Intentions. 11:00AM Sunday Mass: Lucia (Deceased), All Souls, Ancestors, Joseph, Souls of unborn babies.

Regular Collection: Jan 29, 2012: $8,228.00

Second Collection: Feb. 12, 2012, next Sunday Second Collection will be for the Archdiocese Catholic Charity.

Announcements

1. The Archdiocese of New Orleans will celebrate silver wedding anniversaries at Saint Philip Neri Church in Metarie at 3pm Sunday March 6th, 2012. Couples who wish to celebrate with the Archdiocese are asked to register at the rectory by Feb 12th.

2. All organizations operating booths during the 3-days New Year festival please turn in all transaction documents to the festival financial committee as soon as possible so that they can finalize the festival’s result. Please bring to the rectory.

3. Winning numbers for the Year of the Dragon Tet raffle as follow:
* Grand Prize, CAMRY: #1387.
* First Prize, $1,000.00: #063.
* Second Prize, $500.00: #114, #488, #1289, and #629

“He cured many who were sick with various diseases” (Gospel)

THE GOSPEL
Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 29-39

He approached her, grasped her hand, and helped her up.

Lord,
Simon Peter said,
"Everyone was looking for you,"
as you spread your message across Galilee.

Whole towns flocked to you
with their sick in tow.

We as well
clamor
to find
you,
now, in our day.
Please, Lord, heal us.
Take our hand.
Help us
up.

THE FIRST READING

Job, Chapter 7, Verses 1-4, 6-7

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle..

Months of misery.
Endless nights.
Slow days.
Restless
hearts.

We are Job.
We canot fathom suffering.

But

thank you, God, for sending your Son

to stand with us in suffering,
to love us,
to give us hope.

Jesus, we welcome you.

THE SECOND READING
1 Corinthians, Chapter 9, Verses 16-19, 22-23

I have become all things to all, to save at least some.

Lord, share
Paul’s passion with us.
Let us come not as great lords,
but as slaves to all.

Pour your grace freely into others through us,
the grace that flows down
abundantly into
us.

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Feb. 5th – Feb. 12th, 2012

2/5. Fifth Sunday in Ordianry Time. Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23. Mk 1:29-39.
2/6. Monday. St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs.
2/7. Tuesday. Weekday.
2/8. Wednesday. Weekday. St. Jerome Emiliani, priest; St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin.
2/9. Thursday. Weekday.
2/10. Friday. St. Scholastica, virgin.
2/11. Saturday. Our Lady of Lourdes.
2/12. Sixth Sunday in Ordianry Time. Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45.

Reading I Jb 7:1-4, 6-7

A reading from the Book of Job

Job spoke, saying: Is not man's life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of hirelings? He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for his wages. So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been allotted to me. If in bed I say, "When shall I arise?" then the night drags on; I am filled with restlessness until the dawn. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is like the wind; I shall not see happiness again.

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

R. Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted.

Praise the LORD, for he is good;
sing praise to our God, for he is gracious;
it is fitting to praise him.
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem;
the dispersed of Israel he gathers.
R. Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted.

He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
He tells the number of the stars;
he calls each by name.
R. Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted.

Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
to his wisdom there is no limit.
The LORD sustains the lowly;
the wicked he casts to the ground.
R. Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted.

Reading II 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to Corinthians

Brothers and sisters: If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it! If I do so willingly, I have a recompense, but if unwillingly, then I have been entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my recompense? That, when I preach, I offer the gospel free of charge so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as many as possible. To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak. I have become all things to all, to save at least some. All this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it.

The word of the Lord

Gospel Mk 1:29-39

On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.

Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, "Everyone is looking for you." He told them, "Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come." So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.

The Gospel of the Lord