The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | La Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church Together We Make the Kingdom Juntos Hacemos el Reino a Reality una Realidad 701 North Hiatus Road ● Pembroke Pines, Florida 33026 ● Tel 954.432.0206 ● www.stmax.cc PASTORAL STAFF ● PERSONAL PASTORAL HOLY MASS ● LA SANTA MISA Pastor: Fr. Jeff McCormick Saturday Vigil (With Livestream/Con Transmisión en Vivo): Parochial Vicar: Fr. Adonis Gonzalez 5:00 pm • 7:00 pm español Deacons: Rev. Mr. Carl Carieri, Rev. Mr. Scott Joiner, Sunday (On-site only / Solamente en la iglesia): Rev. Mr. Pierre Douyon, Rev. Mr. Manuel Mendoza 8:00 am • 9:30 am • 11:00 am • 12:30 pm • 6:00 pm Life Teen PARISH OFFICE ● OFICINA PARROQUIAL Weekday (Monday - Saturday): Tel: 954.432.0206 8:00 am Fax: 954.432.0775 Healing & Bereavement (4th Monday of the month): Email: [email protected] 7:00 pm Website: www.stmax.cc Bulletin: [email protected] Hours: Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm CONFESSIONS ● CONFESIÓNES Saturday: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tuesday and Friday: Sunday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm in the Narthex Saturday: FAITH & ACADEMIC FORMATION Director of Religious Education: Maryann Hotchkiss 9:00 am - 10:30 am in the Church Office Tel 954.885.7260 · Fax 954.885.7261 · [email protected] NOVENA ● DEVOTION ● DEVOCIÓN Preschool Director: Jimena Hibbard Tel 954.885.7250 · Fax 954.885.7252 · [email protected] Monday: Director of Youth Ministry: John Mark Kaldahl 7:00 pm - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (available online) 954.432.0206 · [email protected] Saturday: 8:00 am - Novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe (after the morning mass) PARISH REGISTRATION ● INSCRIBIRSE Primer sábado del mes: Welcome to all new families and individuals! 6:30 am - Rosario de la Aurora Registration forms are available in the Parish Office. Registration indicates a desire to become an active steward of St. Max Parish by contributing of your time · talent · treasure. ADORATION ● ADORACIÓN Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him! SACRAMENTS ● SACRAMENTOS Monday - Friday (Church Iglesia): | Baptism ● Bautismo 8:45 am - 9:45 am after Mass English: every Sunday at 2:00 pm Español: un sábado cada mes. First Friday ● Primer Viernes: Visit www.stmax.cc for more information. 8:30 am - 9:30 am (Livestream) Last Sunday ● Último Domingo: Parents: Baptism Preparation Class Contact the Parish Office. 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm (Youth Ministry) Wednesday: Matrimony ● Matrimonio 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Charismatic Prayer Group) Couples must contact the Parish Office six months prior to the desired date of the wedding. Suspended due to COVID-19: Mondays: 7:00 pm Sick (including Homebound) ● Enfermos Tercer Viernes (La Capilla): Contact the Parish Office at onset of illness. In case of death in the 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Hora Apostólica) family, contact the Parish Office immediately. 2 stmax.cc facebook.com/stmaxcc youtube.com/stmaxcc @stmaxcc Saturday, August 14 8:00 am: St. Maximilian Kolbe 5:00 pm: † Lutgarda Aguirre 7:00 pm: (L) Conchita Freitag (L) Mike and Chistopher Ruiz † Amilcar Castellanos † Rita Villaverde † Consuelo Villaverde † Dora Brisita † Salvador Dipp, Sr. † Julia Morros Sunday, August 15 8:00 am: † María Fernández 9:30 am: † Josefa Ramírez 11:00 am: † Robert Granese 12:30 pm: † Irma Ramírez † Lutgarda Aguirre † Viola Tracy † Dorthy Gareau † Martha Waltole † Esther Estrada † Orville Higgins † Cyril Kukovica † Flora Conti † Joe Max Asunción † Ángel Tomas 6:00 pm: † John Troster Monday, August 16 8:00 am: (L) Jennifer and James Catanzaro Tuesday, August 17 8:00 am: † Anibal Jorge Wednesday, August 18 8:00 am: † Alice Talbot Thursday, August 19 8:00 am: (L) Elliot Neal Friday, August 20 8:00 am: † Rodolfo Faelnar Saturday, August 21 8:00 am: † Miriam Valderrama-Consuegra XX Sunday in Ordinary Time • August 15, 2021 • XX Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 3 SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Luke 1:42 On this feast, we praise God who has taken the sinless TODAY’S READINGS Virgin Mary, body and soul, into His glory. FIRST READING In our first reading, from Revelation, we find God’s temple The vision concerning the woman clothed with the sun. in heaven opened and the Ark of the Covenant revealed. (Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab) The most sacred item in Israel’s history, the Ark had been missing since the Temple’s destruction in 586 B.C. PSALM The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. Thus, John reports some startling news. Even more startling (Psalm 45) is his revelation that the sacred vessel is now a woman, who is mother of the royal Son of David, the Messiah. SECOND READING Christ, the first fruits; then those who belong to him. Of this woman, then, we sing to God as the ancient Israelites (1 Corinthians 15:20-27) sang: “The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.” In the court of King Solomon, we glimpse Israel’s traditional GOSPEL arrangement: Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba, takes her place Mary praises God in the Magnificat. at the king’s right hand (see 1 Kings 2:19). (Luke 1:39-56) At Mary’s Assumption, as we see in Revelation, the queen once again takes her place at the right hand of the Son of David. Our second reading shows us why this is fitting: “in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order.” READINGS for THE WEEK What is implicit in St. Paul’s statement is revealed in Monday · August 16 Revelation. The consummation of Christ’s work has begun, Jgs 2:11-19; Ps 106:34-37, 39-40, 43ab, 44; Mt 19:16-22 as is proper, with the Assumption of the queen mother. Tuesday · August 17 John’s Apocalypse shows also the fulfillment of our Gospel. Jgs 6:11-24a; Ps 85:9, 11-14; Mt 19:23-30 There, Mary, pregnant with Jesus, retraces the steps of David as he brought the Ark to Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 6). Wednesday · August 18 Mary “arose and went” into the hill country, just as David Jgs 9:6-15; Ps 21:2-7; Mt 20:1-16 “arose and went” to that region. Upon Mary’s arrival, Thursday · August 19 Elizabeth is awestruck, just as David was before the Ark. Jgs 11:29-39a; Ps 40:5, 7-10; Mt 22:1-14 The encounter causes the baby John to leap with excitement, as David leapt before the Ark. And Mary stayed in the Friday · August 20 “house of Zechariah” for “three months,” as the Ark Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22; Ps 146:5-10; 22:34-40 remained in the “house of Obed-edom” for the same period. Saturday · August 21 Mary is the vessel of God’s presence, and she is queen Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17; Ps 128:1b-5; Mt 23:1-12 mother. She reigns now in splendor with Jesus in the heavenly Jerusalem. Sunday · August 22 Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-21; Eph 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]; Jn 6:60-69 CATECHISM of THE CATHOLIC CHURCH The remarkable meeting of Mary and Elizabeth teaches us about the Person of Christ and the prophetic role of John the Baptist, who leapt in Elizabeth’s womb. Elizabeth referred to Mary as the “mother of my Lord” and affirmed that the Christ child was a fulfillment of all that God had promised through the prophets. By virtue of the Christ child within her, the reunion of Mary with her cousin Elizabeth represents the ultimate visit of God to his people. This mutual greeting of the two women, called the Visitation, is the second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. §148 The Virgin Mary most perfectly embodies the obedience of faith. By faith Mary welcomes the tidings and promise brought by the angel Gabriel, believing that "with God nothing will be impossible" and so giving her assent: "Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word." Elizabeth greeted her: "Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." It is for this faith that all generations have called Mary blessed. §149 Throughout her life and until her last ordeal when Jesus her son died on the cross, Mary's faith never wavered. She never ceased to believe in the fulfilment of God's word. and so the Church venerates in Mary the purest realization of faith. 4 St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church LA SOLEMNIDAD DE LA ASUNCIÓN DE LA SANTÍSIMA VIRGEN ¡Bendita tú entre las mujeres y bendito el fruto de tu vientre! Lucas 1:42 LECTURAS HOY En esta solemnidad, alabamos a Dios que tomó a la Virgen de María, sin pecado, en cuerpo y alma a su gloria. PRIMERA LECTURA Una gran señal apareció en el cielo; En la primera lectura del Apocalipsis, vemos abierto el una mujer vestida como el sol. Templo de Dios y la revelación del Arca de la Alianza. (Apocalipsis 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab) El Arca, el artículo más sagrado en la historia de Israel, había desaparecido después de la destrucción del Templo en ac 586. SALMO Es por eso que Juan tiene noticas sorprendentes que reportar. De pie, a tu derecha, está la reina. (Salmo 45 [44]) Lo más sorprendente es la revelación que este sagrado artefac- to es ahora una mujer, la madre del rey hijo de David, SEGUNDA LECTURA el Mesías.