Come Follow Me, and more, from Fr. Ron, week 3

St. Patrick Parish News & Updates

January 19, 2024 | Issue 3

A Word from the Pastor

January 19, 2024

For over 100 years, January 18-25 has been observed as a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Although all Christians share a common Baptism, we realize that there are divisions within the Body of Christ. Despite our differences, we can work together and pray together as followers of Christ.

You might remember that last year St. Patrick Parish hosted a night prayer for Christian unity. Many of our neighboring Christian churches participated. It was a beautiful witness to our unity in Christ.

This year again the churches of North County will have a night prayer for Christian unity on Thursday, January 25 at 6:30 pm at St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Encinitas. Our music ministry from St. Patrick’s will lead the music for the service. This year’s theme is “Love the Lord your God and your neighbor as yourself.” The featured speaker will be Greg Anglea, CEO of Interfaith Community Services. [See the attached flyer.]

Praying for Christian unity is not limited to a specific week or time of the year but should be a daily practice for all believers. Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that the plea for unity

should extend to every day of the year and should be accompanied by a genuine desire for harmony, conversion, and penance. Pope Francis also highlighted the importance of prayer for Christian unity, stating that unity is a gift from God that cannot be achieved by our own strength. He emphasized that unity is a grace that must be requested through prayer and acknowledged that even within ourselves, we struggle to maintain unity.

Praying for Christian unity is not just a personal endeavor but also a participation in the divine plan for the Church. Pope St. John Paul II told us that it is a task and responsibility for all believers to actively work towards reestablishing unity. Despite the current divisions, Christians can look to the future with hope, knowing that Christ's victory over sin and death enables us to share in the fullness of life with Him and with one another.

So, I invite you and urge you to join me at St. Andrew’s Church in Encinitas on January 25. It will be a wonderful expression of our desire to fulfill the prayer of Jesus to his Father: “May they be one.” Come and bring a friend.

In one Heart,

Fr. Ron

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Night Prayer for Christian Unity

Every January 18-25, Christian churches across the world participate in a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Catholics, through the Vatican Dicastery for Christian Unity, participate in the planning of this event. This year’s theme is “You Shall Love the Lord Your God and Your Neighbor as Yourself.”

You are invited to join with other North County Christian churches in a night of prayer. This year’s "Night of Prayer for Christian Unity'' will be held on Thursday, January. 25, 2024, at 6:30pm at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Encinitas. The speaker will be Greg Anglea, the CEO of Interfaith Community Services. The music will be provided by St. Patrick Parish Music Ministry under the direction of Joni Yribe

Mass with Anointing of the Sick

On Saturday, February 10 at 11:00 am we will celebrate a Mass in our church that will include the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. The Mass will be bilingual and the anointing will be given in the language of your choice (English or Spanish)

Misa con Unción de los Enfermos

El sábado 10 de febrero a las 11:00 am celebraremos una Misa en nuestra iglesia que incluirá el Sacramento de la Unción de los Enfermos. La Misa será bilingüe y la unción se dará en el idioma de su elección (inglés o español)

Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2024

Once again, we are pleased to make these small booklets available for free to our parishioners. They will be available on the patio on the weekend before Ash Wednesday, February 10--11. One per family.

No sólo de pan: Reflexiones diarias para Cuaresma 2024

Una vez más, nos complace poner estos pequeños folletos a disposición de nuestros feligreses de forma gratuita. Estarán disponibles en el patio el fin de semana anterior al Miércoles de Ceniza, del 10 al 11 de febrero. Uno por familia.

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St. Patrick Catholic School Open House

Sunday, January 28, 2024

10:00am - 11:00am

Visit our beautiful campus! Experience our school community! Be a part of something special! Invite your family and friends.

We look forward to meeting you.

Visit our website at www.stpaddys.org

or call the school at 729-1333.

Watch Daily and Sunday Masses Livestreamed from St. Patrick Church here:

Sunday Collection for: 1/14/2024

Envelope Collection - $ 4,795.00

Plate Collection - $ 12,437.00

Online Giving - $ 14,341.81

Total Collection: $31,573.81

We are grateful for the generosity of all of our parishioners and visitors.

Online Giving Reminder

Thank you for your generous support of our parish during our Celebrating Today, Planning For Tomorrow

Program!

If you currently use Online Giving for your electronic giving, please make sure you go into the application and update your giving to reflect your new commitment.

Your generosity shows your willingness, as a faithful steward, to be a part of the ongoing mission of St. Patrick Catholic Community.

We appreciate your support!

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Catholic Trivia

"Catholic Trivia”... not because they are trivial but because these might be things that not everyone knows. Test your knowledge by reading the five questions, remember your answers (or jot them down), then click the link below to find the answers.

Why should we pray for Christian unity?
Can Catholics work with other Christians on common projects that benefit humanity?
If a person is baptized in another Christian religion and then wants to become Catholic, does s/he need to be baptized again?
Is it ok for Catholics to receive communion at a Protestant or Orthodox worship service?
What forms of common prayer are permitted between Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants?

Feel free to email Fr. Ron with ideas for future Catholic Trivia questions [email protected]

If you have other members of your family or your friends who would like to be on our email list, just let me know or write to Mary McLain at [email protected] We will be pleased to add them.

Masses are available on our website www.stpatrickcarlsbad.com

We have a YouTube channel where we have daily and Sunday Masses.

YouTube channel here...

Answers to Catholic Trivia here!

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B

First Reading

Jonah 3:1-5,10

God spared the people of Nineveh because they heeded the message God sent through Jonah.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 25:4-5,6-7,8-9

The Lord teaches us his ways.

Second Reading

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Paul warns the Corinthians that they must act differently because the world in its present form is passing away.

Gospel Reading

Mark 1:14-20

Jesus calls the fishermen, Simon and Andrew, James and John, to be his disciples.

Background on the Gospel Reading

Today we begin a continuous reading of Mark’s Gospel that will carry us through this segment of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Remember that in Cycle B of the Lectionary, most of the Gospel readings are taken from the Gospel according to Mark.

The Gospel of Mark does not begin with a narrative about Jesus’ birth. Instead Mark begins by reporting on the preaching of John the Baptist. John is described as the voice in the wilderness sent to prepare the way of the Lord. Immediately after describing the work of John the Baptist, Mark reports on Jesus’ baptism and his temptation in the desert. Jesus’ public ministry begins after the arrest of John the Baptist. Mark wants his readers to understand the important connection between the end of the ministry of John the Baptist and the beginning of Jesus’ own ministry.

As we learn at the beginning of today’s Gospel reading, Jesus preaches the Kingdom of God in continuity with the preaching of John the Baptist. Like John the Baptist, Jesus’ pronouncement of the kingdom is a call to repentance. Yet Jesus’ preaching is greater than John’s. Jesus begins the time of fulfillment; the Kingdom of God is already here. This will be demonstrated again and again, both in Jesus’ words and in the actions that follow. Jesus’ healings and forgiveness of sins are signs of the Kingdom of God that he announces in his teaching.

In contrast to last week’s Gospel, in Mark’s Gospel Jesus takes the initiative in calling his first disciples. As mentioned last week, it was more typical of first-century rabbinical schools for students to seek out rabbis, asking to be their disciples. In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus breaks with this tradition and invites his disciples to learn from him. Jesus is said to have first called four fishermen—Simon, Andrew, James, and John. Simon and Andrew are brothers. Jesus promises that he will make them “fishers of men.” James and John are also brothers. Mark does not report Jesus' words of invitation to them, but he does report that they left their fishing immediately; their father, Zebedee, was left behind in the boat.

Mark’s Gospel is told with a great sense of urgency and immediacy. Jesus is a person of action, and events occur in rapid succession. We see this in today’s Gospel. Time is of the essence; the fishermen immediately put aside their livelihood to become Jesus’ disciples. The Kingdom of God is here and now. The time of fulfillment is at hand. How might our lives be different if we more fully shared this sense of the immediacy of God’s kingdom?

Joy: It’s What We’re Made For

Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit and a fundamental Christian disposition. Read this short piece in which Sebastian Gomes uses Jesus’ image of a wedding to emphasize the importance of joy in our lives.

Read About Joy here...

The Salisbury Organ

This is a short and interesting introduction to one of the most magnificent pipe organs in the world: St Martin’s Church, Salisbury. It includes a demonstration of the organ’s beautiful sound.

Blood Drive Coming Up

The next opportunity to give blood at our parish will be this Sunday, January 21. See the attached flyer for details on how to make a reservation.

Blood Drive Information here...

San Diego Cardinal and New Mexico Archbishop Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza...read here

Un Saludo de

parte del Diacono Miguel,

“Después de que arrestaron a Juan el Bautista, Jesús se fue a Galilea para predicar el Evangelio de Dios y decía, ‘Se ha cumplido el tiempo y el Reino de Dios ya está cerca. Arrepiéntanse y crean en el Evangelio’”. (Evangelio Marcos 1:14-20). Toda nuestra vida se nos ha dicho, “Arrepiéntete, cambia tu modo de vivir y de ser. ¡Dile sí a Jesús!” Sabemos que, si queremos paz en nuestra vida, Jesús tiene que ser el Rey de nuestra vida, el centro de nuestro corazón. Este Tercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, Jesús sale a predicar y les dice a todos, “Se ha cumplido el tiempo y el Reino de Dios está cerca. Arrepiéntanse y crean en el Evangelio”. Jesús lo predica con urgencia, algunos lo escuchan y siguen su vida normal, pero otros, Simón (Pedro) y su hermano, Andrés, Santiago y a Juan, eran pescadores, dejan todo para seguir a Jesús. Dejan su trabajo, lo que les da para comer y pagar sus deudas, para seguir a Jesús. Creen y confían en las promesas de Jesús y la vida eterna. Podemos decir que la respuesta de los pescadores era una decisión radical y no fue fácil. Estas palabras de Jesús, esta invitación que lo sigamos, “que nos hará pescadores de hombres”, es para cada uno de nosotros. ¿Qué nos detiene de dejar todo para seguir a Jesús con todo el corazón, alma, mente y fuerzas? Quizás estamos muy cómodos en nuestra rutina del día. Quizás estamos muy enredados en el pecado y no creemos que seamos dignos o que Dios nos perdonará. Quizás es nuestro orgullo, o dudas, o fracasos, u otras cosas que nos detienen. Hermana y hermano, para

Haced esto en memoria mía: “Intercesiones”. Haga clic aquí:

EXPLICACIÓN: “LA BÚSQUEDA DE LA UNIDAD CRISTIANA” - Haga clic aquí:

OTRA REFLEXIÓN: “ARREPIÉNTANSE Y CREAN EN EL EVANGELIO”. Haga clic aquí:

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