211 Present Street, Missouri City, TX 77489, Phone: 281-969-7236 |Weekly Bulletin Vol. 16 No. 23 June 09, 2013 4th Sunday of period of Apostles CHURCH SCHEDULE Holy Mass June– the month of Sacred Heart of Sunday: 9:00 AM (Malayalam) (No English Mass until Sept 1st, Sunday) Monday - Thursday: 8:30 AM Friday: 7:00 PM Novena to St. Joseph, our Saturday: 9:00 AM Novena to our Mother of Perpetual Help

Eucharistic Adoration & Night Vigil Every 1st Friday Starting with the Holy Mass @ 7:00 PM Confession Before and after weekday Masses

Charismatic Prayer on Saturdays Adult’s Prayer: at Bl. JP II Home @ 5:00 PM Kids’ Prayer: @ 5:00 PM Jesus Youth Prayer: @ 5:00 PM

CCE Classes (No CCE classes until Sept 1st, Sunday) Contact Information Office: 281-969-7236 Vicar: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy Tel: 281 904 6622 Email: [email protected] Trustees: Augustine Vaniapurackal - 832-692-3456 John Babu - 832-520-9500 Jose Uthirakulath - 832-233-1480 Joy Chencheril - 832-577-6375

“But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. “ John 16:13 Parish Council

Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar) 281 904 6622 1. Augustine Vaniapurackal -Trustee & ward member - St. Agnes-Lake Olympia & Lake Shore 832-692-3456 2. John Babu -Trustee 832-520-9500 3. Jose Uthirakulathu -Trustee 832-233-1480 4. Joy Chencheril -Trustee & ward member - St. Sebastian- Alief, Sugar Land, Katy 832-577-6375 5. Lisamma Joseph - Ward member - St. Antony's - Stafford 832-576-2136 6. Sunil Kurian - Ward member - St. Augustine-Sugar Land & Missouri City 281-450-4669 7. Vinoy Kurian - Ward member - St. Elizabeth - Riverstone & Colony Lakes 832-886-2566 8. Biju George-Ward member-St. Mathew-New Territory, Telfair, Sugar Land, Avalon Villages 832-455-9005 9. George Joseph - Ward member - St. George - Sharpstown & Westbury 281-844-0048 10. James Viruthukulangara-Ward member-St. Alphonsa-Sienna, Missouri City North, Alvin 713-530-8026 11. Bobby Joseph - Ward member - St. Thomas – Creek Stone 713-972-2620 12. Roychen Joseph - Ward member - Blessed Chavara-North Shore & Spring 713-478-9573 13. Bose Kurian - Nominated member 832-545-0054 14. Jose Manakalathil - Nominated member 281-731-4570 15. Salby Vincent - Nominated member 281-818-3733 Saint Joseph, 16. Sabeena Roncy - Nominated member 832-475-9962 17. Stacy Ouseph - Nominated member 832-453-5260 our Patron saint, 18. Anoop Kudakasseril - CCE staff member 832-684-5392 19. Geo Thayil - SJYAL member 281-630-8185 Pray for us! 20. Manju Maliekkal - Church Organizations 832-656-6335 21. Rev. Sr. Alphin MSMI - Pastoral Services 832-287-2926 22. Paul Joseph - Pastoral Council member 281-728-3222 23. Jessy Kurian - Pastoral Council member 281-857-6572

OFFERTORY “P\]Z§tf, DZvtLmjn¡phn³; alXzhpw iIvXnbpw IÀ¯mhnt³d sX¶v DZvtLmjn¡phn³. IÀ¯mhns³d \ma¯n\p tNÀ¶hn[w AhnSps¯ alXzs¸Sp¯phn³; ImgvNIfpambn AhnSps¯ A¦W¯n {]thin¡phn³. “ k¦oÀ¯\§Ä 96: 7,8 Building Fund Weekly/Monthly Contribution 6/02/2013 Sunday $100.00 $4,478.00 St. Joseph Feast St. Sebastian - Kazhunne/Ambu nercha Collection 6/02/2013 Sunday $1,258.00 $2,599.00 Liturgical Calendar, June 09, 2013 June 09, Sunday: 4th Sunday of Apostles ALTAR SERVERS 1st Reading: Is 1:10-20 Uproot the evil by doing good 2nd Reading: 1Cor 9:19-27 (9:13-27) Run for the crown that will last for ever Gospel: Lk 6:27-36 (6:12-46) Win over evil by doing good June 16, Sunday June 10, Monday 1st Reading: Rom 5:1-5 Rewards of righteousness Gospel: Mt 5:13-20 You are the salt of the earth and light of the world Malayalam Mass @ 9:00 AM June 11, Tuesday; Feast of St. Barnabas, the Apostle 1st Reading: Gal 2:1-10 Barnabas with Paul Sam Kurian, Kurian Pannapara Gospel: Mt 10:16-22 Give testimony to Christ before the Gentiles June 12, Wednesday 1st Reading: Eph 4:1-6 Maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace Gospel: Jn 15:11-17 Love one another as I have love you LECTORS June 13, Thursday; Feast of St. Anthony of Padua 1st Reading: 1Cor 2:1-10 Wisdom is the power of God’s Spirit Gospel: Lk 10:1-9 Pray to the Lord of harvest June 14, Friday June 16, Sunday 1st Reading: Col 2:20-23 A new life in Jesus Christ Gospel: Mt 11:1-6 Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me June 15, Saturday Malayalam Mass @ 9:00 AM 1st Reading: 1Cor 3:1-9 You are the field and home of God Gospel: Lk 8:4-15 The word that is sowed 1st reading: Babu Chacko June 16, Sunday: 5th Sunday of Apostles 2nd reading: Jessy Manakalathil 1st Reading: Is 1:21-31 Zion shall be redeemed by justice 2nd Reading: 1Cor 14:1-12 (14:1-19) Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts Gospel: Lk 12:22-34 (12:16-34) Depend in the providence of God No English Mass until Sept 1st, Sunday

Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar , Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013 Holy Father's catechesis (2013-06-05 Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, 06/05/2013. This Wednesday Pope Francis dedicated his general audience with thousands of pilgrims and visitors to St Peter’s square to the UN World Environment Day. Below, please find Vatican Radio's English translation of the Holy Father's catechesis. Counter a culture of waste with solidarity Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today I want to focus on the issue of the environment, which I have already spoken of on several occasions. Today we also mark World Environment Day, sponsored by the United Nations, which sends a strong reminder of the need to eliminate the waste and disposal of food. When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that God placed man and woman on earth to cultivate and care for it (cf. 2:15). And the question comes to my mind: What does cultivating and caring for the earth mean? Are we truly cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we ex- ploiting and neglecting it? The verb "to cultivate" reminds me of the care that the farmer has for his land so that it bear fruit, and it is shared: how much attention, passion and dedication! Cultivating and caring for creation is God’s indication given to each one of us not only at the beginning of history; it is part of His project; it means nurturing the world with responsibil- ity and transforming it into a garden, a habitable place for everyone. Benedict XVI recalled several times that this task en- trusted to us by God the Creator requires us to grasp the rhythm and logic of creation. But we are often driven by pride of domination, of possessions, manipulation, of exploitation; we do not “care” for it, we do not respect it, we do not consider it as a free gift that we must care for. We are losing the attitude of wonder, contemplation, listening to creation; thus we are no longer able to read what Benedict XVI calls "the rhythm of the love story of God and man." Why does this happen? Why do we think and live in a horizontal manner, we have moved away from God, we no longer read His signs. But to "cultivate and care" encompasses not only the relationship between us and the environment, between man and crea- tion, it also regards human relationships. The Popes have spoken of human ecology, closely linked to environmental ecolo- gy. We are living in a time of crisis: we see this in the environment, but above all we see this in mankind. The human per- son is in danger: this is certain, the human person is in danger today, here is the urgency of human ecology! And it is a seri- ous danger because the cause of the problem is not superficial but profound: it is not just a matter of economics, but of eth- ics and anthropology. The Church has stressed this several times, and many say, yes, that's right, it's true ... but the system continues as before, because it is dominated by the dynamics of an economy and finance that lack ethics. Man is not in charge today, money is in charge, money rules. God our Father did not give the task of caring for the earth to money, but to us, to men and women: we have this task! Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the "culture of waste." If you break a computer it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs, the dramas of so many people end up becoming the norm. If on a winter’s night, here nearby in Via Ottaviano, for example, a person dies, that is not news. If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way! Yet these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten point drop on the stock markets of some cities, is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop ten points it is a tragedy! Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash. This "culture of waste" tends to become the common mentality that infects everyone. Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet useful - such as the un- born child - or no longer needed - such as the elderly. This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world, unfortunately, many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Once our grandparents were very careful not to throw away any leftover food. Con- sumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters. We should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on the problem of thrown away and wasted food to identify ways and means that, by seriously addressing this issue, are a vehicle of solidarity and sharing with the needy. A few days ago, on the Feast of Corpus Christi, we read the story of the miracle of the loaves: Jesus feeds the crowd with five loaves and two fishes. And the conclusion of the piece is important: " They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets" (Lk 9:17). Jesus asks his disciples not to throw any- thing away: no waste! There is this fact of twelve baskets: Why twelve? What does this mean? Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel, which symbolically represent all people. And this tells us that when food is shared in a fair way, with soli- darity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology walk together. So I would like us all to make a serious commitment to respect and protect creation, to be attentive to every person, to coun- ter the culture of waste and disposable, to promote a culture of solidarity and of encounter. Thank you.

Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013 PARISH CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES & EVENTS TO REMEMBER June June 9th, Sunday Graduation Day

July - August Vacation Bible School July 31, August 1 &2 September Sept 21st, Saturday Onam Celebration - Onasadhya and Cultural Program at St. Thomas Orthodox Hall October October 5th, Saturday Church Picnic at Kitty Hollow Park, Missouri City. October 20th, Sunday 10th Year Anniversary Celebration of our Parish. November November 3rd, Sunday Church Bazar ***** VBS - 2013 ***** Vacation Bible School on July 31, August 1 &2 Registration will begin soon!!!!!!

Saint Anthony Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death. There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the Catholic Church than Saint Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. Though his work was in Ita- ly, he was born in Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian Order and then left it and joined the Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26 years old. The reason he became a Franciscan was because of the death of the five Franciscan protomartyrs -- St. Bernard, St. Peter, St. Otho, St. Accursius, and St. Adjutus -- who shed their blood for the Catholic Faith in the year 1220, in Morocco, in North Africa, and whose headless and mutilated bodies had been brought to St. Anthony’s monastery on their way back for burial. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years after joining the Franciscan Order. So simple and resounding was his teaching of the Catholic Faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might understand it, that he was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is called the “hammer of the Heretics” His great protection against their lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. When St. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at every moment.

Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013 The WORD OF GOD of Peace and Comfort Matthew 22:37-38

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. “ 1John 1:9 “If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just Leviticus 19:18 and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every “Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love wrongdoing.” your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.” 1 Cor 19-20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple Romans 13:1-2 of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have “Let every person be subordinate to the from God, and that you are not your own? For higher authorities, for there is no authority you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, except from God, and those that exist have glorify God in your body.” been established by God. Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has ap- 1Timothy 6:9 pointed, and those who oppose it will bring “Those who want to be rich are falling into judgment upon themselves. “ temptation and into a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge James 2:8 them into ruin and destruction.” “If you fulfill the royal law accord-

ing to the scripture, “You shall love Colossians 3:12-13 your neighbor as yourself,” you are “...as God’s chosen ones, holy and doing well.” beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness,

humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing Matthew 7: 1-2 with one another and forgiving one “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. another, if one has a grievance against For as you judge, so will you be judged, and another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so the measure with which you measure will be must you also do.” measured out to you.”

Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013 Saintly Wisdom Spiritual Reflection Christ himself, the true God, “It is in giving is set before us as our food. away; not in by Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest receiving that I (Opusculum 57, in festo Corporis Christi, lect. 1-4) find joy.” Since it was the will of God’s only- Saint Alphonsa begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our "Actions speak louder nature in order that by becoming man he might make than words; yet we are men gods. He offered his body to God the Father on full of words but empty the altar of the cross as a sacrifice for our reconcilia- of actions. Therefore tion. He shed his blood for our ransom and purification, we are cursed by the so that we might be redeemed from our wretched state Lord, since he himself of bondage and cleansed from all sin. But to ensure cursed the fig tree that the memory of so great a gift would abide with us when he found no fruit for ever, he left his body as food and his blood as drink but only leaves." for the faithful to consume in the form of bread and Saint Anthony of Padua wine. Under the old law it was the flesh of calves and goats that was offered, but here Christ himself, the true God, "The love of all is set before us as our food. No other sacrament has mothers together greater healing power; through it sins are purged is but a shadow away, virtues are increased, and the soul is enriched compared to the with an abundance of every spiritual gift. It is offered in love Mary has for the Church for the living and the dead, so that what each one of us." was instituted for the salvation of all may be for the Saint Alphonsus Liguori benefit of all.

FEAST DAYS SAINT OF THE WEEK : St. Germaine Cousin June 09,Sun: St. Ephrem Feast Day: June 15 June 10,Mon: St. Getulius St. Germaine Cousin was physically abused by everyone in her June 11,Tue: St. Barnabas life, including her mother and siblings. She was very sickly and was June 12,Wed: St. John of Sahagun made to sleep in the barn. As she grew older, her relationship with God June 13,Thu: St. Anthony of Padua deepened. She attended Holy Mass daily no matter what the conditions. June 14,Fri: St. Methodius I God even parted a swollen river to allow her to pass so she could attend June 15,Sat: St. Germaine Cousin Mass. He also protected her flock while she was away. With all the evidence of her holiness, her life was too simple and hidden to mean much beyond her tiny village -- until God brought it too light again. When her body was exhumed forty years later, it was found to be undecayed, what is known as incorruptible. As is often the case with incorruptible bodies of saints, God chooses not the outwardly beautiful to preserve but those that others despised as ugly and weak. It's as if God is saying in this miracle that human ideas of beauty are not his. To him, no one was more beautiful than this humble lonely young woman. After her body was found in this state, the villagers started to speak again of what she had been like and what she had done. Soon miracles were attributed to her intercession and the clamor for her began. In this way, the most unlikely of saints became recognized by the Church. She didn't found a religious order. She didn't reach a high Church post. She didn't write books or teach at universities. She didn't go to foreign lands as a missionary or convert thousands. What she did was live a life devoted to God and her neighbor no matter what happened to her. And that is all God asks.

Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013 Rexband is the first Catholic band from the Indian subcontinent to be invited to the World Youth Day performance in 2002 at Toronto. From then, they have been consistently invit- ed for the later World Youth days in 2005 at Cologne, in 2008 at Sydney and in 2011 held at Madrid. It was established in the late 1980s and early 1990s by a group of young musi- cians who experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus through the Jesus Youth movement. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) REXBAND invites you to Experience a life changing Encounter with JESUS our LORD!!

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Read this bulletin online: www.stjosephhouston.org | Published by: Rev. Fr. Jacob Christy (Vicar, St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church, Missouri City, TX) | June 09, 2013