Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 15, 2015 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson

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1 Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 15, 2015 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy it; you may even find yourselves fighting against God. Acts 5:38b-39b Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 4pm Sunday - 8 am & 10:30 am Copper Basin K-8 School N. Main Street San Tan Valley, AZ Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday - 8:30am at the Parish Office/Rectory Confessions before Mass or upon request Mailing Address 270 E. Hunt Hwy Ste. 16 #328 San Tan Valley, AZ Parish Office N. Poseidon Rd. Florence, AZ Phone: (520) Fax: (520) Parish Office Hours 9:00 am 4:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Lent, the Church's annual pre-bap smal retreat, prepares us to gather around the Easter font, renew our bap smal vows, and receive new life from the water as the elect are plunged into Christ's death and resurrec on. This core meaning is more or less available, depending on whether we journey with catechumens in the parish and on the vigor of our liturgical celebra on of the Triduum. Some persist in seeing Lent as a lonely journey in the wilderness; yet this week we enter the Lenten fast in solidarity with one another. The smudged foreheads you will spy throughout Ash Wednesday on buses, street corners, and supermarket aisles remind you that you are hardly alone in your desire to enact a spring cleaning regime for your spiritual life. Long ago, this kind of repentance was available to Chris ans only once. Ashes and sackcloth were not raiment for a day, but permanent habits for public sinners. Fas ng became a way of life, and if they sinned severely again, there was no hope of restored communion. Happily, this system did not endure. It produced reluctant Chris ans who even held back from bap sm, like St. Augus ne did, out of fear. Today we have recovered an ancient tradi on that conversion and repentance are constant themes on life's journey, and that Lent is an annual opportunity to revive our bap smal iden ty, both as individuals and communi es. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. Are you new to St. Michael the Archangel Church? We welcome you and we ask that you please take a few moments to register. Registra on forms are located at the Greeters Table or can now be found and submi ed online. Visit our website and click on the link, Parish Registra on Form, found at the bo om of the home page and follow the instruc ons.

2 Sacramental Policies ANOINTING OF THE SICK At the 8:30am Mass on the first Friday of each month. BAPTISM Parents will need to provide a copy of the child s birth certificate and participate in a class. Baptismal Classes are held on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 11 am in the Church office. Parents must call the church office to register for the class. Godparents must be practicing Catholics who are confirmed and married in the Church, if married. CONFESSION Confessions are offered one-half hour before all Masses, or anytime upon request. CONFIRMATION Confirmation will be given students in 8 th grade or above. They must have completed the 8 th grade religious education class and optimally the 7 th as well. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics who are already confirmed and married in the Church, if married. Parents should not be sponsors for their own children. For information on Confirmation preparation for adults please contact the pastor. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION First Holy Communion will be offered to children in Grade 2. Children must attend CCD regularly throughout Grade 2 in order to receive the Sacrament in May of that year. Students will also be prepared for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Grade 2. MARRIAGE Both parties are expected to participate in the preparation program. Parties must notify the pastor at least one year prior to their proposed marriage date. Please meet with the pastor for a fuller explanation and to make arrangements. MASS ATTENDANCE 692 People attended Mass on February 7th & 8th Readings for the Week Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5: :2; Mt 6:1-6, Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 Mass Intentions February 14 4:00 pm James Batory February 15 8:00 am Secundino Quesada 10:30 am Pro Populo February 21 4:00 pm Pro Populo March 1 8:00 am Pro Populo 10:30 am Susan Curkendoll March 3 8:30 am Celysia Redondo March 8 10:30 am Pro Populo March 14 4:00 pm Pro Populo March 22 8:00 am Pro Populo March 29 10:30 am Pro Populo Pro Populo - La n: for the people Deceased Contact the Parish Office to place a Mass Inten on ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL MINISTRIES & COMMITTEES ALTAR SERVERS Bert Pampanin, BertandPat@AOL.com, (480) BULLETIN bulle n@stmichaels77.org or (520) CCD Reajean Porter CCD@stmichaels77.org (480) COMPLIANCE OFFICER Jan Trbovich, dalerussel@msn.com, (480) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com, (480) GREETERS Jodi Slupski, jodeelyn1@msn.com, (480) HOSPITALITY Lisa Green, hospitality@stmichaels77.org, (480) LECTORS Suzanne Bai nger, lectors@stmichaels77.org (480) LIFE TEEN youthgroup@stmichaels77.org (520) MUSIC Diana Albert, Dialbert2@aol.com, (480) PARISH SECRETARY/NOTARY PUBLIC Sandra Ramirez, Sandra@stmichaels77.org (520) PASTOR Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson, pastor@stmichaels77.org, (520) PRAYER CHAIN Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com (480) RCIA Bob Butchko, Bob.butchko@centurylink.net (480) RED HAT MICHAELETTES Sue Bai nger, redhats@stmichaels77.org; (480) SACRISTANS Polly Von Esse, pvonesse@aol.com (520) (includes Set Up/Take Down) USHERS Darrell Stonerook, sstonerook@live.com (602) WEBMASTER Craig Rudko webmaster@stmichaels77.org (480) P P C : Diana Albert, Sue Bai nger, Bob Butchko, Virginia Bombolino, Jodi Slupski, Lisa Green, Bert Pampanin, Sandra Ramirez, Craig Rudko, Jenny Rudko, Darrell Stonerook, Mary Teese & Polly Von Esse Pastoral Council mee ngs are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month & all are welcome to a end.

3 ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL FINANCIAL REPORT Contribu ons February 8, 2015 Parish Offertory $3, Building Fund $1, Pens $ Needy $25.00 Mass S pend $25.00 Total $5, Church Building Fund $154, Online Giving...If you would like to give online please visit our website, and select the Online Giving tab. Capital Campaign Pledges Amount Pledged $992, Amount Paid $212, Pledge Balance $779, Registered Families Who has pledged: 187 Registered Families 29 non-registered families Parish Debt Obligations 10% of our collec on $242, Debt on the House contribu ons go toward the $524, Debt on the Land Church Building Fund. $500, Pre-Construct. Loan $1,266, Total Current Debt Please note If you have made a pledge to the Capital Campaign & are making a payment, please write Capital Campaign in the memo field of the check. Thank you Prayer Requests Do you, or someone you know need prayer? Would you like to pray for those reques ng prayer? If so, please contact Virginia Bombolino at or ginbaby2003@aol.com. All requests are private. Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do ever hing for the glor of God Corinthians 10: STATEMENTS If you would like an end of the year statement for 2014, please contact the Parish Office at (520) You can also send an to Sandra at sandra@stmichaels77.org. Please include your first & last name in the . WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER The second reading Paul says do everything for the glory of God. Does your marriage witness the glory of God? The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are April 24th - 26th in Phoenix and May 29th - 31st in Tucson. For more informa on please visit Para los fines de semana en español, visite LENTEN FISH DINNER Lenten Fish Dinner will be served every Friday during Lent at Assump on Parish, 221 E 8 th Street, Florence, AZ from 5 pm 7pm in Phelan Hall. A generous por on of fish will be served with coleslaw, baked potato, roll, dessert and drink. Other dinners available are Mac & Cheese and a Vegetable Enchilada. Adult cost is $8 for fish, $5 for Mac & Cheese and $6 for Enchiladas. Child prices available. Sponsored by KofC Council #5221

4 February 15, 2015 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Commemorative Pens Limited edition St. Michael the Archangel Parish Commemorative pens are now available. Each pen is hand crafted by parishioners, using Mesquite wood harvested from the parish property. What a wonderful recognition of the First Catholic Parish in San Tan Valley. Each pen is laser engraved with St. Michael the Archangel, Est on the cap and is unique in color and grain. If you would like to support our Building Fund, you may purchase a pen for a $50 donation. You can personalize your pen by adding your engraved name for an additional $5 dollars. Purchase your pen at the Greeters Table or at the church office. GOD s Word Today Being a disciple of Christ means being an imitator of Christ. When we hear a Gospel passage such as today's, we may think that we could never come close to imitating Christ. After all, he had such miraculous power. The story of the cleansing and curing of the leper may have something deeper to teach us. In the Lord's time, people were simply not to go near a leper. To touch a leper was unthinkable. It rendered the person ritually impure and susceptible to contagion. Just listen to today's first reading to find out how lepers were to be treated. Jesus goes beyond the usual boundaries and, moved with pity, heals the man. We are called to be like Christ--to move beyond those boundaries that prevent healing and reconciliation from occurring. Some of these boundaries we set up ourselves. As the cleansing word of God is proclaimed today, let us pray that God will help us to reach across established boundaries to embrace and be reconciled with those whom today's world sees as "unclean." From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Company February Calendar Of Events Feb 14th... after 4pm Mass...Parish PotLuck Feb Mass...2nd Collection Feb 15th... 9:15 am...ccd Parent Meeting Feb. 15th... 9:15 am...no CCD Class Feb 18th... 8:30 am...daily Mass w/ashes Feb 18th... 7:00 pm...mass with Ashes Feb 22nd... 9:15 am...ccd Class The Red hat Michaelettes will hold their monthly bake sale next weekend, February 21st and 22nd. Please take a moment to stop by the tables after mass and purchase some of these delicious homemade goodies. Proceeds from the bake sale benefit our Building Fund. Synod on Marriage & Family Life On Sunday, February 15, 2015 Catholics from churches in Pinal and Gila Counties are invited to participate in a listening session on Marriage and Family Life in preparation for the Synod called for by Pope Francis that will be held in October, The Holy Father has asked all bishops to conduct listening sessions in their diocese. Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, invites all Catholics from Pinal West and Gila/Pinal East Counties to attend a gathering to discuss the questions that will be the topic of the Synod. The Listening Session will be held on Sunday, February 15th at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casa Grande beginning at 2:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm. St. Anthony parish is located at 201 N. Picacho St. in Casa Grande. Please join us.

5 February 15, 2015 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lenten Fasting and Abstinence Abstinence: All Catholics 14 years of age and older are asked to abstain from eating meat on all Fridays of Lent, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday. Meat is any creature with more than one ambulatory appendage (leg/foot) or less than 5 ambulatory appendages. In other words, anything with 2 or 4 legs is meat. Pregnant and nursing mothers are exempt. Fasting - Catholics from 14 to 59 are asked to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting means having only one meal to maintain one s strength. Two smaller, meatless and penitential meals are permitted according to one s needs, but they, together, should not equal the one full meal. Eating solid food between meals is not permitted. Pregnant and nursing mothers are exempt. Ash Wednesday, February 18th Mass will be celebrated and Ashes will be distributed at the 8:30 am daily mass at the rectory and at 7pm at Copper Basin K8 School. CCD News Schedule NO CCD Classes on February 15th. Classes resume February 22nd. Students If you are preparing to receive sacraments this May, don t forget to sign in after Mass. Parents - if your child is preparing for Confirmation, First Holy Communion or First Reconciliation, please make plans to attend the mandatory parent meeting, Sunday, February 15th at 9:15 am.

6 The Mystery We Celebrate Part 3 What Comes Next? The Structure of the Mass (continued) In this article, we continue our examination of the structure and parts of the Mass as described in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. In the previous article, we looked at the Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word. This time we will focus on The Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Concluding Rite. The second principal part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Eucharist, is composed of three main sections: the preparation of the gifts, the Eucharistic Prayer and the communion rite. The Preparation of the Gifts The section of the Mass now called the Preparation of the Gifts was once known as the Offertory. This change in wording after the Second Vatican Council was a deliberate effort to clarify the purpose of this part of the liturgy. This part of the Mass is not the offering of the sacrifice; that occurs during the Eucharistic Prayer. This section, rather, is a time for preparation. We prepare the altar for the Eucharistic meal, placing on it the corporal, the purificator, the sacramentary and the chalice. Then the gifts of bread and wine to be used in the sacred meal, accompanied by the monetary offerings of the people, are brought forward by members of the assembly. While the altar and the gifts are prepared, we are all invited to prepare ourselves to enter fully into the Eucharistic prayer and communion that will soon follow. The Eucharistic Prayer The central prayer of the whole celebration is called the Eucharistic Prayer. Its very name, which is derived from the Greek word for thanksgiving, reminds us that our prayer is fundamentally an act of giving thanks to God. The form of the Eucharistic Prayer derives from Jewish prayer forms that would have been familiar to Jesus and shaped his prayer at the Last Supper. These are prayers of blessing. They bless, which means to praise and thank, God for the good things that God has done for us and given to us. The Eucharistic Prayer begins with a dialogue between presider and assembly in standard phrases that express thanks and praise to God ( Let us give thanks to the

7 Lord our God ). This is followed by a recounting of reasons we have to be thankful to God. Sometimes our list is short, as in Eucharistic Prayer 2; other times the list includes a recounting of God s actions throughout human history, as in Eucharistic Prayer 4. Always this list includes what God has done in and through Jesus, including the narrative of the Last Supper and our memory of his death and resurrection. After recalling what God has done in the past, we ask God to continue to bless us in the present and the future. These petitions always begin with a prayer for the unity of the church, because that is the main purpose of the Eucharist. Then we pray for the living and the dead and for a share in the glory of the saints in heaven. The Eucharistic Prayer concludes with the doxology (Through him, with him, and in him ), another expression of praise to the God who has done so much for us. The Communion Rite The Eucharistic Prayer is the central prayer of the Mass, but the celebration comes to its climax with communion. In communion we are united with Christ and with all those who share his body and blood. This communion deepens our unity as the Body of Christ, which is the goal of the whole celebration. The Concluding Rite The Eucharist concludes rather simply. The concluding rite begins with the announcements, which are intended to point us to ways that we can live out the meaning of the Eucharist in the week ahead. After sharing in the Lord s Supper, we are sent forth to carry on the work of Christ, and the announcements should give us some ways that we can carry out that mission in the coming week. After the announcements, the presider gives us a blessing and then sends us forth with the formula of dismissal. Though it is not required, we usually conclude the celebration with a closing song. Another Test? We began our look at the structure of the Mass by noting how hard it is for many of us to list the parts of the Mass in order. After this review, you might want to try the self-test again. What is more important than being able to write down the elements of the Mass, however, is to understand what each part seeks to do and how these elements fit together with one another. Such understanding should help us to enter more fully into the liturgy and be drawn more deeply into the mystery we celebrate. The communion rite begins with the Lord s Prayer, which serves as the table prayer for the Eucharistic meal. Its address to God as Our Father, its reference to our daily bread and its prayer for God to forgive us as we forgive each other make it especially appropriate as we prepare to enter into communion in this meal. The sign of peace follows the Lord s Prayer, again reminding us that communion is about our unity with one another in Christ as well as our unity with Christ himself. The breaking of the bread for communion is accompanied by the singing of the Lamb of God, addressed to the one whose body was broken and whose blood was poured out for our salvation. The Lamb of God may be extended with additional invocations until all is prepared for the distribution of communion. The communion procession is the central ritual of the communion rite. All the members of the assembly process together toward the altar to share in the body and blood of Christ. We express our unity during this procession both by our common posture (all should be standing until all have received) and by joining our voices in the communion song. This song should accompany the procession from start to finish, which sometimes will require more than one song. After all have shared in the sacred meal, we sit or kneel and enter into a time of shared silence to savor our union with the Lord and with each other. The communion rite then concludes with the Prayer after Communion. The Mystery We Celebrate Part 3 of 8 Author: Lawrence E. Mick; Artwork: Jane Pitz 2003 Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions. FDLC 415 Michigan Avenue, NE, Suite 70, Washington DC Revised web site: publications@fdlc.org; voice: Quotations from the General Instruction are taken from the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Liturgy Documentary Series United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved.