Florian Staffed by the Discalced Carmelite Friars 1233 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3615

January 17, 2021 ~ The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH STAFF WEEKEND MASSES Served by the Discalced Carmelite Friars 383-3565, ext. 2 Saturday (Anticipated) ...... 4:00 p.m. Email ...... [email protected] Sunday ...... 8:00 a.m. Secretary: Jacqueline Wick DAILY MASSES (in the Main Church at this time) Maintenance: Rivest Monday - Friday ...... 5:00 p.m.

ST. FLORIAN PARISH OFFICE followed by Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction until 6:30 p.m. 1210 South 45 Street, West Milwaukee, WI 53214-3614 Evening before Holy Day (Anticipated) Phone ...... 383-3565, ext. 0 ...... 7:00 p.m. Fax ...... 383-2708 (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Anticipated Holy Days) Email ...... [email protected] Holy Day ...... 8:00 a.m. Website ...... www.stflorian.org (No 5:00 p.m. Daily Mass on Holy Days) (Daily Masses or Holy Day Masses subject to change.) PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS

(The Parish Office is closed on Fridays & Holidays.) Please contact Fr. at the Parish Office if you are PASTORAL COUNCIL interested in a private Confession at this time. Chairperson: Kate Klister ...... 350-9217 Vice Chair: Sue Jens ...... 328-4042 HELPING HANDS

Trustee/Secretary: Russell Miller.... 671-2385 Outreach for the elderly and the homebound. Trustee/Treasurer: Sandy Kania...... 672-0364 Elaine Croft...... 615-7124

MUSIC DIRECTORS MARY QUEEN OF CATHOLIC ACADEMY

Joseph Carpenter - 4:00 p.m. Sat. choir…..430-3425 (our Parish Cluster School) Diane Bersch - 8:00 a.m. Sun. choir……...541-8109 1227 South 116 Street • West Allis, WI 53214 476-0751 CHRISTIAN FORMATION OFFICE Jen Vega, Principal • Email: [email protected] Within St. Rita Parish, 2318 South 61 Street , West Allis, WI 53219 School Website: mqsca.org High School/Confirmation Program Email for Registration Information: [email protected] RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults RCIC-Rite of Christian Initiation of Children Jesus turned and Contact the DRE - Director of Religious Education, saw them Barbara Krieger...... 541-7515, ext. 16 following him SACRAMENTS and said to them, Baptism Parish registration and parental instruction required. “What are you Please contact the parish office. looking for?” Marriage Please arrange for a date and instructions at least six They said to him, months in advance at the parish office. “Rabbi”—which Parish registration is required. Anointing of the Sick translated means Please contact Fr. Elijah at the Parish Office if you are Teacher— interested in a private Anointing at this time. “where are you PARISH MEMBERSHIP staying?” Each family or single adult 18 years old or older living at home or alone is invited and expected to be He said to them, registered in our parish family at the parish office. “Come, and you Please call the parish office to register. will see.” “Please Remember St. Florian Parish in your Will.” ~ John 1:38-39a The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - January 17, 2021 January 16, 2021 Readings for the week of January 17, 2021

through Sun: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 [8a, 9a]/ January 24, 2021 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/Jn 1:35-42 Mon: Heb 5:1-10/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 2:18-22 Sat., Jan. 16 - Anticipated Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Tues: Heb 6:10-20/Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c [5]/ 4:00 p.m. † Alvin & † Theresa Sidabras Mk 2:23-28

Sun., Jan. 17 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Wed: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 3:1-6 8:00 a.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish Thurs: Heb 7:25—8:6/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/

Mon., Jan. 18 - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity & Mk 3:7-12 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Fri: Heb 8:6-13/Ps 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [11a]/ 5:00 p.m. In Honor of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden Mk 3:13-19 by Cathy Sat: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Mk 3:20-21 Next Sun: Jon 3:1-5, 10/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/ Tues., Jan. 19 - Weekday 1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20 5:00 p.m. In Honor of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden by C.J. INSPIRING QUOTE

Wed., Jan. 20 - SS. Fabian, & Sebastian, both Martyrs “The time is always right to do what is right.” 5:00 p.m. In Honor of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden by Barbara ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thurs., Jan. 21 - St. Agnes, & Martyr CATHOLIC QUOTE 5:00 p.m. In Honor of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden for Cathy’s Intentions

Fri., Jan. 22 - Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 5:00 p.m. Carmelite Perpetual Mass Union

Sat., Jan. 23 - Anticipated Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. The Parishioners of St. Florian Parish

Sun., Jan. 24 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. † Josephine & † Joseph Fuys ETERNAL FLAME January 16 - January 22, 2021

In loving memory of:

† Mary Ann Koc CALENDAR RAFFLE WINNER January 12, 2021

$25 - Barb Cychosz GOSPEL MEDITATION — ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE Our faith is not just about ideas. It’s The example and teaching of Jesus, The Gospel is hard to follow. We can really about having an encounter with the lives of the saints, those living intellectually debate whether what Jesus God and, in particular, the Risen Christ! among us and those glorified in heaven, said is really what we are asked to do. Once we give ourselves over to the and the wonder and beauty of creation The Gospel ideas do not always make notion of God’s presence, we have to can all serve to help us listen more sense in our practical, secular world. train ourselves to listen for God’s voice clearly and assist in positioning The person of God always does. We and be attentive to God’s call. Having ourselves for this profound God can debate the practicality and sense of companions on our faith journeys is so meeting. It is an encounter that can ideas and doing so often keeps the more incredibly important as they can help us quickly and easily lead to a friendship difficult ones at a safe distance away fine-tune our listening skills and discern and intimate intertwining of our souls to from us. Jesus said to love our enemy, God’s voice from others we may be their Maker, making a claim on us like but we really don’t need to do that, our hearing. Faith is all about having these no other. Then, the Word of God moves minds try to convince us. It just doesn’t profound encounters not only with God from being just a body of ideas to make sense. Yet, if we are truly in love but with our brothers and sisters, and something we simply accept and do. with the God who is behind the voice of creation itself. Anyone or anything that The person of Jesus Christ swiftly those words, they make perfect sense. is alive with God’s presence becomes an moves from being just a good prophet in Our deep and intimate love of this God occasion for God to speak and call us to word and deed to the incarnate presence would even find us laying down our deeper graces and experiences. “Come, of God Himself, the Lamb of God. The lives for Him if necessary. Speak Lord, and you will see.” voice leads us to the Person behind it. your servant is listening. The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Florian Parish - January 17, 2021

In January, Please Pray For . . . Catherine Becker Helen Guszkowski Elizabeth Reineck Sat., Jan. 16 - Anticipated 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Elaine Croft Ralph Haas Lynn Sheng 3:00 pm Celebration Choir in Fellowship Room Ralph & Marlene Joyce Johnson Mary Smith 4:00 pm Mass Daniels Ruth Kressl Cindy Terrien

Sun., Jan. 17 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Demos Helen Markowski Edie Wurcer 8:00 am Mass Claudia Derringer Betty Michalowski Gloria Zelazek

Mon., Jan. 18 - Parish Office open regular hours Gregg & Susan Candy Netterfield Bernie Zimney 5:00 pm Mass Dufek Katherine Papa 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction Fr. Larry Fr. Jeff Prasser

Tues., Jan. 19 Frankovich, OFM Mary Priewe 5:00 pm Mass LIVE THE LITURGY — 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

Wed., Jan. 20 We have often heard it said that God is always calling but 5:00 pm Mass we are not always listening. It is not only that we are not 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction listening, but that we are not familiar enough with God to Thurs., Jan. 21 even recognize that it is God who is calling! We can easily 5:00 pm Mass mistake God’s voice for someone or something else and 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction miss some profound opportunities for connection. We have Fri., Jan. 22 to train our minds, hearts, and souls to specifically listen for 5:00 pm Mass the voice of God. It is a voice that draws us to deeper 5:30-6:30 pm Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction places, leading us to moments of grace and more profound rd Sat., Jan. 23 - Anticipated 3 Sunday in Ordinary Time God awareness. To look at Jesus and be able to say, 3:00 pm Celebration Choir in Fellowship Room “Behold, the Lamb of God,” means that I know something 4:00 pm Mass special about this person whom others know as simply a

Sun., Jan. 24 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time man. I will become more attentive and receptive when he 8:00 am Mass says, “Come, and you will see.” I may even be more willing to set aside what I am doing and actually go. The Archdiocese is currently in Phase 2 of The Catholic Comeback. Please see updates below. Returning to Sunday Mass

Phase 2 of the Catholic Comeback Matrix.

A dispensation to attend Sunday Mass remains for grave reasons, such as illness (CCC #2181).

Learn more here. EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP — RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS Christ Is Anything but Ordinary — We’re about to dive headlong into week two of Ordinary Time, and we need to admit, after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, things are indeed looking more ... ordinary, at least in our spiritual lives.

The transcendent highs of the Christmas season are flatlining a bit and the vivid imagery of the Nativity scene has faded. The solemn anticipation of the Advent season is by now a distant memory.

Are you bored yet?

Here’s a secret: I think that Ordinary Time can actually be quite extraordinary, if we’re really living out our baptismal call.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus point-blank asks Andrew, who is following him after hearing ’s testimony: “What are you looking for?” He’s asking us the same question.

What are you looking for? Why are you following me? Is it for the Christmas cookies and the Advent carols? Is it for the King’s Cake on the Epiphany? Is it for the feeling we get on Christmas when we just know God has done a wondrous thing?

None of those things are bad, but they are not what Andrew was looking for, and they were not what Christ promised him when he said, “Come, and you will see.” Andrew was looking for the Messiah — the One who makes even Ordinary Time extraordinary. The One who can sanctify the longest and dullest of to-do lists, on the longest and dullest of days. The One whose peace can reign in our homes on January 25, not just December 25.

Remember what you are looking for. Come, and you will see. ~ Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS FISH FRY NEWS Stewardship Our next Drive-Thru Fish Fry is Friday, February 5 from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. Over/ Actual Budget Same great menu! Tell your family, (Under) friends and neighbors to join us. Month of December 2020 Volunteers are still needed to bring food out to the cars, take orders from our guests in their cars and/or to direct traffic. Envelopes 15,428 14,000 1,428

Please call Russ or the Parish Office Offertory 3,812 3,360 452 if you or a group are interested in volunteering. End of Year Appeal 0 0 0 We use the gym kitchen on the first floor of the school, Subtotal 19,240 17,360 1,880 so there are no stairs used. Year to Date * Event subject to change. Envelopes 58,210 51,440 6,770 MQSCA NEWS Offertory 10,842 12,720 (1,878) The entire MQSCA is excited to welcome back the students End of Year Appeal 14,655 8,000 6,655 to in-person learning on Wednesday, January 20! 83,707 72,160 11,547 Remote learning helped us reduce the community spread of Subtotal COVID-19 during and after the holidays, but we are ready Other Income YTD to once again have the children back in the classroom. We are happy to say that during this brief shut down we Cristo Rey / Carmel Hall 15,000 15,000 0 continued to provide excellent live instruction for all stu- Carmel Hall Misc. 12,000 12,000 0 dents and we were able to support students by providing Cristo Rey Parish Ofcs 1,005 3,000 (1,995) meals for families who indicated a need. Also happening All Other Income 26,991 31,300 (4,309) during January is the Salvation Army pajama drive sponsored by the K4 classroom. If you wish to donate to Total 138,703 133,460 5,243 this cause, please bring the new pajamas to the main office Expenses YTD at the 116th Street entrance. Below are two photos of students who had a lunch of their Administrative 78,783 88,194 (9,411) choice delivered to their house. They earned the lunch by being randomly drawn from all of the students who Archdiocese Assess- completed their online instructional programs during the ment/ School Support 17,907 16,000 1,907 shut-down. Hard work pays off! Make it a great day! Building & Grounds 41,438 36,711 4,727

Jen Vega, Principal Other Expenses 15,928 14,700 1,228 Total 154,056 155,605 (1,549) Net Income YTD Net Income (15,353) (22,145) 6,792 *Please prayerfully consider increased contributions to help to minimize our 2020-2021 fiscal deficit.

WHY DO WE DO THAT? — CATHOLIC LIFE EXPLAINED Question: Why do parishes have the Blessed Sacrament in a separate room?

Answer: While many Catholics of a certain age have memories of the Blessed Sacrament being housed in the tabernacle on the high altar of the church, many parishes in the decades since the Second Vatican Council have chosen to build a separate space — a reservation chapel — where the Blessed Sacrament is kept. Although this practice is not universal, it is in keeping with the guidance offered by the US Bishops in their document Built of Living Stones (see nos 77-78). The goal is to create a space that is separated from the nave and sanctuary, but which is “integrally connected with the church” which can foster “reverence and can provide the quiet and focus needed for personal prayer.” This can be especially important for communities that have continuous eucharistic adoration, allowing people to come and pray in a space separate from the normal activities of parish life.

The practice of reserving the Eucharist in a separate space — or in a dignified location away from the altar where Mass is celebrated — is that it emphasizes the importance of the liturgy itself, which is the “source and summit” of the life of the Church.

As with many things in the Church, the practice of placing the tabernacle in the sanctuary or in a separate chapel is not universal (as can be seen in visits to historic churches in Rome and other places). The important thing is that as communities question where to place the tabernacle, they listen to the voice of the Church, explore the ancient and varied liturgical tradition of the Church, consider the needs and life of the community, and also take into account the architecture and limits of the spaces they might already have. 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — January 18 - 25 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has a history of over 100 Unborn Children — January 22

years , in which Christians around the world have taken part in an The over 60 million abortions since the 1973 octave of prayer for visible Christian unity. By annually decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton observing the WPCU, Christians move toward the reflect with heartbreaking magnitude what Pope fulfillment of Jesus' prayer at the Last Supper "that they Francis means by a “throwaway culture.” all may be one." (cf. John 17:21) Source: www.usccb.org However, we have great trust in God’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — January 18 providence. We are reminded time and again in Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, Scripture to seek the Lord’s help, and as people of not a day off,” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a faith, we believe that our prayers are heard. national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to The General Instruction of the Roman Missal improve their communities. AmeriCorps has been charged with (GIRM), no. 373, designates January 22 as a leading this effort for the past quarter century. Together we particular day of prayer and penance, called the encourage you to engage in volunteer service in honor of the "Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Make a commitment to Children”: “In all the Dioceses of the United States serve in your community on MLK Day and throughout 2021. of America, January 22 (or January 23, when Source: americorps.gov January 22 falls on a Sunday) shall be observed as a particular day of prayer for the full restoration of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr — January 20 the legal guarantee of the right to life and of Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city penance for violations to the dignity of the human from his farm one day as clergy and people were person committed through acts of preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church abortion.” historian, says a dove flew in and settled on the head of Fabian. This sign united the votes of clergy As individuals, we are called to observe this day and laity, and he was chosen unanimously. through the penitential practices of prayer, fasting He led the Church for 14 years and died a martyr’s death during the and/or giving alms. Another way to take part is persecution of Decius in 250 A.D. Saint wrote to his through participating in special events to observe successor that Fabian was an “incomparable” man whose glory in the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Call your local death matched the holiness and purity of his life. diocese or parish to find out what events might be In the catacombs of Saint Callistus, the stone that covered Fabian’s taking place in your area. grave may still be seen, broken into four pieces, bearing the Greek words, “Fabian, bishop, martyr.” Source: www.franciscanmedia.org A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. St. Sebastian, Martyr — January 20 Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, Scholars now agree that a pious fable has may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator Sebastian entering the Roman army because only and lover of life, from every Christian community, there could he assist the martyrs without arousing suspicion. Finally he was found out, brought before from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer. Emperor Diocletian and delivered to Mauritanian archers to be shot to death. His body was pierced Pope Saint John Paul II with arrows, and he was left for dead. But he was found still alive by Evangelium Vitae those who came to bury him. He recovered, but refused to flee. Source: www.usccb.org One day he took up a position near where the emperor was to pass. He accosted the emperor, denouncing him for his cruelty to Christians. This time the sentence of death was carried out. Sebastian was beaten to death with clubs. He was buried on the Appian Way, close to the catacombs that bear his name. Source: www.franciscanmedia.org St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr — January 21 When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing from the faith, Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely chose to die for Christ. When she was commanded to offer incense to false gods, she raised her hand to Christ and made the Sign of the Cross. When the heathens threatened to bind her hand and foot, she herself hastened to the place of torture as a bride to her wedding feast. Pain had no terror for her—although the fetters slipped from her small hands while even the pagan bystanders were moved to tears. When the son of the Roman prefect offered to marry her, she replied: "The one to whom I am betrothed is Christ Whom the angels serve." When the executioner, who was to behead her, hesitated, she encouraged him with the words: "Strike, without fear, for the bride does her Spouse an injury if she makes Him wait". Source: www.catholicculture.org St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr — January 24 Respect for Life Masses on January 22, 2021 As with so many martyrs whose names are Due to COVID-19, Archbishop Listecki has asked that known to us, Vincent died in the persecution Masses be said across the Archdiocese on January 22, of Diocletian, the last gasps of a dying rather than holding one Mass. This way, social distancing paganism. Vincent and his Bishop were and other precautionary guidelines may be observed. imprisoned around the year 303 and taken in Additionally, the Archbishop invites parishes to participate chains to the city of Valencia on the Spanish in the USCCB’s 9 Days for coast. The Bishop was exiled but Vincent was Life Novena (available in subjected to such cruel and varied tortures that both Spanish and English) he died of his wounds. Source: mycatholic.life and in a day of the penitential practices St. Marianne Cope, Virgin (1838–1918) — January 24 of prayer, fasting Today’s saint was a model female and/or giving alms. Franciscan who emulated Saint Francis’ heroic example of personally caring for The Secret WWII Concentration Camp Diary those outcasts of all outcasts—lepers. of Odd Nansen Saints are not born, of course; they are Thursday, February 4 • 7:00 p.m. • Facebook Live made. And Saint Marianne Cope came Sponsored by the Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust from a specific time, place, and family. Education Resource Center (HERC) She could have developed her abundant From Day to Day is a World War II concentration camp talents in many directions and used them diary - one of only a handful ever translated into English - for many purposes, but she re-directed what God loaned secretly written by Odd Nansen, a Norwegian. Check out her to serve and honor Him, His Church, and mankind. this step-by-step guide for watching with us via The Church, the Franciscans, and Hawaii were the arenas Facebook Live, even if you don't subscribe to Facebook! in which this elite spiritual athlete exercised her skills. She was asked for much and gave even more. She became a great, great woman. Source: mycatholic.life COMMUNITY AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Action Alert on COVID Relief is asking us to contact our federal officials. Our hope is that our Senators and Representatives come together now on a legislative package to address the public health and economic crisis facing our country and the global community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an easy way to learn more and to send an electronic message on the USCCB website.

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