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Saint James Catholic Church A Stewardship Community

“Be doers of the word not hearers only…” James 1:22

1314 Newport Street, Denver, Colorado 80220

Parish Phone Number: 303-322-7449

ST. JAMES MASS SCHEDULE

Monday-Saturday………..8:15 a.m.

Saturday Anticipated…...4:00 p.m.

Sunday*……..8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., &

12 Noon (Spanish)

Holy Days….8:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. &

7:30 p.m. (Spanish)

*Babysitting available for the 10:00 a.m. Mass for children two to five years old.

PASTOR Father José de Jesús García

j_garciap@outlook.com

PAROCHIAL VICAR Father Paul Htun Khine

DEACON

Deacon Mateusz Ratajczak

PARISH STAFF Parish Secretary…………..……...…...…....Cathy Cancino parish.office@stjamesdenver.org

Business Manager…….……..………...Salvador Mendoza accounting@stjamesdenver.org

Maintenance……………..……………...Jose Luis Valdez maintenance.office@stjamesdenver.org

School Principal...…...………….…....Carol Hovell-Genth . principalstjamesdenver@gmail.com Religious Education……...….……...………Pat Smaldone 303-477-3562 Spanish Religious Ed………………...….Soraya Gonzalez 719-650-2241

PHONE NUMBERS Parish……………………………...….….303-322-7449 School……………………………...…….303-333-8275

ADORATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST

Morning Prayer /Holy Hour...Mon.-Sat. 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Adoration Chapel..Monday-Thursday Noon - 10 p.m. 24 Hour Adoration…....Friday 9:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m.(Sat)

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri….….…...…....7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Every Saturday…...….3:00 - 3:45 p.m. or upon request Sunday……………………………...11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

“Moses answered him,

“Are you jealous for my sake?

Would that all the people of the LORD

were prophets!

Would that the LORD might bestow

His Spirit on them all!’”

Numbers 11:28-29

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:Preparation classes for baptism in English—of children under seven years old are held each month. Parents and Godparents, you need to register in advance at Call Jim Winders at 303-854-4446 for the English Class. Spanish Baptism Class, – call the parish office—303-322-7449.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: For Holy Communion, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, or a visit by a priest, please call 303-322-7449.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE:Arrangements are made at least twelve months in advance. Call Parish Office for details.

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“Are you jealous for my sake?” We can almost hear Moses saying this to his followers in the Book of Numbers. He is frustrated because his followers are clearly thinking about themselves and their positions and not about the Word of God which anyone can receive and proclaim. The Gospel of Mark echoes this ad-

vice: “There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.” And we who follow Jesus as Lord must also become aware that God acts all around us and in His own way—and we are still called to be faithful.

The Book of Numbers shows the followers of Moses, in reality the followers of God, becoming irritated because others who were not chosen as Prophets began to prophesy. Moses immediately realizes that it is from God but his followers are not so quick to catch on. Just as in our Church we often have ways of thinking that exclude God from acting in certain ways—and we must always struggle against that. Jesus comes to save the whole world. So the question is often asked: “Well, then, why have a Church?”

The second reading today is from the Letter of James. The teaching is that we are invited to follow God in all things and not strive to amass wealth or fame or other things in this life. Nothing will count in the end except faithfulness to the Lord God. Yet in so many ways we all try to find a way to justify ourselves. We always want something better. We always want to look good in comparison with others. We al-ways want to be able to have enough and more than enough. None of that will bring us into the presence of God. The Prophets and all of Scripture keep telling us: take up your cross and follow me! Moses would respond to this reading again: How I wish that all would follow the Lord! How I wish that all were prophets!

The Gospel of Mark today gives us two clear teachings. The first is the same at the Book of Numbers: Never try to stop the works of God that happen around you because they don’t fit the way you

think that they should happen!

The second teaching is clear: what-ever we do to help others is from God and whatever we do to cause others to sin will be brought be-fore us at the time of judgment.

Today many no longer think of the final judgment and many prefer to

think that there is no hell. Jesus really calls us to want all people to follow Him and for all people to seek good and to struggle against sin and evil. This struggle takes place, however, in our freedom. And in our freedom we can choose against God.

So this Sunday let us pray that all might be prophets, that all might struggle against sin and against harming anyone. Let us give thanks for all who do good and pray that we also may do good.

Reflections by Abbot Phillip Christ in the Desert Monastary

ST. JAMES CATHOLIC PARISH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Words For Reflection!

Next Weekend October 6 & 7th

here at the church after all the Masses

Did you know that there are many ways to serve and be part of your parish family…. Helpers needed during the Mass:

MUSIC MINISTRY…. Singing or playing an instrument… USHERS...helping with greeting and seating people, handing out bulletins after Mass and other duties….. ALTAR SERVERS….. BABYSITTING … during the 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon Masses….helping the parent with children who are to small to sit during Mass…. Ministries out side of Mass:

Religious Education Program….

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS….

SPANISH PRAYER GROUP….

Food Pantry….

Funeral Ministry….

First Saturday Devotion….

Gabriel House.. Etc. Plan to stop and … † Talk to ministry leaders and member of

various ministries. † Learn more about the different ministries

and serve groups in our parish. † Share what you love and see where you

might make a big difference † Ask questions and discover where God is

calling you to share your Faith and Time.

ST. JAMES MINISTRY FAIR

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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME……...........................SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

The 4th Commandment

HONOR YOUR FATHER AND

MOTHER

On the journey within the Ten Words, the Ten Commandments, we come to the father and mother. It speaks of the honor owed to parents. What is this ‘honor’? The Hebrew term indicates glory, value, literally ‘importance’, consistent with reality. It is not a question of external forms but of truth. To honor God, in the Scriptures, means recognizing his reality, acknowledging his presence; this is also expressed with rites, but above all it means giving God his proper place in life. Thus, honoring our father and mother also means recognizing their importance with practical actions, which express dedication, affection and care. But it is more than this.

The Fourth Word has a particular characteristic: it is the Commandment that contains a result. In fact, it says: “Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you” (Dt 5:16). Honoring our parents leads to a long and happy life. The word ‘well’ in the Decalogue appears only linked to the relationship with parents.

The fourth Commandment tells us even more. It does not speak of parents’ goodness; it does not ask that fathers and mothers be perfect. It speaks about an act of the child, apart from the merits of the parents, and says something extraordinary and liber-ating: even if not all parents are good and not every childhood serene, all children can be happy, because achieving a full and happy life depends on the proper recognition of those who have brought us into the world.

Let us think about how this Word can be constructive for many young people who come from stories of pain and for all those who have suffered in their own youth. Many saints — and countless Christians — after a painful childhood, have lived a luminous life, be-cause, thanks to Jesus Christ, they became reconciled with life. Let us consider that young man — blessed now and next month a saint — Sulprizio, who at 19 years of age end-ed his life reconciled, despite much suffering, with many issues, because his heart was at peace and he never denied his parents. Let us think of Saint Camillus de Lellis, who from a disorderly childhood built a life of love and of service; of Saint Josephine Bakhita, who grew up in terrible slavery; or of Blessed Carlo Gnocchi, orphaned and poor; and of Saint John Paul II himself, marked by the loss of his mother at a tender age.

People, from whatever background they come, receive from this Commandment the direc-tion that leads to Christ: indeed, manifest in him is the true Father, who invites us to be ‘born anew’ from above (cf. Jn 3:3-8). The enigma of our lives is illuminated when we discover that God has always prepared for us a life as his children, where every act is a mission received from him.

Our wounds begin to be strengths when we discover by grace that the true enigma is no longer ‘why?’ but ‘for whom?’; for whom did this happen to me? In view of what result did God mold me throughout my history? Here everything is overturned; everything becomes precious; everything be-comes constructive. How can my even sad and painful experience become, in the light of love, a source of salvation for others — for whom? So we can begin to honor our parents with the freedom of adult children and with merciful acceptance of their limitations.

Honor parents: they gave us life! If you are distant from your parents, make an effort and return, go back to them; perhaps they are elderly.... They gave you life. Then, there is a habit among us to say bad

things, even to curse.... Please, never, never ever insult other people’s parents. Never! One should never insult a mother, never insult a father. Never! Never! Take this interior decision yourselves: from now on I will never insult anyone’s mother or father. They gave life! They must never be insulted.

This wonderful life is offered to us, not imposed: reborn in Christ is a grace to be freely accepted (cf. Jn 1:11-13), and it is the treasure of our Baptism, in which, by the work of the Holy Spirit, we have only one Father, the one in heaven (cf. Mt 23:9; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:6). Thank you!

From GeneralAudience with Pope Francis, September 19,2017

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Monday, Oct. 1—St. Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin, doctor 8:15 a.m. Stephanie Fleming /Gabriel Fleming ………….....…....…...Jb 1:6-22/Lk 9:46-50

Tuesday, Oct. 2—-Holy Guardian Angels 8:15 p.m. Barbara Hoare/Sam Dinh ………..…Jb 3:1-3,11-17,20-23/Mt 18:1-5,10

Wednesday, Oct. 3—Weekday In Ordinary Time 8:15 a.m. Hegarty & Lambert Fam…...Jb 9:1-12,14-16/Lk 9:57-62

Thursday, Oct 4—St. Francis of Assisi 8:15 a.m. Benjamin Fleming/James Fleming ..….....................Jb 19:21-27/Lk 10:1-12

Friday, Oct. 5—Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos 8:15 a.m. +Ken Fleming/+Baby Raphael Chavez ……….………......Jb 38:1,12-2140:3-5/Lk 10:13-16

Saturday, Oct. 6—St. Bruno, priest; Bl. Marie Rose Durcher, 8:15.a.m. +Leocavio Varelot/+Jim Kreche …........Jb 42:1-3,5-6,12-17/Lk 10:17-24

TWIENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4:00 p.m. Chavez Family

GN 2:18-24/HEB 2:9-11/MK 10:2-16

Sunday October 7, 2018

8:00 a.m. +Fr. Angelo Ossino/+Fr. Dennis Ryan 10:00 a.m. St. James Parishioners 12:00 Noon TBA

Please pray for those parishioners suffering sickness... Pat DonovanApril MonroeMary Ann MillerGary Miller

Julian CarrilloPatty KaneMary Kratzer Jack BlackwoodPatty CarrAndrea JanskyTerri Walker

April HueyJuana Moraza BanuelDana TracySherry O’Neil Marvine LabatoLynda ValenciaJoseph Napoerola

Mike & Linda ThilvinElizabeth FloresMichael Maestas Beau MondragonFord McLineyNancy GreweRose Stoeber Tony Heble Erick RuizMary Lou HallerDebbie Dawkins

Leonce LeBlancSalvador HuichapaRobert Medina Betty MadonnaLeticia VitervoJames WoodKevin Jarvis Linda BuckleyCarrie KreslJim KindbladeAl Merendino

Walker Stevens Ford McClineyYusmari PereiraDick Morroni Lana & Andy Davis.Terri LenzoTom DoblerJoan Dotson Michelle MaestasMaximino FloresAndrea McKibben

Santiago Ochoa Aurelia DiazRudy AndreasMarty & Terry McNalleyJose Guadalupe DelgadoJohn Williams, Sr.

Rod MaclennanAdela Hartmann Henry Chu Mike Delaney Keeley Knobbe Mary Sanchez

Mick LivingstonJeff GarciaRon HuempfnerOpal Every Angelica Carrasco Tina Fisher Rita Wright

ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH

For the Week of:

October 1— 7, 2018

Food needed for ST. JAMES FOOD PANTRY

** CANNED BEANS **INSTANT POTATOES

*CANNED MEAT

Thank you!!!!

ST. JAMES KNIGHTS

OF COLUMBUS

If you are interested

Call Pat Nash: 303-399-1255

Meetings are the 3rd Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Visit: www.kofc12800.com

ST. JAMES OFFERTORY: September 22 &23, 2018……………..$ 5,007.22

THANK YOU!! eGiving Enroll in our electronic offertory program.

To sign up visit www.faithdirect.net. code is: CO394.

Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament

Open: Mon.-Thurs.

12 Noon to 10:00 p.m.

Fridays: All Night Adoration until

Sat. at 7:00 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

REMINDER: Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday Devotions

Saturday, October 6, 2018

7:20 AM Holy Rosary to Our Lady of Fatima to spread the devotion to Mary. 8:15 AM

Mass with the intention of our salvation and for peace for the whole world as asked by Our Lady of Fatima Immediately after Mass: Veneration of the relics of Saints Jacinta and Francisco-seers of Fatima Confession Sat – 3—3:45 p.m./Wkdays: 7:30 – 8 a.m.

Bring Your Family, especially your Children!

This sacrifice and these devotions carry great promises that can be realized with a sincere heart: personal salvation, a good death and an era of peace to mankind.

Are you available?

We are always in need of more helpers.

Help clean the church on Monday mornings after 8:15 a.m. Mass at

9:00 a.m. Many hands make light work.

THANK YOU!!!