ST. MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST 9915 HOLLISTER ST. HOUSTON, TX 77040-1702 (713) 466-4030 February 16, 2020

Readings for the Week of February 16, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS (INTENCIONES DE LA MISA) FEB.15-23RD, 2020 SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15 5:00p.m. For the People of St. Matthew’s 7:00p.m. †Jose Garcia y Animas Benditas del Purgatorio SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16 Is 58:7-10; Ps 112; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16 8:00a.m. †Irene Ducette 10:00a.m. †Reuben Danchak, †Peter George Puncher & Thanksgiving for Bill Saldana & Angelina Avila 12:00p.m. †Joe Bernal, Sr., †Joe Bernal, Jr., †Elsa Munoz y Agradecimiento por Alejandro Rangel MONDAY FEBRUARY 17 No Mass TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18 8:30a.m. †Reuben Danchack & †Joe Bernal, Sr. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19 Healing Mass 8:30a.m. †Reuben “Dan” Danchak 7:00p.m. Por todos los Enfermos THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20 8:30a.m. †Reuben “Dan” Danchak & †Sarah Buckley Jones FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21 8:30a.m. †Leonard Lidiak & †Joe Bernal, Jr. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22 5:00p.m. †Margaret Syzdek & †Reuben Danchak 7:00p.m. †Hector Coronado & †Joe Bernal, Sr. & †Joe Bernal, Jr. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23 Lv 19:1-2; Ps 103; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48 8:00a.m. For the People of St. Matthew’s 10:00a.m. †Reuben Danchak, †Pier Ata 12:00p.m. †Humbero Vallejo, †Rafael Partida †Angellina Montes-Partida y En Agradecimiento por Asusena Bedolla

Jaime Colmenero -Fred Hewitt -Adam Bernal -Ramiro Rodriguez Diana Solis

Monday Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday Jas 1:19-27; Ps 15; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday Jas 2:1-9; Ps 34; Mk 8:27-33 Friday Jas 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112; Mk 8:34—9:1 Saturday Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23; Mt 16:13-19

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8:30a.m. Morning Mass – (English) w/Ashes

12:15p.m. Word Service – (English) w/Ashes

4p.m. Word Service – (Spanish) w/Ashes 6p.m. Mass – (English) w/Ashes

8p.m. Mass – (Spanish) w/Ashes All Services will be in the main Church

ASH WEDNESDAY– FEB. 26

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE– MARCH 10

6:45p.m. 1st Communion (2nd year) Reconciliation – Church

7p.m. Entire Parish Community – In Main Church

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION– APR.4/5

5p.m. English Mass – Begins in North Foyer 7p.m. Spanish Mass – Begins in North Foyer 8a.m. English Mass – Begins in North Foyer

10a.m. English Mass – Begins in Prayer Garden 12p.m. Spanish Mass – Begins in Prayer Garden

HOLY THURSDAY– APRIL 9

9a.m. Morning Prayer – In Spanish In the Chapel 7:30p.m. Bilingual Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration in the Auditorium until 11:50p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY– APRIL 10

9a.m. Morning Prayer – English in the Chapel 10a.m. Stations of the Cross – In Spanish; begins in Prayer Garden

12p.m. Stations of the Cross Skit – In English Presented by Parish Youth in the Church

3p.m. English Passion and Death of the Lord

6:30p.m. Spanish Passion and Death of the Lord PARISH OFFICE CLOSED ALL DAY

HOLY SATURDAY– APRIL 11

9a.m. Morning Prayer – In English in the Chapel

8:30p.m. Bilingual Easter Vigil NO SACRAMENT OF PENANCE THIS DAY

EASTER- THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD– APRILL 12

8a.m. English Mass

10a.m. English Mass – Easter Egg Hunt follows 10a.m. Mass 12p.m. Spanish Mass

*Parish Office & Grounds will be Closed Mon., April 13th*

8: 30a.m English Mass 6:45p.m. Holy Thursday Rehearsal - Clergy, Ministers and Persons participating in the Washing of the Feet 7:45p.m. Good Friday Rehearsal - Clergy and Ministers

TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK– APRIL 7

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK-APRIL 8

8:30a.m. English Mass 7p.m. Easter Vigil Rehearsal - Clergy, Catechists, Ministers and the Elect

Lent Season begins with Ash Wednesday

Thank you to Alfred Noski and Family For donating the Bread & Wine this weekend In Thanksgivng for their Blessings.

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/ SEXTO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

SATURDAY Adult Confirmation Retreat

FEBRUARY 15 129

9 am After all Masses

SUNDAY Faith Formation Classes Reception (Cardinal DiNardo)

FEBRUARY 16 All Auditorium

8:30 am 11:15 am

MONDAY Bridge Sacramental Classes Grupo de Oracion

FEBRUARY 17 129 All Chapel

1 pm 6:30 pm 7 pm

TUESDAY Bible Study Taller de Oracion y Vida Crafts from the Heart KOC Mtg Cub Scouts Taller de Oracion y Vida Catechists Mtg

FEBRUARY 18 216 128 205 Morton, 129 200 Hall 128 Auditorium

9:30 am 10 am 10:30 am 5 pm 6:30 pm 7 pm 7 pm

WEDNESDAY Choir Spiritual Guidance Grupo de Oracion RCIA Classes Adult Confirmation Spanish Healing Mass

FEBRUARY 19 Church 203 Morton 205 205 Church

6:30 pm 6:30 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm

THURSDAY 50+ Game Social Choir CDA Monthly Mtg Legion of Mary Spanish Marriage Prep MPC

FEBRUARY 20 129 Church 129 203 215 204,205

9:30 am 6:30 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm

FRIDAY CCE DJM

FEBRUARY 21 129 215

6:30 pm 6:30 pm

SATURDAY CCE KOC Fundraiser

FEBRUARY 22 129 Courtyard

8 am After all Masses

SUNDAY Faith Formation Classes KOC Fundraiser

FEBRUARY 23 All Courtyard

8:30 am After all Masses

*Confessions on Saturdays 3:30-4:30p.m. in the chapel.* * Wednesdays by appointment only.*

Our next Healing Mass will be Wednesday, February 19th in Spanish at 7p.m. in the main church. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — - - - - - - - Nuestra próxima Misa de Sanación séra el miercoles 19 de febrero a las 7p.m. en la Iglesia principal.

WINE TASTING

Lenten Dinners

At the Launch Party in August we had an auction item of a Wine Tasting at Nice Winery. This event is going to be held on Monday February 24 at Nice Winery, 2901 W Sam Houston Parkway N, Suite C260. (between kempwood & hammerly). It will be held at 5:30 PM and the cost is $25/person. The event includes an educational guided seated wine class with 6 award-winning wines and a specialty meat and cheese tray. Please call the office to RSVP and pay.

February 28 Youth Group: *Fried Fish , Beans & Rice or Salad & Rice March 6 Knights of Columbus: *Fish Fry, Fries and Hush Puppies March 13 Catholic Daughters: *Chalupas, Rice and Beans March 20 Knights of Columbus: *Fish Fry, Fries and Hush Puppies March 27 Women’s Club: *Cheese Enchiladas, Rice and Beans April 3 Knights of Columbus: *Fish Fry, Fries and Hush Puppies

Dinners from 5-7p.m. in Auditorium Stations of the Cross 7p.m. English

7:45p.m. in Spanish in the Church

We will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. We need candy to fill the Easter Eggs. Please consider donating a bag or two of individually wrapped candy for our Egg Hunt. You can leave the candy bags in the baskets at the back of church or at the parish office. Thank you for your generosity! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tendremos una búsqueda de huevos de Pascua para los niños de nuestra parroquia el domingo de Pascua. Necesitamos dulces para rellenar lo huevos de Pascua. Ayúdanos donando una o dos bolsas de dulces envueltos individualmente. Las pueden dejar en las canastas atras en la Iglesia o en la oficina parroquial. ¡Gracias?

Women’s Club

A great big thank you to all our parishioners on sup-porting the Women’s Club Bake sale this past week-end. And thanks to the Women’s Club for the great tasting sweets.

LENTEN FASTING AND ABSTINENCE

Catholics 14 years and older are bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent, including Good Fri-day. No meat may be eaten on these days of Abstinence. Catholic between the ages of 18 and 59, are bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting means eating only one full meal a day to maintain one’s strength. Two smaller, meatless meals may be eaten according to one’s needs, but to-gether they should not equal a full meal. Eating SOLID food be-tween meals is not allowed. The sick, expectant moms and nurs-ing mothers do not need to abstain from eating meat and fasting during Lent. LAST YEAR’S BLESSED PALMS: You can return your old blessed palms to the Church and place them in baskets at each entrance. Old palms will be disposed of properly.

Catechist Meeting Tuesday, February 18th @ 7pm Auditorium/ Junta de Catequistas martes 18 de febrero @ 7pm en el auditorio.

OBITUARY

Our deepest sympathy to the family of †Alejandro Pérez (Father of Jando Pérez). May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

ST. MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST 9915 HOLLISTER ST. HOUSTON, TX 77040-1702 (713) 466-4030 February 16, 2020

Stewardship Reflection / Reflexión Sobre Las Lecturas

_February 16, 2020 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20 The scribes and Pharisees lived according to the letter of the law and they used this to elevate themselves above the other people. Jesus is clear – it’s the love that you have in your heart that will get you to heaven. Simply following church rules out of obligation, not love, does not put you on the path to heaven. Attending Mass on Sunday and then gossiping about a fellow parishioner on the parking lot is an example of a modern day Pharisee. _________________________ 16 de febrero de 2020 6º domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "Porque les

digo que, a menos que su justicia sea superior a la de los escribas y

fariseos, nunca entrarán en el reino de los cielos". Mateo 5:20 Los

escribas y fariseos vivían de acuerdo con la letra de la ley y usaron

esto para elevarse por encima de las otras personas. Jesús es claro: es

el amor que tienes en tu corazón lo que te llevará al cielo. Simple-

mente seguir las reglas de la iglesia por obligación, no por amor, no

te pone en el camino al cielo. Asistir a misa el domingo y luego co-

tillear sobre un compañero feligrés en el estacionamiento es un ejem-

plo de un fariseo moderno.

Baptism Calendar/Calendario para Bautismos

Favor de venir a la oficina parroquial y llenar una forma de información básica y traer el acta de nacimiento del ni-ño/niña a quien desea bauti-zar. Recuerden que tienen que asistir a las dos clases pre-baustimales para recibir su certificado de asistencia. Pue-de encontrar los requisitos en la página web de la parroquia. StMatthewhou.org - en Sac-ramentos/ Bautismos - - - - - - - - - - - - - Parents wishing to Baptize in our parish, please come to parish office ,fill out form and bring child’s birth certifi-cate. For English Pre-Baptismal Classes please call the parish office to register in advance.

Pre-Baptismal Class Room 128/

Clases Pre-Bautismales Auditorio @ 7pm

English Baptisms @ 3pm/ Bautismos en Ingles @ 3pm

Baptisms after 12pm Mass/ Bautismos despues de Misa de 12pm

Baptisms during 10am English Mass/ Bautismos en Español durante la Misa de 12pm

-Abstinencia: Los católicos de 14 años en adelante deben ab-stenerse de comer carne el Miércoles de Ceniza y todos los viernes durante la Cuaresma, incluyendo el Viernes Santo. -Ayuno: El Miércoles de Ceniza y Viernes Santo, los católicos entre 18 y 59 años deben ayunar. Ayunar significa comer solo una comida en el día para que el cuerpo mantenga fuerzas. Y dos comidas pequeñas que sumadas no sobrepasen la comida principal en can-tidad. El ayuno se rompe si se come entre comidas o se toma algún líquido que es considerado comida. Los enfermos, las embarazadas y las madres lactantes no están obligados al ayuno ni a la abstinencia. PALMAS BENDITAS DEL AÑO PASADO Si tiene palmas del Domingo de Ramos del año pasado, las puede traer para que las usemos para la ceniza del miércoles. Las puede poner en las canastas que están en la entradas.

AYUNO Y ABSTINENCIA DURANTE LA CUARESMA

A Stewardship Parish Parroquia Administradora de los Bienes de Dios

2-9-2020 Collection Goal: $10,000.00

Sunday Offering/Ofrenda del Domingo: $10,205.00 On-Line Giving/Donaciones hechas por Internet: $1,167.50 Children’s Offerings/Ofrenda de los Niños: $364.82 Total Collection/Colecta en Total: $11,737.32 We are over!!! $1,737.32

Envelopes 301

Bank Direct and Credit Card Donations available on our website www.stmatthewhou.org by clicking on “Online Giving” button.

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/ SEXTO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

DSF Summary Report– 2020 Coming Soon! St. Matthew the Evangelist - Houston– DSF20

End of Year Statements

Contribution statements for 2019 are available. If you would like to request a statement, please contact Janie in the parish office at 713.466.4030. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Las Declaraciones Financieras de Fin de Año 2019 estan disponi-bles. Su usted desea una declaracion, por favor comuníquese con Janie Guerrero en la oficina parroquial.

Maria Goretti Support Group New support group for those afflict-ed with any type of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual or mental) will begin to meet at 7:00 pm on the second Tuesday of every month in downtown Houston at the Cathedral Centre (1701 San Jacinto Street, Houston, TX 77002). For more info, go to www.mgoretti.org/ or call 713-851- 3708 or email shmgn@mgoretti.org.

Maria Goretti Support Group

Young Adult and Campus Ministry

St. Joseph Altar, March 21, 6:30pm at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Community, 7810 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, is open to the public. Following 5:15pm Mass, Father Norbert Maduzia will lead the "Tupa-Tupa", a play where children dressed as Mary, Joseph and Saints knock door-to-door for food and shelter before finding the St. Joseph Table. Guests can enjoy a Sicilian meal of pasta, hard boiled eggs, green beans, salad and bread. Homemade Italian cookies and cannoli will be available for sale, as well as a raffle. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Proceeds are given to the St. Ignatius Outreach Min-istry, which helps those in need in the Parish and neighboring communities. For more information/donations, please email stjosephaltarguild@silcc.org or contact co-chairs Marianne Dunne at (713)825-4576 or Tony Randazzo at (713)553-1214.

St. Joseph Altar

Archdiocesan Young Adult Day 2020 “Your Burning Heart is Holy Ground” Come and join hun-dreds of young adults (single and married) ages 18-39 years old for a day of fellowship, music, prayer and workshops in English and Spanish. Saturday, March 21 at St. Jerome Catholic Church. Complete information is at www.archgh.org/yacm or call 713-741-8778 or email yacm@archgh.org