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SANTA CLARA 323 S. E St., Oxnard CA 93030 — (805) 487-3891 — www.santaclaraparish.org 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time — February 15, 2015 ¿WHAT IS LENT? L ent is the penitential season of approximately 40 days set aside by the Church in order for the faithful to prepare for the cele- bration of the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection. Dur- ing this holy season, inextri- cably connected to the Paschal Mystery, the Cat- echumens prepare for Christian initiation, and current Church members prepare for Easter by a recalling of Baptism and by works of penance, that is, prayer, fasting and alms- giving. Even in the early Church, Lent was the season for prayerful and peniten- tial preparation for the feast of Easter. Though the obligation of penance was originally only imposed on those who had committed public sins and crimes, by medieval times all the faithful voluntarily performed acts of penance to repair for their sins. Ash Wednes- day is the clarion call to “Repent and believe the gos- pel” (Mk 1:15). For the next forty days, the faithful willingly submit to fasting and self-denial in imitation of Our Lord’s forty-day fast in the desert. It is in these dark and still nights, these desert-times, that the soul experiences its greatest growth. (www.catholicculture.org) ¿WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF LENT? T he celebration of the Easter Vigil is the begin- ning of the season of Easter. During the first cen- turies preparation for bap- tism could last for sev- eral years. Adults seeking church mem- bership could not just “sign up.” They were tested for up to three years. During this time they were instructed, sup- ported in their withdrawal from pagan practices and loyalties, and taught to live a new way. Only then were they admitted to candidacy for baptism. Final- ly, during what would become Lent, they received intense instruction, submitted to exorcisms, participat- ed in special rituals, fasted on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and were baptized during the Easter Vigil. Early in Christianity the discipline of fasting became associated with the number 40. This gradually deter- mined the length of Lent. Fasting by catechumens, and then by other Christians, was done in the imita- tion of Jesus’ forty day fast in the desert (Matt 4:2), Moses’ forty days on Mt Sinai (Exodus 34:28), Elijah’s forty day fast on his journey to Mount Horeb (1Kings 19:8), and the forty years the Israelites spent in the desert. To this day the church’s official title for Lent, Quadragessima, is Latin for forty. ¿WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ASH WEDNESDAY? A t the beginning of Lent, on Ash Wednesday, ash- es are blessed during Mass, after the homily. The blessed ashes are then "imposed" on the faithful as a sign of conversion, pen- ance, fasting and human mortality. It takes its name from the solemn ceremony of the liturgy of the day wherein the ashes of palms or other suitable sub- stances are blessed and then marked on the fore- heads of the faithful in the form of a cross with the accompanying words, “Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return” (Cf. Gn 3:19) Or “Turn away from sin and embrace the Gospel” (Mt 1:15). It is a solemn call to penance so that one may enjoy eternal life. The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be re- deemed by the mercy of God. Far from being a merely external act, the Church has retained the use of ashes to symbolize that attitude of internal pen- ance to which all the baptized are called during Lent. ¿WHAT DO WE PRACTICE DURING LENT? D uring the season of Lent we are exhorted to of- fer sacrifice and penance. The Bible and our Fathers of the Church underline three forms: fasting, prayer and almsgiving (Cf. Tb 12:8; Mt 6:1-18). They manifest our self-denial and uphold our total de- pendence in our God and the call to service our brothers and sisters. LENT 2015

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SANTA CLARA 323 S. E St., Oxnard CA 93030 — (805) 487-3891 — www.santaclaraparish.org

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time — February 15, 2015

¿WHAT IS LENT?

L ent is the penitential season of approximately 40 days set aside by the Church in order for the

faithful to prepare for the cele-bration of the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection. Dur-ing this holy season, inextri-cably connected to the Paschal Mystery, the Cat-echumens prepare for Christian initiation, and current Church members prepare for Easter by a recalling of Baptism and by works of penance, that is, prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Even in the early Church, Lent was the season for prayerful and peniten-tial preparation for the feast of Easter. Though the obligation of penance was originally only imposed on those who had committed public sins and crimes, by medieval times all the faithful voluntarily performed acts of penance to repair for their sins. Ash Wednes-day is the clarion call to “Repent and believe the gos-pel” (Mk 1:15). For the next forty days, the faithful willingly submit to fasting and self-denial in imitation of Our Lord’s forty-day fast in the desert. It is in these dark and still nights, these desert-times, that the soul experiences its greatest growth. (www.catholicculture.org)

¿WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF LENT?

T he celebration of the Easter Vigil is the begin-ning of the season of Easter. During the first cen-

turies preparation for bap-tism could last for sev-eral years. Adults seeking church mem-bership could not just “sign up.” They were tested for up to three years. During this time they were instructed, sup-ported in their withdrawal from pagan practices and loyalties, and taught to live a new way. Only then were they admitted to candidacy for baptism. Final-ly, during what would become Lent, they received intense instruction, submitted to exorcisms, participat-

ed in special rituals, fasted on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and were baptized during the Easter Vigil. Early in Christianity the discipline of fasting became associated with the number 40. This gradually deter-mined the length of Lent. Fasting by catechumens, and then by other Christians, was done in the imita-tion of Jesus’ forty day fast in the desert (Matt 4:2), Moses’ forty days on Mt Sinai (Exodus 34:28), Elijah’s forty day fast on his journey to Mount Horeb (1Kings 19:8), and the forty years the Israelites spent in the desert. To this day the church’s official title for Lent, Quadragessima, is Latin for forty.

¿WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ASH WEDNESDAY?

A t the beginning of Lent, on Ash Wednesday, ash-es are blessed during Mass, after the homily. The

blessed ashes are then "imposed" on the faithful as a sign of conversion, pen-ance, fasting and human mortality. It takes its name from the solemn ceremony of the liturgy of the day wherein the ashes of palms or other suitable sub-stances are blessed and then marked on the fore-heads of the faithful in the form of a cross with the accompanying words, “Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return” (Cf. Gn 3:19) Or “Turn away from sin and embrace the Gospel” (Mt 1:15). It is a solemn call to penance so that one may enjoy eternal life. The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be re-deemed by the mercy of God. Far from being a merely external act, the Church has retained the use of ashes to symbolize that attitude of internal pen-ance to which all the baptized are called during Lent.

¿WHAT DO WE PRACTICE DURING LENT?

D uring the season of Lent we are exhorted to of-fer sacrifice and penance. The Bible and our

Fathers of the Church underline three forms: fasting, prayer and almsgiving (Cf. Tb 12:8; Mt 6:1-18). They manifest our self-denial and uphold our total de-pendence in our God and the call to service our brothers and sisters.

LENT 2015

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD

T he entire history of the Jewish people is directed toward one goal: that God might be glorified

through the chosen people. Christians, too, are called to “do everything for the glory of God.” In today’s scriptures Paul reminds us that the best way for us to glorify God is to seek to benefit “the many,” as Christ did when he shed his blood for all of humankind. The reading from Leviti-cus explains one way the Jews sought to benefit the many, by keeping lepers and leprosy away from the chosen people. Jesus finds a better way. He cures the leper, who immediately re‑enters the community to spread the good news about Jesus to everyone who will listen. In this way both Jesus and the leper fulfill their calling to glorify the God who fills us “with the joy of salvation.” Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

L ent, the Church’s annual pre‑baptismal retreat, prepares us to gather around the Easter font,

renew our baptismal vows, and re-ceive new life from the water as the elect are plunged into Christ’s death and resurrection. This core meaning is more or less available, depend-ing on whether we journey with cat-echumens in the parish and on the vigor of our liturgical celebration of the Triduum. Some persist in seeing Lent as a lonely journey in the wilderness; yet this week we enter the Lenten fast in solidarity with one another. The smudged foreheads you will spy throughout Ash Wednesday on buses, street corners, and supermarket aisles remind you that you are hardly alone in your desire to enact a spring cleaning regime for your spiritual life. Long ago, this kind of repentance was available to Chris-tians only once. Ashes and sackcloth were not raiment for a day, but permanent habits for public sinners. Fasting became a way of life, and if they sinned se-verely again, there was no hope of restored commun-ion. Happily, this system did not endure. It produced reluctant Christians who even held back from baptism, like St. Augustine did, out of fear. Today we have recovered an ancient tradition that conversion and repentance are constant themes on life’s journey, and that Lent is an annual opportunity to revive our bap-tismal identity, both as individuals and communities. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The leper will dwell apart, making

an abode outside the camp (Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46). Psalm — I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation (Psalm 32). Second Reading — Do everything for the glory of God; be imitators of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1). Gospel — The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean (Mark 1:40-45). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Inter-national Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpo-ration. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20, 21; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14- 15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Presidents’ Day Tuesday: The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order; Mardi Gras; Shrove Tuesday Wednesday: Ash Wednesday; Fast and Abstinence; Almsgiving Thursday: Chinese New Year 4713 Friday: Abstinence Saturday: St. Peter Damian

LENTEN PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE

T he 40 Day Lenten Prayer Vigil begins February 18-March 29. Prayer vigil starts at 7:30am-

7:30pm everyday! Everyone, especially the YOUTH, is Encouraged and Needed to gather up prayer teams and come to pray for the lives of innocent chil-dren whose parents are considering abortion & con-version of all involved in the industry. Come be a Strong Witness as a Soldier for Christ and join us as we pray in front of planned parenthood, 5400 Ral-ston Street, Ventura. The Commencement Mass for this Lenten Prayer Vigil will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, 10800 Henderson Road Ventura on Tuesday, February 17 at 5:30pm. YOUTH, bring your friends and your family!!

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SUNDAY HOLY MASS Saturday Vigils:

5pm & 7pm Spanish Sunday Masses:

6:30am, 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm & 7pm Spanish

No 6:30pm Friday Confessions during Lent

SUNDAY MASS INTENTIONS INTENCIONES DE MISA DOMINICAL

5PM SATURDAY VIGIL MASS Flordeliza Andres-Deceased Fortunato Narvaez-Deceased

Gregorio Rodriguez-Death Anniversary

7PM SATURDAY VIGIL MASS Angel & Dionisio Gonzalez-Eterno Descanso

Valentin Almanza-Eterno Descanso Joel Magana-Por su Salud y Bienestar

Francisco & Graciela Govea-Aniversario Boda Leticia Martinez -Por su Salud y Bienestar

6:30 AM SUNDAY MASS

Calista Hope Mabalot-Health & Wellbeing

8AM SUNDAY MASS Mar Abarra Ramos-Health & Wellbeing

Maria Laxa-Deceased Ella Clara Sieland-Deceased

Natividad Ruiz (1)-Death Anniversary Calista Hope Mabalot-Health & Wellbeing

10AM SUNDAY MASS

Genoveva Torres-Death Anniversary Calista Hope Mabalot-Health & Wellbeing Hurtado-Rezendiz Family-Special Intention

12PM SUNDAY MASS

Don & Ann Beauchamp-Deceased Andy Carlson-Health & Wellbeing

Calista Hope Mabalot-Health & Wellbeing

5 PM SUNDAY MASS Calista Hope Mabalot-Health & Wellbeing

Maria Laxa-Deceased Rafael Layola-Deceased

7PM SUNDAY MASS

Elvis Ramirez (15)-Cumpleaños Miguel Sanchez-Difunto(a)

Fidel Rivera Flores-Difunto(a) Delfino Mendez-Difunto(a)

Victor Torrealva -Eterno Descanso

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WEEKDAY 8AM MASS INTENTIONS INTENCIONES 8AM MISA ENTRE SEMANA

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Richard James Triston-Deceased

Isabelita Sabiaga-Death Anniversary Joe Zavala-Death Anniversary Fidel Rivera Flores-Deceased

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Daniel Campos-Deceased

Maria Luz Rodriguez-Death Anniversary Ramon Osorio-Deceased

Joshua Lorence Dayrit-Birthday Fidel Rivera Flores-Deceased

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Fidel Rivera Flores-Deceased

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Elaine Moore-Deceased Fidel Rivera Flores-Deceased

Rudolpho A. Conception-Deceased Rosie Campos-Birthday

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Fidel Rivera Flores-Deceased Florentina Paulino-Deceased Cresencia Abara-Deceased

English Stations of the Cross Fridays of Lent 5:15pm

Santo Viacrucis en Español Viernes de Cuaresma 7pm

Durante la Cuaresma no tendremos Confesiones los

Viernes a las 6:30pm

¿QUÉ ES LA CUARESMA?

E s un tiempo donde hacemos conciencia de nuestra identidad como Cristianos. Viviendo nues tro

bautismo, ofrecemos a Dios peniten-cia y sacrificio sin olvidarnos de expresar nuestra fe a Dios por medio de las obras de caridad. De forma muy especial se nos invita a la escucha y meditación de la Palabra de Dios. Durante cuarenta días nos preparamos como Iglesia a recibir la Pas-cua que, para nosotros los Ca-tólicos, es la fiesta mayor dentro de nuestro calendario religioso (CEC #1169). En éste tiempo recordamos los cuarenta días de ayuno del Señor en el desierto como preparación para la coronación de su ministerio (Mt 4:2; Mc 1:13; Lc 4:2). Los Catecúmenos (los que van a recibir los sacramentos de iniciación cristiana) y todos los fieles caminamos juntos hacia la celebración del Triduo Pas-cual de la Pasión, Muerte y Resurrección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Durante este tiempo nos arrepenti-mos de nuestras pecados e imploramos la misericor-dia de Dios para con su gracia vivir una conversión. Arrepentidos y a la escucha de la Buena Nueva de Salvación, honraremos al Señor viviendo en su Santa Voluntad. ¿DESDE CUANDO SE CELEBRAMOS LA CUARESMA?

E ste tiempo de cuarenta días está basado en el símbolo del nú-

mero cuarenta en la Biblia. En la Sagrada Escritura encontramos el símbolo de “cuarenta” en el dilu-vio (Gn 7:4.17; 8:6), cuarenta años del pueblo judío en el desierto (Éx 16:35), tiempo que pasó Moisés en el Monte Santo para recibir las Tablas de la Ley (Éx 24:18), los cua-renta días que pasó Jesús en el desierto antes de iniciar su vida pública (Mc 1:13; Lc 4:2; Mt 4:2), etc. La práctica de la Cuaresma data desde el siglo cuar-to (IV) donde encontramos suficientes testimonios de una organización del período cuaresmal que compro-mete a la Iglesia entera y a algunos de sus miembros con gran riqueza de motivaciones y de contenidos; también se describen los ayunos cuaresmales que se practicaban en Jerusalén y el itinerario de los catecú-menos con sus celebraciones y sus catequesis, atesti-guadas también por Cirilo de Jerusalén.

¿QUÉ SIGNIFICA EL “MIÉRCOLES DE CENIZA”?

I niciamos la Cuaresma con la imposición de ceniza (signo de penitencia y arre-

pentimiento) que nos re-cuerda nuestra fragilidad humana, que vivimos en un mundo pasajero y que nuestra morada está en el Cielo. En este día se nos invita a reflexionar que debemos ser personas de ora-ción para así vivir honrando a Dios sobre to-das las cosas. La ceniza usualmente se toma de las palmas benditas del año pasado (Domingo de Ra-mos). La “ceniza” puede ser impuesta dentro de la celebración de la Santa Misa o no; recibir la ceniza no es obligatorio y si por alguna razón no la recibi-mos no es pecado. En este día observamos el “ayuno” y la “abstinencia” (no comer carne y tomar alimentos con moderación). Usualmente, cuando la ceniza se impone en la frente se dice (respondiendo con un ¡Amén!): “Arrepiéntete y cree en el Evange-lio” (Mt 1:15) o “Acuérdate de que eres polvo y en polvo te convertirás” (Cf. Gn 3:19) ¿A QUÉ SE NOS INVITA DURANTE LA CUARESMA?

D urante estos días santos, los cristianos somos ex-hortados a ofrecer sacrificios y penitencia inte-

rior que puede tener expresiones muy variadas. La Escritura y los Pa-dres de la Iglesia insisten sobre to-do en tres formas: el ayuno, la ora-ción, la limosna (Cf. Tb 12:8; Mt 6:1-18), que expresan la conversión con relación a sí mismo, con relación a Dios y con relación al prójimo. El Ayuno−Abstinencia (que es el sacrificio de privarnos de cosas para agradar a Dios). La Oración (que es nuestro diálogo y el acto de hacernos presentes ante el Señor). Los actos de Caridad−Limosna (compartir con los más ne-cesitados nuestras bendiciones materiales y espiritua-les; incluso nuestro tiempo). Así, viviendo éste cambio de vida, proclamar al mundo que Cristo es Señor; como cristianos, nunca olvidarnos que también esta-mos llamados a dar buen testimonio para invitar a todos los hombres a la conversión preocupándonos por su salvación (Cf. St 5:20). Hay que ser santos y esto es posible viviendo en la caridad “que cubre multitud de pecados” (1 Pe 4:8).

IGLESIA CATÓLICA DE SANTA CLARA

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Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario — Domingo, Febrero 15, 2015

PARA LA GLORIA DE DIOS

L a historia completa del pueblo judío va dirigida hacia una meta: que Dios sea glorificado por

medio del pueblo esco-gido. Los cristianos tam-bién están llamados a “hacer todo para la gloria de Dios”. En las Escrituras de hoy Pablo nos recuerda que la mejor manera que tenemos para glorificar a Dios es buscar el beneficio de “todos” tal como Cristo hizo cuando derramó su sangre por toda la humanidad. La lectura de Levítico explica una manera en que los judíos bus-caban el beneficio de muchos, manteniendo a los le-prosos y la lepra alejados del pueblo escogido. Jesús encuentra una manera mejor: cura al leproso, que inmediatamente retorna a la comunidad para difun-dir la Buena Nueva de Jesús a todo el que le escu-che. De este modo tanto Jesús como el leproso cum-plen con su llamado de glorificar al Dios que nos lle-na “con la alegría de la salvación”. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

J esús manifiesta su poder mediante el perdón de los pecados (Marcos 2:1-12). Por medio de la

reconciliación con Dios, Jesús sana a los enfermos, marginalizados y hasta sus propios enemigos. Este poder de per-donar pecados Jesús mismo lo encarga a su Iglesia, infundiendo su Espíritu so-bre los primeros discípulos (Juan 20:22-23). Según el Símbolo (Credo) de los Apóstoles, los cristianos creemos en el “perdón de los pecados”. Esta creencia se relaciona con creer en el Espíritu Santo, la Iglesia, la comunión de los santos, la resurrección del cuerpo y la vida eterna. En el perdón de los pecados, el Espíritu Santo manifiesta su continua presencia y acción en la Iglesia y comunión de los santos. Quienes reciben el perdón de los pecados mediante la celebración del Bautismo o del sacramento de la Reconciliación, están prepa-rados para la resurrección y la vida eterna. El per-dón de los pecados manifiesta el poder de Cristo, del Espíritu Santo y de la Iglesia. Los cristianos esta-mos llamados al perdón; perdonando, así como deseamos ser perdonados. Perdonando, como Jesu-cristo.—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Lunes: Gn 1:1-19; Sal 104 (103):1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35c; Mc 6:53-56 Martes: Gn 1:20 — 2:4a; Sal 8:4-9; Mc 7:1-13

Miércoles: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17; Sal 104 (103):1-2a, 27- 28, 29bc-30; Mc 7:14-23 Jueves: Gn 2:18-25; Sal 128 (127):1-5; Mc 7:24-30 Viernes: Gn 3:1-8; Sal 32 (31):1-2, 5-7; Mc 7:31-37 Sábado: Gn 3:9-24; Sal 90 (89):2-6, 12-13; Mc 8:1-10 Domingo: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; Sal 32 (31):1-2, 5, 11; 1Cor 10:31 — 11:1; Mc 1:40-45

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