Baptisms: Call the of ice two months in advance to schedule an appointment. Marriages: Call at least six (6) months in advance for pre-marriage instruction. Reconciliation: Every Sat. 3:15pm - 4:10pm or by appointment during the week. Anointing of the Sick: Available anytime, please call of ice to make arrangements. Holy Orders: Interested in priesthood or deaconate, please contact Msgr. Daniel Torres 439-7400 Ext. 220

SACRAMENTS PASTORAL STAFF Emergency 478-3845

Sat. Anticipated Mass 4:30 pm Sunday 8:00 am & 10:30 am Tuesday - Friday 8:00 am Holy Days of Obligation 8:00 am & 6:00 pm

Mailing Address: 5383 Elliott Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 (337) 478-3845 Fax: (337) 477-2828 Of ice Hours: Mon. - Thu. 9:00a -12N, 1:00 - 4:30pm Friday - 9:00a - 12N Of iceisclosedfrom12N-1pmforlunchwww.smdpcatholic.com Incaseofemergencies:(337)478-3845(leaveamessage,someonewillbepaged) Main Church 5495 Elliott Rd. Granger/Vincent Multi-Purpose Complex 5326 Elliott Rd.

Reverend Monsignor Jace Eskind jace.eskind@lcdiocese.org Deacon Richard Donahoe - Director of RCIA rdonahoe@smdpcatholic.com Jackie Goodwill - Administrative Assistant jgoodwill@smdpcatholic.com Pat Foy - Of ice Manager pfoy@smdpcatholic.com Kellie Onxley - Bookkeeper konxley@smdpcatholic.com Joe Whitbeck - Dir. Communications/Facilities/IT jwhitbeck@smdpcatholic.com Leah Arnaud - Records/Receptionist larnaud@smdpcatholic.com Jenny Bellow- Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 1-4 jbellow@smdpcatholic.com Melanie Lubrano - Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 5-8 mlubrano@smdpcatholic.com Becky Clements - Religious Ed. Coordinator - Grades 9-12 bclements@smdpcatholic.com Terri Wainwright - Religious Ed. Secretary twainwright@smdpcatholic.com Pam Fontenot - Music Ministry/Liturgy Chris Miller - Choir Director

MASS SCHEDULE

P P - Wekeepinprayerourlovedoneswhoaredeployedtoserveinmilitaryforces,aswellastheirfamilies.

SMdP PARISH LEADERSHIP Parish Trustees

Pastoral Council

Finance Council

W.J. Lechtenberg Veronica Miller

Sally Daigle Mary Kaye Eason

Cindy Hanks Eva Hibbing

Cynthia Honore’ Roland Morton Michael Webre

Stephen Liles David Bruchhaus

Mike Eason David Ieyoub

Tina Higgins Johnette Szydlo Shively Verrette

Upcoming 2nd Collections Jan. 17 - SMdP Religious Education Retreats Jan. 24 - Church of Latin America Feb. 7 - Debt Reduction/Building Fund Feb. 14 - Bishop Services Appeal Feb. 21 - Diocesan Religious Education Feb. 28 - Black & Indian Missions

Jay & Verna White; John Thomas Savoie; Sylvia Elender (B); Irvin Broussard Kenneth O'Blanc

MASS PRAYER INTENTIONS Jan.9-Jan.17,2021

Sat., Jan 9 4:30 am Sun., Jan 10 8 am 10:30 am

Tue., Jan 12 8 am

Wed., Jan 13 8 am Thu., Jan 14 4p Fri., Jan 15 8 am Sat., Jan 16 4:30 pm Sun., Jan 17 8 am 10:30 am

Claudia Gaudet (A) Dr. Richard Enright; Carl & Adeline King; Cecil Triche, Whitney & Louise Hebert & Gloria H. Lelux

Louis & Dorothy Thibodeaux (A)

Ifyouhavea familymemberdeployedor serving in themilitary,pleasesubmit their names to our “Pray forPeace”military prayer list. Thesenameswillbe lefton the list for the coming yearand removedonlyonyourrequest.Calltheparishof iceat478-3845andaskforLeah.Ty Fuselier Jarron Glass Jeffery Paul Langley Riley Morris Ronald L. Thompson, II

Quin Charles Vera, Rene Vera, Jr. & Rene Vera Jim Arnaud Parishioners of St. Martin de Porres

William "Bubba" Fountain Parishioners of St. Martin de Porres

Georgiann Compton Ruth Ella Fontenot; Audrey "Sis" Jacobson

John the Baptist is part of the stirring excitement of a new beginning of the Good News that Mark announces in the irst verse of his gospel. He is the precursor, the one going before Jesus to prepare his way. Mark describes Jesus’s arrival from the humble and unimportant village of Nazareth, in Galilee, in case anyone doesn’t know it. Although he is without sin, Jesus puts himself in solidarity with the crowd and with sinful humanity. He bares his human body and at this, his irst public appearance, chooses to go down into the waters of the Jordan to be baptized by John as a representative of our collective guilt. As he rises up, the heavens are torn open, and the action of God is manifested in the descent of the Spirit like adove and the voice addresses Jesus as my beloved Son;with you I am well pleased. In the person of Jesus, this is the beginning of a new age, a new relationship of earth and heaven, of the whole of creation and our human condition. Here is the answer to the cry of the exiles to God: Oh, that you would rend the heavens and comedown! But there is no mountain quaking, no violent cosmic disturbances in this rending; it is a “gracious gash.” The symbolism of like a dove is perhaps a memory of the spirit/wind of God that brooded birdlike over the face of the primeval waters at the irst creation. It is also a witness to the gentle action of God that descends upon Jesus to empower him, like the prophets, with gentle service of the poor and our humanity that is impoverished by our sinfulness. The word spoken by the Father at the baptism of Jesus is addressed to Jesus, not the Baptist or the crowd. The voice of God af irms Jesus as my Son, and then as the Beloved upon whom God’s favor rests. In the humble setting of the Jordan River, a humble man from a humble Galilean village is baptized by the humble precursor and proclaimed by God as one with royal dignity. Three times in the testing of faith at Mount Moriah, Abraham refers to Isaac as his beloved son as Isaac and he face the sacri icial knife out of obedience to God. The cost of Jesus’s allegiance to his Father as yet hovers only as gently as a dove; in the not-too-distant future it is the carrion crow of death that will descend upon Jesus before he is unbound in the resurrection because of his obedient love of his Father. This gospel is a declaration of who Jesus is to Mark’s church, a statement of their self-understanding as disciples of the new messianic times who are sons and daughters of the Father because they are baptized into the Spirit- illed and Beloved Son, and commissioned to serve in his name. Throughout Mark’s gospel, those who follow Jesus will struggle to understand and accept the implications of accepting one who is Son and Beloved, to understand what is revealed to Jesus as he rises from the waters: that humanity, despite its sinfulness, is loved with the prodigal love of God. The irst human being in this gospel who professes faith in Jesus as the Son of God and recognizes the heavens torn open in the torn body of the cruci ied One is the Gentile centurion. We are caught up in this same struggle of faith. Baptism demanded everything of Jesus—as it does of us.

TM the Collar From PRAY FOR THE SICK Carol Bertrand Jace Boyd Floyd Braud III Erline Bryant Bob Gary Elnora Granger Verla Guidry Ron Harrington Hilda Leblanc

Carol Manuel Lee Melacon Alfred Moore Edith Payne Dorothy Rogers Sheila Thibodeaux Paul Thomassee Jimmy Vickers

MASS READINGS Jan. 11 - Jan. 17

Mon., Jan 11 - Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9; Mk 1:14-20 Tue., Jan 12 - Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28 Wed., Jan 13 - Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 Thu., Jan 14 - Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 Fri., Jan 15 - Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8; Mk 2:1-12 Sat., Jan 16 - Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 Sun., Jan 17 - 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42

ATTENDING MASS DURING THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS

REMINDERS/SUGGESTIONS

• It’s highly recommended you wear a mask if you attend Mass (removeonlyforcommunion) • If you are not feeling well, please DO NOT attend Mass • DO NOT use the drinking fountains • DO NOT use the baptismal font (ifwaterisinfontitisforbaptismuseonly)

• If you use the bathrooms, wash your hands thoroughly and use the provided hand sanitizer as well • If attending Mass sit only in the labeled seating areas • If your kids are small and active during Mass, please consider watching Mass in the church parking lot or watching the Facebook video at home. • Please avoid touching the pews or other church surfaces unnecessarily (staffmembersmustthoroughlydisinfectaftereachMass.)

• Adoration Chapel is open. Please follow cleaning protocol found inside chapel

The Bishop’s dispensation from the obligation toattend Mass has been lifted for the faithful of theDioceseofLakeCharles.

Live Streaming & Recorded Mass Schedule

Facebook Live Tuesday - Friday 8am Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 8am & 10:30am Join us live on Facebook for the daily Mass Tuesday - Friday at 8am, Saturday afternoon at 4:30pm anticipated Mass and 8am & 10:30am. (Like our page at St. Mar-tin de Porres Catholic Church). Stay connected on FB and the church website at: www.smdpcatholic.com

REHEARSAL Psalms are sung in the home and rehearsed in the streets. —St. Ambrose THE WATERS OF BAPTISM When new sod is put in, it needs constant saturation with water. Landscapers say that this “knits” the sod to the soil. The same when a branch is grafted onto a tree: the poultice that joins them at the splice must be kept wet at all times. Water is the stuff that binds the very cells of our bodies together. No wonder religions throughout all times and cultures have used it so prominently. When Jesus stepped into the Jordan for baptism, he “knit” himself to what had come before him. By going to the Jordan, he made himself one with the people of Israel who had crossed it into their Promised Land. With John the Baptist, Christ wove himself into the prophetic tradition that heralded the coming reign of God. He had become fully human in the waters of Mary’s womb, and by partaking in the rite of the baptism of repentance, Jesus identi ied himself with our sinful, frail humanity. It is through the waters of baptism that Christ continues to graft new members onto his Body, the Church; through these waters we are cleansed from sin and illed with the promise of grace, given our destiny for eternal life. For us, as for Jesus, it is also the waters of baptism that inaugurate our mission to proclaim the Good News. ©J.S.PaluchCo.

If you would like to be added to our parish emails, or need information changed on your parish pro ile, please call the parish of ice at 478-3845

Your monthly peanut butter donation is more than a gift to those in need, it’s serious nutrition. SMdP Parish helps Catholic Charities supply 350, 16 oz. jars of peanut butter to the area needy. Our parish has been very generous in giving a jar of peanut butter to nearly every CC client, each month.

SPREAD THE LOVE Peanut Butter Sunday

January 9 & 10

Please remember to bring at least one 16 oz. jar of peanut butter with you to church or at the parish of ice, the 2nd Sunday of the Month.

Medjugorje Messages from Mary

Messages Interpreted and updated regularly at: https://www.medjugorje.com/ & https://marytv.tv/

Have you considered Altar Flowers in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a special occasion, like a wedding, convalidation or special anniversary? The lowers will sit in the sanctuary and add beauty to the liturgy and your special occasion will be noted in the bulletin. A donation of $75 - $100 or more will cover the cost of the lowers.

Altar Flowers Donations

Monsignor Eskind and the parish of ice staff would like your help knowing when fellow parishioners are sick, in the hospital, need prayer, or having surgery etc. Please have an immediate family member call the church of ice at 478-3845 and let us know. The staff and/or Msgr. Eskind would like to follow-up and check on our in irmed brothers and sisters.

WeCare

Mass Prayer Intentions Mass intentions are available for every Mass that St. Martin de Porres offers. The suggested donation for a Mass intention is $5. Please consider having a Mass offered for your deceased loved ones.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed after each Wednesday morning Mass. To participate just stay after attending Mass. Prayer materials are available.

Divine Mercy Chaplet After Wednesday Mass

COVID-19 Prayer of Solidarity Forallwhohavecontractedcoronavirus,weprayforcareand healing. For thosewho are particularly vulnerable,weprayforsafetyandprotection.Forallwhoexperiencefearoranxiety,weprayforpeaceofmindandspirit. Foraffectedfamilieswhoarefacingdif icultdecisionsbetweenfoodonthetableorpublicsafety,weprayforpoliciesthatrecognize their plight. For those who do not haveadequate health insurance, we pray that no family willface inancialburdensalone. Forthosewhoareafraidtoaccess care due to immigration status, we pray forrecognition of the God-given dignity of all. For ourbrothersandsistersaroundtheworld,weprayforsharedsolidarity. For public of icials and decisionmakers, wepray forwisdomandguidance. Father,during this timemayyourChurchbeasignofhope,comfortandlovetoall.Grant peace. Grant comfort. Grant healing. Be with us,Lord.Amen.

Ushers Training Workshop

Saturday, January 16, 10 am

Monsignor Jace Eskind will be conducting a church usher training workshop Saturday, January 16 at 10am in the church. All current ushers and anyone interested in becoming an usher needs to attend this meeting. Changes due to Covid restrictions, new policies and other issues will be discussed.

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