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510 Werne St. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1429
Del Rio, TX 78841-1429
Phone: 830-775-4753 Fax: 830-774-7128
stjosephsdelrio@yahoo.com website www.stjosephdelrio.com
“And behold, the star that they had seen
at its rising preceded them,
until it came and stopped over the place
where the child was.”
Matthew 2:9
Liturgy/ Liturgia
From the Desk of Fr. Henry Clay Hunt, III
My Dear People,
The love of God, the peace of Christ, and the life of the Holy
Spirit fill your family with every blessing in this time for new
beginnings. In the New Year we have hopes and dreams, we
have resolutions and expectations. Peace, Prosperity, and Happiness are the things I wish for you in the New Year. Peace can
only come from God. We know that Christ is the Prince of Peace
The Epiphany of the Lord
January 4, 2015
and in Him alone can we come to abide in peace. Therefore it is
All kings shall pay him homage,
impendent upon us to come to Christ if it is peace that we desire.
all nations shall serve him.
We know that prosperity was in the promise that God made to
— Psalm 72:11
Abraham and to his children in the covenant that He established;
La Epifanía del Señor
the Lord said that his herds and flocks would increase, that his
4 de enero de 2015
barns would be filled to overflowing. If it is increase that we are
Ante él se postrarán todos los reyes
looking for, if we desire to prosper, it is imperative for us to
y todas las naciones.
make our life to God. In other words, if we desire this, we must
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
go to God. Happiness is from God alone whose very being is joy
and happiness. The substance of God is happiness; His being is
Monday:
1 Jn 3:22 — 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt
what produces happiness. Therefore, if we want to be happy, we
4:12-17, 23-25
need be following in the ways of the Lord. Nowhere else will we
Tuesday:
1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44
Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45- be able to find happiness; it will escape us. So, to all of these
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things we need God. May it be in this New Year that you seek
Thursday:
1 Jn 4:19 — 5:4; Ps 72: 1-2, 14, 15bc, 17;
the Lord with all your heart that you may possess peace, prosLk 4:14-22a
Friday:
1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 perity and happiness. May God’s blessing and mercy be with
Saturday:
1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30
you in this New Year. Prospero Año!
Sunday:
Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10
or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Acts 10:34-38 or
1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11
Ave Maria,
Fr. Henry Clay Hunt, III
Mis Queridos Hermanos,
Que el amor de Dios, la paz de Cristo, y la vida del Espíritu Santo llene a su familia con toda clase de bendiciones en
este tiempo de renacimiento. Con el Año Nuevo tenemos esperanzas y sueños, tenemos resoluciones y expectativas. Les
deseo paz, prosperidad y felicidad durante este Año Nuevo. La paz sólo puede venir de Dios. Sabemos que Cristo es
el Príncipe de la Paz y sólo en Él podemos llegar a permanecer en la paz. Por lo tanto es inminente que vengamos a
Cristo si es que deseamos la paz. Sabemos que la prosperidad estaba en la promesa que Dios hizo a Abraham y a sus
hijos en el pacto que Él estableció; el Señor dijo que sus rebaños y manadas aumentarían, que sus graneros se llenarían
hasta reventar. Si buscamos el aumento, si queremos prosperar, es imperativo que hagamos nuestra vida en Dios. En
otras palabras, si queremos esto, debemos ir a Dios. La felicidad solamente proviene de Dios, cuyo verdadero ser es la
alegría y la felicidad. La sustancia de Dios es la felicidad; Su ser es lo que produce la felicidad. Por lo tanto, si queremos
ser felices, tenemos que seguir los caminos del Señor. En ningún otro lugar, seremos capaces de encontrar la felicidad;
se nos va a escapar. Así que, para todas estas cosas necesitamos a Dios. Que en este Año Nuevo busquen al Señor con
todo su corazón para que puedan poseer la paz, la prosperidad y la felicidad. Que la bendición y la misericordia de Dios
esté con ustedes en este Año Nuevo. ¡Les deseo un Prospero Año!
Ave María,
Fr. Henry Clay Hunt, III
Miscellaneous Announcements
The Week Ahead
NO CCD CLASSES
CCD Classes will resume January 7, 2015. Thank you.
Las clases de CCD resumirán el 7 de enero, 2015.
First Communion Parent’s MeeƟng
January 4, Sunday
EDGE
Life Teen
Rosary
Not Meeting
Not Meeting
Church
3:00PM
3:00 PM
6:00PM
RCIA
Church
Parish Hall
6:00PM
7:00PM
Church
Church
Chaparral
7:30AM
6:00PM
6:30PM
Not Meeting
Church
Church
5:30AM
6:00PM
7:30PM
January 8, Thursday
Rosary
Hora Santa
Catecismo con Fr. Wieslaw
Church
Church
Church
6:00PM
7:00PM
7:30PM
January 9, Friday
Rosary
Church
6:00PM
There will be a 1st Communion Parent Meeting
on January 22, starting with Mass at 6:30 PM. January 5, Monday
Rosary
All parents are urged to attend.
Habrá una junta de Primera Comunión el 22 de enero, em- January 6, Tuesday
pezando con la Misa a las 6:30 PM. Es importante que to- Adoration
Rosary
dos los padres asistan a esta reunión.
Rosario
Catholic Men’s Conference
January 7, Wednesday
TMIY
Rosary
If you want answers and would like more about the Catholic Fr. Clay’s Catechism Class
faith for men today, then come to the San Antonio Catholic
Men’s Conference, February 21 at San Antonio’s Brand-new
Norris Conference Center. The Conference offers powerful
speakers such as Fr. Larry Richards, author of Be A Man: Becoming the Man God Created You to Be; Fr. Nathan Cromly, Fr.
Patrick Mar n, along with a Healing Service, Mass with Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, live music, Reconcilia on, lunch,
and much more! This event has sold out the past two years Don’t miss it this year! You can register online at CMCSanAntonio.com or call the Pilgrim Center of Hope for informa on:
210-521-3377.
THE CHAPLET OF THE
DIVINE ROSARY
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy Rosary
will be held on Sunday January 4, 2015,
at 3:00 P.M in the Church. Everyone is
invited.
Coming Soon! Coming Soon!
AUCTION!!!!
Offertory Envelopes
Offertory Envelopes are in, please come by and pick up your
envelopes in the Parish Office during regular office hours.
Los sobres anuales de ofrenda ya llegaron, favor de pasar a
Habrá Rosario de la Divina Misericordia, el domin- recogerlos a la Oficina Parroquial durante la semana al horago, 4 de enero, 2015 a las 3:00 PM en la Iglesia. rio regular. Gracias.
Todos están invitados.
Level 1 Workshops
Reminder: Level 1 workshops will resume at St. Joseph on
January 10, 2015. If you are unable to attend at St. Joseph and
plan on attending at another location, please register in the Parish Office so we will know how to plan at each location.
Altar Server Practice
Altar Servers will be meeting in the Church on:
January 3rd - 4:00 - 5:30 PM
January 7th - 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Super Youth Spectacular 2015
“Selfless Revolution”
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Rio Cibolo Ranch - San Antonio, Texas
Open to all high school and middle school
youth 6th - 12th grade
Registration Fee: $73.00
Includes registration fee, transportation,
lunch & dinner,
and t-shirt
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 9, 2015
Register in the Parish Office
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Epiphany celebrates the wake up calls of life, the showings
of God’s majesty and power in the person of Jesus. The feast
alerts us to look for signs of the Lord’s grace and action in
our lives today. In this context, the call of the Second Vatican
Council to reform the sacramental life of the Church, including our pattern of care for the sick, is indeed a holy awakening. Prior to the 1960s, our care for the sick had collapsed in
the popular imagination into something everyone called “last
rites.” An immensely complicated ritual, with anointing accompanied by quickly muttered Latin prayers, was enacted
for a marginally conscious person at “death’s door.” By the
time a priest was called, the sick person might not be able to
receive viaticum, or derive much personal benefit from the
ritual. The healing effects of the sacrament, investing suffering with the dignity of a link to Christ’s cross, and the immense assurance of forgiveness for a person reviewing the
life journey, were hidden. Suddenly, an epiphany swept
through the Church, and the way we care for the sick was
utterly transformed. It took several centuries, however, for
the Church to reach that moment of renewal.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
El Evangelio de san Juan comienza con una extraña revelación. Nos declara que al principio, Jesús no sólo estaba con
Dios, sino que Jesús es Dios (Juan 1:1). Dependiendo de
nuestra traducción de las Sagradas Escrituras, Jesús es nombrado ya sea “Palabra” o “Verbo” en el primer pasaje de
Juan. Según una canción de Ricardo Arjona “Jesús es verbo,
no sustantivo”. Y tiene razón. Hay que recordar que Juan no
escribió en español, ni siquiera en inglés. El evangelista escribió en griego y aplicó el concepto filosófico del logos a
Jesús. El logos, de la filosofía griega se manifiesta en Jesús
de Nazaret. Para los griegos esta noticia era asombrosa, porque logos quiere decir palabra activa, es decir, el verbo que
actúa y por el cual todo es creado. Juan declara que Jesús es
este Verbo, él es el Dios que lo hizo todo y en el cual todos
tenemos vida si actuamos como él. El Evangelio de Juan
nos desafía a vivir el verbo que es Cristo, no sólo diciendo
que somos cristianos, sino actuando como Jesús, cual Verbo
Divino.
Eucharistic Intentions / Intenciones Eucarísticas
January 3 - January 9, 2015
Saturday (January 3, 2015) sábado 8:00 AM
+Souls in Purgatory - A Friend
+Julia Cazares - Familia
Saturday (January 3, 2015) sábado 6:30 PM
+Leticia Bejarano - Tomasa Sotelo
+Casey Marie Rivera - S/S Reynaldo M. Sánchez
+Antonio Santos - Rosie Cortes
+Dr. Charles Rigney - Un Amigo
+Adita Vann - Sandy Hernandez
Sunday (January 4, 2015) domingo 8:00 AM
+Enrique Hernández - S/S Bernardo Domínguez
+Zenón De Los Santos, Jr. - Familia
+José y Mercedes Magallanes - Su Hija
+Gilbert Sotelo - Su Esposa e Hijos
ADG Sociedad Sagrado Corazón
Sunday (January 4, 2015) domingo 9:30 AM
For our Parishioners / Para Nuestros Feligreses
Sunday (January 4, 2015) domingo 11:00 AM
+Aurora Rodríguez - Family
+Jesús & Felicitas Fernández - Jesse & Linda Fernández
+Roberto Vásquez - Su Familia
+Frank Ramírez - Daughter Diana Valdes
+Dwayne Wilson - M/M Roland Torres
ADG Birthday Cindy Reyes - Your Family
Sunday (January 4, 2015) domingo 12:30 PM
+Linda Medina - Ministerio de Intercesión
+Joaquín López y María Luisa Zaragoza - Su Hija y Nietos
+Margarita Espino Guerrero - Diacono Efraín y Carmen Santana
+Sara González - Aurora Rivera y Familia
Sunday (January 4, 2015) domingo 5:00 PM
+Ana Sandoval - Ben Sandoval
+Itzel Alejandra García - Sus Padres
+Rodolfo Castro Flores - Su Familia
+Linda Medina - Comunidad San Pedro
ADG Señor de la Misericordia - Camila Chavarría
ADG San Martín de Porres - Camila Chavarría
Monday (January 5, 2015) lunes 6:30 PM
NO INTENTIONS
Tuesday (January 6, 2015) martes 6:30 PM
NO INTENTIONS
Wednesday (January 7, 2015) miércoles 6:30 PM
+José M. Segovia - Su Esposa y Familia
+Zenón De Los Santos, Jr. - Family
+Luis Alberto Amezcua - Deacon Manuel & Romelia Limones
+Verónica Bernal Riffle - Deacon Manuel & Romelia Limones
+Pvt2 Oscar Sauceda, Jr. - Mom
ADG Our Lord Jesus Christ - Rodarte Family
Thursday (January 8, 2015) jueves 6:30 PM
+Marvin Garrett - Su Esposa
+Nazario Hernández - Familia
+Padre Francisco Boom - Familia Hernández
+Víctor H. García, Jr. - Familia García
+Herlinda Medina - Choco Pereda
Friday (January 9, 2015) viernes 6:30 PM
NO INTENTIONS