Liturgical Schedule Baptisms

1 MASS Monday through Friday 6:25 am (Upper Church) 8:30 am (Upper Church) Saturday 8:30 am (Upper Church) - weekday Mass 4:30 pm (Upper Church and HFC) - vigil Sunday 7:30 am (Upper Church) 9:00 am (Upper Church) 10:30 am (Upper Church and HFC) 12:00 pm (Upper Church) MONDAY EVENINGS OF PRAYER (including Adora on, Vespers, confession, Benedic on) Monday evenings from 5:30 7:30 pm CONFESSION Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 8:15 am (Upper Church) Monday only 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm (Upper Church) Saturday 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Upper Church) FUNERALS Monday through Saturday Morning WEDDINGS Friday and Saturday Baptisms Sunday MONDAY: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56 TUESDAY: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13 WEDNESDAY: 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mk 7:14-23 THURSDAY: 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-37, 40; Mk 7:24-30 FRIDAY: 1 Kgs 11:29-32, 12:19; Ps 81:10-15; Mk 7:31-37 SATURDAY: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-22; Mk 8:1-10 SUNDAY: Jer 17:5-8; Ps 138: 1-5, 7-8; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26 Page 2 JADEN MYLES PARCON DOLIGOSA son of John Albeth B.

2 Doligosa and Marideth A. Parcon FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 6, 2022 I will give thanks to you, O L , with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. Psalm 138:1 Liturgical Schedule WEEK OF JAN 23rd JAN 29th Weekly Offering Envelopes $11, Loose $5, Electronic Giving $9, Total Weekly Offering $26, Fiscal YTD Total (through January 22nd) $994, Fiscal YTD vs. Budget July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 + $32, Christmas Collec on (through Jan 22nd) $204, Readings for the Week Stewardship Baptisms + Dear Parishioners, I men oned in my Sunday homily last weekend how our con nuous second reading from Saint Paul's first le er to the Corinthians is oddly interrupted between the 4th and 5th Sundays in Ordinary Time. Last week we read chapter 13: the hymn on love. This week we read chapter 15: the kerygma (basic outline of Christ's life: how he died, rose, established Peter and Paul as apostles in the Church). What about chapter 14?

3 At the end of chapter 12, Paul writes, "Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gi s. But I shall show you a s ll more excellent way." And then he digresses and talks about love. (OK, maybe not a digression if you're a roman c.) What is the 'greatest spiritual gi '? The answer is in chapter 14. "Pursue love, but strive eagerly for the spiritual gi s, above all that you may prophesy" (1 Corinthians 14:1). Ah, there we are. Preaching and prophesying is the great gi of the Holy Spirit, and the great gi of love we both give to God and one another. Fi ng, for we see this in our first reading this weekend, about Isaiah having his lips purified with a coal so he can preach well (cf. Isaiah 6:1-8). In the Gospel scene, we read, "While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of " (Luke 5:1, emphasis mine). Jesus is preaching to the people, and his preaching is giving them life. The apostles will be called to do the same thing.

4 "Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men'" (Luke 5:11). They will "catch men" by their preaching and their love. Saint Paul goes on to write this: "One who prophesies speaks to human being, for their building up, encouragement, and [and] for building up the church" (1 Corinthians 4: 3,12). Our preaching builds up the Church. But the key to preaching is praying. Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day we celebrated last week, called it contempla o aliis tradere. "We hand on what we contemplate." If you find me rambling in my homily about the Bears or something, then I probably haven't prayed. God gives me the message in my homily, and my "homily prepara on" is primarily not in front of a book but in front of the tabernacle. We all have to speak, in one way or another: in a conference room, at the dinner table, on the phone. We want to say something interes ng. We want to say what God wants to say. We can only do that if we pray.

5 If we pray and say something interes ng (God's message), then we can be assured we are loving our neighbor. Next Saturday, February 12th Saint Paul of the Cross is hos ng the "St. John Paul II Eucharis c Adora on Associa on" mee ng. Bishop Bartosic will celebrate the Saturday 8:30am Mass that morning, and the program begins at 9am with registra on and a con nental breakfast in the Holy Family Chapel. The program consists of talks on Eucharis c Adora on and Perpetual Adora on chapels by Bishop Bartosic and Stephen Hegarty, the president of the Associa on. It will conclude at noon. All are welcome to a end. In last week's bulle n I gave an update on our mid-year financials, so please take a look if you missed it and are interested to see how we're doing. Again, you'll see on page 2 a new feature of our bulle n a weekly stewardship report. You may recall the Baby Bo le fundraiser to support the Women's Center we held last fall, led by the Respect Life commi ee.

6 We raised $26, for the Women's Center. This amount is over $6,000 more than we've raised in any previous year. Thank you so much for your generosity. We are an amazingly gracious and loving parish. Finally, the 2022 Archdiocesan Annual Catholic Appeal is beginning. You may have already received a le er in the mail with a pledge envelope. The commitment weekend will be on February 20th, and thank you in advance for your contribu on. Our parish's goal this year is $123,960. Last year the parish raised $182,000, nearly $50,000 over last year's goal. Again, amazing. Thank you. This collec on is very important for the Archdiocese to support parishes who are struggling in poorer areas, so your support goes a very long way. Yours in Christ, Letter from a Pastor to his People Page 3 Reflections from our Seminarians and Staff ISAIAH, PETER, AND PAUL: MODELS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION This Sunday s readings describe the conversion experiences of Isaiah, Peter, and Paul.

7 Each of their stories, while dras cally different on the surface, follows the same pa ern: an encounter with God followed by a personal awareness of sinfulness and commitment to fulfilling the divine mission. In the presence of an angel, Isaiah recognizes his uncleanness and accepts his mission to preach a er the angel purifies his lips with a burning ember. Peter s amazement at the catch of fish prompts him to say Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man before he leaves everything and follows Jesus. Paul reminds the Corinthians that he once persecuted the Church but that in encountering the risen Christ he received his mission to preach the Gospel despite his newfound awareness of his weakness and sinfulness. Isaiah, Peter, and Paul were, in the most basic sense of the term, educated men. The word educa on comes from the La n root ex ducere, to lead out. Each of these figures was led from a false self-understanding to the truth through an encounter with God.

8 They could recognize and accept their mission in life because they first encountered God and understood themselves in light of their rela onship with Him. The conversion pa ern of encounter, contri on, and accep ng God s mission is built into the sacramental life of the Church and lies at the founda on of authen c Catholic educa on. Catholic educa on is about more than high academic standards, acquiring skills, building networks, and being formed in the values of produc ve and responsible ci zenship. Fundamentally, it s about developing the rela onship with the person of Christ that we received at Bap sm and learning to understand ourselves in light of that rela onship so we can recognize and accept the mission for which we ve been created. Have a great week! God bless, Mar n Nyberg, Second Year Seminarian THE MUSIC WE SING Someone recently asked me, What s your process when you compose a piece of music? My answer was this: I first think about what I want to communicate to the listener, and then decide how I m going to go about doing that.

9 It s really that simple. The process I use when composing is not much different than the process I use when choosing the music that will be sung on Sunday. The only thing that s different is that I already know what I want to communicate to the parish. First and foremost, I want the music to directly relate to, and emphasize the scripture readings. Other considera ons may include the Liturgical season, or a par cular theme being emphasized in the parish. One final considera on relates to the style of a par cular hymn or song. Whether or not the average person si ng in the pew knows it, musical style is a hot-bu on issue for many people. Everyone has their own taste and preference when it comes to musical style. I m no different. There are radio sta ons I won t listen to, and others that are presets on my console. Some parishioners prefer a more contemporary style of music, while others prefer tradi onal hymnody. Some prefer the piano, and others, the organ.

10 Therefore, when choosing the music for a given Mass, I try to strike a balance between tradi onal and contemporary styles of music. Nevertheless, from me to me, I have received requests from both sides of the aisle. While one is reques ng a more contemporary style of worship, another is simultaneously reques ng more organ and tradi onal music. So, what does one do? I could make a fundamental change to the music we sing and lean more heavily on contemporary music. But that would alienate those who prefer a more tradi onal Mass. Conversely, I could lean more heavily on the organ and tradi onal hymnody, but you guessed it, that would leave out those that prefer a more contemporary style of worship. This is exactly why I strongly believe in offering a broad range of musical styles. By doing so, I m not necessarily trying to please everyone, but I m recognizing the broad range of preferences, tastes, and needs that exist in our parish. I once told a parishioner that on any given Sunday, there is likely to be one song or hymn that I dislike.