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Church of the Nativity, Burke Virginia Most Holy Trinity Sunday June 7, 2020 The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us- Romans 5:5 My dear parishioners, Today we celebrate the feast day of God…… Trinity Sunday. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the most central mystery of our faith. We are told that the great St. Augustine was once walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Trinity. He came upon a child filling a hole with bucket after bucket of water from the ocean. You cant empty the whole ocean into that hole,the saint laughed. Looking at the learned Augustine, the child replied, And neither can you ever, completely understand the mystery of the Trinity.Todays feast is an invitation to reflect on the most central mystery of our faith—that God is THREE—and One. Three equal persons, one God. Even if St. Augustine couldnt exhaust the mystery in thousands of words, God has revealed Himself to us as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. God is a community of persons united in love. That also is what a marriage is, and a family is, and a parish is. Because we are made in Gods image and likeness, we reflect the triuine nature of God in our self giving relationships of love united in Christ. Perhaps we can allow our Sunday Gospel to instruct us. Jesus tells us that the Holy Spirit will teach us what we need to know. Jesus and the Father will remain present to us through the working of the Holy Spirit. This is a great consolation and joy. Let us live in Gods love. Congratulations to our Elect and Candidates who today become full members of the church through Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Communion. God is happy and delights in your faith and love. We are Gods people.Rejoice and be glad. Love and Blessings, Fr. Bob Cilinski Pastor A Message from our Pastor Fr. Bob Cilinski We Are All Called to Serve Nativity parish stands in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable both locally and globally. During the Covid-19 global pandemic, Nativity continues to look for ways to serve our brothers and sisters. Our former pastor, Fr. Martin, would always say, We are generous to the poor across the street and around the world.For more information about ways you can help please visit: https://nativityburke.org/service-during-covid19/ Seminarian Deacon Assigned to Nativity This summer, Jonathan Smith has been assigned to Nativity to serve in our parish. Jonathan will be ordained a Deacon on Saturday, June 13 and a Priest next summer. He is studying at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. The summer assignment for Jonathan will begin on Monday, June 8, 2020 and end on August 8, 2020. We are so happy to have him with us this summer. Please join me in welcoming him in prayerful support for vocations to the priesthood. Fr. Bob Cilinski God so loved the world, He gave His only Son.How can you give yourself to God the Father in a response to that love? Could God be calling you to live His love as a priest or in the consecrated life? Contact Father Michael Isenberg, (703) 841-2514, or [email protected].
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Church of the Nativity, Burke Virginia Most Holy Trinity Sunday June 7, 2020

“ The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through

the Holy Spirit that has been given to us” - Romans 5:5

My dear parishioners, Today we celebrate the feast day of God…… Trinity Sunday. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the most central mystery of our faith. We are told that the great St. Augustine was once walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Trinity. He came upon a child filling a hole with bucket after bucket of water from the ocean. “You can’t empty the whole ocean into that hole,” the saint laughed. Looking at the learned Augustine, the child replied, “And neither can you ever, completely understand the mystery of the Trinity.” Today’s feast is an invitation to reflect on the most central mystery of our faith—that God is THREE—and One. Three equal persons, one God. Even if St. Augustine couldn’t exhaust the mystery in thousands of words, God has revealed Himself to us as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. God is a community of persons united in love. That also is what a marriage is, and a family is, and a parish is. Because we are made in God’s image and likeness, we reflect the triuine nature of God in our self giving relationships of love united in Christ. Perhaps we can allow our Sunday Gospel to instruct us. Jesus tells us that the Holy Spirit will teach us what we need to know. Jesus and the Father will remain present to us through the working of the Holy Spirit. This is a great consolation and joy. Let us live in God’s love. Congratulations to our Elect and Candidates who today become full members of the church through Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Communion. God is happy and delights in your faith and love. “We are God’s people.” Rejoice and be glad. Love and Blessings,

Fr. Bob Cilinski Pastor

A Message from our Pastor Fr. Bob Cilinski

We Are All Called to Serve Nativity parish stands in solidarity with the poor and

vulnerable both locally and globally. During the Covid-19 global pandemic, Nativity continues to look for ways to serve our brothers and sisters. Our former pastor, Fr. Martin, would

always say, “We are generous to the poor across the street and around the world.”

For more information about ways you can help please visit: https://nativityburke.org/service-during-covid19/

Seminarian Deacon Assigned to Nativity

This summer, Jonathan Smith has been assigned to Nativity to serve in our parish. Jonathan will be ordained a Deacon on Saturday, June 13 and a Priest next summer. He is studying at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.

The summer assignment for Jonathan will begin on Monday, June 8, 2020 and end on August 8, 2020. We are so happy to have him with us this summer. Please join me in welcoming him in prayerful support for vocations to the priesthood.

Fr. Bob Cilinski

“God so loved the world, He gave His only Son.” How can you give yourself to God the Father in a response to

that love? Could God be calling you to live His love as a priest or in the consecrated life? Contact Father Michael Isenberg, (703) 841-2514, or [email protected].

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Church of the Nativity, Burke Virginia Most Holy Trinity Sunday June 7, 2020

TWO WORDS: “THE YARD SALE HAS BEEN CANCELED!”

Nativity’s Annual Yard Sale for Charity sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Father Vincent S. Sikora Council 7992, scheduled for June 20, 2020, has been canceled due to current pandemic public gathering constraints and their social distanc-ing requirements. Thank you for your support of the Nativity Yard Sale which has been sincerely appreciated. Please continue your prayers for all who have been affected by this virus in our country and worldwide. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy.

NEED TO TALK? Catholic Charities provides quality mental health services & counselors grounded in a Catholic understanding of the human person. During the COVID-19 pandemic “Nativity’s Counselor” Ms. Marguerite Turner, MS, LPC is still counseling clients via secure video conferencing and is available to talk with any parishioners who may be struggling. through a HIPAA compliant website. Please contact Marguerite at 703-772-4751 or [email protected] to set up an appointment.

Corpus Christi Procession June 14, 2020

Even though the world is shrouded with fear, we are proud to step out and bring the Lord of Life into that world in order to scatter the darkness.

• The Procession will begin after the 11:00am Mass on the 14th, NOT after 12:45pm Mass (due to the adjusted Phase 1 schedule)

• Because of our new health protocol, the Procession will begin 10 minutes after Mass has concluded in the church, to allow people after Mass to exit

• Those who attend the Procession, but not Mass, can join the Procession at the front doors of the Church, thereby elimination the need to enter the Church before it has been sanitized

• We will follow a shortened procession route, concluding at the front doors of the Church (eliminating the need to re-enter the Church)

• All materials for the prayers during the procession will be digitized

• We encourage people to bring their own water

The communities/altars will be as follows: Altar #1 in the grassy knoll in front of the Church (near the St. Francis statue) - the Filipino Community Altar #2 in the grass on the side of the Church - the Vietnam-ese Community Altar #3 in the grass on the side of the Church- the Lebanese/Arabic Community Altar #4 in the Marian Grotto - the Hispanic Community

A FATHER’S DAY NOVENA OF MASSES

Will be said during the month of June for all Fathers, living and deceased. Spiritual Bouquet cards are available at the Church

entrance, the Parish office or our webpage: nativityburke.org. Their names will be placed on the alter during the month of June.

The Novena of Masses will begin:

Sunday, June 21st 9:00 AM Sunday, June 21st 11:00 AM Sunday, June 21st 5:30 PM Monday, June 22nd 7:30 AM Tuesday, June 23rd 12:00 PM Wednesday, June 24th 10:00 AM (HW) Thursday June 25th 7:30 AM Saturday, June 27th 9:00 AM Saturday, June 27th 5:00 PM

You are invited to register for our Virtual Theology on Tap! Speaker: Fr. John Baptist Hoang, O.P.

Topic: "Life After Face Masks" When: Monday, June 8 | 7:00 - 8:15 pm

Description: As we begin the reintegration phases into "normal life" from the COVID-19 pandemic, will we ever live life the same way as before? Fr. John Baptist thinks we never will, but that is the beauty of journeying into something new. We are always searching

for that next new thing in life: a new city, a new job, a new relationship, a new heart. So, let us accept this truth: "the old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (2 Cor. 5:17).

ECHO NEWS

The people of Fairfax County turned out in droves to contribute food during Stuff the Bus. ECHO received 11,000 pounds, a big boost to our quickly-depleting pantry. Our volunteers are grateful for every can and box and jar! At our current rate of distribution, ECHO will give out around 11,000 pounds of supplies in only ten days! ECHO continues to need donations of every kind of food and hygiene item. We espe-cially need canned fruit, canned tomato products, canned meats, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies, but all new, unopened foods and personal supplies are welcome and appreciated, though giant sizes are difficult to use. ECHO is still unable to accept donations of clothing or household goods at this time. We are only, accepting food and financial donations. ECHO is currently closed on Wednesday evenings, but is open to receive donations on weekdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm, and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

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“There is an everyday heroism, made up of gestures of sharing, big or small, which build up an authentic

Culture of Life… Part of this daily heroism is also the silent but effective and eloquent witness of all those

‘brave mothers who devote themselves to their own family without reserve, who suffer in giving birth to their children and who are

ready to make any effort, to face any sacrifice, in order to pass on to them the best of themselves’… We thank you, heroic mothers, for

your invincible love! We thank you for your intrepid trust in God and in his love. We thank you for the sacrifice of your life”

(The Gospel of Life 86), Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium vitae. © 1995 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

The GABRIEL PROJECT supports women who are facing a crisis pregnancy and need help. Contact 1-866-444-3553 or

[email protected]. You are not alone! (Gabriel Project is a crisis pregnancy program open to all and

sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.)

MASS INTENTIONS

"We are God's People" 1 Peter 2:10

Monday, June 8 7:30am † Dahye Lee

Tuesday, June 9 7:30am † James Lee Grace Lee 12:00pm † Antonio Arambulo

Wednesday, June 10 7:30am † Cathleen Conway Del Polito 9:00am † Juliana Honis

Thursday, June 11

7:30am † Nancy C. Ressler 12:00pm † John Anthony Casazza

Friday, June 12 7:30am † Mariangela Vitello (School) 9:00am † Fermina Empeno

Saturday, June 13 9:00am Parishioners

5:00pm † Marshall Levitan 7:30pm † Helen Peck

Sunday, June 14 7:30am † Mariangela Vitello † Visitacion Hermosilla 11:00am † Jospeh Thanh Nguyen † Dominic & Maria Dulisse 5:30pm † Tomas Urbas

The priest schedule for Masses is found on our webpage: www.nativityburke.org

In prayer, let us remember the sick and deceased of the parish.

Diocesan Ordinations

All are welcome to view the beauty and transcendence of our diocesan ordination ceremonies this year. These events are closed to the public this year due to COVID-19 occupancy

restrictions, but they will be live streamed. On June 13 Bishop Burbidge will ordain Jonathan Robert Fioramonti, John Paul Joseph Heisler, Jonathan Michael Smith and Joseph Bayne Townsend to the transitional diaconate. The event will take place at 11:00am. Tune in to www.ArlingtonDiocese.org

for the latest information.

Congratulations to all our Clergy on their Anniversaries of Ordination being

celebrated this year:

June 8 Deacon Richard Kelly 18 years June 8 Fr. Christopher Hayes 7 years June 10 Fr. Stephen Vaccaro 3 years September 16 Fr. Cedric Wilson 42 years

Associates of St. John Bosco College Night

Attention Class of 2020: The Associates of St. John Bosco invites rising college freshmen to attend a College Night at one of the

following parishes: St. Mark - Vienna: July 9, St. Mary - Alexandria: July 22, St. Mary - Fredericksburg: July 29

College Nights are free to all students and provide resources and support for keeping your Catholic faith when entering college this fall. Catholic student representatives from George Mason, UVA, the University of Mary Washington, William & Mary, Virginia

Tech, and other private and public schools will be on hand to share their experiences of being a Catholic college student.

This is an excellent opportunity to network with other Catholic students and to receive resources for the transition to college only a few months away. The Nights begin at 7:00 PM, and students are

encouraged to wear their college t-shirt to the event! To register for one of the College Nights and for additional information, visit our

website at www.asjb.org.

Registration is limited to 50 students per night. ** Our College Nights will be held according to all Virginia Covid-19 Guidelines

for social distancing and group size.

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nativityschool.org

NATIVITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL A Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

Parking Lot Parade Honors Eighth Grade Graduates During Pandemic In a time-honored tradition, our Eighth Grade graduates took another step toward their high school careers as part of Nativity’s Parade of Honor. Normally, this parade -- composed of a caravan of festively decorated cars filled with rising high school freshmen -- begins in school. In non-pandemic years, students from First through Seventh Grades usually line the hallways all the way to the gym doors, emptying into the back parking lot. Our Eighth Graders run, skip, and dance to the music, winding through a supportive human gauntlet -- landing high fives, gifting balloons, and singing -- till they tumble out the gym door and into festooned cars. Proud moms and dads, ready to begin the parade once seat belts are fas-tened, blow car horns amid resounding student cheers.

Nativity Class of 2020 -- Congratulations! We Celebrate You! However, in the middle of a worldwide pandemic -- without our younger students -- we had to go straight to the joyful noise of the caravan. Take a look at the fun we had ~~

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Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad Juan 3, 16-18: La Trinidad, escuela de relación Autor: P. Raniero Cantalamessa, ofmcap Sitio Web: P. Raniero Cantalamessa, ofmcap Éxodo 34, 4b-6.8-9; 2 Corintios 13, 11-13; Juan 3, 16-18 La Trinidad, escuela de relación ¿Por qué los cristianos creen en la Trinidad? ¿No es ya bastante difícil creer que existe Dios como para añadirnos el enigma de que es «uno y trino»? A diario aparece quien no estaría a disgusto con dejar aparte la Trinidad, también para poder así dialogar mejor con judíos y musulmanes que profesan la fe en un Dios rígidamente único. La respuesta es que los cristianos creen que Dios es trino ¡porque creen que Dios es amor! Si Dios es amor debe amar a alguien. No existe un amor al vacío, sin dirigirlo a nadie. Nos interrogamos: ¿a quién ama Dios para ser definido amor? Una primera respuesta podría ser: ¡ama a los hombres! Pero los hombres existen desde hace algunos millones de años, no más. Entonces, antes, ¿a quién amaba Dios? No puede haber em-pezado a ser amor desde cierto momento, porque Dios no puede cambiar. Segunda respuesta: antes de entonces amaba el cosmos, el universo. Pero el universo existe desde hace algunos miles de millones de años. Antes de entonces, ¿a quién amaba Dios para poderse definir amor? No podemos decir: se amaba a sí mismo, porque amarse a uno mismo no es amor, sino egoísmo, o como dicen los psicólogos, narcisismo. He aquí la respuesta de la revelación cristiana. Dios es amor en sí mismo, antes del tiempo, porque desde siempre tiene en sí mismo un Hijo, el Verbo, a quien ama con amor infinito, que es el Espíritu Santo. En todo amor hay siempre tres realidades o sujetos: uno que ama, uno que es amado y el amor que les une. Allí donde Dios es concebido como poder absoluto, no existe necesidad de más personas, porque el poder puede ejercerlo uno solo; no así si Dios es concebido como amor absoluto. La teología se ha servido del término naturaleza, o sustancia, para indicar en Dios la unidad, y del término persona para indicar la distinción. Por esto decimos que nuestro Dios es un Dios único en tres personas. La doctrina cristiana de la Trinidad no es un retroceso, un pacto entre monoteísmo y politeísmo. Al contrario: es un paso adelante que sólo el propio Dios podía hacer que lo diera la mente humana. La contemplación de la Trinidad puede tener un precioso impacto en nuestra vida humana. Es un misterio de relación. Las personas divinas son definidas por la teología «relaciones subsistentes». Significa que las personas divinas no tienen relaciones, sino que son relaciones. Los seres humanos tenemos relaciones -entre padre e hijo, entre esposa y esposo, etcétera--, pero no nos agotamos en esas relaciones; existimos también fuera y sin ellas. No así el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo. La felicidad y la infelicidad en la tierra dependen en gran medida, lo sabemos, de la calidad de nuestras rel-aciones. La Trinidad nos revela el secreto para tener relaciones bellas. Lo que hace bella, libre y gratificante una relación es el amor en sus diferentes expresiones. Aquí se ve cuán importante es que se contemple a Dios ante todo como amor, no como poder: el amor dona, el poder domina. Lo que envenena una relación es querer dominar al otro, poseerle, instrumentalizarlo, en vez de acogerle y entregarse. Debo añadir una observación importante. ¡El Dios cristiano es uno y trino! Ésta es, por lo tanto, asimismo la solemnidad de la unidad de Dios, no sólo de su trinidad. Los cristianos también creemos «en un solo Dios», sólo que la unidad en la que creemos no es una unidad de número, sino de naturaleza. Se parece más a la unidad de la familia que a la del individuo, más a la unidad de la célula que a la del átomo. La primera lectura de la Solemnidad nos presenta al Dios bíblico como «misericordioso y clemente, tardo a la cólera y rico en amor y fidelidad». Éste es el rasgo que reúne más al Dios de la Biblia, al Dios del Islam y al Dios (mejor dicho, la religión) budista, y que se presta más, por ello, a un diálogo y a una colaboración entre las grandes religiones. Cada sura del Corán empieza con la invocación: «En el nombre de Dios, el Mis-ericordioso, el Compasivo». En el budismo, que desconoce la idea de un Dios personal y creador, el funda-mento es antropológico y cósmico: el hombre debe ser misericordioso por la solidaridad y la responsabilidad que le liga a todos los vivientes. Las guerras santas del pasado y el terrorismo religioso del presente son una traición, no una apología, de la propia fe. ¿Cómo se puede matar en nombre de un Dios al que se con-tinúa proclamando «el Misericordioso y el Compasivo»? Es la tarea más urgente del diálogo interreligioso que juntos, los creyentes de todas las religiones, deben perseguir por la paz y el bien de la humanidad.

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La Santísima Trinidad El siguiente domingo después de Pentecostés. 22 de mayo de 2016 Por: Tere Fernandez del Castillo | Fuente: Catholic.net Un solo Dios en tres Personas: El Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo. La Iglesia dedica el siguiente domingo después de Pentecostés a al cele-bración del día de la Santísima Trinidad, Un misterio es todo aquello que no podemos entender con la razón. Es algo que sólo podemos comprender cuando Dios nos lo revela. El misterio de la Santísima Trinidad -Un sólo Dios en tres Personas distin-tas-, es el misterio central de la fe y de la vida cristiana, pues es el misterio de Dios en Sí mismo. Aunque es un dogma difícil de entender, fue el primero que entendieron los Apóstoles. Después de la Resurrección, comprendieron que Jesús era el Salvador enviado por el Padre. Y, cuando experimentaron la acción del Espíritu Santo dentro de sus corazones en Pentecostés, comprendieron que el único Dios era Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo. Los católicos creemos que la Trinidad es Una. No creemos en tres dioses, sino en un sólo Dios en tres Personas distintas. No es que Dios esté dividi-do en tres, pues cada una de las tres Personas es enteramente Dios. Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo tienen la misma naturaleza, la misma divini-dad, la misma eternidad, el mismo poder, la misma perfección; son un sólo Dios. Además, sabemos que cada una de las Personas de la Santísima Trinidad está totalmente contenida en las otras dos, pues hay una comu-nión perfecta entre ellas. Con todo, las personas de la Santísima Trinidad son distintas entre sí, dada la diversidad de su misión: Dios Hijo-por quien son todas las cosas- es enviado por Dios Padre, es nuestro Salvador. Dios Espíritu Santo-en quien son todas las cosas- es el enviado por el Padre y por el Hijo, es nuestro Santificador. Lo vemos claramente en la Creación, en la Encarnación y en Pentecostés En la Creación, Dios Padre está como principio de todo lo que existe. En la Encarnación, Dios se encarna, por amor a nosotros, en Jesús, para liberarnos del pecado y llevarnos a la vida eterna. En Pentecostés, el Padre y el Hijo se hacen presentes en la vida del hom-bre en la Persona del Espíritu santo, cuya misión es santificarnos, ilumi-nándonos y ayudándonos con sus dones a alcanzar la vida eterna. Para explicar este gran misterio, existen ciertos símbolos que son entendi-bles a nuestra razón: La Santísima Trinidad es simbolizada como un trián-gulo. Cada uno de los vértices es parte del mismo triángulo y sin embargo cada uno es distinto También podemos simbolizar a la Santísima Trinidad como una vela en-cendida: La vela en sí misma simboliza al Padre, la cera que escurre es el Hijo, que procede del Padre y la llama encendida es el Espíritu Santo. Los tres son "vela", pero son distintos entre sí. Hay quienes simbolizan a la Santísima Trinidad en forma de trébol. Cada una de las hojas es "trébol" pero son distintas entre sí. ¿Que hacemos al persignarnos? "En el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo" Es costumbre de los católicos repetir frecuentemente estas palabras, principalmente al principio y al fin de nuestras acciones. Cada vez que hacemos la Señal de la Cruz sobre nuestro cuerpo, recorda-mos el misterio de la Santísima Trinidad.

Fiesta, Santísima Trinidad - A Evangelio de la Misa: Jn 3,16-18 - Un Padre y un Amigo

Hoy la Liturgia cristiana celebra y contempla el misterio de Dio s Uno y Trino. De ese Dios tal como nos lo reveló Jesucristo, que aparentemente es un misterio tan pro-fundo como incomprensible de descifrar, pero que en la vida práctica es tan conmovedor como asequible para quien, con humildad y ansias de amor, se acerca a esta verdad de nuestra fe cristiana. La Santísima Trinidad más que un misterio incomprensi-ble es un libro abierto lleno de tesoros espirituales a descubrir y a gozar. ________________________________________ Oración para cada día de la semana Señor, Jesús, que te has mostrado como el Hijo de Dios Padre, que nos envías el Espíritu Santo, para que, en unidad de naturaleza divina, y en la Trinidad de per-sonas podamos entenderos y sobre todo trataros mejor. Sé que no puedo comprenderlo del todo, pero dame la humildad suficiente para reconocer mis limitaciones y mi pequeñez humana. Solo desde la hu-mildad se puede llegar a la verdad. Esa verdad, que salva y libera, que consuela y compro-mete. Por supuesto, Señor, necesito ser humilde, pero también instruido, para descubrir la verdad de tu mis-terio en mi vida de caridad y entrega, de santidad y sol-idaridad. Señor, te veo como un Padre bueno y misericordioso, que nos ha creado y nos gobierna, que nos mima y nos perdona con amor paternal. Considerándome hijo tuyo, me siento especialmente confiado, y más obligado a corresponder como un buen hijo en mi trabajo de cada día. Que jamás pierda este sentimiento de hijo en mis ora-ciones y sacrificios, en mis alegrías y mis penas. Al encarnarte en las entrañas de María te hiciste uno de nosotros, y desde entonces te podemos llamar y tratar también como hermano y como amigo. Así lo quisiste desde que nos dijiste que eras el Hijo de Dios, hecho hombre. Pues con esta confianza que me ofreces te pido, Señor, que nunca me dejes solo en el camino de la vida. También nos ofreces tu Espíritu Santo, que nos ilumina, nos fortalece, nos perdona, nos transforma y compro-mete a una mayor santidad. Dame, Señor fidelidad a tu Espíritu, para que mi san-tidad sea auténtica y más apostólica, y también alegre y atractiva. Padre Segismundo Fernandez Rodríguez

- En el nombre del Padre: Ponemos la mano sobre la frente, señalando el cerebro que controla todo nuestro cuerpo, recordando en forma simbólica que Dios es la fuente de nuestra vida. -...y del Hijo: Colocamos la mano en el pecho, donde está el corazón, que simboliza al amor. Recordamos con ello que por amor a los hom-bres, Jesucristo se encarnó, murió y resucitó para librarnos del pecado y llevarnos a la vida eterna. -...Y del Espíritu Santo: Colocamos la mano en el hombre izquierdo y luego en el derecho, recordando que el Espíritu Santo nos ayuda a cargar con el peso de nuestra vida, el que nos ilumina y nos da la gracia para vivir de acuerdo a los mandatos de Jesucristo.

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