Krist se rodio! - St. Jerome - Croatian Catholic Church

Krist se rodio!
Dear friends,
Christmas brings us a clear
message of how good and
wonderful it is to be a human
being, how good it is to be
alive on this Earth, even how
good it is to have a human
body — because in Christ,
God says “yes” to our humanity.
God chose to come as
one of us.
We Franciscans like to
emphasize this divine “yes.”
We like to note that it was in
his becoming a human being
among us that the Son of
God began his saving, redeeming
work. By becoming
a human being, God reached
out to us, to lift us up, and we
are saved by this love.
2,008 years ago God
made it abundantly clear to
us that we human beings are
worthwhile and even sacred
creations of his. Aware of
this, we can live with an everdeeper
joy in this world — in
this holy season and the rest
of our days.
We hope that this Christmas
season will be a time of
lasting interior happiness for
you. Our Savior has come to
us! Our community tries to
connect with this truth! And
we try to share it lovingly with
others. Sharing Christmas joy
is the best gift we can give!
May the day of joy that we
call Christmas bring you happiness,
and may you and your
loved ones receive God’s
strength and blessings in the
2009th Year of Our Lord!
Your Franciscans,
Fr. Joe & Fr. Ivan
Dragi prijatelji!
Božić nam nosi jasnu poruku kako je dobro i
ugodno biti čovjek, kako je dobro živjeti na
ovoj zemlji, kako je dobro imati tijelo. Jer je
Bog u Kristu rekao svoj DA čovještvu.
Mi franjevci po svojoj karizmi kažemo kako
je utjelovljenje, već sada otkupljenje
“Incarnatio redemptio”. To znači da vjerujemo.
Vjerujemo da je problem rješen, da smo
otkupljeni ljubavlju i da možemo poći u svijet i
biti sretni ostatak naših dana. Zato za nas
Božić postaje život, jer je k nama došao onaj
koji nam nosi spasenje.
Želimo da Vam ovaj Božić bude trenutak,
dan, vrijeme, trajanje unutrašnje sreće jer i
nama je pokazan, darovan susret s Bogom
živim. To je zaista dovoljno za radost!
Sretan Vam taj dan radosti koji zovemo
Božić i neka blagoslovi Nove godine budu
trajno u životu vas i onih koje volite!
Vaši franjevci:
fra Ivan i fra Jozo

St. Jerome Parish Christmas Schedule
Božićni raspored 2008.
Thursday, December 18 —
St. Jerome School Christmas program:
Četvrtak, 18. prosinca —
Božićni program škole Sv. Jeronima:
Saturday, December 20 —
Croatian School Christmas program St. Jerome Hall:
Subota, 20. prosinca —
Božićni program - Hrvatska škola kardinal Stepinac -
u dvorani Sv. Jeronima:
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
Sunday, December 21 —
Prepare for Christmas with an evening of Reconciliation.
Several priests will be available for confession.
6:00 P.M.
U nedjelju 21. prosinca s početkom u 6:00 sati navečer bit će
župna ispovijed. Nekoliko svećenika će Vam biti na raspolaganju.
Masses / Mise:
Christmas Eve, December 24 —
Children’s Mass / Misa s djecom
Midnight Mass / Misa polnoćka
Christmas / Božić - December 25
6:00 P.M.
12 Midnight
7:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
11:00 A.M.
New Year’s Eve / Stara godina - December 31, 2008
Mass of Thanksgiving
6:00 P.M.
New Year’s Day / Nova godina - January 1, 2009
7:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
11:00 A.M.