2 nd January 15th 2012 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Holy Father s Prayer Intentions for January: That the dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all men and women of good will. WEEKLY SERVICES & INTENTIONS St. Joseph Church 01/14 Sat 4:00 pm Int. Erin Pepper 01/15 Sun 8:00 am Int. Eleanor Bertain Roche 01/16 Mon 7:30 am Eucharistic Service 01/17 Tue 7:30 am Eucharistic Service 01/18 Wed 7:30 am +Larry Francesconi 01/19 Thu 7:30 am Eucharistic Service 01/20 Fri 7:30 am Int. Samuel DeFranco 01/21 Sat 4:00 pm +Bannan Family St. Joseph Hospital 01/17 Tue 11:30 am Int. Hogue Family 01/19 Thu 11:30 am +Joyce Christen St. Bernard Church 01/15 Sun 10:00 am Mass for the People 01/16 Mon 12:15 am Eucharistic Service 01/17 Tue 12:15 pm +Ciara Chiesa 01/18 Wed 12:15 pm Int. Rutledge Family 01/19 Thu 12:15 pm Eucharistic Service 01/20 Fri 12:15 pm Thanksgiving to St. Lucy This Week s Meeting & Events 01/17 Tue Noon Knights/Ingomar Club 01/17 Tue 6:30 pm Latin American Club 01/19 Thu 7:00 pm RCIA/Rectory 01/21 Sat 10:00 am Choir Practice Please be reminded that the only way can get a yearend statement of your contributions for taxes is by using your envelopes or your parish number. You must be a registered member of the parish to get year-end tax statements. Call the office at 442-6466 if you want to register or you have a change in address or phone. Parishioners are saying the rosary every Sunday before mass. We will be starting promptly at 9:30 am. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome. For more info call John at 832-9990. Finance Corner Last weekend the plate collection was $4,292 and World Wide Missions was $1,240. Stewardship Corner In today s first reading, we hear Samuel respond eagerly, Here I am! each time the Lord calls him. May we, too, be listening for the call of God in our lives and be ready to say like the psalmist, Here am I Lord; I come to do your will. Leave a Legacy The gifts God has given you can go on doing good after your lifetime. Ask your lawyer or financial advisor how to make a gift to your parish. Gifts are not only cash, but can be shares of stock, bonds, life insurance, real estate, or personal property such as jewelry, collections, and vehicles. New Pews! When you get a chance, check out the refurbished pews at the front of St. Bernard Church. They are beautiful! We received enough pledges for ten pews. If you would like to pledge to have a pew refurbished, mail check to office, at 615 H Street, Eureka, CA 95501, or put in collection basket marked "PEWS". Cost per pew, $350. Thank you so much for allowing us to keep our churches in such good condition. Christ the King's Annual Sweetheart Dinner Saturday February 11th 5:00 pm at CTK Education Center in McKinleyville. Join us for a delicious roasted pork loin dinner complete with wild rice, fresh vegetables, dinner salad, breads and butter, dessert buffet and beverages. The price is $10.00 per adult, $5.00 per child. This event will also feature a silent auction so come prepared to bid on some outstanding items! Fr. Eric s Wednesday Night Bible Study Sessions will resume Feb1st. Check out our Website at: www.saintbernards.org
2 nd January 15th 2012 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Evelyn Avila, James Avila, Patricia Ayers, Teresa Blake, Pauline Blankenship, Kathi Branum, Donna Clemons, Mary Davey, Tia Dimmick, Quinta Genovali, Elsie Godinho, Jim & Jackie Hill, Joyce, Lynn Johnson, Riley Moran, Margaret Murdock, Sue Nolen, John G. Perrone, Joanne Hebert Ray, Robert Resor, Donna Selsor, Sharon, Joe Simera, Rosemary Simera, Jan Sundquist, William Taylor, David & Angela Timmerman, Lindy Timmerman, Don Tononi, Greg Weigel, Mac Weisel, Seth Woolf, and all our brothers and sisters in need of prayer and healing. Please do not take Missals from the sanctuary. If you would like to buy one, they are for sale at the parish office for $6. PRAYER LINE "You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you've already begun." Saint Josemaría Escrivá If you have a special need we have a prayer team who will pray on your behalf. Your intentions this week may be called in to Toni, who has new hours. You can reach her 24/7 at 445-3616. PAMPHLET RACK Are you looking for good spiritual reading? Look no further than the pamphlet rack in both churches. Walk for Life West Coast, Jan 21st in San Francisco. Carpooling available from Eureka. leaving Friday, returning Saturday after the Walk. Call 845-7678 for more information. Women s Club Church Directory Because of outside circumstances the Women s Club Church Directory has been cancelled. Sorry for this inconvenience. How about a hot, delicious pot of bean soup! Come to the parish office between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm and pick up a bag of bean soup mix. Sponsored by the Women's Club, cost $4.00. Youth Group meetings for St. Bernard and Sacred Heart youth are held weekly at the Youth Building at Sacred Heart Church from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm on Sunday nights. Youth, ages 12 and up, are welcome to attend. Please fill out a registration form upon attendance. Basic Catechist/Adult Learning Workshop The workshop is offered through the Diocesan Office on Thursday evenings at St. Bernard Church, 615 H St., Hall, from 7:00pm-9:00pm. On January 19th the presentation is Liturgy & Sacraments Segment III. This evening is dedicated to the Sacraments of Initiation. A donation of $15.00/person is requested to cover materials. Please contact the Diocesan Department of Religious Education dre@srdiocese.org or (707) 566-3366 with any questions or to sign-up. Walk-ins are welcome. For details and a schedule visit our website: www.santarosacatholic. EWTN telecasts marking the tragic Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion will include interviews with Walk for Life leaders & participants, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m.; a Vigil Mass for Life at the National Shrine in Washington, Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m.; and the March for Life, Jan 23 at 8 a.m. All times are Pacific Time. EWTN is aired on Sudden Link Ch. 230 in the Eureka area. LOST & FOUND Found in church, a pink purse and a ladies black jacket. Also a set of keys were found outside St. Joseph Church. Come by the office and pick up your lost item. Thanks. This week s featured advertiser: Tony Gosselin & Sons See back of bulletin
Discovering hope and joy in the Catholic faith. January 2012 Choose Heaven over Earth Try something new Do you find that your prayer life feels stale or dull occasionally? Try learning a new prayer. Look in the missal at church or the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops website (www.usccb.org) under Prayer and Worship. Sometimes learning something new to say to God can refresh your time with him. Hope Hope is what leads us to desire and expect eternal life with God in Heaven. Hope gives us the strength to keep going when we are troubled, tired, overwhelmed or burdened. Hope is what makes us strong. Followers of Christ always have hope. God s ways How do we become disappointed when it seemed as if God didn t answer a prayer? It is so easy to despair when God s ways don t look like our ways. Instead, we need learn more about God by learning the teachings of his Church and reading his Word. Only then will we come to understand his ways. Our lives on Earth last but a moment compared to our time after death, yet we often let earthly matters take priority over preparing for Heaven. The good news is, if we put Heaven first, God will take care of everything else. Jesus promised, seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides (Matthew 6:33). What is important to you? Although you may have God-inspired values family, service, work that may not be what claims your time. Write down a list of what you do each day, from morning to bedtime. Whatever absorbs most of your time and Every sin has consequences. Obtaining forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance restores our friendship with God so that we can eventually go to Heaven, but we still must first suffer punishment for our sin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC, attention are your real priorities. If they aren t related to God, your activities need to be changed. How do you make decisions? Do you look to friends or coworkers for advice? Or do you turn to prayer and Scripture for guidance? This year, resolve to take your eyes off of the world and place them on Christ. If we base all choices and decisions on God, we will never choose wrong. Do you trust God to make you happy? For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Why do Catholics ask for indulgences? 1471) says that through an indulgence, God grants the prayer of the Church that the temporal penalty for sin is reduced or even eliminated. For example, after certain actions and prayers, a plenary indulgence can remove the temporal punishment for sin. Copyright 2012 Success Publishing & Media, LLC
January 2012 Page 2 Lighten up with the Good News If we spread the Gospel and are always deadly serious and anxious, wouldn t our appearance seem to imply that the Good News isn t very good? Even the saints had a laugh now and then. Humor can give us a new perspective. St. Phillip Neri was a holy priest with a knack for bringing people to God in unusual ways. When a penitent asked permission to wear a hairshirt an irritating garment worn next to the skin as a penance St. Philip agreed but ordered the man to wear it over his clothes. The penance was to bear the jokes and ridicule that resulted. Humor heals. St. Teresa of Avila is said to have complained to God of the rough road he had chosen for her. She was said to have scolded him by saying that if asked his friends to endure so much suffering, No wonder you have so few. Joking with God didn t make St. Teresa s road any smoother, but it may have made her feel a little better. This Gospel describes Jesus and his apostles entering the synagogue at Capernaum where Jesus taught those gathered at the Sabbath. A human teacher would say, Thus says the Lord But Jesus said, I say to you He taught as one who had the authority of God. That astonished his listeners. Even the unclean spirits who bedeviled an unfortunate man at the synagogue recognized who Jesus was. Jesus showed his authority by performing an exorcism on the man. January 2 St. Basil the Great (379). St. Basil founded the first monastery in Asia Minor. He fought passionately against the Arian threatening the Church and worked to protect the faith and religious freedom. He is best known for his skill as an orator and for being tireless in his pastoral care. January 21 St. Agnes (258). At a young age, St. Agnes pledged chastity for Jesus. Reportedly she was turned in for being a Christian by a suitor whom she refused to marry. She maintained her chastity and her faith and was Mark 1:21-28, My buddy or my God? The unclean spirits had to obey him when he commanded them to depart. He came to announce God s kingdom of justice, love, and peace. There is no room for evil in the Kingdom. In recent years there has been an attempt to portray Jesus as our buddy, to reduce him to a guy we can hang out with. We can t forget that as the second person of the Trinity Jesus has supreme majesty. We will one day appear before him on bended knee to be judged. He is our divine savior and mediator. He may be our dearest friend, but he is not our buddy. executed as a result. January 31 St. John Bosco (1888). St. John Bosco combined catechetical training and fatherly guidance to teach young men and women how to unite their spiritual life with their work and play. He opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales and provided workshops for boys in shoemaking and tailoring. In 1859, he founded the Salesians who were committed to education and mission work. Is there a right way to ask someone for forgiveness? Jesus thought asking for and granting forgiveness was so important, he included it in the Our Father, a prayer we say regularly. There is no one right way to ask for forgiveness. What is important is to make a start. Take responsibility for what happened between you. Tell your friend that you are sorry and you want to be back on good terms. Detail steps you can take together to be sure that a breach won t happen again. Key to real contrition is amending your life. Give some sign that you are sorry. Shake hands or hug. Such an action will start the healing of your relationship. In order to be in friendship with God, we have to be at peace with each other. Jesus said, Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift (Matthew 5:23-24). To provide practical ideas that promote faithful Catholic living. Success Publishing & Media, LLC Publishers of Growing in Faith and Partners in Faith (540)662-7844 (540)662-7847 fax http://www.growinginfaith.com (Unless noted Bible quotes and references are from the Revised Standard Version and the New American Bible) Copyright 2012 Success Publishing & Media, LLC