Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
Faith in
Jesus Christ is a responsibility - a gift for sure, but nevertheless
a responsibility. If we
don’t engage the gift we have been given, if our faith is not
working toward maturity, we run the risk of turning in on ourselves,
abandoning God, and making ourselves the arbiters of truth.
This is what happened to the tenants of the vineyard in
today’s Gospel. They
were mere lessees of the vineyard, not the owners.
But their pride blinded them and they forgot their identity -
moving them to forge a new identity rooted in self-seeking.
This false identity resulted in the oppression and death of
innocent people. Jesus
is speaking metaphorically of the long lineage of authority figures
in Israel (the tenants) and how pride overthrew their faith and
moved each of them to dispel anyone who got in the way of their
self-seeking. Those who
challenged their actions (the prophets represented as the servants
and the son of course represented as Jesus) would suffer the
consequences. In our
world today, there are many “tenants” and also many “servants”.
Our responsibility is to engage our gift of faith and allow
the Holy Spirit to move us away from a false identity and mold us
into our truest identity as servants, so that we may courageously
carry out the will of the Father - bearing fruit in our own lives
and in the lives of others.
Your Brother in Christ,
Fr. Chris
REFLECTION ~
What kind of tenant are you in
the vineyard of the Lord here on Earth? What kind of “fruits” do
you produce?
FATHER CHRIS WILL
BE OUT OF THE PARISH
UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING, OCT
11TH.
Fr. Chuck will celebrate all weekend Masses.
NO
RECONCILIATION ON TUESDAY EVENING
THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL BE REPOSED
from Thursday, Oct 6 until Tuesday, Oct 11.
DID YOU ENJOY FATHER CHRIS’S
HOMILY ON SUNDAY OR BEEN OUT OF TOWN?
If so, you can listen to it again!
The homily is posted on our website:
http://hf-cc.org, it can
be found on the homepage and the bulletin page.
DO
YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS FROM PAST PARISH FUNCTIONS THAT MIGHT BE
SUITABLE FOR OUR NEW PARISH DIRECTORY?
Please drop off at the parish office for consideration.
ATTENTION:
Please note the day and time change for
bulletin submission deadline.
The
deadline
to submit your bulletin notice for consideration is
Tue, Oct 5th
by 4:30 pm.
Email to:
kkennedy@hf-cc.org and
lmchugh@hf-cc.org
NEWS
YOU CAN USE
NO
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ON SUNDAY, OCT 9!!!!
LADIES
SOCIETY MEETING
on Friday, Oct 7 after the 8:00 am Mass. All Ladies of the
parish are invited.
High School and Middle School Youth Group Choir ~
If you play a musical
instrument or love to sing, we would greatly appreciate you
sharing your gift during Youth Mass Sundays.
We will be practicing on Sundays at 4:30 pm in Andre
Hall. Please call the parish office to leave your name and
the talent you will be sharing.
MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP
MEETING THIS SUN
at 1:30 pm in the Youth Group Room in building D.
Middle School Youth Rally
“THE KINGDOM”
featuring
APEX Ministries.
Sat, Oct 15th
at St. Louis Parish in Austin from10:00 am-6:30 pm (including
Vigil Mass). We
will leave Holy Family Parish at 8:30 am, transportation
provided.
Registration forms and permission slips are available in the
parish office and are due September 30th by 12 noon.
If you are an active, registered youth member, the fee is
$20, all others are $25.00. Late
registration will be $35 if you register after September 30th.
Early registration
guarantees attendees a t-shirt.
APeX, two
Catholic men, Gene and Brad.
Since 1996, they have crisscrossed North America sharing
the Gospel message in their own unique way.
APeX has
entertained, evangelized, and inspired in 48 states, 5 Canadian
provinces, China, and Peru at thousands of Catholic events.
They keynote large diocesan, regional, and national conferences,
as well as lead retreats, parish missions, or share evenings
with youth groups, families, and/or full parish communities.
XLT(pronounced exalt) Sun, Oct16th High School
Students ~ who
would like to attend XLT, a praise and worship for youth group
event, are invited to fill out a permission to travel form in
the parish office.
We will leave the parish at 2:00 pm to St. Vincent de Paul
Parish in Austin and return by 10:00 pm.
We will eat dinner, attend a youth mass, participate in
adoration and sing praise and worship music with other high
school teens in our Austin Diocese.
IT’S ALMOST HERE – OKTOBERFEST!
On Sunday,
October 15, after the 5:30 Mass, we’ll celebrate a traditional
Oktoberfest in the Social Hall.
This will be in conjunction with the second presentation
of our Roman Missal Revisions.
The parish
will provide Bratwurst and brotchen, so please bring a side dish
or a dessert to share.
Tea, coffee, and lemonade will be available, but feel
free to bring your own “beverages”. Come one, come all – we’ll
be getting started about 6:30.
If you have a traditional ethnic outfit, be sure and wear
it, as we will have prizes for best dressed and best polka
dancers. See you
there!
GABRIEL PROJECT ~
LOOKING
for a ministry you can do from home?
Gabriel project and
project Rachel are in desperate need of Pro-Life helpline
volunteers. You can
choose the time you wish to work.
It requires a 1 1/2 days of training.
Also Ethics and
Integrity workshop and a background check.
If you are interested
please call Martha at 547-8140.
Welcome
into God’s Family
the
Following Children:
Dorian Arias
Tayden Powell
Danica Diaz
Blake Jackson
Luke Gorman
God’s peace and joy to the
newest members
of the community through
Baptism.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sat, Oct 8 – †John
Shalikashvili by Roger & Carole O’Dwyer
Sun, Oct 10 (8:00) – For the
Parish
Sun, Oct 10 (10:15) – †Mary
Ann Kocmoud by Gene Kocmoud
Sun, Oct 10 (12:30) – †Jilma
Munoz by the Munoz family
FLOWERS
in front of the Lectern are
donated in loving memory of the Mason, Soto, and Cunningham
families by Muriel Mason
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK ~
Please keep the following
parishioners in your prayers:
Nita
Higgins, Milo Saavedra,
and Mark Twilleager.
May God heal them in body and
spirit.
Marywood Adoption information Meetings ~
Expanding a family through
adoption is an exciting adventure.
Marywood at Catholic Charities would like to invite
you to attend our next Adoption Information Meeting.
Marywood’s experienced staff will help you understand
the process of becoming a foster or an adoptive parent and
the children who are waiting for parents.
Marywood offers three different adoption programs and
we encourage any family who wants to know more about foster
care or adoption or the children in need of families to
attend this meeting.
Currently scheduled Adoption
Information Meeting as follows and will be held at our
office at 6225 Highway 290 East, Austin Texas 78723.
The meetings will start at 6:30 pm on the following
dates – Tue, Oct 18 and Tue, Nov 15.
“We look forward to seeing you at one of our
meetings.” For
more information, please contact
Marywood at 512/472-9251 or
visit our website at
www.marywood.org
CURSILLO ~
It's here again!
The annual Ft. Hood Area Cursillo Picnic this Sun, Oct 2
at 3:00 pm Longbranch Park, Killeen.
Games, prizes, snow cones, piñata, food, splash park,
free t-shirts for all adults.
Come and have a fun-filled afternoon. Families please
bring your own drinks plus a dish according to your last name:
A-H- dessert, I-R - salad, S-Z - side dish, we will
provide chicken and pork.
See you there!
PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY RALLY
at the Texas
Capitol, Sat, Oct 15 from 11:30- 1:30. For more information
please call 512.255.0645.
Liturgical Ministers
Saturday, October 8, 5:30 pm
Lector:
DiSimoni / Hatcher
EM:
Guadalupe
/ Alber /
Schiefelbein / Noel / Bouchard / Bouchard
Altar Servers:
Mora /
Mora / Mora
Ushers:
St. Joseph
/
Lacour / Terriault
Greeters:
Worley / John
Sunday, October 9, 8:00 am
Lector:
Drew / Chaco
EM:
Green /
Upp /
Evans / Hrncir / Hrncir / 1 volunteer
Altar Servers:
Medina / Smith / Smith
Ushers:
Spencer /
Upp / Capps / Wojciechowski
Greeters:
Jaramillo / Seffrood
10:15 am
Lector:
Alber
/ Vitucci
EM:
Natividad / Trahan /
Swaney / Stirnkorb / Esplana
/ Nance
Altar Servers:
Stonebrook / Gordon / Gordon
Ushers:
Alaniz /
McNally / Kennedy / Myers / Garcia
Greeters:
Perea / Stirnkorb & Rivers
12:30 pm YOUTH MASS
Lector:
Sanchez / Marshall
EM:
Fajardo /
Diaz /
Jaramillo / Dery / Wiedenfeld
/Ferrell
Altar Servers:
Frost / Boyd / Boyd
Ushers/Greeters:
YOUTH GROUP
Altar Linen:
Netta O’Neal – Oct 9th
New schedules
for Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers and Greeters are
available in the Sacristy.
The
New Revision to the Roman Missal - Part 3:
The Gloria
PRESENT TEXT:
NEW TEXT:
Glory to God in the highest,
Glory to God in the highest,
and
peace to his people on earth.
and on earth peace to people of good will.
Lord God, heavenly King,
We praise you, we bless you, we
almighty God and Father,
adore you, we glorify you, we give you
we worship you,
thanks
for your great glory,
we give you thanks,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God,
we praise you for your glory.
almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Lord Jesus Christ,
only Son of the Father,
Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the
sin
of the world:
Son of the Father,
have mercy on us;
you take away the
sins
of the world,
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
have mercy on us;
receive our prayer.
you take away the
sins
of the world,
For you alone are the Holy One,
receive our prayer;
you alone are the Lord,
you are seated at the right hand of the
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
Father,
have mercy on us.
with the Holy Spirit,
For you alone are the Holy One,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus
Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.y
The
General Instruction of the Roman Missal describes the Gloria as “a
most ancient and venerable hymn by which the Church, gathered in the
Holy Spirit, glorifies and entreats God the Father and the Lamb”
(no. 53). Much of the
text of the Gloria comes from Scripture: the first lines are derived
from the Angels heralding the glad tidings of Christ’s birth in Luke
2:14 – “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on
whom his favor rests.” The opening words (“Glory to God in the
highest”) also correspond to the Latin, “Gloria in excelsis Deo” – a
phrase universally familiar from the popular Christmas carol,
“Angels We Have Heard on High.”
There are clearly substantial differences between the new
liturgical text and the Gloria translation that we have been using.
The current text reads, “peace to his people on earth,” which the
new text expands to “on earth peace to people of good will.”
It helps to know that some versions of the Bible render Luke 2:14 as
“on earth peace, good will toward men.” The new translation of
the Gloria is a richer reference to the fact that the Messiah’s
coming brings the world a higher order of divine peace that only the
incarnate Son of God can bestow. Those who live in accordance
with God’s will and receive His grace shall experience the fullness
of this peace.
Turning to the second sentence of the new Gloria, we notice
something striking – the new translation recovers entire phrases
that were left out of the current translation. Right now, we
sing, “we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your
glory.” However, the Latin text of the hymn offers five
successive ways in which we should pay homage to God: “We praise
you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks
for your great glory.” In a general sense, it is true that
these all convey the same idea of worshiping God. But
liturgical prayer (prayer at Mass) is enhanced by poetic repetition,
and these five descriptions of worship do hold subtle distinctions.
Together, they combine to express the extent to which it is our
Christian duty to give “glory to God.”
The
addition of “Only Begotten Son” recovers a key phrase from the Latin
text – “Fili Unigenite.” This is a venerable title of Jesus
Christ, which speaks of the fact that the Son of God comes forth
from the Father, yet is no less an eternal Person of the Divine
Trinity.
Unlike our current translation, the new text includes two lines
(rather than one) that begin with “you take away the sins of the
world,” thereby reflecting the Latin text. By regaining this
line and an additional “have mercy on us” in the next line, the new
translation features a classic threefold structure of supplication:
“have mercy on us… receive our prayer… have mercy on us.” We
also see this sort of structure in the Kyrie and Lamb of God.
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