Parish Clergy & Staff Msgr. Tomás M. Marín, V.F. Pastor Fr. Robert Ayala Parochial Vicar Deacon Jose S. Chirinos Deacon Mark P. Westman Cris na Freyre Parish Office Manager 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 Maria Cris na Suarez Sacristan 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 to 6:00 pm Monday - Friday
Saturday, February 25th, 2017 5:30 p.m. + Maria de las Mercedes Cobos-Baena + Maria Caridad Iglesias + Cora Mena + Armando Godoy Ensenat - In Thanksgiving for Carmen Fernandez Valle - 60th Wedding Anniversary of Vicente Cuervo & Teresita Deschapelles 7:00 p.m. + Maria Enriquez + Emma, Isabel & Estrella Lopez-Granja + Enrique Bonet + Aida Lopez + Ivis Marcos - Wedding Anniversary of Jorge and Letty Fernandez Sunday, February 26th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Irma Laloum + Lista James + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig + Roy Wayne Hamous 10:00 a.m. + Hilda Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Luis F. Bacardi + Roberto Morales + Cira Paganello + Fr. Francis Lechiara 12:00 p.m. - For the Parish Family 5:00 p.m. + Manuel Agustin Fernandez + Paulino Cuesta + Maria Caridad Iglesias + Suzanne Guanci + Carolyn Dillon Ewald 6:30 p.m. + Amy Rivas + Vicenta & Manuel Quintana + George & Dulce Kremer + George Golik + Ignacio Izaguirre 8:00 p.m. - University of Miami Students & Their Families Monday, February 27th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Carlos V. Rangel - Noelene Westman 12:05 p.m. + Humberto Arruza + Antonio Latour + Maria Caridad Iglesias + Joane Liddon - Patrick Hale & Family Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Pura Moure + Minna A. Hoffman + Mary Bell 12:05 p.m. + Minna A. Hoffman + Bertha Kindelan + Francisca Larraburo + Rodrigo Campbell & Jose Alvarez - In Thanksgiving for Beatriz F. Cancela Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Hilda Bacardi + Luis J. Bacardi + Luis F. Bacardi + Roberto Morales - Bryan Almaguer 12:05 p.m. + Alberto Penarredonda - In Thanksgiving for Lourdes Matamoros - Special Intentions of the Fernandez Family Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Dr. Juan Enrique Rodriguez 12:05 p.m. + Raul Casares + Hortensia Paderni + Carmen Chavez + William Golik - Special Intention - In thanksgiving for the USA Friday, March 3rd, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Maria Julia Lago + Florentina Alvarez Puig & Jaime Puig + Ventura Urizar 12:05 p.m. - Special Intention for Maria Elena Duyos - Health of Bettina Harriman - Intentions of Juan M. Salvador - Special Intention for David - Special Intention Saturday, March 4th, 2017 8:00 a.m. + Jose A. Mestre, Sr. + Eugenio del Busto + Billy Meyeringh Sunday, February 26th, 2017 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Rest in God alone, my soul. S 49:14-15 PS 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 1 COR 4:1-5 MT 6:24-34 Monday, February 27th, 2017 Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Let the just exult and rejoice in the Lord. SIR 17:20-24 PS 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7 MK 10:17-27 Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time To the upright I will show the saving power of God. SIR 35:1-12 PS 50:5-6, 7-8, 14 AND 23 MK 10:28-31 Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 Ash Wednesday Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. JL 2:12-18 PS 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 12-13, 14 AND 17 MT 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. DT 30:15-20 PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 AND 6 LK 9:22-25 Friday, March 3rd, 2017 Friday after Ash Wednesday A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. IS 58:1-9A PS 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 18-19 MT 9:14-15 Saturday, March 4th, 2017 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. IS 58:9B-14 PS 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 LK 5:27-32 2 1400 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-661-1648 www.saintaugustinechurch.org
ASHES TO ASHES... From Bishop Robert Barron s Word On Fire By Fr. Steve Grunow The Church s scriptures for Ash Wednesday seem to present to us a perplexing contradic on. Consider that that the Old Testament prophet, Joel, insists that the Lord s people present their faith publically: Blow a trumpet in Zion! Proclaim a fast, call an assembly; Gather the people, no fy the congrega on Further, the Apostle Paul tes fies that we are ambassadors for Christ, that is, public representa ves to the culture concerning the iden ty of the Lord. Contrast both these texts with the words of the Lord Jesus in his Gospel which seem to indicate that public presenta ons of the faith are unseemly and what is required for authen- city in our expressions of religious devo on is that they remain private and unseen. Well, which is it then? Public or private? Today s Gospel is o en interpreted as suppor ng a cultural assump on that one s faith is best kept to oneself and religious prac ce should be kept sequestered from public life. However, Christ s concern is not really about favoring our cultural assump ons in regards to the rela onship of religion to public life. Instead, the Lord s concern is about hypocrisy and using one s religious convic ons as a means toward the fulfillment of some ulterior mo ve- like receiving honors or public affirma on. In this respect, the spiritual predicament the Lord iden fies is not so much about whether or not religious fervor is best kept private and in conformity to secularist mores, but whether or not we have given careful considera on to the mo va ons that undergird our religious convic ons and prac ces. It is perhaps easier to be a hypocrite in private rather than in public, but one can s ll be a hypocrite in both se ngs. It is not the se ng that is the primary concern of the Lord, but who we are. Christ s point is that if your public expressions of piety (and might I add, public service) are meant to aggrandize your sense of self, to make it appear to others that you are be er than those folks you think less of, then it would be be er for you to retreat from the world and in your isola on learn the true meaning of religious devo on- that it is not about you and what you want, but it is about God and what he wants for you. It is this sincerity about our mo ves that orders the great disciplines of Lent, prayer, fas ng and almsgiving, all of which have both a private and public dimension. The season of Lent, is, a er all, a me of intense recollec on concerning the state of our souls. We have, all of us, fallen short. All have sinned as the Apostle Paul reminds us. His insight is universal. There are no excep ons (except for two, and Christ and his Mother are members of a very, exclusive minority.) And, as painful as it is to hear, all of us, to more or less degrees are hypocrites in terms of the prac ce of the Faith. We know what the Lord expects of us and we also know that such expecta ons are hard. It is easier just to appear to be good or virtuous, and it is par cularly easy to receive the benefits that come with the appearance of being a disciple of the Lord, rather than making the sacrifices to be one in actual fact. A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 3
A stark confronta on with our truth is required of us during Lent. Quite frankly, this would be just too much to bear if not for the fact that Christ assures that he will come to us, not simply as a teacher or a judge, but as a Savior who is ready and willing to forgive us and restore us to communion with his divine life. The truth of who we are, what we have become, what we have done, what we have failed to do is necessary because without such a reckoning we would remain in the dark place of denial, and in that dark place, we would languish in misery. But this reckoning is meant to bring us out of the darkness, not deeper into it. Lent, if it is observed rightly, is a spiritual passage that can culminate in forgiveness and in the possibility of a second chance. On Ash Wednesday, we accept a mark of ashes on our forehead, a mark that will dis nguish us publically as sinners. What we know privately about ourselves we show to the world. But that we are sinners is not the only truth that we display. The mark of ashes is a sign to the world that we have received something extraordinary and undeserved from the Lord Jesus. What have we received? A word of forgiveness that is crea ve, living and effec ve, which if accepted, gives to us and to the world, what we need most- the gi of a new start and the unexpected grace of another chance. Monday, February 27th, 2017 8:00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass @ Church 7:00pm: RCIA @ Parish Hall Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 8:00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass @ Church 11:30am: Tabling on Campus @ UM Breezeway 1:00pm: Confessions on Campus @ UM Breezeway 6:30pm: Mass @ Church (Open to all) 7:00pm: Meal for Students @ Parish Library 8:00pm: Young Adult Group @ Parish Hall Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 (Ash Wednesday) 8:00am,12:05 & 7:00pm: Masses on Ash Wednesday @ Church 1:30pm Liturgy of the Word & Ashes on Campus @ UM UCPatio 6:00pm (instead of the usual 6:30pm): Sandwich Making for the Homeless @ Parish Lounge Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 8:00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass 12:35pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 8:00pm On Eucharistic Thursdays @ Church 7:00-8:00pm: Young Adult Group Holy Hour @ Church 8:00pm: Matrimonios En Victoria @ Parish Lounge 8:00pm: CCM s Thrive College Nights @ Parish Hall Friday, March 3rd, 2017 8:00am & 12:05pm: Daily Mass 12:35pm: Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 1:00pm On First Fridays of the Month @ Church Saturday, March 4th, 2017 8:00am: Daily Mass and Rosary after Mass @ Church 11:30am: Confessions @ Church First Sunday of Lent Schedule of Masses (may be subject to change) Saturday, March 4th, 2017 5:30 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 7:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín Sunday, March 5th, 2017 8:00 a.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 10:00 a.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 12:00 p.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 5:00 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala 6:30 p.m. : Msgr. Tomás M. Marín 8:00 p.m. : Fr. Robert Ayala Last Week s Collection Thank you for your generosity! Friday, February 17th, 2017 (Homeless Ministry Collection) 12:05 p.m. : $ 212.00 Saturday, February 18th, 2017 5:30 p.m. : $ 2,065.00 7:00 p.m. : $ 635.00 Sunday, February 19th, 2017 8:00 a.m. : $ 1,947.00 10:00 a.m. : $ 2,693.00 12:00 p.m. : $ 2,490.00 5:00 p.m. : $ 2,552.00 6:30 p.m. : $ 2,501.00 8:00 p.m. : $ 737.00 Other: $ 216.62 Mail $ 2,765.00 Total: $ 18,813.62 4 1400 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-661-1648 www.saintaugustinechurch.org
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Prayer Vigil Loca on on Sundays (US1 Entrance) Prayer Vigil Loca on on Monday Saturday (West Entrance) We may park at nearby parking lots such as CVS, or the Dadeland Station parking garage (Remember to patronize businesses providing parking) Saint Augustine s is assigned on Thursdays during Lent at anytime from 7am to 7pm, but you can go any other day as well. You can also Stop by the Parish office to sign up and pick up a sign from one of the many we have available. Make this your Lenten Sacrifice! A University Parish: School of Prayer and Center for the New Evangelization 7
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