the week ahead calendar is subject to change

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
PHOENIX, AZ
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
THE WEEK AHEAD
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9/12/2016
9/12/2016
9/12/2016
9/13/2016
9/13/2016
9/13/2016
9/13/2016
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
7:00 PM
12:30 PM
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
11:00 AM
10:00 AM
8:00 PM
1:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
9/13/2016
7:00 PM
8:30 PM
9/13/2016
9/14/2016
9/14/2016
9/14/2016
9/14/2016
7:00 PM
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
5:15 PM
6:00 PM
8:30 PM
11:45 AM
6:00 PM
5:45 PM
8:00 PM
9/14/2016
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
9/15/2016
9/15/2016
9/15/2016
9/15/2016
9/15/2016
9/16/2016
9/17/2016
9/17/2016
9/17/2016
9/17/2016
9/17/2016
9/18/2016
9/18/2016
9/18/2016
5:15
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6:30
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6:30
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5:00
7:30
9:30
1:15
5:45 PM
6:30 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
7:45 PM
8:00 PM
12:30 PM
11:30 AM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
12:00 PM
2:15 PM
Boy Scout Troop 127
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Reception for The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Contemplative Prayer
Legion of Mary Meeting
Mass - The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Bishop
Church
Nevares
ISC - The Arrupe Room 3 Contemplative Prayer
Ignatius Chapel
Children's Choir Practice
ISC - Manresa Room 8
Mom 2 Mom
Ignatius Chapel
Adult Choir Practice
Parish Hall East Room D
CGS Parent Meeting
Church
Family Faith Night
Parish Hall Rooms A,B,C Liturgical Ministers Retreat
Church
Spanish Baptisms - TR
Church-Confessions
Confessions - TS
Church-Confessions
Confessions - TR / DS
Parish Hall
Ministry Sunday
Parish Hall
Ministry Sunday
Conference Room Level 2 Adult RCIA English
Conference Room Level 1 Spanish RCIA Dismissal
9/18/2016
2:30 PM
4:00 PM
Conference Room Level 1 Spanish Pastoral Sub Committee
9/18/2016
6:15 PM
8:00 PM
Parish Hall East Room D
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ISC - Padre Kino Room 4
Parish Hall South Room C
ISC - Manresa Room 8
Conference Room Level 1
Parish Hall East Room D
Church
ISC - Padre Kino Room 4
ISC - St. Francis Xavier
Room 1
Parish Hall South Room C
Conference Room Level 1
Parish Hall East Room D
ISC - The Arrupe Room 3
ISC - Manresa Room 8
Contemplative Studies "The Fulfillment of All Desire "
Kevin Saunders Series
SVDP Meeting
Legion of Mary Meeting
Edge
Spanish Choir Rehearsal
Contemplative Studies "The Fulfillment of All Desire "
Spanish Bible Study
Life Teen
Ministerio para el Cuidado de Niños —
Necesitamos Voluntarios
Estamos buscando voluntarios para el cuidado de niños
para los programas de formación de fe para adultos que se
ofrecerán durante los domingos. Necesitamos ayuda de
10:00am a 12:30pm los domingos del mes de octubre y
cuando sea necesario al empezar las series de clases con
invitados especiales. Esta es una gran oportunidad de horas
de servicio para estudiantes de las preparatorias Brophy y
Xavier.
Si usted está interesado, favor de contactar a Liz Hansen en:
Liz.hansen@sfxsj.org o llamando al teléfono (602) 2124502.
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Introducing Our
New Parish Website
sfxphx.org
& Our New Parish Logo
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
PHOENIX, AZ
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
In this issue of our weekly parish bulletin I
would like to share with you the homily I gave
at the 11:00 AM Mass last Sunday. The gospel
for September 4th, Luke 14:25-33, can come
across as unsettling, so here is my attempt to
“break open the Word”.
“Perhaps as I read the Gospel you felt a real
resistance to what I was reading. What do you
mean to “hate” my family? What do you mean
to take up my cross and follow Jesus? What
would cause me want to make such sacrifices
to be a disciple of Jesus?
This sense of resistance, I believe, is a normal
response to the message of the gospel. What
might be at the root of this resistance – the
culture in which we live?
We live in a very secular world. Personal
freedom is a prized American value. There is a
positive side to this in that as a human person I
have rights that are not to be violated. No one
can violate my human personhood.
There is another side to this coin where, in our
multicultural world, human rights are not
respected. In our country, we could create a list
of “isms” that cause conflict, such as, racism,
sexism, radicalism and disregard for those who
are different from us. The list can go on.
Religious freedom is a major, worldwide issue
today. This is more pronounced in the Middle
East with Islamic radicalism where people of
different faith traditions, especially Christians,
are forbidden to practice their faith, are
persecuted and a murdered for what they
believe. This is happening in other parts of the
world and our country as well.
The word, HATE, in today’s gospel causes us
to cringe. This word, as we hear it in American
English, carries a particular if not violent
overtone. So we rely on Scripture scholars to
interpret the underlying connotation of this
word.
“To hate” one’s family and even one’s life is
not meant to be taken literally. Love of self and
others is still central to being a disciple of
Jesus. Rather, this is a proverbial way of
saying that nothing should get in the way of
discipleship’s demand.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
Before we calculate what the “cost of discipleship”,
or the cross, might mean for each of us, we have to
place Jesus at the center of our life.
We have been given the gift of faith to
believe in the God who revealed himself as a
personal Being – to Adam/Eve, later to Abraham,
Moses and all the prophets. Human beings did not
create GOD, he revealed himself to us as a personal
being. God established a Covenant with his people
and the people were invited to live in relationship
with God.
God’s promise of a Savior was manifest in the
Incarnate Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus
revealed God to us through his life, death and
resurrection. Jesus revealed to us the reason for
each of our lives. We have the gift of faith in Jesus
to believe that he desires to be in relationship with
us in this life and into the next. No-thing should
jeopardize this relationship. So we should “hate”
anything that would separate us from God.
Each of us is invited to be in relationship with
Jesus first and foremost. What a mysterious and
gracious gift this is. This relationship grounds my
being. This relationship frames my life. This
relationship defines my identity.
God comes first. Then I give myself away in love
as Jesus did. My character, integrity, virtue, moral
compass and vision for life are first grounded in
my relationship with Jesus.
We respond to this love from Jesus by finding a
way to pray to keep our relationship with Jesus
fresh and vibrant. Old saying, “Pray as you can, not
as you can’t.” Your prayer is as unique as you are.
God is there with no matter what.
Let me close with a few lines from the Prophet
Isaiah 43 that reveal how God looks on
us……..and then these same words lived out by
Jesus as he gave his life for us with unconditional
love.
‘Fear not
I have redeemed you
I have called you by name and you are mine
If you pass through waters I will be with you
If you pass through first you shall not be burned…
Because you are precious in my eyes, and glorious
And because I love you.’”
God bless you.
Fr. Dan Sullivan, S.J.
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Queridos feligreses y amigos,
Se nos ha dado el don de la fe para
creer en el Dios que se ha revelado
En esta edición de nuestro boletín semanal de la
como un ser humano - a Adán / Eva,
parroquia me gustaría compartir con ustedes la homilía
después a Abraham, Moisés y todos los
que di a las 11:00 AM durante la Misa del domingo
profetas. Los seres humanos no crearon
pasado. El Evangelio para el 4 de septiembre de Lucas
a DIOS, que se nos ha revelado como
14: 25-33, puede parecer como inquietante, por lo que
un ser humano. Dios estableció un
aquí está mi intento de "abrir La Palabra."
pacto con su pueblo y el pueblo fue
"Tal vez al leer el Evangelio se sintió una resistencia real invitado a vivir en una relación con
a lo que estaba leyendo. ¿Qué quiere decir con "odio" a
Dios.
mi familia? ¿Qué quiere decir el tomar mi cruz y seguir
a Jesús? Lo que me haría querer hacer tales sacrificios
La promesa de Dios, de un Salvador,
para ser un discípulo de Jesús?
fue manifestado en Jesús encarnado.
Jesús es el Hijo de Dios. Jesús reveló a
Este sentido de la resistencia, creo, es una respuesta
Dios a través de Su vida, muerte y
normal al mensaje del Evangelio. ¿Cuál podría ser la
resurrección. Jesús nos ha revelado la
causa de esta resistencia – la cultura en que vivimos?
razón de cada una de nuestras vidas.
Tenemos el don de la fe en Jesús para
Vivimos en un mundo muy secular. La libertad personal creer que él desea estar en relación con
es un valor estadounidense muy preciado. Hay un lado
nosotros en esta vida y en la siguiente.
positivo a esto en esto en que como persona humana
NA-DA debe poner en peligro esta
tengo derechos que no deben ser violados. Nadie puede
relación. Así que debemos "odiar"
violar mi persona humana.
cualquier cosa que podría separarnos de
Dios.
Pero hay otra cara de la moneda en que, en nuestro
mundo multicultural, no se respetan los derechos
Se invita a cada uno de nosotros para
humanos. En nuestro país, se podría crear una lista de
estar en una relación con Jesús, en
"ismos" que causa el conflicto, tales como, el racismo, el primer lugar. Que regalo misterioso y
sexismo, el radicalismo y el desprecio por aquellos que
lleno de gracia es este. Esta relación
son diferentes a nosotros. La lista puede seguir.
establece mi ser. Esta relación enmarca
mi vida. Esta relación define mi
La libertad religiosa es un problema importante, en todo identidad.
el mundo hoy en día. Esto es más pronunciado en el
Medio Oriente con el radicalismo islámico en el que
Dios es lo primero. Luego me doy en
personas de diferentes tradiciones religiosas,
amor como lo hizo Jesús. Mi carácter,
especialmente los cristianos, están prohibidos de
la integridad, la virtud, la brújula moral
practicar su fe, son perseguidos y asesinados por lo que
y la visión de la vida están primero
ellos creen. Esto está ocurriendo en otras partes del
establecidos en mi relación con Jesús.
mundo y en nuestro país también.
Respondemos a este amor de Jesús
La palabra, ODIO, en el Evangelio de hoy nos hace
encontrando una manera de orar para
temblar. Esta palabra, como la oímos en Ingles
mantener nuestra relación con Jesús,
Americano, lleva un particular y sino violento tono. Así fresca y vibrante. Dice un viejo dicho:
que dependemos de estudiosos de las Escrituras para
"Ora como puedas, no como cuando no
interpretar la connotación subyacente de esta palabra.
puedas." Tu oración es tan única como
tú lo eres. Dios está allí y no importa
"Odiar" la familia de uno e incluso la vida de uno no está que.
destinado a ser tomado literalmente. Amor de sí mismo
y de los demás sigue siendo fundamental para ser un
Permítanme concluir con unas pocas
discípulo de Jesús. Más bien, esta es una manera
líneas del profeta Isaías, capítulo 43,
proverbial de decir que nada debería de interponerse en
que revelan cómo Dios nos ve........y
el camino de la demanda del discipulado.
luego estas mismas palabras como son
vividas por Jesús, cuando dio su vida
Antes de calcular lo que el "costo del discipulado", o la
por nosotros con amor incondicional.
cruz, podrían significar para cada uno de nosotros,
tenemos que poner a Jesús en el centro de nuestra vida.
“‘No temas
Yo te he redimido
Yo te he llamado por tu nombre y
eres mío
Si pasas a través de aguas estaré
contigo
Si pasas por fuego, tú no te
quemaras...
Porque eres precioso a mis ojos, y
glorioso
Y porque Te amo ' ".
Dios les bendiga,
Padre Dan Sullivan, S.J.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
PHOENIX, AZ
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry will return to their
monthly meetings on Wednesday Sept. 14,
from 10AM—11:45AM in the level 1
conference room at the Parish Center. At the
beginning of our tenth year, we look forward
to reaching out to our fellow Parishioners with
prayers and support. This ministry welcomes new members.
Come see us at Ministry Sunday or join us the second
Wednesday of the month. Brochures are available at the
church or the Parish office.
CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES
THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL DESIRE
by Ralph Martin is our next book in
contemplative studies on the three
classical stages of the spiritual life. Ralph
Martin draws from the wisdom of six
Doctors of the Church: Catherine of
Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of
Lisieux, Bernard of Clairveaux, John of
the Cross and Francis de Sales, Ralph
Martin has surprisingly created a book
with wonderful depth yet easy to read.
Everyone is welcome; both regular
participants and occasional guests. The book can be ordered
on line or through the bookstore.
Classes will begin the week of Sept. 12; Monday mornings
from 9:00AM to 11:00AM or Tuesday evenings from 6:30PM
to 8:30PM in the Ignatian Spirituality Center on 1st St. and
Pierson. Ron Peterson, a Secular Discalced Carmelite, will
facilitate the Class. Requests for any further information can
be called to Ron at (602) 266-2530
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Parish Bereavement Ministry
“This ministry is all about “being
there” for other people. It’s about
helping them feel they are not alone in
their grieving, letting them know they
are ‘not crazy’, and offering tools if
they get stuck. This ministry is about
support, encouragement, and
empowerment. It says to those we
minister to, ‘You are not alone’.” Dr.
Gail Torres, Chaplain at Maricopa
County Medical Center will offer
training for this program. If you are
interested, please join us at 10:15 on
Sunday September 11th in Conference
Room 1 for more information. If you
have any questions, please contact
Mary Kevin Picton at
marykevin.picton@sfxsj.org or
602 212-4507.
Are you called to be an
RCIA Sponsor?
We are looking for
parishioners excited about
their faith in Jesus Christ
and feel called to journey
with an RCIA Candidate
through the Catechumenate.
Please contact Mary Kevin
Picton –
marykevin.picton@sfxsj.org
or 602 212-4507.
Come Experience
A Way of Silent Prayer
Prayer without words is not new, but ages old.
It is a way to open one’s heart in silence and
stillness to the indwelling presence of Christ.
In today’s busy world, we need to find periods
of silence and quiet,
long enough for our “doubts to dissolve,
cares to lose their urgent pressures,
uncertainty to give way to trust.”
“To wait in silence is to be taken to the center
where we find that the mind has become quiet
and the heart is at peace. And, in stillness, we
find God.”
Come join us.
Wednesdays and Thursdays
5:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Ignatian Spirituality House
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
PHOENIX, AZ
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St. Francis Xavier School
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
PHOENIX, AZ
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Mon 9/12
6:15 AM
Fr. Rivera
Helen M. Pavone
Noon
Fr. Sauer
Int Elizabeth Gignoux
Fr. Sauer
Silvina de Angulo
Noon
Fr. Sullivan
Camille Donaldson
Sypura
6:15AM
Fr. Wanser
Ednamarie Haggerty
Noon
Fr. Rivera
Kelly Blubaugh
Fr. Sullivan
Chris Hodges
Noon
Fr. Wanser
Camille Donaldson
Sypura
6:15AM
Fr. Wanser
John Zacher
Tues 9/13 6:15AM
Wed 9/14
Thurs 9/15 6:15AM
Fri 9/16
Readings for the Week of September 11, 2016
Sat 9/17
Sun 9/18
Noon
Fr. Rivera
Gary Lang
8:00AM
Fr. Sullivan
EnƟre Parish
5:30PM
Fr. Sauer
EnƟre Parish
7:00AM
Fr. Sauer
EnƟre Parish
9:00AM
Fr. Sullivan
EnƟre Parish
11:00AM
Fr. Sullivan
EnƟre Parish
1:00PM
Fr. Rivera
EnƟre Parish
5:00PM
Fr. Wanser
EnƟre Parish
WE PRAY FOR...ORAMOS
Alcurtis Robinson (Int)
All Military Personnel &
All First Responders
Sunday
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19;
1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10
Monday
The Most Holy Name of Mary
1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17;
Lk 7:1-10
Tuesday
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and
Doctor of the Church
1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5;
Lk 7:11-17
Wednesday The ExaltaƟon of the Holy Cross
Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38;
Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17
Thursday
Our Lady of Sorrows
1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28;
Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35
Friday
Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian,
Bishop, Martyrs
1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b, and 15;
Lk 8:1-3
Saturday
Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and
Doctor of the Church
1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-12, 13-14;
Lk 8:4-15
Sunday
Twenty-FiŌh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8;
Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13