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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 23, 2020 |
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MASS INTENTIONS: 2/23/20 thru 2/28/20 SUNDAY:
ENGLISH MASS: 9:00am. +Wally
Lew Olson.. SPANISH MASS: 11:00am. WEEKDAY MASS
INTENTIONS: MONDAY: 9:00am. +Josephine
Smith offered by
Victor & Pat Rubalcaba. TUESDAY: 9:00am. +Bob
James. WEDNESDAY: 9:00am. +Frank Orona offered
by Loretta Orona. THURSDAY: 9:00am. +Jerry Kramer. FRIDAY: 9:00am. +Mary Rubalcaba offered
by Victor
& Pat Rubalcaba. SATURDAY: 9:00am. +John Zamary.
FINANCIAL REPORT FROM WEEK 2/16/19 YOUR
GIFTS TO THE LORD: Sunday Offering
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$1231.37 Childrens Fund
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$2.00 Capital Fund
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...$00.00 EXPENSES General Fund:
.$4992.04 Capital Fund:
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$830.40 Childrens Fund:
.$00.00 The 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: Roxanne
Chavez, Ricky Barraza, Lily Hill, Susie
Apodaca, Confie LeSuer, Pat & Victor Rubalcaba, Bernice Chavez, 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. SATURDAY: 9:00am Mass. 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 March 1st. |
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Altar Servers: 9:00am. Brook, Caleb &
Corbin Becker. |
Lectors: 9:00am. Leighayn Green. 11:00am. Inez
Marrs |
Eucharistic Ministers: 9:00am. To be Appointed |
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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: February 2020
Listen to the
Migrants' Cries:
We pray that the cries of our
migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Lesson-February 17, 2020 The People of
GodBob Dyson. NO MASS: There will be no daily Mass on Tuesday February
25, 2020 ASH WEDNESDAY MASS
SCHEDULE: Springerville,
9:00am (English), and 6:00pm (Bilingual). Alpine 4:00pm. ORARIO PARA EL
MIERCOLES DE CENISAS: Springerville,
9:00am (Ingles), y 6:00pm (Bilingue). Alpine 4:00pm. STATIONS OF THE
CROSS: Fridays at 6:00pm
everyone is invited to participate on this Lenten Spiritual Exercises. LAS VIACRUCIS: Los Viernes a las 6:00pm todos estαn invitados a
participar en estos Ejercicio Espirituales.
Each Friday in Lent the
parish invites all to a soup dinner in the hall. The dinner starts at 5:15pm
and will be hosted/served by volunteers who can reserve a date by calling Kay
Dyson at 928-245-9969. MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY MASS will be held in the coffee room to save on the cost of
heating the church THERE WILL BE
AN ALL CHOCOLATE BAKE SALE after the 9AM Mass on February 23 in the hall, just in
time to be entering into Lent! Any baked goods will be greatly appreciated
and can be brought to the hall before Mass. All proceeds will go to Faith
Formation at St. Peters Parish. OUR COMMUNITY LONELY? BORED? Want to help the unborn and their parents? - Living Hope
PRO-LIFE Center in SPRINGERVILLE is in DESPERATE NEED of VOLUNTEERS to assist
with various simple tasks (like folding baby clothes, assembling gift bags,sorting
donation items, light cleaning, etc.)
NO training required! The
center is open Tues, Wed, Thurs, from 10am to 5pm, & would like helpers
there for at least 4 hours, once per week, but schedules can be very
flexible. If interested, please call
Center Director Breeana at 928-537-9032-option3 for more info. What a great charity offering to start in observance of
Lent! Thank you for whatever time you
can donate to this good cause. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOMILY FOR THE SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: YEAR A LEV. 19:1-2, 17-18, 1COR. 3:16-23, MT. 5:38-48 BY REV. FR. ANSELM CHIGOZIE AMADI THEME: THE WAY OF PERFECTION INTRODUCTION: The call to holiness is a universal call because
holiness is the family identity of the household of God. The basis of this
demand is the fact that we are children of God, made in his own image and
likeness. As children of God, otherwise called seed of God (sperma tou
theou), we carry within us the potency of Gods life. So when Christ demands
that we be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect, it is not an impossible
task. He simply challenges us to grow to full stature of the life already
planted in us as a seed. BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY: Holiness is the exclusive
attribute of God. Without God nothing is holy and nothing has value. God
alone is holy and the fountain of all holiness. When he calls us to holiness,
he simply calls us to union with him; for united with him we share in his
nature. The basis of this demand to be holy after the pattern of our God is
because we are children of God. In the natural order of generation, children
resemble their parents and carry in their genetic code, their family traits.
Likewise, as children of God, we are called to reflect our family traits. A Latin adage says, Agere sequitor esse, which means, in rough
translation: Action follows being, in other words, Things act according to
their kind or nature. It is in the light of this Thomistic metaphysical
principle that we understand the reason behind the above mandate. Since we
are children of God, we should as matter of necessity, be holy as our
heavenly Father is holy. The Adamic nature in us that craves for sin and
produces wickedness is simply a degenerated nature, a deviation from the original
identity. It is not actually our identity; we carry in us the image of God in
form of a seed. The call to holiness is a call to nurture the seed in us to
germinate and blossom. LAW AND GRACE: The degenerated human nature is the midwife of
wickedness which stifles the seed of Godliness in us. The Law of Moses that
says An eye for an eye is never a path to Godly life but a check on human
wickedness. It was given not to encourage revenge but to check the wild fire
of human wickedness and rage from possible tendency to over retaliation.
Moses gave the Law to stem the tide of wickedness; but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:17). In the order of grace Jesus commands us to
offer the wicked no resistance. OFFER THE WICKED NO RESISTANCE: The story was told of a mad
man who came across a sane man bathing in the local stream and made away with
his clothing. Seeing that the mad man has collected his clothing, the one who
was sane jumped out of the water and chased after him in nudity. The
rat chase created a spectacle around the neighborhood with the rumor making
the rounds that two mad men were running around the streets. In like manner,
when we engage the wicked, we end up in wickedness. When we refrain from retaliation, we imitate Christs virtue of
meekness, and when we lose our material cloak to human wickedness; we gain
the spiritual garment of humility (Col. 3:12), which profits us for eternal
life. By so doing, we obey him who charges us learn from me for I am meek
and humble in heart (Matt. 11:29). The way of perfection is the way of
imitation of Christ. He who robs us of our cloak robs us of material goods,
but the pursuit of our legitimate right to material possession may cost us
our spiritual treasures, namely, the virtues of Christ. If the law of revenge
aims at justice and proportionality on injury inflicted, the law of grace
aims at securing the greater spiritual value which is the life of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Christianity is simply living the life of Christ. LOVE OF ENEMIES MAKES US CHILDREN OF GOD: Love
of enemies as commanded by Christ is the qualifying factor to becoming
children of God. It is the nature of God to love without limits or
boundaries. He is the only one that loves both the good and the bad alike.
Created in the image of God, we are called to exhibit that attribute that
belongs to God. To love as God loves is the distinctive characteristic of his
children. David in his approach to king Saul and Absolom who were seeking to
kill him, won Gods favor and became the man after Gods heart. Jesus the
only begotten son of God prayed for his executioners and begged his father to
forgive them. In turn he enjoins us, children of God by adoption to take
after his example as the way of perfection. BE PERFECT
. In classical Greek, the word Teleios which is
translated perfect refers to something that is complete, without defect,
and fully developed adult. St. Paul uses this in Ephesians 4:13 to describe
maturity in faith and behavior to the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ. When Jesus charges us to be perfect as our heavenly father is
perfect, he invites us to grow to maturity in virtue and integrity. At
baptism we receive the life of God in form of a seed. By constant effort we
bring this seed to growth and maturity. As it is proper for a seed to develop
into the exact nature of the parent tree, so it is with the seed of divine
life in us. Our perfection comes by the growth of the seed of divine life to
mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
(Eph. 4:13). When we grow to this height we shall say like St. Paul in Gal.
2:20 It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. To this level
of Christian life, Jesus calls us. |
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