January 20, 2019 The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION ON READINGS IS 62:1-5; PS 96: 1-3,7-10; 1 COR 12:4-11; JN 2:1-11 Today s Gospel reading from John recounts the familiar story of the wedding feast at Cana when Jesus launched His public ministry by performing His first miracle at his mother s request. In the midst of the feast, the Blessed Mother noticed that the wine had run out and pointed out the problem to Jesus. Then, she gave the servants instructions that are equally applicable to us modern-day stewards, saying, Do whatever He tells you. Jesus gives the servants a simple and seemingly mundane task, telling them to fill some stone jars with water. They did what He told them to do. And Jesus used their obedience in the accomplishment of that simple task to perform His first miracle, turning the water into the choicest wine. Our Lord didn t have to include those servants in order to perform this miracle He chose to. And today, 2,000 plus years later, He still chooses to include us in the performance of His miracles through our cooperation with Him in using the gifts and talents He has given us. What a privilege! Let us take care to listen to our Blessed Mother: let s examine our lives this week to see if we really are doing whatever He tells us, cooperating with God to make the best use of the gifts He has given us for the benefit of those around us. If we all take this call seriously, He will perform miracles in our families and our parish. PARISH OFFICE 8755 Scarborough Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80920 www.saintgabriel.net Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm Phone: (719) 528-8407 Fax: (719) 598-1696 Email: office@saintgabriel.net PARISH CLERGY Pastor, Fr. Kirk Slattery frkslattery@saintgabriel.net Father Don Billiard, OFM dcbofm@gmail.com Deacon Mike McGrady mmcgrady@saintgabriel.net Deacon Dave Geislinger dgeislinger@diocs.org MASS SCHEDULE Weekend: Saturday 5:00 pm; Sunday 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm (Spanish) & 4:30 pm Weekdays: Tuesday-Friday 12:15 pm SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Tuesday-Friday: 11:50 am-12:10 pm, Saturday: 2:30-3:30 pm. First Friday: 10am to noon. Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesday 10 am to 7 pm.
FLU SEASON For the health and safety of our community during this flue season, Fr. Kirk has decided to refrain from distributing the Precious Blood to the assembly. We will resume after the worst of the flu season. Also, during Sign of Peace, please respect those who do not wish to shake hands. Please offer a slight head bow. A hand sanitizer station has been set up in the Narthex. MARIAN HOUSE VOLUNTEER We are looking for an individual to lead the monthly Marian House volunteer effort for St. Gabriel. This is great opportunity to get involved in our parish as well as the local community, serving those in need of a nutritious, warm meal. The position involves sending out a monthly bulletin announcement requesting volunteers, passing along the names to the staff at the Marian House and of course, volunteering your time when possible. If interested, please contact Cyndy Pylkka at 719-964-6575 or ccsp@comcast.net. SECOND ANNUAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE SOCKS AND T-SHIRT COLLECTION FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN January 12-February 10 2019 Please donate new white socks and new and gently used t- shirts for the Marian House to help those in need in our community. Questions: Please contact Barbara Green barbaragreen241@hotmail.com. SCAM ALERT It has come to our attention that there are several email and mail scams going around to our church community. Recently several parishioners have received an email from Fr. Kirk requesting assistance in some way (either by money, I Tunes cards etc). These are scams and we are urging you to delete the email immediately and do not respond to it or open any links in the message. Please be aware that Fr. Kirk will NEVER contact you via email asking for assistance. If you should receive an email from any staff member of St. Gabriel, please make sure to check the ENTIRE email address. We will ALWAYS use the saintgabriel.net email address and it will have our church logo at the end of the message. An additional way to determine if the email is from Fr. Kirk is that he will sign +JMJ+ after his name. Checking email addresses and NOT responding to pleas is a good practice to exercise when reading emails from any source. If you should have any questions, please call the office at 719-528-8407. GABRIEL S GIFTS FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION IS JANUARY 26 AND 27 Our monthly Gabriel s Gifts food pantry collection for Mercy s Gate is next weekend. Please pick up a bin after mass today and bring your donation when you come to mass next weekend. Requested food items include spaghetti sauce, hot cereal and jelly. Non-food items include toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner and toilet paper. Thank you for supporting our community food pantry! ALTAR FLOWERS Do you know that the beautiful flowers you see in church every week are all donation based. You can sign up and dedicate flowers in honor of or in memory of loved ones. The sign up book is at the welcome desk. Flowers will be displayed starting Friday before the weekend of your choice and remain in front of the altar for a week. Flower dedications will also be highlighted in the bulletin. The minimum donation for the flowers has been reduced from $50 to $35. If there is not a request for flowers by the Monday before the weekend at 10am,, there will be not be flowers in front of the altar. St. Gabriel the Archangel 2 Colorado Springs, CO
THIS WEEKEND Sun Sun Sun YSF 9:45-11:15am RCIC 9:45-11:15am RCIA 9:45-11:15am CALENDAR UPCOMING Mon, Jan 21 Office Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No daily Mass or Confession. Mon, Jan 21 Biblical School 6:30pm. Tues, Jan 22 English as a Second Language Class 9am. Tues, Jan 22 SoulCore 9-10am. Tues, Jan 22 EPIC: A Journey through Church History Bible Study 9:30am. Wed, Jan 23 Eucharistic Adoration as scheduled. Pray the Rosary at 6:00pm. Evening Prayer and Benediction starts at 6:30pm. Wed, Jan 23 Children s Choir 5:15pm. Wed, Jan 23 Knights of Columbus Meeting 7 pm. Thurs, Jan 24 English as a Second Language Class 9am. Sat, Jan 26 Iron Sharpens Iron Men s Breakfast 8:30-10:30am. Sun, Jan 27 Knights of Columbus Free Breakfast after 8:30am Mass. SAVE THE DATE Jan 28 Walk Toward Eternity Bible Study Begins. See pg 4 of the bulletin for more information Feb 16-17 Middle School Rally FINANCIAL BLESSINGS RECEIVED Fiscal Start of year July 2018 Dec. 2018 Total Offertory & Other Income Received: $654,847 Total Operating Expense: $623,400 2018 RETURNING GODS GIFTS UPDATE 2018 Parish Goal: $114,826 Total Pledged: $119,663 Percentage Pledged: 104% Total collected to date: $113,572 Percentage collected: 98.91% BULLETIN DEADLINE The bulletin deadline for the January 27th bulletin is Monday, January 21st by 10am. Please send all announcements to office@saintgabriel.net. INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY Snow season is here! For office hours and possible Confession and Mass cancellation, please call 528-8407, for recorded information which will be updated by 9am. For specific ministry event cancellations, look for information from the ministry coordinator. Please be safe during these winter months. WORDS OF WISDOM "God does not fit in an occupied heart." - St. John of the Cross SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND Next week, we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. For many in Latin America and the Caribbean, a rising secular culture, difficult rural terrain, and a shortage of ministers present obstacles to practicing the faith. Your support to the collection provides lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious formation, and other programs to share our faith with those who long to hear the Good News of Christ. To learn more about how you can make a difference, please visit www.usccb.org/latin-america. DISCIPLES ON THE WAY These are trying and confusing times, and the confidence to explain and defend the Catholic faith is more important than ever. Disciples on The Way's January presentation is an Apologetics Overview by Connie Pratt to help us in presenting Catholic teachings to friends or family with questions. Sunday afternoon, January 27 in St. Francis Parish Hall, 2650 Parish View, in Colorado Springs, from 3-5 PM. Free and open to all! For more information, contact Connie at 719-331-9786 or Lyn at 719-648-1194 or email LynRoo@comcast.net. St. Gabriel the Archangel 3 Colorado Springs, CO
St. Gabriel the Archangel 4 Colorado Springs, CO
WINTER GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Come and Join us for a Grief Support Group on Tuesdays. When: Tuesday Jan 22, and 29: Feb 5, 12, 19, 26; and March 5. Time: 12:30-2:30pm. Where: St. Patrick Church, Bishops Room 6455 Brook Park Dr. Cost: Free! Registration is required. Call Mary Ann at 244-1598 or Olivia at 238-7393 for more information and registration. Topics to be covered: What is Grief?; Am I Crazy or am I Grieving Different Styles of Grieving; Changing Course for Healing How to Handle Holidays; Things that Complicate Grief The 5 H s of Grief; The Other Side of Grief ST. GABRIEL S ON FACEBOOK Keep up to date on what is happening at St. Gabriel s by liking the St. Gabriel Facebook page. Find us under St Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Church. St. Gabriel the Archangel 5 Colorado Springs, CO
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MARCH FOR LIFE JANUARY 21 Please join the St. Mary's High School Students for Life and the Diocese of Colorado Springs Respect Life Apostolate on Monday, Jan. 21st, for the annual Rocky Mountain March for Life in recognition of the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Please park at Corpus Christi Catholic Church between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. to take shuttles to the Planned Parenthood sidewalk at 3480 Centennial Blvd & Fillmore. NOTE: There will be no shuttles to take folks back to PP after Noon Mass. We will gather at 9 a.m. for an hour of prayer, speakers, and a rosary, followed by a Eucharistic procession back to Corpus Christi. The shuttles will be available to drive those unable to march. At 11:30 there will be Eucharistic Adoration and a Divine Mercy Chaplet at the church, followed by noon Mass celebrated by Bishop Sheridan. Lunch and fellowship will follow in the Corpus Christi Parish Hall. Please join us as we pray for the first and most fundamental of human rights... the right to LIFE! Questions? Please contact Mary Simmons at Simmonsmjm@aol.com or Julie Bailey at the Diocese of Colorado Springs Respect Life Apostolate. THE 24HR KNIGHT As Saint Gabriel s Knight of Columbus recruiter I often hear the reply I don t have much time to give to the Knights, so why should I join? It s a common concern among many prospects that they just don t have the time to be a part of the Knights of Columbus. Today s young man faces many commitments. From his duty to his family to his obligation to his work place, there are constant calls on his time. Understanding that we all have commitments and responsibilities, would you be able to give 24 hours a year to the Knights of Columbus? With just a 24 hour a year commitment you could make a positive difference to tour community and Church. Below is an illustration of just how little time it takes to be an active part of the Knights of Columbus. Even with this minimal commitment you could be an important part of a council and reap the benefits of what membership in the Knights of Columbus has to offer you and your family. Below is an example of 24 hour commitment: * 2 hours a year volunteering at the council s annual funds drive for people with intellectual disabilities. * 2 hours a year attending, with your family, two council corporate Communions or prayer services at the parish. * 12 hours a year on a council-sponsored Church, community, council family or youth project of your choosing such as the Youth Annual Free Throw Contest, Lenten Fish Fry s or Monthly K of C sponsored last Sunday of Month Pancake Breakfast. * 2 hours a year attending one council meeting. (If it s a well-run interesting meeting maybe you might even come back for a second.) * 4 hours a year assisting with Briarfest activities * 2 hours working on projects our Pastor Father Kirk has asked for Knights of Columbus assistance. When you look at commitment opportunities such as the ones listed above it doesn t seem very intimidating at all. There are many other types of program options not mentioned above. There are 8,760 hours in a year. By giving the Knights of Columbus 24 of those hours (less than.3 percent), a man can be a better Catholic, a better father, a better husband and a better person. Think of the difference the Knights of Columbus can make in our communities if you were to join us. We will be available after masses the weekend of 19-20 January to answer any questions you may have about the Knights of Columbus and the activities we support. In the interim if you have questions or have already filled out a Knights Membership Document please feel free to contact Saint Gabriel s Knights of Columbus Membership Director Vic Garcia at skvicgarcia@gmail.mil or call (719) 282-7861/(719) 338-3725 (Please leave a message and he ll call you back). And again we available to answer question after masses 19-20 January. ADORATION OF OUR LORD Jesus loves us so much that He Chose to remain with us in His glorified human body veiled in the Holy Eucharist. How do we repay this love? By simply visiting Him. For more information contact: Kathy Thomas at 528-8407 or kthomas@saintgabriel.net. PARISH E-MAIL LIST Keep abreast of all that is happening at St. Gabriel by signing up for the parish e-mail list. You can do this by going to the parish website at www.saintgabriel.net and clicking on Parish Info and selecting E-mail List Subscriptions and then filling out your e-mail address under Parish News. St. Gabriel the Archangel 6 Colorado Springs, CO
ORDINARY TIME PAUL TURNER Ordinary Time, the longest season of the church year, fills the weeks which do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of Christ. It s the no-particular-reason season. Christmas Time honors the birth of Christ. Easter Time rejoices in the resurrection. Ordinary Time is devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. The number of the weeks of Ordinary Time replaces the old counting of weeks after Epiphany and after Pentecost. The old calendar suggested that Pentecost ran for six months. The new calendar gives Pentecost a day. Then we return to Ordinary Time. At first glance the principles of Ordinary Time seem basic enough. Start counting the weeks after Christmas Time. Break for Lent and Easter. Resume after Pentecost and keep counting till Advent. Basically, that s how it works. But we have a few quirks. For example, there is no First Sunday in Ordinary Time ; however, there is a first week. Usually Christmas Time ends on a Sunday with the Baptism of the Lord. The lectionary also calls it the First Sunday in Ordinary Time, but it is part of Christmas Time. (Some years the Baptism of the Lord falls on a Monday, but that s another story.) Ordinary Time gets underway on a weekday. When the next Sunday rolls around we start week two. On the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, we see the last of Ordinary Time until after Pentecost. Even then, it emerges only on weekdays. Trinity Sunday always follows Pentecost Sunday, and the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of the Lord comes the next Sunday in the United States. (In countries where this solemnity is a holy day, it falls on a Thursday.) So when the numbered Sundays in Ordinary Time return in summer, we start out a little higher than where we left off. Sometimes we skip one or two entire weeks of Ordinary Time during the Easter break. We want to close the Sundays of the year with Christ the King, one week before Advent. Christ the King always falls on the 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time. So, we determine the week number after Pentecost not based on where we left off before Lent but counting backwards from Christ the King. One or two weeks may disappear, but Ordinary Time still serves the complete mystery of Christ. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 20 Monday: Heb 5:1-10/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20/Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c [5]/ Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/ Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25-8:6/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/Mk 16:15-18 Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 [3]/Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 [cf. Jn 6:63c]/1 Cor 12:12-30 or 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27/Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 PRAY FOR VOCATIONS Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Bishop Michael J. Sheridan Bishop Emeritus Richard C. Hanifen Fr. Kirk Slattery Fr. Joe Dygert Deacon Mike McGrady Deacon Andre Mason TITHING RECIPIENT Today s Tithe is for Mercy s Gate. Mercy s Gate has been serving El Paso County since 1982 by providing lifeaffirming Direct Services Support, ongoing resources and education, and a growing network of community referrals and partnerships to individuals and families facing crisis. Please pray for the people supported by this organization. ALTAR FLOWERS To sign up for Altar Flowers, please see book at Welcome Desk. PRAYER CHAIN If you have a request for needed prayers, strength, hope, courage or thanksgiving for yourself, family or friends, please email ncbelanger54@gmail.com. Sat Jan 19 5:00 pm for: Eugenia Stagl (+) Sun Jan 20 8:30 am Pro Populo Sun Jan 20 10:30 am for: Celia Solano (+) Sun Jan 20 12:30 pm for: Edison Baron Lara (+) Sun Jan 20 4:30 pm for: Edgardo & Florecita Unson Garcia (SI) Mon Jan 21 12:15 pm NO MASS Tues Jan 22 12:15 pm for: Caroline McBride- Rayno (SI) Wed Jan 23 12:15 pm for: Glenn Brelsford (+) Thur Jan 24 12:15 pm for: Bernie Pietrosilli (+) Fri Jan 25 12:15 pm for: Federico Miguel Unson (+) Sat Jan 26 5:00 pm Joseph Lira (+) Sun Jan 27 8:30 am Pro Populo Sun Jan 27 10:30 am for: Pablo & Belia Perez (+) Sun Jan 27 12:30 pm for: Humberto Espinosa (+) Sun Jan 27 4:30 pm for: Franciszka & Edward Zaba (+) St. Gabriel the Archangel 7 Colorado Springs, CO