SANTA CLARA CATHOLIC CHURCH

(805) 487-3891 Fax (805) 487-4733 323 S “E” Street, Oxnard, 93030

www.santaclaraparish.org

The Baptism of the Lord Sunday, January 10, 2016

MANIFESTING THE SPIRIT

“A ppearances can be deceiving,” as the saying goes. As we celebrate the epiphania, the “appearing” of the eternal

Word of God on earth, this is still true. What rapturous foresight must have filled Isaiah as he wrote the words we hear to-day. How, for four hundred years, they must have filled the hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day when God’s glory would shine on them. How deceived some must have felt when the glory of God came to them in the lowliest and humblest of human lives. We have many ex-pectations about how the divine presence will appear among us. But we can also set ourselves up, through these expectations, to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It may take a persistent journey for us to come upon the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Jesus Christ. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITIONS

M erry Christmas! Share that cheerful greeting with some folks today. They may wonder if you have had any Elvis sightings lately,

attended Star Trek conventions, or were Cle-opatra in a previous lifetime. Despite the skeptics, today is solidly within the Christmas season. In fact, in some strands of the Chris-tian tradition it represents the clearest manifestation of the mystery of the Incarnation. On Christmas Day, for example, the Gospel reading is the Prologue of John’s Gospel, which reveals the glory of Christ shining through our humanity precisely in his baptism. At any rate, this is an an-cient feast, celebrated first in Egypt sixteen centuries ago. More than most other ancient people, the Egyptians understood the life‑giving properties of water. On this day, they drew water from the Nile, so central in the history of their people, and reserved it in honor. Many other places copied the custom, so that St. John Chrysostom wrote of people in Antioch gathering at midnight to collect flowing water into vessels they brought from home since “today there is a blessing on the water.” At home for dinner tonight, decorate the table with beautiful bowls of water and white candles, toast one another with goblets of

P S O P Rev. Marco A. Or z, Pastor

Rev. Frank Cubas, Associate Pastor Rev. John Fahey, Re red

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Saturday Vigils 5pm & 7pm Spanish 6:30am, 8am, 10am, 12pm Family

Mass, 5pm Youth Mass & 7pm Spanish

W H M Monday-Saturday 8am

C Fridays 6:30pm

Saturdays 3pm, or by appointment

A B S Every Friday Family Holy Hour 7-8pm

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Every day 6am—8pm (closed on certain holidays)

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Parish Office (805) 487-3891 Emergency only (805) 890-5400

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Monica Gu errez, Admin. Secretary Monday thru Friday 8am—9pm

Saturday 8am—4pm Sunday 8am—2pm

Office of Catechism Le y (805) 330-8217

Youth Ministry/Confirma on

Pete Rydberg (805) 487-1988

RCIA Program Jerome Be encourt (805) 302-1663

Santa Clara Elementary School

Mrs. Do y Massa, Principal 324 S. E Street, Oxnard CA 93030

(805) 483-6935

sparkling water, and light a Christmas candle in the window one last time . —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Isaiah speaks of the Servant whom the Lord upholds; he shall bring forth justice to the nations (Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7) or Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11. Psalm — The Lord will bless his people with peace (Psalm 29) or Psalm 104. Second Reading — Jesus was anointed by God with the Holy Spirit; he went out healing and doing good (Acts 10:34-38) or Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7. Gospel — A voice comes from heaven proclaiming Jesus as the beloved Son, with whom God is well pleased (Luke 3:15-16, 21-22). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora-tion. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-19; Mk 1:14‑20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mk 1:21‑28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10; Mk 1:29‑39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24- 25; Mk 1:40‑45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1‑12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps 21:2-7; Mk 2:13‑17 Sunday: Is 62:1-5; Ps 96:1-3, 7-10; 1 Cor 12:4- 11; Jn 2:1-11

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: The Baptism of the Lord Monday: First Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. Hilary Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

SOCIAL SENIORS EVENT!

C ome join us on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Santa Clara Parish Hall. We will attend the 8:00 am

Mass at Santa Clara Church with our Meeting to follow at 9:00am. At that time we will enjoy a Continental Breakfast as we plan next year's activities. Do you know of some new places we might go to? Have you seen or done any-thing during the past year you thought Seniors might enjoy? Come and tell us about it. Newcomers, you'll

enjoy us! We'll be expecting you!!! FUN IS OUR GAME! GREAT FELLOWSHIP IS OUR AIM! Y'all come!!!!!!! Call Jiny (984-7816) for further infor-mation.

FREE FLU VACCINATION CLINIC

D ignity Health St. John's Regional Medical Center will have an Out-door Free Flu Vaccination

Clinic for parishioners on Sunday, January 17, 2016 from 9am to 2pm behind the Chapel (1333 E. Ventura Blvd., Oxnard).

CLERGY NIGHT WITH BISHOP MADERA

T he Knights of Columbus, Oxnard Council 750, will host Clergy Night on January 12th, 2016 at the

Council Hall. This is an opportunity to say "Thank You" to those serving in Holy Orders and Consecrated Life. Also, Our Holy Father, Pope Frances, has asked all of us to recognize this year as the Year of Mercy. Guest Speaker will be Bishop Jo-seph Madera, M.Sp.s. Bishop Madera was very in-strumental to the Catholic Community at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Join us at 632 South D Street. Doors open 5:00pm for the social hour. The dinner program will start at 6:00pm. $20 per person at the door. RSVP is re-quired. All Clergy will be admitted without charge as a thank you for their service to our Church and ser-vice to their Ministry. For additional information, please contact Grand Knight Bill Harris at 805-436-9883 or the Council Hall, 805-483-1750.

PADRE SERRA PRESENTS-

WE ARE CATHOLIC: WE ARE THE CHURCH

P adre Serra Roman Catholic Church, 5205 Up-land Road in Camarillo, will host a presentation on Tues-

day, January 26, 2016 by parish deacon couple Bill and Sue Spies on the importance of family and its challenges to juggle time and ener-gy and resources. Deacon Bill and Sue Spies are parents of three and grandparents of nine, and are living the joys and sorrows of family life with compassion, humor, and strong faith. Families of all kinds are invited to join them for encourage-ment, helpful hints, and stories of success and failure as they connect their own experience of family with

Sacred Heart, in the Senior Center Room located in Biederman Hall. Defenders of Life are an active pro life group in many Ventura area parishes. Why not make a New Years resolution to find out more about living your Faith in our community? Please call Carol 765-4293 for more information.

BE WARY OF ONLINE FRIENDSHIPS

T oday’s teens may seem to be always online, with constant messaging and sharing on social

media with a large audience. The internet is a great place to meet people, but these meetings come with potential dangers that can put kids and teens at risk. You don’t know who you’re really talking to online. Pay atten-tion to the sites your kids on computers and mobile devices. Monitor the sites that they visit and ask ques-tions about who they talk to and what information they provide to their online friends. For a copy of the VIRTUS® article “Preventing Teen Victimization On- and Offline,” email jvienna@la-archdiocese.org.

SAINT HILARY OF POITIERS

H ilary died in 367. His liturgical Memorial is celebrated on 13 January. In 1851 Blessed Pius IX

proclaimed him a Doctor of the uni-versal Church. To sum up the essen-tials of his doctrine, I would like to say that Hilary found the starting point for his theological reflection in baptismal faith. In De Trini-tate, Hilary writes: Jesus "has com-manded us to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (cf. Mt 28: 19), that is, in the confession of the Author, of the Only-Begotten One and of the Gift. The Author of all things is one alone, for one alone is God the Father, from whom all things proceed. And one alone is Our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things exist (cf. I Cor 8: 6), and one alone is the Spirit (cf. Eph 4: 4), a gift in all.... In nothing can be found to be lacking so great a fullness, in which the immensity in the Eternal One, the revelation in the Image, joy in the Gift, con-verge in the Father, in the Son and in the Holy Spir-it" (De Trinitate 2, 1). God the Father, being wholly love, is able to communicate his divinity to his Son in its fullness. I find particularly beautiful the following formula of St Hilary: "God knows not how to be any-thing other than love, he knows not how to be anyone other than the Father. Those who love are not envious

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the conclusions of the Vatican Synod on the Family recently convened by Pope Francis. The Serra Center doors open at 6:30 pm with the presentation from 7:00-8:00. There is no cost to attend. Please RSVP for the event to anne@padreserra.org.

NEWLYWEDS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

N ewlyweds — you’ve embarked on a journey that is at the heart of a civilization of love and

life. Now is the time to grow and strengthen the beautiful gift of love that God has given you in the unity of marriage. If you’ve been married for up to 5 years, join us for Newlyweds 101: God Centric–a marriage enrich-ment program. Newlyweds 101: God Centric Series of 6 Monthly Friday Sessions from January 22-June 24, 2016. For more information: archla.org/newlyweds101 or contact Candy Metoyer cmetoy-er@la-archdiocese.org, 213.637.7250. VILLANOVA PREP SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

C ome to Villanova Prep’s Open House on Sunday, January 10, at 2:00 pm. Educating students in the Au-

gustinian tradition for over 90 years, Villanova is now proud to announce its offering of the International Baccalaure-ate Diploma Programme. Visit our beautiful campus and meet with current students, and teachers. VPS is currently accepting applications for the Class of 2020 entering fall 2016. For more information, please contact Villanova Prep’s Admission Team at admissions@villanovaprep.org or call 805-646-1464.

ST. BONAVENTURE OPEN HOUSE

S aint Bonaventure High School will host an Open House Sunday, January 10th at 1:00 p.m. Students, adminis-

trators and coaches will be on hand to highlight academic and extra-curricular programs and answer questions. SBHS is currently accepting applications for the 2016-17 school year. For more information contact David Pal-omares at dpalomares@saintbonaventure.com or call 648-6836 x124.

DEFENDERS OF LIFE MEETING

E VERYONE IS WELCOME to attend the Janu-ary meeting of the DEFENDERS OF LIFE. Wednesday, Jan. 20th at 3:00 PM at

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WEEKDAY 8AM MASS INTENTIONS INTENCIONES 8AM MISA ENTRE SEMANA

MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Miguel & Leticia Alcantar-Deceased

Natividad G. Eclevia-Deceased Hazel B. Glaudé-Deceased

Maribeth Bisbee-Thanksgiving

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 Rick & Tina Hurley (31)-Wedding Anniversary

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 George Durazo-Birthday

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 Jonathan & Brandon Mena-Deceased

All Souls-Deceased

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 Angel & Christopher Ariaz-Deceased

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 MASS INTENTIONS INTENCIONES DE MISA DOMINICAL

6:30 AM SUNDAY MASS John Santiago-Deceased

8:00 AM SUNDAY MASS Mar Ramos-Deceased

Orlando Simeon-Death Anniversary

10:00 AM SUNDAY MASS Antonio Rocha-Deceased

Maria Luz Rocha & Family-Thanksgiving Johnny Santiago-Deceased

Yolanda Morton-Special Intention Alta Gracia Ortega-Deceased/Birthday

Tony Medina (1)-Death Anniversary

5:00 PM SUNDAY MASS Cindy Augustine-Deceased

7:00 PM SUNDAY MASS Isabella Marie Perez-Acción de Gracias

DEACONS SERVING OUR PARISH Dn. Jerome Bettencourt (Kara) Dn. Johnny Castorena, retired (Eva) Dn. Vince Kelch (Anne) Dn. Leo Lacbain (Fe) Dn. Larry Lopez (Lupe) Dn. Michael Holguin (Donna) Dn. Vince Crawford (Marilou) Dn. Fidel Ramirez (Marilou) Dn. Dano Ramos (Maria) Dn. Milt Rosenberg (Jeannie) Dn. Ray Vazquez (Mona)

and the one who is the Father is so in his totality. This name admits no compromise, as if God were father in some aspects and not in others" (ibid., 9, 61). For this reason the Son is fully God without any gaps or di-minishment. "The One who comes from the perfect is perfect because he has all, he has given all" (ibid., 2, 8). Humanity finds salvation in Christ alone, Son of God and Son of man. In assuming our human nature, he has united himself with every man, "he has become the flesh of us all" (Tractatus super Psalmos 54, 9); "he took on himself the nature of all flesh and through it became true life, he has in himself the root of every vine shoot" (ibid., 51, 16). For this very reason the way to Christ is open to all - because he has drawn all into his being as a man -, even if personal conver-sion is always required: "Through the relationship with his flesh, access to Christ is open to all, on condition that they divest themselves of their former self (cf. Eph 4: 22), nailing it to the Cross (cf. Col 2: 14); provided we give up our former way of life and con-vert in order to be buried with him in his baptism, in view of life (cf. Col 1: 12; Rom 6: 4)" (ibid., 91, 9). Fidelity to God is a gift of his grace. Excerpt from: Benedict XVI , General Audience, 10 October 2007.

MANIFESTANDO AL ESPÍRITU

E l tiempo de Navidad finaliza este domingo con el Bautismo del Señor. Esta fiesta es hermana de

la fiesta de la semana pasada, la Epifanía. Cada una ellas cele-bra una “epifanía”, o manifesta-ción del Espíritu de Dios en Jesús —primero en su nacimiento y ahora en su bautismo. El Espíritu Divino se manifiesta en todas las lecturas bíblicas de la fiesta. El Salmo 104 destaca al Espíritu de Dios que crea y renueva la tierra, mientras que la lectura de Isaías describe a Dios restaurando a Israel. En el relato de Lucas del bautismo del Señor el Espíritu Santo desciende sobre Jesús. Y la carta a Tito nos recuerda que el Espíritu Santo también “derramó con abundancia” sobre nosotros, el “baño de regenera-ción” (Tito 3:5, 6). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

L a costumbre del bautismo infantil debe ser mucho más que un acto social o una tradición cultural, donde el

ropón y los regalos son más importantes que la doctrina cristiana, y los padrinos se escogen no por su buen ejemplo sino por su cuenta bancaria. Según los He-chos de los Apóstoles, familias enteras se bautizaban cuando el padre de fa-milia decidía hacerse cristiano. Esta práctica de bautizar, no solo al nuevo creyente sino también a su mujer y a sus hijos, poco a poco, quedó solo en bautizar los niños del original creyente. El mundo en aquel tiempo estaba basado sobre la fa-milia así como muchas culturas latinas de hoy. El bau-tizo infantil nació en la Iglesia primitiva y al pasar de los siglos llegó a transformarse en un rito religioso muy importante en la catequesis del nuevo cristiano. El niño viste de ropita blanca que recuerda la pre-sencia de Cristo en su alma, se le regala una vela que lo invita a brillar con la luz de Cristo y se le da una madrina o un padrino que le enseñará a vivir en Cristo.—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LECTURAS DE HOY

Primera lectura — Miren a mi siervo, en quien tengo mis complacencias (Isaías 42:1-4, 6-7) o Isaías 40:1-5, 9-11.

Salmo — Te alabamos, Señor (Salmo 29 [28]) o Sal-mo 104 (103). Segunda lectura — Dios ungió con el Espíritu Santo a Jesús de Nazaret (Hch 10:34-38) o Tito 2:11-14; 3:4-7. Evangelio — Después del bautismo de Jesús, el cielo se abrió (Lucas 3:15-16, 21-22).

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Lunes: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Sal 116 (115):12-19; Mc 1:14‑20 Martes: 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mc 1:21‑28 Miércoles: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Sal 40 (39):2, 5, 7-10; Mc 1:29‑39 Jueves: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Sal 44 (43):10-11, 14-15, 24-25; Mc 1:40‑45 Viernes: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Sal 89 (88):16-19; Mc 2:1‑12 Sábado: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Sal 21 (20):2- 7; Mc 2:13‑17 Domingo: Is 62:1-5; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES

Domingo: El Bautismo del Señor Lunes: Primera Semana del Tiempo Ordinario Miércoles: San Hilario Sábado: Santa María Virgen

SAN HILARIO DE POITIERS

H ilario falleció en el año 367. Su memoria litúrgica se celebra el 13 de enero. En 1851 el beato Pío

IX le proclamó doctor de la Igle-sia. Para resumir lo esencial de su doctrina, quisiera decir que el punto de partida de la reflexión teológica de Hilario es la fe bautismal. En el «De Trinitate», Hilario escribe: Jesús «mandó bautizar “en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo” (Cf. Mateo 28,19), es decir, con-fesando al Autor, al Unigénito y al Don. Sólo hay un Autor de todas las cosas, pues sólo hay un Dios Pa-dre, del que todo procede. Y un solo Señor nuestro, Jesucristo, por quien todo fue hecho (1 Corintios 8,6), y un solo Espíritu (Efesios 4,4), don en todos... No puede encontrase nada que falte a una plenitud tan grande, en la que convergen en el Padre, en el Hijo

IGLESIA CATÓLICA DE SANTA CLARA

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El Bautismo del Señor — Enero 10, 2016

y en el Espíritu Santo la inmensidad en el Eterno, la revelación en la Imagen, la alegría en el Don» («De Trinitate» 2, 1). Dios Padre, siendo todo amor, es capaz de comunicar en plenitud su divinidad al Hijo. Me resulta particularmente bella esta formulación de san Hilario: «Dios sólo sabe ser amor, y sólo sabe ser Padre. Y quien ama no es envidioso, y quien es Padre lo es totalmente. Este nombre no admite compromisos, como si Dios sólo fuera padre en ciertos aspectos y en otros no» (ibídem 9,61). Por este motivo, el Hijo es plenamente Dios sin falta o disminución alguna: «Quien procede del perfecto es perfecto, porque quien lo tiene todo le ha dado to-do» (ibídem 2,8). Sólo en Cristo, Hijo de Dios e Hijo del hombre, encuentra salvación la humanidad. Asu-miendo la naturaleza humana, unió consigo a todo hombre, «se hizo la carne de todos noso-tros» («Tractatus in Psalmos» 54,9); «asumió la natu-raleza de toda carne y, convertido así en la vid ver-dadera, es la raíz de todo sarmiento» (ibídem 51,16). Precisamente por este motivo el camino hacia Cristo está abierto a todos, porque ha atraído a todos en su ser hombre, aunque siempre se nece-site la conversión personal: «A través de la relación con su carne, el acceso a Cristo está abierto a todos, a condición de que se desnuden del hombre viejo (Cf. Efesios 4,22) y lo claven en su cruz (Cf. Colosenses 2,14); a condición de que abandonen las obras de antes y se conviertan para quedar sepultados con Él en su bautismo, de cara a la vida ( Cf. Colosenses 1,12; Romanos 6,4)» (Ibídem 91, 9). Fuente: Benedicto XVI, Audiencia General, 10 de octubre de 2007

ESTÉ PREVENIDO DE AMISTADES

EN INTERNET

P uede parecer que los adolescentes de hoy están siempre en Inter-net, con mensajes cons-

tantes y compartiendo en las redes sociales con una gran audiencia. La Internet es un gran lugar para conocer gen-te, pero estas reuniones vienen con peligros potencia-les que ponen en riesgo a los niños y adolescentes. Usted no sabe con quién está hablando en línea real-mente. Ponga atención a los sitios que sus niños visitan en computadoras y aparatos móviles. Haga pregun-tas sobre con quienes se comunican y qué información proveen a sus amigos en línea. Para una copia del artículo VIRTUS® “Preventing Teen Victimization On- and Offline” (Previniendo la victimización de adoles-centes en o fuera de línea) envíe un correo electróni-co a jvienna@la-archdiocese.org. 6

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