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“And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.”

Mark 1: 22

Masses for the week of Feb. 2 – Feb. 8, 2015

Morning Prayer in St. Joseph Chapel, 8:15am Mon to Fri.

Monday, Feb. 2 8:35am (chapel) Charlotte Lear (Joan Beebe)

Tuesday, Feb. 3

8:35am (chapel) David Hudson (Lisa Simkanin)

Wednesday, Feb. 4 8:35am (chapel) Marlene McKenna (Jim & Joan Black) Thursday, Feb. 5 8:35am (chapel)Lillian Hvorency (Sue Rogers) Friday, Feb. 6 – FIRST FRIDAY MASS & BENEDICTION 9:00am (church)Holly Brown (Carolyn Pyatt) Saturday, Feb. 7 10am (Fatima House) – First Saturday Mass 5:00pm (church)Mary Fleck (Koch Family) Sunday, Feb. 8 8:00am (church)Paul Rick (Doug & Delores Warmkessel) 10:30am (church)Parishioners Intentions’

Meetings for the week of Feb. 2 – Feb. 8, 2015

Mon. Feb. 2: Conquest, 6:45pm – School Knights of Columbus, 7:30pm – Marian Room Wed. Feb 4: Bible Study with Fr. Simi, 7pm – Chapel Thurs. Feb. 5: SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION, 6:30pm Renew Group, 2:30pm – Marian Room Light Weigh , 7pm – Parish Office Fri. Feb. 6: Rep. M. Quinn’s Senior Citizen Mtg., 1pm - School Sat. Feb. 7: Men of Faith, 8am –Marian Room Sun. Feb. 8: Teen RCIA, 11:45am – Marian Room

The Church Cleaning Team for the week of February 2nd is Team #4: Karen Parash, Dot Cegielski, Jean Keller, Joyce Vinceguerra, Diane Watson, Chris Zdanowicz

Your parish thanks you!

Mass Collection Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015: $ 6,750.00

Thank you for your generosity!

May the Lord grant eternal rest to

William H. Dayton, Sr. and grant comfort and consolation to his loving family. And may his soul, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace.

Amen

Please remember in your prayers our parishioners who are sick, homebound, in the hospital, under hospice or residential care. Susan Ackerman, Rose Marie Alex, Lillian Appleman, Roger Bahnck,Mary Balbirer, Elizabeth Bartolillo, John & Loretta Bodisch, Ann Burns, Libby Chapman, Anne Colyer, Charlene Cornell, Matthew Crance,Jim Crawford,Chrissy Davis, Glen DeKutosli,Larry & Joanne Diehl, Terry Dunn, Arlene Eichlin, Josephine Fasano, Bernice Fees, Charles Fees, Jr.,Kathryn Ferris, Patricia Fite,Sara Fleck, Nancy Fratrik,Mary Gallo, Kathleen Gaughan,Dylan Geroni, Kathy Geroni,Marie & Rosalyn Giardullo, Anna Giebler, Judy Green, Susan Gross, Mary Halwski, Florence Hancharik, Steve Hancharik,Bill Hejnor, Joyceann Heley, Eli Hinkie, Charles Houston,Doris Johnson, Martha Juchnowicz, Kathleen Kershaw, Kimberly Koch,Georgine Kocher,Martha Kocsis,Jack Kocsis, Anthony Kondracki Deanna Kovner,Barbara Kuehnle,Ryan Leven,Kathy Donahue Lewis,Kathy Lightkep, George Lovett,Charles Lutcavage, Julia Maher, Eileen McCarty, Adelaide McElderry,Bridget Julia McHugh, Michelle McNevin,Anne McNichol,Florence Middleton, Joseph Moore,Jennie Moreno, Nancy Moreno, Wanda Muth, Frances Nowicki, Dorothy Odor, Helen Patzek-Charlton, Ryan Phillips, Nicholas Powell, Gladys Proca,Marianne Przyuski,Don Raman, Mike Ramos, Rachael Rice, Gregory Rickert,Joseph Ripp,Valerie Roberts, Sandy Romaszewski, SimRothman,Frederick R. Rude, Dolly Rutherford, ZinaSauerwine, Jean Scattergood,Lana Schell, Herbert Scheuermann, Mario Sciacca, Joe Shuman,Gail Silveira, Carolyn Stahley, Shane Stroup,Michael Suder, Sean Thatcher, BabyWilliam Patrick Thomas,MaddieTomaszewski, Douglas & Frank Toner,Barbara Vogan, TamaraWidmer, Ed Wismer, Baby Logan Yoder.

Edward Armstrong, Jr.,

Fionna M. Boyle, Derek Brosius,

Christopher Brune, Kyle Crossland,

Casey de Lauretis, Steehly de Lauretis,

Michael Froeder, A.J. Giovino,

Aaron Given, Bob Hankinson,VictorHormilla, James Kidd, Stephen Lindmeier,

Jason Litschauer, Cory Litzenberger,Dan O’Connor, Jonathan Pucci, Dusty Rhodes, Craig Russell, Nicholas Spangler-Loch,

Don Valdez, Justin Walsh.

Thank you for serving &protecting our freedoms!

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“May I see your photo

ID?” That’s a question

expected from the

passport inspector at any

given airport. But it was

quite a surprise to hear it coming from my doctor’s secretary. I

thought this was a sad sign of the times we live in, when

duplicity is the main tool of petty thieves and terrorists in our

newly suspicious atmosphere.

In His time, Our Lord Jesus Christ had an ID problem of sorts,

but in His case, the questioners always asked to know His

identity after He did a good deed, even a miraculous one. In

today’s Gospel instance, Jesus frees a man from the ugly throes

of demonic possession. But the townsfolk of Capernaum are

quick to ask “What is this? A new teaching backed up with

authentic authority? It’s as close as they came for a demand to

see some ID of Jesus. No surprise that in a gossip-ridden world,

Our Lord’s fame spreads all over the place, which is a particular

theme in the early part of Mark’s story.

The pairing of fame with fortune that dominates the wishes of

many people today is a clear contradiction of the Christian life

goals. Fame has already been famously pared down by the

artist Andy Warhol into a mere fifteen minutes. But that doesn’t

deter those ambitious for it.

As for fortune, that pursuit remains ever popular. Lottery

tickets are scooped up daily, with little or no thought on the

buyer’s part that their deed “benefits senior citizens.” They

want it to benefit them.

Jesus, of course, seeks neither fame nor fortune. In fact, He

tries His best to discourage the one, and has no interest in the

other. But He is vitally interested in people having the correct

spiritual ID, including us. Oh yes, we have such an ID. We got it

at our Baptism. On that day, our good parents thought enough

of us to pass on to us the greatest gift they could think of: the

Catholic faith that they themselves received. A faith that so

guided their lives that they knew they had to pass it on. And so

they did.

The end result is that we know who we are without even

looking at any card. We are Christ’s. And hopefully proud of it.

Theoretically at least we reject the twin goals of fame and

fortune as the reasons for living. Practically speaking, we

acknowledge the pull of those two items on our hearts.

Sometimes we forget how counterfeit they are because they

appear so real. That’s when we have to face facts and re-

examine our daily decisions.

The great season of Lent is now less than a month away. In car

talk, that’s “tune-up time.” Right now we can prepare for that

Lenten project. I suspect that there’s a stalwart Seraphim at the

gate of heaven staffing the final checkpoint before we enter. His

“job”, if you will, is to ask us for our “photo ID.” If that’s so, then

Lent is a good time to update those Christian credentials.

There’s an old slogan once used by my late Dad’s insurance

company that was valid then and still is today if placed in the

spiritual realm. It proclaimed that “the future belongs to those

who prepare for it.” Amen!

with Fr. Simi

Weekly Sessions

Wednesdays at

7pm in the

Chapel

Monthly 24-hr. ADORATION of

THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Join us in Prayer…”For the Healing of All Families.”

3rd Week of each Month

Starting at 10am on Friday (immediately after 9am

Mass) concluding with Benediction at the end

of the 9am Mass on Saturday

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"Jesus Taught Them As One

Who Had Authority"

Do you believe that God’s word

has power to set you free and to transform your

life? When Jesus taught he spoke with authority. He

spoke the word of God as no one had spoken it before.

When the Rabbis taught they supported their

statements with quotes from other authorities. The

prophets spoke with delegated authority – “Thus says

the Lord.” When Jesus spoke he needed no authorities

to back his statements. He was authority incarnate –

the Word of God made flesh. When he spoke, God

spoke. When he commanded even the demons obeyed.

Hope anchors our faith in the promises of God and

purifies our desires for the things which will last for

eternity. That is why the word of Christ has power to

set us free from all that would keep us bound in sin,

deception, and despair. Faith is both a free gift of God

and the free assent of our will to the whole truth that

God has revealed. To live, grow, and persevere in the

faith to the end, we must nourish it with the word of

God. The Lord gives us his Holy Spirit to enlighten our

minds that we may grow in his truth and in the

knowledge of his great love for each of us. If we

approach God’s word submissively, with an eagerness to

do everything the Lord desires, we are in a much better

position to learn what God wants to teach us through

his word. Are you eager to be taught by the Lord

and to conform your life according to his word?

Let us pray…"Lord Jesus, your word is power and life. May I never doubt your saving love and mercy, and the power of your word to bring healing and deliverance to those in need." Amen

SACRAMENT of

FIRST RECONCILLIATION Thursday, Feb. 5th

6:30pm in the church. (Snow date is Feb. 12th)

Please pray for our parish 2nd graders as they make their

Sacrament of First Reconciliation later this week.

The Regina Academy at

St. John the Baptist

An opportunity for you to get to know

us better:

Tuesday, February 3rd @ 8:15AM Your Child is invited to Spend a Day at the Academy

On February 3rd, you and your children can spend the day at the Academy with our students.

The students will be able to experience the many exciting things going on in our school.

“Shadow Day” is for students in PreK3 through 4th Grade.

Spaghetti Dinner & Open House Rescheduled The Spaghetti Dinner and Open house which was scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24th, has been rescheduled due to the inclement weather forecast. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, 2/28 at 4pm. See you there! Please keep in mind that we will still be having our Shadow Day on February 3rd for all that have an interest in your child/children spending the day with us at the Academy. Please call the Academy Office at 610-847-5523 to Register.

Faith in Action RA@SJB, Faith in Action. Thank you to Mrs. Lauer, Mr. Cheung and the Knights of Columbus for planning and making the "March for Life" a huge success. What a wonderful way for our students to practice their faith.

For Information and to Register please call the School Office

at 610-847-5523

KNOWING ~ LOVING ~ SERVING ~ LEADING

Visit us at

www.sjbottsville.org

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FATIMA HOUSE RETREAT CENTER, Bedminster, PA

Honoring Our Mother Mary

Join us for our

First Saturday Mass Feb. 7 at 10am

Please join us in…Prayer for Vocations and World Peace.

Weekly Prayers Mondays at 7pm in Our Lady’s Chapel: Adoration, Liturgy of the Hour, Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet Wednesday at 9:30 -10:30am in Our Lady’s Chapel: Liturgy of the Hour, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet For additional information or directions, please call Joan Black at 215-795-2947.

THE EASTERN UPPER BUCKS SENIORS invite you to join us for….

“The World's Greatest Musical

Impersonator Show!” starring

The Mahoney Brothers Wednesday February 18, 2015 (Carpool arrives at 11am) Tickets are $61.50 per person for less than 20 people; $55.00 per person for more than 20 people. Call Jim at 610-847-2305 for info and reservations.

Tuesdays, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5, June 2, Aug4, Sept 1, Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 1 2015 7-8:30pm

The Guardians: Discussion Group for Fathers

Named in honor of St. Joseph, Guardian of the Redeemer; small group discussion on marriage and family life, work, faith and the unique role of husbands and fathers. Religious Education Room, Corpus Christi Parish, 900 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale Contact: Deacon Frank Langsdorf, deaconlangsdorf@gmail.com

Returns to SJB Light Weigh One King is a 12-week Bible study-DVD program that seeks to help people lose weight and achieve peace with food, through freedom in Christ. The program is recommended by parish nurses and doctors for weight-loss & health, and chosen by Prevention Magazine as a safe and healthy faith based diet. Hope to see you at our next meeting! (Watch for the date/time our next meeting on inside front cover of our weekly bulletin)

2015 Bridgeton Athletic Association’s

Baseball, Softball, & T-ball Sign-ups

T-Ball (Ages 4-6) $50 pp, Softball & Baseball $65 pp,

Sibling Discount $50

Registration forms can be found on our website at: www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e45a9ab2aabfd0bridgeton/22925807

Email completed registration forms to: Bridgetonaa@gmail.com or contact: Kerri Scheetz at 484.325.1816

Work Bond Check $50 (non-deposited) per family

Mandatory Raffle Ticket Participation $50pp

All players must live in Bridgeton Township.

*A copy of player birth certificate is required for new Players.

Are you Separated, Divorced?

Join us for….

An Evening of Reflection for the

Separated and Divorced

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 6:30pm

An evening of support and friendship, including dinner,

prayer service and presentation by Mary Dyer Hubband.

Nativity of Our Lord Parish Conference Center,

625 W. Street Road, Warminister, PA

Contact: Ann Marie, agervino@noolp.org, 215-675-1925

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7 Months & Counting.... World Meeting of Families 2015

Have you registered yet???? Visit www.worldmeeting.organd REGISTER today!

VISIT http://www.phillyevang.org/wmof

FOR A SCHEDULE OF LOCAL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY EVENTS.

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

February 7th & 8th, 2015

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Extraordinary Minister Lector Altar Server Music

Saturday, 5pm

Peg Glancey Kathellen Halasz

Cathy Leidtke Anne Slifer

Marie Louzon Luke Grindrod Gavin Reshetar Maya Reshetar

Ordinary Time

Sunday, 8:00am

Marianne McEvoy Richard McEvoy

Joel Roney Weez Roney

Helene Bell Danny Froman Samantha Froman Maria Middleton

Choir Sue Rogers

Sunday, 10:30am

Jim Black Joan Black

MaryAnn Huber Dan Huber

Laura Fleck Anthony Fleck Mackenzie Kenderdine

Olivia Kenderdine

Grace DeVenuto Jim Roney

Route 611 & Island Road • Kintnersville, PA 18930 Open Mon-Fri 9-6 • Sat.9-5 • Closed Sundays

610-847-5702 or Fax 610-847-2726 www.traugers.com

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