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St. Luke
Catholic Church
2800 Rockwell Drive
Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: 956-541-1480
Fax: 956-542-8043
Website: www.stlukecc.org
There Are No Strangers At St. Luke, Only Friends We Have Yet To Meet!
Parish Staff/
Personal de La Parroquia
Rev. Fernando Gonzalez, Pastor
Rev. Andres E. Gutierrez,
Parochial Vicar
Whether
or whatever
do everything for the
Deacon Javier A. Garcia
Ms. Teresa Cavazos, Secretary
Mrs. Angie S. Chavez, Bookkeeper
Parish Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M.
1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Religious Education Office/
Oficina Religiosa
Mrs. Helen Vargas, DRE
Director of Religious Education
Mr. David Vargas,
Coordinator of Youth Ministries
CCE Office Hours
Horario de Ofieina CCE
Monday to Thursday: 1:30-5:30pm
September - May
Lunes a Jueves: 1:30-5:30pm
Septiembre - Mayo
Telephone/Telefono: 956-541-0184
Website:
www.stlukecc.org/ccehome.htm
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ST. LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
In Memory of Mary Ann Kuzmich
2850 Price Road
Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: 956-544-7982
Fax: 956-544-4874
Website: www.stlukecs.org
Mrs. Anne Serrato, Principal
Mrs. Bernice Alcocer, Secretary
Ms. Carmen Martinez, Bookkeeper
Todo 10 que hagan ustedes, sea comer,
o beber, 0 cualquier otra cosa,
haganlo todo para gloria de Dios.-l
Corintios 1
Mass HourslHorario de Misas
Monday - Friday/Lunes - Viernes
Saturday/Sabado
12:00 P.M. English/Ingles
Thursday/Jueves
(During School Year/
Durante Afio Escolar)
8:30 A.M. English/Ingles
Reconcillatlon/Reconclllaclen
4:00 - 5:00 PM Saturday/Sabado
6:00 P.M. English/Ingles
Sunday/Domingo
8:00 A.M. Spanish/Espafiol
9:30 A.M. English/Ingles
11:00 A.M. English/Ingles
6:00 P.M. Spanish/Espafiol
MASS INTENTIONS
INTENCIONES de la MISA
SATURDAY, February 14, 2015; St. Cyril & St. Methodius
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6:00 pm
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Francisco &
Esther Guerrero
Francisco Trevino Jr. and
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In Thanksgiving:
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Irene C. Trevino
Jorge Zapata
Saint Anthony
on behalf of Alicia C. Garcia
SUNDAY, February 15, 2015;
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am
9:30 am
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t Israel Najera
t Cesario De La Fuente
t Belen Mimbela
t Jose Joel Felix
t Ramiro G. Sosa
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Edelmiro "Eddie" Hernandez
Octavia A. Garza & t Roger Guerra
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t Jerome
&
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MONDAY, February 16, 2015
12 Noon
PRO POPULO
6:00 pm
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t Julie
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Health Blessings:
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In Thanksgiving:
12 Noon
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Luis and
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6:30 am Misa
8:30 am Mass
10:00 am Ash Distribution
12:00 (Noon) Mass
5:00 pm Ash Distribution
7:00 pm Misa
G. Araiza
relaciona can creer en el Espiritu Santo, la Iglesia, la comuni6n de los santos, la resurrecci6n del cuerpo y la vida eterna. En el perd6n de los pecados, el Espiritu Santo manifiesta
su continua presencia y acci6n en la Iglesia y comuni6n de
los santos. Quienes reciben el perd6n de los pecados mediante la celebraci6n del Bautismo a del sacramento de la
Reconciliaci6n,
estan preparados para la resurrecci6n y la
vida etema.
El perd6n de los pecados manifiesta el poder de Cristo,
del Espiritu Santo y de la Iglesia. Los cristianos estamos
llamados al perd6n; perdonando, asi como deseamos ser
perdonados. Perdonando, como Jesucristo.
Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz,
Nuestra Jornada Cuaresmal empieza
Miercoles de Ceniza, 18 de Febrero
Lilia Lopez
Jesus manifiesta su poder mediante el perd6n de los pecados (Marcos 2:1-12). Por medio de la reconciliaci6n con
Dios, Jesus sana a los enfermos, marginalizados y hasta sus
propios enemigos. Este poder de perdonar pecados Jesus mismo 10 encarga a su Iglesia, infundiendo su Espiritu sobre los
primeros discipulos (Juan 20:22-23).
Segun e1 Simbolo (Credo) de los Ap6stoles, los cristianos creemos en el "perd6n de los pecados". Esta creencia se
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Our Lady of San Juan
on behalf of Alicia C. Garcia
Ash Wednesday/Miercoles de Ceniza
Fermina Saenz
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
Ruben Cano Lopez
Mark the beginning of this season and experience the annual ritual of the distribution
of ashes.
Brounes
Bendiciones en su Cumpleanos:
Sacred Heart of Jesus
on behalf of Elena Cuellar
Our Lenten Journey begins
Ash Wednesday, February 18th
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for the Ugalino Family
Ruben S. Garcia Sr.
In Thanksgiving:
Ivan Reyes
Laura Varela Vasquez
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Vasquez
TUESDAY, February 17, 2015
Sierra
11:00 am
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Martha Smith
ST. LUKE CATHOLIC CHURCH
February 15, 2014
Vengan a celebrar el inicio de este tiempo y
a experimentar el rito anual de la distribucion de la ceniza.
THURSDAY, February 19, 2015
12 Noon
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t Jorge Castro; 1st Anniversary
In Thanksgiving: Our Lady of San Juan
on behalf of Alicia C. Garcia
FRIDAY, February 20, 2015
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In Thanksgiving:
Richard Ybanez
Our Lady of San Juan
on behalf of Alicia C. Garcia
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Lent, the Church's annual pre -baptismal retreat, prepares us to gather around the Easter font, renew our baptismal vows, and receive new life from the water as the elect
are plunged into Christ's death and resurrection. This core
meaning is more or less available, depending on whether we
journey with catechumens in the parish and on the vigor of
our liturgical celebration of the Triduum. Some persist in
seeing Lent as a lonely journey in the wilderness; yet this
week we enter the Lenten fast in solidarity with one another.
The smudged foreheads you will spy throughout Ash
Wednesday on buses, street comers, and supermarket aisles
remind you that you are hardly alone in your desire to enact
a spring cleaning regime for your spiritual life.
Long ago, this kind of repentance was available to
Christians only once. Ashes and sackcloth were not raiment
for a day, but permanent habits for public sinners. Fasting
became a way of life, and if they sinned severely again,
there was no hope of restored communion. Happily, this
system did not endure. It produced reluctant Christians who
even held back from baptism, like st. Augustine did, out of
fear. Today we have recovered an ancient tradition that conversion and repentance are constant themes on life's journey, and that Lent is an annual opportunity to revive our
baptismal identity, both as individuals and communities.
Rev. James Field,
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"MERCY MINUTES"
I q[orify Your :Jvlercy
,0 Christ, to the last moment of my life, I
will not stop glorifying Your goodness and
mercy. With every drop of my blood, with
:every beat of my heart, I glorify Your
mercy. I long to be entirely transformed
'into a hymn of Your glory.
Although my misery is great, and my offenses are many, I trust I Your mercy, because You are the God of mercy; and, from time immemorial, it has never been heard of, nor do heaven or earth
remember, that a soul trusting in Your mercy has been
disappointed.
(Diary of St. Faustina 1708, 1730)
These first days of Jesus' ministry present him
preaching, teaching, and healing to bring people to know
that God is near. His message and his deeds bring people
back to full life in the community. By casting out demons
and curing the sick he restores to full humanity those suffering from possession and illness. Today we find Jesus
confronting a condition that must have been even more
excruciating-leprosy.
To be a leper was to be cut off from others in all
ways. You were cast out of the community, isolated,
doomed to live in deserted places, no longer part of the
human family, unable to participate in any social events,
and considered unfit to worship God. It was assumed that
if you had leprosy, you had sinned in some way. Your
life was summed up in the words the Law of Moses told
you to cry out whenever anyone came near, "Unclean,
unclean!"
For Jesus to touch a leper meant that in the eyes
of others he also became unclean and unfit to associate
and worship with others. Even so, when a leper asked for
healing, Jesus was unequivocal in his reply: "I do will it.
Be made clean" (Mark 1:41). It is easy to hear in his response the authority of the Son of God, set on giving
glory to his Father. Yet Jesus, ever respectful of the law,
sent the man to the priest, as commanded in the book of
Leviticus. In Jesus, pity took precedence over the law,
but did not abolish it.
-James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R.
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Join the Eucharistic Apostles of the St. Luke
Divine Mercy Ministry on Tuesday, February
17th, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Rooms 11 &
12 located in the school.
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The Divine Mercy Hospital Ministry meets
every Saturday at 2:45 p.m. at the Valley Regional Hospital Chapel on Alton Gloor Road
to pray for the sick.
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Living God's Word
Jesus, you came to bring us into deeper communion with
the Father and one another. Give us the courage to reach
out, as you did, to those in need of our compassion and
help. Let us not be afraid of the opinions of others when
we see that good can be done. Amen.
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World Library Publications.
All rights reserved.
Join the Saint Luke Divine Mercy Ministry
Sunday, February 15th, in the church at 2:30.
p.m. to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet..
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Time
Sixth Sunday in
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
Gn4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17,
20-21; Mk 8:11-13
Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2,
3ac-4, 3b, 9c-l0; Mk 8:14-21
J12:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17;
2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4,6; Lk 9:22-25
Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19;
Mt 9:14-15
Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32
Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1
Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15
Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
En esos primeros dias de su ministerio Jesus predic6, ensefi6 y cur6 a fin de que la gente l1egue a saber
que Dios estaba cerca. Su mensaje y sus acciones devolvIan completamente a las personas a vivir dentro de la comunidad. Al expulsar 10s demonios y curar a 10s enfermos el restaur6 la humanidad de aquellos poseidos y enfermos. Hoy encontramos a Jesus confrontando una enfermedad que debi6 haber sido aun mas atroz, la lepra.
Ser leproso significaba separaci6n total de los
demas. Te desterraban de la comunidad y tenias que vivir
aislado, y condenado a vivir en lugares desiertos, sin ser
ya parte de la familia humana, sin participar en ningun
evento social y ademas ni siquiera apto para adorar a
Dios. Si tenias la lepra se asumia que habias pecado de
alguna man era. Tu vida se resumia en las palabras que la
ley de Moises decia que tenias que gritar cada vez que
alguien se acercaba: "[Impuro, impuro!"
Si Jesus tocaba a un leproso significaba que,
segun los demas, el tam bien se convertia en impuro y no
apto para relacionarse con otras personas ni poder dar
culto a Dios junto a otros. Aun asi, cuando un leproso
pidi6 que 10 curara, la respuesta de Jesus fue inequivoca:
"Quiero, queda limpio" (Marcos 1:41). Resulta facil escuchar en su respuesta la autoridad del Hij 0 de Dios, preparado a dar gloria a su Padre. No obstante Jesus, muy
respetuoso en cuanto a la ley, envi6 al hombre al sacerdote, tal como se prescribia en el libro del Levitico. Para
Jesus, aunque la compasi6n tenia primacia sobre la ley,
no la abolia.
-James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R.
World Library Publications.
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Todos los derechos reservados.
Vivamos LaPalabra de Dios
Despues de pasar un tiempo a solas Jesus estaba bien
seguro del proposito de su vida. Tambien nosotros
podemos estar mas conscientes
del proposito que
tiene Dios para nosotros si dedicaramos
el tiempo
para escuchar.
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Lunes:
. LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Gn 4:1-1S~ 2S; SalSO (49):1,8,
Martes:
Miercoles:
Jueves:
Viernes:
Sabado:
Domingo:
16bc-17, 20-21; Mc 8: 11-13
On 6:5-8; 7:1-5,10; Sal29 (28):la, 2,
3ac-4, 3b, 9c-lO; Mc 8:14-21
JI2:12-18; Sal51 (50):3-6ab,
12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2;
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Dt 30:15-20; Sall:1-4, 6; Lc 9:22-25
Is 58:1-9a; Sal51 (50):3-6ab, 18-19;
Mt 9:14-15
Is 58:9b-14; Sa186 (85):1-6; Lc 5:27-32
On 9:8-15; Sal25 (24):4-9; 1
Pe 3:18-22; Mc 1:12-15
Registrations are now being taken for the next Sacrament
of Baptism Celebration to be held on
Saturday, March 7th at lOam. Baptism
preparation class will be offered on Sunday, February 22nd.
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Last day to register is Friday, February
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Estamos registrando para los pr6ximas
celebraci6n de bautismos. La clase sera
el domingo 22 de febrero y los bautismos
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seran el sabado 7 de marzo 2015 alas
lOam.
Viernes, 22 de febrero es el ultimo dia de registro.
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COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of
everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to
your purse.
-George Washington
COMPASION Y GENEROSIDAD
Que tu corazon se compadezca de las desgracias y
angustias de todos y que tu mana de en proporcion a
tu riqueza.
-George Washington
Pax Christi
For a world free of nuclear weapons
"Peace" is my farewell to you, my peace is my gift
to you; I do not give it to you as the world gives
peace.
John 14:27
Para un mundo libre de arm as nucleares
La paz les dejo; mi paz les doy. Yo no se las doy a
ustedes como la da el mundo.
Juan 14:27
'OLent 2015
"Lent is the liturgical season of forty days which begins with Ash
Wednesday and ends with the celebration
of the Paschal Mystery
(Easter Triduum). Lent is the primary penitential
season in the
Church's liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the
desert fasting and praying" (Catechism of the Catholic Church).
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After Mass,
decide what you need
to change in your life in
order to truly experience
Iesus' love during Lent.
1
March
Choose someone who
has passed away or
someone who needs
extra help as your Mass
intention
23
Raise the level
of your prayer today
and really think about
the meaning of the
words vou are saving.
2
Pray an extra
Rosary today and every
day this week.
8 Take one idea from 9
today's Gospel reading
or homily to implement
during the coming
week.
15
Laetare Sunday
Celebrate the halfway
point of Lent. Do
something fun after
Mass
22
At the end of
the day, make an
e.xamination of
conscience. Pick one
change to make.
16
Go to a private
room, dose the door,
and pray to your Father
in secret.
23
Look around
your neighborhood
today for signs of new
life.
Get up an extra
15 minu tes early each
day for the next two
weeks and spend that
time in prayer.
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30
Palm Sunday
Place palms around each
image of Jesus in your
home. Welcome the
Messiah into your heart.
Recite the
Profession of Faith or
the Apostle's Creed each
day this week.
24
18
Ash Wednesday
Attend an Ash
Wednesday liturgy and
wear the cross of ashes
all day.
25
Put a cross,
crucifix, or other image
of lesus in each room of
your home to help keep
YOU focused on him.
As an extra
Lenten offering, give up
something you enjoy-just for today.
3
4
Forgive someone
who has hurt you.
10
Look for evidence
of God at work in your
life today.
17
Ask God for a
new grace today that
will bring you closer to
him.
24
Ask Jesus to heal
whatever keeps you
from feeling God's
bountiful love.
11
Deal with anyone
in your life who may
be interfering with your
relationship with God.
18
Resolve to go
the entire day without
judging or criticizing
anyone. Encourage
someone.
25
Call Catholic
Relief Services
(877-HELP-CRS or
www.catholicrelief.org)
to see how you can help.
Make a conscious
effort to see everyone
with loving eyes today.
31
1 April
Notice someone
who may be hungry for
love or attention and
satisfy that hunger.
Forgive an offense
you may have suffered
and let God be the final
judge.
19
Choose
Lenten offerings of
prayer, penance, and
almsgiving.
26
Resolve to say
only positive things
about yourself and
others today.
5
Read the Ten
Commandments
(Exodus 20:1-17) and
resolve to live them.
12
Try to find the
time to read an entire
Gospel at one sitting.
(Hint: St. Mark's Gospel
is the shortest.
19
Pick one way
you can simplify your
lifestyle to make more
room for God.
26
20
Abstain from
eating meat today, and
make your meals truly
peniten tial.
27
Pray for the
people in the world
who can't afford to have
meat as a regular part of
their diets.
6
Share a meatless
meal with friends and
tell them why you are
abstaining.
13
Make a fresh start
on your Lenten journey
today. Renew your
Lenten observances.
20
Figure out how
much money you saved
by abstaining from
meat today and donate
it to the Door box.
27
21
Pick a saint
to learn about and
imitate. Ask for his or
her special help and
protection during Lent.
28
Make a list
of the ways you can
support the poor,
and resolve to do one
activity each week.
7
Visit a nursing
home and read to a
resident, take one for a
walk, or pay someone
some attention.
14
Attend a parish
Reconciliation Service
or go to Confession on
your own.
21
Trim down your
possessions and give
what you don't need to
the poor.
28
Today, pray for
someone you don't like.
Eat a pretzel as a
reminder that Catholics
used to fast from milk,
butter, eggs, cheese,
cream, and meat.
Perform some
act of service for your
parish. Ask at the
rectory for suggestions.
2
Good Friday
Think about a way
Meditate on the
in which you might
Stations of the Cross
have betrayed Jesus. Ask
today. Try to imagine
his pardon.
yourself at the scene of
each one.
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4
Look for someone
who is poor or
homeless and share
your food.
to Cuaresma 2015
Cuaresma son los cuarenta dfas del ano linirgico que comienzan el rvnercoiesj
de Ceniza y terminan con la celeb radon de los tres dias (utridiuum") del
Ceniza
Misterio Pascual 0 Pascua Florida. La Cuaresma es el periodo de penitenda mas
Vaya a la liturgia del
importante del afio liturgico de la Iglesia, este representa los cuarenta dias que
Miercoles de Ceniza y
paso Jesus en el desierto en ayuno y penitenda" (Catecismo de la IgleSia Catolica).
lleve la cruz de ceniza.
22
Despues de
misa decida que cosas
debe apartar de su vida
para sentir realmente Ia
experiencia de Jesus en
la Cuaresma.
1
23
Rece con mayor
intensidad y piense en
el sentido real de las
oradones que dice.
2
Marzo Que
la intencion de su misa
de hoy sea por alguien
que haya falleddo
redenternente 0 que
necesite
Rece un Rosario
mas hoy y todos los dias
de esta semana.
8
9
Tome una idea de
la Iectura del Evangelio
de hoy 0 de la homilla y
llevela a cabo durante la
sernana que entra.
AI terminar el dia
haga un examen de
condenda. Propongase
corregir sus fallas.
24
Coloque una
cruz, un crucifijo u otra
imagen de Iesucristo en
todos los cuanos de su
casa para que 10 ayude a
concentrarse.
3
Perdone a alguien
que le haya hecho dafio.
10
Busque hoy
evidencias de Dios en
su vida.
25
S610 por hoy,
privese de algo que Ie
gusta como ofrenda
adidonal de Cuaresma.
4
Pidale a Iesucristo
que le sane 10 que 10
separa a usted de sentir
el abundante amor de
Dios.
11
Reconozca a quien
pueda estar interfiriendo
en su reladon con Dios.
Prop6ngase tomar
medidas.
15 Domingo Laetare 16 S610, en un cuarto 17 Pidale hoy aDios 18 Prop6ngase
Celebre la mitad de la
Cuaresma. Diviertase
despues de misa.
22
Salga a dar un
paseo y busque senales
de la vida que se
renueva.
29
Coloque rarnos
de palma alrededor
de las imagenes de
Iesucristo en su casa.
iDele la bienvenida al
Mesias en su corazonl
cerrado, rece en secreto a
su Padre.
23
Levantese 15
minutos mas temprano
a partir de hoy y use ese
tiempo para la oradon.
30
Recite la Profesi6n
de la fe 0 el Santo Credo
todos los dias de esta
sernana.
Ia grada nueva que 10
acercara mas a El.
.
24
Llamen a la
organizacion Catholic
Relief Services
(877-HELP-CRS 6
www.catholicrelief.org)
para ver c6mo pueden
31
Busque a alguien
que necesite atenci6n
o carino y satisfaga esa
carencia.
pasar
el dia entero sin juzgar
ni criticar a nadie.
25
Escoja ofrendas
de oradon, sacrifido
y limosna para la
Cuaresma.
26
Prop6ngase hoy
decir 5610 cosas positivas
de usted mismo.
5
Lea los Diez
Mandamientos [Exodo
20:1-17) y renueve sus
votos de cumplirlos.
12
Intente hallar
el tiempo para leer un
Evangelic complete en
Ufla sentada.
19
Haga una lista
de las maneras en que
puede hacer mas sendllo
su estilo de vida para
darle mas cabida aDios.
26
Haga un esfuerzo
condente para ver a su
pr6jimo con carino.
Rece hay por
alguien que no le
agrada.
1
Busque a alguien
pobre a desamparado y
comparta su comida.
Abril Intente
hallar una explicadon
razonable a alguna
ofens a que yea y deje
que Dios sea el ultimo
juez.
2
No coma carne
hoy y haga de sus
comidas un sacrificio
verdadero.
27
Recepor
aquellas personas en el
mundo que no pueden
tener came como pane
normal de sus dietas.
6
Comparta una
comida sin came can
amistades y digales par
que se abstiene.
13
Comience
refrescado su camino de
Cuaresma hoy. Renueve
su observanda de
Cuaresma.
20
Saque cuenta de
cuanto ahorr6 hoy al no
comer came y dele ese
dinero a los pobres.
27
Escoja un santo
para aprender de su
vida e imitar. Pfdale
su protecd6n y ayuda
especial.
28
Haga una lista
de las actividades de
ayuda a los pobres
que usted realiza y
prop6ngase hacer una
sernana.
7
Visite un hogar
de andanos de su
comunidad y leale a un
residente, llevelo a una
caminata 0 prestele su
atendon.
14
Asista a
un servido de
reconciliad6n de su
parroquia 0 vaya a
confesarse nor su cuenta.
21
Deshagase de las
pertenencias que no le
hagan falta y deselas a
los pobres.
28
Coma hoy pan
acimo 0 'pretzels"
para recordar que 105
cat6licos ayunaban
sin leche, mantequilla,
huevos, queso, cremas
ni carnes.
Realice algtln
servicio para su
parroquia. Pregunte en
la casa parroquial c6mo
puede ayudar.
3 Viernes
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**CCE MiddlelHigh Students
9:30am, School
15
** Divine Mercy Chaplet;
2:30 pm in the Church
Every Friday evening at 7:00 pm, the Stations of the Cross will be prayed.
Use this special tradition to experience
with Jesus his final hours.
**R C I A; 4:30pm, School
Mon. February
Tue. February
16
** Cursos de Apologetica
7:00 pm, School Rooms 8, 10, 11 & 12
17
** NO CCE Elementary
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**Divine Mercy Eucharistic Apostles
7:00pm School Rooms 11& 12
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***Loving Outreach/Alcance Amoroso
7:00 pm, Parish Meeting Room
Thurs. February
19
**Legion of Maria;
7:00 pm, Salon de reuniones
ST. LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Cada viernes de Cuaresma se rezara el
Via Crucis en nuestra parroquia alas
7:00 pm.
Utilicemos esta tradici6n para acercarnos a Jesus, nuestro Salvador.
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The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Feast Day: February 17
In 1240 seven noblemen of Florence mutually decided to withdraw
from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of
God. Their initial difficulty was providing for their dependents,
since two were still married and two were widowers.
Their aim was to lead a life of penance and prayer, but they
soon found themselves disturbed by constant visitors from Florence.
They next withdrew to the deserted slopes of Monte Senario.
In 1244, under the direction of St. Peter of Verona, O.P.,
this small group adopted a religious habit similar to the Dominican
habit, choosing to live under the Rule of St. Augustine and adopting the name of the Servants of Mary. The new Order took a form
more like that of the mendicant friars than that of the older monastic Orders.
Members of the community came to the United States from
Austria in 1852 and settled in New York and later in Philadelphia.
The two American provinces developed from the foundation made
by Father Austin Morini in 1870 in Wisconsin.
Community members combined monastic life and active
ministry. In the monastery, they led a life of prayer, work and silence while in the active apostolate they engaged in parochial
work, teaching, preaching and other ministerial activities.
The time in which the seven Servite founders lived is very easily comparable to the situation in which we find ourselves today. It is "the best of times and the worst of times," as Dickens
once wrote. Some, perhaps many, feel called to a countercultural life, even in religion. All of us
are faced in a new and urgent way with the challenge to make our lives decisively centered in
Christ.
"Let all religious
by the integrity
therefore
of their faith,
spread throughout
the whole world the good news of Christ
their love for God and neighbor,
their hope of future glory .... Thus, too, with the prayerful
God's Mother,
their devotion to the Cross and
aid of that most loving Virgin Mary,
'Whose life is a rule of life for all,' religious communities
growth in number, and will yield a richer harvest of fruits
cree on the Renewal of Religious
tite, 25).
will experience a daily
that bring salvation"
(Vatican II, De-
Dear God, we place our worries in your hands. We place our sick parishioners and friends under your care and
humbly ask that you restore your servants to health again. Amen. Ricardo Aguilar, Joel Alanis, Patricia Avila, Felix Campirano,
Guillermo C. Cantu, Laura Cantu, Albert F. Castro, Joyce Champion, Margarita Correa, Anne Coisman, Enrique De La Cruz; Guillermo De Los Santos,
Ruben Delgado, Nancy Delaney, Maria Donnell, Hayden Elfrank, Lou Eymard, Charles Fredieu, Cecilia Garcia, Clemente Garcia, Maggie Garcia, Rachel
Garcia, Roel Garcia, Rosa Garcia, Virginia & Hector Garcia, Ketta Garcia, Yolanda Garcia, Anwar Garza, Claudia Garza, Juan Hector Garza, Juanita de
Jesus Garza, Ma Dolores Garza, Juan Andres Garza, Tom Goforth, Alvaro Gomez, Betty Gomez, Cristiina Gomez, I1iana Gomez, Elsa Gonzaga, Bruno
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