1 St. Cecilia Church ~ Iglesia Santa Cecilia 5105 SW Franklin Avenue, Beaverton, Or 97005 Phone:(503) 644-2619 Fax: (503) 626-7204 Web Site: www.stceciliachurch.org The Baptism of the Lord ~ January 13, 2019 MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY: 5:00pm (Vigil) ~ 7:00pm (Vigil – Spanish) SUNDAY: 7:30am ~ 9:00am ~ 10:45am ~ 12:30pm ~ 2:30pm (Spanish) WEEKDAYS : Monday through Saturday 8:00am CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES: Saturday/Sabado 8:40am - 10:00am ~ 3:30pm - 4:40pm
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St. Cecilia Church ~ Iglesia Santa Cecilia
5105 SW Franklin Avenue, Beaverton, Or 97005 Phone:(503) 644-2619 Fax: (503) 626-7204 Web Site: www.stceciliachurch.org
The Baptism of the Lord ~ January 13, 2019
MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY: 5:00pm (Vigil) ~ 7:00pm (Vigil – Spanish)
With the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we formally close the
Christmas season. The baby Jesus is now a grown up man! Ready to start his public
ministry. Ready to begin his long awaited journey to Jerusalem, where he will
manifest and reveal why he came in the first place. The Child-King, who was visited
last Sunday by the Magi in the Feast of the Epiphany, is ready to embrace the cross,
his salvific throne as King. This is the very reason why the Father is “pleased with
him” using the words in the Gospel today.
The baptism of the Lord in the Jordan River was also the beginning of his
active public ministry. After baptism, we saw him boldly preaching the Good News,
curing the sick, etc. This is also what is expected of us of our baptism. Our baptism
carries a huge responsibility of leading a life according to our Christian
commitment. The rich and many symbols of the sacrament of baptism starting from
the asking of the priest of the name of the child which signifies that the person to be
baptized is no longer anonymous, he/she cannot live in darkness anymore without
a clear identity, but is now a child of God. Another powerful symbol in the
baptismal rite is the signing of the cross in which the priest says these words
“(name), the Christian community welcomes you with great joy. In its name I claim
you for Christ our Savior by the sign of his cross”, which powerfully communicates
that we are now of God because that sign is an indelible mark of our incorporation
to Jesus, and to act otherwise, is then to deny our new identity. As baptized, we
walk in this world with that invisible sign of the cross on our forehead, and that
invisible sign is made visible by the way we lead our own lives. How are we living
up to our baptismal commitment? – Fr. Cary
PASTOR’S CORNER
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Place your items for St. Vincent de Paul
in the barrels at the main entrance to the
church and the West annex door
Needed This Week
BAR SOAP
After Jesus was baptized, he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and a voice was heard,
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well
pleased.” As we give to the poor, we also can hear
these same words.
As you help those who are suffering, know in
your heart the truth of the words “you are my
beloved in whom I am well pleased.”
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, January 12th 5:00pm †Paul Trask—Kathleen Trask 7:00pm Int. Becky Gaerlyn—De la Rosa Family Sunday, January 13th 7:30am †Raymundo DeGuzman—Torres Family 9:00am People of St. Cecilia 10:45am †Raymundo DeGuzman—Torres Family 12:30pm †Gail Alviar-Ewriquez--Sarmiento Family 2:30pm Int. Fam. Figueroa Acosta—Jose y Ana Monday, January 14th 8:00 am Sr. Gabriel Nguyen--Friend Tuesday, January 15th 8:00am †Virginia Ruiz--Virginia Wednesday, January 16th 8:00am †Leticia DeGuzman—Torres Family 9:00am Int. Paul Levasseur--Annie Thursday, January 17th 8:00am Int. SVDP Members Friday, January 18th 8:00am †David Skidmore—Allen & Georgann Reel Saturday, January 19th 8:00am Int. Maria Franco--Family
JESUS I TRUST IN YOU
Join us to pray The Chaplet of Divine
Mercy every Monday at 7pm in the
Adoration Chapel.
VOCATIONS COMMITTEE Tom Eyer (503) 804-0398
We ask each parishioner to pray the following
Petition to God:
“That, like John the Baptist, all those called
by the Lord to serve his church will accept his
invitation,“
We pray to the Lord.
Mike Floyd; Manuelita Hinds;
Leon Hofford; John Lee;
Faith O’Donnell; Victor Schwerdt;
Joseph Shearman;
Juana Hilda Velasquez
In December, the 5th grade from St. Cecilia School did a service project for the St. Cecilia Parish St. Vincent de Paul. We decorated small bags for Christmas and filled them up with candy for children. We used chocolates, Sour Patch, Swedish Fish, granola bars, etc. After we all filled our bags, we made Christmas cards for each family that received the St. Vincent de Paul Christmas food boxes. We decorated them with stars and angels and wrote a Christmas message from the parish inside each card. On December 15, St. Vincent de Paul volunteers delivered the Christmas food boxes, cards and children's candy bags to the families. All in total, the 5th graders made 250 Christmas themed candy bags and 128 Christmas cards. We really enjoyed this experience to help people in need, and we hope to do it again many more times. In the end it really felt great to think about sending Christmas wishes to so many people and to know we had done the type of work that Jesus would have wanted.
January 22 marks the 46th memorial of the Roe V Wade legalization of abortion. Since that tragic decision, more than 60 million children's lives have been lost to abortion, and many suffer that loss -- often in
silence. The rally remembers the lives lost to abortion and calls upon our nation and its leaders to give children the protection they deserve.
Bring your children and join your fellow parishioners to be witnesses for God's gift of life. Archbishop Alexander Sample will be speaking at the rally. If you would like a ride to the rally, we will
leave from St. Cecilia’s parking lot at 1:15 PM on Saturday, January 19 — please call Mary Rigert.
9 Days for Life 2019 will take place leading up to and concluding on the annual Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children on January 22nd.
The multi-faceted centerpiece novena for the respect of human life will occur Monday, January 14 - Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Each day, a different intention will be highlighted, along with a short reflection, suggested actions, and related information. Novena topics (ordered by day): culture of life, persons with disabilities, sexual abuse, adoption, healing after abortion, human trafficking, infertility, assisted suicide, and the end to abortion. 9daysforlife.com