OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR CATHOLIC CHURCH Iglesia Católica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar

400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (650) 726-4674

Office Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00am– 4:30pm

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 14th, 2018 “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you.”— 1 Corinthians 6:19

Rev. Jose Corral Pastor

Fr. Corral’s phone number: (650) 713-5301 Rev. Gabriel Wankar

Parochial Vicar Rev. Charles Onubogu

In Residence Religious Education

(650) 726-5587 K-6th Grade

Claudia Miramontes Ext. 210 Youth Confirmation

Ext. 209 Encargada de Ensayo para Bodas: Juana Ruano

Wedding Rehearsal: Cruz McDonald RCIA/ Adult Faith Formation: Terry Ruppel

Educación/ Sacramentos para Adultos: Carlos y Celina Rivera (Español)

Parish Secretary: Paula Martinez Fax: (650) 726-0980

Mass Schedule- OLP Monday through Friday: 8:00 am Saturday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm(Español) Sunday: 8:00 am - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm(Español) - 6:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:00 pm—5:00 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Friday after 8:00 am Mass - Benediction 12:00 pm First Friday of the Month after 8:00 am Mass - Benediction 6:30 pm St. Anthony's — Pescadero Our Lady of Refuge — La Honda 696 North Street, Pescadero, CA 94060 146 Sears Ranch Road, La Honda Ca 94020 Saturday: 6:00 pm (Español) Sunday: 9:00 am Sunday: 10:30 am

THE LAMB OF GOD “Behold the Lamb of God!” We hear this phrase every Sunday at Mass, but there’s a good chance that many Roman Catholics do not know who in the Bible originally spoke it. The phrase appears only in the Gospel of John, on the lips of John the Baptist, who utters it twice. In today’s Gospel reading, John pro-claims Jesus as the Lamb of God, and two of John’s own disciples then follow Christ. A little bit later An-drew, who heard John and then followed Jesus, brings his brother Simon to be re-named Cephas, or Pe-ter. A careful look at these Bible verses shows us the mission of everyone baptized into the Body of Christ: we must always proclaim our faith in Christ, so that others will follow Him. We may not know how the will of God might work through those we bring to Christ; that is not the point. The point is that our ongoing mission as a church is to bring others to Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Parish Announcements

Sick Relatives & Friends/ Parientes y Amigos Enfermos

Pray that God’s, healing power will fill them with strength and hope. Joe Ashe, Virginia Shea, Raul Bautista, Manuel Arca, Javier Ramos, Marina Williamson, Mickey Williamson, Alteamor Espejo, Abby Franco, Rachel Thein, Shiela Santos, Shannon Perez, Harvey Koepf, Jena Losch, Sam Reynal, Duncan Harter, Loretta Duran, Tammy Endsley, Raquel Corona, Rich Perez, Marie Caloca, Claire Simonich, Mary Elliot, Helen Victa Castillo, Maria P. Nuñez Merlo, Claire Hayes, Carol Duvall, Adriana Rivas, Angela Niemann, Rolfe Wyer, Max Gaveman, Michael White, Nick Mascalino.

Pray for Our Parishioners Who are Sick

Our Lady of the Pillar Third Tuesday of the Month Knights of Columbus Meeting Old Hall—7:00pm Tuesday Nights Bible Study 5:30pm– 7:00pm @ Conference Room Miércoles por la Noche Estudio de la Biblia 7:00pm en el Salón Viejo (Old Hall) Saturday Morning Legion of Mary Meeting Conference Room 9:00am– 11:00am Second Sunday of the Month Hospitality after 8:00am Mass (Old Hall) Clases de Bautizo Para Padres y Padrinos El cuarto Jueves del Mes 7:00pm en el Salon Viejo (Old Hall)

HOLY ROSARY The legion od Mary invites all parishioners to join them the first Saturday of every month at 11:00am in praying the Ho-ly Rosary out in front of Our Lady of the Pillar Church. If the weather is not favorable, we will gather in the Old Hall. Please join us and bring a friend. All are invited!

ASH WEDNESDAY February 14 is Ash Wednesday, a day of fas ng and abs nence. Fas ng is obligato-ry for all from the age of 18 to 59 and means ea ng only one normal meal, with allowance for two small snacks that to-

gether do not equal a normal meal. Abs nence is obligatory for all from the age of 14 and means not ea ng any meat, which means all animals except fish. In addi on, all the Fri-days of Lent are days of abs nence. Good Friday, March 30th, is also a day of fas ng and abs nence. This Lenten dis-cipline is a serious spiritual responsibility, the substan al observance of which binds gravely. In doing this, we fix our eyes and our hearts on the Cross of Jesus.

MIERCOLES DE CENIZA El 14 de Febrero es Miércoles de Ceni-za, un día de ayuno y abs nencia. El ayuno es obligatorio para todos los de edad de 18 a 59 y significa comer sólo una comida normal y se nos per-

mite comer dos pequeñas porciones de comida que juntas no sean iguales a una comida normal. La abs nencia es obli-gatoria para todos los que tengan 14 años y significa no comer cualquier po de carne, de todo po los animal, ex-cepto pescado. Además, todos los Viernes de Cuaresma son días de abs nencia. Viernes Santo es 30 de Marzo es tam-bién un día de ayuno y abs nencia. Esta disciplina de Cuares-ma es una responsabilidad espiritual , no observar estos dias es una gravedad. Al hacer esto, fijamos nuestros ojos y nues-tros corazones en la Cruz de Jesús.

ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY 14th, 2018 8:00 am Mass and Ashes at Our Lady of the Pillar 3:00 pm Liturgy of the Word/ Ashes at Our Lady of the Pillar

6:00 pm Mass/ Ashes at Our Lady of the Pillar (English) 6:00pm Mass & Ashes at St. Anthony’s Pescadero (Bilingual) 7:00 pm Mass/ Ashes at Our Lady of Refuge (La Honda) 7:30 pm Misa/ Cenizas en Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Español)

The St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank all of the parishioners who so generously supported our Christmas giv-ing tree program helping our needy children with much need-ed new clothing. You helped to make Christmas a little brighter for many families. Also thank you for the many monetary donations that helped us provide gifts for our home-less and home-bound friends. Your generosity enables us to provide meal cards for the homeless as well as sleeping bags, blankets, toiletry items, rain gear and warm coats. Our young families benefit with diapers and much needed food sta-ples. From all of your friends at St. Vincent de Paul we pray that God will bless you in 2018.

Your Offerings | Supporting Our Parish

Collection for January 6th– January 7th 1st Collection 2nd Collection Our Lady of the Pillar $ 5,585 $ 2,270 St Anthony’s $ 830 $ 312 La Honda $ 125 $ 70 Christmas Collection Our Lady of the Pillar $ 6,364 Second Collection this weekend: Annual Appeal January 21: Building Fund January 28: Annual Appeal February 4: Building Fund February 11: Annual Appeal

Retreats at Mercy Center, Burlingame Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame mercy-center.org 650-340-7474 mc@mercywmw.org Space is limited. For registration deadlines and complete infor-mation, visit the website, phone, or e-mail, above. Windows of the Soul: Seven Tuesday Sessions: A Journey of Self-Awareness With Mary Waskowiak, RSM, and Ray Friel Tuesdays: January 9, March 13, May 8, July 10, September 11, November 13, December 11 Spirituality in Leadership: Six Wednesday Evenings: Developing Leadership Skills With Mary Waskowiak, RSM, and Ray Friel Saturday, March 3, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (opening meeting) Wednesdays: April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, September 12, October 10 Saturday, November 17, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (closing meeting) Men’s Issues in Spiritual Direction: Workshop With Don Bisson, FMS Saturday, January 6, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Dreamwork: A Spiritual Practice: Workshop With Don Bisson, FMS Sunday, January 7, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Thomas Merton: A Prophet for Our Times: Conference With Don Bisson, FMS Saturday-Sunday, January 13-14 Life Mapping: A Creativity Retreat With Elizabeth Murray Saturday-Sunday, January 27-28

Wedding Anniversary Mass The Archdiocese of San Francisco will offer its an-nual Wedding Anniversary Mass on February 3, 10:00am, at the Cathe-dral. All couples celebrat-

ing 5 year anniversaries (5 years, 10, 15… 35, 40) or over 40 years, in 2018, are invited to celebrate with us. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will be the principal celebrant. Register at: www.anniversarymass.net

Misa de aniversario de bodas La Arquidiócesis de San Francisco ofrece su anual ‘Misa de aniversario de bodas’ el día 3 de febrero, a las 10:00am, en la catedral. Todos parejas que celebran ‘aniversario de 5 años (5, 10, 15… 35, 40) o más que 40 años están invitados a celebrar con nosotros. Su Exce-lencia Arzobispo Salvatore Cordileone celebrara la San-ta Misa. Por favor regístrense en la siguiente website: a www.misadeaniversario.info CURSILLOS

Cursillos in Christianity (in Spanish: Cursillos de Cristiandad, short course of Christianity) is an ap-ostolic movement of the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in Majorca, Spain by a group of laymen in 1944, while they were refining a tech-nique to train Christian pilgrimage leaders. Cursillo is the original three-day movement, and has since been licensed for use by several main-line Christian denominations, some of which have retained the trademarked "Cursillo" name, while others have modified its talks/methods and given it a different name. The Cursillo focuses on showing Christian lay peo-ple how to become effective Christian leaders over the course of a three-day weekend. The weekend includes fifteen talks, some given by priests and some by lay people. These talks are called "rollos". The major emphasis of the weekend is to ask par-ticipants to take what they have learned back into the world, on what is known as the "fourth day." The method stresses personal spiritual develop-ment. For more information please contact: Cursillo—English Tom Poeschl 650-281-1262 tp,poschl@gmail.com Cursillo– Spanish Daniel Ramirez 408-375-7221

CHAINS OF GRACE The chains of grace are so powerful, and yet so sweet, that though they attract our heart, they do not shackle our freedoms CADENAS DE GRACIA Las cadenas de gracia son fuertes y tan dulces, que aunque atraen nuestro corazón, ellas no encadenan nuestras libertades. —San Francisco de Sales

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

Wednesday: St. Anthony

Thursday: Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity begins

Friday: Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany) Saturday: St. Fabian; St. Sebastian

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Saturday EVENING January 13, 2018 5:00 pm Jose Goulart + & Family 8:00 pm Jesus Galvan Gutierrez + Sunday January 14, 2018 8:00 am Rodrigo Ferreira da Cuhna + 10:00 am Diana James + 12:00pm Por la Parroquia 6:00pm Joe Lopes, Isabel and Jose Gabriel + Monday January 15, 2018 8:00 am Francisco & Florinda Ferreira + Tuesday January 16, 2018 8:00am Francisco & Idalina Costa + & Family Leontina Conceicon de Rosa + Wednesday January 17, 2018 8:00 am Antonio Sr. & Virginia Coelho + Adriana Roelands + Thursday January 18, 2018 8:00 am Manuel Machado + & Family Antonio & Genuina Costa + & Sons Friday January 19, 2018 8:00 am Jesus & Adelina Augusta + & Sons Ivy Sosa (Int.) Saturday January 20, 2018 8:00 am Manuel & Maria Ferreira + & Parents 5:00 pm Antonio & Maria Simas + & Family 8:00 pm Bartolo Garcia Echeverria + Sunday January 21, 2018 8:00 am Joe Lopes & Parents & Diana + 10:00 am Francisco & Idalina Costa + & Family Michael Rodrigues + 12:00pm Por la Parroquia 6:00pm Victoria Laranja + St. Anthony’s 6:00pm January 13 Garcia Family (Int.) 9:00am January 14 The Burns Family + 6:00pm January 20 Ed & Candance Lilly + 9:00am January 21 Nena Frezet Marcenaro + Our Lady of Refuge 10:30am January 14 Deacon John McGhee + 10:30am January 21 Earl Madeiros +

St. Vincent de Paul Society Our Lady of the Pillar Conference

FOOD PANTRY HOURS Monday/ Lunes 5:00pm–7:00pm

Thursday/ Jueves 5:00pm—7:00pm Saturday/ Sábado 10:00am– 12:00pm

CORDERO DE DIOS “Este es el Cordero de Dios”. Escuchamos esta frase todos los domingos en la Misa pero es muy probable que muchos católicos no sepan quién la pronunció ori-ginariamente en la Biblia. La frase aparece en el Evan-gelio de Juan, en los labios de Juan Bautista a quien dice dos veces. En la lectura del Evangelio de hoy, Juan proclama que Jesús es el Cordero de Dios y entonces dos de los discípulos de Juan siguen a Cristo. Un poco más tarde Andrés, quien escuchó a Juan y siguió a Je-sús, lleva a su hermano Simón para que reciba un nue-vo nombre: Kefás, es decir Pedro. Si estudiamos a fon-do estos versículos de la Biblia vemos la misión de to-dos los bautizados en el Cuerpo de Cristo: Siempre de-bemos proclamar nuestra fe en Cristo, para que otros lo sigan. Quizás no sepamos de qué manera la voluntad de Dios obrará en los que llevamos a Cristo, pero eso no es lo importante. Lo que importa es que nuestra mi-sión constante como Iglesia es llevar a otras personas a Cristo, el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Según una vieja costumbre latina, no se les debe lla-mar por nombre a los niños mientras todavía están en el vientre de su madre. Mis padres siempre me hablaban por nombre durante el embarazo de mi mamá. Esto por su-puesto molestaba a mi abuelita quien decía que si me iban a hablar por nombre sería mejor llamarme Tiburcio. La gran sorpresa de mis padres fue que nací el día de san Tiburcio. Gracias a Dios mis padres no eran tradicionalis-tas, sino tuviera que pasar mi vida con ese nombre. Muchos latinoamericanos todavía siguen la tradición del onomástico; de dar a su hijo o hija el nombre del san-to o de la santa en cuyo día nació. Esta costumbre se hace con doble intención: 1) para implorar la protección del santo sobre el recién nacido y 2) para que el niño o la ni-ña tenga un buen ejemplo como modelo para su vida. Esta última razón implica tener que conocer e imitar al santo o a la santa. Si tu hijo nace el 16 de enero puedes nombrarlo: Ful-gencio, Acursio, Adiuto, Frisio y Tolomeo. O si es niña, Priscila o el femenino de los previos. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.