December 27, 2015 Holy Cross San Luis St. Ann
Saturday/Sunday $2,752.27 $ 343.22 $ 15.00 Christmas $4,802.00 $ 439.00 $ 35.00 Next week second collection: Cemetery Fund
Saturday, Jan 2: Saint Basil the Great 5 PM Holy Cross –Carrol J. Bruns (D) Sunday, Jan 3: The Epiphany of the Lord 8 AM San Luis – Victoria and Jerome Respondek, Alton Gwosdz (D) 9:30 AM Holy Cross – Frank Sturm (D)
Monday, Jan 4: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | NO MASS Tuesday, Jan 5: St. John Neumann 8 AM Chapel– Lucia Schneider (D) Wednesday, Jan 6: St. Andre Bessette 8 AM Chapel– John & Elizabeth Pokluda (D) Thursday, Jan 7: St. Raymond of Penafort 5 PM Chapel – John & Aggie Jendrzey, Joe & Clara Broll (D)
Friday, Jan 8: - Christmas Weekday 10 AM Yktn Manor – Antonio R. and Antonia Garcia (D)
Saturday, Jan 9: Christmas Weekday 5 PM Holy Cross –Gayle Jendrzey (D) Sunday, Jan 10: The Baptism of the Lord 8 AM San Luis – Maria Asencion Rodriguez, Alberto Salazar (D) 9:30 AM Holy Cross–Deceased members-Holy Cross, San Luis, St. Ann
Please remember in your prayers the souls of all who passed away last week, “Eternal rest grant unto them Lord & let perpetual light shine upon them”
Also pray for physical and spiritual healing of: Fr. Dan Morales, Fr. Frank Lenz, Braden Brown, Mary Helen Villarreal, Robert Sierra, Henry Vargas, Robert Zaiontz, Melvin Sinast, Lottie Wojtasczyk, Melvin Gallegos, Maurice & Elaine Shenkir, Mary Helen Miller, Hedwig Jendry, Raul Salinas, Sr., Arturo Salinas, Elena Garcia, Lola Amador, Lambert Styra, Roger Pena, Richard Guzy, Robert Migura, Carolyn Buske, Susan Villarreal, Damien Fanelli, Janie Salinas, Theresa Stratmann Bowles, Gloria Sanford, A.J. Wolpman, Robert Muschalek, Courtney Soliz, Raul Garcia, E.J. Biemer, Henry Amador, Augustin Serrano, Ortencia Serrano, Kathy Banda, Angela Hahn, Irene Boerm, Billy Barrier, David Moczygemba, Michelle Binz Enterline, Linda Torres, Grady Glover, Mary Muniz, Carolyn Mueller, Irene Mungia, Mary Lou Vela, Anita Adams, Peter Waggoner, Emma Garcia, Duffy Duffield, Debbie Rios, Doris Boldt, Larry Mueller, Dustin Martin, Jessie Gutierrez, Edmond Plasczyk.
Reminder: if you have listed someone on the Prayer List and they are doing better, please call the office to remove them from this list. Thank you
Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. — Isaiah 60:1
Schedule for the Jubilee Year of Mercy:
(more items will be added later)
• March 3-4, 2016 - 24 Hours of Mercy, Sacrament of Penance available for 24 hours in designated churches throughout the Diocese • May 13, 2016 - Invitation to join in the Consecration to Jesus through Mary on the 99th anniversary of the first apparition of Fatima • November 10-12, 2016 Healing of the Family Retreat, Holy Family Church, Victoria.
In addition to the dates listed above, the following places of pilgrimage for the Holy Year of Mercy have been designated:
Holy Cross, Bay City; Holy Cross, East Bernard;
Holy Cross, Yorktown; and Raphael’s Refuge, Flatonia.
Prayers from Bishop Brendan:
“Create in me a clean heart, Oh God” …..Sometimes people may feel powerless to forgive a past wound. “As we pray for a clean heart I pray as the united Body of Christ we can be an instrument of healing and hope for each person we encounter.”
Bishop Brendan also encourages devotion and prayer to Father Charles Kram, Jr., an inspirational example of the power of holiness shining through personal suffering.
http://www.victoriadiocese.org/documents/2015/12/December%20Issue%202015.pdf
Saturday, January 9 5:00 PM Holy Cross Lector: Christy Lemke Eucharistic Minister Ben Parma Altar Servers: Annie Ochoa, Matthew Ortiz
Sunday, January 10 8:00 AM San Luis Lector: Yvonne Torres Eucharistic Minister: Minga Rios Altar Servers: Jerry Alvarez
Sunday, January 10 9:30 AM Holy Cross Lector: Lorene Migura Eucharistic Ministers: Blaine & Dena Denbo, Robert Jaramillo Altar Servers: Jerome Gwosdz, Michael Salas
IF YOU CANNOT SERVE, PLEASE FIND A REPLACEMENT
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JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY
MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
WED & THURS- JAN 6-7 Holy Cross Reconciliation - Noon to 1 PM
SUNDAY- Jan 10th Holy Cross 10:30
Chaplet of Divine Mercy Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus has cases of frozen hamburger patties for sale. $40 a case. 40 patties to a case. Contact Stephen Gowens 361-564-2977 or Mike Yeretsky 361-564-9663 Catholic Daughters’ State Memorial Scholarship Applications are now available at the parish office. Applications must be mailed by Jan 30th. Call Cindy DuBose with questions at 361-649-2932. Contribution Envelopes are located in the back of the church. If you don’t see one for your family and would like to have envelopes, contact the parish office. Let the office know if your address has changed.
Happy New Year!
Classes resume on Wed 1/6
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Holy Family Victoria Men's ACTS Retreat
The next Men's ACTS Retreat is January the 21st thru the 24th. Forms are available at the Holy
Cross Office
Spiritual Renewal Center is pleased to offer a preventive
health event. Life Line Screening, a leading provider of
community-based preventive health screenings, will host
their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings
on January 27, 2016. Five screenings will be offered that
scan for potential health problems related to: blocked
arteries which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic
aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of
the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of heart
disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is
closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for
men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis.
Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular
tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with our
member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes
to complete. In order to register for this event and to
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LITTLE MINUTES Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land; so the little minutes, humble though they be, make the mighty ages of eternity. —Julia A. Fletcher Carney
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LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACES ~ ~ ~ “Appearances can be deceiving,” as the saying goes. As we celebrate the epiphania, the “appearing” of the eternal Word of God on earth, this is still true. What rapturous foresight must have filled Isaiah as he wrote the words we hear today. How, for four hundred years, they must have filled the hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day when God’s glory would shine on them. How deceived some must have felt when the glory of God came to them in the lowliest and humblest of human lives. We have many expectations about how the divine presence will appear among us. But we can also set ourselves up, through these expectations, to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It may take a persistent journey for us to come upon the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Jesus Christ.
Reading 1 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The Lord shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6).
Psalm Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72).
Reading 2 The mystery has been made known that the Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6).
Gospel Magi from the east arrived, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:1-12).
Reading I The man said, “This one is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called ‘woman’” (Genisis 2:18-24). Psalm May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives (Psalm 128). Reading II He who consecrates and those who are being
Holy Cross Catholic Church and the Missions of San Luis and St. Ann
1214 Zorn Road Yorktown, TX 78164 361-564-2893 361- 564-9315|fax
holycrossyorktown.net [email protected]
Reverend Roger Hawes, Pastor [email protected]
M-F 8:30-noon & 1-3:30 pm
Sacrament of RECONCILATION on Saturday 4:00 pm until Mass time or by appointment.
Special services held during Advent and Lent
Please contact the office to prepare for Sacraments as children or adults.
St. Michael’s Catholic School
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361-277-3854 www.stmichaels-cuero.org
Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 — 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a;
Mt 4:12-17, 23-25
Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44
Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52
Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 — 5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a
Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16
Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30
Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 29:1-4,
3, 9-10 or Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30;
Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7;
Lk 3:15-16, 21-22
Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
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Jubilee Year of Mercy December 8 - November 22
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“20 + C + M + B + 16.”
The letters C M B stand for Christus Mansionem Benedicat, Latin for “May Christ bless this house.” The letters also point to the names that tradition has assigned to the mysterious magi, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—although scripture tells us nothing of their number, their country, or their names.