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Monday, August 29, 2016 The Passion of Saint John the Baptist 8:00 a.m Leticia Diaz (Intentions) Guillermo Fariña (Intentions) Tuesday, August 30, 2016 8:00 a.m. Claire Hoody+ 7:00 p.m. Martin Fernandez+ Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:00 a.m. Julia y Oscar Alvarado+ September 3-4, 2016 MASS CELEBRANT 5:00 PM Fr. Russell 8:00 AM Fr. Ivan 9:30 AM Fr. Russell 11:00 AM Fr. Roberto 12:30 PM Fr. Ivan 7:00 PM Fr. Roberto Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:00 a.m. Felix Alvarez+ 7:00 p.m. Irene Bonetti+, Eugenio Aceti+ READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5 / Mk 6:17-29 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16 / Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9 / Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23 / Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5 / Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15 / Lk 6:1-5 Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b / Phlm 9:10-17 Lk 14:25-33 Friday, September 02, 2016 8:00 a.m. Gloria and Roberto Loa (Intentions) Saturday, September 03, 2016 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope 8:00 a.m. Alexander and Helen Kochevsky (Health) 5:00 p.m. Rose Hertel+, Arthur and Harry+, Madeleine Lunaquist+, Robert and Margaret Tune+ Sunday, September 04, 2016 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m Marta Echemendria+, Marta Cecilia Lopez+ 9:30 a.m Walter Avaroma (Intentions) 11:00 a.m For the Living and Deceased Members Parish 12:30 p.m Julia y Oscar Alvarado+ 7:00 p.m Dora y Angel Hughes+, Magdalena Donoso+ Enrique Ramos+ Our Gift to The Lord Our gift to the Lord for Sunday Collection was $8,663.50 Nuestra Donación de la Colecta del Domingo fue $8,663.50 Our operational expense average is $19,927.61 per week. Nuestros gastos Operacionales Promedio son de $19,927.61 por semana. Our Second Collection for Peru Mission was $2,106.00 Nuestra Segunda Colecta para la Mision de Peru fue $2,106.00 Saturday, August 27, 2016 Saint Monica 8:00 a.m. Eugenio Fermin+ 5:00 p.m. Ileanita and Nilo Cullell+ Sunday, August 28, 2016 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m Rubystella Marciscano (Intentions) Monica Patricia (Intentions) Luis Santiago Romero+ 9:30 a.m Members of the Parish Living and Deceased 11:00 a.m Emiliano Hernandez+ 12:30 p.m Bobby & Roberto Fernandez Miranda+ 7:00 p.m Augusto Donoso+

Transcript of READINGS FOR THE WEEK - St. Patrick Miami Beach · Stephen Platt & Natalie Reboredo GRIEF SHARING...

Monday, August 29, 2016 The Passion of Saint John the Baptist 8:00 a.m Leticia Diaz (Intentions) Guillermo Fariña (Intentions) Tuesday, August 30, 2016 8:00 a.m. Claire Hoody+ 7:00 p.m. Martin Fernandez+

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 8:00 a.m. Julia y Oscar Alvarado+

September 3-4, 2016 MASS CELEBRANT 5:00 PM Fr. Russell 8:00 AM Fr. Ivan 9:30 AM Fr. Russell 11:00 AM Fr. Roberto 12:30 PM Fr. Ivan 7:00 PM Fr. Roberto

Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:00 a.m. Felix Alvarez+7:00 p.m. Irene Bonetti+, Eugenio Aceti+

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5 / Mk 6:17-29 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16 / Lk 4:31-37

Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9 / Lk 4:38-44

Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23 / Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5 / Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15 / Lk 6:1-5

Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b / Phlm 9:10-17 Lk 14:25-33

Friday, September 02, 2016 8:00 a.m. Gloria and Roberto Loa (Intentions)

Saturday, September 03, 2016 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope 8:00 a.m. Alexander and Helen Kochevsky (Health) 5:00 p.m. Rose Hertel+, Arthur and Harry+, Madeleine Lunaquist+, Robert and Margaret Tune+ Sunday, September 04, 2016 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m Marta Echemendria+, Marta Cecilia Lopez+ 9:30 a.m Walter Avaroma (Intentions) 11:00 a.m For the Living and Deceased Members Parish 12:30 p.m Julia y Oscar Alvarado+ 7:00 p.m Dora y Angel Hughes+, Magdalena Donoso+ Enrique Ramos+

Our Gift to The LordOur gift to the Lord for Sunday Collection was $8,663.50Nuestra Donación de la Colecta del Domingo fue $8,663.50Our operational expense average is $19,927.61 per week.Nuestros gastos Operacionales Promedio son de $19,927.61 por semana.

Our Second Collection for Peru Mission was $2,106.00Nuestra Segunda Colecta para la Mision de Peru fue $2,106.00

Saturday, August 27, 2016 Saint Monica 8:00 a.m. Eugenio Fermin+ 5:00 p.m. Ileanita and Nilo Cullell+ Sunday, August 28, 2016 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m Rubystella Marciscano (Intentions) Monica Patricia (Intentions) Luis Santiago Romero+ 9:30 a.m Members of the Parish Living and Deceased 11:00 a.m Emiliano Hernandez+ 12:30 p.m Bobby & Roberto Fernandez Miranda+ 7:00 p.m Augusto Donoso+

Centering Prayer GroupWednesdays at 6:30 pm in the Tower

Grupo de Oración CentranteLunes a las 6:30 p.m. en la Torre

Grupo de Oración Inmaculado Corazón de MariaLunes 7:00 p.m. en Barry Hall

Grupo de Renovación CarismaticaMartes 7:30 p.m Dr. Lejeune room

Women’s Emmaus The Women’s Emmaus monthly meeting in English is the third Saturday of every month in Barry Hall at 8:30 am.

Mujeres de EmausReuniones mensuales el cuarto Sábado de mes, comenzando con la misa a las 8:00 am las 8:30 am en Barry Hall.

Hombres de Emaus El Grupo de hombres de Emaus en español se reune los Martes de 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm en Barry Hall

CONSEJO #13654 CABALLEROS DE COLON Los terceros Miércoles de cada mes a las 8:00PM, en Barry Hall.

Men’s English EmmausMonday 6:45p.m. - 9:00 p.m in 2nd floorBarry Hall.

NA 12 Step ProgramFriday at 8:00 pm in Barry Hall, first floorSaturday at 8:00 pm in Barry Hall, first floor

Grupo de Oración Carismatica:Jueves 10:00 a.m. Dr. Lejeune Room

Respect Life: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. We invite you to come and pray for life with us.

WORD FROM THE PASTOR

Neocatechumenal Community Monday & Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Patrician Room

PARISH ACTIVITIES

August 20, 2016Stephen Platt & Natalie Reboredo

GRIEF SHARING GROUP: Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in the Tower On break until December

Estudios de Biblia en Español - Viernes 10:00 a.m a 11 a.m. excepto el 2do viernes del mes Barry Hall segundo piso.

Divorce Care: Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. in Barry Hall, Library.

August 21, 2016 Sophia Giuliana Cordoba

Lennon Olivia VogelDylan Daniel Vega

BOOK CLUB: Our Book Club meets every other Thursday to discuss a book that every member is reading. The books we choose to read have a catechetical purpose, help us to grow in our faith through deeper theologizal in-sights, inspiring biographies or classics that allow for a reflection some aspect of our humanity in light of the Gospel.

We will be reading Dear and glorious physician; a historical novel about St. Luke by Taylor Caldwell. The next meeting will take place on August 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rectory.

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,

This Sunday, the Gospel warns us about the dangers of self-aggrandizement, placing oneself above others, seeking notoriety in the world, trying to affirm oneself by putting others down. We are reminded that this kind of attitude not only will not de-liver the happiness we long for, but will inexorably lead to embarrassment sooner or later because there will always be some-body greater than us or with greater power that will claim for themselves the spotlight we are seeking and push us to the side.

In a few days, the Holy Father Francis will canonize a woman who is widely recognized, even by non-Christians, as one of the leading figures of the twentieth-century because of her charitable work. I am speaking, of course, of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta who will become a saint next Sunday.We all love to hear quotes and anecdotes about Mother Teresa, whom I had the distinct honor to meet in person and shake hands with back in 1982 in Zárate, Argentina. I met her in a shantytown by the river, where her Missionaries of Charity, who also have a home here in Miami by Jackson Memorial Hospital, run a shelter for children, a shelter for recovering alcoholics and a home for the elderly.

She had arrived in Argentina from Lebanon where she had been visiting her community. At the time, war was raging in the Middle East and she shared her experiences and those of her nuns in a country ravaged by war. She also spoke at length about the great evil of abortion and encouraged all those present to grow in communion with Christ.Mother Teresa of Calcutta lived out the Gospel passage proclaimed this week. She placed herself at the bottom of the social ladder, at service of the poorest of the poor, those that are slated for destruction by worldly powers, unborn children, and those considered disposable by society, Indian “untouchables”, terminally ill, abandoned elderly and others who many in our days consider a “burden” and would like to do away with.It was precisely because of her service to humanity that even though she eschewed any fame she became a very popular fig-ure. When she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, she refused to attend a banquet in her honor and asked that the money be used instead to help the poor. When she was invited to the National Prayer Breakfast hosted by the President of the United Stated in 1994, she sidestepped the breakfast but appeared to lead the President and his guests in prayer and delivered a beautiful reflection and call to place ourselves at the service of our fellow brothers and sisters based on Matthew 25 and the Prayer of St. Francis.

She said: “We are reminded that Jesus came to bring the good news to the poor. He had told us what that good news is when He said: "My peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you." He came not to give the peace of the world which is only that we don't bother each other. He came to give the peace of heart, which comes from loving - from doing good to others.

And God loved the world so much that He gave His Son - it was a giving. God gave His Son to the Virgin Mary, and what did she do with Him? As soon as Jesus came into Mary's life, immediately she went in haste to give that good news. And as she came into the house of her cousin, Elizabeth, Scripture tells us that the unborn child - the child in the womb of Elizabeth - leapt with joy. While still in the womb of Mary, Jesus brought peace to John the Baptist who leapt for joy in the womb of Elizabeth.And as if that were not enough, as if it were not enough that God the Son should become one of us and bring peace and joy while still in the womb of Mary, Jesus also died on the Cross to show that greater love. He died for you and for me, and for that leper and for that man dying of hunger and that naked person lying in the street, not only of Calcutta, but of Africa, and everywhere. Our Sisters serve these poor people in 105 countries throughout the world. Jesus insisted that we love one an-other as He loves each one of us.

Jesus gave His life to love us and He tells us that we also have to give whatever it takes to do good to one another. And in the Gospel Jesus says very clearly: "Love as I have loved you." Jesus died on the Cross because that is what it took for Him to do good to us - to save us from our selfishness in sin. He gave up everything to do the Father's will to show us that we too must be willing to give up everything to do God's will - to love one another as He loves each of us. If we are not willing to give whatever it takes to do good to one another, sin is still in us. That is why we too must give to each other until it hurts.It is not enough for us to say: "I love God," but I also have to love my neighbor. St. John says that you are a liar if you say you love God and you don't love your neighbor.How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live?

And so it is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. I must be willing to give whatever it takes not to harm other people and, in fact, to do good to them. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.It hurt Jesus to love us. We have been created in His image for greater things, to love and to be loved. We must "put on Christ" as Scripture tells us. And so, we have been created to love and to be loved, and God has become man to make it possible for us to love as He loved us. Jesus makes Himself the hungry one, the naked one, the homeless one, the unwanted one, and He says, "You did it to Me." On the last day He will say to those on His right, "Whatever you did to the least of these, you did to Me," and He will also say to those on His left, "Whatever you neglected to do for the least of these you neglected to do it for Me."”

Fr. Roberto M. Cid

PALABRAS DEL PARROCO

Roaring 20’s St. Patrick School Gala

Founded in 1926, this year marks our 90th anniversary. Join us in celebrating the Roaring 20’s at our annual gala on October 15, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight at Jungle Island. For information about sponsorship opportunities or to volunteer to help plan the celebration, please send an email to: [email protected] or call Jacqueline C. Ledón (786-316-1100) or Diana Fontani Martinez (305-213-9447).

REGISTRATION FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND (RCIA)

ADULTS SACRAMENTS

WELCOME TO CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT SAINT PATRICK CHURCH

OUR REGISTRATION DAYS: AUGUST 28 AND SEPTEMBER 4, 11, 18, 2016 AFTER EACH SUNDAY MASSES: 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM AND

12:30 PMPLACE: SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

PLEASE BRING A COPY OF BAPTISM CERTIFICATE FOR FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION CHILDREN AND ADULTS

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM EACH WEEK. CLASSES ARE OFFERED FOR CHILDREN IN 5 YEAR OLD IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH

GRADE.

St. Patrick’s is celebrating its 90th anniversary! Commemorative car magnets are on sale in the gift shop for $5.

Queridos hermanos en Cristo:

El Evangelio de este domingo nos advierte contra los peligros de buscarse a sí mismo, poniéndose por encima de los demás, buscando notoriedad en el mundo, maltratando a los otros para afirmarse. Se nos recuerda que esa actitud no solamente no nos traerá la felicidad que ansiamos, sino que inexorablemente nos llevará a la vergüenza, porque siempre habrá alguien más grande o más poderoso que nosotros que atraerá la atención que buscamos y nos desplazará hacia el costado..

Dentro de unos días, el Santo Padre Francisco canonizará una mujer que es ampliamente reconocida, aún por los que no son cristianos, como una de las más grandes figures del siglo XX a causa de su labor caritativa. Me refiero, por supuesto, a la Beata Teresa de Calcuta que será proclamada santa el próximo domingo.

A todos nos gusta oír citas y anécdotas de la Madre Teresa, a quien tuve el gran honor de conocer en persona y estrechar su mano en el año 1982 en Zárate, Argentina. Fue en una villa miseria a orillas del río que sus hermanas, las Misioneras de la Caridad, quienes también tienen un hogar aquí en Miami cerca del Jackson Memorial Hospital, dirigían un hogar para niños, un hogar para alcohólicos en recuperación y un asilo de ancianos.

Había llegado a Argentina desde Líbano adonde había estado visitando su comunidad. En aquel momento había guerra en el Medio Oriente y ella compartió sus experiencias y las de sus hermanas en aquel país asolado por la guerra. También habló extensamente sobre el crimen abominable del aborto y alentó a todos los presentes a crecer en comunión con Cristo.

La Madre Teresa de Calcuta vivió el pasaje del Evangelio que se proclama esta semana. Se puso en la base de la pirámide so-cial, al servicio de los más pobres entre los pobres, aquellos que los poderes del mundo han señalado para su destrucción, los niños por nacer, y aquellos a quienes la sociedad considera descartables, los “intocables” de la India, los enfermos terminales, los ancianos abandonados y otros que muchos hoy en día consideran un “carga” de la que quieren deshacerse.

Fue precisamente a causa de su servicio a la humanidad que se convirtió, a pesar de su rechazo de la fama, en una figura popular. Cuando le dieron el premio Nobel de la Paz en 1979, rehusó asistir a un banquete en su honor y pidió a cambio que el dinero se usara para ayudar a los pobres. Cuando fue invitada por el Presidente de Estados Unidos en 1994 a un desayuno de oración, evitó tomar el desayuno pero concurrió para guiar al Presidente y sus invitados en la oración. Allí pronunció una bella reflexión basada en Mateo 25 y la oración de san Francisco e hizo un llamado a ponerse al servicio de nuestros hermanos Dijo: “Nos recuerdan que Jesús vino a traer la buena noticia a los pobres. Nos indicó cual es la Buena Noticia cuando dijo: “Mi paz les dejo, Mi paz les doy.” No vino a dar la paz del mundo que consiste solamente en no molestarnos los unos a los otros. Vino a traer la paz del corazón, la que proviene del amor, de hacer el bien a los otros.

Y Dios amó tanto al mundo que le dio a su Hijo – fue una donación. Dios entregó su Hijo a la Virgen María, y ¿que fue lo que hizo ella con El? En cuanto Jesús entró en la vida de María, ella fue inmediatamente a dar la buena noticia. Y cuando entró en la casa de su prima, Isabel, la Escritura nos cuenta que el niño por nacer, el niño en el vientre de Isabel, saltó de alegría. Ya en el vientre de María, Jesús trajo paz a Juan el Bautista quien saltó de alegría en el vientre de Isabel.Y como si eso fuera poco, como si no fuera suficiente que Dios Hijo se hiciera uno de nosotros y trajera paz y alegría mientras estaba en el vientre de María, Jesús también murió en la cruz para mostrar el amor más grande. Murió por Uds. y por mi, y por el leproso y por el hombre que se muere de hambre y por la persona desnuda que está en la calle, no solamente de Calcuta, también de África y de todas partes. Nuestras hermanas sirven a esos pobres en 105 países de todo el mundo. Jesús insistió que tenemos que amarnos los unos a los otros como El nos ama a cada uno.

Jesús dio su vida para amarnos y nos dice que nosotros también tenemos que dar lo que sea para hacer el bien a los otros. Y en el Evangelio, Jesús dice claramente: “Ámense como yo los he amado.” Jesús murió en la cruz porque eso fue lo que le costó hacer el bien a nosotros, salvarnos de nuestro egoísmo en el pecado. Entregó todo para hacer la voluntad del padre, para mostrarnos que nosotros también debemos estar dispuestos a entregar todo por hacer la voluntad del padre, amándonos los unos a los otros como El nos ama a cada uno. Si no estamos dispuestos a entregar lo que sea necesario para hacer el bien al otro, todavía tenemos pecado. Por eso debemos darnos los unos a los otros hasta que duela.

No alcanza con que digamos; “Yo amo a Dios”, también tengo que amar a mi prójimo. San Juan nos dice que somos mentiro-sos si decimos que amamos a Dios y no amamos al prójimo.¿Como se puede amar a Dios a quien no vemos, si no amamos al prójimo a quien vemos, a quien tocamos, con quien vivimos?Luego es muy importante para que ese amor sea real, sea verdadero, que nos duela. Tengo que estar dispuesto a dar lo que sea para no hacer daño al otro y, de hecho, hacerle el bien. Eso requiere que esté dispuesto a dar hasta que me duela. De lo contrario, no hay amor verdadero en mi y soy agente de injusticia, no de paz, para quienes me rodean.

A Jesús le dolió amarnos. Hemos sido creados a su imagen para cosas grandes, para amar y ser amados. Debemos “revestir-nos de Cristo” como dice la Escritura. Y así, hemos sido creados para amar y ser amados, y Dios se hizo hombre para hacer posible que nosotros amemos como El ama. Jesús se hace hambriento, desnudo, sin hogar, despreciado, y nos dice: “A mi me lo hicieron.” En el juicio final dirá a los que están a su derecha: “Lo que hiciste a estos los más pequeños, a mi me lo hiciste,” y dirá a los que están a su izquierda, “Lo que dejaste de hacer a cualquiera de estos pequeños, lo dejaste de hacer por mi.”

P. Roberto M. Cid