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Weekly
Schedule
Monday,
September 22nd
- Esquipulas
7-9 pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Confirmation
Study 6:30-8:30pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Spanish Bible
Class 7-9:00 pm St. Michael’s
Hall
Tuesday,
September 23rd
- Legion de
Maria 7-8:30 pm
Pilgrimage
- 12 Step Group
7-9 pm St. Gabriel’s
Hall
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm Main
Hall
- Y.L.I. 12-3
pm Main Hall - 2nd Tuesday of the
month
Wednesday,
September 24th
- Our
Lady’s Prayer Group 6-10 pm
Church
- Holy Spirit
Choir Practice 8:00 pm Main
Hall
- Gift Shop
Opens 5:00-9:00 pm
- Women’s
Guild 11:30-1 pm Main Hall - 1st
Wednesday of the month
Thursday,
September 25th
- OE Group 5-6
pm St. Gabriel’s
Hall
- RCIA 7:00 PM
Upper Room
- Legión
de María 7-8:30 pm St.
Gabriel’s Hall
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm Main
Hall
Friday,
September 26th
- La Purisima
6:30-8:30 pm St.
Michael’s
- Grupo de
Jóvenes 7:30-9:30 pm Upper
Room
- St.
Bruno’s Youth Group 7:30-9:30 pm
Upper Room
- Holy Spirit
Choir 9-11 pm Church
Saturday,
September 27th
- CCD 9-11 am
All Rooms
- Gift Shop
Opens 7:00-9:00 pm
Sunday,
September 28th
- Gift Shop
Opens 11:30 am
- Tongan Choir
Practice 2-4 pm St.
Michael’s
- Gift Shop
Opens 6:00-8:30 pm
Readings
for the week of September 22, 2008
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Monday:
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Proverbs
3:27-34; Luke 8:16-18
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Tuesday:
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Proverbs
21:1-6,,10-13; Luke
8:19-21
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Wednesday:
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Proverbs
30:5-9; Luke 9:1-6
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Thursday:
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Ecclesiastes
1:2-11; Luke 9:7-9
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Friday:
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Ecclesiastes
3:1-11; Luke 9:18-22
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Saturday:
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Ecclesiastes
11:9—12:8; Luke
9:43b-45
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Sunday:
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Ezekiel
18:25-28; Matthew
21:28-32
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Your
Contribution / Su
Contribución
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We are
grateful for your consistent
financial support each week.
Please remember us in prayer and
offering even when you are not
able to be
present.
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First
Collection $ 3,127.05
Second Collection $
1,034.67
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Estamos muy
agradecidos por su constante
ayuda financiera. Por favor
recuérdenos en sus
oraciones y ofrendas aún
cuando no pueda estar
presente.
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MASS INTENTIONS
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Saturday,
September
20th
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4:30
PM
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Rufino
Jimenez (Birthday)
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7:00
PM
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Familia
Quintero
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Sunday,
September
21st
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8:00
AM
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Carlos
Dayrit (Birthday)
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10:00
AM
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Familia
Zaragoza Martinez
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Noon
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Dolly
Castro (Birthday)
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6:00
PM
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Rommel T.
Castelo &
Family
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Monday,
September
22nd
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8:00
AM
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Pablo &
Bonifacia Quijones
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6:00
PM
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Home
Instead Employees
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Tuesday,
September
23rd
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8:00
AM
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Aurelio
& Lucy Palad
(Birthday)
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6:00
PM
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+Nicholas
Anaya Cortez
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Wednesday,
September
24th
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8:00
AM
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+Quirino
& Veronica
Punzalan
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Thursday,
September
15th
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8:00
AM
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Gorgonia D.
Marthwaran
(Thanksgiving)
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6:00
PM
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+Jose
Benitez
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Friday,
September
26th
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8:00
AM
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Albert
Olivas (Birthday)
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6:00
PM
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Resurreccion
Velasco
(Thanksgiving)
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Saturday,
September
27th
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8:00
AM
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+Felicisimo
& Pascuala
Aguinaldo
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A
reflection on
the Gospel for
The Twenty
Fifth Sunday in
Ordinary
Time
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We
sometimes
experience
situations like
this one. We
thought we
deserved more
because we
worked harder
and it turns
out we’re
getting
compensated
exactly the
same as
everyone else.
It seems
unfair. The
master in
today’s
parable seems
extravagant in
his generosity.
We can’t
understand that
God’s
logic would
work in such a
manner. Fair is
fair and you
must give
everyone what
they deserve.
What they
deserve? There
are many times
when we see
workers
standing on the
street corners
or gas
stations,
waiting for
someone to pick
them up and
hire them as
day laborers.
Their families
depend on this
day laborers.
Their families
depend on this
day job in
order to be
fed. On those
days that they
are picked up
earlier, they
earn a little
more; on the
days when they
must wait long
hours, filled
with anguish,
they get paid
less. But they
were not
hanging out
idle in the
streets because
they did not
want to work,
on the
contrary.
Fortunately,
God comes into
the picture and
knows exactly
what each
worker
deserves. And
the curious
thing is that
we can also
understand.
Imagine for a
moment that
these workers
are our
husbands,
brothers or
fathers-inlaw.
Wouldn’t
it be wonderful
that their
sleepless
nights were
compensated and
they could
bring home a
little extra
money? What do
they deserve ?
After all, they
were out trying
to earn their
bread.
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Una
reflexión
sobre el
evangelio del
Vigesimo Quinto
Domingo en
Tiempo
Ordinario
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Aveces
hemos vivido
situaciones
así.
Pensábamos
que
merecíamos
más
porque
habíamos
trabajado
más y he
aquí que
nos dan igual
que a los
demás.
No es justo. El
amo de la
parábolade
hoy nos parece
extravagante en
su generosidad.
No entendemos
que la
lógica
de Dios
funcione
así. La
justicia es la
justicia y hay
que darle a
cada uno lo que
merece.
¿Lo que
merecen? Muchas
veces hemos
visto nosotros
a esos
trabajadores
que esperan en
las esquinas o
en las
gasolineras a
que alguien los
llame y les
dé un
contrato para
el día.
De eso depende
que su familia
tenga para
comer ese
día. El
día que
los reciben
pronto, ganan
más. El
día que
esperan muchas
horas, llenos
de angustia,
reciben menos
salarios. Ellos
no estaban en
la calle
ociosos porque
no quisieran
trabajar, sino
por todo lo
contrario. Por
fortuna, Dios
entra en esa
situación
y conoce lo que
de verdad
merecen esos
trabajadores. Y
lo curioso es
que esto lo
podemos
entender muy
bien.
Imaginemos por
un momento que
esos
trabajadores
son nuestros
esposos,
cuñados,
o suegros.
¿No
sería
maravilloso que
se
recompensasen
sus desvelos y
pudieran traer
a casa un poco
más de
dinero?
¿Qué
merecen? Han
estado buscando
el pan,
después
de
todo.
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 the
sick, Maria Olivas,
Vince Jimenez, Angela
Sierro-Brusseau, Jesus
Rodriguez, Frank
Miranda, Pablo Ruiz,
Jorge Chaux, Cordelia
Griffin, Armida
Muñoz, Shirley
Celestine, Travis Barb,
Ted Cuenco, Jose Ibarra,
Zeniada Brion, Guillermo
Villanueva.
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The
Importance of Catechetical
Sunday
Today
we celebrate Catechetical Sunday. This
event is a reminder to parents about their
duty to instruct their children in the
faith. At the baptism of their children,
when they (the children) were but infants
and could not speak for themselves, the
parents accepted the responsibility of
training the children in the practice of
the faith and in keeping God’s
commandment.
They
fulfill this obligation, first all, by the
way they live. Through their examples they
teach the children Christian values such
as hard work, honesty, fairness, charity
and integrity. Also they are expected to
pass on to them basic church teachings: a
loving God who created us; Jesus who died
for our sins; Mary, the Mother of God and
our mother, too; the prayers of the
Church, etc.
To help
parents fulfill this teaching task, the
parish community provides a catechetical
program designed to present the church
teachings in an orderly, intelligible,
interesting and truthful ways. I’m
proud to say that we have adequately
trained and experienced catechists to
handle this challenging
work.
Thus,
the Catechetical Sunday is also an event
that celebrates the ongoing witness and
dedication of catechists or religion
teachers. These individuals freely and
gladly share their time and talent for the
benefit of our children’s religious
formation. In acknowledgement and
gratitude of their services, the CCD
teachers will be recognized, celebrated,
commissioned and prayed for at the 10AM
Spanish mass and the 12Noon English
masses.
Lastly,
Catechetical Sunday also reminds us all
that catechesis is a lifetime ministry. It
opens our hearts to Christ’s love,
inviting us to a deeper relationship with
him and challenging us to become his
faithful disciples spreading His message
of love, unity and peace.
Fr.
Michael Brillantes
Lo
importante que es el Domingo
Catequístico
Hoy
celebramos el Domingo Catequístico.
Este evento es un recordatorio a los
padres de su deber de instruir a sus hijos
de la fe. En el bautizo de sus hijos,
cuando ellos (los hijos) eran bebes y no
podian hablar por si mismos, los papas
aceptan la responsabilidad de la
enseñanza de los niños sobre
practicar la fe y llevar los mandamientos
de Dios.
Ellos
cumplen con esta obligacion, primeramente,
en la manera que viven. Por medio de sus
ejemplos enseñan a los niños
los valores Cristianos, como trabajar
duro, honestidad, justicia, caridad,
integridad. Tambien ellos cuentan con
pasarles la enseñanza basica de la
iglesia: un amoroso Dios que nos creio;
Jesús que murio por nuestros
pecados; Maria, la Madre de Dios y nuestra
Madre, tambien; las oraciones de la
iglesia, ect.
Para
ayudar a los papas con esta tarea, la
comunidad de la parroquia ofrece un
programa catequístico que
enseña las enseñanzas de la
iglesia en orden, inteligible,
interesante, y su camino verdadero. Estoy
orgulloso de decirles que tenemos unas
catequistas adecuadas, entrenadas y con
experiencia que estan dispuesta hacer un
buen trabajo.
Entonces
el Domingo Catequístico es un
evento que celebra y que es testigo de la
continuacion y dedicacion de las
catequistas y maestras de doctrina. Estas
personas que libremente y con gusto
dedican su tiempo libre y comparten sus
talentos para beneficio de nuestros
niños y formacion de la religion.
En reconocimiento y gratitud de sus
servicios, las Maestras de catecismo seran
reconocidas, celebradas, nombradas en
oracion en la misa de las 10AM en la misa
de Español y en la misa de las 12
de medio dia en Ingles.
Por
ultimo, el Domingo Catequístico
tambien nos recuerda a todos que el
ministerio de catequista es para toda la
vida. Nos habre el corazon al amor de
Cristo, invitandonos a una relacion mas
intima con El y es un reto para nosotros
para que seamos unos dicipulos fieles para
compartir el mensaje de Su amor, unidad y
paz.
Padre
Michael Brillantes
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