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December 16, 2018 – Third Sunday of Advent

ADDRESS:

1623 NW 19TH AVENUE

PORTLAND, OR 97209

PH: 503-222-4086

FX: 503-222-6642

EMAIL: office@stpatrickpdx.org

ADMINISTRATOR: FR. TIM FURLOW

tfurlow@archdpdx.org For appointments: furlowappointments@gmail.com

ADMIN. ASSISTANT: BOOKKEEPER

ESMERALDA HERRERA MORI SWANSON

mswanson@archdpdx.org

OFFICE HOURS:

TUESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY

10:00AM-3:00PM

LUNCH BREAK: 12:30PM-1:00PM

INFORMATION ON SACRAMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED

IN THE OFFICE OR ON OUR WEBSITE.

CONFESSION:

• SUNDAY: 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM

ADORATION & CONFESSION:

• WEDNESDAY: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

SUNDAY MASS TIMES

8:30 AM – ESPAÑOL o ROSARIO 8:00 AM

10:30 AM – ENGLISH o ROSARY 10:10 AM

6:00 PM - ENGLISH

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES

6:00 PM TUESDAY – FRIDAY

SATURDAY MASS TIME 8:00 AM – ENGLISH

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THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH December 16 – December 23

Sun 16 Luke 3: 10-18

8:30 a.m. Misa (SPA) 9:00am 1st. Communion Catechesis 9:30 a.m. Hora de Café 10:30 a.m. Mass 11:30 a.m. Coffee Hour 4:30 p.m. Confessions 6:00 p.m. Mass 7:00 p.m. Posada

Mon 17

9:15 a.m. Fit4Mom Cedar Mill Group 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 7:00 p.m. Posada

Tue 18

9:15 a.m. Fit4Mom Cedar Mill 6:00 p.m Mass 6:30 p.m. Alpha/RCIA

Wed 19

9:15 a.m. Fit4Mom Cedar Mill Group 11:00 a.m. Serra Club 6:00 p.m. Mass 6:30 p.m. Confessions/Adoration 7:30 p.m. Posada Thu 20

9:30 a.m. Mom’s Group 6:00 p.m. Mass 7:30 p.m. Posada Fri 21

9:15 a.m. Fit4Mom Cedar Mill Group 6:00 p.m. Mass 7:30 p.m. Posada

Sat 22

8:00 a.m. Mass 9:00 a.m. Confirmation Class 6:30 p.m. YAM Christmas Dinner

Sun 23

8:30 a.m. Misa (SPA) 9:00am 1st. Communion Catechesis 9:30 a.m. Hora de Café 10:30 a.m. Mass 11:30 a.m. Coffee Hour 4:30 p.m. Confessions 6:00 p.m. Mass 7:30 p.m. Posada

PRAYER INTENTIONS

For all those who are discerning religious vocations.

MASS INTENTIONS

REFLECTION BY SCOTT HAHN

Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time

a reorientation. There’s a deliberate tension in the next four

weeks’ readings—between promise and fulfillment,

expectation and deliverance, between looking forward and

looking back.

In today’s First Reading, the prophet Jeremiah focuses our

gaze on the promise God made to David, some 1,000 years

before Christ. God says through the prophet that He will fulfill

this promise by raising up a “just shoot,” a righteous offspring

of David, who will rule Israel in justice1. Today’s Psalm, too,

sounds the theme of Israel’s ancient expectation: “Guide me

in Your truth and teach Me. For You are God my Savior and

for You I will wait all day.”

We look back on Israel’s desire and anticipation knowing that

God has already made good on those promises by sending His

only Son into the world. Jesus is the “just shoot,” the God and

Savior for Whom Israel was waiting. Knowing that He is a God

who keeps His promises lends grave urgency to the words of

Jesus in today’s Gospel. Urging us to keep watch for His

return in glory, He draws on Old Testament images of chaos

and instability—turmoil in the heavens2; roaring seas

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distress among the nations4 and terrified people

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He evokes the prophet Daniel’s image of the Son of Man

coming on a cloud of glory to describe His return as a

“theophany,” a manifestation of God6.

Many will cower and be literally scared to death. But Jesus

says we should greet the end-times with heads raised high,

confident that God keeps His promises, that our “redemption

is at hand,” that “the kingdom of God is near” (see Luke

21:31).

8:30 am – For the repose of the soul of Orbelina Orozco 10:30 am - For the repose of the soul of Steve Danek 6:00 pm – For the People of the Parish

The people in today’s Gospel are “filled with expectation.” They believe John the Baptist might be the Messiah they’ve been waiting for. Three times we hear their question: “What then should we do?”

The Messiah’s coming requires every man and woman to choose—to “repent” or not. That’s John’s message and it will be Jesus’ too (see Luke 3:3; 5:32; 24:47).

“Repentance” translates a Greek word, metanoia (literally, “change of mind”). In the Scriptures, repentance is presented as a two-fold “turning”—away from sin (see Ezekiel 3:19; 18:30) and toward God (see Sirach 17:20–21; Hosea 6:1).

This “turning” is more than attitude adjustment. It means a radical life-change. It requires “good fruits as evidence of your repentance” (see Luke 3:8). That’s why John tells the crowds, soldiers and tax collectors they must prove their faith through works of charity, honesty and social justice.

In today’s Liturgy, each of us is being called to stand in that crowd and hear the “good news” of John’s call to repentance. We should examine our lives, ask from our hearts as they did: “What should we do?” Our repentance should spring, not from our fear of coming wrath (see Luke 3:7–9), but from a joyful sense of the nearness of our saving God.

This theme resounds through today’s readings: “Rejoice!…The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all,” we hear in today’s Epistle. In today’s Responsorial, we hear again the call to be joyful, unafraid at the Lord’s coming among us.

In today’s First Reading, we hear echoes of the angel’s Annunciation to Mary. The prophet’s words are very close to the angel’s greeting (compare Luke 1:28–31). Mary is the Daughter Zion—the favored one of God, told not to fear but to rejoice that the Lord is with her, “a mighty Savior.”

She is the cause of our joy. For in her draws near the Messiah, as John had promised: “One mightier than I is coming.”

REFLECTION BY SCOTT HAHN

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INTENCIONES DE LA MISA

8:30 am – Por el eterno descanso de Orbelina Orozco 10:30 am – Por el eterno descanso de Steve Danek 6:00 pm – Por los Feligreses de la Parroquia

INTENCIONES DE ORACIÓN

Por todas las personas que están discerniendo el

llamado al sacerdocio o la vida religiosa.

16 de diciembre del 2018 – Tercer Domingo de Adviento

Señor Jesús, manso y humilde.

Desde el polvo me sube y me domina esta sed de que

todos me estimen, de que todos me quieran.

Mi corazón es soberbio. Dame la gracia de la humildad, mi

Señor manso y humilde de corazón.

No puedo perdonar, el rencor me quema, las críticas me

lastiman, los fracasos me hunden, las rivalidades me

asustan.

No sé de donde me vienen estos locos deseos de imponer

mi voluntad, no ceder, sentirme más que otros... Hago lo

que no quiero. Ten piedad, Señor, y dame la gracia de la

humildad.

Dame la gracia de perdonar de corazón, la gracia de

aceptar la crítica y aceptar cuando me corrijan. Dame la

gracia, poder, con tranquilidad, criticarme a mí mismo.

La gracia de mantenerme sereno en los desprecios, olvidos

e indiferencias de otros. Dame la gracia de sentirme

verdaderamente feliz, cuando no figuro, no resalto ante los

demás, con lo que digo, con lo que hago.

Ayúdame, Señor, a pensar menos en mí y abrir espacios en

mi corazón para que los puedas ocupar Tu y mis hermanos.

En fin, mi Señor Jesucristo, dame la gracia de ir

adquiriendo, poco a poco un corazón manso, humilde,

paciente y bueno.

Cristo Jesús, manso y humilde de corazón, haz mi corazón

semejante al tuyo. Amen.

ORACIÓN DE HUMILDAD

San Juan Diego, intercede por nosotros para que podamos aprender a ser humildes y

sencillos como tú. Amén.

San Juan Diego, Ruega por Nosotros.

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NOTICIAS Y ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA

¡GRACIAS! Le queremos agradecer a todos los que participaron en el Giving Tree. Gracias por su generosidad y sus regalos. Todo lo que donaron van a familias que en esta temporada no tienen recursos para comprar regalos para sus seres queridos. Así que sepan que su apoyo es apreciado y cada regalo que compraron traerá una sonrisa al rostro de quien lo recibirá. También les damos gracias a todos los que nos apoyaron en nuestra celebración de Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe. Gracias a las personas que dieron de su tiempo y trabajo para prepara el altar en la iglesia y en el salón, y gracias los que apoyaron en la liturgia. De parte de toda la comunidad y del Padre Tim, se lo agradecemos de corazón.

HORARIO DE MISA PARA NAVIDAD

NOTICIAS Y ANUNCIOS FUERA DE LA PARROQUIA

GRUPO DE HOMBRES UNICA Por favor acompáñenos a nuestros grupos de apoyo para sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica y Asalto Sexual. Nuestros grupos son en español y totalmente confidenciales. Tenemos grupos en el área de Portland y Gresham. Para más información llame a nuestra línea UNICA (503) 232-4448

NUESTRO ANUNCIANTE DE LA SEMANA ES:

¡Muchas gracias por su apoyo hacia nuestro boletín parroquial!

¡Nosotros estamos muy agradecidos por el apoyo de nuestros anunciantes del boletín! Para anunciar su

negocio, por favor contacte a Tom Ott, de Catholic Printery—503-650-6347

24 de diciembre: CANTOS NAVIDEÑOS: 4:30 PM MISA – INGLES: 5:00 PM MISA – ESPAÑOL: 8:00 PM

25 de diciembre:

CANTOS NAVIDEÑOS: 10:00 AM MISA – INGLES: 10:30 AM

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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANK YOU! We wanted to give a special thank you to all of you who participated in our Giving Tree this year. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! All the help we were asking for was to provide for a family in financial need this season. Your gifts will be going to these families to help spread the joy of Christmas and the love of God. Know that every person who is receiving a gift is incredibly grateful and happy. Thank you for your support! We also want to give thanks to everyone who helped us in our preparations for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thank you to all the people who donated their time and hard work to set up the altars in the Church and in the Hall. They look beautiful! Thank you also to everyone who helped with the Liturgy for that day. On behalf of our parishioners and Father Tim, thank you!

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE There will be two masses on Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24th. Caroling begins at 4:30 pm and is followed by mass at 5:00 pm in English. The second mass will be in Spanish at 8:00 pm. On Christmas day, December 25th, caroling begins at 10:00 am and is followed by mass in English at 10:30 am.

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December 24: CAROLING: 4:30 PM MASS – ENGLISH: 5:00 PM MASS – SPANISH: 8:00 PM December 25: CAROLING: 10:00 AM MASS – ENGLISH: 10:30 AM