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Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2019 |
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MASS INTENTIONS: 12/08/19 thru 12/15/19 SUNDAY:
ENGLISH MASS: 9:00am. Pedro
Vargas offered by Lorraine Chavez. +Julie Jackson offered by Dolores Jackson. SPANISH MASS: 11:00am. +Benina Ramos & +Esikio Campos offered by Dcn. Jorge
Campos & Family. WEEKDAY MASS
INTENTIONS: MONDAY: 9:00am.
Orlando Orona offered by Eva Orona.
Special Intentions offered by Rita. TUESDAY: 9:00am. +Chester Dyson offered
by Bob & Kay Dyson. WEDNESDAY: 9:00am. Healing of the Sick. THURSDAY: 9:00am. +Frank Orona offered by
Eva Orona. Special Intentions. FRIDAY: 9:00am. Pat Murlless offered by
Bob & Kay Dyson.
FINANCIAL REPORT FROM WEEK 12/01/19 YOUR
GIFTS TO THE LORD: Sunday Offering
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$ Childrens Fund
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$3.00 Capital Fund
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$80.00 EXPENSES: General
Fund
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$ Capital
Fund
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$ Childrens
Fund
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Quarterly Financial Report is Available in The
Church Office for Review Church
Secretary; Meredith Pryor Office
Telephone: 928-333-4423 PRAYER
TREE: Please
contact Monica Boehning at 333-5539 for prayer requests. Leave a message if
no answer, include your name and phone number, with info. THIS WEEK PLEASE PRAY FOR: Families
of;
+Lawrence Rheaume, +Victoria Chavez, +Edward
Tim Timmons, +Ernest Anaya, +Felix Baca. Ricky
Barraza, Lily Hill, Susie Apodaca, Pat & Victor Rubalcaba, Bernice Chavez,
Confie Lesuer,
Maria Morales,Teresa Barbier, Richard Pena, Clara
Archuletta, Judy Bragg, Dolores Jackson, Jessica
Williams, Eva Orona, Charlie Orona, Sophie
Montoya, Joe Tapia, Cruz Milligan, Juanito
Quevedo, Krystna Kocol, Irene
Moya, Lydia Gonzalez. GIFT
SHOP: Gift Shop is open every Sunday after the 9:00 am Mass or
Contact; Dean Smith at
928-853-6307 |
CALENDAR OF WEEKLY EVENTS: SUNDAY: Sacrament of Reconciliation: 8:00am
8:50am. Rosary before Mass. CCD classes after 9:00am Mass. ENGLISH MASS, 9:00am SPANISH MASS: 11:00am MONDAY: Rosary before mass. 9:00am
Mass C.C.D. Classes 4:00pm. RCIA
Classes: 7:00pm. TUESDAY: 9:00am
Mass Church Cleaning. Spanish Choir Practice, 7:00pm 8:30pm. WEDNESDAY: Rosary before mass. 9:00am
Mass 6:30pm
English Choir practice in church THURSDAY: Rosary
before mass. 7:00pm
Mass. 7:00pm
Baptism classes in Spanish, 2nd Thursday of the
month. FRIDAY: Rosary
before mass. 9:00am
Mass 7:00pm
Stations of the Cross every Friday During Lent. Eucharistic Adoration; First Friday of the
Month. St. Helena Parish, Alpine, Az. SATURDAY: Confessions, 3:30pm Mass 4:00 pm ---------------------------------------------- Pastoral
Adminstrator Rev. Fr. Anselm Amadi Rectory
Telephone: 928-333-4707 Emergencies
Only; 505-906-8421 Pastoral Council: Chairperson: Lora Harrison -
(928) 333-0148 Secretary: Esmerelda Ontiveros - (928) 812-0049 Building Committee: Chairperson: Jackielyn Harrington Finance Council: Chairperson: Jackielyn Harrington Finance Secretary: Ed Fritz - (928) 333-5919 PARISH
MINISTRIES: Altar Servers: Tasheena James
. Eucharistic Ministers: Charles Rand
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333-3541 Church Cleaning: Vacant. Funeral Director: Diane Fritz
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333-5919 Lectors: Mary DiFilippo
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.(928) 333-3338 Maintenance: Vacant. Music Director: Bob Dyson
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(928) 333-2809 RCIA: Deacon
Jorge Campos
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333-2150 Religious Ed. Devon Ditmore
.(928) 333-0148 Ushers: Jim Morrison
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333-0928 Sacristans: Elizabeth Ketring,
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551-6003 St. Vincent De Paul Org
..(928) 333-4879 Prayer Tree: Monica Boehning
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(928) 333-5539 |
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MINISTRY SCHEDULES FOR December 15th. |
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Altar Servers: 9:00am. Paige Baldwin, Cyenna Shepherd, Aaron Madariaga. 11:00am. Angela & Naida
Enriquez. |
Lectors: 9:00am. Monica Boehning. 11:00am. Lupe Gonzalez. |
Eucharistic Ministers: 9:00am. Marge Tapia, Jessica
& Mike Becker. |
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PLEASE
JOIN US IN OUR STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM OF TIME, TREASURE & TALENT, VISIT OUR
WEB AT www.stpeterchurch-az.com |
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Holy Fathers Prayer Intention: December 2019
The Future of
the Very Young
That every country take the measures necessary to prioritize the future of the very young,
especially those who are suffering. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We
have space in our bulletin for your business Ads. If you would like to put one in the bulletin please
call the church office. OUR PARISH: RCIA:-
The lesson On December 9th The Sacraments an Introduction
Instructor, Dcn. Jorge Campos.. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MASS will be held in the coffee room to save on the
cost of heating the church. LITURGY
MINISTRY MEETING (involving Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors & Altar
Servers) on December 13, 2019 at 4:30 in the coffee room. CHILDREN
FROM THE PARISH ARE NEEDED to learn a special song to be sung at the Childrens Mass
on Christmas Eve. Practice will be after the 9:00am masses in the gym and
Monday during religious education classes. Practice will be Dec 8, Dec 9,
Dec 15, 16, Dec. 22. We will also
work on learning Christmas Carols! OFFERING
ENVELOPES: The annual offering envelopes will be available soon. If
you or someone you know wants to participate in our Sunday offering envelope
program, please stop by the office or contact the office at 333-4423. This is
one way you can assist your Parish with everyday expenses. At the end of the fiscal year you will
receive a letter from St. Peter's Parish thanking you and giving you an
account of your contributions for annual taxes. 2020 CENSUS 101: Everyone counts. The census counts every person
living in the U. S. once, only once, and in the right place. CENSO 2020 101: Todos contamos. El censo cuenta a toda persona
viviendo en Estados Unidos una vez, solamente una ves en el lugar appropiado. SPIRITUAL
READING MINISTRY IS A SUCCESS! Please continue to use this
wonderful resource! The Spiritual Reading Book Cart will be in the Narthex
January 5, 2020 with the theme of Joy and Peace. Please return previously
borrowed books to the book cart by January 5. If finished sooner you can
return your book to the choir on Sunday. ~ May your Spiritual reading be your Spiritual feeding.~ ADVENT
AND OUR COMMUNITY: DECEMBER 9: The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary THE ANNUAL REASON
FOR THE SEASON CONCERT will be Monday, December 9th at 6:00pm
at the Round Valley High School Auditorium. Father Anselm has been asked to
give the Christmas message and he has accepted. Lets all be there to support
him and listen to some great music pertaining to the true meaning of the Advent &
Christmas Seasons. LUMINARIES will again be placed along main street of both
Eagar and Springerville on December 24th. If your family or you would like to
participate please call the office at 333-4423
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SUNDAY OF ADVENT: YEAR A IS
11: 1-10, ROM 15:4-9, MATT 3: 1-12. BY
REV. FR. ANSELM CHIGOZIE AMADI THEME:
THE ADVENT OF AFFECTIVE TRANSFORMATION INTRODUCTION: The prophecy of Isaiah
foretells the coming days when a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse to
usher in the era of affective transformation; when the jungle of brutes will
become a garden of reconciliation, where wickedness will give way to
affective relationship. This is fulfilled in the church through the good news
that transforms brutality that hitherto characterized human relationship into
love. The gospel attracts even brood of vipers to neutralize their
poisonous venom in the waters of baptism. The true mark of salvation is inner
transformation where love conquers our natural animalistic tendencies. LIFE FROM
JUNGLE TO THE GARDEN: The human life in the primitive state of nature is like
a jungle where beasts cannibalize on each other. The coming of Jesus brought
about a new exodus from the primitive jungle to the garden of peaceful
co-habitation. Through the good news God has fulfilled his promise I will
give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. I will remove
the heart of stone from you and give you a heart of flesh (Ez. 36:26). Through
the power of love announced in the good news of salvation, the promise has
come true. What the law could not do, the gospel of love has done;
transforming brutish hearts of stone to sanctuary of love. Hence, the wolf is
a guest to the lamb; leopard lies down with the kid; the calf and the young
lion browse together. The image of
animals in the prophecy of Isaiah depicts the different habitual traits
congenital to different individuals in the original state of nature prior to
salvation. To check the ugly emergence of these inborn tendencies, the law
was given, but to no avail. What the law could not achieve effectively, the
gospel does affectively. So it can be said that Paul before his conversion,
was a wolf to believers, whom Christ referred to as My lambs (Jn. 21:15),
but in the light of the gospel, the wolf lives with the lambs in peace.
Likewise, our natural tendencies, when exposed to the light of the gospel are
transformed from bad to good. When it is
said that these animals will browse together with little child to guide them,
it means, in the church, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the lowly,
kings and peasants, will stay together to be led by little children; that is,
the apostolic class, whom Jesus refers to as mere children to whom the
mystery of the kingdom is revealed (see Lk. 10:21-22). To prove this further
Jesus says, Whoever humbles himself like a child is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven (Matt. 18:4) An infant is one who is a child with regard
to evil (1cor. 14:20). These will put their hands in the hole of snakes,
(that is, the kingdom of Satan), and rescue souls without being harmed. In
childlike simplicity lies our authority. FROM
BROOD OF VIPERS TO GROUP OF BELIEVERS: As the voice of John cries in the wilderness, Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, many responded to this call, including
the Pharisees and Sadducees whom he addresses as brood of vipers. To respond
to the call to repentance means yielding to a change of heart. Vipers
have a beautiful and glittery skin but are filled with poison within. This
can be likened to holy appearance of the Pharisees who are filled with
wickedness and hearts of stone. Hence the preacher challenges them to produce
good fruits as evidence of repentance. It is not enough to wear a holy
countenance without a corresponding transformation of heart. As it is the
nature of vipers to rip their mothers open and burst their entrails to be
born, so is religiosity without true repentance a threat to the holy mother
the church. The mark of true Christianity, therefore, is sincere
transformation of heart and not beautiful uniforms, titles, merit awards and
unnecessary classism; as evident in Pharisees and Sadducees. This can only
identify brood of vipers which has only external beauty but inwardly
poisonous. From brood of vipers, let us turn to group of believers. When John
said that God can raise children to Abraham from the very stones, gentiles
are implied. In fact, when the stonehearted gentiles accepted the good news,
they became children of Abraham in faith. St. Hilary sees the prophets dress
of camels hair as pointing to the gentiles. The preacher of Christ, he says,
is clad in the skin of unclean beasts, to which the gentiles are compared,
and so by the prophets dress is sanctified whatever in them was useless or
unclean. CONCLUSION: The church is
prefigured in the ark of the deluge, which housed all kinds of animals, clean
and unclean, differently natured, yet dwelt in peace. In the New Testament,
Peter saw still the ark lowered down from heaven with every kind of animals,
this time declared clean (Acts 10:11-12) Our appearance does not matter
but our inner disposition. We have to abandon our hearts of stone and put on
the heart of Christ. |
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