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January 10 the Baptism of the Lord Nool.Us | (303) 469-5171 “THUS SAYS THE LORD: HERE IS MY SERVANT WHOM I UPHOLD, MY CHOSEN ONE WITH WHOM I AM PLEASED, UPON WHOM I HAVE PUT MY SPIRIT,” ISAIAH : January 10 The Baptism of the Lord Nnool.us | (303) 469-5171 Encouraged by her own tion, we must learn to look A LETTER experience, Teresa upon our weaknesses with persuaded others to culti- tender mercy.[12] vate devotion to Joseph.[9] The evil one makes us see FROM OUR […] and condemn our frailty, The greatness of Saint whereas the Spirit brings Joseph is that he was the Joseph saw Jesus grow it to light with tender love. spouse of Mary and the daily “in wisdom and in Tenderness is the best PRIESTS father of Jesus. In this years and in divine and way to touch the frailty way, he placed himself, in human favour” (Lk 2:52). As within us. Pointing fingers the words of Saint John the Lord had done with and judging others are Chrysostom, “at the Israel, so Joseph did with frequently signs of an service of the entire plan Jesus: he taught him to inability to accept our own of salvation”. walk, taking him by the weaknesses, our own hand; he was for him like a frailty. Only tender love Saint Paul VI pointed out father who raises an infant will save us from the that Joseph concretely to his cheeks, bending snares of the accuser (cf. expressed his fatherhood down to him and feeding Rev 12:10). That is why it is “by making his life a sacri- him (cf. Hos 11:3-4). so important to encounter ficial service to the mys- God’s mercy, especially in tery of the incarnation In Joseph, Jesus saw the the Sacrament of Recon- and its redemptive tender love of God: “As a ciliation, where we experi- purpose. He employed his father has compassion for ence his truth and tender- legal authority over the his children, so the Lord ness. Paradoxically, the FR. ACCURSIO Holy Family to devote has compassion for those evil one can also speak the himself completely to who fear him” (Ps 103:13). truth to us, yet he does so CIACCIO them in his life and work. only to condemn us. We He turned his human In the synagogue, during know that God’s truth vocation to domestic love the praying of the Psalms, does not condemn, but into a superhuman obla- Joseph would surely have instead welcomes, Dear Parishioners, tion of himself, his heart heard again and again that embraces, sustains and and all his abilities, a love the God of Israel is a God forgives us. That truth placed at the service of of tender love,who is good always presents itself to As you may know, recently the Messiah who was Pope Francis wrote a beauti- to all, whose “compassion us like the merciful father growing to maturity in his in Jesus’ parable (cf. Lk ful letter called Patris Corde, is over all that he has home”. made” (Ps 145:9). 15:11-32). It comes out to With a Father's Heart, on St. meet us, restores our Joseph. This letter describes Thanks to his role in salva- The history of salvation is dignity, sets us back on how St. Joseph was a good tion history, Saint Joseph worked out “in hope our feet and rejoices for father and describes the has always been venerat- against hope” (Rom 4:18), us, for, as the father says: ABOUTnature of fatherhood for all ed as a father by the through our weaknesses. “This my son was dead men. I want to invite all of Christian people. This is All too often, we think that and is alive again; he was you, and especially the shown by the countless God works only through lost and is found” (v. 24). fathers, to read the entire churches dedicated to our better parts, yet most him worldwide, the of his plans are realized in Even through Joseph’s document, which is fairly numerous religious Insti- short. Here is a little teaser. and despite our frailty. Thus fears, God’s will, his histo- tutes, Confraternities and Saint Paul could say: “To ry and his plan were at ecclesial groups inspired keep me from being too work. Joseph, then, teach- Have a great week, by his spirituality and elated, a thorn was given es us that faith in God Fr. Accu bearing his name, and the me in the flesh, a messen- includes believing that he many traditional expres- ger of Satan to torment me, can work even through our sions of piety in his honor. to keep me from being too fears, our frailties and our Innumerable holy men and elated. Three times I weaknesses. He also women were passionately appealed to the Lord about teaches us that amid the devoted to him. Among this, that it would leave me, tempests of life, we must them was Teresa of Avila, but he said to me: ‘My never be afraid to let the who chose him as her grace is sufficient for you, Lord steer our course. At advocate and intercessor, for power is made perfect times, we want to be in had frequent recourse to in weakness’” (2 Cor 12:7-9). complete control, yet God him and received whatev- always sees the bigger er graces she asked of Since this is part of the picture. N him. entire economy of salva- DAILY READINGS PARISH OFFICE DAY 1ST READING 2ND READING GOSPEL Location Sat 1/9 900 W. 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Luis Jaramillo by Ron and Chris Morrison by The Cloutier Family of the Wilk Family 8:30 † John Sunderman 4:00 † Janina and Alojzy Wegrzyn 9:30 † Mary Jane Collopy 9:30 † Nick Thomm by Linda Kent by The Wegrzyn Family by Carol Day by His Family 9:30 People of the Parish 5:00 Sister Rosa Lombardi Tuesday, January 12 11:00 † Ahna Mack by Cynthia Lombardi 7:00 † Robert Siurek Friday, January 15 by MIke Oakes by His Family 7:30 † Celia Garcia 12:00 † The Faithful Departed Sunday, January 10 9:30 Linda Siurek by Her Daughter of The John Paulsen Family 7:30 Intentions of by Her Family 9:30 † David Soenksen by Linda Kent The Wilk Family by Bette Dean 4:00 † Anne Watkins 8:30 June Curran Wednesday, January 13 by Colleen and Eric Rupp by John Curran 7:00 Ryan Siurek by Kim Saturday, January 16 5:00 Karen Moreira 9:30 People of the Parish 9:30 † Bobbie Mitchell 9:30 † Maria Marian Cwierz by The Family 11:00 Griffen Schowe by Her Daughter Kim by The Wegrzen Family by The Buzbee Family 4:00 † The Cloutier Family 12:00 † Josephine Logay 5:00 Magdalen Storey by Stacy
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