T H E N A T I O N A L SH R I N E O F

S A I N T F R A N C I S O F A S S I S I

The Very Reverend John DeLaRiva, O.F.M. Capuchin, Rector

MOST REVEREND SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE, J.C.D.

ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO

2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 18th

- 24th

, 2015

~ Sunday Mass ~

11:00

~ Daily Mass ~

No Saturday Mass

12:15

~ Reconciliation ~

Monday - Friday at 11:30

NATIONAL SHRINE VISITATION

CHURCH: 10:00AM - 5:00PM MONDAY - FRIDAY

PORZIUNCOLA CHAPEL: 10:00AM - 5:00PM DAILY

ASSISTED BY DOCENTS AND KNIGHTS OF SAINT FRANCIS

OPEN ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS

610 Vallejo Street @ Columbus

San Francisco, CA 94133

P: 415.986.4557 F: 415.544.9814 Capuchin Franciscan Friars (O.F.M. Cap.) info@shrinesf.org www.shrinesf.org

NATIONAL SHRINE INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome Saint Francis quote of the week:

“Let us pay attention, all brothers, to what the Lord says: Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you, for

our Lord Jesus Christ, Whose footprints we must follow, called His betrayer 'friend' and gave Himself willingly to

those who crucified Him. Our friends, then, are all those who unjustly afflict upon us trials and ordeals, shame and

injuries, sorrows and torments, martyrdom and death; we must love them greatly for we will possess eternal life

because of what they bring upon us.”

MASS INTENTIONS January 18th - January 24th

Sunday 11:00 + Brenda Lanier

Monday 12:15 Precious Blood of Christ

Tuesday 12:15 Precious Blood of Christ

Wednesday 12:15 Precious Blood of Christ

Thursday 12:15 + Louis Fenske

Friday 12:15 + Sally Ritsos

Saturday 12:15 For everyone on this Walk Day +

RECONCILIATION Confessions are gladly accepted Monday-Friday at 11:30.

Gracious thanks to all of our par t-time staff (musicians, cantors, maintenance) and to all of our volunteers

(docents, knights, board of trustees) for the positive assistance they provide helping our National Shrine prosper.

~ ~ Please ask a Docent or Knight if you need assistance with our elevator or automatic door. ~ ~

Recognition: Sunday Saint Voulsian, Senator and later the Bishop of Tours, France

Monday Saint Fillan, Abbot of Saint Andrews Monastery

Tuesday Saint Fabian, Pope (an unimportant layperson who was elected Pope when a dove,

thought of as the Holy Spirit, landed on his shoulder at the death of Pope Anteros.)

Wednesday Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr at 13

Thursday Saint Vincent Pallotti, Priest; great legacy as pioneer & precursor of Catholic Action

Friday Saint Ildephonsus, Abbot and Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Saturday Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of the Geneva Diocese (Calvinist territory)

Be forever a part of the Shrine’s history by contributing to the needs of our Hall, Stained Glass, and Murals.

Our National Shrine’s fifth annual Traditional Latin Mass will take place Saturday January 24 at 5:00pm.

This mass is held in honor of the 11th annual Walk for Life, with an invitation from Archbishop Cordileone for

you to join him and his brother bishops with tens of thousands of Catholics and non-Catholics alike who share the

gospel of life, which is the gospel of Christ.. For more information, please see the flyer on the back of this bulletin.

Reserve your spot now to volunteer during Lent by Practicing Compassion with Catholic Charities.

As the Season of Lent approaches, Catholic Charities is offering one-time volunteer opportunities for you to put

your faith into action during the six weeks of Lent. It’s not too early to sign up and reserve your place. You can

choose from a number of volunteer activities such as serving brunch to homeless families, distributing food to

seniors, or reading to children. To sign up and for more information contact Clint Womack at 415-972-1297.

On behalf of Archbishop Cordileone as principal celebrant and the Archdiocese of San Francisco,

the Order of Malta is very pleased to invite you to the annual World Day of the Sick Mass.

This year the Mass is being celebrated on Saturday February 7th at 11:00am in Saint Mary’s Cathedral.

This special Mass, which is always held near the Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, will include anointing of the

sick, blessing of the caregivers’ hands, and a blessing with Lourdes water for all. Please help us spread the word and

encourage all caregivers and those who are sick to come to this celebration. Contact Ken Ryan at 415 865-6718.

Open House celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life: February 8, 2015

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael: Saint Rose Convent, 2515 Pine Street, San Francisco: 3:00pm - 4:30pm,

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael: Dominican Convent, 1540 Grand Avenue, San Rafael: 3:00pm - 4:30p,

Sisters of Mercy: 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame: 9:30am – 11:00am plus Sunday Liturgy at 11:15.

What does “Ordinary Time” mean? Ordinary Time makes up most of the liturgical year in which we, as Catholics, celebrate Christ.

Because Ordinary Time refers to the period of the Church's liturgical year that fall outside of the major seasons

(Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter), and because of the connotations of the term "ordinary" in English, many peo-

ple think Ordinary Time refers to events of the Church year that are unimportant. But nothing could be further from

the truth.

Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to num-

bers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, Ordinary Time is

in fact the ordered life of the Church – the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas

and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the

Second Coming of Christ.

As Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church, it is appropriate, therefore, that the Gospel for the Second

Sunday of Ordinary Time (which is actually the first Sunday celebrated in Ordinary Time) always features either

John the Baptist's acknowledgment of Christ as the Lamb of God, or Christ's first miracle, which is the transformation

of water into wine at the wedding at Cana.

Thus for Catholics, Ordinary Time is the part of the year in which Christ, the Lamb of God, walks among us and

transforms our lives. That's why there's nothing "ordinary" about Ordinary Time.

When is Ordinary Time in the Catholic Church?

Ordinary Time is one of the most confusing seasons in the Catholic Church's liturgical year and encompasses two dif-

ferent periods in the Catholic Church's liturgical year. Ordinary Time begins on the Monday after the first Sunday

after January 6 (the Feast of the Epiphany) and runs until Ash Wednesday. Both Lent and the Easter season fall out-

side of Ordinary Time, which resumes again on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday and runs until the First Sunday in

Advent (the start of new liturgical year).

Why Is There No First Sunday in Ordinary Time?

The Sundays in Ordinary Time start with the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, which begins on the Monday after the

first Sunday after January 6th (the Feast of the Epiphany). In most years, that Sunday is the Feast of the Baptism of

the Lord. In countries such as the United States, however, where the celebration of Epiphany is transferred to Sunday,

if that Sunday is January 7th or 8th, Epiphany is celebrated instead. As feasts of our Lord, both the Baptism of the Lord

and Epiphany would displace a Sunday in Ordinary Time. Thus, the first Sunday in the period of Ordinary Time is

the Sunday that falls after the first week of Ordinary Time, which makes it the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Signed into law in January 1983 by President Reagan (due to the tireless leadership of Mrs. Coretta Scott King), the

MLK, Jr. national holiday is a celebration of Dr. King’s immeasurable contribution to the country and to humankind.

Celebrated on the 3rd Monday in January, the King Holiday is a time when our nation pauses to remember Dr. King’s

life and work, and to honor his legacy by making the holiday a day of community service: “A day on, not a day off.”

The Meaning of The King Holiday by Coretta Scott King

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to Ameri-

ca. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example – the values of courage, truth, jus-

tice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his

leadership.

On this holiday, we commemorate the universal, unconditional love, forgiveness, and nonviolence that empowered

his revolutionary spirit. We commemorate Dr. King’s inspiring words, because his voice and his vision filled a great

void in our nation, and answered our collective longing to become a country that truly lived by its noblest principles.

Yet, Dr. King knew that it wasn’t enough just to talk the talk, that he had to walk the walk for his words to be credi-

ble. And so we commemorate on this holiday the man of action, who put his life on the line for freedom and justice

every day, the man who braved threats and jail and beatings, and who ultimately paid the highest price to make de-

mocracy a reality for all Americans.

The King Holiday honors the life and contributions of America’s greatest champion of racial justice and equality, the

leader who not only dreamed of a color-blind society, but who also lead a movement that achieved historic reforms to

help make it a reality. On this day we commemorate Dr. King’s great dream of a vibrant, multiracial nation united in

justice, peace, and reconciliation; a nation that has a place at the table for children of every race and room at the inn

for every needy child. We are called on this holiday, not merely to honor, but to celebrate the values of equality, tol-

erance, and interracial sister and brotherhood he so compellingly expressed in his great dream for America.