St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church 9883 Marbach Road San Antonio, TX - PDF document

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church 9883 Marbach Road  San Antonio, TX 78245 Phone: 210-675-1920  Fax: 210-675-6067 Website: StRoseofLima.church Very Rev. Steven Gamez V.U., Pastor  Fr. Johnson Lê, Parochial Vicar Deacon Tony Lira  Deacon John Gearhart  Deacon Ricardo Villarreal Adoration and Benediction Mass Times Friday - 12:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday 12 noon English Reconciliation Schedule Saturday Sunday Monday 4:00 p.m. English 8:00 a.m. English 5 - 6 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Spanish 10:00 a.m. Spanish 12:00 p.m. English Friday 2:00 p.m. Spanish 11 - 11:45 a.m. & 3 - 6 p.m. Parish O Parish Offic ffice Hours: Hours: Monday Thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scan code for website Parish Ministries and Organizations ACTS Familias Unidas En Cristo Saturday Men’s Prayer Group Altar Servers Guadalupana Society Ministerio Caminando Con Jesus Altar Society Ministers of Hospitality Movimiento Familiar Cristiano Adult Bible Study Middle & High School Youth Groups Music Ministry Building Committee Knights of Columbus Council Pastoral Council Covenant of Love Knights of Columbus Assembly Peace-Life-Justice Group Columbiettes Lectors Prayer Chain Warriors CYO Sports Liturgy Committee ROSEFEST Committee Divine Mercy Cenacle Marriage Preparation Team English St. Vincent de Paul Society Extraordinary Ministers of Marriage Preparation Team Spanish Young Adults Holy Communion

St. Rose of Lima Parish Purpose/Mission Our sacred purpose at St. Rose of Lima Parish is to love and know Christ, to practice His teachings as revealed to His bride the Church in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. As Christ loves His bride, we will love one another in word and deed, perform works of mercy and live out compassionate forgiveness. We will welcome all to the house of our Father, and as a community of faith we will joyfully assist one another in attaining the promises of eternal life through our sharing as members of the One Body and the Sacramental Life. Scott Hahn Reflections Reflexiones de Scott Hahn Presentando el regalo: Scott Hahn reflexiona Presenting the Present: Scott Hahn Reflects sobre la Presentación del Señor: on the Feast of the Presentation: Today’s feast marks the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in La festividad que celebramos hoy es la Presentación del the Temple, forty days after he was born. As the firstborn, Señor en el Templo, ya cuarenta días después de su he belonged to God. According to the Law, Mary and nacimiento. Como primogénito, él le pertenecía a Dios. Joseph were required to take him to the Temple and Según la ley, a María y José les correspondía llevar al “redeem” him by paying five shekels. At the same time, niño al Templo y “redimirlo” pagando cinco monedas. Y a the Law required the child’s mother to offer sacrifice in su vez, la ley requería que la madre de la criatura hiciera order to overcome the ritual impurity brought about by una ofrenda de sacrificio para ser ritualmente purificada childbirth. después de su parto. So the feast we celebrate shows a curious turn of events. Es así que esta celebración nos muestra una serie de The Redeemer seems to be redeemed. She who is all- eventos algo curiosos. El Redentor que nos redimió pure presents herself to be purified. Such is the humility of parece ser redimido. Ella que es toda pura se presenta our God. Such is the humility of the Blessed Virgin. They para ser purificada. He ahí la humildad de Dios. He ahí la submit to the law even though they are not bound by it. humildad de la Santísima Virgen. Se someten a la ley aun no estando obligados a cumplirla. However, the Gospel story nowhere mentions Jesus’ “redemption,” but seems to describe instead a religious Otro detalle curioso es que en el evangelio no hay consecration, such as a priest might undergo. Saint Luke mención alguna de que Jesús haya sido “redimido”, más tells us that Jesus is “presented” in the Temple, using the bien este aconteciendo se describe como una same verb that Saint Paul uses to describe the offering of consagración religiosa, como la de un sacerdote. San a sacrifice. Another parallel is the Old Testament Lucas nos dice que Jesús fue “presentado” al Templo, dedication of Samuel to the Temple as a priest. empleando el verbo que San Pablo usa para describir la The drama surrounding Jesus’ conception and birth ofrenda de sacrificio. Otro paralelo se encuentra en la began in the Temple, when the Archangel visited Mary’s consagración en el Antiguo Testamento de Samuel como kinsman, Zechariah the priest. And now the story of sacerdote del Templo. Jesus’ infancy comes to a fitting conclusion, again in the El drama en torno a la concepción y nacimiento de Jesús Temple. comienza en el Templo, cuando el Arcángel visita al All the readings today concern Jerusalem, the Temple, pariente de María, el sacerdote Zacarías. Y ahora el and the sacrificial rites. The first reading comes from the relato de la Infancia de Jesús concluye apropiadamente Prophet Malachi, who called the priests to return to faithful de nuevo en el Templo. service, and foretold a day when a Messiah would arrive Las lecturas de hoy tienen que ver con Jerusalén, el with definitive purification of the priesthood. Templo, y los ritos del sacrificio. La primera lectura viene Likewise, the Psalm announces to Jerusalem that del profeta Malaquías, quien exhorta a los sacerdotes a Jerusalem is about to receive a great visitor. The Psalmist volver a la fidelidad del servicio sacerdotal y luego identifies him as “The LORD of hosts . . . the king of predice el día en que el Mesías llegará para la glory.” purificación definitiva del sacerdocio. Christ now arrives as the long-awaited priest and Así también, el Salmo anuncia a Jerusalén que ella está a redeemer. He is also the sacrifice. Indeed, as his life will punto de recibir una gran visita. El salmista identifica al show, He is the Temple itself. visitante como “El Señor de los ejércitos … el rey de la gloria.” Please Pray For... Es ahora que Cristo llega como el sacerdote y redentor tan anisadamente esperado. Es también Él mismo, el Yvonne De Leon, David & Sylvia Varela, Diana Casillas, mero sacrificio. Efectivamente, su vida nos mostrará Linda Flynn, Gus Morales, Margaret Serna, Dolores luego que Él es el mismísimo Templo. Orozco, Victoria Perez, Margie McMillan, Jose Martinez, Bert Sandoval, Jr., Jason Pesina, The Talamantez Family, Michael Angel Garcia, Patricia Cardona, Thomas Powers