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Canonization of john henry newman

9/29/2019

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Dear Friends,

On October 13, 2019, an event of significance to us as member of the St. Albert the Great Newman Parish will place in Rome. On that day, in St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis will canonize Blessed John Henry Newman a saint. Four other persons, three nuns and a consecrated virgin of the Third Order of St. Francis, will be canonized with him.

Why is this significant to us? Because a large number of Newman Centers (or Newman Societies in England) are named in his honor, just as our parish is. Newman Centers provide pastoral services and ministries to Catholics at non-Catholic universities. He also has a number of colleges and universities named after him.

John Newman was born in London on February 21,1801. Although he was not spectacularly successful in his college studies, he did well in post-college life. He became an Anglican priest, on June 13, 1824. During his Anglican priesthood, he became well known even if controversial, in his teaching and leadership. He left the Anglican Church in 1845, an event that cost him many friendships, including that of his sister who never spoke to him again.

Newman was ordained a Catholic priest in 1847. By this time, he was a well-known author, poet, and supporter of education.  His writings are considered among some of the most important church writings in  recent centuries. He founded several colleges

Dear Friends,

October is Respect Human Life month. In 2018, Pope Francis changed the Church’s teaching on the death penalty. The Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition published in 1997 added the teaching of Pope John Paul II from Evangelium Vitae to paragraph 2267. The Catechism still allowed for the death penalty however it said that “the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.” Pope Francis after reexamining the teaching has rewritten paragraph 2267. The paragraph reads, “Today, however, there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes.” The paragraph further states, “…the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person, and she [the Church] works with determination for its abolition worldwide.” You can read paragraph 2267 in its entirety at:
https:// press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/ pubblico/2018/08/02/180802a.html

Fr. Gino

Estimados parroquianos,

Octubre es el mes de respetar la vida humana. En 2018, el Papa Francisco cambió la enseñanza de la Iglesia sobre la pena de muerte. El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica Segunda Edición publicado en 1997 añadió la enseñanza de Papa Juan Pablo II de Evangelium Vitae al párrafo 2267. El Catecismo todavía permitía la pena de muerte, sin embargo, decía que "los casos en los que la ejecución del delincuente es una necesidad absoluta son muy raros, si no prácticamente inexistentes". El Papa Francisco después de reexaminar la enseñanza ha reescrito el párrafo 2267. El párrafo dice: "Hoy, sin embargo, hay una conciencia cada vez mayor de que la dignidad de la persona no se pierde incluso después de la comisión de crímenes muy graves". El párrafo dice además: "... la pena de muerte es inadmisible porque es un ataque a la inviolabilidad y dignidad de la persona, y ella [la Iglesia] trabaja con determinación para su abolición en todo el mundo". Puede leer el párrafo 2267 en su totalidad en: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/ pubblico/2018/08/02/180802a.html

Padre Gino
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You can not serve both god and mammon

9/22/2019

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Dear Friends,

"You cannot serve both God and mammon," (Lk 16:13b) Money is not evil in of itself. We all need money to function in our economy and world economies. Many of our responsibilities require money, contributions to the church and people in need is greatly appreciated. Jesus is asking us to examine our relationship with our money.  Money can become competitive with God for our attention. 
Extreme attachment to money gives is absolute value making it an idol. Money and other possessions are for this temporal life and can bring comfort and enjoyment. In time, we must leave them all behind. We are reminded of the words, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; and the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away." (Job 1:21)
Father Gino

Estimados Amigos,

"No puedes servir tanto a Dios como al dinero." (Lk 16, 13b) El dinero no es malo en si mismo. Todos necesitamos dinero para funcionar en nuestra economia y en nuestras economias mundiales. Muchas de nuestras responsab ilidades requieren dinero. Las contribuciones a la iglesia y a las personas necesitadas son muy apreciadas. Jesus nos pide que examinemos nuestra relacion con nuestra relacion con nuestro dinero. El dinero puede volverse competitivo con Dios para nuestra atencion.

El apego extemo al dinero le da un valor absolunto por lo que es un idolo. El dinero y otras posesiones son para esta vida temporal y pueden traer comodidad y disfrute. Con el tiempo, debemos dejarlos a todos atras. Se nos recuerdan las palabras: "Desnudo vine del vientre de mi madre, y desnudo volvere; el Senor dio, y el Senor se ha llevado." (Job 1:21)
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Forgiveness

9/15/2019

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Hello Friends,

God's forgiveness is this weekend's theme. Our first reading (Exodus 32, 7-11.13-14) takes us back to Moses, about 1300 years before Christ. The  people of Israel had just escaped from Egypt and were going through the desert of Sinai on their way to the  Promised Land. They had already made a covenant with God at Mt. Sinai, and they had  promised they would worship only the God of Israel as their God. When God called Moses back to the  top of Mt. Sinai to speak with him again, the people got into trouble. They fashioned for themselves a  golden calf and worshiped it as their god. This is where our first reading begins. God is angry with his people. Notice, in speaking to Moses, he calls them "your people". Moses intercedes for the people and "convinces God to forgiving. His prayer displays total unselfishness. God, of course, forgives them. In the second reading, we hear St. Paul describe what a sinful person he once was and how God was merciful to him (1 Tim, 1,, 12-17). In today's gospel, which is the entire fifteen chapter of St. Luke, we hear three beautiful parables of God's forgiveness.

Estimados parroquianos,

Las lecturas de este fin de semana nos hablan sobre el perdon, algo tan necesitado en nuestra  sociedad en estos tiempos. La primera lectura que esta en estos tiempos. La primera lectura que esta tomada del libro del Exodo nos lleva alrededor de 1300 anos antes de Cristo. Recordemos que, en ese pasaje, los israelitas acababan de escapar de Egipto y se encontraban en el desierto rumbo a la Tierra Prometida. Este pueblo ya habia hecho una alianza con Dios, pero cuando Dios llama a su lider a que suba la montana para conversar con el, los Israelitas se les olvido esa alianza con Dios. Hicieron una estatua a la cual comenzaron a adorar y reconocer como su dios. Dios se moleso mucho con ellos por este acto de desobediencia hacia el. Pero al final, por intercesion de  Moises, Dios los perdono. Tenemos un Dios de amor, de perdon que nos perdona cuantas veces vengamos arrepentidos a el.

Fr. Alex Urena
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St. Albert the Great Newman Parish
2615 S. Solano Dr
Las Cruces, NM 88005
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Monday - Friday:  5:30 pm
Saturday:  5:30 pm
Sunday:  8:30 am, 11 am, 6:30 pm 

Confessions​: Saturday 4 pm