February 3, 2019 Fourth day in Ordinary Time ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION ON READINGS JER 1:4-5, 17-19; PS 71:1-6, 15-17; 1 COR 12:31-13:13 or 1 COR 13:4-13; LK 4:21-30 How do I know if the Time, Talent and Treasure I offer God in grateful return is enough? What is the measure? St. Paul tells us in the Second Reading today the measure is the love that we put into each of these aspects of our lives. If I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own and hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. God is not after a particular number. What He wants us to give over to Him is our very selves. Real love is not a sentiment. Real love is manifested in living a virtuous life. We read later in St. Paul s letter that real love takes strength: it is patient, kind, humble, othercentered, truth-seeking and long-suffering. Love is the heroic giving of oneself even when it is uncomfortable; especially then. Love looks like Jesus. It lives like Jesus. Sometimes, living like Jesus is difficult. We see this in the Gospel Reading today where we find Jesus in action, preaching in the synagogue in His hometown. He speaks truth to the people He loves, the ones He grew up with and shared His early days with. How do they respond? They are filled with fury and run Him out of town, intent on throwing Him from a cliff! Yet Jesus is undeterred. He passes right through them and presses forward with the mission His Father has entrusted to Him. We are called to live with this same strength and determination, fueled by the power of love and by gratitude for all God has given us. 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; day 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.
MERCY S GATE UPDATE 1608 pounds were delivered to Mercy s Gate after last weekend s collection. Thank you for your participation in this effort! SENIOR SOCIAL GROUP Interested in meeting other senior parishioners? Join our senior social group for lunch or game day once a month. We meet for lunch on the second Tuesday of each month and our game day is the fourth Tuesday. Our lunch in February is at Shangrila Chinese Restaurant (8850 N. Union Blvd.) at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Please call Sharon at 282-1912 for reservations or for more information. 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. HELP WANTED Volunteers are needed to assist with care of the linens used during Mass. This includes pretreating, washing and ironing the linens. Laundry products are provided. Training will be provided as well as detailed written instructions. Scheduling is in increments of 1 week at a time with no minimum number of times per year required. Please contact Beth Kaplan for further information on this volunteer opportunity at 719-459-9878 or rkaplan_5674@msn.com. 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 Sat- CALENDAR Fair Trade Coffee and Chocolate for sale after Masses. YSF 9:45-11:15am RCIC 9:45-11:15am RCIA 9:45-11:15am Faith Formation K-5 11:45am-1:15pm. Faith Formation Grades 6-Confirmation 2:30-4pm. YDisciples 5:45-7:15pm. UPCOMING Mon, Feb 4 Faith Formation K-7 4:30-6pm. Mon, Feb 4 Biblical School 6:30pm. Mon, Feb 4 Walk Toward Eternity Bible Study 7pm. Tues, Feb 5 English as a Second Language Class 9am. Tues, Feb 5 SoulCore 9-10am. Tues, Feb 5 EPIC: A Journey through Church History Bible Study 9:30am. Tues, Feb 5 Respect Life Meeting 6pm. Tues, Feb 5 Outreach Committee Meeting 7pm. Wed, Feb 6 Magnificat Moms Meeting 10-11:30am. Wed, Feb 6 Eucharistic Adoration as scheduled. Pray the Rosary at 6:00pm. Evening Prayer and Benediction starts at 6:30pm. Wed, Feb 6 Children s Choir 5:15pm. Wed, Feb 6 Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Meeting 7pm. Thurs, Feb 7 English as a Second Language Class 9am. Fri, Feb 8 Divine Mercy Prayer Cenacle after 12:15pm Mass. Fri, Feb 8 Men s Forum 6pm. Sat, Feb 9 Women s Breakfast 8:30-10:30am. Sat, Feb 9 Couples Dinner 6pm. SAVE THE DATE 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% 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. BULLETIN DEADLINE The bulletin deadline for the February 10th bulletin is Monday, February 4th by 10am Please send all announcements to office@saintgabriel.net. 2019 RETURNING GOD S GIFTS Today our commitments as a Parish to the 2019 Returning God s Gifts Annual Appeal are being offered through the Diocese of Colorado Springs. As one family in faith, we join together by supporting programs and services no parish alone can offer, such as education and formation of our diocesan seminarians. Our goal this year is to have 100 percent participation. In order to achieve this, each of you is asked to give in gratitude for the many gifts God has given to you. Please help us meet our parish goal of $119,764. 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. St. Gabriel the Archangel 3 Colorado Springs, CO
St. Gabriel the Archangel 4 Colorado Springs, CO
BRIARFEST BEST OF THE SPRINGS Hey Briarfest fans, it's time to vote for The Best of The Springs 2019. We need your help as this is a grass roots effort to raise awareness of our festival up in Briargate. When lots of people know about our festival the more we can bring in great entertainment for the weekend for the family. Click on Arts & Entertainment and it's under Local Festivals. It's that simple. One vote per e-mail address. https://www.thebestofthesprings.com/voting-home WORLDWISDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Love is patient, love is kind. Increase your love for one another by attending the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend on March 15-17 in Colorado Springs. Contact Glen and Toni Gallegos 719-591-9045 or socowwmereg@gmail.com for more information. Or to sign up online, visit our website at wwme.org. Hurry, as space is limited! CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY Catholic Fire Campus Ministry: We invite all college-age students (ages 18-22) in our diocese to join our many weekly activities: day Mass at UCCS in University Center Room 303 at 12:30 p.m., Men s and women s faith sharing groups, FOCUS Bible studies, and Thursday Mass and free dinner at Fr. Kyle s home, 920 Exodus Point. You do not need to be attending college to join us. For event times and locations follow us on Facebook at Catholic Fire. For additional information contact Fr. Kyle Ingels, Director of Campus Ministry, at kingels@diocs.org. f you have any questions, please contact me at 719-433-5056 or rascrocker@yahoo.com. St. Gabriel the Archangel 5 Colorado Springs, CO
HIGH SCHOOL RALLY St. Gabriel s high school students had a great time at the High School Rally, which was held on the weekend of January 18th 20th at Great Wolf Lodge. JOB OPENING The Diocese has a PT job opening for an Admin. Asst./Event Planner in our Total Catholic Education Dept. If interested, please visit www.diocs.org/jobs for more information. MISSION TRIP APPEAL Hello, I am Rebekah Acosta and I have exciting news! For the past several years, I have been a parishioner at St. Gabriel s. Now, I am currently attending Regis University in Denver, Colorado. As you may know, my older brother Benjamin Acosta is a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary, and I have been given the wonderful opportunity of going on a mission trip with him. I, and many other college students, FOCUS missionaries, and priests are going to Rome on a pilgrimage to serve the Lord and help those in need. We will be serving alongside the Missionaries of Charity, with intentions to serve the poorest of the poor. Through this mission trip I hope to grow closer to God and share in His love as I serve His people. You can join me on this mission trip in a couple of ways- with your prayers and with a financial gift. I need to raise $2,750 by 9 February. To meet this goal as quickly as possible, gifts of $50, $100, or $150+ are greatly needed. There are no minimums or maximums and all gifts are immensely appreciated! If you would like to join my mission support team, simply go online and donate by credit card or bank transfer at http://www.focusonline.org/goto/rebekahacosta. Gifts made online and checks made payable to FOCUS are tax-deductible, charitable gifts. Thank you for your prayerful time and consideration! For more information, please call me at 719-229-1213, or email me at rebekahacosta77@gmail.com. St. Gabriel the Archangel 6 Colorado Springs, CO
MONTH OF THE HOLY FAMILY The month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family. The special devotion, which proposes the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of virtue of all Christian households, began in the 17th century. The Holy Family models for us what family life should exemplify. It is a school of virtue for both parents and children. There we find God, and learn how to connect with God and with others. The family is where love is freely given without self-interest. It is where we learn to love, to pray and to practice the gift of charity. Pope John Paul II has said, The family, more than any other human reality, is the place in which the person is loved for himself and in which he learns to live the sincere gift of self (Nov. 27, 2002). We should ask ourselves if our own families model that of the Holy Family. We need to be open to God s grace to value the positive and to accept our mistakes and to be willing to rectify them. Parenting is a very challenging responsibility and at times errors are made despite the best intentions. Recognizing this, children should trust their parents and never forget that parents want only what is best for them. Which leads us to what may be the most important family virtue forgiveness. Living so intimately within the family nucleus naturally gives rise to unpleasant situations where someone is apt to be offended. St. Paul knew this when he told us to bear with and forgive one another. The health of our family may depend on how quickly we learn to forgive without harboring feelings of resentment. No family can thrive and grow without constant work. Even the material details that take time and effort are essential to keeping the family strong. Everyone has to pull together for the good of the family even to the point of putting ahead of our own needs and ambitions the happiness of other family members, setting aside our own selfish desires. It is also important to pray as a family, especially the holy rosary. Prayer will help us to intensify our closeness with each other and to learn to forgive. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 3 Monday: Heb 11:32-40/Ps 31:20, 21, 23, 24 [25]/ Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4/Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32 [cf. 27b]/Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a [cf. 17]/Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24/Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11 [cf. 10]/Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Heb 13:1-8/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc [1a]/ Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/Mk 6:30-34 day: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 [1c]/ 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11/Lk 5:1-11 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7 Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 10 PRAY FOR VOCATIONS John (Jay) Doherty, Candidate Steve Prebeck, Candidate John Riley, Candidate Paul Ruff, Candidate Rob Rysavy II, Candidate Bob Seydel, Candidate Fr. Don Billiard,OFM TITHING RECIPIENT Today s Tithe is for CSDSA-Colorado Springs Down Syndrome Association. CSDSA informs and empowers families while promoting community awareness of the dignity, promise, and potential of all people with Down syndrome. Please pray for the people supported by this organization. ALTAR FLOWERS Altar Flowers for the weekend of Jan 26th were donated by Normita Pizarro and Nancy Mercado in memory of Marina Vasquez. ALTAR FLOWERS Altar Flowers this weekend are donated by Rosemarie Stimpfl in memory of Jerry Stimpfl. Sat Feb 2 5:00 pm for: Leonard Paczosa (+) Feb 3 8:30 am Pro Populo Feb 3 10:30 am for: Ignacio Maes & Eric Garcia (+) Feb 3 12:30 pm for: Vicente Valle (+) and Maria Welton (+) Feb 3 4:30 pm for: Vickie Brence (+) Mon Feb 4 12:15 pm NO MASS Tues Feb 5 12:15 pm for: Andrea Miller (SI) Wed Feb 6 12:15 pm for: Gerardo Garcia (SI Birthday) Thur Feb 7 12:15 pm for: Juan Martinez (SI Birthday) Fri Feb 8 12:15 pm for: Sue DiCara (+) Sat Feb 9 5:00 pm for: Eugenia Stagl (+) Feb 10 8:30 am Pro Populo Feb 10 10:30 am for: Pablo Perez & Hugo Botto (+) Feb 10 12:30 pm for: Olga Castillo (+) Feb 10 4:30 pm for: Philomena DeJohn (+) and Frank DeJohn (+) St. Gabriel the Archangel 7 Colorado Springs, CO