for ways to experience God? Members of
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul invite you to share in their
ministry of experiencing God in serving people living in
poverty. We see Christ in the poor because Jesus told
us….."whatever you do to the least of my brothers and sisters
you do for me."
Contact Homer Cadena, Society of St.
Vincent de Paul Conference President at
210-736-3883.
Little Flower Enrollments
Little Flower School
Enrolling Now!
Call us at (210)732-9207
Tours are given daily,
come and visit us!
www.littleflowerschool.org
Like us on Facebook.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Therese Parish
Annual Donation Letters
Altar Society News
The regular business meeting of the Altar Society is
planned for Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 9:00 am. The
meeting is held at the Little Flower Parish Pastoral Center,
824 Kentucky Ave.
To show our commitment and support to our parish, members are invited to worship together at the 5:30 pm Mass
on Saturday , February 27. Hope to see you there. New
Church Donation Envelopes
members are always welcomed to join us at the Mass and
Dear parishioners, beginning this year meeting.
2016, the envelopes for your Sunday The Spring Bunco, normally held in February, has been recontribution will be mailed to your
scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016. Details to be pubaddress on file every three months.
lished closer to the date. Please join us for a day of fun
We have only mailed envelopes to
and fundraising!
those who used envelopes in the prior year. If you are
Thank you and God bless you,
registered and are not using envelopes, it is very important Imelda Garcia, Presdient
that you do so. If you would like to begin using envelopes
for your Sunday contribution, please let us know so that we
may begin mailing them to you.
Freaky Clean Express Car Wash Fundraiser
The annual donation letters for the contributions you have
given throughout the course of 2015 have been mailed. If
you have any questions regarding your letter, please contact the Parish Office at (210) 735-9126. Thank you for
your donations! -Fr. Luis
Estimados parroquianos, a partir de este año 2016 los
sobres para su colecta dominical serán enviados a su domicilio cada tres meses. Sola mente hemos enviado los sobres
a las personas que están haciendo uso de ellos. Si usted
esta registrado (a) y no esta hacienda uso de sus sobres es
muy importante que lo haga. Si usted desea hacer uso de
los sobres para su colecta dominical y no tiene, por favor
háganoslo saber para enviárselos.
Freaky Clean Express Car Wash is pleased to continue our
Little Flower Freaky Cleanest $15 car wash package. Each time this package is chosen, Freaky Clean Express Car Wash will donate 20% of the proceeds to the
Little Flower Parish! That's $3.00 donated to the Church
each & every time! Be sure to choose the new Little Flower
Freaky Cleanest car wash package on
your next visit to benefit your car & our
Parish!
1431 Culebra
San Antonio TX 78201
www.FreakyCleanCarWash.com
Father Luis Gerardo Belmonte-Luna OCD,
Pastor of Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower invites you to his 15th anniversary of Religious Profession at
the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City
June 15-20, 2016
6 Days and 5 Nights
$200 to Reserve Your Seat! Limited Seats Available. Reserve Now!
$1,279 per person (double accommodations) Balance due 60 days prior to departure
VISITING: Mexico City, Guanajuato, (Celaya, Guanajuato City, Cerro del Cubilete,
San Miguel de Allende) and Puebla City
Cost includes:
• Roundtrip Air (SAT-Mexico & Mexico- SAT)
• Departure taxes and fuel surcharges
• Local transportation by luxury motor bus
• Five (5) nights hotel accommodations
For Information and Reservations contact:
• Some meals
• Local city tours & entrance fees
• Anniversary “Fiesta” celebration
• Professional bilingual tour guide
Carmen Leija (210-317-5122) and Mary Sarmiento (210-224-5005); [email protected]
Third Sunday of Lent
February 28, 2016
Lectors /Commentators
Second Collection:
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
Church Maintenance Fund
5:30pm Rosemary Saucedo, Brenda Villarreal/ Rosie Rodriguez
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
7:30am Christine Hammes, Rosa Maria Martinez/ Alois Iltis
9:00am (S) Maria Medina, Laura S. Ramirez/ Martha Martinez
11:00am Francis Muzquiz, Randy Christilles/ Dolores Noriega
1:00pm Youth Mass
6:30 pm (S) Anita Parral, Mirna Martinez/ LucyTorres
Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
5:30pm Imelda Garcia & Sylvia Montoya
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
7:30am Annie Cadena & Homer Cadena
9:00 am (S) Mary Berumen, Maribel T. Martinez, Mirna Martinez
11:00am Richard Cantu, Lucy Cantu, Diana Ibarra
1:00pm Cynthia Reyes & Isabel Santos
6:30 pm (S) Alma R. Reyes
Mass Intentions
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
7:30am Jane Bernal– In thanksgiving of God’s healing
9:00am + Guillermo R. Saucedo
11:00am Little Flower Mass Association
1:00pm + Laura, + Val, and + Adrian Estrello
6:30pm For Our Parishoners
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 WEEKDAY [3]
12:00pm Sylvia DeHoyos
5:30pm + Bobby Tom
TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WEEKDAY [3]
12:00pm + Roberto Hodgson and + Ana Luz Velaszuez
5:30pm Sylvia De Hoyos
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 WEEKDAY [3]
12:00pm Sylvia DeHoyos
5:30pm Nora Martinez
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 WEEKDAY [3]
8:30am Little Flower School Mass
12:00pm George & Thelma Menne Family
5:30pm Vocations
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 WEEKDAY [3]
12:00pm + Henry V. Almaguer, Sr.
5:30pm + Ann L. Boyle
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 / FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT [VIGIL]
8:00am For the Spread of Communal First Saturday’s
5:30pm Guajardo Family
March 6th - Catholic Relief Services
Archdiocese second collection
Weekly Collection
February 21, 2016
First Collection:
For the Church
Maintenance Fund:
Candles:
Other:
Total:
$ 7,737.70
$ 1,759.89
$
253.25
$
362.00
$ 10,112.84
Thank you for your support!
Lord, hear our prayers
The following friends and members of
the Parish need your prayers. Please
add these names to your prayer list.
Contact the Parish Office 735-9126 to
have names added to the prayer list.
Pray for the Sick and intentions of…..
Mary Curiel
Ernestina Silva
Kay & Gloria Shaw
Julie Shaw Akins
Maxine Cadena
Sylvia Rodriguez
Erika Huerter
Ken Narendorf
Homer Gaytan
Gary Young
Zachary Casarez
Soledad Contreras
Mario Alfaro
James E. Gillette
Jerry Noriega
Mr. & Mrs. Ng
Hermelinda & Raymond Guadiano
Sue Ruiz
Evangelina Gamboa
Arturo Herrera
Jaime Vega
George Zentella Sr.
Jane Bernal
Gemma Pfeil
Araceli & Jorge
Ortega
Henry Posos
Lucy Phalen
Chad Hammes
Alexis B Cruz &
Family
Cielo Salinas
Sanchez
Christina Polanco &
Baby
Claudia Ramon
Kim Nester-Atiee
John Cortez
Rosa Castillo
Adrianna King
Rosa Maria Garcia
James Barron
Ivon Fuentes
Kristi & Christian &
Salma & Carolina
Hernandez
Maria Antonieta
Calderon
Alvaro Padilla
Maria Sartorio & Fam.
Angela Marie &
Axel Torres
Andrea Vega
Violet Sandoval
Julia & Roland
Sandoval
Roland & Alex
Sandoval
Chevelle Sandoval
Gloria Morales
Jose Corona
Paul
Teresa Rangel
Gloria Rangel
Gloria Ramos
The Cruz Family
Mary Helen
Mendoza
Guillermo Hernandez, Jr.
Guillermo Hernandez, Sr.
Emma Vallejo
Michael Chapa
Olga Silva
Maria Ramos & Fam.
Mary Gonzales
Toni Resendez
Robert Cortez
Jose Alicea
Celina Gonzales
George Tovar
Jesus Hernandez
Betty Hernandez
David Alvarez
Sylvia De Hoyos
Mr. & Mrs. Castillo
Mr. & Mrs. Mireles
Mr. & Mrs. Briseno
Adela Fernandez
Diana Torres
Ortega Family
Julian Searcy
Dora Torres
Beatriz Loya
Roger Acosta
Raymond Quintero