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EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS (Holy Mass)Monday - 8:30am-Mass at St. Philip of Jesus ChapelTuesday - 10:30am Mass at the Chapel in the Catholic Center for Charismatic RenewalWednesday - 8:00am Mass at St. Henry ChapelThursday - 8:00am Mass at St. Henry ChapelFriday - 11:00am at the Chapel in the Catholic Center for Charismatic RenewalSaturday - 4:30pm EnglishSunday - 8:30am Spanish 11am EnglishFirst Friday Adoration at 7:00pm in ChapelHoly Days of Obligation - T.B.A.Sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from 3:30pm-4:20pm
Lunes - 6:30pm Grupo de Oracion Segundo y Cuarto de cada Semana del mes (y si hay quinta) -
OFFICE HOURS MONDAY: 9:00AM-1:00PM & 2:30PM-4:00PM TUESDAY: OFFICE CLOSED WEDNESDAY: 9:00AM-1:00PM & 2:30PM-4:00PM THURSDAY: 9:00AM-1:00PM & 2:30PM-4:00PM FRIDAY: 9:00AM-1:00PM & 2:30PM-4:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY: OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED HOLIDAYS & HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Understanding Father Jesus is saying something important in today’s Gospel. He talks about tax collectors and prostitutes who repented after hearing John the Baptist preach. He must have shocked the priests and elders when he said those prostitutes would enter the kingdom of God before them. After all, his listeners had spent their whole lives being faithful to the Law. Yet Jesus was saying that sinners who repented will enter God’s kingdom first. Jesus’ point was not so much about final salvation as about our daily choices. Remember the parable about the two sons. The second son said what his father wanted to hear, with no intention of doing it. The first was honest about not wanting to go to the vineyard, but then decided to do it anyway. I suspect the father of those men knew what each would or would not do. And whom do we want to imitate? The priests and elders said all the right things about obeying God’s laws, but they were more interested in looking important than living a holy life. Are we like that—telling everyone I am a good Christian, going to church every Sunday (or at least on Christmas and Easter), and yet never making any effort to be loving, forgiving, patient, honest, or any of the difficult things that Jesus calls us to be? The tax collectors and sinners knew that they were unworthy, but they listened to the call to repentance and let God make them worthy. Are we honest enough to look at our lives and repent of our hatred, our selfishness, or whatever keeps us in sin, and then to follow Jesus with our whole heart? We may not always like doing what God asks of us, but God is an understanding Father who can accept our weaknesses and forgive them when we are ready to return to him. Vigésimo Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario: El padre comprensivo Jesús está diciendo algo importante en el Evangelio de hoy. Habla de recaudadores de impuestos y prostitutas que se arrepintieron después de escuchar predicar a Juan el Bautista. Debe haber sorprendido a los sacerdotes y ancianos cuando dijo que esas prostitutas entrarían al reino de Dios antes que ellos. Después de todo, sus oyentes habían estado fieles a la Ley por toda la vida. Sin embargo, Jesús estaba diciendo que los pecadores que se arrepientan entrarán primero al reino de Dios. El punto de Jesús no era tanto la salvación final sino nuestras decisiones diarias. Recuerda la parábola de los dos hijos. El segundo hijo dijo lo que su padre quería oír, sin intenciones de hacerlo. El primero fue sincero sobre no querer ir a la viña, pero luego decidió hacerlo de todos modos. Sospecho que el padre de esos hombres sabía lo que cada uno haría o dejaría de hacer. ¿Y a quién queremos imitar? Los sacerdotes y los ancianos dijeron todas las cosas correctas acerca de obedecer las leyes de Dios, pero estaban más interesados en verse importantes que en vivir una vida santa. ¿Nosotros también somos así? ¿Les digo a todos que soy un buen cristiano, voy a la iglesia todos los domingos (o al menos en Navidad y Semana Santa) y, sin embargo, nunca hago ningún esfuerzo por ser amoroso, perdonador, paciente, honesto o cualquiera de las cosas difíciles que Jesús nos llama a ser? Los recaudadores de impuestos y los pecadores sabían que eran indignos, pero escucharon el llamado al arrepentimiento y dejaron que Dios los hiciera dignos. ¿Somos lo suficientemente honestos para mirar nuestras vidas y arrepentirnos del odio, del egoísmo o lo que sea que nos mantiene en el pecado, y luego seguir a Jesús con todo el corazón? Puede que no siempre nos guste hacer lo que Dios nos pide, pero Dios es un Padre comprensivo que puede aceptar nuestras debilidades y perdonarlas cuando estamos listos para volver a él.
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