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Sunday September 29, 2019 905 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA www.stjamescatholic.org 703-532-8815 Clergy Very Rev. Paul D. Scalia, Pastor Rev. Joseph Vu, Parochial Vicar Sunday Rev. Steven Oetjen, Parochial Vicar Rev. José E. Hoyos, Hispanic Apostolate* September 29, 2019 Rev. Denis Tameh, In Residence Rev. Gregory Thompson, In Residence Deacon James A. Fishenden Deacon Edward Gliot Rectory Office 905 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA, 22046 Phone: 703-532-8815; Fax: 703-533-7644 [email protected] Religious Education Phone: 703-533-1182x104 Sr. Regina Rosarii McLallen, IHM, Director [email protected] *Hispanic Apostolate 200 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203 703-841-3883 Ministry to the Sick If anyone is confined to their house or the hospital, please call 703-532-8815x130 Sr. Margaret John Stichter, IHM, Director [email protected] School 830 W. Broad Street, Falls Church, VA, 22046 Phone: 703-533-1182; Fax: 703-532-8310 Sr. Mary Sue Carwile, IHM, Principal [email protected] ________________________________________________________________________________________________ MASS SCHEDULE: Federal Holidays: FIRST FRIDAYS: CONFESSIONS: Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm 6:30am and 8:30am only Exposition: 9:00 - 11:45am Friday: 11:15 - 11:45am Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, Holy Days: 7:30pm Vigil Benediction of the Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30pm & 10:30am, 12:00 noon, and 6:30am, 8:30am, 12:00 noon Blessed Sacrament: 7:30 - 8:00pm and by appt. 7:00pm and 7:30pm 11:45am RECTORY HOURS: Spanish Mass: 2:30pm Eucharistic Holy Hour: Weekdays 9:00am– 9:00pm Daily: 6:30am, 8:30am & Sunday: 5:00pm (closed 12:45 - 1:30pm) 12:00 noon Third Thursdays: 7:00pm Saturday 9:00am - 1:30pm Saturday: 8:30am St. James Catholic Church Rectory Staff On The Way RECTORY OFFICE Practical Holiness: Lectio Divina 905 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA, 22046 Phone: 703-532-8815; Fax: 703-533-7644 Essential to growth in the Christian life is the regular [email protected] reading of Sacred Scripture. Now, we read Scripture differently than we read anything else. Many people Jean Gliot, Pastor’s Assistant/Office Manager become frustrated with the Bible because they try to read it [email protected] as they would a history book, novel, or user’s manual. The Child protection and safety coordinator Bible, while coming to us in human poetry and prose, differs from all other literature because it is the very Word Ginny Beauchamp, Records Manager of God. So we should study the Bible. But God has given [email protected] us Scripture most of all for spiritual growth not merely Sacramental records, baptisms, registrations, address intellectual interest. changes and room reservations The best way to use Scripture for this growth is the ancient practice of lectio divina (literally, “divine Judy Burke, Receptionist reading”). As the name indicates, lectio divina is not [email protected] reading the Bible for interest or study. Rather, it is the slow and deliberate praying with Scripture. It involves choosing Volunteer Coordinators a passage of scripture (perhaps one of the readings for the [email protected] day’s Mass; nothing too long) and reading through it according to four steps: lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio. Rich Blickendorfer, Business Manager Lectio (reading) is the first and most straight [email protected] forward step. In Scripture God’s message is communicated through the words, images, phrases, and genres of human Kara Rider, Accounting Specialist writing. The spiritual meanings of Scripture all flow from [email protected] this literal sense — that is, what the human author intends. In lectio we read over the passage several times simply to Duane Hyland, Communications Specialist grasp this most immediate, surface meaning. In this regard [email protected] a trustworthy biblical commentary can be helpful. Meditatio (meditation) is the thorough reflection Anne Rohall-Andrade, St. James Disability on what we have read. This process is sometimes likened Inclusion Committee Liaison to a cow chewing its cud. Granted, not the most flattering [email protected] or 202-841-3489 image. But it gets to the point: we are to turn the words over in our mind again and again as we try to understand their meaning more deeply. Here we can also engage our Convent imagination, to “see” the scene in our mind. This brings us 101 N. Spring Street, Falls Church, VA. 22046 from the surface, immediate meaning of the passage to a 703-532-2388 deeper, more interior one. Sister Mary Sue Carwile, IHM, Superior Oratio (prayer) is the logical next step. Meditation makes us appreciate God’s truth, goodness, love, mercy, Music Ministry beauty, etc. Prayer is our response to what we have Dan Day, Director learned. This can include prayers of gratitude for what has been revealed, sorrow for our sins, and petition for the [email protected] grace to respond better. Contemplatio (contemplation). Our words, Youth Ministry because they are insufficient, must come to an end. Then Fr. Steven Oetjen we realize that even more important than our response of [email protected] prayer is simply resting in the Lord Himself. Contemplation is being present to God and at peace in His presence. Of course, this spiritual practice takes discipline and planning. A specific time should be set aside when we can give 15 to 30 minutes to it. The church is always a good place for this kind of prayer. But when possible it is good Bulletin Deadline: Friday at 9:00am to set aside a specific place in the home where one can 10 days before Sunday publication date peacefully and without interruption. Via website form posted under Next Week: The Rosary - Fr. Scalia Events/Bulletin/Bulletin Submissions. No emails please. Page 2 September 29, 2019 Stewardship Notices from St. James The Poor Man Named Lazarus In today’s Gospel, through the story of the poor 2019 Annual Report Arriving This man named Lazarus, Christs reminds us that our Week faith should not be dependent on physical signs, such as a dead person appearing to us to urge us Our 2019 Annual Report will be arriving to repent our ways, but rather that we have all in your mailboxes this week and will we need, in scripture and in Church teachings be published in its entirety in next week's to enable and sustain our faith. He urges us bulletin. Take time to read how your to read scripture, to learn from it, and to live our support, service and sacrifice impacted the lives according to it. Christ also reminds us that lives of our parish family as well as those of us who have more should charitably our brothers and sisters beyond give to those who have less. That we must not Park Avenue. At the Masses on October 5 ignore the suffering in our midst, but, if we wish and 6, Father Scalia will speak to us about to find salvation, we must take steps to help the important role we all play in alleviate it. Each of us can make the supporting our parish as well as the difference in the life of another, whether by mission of the Church. giving food to our food pantry or taking time to volunteer for our Meals on Wheels program or by taking an active role in one of our over 20 Rosary to Be Prayed After 8:30am ministries that serve St. James parish and the Masses on Fridays and Saturdays residents of Falls Church. Get involved! Give generously of yourselves! Read and follow Starting Friday, October 4, and Saturday, the scriptures. But, most of all, put your October 5, and on all Fridays and unshakeable faith in Christ. Saturdays thereafter, the Rosary will be recited after the 8:30am Mass. Please attend and engage in this powerful prayer to Mary for her intercession for us sinners. New Bulletin Look Coming - Weekend of October 5 Starting next weekend, October 5, our weekly bulletin will have a new look as we are switching publishers from J.S. Paluch to LPi Inc. With the new On Vacation? Traveling for business? publisher you will see a higher paper Your stewardship of Saint James can quality and sharper graphics. We hope that continue while you’re away…and when you will enjoy the new look. If you have you return! Faith Direct has you covered. any questions about the new bulletin, Easy. Secure. Convenient. please contact Duane Hyland at www.faithdirect.net [email protected]. Parish Id: VA50 Page 3 September 29, 2019 The Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Readings Saturday, September 28 St. Wenceslaus, St. Lawrence Ruiz and First Reading — Woe to the complacent, stretched com- Companions, Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday fortably on their couches! (Amos 6:1a, 4-7). 5:00 p.m. +Dr. Jose T. Garcia and the Deceased Psalm — Praise the Lord, my soul! (Psalm 146). Members of the Garcia Family Second Reading — Pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11-16). Sunday, September 29 Gospel — There was a rich man who dined sumptuously Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time each day. Lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus 7:30 a.m. +Ambrosio Tacaraya (Luke 16:19-31). 9:00 a.m. +Thomas McVey 10:30 a.m. Ntengwe Bagenda Family Noon +Fred Graham The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International 2:30 p.m. +Guillermina Amurrio Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. 7:00 p.m. People of St. James Monday, September 30 Readings for the Week Saint Jerome 6:30 a.m. +Father of Joseph Smith Monday: Zec 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; 8:30 a.m.
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