Saint Michael Parish September 8, 2019 Twenty Third Sunday Ordinary Time Rev. Arturo Chagala, Parochial Administrator Bernadette Brokars– Office Manager Saint Michael Church Founded 1831
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Immaculate Conception Church Front & Allen Streets Worship Ctr Office hours at Saint Michael Tuesday—Friday 9:30 a.m.— 1:00 p.m.
MASS /MISA Sunday Mass at St. Michael
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Daily Mass at St. Michael Monday to Friday 8:30 Am Confessions Contact Father Artura
Collection 8-4-2019 $681.00 8-1102019 $888.00 8-18-2019 $746.00 Saint Michael Parish has been a viable part of Fish town/Northern Liberties for 185 years. We continue creating a community where all God’s children are treated with dignity & respect and where faith, hope and love/charity are abound. We welcome all new immigrants and visitors to our parish. La parroquia de San Miguel ha sido una parte viable de Fishtown/Northern Liberties por 185 años. Continuamos creando una comunidad donde tratamos con dignidad y respeto a los niños y donde la fe, la esperanza y el amor/la caridad es abundante. Damos la bienvenida a todos los nuevos inmigrantes y vecinos a nuestra parroquia.
September 8, 2019 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me, cannot be my disciple Masses For the Week Sunday September 8,2019 9:30-Teresa Peiffer R/O Barbara Perowski Kathleen Special Intention 11:30 Esperanza Cadena Lorenzo Alanso Georgina Ortego September 9, 2019 Monday St Peter Claver 8:30 Esperanzo Cadeno September 10, 2019 Tuesday 8:30 Souls of deceased members of Parish September 11, 2019 Wednesday 8:30am Those who died 9-11-2001 September 12, 2019 2019 Thursday Holy name of Mary 8:30 Lorenzo Alonso September 13, 2019 2019 Friday St John Chrysostom
Pray for those who died 9-11-2001 Schedule for lectors/ministers in back of church _________________________________
Sign up after Masses on Sunday for Prep/CCD Or call the church office to sign up Children for Religious Education Classes _________________________________ _____ St. Michael Grade School Alumni Reunion (all years) St. Michael Alumni Mass Saturday, October 26, 2019 - 4 p.m. St. Michael Church 1445 N 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 St. Michael Grade School Alumni Reunion (all years) to follow at Curran’s Irish Inn (Tacony) 6 p.m. till 10 p.m. 6900 State Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19135
8:30 Georgina Ortega Sunday September 15,,2019 24th Sunday Ordinary 9:30 people of parish 11:30 Pope Francis Sanctuary Lights will burn this week for all
Please Pray for our Sick Joseph Rambo , Mary O brien, Joanne Bradley,Carmen
Gonzalez, Samuel Biaggi, Gloria Mathis , Hanah Rauch Sissy Colville, , Bill Long, Dean Colville, Eileen Lederer, Cheryl Howards, Elaine Hoffman, Amador & Carmen Santiago, Sonny Dunbar, Sharon Micenec, Ray Fenner, John Halgen, Audrey Brown, Edward Campbell, Zoraida Caez, Edward Holmes, Henry Lucier, Sis Clemens, Ralph Berarducci, Maria Rivera, Isabella Lederer, Bianca Mercado, Dorothy Schill, Joseph Micenec, Olga Espada, and Hilda Rodriguez. Allan Anderson
Those who have asked for our prayers & those who have no one to pray for them.
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Financial Council Meeting Monday September 23,2019 6:30 PM in Rectory Parish Council Meeting Monday September 30, 2019 6:30 Pm in rectory
September 8,2019 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Those wishing to have their child bap zed. Need to call the office at least two months in advance to schedule the prepara on class. There is a fee for the class. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Arrangements must be made with the pastor eight months in advance in order to fulfill Diocesan requirements. Couples rather than parents or wedding coordinators should contact the church. CARE FOR THE SICK: In the occasion of an emergency call the rectory immediately. Call the rectory for a visits at home to the elderly and inform or when someone enters the hospital and wishes a visit from the parish priest. SPONSORSHIP: To be a sponsor/godparent for Bap sm or Confirma on and receive a le er of eligibility from the Pastor, a person must be a registered member of the parish for a minimum of 6 months, at least 16 years of age, received all the Sacraments through Confirma on, a ending Mass faithfully, and Married sacramentally. Come or call the office to schedule a mass for your love ones.
SACRAMENTO DEL BAUTISMO: Aquellos que desean que sus hijos sean bautizados, Llamar a la oficina por lo menos dos meses por anticipado para registrarse y pagar por la clase de preparación al sacramento. SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO: Se deben hacer arreglos con el administrados parroquial, ocho meses antes y cumplir con los requisitos Diocesanos. CUIDADO DE LOS ENFERMOS: En ocasión de una Situación de emergencia, de enfermedad o visitas en casa o hospital y desea la visita del Párroco. PADRINOS: Padrino/madrina de Bautismo o confirmación y si Usted necesita recibir una carta comprobante del párroco la persona debe ser miembro registrado de la Parroquia por un mínimo de 6 meses, por lo menos 16 años de edad, recibió todos los Sacramentos hasta confirmación, asistir a la misa fielmente Y si es pareja, ser casado sacramentalmente. RECORDATORIO: Hay una serie de misas disponibles para honrar a tus seres queridos. Para programar una misa, llame o venga a la oficina.
ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Every Thursday in the Church following the 8:30 a.m. mass un l 1:00 p.m No adora on July and August ——————————————————————————————
ATENCION FELIGRESES EXPOSICION DEL SANTISIMO SACRAMENTO Cada Jueves en la Iglesia despues de la misa de las 8:30 a.m. hasta la 1:00 p.m.
Venid y adoremos!
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Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson
Aesop’s famous tale of the Tortoise and the Hare is deliberately ambiguous as to its meaning. You remember how it goes. A hare constantly ridicules a slow moving tortoise of his acquaintance. Tired of the hare’s arrogant behavior, the tortoise challenges the hare to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind, and confident of winning, he takes a nap midway through the race. When he wakes up, however, he finds that his competitor, crawling slowly but steadily, has arrived at the finish line before him. Here is the problem. Does Aesop want us simply to admire the tortoise for taking on a bully, or does he want us to learn something from the hare’s foolish over confidence? As far as Jesus’ take would be, I’ll go “out on a limb” and declare that He would want us to take both ideas from the fable. That means He would win against an overly confident Satan in this “race” we call our lives enroute to a promised heaven. But He would also want us to learn that attaining heaven for most of us involves a slow, steady day in and day out adherence to His teachings. Let us admit that the devil often acts like the hare. He’ll mock us, or at least try to make us feel silly and inept; out of sync with the majority of people for our misguided choice of following Christ. The devil knows that we usually prefer the easy way out of any challenges life throws at us. So he provides an outlet, which inevitably involves some form of evil. Of course, he will make our choice appear to be the right one. In today’s First Reading, we hear King Solomon praying for wisdom, as he knew from experience that our bodily nature makes us weak and vulnerable. What he would not know in his time is that this “wisdom” he seeks is called “the Holy Spirit.” As time goes by, and all of us go through the effects of our ebbing bodily strength, the mental burden of past failures mixing in with our relatively few successes, we more frequently doubt, and ask ourselves “Is that all there is?” or “Is being Christian worth it?” This is especially perplexing when we look from side to side and note that a lot of people who have no connection to Christ, sometimes blatantly disobeying His laws, seem to be doing quite well in life. They’re more “hare” than “tortoise”, seemingly on their way to certain victory, even if they never nap! What’s the antidote for our malaise? There are many. But the best seems to be paying attention to people who have reached the goal of heaven. They are the saints. None of them got to where they are without a struggle of some kind. Look them up on your favorite internet device. Google their names and learn their biographies. If this were not a Sunday, we would be celebrating the birthday of the first and greatest of Our Lord’s disciples: His Mother Mary. Being the most well-known saint, in fact the Queen of the Saints, we know her life to be anything but an easy one. That her commitment to her Son was anything but casual or flimsy. That she was never caught figuratively “napping” along the way, or had any trace of “hare like” over confidence in her ability. Rather she knew that all her strength came from God. “My soul magnifies the Lord,” she told her cousin Elizabeth. “My spirit rejoices in God my savior.”
Further naming herself as “a lowly servant” displays a mind and heart replete with humility. And if we add to that St. John’s breath-taking line read out to us every Good Friday: “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus Mary His Mother” we get to see where her strength took her and how it showed. In one sense, she “knew her place.” And for that, she won the race of her life, becoming most fit for heaven to be its Queen. And that, my friends, is no fable. Reading I: Wisdom 9: 13-18 This selection is the third part of Solomon’s prayer. He believed that we cannot know God’s counsel because we have a weakened understanding that is brought on by our weak physical nature. Reading II: Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Paul pleads with Philemon to take back his former slave Onesimus but in a new way, not only because he has become close to Paul, almost like a son, but also because he has been converted to Christ and baptized.
San Miguel Arcángel,defendernos en la batalla, Sé nuestra protección contra la maldad y las trampas del diablo. Que Dios lo reprenda, oremos humildemente; y haz tú, oh príncipe de la hueste celestial,por el poder de Dios, arroja al infierno Satanás y todos los espíritus malignos que vagan por el mundo buscando la ruina de souan Amen
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