Second Week in Ordinary Time

Sunday, January 18, 2014

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 18, 2015

2015 Jan 18 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Sm 3: 3b-10. 19/ Ps 40: 2- 9. 10 / 1 Cor 6: 13-15, 17-20/ Jn1: 35-42 2015 Jan 19 Mon: Ordinary Weekday Heb 5: 1-10/ Ps 110: 1. 2. 3. 4/ Mk 2: 18-22 2015 Jan 20 Tue: Ordinary Weekday/ Fabian / Sebastian Heb 6: 10-20/ Ps 111: 1-2. 4-5. 9 and 10c/ Mk 2: 23-28 2015 Jan 21 Wed: Agnes Heb 7: 1-3. 15-17/ Ps 110: 1. 2. 3. 4/ Mk 3: 1-6 2015 Jan 22 Thu: Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of Unborn Children Heb 7: 25 -– 8: 6/ Ps 40: 7-8a. 8b-9. 10. 17/ Mk 3: 7-12 2015 Jan 23 Fri: Ordinary Weekday/ Marianne Cope, / Vincent Heb 8: 6-13/ Ps 85: 8 and 10. 11-12. 13-14/ Mk 3: 13-19 2015 Jan 24 Sat: Francis de Sales Heb 9: 2-3. 11-14/ Ps 47: 2-3. 6-7. 8-9/ Mk 3: 20-21 2015 Jan 25 SUN: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jon 3: 1-5. 10/ Ps 25: 4-9)/ 1 Cor 7: 29-31/ Mk 1: 14-20

Please pray for our brothers and sisters

Who Are Ill or in Pain: Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Mary Tamargo, George Shorb, Art McNulty, Lotte Cabral, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Dale Guinn, Bill & Joanne Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, John Beamon, Phil Mohardt, Jeanie Torr, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Ila Donovan, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Frank Danzart II, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Ed Copeland, Victoria Donnellan, Kevin O’Shea, Chuck Lee, Rosa Maria, Don LaPlante, Tom Joyce.

Who Have Been Called to Eternal Life: Shirley Segar†, mother of Guild Secretary, Sherilyn Parmeter. Mary Cloverdale

Upcoming Dates: Jan 22 Thurs- Catholicism, St. Hubert’s Hall 11:00 RSVP 3churchesecc@gmail.com or 707-486-9683 Jan 24 Walk for Life West Coast Feb 10 Wednesday St. Elizabeth’s Guild Mtg 1:00 PM St. Hubert’s Hall Feb 18 Ash Wednesday

Offerings: 1/3 – 1/4 St. Elizabeth: $1068 St. Catherine: $ 264 Thank You for your Generosity! St. Colman: $ 136 Total: $1,468

Mass Intentions: 1/20 9AM Bern Gerigk †, requested by Eleanor Gerigk 1/23 9AM Shirley Segar†, 2/3 5PM Bern Gerigk †, requested by Eleanor Gerigk in memory of our wedding anniversary 3/8 9AM Bill and Jo Powers, requested by Steve Powers

TODAY: “What are you looking for?” (Jn 1:38) There is no substitute in friendship for time; the more time we spend in conversation with God, the more deeply we know God. And the more God’s love animates us, the more we are able to offer ourselves to others around us with love. True love makes us unable to accept any other sort of relationship, because to know someone deeply is to see God in them and to wish for them the true freedom that comes from being a friend of God. Prayer: Place yourself with Andrew and Simon. Are you willing to follow and become a friend of Jesus? John W. Martens, AMERICA January 5-12, 2015 Issue. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rally for Life Sunday January 25th 200 PM – 4:00 PM at Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. This is a family friendly event with noted speakers, great music, and effective Prayer Walk for Life West Coast: Jan 23-25 in San Francisco. Visit http://www.walkforlifewc.com/ for information. Call Judy Parcher (707) 477-8937.

Deadline for Bulletin news items is Wednesday, 5PM. Email 3churchesecc@gmail.com or phone Irene Deem (707) 486-9683 *Input for TODAY comes from: http://americamagazine.org/content/the-word/finding-friend

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PASTOR’S DESK The artist, Benjamin West, explains how his career as a successful and important painter began. When he was still a boy, his mother went out on an errand and left him in charge of his little sister, Sally. It was then that young Benjamin discovered several bottles of his mother's colored ink. He opened the bottles and proceeded to create Sally's portrait. Before long, a big mess had developed, with ink spilled everywhere. And when Ben heard his mother arriving back home, fearing the worst, he hid himself in a dark corner under the stairs. Ben's mother looked at the awful mess and said nothing. Then, with Sally's portrait in hand she looked for Ben. When she found him in his hiding place, she glanced at the portrait and said, "Why it's Sally!" And then she kissed Ben. "And ever since that day," said Benjamin West, "my mother's encouraging kiss, in the dark made me a painter." What a lovely story of encouragement and love — and most of us wish we could be like that as a parent as well as a disciple of Christ. Sometimes in our own life we tried to do good like the young Benjamin, but instead of getting encouraged we end up being put down or chastised. I want you to look around in our PARISH and our COMMUNITY as an experiment and list down how often do you encouraged and how often you chastised, or how often do you build and how often you tear down people. After a month of this listing you will know what person you are. Are you a builder or are you a person that “tears down.” It is ironic that whenever hear such story, as of young Benjamin, it lifts up our spirit, does it not? Why, then don’t people do that? Just a note of gratitude for those who cleaned and put away the Christmas decoration, you are just quite an angel! Peace and Blessings! Fr. Luis

The Last Supper painted by Benjamin West, American painter 1738-1820. Commissioned by George III and presented by him in 1786 to Saint George's Chapel, Windsor. Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Liturgical Music Corner by our Music Director, Rebecca Brown Jan 18, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Entrance antiphon: “All the earth shall bow down before you, O God, and shall sing to your name, O Most High!” Today we hear God calling to Samuel, who answers, “Speak, for your servant is listening”. In today’s Gospel, Andrew takes his brother Simon to see Jesus, saying, “We have found the Messiah”. Jesus renames him “Cephas”, which means “Peter”. Peter became our first Pope in a long line of popes which is unbroken to this day, Let us not be afraid to respond to the call of Jesus to spread the good news throughout all the earth! Songs for the 9 am Mass: Processional Hymn: All the Ends of the Earth (BB #554) Psalm 40: Here I am, Lord, I come to do your will. Preparation of the Gifts: Here I Am, Lord (BB # 378 ) Communion Song: Speak Lord (BB # 603 ) Recessional Song: Sent Forth By God’s Blessing (BB #385 ) BB = Breaking Bread SS = Song sheets Today we return to Ordinary Time until Ash Wednesday, which falls on Feb. 18th. There are many beautiful songs in the new Breaking Bread hymnals. We are looking forward to introducing them and praying / singing them together! Humor Why Go to Church? One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, "I'm not going." "Why not?" she asked. I'll give you two good reasons," he said. "(1) They don't like me, and (2), I don't like them." His mother replied, "I'll give you two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church: (1) You're 49 years old, and (2) You're the pastor!"

The CATHOLICISM series resumes Thursday, Jan 22 at 11:00 AM in St. Hubert’s Hall. We are breaking the lessons in to half hour segments, followed by discussion and a light lunch. Please RSVP to Irene at (707) 486-9683 or email her at 3churchesecc@gmail.com. “Catholicism” is a very beautiful combination of theology, meditations and cinematography, visiting Catholic cathedrals, hospitals and social programs of the Catholic Church. Feedback we get is “I have been a Catholic all my life. I think I already know this.” It is true you may already know the material (although Fr. Baron is a professor of theology and rector/president at Mundelein Seminary, so it would really be quite remarkable if you did) but the experience is one of reflection, celebration, moments of joy and inspiration, and discussion of how we lay members can help in restoring the Catholic Church. Fr. Baron encourages us to move beyond the political matrix of conservatism/liberalism and live a deeper and richer understanding of our faith. Another benefit of attending is fellowship. It is sometimes very helpful to hear another parishioner describe his experience, or discuss an issue in his own words. If you only exercised once a week would that work? Please give it a try.