St. Joseph’s Catholic Church • 1813 Oakdale Road • Modesto ... · Fr. Mark Wagner, Pastor Fr....

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church • 1813 Oakdale Road • Modesto, CA 95355

Holy Eucharist Sunday Mass:

Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sundays: 7:30am,

9am (Tradi onal La n), 10:30am, noon, 1:30pm (Español),

5:30pm & 7:30pm

Daily Mass: 8am & 5:45pm; Saturdays 8am

Tradi onal La n Mass, Fridays at Noon

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration:

Chapel access code available in office

Children’s Services: Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)

Sunday Mass 10:30am Adora on & Confessions

First Friday 6:30pm-7:30pm

Sacrament of Reconcilia on: Monday thru Thursday 5-5:30pm

Fridays 6:30pm-7:30pm Saturdays 8:30-9:30am & 4-5pm

Homebound please call 551-4973 for a priest to visit you by appointment.

Clergy: Fr. Mark Wagner, Pastor

Fr. Francis Joseph, OCD, Assoc Pastor Fr. Tony Chacko, Assoc Pastor

Fr. Larry Guerrero, Hospital Chaplain Rev. Mr. Ken Ochinero, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Ernest Ciccarelli, Deacon

February 3, 2013 Fourth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

A Stewardship ParishA Stewardship ParishA Stewardship Parish

From the Pastor’s Laptop

Our Mission: To Evangelize God's People, beginning with the Gift of the Holy Eucharist

(209) 551-4973 Fax: (209) 551-3213

Visit our website: www.stjmod.com

ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH LIBRARY Visit the parish library! We have many new books and DVDs to help you and your family on our Year of Faith journey. Books and movies by and about the saints, family movies and children's books to read to and share with your children. Lent is around the corner and the library has many items to help with meditations and holy hours. Also, if you happened to miss our Advent Mission with Tim Staples the DVDs are now available in the library to be checked out.

Library Hours: MTTH 10:30am-2:30pm

W 9:30am –1pm TH eves. 5-7pm

During the few short weeks that we have this year between Christmas and Ash Wednesday, we have been hearing readings about the beginnings of Jesus’ ministry. People were asking “Who is he?” “Where did he get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” The answers to these questions lie hidden in the syntax of this last question from today’s Gospel: Jesus is NOT the Son of Joseph! This is the Year of Faith. And the central truth of our faith is that Jesus is NOT the Son of Joseph. He is the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary. Our beloved patron saint, referred to in passing in today’s Gospel, knew that the Father of Jesus was God. St. Joseph can help our faith. Those who are devoted to St. Joseph and to the Blessed Virgin Mary receive from them special graces to understand the mystery of the Incarnation. And to understand the Incarnation is to understand the mystery of life. As Pope Benedict has told us, faith is not primarily a matter of believing in a “theory,” but it is “an encounter with a person,” (Porta Fidei 11). “…In him, all the anguish and all the longing of the human heart finds fulfillment. The joy of love, the answer to the drama of suffering and pain, the power of forgiveness in the face of an offence received and the victory of life over the emptiness of death: all this finds fulfillment in the mystery of his Incarnation,” (Porta Fidei 13).

Upcoming Events & Activities Parish Life

How can we help? 551-4973 Se Habla Español ................. Rosario x103 Accounting ........................... Barbara x108 Adult Ed & Bible Studies .... Michael x203 Altar Servers ...................... Svetlana x200 Audio / Video………………Jeremy x213 Buildings & Grounds................ Susie x201 Bulletin & Website ................ Jeremy x213 Child Ed & Sacraments ....... Debbie x205 Choirs & Cantors ................. Svetlana x200 Events & Activities .................. Susie x201 Faith & Life Magazine ........ Michael x203 Giving to St. Joseph’s ........... Tammy x207 Parish Lending Library ..................... x208 Parish Ministries ................... Tammy x207 Parish Registration ................. Donna x102 Room Reservations............... Rosario x110 Volunteering ......................... Tammy x207 Youth Ministry ...................... Nathan x206

Parish Office

(Lulu, Donna, & Rosario) Sunday: 10am-3pm.

Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday: 8:30am-12noon and 1pm-6:30pm

Wednesday: 8:30am-11:15am and 1pm-6:30pm

Friday 8:30am-12noon Weekend Maintenance 568-7558

Questions? To make an appointment with a priest or deacon or to register at St. Joseph’s please contact Lulu, Rosario, or Donna in our parish office at 551-4973 or stop by during any of the 44 hours our office is open each week.

- St. Joseph’s Modesto

Welcome to St. Joseph’s We’re glad you’re here!

LIGHT WEIGH CATHOLIC WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

Ready to learn how to lose weight once and for all? Yearning to grow in your Catholic faith and spend more time with God? Light Weigh, a Catholic weight loss/spiritual growth program, has helped many of us lose weight and find peace with food. Come to our information meeting on Tuesday, February 5, at 10:30am - John Paul II Building Room 8. The 12-week course starts February 19. Questions? Call Ann at 522-0697 or Mary at 551-2921.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

Have you heard of the 5 Love Languages ? Come February 9, have dinner and learn tools that will help you to better communicate with each other. Child care provided. Dinner starts at 5pm in JPII, room 7. Please call Dawn at 604-8082 with questions or to RSVP, so that we have enough supplies and enough people to care for children.

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Try a Holy Hour with Jesus once a week! Make it your New Year’s resolution. Please

contact David & Monica at 527-4920 if you can pick up an hour.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CRAB FEED

The Knights of Columbus will be on the plaza today selling tickets for their Crab Feed which will be held on Saturday, March 2nd.

FISH FRIES AND SOUP NIGHT

They will also be on the plaza today selling tickets for all their Fish Fries and Soup Night

dinners. The Fish Fries will be held on the Lenten Fridays of February 15 & 22, March 8 & 15. Soup Night will be held on March 22. All proceeds will go toward supporting the various charities and ministries of our parish. Thank you in advance for your support.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

40 Days for Life begins Ash Wednesday (February 13) thru Palm Sunday (March 24). We will be praying outside the abortion clinic, located at 2030 Coffee Rd., from 7am-7pm, seven days per week, Monday thru Sunday. Sign up on the plaza today and next weekend to take a designated hour. For more information call Brian (209)606-1766.

OPUS DEI MEN’S EVENING OF RECOLLECTION All men are welcome and encouraged to come to an Opus Dei Men’s Evening of Recollection on Thursday, February 7, from 7:15pm-9:15pm in the church. This Evening of Recollection will be conducted by an Opus Dei priest. For further information, please contact Nilo Casiano (209) 324-5926.

St. Josemaria Escriva

Religious Education By Maria Delgado-Braun The Presentation of Our Lord

- February 3, 2013

Parish School of Religion [email protected]

209-551-4973 ext. 217 PSR is now on Facebook

Search St Joseph PSR, like us!

Parish School of Religion Update RCIA Inquiry classes are for people who want to

learn more about Catholicism, but aren’t necessarily sure they want to become

Catholic. The RCIA process is also for Catholics who have not yet completed their

sacraments of Confirmation or Holy Communion. To start the process: call

John & Nichole Sablan (209)581-8477 to make an appointment.

School of Faith Classes

PSR students, please bring dried milk this month for St. Vincent de Paul. Thank you for your kindness

and stewardship!

When the time came for the presentation of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem, Joseph and Mary take Him to the temple and are received by Simeon, “a man who was devout and righteous, looking for the consolation of Israel…” Simeon takes Jesus in his arms and blesses God saying,” Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation...a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel” (Lk. 2:22-32). At the same time, we are told that Anna, a woman who was always at the temple, comes up and gives thanks to God, speaking of Jesus to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. These two characters in the Gospel of Luke represent the Old Covenant, Israel awaiting its redemption and the Messiah who will bring it. Luke introduces them in the same manner that he introduces John the Baptist, the greatest prophet and the precursor of the Lord. A door is closed on the old and another is open for the kingdom of heaven on earth to come. The birth of the Son of God will bring about the fulfillment of the promises of the great prophets, when the Holy Spirit will circumcise the heart of God’s people and make them able to follow Him. A glorious moment in salvation history, indeed! All these happen in the temple, as is depicted in the sacred image in this article. The canopy or roof of the temple is over all the participants, for it is

in the Church on earth that the kingdom of heaven is realized. The table (which could symbolize the altar), is draped in red, certainly not a coincidence, for it is on the altar of Calvary that our redemption is won by the Christ Jesus, through His sacrifice and immolation. The mysteries of our faith are always given in pairs. Here is the exciting presentation of the Child in the temple, following the prescriptions of the mosaic law, yet it is also the initiation of the greatest sacrifice. The parents who are overly joyous by this occasion, receive a prophecy of what is to come: “Behold this child is set for the fall and rising of many is Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against and a sword will pierce through your own soul also.” Mary is to share in the sacrifice of her Son through her maternal suffering. As His disciples, we too are called to present ourselves in sacrifice every morning with our offering: “O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.” We too, by our self-offering, enter into His Passion, and God in turn receives our gifts for the redemption of souls. We don’t know what the day has for us, but we know and trust that as we walk with God, all our fears and weaknesses are comforted by His strength. Jesus I trust in You!

Contact Us! Nathan

Steingrebe C. 247-7863

W. 551-4973, ext. 206 [email protected]

Katie Steffanic W. 551-4973, ext.223

[email protected]

Youth Ministry


Singers Needed

The 5:30pm Youth Contemporary Choir on Sunday evenings is looking for teen vocalists. The choir

practices on Sunday afternoons from 4-5pm in the music room, before Mass. For more information

please call Katie in the youth office.

LifeNight Line-Up 2/3: NO LifeNight

2/10: The Church in Our Time 2/17: Jesus, Source of All Grace

San Diego: Youth Conference The Steubenville

Conference: San Diego trip will be

July 26-28. There are 45 spots for teens! Permission slips are available now in the youth center and you can reserve your spot with a $20 deposit. A minimum payment of $20 is due each month

leading up to the trip. The cost of the trip $200. Join 5,000 other teens in

adoration, Mass, praise and worship, men’s and women’s sessions and

confession. Spots are filling already! You do not

want to miss out!

N.E.T. Ministries Interview Retreat

“Challenging young

Catholics to Love Christ and Embrace the Life of the Church” The National Evangelization Teams (NET) is a Catholic missionary organization that sends 110 young adults on the road to serve the youth of our nation. St. Joseph’s is hosting an interview retreat on February 22-23. If you or someone you know are interested in traveling the U.S. for 9 months, spreading the gospel and growing in your faith, please go to www.netusa.org for more details. You must contact NET and fill out an application before attending the interview retreat. Our parish has been a beautiful support for this organization. We have been blessed to send several young adults to serve in the past, and this current year as well.

New to the Parish? Wondering where to start?? Call the Center for Lay Apostolates

551-4973, ext. 207

Parish Stewardship — a way of life

Center for Lay Apostolates

- February 3, 2013

FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP: Please thank our Plaza Hospitality Volunteers for hosting our plaza coffee and donuts this morning.

Hundreds travel to San Francisco

to witness for life!

Grateful for our Respect Life Committee

West Coast Walk for Life

Profiles in Stewardship by Youth Ministry Department

David and Jazmin Palomino

We hear in scripture to not just serve the Lord and answer His call, but to serve joyfully. David and Jazmin have both been beautiful examples of answering this call and serving our parish in whatever way possible, and whenever they can! They were married at St Joseph’s in September of 2010, and have a son, Cristian. Over the past 4-5 years, David and Jazmin have participated in the Youth-Contemporary Choir, have served on the CORE team working with the youth group, and most recently Jazmin has volunteered to help organize Live Stations of the Cross. Their joyful faith, uplifting personalities, and commitment to ministry encourages those around them. Outside of parish life David is a nurse and Jazmin attends school and works as a hair stylist and a full time mom, of course. They are grateful for the friends they have made in the church and enjoy fellowship. They open their home often to their brothers and sisters in Christ, finding any reason to host a potluck, game night, or party. Thank you, Jazmin and David, you guys are a blessing to our community!

In the Diocese


From our Holy Father in Rome

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS RECYCLED TRESURES

Place: Our Lady of Fatima, (Old Hall) 505 W. Granger Ave. Dates and times: Saturday, February 9, 8am-4pm and Sunday, February 10, 8am-3pm. For sale: Very nice clothing, shoes, household items, books and other treasures. Proceeds go to local charities & scholarships.

MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE

May 21-30 with Fr. John Peter Pragasam & Fr. Francis Butler. Few openings available. If interested please contact: Val Smart 479-8412 or [email protected].

GENERAL AUDIENCE — Wednesday, 2 January 2013 Part II

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If we consider carefully the words: “by the Holy Spirit [he] was incarnate of the Virgin Mary”, we notice that they include four active subjects. The Holy Spirit and Mary are mentioned explicitly, but “he”, namely, the Son, who took flesh in the Virgin’s womb, is implicit. In the Profession of Faith, the Creed, Jesus is described with several epithets: “Lord... Christ, Only-Begotten Son of God... God from God, Light from Light, true God

from true God... consubstantial with the Father” (Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed). We can therefore see that “he” refers to another person, the Father. Consequently the first subject of this sentence is the Father who, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, is the one God. This affirmation of the Creed does not concern God’s eternal being but, rather, speaks to us of an action in which the three divine Persons take part and which is brought about “ex Maria Virgine”. Without Mary God’s entry into the history of humanity would not have achieved its

purpose, and what is central to our Profession of Faith would not have taken place: God is a “God-with-us”. Thus Mary belongs irrevocably to our faith in God who acts, who enters history. She makes her whole person available, she “agrees” to become God’s dwelling place. Sometimes, on our journey and in our life of faith, we can sense our poverty, our inadequacy in the face of the witness we must offer to the world. However God chose, precisely, a humble woman, in an unknown village, in one of the most distant provinces of the great Roman Empire. We must always trust in God, even in the face of the most gruelling difficulties, renewing our faith in his presence and action in our history, just as in Mary’s. Nothing is impossible to God! With him our existence always journeys on safe ground and is open to a future of firm hope. In professing in the Creed: “by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary”, we affirm that the Holy Spirit, as the power of the Most High God, mysteriously brought about in the Virgin Mary the conception of the Son of God. The Evangelist Luke recorded the Archangel Gabriel’s words: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you” (1:35). Two references are obvious: the first is to the moment of the Creation. At the beginning of the Book of Genesis we read that “the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters” (1:2); this is the Creator Spirit who gave life to all things and to the human being. What is brought about in Mary, through the action of this same divine Spirit, is a new creation: God, who called forth being from nothing, by the Incarnation gives life to a new beginning of humanity. The Fathers of the Church sometimes speak of Christ as the new Adam in order to emphasize that the new creation began with the birth of the Son of God in the Virgin Mary’s womb. This makes us think about how faith also brings us a newness so strong that it produces a second birth.

QUEEN OF PEACE February 8 at 6pm

St. Stanislaus Parish Free Admission

Queen of Peace is a compelling, new film on

Medjugorje, interweaving never before seen archival footage from the early days of the apparitions, highlighting Our Lady’s messages and testimonies of the many miracles. Attend this special screening to hear Christina Georgotas’ inspiring testimony.

ANNUAL YOUTH CONGRESS Congreso Católico Juvenil

The Youth Congress will be held on February 16 - 17 at Modesto Centre Plaza and will feature speakers: Rev. Guillermo Campu-zano Velez, El Padrecito Minis-tries and others. Youth and Young Adults are invited to come togeth-er to participate in prayer, confer-ences, liturgy and rallies. Contact information: Jose Lopez, Office of Hispanic Youth & Young Adults Ministry: 209-546-7632 or [email protected].

Sacraments

- February 3, 2013

Our Mass Intentions This Week

As Christians our lifelong journey is to the Promised Land. We are given the gift of faith by our Father in heaven to guide us on this journey. St. Paul reminds us that without love we cannot make progress toward our destination. With love, we share the gifts of this life in order to help others along the way and thereby strengthen our desire to follow the path Jesus laid out for us “and open the door of Faith.” The words of Jeremiah and the gospel story remind us that the world may reject the message of love that we bring. By a life dedicated to the stewardship of God’s gifts, may we encourage each other in our heavenward journey.

Stewardship: A Way of Life

Call the parish office at 551-4973 to find out about online offertory

gifts instead of writing checks.

Altar Flowers for Souls in Purgatory

Donation by anonymous St. Joseph’s parishioner family

Readings 02/04– 02/10

Latin Mass

1 Cor. 13:1-13; Lk. 18:31-43

Monday:

Heb 11:32-40/Mk 5:1-20

Tuesday:

Heb 12:1-4/Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday:

Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Mk 6:1-6

Thursday:

Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Mk 6:7-13

Friday:

Heb 13:1-8/Mk 6:14-29 12pm Latin Mass:

Ecclus. 31:8-11; Lk. 12:35-40 Saturday:

Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Mk 6:30-34 Sunday:

Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11

Sunday, February 3 (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

7:30a Florence M. Rozelle 1:30p Petra Gonzalez and Leobardo Lopez

9:00a Amy Wiltshire 3:30p Fr. Thomas Tharail and Mary Tharail

10:30a All St. Joseph’s Parishioners 5:30p Lee & Hazel Kelly

12:00p Rusty Boyle 7:30p Joe Tobin

Monday, February 4

8:00a Michael Walker 5:45p Mildred Pao-Souza and Paul Gardner, Sr.

Tuesday, February 5

8:00a Fr. Joseph O’Hare 5:45p Ann Briones and Jim Trevillyan

Wednesday, February 6

8:00a Fr. William Hughs 5:45p Aldonso & Cecilia Frias and Teofila Salvador

Thursday, February 7

8:00a Mary Touraine 5:45p Arlene Freitas and Manuel B. Victoria

Friday, February 8

8:00a Tom Alhadate and John Caratti 5:45p Alice E. Nelson and Deceased Members of the St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus

12:00p Nick Alves

Saturday, February 9

8:00a Jose Quidayan and Deceased Dominicans

5:30p St. Joseph’s Memorial Mass

Sunday, February 10 (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

7:30a Kay Baggett 1:30p Maria de Jesus Marquez and George Medina

9:00a Albert Mendonca 5:30p Malinda Ennes

10:30a All St. Joseph’s Parishioners 7:30p Fr. Joseph O’Hare

12:00p Manuel & Olivia Serpa

Sunday, February 3, 2013 11:30A 7 Steps JP8

Monday, February 4, 2013 7:00P Charisma c Prayer (English) JP10

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:00A Senior Strength Training JP6 10:30A Light Weigh JP8 6:00P ESL Classes - Intermediates JP4 6:00P Lay Apostolates Leaders Mee ng JP6 6:15P Legion of Mary JP4 6:30P ESL Classes - Beginners JP10 7:00P Charisma c Prayer - Spanish JP7

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:30P Widows and Widowers Bible Study JP5 5:45P Priciple Study Group JP5 5:45P Path to Serenity - ALANON JP10 5:45P Alateen Group JP8

Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:00A Senior Strength Training JP6 12:00P Carmel Study Group JP4 12:00P Lunch Bible Study JP5 6:30P Rosary Makers JP5 6:30P Compar endo las Escrituras JP4 7:00P Young Adults - Spanish JP2

Friday, February 8, 2013 3:00P Divine Mercy Prayer Chap 6:00P Indian Prayer Group JP6

Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:30A Lay Dominicans JP5 9:00A AA Language of the Heart JP4 5:00P Young Adult Ministry JP6

Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:30A 7 Steps JP8

¡Boletín Parroquial en Español! DEL LAPTOP DEL PÁRROCO, Padre Mark Wagner

Bienvenido a St. Joseph’s

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ADORACION al SANTISIMO ¡Haga su resolución para el Año Nuevo e inscríbase para pasar una hora por semana frente al Santísimo Sacramento! Favor de llamar a David y Monica Wood al 527-4920.

FEBRERO ESCUELA DE FE

LAS HIJAS CATOLICAS

DE LAS AMERICAS VENTA DE TESOROS USADOS Sábado, 9 de febrero 8am-4pm y Domingo, 10 de febrero 8am-3pm

En la Iglesia de Fátima Salón Viejo,

505 W. Granger Ave. , Modesto. Los fondos serán usados para

becas y grupos de caridad locales.

Fortaleciendo mi Matrimonio Iglesia Santa Francisca de Roma

Riverbank, CA Febrero 9 & 10, 2013

¿Está en crisis su matrimonio?

Fortaleciendo mi Matrimonio es un programa diocesano. Una luz de esperanza para matrimonios con problemas. Es un programa diseñado para ayudar a sanar y reconstruir matrimonios para que la pareja y sus hijos puedan vivir mejor. Cupo limitado, favor de registrarse. Para más información llame a: David Aguilar (209) 622-6083 o a Lupe Aguilar (209) 622-8064.

LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA PARROQUIA ¡Visite la biblioteca de la parroquia! Tenemos nuevos libros y DVDs para ayudarle a usted y a su familia en su jornada por el Año de la Fe. Tenemos libros y películas sobre las vidas de los santos, películas para la familia y libros para leerle a sus niños. Ya viene la Cuaresma y la biblioteca tiene muchas cosas para ayudarle con meditación, y para las Horas Santas.

Durante las pocas semanas que tenemos este año entre la Navidad y el Miércoles de Ceniza, hemos estado aprendiendo sobre el comienzo del ministerio de Jesús. La gente se preguntaba “¿Quién es él?” “¿De donde sacó tanta sabiduría y poderes milagrosos?”¿No es este el hijo de José?” La respuesta a estas preguntas se encuentra escondida en la gramática de la ultima pregunta en el Evangelio de hoy: Jesús NO es el hijo de José! Este es el Año de Fe. Y la verdad central de nuestra fe es que Jesús no es el Hijo de José. El es el Hijo de Dios, nacido de la Virgen Maria. Nuestro amado santo patrón, al cual se refieren de pasada en el Evangelio de hoy, sabia que el Padre de Jesús era Dios. San José puede ayudarnos con nuestra fe. Aquellos que son devotos a San José y a la Santísima Virgen Maria reciben de ellos gracias especiales para comprender el misterio de la Encarnación. Y el comprender la Encarnación es comprender el misterio de la vida. Como el Papa Benedicto nos ha dicho, la fe no es el entender una “teoría”, pero es “el encuentro con una persona.” (Porta Fidei #11) “…En El, toda la angustia y todos los deseos del Corazón humano son resueltos. El gozo del amor, la respuesta al drama del sufrimiento y el dolor, el poder perdonar frente a una ofensa recibida y la victoria de la vida sobre el vacío de la muerte: todo esto se resuelve en el misterio de la Encarnación.” (Porta Fidei #13)

Horario: LMJ 10:30am-2:30pm

Mier. 9:30am –1pm Jueves en la tarde 5-7pm

Nuestro Santo Padre en Roma

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AUDIENCIA GENERAL — Miércoles 2 de enero de 2013 Parte II

Queridos hermanos y hermanas:

Si consideramos atentamente la expresión «por obra del Espíritu Santo se encarnó de María, la Virgen», encontramos que la misma incluye cuatro sujetos que actúan. En modo explícito se menciona al Espíritu Santo y a María, pero está sobreentendido «Él», es decir el Hijo, que se hizo carne en

el seno de la Virgen. En la Profesión de fe, el Credo, se define a Jesús con diversos apelativos: «Señor, ... Cristo, unigénito Hijo de Dios... Dios de Dios, Luz de Luz, Dios verdadero de Dios verdadero... de la misma sustancia del Padre» (Credo niceno-constantinopolitano). Vemos entonces que «Él» remite a otra persona, al Padre. El primer sujeto de esta frase es, por lo tanto, el Padre que, con el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo, es el único Dios. Esta afirmación del Credo no se refiere al ser eterno de Dios, sino más bien nos habla de una

acción en la que toman parte las tres Personas divinas y que se realiza «ex Maria Virgine». Sin ella el ingreso de Dios en la historia de la humanidad no habría llegado a su fin ni habría tenido lugar aquello que es central en nuestra Profesión de fe: Dios es un Dios con nosotros. Así, María pertenece en modo irrenunciable a nuestra fe en el Dios que obra, que entra en la historia. Ella pone a disposición toda su persona, «acepta» convertirse en lugar en el que habita Dios. A veces también en el camino y en la vida de fe podemos advertir nuestra pobreza, nuestra inadecuación ante el testimonio que se ha de ofrecer al mundo. Pero Dios ha elegido precisamente a una humilde mujer, en una aldea desconocida, en una de las provincias más lejanas del gran Imperio romano. Siempre, incluso en medio de las dificultades más arduas de afrontar, debemos tener confianza en Dios, renovando la fe en su presencia y acción en nuestra historia, como en la de María. ¡Nada es imposible para Dios! Con Él nuestra existencia camina siempre sobre un terreno seguro y está abierta a un futuro de esperanza firme. Profesando en el Credo: «Por obra del Espíritu Santo se encarnó de María, la Virgen», afirmamos que el Espíritu Santo, como fuerza del Dios Altísimo, ha obrado de modo misterioso en la Virgen María la concepción del Hijo de Dios. El evangelista Lucas retoma las palabras del arcángel Gabriel: «El Espíritu vendrá sobre ti, y la fuerza del Altísimo te cubrirá con su sombra» (1, 35). Son evidentes dos remisiones: la primera es al momento de la creación. Al comienzo del Libro del Génesis leemos que «el espíritu de Dios se cernía sobre la faz de las aguas» (1, 2); es el Espíritu creador que ha dado vida a todas las cosas y al ser humano. Lo que acontece en María, a través de la acción del mismo Espíritu divino, es una nueva creación: Dios, que ha llamado al ser de la nada, con la Encarnación da vida a un nuevo inicio de la humanidad. Los Padres de la Iglesia en más de una ocasión hablan de Cristo como el nuevo Adán para poner de relieve el inicio de la nueva creación por el nacimiento del Hijo de Dios en el seno de la Virgen María. Esto nos hace reflexionar sobre cómo la fe trae también a nosotros una novedad tan fuerte capaz de producir un segundo nacimiento.

CORRESPONSABILIDAD (STEWARDSHIP)

Por el Ministerio Juvenil

David & Jazmín Palomino

En las Escrituras escuchamos que no solo es servir al Señor y contestar su llamado, sino que debemos servir con alegría. ¡David y Jazmín son dos hermosos ejemplos sobre cómo debemos contestar a este llamado y servir a nuestra parroquia de cualquier manera posible, y siempre que podamos! Ellos se casaron en St. Joseph’s en septiembre del 2010, y tienen un hijo, Cristian. En los pasados 4-5 años, David y Jazmín han participado en el Coro Juvenil, han servido en el Equipo CORE trabajando con grupos de jóvenes, y recientemente Jazmín ha aceptado ayudar a organizar el Viacrucis en Vivo. Su fe, llena de alegría, personalidad que inspira, y su compromiso al ministerio anima a las personas a su alrededor. Fuera de la vida parroquial David trabaja como enfermero y Jazmín asiste a la escuela y trabaja como estilista, por supuesto siendo madre de tiempo completo. Ellos están agradecidos por las amistades que han hecho en la iglesia y les gusta el compañerismo. Seguido abren su casa para sus hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, encontrando cualquier motivo para hacer un potluck, una noche de juegos, o una fiesta. ¡Gracias, Jazmín y David, ustedes son una bendición para nuestra comunidad!

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Is this film suitable for my children?Reviews and ratings

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WHY IS ITA man wakes up after sleepingunder an ADVERTISED blanketon an ADVERTISED mattress

and pulls off ADVERTISED pajamasbathes in an ADVERTISED showershaves with an ADVERTISED razor

brushes his teethwith ADVERTISED toothpaste

washes with ADVERTISED soapputs on ADVERTISED clothes

drinks a cup of ADVERTISED coffee

drives to workin an ADVERTISED car

and then . . . .refuses to ADVERTISEbelieving it doesn’t pay.Later if business is poor

he ADVERTISES it for sale.WHY IS IT?

BRAD E. PEZOLDT D.D.S., M.S.D.Orthodontist

Board Certified Orthodontic Specialist524-8381 / Parishioner

Lent is early this year and just around the corner!

St. Joseph’s Mass Times:

Please visit our Lent webpage:

www.stjmod.com/lent

7am, 8am, 9:30am, 12noon (Latin), 5:45pm,

7:30pm Spanish-Church, 7:30 pm English-Hall

February 13 — Ash Wednesday

Lenten Bible Study for the

Year of Faith

St. Joseph’s presents...

We will meet every Tuesday at 7pm in Fr. O’Hare Hall:

February 12 - March 26

We will use Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s Year of Faith Bible Study as our guide. Each night will have a talk, small

group discussion, and close with Adoration.

Sign up on the plaza today!

The first 150 people to sign up receive a free book, signed by Fr. Mitch Pacwa.

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