ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCHOffice Hours: Monday-Friday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm •
Office is closed on Saturday & Sunday • Office: 972-542-4667 Fax: 972-542-4641 • 411 Paula Rd,McKinney, Texas 75069
Email: [email protected] • [email protected] •
7 de abril 2019/Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma
Jesús dijoAQUEL DE USTEDES QUE
NO TENGA PECADO,que le tire la primera piedra
Juan 8:11
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6/7 APRIL - FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
LITURGY OF THE WORD page 96
Psalm 126 RESPONSORIAL
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER ACCLAMATIONS (also on pp. 262, 264)
There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy Frederick Faber / BEACH SPRING
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Mass Intentions April 6-13, 2019Saturday, April 6 5:00 pm Lorenzo LealSunday, April 7 8:00 am Mother Angelica9:30 am Consuelo Villalobos de Martinez Fabiana Gonzalez de Serrano Manuel Serrano Juarez Familia Chaires Arriaga11:30 am For the People 2:00 pm Dylan Pearson Magdalena Ruiz Cornelio & Kevin Jurado Almas en Purgatorio 6:00 pm Alejandro Ruiz de SamocursioMonday, April 8 8:00 am Catherine A. Woodland Tuesday, April 9 5:30 pm John E. MurrayWednesday, April 10 8:00 am Burblis familyThursday, April 11 5:30 pm John Robert FoxFriday, April 12 8:00 am Fred MontoyaSaturday, April 13 5:00 pm Arthur Paul
Collection TotalsMarch 31: $ 17,663.00Building Fund/Debt Reduction: $ 5,325.42Attendance: 3870Pray about increasing your donation this year and help the parish grow. Prayer of Faithful StewardsAlmighty God, we give you thanks for the inspiration
of your Holy Spirit as we reflect on the gospel call to exercise Christ’s stewardship on our journey of faith.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT There will be a training session in English on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. in St. Michael Hall. The new video by Bishop Burns will be presented. Contact Wendy Long at 972-542- 4667 ext. 103 for further information. No children allowed.
Priests: Rev. Eugene Azorji Rev. Juan Carlos Marín Cortés
DeaconsGeorge Polcer • Andrew Tanner
Juan Jorge Hernandez • Jose Vazquez Patrick Hayes • Sid Little
Coordinator of Ministries: Evodio Vazquez Business Manager: Joe Olickan
Director of Music: Valerie Stagaman Faith Formation Director 1-6: Christy Scott
Youth Ministry/Confirmation: Deandria Gonzalez Facilities Manager: Deacon John Rapier
Facilities: Emilio Zavala
Normal Weekend Mass ScheduleSaturday: Vigil Mass 5:00 pm English Sunday: 8:00 am & 11:30 am EnglishSunday: 9:30 am & 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm SpanishWeekday Mass Schedule Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 am Tuesday & Thursday: 5:30 pmConfessions: Thursday: 6:00-7:00 pm Saturdays: 3:30 pm-4:30 pmAdoration: Thursday 6:00 pm-7:00 pmAdoration First Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Through LentAfter Hours: Sick Call or Funeral Requests: 469-667-7324Funerals: Contact Valerie Stagaman 972-542-4667 ext 114.Weddings: Contact Emy Avendaño 972-542-4667 ext: 102.Six months prior to intended wedding date.
WOMEN’S GUILDTuesday April 9 at 6:30 pm in
St Michael Hall.Important business on the agenda.
Please try to attend.
ALL WOMEN ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
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LITURGIA DE LA PALABRA
KYRIE page 262
ACLAMACIÓNES DE LA PLEGARIA EUCARÍSTICA (tambien en las pp. 262, 264)
Visión Pastoral (Cien Ovejas) Juan Romero
Letra y música: Juan Romero © Juan Romero. Derechos reservados. Con las debidas licencias
1. Eran cien ovejas queIhabíaIen su rebaño, Eran cien ovejas queIamante cuidó; Pere una tarde al contarlas todas, Le faltaba una, le faltaba una y triste lloró. Las noventaIy nueve dejóIen el aprisco Y por la montaña a buscarla fue; LaIencontró llorando, temblando de frío. Ungió sus heridas, la cargóIen sus hombros yIal redil volvió.
2. EstaIantiguaIhistoria vuelveIa repetirse, TodavíaIhay ovejas queIerrabundas van; Con el alma rota van por los collados, Temblando de frío, vagandoIen el mundo, sin Dios y sin luz. Pero toda vía existen pastores Que por la montaña a buscarlas van, Y cuando las hallan, las traen al camino, Al camino bueno, la Verdad y Vida queIes CristoIel Señor.
3. Si túIeres un alma que sufre laIangustia De sentirse sola en cruel lobreguez, Hoy te traigo nuevas, nuevas de gran gozo, Es el evangelio que salvaIy redime y te da la luz. SeaIen la montaña oIen la cumbreIagreste, Ya fueraIen el valle oIen abismo cruel, Cris-toIel Buen Pastor quireIen pastos verdes confortar tu alma, vendar tus heridas y darte la paz.
Lourdes C. Montgomery El Sendero de la Vida
© 1999, Lourdes C. Montgomery. Obra publicada por OCP Publications. Derechos reservados.
1. Protégeme, Dios mío, protégeme, Dios mío, que me refugio en Ti. Protégeme, Dios mío, protégeme, Dios mío, sin Ti todo es mal
2. Por eso se meIalegra, alegraIel corazón, se gozan mis entrañas. Yo descansaré, no meIentregarás a la muerteIo corrupción.
BEGINNING EXPERIENCE The Beginning Experience DFW is a peer ministry for separated, divorced, or widowed individuals. It is a weekend program to help move from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning of hope for the future. While this ministry is rooted in the Catholic tradition, it is open to men and women of all faiths. The next weekend retreat will be held April 26-28 2019 at the Catholic Conference and Formation Center in Dallas. To register please call or text our voicemail number at (682) "BE-DFW-GO", that is (682) 233-3946, or e-mail the DFW Beginning Experience Team at [email protected]. Additional information can be found at www.beginningexperiencedfw.org and www.beginningexperience.org.
Baptisms / BautismosRegistrations for Baptism and Baptism Class are on
Tuesdays: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Wednesdays: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Call the Church office for more information: 972-542-4667Registraciones para Bautismos y Pláticas
Bautismales están Martes: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Miércoles: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Por favor llama la oficina para mas información:
972-542-4667
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We pray for those who need the healing touch of Christ. Oramos por aquellos que necesitan el toque
sanador de Cristo.Paul Brands, Nelma Hyde, Alex Cole, Alicia Solomon,
Kerman Joseba Iriarte, Jay Semon, Sherry Owens, Rachael Owens, Chris Luck, Cheryl Pushnack, Lloyd
Bryant, John Lewis, Angeline Bloemer, Ofelia Sanchez, Ashley Mora, Charley Bartolo, Martha Waters, Jorge
Torres, Maria del Refugio Hernandez, Maria Romero, Dean Jurak, Jeff Gotses.
Please inform us of your loved one needing to be added to the prayer list, please call the parish office @ 972-542-4667. Names will remain on the list for 1
month at which time you can re-submit their names for prayers.
Para agregar o quitar a alguien de la lista de oraciones, por favor Llama a la oficina.
THANKSThanks go to our neighbors across the field at First
Christian Church, McKinney, who lent us use of room-space for choir rehearsal this week. We're
bursting at the seams and they helped us in need. Valerie Stagaman
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on First Fridays
“Remaining in silence before the Blessed Sacrament, it is Christ totally and really present whom we discover, whom we adore and with whom we are in contact.” - Pope Saint John Paul II
St. Michael’s is privileged to offer special hours of Eucharistic Adoration every First Friday of the month in our chapel beginning with Mass at 8:00am, followed by the Rosary, the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and silent adoration regularly until 6:00pm. We are currently seeking parishioners who will commit to be a Guardian or a Substitute Guardian for an assigned hour every month. Learn more and sign-up by visiting the Adoration page on our website: www.stmichaelmckinney.org.
Adoración del Santísimo Sacramento los primeros viernes
“Permaneciendo en silencio ante el Santísimo Sacramento, es Cristo, totalmente presente, a quienes descubrimos, a quienes adoramos y con quienes estamos en contacto.” - Papa San Juan Pablo II
San Miguel tiene el privilegio de ofrecer horas especiales de Adoración Eucarística cada primer viernes de cada mes en nuestra capilla, comenzando con la misa a las 8:00 am, seguido del Rosario, la letanía del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y la adoración silenciosa regularmente hasta las 6:00 pm. Actualmente estamos buscando feligreses que se comprometan a ser Guardianes o Guardianes Sustitutos por una hora asignada cada mes. Para obtener más información y registrarse, visite la página de Adoración en nuestro sitio web: www.stmichaelmckinney.org. Si no tiene una manera de acceder a nuestro sitio web, llame a la oficina y pregunte por Sheila Encizo, 469-667-7324 ext. 107.
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COHERENCE AND BELONGINGThe kind of wholeness I’m describing as the Universal Christ is a forgotten treasure of the Christian Tradition that our
postmodern world no longer enjoys and even vigorously denies. I always wonder why, after the rise of rationalism in the Enlightenment, Westerners would prefer such incoherence. I thought we had agreed that coherence, pattern, and some final meaning were good. But intellectuals in the last century have denied the existence and power of such great wholeness—and in Christianity, we have made the mistake of limiting the Creator’s presence to just one human manifestation, Jesus.
The implications of our selective seeing have been massively destructive for history and humanity. Creation was deemed profane, a pretty accident, a mere backdrop for the real drama of God’s concern—which we narcissistically assumed is always and only us humans. It is impossible to make individuals feel sacred inside of a profane, empty, or accidental universe. This way of seeing makes us feel separate and competitive, striving to be superior instead of deeply connected and in search of ever-larger circles of union.
I believe God loves things by becoming them. God loves things by uniting with them, not by excluding them. Through the act of creation, God manifested the eternally out-flowing Divine Presence into the physical and material world. Ordinary matter is the hiding place for Spirit and thus the very Body of God. Honestly, what else could it be, if we believe—as orthodox Jews, Christians, and Muslims do—that “one God created all things”? Since the very beginning of time, God’s Spirit has been revealing its glory and goodness through the physical creation. So many of the Psalms assert this, speaking of “rivers clapping their hands” and “mountains singing for joy.” When Paul wrote, “There is only Christ. He is everything and he is in everything” (Colossians 3:11), was he a naïve pantheist or did he really understand the full implication of the Gospel of Incarnation?
God seems to have chosen to manifest the invisible in what we call the “visible,” so that all things visible are the revelation of God’s endlessly diffusive spiritual energy. Once a person recognizes that, it is hard to ever be lonely in this world again.
Fr Richard Rohr, Center for Action and Contemplation
Parish Calendar for the week of April 8th 2019 Monday, April 8th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 10:00 am - Prayers & Squares - Holy Family Hall 3:00 pm - Youth Confirmation Interviews - CL 3 7:00 pm - CRSP Mujeres - S. Drake 7:00 pm - CRSP Mujeres Seguimiento - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - FF Formación para Padres - Iglesia 7:00 pm - Grupo Emmanuel - Coro - CL 5 7:00 pm - Jóvenes Adultos para Cristo - Holy Family & St. Rose 7:00 pm - Legión de María - N. Drake Tuesday, April 9th 9:00 am - Talleres de Oración y Vida - CL 5 2:00 pm - SVDP (food distribution) - Holy Family Hall 3:00 pm - Youth Confirmation Interviews - CL 3 5:30 pm - Mass - Chapel 6:30 pm - Talleres de Oración y Vida - CL 5 6:30 pm - Women’s Guild - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - Certificado en Ministerio Pastoral - Holy Family & St. Rose 7:00 pm - Grupo Emmanuel - Iglesia 7:00 pm - Pro-Life Group Meeting - CL 3Wednesday, April 10th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 10:00 am - Women Bible Study - CL 3 4:30 pm - Children’s & Teen Choirs - Holy Family/St. Rose Halls and Church 5:00 pm - Youth Min. Confirmation - All Rooms 7:00 pm - 11:30 am Adult English - Church LoftThursday, April 11th 2:00 pm - SVDP (food distribution) - Holy Family Hall 3:00 pm - Youth Confirmation Interviews - CL 3 5:30 pm - Mass - Church 6:00 pm - Adoration and Confessions - Church 7:00 pm - CRSP Hombres - St. Rose Hall 7:00 pm - RCIA - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - RICA - N. Drake
Friday, April 12th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 3:00 pm - FF Stations of the Cross - Church 5:00 pm - Stations of the Cross - Church 5:30 pm - KofC Fish Fry - St. Michael & St. Rose Halls 7:00 pm - 9:30 am Misa - Ensayo Coro - Holy Family Hall 7:00 pm - Junta de Acomodadores - S.Drake 7:00 pm - MFCC Preparación para Coordinadores - N.Drake 7:00 pm - Víacrucis - IglesiaSaturday, April 13th 7:30 am - SVDP (food distribution) - Holy Family & St. Rose 9:00 am - FF First Communion - All Rooms 9:00 am - Baptism - Church 11:00 am - Bautizos - Iglesia 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Confessions - Church 5:00 pm - Mass - Church 5:00 pm - Prayers & Squares Raffle - Narthex 6:00 pm - Safe Environment Training - St. Michael Hall 6:30 pm - MFCC Preparación para Coordinadores - N. Drake 7:00 pm - Víacrucis - Ensayo - Holy Family and St. Rose HallsSunday, April 14th 8:00 am - Mass - Church 8:00 am - Prayers & Squares Raffle - Narthex 9:30 am - Misa - Iglesia 11:00 am - MFCC 2a. Junta General - St. Rose Hall 11:30 am - Mass - Church 1:00 pm - 2pm Misa Ensayo Coro - Bride’s Room 2:00 pm - Misa - Iglesia 3:00 pm - Pastoral Juvenil - Holy Family & St. Rose Halls 3:30 pm - Choir Rehearsal - Church 3:30 pm - Holy Thursday Rehearsal - Church 4:00 pm - MFCC - N. & S. Drake 4:30 pm - 6pm Misa Ensayo Coro - Bride’s Room 5:00 pm - Youth Min Confirmation - All Rooms 6:00 pm - Misa - Iglesia
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GOD’S ACTIONS NOW When Jews celebrate the Passover, they always tell the
story of the Exodus in present terms, as if they themselves experienced those events: when we were prisoners in Egypt; when God brought us out of slavery and through the waters of the sea. We would do well to follow their example and see the works of Jesus and his sacrifice as being in the present, as happening to us now. We believe that Christ’s work, his teachings, and his sacrifice on the cross were not just for his followers in the past, but for all people at all times. When we think of this in our prayers, we become one in faith with that great cloud of witnesses, the saints.
We have been striving through Lent to repent of our sins and failings, and to follow Jesus more closely. Today in the story of the woman caught in adultery, we see Jesus forgiving the woman, saving her from a horrible death, and urging her not to sin any more. This is new, and brings out something for which the law had not allowed—forgiveness. Of course one can sin no more if one is dead, caught in one’s sins forever. But Jesus introduces the concepts of forgiveness and reconciliation.
TODAY’S READINGSFirst Reading — See, I am doing something new! (Isaiah 43:16-21) or Ezekiel 37:12-14.Psalm — The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy (Psalm 126) or Psalm 130.Second Reading — I have been taken possession of by Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:8-14) or Romans 8:8-11.Gospel — Go, and from now on do not sin any more (John 8:1-11) or John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45].
READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:12-20Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56Sunday: Lk 19:28-40 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14 — 23:56 [23:1-49] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third ScrutinyThursday: St. StanislausFriday: AbstinenceSaturday: St. Martin I
LAS ACCIONES DE DIOS AHORA Cuando los judíos celebran la Pascua, ellos siempre cuentan
la historia del Éxodo en términos presentes, como si ellos mismos hubieran pasado por esa experiencia: cuando fuimos prisioneros en Egipto, cuando Dios nos liberó de la esclavitud e cruzamos por las aguas del mar. Haríamos bien en seguir su ejemplo y ver las obras de Jesús y su sacrificio como si fuera en el presente, pasándonos ahora. Creemos que las obras de Cristo, sus enseñanzas y su sacrificio en la cruz no solo fueron por sus seguidores de su tiempo, sino por todas las personas en todo tiempo. Cuando pensamos en esto en nuestras oraciones, nos hacemos una sola fe con la gran nube de testigos, los santos.
Nos hemos esforzado a través de esta Cuaresma para arrepentirnos de nuestros pecados y faltas, y seguir a Jesús más cercanamente. En la historia de hoy de la mujer descubierta en adulterio, vemos a Jesús perdonar a la mujer, salvándola de una muerte horrible y exhortándola a no pecar más. Esto es nuevo y revela algo que la ley no había permitido, el perdón. Desde luego, uno después de muerto ya no puede pecar, descubierto en los pecados de uno para siempre. Pero Jesús presenta los conceptos del perdón y la reconciliación.
LECTURAS DE HOYPrimera lectura — El Señor hace algo nuevo para el pueblo escogido (Isaías 43:16-21) o Ezequiel 37:12-14.Salmo — Grandes cosas has hecho por nosotros, Señor (Salmo 125 [124]) o Salmo 130 (129).Segunda lectura — El bien supremo es conocer a Jesús como Señor (Filipenses 3:8-14) o Romanos 8:8-11.Evangelio — Que el que no tenga pecado tire la primera piedra. (Juan 8:1-11) o Juan 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45].
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANALunes: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Jn 8:12-20Martes: Nm 21:4-9; Sal 102 (101):2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30Miércoles: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42Jueves: Gn 17:3-9; Sal 105 (104):4-9: Jn 8:51-59Viernes: Jer 20:10-13; Sal 18 (17):2-7; Jn 10:31-42Sábado: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56Domingo: Lc 19:28-40 (procesión); Is 50:4-7; Sal 22 (21):8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Fil 2:6-11; Lc 22:14 — 23:56 [23:1-49] LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONESDomingo: Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma; Tercer EscrutinioJueves: San EstanislaoViernes: AbstinenciaSábado: San Martín I
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Local Council 9903
THE POWER OF ONE!The Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal service organization in the world. Founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut in 1892, it was named after Christopher Columbus. The Knights of Columbus Brothers lead with faith, protect our families, serve others and defend our values in a busy and changing world. United as Brothers, the Knights make the world better, one act of charity at a time (Local Council #9903).
Knights in Action Activities both locally, nationally and around the world:
Rosary Workshops • Feeding the Hungry Garage Sales • For a Brothers Daughter
Clergy Appreciation • Catholic Scholarships Cookies with St Nicholas • Lenten Fish Fry
Why Join?Family, Charity, Unity, Fraternity, Benefits, Patriotism To give back; Meet new friends; To become involved totally based on your availability Eligibility to purchase Knights of Columbus Insurance and retirement products for you and your family.To Learn More: Visit www.knights.net or talk with any
usher at Church
FUN FACTS - DID YOU KNOW?• Knights host the annual Lenten Fish Fry; Friday March 15th, 29th and April 5th.• As of 2018 there are 1,967,585 members around the World • Knights are a Pro Family and Pro Life organization.• Knights provide Ushers for all English Masses.• The first director of the Peace Corps – Sargent Shriver was a Knight• One of Footballs Great Coaches and a Hall of Fame Player, Mike Ditka is a Knight • You are Born a Man. You Become a Knight • Learn More and Visit www.knights.net
GOD’S JUSTICEThe story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery
is sometimes considered as a put-down of the scribes and Pharisees. While their motive for bringing the woman to Jesus was to test him, they were technically trying to uphold the law. But they were hoping to get Jesus to cause a scandal by refuting the law, or, if he upheld the law, the woman would be killed with Jesus’ approval. Jesus had a better idea. He shows that God’s justice is mercy and forgiveness. When he told them that the one without sin could be first to throw a stone, he knew that they all were sinners one way or another. And a sinner could not judge another sinner. He also knew that someone whose sins were forgiven would be willing to forgive the woman.
That’s what St. Paul means in the second reading when he says he did not have “any righteousness of my own based on the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ” (Philippians 3:9). He says he has given up the idea of making himself righteous (right with God) by keeping the laws of his people. Now he depends on his faith in Christ and Christ’s forgiveness, which was shown in his death and resurrection. He is even willing to follow Christ in suffering and eventually death, so that he too can share the Resurrection. Why did Paul come to this kind of faith? Because he had been forgiven for persecuting Christians. And he had persecuted them, not because he was evil, but because he thought he was keeping the law.
Jesus probably surprised the woman when he let her go. He was the only one who could have judged her, but he chose to forgive. Just as the woman was changed by the mercy of Christ, Paul too was affected by being forgiven by the One whom he was persecuting (Acts 9:4).
So is keeping the law a bad thing? No, but the important thing is why we keep the law. We can do it like the Pharisees—keeping the law as a status symbol: “I’m too good (or too important) to break the law.” Or we can choose to follow Jesus’ way of love. Then we still keep the laws and commandments, only because they are examples of how to love God and love each other. For we too have been forgiven by Jesus on the cross. As we approach Holy Week, let us remember how much Jesus has done for us.
“From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!”
St. Teresa of Avila
“He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, might have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting one instant.”
-St. Julian Peter Eymard
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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITIONNext weekend, many churches provide palms to be
carried in the opening moments of the liturgy, as we gratefully recall Jesus’ entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. The children who greeted him on that day used what was both handy and traditional, since palms were carried to inaugurate the joyful harvest feast of Succoth. To this day, faithful Jews are directed to take a beautiful palm branch, green and straight as possible, called a lulav, and bind it with three myrtle branches fifteen inches long, and two longer willow branches. At the end of the temple service, everyone carries the lulav, circling the sanctuary in a dance called the Hoshanot, singing hymns of joy.
In other climates, Jews and Christians alike have had to make accommodations over the years. In Italy, everyone carries olive branches today, often brought from their own garden. In England, forsythia branches are preferred, a relative of the olive, sign of peace. Germans prefer pussywillows, and others look for flowering spring branches. In our part of the world, what do you think would be the best choice to express joy and welcome, and to remind us of the joy of Christ’s victory even as we prepare to commemorate his passion?
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FEArtesanos preparan alfombras de flores y plumas de
Quetzal en Guatemala para las fiestas de esta semana santa. Grupos de fieles practican su papel de personaje judío o romano para los vía crucis en México, Texas, Chicago y tantos lugares más. Fraternidades penitenciales están preparándose espiritualmente para cargar con imágenes sagradas y pesadas por calles españolas. Muchos más están preparando sus maletas para irse a la playa o las montañas donde, probablemente, nunca recordaran el nombre de Jesús.
Estos últimos se perderán las liturgias más significativas de nuestra fe cristiana; ritos llenos de movimiento desde afuera de la Iglesia hasta adentro. Están llenos de símbolos que nos llaman a la verdad de la existencia cristiana y humana: somos personas paradójicas. Comenzamos entre los hosannas del Domingo de Ramos, pasamos por las dolorosas imágenes del Viernes Santo y terminamos entre juegos de oscuridad, fuego y agua en la Vigilia Pascual. Muchas veces honramos al Señor y tantas veces lo negamos, pero él nunca deja de llamarnos. En fin nos recuerda que la condición humana es sagrada y profana a la vez.
HUMOR: The priest was preparing a man for his long day's journey into night. Whispering firmly, the priest said, "Denounce the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil!" The dying man said nothing so the priest repeated his order. Still the dying man said nothing. The priest asked, "Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?" The dying man said, "Until I know where I'm heading, I don't think I ought to aggravate anybody."
2019 BISHOPS SERVICE AWARD
Raise your hands in thanks and praise for the gifts of Margaret Laney and Elodia Villa who were recognized this past weekend with Bishop’s Award for Service. Each year, the bishop recognizes parish volunteers from all over the Diocese. Next year, could this be you?
Levantemos las manos en señal de agradecimiento y para elogiar a Margaret Laney y Elodia Villa, quienes fueron galardonadas con el Premio del Obispo el Sábado 30 de Marzo en la Catedral de Dallas. Cada año, el Obispo reconoce a los voluntarios de la parroquias de toda la diócesis. El año próximo podrías ser tú?
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QUINTO DOMINGO DE CUARESMANADIE ESTÁ SIN PECADO
“Pecado” no es una palabra que usemos en nuestra cultura actual. Sin embargo, debemos ser honestos y reconocer que hemos pecado. De otra manera, nos convertimos como las personas con una enfermedad que está negando sus implicaciones, no podemos esperar a ser sanados a menos que admitamos que existe. El pecado es una enfermedad del alma, una enfermedad en nuestra relación con Dios. Cuando pecamos, fallamos en llevar una vida como Dios desea. La verdad es, nadie está sin pecado. Todos fallamos. Podemos tener momentos de una unión intensa con Dios y vivir como sabemos deberíamos. Pero también algunas veces fallamos en el objetivo. Apuntamos hacia la paja en el ojo ajeno y fallamos en ver la viga en el nuestro. La respuesta de Jesús a los escribas y fariseos es clara en este relato: “Aquel de ustedes que no tenga pecado, que le tire la primera piedra”.
LA MISERICORDIA DE DIOS ES PARA TODOS La mala noticia es que todos pecamos. La novedad
es que la misericordia de Dios está disponible, siempre, todo el tiempo. Debemos arrepentirnos de nuestras fallas, y si nuestros pecados son graves, entonces debemos ir a confesarnos, recibir el Sacramento de la Reconciliación. El encuentro de Jesús con la mujer en el Evangelio de hoy, así como con las muchas personas a lo largo de su ministerio terrenal, representa una prueba de que Dios es misericordioso y compasivo. Al continuar el
camino durante este tiempo de Cuaresma, nos haría bien tomar un descanso y reflexionar en nuestra relación con Cristo y en la misericordia infinita de Dios.
ESCRITURA INSPIRADAEstudiar las Escrituras inspiradas es la manera principal de saber cuál es nuestro deber.
—San Basilio MagnoFLORECERLa flor no da lugar a la raíz, sino la raíz a la flor. . . La rosa es mera prueba de la vitalidad de la raíz.
—Woodrow Wilson
IGLESIA CATÓLICA SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL
The Light is On April 10 and 17Confession times:
10:00 am -12:00 noon 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FOUR STEPS TO RECONCILIATIONStep 1: Contrition
Contrition is “sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed, together with the resolution not to sin again.”
Step 2: Confession
The confession (or disclosure) of sins, even from a simply human point of view, frees us and facilitates our reconciliation with other
Step 3: Absolution
The priest speaks the words by which “God, the Father of Mercies” reconciles a sinner to himself through the merits of the Cross.
Step 4: Satisfaction
An important part of our healing is the “penance” the priest imposes in reparation for our sins.
CARTER BLOOD DRIVESUNDAY, APRIL 149:00 am to 3:30 PM
Blood Mobile In the Parking Lot
Please use this version not the previous version sent this morning. 04/02/2019
