February 3, 2019 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Today’s Gospel: Luke 4:21-30 Jesus, filled with the power of

the Spirit, came to Nazareth, where he had been brought

up. He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was

his custom, and read from the Prophet Isaiah. The eyes of

all were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them,

“Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” All

spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words

that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s

son?” He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this

proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here

also in your hometown the things that we have heard you

did at Capernaum.’” And he said, “Truly I tell you, no

prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. But the

truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the /me of

Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six

months, and there was a severe famine over all the

land; yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow

at Zarephath in Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel

in the /me of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was

cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard this,

all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up,

drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the

hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl

him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them

and went on his way.

Vangelo di Oggi: Luca 4:21-30 In quel tempo, Gesù cominciò

a dire nella sinagoga: «Oggi si è compiuta questa Scri�ura

che voi avete ascoltato». Tu" gli davano tes#monianza ed

erano meraviglia# delle parole di grazia che uscivano dalla

sua bocca e dicevano: «Non è costui il figlio di Giuseppe?».

Ma egli rispose loro: «Certamente voi mi citerete questo

proverbio: “Medico, cura te stesso. Quanto abbiamo udito

che accadde a Cafàrnao, fallo anche qui, nella tua patria!”».

Poi aggiunse: «In verità io vi dico: nessun profeta è bene

acce�o nella sua patria. Anzi, in verità io vi dico: c’erano

molte vedove in Israele al tempo di Elìa, quando il cielo fu

chiuso per tre anni e sei mesi e ci fu una grande cares#a in

tu�o il paese; ma a nessuna di esse fu mandato Elìa, se non

a una vedova a Sarèpta di Sidòne. C’erano mol# lebbrosi in

Israele al tempo del profeta Eliseo; ma nessuno di loro fu

purificato, se non Naamàn, il Siro». All’udire queste cose,

tu" nella sinagoga si riempirono di sdegno. Si alzarono e lo

cacciarono fuori della ci�à e lo condussero fin sul ciglio del

monte, sul quale era costruita la loro ci�à, per ge�arlo giù.

Ma egli, passando in mezzo a loro, si mise in cammino.

“When they heard this, all in the synagogue

were filled with rage.”

Today’s Gospel raises a ques/on: “How do we respond to

God’s call for conversion and change when we encounter

it?” And perhaps there is even a more basic ques/on we

should consider: “Do we desire conversion and change?”

The hope of the Gospel is that Christ brings a holy and

powerful force into our lives which enables us to break the

bonds of enslavement to our old nature and its passions and

habits. Real inner change is o9en uncomfortable because it

requires us to admit that there is an area of our lives that is

wrong. Consequently, we also o9en respond with

defensiveness, resistance, and resentment, rather than

welcoming the encouragement to change.

University Mass 2019: “Let it be done to me according to

your word.” (Lk 1:8) Archbishop Miller cordially invites

university and college communi/es to the University Mass.

All students, faculty, and staff with their families from

public and private post-secondary ins/tu/ons are invited to

this annual Mass on Saturday, Feb 9 at 7 pm at Holy Rosary

Cathedral. Confessions start at 6 pm. A performance on

voca/on and fellowship will follow the Mass in Holy Rosary

Hall. hAps://rcav.org/event/university-mass-2019

Income Tax Receipts The 2018 income tax receipts are ready

for pick up. They are at the back of the church, arranged in

alphabe/cal order. Any dona/ons to Project Advance are

included in the same envelope. Please pick up your own tax

receipt only.

How to Survive in Marriage while Raising

Children This presenta/on will discuss some

of the challenges parents have in keeping

their marriages strong and healthy. Prac/cal

sugges/ons will be given to help parents

improve their connec/on with each other in the midst of

the turmoil of every day life. The importance of

conversa/on and collabora/ve decision making will be

discussed along with crea/ve ways to keep a marriage

great! Presented by Denis Boyd, Registered Psychologist.

Wednesday, Feb 20 at 7 pm at St Anthony of Padua Parish.

Mass IntenAons

Sat Feb 2 5:00 pm † Mario Ballarin

† Domenica & Giuseppe Giustra

Sun Feb 3 4th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

9:00 am

10:30 am

5:00 pm

† Domenico Mazza & Maria

Romeo

† LoreAa Tommaso & Gina Ferrari

All Parishioners

† Domenico & Antonia Sansalone

† Ada Soriano

Mon Feb 4 8:00 am

6:30 pm

6:30 pm

† All Souls in Purgatory

PREP

Who Am I to Judge Faith Study

Tue Feb 5 St Agatha

6:30 pm

7:00 pm

Prayer for Virtues

Perpetual Novena - St Anthony

Wed Feb 6 St Paul Miki &

Companions

8:00 am

5:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Barb Schindelka

Pastoral Leadership mee#ng

RCIA

Assisted Suicide Talk

Thu Feb 7

8:00 am

11:00 am

11:00 am

5:15 pm

7:00 pm

7:00pm

† All Souls in Purgatory

† Raffaele & Maria Palma

Tomassoli

† Ferdinando Kolic

SFA Over 50 Club

Legion of Mary mee#ng

Choir Prac#ce - Sat 5 pm

PEC mee#ng

Fri Feb 8

8:00 am

6:30 pm

8:00 pm

† Tony & Luigi Magliocco

Choir Prac#ce - Sun 10:30

Prayer for the Church

Sat Feb 9 9:00 am

9:30 am

9:30 am

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

† Rose Posteraro

† Assunta & Francesco Crescenzo

Confession

Rosary

† Francesco Benincasa & Adelina

Green

† Anna Faccone

SFA School Family Dance

Sun Feb 10 5th Sunday in

Ordinary /me

9:00 am

10:30 am

12:00 pm

5:00 pm

† Eugenio & Michelina Pagliuso

† AntonieAa Barba

† Fulvia Aurora Colistro

† BaOsta & Angelina Peta

Bap#sm - Welcome to Ava Sco�

All Parishioners

World Day of the Sick 2019 Archbishop Miller, CSB

will be celebra/ng a Mass of anoin/ng in honour of

World Day of the Sick 2019 at Our Lady of Sorrows

Parish in Vancouver on Monday, Feb 11 at 11 am.

The sacrament of anoin/ng of the sick will be

administered a9er the homily. All the sick and their

caregivers are invited to aAend. Simple refreshments will be

offered in the school gym following Mass. For more info

contact 604-524-3427 or info@chabc.bc.ca or visit hAps://

www.chabc.bc.ca/blog

BC Catholic Special CollecAon February is Catholic Press

Month and there is a special collec/on for the BC Catholic

this weekend. The collec/on helps defray the parish’s costs

of sending the newspaper to parishioners. The suggested

dona/on is $20. Please give generously so the BC Catholic

can con/nue to deliver Catholic news to the faithful with this

award-winning publica/on. See www.bccatholic.ca for more

informa/on on the Catholic Press Collec/on and the Catholic

Press Associa/on.

BapAsms Bap/sms are scheduled at noon on Sundays.

Parents, please call the Parish Office to arrange a date for an

appointment with Fr Eugenio.

Weddings Arrangements for weddings must be made at

least six months in advance. Archdiocesan Marriage

Prepara/on classes are mandatory. Please call the Parish

for more informa/on at 604-255-8855.

Assisted Suicide: CommunicaAng with Clarity

and Compassion We hear in the media about

people choosing to end their own life - usually

presented with statements jus/fying their

choice. How can we can we respond? How can

we help when we value life “from concep/on to

its natural end”? How can we beAer understand

this sensi/ve and controversial issue? Come and hear

interna/onal speaker Stephanie Gray on February 6 as she

addresses the tough ques/ons surrounding this issue.

Stephanie has given over 800 pro-life presenta/ons around

the world and in 2017 she presented at Google

Headquarters (viewable on youtube). Invite friends to this

educa/onal and inspiring talk and come to learn more about

this hot topic. Wednesday, Feb 6 at 7 pm in the parish hall.

Quo Vadis – Men’s Discernment Events Men’s Discernment

event weekend is a chance to experience the life of a

seminarian. Visi/ng Christ the King Seminary for a weekend

is one of the best ways to discern if you are being called to

the priesthood. You’ll share meals, aAend classes, and talk

with others about your interest in priesthood. The weekend

includes confession, Mass, talks about discerning your

voca/on, and plenty of /me for personal prayer. There will

be basketball and street hockey, so bring athle/c clothes and

your hockey s/ck. Feb 8 - 10, at the Seminary of Christ the

King in Mission. Cost: $40. For more informa/on please visit

hAp://voca/onsvancouver.ca/events/pray-and-play

Forty Hour DevoAon We will be holding our

annual observance of the Forty Hours

Devo/on from Tuesday, Feb 26 to Thursday,

Feb 28. Take this opportunity to spend some

quiet /me in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Sign up

sheets will be available in the foyer soon. We’d like to sure

that one or preferably two people will be in the church and

with Jesus at all /mes.

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