SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH WASHINGTON, DC

January 26 2014

3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Your YES Costs; but NO Cost more!

Do you ever feel like your hopes and dreams are focused one thing while most of your time and energy are invested in something else? We want to be better spouses, better siblings, better parents, better sons and daughters, better students, better citizens, better parishioners, better followers of Jesus. We want all of these things yet wont or cant do anything to see that we become better. For many if not most people life is about being in a perpetual state of dissatisfaction and disappointment! But it doesnt have to be this way. God meant for your life to be so much more. Like the land and Zebulon and Naphtali, a land described as being in a perpetual state of anguish, gloom, darkness, and distress, God has in mind a very different future for you than the present state of things. The same was true of Simon Peter, his brother Andrew and the two sons of the fisherman, Zebedee. But in order for them to discover and experience what life could really be; the life God had in mind for them, they would have to let go of the life they were currently clinging to. Their nets, their boats, and their ties to family would have to take a back seat to a new life in service of God and His Kingdom! But most people are not free to leave what defines them behind. Most are not free to leave their comfort zones or to take the risk of stepping into the unknown of what following Jesus will actually entail. Yet in todays Gospel we see that some people are free to do whatever it takes to have that for which their heart most longs. Jesus left Nazareth, his home town and his life as a carpenter, and would never return there to live. Simon Peter and Andrew and the sons of Zebedee immediately dropped their nets believing that not to do so would result in them missing out on an opportunity of a lifetime. For in the end when it comes to deciding whether to answer the call to discipleship, the most important question is not what will I lose if I say yes, but what do I forfeit when I say no! Fr. Patrick A. Smith 2014
See Fr. Pats Sermon Notes and listen to the podcast at http://saintaugustine-dc.org/category/sermon-notes/
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Scripture Readings
3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time Is 8:23-9:3 1Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 The Presentation of The Lord Mal 3:1-4 Herb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32

8:15 am Daily Mass Intentions

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 27 Sheana Carter 28 Annie Cole 29 George Smallwood 30 Sylvia Monroe 31 Luke Baysmore - Living - Living - Living - Living - Living 994

Attendance

Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 7:00pm in the School Cafeteria. You are cordially invited to a Mass and Retirement Celebration for Rev. John J. Mudd Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Archbishop Carroll High School Gordon McMahon Theatre 4300 Harewood Road, NE Washington, DC 20017 Kindly respond by Monday, February 17, 2014 to Yolanda McKoy 202-529-0900 ext. 122 or ymckoy@achsdc.org
ST AUGUSTINE SCHOOL COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN # 20000 ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN #9670

Third Sunday In Ordinary Time

SECOND COLLECTION FOR JANUARY 26, 2014 IF FOR THE POOR OF THE PARISH NEXT SUNDAY SECOND COLLECTION FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2014 IS FOR OUR PARISH SCHOOL St. Augustine School Love to Learn; Learn to Love
SR. GLORIA AGUMAGU, HHCJ PRINCIPAL INFORMATION: 202-6672608

Catholic Education Corner

Saint Augusne School is now registering for the 2014-2015 school year for grades Pre-K3 Pre-K4 through Eighth. For an applicaon or more informaon, please contact the school oce at 202667-2608 or email: admissions@saintaugusne-dc.org. Catholic School Week Saint Augustine Catholic School will celebrate Catholic School Week starting Sunday, January 26-31, 2014. The School will host an Open House all week. Early Registration for the school year 2014-2015 also begins on January 26 and runs through February 28, 2014 for grade Pre-K 3/4 through Grade 8. For an application or more information, please contact the School Office at 202-265-1470 or email admissions@saintaugustine-dc.org.

Please Pray for the Sick and Homebound

John Adams, Sr. Beatrice Alexander Florencia Alfonso Nora Basey Luke Baysmore Evelyn Bezell Thomas Brock Frances Brooks Mary Burgan Eric Brown Eunice Brown Andrew Burton Angela Callighan Agnes Carey Elizabeth Carter Antonia Cayabas Phillip Cephas Vincent Clarke, Sr. Annie Cole John Collins Tommie Cunningham Pauline Dines Susan Epps Richard B. Fowler Barbara Ferguson Daniel Galloway Inez Gaskins Charles Gathers Valencia Green Delores V. Greene Thelma Givens Christopher Hammond Grace Hansberry Brian Harvery John Harris Patricia Herndon Deborah Jackson Eleanor Johnson Francis Kelly Sedonia Labee Keats Labule Louisa Lee Mary Leonard Bernadette Mahoney Von Martin Catherine Mason Florence Matthews Edna Mills Leona Miller John Monte Joyce Morton Sylvia Monroe Albert Nellums Julius Oben Ashley Redhead, Jr. Lisa Rivera Ruby Roberts Doris Silas Gertina Simms Kathleen Simms George Simmons Mary Smith Donnie Stewart Marcia Taylor Willis Thomas Juanita Towns Selma Twitty Beatrice Twyman Terry Vaughn Esperanza Walker Betty Washington Lillie White Teresa Wilkinson Virginia Winston Lozzie York

Please Pray for Our Dead Dean McDonald James S. Washington

2014 CARDINAL S APPEAL BEGINS Many of our parishioners received a mailing from Cardinal Wuerl this week. He has asked that you make a pledge to the 2014 Cardinals Appeal. The Cardinals Appeal not only funds the operations of the archdiocese, it funds services that are of great help to the ministries here in our parish. This year, the theme of the Appeal is Seek First the Kingdom of God. (Matthew 6:33) As we seek first the Kingdom of God, we have the capability of helping it to be present in our lives and in the lives of those around us. How does this happen? Through our works of charity, our works of love and compassion. Contributions to the Cardinals Appeal offers each of us the opportunity to respond to the needs of others by enabling ministries and services that touch thousands of lives. Please prayerfully consider a generous pledge to the 2014 Cardinals Appeal.

Parish Pastoral Council Pastoral Parish Council Meetings are held every 3rd Saturday of the month at 9:00 am in the Gingras Center. Meetings are open to all parishioners.

PARK FREE SUNDAYS FROM 9AM-4PM REEVES CENTER U STREET AT 14TH STREET NW ENTER ON U STREET
Our Parish Bookstore and Gift Shop

February SHARE February Share is now on Sale at the Ushers Table in the back of the table. Please see the Share Representative.

Opens before and after weekend Masses. Use Visa or MasterCard ($10 min), check ($5min), or cash to buy: Bibles - Missals - Rosaries - Books on the Pope, Saints, Parish History, Faith, Discernment, Marriage, Childrens Books, Father Pats Homilies and more.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CATHOLIC, RECEIVING CONFIRMATION? SPONSORING INQUIRERS? RCIA MEETS TUESDAYS AT 6:45 8:45PM IN THE GINGRAS CENTER - SABRINA WILLIAMS AT 202-294-6990.
SEE GINGRAS CENTER BULLETIN BOARD FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF AVAILABLE EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH AND ADULT OPPORTUNITIES .