Rev. Douglas J. Spina and Rev. Thomas D. O’Neill, Pastors Emeriti

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West Warwick, RI 02893-4919

Telephone: 401-821-7661

Parish Office Hours: Mon., Thu., Fri.: 9 am — 1 pm

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Holy Days of Obligation Saints John and James Church

8 am Extraordinary Form 7 pm Ordinary Form

Sunday Masses At Saints John and James

Saturday Evening Mass 4:30 pm Sunday Morning Mass

Extraordinary Form 6:30 am Ordinary Form 8 am, & 10:30 am

Daily Mass in the Extraordinary Form At Saints John & James Church

Monday → Saturday 8 am

Adoration

Saints John & James Church Chapel Monday and Tuesday 8:30 am - 1 pm

Adoration and Confession Saints John and James Church Monday Evening 7 pm - 8 pm

Tuesday Evening 7 pm - 8 pm

Confessions Saints John and James Church

Saturday 3:30 pm

Saints John and James Saint Mary Mission

Church and Saint Mary Mission

Rev. Nicholas T. Fleming, Pastor

Mass Intentions

4:30 pm Saturday, January 29 PRO POPULO Requested by 6:30 am Sunday, January 30 FOR ALL OUR YOUNG FAMILIES Requested by 8:00 am Sunday, January 30 FOR ALL OUR HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS Requested by 10:30 am Sunday, January 30 FOR ALL OF OUR RCIA CANDIDATES Requested by 8:00 am Monday, January 31 St. John Bosco † SYLVIO GRAVEL 26

th Anniversary

Requested by Robert Gravel

8:00 am Tuesday, February 1

† SOULS IN PURGATORY Requested by Normand Plante 8:00 am Wednesday, February 2 The Presentation of the Lord † In Honor of ST. ANNE de BEAUPRÉ Requested by A Parishioner 8:00 am Thursday, February 3 St. Blaise † AMY JOHNSON Birthday Remembrance Requested by 8:00 am Friday, February 4 PARISH PRAYER NETWORK Requested by

8:00 am Saturday, February 5 St. Agatha

ALL UNBORN CHILDREN & AN END TO ABORTION Requested by

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

4:30 pm Saturday, February 5 † REV. JAMES HYNES Requested by St. Vincent de Paul Society 6:30 am Sunday, February 6 † REV. JOHN DUGGAN Requested by A Parishioner 8:00 am Sunday, February 6 † Requested by 10:30 am Sunday, February 6 † Requested by

January 30, 2022 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time IV Domingo Ordinario

Saints John & James Church and St. Mary’s

Sanctuary Lamps are burning this week

in memory of

EDWARD MARTIN

Gloria Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to

people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we

adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your

great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, al-

mighty Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God,

Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the

sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the

sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at

the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the

Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with

the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the

Father. Amen.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son

of God, born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true

God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made. For us men and for

our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the

Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and

became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he

suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third

day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into

heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He

will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the

Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has

spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I

confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I

look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life

of the world to come. Amen.

1st Reading Jer 1:4-5, 17-19

The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. But do you gird your loins; stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account, as though I would leave you crushed before them; for it is I this day who have made you a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land: against Judah’s kings and princes, against its priests and people. They will fight against you but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.

Responsorial Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 I will sing of your salvation.

2nd Reading 1 Cor 12:31—13:13

Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, It is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Primera lectura Jer 1, 4-5. 17-19 En tiempo de Josías, el Señor me dirigió estas palabras: “Desde antes de formarte en el seno materno, te conozco;desde antes de que nacieras, te consagré como profeta para las naciones. Cíñete y prepárate; ponte en pie y diles lo que yo te mando. No temas, no titubees delante de ellos, para que yo no te quebrante. Mira: hoy te hago ciudad fortificada, columna de hierro y muralla de bronce, frente a toda esta tierra, así se trate de los reyes de Judá, como de sus jefes, de sus sacerdotes o de la gente del campo. Te harán la guerra, pero no podrán contigo, porque yo estoy a tu lado para salvarte”.

Responsorial Salmo 70, 1-2. 3-4a. 5-6ab. 15ab y 17

Señor, tú eres mi esperanza.

Segunda lectura Cor 12, 31–13, 13

Hermanos: Aspiren a los dones de Dios más excelentes. Voy a mostrarles el camino mejor de todos. Aunque yo hablara las lenguas de los hombres y de los ángeles, si no tengo amor, no soy más que una campana que resuena o unos platillos que aturden. Aunque yo tuviera el don de profecía y penetrara todos los misterios, aunque yo poseyera en grado sublime el don de ciencia y mi fe fuera tan grande como para cambiar de sitio las montañas, si no tengo amor, nada soy. Aunque yo repartiera en limosnas todos mis bienes y aunque me dejara quemar vivo, si no tengo amor, de nada me sirve. El amor es comprensivo, el amor es servicial y no tiene envidia; el amor no es presumido ni se envanece; no es grosero ni egoísta; no se irrita ni guarda rencor; no se alegra con la injusticia, sino que goza con la verdad. El amor disculpa sin límites, confía sin límites, espera sin límites, soporta sin límites. El amor dura por siempre; en cambio, el don de profecía se acabará; el don de lenguas desaparecerá y el don de ciencia dejará de existir, porque nuestros dones de ciencia y de profecía son imperfectos. Pero cuando llegue la consumación, todo lo imperfecto desaparecerá. Cuando yo era niño, hablaba como niño, sentía como niño y pensaba como niño; pero cuando llegué a ser hombre, hice a un lado las cosas de niño. Ahora vemos como en un espejo y oscuramente, pero después será cara a cara. Ahora sólo conozco de una manera imperfecta, pero entonces conoceré a Dios como él me conoce a mí. Ahora tenemos estas tres virtudes: la fe, la esperanza y el amor; pero el amor es la mayor de las tres.

Gospel Lk 4:21-30 Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’” And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.

Evangelio Lc 4, 21-30

En aquel tiempo, después de que Jesús leyó en la sinagoga un pasaje del libro de Isaías, dijo: “Hoy mismo se ha cumplido este pasaje de la Escritura que acaban de oír”. Todos le daban su aprobación y admiraban la sabiduría de las palabras que salían de sus labios, y se preguntaban: “¿No es éste el hijo de José?” Jesús les dijo: “Seguramente me dirán aquel refrán: ‘Médico, cúrate a ti mismo’ y haz aquí, en tu propia tierra, todos esos prodigios que hemos oído que has hecho en Cafarnaúm”. Y añadió: “Yo les aseguro que nadie es profeta en su tierra. Había ciertamente en Israel muchas viudas en los tiempos de Elías, cuando faltó la lluvia durante tres años y medio, y hubo un hambre terrible en todo el país; sin embargo, a ninguna de ellas fue enviado Elías, sino a una viuda que vivía en Sarepta, ciudad de Sidón. Había muchos leprosos en Israel, en tiempos del profeta Eliseo; sin embargo, ninguno de ellos fue curado, sino Naamán, que era de Siria”. Al oír esto, todos los que estaban en la sinagoga se llenaron de ira, y levantándose, lo sacaron de la ciudad y lo llevaron hasta una saliente del monte, sobre el que estaba construida la ciudad, para despeñarlo. Pero él, pasando por en medio de ellos, se alejó de allí.

My dear friends, I have been working on a series of "lessons" about our faith and have now decided to begin printing them. What I offer below is just the first part of what will be a series of parts to describe what we believe, and why we worship the way we do. I ask that you read these as one extended explanation, rather than individual sections, each unto themselves. It may help you in reading them to keep the previous pages of the bulletin to see the argument outlined in full. I hope that it will be a helpful guide to understand what I believe to be a central issue concerning our Church at present.

Part I De gustibus non disputandum est.

A healthy spiritual life is like a healthy diet: the right ingredients in the right way with the proper exercise lead to continued progress. Your spiritual health is conditioned on the soul’s food, as your bodily health depends a lot on the food you eat. We can say without much adieu that one’s spiritual life is like a well-balanced diet. But like all diets, most of what we ingest is subject to our tastes, what we like and dislike. As children our diet looks different from our diets today, but the principles that guide them are the same. Children balk at eating vegetables when they have found, or grown accustomed to, the joy of eating sweets, and often these sweets get the better of us the older

Amigos, He estado trabajando en una serie de "lecciones" sobre nuestra fe y ahora he decidido comenzar a imprimirlas. Lo que ofrezco a continuación es solo la primera parte de una serie de partes para describir lo que creemos y por qué adoramos de la manera en que lo hacemos. Le pido que los lea en su conjunto, en lugar de secciones individuales. Al leerlos, puede serle útil conservar las páginas anteriores del boletín para ver el argumento descrito en su totalidad. Espero que sea una guía útil para comprender lo que creo que es un tema central que preocupa a nuestra Iglesia en la actualidad.

Parte I De gustibus non disputandum est.

Una vida espiritual saludable es como una dieta saludable: los ingredientes correctos de la manera correcta con el ejercicio adecuado conducen a un progreso continuo. Tu salud espiritual está condicionada al alimento del alma, ya que tu salud corporal depende mucho del alimento que ingieres. Podemos decir sin mucho preámbulo que la vida espiritual de uno es como una dieta bien balanceada. Pero como todas las dietas, la mayor parte de lo que ingerimos está sujeto a nuestros gustos, lo que nos gusta y nos disgusta. Cuando éramos niños, nuestra dieta era diferente a la de hoy, pero los principios que las guían son los mismos. Los niños se resisten a comer vegetales cuando han encontrado, o se han acostumbrado, a la alegría de comer

From the Pastor’s Desk Desde el escritorio del Pastor

we get. What we “like” or “dislike” is often shaped by habits learned through exposure over time. People will argue, often, that there are tastes in the spiritual life, but they often forget that the value of food is not simply in whether one likes or dislikes it, but in what it does for the individual’s health. Every good dietician will argue that good food leads to health of the body, athleticism, energy, and tends toward overall happiness while, in the same way, bad food tends toward lethargy, obesity, and poor overall health. Those who, like me, often tend to the easy route almost always find themselves in the fast-food lane, getting a quick fix, satiating hunger, and growing all the while. After some months, or years of this, good food ceases to look good, and all one wants is the cheeseburger and fries, please. Tastes are shaped by experience and are often learned. The enjoyment of a fine brandy or bourbon usually can only be had after the first few coughs, pursed lips and (possibly) gasps for air. After you get over the initial shock, you can become rather accustomed to the delicate notes of a fine bourbon aged twice in fired-oak barrels served “neat” in the right glass and even enjoy them. Take another example: you cannot expect someone with unrefined music tastes to understand the intricacies of opera, especially if all they’ve been exposed to were the syncopations and off-beat lyrics found in rap music. One requires an intricate knowledge of music, its origin, its theory, and its historical development, the other, only requires the listener to “bob” their head to the overwhelmingly loud base felt through a speaker system. Children that learn to drink soda will learn to crave it for all sorts of reasons, but it remains bad for them, even though they think they “need” it. They learn the demand for these cravings because they were taught them. If you don’t, how-ever, give the child soda, their first inclination will be to refuse the carbonated sugar and prefer water or even a glass of chilled milk. Those who get accustomed to fast-food, enjoy fast food far more than the salad. In fact, their distaste for salad will grow so much that they may even make the sideways comment while looking at their greens, “when is the food coming?” Taste accepts the familiar and desires what it knows. People who listen to rap music, feign at the thought of the opera. Those who only watch T.V. have a kind of repulsion to the thought and silence of reading a book all afternoon. Those who enjoy what is good, desire it; the same goes for those who enjoy what is less-good. The food we eat, the various nutrients we digest, help or hinder our health. Obese people tend to eat food that is less nutrient rich than the athletes running in the marathon, even if the obese person eats far fewer calories. What we put into our body bears out how we live and what we are able to accomplish. The same goes for what we “ingest” in our culture. What we put into our eyes, listen with our ears, and take in through social media will directly be reflected in our ideas, opinions, personal development and cultural life. It’s time to change the conversation away from tastes and preferences as such, to a more objective standard; a standard of measure which concerns health as a whole. We must be

dulces y, a menudo, estos dulces nos superan a medida que envejecemos. Lo que "nos gusta" o "no nos gusta" a menudo está formado por hábitos aprendidos a través de la exposición a lo largo del tiempo. La gente argumentará, a menudo, que hay gustos en la vida espiritual, pero a menudo olvidan que el valor de la comida no está simplemente en si a uno le gusta o no, sino en lo que hace por la salud del individuo. Todo buen dietista argumentará que la comida saludable resultará en un cuerpo saludable, y tiende a la felicidad general, mientras que, de la misma manera, la mala comida tiende al letargo, la obesidad y la mala salud en general. Aquellos que, como yo, a menudo tienden a la ruta fácil, casi siempre se encuentran en el carril de la comida rápida, obteniendo una dosis rápida, saciando el hambre y creciendo todo el tiempo. Después de algunos meses, o años de esto, la buena comida deja de verse bien, y lo único que uno quiere es la hamburguesa con queso y papas fritas. Los gustos están formados por la experiencia y, a menudo, se aprenden. El disfrute de un buen brandy o bourbon general-mente solo se puede tener después de las primeras toses, labios fruncidos y (posiblemente) jadeos. Después de superar el impacto inicial, puede acostumbrarse bastante a las delicadas notas de un buen bourbon envejecido dos veces en barricas de roble cocido servido "puro" en el vaso adecuado e incluso disfrutarlas. Tome otro ejemplo: no puede esperar que alguien con gustos musicales poco refinados entienda las complejidades de la ópera, especialmente si todo lo que ha estado expuesto fueron las síncopas y las letras fuera de ritmo que se encuentran en la música rap. Uno requiere un conocimiento complejo de la música, su origen, su teoría y su desarrollo histórico, el otro, solo requiere que el oyente "incline" la cabeza hacia la base abrumadoramente fuerte que se siente a través de un sistema de altavoces. Los niños que aprenden a beber refrescos aprenderán a desearlo por todo tipo de razones, pero sigue siendo malo para ellos, aunque piensen que lo “necesitan”. Aprenden la demanda de estos antojos porque se les enseñó. Sin embargo, si no le das refresco al niño, su primera inclinación será rechazarlo y preferir agua o incluso un vaso de leche fría. Los que se acostumbran a la comida rápida, disfrutan mucho más de la comida rápida que de la ensalada. De hecho, su disgusto por la ensalada crecerá tanto que incluso pueden hacer el comentario mientras miran sus verduras, "¿cuándo llegará la comida?" El gusto acepta lo familiar y desea lo que conoce. Las personas que escuchan música rap, no piensan en asistir a la ópera. Quienes solo ven la televisión tienen una especie de repulsión al pensamiento y al silencio de leer un libro toda la tarde. Quien disfruta del bien, lo desea; lo mismo ocurre con los que disfrutan de lo menos bueno. Los alimentos que comemos, los diversos nutrientes que digerimos, ayudan o perjudican nuestra salud. Las personas obesas tienden a comer alimentos que son menos ricos en nutrientes que los atletas que corren en el maratón, incluso si la persona obesa come muchas menos calorías. Lo que ponemos en nuestro cuerpo confirma cómo vivimos y lo que somos capaces de lograr. Lo mismo ocurre con lo que “ingerimos” en nuestra cultura. Lo que ponemos en nuestros

CLASSES CONTINUE for GRADES 1 THROUGH CONFIRMATION II

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM CONTINUES AS WELL

POST HOLIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE

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Bad Weather Notice:’

We are part of the RI Broadcasters Association for cancelations of Faith Formation Classes. Please check the local radio stations, inter-net, or the 3 local TV stations to see of classes are canceled due to bad weather. When West Warwick cancels programs or there is a parking ban in the city, SSJJ normally cancels Faith Formation Classes. PLEASE NOTE: MASS IS NOT CANCELED ON THOSE DAYS!

willing to take a sober look at where we are and find the causes to assess whether some decisions have really made things better or worse with some objective standard.

ojos, escuchamos con nuestros oídos y asimilamos a través de las redes sociales se reflejará directamente en nuestras ideas, opiniones, desarrollo personal y vida cultural. Es hora de cambiar la conversación de los gustos y preferencias como tales, a un estándar más objetivo; un estándar de medida que concierne a la salud como un todo. Debemos estar dispuestos a echar un vistazo sobrio a dónde estamos y encontrar las causas para evaluar si algunas decisiones realmente han mejorado o empeorado las cosas con algún objetivo estándar.

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