ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
ST. jude thaddeus
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN Vol. 1, No. 10 | October 9-15, 2016
Gratitude
fr. nunilon arnold f. bancaso jr. IN HEAVEN there are four rooms, each contains our prayers: a big room for our supplications and petitions, a medium room for our praises and adoration, a small room for our conversion and forgiveness, and a very small room for our gratitude where an angel sings: “...lonely table just for one.” we cling, we remember. If Thrice I’ve opened left unanswered, we tend to the St. Jude prayer box SUNDAY complain, or worse, rebel against and patiently read what’s God or others. If desire was written on the pieces of paper inside. It is good to note that there are fulfilled, we are sometimes consumed by that people who are firm in their belief that God moment of delight, we experience a kind of mental block-out—nakalingaw. We forget to will grant their prayer requests through the acknowledge and recognize those who have intercession of St. Jude. But it is saddening been part of the actualization of our desire. to note as well that very few have expressed Jesus is reminding us to not just fix our gratitude and thanksgiving for the many focus on things that we desire to possess. blessings God has given them, or at least Do not easily be consumed and absorbed by for those questions and problems that were that moment of delight. Remember nothing heard and given solution. comes from us. Whatever grace we receive In today’s gospel, Jesus asked these questions: Where are the others? There were becomes ours not because we deserve them, but because we are loved by this God who is ten of you who got healed, right? The same question is being thrown to all ever-merciful. Let us then say our gratitude to God of us. Let us try to recall the many blessings and to those who have been part of who that we all have received from God, or even and what we are. Only then we shall see from other people, have they received our a multitude of angels, in that big room, gratitude? reminding us as they sing: “Give thanks with This is one of the ironies of life, benefits a grateful heart, give thanks to the holy one, make us remember. As long as we assured of give thanks because He has given Jesus Christ, benefits, that our desire will be granted, that his Son…” n we will receive something for our advantage,
Reflection
GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
Lukas 18:1-8
Para sa ika-29 Domingo (Taon C) “MAGDANAY SA pagpamibi na dai nagsusuko.” Iyo ini an kamugtakan kan enot na panahon kan Simbahan. Sa tahaw nin labi-labing kasakitan, kan an mga Kristyano pinagpeLECTIO Divina persegir, nagdadanay sinda sa pamibi. Dakul an mga nagin martir huli ta nagsarig sinda sa Dyos. Patanid kan Kagurangnan sa ebanghelyo, na dawa pa mahaloy an pagsimbag kan Dyos sa satong mga pamibi, mahalaga na magdanay kita sa pamibi asin pagtubod. Kasuarin si huri kong pangadyi? Ano si hinagad ko sa Dyos? “Huli ta parati akong pinupurisaw kan balóng ini…” An dukha masakit makakuang hustisya. Ini an kamugtakan kan panahon. Ini man giraray an kamugtakan nyato ngunyan. Sa parabola, ipinapahiling an kapangyarihan kan pakiulay na daing untok. Kun posible ngani ini sa tawong maraot, lalong mangyayari ini sa Dyos. Mas hararom an saiyang dahilan sa pagsimbag sa satong kahagadan. Sya an Dyos kan Hustisya. Dai man iyan mangyari sa satong kapanahunan, siguradong mangyayari iyan sa Buhay na daing kasagkuran. Ano parati an sakong hinahagad sa mahal na Dyos? Pansadiring pangangaipo o hustisya para sa banwaan? Arin sa duwa an mas mahalaga? “Alagad, kun an Aki nin Tawo mag-abot, makakua daw syang pagtubod sa kinaban?” Si Jesus danay na nagpapamibi. Kwarentang aldaw sya sa disyerto bago magpuon kan saiyang misyon. Parati syang nagdadalaw sa Sinagoga sa pagpamibi. Bago pinili an dose, sya nagpamibi. Nagsakat sya sa bukid kan Tabor asin sa hardin nin Getsemani sa pagpamibi bago nya hampangon an pagsakit asin kagadanan. Siring kaini an hinahagad na pagtubod kan Kagurangnan. Dawa sa tahaw nin krisis sa buhay, masarig daw an sakong pagtubod sa Dyos? n
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God along suffices. — st. teresa of avila
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buhay ni sta. teresa kan avila
Daing ibang màwot kundi si Kristo Tinugutan man kan pamayo MAUGMA AN SAYSAY-BUHAY ni Sta. kan Orden na magtugdas nin Teresa de Jesus (Teresa kan Avila). siring na mga kumunidad relihiyoso Pano ini nin dai malilingawan na para sa mga Karmelito—padi mga tagpo, makulor asin dakol asin ermano. Napangyari an tanog, dakol an mga tawong ini sa tabang kan saro pang kaiba, dakol an mga ekspiryensya. banal asin mistikong Espanyol, Alagad, an bagsik kan istorya ni si San Juan dela Cruz. Dawa Teresa yaon sa kairaruman kan ngani masakit asin mapagal pagmàwot nyang makaibahan an an magdara nin pagbabago sa Kagurangnan—daing iba kundi Simbahan, napangan Kagurangnan saná. yari ni Teresa an mga Namundag si Teresa de pagbabagong iyan. Cepeda y Ahumada kan Marso Nagadan si Teresa sa Alba 28, 1515, sa syudad kan Avila de Tormes kan Oktubre 4, sa España. Mayaman asin 1582. dakula an saiyang pamilya. An Mabansay na organisador ina nya an inot na nagtukdo si Teresa, matalino, maisog, alagad saiya na nin karahayan nin maugma kaibahan huli ta pano nin buot asin pakikipagrelasyon ugma an saiyang mga tataramon. asin pakikipag-ulay sa Dyos. Saro syang mistiko na igwang Kun kaya aki pa si Teresa, kararuman nin ispiritu. dakula na an saiyang FEAST DAYS Lininigan nya an buhay pagmawot na makaibahan & relihiyoso kan Espanya si Jesus. dangan, sa panahon na Nagklase si Teresa sa kumbento kan mga madreng Agustino, asin naglalakop an Protestantismo sa Europa, pinakusog asin pinapusog nya mga pwersa sa idad na 21, naglaog sa monasteryo kan na nagbago kan Katolikong Simbahan. mga Karmelita sa Avila. An mga sinurat ni Teresa minimidbid Kan taon 1555, pagkalihis nin mga taon na pirmi syang naghihilang alagad pano nin bilang mahahalagang babasahon mistiko asin debosyonal siring na sinda man mababansay pamibi asin penitensya, nag-akò si Teresa na obrang panliteratura kan Espanya. Si nin hararom na pagkagimaaw—mga bisyon kan Kagurangnan Jesukristo, kan impyerno, Teresa saro sa mga babaying nagwalat nin pagkadaradakulang impluwensya bako saná mga anghel asin demonyo; nakamati pa sya nin mga kulog na subuot siring sa tusok nin sa Simbahan, kundi sa bilog na kinaban— gabos sa pagsunod ki Jesus. punyal nin anghel sa saiyang puso. Ibinilang si Teresa bilang sarong Santo Sa halawig na panahon, minàwot kan taon 1622. Asin kan 1970, sya an ni Teresa na magkaigwang reporma sa nagin kainut-inuting babaying Doktor kan nagluluya kaidtong disiplina sa buhay kan Simbahan. Kan 2015, ipinagpintakasi sa mga Karmelita. Huli sa tabang kan Santo bilog na kinaban an ika-500 na taon kan Papa, an repormang ini nagtaong ganán sa saiyang pagkamundag. pagmukna kan panibagong mga Karmelita, Sa Arkidyosesis kan Caceres, si Sta. o inaapod na discalced Carmelites. Namuhay sinda sa lindong kan istriktong disiplina asin Teresa de Jesus an patrona kan parokya sa San Vincente, Baao, Camarines Sur. n reglamento nin buhay relihiyoso,
Holy Lives
October 9-15, 2016
Pagtubod AN DAI mabilang na biyaya na itinatao kan Kagurangnan, ibinabalik ming mag-agom, bilang pasasalamat, ST. JUDE’S sa pagsirbi sa simbahan. Sadit na paagi ini pero ang pagdusay kan samong puso asin pang-arualdaw na buhay iyo an balos mi sa Saiyang balaog. Setyembre 2, 2016, alas-4 nin maagahon, nagmomotor kami ni agom para mag-ayon sa pilgrimage ki Divino Rostro sa Peñafrancia Church, kaiba an mga taga-St. Jude asin Inmaculada Concepcion. May sinusundan kaming kotse sa may Camella. Dai nagsinyas alagad an kotse kaskas na nag u-turn. Marikas an pangyayaring siguradong masalpukan kami. Napakurahaw akong “Dyos ko, Dyos Ko! Dae mi po kami pabayaan!” Dahil mayo nang ibang paagi, ipinasa-Dyos na lang ni agom an haraning pagbanggaan asin diniretso an pagpadalagan kan motor. Sa dai ko maintindihan na rason, garo tinulod an awto, garo may kusog na nagpugol na dagusuon kami kan kotse. Imbes na magsalpukan, garo sana kami kiniblit kan kotse. Kung pano kami nakaligtas sa sarong aksidente dai mi masabutan. Mantang nagsisimba ki Divino Rostro, labi an samong pasalamat ta dai Nya kami pinabayaan. Nagtutubod akong irinayo kami sa katibaadan dahil sa proteksyon ni St. Jude. Aram niya na malakbay kami kaiba ang parokya sa pagsungko ki Divino Rostro. An sarong pulgadang rayo sa aksidente lalong nagpakusog kan samong pagtubod. (Sinda Jessie asin Jun Lara mga taga-Sitio Salvacion kan Brgy. Del Rosario. Mga aktibong myembro sinda kan SJTP.) n
Intercession
RECEIVED A GRACE THROUGH ST. JUDE’S HELP? Tell us your story. Keep it short and simple, no longer than 250 words. Email it to stjude.naga@gmail.com or hand it to us personally at the Parish Office.
LITURGY GUIDE | 28th Week of Ordinary Time, Year C (October 9-15, 2016) OCT 9, SUNDAY St. Andronicus Kgs 5:14-17 Ps 98:1-4 2 Tm 2:8-13 Lk 17:11-19
OCT 10, MONDAY St. Daniel Comboni Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1 Ps 113:1b-5a,6-7 Lk 11:29-32
OCT 11, TUESDAY St. Anastasius V Gal 5:1-6 Ps 119:41,43-45,47-48 Lk 11:37-41
OCT 12, WEDNESDAY St. Amicus Gal 5:18-25 Ps 1:1-4,6 Lk 11:42-46
OCT 13, THURSDAY St. Faustus Eph 1:1-10 Ps 98:1-6 Lk 11:47-54
OCT 14, FRIDAY St. Calixtus Eph 1:11-14 Ps: 33:1-2,4-5,12-13 Lk 12:1-7
OCT 15, SATURDAY St. Teresa of Avila Eph 1:15-23 Ps 8:2-7 Lk 12:8-12
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October 9-15, 2016
PARISH Ministries Ministry for
TEMPORALITIES THE MINISTRY for Temporalities seeks to promote stewardship of God’s creation. It is not only about raising funds. Instead, it is about being responsible for the resources that God has entrusted to us. To underscore the importance of stewardship, SJTP has two committees under this Ministry: Resource Management and Resource Generation. Resource Management is in charge of policy-making and physical plant administration of the parish church and all the chapels. It ensures that wages of Parish Staff are in accordance with law and the Clergy’s allowances are commensurate to their ministry to the Parish. It also oversees the housekeeping of the parish convent. On the other hand, Resource Generation is tasked to plan and implement ways and means for the financial sustainability of the Parish. Resource management and generation have been segregated to promote checks and balances. This way, one committee can monitor the other’s work. One thrust of SJTP is complete transparency. Thus, all its finances are published in the Parish Weekly Bulletin. Any registered parishioner, as a stakeholder of the Parish, may examine the books of the Parish and the Ministry for Temporalities is expected to be able to respond in case of inquiries. n
Parish registration is still going on. Drop by the Parish Office or email us at stjude.naga@gmail.com.
Breaking walls: SJTP story ellen s. peña
ONE OF THE visions of the SJTP is that of Parishioners sharing one vision in creating a more embracing and vibrant Parish. This entails a shift in paradigm: to some, this means looking beyond the comforts of their homes and reaching out; to others, those living outside gated villages should not nurture the feeling of poverty, of being excluded, and instead, take part in the daily grind of the Parish. This is a challenge for the Parish to blend these dynamics and create a more inclusive and participatory environment where every parishioner feels he or she belong. Creating an enabling environment The Parish is committed to develop the capacities of its parishioners as they take active role and assume responsibilities in the different ministries. Aside from the established WESTY-CL ministries, the Parish created sub-ministries within the current structure, so that everyone can have the opportunity to serve and find their relevance. The ongoing Parish Registration seeks information regarding the profile of parishioners, tracking down available skills, and, thus, a rich source of data which ca be used in developing programs and services that can actually respond to people’s needs. The organization of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) that groups five to ten households together in prayer meetings, can become solid foundation of families for spiritual maturity. Even the Pastoral Council was also decentralized, and all areas within
Parish jurisdiction have organized their own Pastoral Councils, not only to bring forth and get timely and accurate information and suggestions on the ground, but moreso, to empower them to plan, organize, and celebrate religious activities in their respective areas. The Parish Priest does home visitations especially in areas where there are informal settlers. This undertaking continue to manifest good results: increasing participation in the Parish activities, attendance of children in Sunday Catechism, some enlist themselves to be altar servers, and some mothers volunteer and join the BEC as core prayer leaders. Exchange of progress updates also happen between the Parish and parishioners in the villages and subdivisions when Parochial Vicars celebrate masses in these areas. Breaking walls...to p.4
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Orans during the ‘Our Father’ ORANS IS a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up. In the Liturgy, it is the proper posture of the priest whenever he prays for the people. Many Catholics might not know that the use of the orans posture at Mass is solely to be used by the priest, as it is exclusively a priestly gesture. The rubrics for the Mass give the priest sole authority of praying with elevated hands—not the deacon nor the laity. The main symbolism behind this posture as a solely priestly gesture is based on the fact that the priest is praying on behalf of the congregation, acting as ‘alter Christus’ as shepherd of the flock, head of the body. This is shown by the fact that his uplifted hands represent his lifting up of our prayers to God in Heaven. Many laity use this gesture during Mass especially during The Our Father because they see the priest doing it and assume they are supposed to do it as well. The sooner we return to a proper implementation of the rubrics through good catechesis and an authentic explanation of the Sacred Liturgy, the sooner the Church will experience greater unity at Mass. n Help sustain our WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN. By advertising your businesses and advocacies for one year, our Parish will be assured of fifty-two weeks of uninterrupted evangelization through print media. Send your message across, support the WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN. Our friendly advertising rates are: SIZES
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Breaking walls... from p.3 u Towards inclusivity and unity To promote an embracing environment, the Parish is open to ideas and suggestions of all its parishioners. This way, responsibility are shared and participation becomes more meaningful. The Sunday Salu-Salo for children in the Parish is an example of a collaborative effort between those who have and those who need. The children are served hot meals prepared by benefactors, which they share after receiving Catechism from the sisters of the Missionaries of the Charity. As we celebrate the feast of St. Jude Thaddeus this October, let us reflect on the challenge of how we, as parishioners, can commit ourselves in promoting meaningful participation in our Parish community, irrespective of sectors to which we belong. There has never been any better time, but now, for breaking walls. n
PARISH FINANCIAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2016 CASH RECEIPTS
Parish Receipts 55,675.00 Other Parish Receipts Documentation 1,750.00 Ordinary Collections 141,409.15 143,159.15 Shared Parish Receipts Mass Stipend 36,590.00 Donations 33,453.02 Trust Fund 102,545.20 Other Receipts 175,887.45 TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS 547,299.82 CASH DISBURSEMENTS Labor Extrinsicus 20,300.00 Rectory Expenses 35,769.00 Regular Expenses 139,889.03 Church Supplies & Other Expenses 115,915.25 Repairs & Maintenance 163,098.75 Salaries & Wages 31,475.00 Cash Advances 11,450.00 TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS 517,897.03 TOTAL SURPLUS FOR THE MONTH 29,402.79 CASH, Beginning Balance (9/1/2016) Php 478,103.01 CASH, Ending Balance (9/30/2016) Php 507,505.80
A devotee of St. Jude? You can now have this statuette of the Patron Saint of the Impossible. The figurine, handmade by Bikolano artists and molded after a statuette of St. Jude Thaddeus from the United States, is made of resin and has 8in x 3in dimension. It is available for sale at the SJTP Parish Mini-Gift Shop at the price of Php500 only.
October 9-15, 2016
SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS OCT 10. 185 pilgrims from Antipolo Diocese will visit SJTP and celebrate Mass at 5pm and have dinner at the Edessa Hall. The Archdiocesan Apostleship of Prayer will host the dinner. OCT 11. Daughters of Mary Golden Jubilee of Foundation—Mass at 9:30am at Peñafrancia Basilica. Everyone is invited to join the DM Sisters in their celebration. OCT 22. Libreng Bunyag for the indigents of SJTP at 10am. Only for registered parishioners of SJTP. OCT 28. Libreng Kasal for the indigents of SJTP after the 6:30am Mass. Visit the Parish Office for the screening and documentation. Only for registered parishioners of SJTP. OCT 19-27. Novena Masses in honor of St. Jude Thaddeus. Devotional prayers and liturgical services shall begin at 5:30pm. OCT 28. Feast Day of St. Jude Thaddeus. Installation of the Parish Pastoral Council Officers and Eucharistic Celebration shall be presided by Most Rev. Rolando J. Tria-Tirona, ocd, dd, at 5:30pm. Agape follows after the Mass. INVITATIONS. We are inviting children from Grades 4 to 12, both boys and girls, to become ALTAR SERVERS of the Parish. On-going training is every Saturday, 2 to 3pm, at the Parish Church. We are also inviting children from Grades 4 to 10 to join the CHILDREN’S CHOIR of the Parish. Music practices shall be held every Sunday, 1 to 3pm. We are inviting the youth from Grades 11 to College Students to join the YOUTH CHOIR. Music practices shall be held every Sunday, 3 to 5pm. For music practices, please contact Sanny Mendez at 0907.301.5869. We are inviting young people to serve as USHERS during masses. Their duty is to assist church goers to find seats, to hand them song sheets, to assist mass offerors for the offertory procession, to assist the congregation in falling in line for the communion, and to distribute parish bulletins after the mass. For details, please call or text Ms. Nerissa Sarcia at 0999.989.1705.