St. Agnes Catholic Church
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St. Agnes Catholic Church
St. Agnes Catholic Church 100 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne, FL 33149 Phone: (305) 361-2351 Fax: (305) 361-8514 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.stakb.org BAPTISMS: 2nd Sunday in Spanish; 4th Sunday in English. Call Parish Office ONE month in advance. FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION: Two years of Religious instruction required. MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made SIX months in advance. CATECHESIS - C.C.D. Phone: (305) 361-1378 For children in public and private schools. Director: Nery Quintela, MFT, GC PARISH OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Mon. - Fri. Msgr. José L. Hernando, Pastor Rev. Julio Solano, Parochial Vicar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:30 P.M. Sunday: 8:30 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 11:30 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. - English 12:45 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. - Spanish DAILY MASS SCHEDULE 8:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon Saturday 8:00 A.M. CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:00-5:00 P.M. - Anytime upon request PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) Blessed Sacrament Benediction Wednesday 7:45 P.M. EDUCATION MINISTRY ST. AGNES ACADEMY • PK-3 through 8th Grade • 122 Harbor Drive Key Biscayne, FL Phone: (305) 361-3245 Web Site: www.stakb.org Principal: Mrs. Susana T. Rivera PARISH REGISTRATION We welcome the new parishioners. You are invited to fill out this registration form. Return it to us, please. Family Name_________________________________________ Ph._________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________ City___________________________________ Zip___________ Fourth Sunday of Lent Page Two March 30, 2014 FROM 03-29-14 TO 04-05-14 Day Saturday Sunday Time Intentions † Victor M. Vega III For peace, freedom and justice in Venezuela † James Dwyer † Margot de Escobar † Sebastian Aseñas de Arellano †† Jorge and María Lola Camps †† Mario and Elena Romero Mario and Annie del Valle 5:30 P.M. 8:30 A.M. 10:00 A.M. 11:30 A.M. 12:45 P.M. 6:00 P.M. (Wedding Anniversary) Arturo Carrion (Health) Ignacio and Gaby del Valle 7:30 P.M. Monday 8:00 A.M. (Wedding Anniversary) †† Raúl and Adriana Garmendia † Helen Berdi † Telka Flashman (13rd Anniversary) † Jacqueline Kathe † Frank Caputo Living and deceased members of Richard Johnson Family 12:00 P.M. Tuesday 8:00 A.M. 12:00 P.M. Wednesday 8:00 A.M. Thursday Friday Saturday 12:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. † Dulce Feito Hernández Altar Rosary Society † Alberto Renaud † Michael Taylor 12:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. 12:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. ENVELOPES 284….....…....$ LOOSE MONEY…..… …...$ TOTAL OFFERING……....$ 6,526.00 3,050.00 9,576.00 TODAY’S READING First Reading — As the prophet Samuel anointed David with oil, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David and remained with him from that day forward. (1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a) Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. (Psalm 23) Second Reading — You who were once darkness are now light in the Lord. Live as children of light. (Ephesians 5:8-14) Gospel — The man who was blind from birth proclaimed: The one called Jesus made clay with his saliva, anointed my eyes with it, and told me to wash. When I washed, I was able to see! (John 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]) READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45] GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART The First Reading of this Sunday (I Sam. 6: 113) presents God looking at the hearts and not at superficial appearances. God chose the last, the youngest, the ignored, because he looks at the heart of persons and knows the future; He also knows what He is going to achieve through the persons He chooses. The poor and the humble have a future because God looks on them. God doesn’t choose qualified people to carry out His mission; he qualifies the people he chooses. FOLLOW ME! Date Activities Place Time Sunday 30 Buen Pastor - English Program Pastoral Center Monday 31 RCIA Pastoral Center 402 7:00 P.M.- 8:00 P.M. Tuesday 01 Eucharistic Rosary Talleres de Oración y Vida N.A. Community Rosary Chapel Pastoral Center 403 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. Wednesday Catechism Classes Youth Group 02 Thursday 03 Friday 04 Saturday 05 Parish Hall Chapel 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Blessed Sacrament Benediction Men’s Emmaus Meeting St. Agnes Academy Parish Hall Chapel Pastoral Center 401 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:45 P.M. 8:00 P.M. Grupo de Oración “Maria Reina de la Paz” Rosary for Missing People Holy Hour Grupo de Oración “Madre de Dios” Grupo Buen Pastor ( Evangelización) Pastoral Center 405 Chapel Chapel Parish Hall Pastoral Center 402 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM 9:00 PM - 10:00PM Altar Rosary Society Chaplet of the Divine Mercy Viacrucis Church / Parish Hall Chapel Church 8:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M. Confessions Lenten Retreat Church Parish Hall 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. “Jesus comes to us as one unknown, as He did long ago to the apostles on the seashore. He speaks to us the same words He spoke to them: ‘Follow me!’ “And to those who accept His invitation, whether they be wise or simple, young or old, He will reveal himself to them in their toils and sufferings. And they shall learn through their own experience who He is.” Albert Schweitzer Page Three Fourth Sunday of Lent SPECIAL COLLECTION: MARCH 30th Catholic Relief Services is the second largest international aid organization in the United States. Because of the generosity of American Catholics, 80 countries receive food, medical assistance, religious and secular education, as well as help to immigrants. Please be generous in this annual appeal of the American Bishops to help other countries. The second collection of this Sunday is for this purpose. LENTEN RETREAT: APRIL 5th, 2014 Father Julio Solano will give a Lenten Retreat in the Albertson Parish Hall on Saturday, April 5th, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. The theme will be: “The Last Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross”. Do something special and different in this Lent . Attend this retreat. Parents are invited to view their children’s art masterpieces at the St. Agnes Art Show on April 3rd and 4th. For more information, please log onto Edline. Applications for the 2014-15 school year are still available online at www.stakb.org, for second-round admission. Tours of the school are given on Tuesdays from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., by appointment. If you would like to sign up for a tour, please call us at 305-361-3245 ext. 203. Youth Group News: Follow all of the Youth Group happenings @stakbYG—Twitter STAKBYG—Instagram Join us for fun, fellowship and food Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M. in Albertson Parish Hall. March 30, 2014 HUMOR CORNER The 98 year old Mother Superior was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of whiskey received as a gift, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior’s bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more, and before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass down to the last drop. “Mother,” the nuns asked anxiously, “Please, give us some wisdom before you die.” She raised herself up in bed and with a pious look on her face said, “Don’t sell that cow.” KNOWLEDGE IS LOVE, LIGHT AND VISION Helen Keller used to say: “ I got used to the silence and the darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been different until she came –my teacher– who was to set my spirit free. A power divine touched my spirit and gave it life. From that sacred moment, I heard a voice which said, ‘Knowledge is love and light and vision!’” Although Keller never regained her sight or her hearing, she went on to experience the beauties and mysteries of life with such clarity that she was able to share what she called her “soul’s sudden awakening” with others. In her blindness, she has helped many to see; in her deafness, she has enabled many to hear. SOMETHING TO PRAY AND THINK ABOUT May God send you enough joy to keep your heart singing, enough sorrow to make you understanding, enough hope to enrich your life, enough trials to keep you strong, enough leisure to refresh your spirits, enough love to make the world seem beautiful. Page Four March 30, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Lent The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — Psalm 23:1 Sunday’s Message John 9: 1 - 41 “The man said, ‘Lord, I believe’, and worshipped Him”. In today’s Gospel we see that the man born blind has no previous knowledge of Jesus or His identity, but meeting Jesus changes his life and his outlook on life and its purpose. His belief in Jesus and his acceptance of Jesus as Lord mean that he will never be the same again. I WAS BLIND AND NOW I SEE Jesus cured a man blind from birth. He put mud on his eyes and commanded him to go and wash in the pool of Siloe. As he felt the water on his face, he began to see. (John 9:1-41) Until that moment the life of this man was reduced to Pastor’s Notes begging for alms, without being able to see whoever helped him. Now his life changed. Initially, he did not see Jesus, but felt His kindly hands caressing his face with the soil of the earth. And when the religious leaders asked him, harassing and insulting him, he answered full of faith: “One thing I know: before, I was blind and now I see.” There was a marvelous and famous American woman who died some years ago- a model of overcoming tremendous obstacles. Her name is Helen Keller (1880-1968). She was not born blind, but at the age of 19 months, suffered a terrible illness which left her blind and deaf. In spite of her many other talents, she withdrew into total Let us ask the Lord to open our silence, interrupted occasionally by confused shouts of frustration eyes to the areas of our lives and rage. that stunt our spiritual growth One day, Annie Sullivan, her teacher and friend, placed the hand of and knowledge. It may be that Helen Keller into a stream of water and said very slowly W-A-T-E-R. we are selfish, prejudiced, In that moment, the child associated the sound of the word with the hypocritical, lacking compa- experience of water gently flowing upon her hand, and it changed ssion and so forth, and yet do her life. Helen Keller learned to read and write; she became a not see and therefore are not famous author and lecturer. able to worship the Lord as we From this experience of Helen Keller, we can understand better would like. the joy of the blind man of the Gospel when, after the water Today’s Gospel gives us touches his eyes, they open to the light. Jesus grants him this encouragement, as it is a miracle of sight and he responds with a miracle of love and faith. He discovers that “the man they call Jesus” has cured him. He reminder that the spiritual searches for Him through the streets of the city. At last, he finds journey is a process always Him in the temple, and worships Him. directed towards enlightenment. It is gradual and as we Helen Keller never regained her sight, but with the light of her progress along the way we gain heart, of her words and writings, she has enlightened and motivated many lives, which, thanks to her, emerged from the ever more insight into ourselves darkness of frustration and apparent uselessness. As Christians, we and into the Lord. If we engage can remember today that the waters of Baptism gave us life and with it seriously and sincerely, inner vision. Are our eyes able to see beyond outward the Lord will remove our lack of appearances? vision from us and one day we shall see Him face to face. Page Five March 30, 2014 Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta. — Salmo 23(22):1 Mensaje del Domingo Juan 9, 1– 41 “El hombre dijo: ‘Señor, yo creo’; y le adoró” ESTABA CIEGO Y AHORA VEO Jesús curó a un ciego de nacimiento. Le puso lodo en los ojos y le mandó irse a lavar a la piscina de Siloé. Al sentir el agua en su cara comenzó a ver (Juan 9,1-41). Hasta ese momento la vida de ese hombre se reducía a Comentarios pedir limosna, sin poder ver quien le ayudaba. del Párroco Ahora su vida cambió. Al principio no vió a Jesús, pero sintió su mano bondadosa acariciando su rostro con el barro de la tierra. Y cuando los líderes religiosos le preguntan, le hostigan y le insultan, él responde lleno de fe: “Una cosa yo sé: antes estaba ciego y ahora veo”. En el Evangelio de hoy vemos que un hombre, ciego de nacimiento, no conocía nada de Jesús anteriormente; pero después que se encuentra con él, toda su vida cambia, lo mismo que la perspectiva con que afronta las cosas. Su fe en Jesús y el hecho de aceptarle Hay una mujer maravillosa y famosa en los Estados Unidos. como su Señor hacen que él en Murió hace unos años y es un modelo de superación ante las dificultades. Se llama Helen Keller (1880-1968). No nació ciega, adelante ya no sea el mismo. pero a los 19 meses de nacer sufrió una terrible enfermedad que Pidamos al Señor que nos abra la dejó ciega y sordo-muda. Teniendo otras muchas cualidades, los ojos para ver los obstáculos ella se encerró en un mutismo total, solo interrumpido por gritos, que nos impiden creer en el que expresaban en forma confusa su frustración y su ira. conocimiento de Dios. A veces somos egoístas, estamos llenos Un día su maestra y amiga Annie Sullivan acercó la mano de de prejuicios, somos hipócritas Helen a un chorro de agua y le dijo muy despacio A-G-U-A. En o estamos faltos de compasión, aquel momento la niña asoció el sonido de la palabra con la por eso no vemos y somos experiencia de sentir la caricia del agua y aquí cambió su vida. incapaces de adorar a Dios, Helen Keller aprendió a leer y a escribir y llegó a ser una famosa escritora y conferenciante. como a El le gustaría. El Evangelio de hoy nos anima, al mismo tiempo que nos recuerda que nuestro camino de fe es siempre un proceso que lleva a la iluminación. Es algo progresivo; al mismo tiempo que avanzamos en el camino, nos vamos conociendo mejor a nosotros y al Señor. Si lo hacemos con ánimo sincero y serio, el Señor removerá nuestra falta de visión, hasta que un día podamos verle cara a cara. Con esta experiencia de Helen Keller podemos entender mejor la alegría que siente el ciego del Evangelio cuando comienza a ver al contacto de sus ojos con el agua. Jesús le hace el milagro de ver y él responde con el milagro de su amor y de su fe. Descubre que el “hombre a quien llaman Jesús” le ha curado. Le busca por las calles, le encuentra en el templo, le adora, se entrega a El. Helen Keller nunca recuperó la vista, pero con la luz de su corazón, de su palabra y de sus escritos ha iluminado y motivado muchas vidas que, gracias a ella, salieron de su frustración o aparente inutilidad. Como cristianos podemos recordar hoy que las aguas del Bautismo nos dieron vida y visión. ¿Cómo están nuestros ojos para ver más allá de las apariencias? Page Six Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma COLECTA ESPECIAL: 30 MARZO La Agencia de Ayuda Católica al exterior es la segunda en magnitud internacional en los Estados Unidos. Seamos generosos en este llamado annual de los Obispos Americanos para ayudar a otros países. Con este fin habrá una segunda colecta este domingo. March 30, 2014 VIACRUCIS Es una forma de recordar con amor y agradeci-miento lo mucho que Jesús sufrió por nosotros para salvarnos del pecado. Durante la Cuaresma tenemos un Viacrucis en Español, los viernes a las 5:00 P.M. en la iglesia. Todos están invitados. QUIERO VER, QUIERO CREER Están mis ojos cansados de tanto ver luz sin ver; por la oscuridad del mundo, voy como un ciego que ve. Tú, que diste vida al ciego y a Nicodemo también, filtra en mis secas pupilas dos gotas frescas de fe. Porque, Señor, yo te he visto y quiero volverte a ver, creo en Ti y quiero creer. Gerardo Diego ¿COMO RESPONDER ANTE UN INSULTO? La única manera digna de responder a un insulto es hacer caso omiso del mismo; trate de superarlo. Si no puede superarlo, tómelo con humor. Si no puede hacer nada de esto, quizá Ud. merezca el insulto. EL HOMBRE DESCUBRIRA EL FUEGO DE NUEVO “Llegará el día en que, después de haber dominado los vientos, las olas, el movimiento del mar y la gravedad, nosotros, apoyados en Dios, desarrollaremos las energías del amor; y entonces, por segunda vez en la Historia del Universo, el ser humano habrá descubierto el fuego”. Teilhard de Chardín CUANDO TU HIJO... te busque con su mirada, míralo; te tienda sus brazos, abrázalo; te busque con su boca, bésalo; te quiera hablar, escúchalo; se sienta desamparado, atiéndelo; se sienta solo, acompáñalo; te pida que lo dejes, déjalo; te pida volver, compréndelo; te pida jugar con él, juega con él; se sienta triste, consuélalo; esté luchando, anímalo; LA LEY Y EL AMOR pierda toda esperanza, “Quien pone sus ojos en la ley para medir la conducta de los demás solo consigue ver que todos son malos, menos él. Quien pone sus ojos en las necesidades y debilidades de los otros descubre lo mucho que puede hacer él por los demás y cómo Dios sonríe, compasivo, ante nuestras faltas”. aliéntalo. NO HABLES MAL DE OTROS “Las mentes grandes hablan de ideas. Las mentes promedio hablan de eventos. Las mentes pequeñas hablan de otras personas. Y las mentes nobles no hablan mal de nadie”.
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