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December 7, 2008
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February 12, 2017 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mission Statement The Catholic Charismatic Center is dedicated to bringing all people to the full life of
Jesus Christ and His Church through the Empowerment of the Holy Spirit
Fourth Sunday of Advent ~ December 24, 2017 The child to be born will be called holy,
the Son of God. —Luke 1:35
Please remember to refer to the bulletin for the Christmas & Feast Day Liturgy Schedule
OFFICE, STAFF, MASS, & RECONCILIATION INFORMATION
OFFICE STAFF: Alicia Driscoll, Assistant to Administrator………….....….Ext. 102
Aleida Hinojosa, Administrative Assistant to Director……Ext. 101
Salisha Miller, Receptionist………………………………. Ext. 100 Ann Martinez, English Ministry…………….…..…………..Ext. 103 Joe Lopez, Security/Maintenance……………….…….…. Ext. 111 Gloria Morales, Hispanic Ministry Assistant……….…... Ext. 104 José Molina, Security/Maintenance………………….… Ext. 111 Margaret Colunga, Data Management………..…...…….. Ext. 110 Mela Gutierrez, Bookstore Assistant…………………….. Ext. 113 Noris Redondo, Hispanic Ministry Coordinator…......… Ext. 109 Skip Davey, Administrator…………..………….……….…. Ext. 108 Bookstore Manager………………………………………... Ext. 112
MARRIAGE & ANNULMENTS PREPARATION:
Deacon Michael Garcia…...…………………………………….Ext. 114
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Fr. David Bergeron…………………………………..……..…..Ext. 107
ENGLISH MINISTRY:
Ann Martinez, Coordinator ……………………………... Ext. 103
HISPANIC MINISTRY: Noris Redondo, Coordinator………………………….…... Ext. 109 Gloria Morales, Assistant….………………………….…... Ext. 104
BOOKSTORE HOURS
Tuesday……..10:45 am - 2:00 pm Wednesday….10:45 am - 2:00 pm Thursday…. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Not open after Mass Friday……….10:45 am - 2:00 pm and 6:00-8:00pm
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MASS AND EVENTS
Vietnamese Mass every 4th Sunday at 3:00 pm rm. 111
Please call the office for appointment.
Sunday……….. 9:30 am - 10:20 am Wednesday…...11:00 am - 11:50 am Thursday……... 6:30 pm - 7:20 pm Friday…………..6:30 pm - 7:50 pm
For Baptisms, email Marisa at: [email protected]
MAILING ADDRESS: 1949 Cullen Blvd., Houston, Texas 77023 P.O. Box 230287, Houston, Texas 77223 Off: (713) 236-9977 Fax: (713) 236-0073
Web Page: www.cccgh.com OFFICE HOURS: Monday ...................... Closed Tuesday ..................... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Wednesday ................ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Thursday ................... 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Friday ........................ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Mark Goring, CC, Director ................ Ext. 105 Rev. Francis Frankovich, CC, Assoc. Dir... Ext. 106 Rev. David Bergeron, CC, Assoc. Dir. ....... Ext. 107 Rev. Jorge Alvarado, CC, Assoc. Dir……...Ext. 120
Director Emeritus: Rev. Richard Paulissen, M.M. [email protected]
Prayer Intentions Samantha Cruz, Kourtney Ruiz, Michael T. Trajan, Sara Zepeda, Zachary Colunga, Luz M. Gascot, Alisha Rivera, Julieta Hernan-dez, Teresa Morales, Sr. Kathleen Smith, Ector Mata, Phocion &
Cheryl Park, Toni Ford, Epifania Denbo, Mary Ann Colunga, Ronald Balsam, Fr. Greg Gregory, Theresa Valadez, Ivonne Rodri-
guez, Matilda & Robert Gonzales, Bernadette Garza, Eunterio Flores, Fr. Francis Frankovich, Conchita Bruno, Omar Eduardo
Pena, Adam Sanchez, Gus Kemp, Nora Elizondo, Ruben Granados, Chris & Marco Lopez, Carmen Velasco, Adrianna Lopez, Edgar
Lopez, Dawn Peters, Victorio Rangel, Sandi & Bobbi Embesi, Humberto Isassi III, Alyssa Martinez, Gloria Castro, Dorita Mar-tinez, Victor Villarreal, Suzanne Elizondo, Joshua Castro, Monica
Garcia, Preston Lewis, Rudy Reyna, Catalina Rivera, Mac Arevalo, Javier Lazo, Elsie Cobb, Mary Hood, Benjamin Thomas, Rudy
Terrazas, Deacon Gerald DuPont, Jesus Lopez, Elijah Mondragon, Barbara Ryan, Virginia Gonzalez, Sandra Longoria, Alyssa Her-
nandez, Rita Ochoa, Roger & Martha Sherman
In Memoriam † Gabriel Ibarra † Paula Davila † Esperanza Flores
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF December 24, 2017 Monday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27-29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] During the Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Tuesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 Friday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128: 1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]
NO Holy Rosary or Thursday Evening Mass December 28, 2017 Regularly Scheduled Rosary and Mass will resume January 4, 2018
NO MASS FOR LIFE DECEMBER 31ST - REGULAR MASS
SCHEDULE RESUMES JANUARY 6, 2018
THIS WEEK AT THE CENTER….. FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 24, 2017
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Monday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Tuesday: St. Stephen; Kwanzaa begins Wednesday: St. John Thursday: The Holy Innocents Friday: Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Thomas Becket Saturday: Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord
STEWARDSHIP REPORT Sunday December 17, 2017
$8,961.00
Weekly Budget: $12,000.00
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GENEROUS SUPPORT!
SAVE THE DATES
NO Men’s Meeting Sat.
Dec. 31
NO Mass For Life Sat.
Dec. 31
NO DIG for TEENS Wed.
Dec. 27
NTL Seniors Prayer Group Jan. 9 9:30 am
Seminario de Vida en el Espiritu
6 de Enero
8:00 am
Caminando Con Jesus 9 de
Enero 7:00 pm
Crecimiento I y II 11 de Enero
7:00 pm
Ephesians Bible Study Jan. 16 7:00 pm
New Member Orientation Jan. 30 7:30 pm
St. John the Apostle It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along with that of Peter and his brother Andrew: Jesus called them; they followed. The absoluteness of their response is indicated by the account. James and John “were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mend-ing their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him” (Matthew 4:21b-22). For the three former fishermen—Peter, James and John—that faith was to be rewarded by a special friendship with Jesus. They alone were privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemane. But John’s friend-ship was even more special. Tradition assigns to him the Fourth Gospel, although most modern Scripture scholars think it unlikely that the apostle and the evangelist are the same person. John’s own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the ex-quisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b). Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents. In the first, as Matthew tells it, their mother asked that they might sit in the places of honor in Jesus’ kingdom—one on his right hand, one on his left. When Jesus asked them if they could drink the cup he would drink and be baptized with his baptism of pain, they blithely answered, “We can!” Jesus said that they would indeed share his cup, but that sitting at his right hand was not his to give. It was for those to whom it had been reserved by the Father. The other apostles were indignant at the mistaken ambition of the brothers, and Jesus took the occasion to teach them the true nature of authority: “…[W]hoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28).On another occasion, the “sons of thunder” asked Jesus if they should not call down fire from heaven upon the inhospitable Samaritans, who would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. But Jesus “turned and rebuked them” (see Luke 9:51-55). On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him’” (John 20:2). John recalls, perhaps with a smile, that he and Peter ran side by side, but then “the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first” (John 20:4b). He did not enter, but waited for Peter and let him go in first. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed” (John 20:8). John was with Peter when the first great miracle after the Resurrection took place—the cure of the man crippled from birth—which led to their spending the night in jail together. The mysterious experience of the Resurrection is perhaps best contained in the words of Acts: “Observing the bold-ness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordi-nary men, they [the questioners] were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gos-pel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John’s Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John’s is the Gospel of Jesus’ glory. Reflection It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16). Www.franciscanmedia.org
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Dianne Gongora (12/24)
Maria A. Amaya (12/24)
Michael Sundholm (12/24)
Jonie Sowl (12/25) †
Elizabeth Hinojos (12/25)
Cynthia Galaviz (12/26)
Maria Onuigbo (12/26)
Peter Blessinger (12/26)
Juan Fuentes (12/26)
Abigail Moncevaiz (12/27)
Juanita Esquivel (12/27)
Vinson Villarreal (12/27)
Jose Leon, Jr. (12/27)
Elias Pallares (12/27)
Joey De Ochoa (12/29)
Johnny Banda Jr (12/29)
Michael Washington (12/29)
Juan Aleman (12/29)
Nathan Rios (12/29)
Orfelina Torres (12/30)
Zoe Iwu (12/30)
Rogelio Santos (12/30)
Jessica Brent (12/30)
Breaking Bread Homeless Ministries
News From The Streets…
Love Conquers All By Mary Martha Primerano To be able to go out, pray and deliver over 100 gifts to the homeless living on the streets is the most incredible feeling and an honor to do. Provided by affluent friends who hosted a Christmas party, guests were invited and asked to bring a wrapped clothing item for the homeless. Giving is loving. Some give, some help deliver. It all counts as loving. It’s as simple as that. Faith, hope and love but the greater of these is love. I Cor. 13:13 This same chapter in 1 Cor. also states, You can have faith to move mountains, and even pray in tongues like angels, but if you have not love, you have noth-ing. 1 Cor. 13:1-2. Now, let’s stop there, and really pay at-tention to God’s Word. Once again, it is plain and sim-ple. We are to love people, especially those who have faced rejection and are hurting and broken. There are many exam-ples of Jesus choosing love over the law. How about the blind beggar in Luke 18:35-43? The man was on the side of the road begging (know anyone like that?) then as Jesus was passing by with his disciples he begins to scream out Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me, help me! How does Jesus respond? You know the story. Jesus restored his sight imme-diately. This blind beggar mattered to Jesus. And one of my all-time favorite parables told by Jesus is about Lazarus the poor beggar and the rich ruler. Lazarus received bad things with dogs licking his sores while the rich ruler received good things during his lifetime. But it would be Lazarus who would be carried up by the angels and not the rich ruler. John 4:1-42. So next time the opportunity arises for us to judge someone for begging … remember the heart of compassion our Savior carried for hurting people, and try to reach out to them with love because the great-est of these is love. If interested in volunteer-
ing please contact: Walt Primerano
713.661.7167 or [email protected]
All Teens 13-17 are invited
Wednesdays 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Tutoring available
UPCOMING EVENTS, RETREATS at THE CCC, AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE AND MORE
Bible Study
NTL Prayer Group
Rally in Austin Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat
Pilgrimage to Israel
LENTEN PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL March 15-26, 2018
Lenten Pilgrimage to Israel with Fr. Michael Scherrey, C. C.
March 15-26, 2018. 12 days/10 nights following in the footsteps of Jesus, Mary and the Apostles.
Price includes all fares, fees, tips, stipends, taxes, & meals except lunches.
Departing from Toronto $3849 CDN / approx. $ 2550 USD per person (double occ.) Land Only
approx. $2100 USD. Limited space. For information contact
Laurie Courchesne-Dooley 1(613)732-5739 e-mail [email protected]
January 27, 2018 Begins with Mass at 8:15 am at
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church 6800 Buffalo Speedway, Hou.,Tx. 77025
Cardinal DiNardo presiding Buses will depart for Austin, Tx following Mass
March and Rally begin at 1:00pm Cost: $25.00 per person
For more information call 713-741-8728 & to register: https://archgh.cvent.com/TexasRallyforLife2018
Coming in January….. Ephesians Bible Study
from the Great Adventure Bible
Study Series
Begins: January 16, 2018 Catholic Charismatic Ctr.
1949 Cullen Blvd. Houston, Tx. 77023
Room: 108 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Rachel’s Vineyard A Catholic Spiritual Retreat for
those suffering after abortion
January 5 - 7, 2018
For more info and to register, call
Julie Fritsch 713-741-8728
or email: [email protected]
also Cindy Renaudo; [email protected]
713-825-0649
Rachel’s Vineyard is a Catholic, Scripture
based retreat for women, men, their families and friends
suffering after abortion.
This retreat combines opportunities for prayer, reflection, counseling and
sacramental Reconciliation.
PAGINA 6 IV DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO, CICLO B 24 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017
Hagamos una Casa.- En un arranque de piedad David quiere ha-cerle una casa al arca de la alianza; una casa para Dios. Le parece poca cosa una tienda de campaña, sobre todo si la compara con la casa de cedro que él mismo habita. De algún modo David se sien-te fuerte en su magnífica casa y quiere darle de su fortaleza y esplendor a la humilde casa de la alianza. Humanamente este proyecto le suena de lo más razonable a Natán, pero no es ese el pensamiento del Espíritu, y Natán tiene que retractarse. Hay una hermosa lógica en el nuevo mensaje que Natán tiene que darle a su rey. Es Dios quien ha guardado a David y David debe recor-darlo hasta el final de sus días. "Yo te daré una casa a ti", le dice el Señor, y así brota por primera vez la maravillosa promesa daví-dica que marca toda la historia de Judá hasta Cristo mismo. En el fondo el mensaje dice: "¿quién da la fortaleza?". El mensaje hon-ra la soberanía de Dios y canta su fidelidad y su gracia a la vez. Puede entenderse de otro modo, sin embargo. Las tiendas de campaña son la vivienda propia del desierto. En el desierto no se construye con cedro porque hay que permanecer en camino. Da-vid ya se estableció, Dios no. Dios sigue en camino, Él es el Eterno Peregrino. Además, el desierto es el gran lugar de la alian-za, como lo proclama sobre todo Oseas (cf. Os 2,14). Allí, sin la estorbosa competencia de los ídolos, sin la prepotencia que dan las riquezas, sin la suficiencia que da el poder, David fue más David que nunca, y Dios no olvida eso ni quiere que David lo olvide. La estirpe de David.- La promesa pronunciada por Natán atravie-sa la esperanza de todo el Antiguo Testamento y finalmente desemboca, de modo inesperado y maravilloso, en otra promesa, la del ángel Gabriel a la Santa Virgen María: "Vas a concebir y a dar a luz un hijo y le pondrás por nombre Jesús... el Señor Dios le dará el trono de David, su padre" (Lc 1,31-32). ¡Qué maravillosa unidad, qué magnífica belleza toma la historia humana leída a la luz de esta promesa, que tensa nuestro adviento hasta darle músi-ca y encanto de cielo! En la primera lectura vemos cómo Dios rechaza que se le haga una casa. Después, es Él mismo quien dispone cómo se ha de edificar el templo, a cuidado del gran Sa-lomón. Pero el templo verdadero no lo hará Salomón, sino el Espíritu Santo, y no en Jerusalén, sino en María. "El templo era su cuerpo...", anota Juan refiriéndose a Cristo (Jn 2,21). Y este es principio que podemos aplicar a tantas cosas: sólo Dios hace
obras dignas de Dios; sólo Dios sabe cómo se alaba a Dios, cómo se sirve a Dios, cómo se ama a Dios. Nada somos, nada podemos en su honor si Él mismo no viene con su Espíritu ha darnos la luz, la voluntad y la constancia. El templo era su Cuerpo. El tem-plo es su Cuerpo. Ese Cuerpo bendito, ese Cuerpo glorioso que contempla nuestra fe en los altares, que come nuestra boca en cada Eucaristía. El Cuerpo tejido de amores en María; el Cuerpo y Templo y Casa que David hubiera querido ver, ese es el Cuerpo que comulgamos, esa es la verdad que nos sacia, ese es el Amor que nos colma de alegría y de gozo.
P. Nelson Medina F, O.P
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE.- De las muchas tradi-
ciones latinoamericanas para celebrar el Adviento y la Navidad, las Posadas parecen ser lo mejor conocido en EE. UU. Tienen su origen en la última mitad del siglo XVIII cuando las estrepitosas Misas de Aguinaldo dejaron de ser celebradas en México. Para remplazar la festividad de esas Misas, los laicos decidieron celebrar en sus casas tomando lo que habían visto dramatizado en los templos, esto es, el recorrido de José y María mientras buscaban posada en Belén. Como las "Antífonas de la O" de la liturgia oficial cristiana, estas Posadas llegaron a ser celebradas nueve noches consecutivas. 200 años después, muchos latinos continúan celebrando las Posadas en EE. UU. Recuerdo como de niño cantábamos "En el nombre del cielo" recor-riendo las calles del barrio hasta llegar a la casa donde nos abrirían con cantos, tamales, galletitas y chocolate. Ese recorrido de José y María lamentablemente sigue todos los días en los pasos temerosos y cansados de tantos inmi-grantes en este país. Como la Sagrada Familia, otras famili-as latinoamericanas continúan buscando hospedaje con la esperanza de dar a luz una nueva vida para sus hijos e hijas. --Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. .
“ CANTARÉ ETERNAMENTE LAS MISERICORDIAS DEL SEÑOR ”
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Vigilia: Is 62:1-5; Sal 89 (88):4-5, 16-17, 27-29;
Hch 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]
Noche: Is 9:1-6; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 11-13; Tit 2:11-14; Lc 2:1-14
Aurora: Is 62:11-12; Sal 97 (96):1,6,11-12; Tit 3:4-7; Lc 2:15-20
Día: Is 52:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]
Martes: Hch 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Sal 31 (30):3cd-9; Mt 10:17-22
Miércoles: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Sal 97 (96):1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Jueves: 1 Jn 1:5 -- 2:2; Sal 124 (123):2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18
Viernes: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 5b-6; Lc 2:22-35
Sábado: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Sal 96 (95):7-10; Lc 2:36-40
Domingo: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29;
Rom 16:25-27; Lc 1:26-38
ACTIVIDADES Y EVENTOS DE LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA
PAGINA 7 www.cccgh.com 24 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017
AVISO IMPORTANTE:
MIERCOLES 27 Y VIERNES 29 DE DICIEMBRE, NO HABRA MISA EN ESPAÑOL EN EL CCC.
LES RECORDAMOS QUE EL 25 Y 1o. SON DIAS DE PRECEPTO
POR ESTE MOTIVO LES INVITAMOS A ASISTIR A MISA EN SU PARROQUIA.
CON FAVOR DE DIOS REGRESAMOS LAS ACTIVIDADES REGULARES EL 2 DE ENERO.
ACTIVIDADES DE LA SEMANA Martes: - Ensayo de Ministerio de Música, 7pm-9:30pm - “Nuevo Amanecer” Apoyo para Adictos 7pm-9:30pm - “Sesiones de Al– Anon” 9am-11am
Miércoles: - Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía 12pm, 9:30am-1:30pm. - Grupo de Jóvenes Adultos “Agua Viva” 7pm-9:30pm Miércoles (Primero de mes): - Exposición del Santísimo y Miércoles (Segundo de mes): - Bendición de sacramentales e imágenes
Jueves: - Formación para toda la Familia, 7pm-9:30pm
Viernes: - Sesiones de Al– Anon 9am-11am - Asamblea y Formación para Niños 6 a 12 años, 7pm-9:30pm - Rosario, Asamblea y Eucaristía 8pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm Viernes (Primero del mes): - Exposición del Santísimo Viernes (Segundo del mes): -Bendición de sacramentales e imágenes. Viernes (Cuarto del mes): - Exposición del Santísimo al terminar la Misa de 8pm
