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Our Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Community SERVED BY THE AUGUSTINIANS PASTOR: Fr. Alvin Paligutan, OSA ASSOCIATE PASTOR: Fr. Mark Menegatti, OSA In Residence: Fr. James Mott, OSA WEEKEND MASSES: RCIA & ADULT CONFIRMATION: BAPTISMS: WEEKDAY MASSES: QUINCEAÑERAS: CONFESSIONS: SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES: CONFIRMATION CLASSES: 2060 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 ~ (323) 664-2111 ~ www.omgcla.org School : 4622 Ambrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 ~ (323) 664-2131 ~ www.omgcschool.org I celebrate the Holy Father’s new DEL Celebro el nuevo Motu Proprio Motu Proprio Spiritus Domini Spiritus Domini del Santo Padre, where Pope Francis canonically donde el Papa Francisco abre opens the Ministry of Acolyte and canónicamente el Ministerio de Lector to Women. Rather than disregarding Acólita y Lectora a la Mujer. En lugar de ignorar the fact that women are already serving and el hecho de que las mujeres ya están sirviendo y reading, or suggesng that it has since been leyendo, o sugerir que desde entonces ha sido ilegı́timo, los laicos casi nunca se instalan en illegi mate, Lay persons are almost never installed into these Ministries of Lector and estos Ministerios de Lector y Acólito. Acolyte. ¿Cual es la diferencia? Esa es una What’s the difference? That is a pregunta que aún necesita relexión, y la queson that sll needs reflecon, and the implementación local deberá provenir de local implementaon will need to come from alguien más caliicado que yo. someone more qualified than I. Estas son algunas cosas que vale la pena These are a few things that are worth comprender para el contexto. Los Monasterios Medievales de hombres y mujeres designaron understanding for context. The Medieval varios Ministerios además de Abades, Monasteries of men and women designated Abadesas, Priores o Prioras. Aunque claramente various Ministries aside from Abbots, distintos del Ministerio Ordenado de Diáconos, Abbesses, Priors or Prioresses. Although Presbı́teros u Obispos, estos Ministerios fueron clearly disnct from the Ordained Ministry of designados a Monjes y Monjas para servir Deacons, Presbyters or Bishops, these durante las Celebraciones Litúrgicas de la Misa Ministries were designated to Monks and y Oicio Divino (oraciones comunitarias Nuns to serve during the Liturgical diarias). Por el Concilio de Trento, estos Celebraons of the Mass and Divine Office Ministerios, ası́ como otros Ministerios (daily community prayers). By the Council of Monásticos, fueron subsumidos en el Trent, these Ministries, as well as other Sacramento del Orden Sagrado. Fueron Monasc Ministries were subsumed into the tomados por la Iglesia para convertirse Sacrament of Holy Orders. They were seized by exclusivamente en un camino hacia el the Church to become exclusively a path to the sacerdocio. Priesthood. (continua en la pagina 2) (connued on page 2) The ChrisTmas season, one of The mosT highly anTiCipaTed liTurgiCal seasons of The ChurCh, has offiCially Come To a Close. We have reenTered inTo ordinary Time. The Word "ordinary" as used here is noT meanT To suggesT ThaT This period is plain or unremarkable. ordinary Time is a Time for groWTh and maTuraTion, a Time in WhiCh The mysTery of ChrisT is Called To peneTraTe ever more deeply inTo hisTory. The sundays and Weekdays of ordinary Time Take us Through The life of ChrisT. This is a Time of Conversion. This is living The life of ChrisT. Take This Time To pray, mediTaTe and deepen your faiTh. To assisT you on This journey Through ordinary Time, please visiT The pope’s missio WebsiTe link beloW WhiCh inCludes a page for you To begin a prayer journal. hTTps://WWW.missio.org (viene de la pagina 1) (from page 1) The Second Vacan Council restored El Concilio Vaticano II restauró la the Ancient disncon of Holy Orders, and distinción Antigua de las O rdenes Sagradas y designated the Ministry of Lectors and designó el Ministerio de Lectores y Acólitos para Acolytes for the lay faithful, as part of los ieles laicos, como parte del Bautismo Sacramental Bapsm rather than Sacramental Sacramental en lugar de la Ordenación Ordinaon. Yet, the outcome sll kept these Sacramental. Sin embargo, el resultado mantuvo Ministries in the Seminaries, and rarely were estos Ministerios en los Seminarios, y rara vez se Lay Men installed in these Ministries. instalaron Laicos en estos Ministerios. Many Bishops around the world Muchos Obispos de todo el mundo maniobraron para que mujeres y hombres maneuvered to have women and men serve sirvieran como lectores o monaguillos por una as lectors or altar servers by a temporary designación temporal. En la práctica, el designaon. In pracce, the result has sll resultado ha sido una inclusión en el Altar, been an inclusion at the Altar, even if the incluso si la instalación formal en estos formal installaon into these Ministries Ministerios no ocurre. doesn’t happen. Algunos Obispos han utilizado estos y Some Bishops have used these and otros Cánones que describen estos ministerios other Canons describing these ministries to para prohibir que las monaguillas o que las forbid having altar girls or having women read mujeres lean en la Misa. El Papa Francisco ha at Mass at all. Pope Francis has updated actualizado el Derecho Canónico para establecer Canon Law to state that all Women and Men que todas las Mujeres y Hombres pueden may become Ministerial Lectors and Acolytes, convertirse en Lectores Ministeriales y Acólitos, so that nobody may quote Canon Law against para que nadie pueda citar el Derecho Canónico women. contra las mujeres. There is sll more to be understood Aún hay más por entender sobre esto. Lo about this. What I can merely guess is that que puedo simplemente adivinar es que estos these ministries will be for adults. Also, many ministerios serán para adultos. Además, muchas people of all ages will sll legimately read at personas de todas las edades leerán Mass or serve at the altar, even though they legı́timamente en la Misa o servirán en el altar, are not Ministerial Acolytes or Lectors. I aunque no sean Acólitos Ministeriales o would also guess that those installed into Lectores. También supongo que aquellos these two ministries will be required a higher instalados en estos dos ministerios necesitarán level of intenonality and commitment than un mayor nivel de intencionalidad y compromiso those who step forward to help with reading que aquellos que dan un paso al frente para ayudar con la lectura y el servicio de manera and serving on a regular basis. regular. Fr. Mark Menega, O.S.A. Padre Mark Menegatti, O.S.A. Associate Pastor Pastor Asociado The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available on Saturdays, 11 AM - 12 PM in the N. Vermont parking lot. Look for signs or two blue tents. To ensure the privacy of Confessions, wait inside your vehicle or on the sidewalk, until one penitent completes his/ her Confession and leaves the parking lot. Safety measures apply - please wear a mask, practice social distancing and please, no lines for Confession. 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