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May 24, 2015 – Pentecost Sunday
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
A praying, learning and caring Catholic community
MISSION STATEMENT
We are a praying, learning and caring community
fulfilling the mission God gives us in baptism
by our worship in faith, by our witness in hope and by our service in love.
Praying through the Sacraments,
Learning through Religious Education,
Caring through Pastoral Care.
Father Lawrence M. Purcell, Pastor
lmpurcell@nativitycatholic.org; 858-756-1911, ext. 4
Deacon Jim Walsh
jwalsh@nativitycatholic.org; 858-367-0114
Parish Office Mailing Address: Post Office Box 8770
Nativity School Mailing Address: Post Office Box 9180
6309 El Apajo Road
Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067
(858) 756-1911; FAX: (858) 756-9562; www.nativitycatholic.org
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Church of the Nativity
May 24, 2015
Pentecost Sunday
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts
but the same Spirit.
— 1 Corinthians 12:4
ÚÚÚ 3
4 G‹
:
Please join us in singing the Psalm Response:
Lord,
H H H
send out your
G
spi
H
-
REFLECTING ON GOD’S WORD
Sighs allow us to sit there for a moment or two without
breathing—just being there at peace and without whatever it is
that we just exhaled, without our worry or our confusion or
maybe even our inner pain. It’s almost as if a sigh is a prayer for
new spirit. On the other hand, hiccups are almost like breathing
with potholes and speed bumps, like gulps of roughage to keep
the good air flowing—or maybe they’re gulps of spirit to get the
body into balance when it’s quite content to stay out of balance,
a kind of forced prayer.
Lately I’ve been thinking about sighing and hiccupping. Maybe
it’s because I’ve grown older and sigh more often. Now when I
sigh, I find myself deciding to live with life the way it is and
saying to myself that it’s got to be okay, because like it or not,
it’s all I’ve got. I’ve begun to realize that after fighting with some
of my sins for sixty-some years without much ever seeming to
change, maybe I just need to let God do whatever God is going
to do. And so the Spirit sighs, which is another way of saying,
“Jesus is Lord.”
On the other hand, after sixty-plus years of living I also keep
discovering new sinfulness in my life, little corners that I’ve
allowed to get dusty by staying out of them. Like greed that I
had labeled “being practical.” Like protecting myself from being
used, which turns out to be no more than selfishness. And every
once in a while, in a moment of honesty, I’ll come across one of
those dusty corners, and it’s a bit like trying to swallow a peanut
butter sandwich without any milk. It’s hard to get down, and then
you start to hiccup.
—Rev. Joseph J. Juknialis
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H H H
G
rit and re - new
H
the
H H H
face of
the
G‹
earth!
REFLEXIONEMOS SOBRE
LA PALABRA DE DIOS
Los suspiros nos permiten quedarnos tranquilos por un
momento sin respirar, en paz y sin aquello que acabamos de
exhalar, desprovistos de esa preocupación o de esa confusión,
o quizás hasta de nuestra pena interior. Es casi como que un
suspiro fuera una oración para recibir un espíritu nuevo. Por
otro lado, el hipo es casi como respirar en medio de baches y
topes, como tragos de fibra, para que el aire puro siga fluyendo,
o tal vez sean tragos del espíritu para equilibrar el cuerpo
cuando éste se sienta bien contento de permanecer
desequilibrado; es como un tipo de oración forzada.
Últimamente he estado pensando en los suspiros y los hipos.
Quizás sea porque me estoy poniendo mayor y suspiro con más
frecuencia. Ahora con cada suspiro decido seguir viviendo tal
como voy y me digo a mí misma que todo va bien porque, me
guste o no me guste, es todo lo que tengo. He llegado a caer en
la cuenta de que después de estar luchando con algunos de
mis pecados durante más de sesenta años sin un cambio
aparente, tal vez lo que necesito hacer es dejar a Dios que
haga lo que quiere hacer. Y ahí va entonces un suspiro del
Espíritu, lo cual es otra manera de afirmar que “Jesús es el
Señor”.
Por otro lado, después de más de sesenta años de vida
también sigo descubriendo nuevos pecados en mi vida,
pequeños rincones en donde he permitido que se acumule el
polvo, por no entrar en ellos; como la avaricia, la cual me he
convencido de que es “una cosa práctica”; como protegerme
para no dejarme usar, lo cual ha resultado ser egoísmo ni más
ni menos. Y de vez en cuando, durante un momento de
honestidad, me encuentro con uno de esos rincones
polvorientos y es algo así como tratar de tragar un sándwich de
mantequilla de cacahuate sin leche; es difícil pasarlo y por eso
comienzan los hipos.
—Padre Joseph J. Juknialis
Derechos de autor © 2014, World Library Publications.
LIVING GOD’S WORD
We pay much more attention to hiccups because they are disruptive. Sighing comes easily. It settles us and heals.
There’s good in both of them: hiccups direct our thoughts to what may need attention, sighing provides a moment of
peace.
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Church of the Nativity
May 24, 2015
A Memorial Day Tribute: The Origin of “Taps”
A Captain in the Union Army heard the moans of a severely wounded soldier.
He risked his life crawling through the gunfire to reach the soldier and pull him
to safety. When they reached the Union lines, the captain realized that the
soldier he tried to save was wearing a Confederate uniform. He was dead.
Capt. Ellicombe lit a lantern and, suddenly catching his breath, went numb
with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of his own son. The boy had been
studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father,
he had joined the Confederates.
The following morning, the heartbroken father was denied permission to give his son a full military burial
because the boy had been in the enemy army.
Instead, a bugler was allowed to play musical notes found in the pocket of the Confederate soldier’s
uniform. The melody now known as “Taps” is played at military funerals to this day. The words
accompanying the haunting notes are these:
Day is done - gone the sun - from the lakes – from the hills – from the sky.
All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.
Fading light – dims the sight – and a star – gems the sky.
Gleaming bright – from afar – drawing nigh – falls the night.
Thanks and praise – for our days – neath the sun – neath the stars –
neath the sky – as we go – this we know.
When the War Between the States was finally over in the spring of 1866, a group of women visited a
cemetery at Shiloh to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers. They decided to put flowers on the
graves of the Union soldiers as well.
This custom spread quickly throughout the North and the South. By 1869, “Decoration Day” was declared
to be celebrated every year on May 30th when flowers would be in full bloom. In 1967, the name was
changed to “Memorial Day.”
This holiday weekend, let us honor our fallen heroes by following the example of our forbearers and set
aside any lingering resentments we may have about enemies from a painful past.
God bless you. Fr. Lawrence Purcell, Pastor
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Church of the Nativity
May 24, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS
MAY 23 — MAY 29
SATURDAY
5:00 pm
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5, 7;
Jn 21:20-25
Evelyn Grubb, RIP
SUNDAY
7:30 am
For All Parishioners
9:00 am
Bill Zures, RIP
10:30 am
Josefina Montano, RIP
MONDAY
8:00 am
Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27
Dan Butler, RIP
TUESDAY
8:00 am
Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-8, 14, 23; Mk 10:28-31
Jobey Broyles, Special Intention
WEDNESDAY
8:00 am
Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13;
Mk 10:32-45
Anne Harrington, RIP
THURSDAY
8:00 am
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11;
Jn 17:20-26
Anne Harrington, RIP
FRIDAY
8:00 am
Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab;
Jn 21:15-19
Warren A. Turner, RIP
A NATION THAT DOES NOT HONOR IT’S HEROS,
WILL NOT LONG ENDURE.
- PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and
began to speak in different tongues
(Acts 2:1-11).
Psalm — Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the
earth (Psalm 104).
Second Reading — There are different kinds of spiritual gifts
but the same Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13) or Galatians
5:16-25.
Gospel — As the Father has sent me, so I send you: Receive
the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23) or John 15:26-27; 16:12-15.
The Call to Worship is the traditional Pentecost
plainchant hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus, attributed to
Rabanus Maurus (776-856) and used at Vespers,
Pentecost, Dedication of a Church, Confirmation,
and Holy Orders and whenever the Holy Spirit is
solemnly invoked. By tradition, a plenary indulgence
is granted if it is recited on January 1st or on the
feast of Pentecost.
The Offertory is by Christopher Tye, (c. 1497-1572)
with text by the French academic Charles Coffin (1676
-1713): O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace, eternal source of
love. Inflame, we pray, our inmost hearts with fire from
heaven above.
The Communion at 7:30 and 9 begins with a
motet by Gregor Aichinger (c.1565-1628) who went
for a two year visit to Rome for musical, rather than
religious reasons, although he had taken religious
orders before his appointment to a noble family. The
text translates: Suddenly there came a sound from
heaven, as of a mighty wind coming where they
were sitting, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit, speaking the wonderful works of God.
The second piece at 9 is by Richard Lloyd (b.
1933) with text from 1862 by Christopher
Wordsworth, nephew of the poet William
Wordsworth: Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost, taught by
thee we covet most of thy gifts at Pentecost, holy,
heavenly love. Love is kind, and suffers long, love is
meek, and thinks no wrong, love than death itself
more strong, therefore, give us love.
The third piece is the motet Ave Regina
coelorum by Francesco Soriano (1549-1621), who
was successively music director at some of the most
important churches in Rome, including Santa Maria
Maggiore. The text is: Hail, Queen of heaven; Hail,
Mistress of the Angels; Hail, root of Jesus; Hail, the
gate through which the light rose over the earth.
Rejoice, Virgin most renowned and of unsurpassed
beauty, and pray for us to Christ.
The Communion at 10:30 begins with the Lloyd
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost (above) and continues
with a setting of Veni Creator Spiritus by the
Austrian composer Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, who
was born in 1728 at Inzell in Bavaria and sent to
Italy for study by the Archbishop of Salzburg, who
later recalled him as organist to the cathedral and
keyboardist to his court, where he died in 1777 from
an apoplectic stroke while at the organ. He lived
opposite the Mozart family, and Mozart's influence is
clear in this particular piece, which is an unusually
cheerful setting of the Pentecost hymn.
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Church of the Nativity
May 24, 2015
Nativity Parishioners Appreciation Celebration for Father Purcell
Please join us for an Adults-Only Reception
Friday, June 26, 2015
5pm to 8pm
Holy Family Activity Center
Church of the Nativity
Heavy Hors d’Oeuvres, Desserts, Beer and Wine will be served
RSVP by Friday, June 12th
$45 per person
by mailing check payable to:
In Gratitude for Ten Years as
Our Beloved Pastor!
For Questions: Nicole Steele
nsteele@nativitycatholic.org or 858-756-1911
Family Faith Formation will be offering a
Summer Session for Preschoolers!
Classes will be on Sundays from 8:50 am—10:05 am
(Grades K-6 will begin again in September)
Church of the Nativity
Attention: Nicole Steele
PO Box 8770, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Or, by using the online payment link below
(ticket price will be $48.24 per person)
http://fatherpurcell.eventbrite.com
Many thanks to Cynthia Delaney and
all her wonderful helpers for the
Newcomer Reception last weekend.
The event was a great success and a
fun opportunity to meet new friends!
Contact Patti Smiley at 858-756-1911 or
psmiley@nativitycatholic.org
Average Expenses Per Week:
$ 22,166
Last Weekend’s Offering:
$ 20,288*
Active Parishioners
Inactive Parishioners
Envelope Usage
1186
53
801
Please pray for our benefactors who include
Nativity in their wills and remainder trusts.
* This amount includes those contributing through the
Faith Direct program.
You may now make a contribution to Nativity Parish online at www.faithdirect.net.
Those who enroll can log on to the secure website of Faith Direct at any time to
view their account, make changes and make special gifts. For assistance or
information email: info@faithdirect.net.
THE NATIVITY SCHOOL
At The Nativity School we are first and foremost a
Catholic parish school, an integral part of the
Church of the Nativity. Our mutual efforts come
together as we embrace God’s gift of His children.
With practice and guidance for our students, we are
nurturing the next generation of Catholics to grow
in faith.
Come see how a Catholic education
at Nativity can make a difference
for your family!
For a personal tour, please call 858-756-6763
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Church of the Nativity
LORD'S DAY MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 & 10:30 am
RCIA and Youth Minister: Mike James,
mjames@nativitycatholic.org, 858-756-1911, ext. 5
Religious Education: Patti Smiley,
psmiley@nativitycatholic.org, 858-756-1911, ext. 6
Music Director: Paul Batchelor,
pbatchelor@nativitycatholic.org, 858-756-1911, ext. 102
The Nativity School: Margaret Heveron, Principal
mheveron@thenativityschool.org, 858-756-6763
Bookkeeper: Jackie Marin,
jmarin@thenativityschool.org, 858-756-6763
Administrative Assistant: Nicole Carlin Steele,
nsteele@nativitycatholic.org, 858-756-1911
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Pastoral Council: Carl Bobkoski, Jane Boler, Kevin Flanagan,
Cindy Hesse, Mimi Johnson, Kathy Klink.
Finance Council: Jeff Brandon, Chair
Michael Conway, Chic Dohoney, Jim LaGrossa,
Catherine Lorenz, Earl Parker, Carolyn Wilkinson, Joe Wilkinson
Safe Environment Coordinator: John Marin
Call the Parish Office - 858-756-1911
May 24, 2015
FAMILY FAITH FORMATION
Classes meet September through June
PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE
Contact: Patti Smiley, 858-756-1911, ext. 6
Preschool - 6th Grade:
Sundays, 8:50 - 10:05 am at The Nativity School
Junior High:
Sundays, 5:00 - 6:15 pm in the Commons
There will be no class for grades kindergarten through
8th grade on May 24. Preschool will meet as
usual.
Final Exams will be held for grades 1-6 on May 31, with
make up exams and prayer testing on June 7.
Preschool will offer a summer session June to
September, please contact Patti Smiley to sign up.
psmiley@nativitycatholic.org
HIGH SCHOOL
Contact: Mike James, 858-756-1911, ext 5
High School Youth Group (9th - 12th Grade)
Meet Sundays from 5:00 to 6:15 pm
PASTORAL CARE
Nativity Samaritans: Patti Smiley, 858-756-1911
Childcare: Attended care is provided in the play room off
the Commons during 9:00 and 10:30 am Sunday Masses.
Holy Communion for the sick:
For the homebound upon request, 858-756-1911
Widows and Widowers:
Mary Lou Matthews, 858-481-6255
Monthly Luncheons - September through June
There will be no class on May 24 for the Memorial Day
Weekend. We resume on May 31.
Details on our Year End Event will be on our Facebook
page at www.facebook.com/NativityYouthMinister
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION
Contact: Mike James, 858-756-1911, ext 5
Men of Nativity: Meet First Thursday of the month
6 - 8 pm in the Parish Commons
Tim Van Damm, 617-501-3950
Small Christian Communities - Faith Sharing Groups
See Deacon Jim Walsh or contact Kathy Alameda at
858-756-9755 or kathyalameda1@gmail.com
SACRAMENTS
Baptism: After last Sunday Mass - Juan Carlos & Cecilia Brito
858-756-2115 or baptism@nativitycatholic.org
Marriage: Saturdays, 10 am or 2 pm
Wedding Coordinator: Georgiana Strate, 858-755-7459
Anointing of the Sick: Encouraged for anyone critically ill,
for the elderly, or prior to major surgery
ADULT FAITH FORMATION & BIBLE STUDY
Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:15 pm in the Chapel
Eucharist:
Weekday Mass: Monday - Friday, 8 am in the Chapel
Centering Prayer Group: Saturdays, 9 am in the Chapel
Contact: Dixie Welsh, 858-756-1911
Eucharistic Adoration: Every Friday after 8 am Mass
Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesdays, after 8 am Mass
Rosary: Weekdays, after 8 am Mass in the Chapel
Little Rock Scripture Study for Adults
Let the Word of God influence your Busy Life.
Monday Mornings 9:15-11:00 am
Develop a fuller experience of Christian community,
Contact: Kathy Klink 858-756-1328