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Corpus Christi Church Queen of the Apostles 3304 4th Avenue Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Corpus Christi Our Lady of Carter Lake 3501 North 9th Street Carter Lake, IA 51510
Corpus Christi Holy Family 2217 Avenue B Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Corpus Christi Parish Office: 3304 4th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Pastor/Párroco—Rev. Thomas Thakadipuram [email protected]
Associate Pastor/Asociado del Párroco— Rev. Litto Thomas [email protected]
Deacons/Diáconos Rev. Mr. Darwin Kruse Rev. Mr. Bob McClellan Rev. Mr. Monty Montagne Rev. Mr. Jean Plourde Rev. Mr. Larry Knotek (Retired)
Office Assistant for Hispanic Ministry/Asistente de la Oficina para el Ministerio Hispano— Lulu Castro [email protected]
Parish Manager/Gerente Parroquial—Kevin Cox [email protected]
Office Manager/Gerente de la Oficina —Wilma Ernesti [email protected]
Director of Religious Education/Directora de Educación Religiosa—Roseanne Williby [email protected]
Parish Activity Center Rental Coordinat/ Coordinadora de Alquiler del Centro Parroquial de Actividades —Denise Wieler [email protected] Phone..(402) 981-5928
Telephone Parish Office: (712) 323-2916 Faith Formation: (712) 323-1163 Hispanic Ministry: (712) 323-4716
Parish Office Hours Mon.-Thurs. 9:00 am—12:00 pm; Friday—closed all day
Parish Website: corpuschristiparishiowa.org
May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter 17 de mayo, 2020 Sexto Domingo de Pascua
Awaiting the Advocate, the Holy Spirit
The writer, Robert Fulghum, tells of how he responded to the question, “What is the meaning of life?” Taking his wallet out of his pocket, Robert removed from it a small, round mirror about the size of a quarter and ex-plained, “When I was a small child during World War II… one day on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place. I tried to find all pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, and so I kept the largest piece, this one. And by scratching in on a stone, I made it round. I be-gan to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where sun could never shine. It became a game for me to get light into inaccessible places that I could find. I kept the little mirror and as I grew up, I would take it out at idle moments and continued the challenge of the game.” “As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game, but a metaphor of what I could do with life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light - be it truth or understanding or knowledge or love - is there, and it will shine in many dark places, if I reflect it. I am a fragment of a mirror, whose shape or size, I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have, I can reflect light into the dark places of this world. Into the dark places of the human hearts - this is what I am about and this is the meaning of my life.” As we await the coming of the Holy Spirit, our Advocate and Counselor, we can consider ourselves to be the mirror of the Holy Spirit that reflects the 7 gifts and 12 fruits. The gifts are given freely and unconditionally; they are wisdom, counsel, understanding, knowledge, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord. The fruits of the spirit manifest in a well-cultivated heart: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, forbearance, gentleness, self-control, and chastity. Only when the opposite forces of the sev-en deadly vices: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth, which are fatal to our spiritual progress, are trans-formed by the power of the Spirit, do we experience limit-less freedom and grace of the Spirit. Jesus promised, “I will not leave you orphan, I will ask the Father to send you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of Truth.” The Early Church experienced the amazing power of the Holy Spirit and the Apostles prayed with people and laid hands on them and the Spirit gushed forth empowering the weak and timid around them. As we await the new Pentecost with the re-opening of our Churches for public worship when all signs are clear, we can invoke the power and grace of the Spirit into our hearts to renew our inner lives and the face of the Earth. The work of the Spirit is to impart life, implant hope, to set the world on fire with God’s love.
Let us cleanse the mirror so that the Spirit may shine forth and bring healing to the whole world. Come Holy Spirit, Fr. Tom and Fr. Litto
From the Pastor/Parish News
Masks are Needed
Some of our parishioners are making masks to provide when public Masses are possible. If you are able to make masks during this time, please call the parish office and let us know. All are encouraged to bring their own masks when we are able to reopen and conduct public Masses. Addi-tional masks will help if needed to give it to those who forget to bring their own. Thank you.
Del Párroco Noticias Parroquiales
Todas las reuniones y eventos parroquiales han sido cancelados hasta nuevo aviso, excepto por los que se mencionan a continuación.
Adoración: Lunes 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Corpus Christi – Iglesia Reina de los Apóstoles.
Desayuno y almuerzo: con la continuación de los desafíos que las personas tienen debido al Coronavirus, los viernes y de la mañana a la mañana se siguen distribuyendo desayunos y almuerzos los fines de semana en estas escuelas del área. Lewis Central High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, Lewis and Clark Elementary, Roosevelt, Bloomer, Longfellow, Edison, Franklin, Carter Lake y Crescent.
Se Necesitan Cubrebocas Algunos de nuestros feligreses están haciendo cubrebocas para propor-cionar cuando las misas públicas sean posibles. Si puede hacer cubrebocas durante este tiempo, llame a la oficina de la parroquia y avísenos. Se anima a todos a traer sus propios cubrebocas cuando podamos reabrir y realizar misas públicas. Los cubrebocas adicionales ayudarán si es necesario para dárselos a aquellos que se olvidan de traer los suyos. Gracias.
En Espera del Abogado, el Espíritu Santo
El escritor Robert Fulghum cuenta cómo respondió a la pregunta: “¿Cuál es el significado de la vida?” Robert sacó su billetera del bolsillo y sacó un espejo pequeño y redondo del tamaño de una moneda y explicó: “Cuando era un niño pequeño durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial ... un día en el camino, encontré las piezas rotas de un espejo. Una motocicleta alemana había sido destruida en ese lugar. Traté de encontrar todas las piezas y juntarlas, pero no fue posible, así que me quedé con la pieza más grande, esta. Y al arañar una piedra, la di vuelta. Comencé a jugar con él como un juguete y me fascinó el hecho de que podía reflejar la luz en lugares oscuros donde el sol nunca podría brillar. Se convirtió en un juego para mí obtener luz en lugares inaccesibles que pude encontrar. Mantuve el pequeño espejo y a medida que crecía, lo sacaba en los momentos de inactividad y continuaba el desafío del juego”. “Cuando me convertí en hombre, empecé a comprender que esto no era solo un juego de niños, sino una metáfora de lo que podía hacer con la vida. Llegué a comprender que no soy la luz o la fuente de luz. Pero la luz, ya sea verdad, comprensión, conocimiento o amor, está ahí, y brillará en muchos lugares oscuros, si la reflejo. Soy un fragmento de un espejo, cuya forma o tamaño, no conozco. Sin embargo, con lo que tengo, puedo reflejar la luz en los lugares oscuros de este mundo. En los lugares oscuros de los corazones humanos: esto es de lo que estoy y este es el significado de mi vida”. Mientras esperamos la venida del Espíritu Santo, nuestro Abogado y Consejero, podemos considerarnos como el espejo del Espíritu Santo que refleja los 7 dones y los 12 frutos. Los obsequios se entregan de manera libre e incondicional; son sabiduría, consejo, comprensión, conocimiento, fortaleza, piedad y temor del Señor. Los frutos del espíritu se manifiestan en un corazón bien cultivado: amor, alegría, paz, paciencia, amabilidad, tolerancia, gentileza, autocontrol y castidad. Solo cuando las fuerzas opuestas de los siete vicios mortales: orgullo, envidia, glotonería, lujuria, ira, avaricia y pereza, que son fatales para nuestro progreso espiritual, se transforman por el poder del Espíritu, experimentamos libertad y gracia ilimitadas del Espíritu. Jesús prometió: “No te dejaré huérfano, le pediré al Padre que te envíe otro Abogado para estar siempre contigo, el Espíritu de la Verdad”. La Iglesia Primitiva experimentó el asombroso poder del Espíritu Santo y los Apóstoles oraron con las personas y les impusieron las manos, y el Espíritu brotó fortaleciendo a los débiles y tímidos a su alrededor. Mientras esperamos el nuevo Pentecostés con la reapertura de nuestras Iglesias para la Misa pública cuando todos los signos estén claros, podemos invocar el poder y la gracia del Espíritu en nuestros corazones para renovar nuestras vidas internas y la faz de la Tierra.
La obra del Espíritu es impartir vida, implantar esperanza, prender fuego al mundo con el amor de Dios. Limpiemos el espejo para que el Espíritu brille y traiga sanidad al mundo entero. Ven, espíritu santo, El p. Tom y el p. Litto
A continuación se muestra nuestro Nuevo Horario de Misas actualizado para cuándo
podamos tener Misas públicas.
Sábado 4:00 pm, Corpus Christi-Queens 6:00 pm, Corpus Christi-Nuestra Señora de Carter Lake Domingo 8:00 am, Corpus Christi-Queens 10:00 am, Corpus Christi-Queens 12:00 pm Mediodía, Corpus Christi-Queens (español) Con más discernimiento, discusiones y revisión, se actualiza el nuevo horario de Misas. Muchas gracias por hacer ajustes al nuevo horario de Misas actualizado. Esto ayudará a consolidar nuestras Misas de fin de semana para toda la parroquia.
Prayer Line Dee Harrison: 712-347-5193 MaryAnn Evans: 712-314-9488 or [email protected]
Mass Intentions May 18th—May 23rd
Monday Bobby Flores
Tuesday Sam Compagno
Wednesday Dave Flores
Thursday Dee Darveaux
Friday June Jerdon
Saturday Flores Family
All public Masses are cancelled until further notice.
We will celebrate the Holy Mass at the altar Monday—Friday in private at Noon and Saturday at 4:00 pm.
We will make it available through video recording or live streaming for practicing spiritual communion as ONE Body.
Join us on Facebook for the live streaming or watch the video recording at https://www.facebook.com/pg/CorpusChristiCatholicParishIA/videos/
Stewardship Reflection
On this sixth Sunday of Easter, our readings remind us that God must come first in our lives, and that love of God shows itself in concrete actions — this is precisely why the stewardship way of life is so necessary.
Our second reading, from St. Peter challenges us to, “Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts.” In other words, we are to put Christ first above all else in our lives. His role is not merely as Savior of our lives, as significant as that role is — He is to be “Lord” of our lives as well. As His disciples, we are called to make Him ruler of all aspects of our lives — our time, talents and treasure.
The beauty of the stewardship way of life is that it offers us a concrete means to show that Christ truly is Lord of our lives, to “prove” our love, in a manner of speaking, because true love is not mere sentiment. “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me,” Jesus tells us in our Gospel passage from John.
True love is an act of the will. It requires obedience to all of God’s commandments. This requires courage, humility and deep trust in Him.
But the rewards of this kind of love are indescribably wonderful. Christ tells us Himself, “Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”
Could there be anything more satisfying to live in such a way that the God of the universe is pleased to reveal more and more of Himself to us?
— Stewardship Reflections by Catholic Stewardship Consultants
Fiscal Year Tithing Report 7/1/2019 thru 6/30/2020
Weekly Stretch Goal…………………………………….……..……... $16,000.00
Tithing Received April 6 thru April 12………….....………..$17,051.00 Tithing Received April 13 thru April 19…..……….….……..$9,564.75 Tithing Received April 20 thru April 26……………..………$9,458.75 Tithing Received April 27 thru May 3…………..…………….$7,522.00
Thank you for your support! In spite of our current crisis, several of you increased your giving. We are so grateful. May others be encouraged to offer their tithing so that we can take care of parish operations. May God bless you.
This convenient giving option is available from our parish website at https://corpuschristiparishiowa.org/ —just click the link that says giving. When you participate, you can view your giving history and pledge progress any time just by logging in.
IMPORTANT FOR CURRENT GIVERS: After you have created a new account with Parish Soft Giving by Text to Give or completing the form on our website, you should end your gift on our old program or your contri-bution will process twice. Please contact the parish of-fice (Kevin Cox or Wilma Ernesti) by phone or email to ensure your gift no longer processes on our old system.
YOU’LL RECEIVE A LINK 1. For your first time click “SIGN IN” then “REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT”
2. Complete the registration to receive your secure PIN
3. Select the fund, enter the donation amount and payment information. Tap “Save Payment” to use it for future gifts.
Below is our updated new Mass Schedule when we are able to have
public Masses.
Saturday 4:00 pm, Corpus Christi-Queens 6:00 pm, Corpus Christi-Our Lady of Carter Lake Sunday 8:00 am, Corpus Christi-Queens 10:00 am, Corpus Christi-Queens 12:00 pm Noon, Corpus Christi-Queens (Spanish)
With further discernment, discussions and review, the new Mass Schedule is updated. Many thanks for making adjustments to the updated new Mass Schedule. This will help consolidate our weekend Masses for the whole parish.
We Have a New Secure Lockbox!
We want you to know that we have installed a secure lockbox for your conven-ience. It is located by the en-trance of the new Parish Center, next to the mailbox. ___________________________________
¡Tenemos una Nueva Caja de Seguridad!
Queremos que sepa que hemos instalado una caja de seguridad para su conven-iencia. Está ubicado por la entrada del nuevo Centro Parroquial, al lado del buzón.
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