Confirmation Zoom Classes - 2021
Our Zoom Confirmation Faith Sharing Class is on February 8, 2021 (Monday) from 6pm to 8pm.
All Year 1 & Year 2 Candidates must attend this Class – “The Mass Series” part 2.
Please take note we are using this: Zoom ID-760 891 9738 and Password-Sacramentum7yam
Confirmation Retreat (Fall Schedule)
A Fall Retreat has been scheduled for February 20, 2021 from 9am to 1pm. A packet is being prepared for you and we will contact you as soon as this is ready. 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 all information will be given to you next week.
PARENT & SPONSOR FORMATION CLASS
Parent & Sponsor Formation Class is scheduled for February 17 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.
Challenge
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Today we continue to read from Mark’s Gospel, learning more about the ministry of Jesus. Jesus cured Simon’s mother-in-law, and she immediately began to serve Jesus and his disciples. Jesus also cured many others who were brought to him, healing their illnesses and driving out demons. As we will see throughout Mark’s Gospel, Jesus did not permit the demons to speak because they knew his identity and would have revealed it to those who were present.
On the morning after this busy day, Jesus retreated in prayer, but was pursued by Simon and others who brought news that many people were looking for him. At this point in Mark’s Gospel, we begin to see a distinct role for the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples—they act as intermediaries between Jesus and the people. Jesus reports to his disciples that they need to leave Capernaum to preach in other places.
Today’s Gospel completes a picture of Jesus’ ministry: preaching, curing the sick, driving out demons, and then moving on to continue this work in another place. Mark's Gospel tells us that Jesus did this throughout Galilee.
Jesus’ compassion and healing of the sick is a sign of the Kingdom of God. The Church continues to extend Christ’s healing presence to others in its ministry to the sick. In the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, the Church prays for spiritual and physical healing, forgiveness of sins, and comfort for those who are suffering from illness.
In today’s Gospel we also notice the importance of prayer in Jesus’ daily life. Jesus rose early in the morning, removed himself from the crowds, and went to a deserted place to pray. When the disciples found him, he told them that it was time to move on. We believe that in his prayers Jesus found guidance and direction from God. We also bring our decision-making to God in prayer, asking for his guidance and direction in our lives. Mark 1:29-39
If you can attend Mass in person and you are longing for Him in the Eucharist, then Jesus 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