Parish Clergy & Staff Msgr. Tomás M. Marín, V.F. Pastor Fr. Robert Ayala Parochial Vicar Deacon Jose S. Chirinos Deacon Mark Westman Sofia Acosta Director of Religious Education Jorge Pis-Rodriguez Director of Music Myriam Cahen Director of Finances Michelle Ducker Director of Campus Ministry & Young Adults Toni Jane Palla o Director of Development and Student Center Iancarlo Arispe Development Coordinator Mass Schedule (Non-Holidays) Vigil Masses - Saturdays 5:30 pm 7:00 pm (Spanish) Sundays 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm 8:00 pm (During School Session) Monday - Friday 8:00 am & 12:05 pm Saturday 8:00 a.m. Confessions: 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment Baptisms: Please call the Parish Office at least one month in advance. Weddings: Please call the Parish Office at least six months in advance. Office Hours: 9:00 am 12:00 pm 12:35 pm 6:00 pm Monday - Friday
Saturday, December 31st, 2016 5:30 p.m. + Luke Sturgill + Isabel Bredi + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig 7:30 p.m. + Francisco A. Garcia - Rocio Soberanes Sunday, January 1st, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig + Alberto Mestre + Gregory F. McGann 10:00 a.m. + Hilda Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Luis F. Bacardi + Roberto Morales + Anthony John Pallatto - Living & Deceased Members of the Cancela-Gonzalez-Suarez Families 12:00 p.m. - For the Parish Family 5:00 p.m. + Laudelino & Sabina Lopez + Pilar Suarez + Cipriano Suarez + Jesus Suarez + Teresa Fernandez-Pena 6:30 p.m. + Dirce Martinelli + Jose Salazar + Fr. Val LaFrance - Blessings for 2017 Monday, January 2, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Sergio L. Gonzalez + Dr. Juan Enrique Rodriguez 12:05 p.m. + Raul Casares Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Maria Julia Lago 12:05 p.m. - Birthday of Toni J. Pallatto - Villa-Urrutia-Borbolla Family Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 8:00 a.m. - Rafael Lamazares Chaves 12:05 p.m. - Elena & Teresa Arispe Thursday, January 5th, 2017 8:00 a.m. - Intentions of the Castro-Fernandez Family - All those in need who come or call St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center - Intentions of Juan M. Salvador 12:05 p.m. + Carlos V. Rangel Friday, January 6th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig 12:05 p.m. - Special Intention for Maria Elena Duyos - Health of Bettina Harriman Saturday, January 7th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Luke Sturgill - Living and Deceased Members of the Chirinos Family - The Parish Family Sunday, January 1st, 2017 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God May God bless us in his mercy. Numbers 6: 22-27 Psalm 67: 2-3, 5-6, 8 Galatians 4: 4-7 Luke 2: 16-21 Monday, January 2nd, 2017 Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors of the Church All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. 1 John 2: 22-28 Psalm 98: 1-4 John 1: 19-28 Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 Christmas Weekday All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. 1 John 2: 29 3:6 Psalm 98: 1, 3c - 4, 5-6 John 1: 29-34 Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. 1 John 3: 7-10 Psalm 98: 1, 7-9 John 1: 35-42 Thursday, January 5th, 2017 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. 1 John 3: 11-21 Psalm 100: 1b - 5 John 1: 43 51 Friday, January 6th, 2017 Christmas Weekday Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. 1 John 5: 5-13 Psalm 147: 12-15, 19-20 Mark 1: 7-11 Saturday, January 7th, 2017 Christmas Weekday The Lord takes delight in his people. 1 John 5: 14-21 Psalm 149: 1-6a, 9b John 2: 1-11 2 1400 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-661-1648 www.saintaugustinechurch.org
MARY: THE MOTHER OF GOD from Catholic Answers Fundamentalists are sometimes horrified when the Virgin Mary is referred to as the Mother of God. However, their reaction often rests upon a misapprehension of not only what this particular title of Mary signifies but also who Jesus was, and what their own theological forebears, the Protestant Reformers, had to say regarding this doctrine. A woman is a man s mother either if she carried him in her womb or if she was the woman contributing half of his genetic matter or both. Mary was the mother of Jesus in both of these senses; because she not only carried Jesus in her womb but also supplied all of the genetic matter for his human body, since it was through her not Joseph that Jesus "was descended from David according to the flesh" (Rom. 1:3). Since Mary is Jesus mother, it must be concluded that she is also the Mother of God: If Mary is the mother of Jesus, and if Jesus is God, then Mary is the Mother of God. There is no way out of this logical syllogism, the valid form of which has been recognized by classical logicians since before the time of Christ. Although Mary is the Mother of God, she is not his mother in the sense that she is older than God or the source of her Son s divinity, for she is neither. Rather, we say that she is the Mother of God in the sense that she carried in her womb a divine person Jesus Christ, God "in the flesh" (2 John 7, cf. John 1:14) and in the sense that she contributed the genetic matter to the human form God took in Jesus Christ. To avoid this conclusion, Fundamentalists often assert that Mary did not carry God in her womb, but only carried Christ s human nature. This assertion reinvents a heresy from the fifth century known as Nestorianism, which runs aground on the fact that a mother does not merely carry the human nature of her child in her womb. Rather, she carries the person of her child. Women do not give birth to human natures; they give birth to persons. Mary thus carried and gave birth to the person of Jesus Christ, and the person she gave birth to was God. The Nestorian claim that Mary did not give birth to the unified person of Jesus Christ attempts to separate Christ s human nature from his divine nature, creating two separate and distinct persons one divine and one human united in a loose A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 3
affiliation. It is therefore a Christological heresy, which even the Protestant Reformers recognized. Both Martin Luther and John Calvin insisted on Mary s divine maternity. In fact, it even appears that Nestorius himself may not have believed the heresy named after him. Further, the "Nestorian" church has now signed a joint declaration on Christology with the Catholic Church and recognizes Mary s divine maternity, just as other Christians do. Since denying that Mary is God s mother implies doubt about Jesus divinity, it is clear why Christians (until recent times) have been unanimous in proclaiming Mary as Mother of God. The Church Fathers, of course, agreed, and the following passages witness to their lively recognition of the sacred truth and great gift of divine maternity that was bestowed upon Mary, the humble handmaid of the Lord. Monday, January 2nd, 2017 OFFICE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 8:00 p.m. : Young Adult Group (YAG) @ Parish Hall Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 6:30 p.m. : Sandwich Making for the Homeless@Parish Lounge Thursday, Janury 5th, 2017 12:45-8:00 p.m. : Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament @ Church 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. : Young Adult Group Holy Hour @ Church Friday, January 6th, 2017 The Epiphany of the Lord Schedule of Masses (may be subject to change) Saturday January 7th, 2017 5:30 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 7:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas M. Marin Sunday January 8th, 2017 8:00 a.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 10:00 a.m. : Msgr. Tomas M. Marin 12:00 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 5:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas Marin 6:30 p.m. : Msgr. Tomas Marin Saturday, January 7th, 2017 8:30 a.m. : Pray the Rosary after the 8:00 a.m. Mass @ Church 11:30 a.m. : Confessions @ Church Last Week s Collection will be posted in next week s bulletin Thank you for your generosity! Notice: The 8:00 p.m. Mass will resume on Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 4 1400 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-661-1648 www.saintaugustinechurch.org
2017 Archbishop s Charity and Development Drive (ABCD) Begins In this new year, please take some time to reflect on the many blessings the Lord has given us in our lives. All we have is a gift from God, so we must be willing to give up some things so that we can share our blessings as God intended. Pope Francis says, Charity is born of the call of a God who continues to knock on our doors, the door of all people, to invite us to love, to compassion, to service of one another Jesus keeps knocking on our doors, the doors of our lives. He doesn t do this by magic, with special effects, with flashing lights and fireworks. Jesus keeps knocking on our door in the faces of our brothers and sisters, in the faces of our neighbors, in the faces of those at our side. The 2017 Archbishop s Charity and Development Drive, the ABCD, will be held on the weekend of January 21 st -22 nd. This is our opportunity to unite together as one Catholic family, to answer the Jesus call to help our brothers and sisters in need. In these next two weeks, please take the time to prayerfully reflect on the gifts that you have been given by God and respond to the ABCD as generously as you possibly can. Your participation is essential to continue to build the Kingdom of God here in south Florida. A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 5
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