SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 14, 2018

Sunday, January 14th Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00AM ENGLISH MASS, Church 10:00AM ENGLISH MASS, Presentation of First Communion Youth, Church 12:00PM SPANISH MASS, Church 7:00PM ADORATION, Chapel

Monday, January 15th Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

OFFICE CLOSED 8:40AM ROSARY, Chapel 9:00AM COMMUNION SERVICE, Chapel

Tuesday, January 16th 8:40AM ROSARY, Chapel 9:00AM COMMUNION SERVICE, Chapel

Wednesday, January 17th St. Anthony

8:40AM ROSARY, Chapel 9:00AM COMMUNION SERVICE, Chapel 12:00PM ADORATION, Chapel (12pm - 4pm) 6:20PM Religious Ed (grades 1-8) & Confirmation I & II, School 6:30PM Adult Bible Study, Office Thursday, January 18th

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins 8:40AM ROSARY, School 9:00AM PRAYER SERVICE, School

Friday, January 19th Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany)

8:40AM ROSARY, Chapel 9:00AM COMMUNION SERVICE, Chapel

Saturday, January 20th St. Fabian; St. Sebastian

8:40AM ROSARY, Chapel 9:00AM COMMUNITY SERVICE, Chapel 4:00PM CONFESSIONS, Church 5:30PM ENGLISH VIGIL MASS, Church 7:00PM SPANISH VIGIL MASS, Church

Sunday, January 21st 8:00AM ENGLISH MASS, Church 10:00AM ENGLISH MASS, Church 12:00PM SPANISH MASS, Church 7:00PM ADORATION, Chapel

THE LAMB OF GOD “Behold the Lamb of God!” We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there’s a good chance that many Ro-man Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase appears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who utters it twice. In today’s Gospel reading, John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John’s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later Andrew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Peter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone baptized into the Body of Christ: we must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

The chains of grace are so powerful, and yet so sweet, that though they attract our heart,

they do not shackle our freedoms. —St. Francis de Sales

As we know…..Father Mauricio left for Colombia on

January 10th and will return on February 2nd. We ask for your prayers for his safe travels. In his absence, let us show our gratitude to the following priests who will be offering Masses on the weekends through the month of January:

Father Eloy Romero through Cross Catholic Outreach

will serve Masses on Saturday, January 13th and Sunday, January 14th.

Father Michael Ibach, Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of

Yakima, will serve Masses on Saturday, January 20th and Sunday, January 21st.

Father Jerry Beat of the Diocese of Wichita, through the

UNBOUND program, will serve Masses on Saturday, January 27th and Sunday, January 28th

January 7, 2018 - $6,806.13

Needed - $4,100.00

YTD Received -$6806.13

Budgeted - $8,200.00

ACA 2018 Participation: 109 Parishioners

Goal: $35,410.00 Pledges to date: $30,686.00 Payments to date: $6,974.00

FOOD BANK

Please donate cans of soup to the Ephrata Food Bank for the month of January. Thank you, in advance, for

your continued generosity.

Ministry 5:30pm Vigil Mass 7 pm Vigil Mass 8:00am Mass 10:00am Mass 12:00pm Mass

Greeters Volunteer Volunteer T & M Webb Volunteer Volunteer

Usher Volunteer Volunteer G. Couture Volunteer Volunteer

1st Reading A. Spiess Volunteer C. Monda J. Montaney M. Gomez

2nd Reading L. Culbertson Volunteer K. Niehenke M. Montaney J. Ocampo

E. Minister T. Spiess Volunteer D. Webb S. Prentice A. Ocampo

E. Minister Ma. Mendoza Volunteer D. Webb J. Maceda G. Peña

E. Minister Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Altar Server L. Esquivel Volunteer B. Belino E. Prentice I. Vasquez

Altar Server F. Esquivel Volunteer Z. Martinez R. Prentice Y. Hurtado

School Survey St. Rose of Lima Catholic School is looking for

feedback regarding expansion. Would you be interested in seeing 7th and 8th grade offered at our school? Contact the School Office for survey details. Thank you for

sharing your thoughts with us!

Prayer Chain If you would like to place someone on the prayer chain, please call Grace Nelson at 754-4209 or email nelsgrace10@live.com or call the Parish Office.

The Living Faith daily devotional books are available on the shelf at the back of the church. Look for them on your way out of Mass. As always, they are free of charge. Please take only one per family.

Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you. — 1 Corinthians 6:19a

Successful Family Fun Night! Thank you to all who participated in playing Bingo January 5th! There were between 80-90 participants and everyone enjoyed the 20 games they played. Thank you to Father Mauricio for the planning and to Grace Nelson for provid-ing the playing information and the variety of games played. Thanks, also, to

Clancy Fuchs, Keith Niehenke, Chris Ahmann for calling, Sally Kaatz for translat-ing, and those students who helped confirm the numbers. Thanks, also, to Maria Mendoza for the pre games pizza and to all who helped clean up afterwards.

FIRST COMMUNIONS

The youth who are preparing for their First Holy Com-munion will be presented to the congregation on Sun-day, February 11th at the 10 a.m. Mass. Don’t forget to pray for the kids (and their teachers) in the weeks to come. The Bilingual Mass for First Communions is set

for Saturday, April 28th at 11 a.m. in the Church.

2017 CONTRIBUTION REPORTS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON

REQUEST AT THE PARISH OFFICE AFTER JANUARY

15TH.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “Ordinary Time” began for us this week. On the old calendar, the feast of the Presentation, still more than two weeks away, was the last day of the Christmas season. Sadly, Bethlehem is hardly a place of peace on earth these days. The ancient Christian

community has been largely uprooted by political strife. The Church of the Nativity stands (barely) in remarkable disrepair and disorder in Manger Square. The roof is crumbling, the major doorways are blocked, the wiring is faulty, and the worship life is disrupted by

quarrels among Eastern Christians. The church was founded by the Emperor Constantine in 325, destroyed in a

Samaritan revolt in 539, and rebuilt by the Emperor Justinian. When the area came under Muslim control in 638, the holiness of the church was respected, and in return Christians allowed Muslims to pray in the south aisle, a right still upheld. Earlier in that century, invading Persians were ordered to destroy all churches, but when they saw the magi carved over the doorway of the Church of the Nativity, they spared it out of respect for their ancestors who bore gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the same city. The Crusaders restored and redecorated the church by the twelfth century, and it is their plan that sur-vives. Down a few stone steps is a stone grotto with a silver star marking the place of Christ’s birth: when the star was stolen in 1847 it triggered an international crisis that

exploded into the Crimean War. Since 1852, the church has been shared by the Roman Catholic, Greek Ortho-dox, and Armenian Churches. The Greeks are in charge of the grotto, but don’t enjoy the best of friendships with the Armenians. Catholics have the care of the Chapel of the Man-ger, and avoid the squabbles by a separate entrance to the Franciscan monastery church

of St. Catherine. Pray for peace in Bethlehem! —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

CONSECRATION TO MARY Many Saints and several Popes have told us, “The surest, fastest, easiest way to Jesus is through His Mother Mary”. We shall begin Wednesday, January 17th at 6:30 p.m. at the rectory. The cost of a book and retreat

guide is $30. Call Gene Butterly at 754-5606 if you are interested.

Collection Envelopes

The boxes of collection envelopes will be moved to the Church Office, in

case you have not had a chance to pick yours up yet. Please stop by, as soon as

possible, to pick your box up. Thank you!

Domingo, Enero 14

Segundo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 8:00AM MISA EN INGLES, Iglesia 10:00AM MISA EN INGLES, Presentacio n de los jo ve- nes de Primera Comunio n, Iglesia 12:00PM MISA EN ESPAN OL, Iglesia 7:00PM ADORACIO N, Capilla

Lunes, Enero 15 Día de Martin Luther King, Jr.

OFICINA CERRADA 8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla

Martes, Enero 16

8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla

Miércoles, Enero 17 San Antonio

8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla 6:20PM Educacio n Religiosa (grados 1-8) y Confir- macio n I y II, Escuela 6:30PM Clase de Adultos en Ingle s, Oficina

Jueves, Enero 18 Semana de Oración por la Unidad Cristiana

8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla

Viernes, Enero 19

La Teofanía en el calendario juliano (la epifanía) 8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla

Sábado, Enero 20 San Fabián; San Sebastián

8:40AM ROSARIO, Capilla 9:00AM SERVICIO DECOMUNIO N, Capilla 4:00PM CONFESIONES, Iglesia 5:30PM MISA DE VIGILIA EN INGLES, Iglesia 7:00PM MISA DE VIGILIA EN ESPANOL, Iglesia

Domingo, Enero 21 8:00AM MISA EN INGLES, Iglesia 10:00AM MISA EN INGLES, Iglesia 12:00PM MISA EN ESPAN OL, Iglesia 7:00PM ADORACIO N, Capilla

CORDERO DE DIOS “Este es el Cordero de Dios”. Escuchamos esta frase to-dos los domingos en la Misa pero es muy probable que mu-chos cato licos no sepan quie n la pronuncio originariamente en la Biblia. La frase aparece en el Evangelio de Juan, en los labios de Juan Bautista a quien dice dos veces. En la lectura del Evangelio de hoy, Juan proclama que Jesu s es el Cordero de Dios y entonces dos de los discí pulos de Juan siguen a Cristo. Un poco ma s tarde Andre s, quien escucho a Juan y siguio a Jesu s, lleva a su hermano Simo n para que reciba un nuevo nombre: Kefa s, es decir Pedro. Si estudiamos a fondo estos versí culos de la Biblia vemos la misio n de todos los bautizados en el Cuerpo de Cristo: Siempre debemos proclamar nuestra fe en Cristo, para que otros lo sigan. Quiza s no sepa-mos de que manera la voluntad de Dios obrara en los que llevamos a Cristo, pero eso no es lo importante. Lo que importa es que nuestra mi-sio n constante como Iglesia es llevar a otras personas a Cristo, el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mun-do. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

SEGUNDO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO 14 DE ENERO DEL 2018

Las cadenas de gracia son fuertes y tan dulces, que aunque atraen nuestro corazón, ellas no

encadenan nuestras libertades. —San Francisco de Sales

Como sabemos ...

el Padre Mauricio se fue a Colombia el10 de enero y regresara el 2

de febrero. Pedimos sus oraciones por sus viajes seguros. En su ausen-

cia, demostremos nuestra gratitud a los siguientes sacerdotes que of-

recera n misas los fines de semana el mes de enero:

El Padre Eloy Romero a través de Cross Catholic Outreach servira

Misas el sa bado, 13 de enero y el domingo, 14 de enero.

Padre Michael Ibach, Vicario Judicial de la Diócesis de Yakima,

servira Misas el sa bado, 20 de enero y el domingo, 21 de enero.

El Padre Jerry Beat de la Diócesis de Wichita, a través del

UNBOUND programa, servira Misas el sa bado, 27 de enero y el domin-go, 28 de enero.

Enero 7, 2018 – $6,806.13

Necesitado - $4,100.00

YTD Recibido - $6,806.13

Presupuestado - $8,200.00

ACA 2018 Participación: 109 Parroquianos

Meta: $35,410.00 Prometido: $30,686.00 Recibido: $6,974.00

Encuesta Escolar La Escuela Cato lica de Santa Rosa de Lima esta

buscando comentarios sobre una expansio n. ¿Estarí a intere-sado en que la Escuela tuviera grados 7 y 8? Po ngase en con-tacto con la Oficina de la Escue-la para obtener detalles de la

encuesta. ¡Gracias por compartir tus pensamien-tos con nosotros!

Ministerio 5:30pm Misa 7:00pm Misa 8:00am Misa 10:00am Misa 12:00pm Misa

Bienvenida Volunteer Volunteer T & M Webb Volunteer Volunteer

Colecta Volunteer Volunteer G. Couture Volunteer Volunteer

1 Lector A. Spiess Volunteer C. Monda J. Montaney M. Gomez

2 Lector L. Culbertson Volunteer K. Niehenke M. Montaney J. Ocampo

Ministro E. T. Spiess Volunteer D. Webb S. Prentice A. Ocampo

Ministro E. Ma. Mendoza Volunteer D. Webb J. Maceda G. Peña

Ministro E. Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Acólito L. Esquivel Volunteer B. Belino E. Prentice I. Vasquez

Acólito F. Esquivel Volunteer Z. Martinez R. Prentice Y. Hurtado

Sobres de Colección

Las cajas de los sobres de la coleccio n se movera n a

la Oficina de la Iglesia, en caso de que au n no haya tenido la oportunidad de recoger la suya. Por favor, venga, tan pronto como

sea posible, para recoger su caja.

PRIMERAS COMUNIONES

Los jo venes que se esta n preparando para su Primera Comunio n sera n presentados a la congregacio n el

domingo, 11 de febrero en la Misa de las 10 a.m. No se olvide de rezar por los nin os (y sus maestros) en las pro ximas semanas. La Misa Bilingu e para Primeras Comuniones esta programada para el sa bado 28 de

abril a las 11 a.m. en la Iglesia.

¡Noche de Diversión Familiar Exitosa! Gracias a todos los que participaron en jugar Bingo el 5 de enero! Hubo entre 80 y 90 participantes y todos disfrutaron de los 20 juegos que jugaron. Gracias al padre Mauricio por la planificacio n y a Grace Nelson por proporcionar la infor-macio n de reproduccio n y la variedad de juegos jugados. Gracias, tambie n, a

Clancy Fuchs, Keith Niehenke, Chris Ahmann por llamar, a Sally Kaatz por tradu-cir, y a los estudiantes que ayudaron a confirmar los nu meros. Gracias, tambie n, a Marí a Mendoza por la pizza pre juegos y tambie n a la gente que ayudo limpiar.

Cadena de Oración Si le gustarí a poner a alguien en la cadena de oracio n pueden hablar a la Oficina

Parroquial para establecer sus intenciones al 754-3640.

BANCO DE COMIDA

Por favor, done latas de sopa al Ephrata Food Bank para el mes de

enero. Gracias por su continuada generosidad.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Segu n una vieja costumbre latina, no se les debe llamar por nom-bre a los nin os mientras todaví a esta n en el vientre de su madre. Mis pa-dres siempre me hablaban por nombre durante el embarazo de mi ma-ma . Esto por supuesto molestaba a mi abuelita quien decí a que si me

iban a hablar por nombre serí a mejor llamarme Tiburcio. La gran sorpre-sa de mis padres fue que nací el dí a de san Tiburcio. Gracias a Dios mis padres no eran tradicionalistas, sino tuviera que pasar mi vida con ese

nombre. Muchos latinoamericanos todaví a siguen la tradicio n del ono-ma stico; de dar a su hijo o hija el nombre del santo o de la santa en cuyo dí a nacio . Esta costumbre se hace con doble intencio n: 1) para implorar la proteccio n del santo sobre el recie n nacido y 2) para que el nin o o la

nin a tenga un buen ejemplo como modelo para su vida. Esta u ltima razo n implica tener que conocer e imitar al santo o a la santa.

Si tu hijo nace el 16 de enero puedes nombrarlo: Ful-gencio, Acursio, Adiuto, Frisio y Tolomeo. O si es nin a, Priscila

o el femenino de los previos. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

CONSAGRACIÓN A MARÍA Muchos Santos y varios Papas nos han dicho: "La manera ma s segura, ra pida y fa cil para Jesu s es a trave s de su Madre Marí a". Comenzaremos el mie rcoles, 17 de enero a las 6:30 p.m. en la rectorí a. El costo de una guí a de libros y retiros es de $30. Llame a Gene Butterly al 754-5606 si

esta interesado.

Su cuerpo es templo del Espíritu Santo. — 1 Corintios 6:19

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