Father Richard J. Rego, Chaplain
Fr. Isaac Fynn and Fr. David Reinders, Weekend Clergy
PO Box 14257  Tucson, AZ 85732-4257
Office Hours 10:00-12:00 Mon-Fri
Phone: (520) 205-4096 * Fax: (520) 205-4097
Email: frrichardrego@comcast.net
Website:  www.saintgianna.net

“Put on then, as God’s holy and beloved people, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience.  Forgive one another; and if one has a complaint against another, as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also forgive.  And above all these things put on charity, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.  And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.  And always be thankful - - - And whatever you do in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3: 12-15,17).


Latin Mass Schedule                        MASS INTENTIONS        
Daily Mass 12:15 pm                                                
Saturday 8:30 am                                  Sun 6:30 Most Abandoned Souls
Sunday Masses                                      Sun 1:45 Pro Populo
6:30 am, 1:45 pm, 5:00 pm                    Sun 5:00 Kelly & Karish Families
Rosary                            
Sundays 1:30 pm, 4:40 pm                     Mon Special Int
                                                                Tues Intention of Donna Helriegal
Confessions Schedule                              Wed Brent Bohuslav
Mon-Fri 11:am to 12:00 Noon                 Thurs Brent Bohuslav
Saturday 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm                   Friday: Bowman Family
Sunday 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm                     Saturday:  As in St. Ambrose Bulletin
Devotions Schedule                    
Fatima Devotions every                           Readings for Sunday, February 18th
1st Monday of Month 7:00 pm                Introit - - - Ps 30: 3, 4, 2
Saint Joseph Devotions                            Epistle - - ICor 13: 1-13
Wednesday after 12:15 Mass                   Gradual    Ps 76: 15, 16   
                                                                 Tract - - - Ps. 99: 1,2                                                                                         
                                                                  Gospel - -Luke 18: 31-43                                                    
                  


Saints of the Week
Mon, Feb 19 - - - -Feria
Tues, Feb 20 - - - Feria
Wed, Feb 21- - - - Ash Wednesday
Thurs, Feb 22 - -  Chair of Saint Peter
Fri, Fed 23- - - -    Feria of Lent
Sat, Feb 17  - - - - Saint Matthias, Apostle

Special Saint of the Week
Matthias was chosen as an Apostle to replace the betrayer.  He preached the Gospel for more than thirty years and was stoned to death by the Jews in the year 80.

Gospel Words of Jesus Christ
Our Divine Savior 21 And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken away from him. (Mark 4: 21-25)

From the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans
11 So do you also reckon, that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God, in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of justice unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. (Rom 6: 11-15)

Spiritual Thought Of The Week  
Taken from the Introduction to the Devout Life, by Saint Francis De Sales, written in the year 1609, Part One, CHAPTER VII. “Be sure, my daughter, that if you seek to lead a devout life, you must not merely forsake sin; but you must further cleanse your heart from all affections pertaining to sin. For, to say nothing of the danger of a relapse, these wretched affections will perpetually enfeeble your mind, and clog it, so that you will be unable to be diligent, ready and frequent in good works, wherein nevertheless lies the very essence of all true devotion. Souls which, in spite of having forsaken sin, yet retain such likings and longings, remind us of those persons who, without being actually ill, are pale and sickly, languid in all they do, eating without appetite, sleeping without refreshment, laughing without mirth, dragging themselves about rather than walking briskly. Such souls as I have described lose all the grace of their good deeds, which are probably few and feeble, through their spiritual languor.”

From The Imitation Of Christ By Thomas A Kempis
Book Three The Twenty-Sixth Chapter: “My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil self by the sight of some delightful good in the present. Let it not overcome me, my God.  Let not flesh and blood conquer me. Let not the world and its brief glory deceive me, nor the devil trip me by his craftiness. Give me courage to resist, patience to endure, and constancy to persevere. Give me the soothing unction of Your spirit rather than all the consolations of the world, and in place of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Your name.”

From The Teachings Of The Second Vatican Council 
Dei Verbum (On the Word of God): #10 Sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, committed to the Church. Holding fast to this deposit the entire holy people united with their shepherds remain always steadfast in the teaching of the Apostles, in the common life, in the breaking of the bread and in prayers (see Acts 2, 42, Greek text), so that holding to, practicing and professing the heritage of the faith, it becomes on the part of the bishops and faithful a single common effort.   
But the task of authentically interpreting the word of God, whether written or handed on,  has been entrusted exclusively to the living teaching office of the Church, whose authority is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ. This teaching office is not above the word of God, but serves it, teaching only what has been handed on, listening to it devoutly, guarding it scrupulously and explaining it faithfully in accord with a divine commission and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it draws from this one deposit of faith everything which it presents for belief as divinely revealed.  It is clear, therefore, that sacred tradition, Sacred Scripture and the teaching authority of the Church, in accord with God's most wise design, are so linked and joined together that one cannot stand without the others, and that all together and each in its own way under the action of the one Holy Spirit contribute effectively to the salvation of souls.

From The Code Of Canon Law Canon
265 Every cleric must be incardinated either in a particular church or personal prelature, or in an institute of consecrated life or society endowed with this faculty, in such a way that unattached or transient clerics are not allowed at all.

Catechism Of The Catholic Church
#2323 Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed like every other human being.
Ash Wednesday Masses There will be two Masses on Ash Wednesday, 6:30 AM & 12:15 PM.  Ashes will be distributed at both.

SPECIAL NOTICE
Please be advised that donations to Saint Gianna’s can be made through our website: www.saintgianna.net.  By so doing, one can contribute using their credit card.  We appreciate your financial support and also ask your prayers for our continued success.  Also, please note that we are now set up with PaPal so that our parishioners and friends can automatically contribute a designated amount each month toward your support of Saint Gianna’s.  Check our website for details: www.saintgianna.net.

MASS INTENTIONS 
Saint Gianna’s has openings for Mass intentions beginning in April 2007.
WORKSHOP
Our workshop with Father Karl Lenhardt will be on Monday evening, February 12th at 6:30 in Ambrosian Hall.   You are cordially invited to attend and to raise whatever question you wish to ask.

Pope Benedict XVI Prayer Intention For February
 
General - - - - That the earth’s bounty God gave to all people be used wisely and according to the principles of justice and solidarity.

Mission - - - - That the struggle against diseases and the great epidemics in the Third World find in a spirit of solidarity the ever greater generous cooperation of governments.
    
    
    The Gospel for the Mass of the Chair of Peter, celebrated on February 22nd, records Christ's promise to Peter: "Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.  I will entrust to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.  Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matt. 16:18-19).    
    
    The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter is a liturgical reminder of this undeniable reality.  Jesus Christ is "the Head of His body, which is the Church" (Ephesians 5:23).  Our Lord, however, has ascended into heaven; He is no longer with us in His physical presence.  So, He left someone here in His place, someone that we could see and hear.  That someone was Simon Peter.  Jesus Christ made him the visible head of His Church.  
    
    The Pope is the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.  A vicar is one who stands in the place of another and has his full authority.  The Pope has jurisdiction over the whole Church in its beliefs, moral teachings and discipline.  He "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and the whole company of the faithful" (Universal Catechism, N. 882).    
    
    Peter's power did not end with him but is passed on until Jesus comes again.  Thus, Peter lives in his successors, Linus, Sixtus, Gregory, Leo, Benedict, Pius, John, and Paul.  Today, he lives in John Paul II, the Successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome, the Supreme Pontiff and Christ's Vicar on earth.    
    
    The Mass of the Chair of Peter prays: "O God, Who by delivering to Thy blessed Apostle peter the keys of the kingdom, did confer upon him the pontifical power of binding and loosing, grant that by the help of his intercession, we may be freed from the bonds of sin.”
    Despite the Church's prayer, the Holy Father's teaching authority is under violent attack.  Many modern Catholics erroneously equate his teachings with mere opinion.  Some claim that they are free to follow dissenting theologians.  Others insist that individual conscience is supreme even when it conflicts with the teachings of the Church.
    
    John Paul II addressed these errors during his pastoral visit to the United States America in 1987.  He told the American bishops in Los Angeles: "It is sometimes reported that a large number of Catholics today do not adhere to the Church's teachings on many questions, notably sexual and conjugal morality, divorce and remarriage . . . It is sometimes claimed that dissent from the Magisterium is totally compatible with being a "good Catholic" and poses no obstacle to the reception of the sacraments.  This is a grave error that challenges the teaching office of the bishops of the United States and elsewhere."
    
    Let us pray that we practice always the obedience of faith that is required of a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus.



                Father Richard J. Rego, S.T.L.