Welcome St. Mel's Catholic Church
4745 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
P.O. Box 1180 Parish Office (916)967-1229 >
www.stmelchurch.org
Pastor: Rev. Father Liam Sweeney
Parochial Vicor: Rev. Father Mauricio Hurtado
Deacons: David Lehman Anthony
Pescetti
Youth Ministry: 916-863-1822
CFF (Religious Faith Foundation of Public School Students)
Classes
for grades 1-8, Monday or Tuesday 4:30-5:30PM
CFF Office Phone: 916-966-4314
24 HOUR
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL
Please sign up today and spend
an hour with our Lord.
May the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar be praised, adored and loved with graceful affection, at every moment in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.; Amen
Find out what the Knights of Columbus is all about-follow this link for more information
Click here for current, upcoming activities
Thinking about a religious vocation: Click
Here
February 5, 2012 - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
God's Perspective, our
following
In the First Reading, we find a contrast to today's Gospel.
Job has lost everything and is emphasizing the futility and fleeting nature
of life. He's searching for relief from his depression and
discouragement. Today's Gospel gives the response: Jesus is the
one who brings healing into our lives.
The Responsorial
calls us to praise the Lord for His goodness.No matter how much we try,
we'll always fail if we rely solely on our own strength. The existence
of all creation depends on Him. He alone is omnipotent and omniscient.
His very naming of the stars is an act of dominion. Yet He reaches
down to sustain the humble. God is not so great as to forget the weak
and powerless. He heals the brokenhearted, gathers the dispersed and
punishes the wicked.
In the Second Reading, St. Paul
addresses life's takers; those who insist on their rights and what they can
get out of life. He explains that true Christianity is recognizing
that since God created us in His image and to be like Him, then our greatest
human and self-fulfillment lies in giving.
Today's Gospel
presents the account of Jesus healing St. Peter's mother-in-law. What
is different here is her appropriate response: she does not
draw attention to herself, but responds to Jesus' graciousness by serving.
When Jesus exorcised demons out of people. He did not allow them to
speak. He knew the crowds would misunderstand His role as Messiah.
He was not a political leader or miracle worker. He came to heal
hearts and call us to conversion. Jesus was not the Messiah people
wanted, but the One they needed. This is why, after praying in the
desert Jesus moved on to other villages to proclaim God's Word to new
listeners.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7, 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23, Mk 1:29-39