THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD December 25, 2016

Queridos Amigos,

¡Les deseo a todos una feliz y buena Navidad! ¡Qué bueno es

reunirnos como la familia de Dios, celebrando juntos el

nacimiento de Nuestro Señor Jesús!

Estoy muy feliz de estar aquí con todos ustedes. Esta es una

parroquia increíble con tantas cosas alegres sucediendo. Todo

está tan * lleno de vida * aquí en el Sagrado Corazón.

Por ejemplo, nuestra cena de Navidad para los necesitados,

WOW, estuvo tan buena, y los villancicos de antemano dirigido

por nuestros hijos, estuvieron tan alegres y edificantes para

todos. Y en la cena se sirvieron más de 750 platos! Qué hermosa

manera de dar la bienvenida a Jesús en Su nacimiento, sirviendo

a aquellos que nos rodean en necesidad.

Estaba pensando en lo afortunados que somos hoy, y qué buen

hogar y comunidad tenemos aquí para criar una familia. Y para

todos, casados o solteros, viejos o jóvenes, esta es una parroquia

increíble, con todos nosotros creciendo juntos en la gracia de

Dios y en nuestra relación con Aquel que nos ama a todos con

un amor eterno e inmortal. De hecho, la comunión que tenemos

y compartimos—centrada en Cristo y orientada hacia el

servicio—es algo que mucha gente añora en sus vidas, incluso a

veces sin saberlo.

Simplemente no hay lugar en la tierra que yo preferiría estar que

aquí en el Sagrado Corazón. Y es gracias a * todos ustedes ,*

debido a la increíble gente que viene aquí que hace este un lugar

tan especial. Aquí, la gente puede verdaderamente encontrar a

Dios en los sacramentos, en la Palabra de Dios y en el amor que

tenemos uno por el otro.

Oro para que podamos continuar juntos en nuestro camino

espiritual, no sólo cada domingo que nos reunimos alrededor del

Altar para recibir el amor de Jesús, sino todos los días; ruego

que podamos seguir viviendo y transmitiendo el amor y la

misericordia que hemos encontrado en la persona de Nuestro

Señor Jesucristo, El que es verdadero Dios y verdadero hombre,

y que nació de la Virgen María en este día feliz para nosotros y

nuestra salvación .

El amor de Jesús, nuestro Rey recién nacido, esté con todos

ustedes. ¡Feliz Navidad!

+Fr Simón

Dear Friends,

I wish you all a very merry and blessed Christmas!!! How

beautiful it is to gather together as God's family, celebrating the

birth of Our Lord Jesus.

I am so happy to be here with all of you. This is such an amazing

parish with so many wonderful things happening. Everything is

so *full of life* here at Sacred Heart.

For example, our Christmas dinner for the needy, WOW, it was

so good and the Christmas caroling beforehand led by our

children was so joyful and uplifting for everyone. And at the

dinner over 750 plates were served! What a beautiful way that

we welcome Jesus at His birth, by serving those around us in

need.

I was thinking how truly lucky we are here, and what a great

place and community this is to raise a family. And for all,

married or single, old or young, this is just an amazing parish all

of us growing together in God's grace and in our relationship

with the One who loves us all with an eternal and undying

love. Indeed, the Christ-centered and service-oriented fellowship

that we have and share is something that so many people really

long for in their lives, even sometimes without knowing it.

There is simply no place on earth that I would rather be than here

at Sacred Heart. And it is because of *you all,* because of the

unbelievable people here that this is such a special place. Here,

people can truly find God in the sacraments, in the Word of God

being broken open, and in the love we have for one another.

I pray that we may so continue in our spiritual journey together,

not only every Sunday that we gather around the Altar to receive

Jesus' love, but every single day; may we continue to live and

pass on the love and mercy that we have found in the person of

Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is true God and true man, and who

was born of the Virgin Mary on this happy day for us and our

salvation.

The love of Jesus, our new born King, be with you all. Merry

Christmas!

+Fr Simon

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Hark the herald angels sing,

Glory to the newborn king!

Thank you so much to everyone

who helped with our wonderful

Caroling Service and our

Christmas Dinner for the needy

Cante hoy toda nación la angelical canción; estas nuevas todos den: Nació

Cristo en Belén. Muchas gracias a todos personas que ayudaron con los

maravillosos villancicos y nuestra cena de navidad para los necesitados.

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BIENVENIDOS

Como lo he dicho antes es un honor

poder servir a nuestra hermosa

comunidad hispana. Dicho esto

quiero que sepan que si tiene

cualquier necesidad Sacramental,

podemos ayudarles. Se ofrece

Bautismo, preparación para el

Matrimonio, etc. Lo mas fabuloso es

que ahora también es en Español

aquí. Por favor, venga o llame a la

oficina para que le podamos asistir en

sus necesidades espirituales. También,

los niños están invitados a que asistan

a las clases de Catecismo que

comienzan en enero 11 de 2017. Lo

único que tienen que hacer es

registrarse antes. Tenemos las formas

necesarias en la oficina. No se

preocupen porque nosotros les

ayudamos con todo eso.

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COME JOIN US!

We have wonderful bible studies and adult education

at our parish. Every Wednesday night at 6PM we have

for the whole family and fun classes for children ages

pre-K to 5th grade We start up again on January 11.

Also our incredible Youth Group meets every Sunday

from 4pm to 6pm. This is for all young people in

middle school and high school. In addition to

learning about the Bible and our Catholic Faith, we

have a lot of fun and have trips and service projects.

With all the bad influences out there, it is so great to

have here such a large and active Youth Group where

solid Christ-based friendships can be formed.

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Please also come and help us with our very active

Parish Food Pantry

The food pantry operates every Saturday of the month.

Anyone interested in volunteering, please come at 8:30 am!

This is a truly beautiful ministry, an essential part of living the

Gospel and really helping many in need here in our

community. The Food pantry helps literally hundreds of

families in this area. If you are interested, please call Rosie

Buchan at (575) 309-5040 for further information.

The Food Pantry is currently in need of the following items:

Cans of Soup, Peanut Butter, Small Juice Drinks, Granola

Bars, Oatmeal. ALSO we are taking donations of NEW

blankets and coats.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. You can place items in

the baskets in the back of the church or bring them into the

parish office. Thank you and may God Bless you.

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Traditional Latin Mass

Every Sunday at 2pm we have Mass

at our mission church in Melrose It’s right off of highway 60, turn north onto the Tucumcari Truck Route,

i.e. NM 268 which is the street furthest west in Melrose, and it’s right

there on the east side, our beautiful little white church with a blue roof.

Come and experience the beautiful, ancient Mass of the Church!

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SUNDAY December 25, 2016

10:30 A.M. For the people of the parish

ST. CATHERINE MISSION - Melrose 2:00 P.M. † For the intention of the Celebrant

MONDAY December 26, 2016

5:30 P.M. † Dean Krieghauser

TUESDAY December 27, 2016

7:00 A.M. † Dean Krieghauser

WED December 28, 2016

12:10 P.M. † Ed Root

THURSDAY December 29, 2016

NO MASS NO MASS

FRIDAY December 30, 2016

5:30 P.M. Jos Muggeridge/Daryl & Chris Grace & Family

SATURDAY December 31, 2016

5:30 P.M. For the people of the parish

SUNDAY January 1, 2017

8:30 A.M. † Judy Vaughn

10:30 A.M. In honor of Mary the Holy Mother of God

ST. CATHERINE MISSION - Melrose 2:00 P.M. Chris Barnard _________________________________________________

Sacred Heart has a group of “Prayer Warriors” who

will seek God’s intervention on your behalf. All it

takes is a phone call to:

Jeanne Kriegshauser

(575) 762-9214 or

Mary Shockley

(575) 763-0953,

and they will set your prayer in motion.

FELIZ NAVIDAD! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This year the Christmas present that our parish is giving to

Jesus for His birthday is to make a beautiful little shrine to

honor Jesus’ Mother. It will be a wonderful place where

people can go to light candles and invoke the prayers of the

Mother of God

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TITHES & OFFERINGS

December 18, 2016

Envelopes $ 4681.00

Loose $ 2368.23

Needy $ 80.00

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CHURCH CLEANING-December 31, 2016

* Julia Robertson, Beni Dampier, Leticia Garcia Trimble

ALTAR LINENS December: Lucille Conley

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EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

TO THE HOMEBOUND & NURSING HOMES

January 1, 2017

Retirement Ranch Tina Majkrzak

Clovis Health Care The Candelarias

Home Route Marcy Kos

¡Aquí en nuestra parroquia!

Todos los sábados a las 5:30 de la tarde

MINISTERS – SATURDAY – December 31, 2016

SACRISTANS

5:30 P.M. Katie Haynes-Burns

ALTAR SERVERS

5:30P.M. Marvin Campos

Gabrielle Campos

IIana Hernandez

LECTORS

5:30 P.M. Martha Campos

Cristela Castellon

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

5:30P.M. Cindi Cantu

Ed Gomez

Lila Lucero

Ruben Lucio

MINISTERS – SUNDAY – January 1, 2017

SACRISTANS

8:30 A.M. Mary Shockley

10:30 A.M Cliff Kutcha

ALTAR SERVERS

8:30A.M. I-David Garcia

Jovan Garcia

Noe Garcia

Jacob Gutierrez

10:30A.M. Francisco Rodriguez

Jacob Rodriguez

Dalton Doss

LECTORS

8:30 A.M. Victor Gutierrez

Keishla Cota

10:30A.M. Jason Hennessy

Courtney Hannick

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

8:30 A.M. Mike & Anna Nagro

Nathan Phipps

James Schoeffel

10:30A.M. Raymond Cortez

Paul & Suzanne Ellis

Jean Kaplan