Mother Seton Parish Parish Office Phone: 301-924-3838 plus extension Fax: 301-428-4951 old Cover For 9-7-14 > Office Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mothersetonparish.org In the case of a serious emergency and you are in immediate need of a priest, please call 301-924-3838. Masses WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 5:00 PM (Contemporary Choir); 6:30 PM: (Misa En Español) Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM (Choir), 10:45 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:00 PM WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday through Friday: 6:30 AM Monday through Saturday: 8:00 AM Tuesday evening: 7:00 PM First Fridays: 7:00 PM HOLY DAYS: 7:30 PM (Vigil); 6:30 AM, 8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 7:30 PM (Misa En Español) PENANCE: Saturday: 4:00 to 4:45 PM Tuesday: 6:00 to 6:45 PM 19951 Father Hurley Boulevard • Germantown, Maryland 20874 Rev. Lee Fangmeyer (x208) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pastor Rev. Louis Faust (x221) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Priest Rev. Rommel Padilla (x203) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parochial Vicar Deacon Francis Bendel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCIA (x211) Deacon Stephen Maselko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Altar Servers (x211) Deacon Fidencio Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . .Homebound Home Visits/Spanish Liturgy (x211) Mrs. Dominique Seraphin . . . . .Director of Religious Education, School of Religion 301-444-3495 Mrs. Candida Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary, School of Religion 301-444-3496 Mrs. Jill Brodrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth Minister 240-780-7610 Mrs. Amy Massey (x215) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Music Mrs. Toni Woods (x204) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Concerns Coordinator Ms. Rhina Portillo (x202) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hispanic Ministry Coordinator Mr. Carman L. Gannotti (x205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Ms. Ruth Chavez (x211) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parish Secretary Mrs. Joyce McCarthy (x207). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bulletin Editor School of Religion Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (8:30 AM to 2:30 PM). Offices are located in the Parish Center. Other days, please come to the Parish Office from 9 AM to 5 PM. Adult Initiation Into the Catholic Church Communion Calls Sacrament of Baptism New Parishioners We welcome anyone interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church. Please contact Deacon Francis Bendel, (301) 924-3838, ext. 211. 2nd/4th Sundays of the month, 2:00 PM (English) 1st/3rd Saturdays of the month, 12:00 noon (Spanish) Parents must complete the Baptism Preparation Program prior to scheduling Baptism. Please call the Parish Office for information, 301-924-3838, or call Rhina Portillo (for Spanish) on Tuesdays, 301-924-3838, ext. 202. Sacrament of Marriage Parishioners planning marriage should contact one of the parish priests 6 months before the wedding date. Please call the Parish Office for information, 301-924-3838. Parish School Mary of Nazareth School Grades K-8, shared with six other parishes in upper Montgomery County Mr. Michael Friel, Principal www.maryofnazareth.org • 301-869-0940 Please call the Parish Office to request distribution of Holy Communion to the sick and homebound. Welcome! Please complete the registration form found in the vestibule of the church. Leaving the Parish Please notify the Parish Office before your departure. You will help us reduce mailings. Pastoral Council Fr. Lee Fangmeyer, Chair Amy Tolan, President Financial Council Joe Gomez, Chairman DEADLINE FOR BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: Deadline is 5 days before publication. Please email: [email protected] Mass Intentions for the Week 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Oct. 12, 2014 From the Pastor’s Desk Dear Friends, The other week as someone was coming out of Mass they wanted to know why God lets abortion take place…why he lets the women get pregnant. I was a little stunned but could see and understand the confusion and pain. Why are we able to choose evil? Would it not be better if we just couldn’t do bad things? That maybe we were locked up a bit? Maybe clip the wings of the bird so it won’t fly away? The problem is that we have freedom and we can use it badly. So take away the freedom? Freedom is the most esteemed gift from God to us. In our freedom we are closest to what God is. God wants us to become like Him through this gift of freedom. Freedom means the ability to also say no. That is a tragedy. That is why He sends His Son, so that we would fall in love again and say yes. If He took away our freedom and “made” us love Him, we would be robots. It would not be love. We would not be human. The world is full of evidence of us not choosing God, or love. We have the terrifying ability to inflict all kinds of evil on others. As the Church, we are called to something else: “to live in such a way that…through our lives, our action, our companionship, our projects…that the glory of God may thus appear ever more clearly, through our adherence to Christ that changes our lives, and the life of the world, by transfiguring them”(Guissani, A Movement in the World, p.114). The use of our freedom, to follow Christ and embrace the Cross, we bring about a new reality. This is Respect Life Month and it is also the month of the Holy Rosary. Mary’s freedom reflects the freedom of God and allows God to work in the world to save it. It is her “yes” that changes everything. It is because she has freedom. We too have freedom to say “yes”. It is a power greater than all the “no’s” we see each day. Christ’s “yes” has already conquered the world. We join ours to His to see it manifested more each day. We pray that through this “yes” all life is cherished, accepted and loved. Christ needs us to freely choose Him so that the glory of God may be revealed. Mary used her freedom so that God could redeem the world. In the Rosary, the powerful tool of God’s grace, we ask Our Lady to help us use our freedom to work for God’s plan of the world. That His glory be revealed. This saves the world. God Bless, Fr. Lee Saturday Sunday 8:00 AM Ilustre V. Etrella (d) 5:00 PM Margaret Sartoris (d) 6:30 PM Miguel Guerrero (d) 7:30 AM People of the Parish 9:00 AM 1 0:45 AM 12:30 PM 5:00 PM Monday Tuesday Sodality of Mary Annie Darbeau Miguel & Maria Alfaro (d) Margaret Sartoris (d) 6:30 AM NO 6:30 AM MASS 8:00 AM Byron & Robertina Hosten (d) 6:30 AM All Souls (d) 8:00 AM Carman & Rose Gannotti (d) 7:00 PM Gamal Michael & Ebola Victims and Caregivers Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 6:30 AM Maria Chiem Nguyen (d) 8:00 AM Shirley & Ed Kingsland (d) 6:30 AM Molly Bennett (d) 8:00 AM Rev. Ronald Potts 6:30 AM Jose Jacobo Guzman (d) 8:00 AM Regina Jefferson (d) 8:00 AM Nilsa Maldonado (d) 5:00 PM Margaret & Raymond Shafer (d) 6:30 PM Maria Otero Rosado (d) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray for us Mass & Confession schedules are listed on the bulletin cover. ggggg SPIRITUAL LIFE AND W ORSHIP EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Every Friday, Adoration is held all day in the church from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet. On First Fridays, Adoration is from 8:30 a.m. until 6:45 p.m., followed by Benediction at 6:45 p.m., and Mass is at 7 p.m. in the Church. EUCHARISTIC HOME MINISTRY: Eucharistic Ministers take the Holy Eucharist to the sick or homebound on Sundays. Please call Deacon Fidencio Gonzalez, 301-924-3838, ext. 285. PARENTS PRAYER GROUP: Meets Wed. at 10 a.m. Parents, infants and preschoolers are welcome. HAIL HOLY QUEEN CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: Meets on the first and third Sundays of the month from 6:45-8:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Contact George Kelly, 301-972-0326; prayer requests are welcome. DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET: Recited Mon. and Fri. at 3 p.m. in the church. ONLINE PRAYER NETWORK: Confidential prayer petitions are sent to members of the prayer chain and are prayed for by name for 2 weeks, or longer if requested. Please email: [email protected]. Be sure to write “MSP Prayer Network” in the subject line. GABRIEL NETWORK: Practical advice for pregnant women and their families: 800-264-3565. PROJECT RACHEL: Post abortion counseling and pastoral assistance: 301-982-2008. PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST PRAYER GROUP: Meets every Thurs. night at 9 p.m. in the church. For more information, contact Bridget: 240-552-0835. ggggg Please pray for: Fr. Jim Kosker, Fr. Leonard Hurley and all those for whom we have been asked to pray.* Remember all the dearly departed, family members and parishioners.* * Please N ote : N am e s of parish ion e rs an d fa m ily m e m be rs are ge n e rally om itte d from the Pra ye r In te n tion s in the on lin e ve rsion s of the Pa rish B u lletin o u t o f resp ect fo r o n lin e p riva cy. P lea se see th e p rin te d e dition for listin gs of n am e s. School of Religion Dom inique Seraphin, DRE, redirectorm sp@gm ail.com Candida Silva, Secretary, m spsor@gm ail.com 301-444-3496; 301-444-3495 On Sun, Oct. 26, all Confirmation candidates will be enrolled at the 5 p.m. Mass followed by a social in the PC with the MSP Youth Group. Please support MSP SOR and Youth Ministry by ordering CHEESECAKES for Thanksgiving. This fund raiser runs until Nov. 5. ALL ORDERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH PAYMENT, and ready for pick up Sat., Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. [Flyer / Order Form] We are on Facebook!! “Like” us so that you may have the most up-to-date info on events, activities and announcements. Please search for “Mother Seton School of Religion.” NO SOR ON MON., OCT. 13. CLASSES ARE CANCELLED. Youth Ministry, 240-780-7610 Jill Brodrick, Youth Minister, [email protected] Sun., Oct. 12th: From 6 to 8 p.m. in the PC for dinner & our guest speaker: Janique Stewart, who will be joining us to talk about Chastity and Pro-Life. Overnight camping trip is Fri., Oct. 24, and our Fall Retreat is Nov. 14-16. Please contact Jill Brodrick for more information. [Oct.-Nov 2014 Events Flyer] PARISH CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014: Holiday Basket Sign Up after all Masses 9:00 AM: Children’s Liturgy (McCabe) 1:30 PM: St. Rita’s Society Mtg. (McCabe) 3:00 PM PC: Mid-Point Pro-Life Rally 3:30 PM PC: Young Adult Choir (Church) 4:30 PM: French Prayer Grp. (McCabe) Monday, Oct. 13: HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY! PARISH OFFICES ARE CLOSED/ALL ACTIVITIES CANCELLED Tuesday, Oct. 14: 6:00 PM: Youth Choir (McCabe) 6:00 PM: Young Adult Meeting (Church) 6:30 PM: ESOL (McCabe) 7:00 PM: SP Legion of Mary (McCabe) 7:30 PM: Liturgy Mtg. (McCabe) 7:30 PM: Word & Life Catechesis (McCabe) 8:00 PM: The Way (McCabe) Wednesday, Oct. 15: 10:15 AM: Parents Prayer Group (McCabe) 4:30 PM: SOR (Church) 7:30 PM: Choir Rehearsal (Church) 8:00 PM: Spanish Heritage Cmte. Mtg. (McCabe) Thursday, Oct. 16: 5:00 PM PC: Word & Life Music Practice 6:30 PM: ESOL (McCabe) 6:30 PM: Legion of Mary (McCabe) 6:30 PM: SP Youth Choir (McCabe) 7:00 PM: St. Vincent De Paul (McCabe) 7:15 PM PC: K of C 7:30 PM: Pastoral Familiar (McCabe) Friday, Oct. 17: 10:00 AM: Spirit Club-UCR (McCabe) 10:00 AM: RCIA Adult Catechism (McCabe) 5:00 PM PC: Word & Life 6:00 PM: SP LOM Youth (McCabe) 7:00 PM: SP Eucharistic Ministers (McCabe) Saturday, Oct. 18: 9:00 AM PC: Quilting Angels 3:30 PM: Contemporary Choir (Church) 4:30 PM: SP SOR (PC & McCabe) 7:00 PM PC: The Way Community SPECIAL HEALING MASS: Please join us for a special Healing Mass on Tues., Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. with Fr. Martin Scott. Fr. Scott will celebrate Mass and pray over those who wish. All are welcome. Fr. Scott is originally from the Archdiocese of Washington, most recently St. Martin’s Parish in Gaithersburg. In 2003, he moved to Peru and became founder and superior of a missionary community called Servants of Divine Mercy, whose charism is based on the messages concerning Our Lord’s Divine Mercy given to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. On Tues., Oct. 14, at the 7 p.m. Mass, besides a regular Mass intention, another will be for all Ebola victims, their caregivers, and efforts to end the virus. CONGRAT ULAT IONS! Chris and Dracie Knudsen are the winners of the quilt raffle drawing held during our Parish Picnic. The beautiful quilt called “A Simpler Life” is a farm scene using a pattern called “Warm Wishes”. Hidden in the stitching are several large roosters and other smaller chickens stitched in the blocks. It took members of Mother Seton Quilting Angels 2 weeks to make it. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Volunteers are needed between 12 and 2 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday afternoons to help set up tables and chairs in the McCabe Center for religious education classes. This weekly commitment begins in September and runs through April. If you can help, please contact Candida Silva, SOR, 301444-3496, or email, [email protected]. PARISH SUPPORT Oct. 5, 2014: Offertory $22,656.00 Why not make a change this Fall in the way you support Mother Seton Parish? Sign up with eGiving through Faith Direct, which is the most convenient and secure way for you to make your weekly offering to MSP. Making either one-time or automatic contributions through Faith Direct will also save valuable time for both you and our parish staff. To enroll, please visit FaithDirect’s website: www.faithdirect.net and use our parish code MD424. You can also fill out and mail a FaithDirect enrollment form from the parish office. Peace and Blessings to your family! Fr. Lee FIESTA LATINA!! Is Sat., Oct. 18, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in the Parish Center. We’ll have food, refreshments, music and dance. Tickets will be sold after the 5 and 6:30 p.m. Masses on Oct. 11, and at the 9 a.m. Mass on Oct. 12. Tickets are also on sale in the Parish Office until Wed., Oct. 15 for $20 each/$10 for children 10 years and older. ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO MSP! PARISH OFFICES ARE CLOSED AND ALL ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED MON., OCT. 13, FOR COLUMBUS DAY. A MEMORIAL MASS: A Memorial Mass for all of our deceased parishioners and their family members who have passed in the last year will be held on Tues., Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. If you would like a candle with their name on it at the Mass, please contact Mary Beth DeLuzio, 301-924-3838, ext 204, or [email protected]. BEGINNING SAT., NOV. 1, we will be offering 33 Masses throughout November for our beloved deceased. What better way to honor our loved ones than to have their names on the altar during the whole month for all the Masses? Please stop by the Parish Office with your loved ones names and we’ll place it in the box. Donation envelopes may be found in the basket in the narthex as well as the Parish Office. They’re marked All Souls. CALLING ALL COACHES! Basketball season is around the corner and Mary of Nazareth School needs coaches for grades K-8. Even if you don’t have a child playing you are still eligible to coach or assistant coach a team. There’s lots of openings. All coaches must be cleared through the ADW Child Protection System, VIRTUS. For questions, contact Robyn Rutland, [email protected]. MASS AND FELLOWSHIP for MSP Young Adults: Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism Film Series is being held on Tuesdays evenings at 7 p.m. through Dec. 16 (except Veterans Day). The second episode will be shown Oct. 14th at 7 p.m. in the Parish Center. Join Mother Seton’s Young Adult Group and attend the Sun., Nov. 2nd 10:45 a.m. Mass and lunch afterward at Woodside Deli (13048 Middlebrook Rd.). Meet other young adults ages 21-40. We meet monthly on the 1st Sunday of each month at the 10:45 a.m. Mass. Contact Marie Rossi, [email protected]. MOTHER SETON PARISH HOLIDAY BAZAAR will be held the weekend of Nov. 1 & 2 in the Parish Center. Volunteers and vendors wanted. For more information, contact Sharon Brzostowski at [email protected]. 3RD ANNUAL LORD OF MIRACLES bilingual procession will be held Sun., Oct. 19 beginning at the 12:30 p.m. Mass. A procession after Mass in the parking lot will be followed by a potluck reception in the Parish Center. Please bring your favorite dish to share. The Lord of Miracles is a Peruvian devotion which began in the17th century, based on a miraculous painting of our Blessed Trinity by a black Angolan slave, who received his inspiration from Christ, and numerous miracles are attributed to it. Social Concerns Ministry, 301-924-3838, ext. 204 Toni Woods, Social Concerns Coordinator m sptwoods@aim .com Join others on Monday mornings from 8 to 10 a.m. for a peaceful prayer witness on the sidewalk in front of the Executive Park offices on Wisteria Dr. Please visit: www.PrayForGermantown.com. We are in need of fully licensed medically trained individuals to take and record blood pressures. We will be taking blood pressures after all Masses on the first weekend of every month starting the first weekend in November. If you are able to help, please contact Mary Beth De Luzio at [email protected]. Did you know that we’re two weeks into the 40 Days for Life campaign and there have been 80 babies saved from abortion nationwide! Recently, a young man rode up on a bicycle and stopped to talk to a volunteer on Wisteria Dr. He said that when he and his wife were expecting their third child, they’d seriously discussed the idea of abortion because of family finances. He said that they saw people standing in prayer outside the abortion offices, and that made them think about what they were about to do. Their baby girls is now 1 month old. “You never know what impact you will have. The simple act of standing on the sidewalk and praying for an end to abortion can save a life,” said Andrew Glenn, 40 Days for Life coordinator. Around the Archdiocese QUO VADIS “Come and See” Retreat for high schoolaged young men in grades 11 & 12 who are considering options for college are invited to St. John Paul II Seminary to experience seminary life first-hand. Friday through Sunday, Nov. 7-9, visit www.dcpriest.org or call the Office of Priest Vocations, 202-636-9020, or [email protected]. ANNUAL YOUNG ADULT MASS with Cardinal Wuerl will be held on Sun., Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Cathedral . An after-party concert with Marie Miller will be held at Buffalo Billiards, D.C. To register, go to: DCCatholic.eventbrite.com. ST. MARY’S IN BARNESVILLE 85th Annual Ham and Turkey Dinner will be held Sat., Oct. 25 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. $15 for adults/free for children 10 and under. Craft booth, cake wheel, hay rides, pumpkins and more. SACRED HEART CHURCH IN BUSHWOOD, Md., is sponsoring its annual Fried Oyster, Stuffed Ham, and Turkey dinner and much more on Sun., Oct. 26 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. $25 adults/children 12 and under $6. Sunday, October 12th Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & our guest speaker, Janique Stewart, who will be joining us to talk about Chasity and Pro-Life. Sunday, October 19th Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & Loud & Clear. This Life Night will provide the teens with a foundational understanding of the Gathering Rites of Mass and the Liturgy of the Word. Friday, October 24th Contact me for a registration form & more information. We will leave for our overnight camping trip at 5 pm from Mother Seton return by 12 Noon on Saturday. Cost is $30. Sunday, October 26th Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & a game Dodge Ball. This evening the 8th students are invited to join us! Sunday, November 2nd Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & Cross & Altar. This Life Night will provide the teens with an understanding of the Mass as the one Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Sunday, November 9th Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & The Wedding Feast. This Life Night will explain the Mass at the Wedding Feast of Church & Christ. . Friday, November 14th-16th Registration forms available mid-October. Our Fall Retreat will be at Camp Wabanna in Edgewater, MD. We will leave Friday evening & return by 12 noon on Sunday. Sunday, November 23rd Join us in the Parish Center from 6 to 8 pm for dinner & evening activity & talk about what it means to be homeless & how we can help. Sunday, November 30th No meeting-Happy Thanksgiving For more information about the High School Youth Group and all of our activities Contact Jill Brodrick, at 240-780-7610 or at [email protected] AND Join our Group on Facebook, Mother Seton HS Youth Group Mother Seton Parish Social Concerns 2014 Holiday Basket Program Help bring some holiday joy to a Germantown family in need by providing a traditional holiday dinner! dinner! Sign up to help for Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or both: • Purchase grocery items for a holiday meal from a suggested grocery list. • Deliver the items to a family in need. • You will be assigned a family within the Germantown community to contact and arrange delivery. • Suggested Thanksgiving delivery - weekend of Nov 22/23. • Suggested Christmas delivery - weekend of Dec 20/21. • For Christmas, come to the parish on Sun., Dec. 7, and choose gifts for the children to include with the meal. • Enlist your children to help as an example of giving back to the community. • Hours spent shopping and delivering are approved for Confirmation service hours AND SSL hours! Please complete the form below and return by Nov. 2 using: • Email to [email protected] • Drop the form into the weekend Mass collection basket • Deliver or mail the form to the parish office. Thanks for helping to make the holidays brighter in our community. Keep this portion for your reminder. You will be contacted with details by Social Concerns. Return this portion or include in an email to [email protected]. Name: Phone: Email: I will help for both Thanksgiving and Christmas (the same family will be assigned for both holidays) I will help for Thanksgiving only I will help for Christmas only I prefer to help: A single adult A family of 2-5 A family of 5+ Vigésimo octavo domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 12 octubre 2014 DE NUESTRO PARROCO Queridos feligreses: La semana anterior al salir de misa alguien se preguntaba por qué Dios permite el aborto, porqué permite que las mujeres queden embarazadas. Quedé sorprendido pero entendí y comprendí la confusión y el dolor. Porqué podemos escoger hacer el mal? No sería mejor que no pudiéramos hacer cosas malas? Que talvez estuviéramos un poco limitados? Recortar las plumas de las alas del ave para que no pueda volar? El problema es que tenemos libertad y que la podemos usar mal. Entonces, quitemos la libertad? Evangelio según San Mateo 21, 28 - 32 Comentario de San Agustín de Hipona Revestir el traje de bodas ¿Cuál es el traje de bodas del cual habla el Evangelio? Ciertamente que este traje es una cosa que sólo la poseen los buenos, los que han de participar del festín... ¿Serán los sacramentos? ¿el bautismo? Sin el bautismo nadie llega a Dios, pero algunos reciben el bautismo y no llegan a Dios... ¿Es el altar o lo que se recibe del altar? Pero recibiendo el Cuerpo de Cristo algunos comen y beben su propia condenación. ¿Qué es, pues?, ¿el ayuno? Los malos ayunan también. ¿El frecuentar la Iglesia? Los malos van a la Iglesia como los demás... ¿Qué es, pues, este traje de bodas? El apóstol Pablo nos dice: «El fin de los mandamientos es la caridad que procede de un corazón limpio, de una conciencia recta y de una fe sincera». Éste es el traje de bodas. No se trata de un amor cualquiera, porque a menudo se ven a hombres deshonestos amar a otros..., pero no se ve en ellos esta caridad «que nace de un corazón limpio, de una conciencia recta y de una fe sincera»; pues esta caridad es el traje de bodas. «Ya podría yo hablar las lenguas de los hombres y de los ángeles, dice el apóstol, si no tengo amor, no soy más que un metal que resuena o unos platillos que aturden...Ya podría tener el don de predicción y conocer todos los secretos y todo el saber; podría tener fe como para mover montañas; si no tengo amor no soy nada». Ya podría yo tener todo esto, dice, sin Cristo «No soy nada»... ¿Cuántos bienes son inútiles si un solo bien falta! Si no tengo amor, aunque distribuyera todos mis bienes, confesara a Cristo hasta derramar la sangre por él, de nada me serviría todo ello, puesto que puedo obrar así por amor a la gloria... «Si me falta el amor, no sirve para nada». Éste es el traje de bodas. Examinaos: si lo tenéis, acercaos confiadamente al banquete del Señor. La libertad es el don más estimado que Dios nos da. En nuestra libertad estamos en la condición más cercana a Dios. Dios quiere que nos hagamos como El mediante el don de la libertad. Libertad significa tener la capacidad de decir NO. Eso es una tragedia. Por eso nos envió a su Hijo, para que pudiéramos amarlo nuevamente y podamos decir SI. Si Dios nos quitase nuestra libertad y nos “hiciera” amarlo, seríamos robots. No sería amor. No seríamos humanos. El mundo está lleno de evidencias de que no escogemos a Dios ni al amor. Tenemos esta capacidad horrible de infligir toda clase de perversidades a otros. Como iglesia, estamos llamados a otro objetivo: “vivir de manera que nuestras vidas, nuestros actos, nuestras compañías, nuestros proyectos muestren la gloria de Dios cada vez más claramente, siguiendo al Cristo que cambia nuestras vidas y la vida del mundo, transfigurándolo todo” (Guissani, Movimiento en el mundo, p. 114). El uso de nuestra libertad para seguir a Cristo, para abrazar la cruz, nos presenta una nueva realidad. Este es el mes del Respeto a la Vida y también el mes del santo Rosario. La libertad e María refleja la libertad de Dios y permite que Dios obre en el mundo para salvarlo. Fue el SI que ella dijo que lo cambia todo. Es porque ella tuvo libertad. Nosotros también tenemos la libertad de decir SI. Es un poder mayor que todos los NO que vemos día a día. El SI de Cristo ya conquistó el mundo. Unimos nuestros SI a el de El para para ver sus manifestaciones cada día. Recemos para que mediante este SI se aprecie, acepte y ame cada vida. Cristo quiere que lo escojamos a Él con libertad para que se pueda revelar la gloria de Dios. María usó su libertad para que Dios pudiera redimir al mundo. En el rosario, herramienta poderosa de la gracia de Dios, pedimos a nuestra Señora que nos ayude a usar nuestra libertad para trabajar por el plan de dios en el mundo. Que su gloria se revele. Esto salva al mundo. Que Dios los bendiga Padre Lee INFORMACION GENERAL SANTO DE LA SEMANA SANTA MISA EN ESPAÑOL: sábados a las 6:30 p.m. ADORACION DEL SANTISIMO: Todos los viernes, la Adoración se celebra todo el día en la iglesia desde las 8:30 am hasta las 3 pm, seguido de la Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia. Los primeros viernes, la adoración es de 8:30 am hasta las 6:45 de la tarde, luego la bendición a las 6:45 pm, y la misa a las 7 pm en la Iglesia. VISITA A ENFERMOS: Por favor llame a la parroquia y solicite la visita. Uno de los sacerdotes o un miembro de la parroquia irá a visitarlo. CONFESIONES: Todos los sábados desde 6:00pm hasta la 6:20pm. Para confesarse en otro horario llame a la parroquia y solicite una cita. MATRIMONIOS: Para casarse deben contactar a uno de los sacerdotes seis meses antes de la fecha prevista para la boda. Por favor llame a la oficina parroquial para recibir información detallada al 301-924-3838. BAUTIZOS: Los bautizos se llevan a cabo los 1º y 3º sábado de cada mes, a las 12:00. Los padres deben asistir a un programa de preparación. Por favor llame a la oficina parroquial para recibir información. CATECISMO PARA NIÑOS: Nuestra parroquia ofrece educación religiosa en español para niños, todos los sábados desde 4:45 pm hasta la 6:15 pm durante la época de clases. Cada año, las clases comienzan junto con las clases de las escuelas. MISAS PARA DIFUNTOS: Para pedir que se celebre una misa por un familiar o ser querido, por favor llame a Rhina Portillo al 301-924-3838. Hágalo con anticipación. LEGION DE MARIA: Tenemos dos presidios. Uno se reúne los lunes a las 7 p.m., el otro los martes a la 7 p.m. También hay la legión de niños que se reúne todos los viernes de 6 a 7 p.m. Todas las reuniones se realizan en el sótano de la Iglesia. GRUPO DE ORACION CARISMATICO: Todos los viernes desde la 7 p.m. en el Centro Parroquial. Desea información? Desea participar? Por favor llame a Bethy al 301-916-6351. PASTORAL FAMILIAR: Conozca y refuerce su fe católica y complemente la educación del catecismo de sus hijos. Todos los adultos pueden asistir. El horario es igual al catecismo para niños. PREPARACIÓN PARA BAUTISMO. Walter Montes, Sábado 25 de octubre de 2 a 4 pm. Si necesita más información, llame a la oficina parroquial. Santa Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán no dejó nada escrito. Siempre quiso permanecer oculta ante los ojos del mundo. Dedicaba ocho horas diarias a la oración. La acompañaban el silencio, la soledad, el trabajo y el sacrificio. El próximo 12 de octubre será canonizada esta laica consagrada ecuatoriana. "No obstante la pobreza de las informaciones que todo biógrafo lamenta, la riqueza espiritual (...) es tan grande que resplandece a través de lo poco que sabemos de ella", asegura Pagoli G Papasgoli, en el libro "Riscatto di un popolo" (Rescate de un pueblo). Como laica hizo sus votos de virginidad perpetua, pobreza y obediencia a la Iglesia. Se sentía llamada a permanecer en el mundo para ser fermento de bien. Dedicaba ocho horas diarias a la oración. También practicaba actos de penitencia para unirse más a la cruz del Señor. Nació en un pueblo llamado Nobol de la diócesis de Guayaquil, Ecuador. Sus padres eran agricultores y fue la sexta de nueve hijos. Su madre murió cuando era pequeña. Era de carácter dulce. Aficionada a la costura, al servicio doméstico, también al canto y la guitarra. La búsqueda de una dirección espiritual la llevó a trasladarse a Guayaquil cuando tenía unos 20 años donde llevaba una vida pobre y se alojaba en lugares sencillos. Quiso seguir el ejemplo de la vida de la santa también ecuatoriana Marianita de Jesús (1618 - 1645). Sus biógrafos las consideran como almas gemelas. "El punto de unión es la entrega total que ellas hacen a Cristo y al prójimo. Narcisa igualmente sigue el estado de vida laical como Mariana, además sigue la espiritualidad de oblación y sacrificio tomando por modelo a Mariana en reparación por los pecados de los compatriotas". En Guayaquil conoció al sacerdote franciscano Fray Pedro Gual que residía en Lima. Narcisa se encontraba sin director y él comenzó a ayudarle espiritual y materialmente y por ello le pidió que se trasladara a Lima donde se estableció en el Beaterio del Patrocinio. 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