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Holy Mass Saturday 5:00 PM; Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Monday– Friday 8:00 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday, Tuesday and Friday 6:00 PM;

Saturdays 4:00 PM; or by appointment

B U L L E T I N

S T A N D A R D D E A D L I N E :

9 : 0 0 A . M . M O N D A Y

St. John the Baptist

Catholic Church

January 17, 2021 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

320 South Depot Street, P.O. Box 276, Somonauk, IL 60552

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Phone: 815-498-2010 FAX: 815-498-2770

Pastor Rev. Kevin M. Butler

frbutler@stjbsom.org

Parish Office and Rectory 815-498-2010

Office Hours M-Th 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

E-mail: info@stjbsom.org

Parish Center 815-498-2627

Director of Sacred Music

815-498-2010 Mark Mackeben

sacredmusic@stjbsom.org

Coordinator of Religious Education 815-498-2627 Judy Kreczmer

re@stjbsom.org

Bookkeeper 815-498-2010 Charles Durancik

chuckdurancik@stjbsom.org

Bulletin Editor 815-498-2010 Denise Ramos

bulletin@stjbsom.org

Cemetery 815-995-7115 Jeff Weseman

jeffweseman@stjbsom.org

Maintenance info@stjbsom.org

Secretary

815-498-2010 Denise Ramos

info@stjbsom.org

St. Vincent de Paul Society 815-826-1690

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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church • Somonauk, Illinois

Dear Parishioners, Our Gospel today teaches us something very important; to share the gifts that God has given us, most notably the gift of faith. After he was baptized, Jesus went in search of those who could help him with his mission of salvation. He began with those closest to John the Baptist when he called Andrew and John. Andrew then in turn went and found his brother Simon and brought him to Jesus. If we read a little further beyond today’s Gospel passage we hear how Jesus then called Philip. Philip then went and found his friend Nathanial and brought him to the Lord. The Gospel tells us that Andrew and Philip in particular, couldn’t keep the good news of Christ to themselves. They felt the need to share it, to bring those closest to them to the Lord. This shows us how in the early Church personal contact was so important in bringing others to Christ. Andrew and Philip evangelized. They shared their faith with others. Personal contact is just as important today and really the most effective, to personally invite others to Christ through our words and our witness. It is already forty years since St. Pope John Paul II made the point that, “entire groups of the baptized have lost a living sense of the faith.” and urged the church to engage in a new evangelization with “ardor, methods, and expressions.” When the Pope urges the church to evangelize he means all of us. All of us are called and sent to participate in the new evangelization. When the Pope of happy memory warns that large groups in our culture have lost a living sense of the faith, that concerns me. As a church universal we are doing well, still over 1.2 billion members, but I am concerned locally. Our numbers at Mass here are steady, but there are so many in our community who don’t come to Mass. That’s where the new evangelization or battle against our secular culture comes in. We need to engage in this together as a concerted effort to always be ready and willing to give witness to Christ and his Church in giving witness to our Catholic faith. We do that by being authentic to who we are, by being Catholic, by following the catechism and the teachings of the Church. The first way we evangelize is by our commitment to living our faith day in and day out. The second way we evangelize is to imitate St. Andrew and St. Philip by sharing our faith with others by telling others about our faith, by bringing others to Christ. We do this by inviting our neighbor to Mass with us, inviting them to confession, holy hour, or to various parish events. In doing so, we give witness to the world of what is important to us. God Bless, Fr. Butler

Fr. Butler’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land that was

scheduled in January has been rescheduled

November 8-18, 2021

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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time • January 17, 2021

Millie Anderson, Suzanne Burton, Patricia Butler, Kathleen Carr, Patrick Doherty, Joann Duffy, Joan Frieders, Sharen Gavin, Michael Geever, Denise Green, Virginia Hann, Margaret Hardekopf, Linda

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SANCTUARY LIGHTS

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GOSPEL MEDITATION

January 17, 2021

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our faith is not just about ideas. It’s really about

having an encounter with God and, in particular,

the Risen Christ! Once we give ourselves over to the

notion of God’s presence, we have to train ourselves

to listen for God’s voice and be attentive to God’s

call. Having companions on our faith journeys is so

incredibly important as they can help us fine-tune

our listening skills and discern God’s voice from

others we may be hearing. Faith is all about having

these profound encounters not only with God but

with our brothers and sisters, and creation itself.

Anyone or anything that is alive with God’s

presence becomes an occasion for God to speak

and call us to deeper graces and experiences.

“Come, and you will see.”

The example and teaching of Jesus, the lives of the

saints, those living among us and those glorified in

heaven, and the wonder and beauty of creation can

all serve to help us listen more clearly and assist in

positioning ourselves for this profound God meet-

ing. It is an encounter that can quickly and easily

lead to a friendship and intimate intertwining of

our souls to their Maker, making a claim on us like

no other. Then, the Word of God moves from being

just a body of ideas to something we simply accept

and do. The person of Jesus Christ swiftly moves

from being just a good prophet in word and deed to

the incarnate presence of God Himself, the Lamb of

God. The voice leads us to the Person behind it.

The Gospel is hard to follow. We can intellectually

debate whether what Jesus said is really what we

are asked to do. The Gospel ideas do not always

make sense in our practical, secular world. The

person of God always does. We can debate the

practicality and sense of ideas and doing so often

keeps the more difficult ones at a safe distance

away from us. Jesus said to love our enemy,

but we really don’t need to do that, our minds try

to convince us. It just doesn’t make sense. Yet, if

we are truly in love with the God who is behind the

voice of those words, they make perfect sense. Our

deep and intimate love of this God would even

find us laying down our lives for Him if necessary.

Speak Lord, your servant is listening.

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parish will be

e-mailed this year

instead of going through the

post office. If you want a

hard copy,

call the office

at 815-498-2010

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January 18-24, 2021 Monday 8:00 am Don Wegener Req by Mary Sidwell Tuesday 8:00 am Jim McMahon Req by Patrick & Anna Doherty Wednesday 8:00 am Dan Brennan Req by Elson-Killebrew Family Thursday 8:00 am Harriet Fanchi Req by Sue Hall Friday 8:00 am Henry Sherman Req by Pat Werner Saturday 5:00pm LaVerne Fox Req by Don & MaryAnn Ehmke Sunday 8:00am Pro Populo People of the Parish 11:00am Don and Jean Wegener Req by St. John the Baptist Religious Education Family

MASS INTENTIONS

LITURGICAL ROLES

JANUARY USHERS

Saturday 5:00 pm N/A

Sunday 8:00 am N/A

11:00 am N/A

FRIDAY, January 22, 2021

Day of Prayer for the Legal

Protection of Unborn Children

Pray Rosary in Church 8:30 am

THE WEEK AHEAD

ALTAR SERVERS

SCRIPTURE READINGS

January 23-24 2021

Saturday 5:00 pm Lector N/A Extraordinary Ministers N/A Sunday 8:00 am Lector N/A Extraordinary Ministers N/A Sunday 11:00am Lector N/A Extraordinary Ministers N/A

January 23-24, 2021

Saturday 5:00 pm N/A

Sunday 8:00 am N/A Sunday 11:00 am N/A

Readings for the week of January 17, 2021 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 [8a, 9a]/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/ Jn 1:35-42 Monday: Heb 5:1-10/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20/Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c [5]/Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25—8:6/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Heb 8:6-13/Ps 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [11a]/Mk 3:13-19 Saturday: Heb 9:2-3, 11-14/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Mk 3:20-21 Next Sunday: Jon 3:1-5, 10/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20