second Sunday of lent

March 17, 2019 Volume 3, Issue #12

Celebrants:

Father Victor Ray Associates:

Father Robin Whitlock

How many of us spend Lent fretting about what we’ll give up? Desserts, movies, coffee, a favorite TV show? And on Fridays we trade pepperoni pizza for fish and chips. But today's Gospel reminds us that, above all, Lent is a season of transformation. It’s a time to wake up, to open our eyes so that like the three Apostles, we can see Jesus in his glory. It’s a time to listen, so we can hear His voice calling us to be fully aware and fully alive – to live our faith every moment of our lives. Lent is a time to take your place beside Abraham, to look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Lent is a time to stand beside Moses and tell stories of liberation; for that's what Jesus gave us – freedom – freedom from sin, freedom to do the Father's will. We’ve been brought out of slavery, redeemed at a great price, by the blood of the Father’s only Son. Lent is a time to come out of hiding and walk with Elijah, to spread the Good News fearlessly to all who will hear. Lent is a time to listen, to hear the urgency of Christ's message to each one of us – a message of love He never tires of repeating. Lent is a time for prayer, for it’s in our prayer life that we are most open to the God’s Word. Yes, brothers and sisters, Lent is a time to listen… a time to be transformed. Don’t let it go to waste

Father Victor Ray

Wisdom From

Father Victor Ray

CHURCH CALENDAR

• March 17, Sunday, 10:30 am, Mass – Second Sunday of Lent – Easter Flower Collection

• March 17, Sunday, After Mass – St. Patrick’s Day Feast • March 22, Friday, 6:30 pm – Stations of the Cross

• March 23, Saturday, 10 to 1 pm – Walk The Block for Hunger 2019

• March 24, Sunday, 10:30 am, Mass – Third Sunday of Lent – Easter Flower Collection • March 29, Friday, 6:30 pm – Stations of the Cross

• March 31, Sunday, 10:30 am, Mass – Fourth Sunday of Lent – Easter Flower Collection

• April 2, Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Narthex, House of Ministry Meeting.

• April 5, Friday, 6:30 pm – Stations of the Cross

• April 7, Sunday, 10:30 am – Mass – Fifth Sunday of Lent – Last Day Easter Flower Collection

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Let’s Pray For:

Abrams, Al

Dawn and Morgan

Fichter, Louise +

Hartwig, Bill

Hickman, Bp. Peter

Judi and Larry

Kovar, Lyn

Little, Ron

Marx, D.A.

For all of our Parishioners

that follow us through

Electronic Media. Prayers

for your specific request that

you have sent us.

For all those that need a

Prayer, Raise, your Right

Hand Toward Heaven and

know that the Parish of Saint

Teresa of Calcutta Catholic

Community is beside you in

your Prayer.

The Daily Prayer of Saint Teresa

Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and

love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of You.

Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in

my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin

to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.

Meeks, James

Obuchowski, Essy

Ray, Father Victor

Retke, Wayne

Spano, Dee

Talboom, Mark

Villafana, Ivy

Warner, Bill

This Weeks Chuckle

Upcoming Celebrations

MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT 3/10/19 22 COLLECTIONS: $386.00

ACTUAL MONTHLY EXPENSE: $1,562.61 ONTHLY INCOME (PLUS/MINUS) (-$804.61)

For all those Celebrations that I have missed, Forgive Me and I sincerely hope they were all Wonderful. Wishing you all the Happiness and Repeat of your Special Day!

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BIRTHDAYS

Caleb Stout 3/3

Maria – Elena Whitlock 3/8

Patrick Ellingham 3/16

Jim Villafana 3/24

ANNIVERSARY Jon Laubscher and Bill Schwartz 3/6

Jennifer and Dan Stout 3/13

Ivy and Jim Villafana 4/8

Please follow along with the Mass by viewing the Blue

Booklet found in the Pew Pocket in front of you.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:

* March 8 until April 12th – Fridays, Station of the Cross at 6:30 pm

* April 14 - Palm Sunday Mass, 10:30 am

* April 18 - Holy Thursday Mass, 7 pm followed by Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament in the Altar of Repose in Room #108. Parishioners will be encouraged to

sign up in 1/2 hour increments for prayer through midnight on Thursday and from 8 to

11:30 am on Good Friday. Sign up sheet will be posted in April.

* April 19 – Holy Friday - Communion Service at 7 pm

* April 20 - Easter Saturday Vigil Mass at 7 pm

* April 21 - Easter Sunday Mass at 10:30 am

SAINT TERESA OF CALCUTTA

FLOWER FUND

We are accepting donations toward

Easter flowers that will decorate our

church on Holy Saturday and Easter

Sunday. Suggested donation is $10

per flower.

Please list those loved ones you

wish to honor or memorialize, and

hand to Jon Laubscher with cash or

check . Deadline for submitting

this form is Sunday, April 7th.

DUTIES OF THE MODERATOR AND THE ASSISTANT MODERATOR

2 YEAR TERM

MODERATOR IS ONLY ELECTED THIS ONE TIME THEN AFTER 2 YEARS THE ASSISTANT MODERATOR

BECOMES THE MODERATOR. THEN WE VOTE FOR A NEW ASSISTANT MODERATOR.

E. Duties of Moderator:

The duties of the Moderator include, but are not limited to:

1. Scheduling and notifying members of HOM meetings. 2. Assembling and distributing HOM meeting agendas and minutes. 3. Moderating HOM meetings. 4. Communicating to the Pastor all issues regarding the HOM, including participation and attendance of HOM members. 5. Administering the voting process within the HOM. 6. Delegating tasks to Assistant Moderator or HOM members. 7. Facilitating the annual HOM Retreat in January. 8. Preparing and scheduling HOM retreats, as needed. 9. Calling upon Ministry teams to submit annual budgets. 10. Facilitating nominations for new HOM members. 11. Facilitating selection of Assistant Moderator. 12. Ensuring each Ministry team has a liaison on the HOM. 13. Ensuring HOM members fulfill HOM-member responsibilities during their term. 14. Cross training of the Assistant Manager.

F. Duties of Assistant Moderator:

The duties of the Assistant Moderator shall include:

1. Ensuring that minutes are taken at each HOM meeting. 2. Assuming Moderator responsibilities in the absence of the Moderator. 3. Coordinating an orientation meeting for new HOM members at the end of the year. 4. Planning and coordinating the Parish HOM annual retreat held in the new year when the Assistant Moderator has

become Moderator. 5. Completing other tasks as delegated by the Moderator.

WE ARE ALSO VOTING FOR THE

AFFIRMATION OF OUR PASTOR.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please email your request to: media.stoccc@gmail.com

and I will forward them onto the panel whom are Dee Spano, Cindy Giddens and Ron Magray.

Applicants needed for Moderator and the Assistant Moderator:

GATHERING

Reading 1 GENESIS 15:5-12, 17-18

The Lord God took Abram outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.

Just so," he added, "shall your descendants be." Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to

him as an act of righteousness.

He then said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this

land as a possession." "O Lord GOD," he asked, "how am I to know that I shall possess it?"

He answered him, "Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat,

a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." Abram brought him all these, split them in

two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up. Birds of prey swooped

down on the carcasses, but Abram stayed with them. As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon

Abram, and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.

When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch,

which passed between those pieces. It was on that occasion that the LORD made a covenant with

Abram, saying: "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River,

the Euphrates."

Hear what the spirit is saying to the church.

Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm PALMS 27:1 , 7-8 , 8-9 , 13-14 .

R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life's refuge;

of whom should I be afraid?

R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Hear, O LORD, the sound of my call; have pity on me, and answer me. Of you my heart speaks; you

my glance seeks.

R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Your presence, O LORD, I seek. Hide not your face from me; do not in anger repel your servant.

You are my helper: cast me not off.

R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD with

courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

SPANISH TEXT FOLLOWS THE ENGLISH

Reading 2 PHILIPPINES 3:17—4:1

Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct

themselves according to the model you have in us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell

you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction.

Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly

things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also

to bring all things into subjection to himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the

Lord.

Hear what the spirit is saying to the church.

Thanks Be To God

Gospel Acclamation

(SUNG DURING GOSPEL PROCESSION AND RECESSION)

REPEAT REFRAIN BEFOR VERSE

TO REFRAIN

Gospel LUKE 9:28B-36

Jesus took Peter, John, and James

and went up the mountain to pray.

While he was praying his face changed in appearance

and his clothing became dazzling white.

And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,

who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus

that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep,

but becoming fully awake,

they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus,

"Master, it is good that we are here;

let us make three tents,

one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

But he did not know what he was saying.

While he was still speaking,

a cloud came and cast a shadow over them,

and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.

Then from the cloud came a voice that said,

"This is my chosen Son; listen to him."

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.

They fell silent and did not at that time

tell anyone what they had seen.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Question of the Week:

Where is God asking you to wait and be patient at

this time in your life? What does it mean to you that

yours “citizenship is in heaven”? How do you listen

to Jesus in daily life? In your life, which places of

darkness are longing for the light of Christ? How

might you lift these places up to the Light?

II Domingo de Cuaresma

Primera lectura Gen 15, 5-12. 17-18

En aquellos días, Dios sacó a Abram de su casa y le dijo: "Mira el cielo y cuenta las estrellas, si

puedes". Luego añadió: "Así será tu descendencia".

Abram creyó lo que el Señor le decía y, por esa fe, el Señor lo tuvo por justo. Entonces le dijo: "Yo

soy el Señor, el que te sacó de Ur, ciudad de los caldeos, para entregarte en posesión esta tierra".

Abram replicó: "Señor Dios, ¿cómo sabré que voy a poseerla?" Dios le dijo: "Tráeme una ternera, una

cabra y un carnero, todos de tres años; una tórtola y un pichón".

Tomó Abram aquellos animales, los partió por la mitad y puso las mitades una enfrente de la otra,

pero no partió las aves. Pronto comenzaron los buitres a descender sobre los cadáveres y Abram los

ahuyentaba.

Estando ya para ponerse el sol, Abram cayó en un profundo letargo, y un terror intenso y

misterioso se apoderó de él. Cuando se puso el sol, hubo densa oscuridad y sucedió que un brasero

humeante y una antorcha encendida, pasaron por entre aquellos animales partidos.

De esta manera hizo el Señor, aquel día, una alianza con Abram, diciendo:

"A tus descendientes doy esta tierra, desde el río de Egipto hasta el gran río Éufrates''.

Segunda Lectura Fil 3, 17–4, 1

Hermanos: Sean todos ustedes imitadores míos y observen la conducta de aquellos que siguen el

ejemplo que les he dado a ustedes. Porque, como muchas veces se lo he dicho a ustedes, y ahora se lo

repito llorando, hay muchos que viven como enemigos de la cruz de Cristo. Esos tales acabarán en la

perdición, porque su dios es el vientre, se enorgullecen de lo que deberían avergonzarse y sólo piensan

en cosas de la tierra.

Nosotros, en cambio, somos ciudadanos del cielo, de donde esperamos que venga nuestro

Salvador, Jesucristo. Él transformará nuestro cuerpo miserable en un cuerpo glorioso, semejante al

suyo, en virtud del poder que tiene para someter a su dominio todas las cosas.

Hermanos míos, a quienes tanto quiero y extraño: ustedes, hermanos míos amadísimos, que son

mi alegría y mi corona, manténganse fieles al Señor.

Evangelio Lc 9, 28b-36

En aquel tiempo, Jesús se hizo acompañar de Pedro, Santiago y Juan, y subió a un monte para

hacer oración. Mientras oraba, su rostro cambió de aspecto y sus vestiduras se hicieron blancas y

relampagueantes. De pronto aparecieron conversando con él dos personajes, rodeados de esplendor:

eran Moisés y Elías. Y hablaban de la muerte que le esperaba en Jerusalén.

Pedro y sus compañeros estaban rendidos de sueño; pero, despertándose, vieron la gloria de Jesús

y de los que estaban con él. Cuando éstos se retiraban, Pedro le dijo a Jesús: "Maestro, sería bueno

que nos quedáramos aquí y que hiciéramos tres chozas: una para ti, una para Moisés y otra para

Elías", sin saber lo que decía.

No había terminado de hablar, cuando se formó una nube que los cubrió; y ellos, al verse

envueltos por la nube, se llenaron de miedo. De la nube salió una voz que decía: "Éste es mi Hijo, mi

escogido; escúchenlo". Cuando cesó la voz, se quedó Jesús solo.

Los discípulos guardaron silencio y por entonces no dijeron a nadie nada de lo que habían visto.

OFFERTORY

COMMUNION

REPEAT REFRAIN AT THE END

COMMUNION SONG

IF NEEDED TO STRETCH

SANCTUARY

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

It is you, Lord. Who came to save

The heart and soul. Of every man

It is you Lord. Who knows my weakness

Who gives me strength. With thine own hand

Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary. Pure and Holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving I'll be a living. Sanctuary for you

Lead Me on Lord. From temptation

And Purify me. From within

Fill my heart Lord. With Your holy spirit

And Take away, Take away all my sin

Lord prepare me to be sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

Lord prepare me to be sanctuary. Pure and holy, tried and true

With thanksgiving, I'll be a living. Sanctuary for You

SENDING

MUSICAL INTERLUDE BEFORE VERSE #2

Please join us for Fellowship.

Have a Blessed Week!

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