Stewardship Reflections

-- Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25/26, 2019 -In today’s Gospel we witness the last evening Jesus spends with his disciples before his death. He has already made it clear that his followers will show their love for him by serving others. To live that kind of love, they will need the active presence of God in their midst. Jesus tells his disciples that he and his Father will come and make their home with them. He also tells them that the Holy Spirit will be among them to teach them and remind them of all that Jesus had taught. Good stewards recognize that God is in their midst and that the Holy Spirit is guiding them. How often do we acknowledge God’s presence in our lives? How often do we allow the Holy Spirit to guide us?

Sexto Domingo de Pascua -En el Evangelio de hoy somos testigos de la última noche que Jesús pasa con sus discípulos antes de su muerte. Él ha dejado claro que sus seguidores mostrarán su amor por él en el servicio a otros. Para vivir esta clase de amor, ellos necesitarán la presencia activa de Dios en medio de ellos. Jesús dice a sus discípulos que Él y su Padre vendrán y habitarán entre ellos. Les dice también que el Espíritu Santo estará entre ellos para enseñarles y recordarles todo lo que Jesús les enseñó. Los buenos corresponsables reconocen que Dios está en medio de ellos y que el Espíritu Santo les guía. ¿Con qué frecuencia reconocemos la presencia de Dios en nuestras vidas? ¿Con qué frecuencia permitimos al Espíritu Santo ser nuestro guía? ________________________________________________________________________________

Sacred Heart Stewardship Regular Collection Thank you for your support and generosity!

May 18 & 19, 2019

Children’s Offerings/Loose $392.35

Envelopes $1,946.00

Total $2,338.35

Second Collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign $174.11

The Holy Spirit will teach you everthing and

remind you of all that I told you. John 14:26

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church 1309 West 8th Street – PO Box 1347

Littlefield, TX 79339 sacredheartlittlefield.org

Sunday, May 26th

, 2019

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.

Finance Committee: Ray Vargas, James Sokora, Oscar Zapata

Liturgical Committee: Mrs. Pauline Duran and the Guadalupanas.

Linens: Mrs. Alice Castillo Grounds: Gus Lopez

Church Custodians: Parish Volunteers

Religious Education: PCL K-6th grade – Suzann Craig &

Cynthia Ortega PCL 7-12th grade – Lola & Oscar Zapata CIA Guide – Amanda Barrera

Music: 6:30p.m. – Mary Mangles and Elaine Ybarra

8:00a.m. – Ana Martinez 10:30a.m. – Jr. Longoria and choir 12:00noon – Paul Mendez and Kayla Sierra

CLERGY Pastor:

Fr. Brian Wood 806/385-6043

Deacons: Rev. Mr. Doroteo Garcia

485-4546

Rev. Mr. Richard Flores

448-0328

PARISH OFFICE 806-385-6043

Parish Office Hours:

Monday-Friday

10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Closed for lunch

12:00 - 1:00 Parish Secretary Christina Gomez

Mass Times Saturday: 6:30pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 8:00am 10:30am (Spanish)

12:00 noon

Confession Times Saturdays: 5:30pm

Or by appointment

CCE meets from September thru May. Elementary CCE is held on Sundays from 9:05am – 10:15am

Middle School and High School CCE is held on Wednesdays

staring at 6:05pm in the church, and ending at 8:15pm.

Weekly and Monthly Schedule of Activities

Each year, the Holy Father asks for our prayers for a specific intention each month. You are invited to answer the Holy Father's request and to join with

many people worldwide in praying for this intention each month.

May 2019 – Evangelization That the Church in Africa, through the commitment of its members, may be the seed of unity among her peoples and a sign of hope for this continent.

Sacramental Notes Baptisms: Please call the parish office to register in the parish and

before making any plans as to day or time for the sacrament. See the bulletin for announcement on baptismal classes. Parents and Godparents are both required to attend classes. Parents of the child to be baptized must be registered members of the parish. Mass attendance is required.

Marriages, Anniversaries, Validation of Marriages: Please

call the parish office and make arrangements for these well ahead of the date of the event. (9 months or more).

Funerals: Family members need to call the parish office as quickly as

possible to make arrangements. Do not set a date or time before speaking to Fr. Brian.

Adult Sacraments: Eucharist, Confirmations, Reception into the Church, RCIA program and participation: call the

parish office for more information.

Anointing of the Sick: Do not hesitate to call Fr. Brian in case of a

serious illness. Please call the parish office to receive this sacrament.

First Communion and Confirmation: First Communion and

Confirmation are 2 year preparation Sacraments. For 1st Communion the first year starts in 2nd grade with Reconciliation and the second year of preparation ends in 3rd grade with First Communion. Confirmation preparation begins in grade 9. If a child has not attended the first year of preparation for 1st Communion or Confirmation, they will be placed in the first year class for that specific Sacrament. It is MANDATORY for a student to attend and complete BOTH years of preparation in order to receive these Sacraments.

Our Parish is in search of a new PCL

and Confirmation II teacher for the

Wednesday CCE program for next

year. The current PCLs & Conf. II

teachers are willing to work with the

new PCL & Conf. II teacher during the

CCE school year of 2019-2020. Please

contact the parish office if you are

willing to help your parish with this

calling.

DIOCESAN CATHOLIC APPEAL

Thank you to all who have made a

commitment of financial and prayerful

support to the Diocesan Catholic Appeal.

We thank you for your generosity and your

response to the call of Stewardship as a

Holy Way of Life.

If you have not made your commitment yet,

it is not too late. We ask that you please

make your commitment today in order to

provide the resources needed to continue

vital diocesan ministries. We are counting

on you to respond to this year’s theme,

Companions on the Journey, which reminds

us all that the journey to Heaven is one of

accompaniment, encouragement, and

walking alongside our brothers and sisters

in Christ. It reminds us to share our gifts for

the benefit others who need your assistance.

Please make your commitment today by

filling out a pledge envelope located on the

table at the entrance and mailing it. Our

parish goal is 100% participation and

$38,178.00. You can also give your gift

online at www.catholiclubbock.org/dca.

Next Jamaica Meeting: June 10th @

7:30pm in the 6th Grade Classroom.

There will be a Parish Council Meeting on

Tuesday, May 28th @6:30pm in the Hall to

meet Fr. Angelo Consemino and discuss the

transition. Hope to see everyone there

Fr. Brian Wood

No va ver Ultreya, el lunes, 27 de mayo

No Escuela de Dirigentes, él martes, 28 de mayo

Apostolado, Sunday June 2nd from 2:30-5:30pm

at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Snyder.

Adult Faith Formation

The study program, The Bible and the Virgin Mary unveils the mystery of Our Lady that is woven into the fabric of Sacred Scripture. Twelve lessons convey the beauty of the doctrine and devotions surrounding Mary, bringing them to life in a powerful, new way. Classes start on Tuesday, June 11th in the large classroom of the parish hall. Monetary donations will be accepted to cover materials provided.

PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense

against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke

him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts,

by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits,

who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Knights of Columbus

2nd Tuesday of the month in

the parish hall at 7:15 pm

Guadalupanas

2nd Tuesday of the month in

the Church at 7:00p.m

Grupo de Oración

El Grupo de Oración se junta

cada jueves después le la

Santa Misa en la iglesia.

Baptismal Classes: English classes on (must attend both weeks) Wednesday, June 19th and June

26th at 7:30-9:00pm in the Church. Please go by the parish office during normal business hours to

register before the classes begin, and to provide a copy of the child’s birth certificate. Parents and

Godparents MUST ATTEND the classes. Godparents must be married through the Church. No

exceptions! Thank you.

Clases de Bautismo: Clases en español, martes, 18 de junio en el salón parroquial a las 7:00 de la

tarde. Por favor pase por la oficina de la parroquia durante el horario comercial normal para

registrarse antes del comienzo de las clases. Y para proveer una copia del certificado de nacimiento de

su hijo. Padres y Padrinos es obligatorio de asistir. Los padrinos deben estar casados por la iglesia.

¡No hay excepciones! Gracias.

Readings for the Week and

Prayer Requests for our Priests Sunday: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Rev 21:10-14,

22-23; John 14: 23-49 – Rev. Jose deDios Gonzalez

Monday: Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b; John

15:26—16:4a– Msgr. Arsenio Redulla

Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; John

16:5-11 – Rev. Heriberto Mercado

Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14;

John 16:12-15 – Bishop Robert M. Coerver

Thursday: Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 16:16-20

– Msgr. Nicolas Rendon

Friday: Zep. 3:14-18a; Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Luke 1:39-56

– All Priests

Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; John 16:23B-28

– Rev. John Cherolikal

Dear Mother Mary, cover them with your maternal mantle

and hold them in your Immaculate Heart. Amen.

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK AT SACRED HE ART PARISH

Saturday, May 25 6:30pm Mass - Xavier Hernandez

Sunday, May 26 8:00am Mass – Olivia Ayala

10:30am Mass – Mary Alice

Castillo & SPI: Guitron Family

12:00am Mass – For our Parish

Community

Monday, May 27 9:00am Mass – Military who’ve

lost their lives

Wednesday, May 29 6:30pm -Communion Service

Thursday, May 30 6:30pm Mass – Communion Service

Friday, May 31 9:00am Mass – Communion Service

Saturday, June 1 6:30pm Mass - Jose Aguilar

Sunday, June 2 8:00am Mass – For our Parish

Community

10:30am Mass – Mike, Rosa, &

Mike Jr., Reyes

12:00am Mass – Nick Castillo

Parish Sick List

Dolores Abeyta George Abeyta, Sr., George Abeyta, Jr. Emma G. Acevedo Mónico Aguilar Alicia Ayala Elijah Cervantez Ethan Cervantez Emilia Cordova Leon Cordova Sylvia Coronado Suzann Craig Lucy Cuellar Carmela DeLaFuente Rodolfo Delgado Alfredo Duran Irene Duran Manuel Duran Molly Garcia Diacono Teo García Anita Gonzales Lupe Perez Gregg Guadalupe Gutiérrez Teófilo Gutiérrez Alejandra Hernández Christina Hernández Ernest Hernández José Hernández Richard Hernández Dana King Charlie & Lillie Lara Juanita Longoria Mary Longoria Victoria Longoria Jesús y Isaura López Alex McCrary Josephine McCrary Betty Jo Martinez Stephen Martinez Martin Méndez Erika Mendoza Harvey Miller Louisa Montoya Rey Morales, Jr. Blanca Lidia Muñiz Apolonia Orona Lupe Padilla Marie Pérez Petra Polando Jesús Provenció Nancy Quintanilla Ashley Ramirez Esperanza Rangel Connie Reedy Ricardo Reyes Manuel Reyna Tiodoro Rivera Ashley Rodriguez Juan Rodríguez Samantha Rodriguez Tommy Savala Johnny Sierra Lucila Silvas Jimmy Solis Dolores Solíz Roy Steadham Rodney Trevino Rogelia Trevino Abel y María Vargas Sylvia Vienna Eva T. Williams Frank Curly Villarreal Christopher Underwood Jeremy Ybarra

Information on events coming up in our Diocese of Lubbock

Vocation Blurb - Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25/26– The apostles chose Barsabbas and Silas to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas to bring the Good News. Is God choosing you for a special purpose? If you think God is calling you, contact the Vocations Office at 806-792-3943 ext. 226 or rperez@catholiclubbock.org Diocesan Priest serves ordinary men who are responding to their call to holiness and offers guidance for the question: Is Jesus Christ calling me to be a Catholic priest? Visit www.diocesanpriest.com

SAVE THE DATE! The Diaconate Ordination date for Jeremy Trull and Wesley Beal has been set for Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:00am at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Blessings! NIGHT TO REMEMBER – Friday, June 7, 2019, 6 p.m., McKenzie Merket Alumni Center, 17th & University. Tickets: $150/two people, includes: raffle entry with three chances to win $1,000, delicious dinner with open bar, a silent and live auction, a great time with old and new friends, and, an opportunity to hear directly from one of the people whose life your generosity has helped. Purchase tickets online: https://cclubbock.org/tickets or call Catholic Charities office: 806-765-8475

MEMORIAL DAY MASSES Monday, May 27:

Christ the King Cathedral – 11 a.m., 4011 54th, Lubbock – Fr. Brian Wood, Celebrant Holy Spirit - 9 a.m., 98th & Frankford. Families invited to bring pictures of those who have served. PENTECOST RETREAT – June 15, 9

a.m-3 p.m. especially for the newly

confirmed entering into CIA

(Confirmed in Action). Retreat team:

Lourdes Martinez & Andrew Cortez.

Contact: Sister Martha Jane Venhaus

(806) 863-4904 or

rebuildchurch@gmail.com (Date

change from June 8)

Pray for our Bishop Coerver,

Priests and Deacons.

Oren por nuestro Obispo Coerver,

Sacerdotes y Diáconos.

Pray for our seminarians!

¡Rogad por nuestros seminaristas!

REPORTING ABUSE OR NEGLECT: Our clergy (bishop, priests, and deacons), seminarians, men and women in Consecrated Life, lay staff, and volunteers are trained to recognize and to report any disclosure or suspicion of physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, or neglect to the appropriate authorities. It is the policy of the Diocese of Lubbock to report any allegation of sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to law enforcement. Once local law enforcement, or the child abuse/vulnerable adult hotline has been called, information regarding an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor should also be

reported to Victim Assistance Coordinator Oscar

Reyes at (806) 543-9178 or to diocesan officials.

WE ARE STILL WITHIN THE EASTER SEASON!

BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. (REV. 3:20)

The Church is HOLY not because of anything her members have done, but because of what Jesus did on the Cross over two thousand years ago....and continues to do today through Her.

We cannot think about Jesus without thinking about the

Church and we cannot think about the Church without

thinking about Jesus. The Catechism says: The Church...is

held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy. This is

because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the

Spirit is hailed as „alone holy, loved the Church as his Bride,

giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her; he joined her

to himself as his body and endowed her with the gift of the

Holy Spirit for the glory of God.” CCC 823

Jesus came to die for sinners, for everyone. He wants to heal

us spiritually and morally through his Church. In Jesus and

through the ministry of his Church, we are all (however broken and

imperfect) accompanying each other on our journey to eternal life. He

carried the Cross for us; he carried our rejections, judgments,

humiliations, loneliness and hurts. He carried it all so that we might

know and share in His strength and victory over death. At the Cross, he

THIRSTED (John 19:28). He THIRSTS for YOU!

Fr. Josh Johnson

Jesus is God, therefore his love, his thirst is infinite. He, the creator of the

universe, asked for the love of his creatures. He thirsts for our love...these

words: I THIRST...do they echo in our souls?” St. Teresa of Calcuta

¡TODAVÍA ESTAMOS DENTRO DE LA TEMPORADA DE PASCUA!

MIRA, YOU ESTOY LLAMANDO A LA PUERTA. (REV. 3:20)

La Iglesia no es Santa por nada de lo que sus miembros han hecho, sino por lo que Jesús hizo en la Cruz hace más de 2000 años...y sigue haciendo hoy a través de ella

No podemos pensar en Jesús sin pensar en la iglesia y no

podemos pensar en la iglesia sin pensar en Jesús. El

Catecismo dice: ―la Iglesia... se lleva a cabo, como cuestión

de fe, para ser infalsamente Santo. Esto se debe a que Cristo,

el hijo de Dios, que con el padre y el espíritu es aclamado

como ' solo Santo, amó a la iglesia como su esposa,

entregarse por ella para santificarla; él se unió a sí mismo

como su cuerpo y la dotó con el don del Espíritu Santo para

la gloria de Dios. “CCC 823

Jesús vino a morir por los pecadores, por todos. Él quiere

sanarnos espiritualmente y moralmente a través de su iglesia.

En Jesús y a través del Ministerio de su iglesia, todos somos

(sin embargo, quebrantados e imperfectos) acompañando a los demás en

nuestro camino hacia la vida eterna. Él llevaba la Cruz por nosotros,

llevaba nuestros rechazos, juicios, humillaciones, soledad y dolor. Lo

llevaba todo para que pudiéramos saber y compartir su fuerza y victoria

sobre la muerte. En la Cruz, él dijo TENGO SED. (Juan 19:28). ¡Tiene

SED de TI! Fr. Josh Johnson

Jesús es Dios, por lo tanto su amor, su sed es infinita. Él, el creador del

universo, pidió el amor de sus criaturas. Él tiene sed de nuestro amor...

estas palabras: tengo sed... hacen eco en nuestras almas? " Santa

Teresa de Calcuta