St. JOHNCATHOLIC PAUL PARISH II 956956 S.S. 10th10th Ave.,Ave., Kankakee, Kankakee, IllinoisIllinois 6090160901 815815-933-7683-933-7683 WELCOME to the family ~ BIENVENIDO a la familia OUR MISSION STATEMENT Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 16, 2020 Influenced by our patron, St. John Paul II, we are a faith-sharing family of Catholic believers who bring Jesus to everyone and everyone to Jesus, through discipleship, outreach and the Holy Eucharist. WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Reservations are now required to attend mass with limited seating in accordance with the reopening plan put forth from the Diocese of Joliet and the State of Illinois. St. John Paul II 907 S. 9th Ave., Kankakee SATURDAY 4:30 pm Vigil Mass 6:00 pm Misa de Vigilia en Español SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30, 11:30 am 1:00 pm (Español), 5:00 pm DAILY MASS SCHEDULE “O woman, great is your faith! MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 7:30 am Let it be done for you as you wish.” Martes/Tuesday 6:00 pm (Español) SATURDAY 8:00 am “¡Oh mujer, grande es tu fe! CONFESSIONS Conference Room Deja que se haga para ti como deseas". Saturday, 2-4 Thursday, 4-6 “Bringing Jesus to Everyone and Everyone to Jesus!” - 1 - O Come Desired of Nations, Come Oh Ven Anhelo de las Naciones, Ven The Advent Hymn Veni Veni Emmanuel El himno de adviento Ven Oh Ven Emanuel ends with a cry for the Lord, the “desired of na- termina con una llamada al Señor, el “anhelo de las tions,” to reign as King of all peoples by defeat- naciones,” para reinar como Rey de todas las ing sin and death. Although we are still a long way naciones por su victoria sobre el pecado y la muerte. from celebrating Christmas, this Sunday’s Gos- Aunque estamos todavía muy lejos de celebrar la pel reflects the same attitude of recognizing Jesus Navidad, el evangelio de este domingo tiene la as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (Alleluia! Alleluia! misma actitud de reconocer a Jesús como Rey de Reyes y Alleluia! Alleluia!) Señor de Señores. (¡Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! ¡Aleluya!) The Canaanite woman in today’s Gospel showed La mujer cananea en el evangelio muestra una gran perseve- great perseverance in prayer as she begged Jesus to heal rancia en la oración mientras que le suplicaba a Jesús que her daughter. As she is not from the race of Israel, it appears sanara a su hija. Ya que ella no es de la raza de Israel, that Jesus rejects her claim and petition. He even implies she pareciera que Jesús rechazara su petición. Él además implica has no right to ask for “the food” that should go to the que no tiene derecho de pedir “la comida” que debe alimentar a children, not to the “dogs”. Instead of turning away los niños, y no a los “perros”. En vez de salir desanimada, la discouraged, she continues to cry out to the only one with the mujer continúa pidiendo al único que tiene el poder de salvar. power to save. Jesus, after this test, affirms her as a woman ¡Jesús, después de esta prueba, afirma que ella es una mujer of “great faith” and heals her daughter! de “gran fe” y cura a la niña! What are we to take from this Gospel? Is Jesus ¿Qué debemos entender de este evangelio? ¿Es Jesús un poco being a bully? - Or worse - a racist? Rather than rejecting the grosero? – O peor aún – ¿un racista? No debemos rechazar al Lord as the haughty do, we should take the attitude of the Señor como los orgullosos; lo mejor es tomar la actitud de la supplicating woman: she was not offended! Jesus knew the mujer en el evangelio: ¡ella no se ofendió! Jesús ya conocía la humility of her heart before she asked, and to demonstrate humildad de su corazón, y para mostrar a todos la grandeza de her great faith, he tests her response. Not only do we see a su fe, él la pone a prueba con la respuesta. No solo podemos strength of mind and character to endure hardship, but we ver una mente fuerte y carácter para soportar las dificultades, are also called to imitate her perseverance. This is a gift Je- también nosotros somos llamados a imitar su perseverancia. sus gives to us, and it should help us accept God in humility Este es un regalo que Jesús nos da, y debería ayudarnos a rather than on demand. aceptar a Dios con humildad, y no como nuestro derecho. Have you ever felt tempted to distance yourself from ¿Nunca sentiste la tentación de alejarte de Dios porque no God because you did not get what you wanted? Many of the recibiste lo que estabas pidiendo? Muchos de los “hijos” (de “children” (of Israel) whom Jesus names as his first priority Israel) de quien habla Jesús como su primera misión no lo do not ultimately receive him, but this woman does, and he reciben, pero esta mujer sí lo hace, y él tiene poder de hacerla has power to make her a child of God. As God has delivered hija de Dios. Como el Señor ha permitido que cayéramos en la all to disobedience to have mercy upon us all, so we should rebeldía para manifestarnos a todos su misericordia, nosotros recognize our utter helplessness before Him and never tire of debemos reconocer nuestra total impotencia ante Él y nunca begging for his mercy. He is the desired of nations! He is the debemos dejar de pedir su misericordia. Él es el anhelado de Messiah, the savior of the world! las naciones. Él es el Mesías, ¡el Salvador del mundo! Yours in Christ, Tuyo en Christo Fr. John Padre Juan Saturday, Aug. 15 - 2 - Time, Talent & Treasure JP2 ONLINE Programming Schedule August 16 – August 23 In gratitude of God’s gifts of time and talent to us Topics or times can change or be added when needed to we gratefully acknowledge and salute accommodate the priests or presenters schedules. Birdie Blanchette, Char Nolte, Thank you for your understanding. and Carolyn Levy Sunday, August 16 9:30 am: Mass in English Sunday Offering/Ofrenda del Domingo 1:00 pm: Mass in Spanish August 9, 2020 Monday, August 17 $ 8,514.00 7:30 am: Morning Mass 11:00 am: Living Word Bible Study-1 Corinthians (149 Envelopes) Online Giving: $1,653.00 (included in above) Tuesday, August 18 7:30 am: Mass/Breakfast with Jesus after mass In an effort to keep you more informed, this 10:00 am: Living Word Bible Study-1 Corinthians information is being provided to the parishioners. 1:00 pm: Estudio y reflexión de El Compendio del catecismo de la Iglesia católica Monthly School Subsidy to Bishop McNamara: 6:00 pm: Misa en Español $5,833.34 Monthly Diocesan Assessment: $3,584 Wednesday, August 19 Monthly Contribution Envelope Cost: $435 7:30 am: Morning Mass Breakfast with Jesus after mass Our goal each week to cover our expenses is: 11:00 am: Living Word Bible Study-1 Corinthians Nuestra Meta por Semana para cubrir los gastos es de: 1:00 pm: Estudio y reflexión de El Compendio del $12,855.00 catecismo de la Iglesia católica 2:00 pm: Old Testament Bible Study THANK YOU GRACIAS Thursday, August 20 7:30 am: Mass /Breakfast with Jesus after mass STAY CONNECTED TO JP2 Parish 11:00 am: Living Word Bible Study-1 Corinthians Check out these spots to find out the who, what, when or where, 1:00 pm: Estudio y reflexión de El Compendio del or for contact information. catecismo de la Iglesia católica Weekly Bulletin: This can be your main source to find out the details Friday, August 21 that you hear in the announcements, or see on any of the media links. 7:30 am: Mass/Breakfast with Jesus after mass The bulletin is put on the JP2 website and Facebook page each week. It 11:00 am: Living Word Bible Study-1 Corinthians also contains the phone # & extensions for the pastor, office and 1:00 pm: Estudio y reflexión de El Compendio del support staff. catecismo de la Iglesia católica Parish Media Links Website: jp2kankakee.org Saturday, August 22 8:00 am: Mass in English By accessing the website you can also view the bulletin, the church calendar of events, and more. Sunday, August 23 Facebook: St. John Paul II Kankakee 9:30 am: Mass in English Our Facebook page is filled with information on our many ministries, 1:00 pm: Mass in Spanish upcoming events, links to the bulletin, pictures of past events and inspirational messages. You can also watch the weekend masses live. ROY BROTHERS Larry D. 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