Bulletin: Presentation of the Lord, 2/2/25
SAINT CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC CHURCH
39 West 200 South, Kanab UT 84741
Office: (435) 644-3414 [Please leave a message and we will respond as quickly as possible]
parishinfo@kanabcatholicchurch.org
WEBSITE: kanabcatholicchurch.org
Sacramental Minister Rev. Richard T. Sherman, Kanab, UT
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS 5:30 PM (Suspended Indefinitely)
SUNDAY MASS: 9:00 AM
MASS DURING THE WEEK : MONDAY – SATURDAY 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is February 15, 2025 from 10:00 AM-Noon. If you have friends or relatives that are interested in the Catholic faith, or are thinking of returning to the Church, please tell them about us and have them stop by. We would love to meet with them! OPEN DOOR is scheduled every first and third Saturday of the month.
FINANCIAL REPORT: January 26, 2025: Offertory: $1233; Mail in Donations: $65; Church in Latin American: $920. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) This year (2025) our goal was raised slightly from $8800 to $9000. It seems most goals were raised and we will surely meet the challenge. Everyone will soon get their 2025 invitations to chip in once again.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Eva Montelongo, Joe Franta, Sergio Olvera, Selma Sierra, Our Wounded Veterans. If you have specific prayer requests, please leave us a phone message or send us an email. We will get your intentions on the list. We also remember all the sick and infirm at our daily Masses.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursday from 4 to 5:00 PM.
Community Rosary: After the Monday morning Mass
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation. Everyone is invited.
Religious Items: While enjoying the fabulous conversation and refreshments during our social hour, take some time and browse our extensive selection of religious gifts including some amazing sale items.
Annual Donation Letters for 2024 Tax Records have been sent or delivered personally. If you have questions about our computations, see Fr. Rick or Jim Pashia
February 7-14th: National Marriage Week. Join the Salt Lake Diocese Office of Marriage and Family in celebrating this special time to reflect on the beautiful gift of the sacrament of matrimony. This year’s theme from the USCCB is Marriage: Source of Hope, Spring of Renewal, inviting couples to strengthen their bond and deepen their lifelong commitment to each other.
FREE National Marriage Week livestreams, February 7–14 (marriageweek.org/live-events). Sign up now to receive reminder emails and your private viewing link the week before.
At Home Couples Retreat:
English: https://www.usccb.org/resources/NMW2025AtHomeRetreatENG.pdf
Spanish: NMW2025AtHomeRetreatESP.pdf
More Resources from For Your Marriage (USCCB): https://www.foryourmarriage.org/celebrate-national-marriage-week
SEEK Conference Replay: The recent National Seek Conference held in Salt Lake City has offered, for free, the video recordings of the Keynote Addresses. See the links below. I would recommend especially #46 also featured below and I will likely make more suggestions in the coming weeks.
https://seekreplay.com/video/146 Letting Jesus Take Care of Our Needs, Sr. Mirium James Heidland, SOLT.
Parishioners & returning visitors: The Roundtable Knights will serve Chili Brunch following Mass on February 16thfrom 10:30 to 2:00 pm. There will be 3 different Chili selections: (1) Beef Chili, (2) White Chicken Chili, and (3) Vegetarian Chili. There will also be cornbread, crackers, and Chile Dogs. Plus, two flavors of juices, coffee & hot tea. No cost for Meals. Invite your friends to join you at the Mass and after for the meal. Questions? Ask Noel Poe or Mike Bzdewka.
On the Demonic, by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen; compiled and edited by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki. Emmaus Road Publishing. Perhaps we could consider this book for Lenten reflections?
Homily Reflection –
Luke 2:24-25 “Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted -and you yourself a sword will pierce- so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
I was considering this passage from today’s gospel as I recalled the end of last Sunday’s gospel as Jesus completed His proclamation of the Prophet Isaiah in the temple: “He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.’” Lk. 4:17-21
If we had celebrated the 4th Sunday of Advent this week instead of the Presentation of the Lord, the gospel would have begun with Luke 4:21 as further reminder of our prophetic role. Since we have been anointed as prophets at our Baptism and since the Church IS the Body of Christ, we have inherited the same prophetic role as Jesus. We too will BE a sign that will be contradicted and be destined for the rise and fall of many in Israel (our Church, nation and world). Our gospel proclamation will also be ‘fulfilled in the hearing’ of the congregation, and in the plaza and wherever else we witness with our daily lives.
What message do you feel most strongly compelled to proclaim on behalf of the Church? What scroll (scripture, encyclical, pastoral letter, or advisory) would you use for your authority?
Which pamphlet would you rescue from the ‘flat spaces’ at the church to proclaim personally your devotion or mission?
What contradictions would you expect? Who would be offended or inspired? How would you continue to personify the ‘King of Glory’ (Ps. 24:8) even as your very heart is being pierced? Whose strength might you draw on?
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“Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.” St. Anthony of Padua