St. Agnes Catholic Church

St. Agnes Catholic Church
100 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-2351
Fax: (305) 361-8514
Email: info@stakb.org
Web Site: www.stakb.org
BAPTISMS: 2nd Sunday in Spanish;
4th Sunday in English. Call Parish
Office ONE month in advance.
FIRST COMMUNION AND
CONFIRMATION: Two years of
Religious instruction required.
MARRIAGES: Arrangements must
be made SIX months in advance.
CATECHESIS - C.C.D.
Phone: (305) 361-1378
For children in public and private schools.
Director: Nery Quintela, MFT, GC
PARISH OFFICE HOURS:
8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Mon. - Fri.
Msgr. José L. Hernando, Pastor
Rev. Julio Solano, Parochial Vicar
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SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday:
5:30 P.M.
Sunday:
8:30 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 11:30 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. - English
12:45 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. - Spanish
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE 8:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon
Saturday 8:00 A.M.
CONFESSIONS
Saturday 4:00-5:00 P.M. - Anytime upon request
PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL
(24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Blessed Sacrament Benediction Wednesday 7:45 P.M.
EDUCATION MINISTRY
ST. AGNES ACADEMY
• PK-3 through 8th Grade •
122 Harbor Drive
Key Biscayne, FL
Phone: (305) 361-3245
Web Site: www.stakb.org
Principal: Mrs. Susana T. Rivera
PARISH REGISTRATION
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
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March 30, 2014
FROM 03-29-14 TO 04-05-14
Day
Saturday
Sunday
Time
Intentions
† Victor M. Vega III
For peace, freedom and justice in
Venezuela
† James Dwyer
† Margot de Escobar
† Sebastian Aseñas de Arellano
†† Jorge and María Lola Camps
†† Mario and Elena Romero
Mario and Annie del Valle
5:30 P.M.
8:30 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
11:30 A.M.
12:45 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
(Wedding Anniversary)
Arturo Carrion (Health)
Ignacio and Gaby del Valle
7:30 P.M.
Monday
8:00 A.M.
(Wedding Anniversary)
†† Raúl and Adriana Garmendia
† Helen Berdi
† Telka Flashman (13rd Anniversary)
† Jacqueline Kathe
† Frank Caputo
Living and deceased members of
Richard Johnson Family
12:00 P.M.
Tuesday
8:00 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
Wednesday 8:00 A.M.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12:00 P.M.
8:00 A.M.
† Dulce Feito Hernández
Altar Rosary Society
† Alberto Renaud
† Michael Taylor
12:00 P.M.
8:00 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
8:00 A.M.
ENVELOPES 284….....…....$
LOOSE MONEY…..… …...$
TOTAL OFFERING……....$
6,526.00
3,050.00
9,576.00
TODAY’S READING
First Reading — As the prophet Samuel anointed David with
oil, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David and remained
with him from that day forward. (1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a)
Psalm — The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall
want.
(Psalm 23)
Second Reading — You who were once darkness are now
light in the Lord. Live as children of light. (Ephesians 5:8-14)
Gospel — The man who was blind from birth proclaimed: The
one called Jesus made clay with his saliva, anointed my eyes
with it, and told me to wash. When I washed, I was able to see!
(John 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38])
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54
Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16
Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18;
Jn 5:17-30
Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47
Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53
Sunday: Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11;
Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]
GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART
The First Reading of this Sunday (I Sam. 6: 113) presents God looking at the hearts and not
at superficial appearances. God chose the last,
the youngest, the ignored, because he looks at
the heart of persons and knows the future; He
also knows what He is going to achieve
through the persons He chooses. The poor
and the humble have a future because God
looks on them.
God doesn’t choose qualified people to carry
out His mission; he qualifies the people he
chooses.
FOLLOW ME!
Date
Activities
Place
Time
Sunday
30
Buen Pastor - English Program
Pastoral Center
Monday
31
RCIA
Pastoral Center 402
7:00 P.M.- 8:00 P.M.
Tuesday
01
Eucharistic Rosary
Talleres de Oración y Vida
N.A.
Community Rosary
Chapel
Pastoral Center 403
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
8:30 P.M.
Wednesday Catechism Classes
Youth Group
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Parish Hall
Chapel
10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Blessed Sacrament Benediction
Men’s Emmaus Meeting
St. Agnes Academy
Parish Hall
Chapel
Pastoral Center 401
4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
7:45 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
Grupo de Oración “Maria Reina de la Paz”
Rosary for Missing People
Holy Hour
Grupo de Oración “Madre de Dios”
Grupo Buen Pastor ( Evangelización)
Pastoral Center 405
Chapel
Chapel
Parish Hall
Pastoral Center 402
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
9:00 PM - 10:00PM
Altar Rosary Society
Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
Viacrucis
Church / Parish Hall
Chapel
Church
8:00 A.M.
3:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
Confessions
Lenten Retreat
Church
Parish Hall
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
“Jesus comes to us
as one unknown,
as He did long ago
to the apostles on the seashore.
He speaks to us
the same words
He spoke to them: ‘Follow me!’
“And to those
who accept His invitation,
whether they be wise or simple,
young or old,
He will reveal himself to them
in their toils and sufferings.
And they shall learn
through their own experience
who He is.”
Albert Schweitzer
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MARCH 30th
Catholic Relief Services is the second largest
international aid organization in the United
States. Because of the generosity of American
Catholics, 80 countries receive food, medical
assistance, religious and secular education, as well
as help to immigrants. Please be generous in this
annual appeal of the American Bishops to help
other countries. The second collection of this
Sunday is for this purpose.
LENTEN RETREAT: APRIL 5th, 2014
Father Julio Solano will give a Lenten Retreat in
the Albertson Parish Hall on Saturday, April 5th,
from 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. The theme will be:
“The Last Seven Words of Jesus on the
Cross”. Do something special and different in
this Lent . Attend this retreat.
Parents are invited to view their children’s art
masterpieces at the St. Agnes Art Show on April
3rd and 4th. For more information, please log
onto Edline.
Applications for the 2014-15 school year are
still available online at www.stakb.org, for
second-round admission. Tours of the school are
given on Tuesdays from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., by
appointment. If you would like to sign up for a
tour, please call us at 305-361-3245 ext. 203.
Youth Group News:
Follow all of the Youth Group happenings @stakbYG—Twitter
STAKBYG—Instagram
Join us for fun, fellowship and food
Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M. in Albertson Parish Hall.
March 30, 2014
HUMOR CORNER
The 98 year old Mother Superior was
dying. The nuns gathered around her
bed trying to make her last journey comfortable.
They gave her some warm milk to drink but she
refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass
back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of
whiskey received as a gift, she opened it and
poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
Back at Mother Superior’s bed, she held the
glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a
little more, and before they knew it, she had
drunk the whole glass down to the last drop.
“Mother,” the nuns asked anxiously, “Please,
give us some wisdom before you die.” She raised
herself up in bed and with a pious look on her
face said, “Don’t sell that cow.”
KNOWLEDGE IS LOVE,
LIGHT AND VISION
Helen Keller used to say: “ I got used to the
silence and the darkness that surrounded me
and forgot that it had ever been different until
she came –my teacher– who was to set my spirit
free. A power divine touched my spirit and gave
it life. From that sacred moment, I heard a voice
which said, ‘Knowledge is love and light and
vision!’”
Although Keller never regained her sight or her
hearing, she went on to experience the beauties
and mysteries of life with such clarity that she
was able to share what she called her “soul’s
sudden awakening” with others. In her
blindness, she has helped many to see; in her
deafness, she has enabled many to hear.
SOMETHING TO PRAY
AND THINK ABOUT
May God send you
enough joy to keep your heart singing,
enough sorrow to make you understanding,
enough hope to enrich your life,
enough trials to keep you strong,
enough leisure to refresh your spirits,
enough love to make the world seem beautiful.
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March 30, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Lent
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
— Psalm 23:1
Sunday’s Message
John 9: 1 - 41
“The man said, ‘Lord, I
believe’,
and
worshipped
Him”.
In today’s Gospel we see that
the man born blind has no
previous knowledge of Jesus or
His identity, but meeting Jesus
changes his life and his outlook
on life and its purpose. His
belief in Jesus and his
acceptance of Jesus as Lord
mean that he will never be the
same again.
I WAS BLIND AND NOW I SEE
Jesus cured a man blind from birth. He put mud
on his eyes and commanded him to go and
wash in the pool of Siloe. As he felt the water
on his face, he began to see. (John 9:1-41) Until
that moment the life of this man was reduced to
Pastor’s Notes begging for alms, without being able to see
whoever helped him. Now his life changed.
Initially, he did not see Jesus, but felt His kindly hands caressing
his face with the soil of the earth. And when the religious leaders
asked him, harassing and insulting him, he answered full of faith:
“One thing I know: before, I was blind and now I see.”
There was a marvelous and famous American woman who died
some years ago- a model of overcoming tremendous obstacles. Her
name is Helen Keller (1880-1968). She was not born blind, but at
the age of 19 months, suffered a terrible illness which left her blind
and deaf. In spite of her many other talents, she withdrew into total
Let us ask the Lord to open our silence, interrupted occasionally by confused shouts of frustration
eyes to the areas of our lives and rage.
that stunt our spiritual growth One day, Annie Sullivan, her teacher and friend, placed the hand of
and knowledge. It may be that Helen Keller into a stream of water and said very slowly W-A-T-E-R.
we are selfish, prejudiced, In that moment, the child associated the sound of the word with the
hypocritical, lacking compa- experience of water gently flowing upon her hand, and it changed
ssion and so forth, and yet do her life. Helen Keller learned to read and write; she became a
not see and therefore are not famous author and lecturer.
able to worship the Lord as we From this experience of Helen Keller, we can understand better
would like.
the joy of the blind man of the Gospel when, after the water
Today’s Gospel gives us touches his eyes, they open to the light. Jesus grants him this
encouragement, as it is a miracle of sight and he responds with a miracle of love and faith.
He discovers that “the man they call Jesus” has cured him. He
reminder that the spiritual
searches for Him through the streets of the city. At last, he finds
journey is a process always Him in the temple, and worships Him.
directed towards enlightenment. It is gradual and as we Helen Keller never regained her sight, but with the light of her
progress along the way we gain heart, of her words and writings, she has enlightened and
motivated many lives, which, thanks to her, emerged from the
ever more insight into ourselves
darkness of frustration and apparent uselessness. As Christians, we
and into the Lord. If we engage
can remember today that the waters of Baptism gave us life and
with it seriously and sincerely, inner vision. Are our eyes able to see beyond outward
the Lord will remove our lack of appearances?
vision from us and one day we
shall see Him face to face.
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March 30, 2014
Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma
El Señor es mi pastor,
nada me falta.
— Salmo 23(22):1
Mensaje del Domingo
Juan 9, 1– 41
“El hombre dijo: ‘Señor, yo
creo’; y le adoró”
ESTABA CIEGO Y AHORA VEO
Jesús curó a un ciego de nacimiento. Le puso
lodo en los ojos y le mandó irse a lavar a la
piscina de Siloé. Al sentir el agua en su cara
comenzó a ver (Juan 9,1-41). Hasta ese
momento la vida de ese hombre se reducía a
Comentarios
pedir limosna, sin poder ver quien le ayudaba.
del Párroco
Ahora su vida cambió. Al principio no vió a
Jesús, pero sintió su mano bondadosa acariciando su rostro con el
barro de la tierra. Y cuando los líderes religiosos le preguntan, le
hostigan y le insultan, él responde lleno de fe: “Una cosa yo sé:
antes estaba ciego y ahora veo”.
En el Evangelio de hoy vemos
que un hombre, ciego de
nacimiento, no conocía nada de
Jesús
anteriormente;
pero
después que se encuentra con
él, toda su vida cambia, lo
mismo que la perspectiva con
que afronta las cosas. Su fe en
Jesús y el hecho de aceptarle Hay una mujer maravillosa y famosa en los Estados Unidos.
como su Señor hacen que él en Murió hace unos años y es un modelo de superación ante las
dificultades. Se llama Helen Keller (1880-1968). No nació ciega,
adelante ya no sea el mismo.
pero a los 19 meses de nacer sufrió una terrible enfermedad que
Pidamos al Señor que nos abra la dejó ciega y sordo-muda. Teniendo otras muchas cualidades,
los ojos para ver los obstáculos ella se encerró en un mutismo total, solo interrumpido por gritos,
que nos impiden creer en el que expresaban en forma confusa su frustración y su ira.
conocimiento de Dios. A veces
somos egoístas, estamos llenos Un día su maestra y amiga Annie Sullivan acercó la mano de
de prejuicios, somos hipócritas Helen a un chorro de agua y le dijo muy despacio A-G-U-A. En
o estamos faltos de compasión, aquel momento la niña asoció el sonido de la palabra con la
por eso no vemos y somos experiencia de sentir la caricia del agua y aquí cambió su vida.
incapaces de adorar a Dios, Helen Keller aprendió a leer y a escribir y llegó a ser una famosa
escritora y conferenciante.
como a El le gustaría.
El Evangelio de hoy nos anima,
al mismo tiempo que nos
recuerda que nuestro camino de
fe es siempre un proceso que
lleva a la iluminación. Es algo
progresivo; al mismo tiempo
que avanzamos en el camino,
nos vamos conociendo mejor a
nosotros y al Señor. Si lo
hacemos con ánimo sincero y
serio, el Señor removerá
nuestra falta de visión, hasta
que un día podamos verle cara
a cara.
Con esta experiencia de Helen Keller podemos entender mejor la
alegría que siente el ciego del Evangelio cuando comienza a ver al
contacto de sus ojos con el agua. Jesús le hace el milagro de ver y
él responde con el milagro de su amor y de su fe. Descubre que el
“hombre a quien llaman Jesús” le ha curado. Le busca por las
calles, le encuentra en el templo, le adora, se entrega a El.
Helen Keller nunca recuperó la vista, pero con la luz de su
corazón, de su palabra y de sus escritos ha iluminado y motivado
muchas vidas que, gracias a ella, salieron de su frustración o
aparente inutilidad. Como cristianos podemos recordar hoy que
las aguas del Bautismo nos dieron vida y visión. ¿Cómo
están nuestros ojos para ver más allá de las apariencias?
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Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma
COLECTA ESPECIAL: 30 MARZO
La Agencia de Ayuda Católica al exterior es la
segunda en magnitud internacional en los Estados
Unidos. Seamos generosos en este llamado annual
de los Obispos Americanos para ayudar a otros
países. Con este fin habrá una segunda colecta
este domingo.
March 30, 2014
VIACRUCIS
Es una forma de recordar con
amor y agradeci-miento lo mucho
que Jesús sufrió por nosotros para
salvarnos del pecado.
Durante la Cuaresma tenemos un Viacrucis en
Español, los viernes a las 5:00 P.M. en la iglesia.
Todos están invitados.
QUIERO VER, QUIERO CREER
Están mis ojos cansados
de tanto ver luz sin ver;
por la oscuridad del mundo,
voy como un ciego que ve.
Tú, que diste vida al ciego
y a Nicodemo también,
filtra en mis secas pupilas
dos gotas frescas de fe.
Porque, Señor, yo te he visto
y quiero volverte a ver,
creo en Ti y quiero creer.
Gerardo Diego
¿COMO RESPONDER
ANTE UN INSULTO?
La única manera digna de responder a un
insulto es hacer caso omiso del mismo;
trate de superarlo.
Si no puede superarlo, tómelo con humor.
Si no puede hacer nada de esto,
quizá Ud. merezca el insulto.
EL HOMBRE DESCUBRIRA
EL FUEGO DE NUEVO
“Llegará el día en que, después de haber
dominado los vientos, las olas,
el movimiento del mar y la gravedad,
nosotros, apoyados en Dios,
desarrollaremos las energías del amor;
y entonces, por segunda vez
en la Historia del Universo,
el ser humano habrá descubierto el fuego”.
Teilhard de Chardín
CUANDO TU HIJO...
te busque con su mirada, míralo;
te tienda sus brazos, abrázalo;
te busque con su boca, bésalo;
te quiera hablar, escúchalo;
se sienta desamparado, atiéndelo;
se sienta solo, acompáñalo;
te pida que lo dejes, déjalo;
te pida volver, compréndelo;
te pida jugar con él, juega con él;
se sienta triste, consuélalo;
esté luchando, anímalo;
LA LEY Y EL AMOR
pierda toda esperanza,
“Quien pone sus ojos en la ley para medir la
conducta de los demás solo consigue ver que
todos son malos, menos él. Quien pone sus ojos
en las necesidades y debilidades de los otros
descubre lo mucho que puede hacer él por los
demás y cómo Dios sonríe, compasivo, ante
nuestras faltas”.
aliéntalo.
NO HABLES MAL DE OTROS
“Las mentes grandes hablan de ideas.
Las mentes promedio hablan de eventos.
Las mentes pequeñas hablan de otras personas.
Y las mentes nobles no hablan mal de nadie”.