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December 10, 2017 Second Sunday of Advent

Advent Penance Services: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart , December 13, 12 Noon St. Pius X, December 14, 6:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Help of Christians, December 16, 8:45 a.m. St. Francis Xavier, December 18, 6:30 p.m. Our Lady of the Meadows, December 19, 7 p.m.

Christ the King, December 19, 6:30 p.m.

Pastoral Council November 2017 Krissy Trujillo, Frank Drotar, Christy Naranjo, Fr. John, Gerald Garduno, Luis Valerio, Ray Andrews - Not Pictured: Hannah Comstock

Finance Council November 2017 Chris Putaturo, Roger Silva, Fr. John, Bob Mysliwiec, Theresa Dudley, Kristi Brown - Not Pictured: Pat Rooney

Announcing Christ the King’s Annual Advent Pageant:

The Gospel According to the Children of Christ the King Sunday, December 17, 2017 9:30 a.m. in the Church Reception following in Adrians Hall Family Mass at 10:45 a.m.

Bring children to the event dressed as any of the following: stable animal, wise peo-ple (kings and queens), angel, shepherd or sheep. Extra costumes will be available in Adrians Hall at 9:00 a.m. if you don’t have any of the above. Children will sit with their families.

Financia l Report – Year to Date July 1 , 2017 thru October, 2017

July thru October

Weekend Collections YTD $128,564

Expenses YTD $153,439

(Loss) ($24,895)

This year to date “snapshot” of our financial condition is intended to portray what we should be taking in for the weekly collection to pay our expenses. We’re not “in the red” with the bank because we have other income to pay our bills. But ideally we shouldn’t draw on them or we don’t get ahead. Our budget projected that at this time of year we’d be -$10,652 by this time, so once again things are better than they look! From a budget-viewpoint, we’re actually ahead $14,243 ahead where we expected to be at the end of October.

THE YEAR OF MARK PART II

In the year ahead most of our weekend Gospel readings will be from The Gos-pel According to St. Mark. The original Gospel didn’t include St. Mark’s name

as part of the text, so the actual author probably wasn’t the real St. Mark. Like so many of our scrip-tures, someone later added his name to it so that you would be inclined to read it. The real-life Mark was sort of a secretary to both St. Peter and St. Paul, so giving the gospel his name would give it a lot of credibility.

All that matters is that the author of this gospel was the first person to take the oral and written traditions about Jesus that were circulating, and he arranged them into a narrative under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Mark’s Gospel has several characteristics:

It contains vivid descriptions, lots of details, lots of adjectives and adverbs that give a “you are there” feeling.

It’s very fast-paced: there are rapid movement and changes of scene. We see that in the very first chap-ter: 10 events happen in it! Phew!

Jesus appears as a person in a hurry – his ministry is only 2 to 3 years long, and there’s a sense of urgency to his ministry. Time is running out!

Mark uses the word “immediately” a lot. People instantly respond to him.

Locales are important: Galilee is where he debuts and has a lot of acceptance, where Jesus is a figure of power; Jerusalem is the place of opposition and rejection. Other scenes have Old Testament connec-tions and show Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament. His forages outside of Israel reflect the future mission of the disciples to the Gentiles.

Mark puts off revealing Jesus’ true identity until his death and resurrection. We know from the beginning of the Gospel that Jesus is the Messiah, the Anointed One – we just don’t know what kind of Messiah Jesus is. That’s unveiled at the end: Jesus is a suffer-ing Messiah who is also God’s Son.

Fr. John O.

(Part III next week)

2018 Calendars are available in the

Narthex this weekend.

Please take one per family.

Thank you to Montgomery & Steward for their donation towards the calendars.

Report from Fr. John: the fruits of my labor.

After making 140 phone calls, 136 people stepped for-ward to help us in our ministries. Here’s the break-down (thanks to Kathy Redmond for “crunching the numbers:

28 new Ushers 28 new Greeters 24 new Proclaimers 29 new Communion Ministers 13 new Servers 14 new Sacristans (3 are couples)

This is a good start. Please consider “helping with the chores” when I call you next year. It’s rewarding, a good way to meet good people, increases your appreci-ation for the Mass, and God really will bless you for it!

Weekly Calendar Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:30am Religious Formation-Pre-K-8—Formation Center 4:30pm High School Youth Discipleship—Sr. Joan’s Rm 4:30pm RCIA-Form Ctr., 6th Grade Room Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:00am Women’s Bible Study—Sr. Joan’s Room 6:30pm Choir Practice-Choir Room Sunday, December 17, 2017 9:30am Religious Formation-Pre-K-8— Advent Pageant—Church 4:30pm High School Youth Discipleship—Sr. Joan’s Rm 4:30pm RCIA-Form Ctr., 6th Grade Room

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4: 30 P .M . Sunday: 8:15 A.M. and 10:45 A.M. Monday: 7:30 A.M. Word Communion Service Monday through Friday: 7:15 A.M. Morning Prayer Tuesday through Friday 7:30 A.M. Mass

Confession: Saturday, Dec. 9 & 16: (not on 12/23) 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Advent Penance Service, Tuesday, Dec. 19: 6:30 P.M. or by appointment (719) 542-9248

High School Youth Discipleship Sunday, December 10th & 17th

4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All youth from 9th through 12th grades are

welcome!

Please check ctkpueblo.org for the latest info.

Sunday, December 10th—Parents and Teens

We will have our first parent/teen informational meeting regarding the summer High School Conference, Steubenville of the Rockies. Sunday, December 10th at 3:30pm in Sr . Joan’s Room. Conference is June 22-24, 2018 in Denver, Colorado $195 (includes $50 deposit; non-refundable, non-transferable.) Class follows at 4:30pm for the teens on the 10th.

PARISH STAFF Ful l - t ime: Laura Fisher Escalera Pastoral Associate lescalera@ctkpueblo.org for Religious Formation

Lori Judkins Pastoral Associate judkins.lori@yahoo.com for Liturgical Music

Mary Meissner Administrative Assistant mmeissner@ctkpueblo.org Rev. John Ozella Pastor jozella@ctkpueblo.org Part-time: Lauren Bartolo Youth Minister Corey Compton Deacon ccompton@ctkpueblo.org

Stephen Escalera Deacon sescalera@ctkpueblo.org Inez Flores Parish Assistant Rob Flores Maintenance Coordinator Jacob Mutz Youth Minister Sarah Nelson Pastoral Associate for Youth snelson@ctkpueblo.org and Adult Pastoral Care Katharine Redmond Pastoral Associate for gkredmond@comcast.net Worship

Religious Retirement Fund Collection Elderly Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests need your help. Through prayer, love, and sacrifice,

they established Catholic schools, hospitals, and more. Yet years of serving for little or no pay have left a shortage in retirement funding. Your gift helps their religious communities furnish necessities such as medications and nursing care. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders. Envelopes are available in the pews this weekend. Please make your checks payable to Christ the King and place in the collection basket. Thank you for your generosity.

Christmas Flower envelopes are avail-able in the pews. Please place them in with the regular collection. Thank you!

New to the Parish? Welcome! We have many opportunities for Adult Formation. Sunday: Adult Sacramental Formation – RCIA Tuesday: Men's Bible Study Wednesday: Woman's Bible Study (morning) Mothers Group (twice a month) Catholic Fellowship (evening) For detailed information (dates/times/locations) please check the Parish webpage at ctkpueblo.org.

Parishioners and Visitors: Join us for Coffee and Donuts fol-lowing the Sunday morning Mass-es in December in Adrians Hall.

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th— St. Juan Diego 4:30 P.M.—For our Christ the King Parish Family SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10th Second Sunday of Advent 8:15 A.M.—Msgr. Howard Delaney, by Margaret & Milton Trujillo 10:45 A.M.—Darrell Garza, by Frank & Celina Pacheco MONDAY, DECEMBER 11th— St. Damasus I, Pope 7:30 A.M.—Word Communion Service TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12th— Our Lady of Guadalupe 7:30 A.M.—Dr. CP & Elizabeth Garcia, by Tom DeNiro Family WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13th— St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr 7:30 A.M.—Tom & Louise DeNiro, by Tom DeNiro Family THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14th— St. John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor of the Church 7:30 A.M.—Jim & Josephine DeNiro, by Tom DeNiro Family FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15th— 7:30 A.M.—Constancio & Guadalupe Cirilo, by Tom DeNiro Family Bryce Blain, by Dave & Karla Blain SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16th— 4:30 P.M.—Johnny Sefcovic, by Rose Hopper SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th— Third Sunday of Advent 8:15 A.M.— Frank & Helen Selak, by Dave & Mary Fraterelli 10:45 A.M.—For our Christ the King Parish Family

Readings for the Week Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39- 47, or any readings from the Common of The Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28

If you are unable to fulfill your assigned Mass, please get a substitute to fill in for you. The Ministry Schedule is posted at www.ctkpueblo.org. Saturday, December 16, 2017 @ 4:30pm 1st Proclaimer: Rich Dudley 2nd Proclaimer: Theresa Dudley Bread: Gena Ryder Cup: Molly Vega, John Chavez, Sally Tafoya, Deacon Servers: Nina Trujillo Ushers: Marty Bechina, Nathan Lira, Michael Cafasso, Dan Medved Greeters: Martin & Estella McClelland Sacristans: Micki Markowski Sunday, December 17, 2017 @ 8:15am 1st Proclaimer: Frank Drotar 2nd Proclaimer: Alana Weart Bread: Michelle Meier Cup: Brandon Montoya, Arnold Montoya, Juanita Montoya, Deacon Servers: Orion Lefebre, Zack Garduno Ushers: Nicole Cummings, Scott Cummings, Pat Hamann, Cindy Murten Greeters: Betty & Richard Mestas Sacristans: Kath Redmond Sunday, December 17, 2017 @10:45am 1st Proclaimer: Aiden Martinez 2nd Proclaimer: Ava Martinez Bread: Rosanna Padilla Cup: Frank Romero, Sandra Espinoza, Sherri Baca, Deacon Servers: Landon Martinez, Layne Martinez Ushers: James Kramer, Matthew Parlier, John Solano, John Steefel Greeters: David & Sara Tafoya Family Sacristans: Cindy Kramer

Prayer Line: If you have a prayer request for yourself or for someone you know, please call Sarah at 542-9248 ext. 21 or email snelson@ctkpueblo.org.

The Giving Tree—Advent Parish Project If you took a gift tag from the Giv-ing Tree please place the gift tag

securely on the wrapped gift and place it under the “Giving Tree” this weekend (December 10th) or bring your gift to the parish office during the week. Thank you for your generosity and

for helping make a child smile this Christmas.