PARENT & SPONSOR FORMATION CLASS
Parent & Sponsor Formation Class is scheduled for January 19 from 7pm to 8pm via Zoom. Our formation teacher is Tony Azpeitia and he uses his own Zoom ID that can be found on our calendar. Thank you for making yourself available for this opportunity and to advance your faith.
Confirmation Zoom Classes - 2021
Our next Confirmation Zoom Faith Sharing Class will be on January 25, 2021 (Monday)from 6pm to 8pm.
All Year 1 & Year 2 Candidates will attend this Class – “The Mass Series” part 1 (Jan. 25)
& part (2 Feb. 8).
Please take note we are using this: Zoom ID-946 967 7454 and Password-98 34 36.
Confirmation Retreat (Fall Schedule)
A Fall Retreat has been scheduled for February 20, 2021 from 9am to 12nn. Though we are still working on the presentation of our Retreat we are certain that we will do this over livestream or Zoom. We are working hard to put this program together so that we can deliver a safer and life-giving retreats while maintaining the integrity and value of it. Please be patient with us, and more information will be given later.
Challenge
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Although the liturgical season of Ordinary Time begins this week, today’s reading continues with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, which concludes the Christmas season. Today’s reading from the Gospel according to John immediately follows John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus and his identification of Jesus as the Lamb of God. Having been baptized by John, Jesus begins to gather followers. The first followers sought out Jesus because of the testimony and witness of John the Baptist.
We are familiar with the title that John the Baptist uses for Jesus—the Lamb of God. We hear it weekly at the fraction rite during Mass. For those who heard John the Baptist, however, this title recalled key themes from the Old Testament. It alludes to the paschal lamb offered as a sacrifice when God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, the event that is commemorated by the Jewish Passover celebration. The designation also recalls the prophet Isaiah’s description of the suffering servant of Israel. In using this name for Jesus, John the Baptist predicts Jesus’ passion and death and the new interpretation of Passover that will begin with Jesus’ Last Supper.
We learn in today’s reading how Jesus’ first followers were gathered. The first two, Andrew and another man, were followers of John the Baptist. After hearing John’s testimony, they became followers of Jesus. During their time with Jesus, the details of which are not specified, Andrew and the other follower came to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. Andrew then brings his brother, Simon, to Jesus. Immediately, Jesus gave Simon a new name, calling him Peter, which means “rock” in Greek. The renaming of Simon to Peter is reported in all four of the Gospels.
Jesus asks Andrew and the other disciple, “What are you looking for?” This is a telling question, and one that we might often ask of ourselves. John the Baptist testified to Jesus’ identity, the Lamb of God, using the framework of the Old Testament. Andrew, Simon, and the other first disciples were looking for the Messiah, whom they also came to know as the Son of God.
What do we look for and what do we find in Jesus?
John 1:35-42
If you can attend Mass in person and you are longing for Him in the Eucharist, then He wants to see you. Come to Mass this Sunday and be transformed by His Word and by the Eucharist.
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, Not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7