THE PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Patrick J. West, Pastor

Rev. James Hughes, Parochial Vicar Rev. John O’Neill, I.V.D., Weekend Associate Deacon Juan J. Zhagñay, Permanent Deacon

Mr. Augusto Lucero, Religious Educa on Director Mrs. Karen Sherlock, Outreach Director

Mr. Gerardo Vera, Plant Manager Mr. Ma hew LaBanca, Music Director

CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES

For information please call: 718 894-4888

CEMENTERIOS CATÓLICOS

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

Chapel of Saint Philomena

31-31 60th Street, Woodside, NY 11377

31-30 61st Street, Woodside, NY 11377 Rectory ~ Phone: 718-278-8114 ~ Fax: 718-278-3619 ~

Food Pantry: 718-721-2774 Web site: ccwoodsideny.org E-Mail: corpuschris @ccwoodsideny.org

Pastor E-Mail: ccpastor@ccwoodsideny.org Rectory Office Hours:

Monday to Friday: 9:00AM - 8:30PM ~ Saturday: 9:00AM - 7:00PM Sunday - Office Closed

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday/Sábado: 5:00PM 6:30 PM Español, Sunday/Domingo: 8:45AM 11:00AM Español, 12:30PM Filipino Mass 2:00PM - 4th Sunday

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday - Saturday: 8:00AM Lunes: 7:30PM Español First Friday/Primer Viernes: 7:30PM

Blvd Gardens Mass 10:30AM—First Wednesday

The Epiphany of the Lord

January 7, 2018 All kings shall pay him homage,

all na ons shall serve him. — Psalm 72:11

We are grateful for your generous gift in gratitude for all of God’s blessings. Your gift makes the ministries of our Parish possible. Collection for

December 23-24: 2017 2016 Offertory: $ 5308 $ 6570 Christmas Gift: $ 1722 $ 2755 Catholic Charities: $ 1900 $ 1852 Maintenance: $ 1552 Collection for December 30 - January 1:

Thank you for your generosity

SATURDAY - January 6th 5:00 PM Propagation of the Most Holy Rosary 6:30 PM + Cira Mota + SUNDAY - January 7th

8:45 AM + Anita Jedreicich + 11:00 AM Diviño Niño—Familia Vazconez + Christian Betancourt + Betty Blandin - Cumpleaños Nelly Villamizar - Acoion de Gracias 12:30 PM + Rod Purcell + MONDAY - January 8th - 8:00 AM + Bud LaBonte + 7:30 PM San Miguel Arcangel TUESDAY - January 9th

8:00 AM + Theresa Kennedy + WEDNESDAY - January 10th

8:00 AM + Hennessey Gomes + THURSDAY - January 11th

8:00 AM + Jose Alamar + FRIDAY - January 12th 8:00 AM + Carlos Ponce + SATURDAY - January 13th

8:00 AM Unborn 5:00 PM + Margaret & John Baxter + 6:30 PM + Cira Mota + SUNDAY - January 14th

8:45 AM Deceased Members of the Barnwell Family 11:00 AM + Ana Adela Merino - 1st Anniversary + 12:30 PM + Alfred & Anna DeDona +

Efrain Acosta Daniel Arteaga Alvarado Family Juan Bautista Bullon Family Isabela Colombo Deborah Cruz Valerie Flynn Maria Kim Ralph Gil Hilda Gomez Arthur Gualtieri Edelmira Guzman Josephine Haber Cecilia Hernandez James Keegan Maria Kim

Jean LaBonte Robert Luzzie Todd Martin Patricia Frain Murray Christopher Moore Anna Marie Adams Mottram Robert Nieves Delena Maria Ramirez Maria Isabel Ramirez Judith Rodriguez Larry Stimpfel Al Strobl Nancy Strobl Olga Elena Uidal Nelly Villamizar Eileen Willmer

The American flag flying over the church during the

month of January is in memory of

Richard Wolejsza United States Navy

Sunday School Classes Resume TODAY January 7, 2018

All children are expected to return to class.

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Lectionary Based Bible Study and

Reflection Meets Monday, Jan. 8

at 1:00 PM In the Parish Center.

Next Sunday’s Readings

First Reading - Speak, for your servant is listen-ing (1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19). Psalm - Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will (Psalm 40). Second Reading - Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you? (1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20). Gospel - Andrew found his brother Simon and brought him to Jesus (John 1:35-42).

LECTURAS DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO

Primera lectura — Samuel responde al llamado del Señor: “Habla, Señor, tu siervo te eschucha” (1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19). Salmo — Aquí estoy, Señor, para hacer tu voluntad (Salmo 40 [39]). Segunda lectura — Tu cuerpo es un templo del Espíri-tu Santo; por tanto glorifica a Dios en tu cuerpo (1 Corin os 6:13-15, 17-20). Evangelio — Los primeros discípulos empiezan a se-guir a Jesús y declaran que es el Mesías (Juan 1:35-42).

We would like to honor our veterans by flying a flag in their honor or their memory on our flagpole. If you have an American flag at home

that you would like to lend to the parish in memory of or in honor of a loved one, please bring it to the rectory. We will fly it for one month and then return the flag to you. The name of your loved one will appear in the bulletin for the month his or her flag is displayed.

Perpetual Adoration at Corpus Christi

We try to provide an atmosphere of quiet reflection in the Chapel. We invite every-one to pray silently before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament when you come

for a visit. We thank all Guardians of the Eucharist for their love, fidelity, and commitment to Jesus in the Eucharist. We encourage you to get to know the guardians before and after you. Please try to be on time for your hour. The person before you may have another commitment and is counting on you to be on time.

TAX STATEMENTS Anyone who would like a statement of contributions for tax purposes is asked to call the rectory at 718-278-8114 and we will prepare one for you.

MARCH FOR LIFE FRIDAY

JANUARY 19, 2018 A bus will be leaving from

St. Joseph’s Church in Astoria at 6:00 AM

There is no charge. Please call to re-serve your seat (718-278-1611). Let

us make the voice of the Catholic Community be heard in Washington

as we support the right to life and call for an end to the sin of abortion.

SENIOR CLUB The Club will meet on Thursday, January 11th,

from Noon to 3:00 PM in the Parish Cen-ter, behind the Chapel.

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FOOD PANTRY

Thanks to all our faithful and ex-tremely generous parishioners who

donated to our Giving Tree. The response was heart warming. Thank you to all for sharing the spirit of Christmas.

Needed: Rice

HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS If you know of someone who would like to have communion brought to them at home, please call Kay at 718-721-2774.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS A beautiful way to start the New Year and add something special to your ministry would be to volunteer to bring the Eucharist to one of our homebound parishioners. For more information, please call Kay at 718-721-2774.

BEARERS OF THE WORD The Church has placed a number of notable feast days immediately after Christmas. The feasts of Stephen, John the Evangelist, and the Holy In-nocents form a summary of the life lived in Christ, the Word made flesh. What do these have to do with the feast of the Holy Family, which crowns the Octave of Christmas? These feasts re-mind us that suffering will occur in fulfilling the mission of Christ, and that we are all called to be bearers of this Word whose birth we celebrate.

We also see this manifested in the lives of Jo-seph and Mary, both of whom took social and re-ligious risks in obedience to the will of God, and both of whom were open to the word of God sent to them from on high. In these ways they prefig-ured the life of Jesus himself.

Most likely, few of us found ourselves at Mass this past Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, but the essence of these feasts and the essence of the holiness of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus remain cen-tral, a holiness we celebrate today.

Queremos honrar a nuestros ve-teranos volando una bandera en su honor o su memoria en nues-tro asta de bandera. Si usted tie-ne una bandera americana en

casa que le gustaría prestar a la parroquia en memoria de o en honor de un ser querido, por favor traerlo a la rectoría. La volaremos por un mes y luego le devolvere-mos la bandera. El nombre de su ser querido aparecerá en el boletín del mes en que se muestra su bandera.

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GRATIS Estamos muy contentos de anunciar que nuestra parroquia se ha suscrito a una nueva plataforma en línea dinámica llamada FORMED. Cada feli-grés tendrá acceso 24/7 a los mejores contenidos católica en cualquier dispositivo, incluyendo su conputador, Smartphone y Tablet con acceso a internet.

Con FORMED encontrarás programas de vídeo que explican la fe católica, explorar el significado más profundo del matrimonio, recibir estudios bíblicos sobre una variedad de temas e incluyen-do conversaciones de audio . Y usted encontrará presentadores como el Dr. Tim Gray, el Dr. Ed-ward Sri, la doctora Mary Healey, Chris Stefa-nick, el Dr. Scott Hahn y mucho más. Todos son parte de nuestra suscripción parroquia. Es sin duda la fe católica - bajo demanda.

He aquí lo fácil que es conseguir FORMADO: En el computador tableta o u teléfono inteligente ir a la pagina de www.FORMED.org. Ahí vera la caja de registro para los feligreses. Le pedirá que escriba el código de la parroquia: 9KTEHG.

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grupo de oración Carismático Cada Lunes

7:00 PM—El Rosario 7:30 PM—Santa Misa

8:00 PM—Grupo de Oración

Adoración Perpetúa en Corpus Chris

Tratamos de proporcionar una atmósfera de reflexión tranquila en la Capilla. Invitamos a todos a orar en silencio ante el Señor en el Santísimo Sacramento cuando vengan a visi-

tarlo. Agradecemos a todos los Guardianes de la Eucaristía por su amor, fidelidad y compromiso con Jesús en la Eucaris-tía. Alentamos que conozcan a los guardianes antes y después de usted. Por favor trate de llegar a tiempo para su hora. La persona antes de usted puede tener otro com-promiso y está contando con usted para llegar a tiempo.

Las clases de Catecismo continuaran

HOY

Se espera que todos los niños Regresen a clases.

Feliz Año Nuevo!!!!!!

DECLARACIONES DE IMPUESTOS

Cualquier persona que quiera una declara-ción de contribuciones para declaración de impuestos.se les pide que llame a la rectoría al 718-278-8114 . Para que poda-mos prepárale el suyo.

Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confesiones: Saturday/Sábado: 4:00 PM until 4:45 PM and any time by appointment / durante la semana previa cita. Baptism/Bautismo: English: 2nd Sunday of the month at 1:45 PM. Parents must register with child’s birth certificate at the Rectory prior to instruction which is held on the 1st Sunday of the month after the 8:45 AM Mass. Español: Tercer Sábado de cada mes 1:00 PM. Preparación domingo anterior después de misa de 11:00 AM. Para mayor información llamar a la rectoría.

Marriage/Matrimonio: Marriage arrangements must be made at least six months in advance with one of the Priests of the Parish. Call the rectory for an appointment. Español: Sacar cita con el Sacerdote seis meses antes de la fecha elegida, para varias entrevistas y compilación de documentos. Devotions: Divine Mercy: Fr iday at 3:00 PM/Chapel.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Where on earth would you go to honor the magi? Iran or Saudi Arabia, Tarshish or the Isles come to mind, but Cologne, Germany would be a good choice. There the Shrine of the Three Kings has been the centerpiece of the city’s cathedral since the fourth century. Today it is the largest reliquary in the world: a gilded and ornamented triple casket gleaming high above the altar. In the fourth century, the supposed relics of the wise men were taken from Constantinople to Milan, where they remained until the German Emperor with the unlikely name Frederick Barbarossa (Red Beard) gave them to the Archbishop of Cologne. Ever since, pilgrims have streamed into the city to honor the magi, the first of all pilgrims, and thus the heavenly patrons of all who have some holy wanderlust. This largest Gothic cathedral in Europe today was begun in the mid-1200s to house the relics. In medieval times, the relics in a city’s possession were often the key to a sound international econo-my. The reliquary was last opened in 1864, and the remains of three men were indeed discovered. The cathedral is well worth a visit, with enormous twin spires forming the largest façade of any church in the world (it is the model for St. Patrick’s in New York). Construction began in 1248 and ended in 1880, a six-hundred-year project. Today, it is a World Heritage Site, described by the U.N. as “an exceptional work of human creative genius.” This great treasure of our tradition suffered fourteen di-rect bomb hits in World War II but did not col-lapse. It survived while the city burned around it,

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

Melchor, Gaspar y Baltasar son los nombres que la tradición ha dado a los tres reyes magos. Pero ¿quién dijo que eran tres? Según San Mateo (Mt 2:1 12) fue-ron sabios del oriente que trajeron oro, incienso y mirra a Jesús. La imaginación cris ana decidió que cada rega-lo requería alguien que lo regalara. Se fija así el número de sabios en tres. Por ser astrólogos del oriente, tenían que ser magos. Venían buscando al nuevo rey de Israel y fue así que se les da el papel de reyes que representa-ban los tres con nentes conocidos en la época medie-val: Asia, África y Europa.

Ellos también representan tres edades humanas: juventud, madurez y vejez. Melchor (rey de la luz), fue un anciano europeo que obsequió oro al Rey Jesús; Gas-par (tesorero) fue un joven asiá co que regaló incienso al Niño Dios y Baltasar (dios proteja al rey) fue un hom-bre africano que donó mirra al Hijo del Hombre.

Hoy día habría que incluir una niña americana y una adolescente australiana a la lista de reyes magos.

LA PROMESA DE DIOS A TODOS

Hoy Isaías le recuerda al pueblo de Dios que recu-perará su erra, que se alegrará al ver que las perso-nas regresan del cau verio del exilio y que será una luz para todos los pueblos. En otras palabras, por me-dio del pueblo de Israel, el Salvador llegará a todos los pueblos que buscan a Dios con un corazón sincero. Esto traerá la alegría y el resplandor de la gloria de Dios a todo el mundo y a todos los pueblos. Gracias a la fidelidad del pueblo de Dios y, gracias a la fidelidad de Dios con ellos, todos serán sus hijos y se alegrarán con el cumplimiento de su promesa a Israel.

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