Divine Mercy April 12, 2015

13670 E. 13th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011 Office: 303-364-7435 Fax: 303-340-0122 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 7:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Divine Mercy Sunday "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.... Receive the Holy Spirit. If you for-give the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (Jn 20: 21-23). Before speaking these words, Jesus shows His hands and His side. He points, that is, to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in His heart, the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on humanity. From that heart Sr. Faustina Kowalska (…) will see two rays of light shining from that heart and illuminating the world:

"The two rays," Jesus himself explained to her one day, "represent blood and water" (Diary, 299).(…) It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the word of God on this Sec-ond Sunday of Easter, which from now on through-out the Church will be called "Divine Mercy Sunday." In the various readings, the liturgy seems to indicate the path of mercy which, while re-establishing the relationship of each person with God, also creates new relations of fraternal soli-darity among human beings. Christ has taught us that man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but is also called to practice mercy towards oth-ers: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mt 5: 7). He also showed us the many paths of mercy, which not only forgives sins but reaches out to all human needs. Jesus bent over every kind of human poverty, material and spiritual (…). It is this love which must inspire humanity today, if it is to face the crisis of the meaning of life, the chal-lenges of the most diverse needs and, especially, the duty to defend the dignity of every human person. Thus the message of divine mercy is also implicitly a message about the value of every human being. Each person is precious in God's eyes; Christ gave his life for each one; to everyone the Father gives His Spirit and offers intimacy. This consoling message is addressed above all to those who, afflicted by a particularly harsh trial or crushed by the weight of the sins they committed, have lost all confidence in life and are tempted to give in to despair. To them the gentle face of Christ is offered; those rays from his heart touch them and shine upon them, warm them, show them the way and fill them with hope. How many souls have been consoled by the prayer "Jesus, I trust in you," which Providence intimated through Sr Faustina! This sim-ple act of abandonment to Jesus dispels the thickest clouds and lets a ray of light penetrate every life. Je-sus, I trust in You.

(Excerpt from St John Paul II’s homily on Divine Mercy Sun-day, Apr 30th, 2000)

Saturday, April 11, 2014 5:30 Less Ellen Mutch † By Jeanne Fox Sunday, April 12, 2014 7:30 Theresa Mary Erlewein † By Anthony Burczyk 9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish 11:00 Vicenta P. Tolentino † By Chuchay Tuason Monday April 13, 2015 8:00 Anna Ullrich † By Don & Jeaneel Lovelace Tuesday April 14, 2015 8:00 Robert “Sarge” Cassidy By the Colorado State Veterans Community & Staff Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:00 Healing Mass for Joe Ngai By Marta Cheesman Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:00 Ella Keller † By their Loving Family Friday, April 17, 2014 8:00 Ed Mehlin † By Erin & Jim Whelin Saturday, April 18, 2014 5:30 For the Intentions of John & Helen Kish By the Gish Family Sunday, April 19, 2014 7:30 Robert Golinski † By the Montgomery Family 9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish 11:00 Isabel P. Tan † By Chuchay Tuason

Please contact the rectory to make arrangements for Mass Intentions

Today’s Readings

Prayers of theFaithful

PARISH STAFF PASTOR

VICAR

DEACONS

LITURGY & MUSIC:

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DIRECTOR

SOCIAL MINISTRIES

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE SECRETARY

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

First Reading — With great power the apostles bore wit-ness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus (Acts 4:32-35). Psalm — Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading — The victory that conquers the world is our faith (1 John 5:1-6). Gospel — Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed (John 20:19-31).

Mass Intentions

We pray for all those who are sick or in need of our prayers:

Diana and Jack Eldred; Elaine Koll, sister of Barbara Rome; Jane Dolan; Margie Khelik; Melen and Don Sexton; Charles McGaa; Marie Aguilar , Joe Ngai, Kyle McManus

“Please Pray for” Greg Onofrio, Jr.; Andy Delgado; Lee Rosa; Denise Bilyeu; Dale Papineau; Lacie Ridnauer; Denny Somers; Lynn Kallen-der; Gabrielle Schuett; Shirley Valentine; Cindy Cross; Mi-chelle Watson; Dusty Martin; Ned Tollie Gray; Mary Whitte-ker; Kelly Gleason; Lina Williams; Dale Svatos; Ana Limon; Assunta Ferraro; Teri Reynolds; Glenda Powell; Nancy McClain; Geneva Tatman; Ralph Pacheco; Brett Davis; Martha Atchley; Mike Simons; Stephen Sanchez;

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 5:30 p.m. English Anticipatory 7:15 p.m. en Español

Sunday 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.m. English 1:00 p.m. Español

Daily Mass Monday through Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

Holy Days 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, Bilingual

8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Confessions Wednesday 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Saturday 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Anointing: First Saturday of the month 8:00 a.m.

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help: 7:00 p.m. on 2nd Wednesday

Adoration Every Wednesday 7 pm

Rev. Jorge Agüera (ext. 111) father.jorge@stpiusxparish.org

Rev. Samuel Sarkodie (ext. 112) father.sark@stpiusxparish.org

D. Gregory Martin Dusty@stpiusxparish.org D. James Blume deaconjim@capuchins.org

Greg Onofrio (303) 365-2393 GregO@stpiusxparish.org

Martha Jones (303) 364-1822 Martha@stpiusxparish.org

Jay Reszka (ext. 116) JayR@stpiusxparish.org

Doris Williams (ext. 115) Doris@stpiusxparish.org

Neyda Navarrete (ext. 114) Neyda@stpiusxparish.org

Sonia Hinojosa (ext. 110) Sonia@stpiusxparish.org

Mark Strawbridge mstrawbridge@stpiusxschool.net

Pray for the Recently Deceased

Rita Meier; Anna Barbara Marshall, Edward Aspinwall, Christine Burns; Dennis LeClair;

THIS WEEK ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

COFFEE AND DONUTS

Donuts and coffee will be served in the church basement following the 7:30 and 9:00 a.m. Masses this Sunday morning.

WOMENS GUILD LUNCHEON

DARE TO DREAM SCHOLARSHIP

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS NEEDED For St. Pius 9 Health Fair on September 26th

ARCHBISHOP’S CATHOLIC APPEAL

St. Pius X is offering a college scholarship for achieve-ments in service, leadership, vision and academics to graduating high school seniors who are registered parish members. Beginning this weekend, applications will be available in the Narthex for any high school senior from St. Pius wishing to further their education aftergraduation.

All applications must be returned to the parish office no later than Friday, May 1.

Scholarship winners will be announced at the Graduation Mass on Mother’s Day at the 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning Mass.

Applicants must attend the 9 a.m. Mass On May 10th in order to win a scholarship.

Today, Divine Mercy Sunday, may we express our gratitude for our Lord’s immeasureable mercy toward us by showing mercy toward others – particularly the neediest among us – through a gift to the 2015 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal. Your sacrifice will rekindle hope in the lilfe of at least one individual. May God bless you for your compassionate response.

If you are an RN, LPN, MA, PA or NP we could really use your exper-tise at our 2nd annual 9 Health Fam-ily Fair to be held at St. Pius X on Saturday, September 26th. The

hours of the Fair are from 7-Noon. If you can help us please call Jay at the Parish Office at 303-364-7435.

On Tuesday night, April 21st at 7 PM in the church there will be a meeting to discuss the results of our Parish Evalua-tion Process. All are invited. It will be a chance for Fr. Jorge to share with pa-

rishioners the results of the various surveys conducted these past months and have some open discussion about the future of the parish.

PARISH EVALUATION RESULTS MEETING

NEW CLINIC FOR UNINSURED

The new DAWN health clinic is now open every Tuesday evening from 5:30PM to 8:30PM at the Dayton Opportu-nity Center, at 1445 Dayton. It’s a new health clinic oper-ated by the University of Colorado. Walk in visits are fine on Tuesday evenings. It provides free comprehensive pri-mary care and can be the medical home of any adult who lives in Aurora, 19 years or older, who does not have health insurance or Medicaid. It will help people enroll in Medicaid if they are eligible and will refer children to available pediatric care. Staff is bilingual. Questions? Contact Mina McLean (Spanish) or Rich Mclean (English) at 303-364-2045.

APRIL 20TH

You are invited to join other women from our parish for a casual and fun time, where they settle all of the world problems in a short time. Every month there is a potluck luncheon. You can buy or make a dish to share. Come each month or whenever you can. We meet on the third Monday of each month at 12 pm to 2:30 pm in the Family Life Center.

If you are an adult interested in Becoming Catholic or are a Catholic Adult needing Confirmation (and/or 1st Com-munion), please give us a call. We have a program of instruction called RCIA which will provide you with a thorough orientation (or refresher) to all things Catholic and arrange for you to receive the needed Sacraments that will make you fully Catholic. Our instructional classes begin in mid-May and will continue on Tuesday evenings until Easter 2015. If you are interested or would like more information, call Jay at the Office 303-364-7435.

Monday: Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-3, 4-9; Jn 3:1-8 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48

Readings for the Week

RCIA 2015-16 BEGINS IN MAY Do you want to become a Catholic?

We apologize for the inconvenience, however, during the majority of the Week of April 13th, the priests of the Archdiocese will all be involved in the Priest’s Annual Convocation. This means that we not have Daily Mass on Tuesday, April 14th through Friday, April 17th. Instead, we will have a Communion Service led by Deacon Jim. Daily Mass will resume on Saturday, April 18th.

NO DAILY MASSES April 14th –17th

COMMUNION SERVICES ONLY