Since October 30, 1930 @ctkmetropolitan Christ the KING Parish Kampala UG www.christthekingkampala.org PARISH PRIEST Msgr. Gerard Kalumba ASSISTING PRIESTS Msgr. Joseph Mugambe Rev. Fr. John Bosco Ssembatya Rev. Fr. Arthur Richard Muwonge LEAD CATECHIST Evaristo Mary Baguma CHAIRPERSON LAITY Rogers Semakula Sunday, 15 th January 2017 We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the Spirit of God. --- St Vincent de Paul SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME = YEAR A = FIRST READING: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; I will give you as a light to the nations that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. SECRETARY LAITY John Baptist Ssemitego PARISH EXEC. SECRETARY Mrs. Euphemia Kiwuwa SUNDAY MASSES 07.00am: Luganda 08.00am: English 09.00am: Luganda 10.00am: English 11.15am: English 05.00pm: English (Charismatic) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday - Friday 7:45am (after 7.00am Mass) 12:15pm (before 1:00pm Mass) 1:45pm (after 1:00pm Mass) Saturday 7:45am (after 7.00am Mass) A reading from the Book of Isaiah The LORD said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified. And now the LORD says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, and that Israel might be gathered to Him, for I am honoured in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my strength -- he says: It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give DAILY MASSES: Monday to Friday: 6:30am 7:00am 1:00pm; Saturday: 7:00am 6:00pm
you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. The Word of the LORD RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-10 (R. 8a and 9a) R. See, I have come, Lord, to do your will. I waited, I waited for the LORD, and He stooped down to me; He heard my cry. He put a new song into my mouth, praise of our God. R. You delight not in sacrifice or offerings, but in an open ear. You do not ask for holocaust and victim. Then I said, See, I have come. R. In the scroll of the book, it stands written of me: I delight to do your will, O my God; Your instruction lie deep within me. R. Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly. My lips I have not sealed, You know it, O LORD. R. SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The beginning of the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call on the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of the LORD GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: John 14a, 12ac V. Alleluia. R. Alleluia. V. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. To all who received Him, He gave power to become the children of God. R. Alleluia 2 Remember, Rejoice, Renew
GOSPEL: John 1:29-34 Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John At that time: John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who ranks before me, for He was before me. I myself did not know Him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that He might be revealed to Israel. And John bore witness, I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on Him. I myself did not know Him; but He Who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He on Whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is He Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God. The Gospel of the LORD Remember, Rejoice, Renew 3
Our Mission in Baptism is to reveal Christ Msgr. Gerard Kalumba to others and our Baptism, therefore, resembles John the Baptist s Baptism; In the Gospel text today from John 1:29-34, John the Baptist sees Jesus coming and he declares; Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world. And John goes on to say that the reason he came baptising with water was to reveal Christ to Israel: Behold the Lamb of God, the Lamb that liberates the world from slavery, from selfish and closed inner looking, mere selfish personal satisfaction, greed, pride; I and myself, arrogance, self-conceited and to sum it up all; self-imprisonment leading to lack of freedom. So Christ is the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. Jesus re-institutes Freedom and He says always, Do not Fear!! Be free and trust the Word of God. He Baptises us with the Holy Spirit. John bears witness that Jesus is the Son of God. The Holy Spirit gives us the privilege of revealing this Son of God to the world, which gives us an PARISH PRIEST S REFLECTION Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 John 1:29-34 WE ARE BAPTISED SO THAT CHRIST MAY BE REVEALED TO THE WORLD. opportunity to associate with Christ and hence to enjoy the freedom of the children of God. The Second reading confirms this call to freedom through the experience of St. Paul: Paul called by the Will of God to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus to those satisfied in Christ Jesus CALLED TO BE SAINTS. A saint is a person freed and liberated from the slavery of being for ME and MY STOMACH! It is terrible slavery-which takes away our Peace, Joy and Love. Isaiah in the First reading perceives a servant of God who is commissioned to liberate his people, so that God s salvation may reach the end of the earth. So the vocation of a Christian is to reveal Christ to the world and to remove fear and bring about freedom, which is the life of the saints. Msgr. Gerard Kalumba Christ the King Parish Kampala 4 Remember, Rejoice, Renew
ANNOUNCEMENT: PRIESTS RETREAT: The priests of the Archdiocese of Kampala are beginning their Annual Retreat this evening (15th January 2017) up to the 20th January 2017. Pray for your priests as they go into intensive spiritual exercises. Masses will go on as usual, but some other activities May be put on hold. Thank you. Remember, Rejoice, Renew 5
WHAT DOES ORDINARY TIME MEAN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? Because the term ordinary in English most often means something that s not special or distinctive, many people think that Ordinary Time refers to parts of the calendar of the Catholic Church that are unimportant. Even though the season of Ordinary Time makes up most of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, the fact that Ordinary Time refers to those periods that fall outside of the major liturgical seasons reinforces this impression. Yet Ordinary Time is far from unimportant or uninteresting. Why Is Ordinary Time Called Ordinary? Ordinary Time is called ordinary not because it is common but simply because the weeks of Ordinary Time are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, the numbered weeks of Ordinary Time in fact represent the ordered life of the Church the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ. It s appropriate, therefore, that the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (which is actually the first Sunday celebrated in Ordinary Time) always features either John the 6 Remember, Rejoice, Renew Baptist s acknowledgment of Christ as the Lamb of God or Christ s first miracle the transformation of water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Thus for Catholics, Ordinary Time is the part of the year in which Christ, the Lamb of God, walks among us and transforms our lives. There s nothing ordinary about that! Why Is Green the Color of Ordinary Time? Likewise, the normal liturgical color for Ordinary Time for those days when there is no special feast is green. Green vestments and altar cloths have traditionally been associated with the time after Pentecost, the period in which the Church founded by the risen Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit began to grow and to spread the Gospel to all nations. When Is Ordinary Time? Ordinary Time refers to all of those parts of the Catholic Church s liturgical year that aren t included in the major seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. Ordinary Time thus encompasses two different periods in the Church s calendar, since the Christmas season immediately follows Advent, and the Easter season immediately follows Lent. The Church year begins with Advent, followed immediately by the Christmas season. Ordinary Time begins on the Monday after the first Sunday after January 6, the traditional date of the Feast of the Epiphany and the end of the liturgical season of Christmas. This first period of Ordinary Time runs until Ash Wednesday, when the liturgical season
of Lent begins. Both Lent and the Easter season fall outside of Ordinary Time, which resumes again on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday, the end of the Easter season. This second period of Ordinary Time runs until the First Sunday in Advent, when the liturgical year begins again. Why Is There No First Sunday in Ordinary Time? In most years, the Sunday after January 6 is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord In countries such as the United States, however, where the celebration of Epiphany is transferred to Sunday, if that Sunday is January 7 or 8, Epiphany is celebrated instead. As feasts of our Lord, both the Baptism of the Lord and Epiphany displace a Sunday in Ordinary Time. Thus the first Sunday in the period of Ordinary Time is the Sunday that falls after the first week of Ordinary Time, which makes it the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. How Many Sundays Are There in Ordinary Time? In any given year, there are either 33 or 34 Sundays in Ordinary Time. Because Easter is a moveable feast, and thus the Lent and Easter seasons float from year to year, the number of Sundays in each period of Ordinary Time varies from the other period as well as from year to year. Michael Nuwagaba Communication Office. SAINTS & READINGS OF THE WEEK WEEKDAY READINGS Monday 16th January 2017 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice): First reading: Hebrews 5:1-10; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 110:1-4; Gospel: Mark 2:18-22. Tuesday 17th January 2017 St. Anthony, abbot (memorial): First reading: Hebrews 6:10-20; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Gospel: Mark 2:23-28. Wednesday 18th January 2017 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice): First reading: Hebrews 9:1-3, 15-17; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 110:1-4; Gospel: Mark 3:1-6. Today we begin the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-25) Thursday 19th January 2017 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice): First reading: Hebrews 7:25-8:6; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 40:7-10, 17; Gospel: Mark 3:7-12. Friday 20th January 2017 Ordinary Weekday: Proper calendars: Blessed Cyprian Tansi, priest (optional memorial): or: St. Fabian, Pope and martyr (optional memorial) or: St. Sabastian, martyr (optional memorial) First reading: Hebrews 8:6-13; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 85:8, 10-14; Gospel: Mark 3:13-19. Saturday 21st January 2017 St. Agnes, virgin and martyr (memorial): First reading: Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 47:2-3, 6-9; Gospel: Mark 3:20-21; Vigil Mass of the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A Sunday 22nd January 2017 THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A: First reading: Isaiah 8:23B-9:3; Responsorial Psalms: Ps 27:1, 4,13-14; Second reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23 (4:12-17) Other Masses are not permitted, except funeral Masses. Remember, Rejoice, Renew 7
CHURCH RENOVATION & EXPANSION: The work of reconstruction and extension of our Church is in progress (as seen in the images). For the time being it may be seen from the Community Centre building and it is easier to see where the extension is on the Eastern side. Thank you so much for your continued Support. Part of the fenced off area where Construction is taking place The East wing of the Chruch sealed off The digging is done... construction begins here Christ the King Parish, Kampala Tel: +256 414-341505 Plot 3 Colville Street, P. O. Box 2551, Kampala - Uganda E-mail: info@christthekingkampala.org www.christthekingkampala.org