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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

March 8, 2015


Today’s readings from Holy Scripture challenge us to keep our Covenant agreement with Jesus Christ by becoming people of the New Covenant, loving others as Jesus did, keeping our parish Church holy and felly dedicated to Divine worship and keeping our hearts cleansed, just, holy and pure temples of the Holy Spirit.


Today’s first reading teaches us that the Ten Commandments are the basic of our religious and spiritual life, just as they formed a rule of life for the Israelites because of their Covenant with Yahweh at Mount Sinai.

The Responsorial Psalm depicts the Mosaic Law’s life-enhancing attributes: it refreshes the soul and rejoices the heart; it is pure and true, more precious than gold.

The second reading reminds us that we must preach the Divine folly of the crucified Christ and the spirit of the cross, especially during the Lenten season.

Today’s Gospel gives us the dramatic account of Jesus’ cleansing the Temple of its merchants and money-changers, followed by a prediction of his death and Resurrection.

The synoptic Gospels place the “cleansing of the Temple” immediately after Jesus’ triumphant arrival in Jerusalem on the back of a colt on Palm Sunday, while John places it at the beginning of his Gospel.

Jesus cleansed the Temple which King Herod began to renovate in 20 BC. The abuses which kindled the prophetic indignation of Jesus were the conversion of God’s Temple into a “noisy market place’ by the animal merchants and into a “hideout of thieves” by the money-changers with their grossly unjust business practices – sacrilege in God’s Holy Place.

Jesus’ reaction to this commercialized faith was fierce. Since no weapons were allowed inside the Temple, Jesus had to construct his own weapon, a whip of cords to drive out the merchants and money-changers from the Court of the Gentiles.


We need to avoid a calculating mentality in Divine worship: Our relationship with God must be that of a child to his parent, one of mutual love, respect and a desire for the family’s good, with no thought of personal loss or gain. We are not supposed to think of God as a vending machine into which we put our sacrifices and good deeds to get back His blessings.


Let us remember that we are the temples of the Holy Spirit: we have no right to desecrate God’s temple by impurity, injustices, pride, hatred or jealousy.

Let us cleanse it by asking God’s forgiveness through the sacrament of Reconciliation.

Let us love our parish Church and used it: Let us make our Church a holier place by adding our prayers and songs to our parish worship and offering our time and talents in various ministries.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women and

all Men.


MASS INTENTIONS – March 7 - 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Katheleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Frank Cardoza

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Duncan Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + David De Costa


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

February 28 & March 1, 2015


Plate………………………. $ 1,874.00

EFT……………………….. $ 420.00

Total $ 2,294.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Diocese of Monterey

Annual Ministries Appeal 2015

The Church is the house where the doors are always open not only to welcome everyone in to breathe love and hope, but also so we can take this love and hope outside.

Please help all the people of Diocese of Monterey. Please remember that your parish has a diocesan goal to meet and that anything raised above that goal goes directly to your parish for its important projects. Richard Garcia your Bishop.


Station of the Cross

Fridays at 6:30 p.m. –Soup followed by the Stations of the Cross.



Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be at 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, March 11th

Great conversation and dinner!

At Community Center.

We have very good support for one and another.

All men welcome!!!


Women’Club/Prayer Group

We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m., in the Community Center. Next meeting the Wednesday March 25!

Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community. Please contact Ruth McCormick

ruthmcc@flash.net


Tent of Abraham March 8 2 – 5 PM

Temple Beth El

Holy Cross Catholic Church joins Temple Beth El and the Islamic center of Santa Cruz in sponsoring the Tent of Abraham this Sunday, March 8. The event is free and includes an opportunity for interfaith dialogue, shared prayer, song and food. The keynote speakers are Rabbi Paula Marcus of Temple Beth El, Houcine Ah-med, President of the ICSC and Fr. Cyprian Consiglio, Prior of New Camaldoli Hermitage.

We hope you can join us! For more information, call Ziggy at 831 430.6207



St. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY

Music * Dinner * Drinks

TUESDAY MARCH 17 5:00 – 9:00

Get your Tickets NOW!

Suggested Donations

$25 / Person

$60 / Family

Ann@ROBBLELOTHLAW.COM

408 230.4639



 


SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

March 1, 2015


O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.”


There is a mysterious story in 2 Kings that can help us understand what is happening in the transfiguration.

Israel is at war with Aram, and Elisha, the man of God, is using his prophetic power to reveal the strategic plans of the Aramean army to the Israelites. At first the King of Aram thinks that one of his officers is playing the spy, but when he learns the truth, he dispatches troops to go and capture Elisha who is residing in Dothan. The Aramean troop move in under cover of darkness and surround the city. In the morning Elisha’s servant is the first to discover that they are surrounded and fears for his master’s safety. He runs to Elisha and says, “Oh, my Lord, what shall we do?” The prophet answers

“Don’t be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” But who would believe that when the surrounding mountain side was covered with advancing enemy troops? So Elisha prays, “O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.” Then the Lord opens the servant’s eyes, and he looks and sees the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha (2 Kings 6:8-23).

The vision was all that Elisha’s disciple needed to reassure him. At end of the story, not only was the prophet of God safe but the invading army was totally humiliated.


Jesus is revealed as a glorious figure, superior to Moses and Elijah.

The primary purpose of Jesus’ Transfiguration was to allow him to consult his Heavenly Father and ascertain His plan for His Son’s suffering, death and resurrection.

God’s secondary aim was to make Jesus’ chosen disciples aware of his Divine glory, so that they might discard heir worldly ambitions and dreams of a conquering political Messiah and might be strengthened in their time of trial.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or by appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

and All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS Feb 28 – March 6

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Petr Kocourek

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

+ Teresa Mendoza

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Mary Lou Busch

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Duane Melott

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Petr Kocourek





REPORT SUNDAY

February 21 & 22, 2015


TOTAL PLATE $ 910.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,330.00


The second collection for Maintenance was $ 611.00

Thank you!

Please help us!

God Bless You!


CHOIR CALL

If you’d like to sing or play an instrument in the choir, please give us your ideas. We need you! Questions? Call Norma Hammons @ 353-3326


Would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you!


Men’s Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be at 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, March 18th.

Great conversation starts at 6:30 pm.

And Dinner in the

Community Center

We have very good support for one another.

For more information, contact the Parish.

Every man is welcome!


Stations of the Cross Friday’s

Soup at 6:30 pm. and followed by the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm.




Diocese of Monterey

2015 Annual Ministry Appeal

Over the next few weeks you’ll be hearing about the 2015 Annual Ministry Appeal and how the ministries of the Diocese serve all of us.

The theme AMA this year is

Passing on the treasure of our faith.”

Campus Ministry – Catholic Schools – Catechetical Ministry – Youth and Young Adult Ministry

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.



Preschool Gospel during 10am Mass

First Sunday of every month at 11am: Young Family Social

Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4630 with questions…


St. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY

Music * Dinner * Drinks

TUESDAY MARCH 17 5:00 – 9:00

Supports Children’s Religious Education

Get your Tickets NOW!

Suggested Donation

$ 25 / Person

$60 / Family

Ann@ROBBELOTHLAW.COM

408 230.4639


THIRD SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 15, 2015


The he

aling touch

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

FEBRUARY 22, 2015


Danger of raising a tiger and an alligator as pets.


Antoine Yates lived in New York City in a multistoried apartment building. For some inexplicable reason he brought home a two month-old tiger cub and later a young alligator. It’s not clear where he found them and how he reared them. But they were with him for two years – in his apartment. What was a little tiger cub became a 500 pound Bengal tiger, and the little alligator a frightening monster.


The police got a distress call from Yates about a “dog” bite and when got to the 19-story public housing apartment building, they discovered Yates in the lobby with injuries to his right arm and leg. Someone alerted the police to the possibility of a “wild animal” in his apartment.


A fourth-floor resident informed them that urine had seeped through her ceiling from Yates’ huge cat prowling around in the room. To make a long story short, it took a contingent of officers at the door, and the use of a dart gun by a veterinary doctor to bring the tiger under control.

When finally they entered the apartment, they found the big cat lying unconscious a top some newspapers. A big alligator was nearby guarding his unconscious friend.


Both animals were trapped and relocated to shelters. His own wild pets tried to kill Yates.


That is what happens to those who habitually entertain temptations in the form of evil thoughts and desires.


The Spirit drove JESUS out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.”

(Mark 1: 12-13)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



MASS INTENTIONS February 21 -27

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Frantisek Manhal

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Herb George

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Marcelino Rivas

Friday 8:00 a.m. Claudia Lemay


Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.


During Lent, let us spend the gift of time seeking the wisdom of heart taught by self-sacrifice, so that, dead to sin, we may rise to new life in Christ, in whom death has died.



All Friday’s of LENT we have Soup at 6:30 p.m. and Prayers together with the Stations of the Cross after.


THANK YOU!

To the Men’s Club for the wonderful celebration of Mardi Gras with the Parish Party, last Fat Tuesday you worked very hard and thank you all of you for your presents.

We enjoyed the party!!!



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 14 & 15, 2015

Total Plate $ 1,307.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,727.00

Thank You and God bless you!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith.

For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenio.aramburo@yahoo.com


Every FRIDAY of LENT is a day of ABSTINENCE in the Church!!!



Preschool Gospel during 10am Mass

1st Sunday every month


11am Young Family Social

Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

MountainCatholic.wordpress.org

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4639

With questions


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

And All Men.


ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY

Music * Dinner * Drinks

TUESDAY MARCH 17 5:00 – 9:00

Supports Children’s Religious Education

Get your Tickets NOW!

Suggested Donations

$ 25 / Person

$60 /Family

Ann@ROBBELOTHLAW.COM

408 230.4639


Retrouvaille

4 Stages of Marriage – The 4 stages of marriage are: 1. Romance, 2. Disillusionment, 3. Misery, and 4. Awakening. Many marriages experience the first 3 Stages then end in divorce never making it to the 4th Stage of Awakening to Joy. Don’t give up without learning about and experiencing the 4th Stage of Awakening. If your marriage is in the throes of Disillusionment or Misery, please contact Retrouvaille. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on 1 – 3 May 2015, call: 831.479.1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the website: www.HelpOurMarriage.com


Women’s Club/Prayer Group

We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m., in the Community Center.

Next meeting this Wednesday February 25!

Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community. Please contact Ruth McCormick

ruthmcc@flash.net to get on our email list or ask any questions.


Studies show that babies who are not touched may die. Experts tell us that infants need to be held a lot.

They have a basic need for physical warmth. Marcel Gerber was sent by a United Nations committee to study the effects of protein deficiency on Ugandan children. She found, to her surprise, that Uganda’s infants were developmentally the most advanced in the world. It was only after two years of age that the children began to be seriously damaged by such things as tribal taboos and food shortages. Ugandan infants were almost constantly held by their mothers and mother surrogates. They went everywhere with their mothers.

The physical contact with the mother and the constant movement seemed to be the factors that propelled these infants to maturity beyond Western standards.

Many young parents today understand this principle and make it a practice to massage their infants. That’s a wise practice. We all have a need to be touched. Studies have shown that touching has physiological benefits—even for adults. One researcher made numerous studies on the effects of the practice many Christians recognize called “Lying on of hands.” She discovered that when one person lays hands on another, the hemoglobin levels in the bloodstreams of both people go up, which means that body tissues receive more oxygen, producing more energy and even regenerative power.


Jesus could have healed this man with leprosy simply by speaking, but he reached out and touched him, too. He may have known that this was exactly what this man needed.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All women

And All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS February 14 - 20

Saturday 5:00 p.m. The Walsh Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + The Walsh Family

Wednesday 9:00 a.m. The Parish

7:00 p.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. The Walsh Family


Every Friday of Lent

We have soup, prayer and the Stations of the Cross at 6:00 p.m.

Pray together for all the suffering people around the world!


NEXT SUNDAY February 22nd at

11:30 a.m.

The entire PARISH with MOUNTAIN BIBLE CHURCH

Operation: Care and Comfort Military Care Package Program

No potluck this year


Purchase any portion of any of these items and bring them with you on that day.

Black or white 100% cotton calf high socks

Medicated foot powder

Hand warmers (squeeze to activate)

Food:

Cereal: Oatmeal that can be microwaved, other cereals that can be quickly prepared. Cup of noodles

Snacks. Crackers and cheese. Tuna and crackers. Granola bars. Jerky. Chewing Gum.

No candy / No chocolate

Toiletries:

Sealed containers like those provided in hotels/motels, i.e. shampoo, lotion, etc.

No bar soap. No aerosols

Razors. Feminine Hygiene Products



MARDI GRAS PARISH PARTY!”

Martes de Carnaval”

IT’S HAPPENING….

This Fat Tuesday, February 17th

At 6:00 pm.



Stewardship of Treasure


Report Sunday February 7 & 8, 2015

Total Plate $ 944.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,364.00


We Need Your Support, God bless you!

Not a Terminal Treatment

(Christian life is not) a terminal treatment to keep us quiet until we go to heaven… Christian peace is a restive, not a torpid peace… It impels us, and this is the beginning, the root of apostolic zeal. The love of Christ possesses us, impels us, urges us on with the emotion we feel when we see that God loves us.

Pope Francis


LENT 2015

Make your hearts firm”

(James 5:8)

Lent is a time renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor. 6:2)


ASH WEDNESDAY

February 18, 2015

Masses 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.


Repent and believe in the Gospel


Remember, you are dust, and to dust you will return


Ash Wednesday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church


Meet Young Catholic Families

1st SUNDAY every MONTH

10 am Preschool GOSPEL

11 am Young Family Social

MountainCatholicwordpress.org.



Recycle – Free cycle Men’s Club asks you bring all your cans!!!You give something…you get something.

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 8, 2015


Pause and Be Still!


Several years ago Outdoor World magazine carried a beautiful article by Barry Lopez.


One drizzly morning Barry got up and went off alone, before breakfast, for a walk in the woods.

As he squished through the pines and cedars, he recalled a similar morning in his boyhood, when he saw his grandfather go off alone through these same woods.

When his grandfather returned, little Barry asked him where he had been and what he had done. His grandfather smiled, put his arm around Barry, and said, “Let’s go get some breakfast.”

As Barry continued to walk in the drizzle, he came to a clearing in the woods. There he knelt down and laid his hands flat against the damp earth. It gave him a feeling of being united with all of creation.

Barry recalled how his grandfather told him that if he ever felt lonely, he should go for a walk in the woods, be quiet, and do whatever he felt moved to do, like kneeling down and laying his hands flat against the earth.

Half-an-hour later, when Barry started back to the house, he felt renewed. He felt recharged. Then he remembered why his grandfather used to walk in the woods in the morning.

Barry’s grandmother once told him it was the way his grandfather said his prayers. He would always end up on the other side of the woods, standing on the beach with his hands in his pockets, listening to the ocean.


Today’s gospel indicates that Jesus used to go off by himself to pray also.


One reason why Jesus did this was the same reason why Barry used to do it: to renew himself, to recharge himself.

Mark’s Gospel says Jesus had spent the previous healing people. This exhausted him spiritually.

Healing people drained Jesus of power. In a similar way, working with people drains us of power. That’s why we need to do what Jesus did. We need to recharge ourselves, spiritually.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS February 7 - 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Elaine Frank




Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2015

Total Plate $ 1,414.17

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,834.17


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!

Men’s Club Meeting On Wednesday February 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center. We will have dinner and drinks All men are welcome!

Women’s Club/Prayer Group

We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m., in the Community Center. Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community.

Please contact Ruth McCormick (ruthmcc@flasj.net ) to get on our email list or to ask any questions.


MARDI GRAS PARISH PARTY”

Fat Tuesday!


It's happening

*Tuesday 17, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.*

The Men’s Club invites you, to enjoy good dinner and drinks before Lent begins!



Martes de Carnaval”

Everyone in the parish is welcome!!! Bring friends!!!



Build Care Packages for the Troops

Love INC & Troop Packaging Sunday, February 22


Plan to be at our service to renew our commitments to small actions of Christ’s love that point our neighbors to Him.

After the Mass, we will build Care Packages to send to the troops overseas. This is a joint project with Mountain Bible Church and for potluck lunch and the packing process.

An approved list of items to bring for this cause is on our church website.

Children attending will make homemade cards to go in the packages.

Last year several soldiers sent back notes of gratitude.

The churches use lists provided by the American Red Cross that specify contents. To RSVP or for more information, call Mountain Bible Church at 408-353-2302, email MountainBible.com, call Christ Child Church at 408-353-2210, or email eugenio.aramburo@yahoo.com



Save the Day! Sunday March 15, 2015 Dinner to celebrate Saint Patricts’Day in the Parish, fund raise for the Pre-School!!!


Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions

Offered in Solidarity with Pope Francis


Those prisoners, especially the young, may be able to rebuild lives of dignity.

That marriage people who are separated may find welcome and support in the Christian community.

ry 25, 2015


The management forgives you


J. Edwin Orr, a professor of Church history has described the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the Protestant Welsh Revival of the nineteenth century resulting in real metanoia.

As people sought to be filled with Spirit, they did all they could to confess their wrongdoing and to make restitution. But this created serious problems for the shipyards along the coast of Wales.

Over the years workers had stolen all kinds of things, from wheelbarrows to hammers. However, as people sought to be right with God, they started to return what they had taken, with the result that soon the shipyards of Wales were overwhelmed with returned property.

There were such huge piles of returned tools that several of the yards put up signs that read, “If you have been led by God to return what you have stolen, please know that the management forgives you and wishes you to keep what you have taken.”

In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges each one of us to revive our lives with a true spirit of repentance.


FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 1, 2015


All were amazed and asked one another, ‘What is this?

A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.’

His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.”

(Mark 1: 27-28)


Show him yet papers!”


There is an old story about some linemen who were busy putting up telephone poles through a farmer’s fields. The farmer ordered them off his land, whereupon they showed him a paper giving them the right to plant poles wherever they pleased. Not long afterward a big and vicious bull charged the linemen. The old farmer sat on a nearby fence and yelled: “Show him yet papers, darn ye, show him yet papers!”

To many Christians, Jesus’ authority is only a paper authority. His word is something we study for inspiration, but we really don’t believe that what Jesus teaches applies to our situation. For many of us, Jesus’ authority doesn’t extend to putting a marriage or a family back together. It doesn’t mean curing an addiction or healing a character flaw. Maybe 2,000 years ago he had authority.


The en vogue theory


During a discussion of William Shakespeare, a student asked the old professor about the en vogue theory that Shakespeare did not write the plays ascribed to him. The professor growled, “Young man, if Shakespeare did not write those plays, then they were written by someone who lived at the same time and had the same name!”

It is a sure sign of desperation in the atheistic circles to speak of Jesus as a myth – the idea that Jesus did not even exist, much less conduct a ministry with Divine power and Divine authority as described in today’s Gospel.


We need to approach Jesus for liberation!

We need to use our God-given authority to build up lives!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Pray Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all Men.


MASS INTENTIONS Jan. 31 – Feb. 6

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Frantisek Manhal

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 24 & 25, 2015

Total Plate $1,147.36

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,567.36


Second Collection for Maintenance

Was $ 363.00


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!

Tuesday February 17th 2015


Men’s Club Parish Mardi Grass Party”


FAT TUESDAY CELEBRATION”

The social will be from 6:00 to 6:45 and after Dinner.

Martes de Carnaval”


Before Lent Beings!!!

EVERY ONE IS WELCOME!!!


Men’s Club Meeting

The Wednesday February 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center.

Dinner and drinks.

All Men welcome!

Women’s Club/Prayer Group

We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m., in the Community Center.

Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community.

Please contact Ruth McCormick ruthmcc@flash.net to get on our email list or to ask any questions.

-The Year of the gospel of Mark-

The Jewish Establishment

The polemic against the Jewish leaders and Jewish institutions should be evaluated in its historical and literary context. The most bitter opposition to Jesus in Mark comes not from the bulk of the people and the Pharisees but from the established Temple personnel who were in league with the Romans and themselves considered illegitimate by other Jewish groups (e.g., by the Essenes). The gospel is also written for Christians a generation after the death of Jesus and most likely after the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70. Different Jewish groups and early Christians are claiming to be authentic heirs of the traditions of Israel, and the gospels reflect the bitterness of interreligious strife. Mark also reflects the apocalyptic or deterministic view of history that attributes the rejection of Jesus by his own people to God’s foreordained plan.

(John R. Donahue, S.J. “Mark,” Harper’s Bible Commentary)


The Presentation of the Lord

February 2

Jesus, the King of glory, yet like us in all things, comes to his temple to be a light for all the nations.

Feast of the Meeting”; known also as Candle MAs Day.


Reduce Reuse Recycle - Free cycle

A local on-line re-use group has been formed as part of the world wide Free Recycling Group – check it out at Keeping It Local - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/95033free/


You give something…you get something.


An epitaph to God’s grace


In the small cemetery of a parish church yard in Olney, England, stands a granite tombstone with this inscription: “John Newton, clerk (pastor), once an infidel & Libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was by the rich mercy of our Lord & savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy.”

You may not remember his name, but all of us know the song he wrote as a testimony of his life: Amazing Grace.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and All Men!


MASS INTENTIONS Jan 24 - 30

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Lola Schaefer

+ Frantisek Manhal

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Angelo Lecce

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Friday 8:00 a.m. The Walsh Family




Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 17 & 18, 2015

Total Plate $ 870.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,290.00


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!



This month, January 30 is the 8th Anniversary of the installation of Bishop Richard Garcia as Bishop of Monterey. You may send him a card to 425 Church Street. Monterey, CA 93940 or P.O. Box 2048 Monterey, CA 93942.

Please prayer for our Bishop!!!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


January 25

One Weapon

Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

St. Paul has but one weapon; the message of Christ and the gift of his entire life for Christ and for others. It is precisely this readiness to lay himself open, personally, to be consumed for the sake of the Gospel, to make himself all things to all people, unstintingly, that gives him credibility and builds up the Church.

Pope Francis

Would people know that you are a Christian by your daily example?

In what one area can you grow so that your daily life witnesses to your faith?


Men’s Club”

Wednesday February 11th at 6:30 p.m. Community Center, and 7:00 p.m. Dinner.



Safety Message

Parents and Caregivers of children: When you and your children are attending Mass or any other events at the parish, please keep your child with you at all times. If your child needs to leave the building, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.


Women’s Club/Prayer Group

Come join Christ Child’s growing women’s club. We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m. In the Community Center, so our next meeting will be January 28th. Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community. Please contact Ruth McCormick

( ruthmcc@flash.net ) to get on our email list or to ask any questions. If you’d like to bring a snack to share that’s fine but not obligatory!!!


WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

The 2015 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance of the Church. Please pick up your box if you had one last year.

I thank you for your support and generosity. God bless you, Fr. Eugenio


Reduce Reuse Recycle - Free cycle

A local on-line re-use group has been formed as part of the world wide Free Recycling Group – check it out at Keeping It Local - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/95033free/

You give something…you get something.

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Januar


SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 18, 2015


Today’s theme is Divine vocation.

Everyone is called by God to be something, to do something for others with his life and with his unique gifts. Hence, today’s readings remind us of our personal and corporate call to become witnesses for the Lamb of God and to lead lives of holiness and purity. We are told that each of us, as a Christian, is personally called to discipleship, which demands an ongoing response of commitment.

The first reading describes how Lord God called Samuel to His services. The boy Samuel responded to God promptly, as instructed by his master and mentor, Eli, saying, “Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening.” Hence, God blessed him in the mission entrusted to him, and Samuel became an illustrious figure, ranking with Moses and David, as a man of God.

In the Responsorial Psalm, the psalmist sings, “Behold, I come to do Your will,” voicing his recognition that his vocation has called him to obedience to what God has commanded him to do.

In the second reading, we listen to St. Paul speaking to us, too, as he reminded his readers that they had a Divine call, a call to holiness. He argued that Christian had to keep their bodies pure and their soul holy because in Baptism they had become parts of Christ’s Body and the temples of the Holy Spirit.

In the gospel, John the Baptist introduced Jesus to two of his disciples as the, “Lamb of God.” They followed Jesus to His residence, accepting his call to “come and see.” They went with Him and stayed with Him, that day. Then Andrew brought his brother, Simon, to Jesus, introducing Jesus to him as the Messiah. Thus, today’s Gospel describes the call of the first apostles.

Our Christian call is to live and die like the Lamb of God.

Our call is tore build broken lives.

Our call is to bear witness to the Lamb of God.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


January 19, Monday: The birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. Pray for the end of racial discrimination…

MASS INTENTIONS January 17 - 23

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Ken Gerry

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh



Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

And All Men!


Stewardship of Treasure

Collection:

Collection on January 10 & 11, 2015

$ 949.00

EFT $ 420.00

Total $1,369.00

Thank you and God bless you…


January 22 Thursday

On this day following the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade (1973)

All dioceses of the United States shall observe a


Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

All parishioners, religious, students, deacons and priests are enthusiastically encouraged to attend the annual Respect Life Mass on January 22, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Madonna Del Sasso Church Pro-Cathedral, 320 E. Laurel Drive in Salinas. The most Revered Richard J. Garcia will be presiding. This is the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision making abortion legal.

Bishop Garcia will discuss a number of areas of concern regarding respect for all human life from conception to natural death and the need to promote a Culture of Life in our personal and communal are of influence.




WALK FOR LIFE WEST COAST

JANUARY 24

The Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco is Saturday, January 24, 2015. All people from Monterey Diocese are cordially invited to attend. The walk will begin at the Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 pm and after the Rally, will proceed down Market St. to Justin Herman Plaza.

There is a bus leaving from Resurrection Church in Aptos, CA. Those wishing to leave from there please contact

Deacon Patrick Conway 831.840.3750 VOICE/TEXT to make a reservation.


WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

The 2015 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance of the Church. Please pick up your box if you had one last year.

If you would like to have a box, please fill out a form, take the next box number and put that number in the box line. I thank you for your support and generosity. God bless you, Fr. Eugenio


WOMEN’S CLUB/ PRAYER GROUP

Come join Christ Child’s growing women’s club. We meet the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-8 p.m. In the Community Center, so our next meeting will be January 28th. Our focus is social and spiritual at the same time; get to know our faith and each other better so that we can better serve the needs of our community. Please contact Ruth McCormick ( ruthmcc@flash.net ) to get on our email list or to ask any questions. If you’d like to bring a snack to share that’s fine but not obligatory!!!




y 4, 2015


The face of God


2015: The Year of LOVE


We are coming to the end of the year when holiday celebrations overshadow the ongoing realities of war, poverty and violence. For a moment the good cheer (and good spirits) lighten our hearts and dull our worried minds. Life is good when it is celebrated with friends and family at Christmas and, in many ways, this time of celebration nourishes us for the New Year ahead. December 25 is like hitting the pause button on your computer or television and saying – Wow! It reminds us that we are deeply relational beings; that community and love bind us in ways that transcend our differences; that a shared life is possible.


As we look toward a New Year, I would like to declare 2015 the Year of Love. I do not mean love as sentiment or emotion but love as the highest good, the deep relationally of being itself.


Love is the energy of union, the space between hearts where forgiveness, compassion, joy, thanksgiving and peace flourish in the birthing of oneness. I want to proclaim 2015 as the Year of Love because we are inwardly bone dry and it is time to return the deepest energy of life itself, namely, love. “Love,” Teilhard de Chardin wrote, “is the physical structure of the universe.” Love is present, he said, from the Big Bang onward: “Even among the molecules, love is the building power that works against entropy, and under its attraction the elements feel their way toward union.”

Ilia Delio Dec. 31, 2014

Read the full story at Global Sisters Report.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

And All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS January 3 – 9, 2015

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Sabina Eves

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Schaner Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mark Wals

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mark Wals


The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world.

The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.

Stewardship of Treasure

Christmas $ 3,080.00


December 27 & 28, 2014

Total $ 1,032.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,452.00


Thank you and God bless your generosity!


The Food Pantry needs you

Did you remember to bring an offering for the Holy Cross Food Pantry… Please bring food every Sunday. Thank You!


Check out our Website We would like to invite and encourage everyone to take a look at our Parish website at www.christchild.org

Information about parish ministries, helpful links and calendars are available on this site.

Thank you Paul!!!


Men’s Club Meeting

This Wednesday, January 14, at 6:30 p.m. In the Community Center.

Are you an Adult?

And would you like to be Catholic, Confirmed, or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage. For confidential information about, or to register for the January program beginning with a weekend on Jan 16 – 18, 2015 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


We Need Your Support

The 2015 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance to the CHURCH.

Please pick up your box if you had one for last year.

God bless you,

Fr. Eugenio


THANK YOU!

Season of ADVENT and CHRISTMAS, full of HOPE and JOY!

Thanks to the many brothers and sisters, who worked with great dedication to make it all happen - music, art, flowers, money, talent and children in the procession of Christmas Eve and also to Santa Claus.

May God bless and reward you with many gifts.

-Fr. Eugenio and the entire Parish!

Gracias”



The Gaze of the Lord

I ask you: How do you abide in the presence of the Lord? When you visit the Lord, when you look at the tabernacle, what do you do? With -out speaking… “But I speak, I talk, I think, I meditate, I listen…” Very good! But do you let yourself be looked at by the Lord? Letting ourselves be gazed upon by the Lord. He looks at us this is itself a way of praying. Do you (let) yourselves be gazed upon by the Lord? But how do you do this? You look at the tabernacle and you let yourselves be looked at… it is simple! “It is a bit boring, I fall asleep.” Fall asleep then, sleep! He is still looking at you. But know for sure that he is looking at you!

Reflection: Spend some time in the Lord’s gaze. How does he view you? What does he think about your life?


-POPE FRANCIS






SECOND SUNDA


FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 21, 2014



THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH

December 28, 2014


Family life is rooted in the unconditional love of God as witnessed by the Holy Family.


Today our gaze on the Holy Family lets us also into the simplicity of the life they led in Nazareth. It is an example that does our families great good, helping them increasingly to become communities of love and reconciliation, in which tenderness, mutual help, and mutual forgiveness is experienced.

Let us remember the three key words for living in peace and joy in the Family:

May I,” “Thank you” and “sorry.”

In our family, when we are not intrusive and ask “may I,” in our family when we are not selfish and learn to say “thank you,” and when in a family one realizes he has done something wrong and knows how to say “sorry,” in that family there is peace and joy. Let us remember these three words. Can we repeat them all together: may I, thank you, sorry.

I would also like to encourage families to become aware of the importance they have in the Church and in society.

The proclamation of the Gospel, in fact, first passes through the family to reach the various spheres of daily life.

Let us fervently call upon Mary Most Holy, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, and St. Joseph her spouse. Let us ask them to enlighten, comfort and guide every family in the world, so that they may fulfill with dignity and peace the mission which God has entrusted to them.

-Pope Francis


Greenfield 2014

50 Families

242 Happy indiduals


In the past 11 years we’ve brought Christmas joy to the families at Holy Trinity Church in Greenfield. Many thanks to all of you who have helped out with food, money, cookies, gifts, hand knitted scarves, positive energy, and gently used toys, books, sweaters and jackets. Every year I am amazed at your generosity, love and spirit for our friends at Greenfield.


Special thanks go to the Greenfield team that plans and organizes for us, Fr. Eugenio for his leadership, Pat and Chuck McCrery for their moral support and shopping expertise, Caralie Olsen for organizing the food donations and baking hundreds of cookies, and Andrea and Joe Bruna with Greg and Ann Marie Kirkham for the collection and sorting of the donated items for the cost drive.


This is a wonderful time to be a part of the Christ child Family and to bring Christ’s love to our friends in Greenfield during this Christmas season.

God bless all of you, -Karen Joesten

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

And all Men


MASS INTENTIONS Dec. 27 – Jan 2

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Scott Rains

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Schaner Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Richard Daum

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Frantisek Manhal

Thursday 10:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Friday 8:00 a.m. Schaner Family

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday December 20 & 21, 2014


Total Plate $ 1,131.86

EFT 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,551.86


Second Collection for maintenance was

$ 564.00

God bless your generosity!


THURSDAY January 1st 2015

The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord

MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

Mass at 10:00 a.m.

New Year’s Day, World Day of Prayer for Peace

(Holy day of Obligation in California)


Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Men’s Club Meeting and Dinner

At 6:30 p.m. We have very good support for one another. Every man WELCOME!!!

Retrouvaille

A Life for Marriage

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in their marriage. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 100’s couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on Jan 16-18, 2015 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCa.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

12th ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE INTERFAITH VIGIL FOR PEACE: Holy Cross Church is once again hosting an opportunity to gather with people of all faiths for an evening of silence, meditation, walking the Labyrinth and listening to sacred scripture and readings from universal wisdom traditions, Sponsored by Sangha Shantivanan. The Evening will begin on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM at Holy Cross Parish Hall, in Santa Cruz. All are welcome to participate at any time during the three hours of this vigil.



PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: WOMEN’S GUILD RETREAT ON FEBRUARY 12. All Guild members $ interested women of the parish are invited to attend a Thursday retreat, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM, with Sister Molly Neville SNJM, recognized retreat & spiritual director, who will celebrate our call to discipleship in the world. Fr. Ron Shirley has graciously agreed to say mass after lunch. To view the beautiful Villa Maria del Mar facility on the internet, go to villamariadelmar.org. Registration is $35, which include lunch. For event information, contact Nancy McNulty, Guild Spirituality Chair, at 831.438.0789

CHRISTMAS


Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those who he favors.

Luke 2:14


Dear brothers and sisters,


I take up the song of the angels who appeared to the shepherds in Bethlehem on the night when Jesus was born. It is a song which united heaven and earth, giving praise and glory to heaven, and the promise of peace to earth and its entire people.

I ask everyone to share in this song: it is a song for every man or woman who keeps watch through the night, who hopes for a better world, who cares for others while humbly seeking to do his or her duty.

Glory to God!

Above all else, this is what Christmas bids us to do: give glory to God, for he is good, he is faithful, he is merciful. Today I voice my hope that everyone will come to know the true face of God, the Father who has given us JESUS. My hope is that everyone will feel God’s closeness, live in his presence, love him, and adore him.

May each of us give glory to God above all by our lives, by lives spent for love of him and of all our brothers and sisters.

Peace to mankind!

True peace – we know this well – is not a balance of opposing forces. It is not a lovely “façade” which conceals conflicts and divisions. Peace calls for daily commitment, but making peace is an art, starting from God’s gift, from the grace which he has given us in JESUS CHRIST.

Looking at the Child in the manger, Child of peace, our thoughts turn to those children who are the most vulnerable victims of wars, but we think too of the elderly, to battered women, to the sick… Wars shatter and hurt so many lives!

Grant peace, dear Child, too many places of suffering and death, inspire them to lay down arms and undertake the path of dialogue… Bless the land where you chose to come into the world, and grant a favorable outcome to the peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Heal the wounds of the beloved country of Iraq, once more struck by frequent acts of violence.

Lord of life, protect all who are persecuted for your name, Grant hope and consolation to the displaced and refugees, especially in the many place the people in suffering…

Child of Bethlehem, touch the hearts of all those engaged in human trafficking, that they may realize the gravity of this crime against humanity. Look upon the many children who are kidnapped, wounded and killed in armed conflicts, and all those who are robbed of their childhood, innocent hearts in the abuse or and forced to become soldiers…

Dear brothers and sisters, today, in this world, in this humanity, is born the SAVIOUR, who is CHRIST the LORD. Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us not fear this. Let us not fear that our hearts be moved. We need this! Let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God ‘caresses do not harm us. They give us peace and strength. We need his caresses. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God’s goodness.

Pope Francis


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all Men.


MASS INTENTIONS Dec 20 – Jan 2

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Katherine Hanley

+ Carmen Hench

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Don & Gail Hanley

+ Charlie García

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Schaner Family

Wednesday 5:00 p.m. All Families

Thursday 10:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Schaner Family


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday December 13 & 14, 2014


Total Plate $ 1,266.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,686.00

Thank you for your support!

THANKS

You’re one of those people who just do nice things, and that means so much… So thank you for sharing this kindness with us – And making our day as bright as can be!

You help so many people in our community of the Holy Trinity Church. We thank God for blessing you with such generous hearts. May God continue to bless you and your families.

Flora, Dalia, Josefina, Natty, Silvia, Velias, Balbina and all the families wish you a merry Christmas! Muchas gracias!


Retrouvaille

A Life for Marriage

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in their marriage. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 100’s couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on Jan. 16 -18, 2015 call

831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCa.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


To know JESUS CHRIST to celebrate him as our SAVIOR, love him as our BROTHER, trust him as our FRIEND, worship him as our KING, and live every day to his glory these are the greatest gifts we could ever be given.

Remembering you with a prayer that CHRISTMAS and all the seasons of your life will be rich in the gifts that are ours in JESUS CHRIST! Merry Christmas!

Y OF ADVENT

December 7, 2014


Address of Pope Francis to the European Parliament

25 November 2014

Today, the promotion of human rights is central to the commitment of the European Union to advance the dignity of the person, both within the Union and in its relations with other countries. This is an important and praiseworthy commitment, since there are still too many situations in which human being are treated as objects whose conception, configuration and utility can be progra

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 14, 2014


Continue the Address of Pope Francis to the European Parliament


To speak of transcendent human dignity thus means appealing to human nature, to our innate capacity to distinguish good from evil, to that “compass” deep within our hearts, which God has impressed upon all creation. Above all, it means regarding human beings not as absolutes, but as being in relation. In my view, one of the most common diseases in Europe today is the loneliness typical of those who have no connection with other. This is especially true of the elderly, who are often abandoned to their fate, and also in the young who lack clear points of reference and opportunities for the future. It is also in the many poor who dwell in our cities and in the disorientation of immigrants who came here seeking a better future.

This loneliness has become more acute as a result of the economic crisis, whose effects continue to have tragic consequences for the life of society. In recent years, as the European Union has expanded, there has been growing mistrust on the past of citizens towards institutions considered to be aloof, engaged in laying down rules perceived as insensitive to individual people, if not downright harmful. In many quarters we encounter a general impression of weariness and aging, of a Europe which is now a “grandmother,” no longer fertile and vibrant. As a result, the great ideas which once inspired Europe seem to have lost their attraction, only to be replaced by the bureaucratic technicalities of its institutions.

Together with this, we encounter certain rather selfish lifestyles, marked by an opulence which is no longer sustainable and frequently indifferent to the world around us, and especially to the poorest of the poor. To our dismay we see technical and economic questions dominating political debate, to the detriment of genuine concern for human beings. Men and women risk being reduced to mere cogs in a machine that treats them as items of consumption to be exploited, with the result that – as is so tragically apparent – whenever a human life no longer proves useful for that machine, it is discarded with few qualms, as in the case of the sick, of the terminally ill, the elderly who are abandoned and uncared for, and children who are killed in the womb.

This is the great mistake made “when technology is allowed to take over; the result is a confusion between ends and means.” It is the inevitable consequence of a “throwaway culture” and an uncontrolled consumerism. Upholding the dignity of the person means instead acknowledging the value of human life, which is freely given us and hence cannot be an object of trade or commerce. As members of this Parliament, you are called to a great mission which nay at time seem an impossible one: to tend to the needs, the needs of individuals and people. To tend to those in need takes strength and tenderness, effort and generosity in the midst of a functionalistic and privatized mindset which inexorably leads to a “throwaway culture.”

To care for individuals and people in need means protecting memory and hope; it means taking responsibility for the present with its situations of utter marginalization and anguish, and being capable of bestowing dignity upon…



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS December 13 - 19

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Anne Fialho

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Judith Troutman

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

+ Carmen Hench

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Sheila O’Regan

+ Harry Nisbet



Stewardship of Treasure


Report Sunday December 6 & 7, 2014


Total Plate $ 1,822.15

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 2,242.15


God bless your generosity…!




CHILDREN who want to be in the Christmas Eve Pageant: please stay after Mass next Sunday, December 21 for rehearsal and to pick up costumes. Thank you!


PARISH CHRISTMAS PARTY

TODAY, SUNDAY after the 10 a.m. Mass!!

May the glory of the first Christmas remain in your heart throughout the New Year

2015

You and your loved ones will be remembered in the celebration of the Mass on Christmas Day.

The Christmas Season

December 24 -Wednesday


VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS Mass

At 5:00 p.m.


December 25 - Thursday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Mass at 10:00 a.m.


All flowers in the church this year are in honor of you and especially for the children in the Parish and young people!!!


Think about Separation or Divorce? Is your marriage or that of a relative or friend heading for divorce? Do you know how to save that marriage? Or do you feel helpless? Retrouvaille is designed to help troubled marriages regain their health. It helps spouses uncover or re-awaken the love, trust and commitment that originally brought them together. The program is highly successful in saving hurting marriages, even bringing reconciliation to couples who have already separated or divorced.


For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on January 16-18, 2015 call 831 479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

mmed, and who can then be discarded when no longer useful, due to weakness, illness or old age.


In the end, what kind of dignity is there without the possibility of freely expressing one’s thought or professing one’s religious faith? What dignity can there be without a clear juridical framework which limits the rule of force and enables the rule of law to prevail over the power of tyranny? What dignity can men and women ever enjoy if they are subjected to all types of discrimination? What dignity can a person even hope to find when he or she lacks food and the bare essentials for survival and, worse yet, when they lack the work which confers dignity?


Promoting the dignity of the person means recognizing that he or she possesses inalienable rights which no one may take away arbitrarily, much less for the sake of economic interests.


At the same time, however, care must be taken not to fall into certain errors which can arise from a misunderstanding of the concept of human rights and from its misuse. Today there is a tendency to claim ever broader individual rights – I am tempted to say individualistic; underlying this is a conception of the human person as detached from all social and anthropological contexts, as if the person were a “monad,” increasingly unconcerned with other surroundings “monads.” The equally essential and complementary concept of duty no longer seems to be linked to such a concept of rights. As a result, the rights of the individual are upheld, without regard for the fact that each human being is part of a social context wherein his or her rights and duties are bound up with those of others and the common good of society itself.


I believe, therefore, that it is vital to develop a culture of human rights which wisely links the individual, or better, the personal aspect, to that of the common good, of the “all of us” made up of individuals, families and intermediate groups who together constitute society. In fact, unless the rights of each individual are harmoniously ordered to the greater good, those rights will end up being considered limitless and consequently will become a source of conflicts and violence…


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all Men.


MASS INTENTIONS December 6 - 12

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

+ Kathleen Stacey

Monday 8:00 a.m. All Families

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Judith Troutman

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Schaner Family

7:00 p.m. All Families

December 12, 2014 Friday

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Today’s feast recalls the apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tepeyac from 9 to 12 December, 1531 to the native convert,

Juan Diego; know to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope (or de Guadalupe in Spanish), meaning “she will crush the serpent of stone.”

Mass at 7:00 p.m.

Hot chocolate” after the mass


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday Nov. 29 & 30, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,103.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,523.00


Second Collection for Maintenance was

$ 402.35

11th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Saturday Dec 13 @ 9 AM Caravan to Greenfield to deliver gifts.

Contact Fr. Eugenio (353-2210) or Karen Joesten (353-2020) if you need special arrangements.


We appreciate the wonderful response to the Annual Coat Drive. We’re doing great but need to obtain more women’s and children’s coats and jackets.

Thank you for the effort.

Thank you and May God bless you.


The Food Drive last November 22 & 23 we collected $949.10 to give to the persons in need. Gracias!!!


Christmas

December 24 – Wednesday

VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS Mass

At 5:00 p.m.


December 25 - Thursday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Mass at 10:00 a.m.


SUNDAY DECEMBER 14th AFTER THE MASS AT 10:00 a.m.

Celebrate the Parish’s Christmas

Please come and enjoy sharing your favorite foods with others and party!!!


CHRISTMAS FLOWER

ENVELOPES AVAILABLE

Christmas flower donation envelopes are available in the entrance of the church. Please take one, print clearly the names of your deceased loved ones and return to us. Memorial names will be posted in the bulletin.





FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

November 30, 2014


Address of Pope Francis to the European Parliament

Strasbourg, France

Tuesday, 25 November 2014


I thank you for inviting me to address this institution which is fundamental to the life of the European Union, and for giving me this opportunity to speak, through you, to the more than five-hundred million citizens whom represent the twenty-eight Member States. I am especially grateful to you, Mr. President, for your warm words of welcome in the name on the entire assembly…

As the European Union has expanded, the world itself has become more complex and ever changing; increasingly interconnected and global, it has, as a consequence, become less and less “Eurocentric”. Despite a larger and stronger Union, Europe seems to give the impression of being somewhat elderly and haggard, feeling less and less a protagonist in a world which frequently regards it with aloofness, mistrust and even, at times, suspicion.


In addressing you today, I would like, as a pastor, to offer a message of hope and encouragement to all the citizens of Europe.

It is a message of hope, based on the confidence that our problems can become powerful forces for unity in working to overcome all those fears which Europe – together with the entire world is presently experiencing. It is a message of hope in the Lord, who turns evil into good and death into life.

It is a message of encouragement to return to the firm conviction of the founders of the European Union, who envisioned a future based on the capacity to work together in bridging divisions and in fostering peace and fellowship between all the people of this continent. At the heart of this ambitious political project was confidence in man, not so much as a citizen or an economic agent, but in man, in men and women as persons endowed with transcendent dignity.

I feel bound to stress the close bond between these words: “dignity” and “transcendent”.

“Dignity” was a pivotal concept in the process of rebuilding which followed the Second World War. Our recent past has been marked by the concern to protect human dignity, in contrast to the manifold instances of violence and discrimination which, even in Europe, took place in the course of the centuries. Recognition of the importance of human rights came about as the result of a lengthy process, entailing much suffering and sacrifice, which helped shape an awareness of the unique worth of each individual human person. This awareness was grounded not only in historical events, but above all in European thought, characterized as it is by an enriching encounter whose “distant springs are many, coming from Greece and Rome, from Celtic, Germanic and Slavic sources, and from Christianity which profoundly shaped them”, thus forging the very concept of the “person”…

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all Men.


MASS INTENTIONS Nov. 29 – Dec 5

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Josephine O’Makar

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Andrew & Luella

Demens

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Robert Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + David B. Vaughan


Today, the First Sunday of Advent, November 29 & 30, in the Mass we have the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

Friday December 6 at 6:00 p.m.




The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday December 8 at 8:00 a.m.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 22 & 23, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,120.65

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,540.65

Thank you! And God bless you in your generosity

11th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Did you miss adopting a Greenfield family?

Contact Karen at 408-375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net. Consider a cash donation or gift card. We are also collecting gently used toys, books, and stuffed animals. All gifts should be dropped off at Christ Child no late than

11 am on Sunday, Dec. 7th.


STRUDEL SALE

Christmas STRUDEL sign up will take place after Mass Today Nov. 29 & 30 Strudel will be ready to be picked up after up Mass on Dec. 13/14

Contact Gina Boisvert at 408 656-7677


Christmas Cantata

Mark your calendar for a fun night of Christmas singing with the Mountain Churches on Saturday December 6th at 7 p.m. at the Mormon Church across the street.

If you need more information you can call Norma at 408-353-3326


SUNDAY DECEMBER 14th AFTER THE MASS AT 10:00 a.m.

CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE PARISH!!!


CHRISTMAS

December 24 Wednesday

VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS Mass at 5:00 p.m.


December 25 Thursday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass at 10:00 a.m.




THE DEDICATION OF

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

November 16, 2014


Insight from a fourth-century crisis


OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE KING

(34th and the last Sunday of

Ordinary Time)

November 23, 2014


On the last Sunday of the liturgical year the church celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. This Sunday helps us to look towards our future, our final destiny, when Jesus will return in glory for the final judgment and award to reach the reward or punishment.


The Solemnity of Christ the King is a newer feast in the Catholic Church. The feast of Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and is observed on the last Sunday of the liturgical year as it helps us to meditate on Christ the King and Lord and also on the second and Final Coming of Christ, the Last Judgment, and the end of the world.


The Pontiff was witness to a turbulent time in the world’s history. The First World War had just come to an end. Secularism was on the rise and dangerous dictatorships were emerging in Europe and beyond. The faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies.


Today’s Reading from the Gospel of Matthew tells us that Jesus is going to come in his glory with all the angels. He will sit on the throne of his glory to judge people. All the nations will be gathered before him and he will separate the sheep from the goats…For when I was hungry, you gave me food. When I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me. When I was naked, you gave me clothing… Thus the Gospel echoes the eternal divine love and the justice of our King. He will show his eternal love to those who have shown love in this world. He will show his eternal justice against those who have failed to live a righteous life. Divine justice shall favor those who have been persecuted because of their living faith in Christ…



Christus vincit!

Christus regnat!

Christus imperat!




We need to surrender our lives to Christ’s rule: Since Christ, our king, lives in our hearts with His Holy Spirit and His Heavenly Father, and fills our souls with His grace; we need to learn to live in His Holy Presence, doing His will by sharing His forgiving love with others around us. We need to be constantly aware of His Presence in the Bible, in the Sacraments and in the worshipping community.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish:

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

And All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS November 22 - 28

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Scott Rains

Schanner Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Jose Refugio

Villalobos

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Thursday 9:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Friday 8:00 a.m. Schanner Family


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 15 & 16, 2014

Total Plate $ 714.11

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,134.11


Second Collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development was $ 111.00


God bless your generosity, you make a difference in the Parish. Thank you!


Christmas Cantata

Mark your calendar for a fun night of Christmas singing with the mountain churches on Saturday December 6th at 7 p.m. at the Mormon Church across the street.

If you need more information please you can call Norma at 408-353-3326

11th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Did you miss adopting a Greenfield family? Contact KAREN at 408-375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net.

Consider a cash donation or gift card. We are also collecting gently used toys, books and stuffed animals. All gifts are dropped off at Christ Child no later than 11 am on Sunday, Dec. 7th.


STRUDEL SALE

We are taking orders this week-end and give to you for Christmas: small and large ones this year. Large $30 and Small ones $25

Great for holiday gifts!

Delicious way of supporting our Church!

Questions & Phone Orders… Contact Gina Boisvert at 408 656-7877 or order after Mass.


ADVENT 2014

Events for the Parish:

Please join us for the 2012 Greenfield Coat Drive!!!

Any gently used coats, jackets, or vests are appreciated. All sizes are needed. Collection box is located in the foyer. For information contact Joe & Andrea 408 353-3101

First Sunday of Advent: November 29 and 30 Saturday & Sunday during mass

Anointing of the Sick

Mass of Immaculate Conception Monday December 8 at 8:00 a.m. Mass.

Not a Holy day of obligation!

December 13 Deliver gifts to Greenfield. Meet at Christ Child at 9AM and leave by 9:30

Sunday December 14 after the Mass at 10:00 a.m. CHRISTMAS PARTY!




My Table Is Spread Synod on the Family


I’m thinking about the Donatist controversy these days because I see a relevance to the Synod of Bishops on the family and the current question of reconciliation for divorced and remarried Catholics. The Donatists, like the faithful divorced and remarried (by which I mean people still coming to Mass, praying and living as Catholic, though barred from receiving the sacraments), were not separated from the church on the grounds of heresy, but of discipline. The Donatists wanted a church uncontaminated by serious sin, and there’s nothing heretical about that; it’s just impossible.

I like to imagine myself one of the faithful of the fourth-century Diocletian persecution, one of those who die rather than bow down before Roman gods or surrender sacred texts to be burned, but I know better.

Having survived, I would have faced the painful moment when we reassembled to worship. There, the woman widowed and the children orphaned. Me with my family safely by my side. There, the priest who stood beside me, surrendering whatever the authorities asked. Here, the place where his martyred brother priest stood, vacant, the empty space filled with accusations and questions.

In that time, the Donatists were the one who had remained faithful and held that lapsed priests were not able, because of their apostasy, to preside at the sacraments. As the Donatist Bishop Primian said, “The sons of the martyrs and the brood of traditores can never meet.”

In our time, it is the church that holds that divorced and remarried Catholic are not able to receive Communion because their irregular marriages place them outside the sacraments.

After the persecution ended, the breach remained. And the church had to ask: What to do with those who fell? How could a lapsed priest have authority over his flock? As Henry Chadwick writes, “Sanctity could easily merge into separation and censoriousness.” He also points out, “In the debate about restoration, scripture could be quoted both for rigor and for mercy.”

So there were two breaches to be healed. The first was to find a way to bring the traditores back into the fold. The second was to find a way to find a way to bring the ones who stood firm back into relationship with their fallen and restored brethren. It was like trying to get the prodigal son home and into clean clothes, and then get the older son to join in the homecoming party.

When the church confronted the first issue, it took a look at the various kinds of betrayal. Some had handed over sacred texts or bowed down before romans gods without a murmur. Others had done so only after prolonged torture or imprisonment. Were both sins of equal weight? The synods said no. Apostasy under order is not the same as apostasy under torture. And so the work of reconciliation went forward.

When the church confronted the second issue, it had less success. We don’t know that the forgiving father in Luke’s Gospel had any luck with the older son, either. We know the prodigal came home. The last we see of the older son, he is complaining that his faithfulness never occasioned any celebrations. The father, after telling him, “Everything I have is yours,” pleads, “But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”

… Third century, fourth century, fifth century – the conflict continued while the church continued to seek and to welcome, both the weak prodigal and his strong older brother.

(From Melissa Musick Nussbaum lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. More of her work can be found at the catholiccatalogue.com)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and All Men.


STRUDEL SALE

It’s that time of year again! The Christ Child Ladies, led by Gina Boisvert, will be making delicious Strudel for Thanksgiving and Christmas: small and large ones this year. Large $30 and Small ones $25

Great for holiday gifts!

A delicious way of supporting our Church!

MASS INTENTIONS November 15 - 21

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Lola Schaefer

Anne Fialho

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Antonio & Alix

Pítre

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Schanner family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Hammons family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. The Walsh family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Stehly family


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 8 & 9, 2014

Total Plate $1,135.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,555.00


God bless your generosity, you make a difference in the parish

Thank you!



11th Annual Giving at Greenfield

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community.

We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov 15 & 16 and 22 & 23 and we will deliver gifts on Saturday, December 13th. For information contact Karen at

408- 375-0984 Or kjoesten@scusd.net


PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 2014 GREENFIELD COAT DRIVE!

We are receiving nice, gently used coasts, jackets and outerwear. A collection box in in the Church foyer.

Please contact Joe & Andrea Bruna with questions… 408 353-3101



HELP Us! We need help to Pick up food for the poor on Saturday & Sunday Nov. 22 & 23 Summit Store!!! Sign up!!!


THE LATERAN BASILICA

November 9, 2014


The central theme of today’s reading is the warning that, as baptized Christians, we are the temples of God where the Spirit of God, the real Source of all spiritual blessings, dwells and that we should not desecrate the temple of God by sin.

We have to keep our parish Church only and fully dedicated to Divine worship and keep our hearts, as temples of the Holy Spirit, cleansed, just, holy and pure.


You may hiss at people, but don’t bite


The story of Jesus cleansing the Temple with a whip reminds us of the old eastern story about a snake that lived in a hole on a forest path leading to a famous Hindu temple in India. Many pilgrims would walk along the path to the pilgrimage center, and the snake would often bite people with his poisonous bite if they walked over its residence. “It is not right to bite pilgrims with your poisonous bite,” the hermit told him. “From now on, you shall not bite anyone.” A few months late the sannyasi was passing that way again, and he noticed the snake lying in the grass beside the path. The snake was all cut and bruised and was in an awful state. “Whatever has happened to you, my friend?” the hermit asked. “Since you have put your spell on me,” the snake explained, “I have been unable to defend myself. Give me back my bite.” “You foolish snake,” the sannyasi answered. “I told not to bite anyone. But I never said that you couldn’t hiss and frighten trespassers!”

In today’s Gospel reading we see an angry Jesus boiling with moral indignation. If Jesus did not bite in this episode, he surely hissed, and the question we should ask about this passage is why? He was angry the Temple a place of worship – was being turned into a marketplace of noise and unjust commerce; angry that the money-changers had turned a holy obligation into a lucrative profession; angry that the animals meant for sacrifices for the expiation of sins were converted into tools for unjust profit.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all men.


MASS INTENTIONS November 8 - 14

Saturday 5:00 p.m. +Kathleen Stacey

+Lola Schaefer

Sunday 10:00 a.m. +Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Stehly Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Schanner Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Roberts Family

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 1 & 2, 2014

Total Plate $1,669.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $2,089.00


God bless your generosity, you make a difference in the Parish.

Thank you!



Eleventh Annual Giving at Greenfield


It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community. We will have the family information after mass on Nov 8 & 9, 15 & 16 and 22 &23. We will deliver our gifts on December 13th.

For information contact Karen at

408- 375-0984 Or kjoesten@scusd.net


FAITH FORMATION FOR CHILDREN

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 – Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.


The 2014 Christ Child Coat Drive is looking for donations. Please look around the house for any gently used coats and jackets that you would like to donate for our friends at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Greenfield, CA. Ask your neighbors and family if they have unused coats and jackets taking up space in the closet. All sizes are accepted.

Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna at

408 353.3101 with any questions.

Thank you.

Men’s Club Meeting Wednesday November 12th. Gather at 6:30 pm. And Dinner at 7 pm.

We have very good support for one another!


Women’s Club Meeting Wednesday November 19th. Gather at 7pm.

You are also welcome to bring along a friend you’d like to encourage to join the parish. Feel free to contact Norma 353.3326, Jeanette 353.1880 or Gina 408.656.7877


12 Day ITALY PILGRIMAGE

Visiting Venice * Padua * Florence * Assisi * Rome

Hosted by Fr. Eugenio Aramburo

April 20, 2015 – May 1, 2015

Limited number of seats available!


The New Door in the Church

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him he with me.”

Revelation 3:20


God’s Loving Light dedicated with joy and peace

By Martina Durham

In gratitude to Mrs. Karin and

Mr. Greg Illes you are very generous and your love for the parish renews us. It helps in many challenges.

Thank you!


Thanksgiving Day

November 27, 2014

We celebrate Mass at 9:00 am.

What wonders God has done!

Let us thank the God who heals us and calls us to communion with Christ.



THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN


THE CONNEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

ALL SOULS DAY

November 2, 2014



All Souls’ Day: This is day specially set

apart that we may remember and pray for our

dear ones who have gone to their eternal

reward, and who are currently in a state of

ongoing purification. From time

immemorial, people of all religions have

believed in the immortality of the soul, and

have prayed for the dead.

The Jews, for example, believed that there

was a place of temporary bondage from

which the souls of the dead would receive

their final release. The Jewish Talmud states

that prayers for the dead will help to bring

greater rewards and blessings to them.

Since Jesus in no way contradicted this

ancient belief, the efficacy of prayers for

those who have died was incorporated by the

infant Church in its teachings and practice.

Evidence suggests that the belief dates back

to the first century of the Church.

“Remember us who have gone before you, in

your prayers,” is a petition often found

inscribed on the walls of the Roman

catacombs. (Lumen Gentium, 50)

In addition, Mass liturgies dating from these

early centuries of the Church include “Prayers for the Dead.” Some of the earliest Christian writing outside the New Testament, like the Acts of Paul and Thecia, and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity (both written during the second century), refer to the Christian practice of praying for the dead.

Praying for the deceased members of the family as part of their family night prayers was also an ancient practice of oriental Christians.

The early Fathers of the Church encouraged this practice which they believed had been inherited from the Apostles.

Tertullian (A.D. 160-240) wrote about the anniversary Masses for the dead, advising widows to pray for their husbands.

St. Augustine remarked that he used to pray for his deceased mother, remembering her request: “When I die, bury me anywhere you like, but remember to pray for me at the altar” (St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions).


The souls of the just are in God’s hands.


Christ, the Good Shepherd, died for us while we were still sinners.


Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS November 1 - 7

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martina Durham

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

+ Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Spence Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Stehly Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 25 & 26, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,312.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,732.00


Second Collection for Maintenance

Was $ 437.00


God bless your generosity, you make a difference in the Parish.

Thank you!



11th Annual Giving at Greenfield


It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community. We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov 8 & 9, 15 & 16 and 22 &23. We will deliver gifts on Saturday, December 13th.

For information contact Karen at

408- 375-0984 Or kjoesten@scusd.net


Men’s Club Meeting Wednesday November 12th. Gather at 6:30 pm. And Dinner at 7 pm

We have very good support for one another!

Grades 9 -11

Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Fr. Eugenio at 408-353-2210 or Mr. Herb Curran


Kid’s Club” – Free After-Scholl Program

The Wednesdays @ 1:30-3:00 Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5. For more info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


12 Days ITALY PILGRIMAGE visiting Venice * Padua * Florence * Assisi * Rome

Hosted by Fr. Eugenio Aramburo April 20, 2015 – May 1, 2015 only a deposit will secure a seat. Limited number of seats available!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 – Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.


The 2014 Christ Child Coat Drive is looking for donations. Please look around the house for any gently used coats and jackets that you would like to donate for our friends at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Greenfield, CA. Ask your neighbors and family if they have unused coats and jackets taking up space in the closet. All sizes are accepted. Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna at 408 353-3101 with any questions.

Thank you.


Women’s Club Meeting Wednesday November 19th. Gather at 7 pm.

You are also welcome to bring along a friend you’d like to encourage to join the parish. Feel free to contact Norma 353.3326, Jeanette 353.1880 or Gina 408.656.7877


ORDINARY TIME

OCTOBER 26, 2014


The inspiring five word sermon


There is a legend handed down from the early Church about John, the beloved disciple of Jesus. Of the twelve original apostles, only John is said to have lived to a ripe old age. In his later years, not only his body but also his eyesight and his mind began to fall him. Eventually, according to the legend, John’s mind had deteriorated to the point that he could only speak five words, one sentence which he would repeat over and over. You can imagine the high regard in which the early Church must have held the last surviving apostle of Jesus. The legend says that every Lord’s Day, John would be carried into the midst of the congregation that had assembled for worship in the Church at Ephesus, where John spent the last years of his life. Total silence would fall over the congregation, even though they already knew what John was going to say. Then the old man would speak the words, “My children, love one another.” Over and over, he would repeat them until he grew tired talking, and no one yawned or looked at his watch or gazed off into space absentmindedly. They listened as John preached his five-word sermon over and over: “My children love one another.”


Love them anyway


In Calcutta, India, there is a children’s home named Shishu Bhavan (Children’s Home), founded by Mother Teresa, The home continues to be operated by her community, the Missionaries of Charity. On the wall of the home hangs a sign which reads”

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.

LOVE THEM ANYWAY

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives,

DO GOOD ANYWAY

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies,

SUCCEED ANYWAY

The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,

DO GOOD ANYWAY

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,

BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY

What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight,

BUILD ANYWAY

People really need help but may attack you if you help them,

HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth,

GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU’VE GOT ANYWAY


Mother Teresa counsels her young charges that the challenges offered by this sign can be met only if human beings are motivated by a love a respect for one another which looks beyond faults, differences, ulterior motives, success and failure. Mother Teresa once said of herself, “By blood and origin, I am Albanian. My citizenship is Indian. I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the whole world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.”

(A Simple Path, Ballantine Books, New York: 1995)

It is this relationship of belonging and the loving services which grows out of that belonging which the Scriptural authors called Covenant.

(Patricia Datchuck Sánchez)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS October 25 - 31

Saturday 5:00 p.m.+ Rory O’Mahar

+ Mrs. Lola Schaefer

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Don & Gail Hanley

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Ann Fagundes Friday 8:00 a.m. + Andrew & Luella

Demers

The Walsh Family


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 18 & 19, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,792.61

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 2,212.61


Thank You and God bless you!


TODAY the Second Collection is for Parish Maintenance

FAITH

FORMATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

We would like to remind you that Faith Formation classes began last Sunday.

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 are Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.


Grades 9 -11

Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Fr. Eugenio at 408-353-2210


Men’s Club Meeting

We will be having the meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month which, in November, is the 12th. Gather at 6:30 pm and Dinner at 7 pm.


Are you an Adult?

And would you like to be Catholic, Confirmed, or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Please use the envelope to inscribe the name of your beloved dead who will be remembered in prayer of the masses during this month.


Please join us for the 2014 Greenfield Coat Drive.

Any gently used coats, jackets, or vests are appreciated. All sizes are needed. Collection box is located in the foyer. For information contact Joe & Andrea Bruna 408 353-3101


Eleven Annual Giving at Greenfield

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community. We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov. 5 & 6 and we will deliver gifts on Saturday, December 17th. Contact Karen if you have question 353-2020 or 375-0984

TWENTIETH-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 12, 2014


The Weddin


TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 19, 2014


I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”


Perhaps we can illustrate all this with one case, that of St. Thomas More, the English martyr, Robert Bolt dramatized More’s conflict – regarding what is Caesar’s and what is God’s – in the drama A Man for All Seasons. Recall the story. King Henry VIII of England is validly married. He appeals to Rome to annual the marriage. But there is no honest basis for annulment. Rome refuses. Henry takes matters into his own hands, declared himself Head of the Church in England and remarries. He then orders his friends and officials to sign a document declaring that they agree he acted rightly in the matter. Many of More’s friends sign. More refuses. Henry demands that he sign or face arrest, trial for treason, and execution by the state. More refuses. He had two obligations, one to God and one to his country. When they conflicted More had no choice but to remain faithful to his obligation to God. On his way to public execution in 1534, More encouraged the people to remain steadfast in the faith. His last recorded words were: “I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”

Today’s Gospel reminds us of our dual citizenship. We are citizens of the world and citizens of Heaven. We have an allegiance and an obligation to each. We hope the obligations will never clash. But if they ever do, we must resolve them as Thomas more did, without compromise to our God or to our conscience.


Honesty and Trigonometry


Dr. Madison Sarratt taught Mathematics at Vanderbilt University for many years. Before giving a test, the professor would admonish his class, “Today I am giving two examinations – one in trigonometry and the other in honesty. I hope you will pass them both, fulfilling your obligations to your teacher and to your God.

If you fail for trigonometry. There are many good people in the world who can’t pass trigonometry, but there are not many people in the world who cannot pass the examination of honesty the debt we owe to God.”

This piece of advice sounds like what Jesus said in today’s Gospel:

Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belong to God.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and all Men!!!


MASS INTENTIONS October 18 - 24

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Scott Rains

Kathleen Hext

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Monday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Demler Family

Kathleen Hext B/day

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Don & Gail Hanley

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch


TODAY MISSION SUNDAY

We’re ALL Missionaries

The offerings that will be collected on World Mission Sunday are destined for a common fund of solidarity distributed in the Pope’s name, by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith among the missions and missionaries of the world.

Please offer your prayers and most generous sacrifice.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 11 & 12, 2014

Total Plate $ 827.75

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,247.75

Thank you and God Bless You!


12 Days ITALY Pilgrimage visiting Venice*Padua*Florence*Assisi*Rome* Hosted by Father Eugenio Aramburo April 20, 2015 – May 1, 2015 * only a deposit will secure a seat. Limited number of seats available


During November, we are called in a special way to remember “our brothers and sisters who fallen asleep in the hope of all resurrection. Envelopes might be made available in which the faithful could inscribe the names of their beloved dead who would be remembered in prayer during this month.

Mountain Bible and Christ Child Catholic Churches

Youth Camo-Night

On Saturday, October 25, from 4 to 9 p.m., Phil and Barbara Mason welcome the youth of the mountain, in grades six through twelve, on their enchanted forest on Stetson Road. The two Churches sponsor this evening in the woods with a barbecue, camouflage game, and campfire program. Parents are encouraged to join in the fun and be spotters for the game, bring your flashlights to try to see the youth in their camouflage gear. We will meet at the Mountain Bible Church parking at 4 p.m. to sign in and carpool to the forest. We will return to the parking lot by 9 p.m. with candy and prizes. There’s a $5 cost for youth participants.

For more information, call Pastor John Haak 408.353.2302 or email MountainBible@gmail.com


We’re starting a Women’s Club!

After an initial exploratory meeting to discuss what the focus of our women’s club would be, it was agreed that the focus would be spiritual and social, which means there will be prayer, sharing and time to find out what’s going on in your lives, meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Our next meeting then is this Wednesday October 22nd from 708 p.m. in the community center and all the women of the parish are invited. You are also welcome to bring along a friend you’d like to encourage to join the parish. If you’d like to bring a light refreshment to share that’s fine, but not obligatory. Feel free to contact Norma Hammons, 353.3326, Jeanette Roberts, 353-1880 or Gina Boisvert, 656.7877


Christ Child Coat Drive Has Begun!!!

ASK friends and neighbors if they have gently used coats, jackets, and parkas (all sizes) for donation. The donation box is in the church foyer. Thank you.

Questions? Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna 353-3101

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An inner-city mother had a four-year-old son. She used to leave him at a day-care center in the morning and pick him up again at night when she returned home from work.

A week before her son’s fifth birthday, she decided to have a party for him. So she invited five of his playmates from the day-care center to be his guests.

When the time came for the party, not one of the five children showed up. The mother was crushed, because she knew how much the party meant to her little son. He had never had a birthday party before.

The mother hurried across the hallway to the apartment of an elderly couple and asked them to come. Then she called a friend she worked with and asked her to come, too. And so she had the party for her son.

At first, the little boy cried when he learned his friends couldn’t come. But after a while he began to jump around and have fun.

That never-tragic story resembles the parable that Jesus tells in today’s gospel. It, too, concerns guests who failed to show up for a party and had to be replaced at the last minute.


It’s what Jesus intended to teach the people through his story.

For example, what did Jesus intend the wedding feast to stand for? Who did he intend the king to stand for? Who are the invited guests who didn’t show up? Who are the substitute guests who replaced them?

After we study the parable, closely, we see that the king stands for God. The wedding feast stands for the kingdom of God. The invited guests stand for the Chose People, who made a covenant with God.

Finally, the substitute guests stand for the sinners and the Gentiles of Jesus’ time. They are the people who accepted Jesus after God’s Chosen People rejected him.

And so the second level of meaning is what Jesus intended to teach the people through the parable.

And one of his teachings is this: The kingdom of God is now open to all people, just the Chosen People.

No one is excluded, not even Gentiles. This was a revolutionary idea to the Jews of Jesus’ time.


Lord, open our eyes that we may see your face in the face of the needy. Open our hearts that we may reach out our hands to feed you when we find you hungry, to clothe you when we find you naked, to house you when find you homeless. Then, when life is over and we stand face-to-face before you, you will reach out your hand to us and say, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Amen.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

And All Men!


MASS INTENTIONS October 11 - 17

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Anne Fialho

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Spence Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Clair Mullen


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 4 & 5, 2014

Total Plate $ 953.50

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,373.50


Second Collection for Respect Life & Birthright: $657.01


Mountain Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Become a volunteer or contribute

MNHN95033@gmail.com

Patricia Wood 316-2938


Today

Food for the Poor

A ministry built on faith and trust.

With help from caring friends like you, Food for the Poor helps hundreds of thousands of people every day in 17 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

ATTENTION FAITH

FORMATION CHILDREN AND YOUTH

We would like to remind you that Faith Formation classes began last Sunday.

Please bring your children!

The classes for Grades 1 to 8 are every Sunday @ 9:00 a.m.

Grades 9 -11

Formation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Fr. Eugenio at

408-353-2210

Kid’s Club” – Free After-Scholl Program

Classes on Wednesdays @ 1:30-3:00 Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5 For info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic, confirmed or receive the Eucharist? Please call 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting

We will be having the meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month which is November 12th. We will have main dish, salad and beverages. Gather at 6:30… Eat at 7 pm. Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.


Yes!.... The 6th Annual Child Coat Drive has been set in motion. A Collection Container is in place in anticipation of being stuffed with your donated new and used coats, jackets, and sweaters (All Sizes). Ask your family and friends to make a coat donation. Every coat, jacket, and sweater helps our friends at Holy Trinity Church, Greenfield, CA. Need additional information? Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna at 408 353-3101.


TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 5, 2014


I’ll have the ecumenical salad, please


Seated in the very last row at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago, I was able to hide my tears while watching my former colleague and good friend join the procession for his ordination to the diaconate. In January, he will become a priest in the U.S. branch of the Anglican Church.

Yes, they were tears of happiness for him, and I was bursting with pride. Bryan is a brilliant scholar, a deeply spiritual person with the self-awareness and humility needed to be a good pastor, and the organizational skills to be a good administrator. He had worked hard to get to this moment, and I’m confident will continue to work hard to serve God and the church.

Bu my tears were also ones of sadness, because Bryan also attended a Catholic seminary earlier in his life and worked for a number of Catholic publications and organizations. For all the reasons he will make an excellent Episcopal priest, he could have been a great Catholic one.

“The Episcopal Church’s gain is the Catholic Church’s loss,” I wrote on my congratulatory card to him.

I realize now that not only were my words trite, they are not necessarily true. Christianity does not have to be a zero-sum game, in which denominations compete for people’s bodies or hearts. For many Catholic, ecumenism is rather theoretical, until it becomes personal. In theory, it may seem obvious that fragmentation in Christianity is problematic. Christ founded one church, and we Christians should work to restore that unity. As the catechism says, “Christ bestowed unity on His Church from the beginning… The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the Holy Spirit.”

Much of the ecumenical work of the church since the Second Vatican Council has been aimed at encouraging dialogue to repair damage from the suspicious pre-Vatican II attitude in which Catholic saw other Christian as heretics who needed to return to the one, true church.

Dialogue is all well and good, but where ecumenism really hits most Catholic is when they – or someone close to them – falls in love with someone who is not Catholic. Or perhaps someone close to them leaves Catholicism for another church. Then the pain of disunity becomes personal, as individuals and families struggle with where to worship, how to raise their children and who can receive Communion where.

But what if these “divisions” were seen not as disunity but as diversity – a positive, not a negative? As part of an interracial family who values diversity in our neighborhood, schools and workplaces, I’m beginning to think diversity in Christianity could be a good thing.

When I teach a course on intercultural communication, one thing students learn is the problem with the “melting pot” metaphor. It’s no longer desirable – and most likely was never even true – that immigrant group should assimilate and lose their distinctiveness by melting together into one homogeneous soup that is American culture.

Instead, today the preferred metaphor is a salad: all the ingredients come together in one bowl, but without losing their distinctiveness. The result is still a delicious dish, but without the forced melting. Couldn’t the same metaphor apply to Christianity?

(Heidi Schlumpf teacher communication at Aurora University outside of Chicago)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS October 4 -10

Saturday 5:00 p.m. +Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. +Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Communion Services

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 27 & 28, 2014

Total Plate $ 967.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $1,334.50

Second Collection of Maintenances of the Parish $ 474.00


It’s STARTING NEXT WEEK!....the Collection Container will be in the church foyer next week (Oct 11) for the star of 6th Annual Christ Child’s Coat Drive. Please bring in your beautiful unneeded coats, jackets, and sweaters (all sizes) for deposit into the collection containers. Our brothers, sisters and the children at the Holy Trinity Church, Greenfield, CA. will appreciate this kind deed. For additional information please contact Joe or Andrea Bruna 408 353-3101 Thank you for your kind donations.


RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

You may register your child or children for religious education.

CONFIRMATION

All adults and children invited to our program for the Sacrament of Confirmation, and to learn more about the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible and the Church.

Parents please bring your children to prepare for their future of the Christian faith and the Sacrament of Confirmation. Please contact with Fr. Eugenio at 353-2210


Men’s Club Meeting This Wednesday October 8 at 6:30 p.m. In the Community Center. We have very good support for one another. All men welcome!!!


Mountain Bible and Christ Child Catholic Churches

Youth Camo-Night

On Saturday, October 25, from 4 to 9 p.m., Phil and Barbara Mason welcome the youth of the mountain, in grades six through twelve, on their enchanted forest on Stetson Road. The two Churches sponsor this evening in the woods with a barbecue, camouflage game, and campfire program. Parents are encouraged to join in the fun and be spotters for the game, bring your flashlights to try to see the youth in their camouflage gear. We will meet at the Mountain Bible Church parking at 4 p.m. to sign in and carpool to the forest. We will return to the parking lot by 9 p.m. with candy and prizes. There’s a $5 cost for youth participants. For more information, call Pastor John Haak 408.353.2302 or email MountainBible@gmail.com.





TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 7, 2014


Fraulein, will you forgive me?”


Corrie ten Boom often thought back over the horrors of the Ravensbruck concentration camp. How could she ever forgive the former Nazis who had been her jailers? Where were love, acceptance, and forgiveness in a horror camp where more than 95,000 women died? How could she ever forget the horrible cruelty of the guards and the smoke constantly coming from the chimney of the crematorium? Then in 1947 Corrie was speaking in a church in Munich, and when the meeting was over she saw one of the cruelest male guards of Ravensbruck coming forward to speak to her. He had his hand outstretched. “I have become a Christian,” he explained. “I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well. Fraulein, will you forgive me?” A conflict raged in Corrie’s heart. The Spirit of God urged her to forgive. The spirit of bitterness and coldness urged her to turn away. “Jesus, help me.” She prayed. Then she knew what she must do. “I can lift my hand,” she thought to herself. “I can do that much.” As their hands met it was as if warmth and healing broken forth with tears and joy. “I forgive you, brother, with all my heart,” she said. Later Corrie testified that “it was the power of the Holy Spirit” who had poured the love of God into her heart that day” (Garrie F. Williams, “Welcome, Holy Spirit.” Copyright © 1994) I don’t know any other way true forgiveness can take place. We turn our hurt over to God. We ask God for the ability to forgive.


Today’s readings challenge us to the true Christian discipleship of total commitment to the will of God, putting God first in our lives.



TWENTIETH-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 28, 2014


Apps for phones, tablets aid in mental and spiritual health


Tracy Dereszynski is a busy woman. As the ministry and outreach coordinator for Volunteers of American of Wisconsin, she is often on the road, making pastoral visits to clients with disabilities or mental illness. That’s when she’s not teaching Catholic school teachers in the Milwaukee archdiocese as part of its sustaining the Mission catechetical program. Or serving on the archdiocese’s technology and Faith Formation committee.

Yet she still finds time for prayer and spiritual practices – thanks to her phone!

Yes, her phone. Dereszynski is an avid user of spiritual apps, not only for her own personal practice, but in her ministry and work.

With divineooffice.org she can do Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours while walking her dogs. In the car, she may listen to the 3-Minute Retreat or use Pray as You God, both Jesuit prayer apps. She ends her day with Compline or evening prayer, again via the Divine Office app.

“Its wonderful way to relax and be in God’s presence,” says Dereszynski, a member of St. Joseph Parish in Grafton, Wis.

Although some still see gadgets as distractions from spiritual or mental well-being, more and more people – including Catholics – are using their phones, tablets and others devices to aid them in contemplation and prayer.

Dereszynski finds most of her students and clients are open to the use of spiritual apps. In a recent class she taught, Catholic school teachers loved the idea of using the 3-Minute Retreat app as a prayer before faculty meetings. “It’s just long enough to breathe,” said Dereszynski, who also uses it to help clients relax and center themselves.

“All I have to do is press play,” Dereszynski said, adding that the app’s reflection questions help prime her discussions with clients. And when she wants to pray the rosary with them? There’s an app for that too –actually more than one. “I’m not sure I would know how to pray the rosary otherwise,” she said. Dereszynski may be more tech-savvy than most, but she’s part of a growing trend of spiritually minded folks who see technology and spirituality as compatible and even beneficial, rather than archenemies.

Tens of thousands of people have downloaded the 3-Minute retreat app and receive the Scripture reading, music and reflection questions each day, according to Judine O’Shea, director of marketing at Loyola Press.

Stressed? Need a break from work? “Regardless of the circumstances, it’s always there.”

Fit bits for your soul

Counting your steps may be the latest technology-aided fitness phenomenon, but apps also can help with spiritual and mental health. Below is just a sampling:

Rosary apps

Rosary: Available in Polish, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese (android, free).

3-Minute Retreat: Music, Scripture, meditation and reflection questions (iPhone, free). And more….

From Heidi Schlumpf teacher communication at Aurora University outside Chicago. She is the author of “While we wait: Spiritual and Practice advice for Those Trying to Adopt.”

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

And All Men!


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 20 & 21, 2014

TOTAL $ 756.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,176.00


KISS ME KATE

If you haven’t purchased your play tickets yet, we will be selling them after Mass today.

If you cannot be with us on October 2nd you can still support Birthright of San Jose and have a chance at winning a beautiful prize basket. Come by our table and find out more. God bless!


Men’s Club Meeting This Wednesday October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in theCommunity Center. We have very good support for one another.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

You may register your child or children for religious education.

Mrs. Nanette G. Thomas will be our coordinator.

CONFIRMATION PROGRAM BEGINNING

All adults and children are invited to our program for the Sacrament of Confirmation. You will learn more about the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible and the Church. Parents, please bring your children for this sacrament and prepare your children for their future in the Christian faith.



KID’s CLUB of LOMA PRIETA

All local elementary students are eligible to join a weekly after school program. “Kid’s Club” will be held on the “Early Release” Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:00 in the Community Room. The club time will center on activities such as sports, gardening, music and crafts to learn character qualities through the stories of the Bible. “Kid’s Club” is offered at no cost to participants. Mountain Bible and we Christ Child Church sponsor it. Local volunteers will follow a successful format already being used in more thirty schools around Santa Clara County.

The program is highly praised by the administrators for C.T. English students to volunteer and gain community service hours Questions can be directed to Pastor John Haak at the Mountain Bible church office, 408-353-2302 or Fr. Eugenio at Christ Child Church office, 408-353-2210



Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 21, 2014


Today’s readings are all about the sense of justice and the extravagant grace of a merciful God.

While God is both just and merciful, God’s mercy often overrides His justice and, hence, God pardons us unconditionally and rewards us generously by opening for the Gentiles and the Jews.


That’s not fair!”


How many times, in the course of a given day, have you heard someone protest, “That’s not fair!” Children on a playground shout when they detect a foul play: “That’s not fair!” Siblings doing household chores may complain, “I’m doing more work!” or “My chores are more difficult; that’s not fair!” Students at school may resent the extra attention given to a classmate… “She’s the teacher’s favorite; that’s not fair!” A brother thinks his place of pie appears to be smaller than his sister’s… “That’s not fair!” Someone at work receives a raise in salary when another person thinks he/she is more deserving” “I have seniority. I’ve been here longer; that’s not fair!” The coach of the Little League baseball team always puts her child in as starting pitcher; other players are annoyed… “That’s not fair!” Taxpayers bristle at the fact that increasing numbers of people are applying for and receive welfare from the government… “I have to work hard to make a living for me and my family. So should everyone else… that’s not fair!” In each of these several examples, human sensibilities regarding fairness and patience have been offended, precisely because of the fact that they are human. Most of us think that good work, seniority and experience should be rewarded, that all should be subject to the same rules, like “First come, first served,” that everyone should be treated impartially and that there should be no exceptions and no favorites! Therefore, when confronted with a situation such as that put before us in today’s Gospel parable of identical wages for different numbers of hours of work, our sense of fairness in provoked.

(Patricia Datchuck Sánchez)


We need to follow God’s example and show grace to our neighbor.

When someone else is more successful than we are, let us assume he or she needs it.

When someone who does wrong fails to get caught, let us remember the many times we have done wrong and gotten off free.

Envy should have no place in our lives.

We cannot control the way God blesses others.

We need to express our gratitude to God in our daily lives.

God personally calls each of us to our own ministry and shows us His care by giving us His grace and eternal salvation.

To God, we are more than just numbers on a payroll…

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Groups in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women and All Men


MASS INTENTIONS September 20 - 26

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Margaret Louise

Smith

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

+ Giovanni Navarini

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Spence Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Clair Mullen


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 13 & 14, 2014

Total Plate $1,578.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,998.00


The Second Collection for retirement fund for aged and infirm priests was $350.00


Please help us, we need you!!!

God bless you.

A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage.

For confidential information about, or to register for the September program beginning with a weekend on September 26 – 28, 2014 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

4th ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

September 13, 2014 was the forth time Christ Child Parish sponsored this event open to the public. I want to thank members of the Men’s Club and Don & Gina Boisvert.

We were able to work together as a community of believers to clean the church/rectory/community center grounds, to publicize this event (and the Parish) in many different places, and to demonstrate we believe God’s blessing on all people and things.

I also want to thank all those members of the Parish who contributed their time.

I am very proud of you all and the Parish blesses you.

With love and prayers,

Fr. Eugenio

Let’s never forget the magical area we live in.

See you next year…!

The Harvest’s Party & Dance Committee.


KISS ME KATE


If you haven’t purchased your play tickets yet, we will be selling them after Mass today.

If you cannot be with us on October 2nd, you can still support Birthright of San Jose and have a chance at winning a beautiful prize basket.

Come by our table and find out more.

God bless!


The Windom of Eucharist

The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.”

By this sacrament of Eucharist we unite ourselves to Christ, who makes us shares in his Body and Blood to form a single body…

In Loving Memory of Larry Neil Duncan



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

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You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s & Men’s Prayer Group:

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am.


MASS INTENTIONS September 6 – 12

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.


Religion Education Program

Time for Registration for all children for the Sacrament of First Communion and grades after First Communion!!!


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday August 30 & 31, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,297.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,817.00


Second Collection for the Maintenance

Was $425.00


Thank you and God bless you and your family!


Christ Child Men’s Club meeting, Wednesday September 10 starting

At 6:30 pm. Dinner is served around 7 pm.

All men Welcome!


Listen to Immaculate Heart radio 1260 AM


Wonderful Women’s Weekend! Enjoy a wonderful women’s weekend at St. Clare’s Retreat! A silent retreat will be held on September 19th – 21st. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat stars with Friday dinner and ends with Sunday lunch.

The cost for all three days is $120.00; single rooms are available on request is $130.00

For reservations & more information, contact Jeanette Roberts at 353-1880


The Window of Baptism: In Baptism we use your gift of water, which you have made a rich symbol of the grace you give us in this sacrament.

In Honor of the Franchino Family and Harold Ries.


4th Annual Parish Harvest


Saturday September 13th at 6:00 pm.


Dinner, Drinks, Music and More

This is a Fun/d Raiser and all donations will go to help the Parish’s Projected 2014/2015 Budget Deficit

Tickets will go on Sale Today!

Information Don Boisvert 408.828.2035

Please Support


Only 2 Weeks Left to Sign up for Retrouuvaille

Retrouvaille is a program for married couples that feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated, or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness. Other experience conflict in their relationship. Most don’t know how to change the situation or even communicate with their spouse about it. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage.

For confidential information about, or to register for the September program beginning with a weekend on Sep. 26 – 28, 2014

Call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


The South Bay Musical Theatre Presents


COLE PORTER’S – KISS ME KATE

October 2, 2014 @ 8:00 pm

Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres & Champagne @ 6:15 pm

And don’t miss out on our Four Fantastic Silent Auction…

A Benefit Performance for BIRTHRIGHT OF SAN JOSE

Tickets $40.00 per person

NINETEE

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 31, 2014


The reading for this Sunday remind us that Christian discipleship demands self-control (“Deny yourself”), the willingness to suffer (“take up your cross”), generosity (“to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice to God”), and readiness to follow Jesus by obeying his commandment of love.


We need to be extremophiles for Christ


True disciples of Christ are: a) extremely compassionate; they are: willing to visit the infected and the sick in hospitals, the incontinent elderly in nursing homes, and AIDS patients in hospices; b) extremely humble; they are able to see that every good gift comes from God alone, and that His gifts to us of personal talents and resources should inspire gratitude, not pride; c) extremely patient; they are committed to working with challenging children, adolescents with problems, young adults who are struggling with their faith, with the intellectually challenged and with those suffering dementia; d) extremely forgiving; they are willing to forgive ant just once, or twice, but again and again, because they know that God has forgiven them again and again; e) extremely loving; they willingly visit people in prisons, in retirement homes, and in homeless shelters; f) extremely faithful, they are living out a committed, trusting relationship with God, with spouse, with family and friends.


Here is the story of one Christian who accepted the challenge of Christian discipleship given in today’s Gospel, by denying themselves, taking up their crosses and following Jesus.


Don Helder Camara

Was an Archbishop of the poorest and least developed Archdiocese of Brazil. But he has been described as “one of the shapers of the Catholic Church in the second half of the twentieth century.” Early in his life, he was part of a conservative political movement inspired by Italian Fascism. But as he became more and more involved in pastoral work in Rio de Janeiro, he became underwent a radical conversion which finally reached the point where he himself was labeled a Communist and called “the red bishop.” His was an outspoken witness for peace and social justice in a land ruled by a brutal military dictatorship. Dom Helder’s message was reflected in his style of leadership. Instead of a pectoral cross of gold or silver, he wore a simple wooden cross. He moved out of the bishop’s palace and lived in a much poorer house. He encouraged the training of lay catechists and opened the seminary doors to lay people and women. His own door was always open to any who sought him, and he presented himself as truly the servant of the people.

He died on 27 August 1999, aged 90. But his spirit lives on.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer and Men’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am.


MASS INTENTIONS August 30 – Sept 5

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + John J. Hanley

+ Ruby O’ Makar + Ruby Burback

+ Peter Burbach

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Caralie Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Joan Tronco

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday August 23 & 24, 2014

Total Plate $1,388.50

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $1,808.50


Today the Second Collection is for Maintenance!!!

Thank you and God bless you!



WONDERFUL WOMEN’S WEEKEND The St. Clare Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat September 19th – 21st The guest speaker being Father Serge Propst, O.P. The retreat starts with Friday dinner and ends with Sunday lunch. The Cost for this three day retreat is $120 and single rooms are available.

Please consider attending this wonderful weekend. For reservation and/or questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts 353-1880. Thank you.


Men’s Club Meeting

We meet on the Second Wednesday on the month, September 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center. Good Dinner and Drinks. We have very good support for one another. All men welcome!


4th ANNUAL PARISH HERVEST

PARTY & DANCE


LIVE BAND – DANCING, FOOD & DRINKS!!!


NEXT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13th 2014 STARTS AT 6 O’CLOK


Information: Don Boisvert

408.828.2035


KIDS CLUB

We want to appeal to ALL our members to consider helping in this creative way to connect with many young families outside of our church.

Pray also for the workers who will come from Mountain Bible Church as we partner with them for this.


The South Bay Musical Theatre

Presents:

Kiss Me Kate

A Benefit Performance for

BIRTHRIGHT OF SAN JOSE

Thursday October 2, 2014

At 8:00 pm

$40 per person for this exciting evening!

Contact:

Bernie Genetti (408) 268-2615 or Germaine Zenk (408) 997-0766

NTH SUND

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 24, 2014


Faith, prayer sources of strength for slain U.S. journalist and his family


ROCHESTER, N.H. – In April 2013, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley attended a prayer vigil at Marquette University in Milwaukee to pray for their son, who at that time had disappeared in Syria.

Before Diane and John Foley had confirmation that spring that their son was missing. Diane said she just felt it – he had missed one of his usual phone calls home – and once they knew for sure, the couple said they were relying on their Catholic faith to cope and leaning on prayer to bring him home.

“Faith has been part of family life, but this has deepened my faith because there is our hope. Our hope is that God will take care of Jim,” she told the Catholic Herald in Milwaukee at the time.

That strong faith will likely help the couple, who are members of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Rochester, get through the fact that their 40-year-old son was beheaded by militants with the Islamic State extremist group.

According to a story from The Associated Press, U.S. officials confirmed a graphic video released Tuesday that showed Islamic State fighters beheading Foley, a 1996 graduate of Marquette who had been a freelance journalist for the past several years, mostly in the world’s trouble spots. In 2011, he was kidnapped on a Libyan battlefield and held captive in Tripoli for 45 days.

Sometime in late 2012, he went missing in Syria. The last time the Foley family heard from him was before Thanksgiving that year.

A statement about his death attributed to Diane Foley was posted on a Facebook page originally set up to urge James’ release. Family members “have never been prouder of him,” it said.

“He gave his life trying to expose the suffering of the Syrian people,” the statement said, which also urged the militants to release other they are holding hostage. “Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world.”

“The brutality of this act is itself evidence of an unspeakable evil that is rampant and inhuman,” said Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester, N.H. “To the prayers that have been offered since his captivity almost two years ago, we now add our prayers for James’ eternal rest and, in Christ Jesus Our Lord, James’s future resurrection to eternal life.”

In her statement on Facebook, Diane Foley said: “We thank Jim for all the joy he gave us. He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person. Please respect our privacy in the days ahead as we mourn and cherish Jim.’

James’ sister, Kelly, took to twitter asking not to watch the video that shows his beheading: “Please honor James Foley… Don’t watch the video. Don’t share it. That’s not how life should be.”

In 2011, after he was let go by his kidnappers in Libya, James Foley wrote an article for Marquette magazine on how prayer, specifically the rosary, got him through captivity in a military detention center in Tripoli… Foley began to pray the rosary…



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group and Men’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM.


MASS INTENTIONS August 23 - 29

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martin P. Hanley

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Abel Campos

+ Eugene Vargas

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Eugenio Alonso Ruiz

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Patricia Ailleen Rapp


Stewardship of Treasure:

Report Sunday August 16 & 17, 2014

Was $1,117.00


Thank you and God bless you!


Men’s Club Meeting. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month, September 10- at 6:30 pm at the Parish’s Community Center. Dinner and Drinks!

All men welcome!

Wonderful Women’s Weekend!

Enjoy a wonderful women’s weekend at St. Clare’s Retreat! A silent retreat will be held on September 19th – 21st. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat stars with Friday dinner and ends with Sunday dinner. The cost for all three days is $120.00; single rooms are available on request for $130. For reservations & more information, contact Jeanette Roberts at 353-1880



The South Bay Musical Theatre

Presents

Kiss Me Kate

A Benefit Performance for Birthright of San Jose

Thursday October 2, 2014 Location: The Saratoga Civic theatre, Corner of Allendale & Fruitvale Avenues, across from West Valley College

$40.00 per person

Doors Open: 6:15 pm

Hors d’oeuvres & Champagne Reception: 6:15 pm

Performance Begins Promptly: 8:00 pm Contact: Bernie (408) 268-2615 OR

Olive (408) 997-0766


4th ANNUAL Parish Harvest Festival

Saturday, September 13th 6:00 p.m.


Dinner, Drinks, Music and More

This is a Fun/d Raiser and

All donations will go to help the Parish’s Projected 2014/2015 Budget Deficit

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE TODAY!

Information: Don Boisvert 408.828.2035


PLEASE SUPPORT!!!


AY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 10, 2014



TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 17, 2014


All peoples are invited to worship the Lord and to know his ways.

God’s gifts and his call are to Jew and Gentile alike.

Jesus comes to recognize the universality of God’s call in granting the request of the Canaanite woman.


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Dear Parishioners:


Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the whirlwind of everyday living we sometimes forget the important things in life, the simple things in life. Here is a little food for the soul compliments of one of our parishioners.


“Forget the day’s troubles. Remember the day’s blessings.”


“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.’


“Life in not the way it’s supposed to be…It’s the way it is… The way we cope with it, is what make difference.”


“Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.”


“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”


“Laugh until your belly hurts and just a little bit more!”


“It’s Sunday night already?!? No fair… I want a weekend do-over.”


“Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds!”


“Happiness is always an inside job.”


And finally, home and safe: Thank you to all the veterans who make that possible.


Have a great week!!!



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

You are invited to attend: Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM. All Women and Men in different groups.


However great may be the temptation, if we know how to use the weapon of prayer well, we shall come off conquerors at last, for prayer is more powerful than all the devils. He who is attacked by the spirits of darkness needs only to apply himself vigorously to prayer, and he will beat them back with great success.

St Bernard of Clairvaux


MASS INTENTIONS August 17 - 23

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carmen Hench

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Danna Gustafson

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Donald Wilder

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Kate N. Radonich

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Wilma P. Welch


COLLECTION for August 9 & 10, 2014

$ 1,820.00

Thank You for your Generosity!



Back to the School

We as a Catholic Community wish to all the children, youth administrators, workers and teachers a very good year 2014 - 2015. May God our Father be with you, protect you, and give you His wisdom and love.

We pray for you every day; we promise.

Have a Good year!


Men’ Club Meeting

We meet on the Second Wednesday of the month, September 10 – at 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center.

Dinner and Drinks!

We have very good support for one another. All men welcome!



Please visit owner web page at

www.christchild.org



Coming Soon….

Parish Harvest Party & Dance


Steak Dinner, Drinks, Dancing to a Live Band

Saturday, September 13, 2014

6:00 PM

Tickets available after Mass

Or Contact Don Boisvert

408 828-2035

Donation of $35 Requested.


KIDS CLUB

Another ‘thank you’ to all who donated, prayed, or staffed this outreach to our local elementary school this past year. We want to appeal to all our members to consider helping in this creative way to connect with many young families outside of our church.

This coming year, we are upgrading our curriculum, doing more training in classroom management and adding room space over at the Community Center. We think we can improve a lot on our efforts from last year by doing this. Pray also for the workers who will come from Mountain Bible Church as we partner with them for his.



Married Singles Lifestyle – The Married Singles Lifestyle describes couples that may have lost a sense of closeness they once had as marriage partners and are living more like roommates. Retrouvaille teach couples how to survive times like these in their marriages. This program has helped 10’s of 100’s of couples experiencing difficulty at all levels of marital distress from disillusionment to deep misery. For confidential information about, or to register for the September program beginning with a weekend on Sept 26-28 call 831.479.1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpourMarriage.com

In the midst of our trials and tribulation, the LORD extends his hands to us and saves us. He calms our frightened hearts through his quiet presence. May our faith in the LORD draw God’s chosen people to the new covenant in CHRIST.


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In latest interview, Pope Francis reveals top 10 secrets to happiness.


6. Find innovative to create dignified jobs for young people. “We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities they get into drugs” and be more vulnerable to suicide, he said.

“It’s not enough to give them food.” He said. “Dignity is given to you when you can bring food home” from one’s own labor.


7. Respect and take care of nature. Environmental degradation “is one of the biggest challenges we have,” he said. “I think a question that we’re not asking ourselves is: ‘Isn’t humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?”


8. Stop being negative. “Needing to talk badly about others indicates low-self-esteem. That means, “I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down,’ the pope said. “Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.”


9. Don’t proselytize; respect others’ beliefs. “We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes: ‘I am talking with you in order to persuade you,’ No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing,” the pope said.


10. Work for peace. “We are living in a time of many wars,” he said, and “the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive” and dynamic.


Pope Francis also talked about the importance of helping immigrants, praising Sweden’s generosity in opening its doors to so many people, while noting anti-immigration policies show the rest of Europe “is afraid.”


From Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS August 9 - 15

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Wilma P. Welch

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Joan Tronco

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Jayne Brannan

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Claire Muller


STEWARDSHIP

For where your treasure is, there also will be your heart.” Luke 12:32-48


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday August 2 & 3, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,407.50

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,827.50


Men’s Club Meeting

This Wednesday August 13 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.

Rediscover Your Marriage – Retrouvaille simply means ‘rediscovery’. The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on Sep. 26 -28, 2014 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic, confirmed, or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio



4nd Annual

PARISH HARVEST

LIVE BAND – DANCING, FOOD, & DRINKS!!!

SATURDAY-SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

STARTS AT 6 O’CLOCK

Christ Child Church

23230 Summit Road – Los Gatos

Take the Summit Rd exit off Highway 17, then 1.8 miles east

Information: Don Boisvert

408.828.2035


The South Bay Musical Theatre Presents


Cole Porter’s – Kiss Me Kate


October 2, 2014 @ 8:00 pm

Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres & Champagne @ 6:15 pm


And don’t miss out on our Four Fantastic Silent Auction…


A Benefit Performance for BIRTHRIGHT OF SAN JOSE

Tickets $40.00 per person

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Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women and All Men.



Can’t Sleep?

Don’t Count Sheep

Talk to the Shepherd!




EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 3, 2014


JESUS has pity on the crowd and miraculously feeds them.

In his compassion, the LORD answers all our needs, thus renewing his covenant of love with us.

Nothing can ever separate us from the love of CHRIS.

 


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In latest interview, Pope Francis reveals top 10 secrets to happiness.


Slowing down, being generous and fighting for peaces are part of Pope Francis’ secret recipe for happiness.

In an interview published Sunday in part in the Argentine weekly Viva, the pope listed his Top 10 tips for bringing greater joy to one’s life:

  1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expression in Rome with the saying, “Move forward and let others do the same.”

  2. “Be giving of yourself to others.” People need to be open and generous toward others, he said, because “if you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.”

  3. “Proceed calmly’ in life. The pope, who used to teach high school literature, used an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in which the protagonist – gaucho Don Segundo Sombra – looks back on how he lived his life. “He says that in his youth he was a stream full of rocks that he carried with him; as an adult, a rushing river; and in old age, he was still moving, but slowly, like a pool” of water, the pope said. He said he likes this latter image of a pool of water – to have “the ability to move with kindness and humility, calmness in life.”

  4. “A healthy sense of leisure.” The pleasures of art, literature and playing together with children have been lost, he said.

“Consumerism, has brought us anxiety” and stress, causing people to lose a “healthy culture of leisure.” Their time is “swallowed up” so people can’t share it with anyone. Even through many parents work long hours, they must set aside time to play with their children; work schedules make it “complicated, but you must do it,” he said. Family must also turn off the TV when they sit down to eat because, even though television is useful for keeping up with the news, having it on during mealtime “doesn’t let you communicate” with each other, the pope said.

  1. Sundays should be holidays. Workers should have Sunday off because “Sunday is for family,” he said.

(Next Bulletin continue)

Carol Glatz Catholic News Service.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women and All Men.


MASS INTENTIONS August 2 - 8

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Angelina Franchino

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Bettie Miller


Stewardship of Treasure


Report Sunday July 12 & 13, 2014

Total $ 2,004.00

Report Sunday July 19 & 20, 2014

Total $ 1,631.00

Report Sunday July 26 & 27, 2014

Total $ 1,406.00

Second Collection for Maintenance Fund

$308.00


Thank you and God bless you!


4th ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST

PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND – DANCING FOOD & DRINKS!!!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 STARTS AT 6 O’CLOCK

Information: Don Boisvert 408.828.2035


Choir Call If you’d like to sing or play an instrument in the choir, please give us your ideas. We need you! Questions? Call Norma Hammons @ 353.3326


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic, confirmed or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting

The Second Wednesday of the month, August 13

At 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center. We have very good support for one another.


August 6 and 9th are the anniversaries of the atomic explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945).

As these events are recalled, all are urged to continue to pray for world peace and for increased “efforts in favor of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament”



Window Blessing and Dedication

Sunday August 10 at 10 a.m. Mass. Bishop Richard Garcia will preside the Eucharist, and bless and dedicate the stained glass windows. Please save this date!!!







 

 

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 27, 2014


The parables of the treasure, the pearls, and the net thrown into the sea…

Matthew 13: 44-52


Uncovering the golden Buddha


In 1957, a new highway was being constructed near Bangkok, Thailand. In order to complete the road, an enormous clay statue had to be moved. As the statue was being rigged up to be relocated, workers accidentally cracked the clay. A week of steady rain – not unusual in Southeast Asia – washed away the clay to reveal a statue of Buddha made of gold. Scholars believe the giant Buddha was covered in mud to hide it from Burmese invaders centuries ago; in all probability, the invaders murdered the Thai monks who covered the statue. Their secret remained hidden until the public works project in 1957. The priceless Gold Buddha – weighing over 5,000 pounds – was installed in a specially-built temple where it is revered today.


Our lives are meant to be a time of discovering the holy and meaningful in the mud and clay of the roads we trod. Israel’s King Solomon understands that when he asks God in today’s first reading for wisdom and “an understanding heart.”

Jesus invites us to seek the “treasures” and “pearls” of lasting value that are the things of God: the love of family and friends, the support given and received in being part of a family and community, the sense of joy and fulfillment found in serving and giving for the sake of others. To find God means to live our lives with eyes of faith and perseverance of spirit to realize God’s presence in every moment God gives us.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



Prayer Group for Women and Men

Please come every Tuesday to the Church at 8:15 a.m.



How much better to acquire wisdom than gold!

To acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.”

Proverb. 16:16


In comparing the reign of God to the merchant, Jesus shows us God’s priorities. In comparing it to the buried treasure, he asks us what our priorities are. Solomon, choosing wisdom over wealth, models a truly biblical scale of values.



MASS INTENTIONS July 26 – August 1

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Patricia Bricco

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Danna Gustafson

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Bettie Miller

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Guillermina Garcia


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic, confirmed, or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting: Wednesday, August 13th at 6:30 p.m. In the Community Center. We have very good support for one another.


4th ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST


PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND - DANCING

FOOD & DRINKS!!!


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

STARTS AT 6 O’CLOK


$35 Donation Requested

For more information contact: Don Boisvert

408.828.2035



Preschool Gospel during 10 am. Mass!

The first Sunday every month after Mass! Young Family Social!

Contact Molly Slone 408 455.8745 or Ann Robbeloth 408 230.4639


PEACE AND SOLITUDE

New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur is a Catholic monastic community rooted in the ancient tradition of Saint Benedict. It is a restorative place of healing through monastic silence and solitude, set as a jewel in the natural beauty of a coast of Big Sur. We offer the option for our retreatants to participate in beautiful liturgical celebration. Please come visit us for a day trip or stay in our private guest rooms to get away from it all. You can make reservation Online at www.contemplation.com and click on “Retreats” or call us at 831-667-2456 ext. 100


OUR OFFERING TO GOD

The parish asks each family to contribute only one hour of weekly wage.

The import thing is that it should be given as a Prayer.

Thank you for your generosity!


Widow Blessing and Dedication

Sunday, August 10 at the 10 a.m. Mass Bishop Richard Garcia will preside the Eucharist, and bless and dedicate the new stained glass windows.

Please save this date!



Pope Francis

What is the most important thing?

JESUS!

If we forge ahead with our own arrangements, with other things, with beautiful but without Jesus, we make no headway, it does not work. Jesus is more important…

 

 

 


SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 20, 2014


What’s the manna?


According to the Bible, around 1200 B.C., God began enabling dependency. In one 40-year episode, God sent a substance called manna to a people wandering in the desert. Had God let them be self-sufficient, they might have found their own food, or eaten less, or just gone back home and gotten jobs. Well, maybe not back to Egypt exactly, but somewhere they could find employment. On the other hands, self-sufficiency may not have been what God was after.


Manna had a strange effect on the wandering people. It helped organize them. They had to figure out a way to collect and distribute and consume this daily edible event, and do so before the day’s end, for the manna would not last overnight. The next day the same process would begin all over again.


So manna fed the people not just physically but socially and economically, too. And, of course, the experience day after day of this good gift, beyond anything deserved, hoped for or imagined; this experience of being loved and cared for – it formed them, too. It meant they didn’t have to be self-sufficient any more.


Years later, Moses told his people, as they sat on the stony ground at the border of the Promised Land, to consider self-sufficiency. “Remember how for 40 years,” he said, “the Lord, our God, directed all your journeying in the desert.”


The form of the word translated in this passage as “your” is not individual but communal. It may have taken 40 years, but a community now existed, with all its riches and limits, its brokenness and grandeur, its need for rules and rituals. Where there used to be a gathering of individuals, there was now a community, a people with the capacity for the Promised Land…


Centuries later, Jesus pushed the same dependency theme further. He also used food, materially and symbolically, to build community that was pointed toward the Promised Land.


His message was this. After walking in our own wilderness of loss and limits, broken bones and broken hearts, of tears and defeat—after all our mistakes and missteps, we can still depend on the sufficiency of love come down to save us. “Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that came down from heaven, that one may eat it and not die” (John 6:49-50). To eat is to acknowledge our dependence both on food and on each other.


We are participants in Christ. We have merged; we ourselves have been transubstantiated. And part of the process is that eating from the one loaf makes us one body. We don’t have to be self-sufficient anymore. Unlike the people who see themselves, first and foremost, as self-sufficient individuals, we who share this bread see ourselves, first and foremost, as a community caring for one another… It denies community and in so doing destroys part of what makes us human…


(Angie O’Gorman is a freelance writer and human right worker living in St. Louis, Missouri)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

And All Men


MASS INTENTIONS July 19 - 25

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Parker Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Joe Segrest

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Fr. John Murphy

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday we give you next bulletin!

ST. FRANCIS SOUP KITCHEN

St. Francis Soup Kitchen thanks everyone for their recent donations of men’s clothing items. Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. If you would like to volunteer for this ministry please call 831-459-6712 for more information. Thank you for your support!


4th ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND – DANCING,

FOOD & DRINKS!!!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

STARTS AT 6 O’CLOCK

$35 Donation Requested

For more information contact:

Don Boisvert

408.828.2035


PEACE AND SOLITUDE

New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur is a Catholic monastic community rooted in the ancient tradition of Saint Benedict. It is a restorative place of healing through monastic silence and solitude, set as a jewel in the natural beauty of the coast of Big Sur. We offer the option for our retreatants to participate in beautiful liturgical celebration. Please come visit us for a day trip or stay in our private guest rooms to get away from it all. You can make reservations Online at www.contemplation.com and click on “Retreats” or call us at 831-667-2456 ext. 100


Preschool Gospel During 10am Mass 1st Sunday every month August 3rd and 11a.m. Young Family Social.

Contact Molly Slone 408 455.8745 or Ann Robbeloth 408 230.4639 with questions.


Men’s Club

Wednesday August 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center.

Dinner will be served. We have good support for one another.

Please come – we need you!!!



 


FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 13, 2014


Who are the members of your motley crew?

 


Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales reminds us of our identity as pilgrims. We are all on a journey. And a motley crew we are: saints and sinners, clowns and CEOs, the beautiful and the ugly. We do well to remember William James’ assertion: “The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison inmates, and death finally runs the robustness of us down.”


Who are some of the confidantes in your motley crew, the companions on your particular pilgrimage? Who are the ones offering guidance as you journey toward Canterbury or Camelot or God’s kingdom, and what wisdom do they share? Answering these questions might bring forth gratitude, perhaps even reform.


I have been on the road now for 75 years. Time and time again, I am joined for a mile or two by a politician, a poet, a prophet, a philosopher, a psalmist. Time and time again, I’ve dialogued about the big and little questions of life.


Recently I “traveled” with Dag Hammarskjold (1905-61), that great international civil servant who served as secretary-general of the United Nations for eight years. Here is what he had to say (via Roger Lipsey’s Hammarskjold: A Life): “Each day the first day. Each day a life. Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back.”


Ancient wisdom here, the old carpe diem advice. By seizing the day and making the most of each moment, the art of living. It is a call to attentiveness; it is a call to live in the moment, yes, the sacrament of the moment. Hammarskjold gave primacy to the present moment while simultaneously saying a resounding yes to the past and the future.


In our troupe were several philosophers, Socrates, Kant, and Husserl just to name a few. But it was Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55) who shared this prayer with us pilgrims: “So may Thou give to the intellect, wisdom to comprehend that one thing; to the heart, sincerity to receive this understanding; to the will, purity that wills only one thing.” Long into the night, we discover that one thing that Unum necessarium and we all agreed it is the ability to receive and give love.


King David came up from the rear, singing his psalms. One of his favorites (and ours) was the one we know as Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd…” David told us the whole story: his anointing, his murder, his adultery, his guilt. Then he told us the rest of the story: God’s overwhelming mercy and love. We all slept well that evening.

In between the conversation and meals, we had some down time, some silence and solitude. It was in these moments that we processed our experience, knowing full well that experience unreflected upon can be so dehumanizing.


At last, just over the horizon we saw our destination. Through the mist we saw something that looked like a cross and over to the left an empty tomb. We hurried on.


(Bishop Robert Morneau served as an auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Green Bay, Wis., from 1978 to his retirement in 2013. He is the author of many books, including The Color of Gratitude.)


CONFESSIONS:

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BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

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Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS July 12 - 18

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Devlin’s Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services



STEWARDSHIP

So do not worry and say, “What are we to eat?” or “What are we to drink?” or “what are we to wear?” (Matthew 6:31)

God did not create the world only to abandon it to its own devices. He cares day by day for all that he has made, though we do not always recognize his hand at work.

Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday July 5 & 6, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,221.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,641.00


Thank you for your support and generosity.

God bless you!


4rd ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST

PARTY WITH DANCE

LIVE BAND, FOOD, DRINKS, & DANCING!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

FROM 6 O’CLOCK to 10 PM

Information: Don Boisvert

408. 828.2035



Men’s Club

Wednesday, August 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center.

Dinner we be served!

We have very good support for one another.

Please come, we need you!!!


PARENTS…

Please continue to help your children to continue in union with JESUS CHRIST in the Eucharist. Every Sunday…

 


FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JULY 6, 2014


Lord, I’ve done the best I can.”


Pope Saint John XXIII during the Second Vatican Council days used to submit all his anxieties to God by this prayer every night: “Lord, Jesus, I’m going to bed. It’s your Church. Take care of it!”


The President Dwight Eisenhower knew about that inner rest derived from submitting daily lives to God. He had it even while he was the leader of armed forces in World War II. His every decision during that awful conflict had monumental consequences.

How did he deal with the pressure? Ike shared with his former pastor, Dean Miller that he didn’t try to carry his burden alone.


Some nights when the strain became too great, Eisenhower would simply pray, “Lord, with your grace I’ve done the best I can. You take over until morning.” And he understood very well Jesus’ advice in today’s Gospel” “Come to me, all who labor and heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).


If I keep my bow always stretched, it will break.”


Once, Saint Anthony the hermit was relaxing with his disciples outside his hut when a hunter came by. The hunter was surprised and mildly shocked to see the saint taking it easy. This was not his idea of what a monk should be doing, and he rebuked the saint.

But Anthony said, “Bend your bow and shoot an arrow.” The hunter did so. “Bend it again and shoot another,” said Anthony. The hunter did so—again and again. At last the hunter said, “Father Anthony, if I keep my bow always stretched, it will break.” “So it is with a monk,” replied Anthony. “If we push ourselves beyond measure, we will break; it is right from time to time to relax our efforts.”

Jesus gives us the same message in today’s Gospel.


During the U. S. Independence Day celebrations you will hear all or part of the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…

Send these, the homeless tempest-tossed to me.”

Today’s readings, especially the Gospel, give the same message in a more powerful way: “Take my yoke… and you will find rest.”




CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS JULY 5-11

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Lola Hammons

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Lola Hammons

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Matthew Doseph

Friday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners


Treasury Report Sunday June 28 & 29, 2014

Plate $ 894.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,314.00

Second Collection for Maintenance was

$ 780.00

GOD BLESS YOU AND THANKS!


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Parish harvest party & dance


LIVE BAND, GREAT MUSIC!

FANTASTIC FOOD!

ADULT BEVERAGES…

SEPT 13, 2014

6 PM TO 10 PM


Christ Child Church invites you!


For Information & Tickets: Don Boisvert 408 828.2035




Prayer is the raising of the mind to God.

We must always remember this.

The actual words matter less.

Saint John XXIII



RETROUVAILLE

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Men’s Club Meeting

Our July meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday July 9th

Drinks and Dinner in the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.

Every man is WELCOME!!!


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men


PARENTS…

Please continue to help your children to continue in union with JESUS CHRIST in the Eucharist!

Every Sunday…


Summer Envelopes

We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver their weekly envelopes or donation to the parish office while on vacation or out-of-town. As many of you understand our parish expenses and obligations do not take a vacation when you do, so it is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.

God bless your summer and we pray for your family! -Fr. Eugenio



 

 


SAINTS PETERS AND PAUL, APOSTLES

June 29, 2014


Quo Vadis Domine?


Quo Vadis Domine Church in Rome commemorates the experience which followed St. Peter’s decision to avoid persecution and death by going to another city rather than remaining in Rome.

The spiritual drama of Peter’s decision with its results has been illuminated and immortalized by Henryk Sienkiewicz, in his 1905 masterpiece Quo Vadis, a novel which won for Sienkiewicz the Noble Prize in Literature. At the climactic moment of the novel, Peter was leaving Rome with his friend, Nazarius, during the height of Nero’s persecution of Christians. He met the risen Jesus on the outskirts of the city. Jesus, however, was walking into, not out of Rome. The traveling staff fell out of Peter’s hand. His eyes were fixed immovably ahead. His lips were open, and his face reflected unbelievable surprise, immense joy, and rapturous exaltation. Suddenly he threw himself on his knees, his arms lifted upward and stretched to the light, and his lips cried out: “Christ! O Christ!” His head beat against the dust as if he were kissing the feet of someone only he could see. Then there was silence. “Quo Vadis, Domine?” (“Where are you going, Lord?”) He asked, his voice punctured by his sobbing. Nazarius heard no answer. But a voice of ineffable sweetness and abundant sorrow rang in Peter’s ears, “When you abandon my people,” he heard, “I must go to Rome to be crucified once more.” The apostle lay still and silent with his face pressed into the dust. Nazarius he had either died or fainted, but Peter rose at last, picked up his pilgrim’s staff, and turned again toward the seven hills of the waiting Rome.


Today we celebrate the weakness and heroism of this great pillar of the Church.


Peter, died 64 in Rome under Nero; Galilean fisherman; spokesman for the Twelve who became “Prince of the Apostles”


Paul, according to tradition, was martyred in Rome 67; Pharisee who became the “Apostle of the Gentiles”; his letters may be dates from c. 50-65; patron of the lay apostolate, the Cursillo Movement, and Catholic Action…



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS June 28 – July 4

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martin P Hanley

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Fred & Bea Wagner

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Patricia Raby

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Don Boisvert

Friday 8:00 a.m.


Treasury Report Sunday June 21 & 22, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,046.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,466.00



TODAY The Second Collection is for the Maintenance Fund


July 4th

Independence Day

The Life that gives Life

Holy Spirit, the life that gives life.

You are the cause of all movement;

You are the breath of all creatures;

You are the salve that purifies our souls; You are the fire that warms our hearts; You are the light that guides our feet.

Let the entire world praise you!

Bless and protect our nation Oh Holy Spirit!

HAPPY JULY FOURTH!!!


PARENTS… please continue to help your children to continue in union with JESUS CHRIST in the Eucharist!

Every Sunday…

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PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND, GREAT MUSIC! FANTASTIC FOOD, ADULT BEVERAGES…

SEPT 13, 2014

6 PM TO 10 PM

Christ Child Catholic Church invites you!

For information & Tickets: Don Boisvert 408 828.2035


Men’s Club Meeting

Our June meeting will BE at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday July 9th. . Drinks and dinner in the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.

Every man is welcome!


VOLLEYBALL

If you are boy or girl entering 5th through 8th grade and would like to enhance your volleyball skills, assign up for summer VB camp. It run from July 7-11 from 1-4 p.m. in the Loma Prieta gym and is offered through the Home & school Club and taught by mountain. Resident and longtime volleyball coach NORMA HAMMONS



Catholic and Prayer

The Rosary

The rosary is a meditation on events in the life of Jesus and Mary. It uses the Sign of the Cross, the Apostles’ Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be as a framework. It is an excellent everyday prayer.

For those times when we want to pray but find it difficult or impossible in our own words, the rosary gives great consolation. For this reason, it is frequently the prayer said at a Catholic wake service.


 


THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

June 22, 2014


Theological significance


Center and culmination of Christian life!

Vatican II states that as a sacrifice “the Holy Eucharist is the center and culmination of Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, 11). Why? First because it enables us to participate in Christ’s sacrifice as a present reality and to benefit from its fruits in our own lives. Second because it helps us to worship the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the most perfect way. Third because it strengthens our charity and unity with Jesus and each other in a joint offering of His Body and Blood to the Father. Four because it gives us a lasting memorial of Christ’s suffering, death and Resurrection, reminding us of our obligation to make loving sacrifices for others.


The Eucharist is the Mystery of our Faith, the mystery of our Hope, the mystery of our Charity.

Why do we celebrate the Eucharist some 2,000 years later? We do this because Jesus told us to do so: “Do this in memory of me.”

Saint Augustine in the 5th century said it best when he said: “It is your Mystery, the Mystery of your life that has been placed on the altar.”

The Holy Memorial is known by carious names: “The Eucharist” because Jesus offered Himself to God the Father as an act of thanksgiving;

“The Lord’s Supper” -- or “Breaking of the Bread” – because we celebrate it as a meal; “Holy Communion,” because, we become one with Christ by receiving Him; and “Holy Mass’ (holy sending0, because it gives us a mission: “Go in peace to love and serve others.”



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



MASS INTENTIONS June 21 - 27

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Frank Thomas

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Abel Campos

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan



STEWARDSHIP

I would feed my people with finest wheat and fill them with honey from the rock.

Psalm 81:17

When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we ourselves enter into the Lord’s Passover journey from death to life.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Psalm 34:9

In the body and blood of Jesus Christ offered on the altar of the cross, God establishes a new covenant of peace.


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

June 14 & 15, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,181.00

EFT……………………….. $ 420.00

Total $ 1,601.00


Next Sunday the Second Collection will be for the Maintenance fund!


Thank you and God Bless you!



The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus


June 27 Friday

“The term ‘sacred Heart of Jesus’ denotes the entire mystery of Christ, the totality of his being, and his person… Devotion of the Sacred Heart is a wonderful historical expression of the Church’s piety for Christ: It calls for a fundamental attitude of conversion and reparation, of love and gratitude, apostolic commitment and dedication to Christ and his saving work”


One of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a lance, and at once there flowed out blood and water. John 19:34


Prayer Group Meetings

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men




PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND, GREAT MUSIC! FANTASTIC FOOD, ADULT BEVERAGES…

SEPT 13, 2014

Christ Child Catholic church invites you!


For information & Tickets: Don Boisvert 408 828.2035


MEN’S CLUB MEETING

Our June meeting will at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday July 9

Drinks and dinner in the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another

Every man is welcome!



Monastery Vocations Retreat Announcement

Attention prayerful single men!

The Holy Trinity Trappist Monastery (for men) in Huntsville, Utah will be hosting a “Live-in Experience” vocational retreat soon. The monks are on a scenic 2000 acre farm. Work and pray with the monks and enjoy the vocational talks. The group Live- in will be held on August 4th -8th. (Individual July dates available at your convenience.) There is no cost.

Call toll free 1-800-221-1807. If you take a bus or plane to Salt Lake City they will pick you up for free.

Are you called to be a monk, nun, or priest? Take a free online test at

www.vocationsplacement.org

(Over 630 persons like you have reported applying and entering religious life or the priesthood.) 1-800-221-1807.

 

 


THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

June 15, 2014


The Spirit as midwife


Last Pentecost’s Sunday has often been described as the birthday of the church. Perhaps it might be more accurate to refer to Pentecost as the celebration of the Spirit, who, like a midwife, tends carefully to the birth of the community of believers.


The Spirit is there to assist as the church labors to witness to God’s truth, justice, peace and love. There to encourage when the going becomes difficult. There to comfort and strengthen when weakness sets in and quitting looks tempting. There to remind the community of its commitment to support and protect life, all life, from the womb to the tomb. There to keep all eyes on the goal of preaching the good news to all, without exception and without stinting. There to light a fire in the belly of those who have grown weary and disillusioned. There to heighten the sensitivities of the well-off and worry-free toward the plight of the lost and the wounded. There to shed light in the darkness. There to be the love that empowers all we are, all, we do, all we become.


Like a great and holy enabler, it is the Spirit who aids us in interpreting who JESUS is and who empowers us to follow in Jesus’s ways. Hans Urs von Balthasar once explained that the human mind, on its own, is inadequate to understand Jesus and God (Does Jesus Know Us? Do We Know Him? Ignatius Press, 1983). Jesus’s disciples only understood fully when he breathed this Spirit into them after his resurrection, and the assembled church when it received the Spirit at Pentecost.


With the grace afforded by the Spirit, the church continues to revere the old and ruthlessly revise so as to keep the church pertinent to the world in which it is to be salt, light and leaven. Surely, this was the intent of the Second Vatican Council, whose members were challenged to open the windows of their minds and hearts and allow the Holy Spirit to blow them in the direction already plotted by JESUS.


That same Spirit continues to blow, empowering the church to speak – not in a language long dead, but as it did on that first Pentecost in a language that can be understood by all people, everywhere.

Peace be with you. We are one body. We share one Spirit. Amen. Alleluia.

By Patricia Datchuck Sánchez


Most Holy Trinity, who lives in me, I praise you, I worship you, I adore you and I love you.”

-St. Francis Xavier



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS June 14 - 20

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Abel Campos

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Donal O’Regan

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Sheila O’Regan

TREASURY REPORT

June 7 & 8, 2014


Plate………………………. $1,119.00

EFT……………………….. $ 420.00

Total………………………. $1,539.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!



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Parents – please continue to help your children to continue in union with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist!

Every Sunday…

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Let us pray…

For an increase in vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life.

For the protection and preservation of religious freedom in our country.

That those will draw close to those facing extreme hardship, especially the poor, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, those who are unemployed, and those who are alone…

Stained Glass Window Donors


Baptism: Rosanna Kennedy – Jean & Paul Taylor

Confirmation: Corwin Lakin

Eucharist: Leah Duncan & family

Reconciliation: David & Norma Hammons

Anointing of the Sick: Karen & Steve Joesten

Matrimony: Christine & Herb Curran

Holy Orders: Christ Child Parishioners

The Church: The Olsen Children


Thank You!!!

PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

Live Band, Great Music! Fantastic Food, Adult Beverages…

Sept 13, 2014

6 pm to 10 pm


Christ Child Catholic Church invites you!

For information & Tickets:

Don Boisvert 408 828.2035


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CTE H & SC VOLLEYBALL CAMP

If you are boy or girl entering 5th through 8th grade and would like to enhance your volleyball skills, sign up for summer VB camp. It runs from July 7-11 from 1-4 p.m. in the Loma Prieta gym and is offered through the Home & School Club and taught by mountain. Resident and longtime volleyball coach, Norma Hammons.

To sign up, go to ctehsc.org soon as space is limited and this is a very popular camp.

 

 


PENTECOST SUNDAY

June 8, 2014


Fly like an eagle


There is an old fable about a changeling eagle. A tribesman who lived in a forest, one day found an egg of an eagle. He took the egg home and hatched it along with the chicken eggs. This eaglet started growing up with the other chicks. It started eating white ants and little worms, pecking and hopping here and there like the other chicks. But it never learned to fly like an eagle. One day as it was foraging for food from the ground, it saw an eagle majestically soaring high in the sky. As the eaglet was admiring the grandeur of the soaring eagle, the other chicks came and said to the eaglet, “Look that is the eagle – the king of the birds. You and I are chickens. We cannot fly like the eagle.”


Often we lead poor lives without realizing the power of the Holy Spirit residing with us. Let us learn to connect ourselves to this great spiritual powerhouse of the Holy Spirit by daily praying for His anointing.


Come, Holy Spirit, come!



Did you and grandma ever get into any fights?”


A little girl asked her grandfather, “Did you and grandma ever get into any fights?” The grandfather replied: “We don’t talk about it very often, but there was a time when we were not getting along very well. We seemed to be picking on each a lot and finding all kinds of things to argue about and really getting on one another’s nerves. Well, one day I came in from the garden and I heard a voice upstairs. I went to the stairs and heard your grandmother telling God what she could not bring herself to tell me.” “Well, what did you do?” asked the grand-daughter. “I quietly walked up the stairs,” he replied, “and knelt down beside her and told God my side of the story. And from that day to this, we have never had a problem which we couldn’t resolve by talking it over with each other and with God.”

Do you think the Holy Spirit was active in that couples’ marriage? There can be no doubt. Conflict will always remain part of every relationship. The fruits of the Spirit

Love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control – will always remain critical for happy relationship with others.


Alleluia!!!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS June 7 - 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Nick Ingargolia

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Leslie Ann Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Patricia Carrell

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday May 31 & June 1, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,326.00

EFT $ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,746.00


6th Blessing of the Hot Rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough!)

Many members of our parish worked very hard!! Thank you for allowing this wonderful event to happen!

Total Income & donations $ 4,934.50

Thank you!


TODAY Christ Child Men’s Club

SUNDAY BRUNCH

In the Community Center after Mass 10:00 a.m.

Information: Don Boisvert

408 828-2035


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. (Women's)

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. (Men's)


Men’s Club Meeting

Our June meeting will at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday June 11th drinks and dinner in the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.

CTE H & SC VOLLEYBALL CAMP

If you are a boy or girl entering 5th through 8th grade and would like to enhance your volleyball skills, sign up for summer VB camp. It runs from July 7-11 from 1-4 p.m. in the Loma Prieta gym and is offered through the Home & School Club and taught by mountain.

Resident and longtime volleyball coach,

Norma Hammons.

We have fun while learning good techniques of passing, serving, setting spiking and digging. Advanced players cover blocking. Cost is $125 and includes final day of a mini tourney with camp awards for everyone.

To sign up, go to ctehsc.org soon as space is limited and this is a very popular camp.



From the Bishop Richard:

As our school let out for the summer, we wish our children a beautiful summer.

May it be a time to spend with families, to rest and to be reinvigorated by God’s love.

I wish our graduates at every level a sincere congratulation at every level and I wish you God’s blessings for all you will do in the future.

May we trust and serve our God with humility and love. Also, in this month of June we honor our fathers and grandfathers and all of those men who fathered us in loving ways. We thank God for our fathers and all who have nurtured us.

It is also an occasion to thanks God for our Godfathers. Let us remember too with love and thanksgiving those of our fathers, grandfathers and Godfathers who have died and gone to their resting place prepared for them by our compassionate God.


May God bless you all,

You’re Bishop Richard Garcia


 

 


THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

June 1, 2014


Today’s reading describe the Ascension of the Lord Jesus into his heavenly glory after promising his disciples the Holy Spirit as their Source of heavenly power, and after commanding them to bear witness to him by their lives and preaching throughout the world.

Today’s feast is a celebration of Jesus’s glory after his suffering and death – a glory in which we also hope to share.


Each Sunday we profess through the Creed, “He ascended into heaven.” Christ’s Ascension was the culmination of God’s divine plan for Christ Jesus, by his return to his Father with “Mission Accomplished.” Jesus’ Ascension was the grand finale of all his words and works done for us and for our salvation. It was a culmination, but not the conclusion. As he is now with God in glory, he, the Father and the Holy Spirit, One God, dwells within us: “Lo, I am with you always.”

The feast of the Ascension celebrates one aspect of the Resurrection, namely Jesus’ exaltation. He did not wait 40 days to be glorified at God’s right hand. That had already happened at his Resurrection. The focus of this feast is the heavenly reign of Christ. Upon his Ascension, Jesus would be “seated at God’s right hand,” meaning that He alone would be in control of the continuing plan of salvation through the Holy Spirit, unrestricted by time, space or culture. Thus the Paschal Mystery of Jesus’ passion, death, resurrection, Ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit forms one unbroken reality which is to be understood by Faith.


The Ascension account: The Biblical accounts of the Ascension focus not so much on the details of the event as on the mission Jesus gave to his disciples. For Example, in the accounts narrated in Luke and Acts, the Ascension took place in Jerusalem. In Matthew and mark, on the other hand, the event occurred in Galilee. All accounts, however, agree that the Ascension took place on a mountain. In Luke and Acts, the ascension happened forty days after the Resurrection, a period during which Jesus appeared repeatedly to his followers. In Matthew and Mark there is no indication of the time period between the Resurrection and the Ascension. The Gospel writers apparently were not aiming at accuracy of historical detail but were more concerned with transmitting Our Lord’s message.


Go and teach all nations, say the Lord; I am with you always, until the end of the world!



CONFESSIONS

By request or by appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS May 31 – June 6

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. For all sick persons

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. The Parishioners


Stewardship of Treasure Report

May 24 & 25, 2014


Plate…….………………………$ 1,202.20

EFT……………………………..$ 420.00

TOTAL $ 1,622.20


The Second Collection for Maintenance was $ 452.46


Thank you and God bless you!

PLEASE HELP US!



Let us Pray…

For an increase in vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life.

For the protection and preservation of religious freedom in our country.

That those will draw close to those facing extreme hardship, especially the poor, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, those who are unemployed, and those who are alone…



Men’s Club Meeting

Our June meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday June 11th at the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another. Every man is welcome!


Please give your support to the

Loma Prieta Firefighters BBQ

Sunday – June 1st at the Gazebo

Today!!!



Thank You!!!

Florence B. Beckmann

Nanette Thomas

Jennifer J. Davis

Herb Curran

You are very good teachers for our children. Thank You!!!

God will reward you with many blessings.



Christ Child Men’s Club

SUNDAY BRUNCH

In the Community Center after Mass

June 8, 2014

Information: Don Boisvert 408 828-2035



CONGRATULATIONS to the children who received their First Communion last Sunday!!!


Bradley Schwarz

Frank Parker

Luke Leonhart

Maya Marie Gomez`

Olivia Frances Lohrer

Rosella Ruth Gomez

Thuan Nguyen


Come receive my Body and my Blood and I will dwell in you.

Alleluia!



 


SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 25, 2014


Advice for new graduates: Believe. Jump. Leap. Trust.


If you’re one of the millions of young people who are graduating from high school or college this season, I have one word of advice for you:

Believe

Believe in God. Believe in other people. Believe in yourself. I’m not sure how much your education and upbringing has prepared you for the question of faith. By its nature, faith is a squirrelly sort of concept. It doesn’t lend itself to test scores.

A fact doesn’t require belief. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States – that’s a fact. Anything that can be proved doesn’t require belief. If you put a cup of water in the freezer and wait a couple hours, you’ll find the cup is full of ice. You can see it with your own eyes.

By contrast, faith isn’t something that’s forced on you by the facts. You have a choice. You can choose to believe or not to believe. You can make the leap of faith. Or stay with your feet firmly planted in the rational world.


Here’s my advice: Jump!

Since the 1940s and on up to today, more than 90 percent of Americans have told pollsters that they believe in God. Yet, many who say they believe aren’t very devout.

In poll after poll, only about 40 to 45 percent of Americans claim to go to religious services weekly. And a good percentage of those may be fibbing. Sociologists who studied the question in greater depth determined that, since the 1990s, actual weekend church attendance in the U.S. has been only about 25 percent.

My advice is this: If you’re going to say you believe in God, then believe in God. And live your life as if you do.

Go to religious services, be part of a faith community that ponders the meaning of life and the relationship of humanity and God. And, even more, live out your faith.

This means doing the right thing. It means taking care to help the other guy. It means having an ethical framework within which you make moral choices. And it means believing in people.

Sure, you can choose the safe route and be distrustful. You can keep friends, family and the person you love at arm’s length so they can’t really hurt you. But this is a wasteful way to go through life. You’re wasting the only life you have.

You can’t really find out who you are and what you can do with your life if you stay hidden inside a fortress. The caterpillar will never become a butterfly if it stays inside its cocoon.

So when it comes to people: Leap!

Trust people. Be open with people. Talk about what you feel, about what you think, about what you believe. Be yourself. Believe in yourself. The more you are yourself, the more those around you will be open with you. And the better you’ll come to understand them and enjoy being with them. The more you are yourself, the more you come to understand who you are and who you are becoming. This will lead you down roads and through experience that you could never dream of. Don’t follow the advice of the bumper sticker: “He who dies with the most toys wins!” It’s the person with the most friends and the most loved ones whose life is richest. Of course, when you do this, you’ll get hurt at times. A business colleague will take advantage of you. Someone you love will cheat on you. A friend will abuse your trust. Yes, bad things can and will happen. And there will be those who tell you that’s it are your fault – for trusting others. Yet, as Gwendolyn Brooks writes in her poem “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward”: Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” That “night” is part of life. Accept it. Deal with it. And have faith that your “day” will be brighter.

(Patrick T. Reardon, a former Chicago Tribune writer, is the author of the forthcoming Catholic and Starting Out: 5 Challenges and 5 Opportunities)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


We can never sufficiently recommend the saying of the ROSARY, not simply with the lips but the attention of the soul to the divine truths, with a heart filled with love and gratitude.

Saint John XXIII

MASS INTENTIONS May 24 - 30

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. All the mothers

Thursday 8:00 a.m. All the mothers

Friday 8:00 a.m. All the mothers

TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

May 17 & 18, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 952.00

EFT……………………….. $ 420.00

Total $ 1,372.00


Second Collection for Catholic Charity was $ 646.00

Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 11th in the community Center. We are very good support for one another.

Every man welcome!


JUNE 1st SUNDAY

BBQ

Fire department

We need the support!!!

All need protection from fire!!!



MANY THANKS

Many thanks to the Christ Child Community for your assistance, support and participation in the “Blessing of the Hot Rods Event”.

Thanks to all of you, we had a great Community function and everyone worked very hard.


Thanks you again and God Bless.

Christ Child Men’s Club

 

 

 


FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 18, 2014


My Father’s house”


When St. John Chrysostom was summoned before the Roman Emperor Arcadius and threayened with banishment, he replied, “You cannot banish me, for the world is my Father’s house.” “Then I will kill you,” exclaimed the Emperor angrily. “No, you cannot,” retorted Chrysostom, “because my life is hidden with Christ in God.” “Your treasure shall be confiscated,” the Emperor replied grimly. “Sir, you can’t do that because my treasures are in heaven as my heart is there.” “I will drive you from your people and you shall have no friends left,” threatened the Emperor. “That you cannot do either, Sir, for I have a Friend in heaven who has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.”


In today’s Gospel Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life, gives us the same assurance. “In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.”



Surprises in Heaven

A few years ago, a minister of the United Methodist Church was forced out of his congregation and the ministry because he had the “audacity to preach heresy” during his Sunday sermon: “I’m in a church,” he said, “which acts as if God has a very small house, with only a few rooms and only one door. But thanks be to God, God’s house, according to Jesus, has many rooms, many places to dwell. If it were not so, he would have told us.” To add fuel to the fire, he explained his theory with a story. A good man died and was ushered into heaven, which appeared to be an enormous house. An angel began to escort him down a long hallway past “many rooms.” “What’s in that room?” the man asked, pointing to a very somber-looking group of people chanting a Gregorian Mass. “That’s the Roman Catholic room,” said the angel. “Very high church.” “What’s in that noisy room?” the man asked, pointing to a group of white-clothed people dancing, clapping and singing and occasionally shrieking out loud. “That’s the Pentecostal group,” said the angel. “Very lively.” “What’s in that room?” asked the man, pointing to a group of bald-headed people meditating to the sound of enormous gong.” That’s the Zen group,” said the angel. “Very quiet. You would hardly know they were here.” Then the angel stopped the man, as they were about to round a corner. “Now, when we get to the next room,” said the angel, “I would appreciate it if you would tiptoe past. We mustn’t make any sound.” “Why’s that?” asked the man. “Because in that room there’s a bunch of very fundamentalist Christians; and they think they’re the only ones here.” In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives a true picture of his Father’s house.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS May 17 - 23

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Frank Thomas

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Curran Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family



TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

May 10 & 11, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,966.00

EFT……………………….. $ 420.00

Total $ 2,386.00


Today the Second Collection Catholic Charity!!!

Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


FOOD FOR GOD’S PEOPLE…

We collect non-perishable food items for food pantry of Santa Cruz every Saturdays and Sundays. Your donations help feed the poor and hungry that come to the parish.


Men’s Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 p.m. on the Wednesday, June 11th in the Community Center. We are very good support for one another.

Every man welcome!

First Communion for the children in Religion Education Program today!!!


I know that you have learned who JESUS is. Your parents and teachers have taught you that He is the Son of God. They have told you that JESUS became a human being just like you and me. JESUS even died for us, so that we can live forever with Him in Heaven.

I pray that you will love JESUS forever, and I pray that you will let Him come into your heart and soul many, many times.

Fr. Eugenio


June 1 Preschool Gospel

During 10 am. Mass!

June 1 Sunday BBQ for the Fire Department at Gazebo!

June 8 Sunday Brunch after Mass!

In the Community Center!



6th Annual BLESSING of the Hot Rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission No Vehicle Entry Fee


  • HOT RODS

  • CLASSIC CARS

  • CUSTOM CARS

  • MUSCLE CARS

This Saturday May 17th 2014

10 am to 3 pm

 

 

 

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 11, 2014


On this Good Shepherd Sunday of prayer for vocations, the Church reminds us of our call to become good shepherds of God’s flock

 

and good sheep of His parishes, and invites us to pray for vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate and the consecrated life.


Both the Old and New Testaments use the image of a Shepherd and His flock to describe the unique relation of God to Israel and of the Christ to Christians.


Jesus was not talking to his followers. He was addressing the Pharisees. They were accusing him of being from the devil because he had healed a blind man on the Sabbath. His response was that he was the Good Shepherd. He was not like the hired hands who collected their pay for watching the sheep but abandoned them in their time of need because they didn’t really care about the sheep. So the Pharisees knew exactly what Jesus meant – he was claiming to be God. They also knew he was contrasting himself to them – the hired hands entrusted to care for God’s people, but caring only for themselves.


Yahweh the Good Shepherd.

For a long time, the Jewish people had used the Good Shepherd image for God. The usage goes all the way back to Genesis 49:24, which says that Joseph was saved “By the power of the mighty one of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, and the God of your father…” Such imagery was used by Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Zechariah, and of course by David in his Psalms. The psalmist addresses Yahweh as his Shepherd. Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my Shepherd; nothing shall I want.” “He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand” (Ps 95:7). “Like a shepherd He feeds His flock; in His arms He gather the lambs, carrying them in His bosom, and leading the ewes with care” (Isaiah 40:11), Ezekiel foretells what the Messiah will do as Good Shepherd. “I myself will tend my sheep… I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak” (Ezekiel 34: 15-16). In short, God is the ultimate Shepherd of the people, providing guidance, sustenance and protection (Psalm 23), and He intended their Kings and other leaders to be their shepherds as well.


I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.”

John 10:14



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS May 10 - 16

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Salvador Almaraz

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Kathleen Stacey

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Friday 8:00 a.m.


TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

May 3 & 4, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,315.00

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 1,732.50


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


2014 Catholic Charities Appeal

The 2010 Annual Appeal for our own Catholic Charities is scheduled for the weekend of May 17 & 18, 2014.

The theme for this year is Christ has many Faces… You see Him every day.”

Working together we can help the poor, welcome the stranger, and comfort the hurting.


6th ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission - No Vehicle Entry Fee!

HOT RODS

CLASSIC CARS

CUSTOM CARS

MUSCLE CAR

Saturday May 17th 10 am to 3 pm


For more information contact

Herb Curran 408.353.5550



DIOCESAN VOCATIONS PRAYER

Good and gracious Father, bless our Diocese of Monterey with consecrate men and women to serve the church. Increase the number of priests who announce the Gospel and celebrate the sacraments. Lord, give to your priests a generous heart that they may follow the example of Jesus our Good Shepherd, and through the intercession of your servant St. John Vianney, grant them the grace to love their ministry. We pray also for women that they may be inspired to follow you by serving others in religious life. O Virgin Mary, Lady of Bethlehem, sustain with your grace all those who have been called to serve. Amen.


2014 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.

AMA Total Pledged $8,405.00

Total paid $ 6,105.00

Fr. Eugenio


Pre-school GOSPEL during 10 am. Mass. The First Sunday of every month!

Join other Catholic Families!!!



A Great Summer Camp for Girls!

Camp Auxilium, a resident and day camp run by the Salesian Sisters in the beautiful Corralitos hills of Northern California, is an excellent place for girls ages 6 to 15 to enjoy a summer experience of wholesome fun, friendship, and formative activities in a safe, happy, faith-filled atmosphere. Camp dates: June 22 to July 19, 2014. Reservation may be made for 1 to 4 weeks, resident or day camp.

For camp details and cost, visit us at www.salesianschool.org – click “Summer Camp”

Or call 831.728.5518 ext. 3. Hurry, while spaces are still available! Early Registration deadline –May 24th!


 


THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 4, 2014


Bad news and good news


“I’ve got some good news and some bad news to tell you. Which would you like to hear first?” the farmer asked. “Why don’t you tell me the bad news fist?” the banker replied. “Okay,” said the farmer, “With the bad drought and inflation and all, I won’t be able to pay anything on my mortgage this year, either on the principal or the interest.” “Well, that is pretty bad,” said the banker. “It gets worse,” said the farmer. “I also won’t be able to pay anything on the loan for all that machinery I bought, not on the principal or interest.” “Wow, is that ever bad!” the banker admitted. “It’s worse than that,” the farmer continued. “You remember I also borrowed to buy seed and fertilizer and other supplies. Well, I can’t pay anything on that, either principal or interest.” “That’s awful,” said the banker, “and that’s enough! What’s the good news?” “The good news,” replied the farmer with a smile “is that I intend to keep on doing business with you.”

(John C. Maxwell, “Developing the Leaders around You” (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers), p.71.)

I don’t know if that was good news for the banker or not. Two of the disciples of Jesus were on the road that leads to Emmaus. They were as low as that farmer because their Master had been crucified like a common thief. But now they have heard reports that their Master was not dead at all. Reliable sources have told them that. He appeared to some of their most trusted friends. Was he really alive? The disciples were troubled and afraid. Should they believe the good news or the bad? And that’s our dilemma, isn’t it? DO WE BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS OR THE BAD? The good news is that Christ is alive. The bad news is how little impact that event is having in the world today.


Lord JESUS, open the Scriptures to us; make our hearts burn while you speak to us!

Luke 24:32


LORD, you will show us the path of life!



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS May 3 - 9

Saturday 5:00 p.m. The Lucette Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Lucette family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Fr. Angelo Re




2014 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.

Please with your help it will be achieved.

Fr. Eugenio


TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 26 & 27, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 885.00

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 1,302.50


Second Collection for Maintenance was $397.00


Thank you and God reward you!



Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting and dinner will be a 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14th

We have a great conversation and very good dinner. All men welcome!!!


6th Annual BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission No Vehicle Entry Fee

  • HOT RODS

  • CLASSIC CARS

  • CUSTOM CARS

  • MUSCLE CARS


Saturday May 17th, 2013

10 am to 3 pm

For more information contact

Dick Wells @ 408- 3157662



Spirit in the Cave of the Heart

An evening of songs and stories with Father

Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam.


Currently, Father Cyprian is prior of New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur.


International dessert buffer to follow


Sunday, May 25th

7:00 pm

Holy Cross Church

126 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA

Tickets available at the door

Sliding scale $20-$50

Students and seniors $15.00

Hosted by Holy Cross Catholic Community

For more information call 408.842.4562


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am.

All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am.

All Men


TODAY Preschool GOSPEL during 10 am Mass

The First Sunday of every month!

Join other Catholic Families!!!


YOU see that the CHURCH building is stronger, thank the work of Dan Devlin.

Thank You!

 


SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

April 27th, 2014


Joint canonization encourages politicized Catholics to bridge divides


When Pope Francis canonizes Pope John Paul II and John XXIII on this Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica, he will do more than honor the lives of towering figures that brought unique gifts to the Catholic Church and the world. He will also send a powerful message of unity. By simultaneously declaring as saints these two men so often deployed as symbols for competing Catholic camps, Pope Francis is reminding us that the Gospel no room for ideology.


As two Catholics sometimes pigeonholed as liberal and conservative but who love our church in equal measure, we’re grateful for this moment. The Catholic Church is diminished by the nasty rhetoric, tribalism and litmus tests that often define the dysfunctional culture of secular politics.


Catholic Democrats and Catholic republicans share a common faith that includes clear teachings about the sanctity of life from conception to natural death as well as a preferential option for the poor. As the world watches the Catholic Church with new eyes, we must strive for something better than internecine battles and gotcha rhetoric. Pope Francis is challenging us to build “a church of encounter” that goes to the margins where people are hurting and broken. A divided church will not meet that transcendent mission. This doesn’t mean Catholic must agree on everything. Indeed, Pope Francis has been clear that a static church is lifeless and fails to inspire.


“Open and fraternal debate makes theological and pastoral thought grow,’ the pope has said. “That doesn’t frighten me. What’s more, I look for it.” When the leader of the church can speak like this, surely Catholics across the ideological spectrum can come out of our bunkers.


Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II are often simplistically viewed as the respective standard-bearers for liberal social justice Catholic and conservative pro-life Catholics locked in a fierce tug-of-war over Catholic identity. This paradigm of perpetual conflict has roots in legitimate disagreements between faithful Catholics, but it also unravels unifying threads of church teaching.


It’s time to reject the assumption built into reductionist labels. Pope Francis challenges us all to confront a “throw-away culture” that tramples human dignity by treating life in the womb, migrants dying in the desert, and the forgotten elderly in nursing homes as expendable. It is challenging this “globalization of indifference,” as the pope describes our culture of comfort and extreme individualism that should unite us in service to the common good. Pope Francis is calling us to renew and deepen our solidarity with the voiceless and vulnerable…


If Catholic who votes differently lower our defenses and learn from each other, we can find common ground when it comes to urgent moral issues like poverty, abortion and immigration. If we speak together as Catholic first, we will offer an important and enriching voice to the American political conversation.


John XXIII, John Paul II and Francis have set a clear vision for social justice Catholicism that builds a culture of life. Let’s reach across the old divides and get to work.

(John Gehring & Kim Daniels )


Thomas believed because he saw the risen Jesus.

Although we have never seen him, we believe in him.

We give thanks to the Lord for his gift of faith, especially when we gather for the breaking of the bread and the prayers.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



MASS INTENTIONS April 26 – May 2

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Patti Devlin & Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Fred & Bea Wagner

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. +Rev. Declan Murphy



TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 19 & 20, 2014

Plate………………………. $ 4,340.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Men’s Club

Wednesday May 14th at 6:30 pm. Gathering and 7:00 pm. Dinner

Please Come!!!


6th Annual

BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

Antique – Classic – Custom – Muscle Cars Hot Rods – Sports Cars


When: Saturday, May 17th…10-3pm.

Where: Christ Child Catholic Church

23230 Summit Road, Los Gatos

No Registration Fee!!!

Awards at 2:00

For More Information Contact

Dick Wells @ 408-315-7662

FOOD – FUN – CARS

Kids’ Activities

blessingofthehotrods.com


A Lifeline for Marriage

Retrouvaille It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on May 2-4, 2014 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

 

 

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

April 13, 2014


Jesus enters Jerusalem.

The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood, their garments are stretched out before him, there is talk of the miracles he has accomplished, and loud praise is heard:

Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”


Crowds, celebrating, and praise, and blessing, peace: joy fills the air. Jesus has awakened great hopes, especially in the hearts of the simple, the humble, the poor, the forgotten, those who do not matter in the eyes of the world. He understands human sufferings, he has shown the face of God’s mercy, and he has bent down to heal body and soul.


This is Jesus. This is his heart which looks to all of us, to our sicknesses, to our sins. The love of Jesus is great. And thus he enters Jerusalem, with his love, and looks at us. It is a beautiful scene, full of light – the light of the love of Jesus, the love of his heart – of joy, of celebration.


At the beginning of Mass, we too repeated it. We waved our palms, our olive branches. We too welcomed Jesus; we too expressed our joy at accompanying him, at knowing him to be close, present in us and among us a friend, a brother, and also as a King; that is, a shining beacon for our lives. Jesus is God, but he lowered himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother. He illumines our path here. And in this way we have welcomed him today. And here the first word that I wish to say to you: JOY!


Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possession, but from having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst; it is born from knowing that with him we are never alone, even at difficult moments, even when our life’s journey comes up against problems and obstacles that seem insurmountable, and there are so many of them!


Let us follow Jesus! We accompany, we follow Jesus, but above all we know that he accompanies us and carries us on his shoulders. This is our joy, this is the hope that we must bring to this world. Please do not let yourselves be robbed of hope1 Do not let hope be stolen! The hope that Jesus gives us!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS April 12 - 18

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carolina Fasano

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Virginia Stehly

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Sally Roche

Thursday 7:00 p.m. Greg Walsh’s Fam.

TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 5 & 6, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,969.89

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 2,387.39


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Tuesday of Holy Week April 15th at 7:00 PM & Wednesday of Holy Week April 16th at 7:00 PM.


Station of the Cross

Good Friday, April 18th the Station of the Cross at 12 Noon, we invited the people of the Mountain Bible Church to join us to pray for the Parish if the weather is good.


Good Friday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church



Only 2 Weeks Left to Sign up for Retrouvaille!

Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery.

For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on 2 – 4 May 2014, call: 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site: www.HelpOurMarriage.com


The 6th Annual Blessing of the Hot Rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough!)

Free Admission.

Hot Rods – Classic Cars –

Custom Cars – Muscle Cars

Saturday May 17th 2014

10am to 3 pm

For more information contact 408.315.7662


HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2014


Holy Thursday April 17th

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7 pm


Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion April 18th at 7:00 pm

Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord


Holy Saturday Night:

The Great Vigil of Easter April 19th at 8 pm


Easter Sunday April 20th

Sunrise Service with Mountain Bible Church at the Gazebo – 7 am


MASS OF RESURRECTION OF THE LORD AT 10 am.



After Mass there will be an Egg Hunt in the Church grounds!

 

 


PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

April 13, 2014


Jesus enters Jerusalem.

The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood, their garments are stretched out before him, there is talk of the miracles he has accomplished, and loud praise is heard:

Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”


Crowds, celebrating, and praise, and blessing, peace: joy fills the air. Jesus has awakened great hopes, especially in the hearts of the simple, the humble, the poor, the forgotten, those who do not matter in the eyes of the world. He understands human sufferings, he has shown the face of God’s mercy, and he has bent down to heal body and soul.


This is Jesus. This is his heart which looks to all of us, to our sicknesses, to our sins. The love of Jesus is great. And thus he enters Jerusalem, with his love, and looks at us. It is a beautiful scene, full of light – the light of the love of Jesus, the love of his heart – of joy, of celebration.


At the beginning of Mass, we too repeated it. We waved our palms, our olive branches. We too welcomed Jesus; we too expressed our joy at accompanying him, at knowing him to be close, present in us and among us a friend, a brother, and also as a King; that is, a shining beacon for our lives. Jesus is God, but he lowered himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother. He illumines our path here. And in this way we have welcomed him today. And here the first word that I wish to say to you: JOY!


Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possession, but from having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst; it is born from knowing that with him we are never alone, even at difficult moments, even when our life’s journey comes up against problems and obstacles that seem insurmountable, and there are so many of them!


Let us follow Jesus! We accompany, we follow Jesus, but above all we know that he accompanies us and carries us on his shoulders. This is our joy, this is the hope that we must bring to this world. Please do not let yourselves be robbed of hope1 Do not let hope be stolen! The hope that Jesus gives us!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS April 12 - 18

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carolina Fasano

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Virginia Stehly

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Sally Roche

Thursday 7:00 p.m. Greg Walsh’s Fam.

TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 5 & 6, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,969.89

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 2,387.39


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Tuesday of Holy Week April 15th at 7:00 PM & Wednesday of Holy Week April 16th at 7:00 PM.


Station of the Cross

Good Friday, April 18th the Station of the Cross at 12 Noon, we invited the people of the Mountain Bible Church to join us to pray for the Parish if the weather is good.


Good Friday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church



Only 2 Weeks Left to Sign up for Retrouvaille!

Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery.

For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on 2 – 4 May 2014, call: 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site: www.HelpOurMarriage.com


The 6th Annual Blessing of the Hot Rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough!)

Free Admission.

Hot Rods – Classic Cars –

Custom Cars – Muscle Cars

Saturday May 17th 2014

10am to 3 pm

For more information contact 408.315.7662


HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2014


Holy Thursday April 17th

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7 pm


Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion April 18th at 7:00 pm

Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord


Holy Saturday Night:

The Great Vigil of Easter April 19th at 8 pm


Easter Sunday April 20th

Sunrise Service with Mountain Bible Church at the Gazebo – 7 am


MASS OF RESURRECTION OF THE LORD AT 10 am.



After Mass there will be an Egg Hunt in the Church grounds!

 

 

Fourth Sunday of Lent

March 30, 2014


Lead kindly Light”


John Henry Cardinal Newman was a professor at the Oxford University. When he was an Anglican priest, along with the other scholars, he started the Oxford movement. When he was thirty-two years old, his health was bad and he took a break from his writing and went to Europe to recuperate. But unfortunately, he contacted a deadly fever. He wanted to return to England, but no transportation was available. As he waited, his life became lonely and tedious; he was experiencing great physical and emotional despair.


It is then that he penned a beautiful hymn asking God for light: “Lead kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead, thou me on; Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene-one step enough for me.”


In his confusion and distress, Newman prayed to the God of Light to lead him from darkness to light, from confusion to certainty, and from sickness to health. God heard his prayer and led him home safely.

In 1845, he was converted to the Roman Catholic faith.

(John Rose in John’s Sunday Homilies)


Blinded by prejudice


In the late 1700s the manager of a large hotel in Baltimore refused lodging to a man dressed like a farmer. He turned the farmer away because he thought his fellow’s shabby appearance would discredit the reputation of his distinguished hotel.


The farmer picked up his bag and left without saying a further word to anyone. Late that evening, the innkeeper discovered that he had turned away none other than the Vice President of the United States – Thomas Jefferson!


Immediately, the manager sent a note of apology to the famed patriot, asking him to come back and be his guest in the hotel. Jefferson replied by instructing the messenger as follows, “Tel him I have already reserved a room. I value his good intentions highly, but if he has no room for a common American farmer, then he has no room for the vice-president of the United States of America.”

(Brian Cavanaugh in the Sower’s Seeds)


By the mystery of the Incarnation, he has led the human race that walked in darkness into the radiance of the faith and has brought those born in slavery to ancient sin through the water of regeneration to make them your adopted children.

(Preface: The Man Born Blind)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS March 29 – April 4

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Judy Stehly`

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mullen Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Suzanne Stehly

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Judy Stehly

Friday 8:00 a.m. Virginia Stehly



TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

March 22 & 23, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,125.00

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 1,542.50


God Bless & Thank you for your support!


2014 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

Please help all the people of Diocese of Monterey. Please remember that your parish has a diocesan goal to meet and anything raised above that goal goes directly to your parish for its important projects.

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.00. God willing, and with your help it will be achieved.



Station of the Cross

Friday’s of Lent at 6:30 p.m. - Soup and bread - followed by the prayers of the Stations of the Cross.

All Fridays of Lent are a day of Abstinence in the Church


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. next

Wednesday April 9th Great conversation and dinner at the Community Center. All men welcome!


We are to grow in holiness by prayer, reconciliation and sharing during Lent. This week adopting these families in prayer:

Moran, Mullen, Navarini, Olsen, Orcutt, Orlando, O’Regan, Parker, Perry, Pratt, Raby, Rauh, Reilly, Robbeloth, Roberts, Rose, Rudholm, Ryan, Shirley Ryan, Saunders, Scallan, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schuesler, Seltzer, Shore, Sidor, Slone, Smith and Soucy.


SUPPORT THE SANTA CRUZ FOOD BANK

Hunger is epidemic in Santa Cruz County

Please bring food every Saturday and Sunday and we will bring it to the Santa Cruz Soup Kitchen to help the people in need!!!

One can of soup makes a difference and we have the opportunities.

The season of Lent it is the season of service to our neighbors.


Preschool Gospel during 10 a.m. Mass

First Sunday every month, next SUNDAY

Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4639 with questions.

 


THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

March 23, 2014


No drinking’ and no dancing’ area”


A couple of Catholic young men from the North were visiting a dusty little town in the back country of West Texas. It was a hard-shell Baptism town in the Bible belt of the South: “No drinkin’and no dancing’ area!” “In this town,” said the cowboy, “we use whiskey only for snakebite: to wash the wound as first aid.” Then he added slyly, “If you guys are so thirsty for whiskey, there’s only one poisonous snake in this town and that is in the zoo. So you better get a ticket to the zoo, go to the snake park, get hold of a cobra through the iron bar of its cage and give it a big hug! The zoo keeper will appear immediately with whiskey.”


The woman at the well had a mighty thirst, a thirst likes that of these young guys for whiskey, a thirst so big that it led her through five husbands and who knows what else. And still she was thirsty – a thirst cause by the absence of God in her life.

A meeting with Jesus gave her the living waters of friendship with Jesus and the anointing of the Spirit of God which restored her dignity and changed her life.

Here comes my friend, Douglass!”


Cart Sandberg describes the firm stand that Abraham Lincoln took against racial prejudice. One particularly stirring drama unfolded on the night of Lincoln’s second Inaugural ball. He had just delivered the blazing address in which he made famous words, “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work that we are in.

“That evening in a White House reception room, Lincoln stood shaking hands with a long line of well-wishers. Someone informed him that Frederick Douglass was at the door, but security wouldn’t let him in because he was black. Lincoln broke off from high-level protocol and instructed security to bring Douglass!” And then turning to Douglass, Lincoln unashamedly announced, “Here comes my friend, Douglass!” And then turning to Douglass, Lincoln said, “I am glad to see you. I value no opinion more than yours. I want to know what you think of it.” Those who see and respect the rich human qualities in those individuals whom others reject blaze pioneer trails through thick jungles of bigotry. The next generation can walk on the paths made by such giants as Lincoln who drew inspiration from Jesus’ example and teaching!

Today’s Gospel shows us Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman and a social outcast and gives us a model to follow in this world.


Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

The Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men



MASS INTENTIONS – March 22 -28

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Jay Johnson

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + James Shore

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Mari Tere Garcia

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Suzanne Stehly

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mullen Family


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

March 15 & 16, 2014


Plate………………………. $ 1,418.04

EFT……………………….. $ 417.50

Total $ 1,835.54


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Diocese of Monterey

Annual Ministries Appeal 2014

Pope Francis recently underscored the need to continue the work of evangelization. He said, “No one is excluded from the hope of life and God’s love. The Church is sent to reawaken everywhere this hope… The Church is the house where the doors are always open not only to welcome everyone in to breathe love and hope, but also so we can take this love and hope outside.”

Please help all the people of Diocese of Monterey. Please remember that your parish has a diocesan goal to meet and that anything raised above that goal goes directly to your parish for its important projects. Richard Garcia your Bishop.

We are to grow in holiness by prayer, reconciliation and sharing during Lent.

This week adopting these families in prayer:


Hammond, Kinner, Kinsella, Kirkham, Korb, Kubalski, Kulow, Lacey, Lakin, Lane, Le Gear, LePage, Leonhart, Linn, Lockett, Loughlin, Magnin, Mains, Mantey, Markey, McBeath, McCormick, McCrery, Miller Irene, Miller Laurie, Mills, Moilanen, Montana, Montion David & Concepcion and Montion Efrain & Eloisa.


Station of the Cross

Fridays’ at 6:30 p.m. –Soup and followed by the prayers of the Station of the Cross.


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, April 9th Great conversation and dinner.

At the Community Center.

We have very good support one and another.

All men welcome!!!



Preschool Gospel during 10 a.m. Mass

First Sunday every month at 11am – a Young Family Social. Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4639 with questions.

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

March 16, 2014


Missing the point


Once upon a time, a man took his new hunting dog on a trial hunt. After a while, he managed to shoot a duck and it fell into the lake. The dog walked on the water, picked up the duck and brought it to his master. The man was stunned. He didn’t know what to think. He shot another duck and again it fell into the lake and, again, the dog walked on the water and brought it back to him. What a fantastic dog – he can walk on water and get nothing but his paws wet. The next day he asked his neighbor to go hunting with him so that he could show off his hunting dog, but he didn’t tell his neighbor anything about the dog’s ability to walk on water. As on the previous day, he shot a duck and it fell into the lake. The dog walked on the water and got it. His neighbor didn’t say a word. Several more ducks were shot that day and each time the dog walked over the water to retrieve them and each time the neighbor said nothing and neither did the owner of the dog. Finally, unable to contain himself any longer, the owner asked his neighbor, “Have you noticed anything strange, anything different about my dog?” “Yes,” replied the neighbor, “come to think of it, I do. Your dog doesn’t know how to swim.” The neighbor missed the point completely. He couldn’t see the wonder of a dog that could walk on water; he could only see that the dog didn’t do what other hunting dogs do to retrieve ducks – that is to swim.

The disciple Peter was good at missing the point at the theophany of transfiguration as it is clear from his declaration: “I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”


O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.”

There is a mysterious story in 2 Kings that can help us understand what is happening in the transfiguration. Israel is at war with Aram, and Elisha the man of God is using his prophetic power to reveal the strategic plans of the Aramean army to the Israelites. At first the King of Aram thinks that one of his officers is playing the spy, but when he learns the truth he dispatches troops to go and capture Elisha who is residing in Dothan. The Aramean troops move in under cover of darkness and surround the city. In the morning Elisha’s servant is the first to discover that they are surrounded and fears for his master’s safety. He run to Elisha and says, “Oh, my lord, what shall we do?” The prophet answers “Don’t be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” But who would believe that when the surrounding mountainside is covered with advancing enemy troops? So Elisha prays, “O Lord, open his eyes so he may see.” The Lord opens the servant’s eyes, and he looks and sees the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha (2 Kings 6:8-23).This vision was all that Elisha’s disciple needed to reassure him. At the end of the story, not only was the prophet of God safe but the invading army was totally humiliated.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or by appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS March 15 - 21

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carmen Hench

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Raymond Devlin

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Greg Walsh & Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mullen Family

Patti Devlin & Fam.

Friday 8:00 a.m. Suzanne Stehly

REPORT SUNDAY

March 8 & 9, 2014


Collections $1,135.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $1,552.50


Thank you!

Please help us! & God Bless You!


CHOIR CALL

If you’d like to sing or play an instrument in the choir, please give us your ideas. We need you! Questions? Call Norma Hammons @ 353-3326


And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you!


We are to grow in holiness by prayer, reconciliation and sharing during Lent.

This week adopting these families in prayer:

Cordle, Erickson, Farley, Ferris, Flores Flynn, Fondriest, Freiri, Furlong, George, Gonzales, Guilhamet, Guzman, Hammons, Hanley, Harris, Hausle, Hench, Herrera, Heymann, Higgins, Hitchcock, Hoyt, Hurtado, Illes, Impey, Ireland, Joesten, Keesling, & Kennedy.


Men’s Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, April 9th Great conversation starts at 6:30 pm followed by dinner at the Community Center. We have very good support for one another. For more information, please contact Fr. Eugenio – All men welcome!


Stations of the Cross Friday’s

Soup and bread at 6:30 pm. followed by the prayers of the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm.


Diocese of Monterey

2014 Annual Ministry Appeal

Over the next few weeks you’ll be hearing about the 2014 Annual Ministry Appeal and how the ministries of the Diocese serve all of us. The theme AMA this year is

Passing on the treasure of our faith.”

Campus Ministry – Catholic Schools – Catechetical Ministry – Youth &Young Adult Ministry

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.


Preschool Gospel during 10am Mass

Fist Sundays every month & 11am

Young Family Social

Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4639 with questions.


 

 


FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

MARCH 9, 2014


Alluring music of the Sirens


In Greek mythology the sirens are creatures with the heads of beautiful women and the bodies of attractive birds. They lived on an island (Sirenum scopuli; three small rocky islands) and, with the irresistible charm of their song; they lured mariners to their destruction on the rocks surrounding their island (Virgil V, 846 XIV, 88). They sang so sweetly that all sailed near their home in the sea were fascinated and drawn to the shore only to be destroyed. When Odysseus, the hero in the Odyssey, passed that enchanted spot he had himself tied to the mast and put wax in the ears of his comrades, so that they might not hear the luring and bewitching strains. But King Tharsius chose a better way. He took the great Greek singer and lyrist Orpheus along with him. Orpheus took out his lyre and sang a song so clear and ringing that it drowned the sound of those lovely, fatal voices of sirens. The best way to break the charm of this world’s alluring voices during Lent is not trying to shut out the music by plugging our ears, but to have our hearts and lives filled with sweeter music of prayer, penance, word of God, self-control, and acts of charity. Then Temptations will have no power over us.


Ours is a vibrant culture, always in pursuit of happiness. Death is an obscenity, hidden by cascades of flowers and relegated to remote burial lawns on the edge of town. Sin is denied, camouflaged, psychoanalyzed, and repressed-not confessed. We don’t really sin. We make mistakes of judgment. If a popular politician lies, he or she is only being human.


Lent is a time to look at such temptations, sin and the consequences. Originally Lent was the season when those about to be baptized repented of their sins and sought to know the Lord Jesus more intimately. Then it became a season for the baptized to do the same.

We are challenged to die to sin so that we may rise again to the new life in Christ.


We are to confront and conquer temptations as Jesus did, using the means he employed.

Lent is the time for the desert experience.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



MASS INTENTIONS March 8 - 14

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Jay Johnson

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

+ James Shore

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Kerfs Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Andrew & Luella

Demers

We are to grow in holiness by prayer, reconciliation and sharing during Lent. This week adopting these families in prayer:


Avoy, Bates, Beattie, Beckmann, Benson, Bergland, Bettner, Boisvert, Bowen, Bradley, Browne, Bruga, Bruna, Cardoza, Christiani, Clarke, Clary, Cole, Cline, Cortez, Cox, Cunningham, Curran, Devlin, Donovan, Downing, Duncan, Durham, Duvall, & Dwyer.


All Friday’s during LENT

Soup at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Prayers at the Stations of the Cross.


THANK YOU!

To the Men’s Club for the wonderful celebration of the “Mardi Gras” Parish Party, on Fat Tuesday. We appreciate all your hard work and thank you.

We enjoyed the party!!!



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday March 1 & 2, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,613,00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 2,030.50


Thank You and God bless you!



Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com



Preschool Gospel during 10am Mass


1st Sunday every month &

11am Young Family Social

Come join other young Catholic Families while we offer a children’s gospel and activity during Mass.

MountainCatholic.wordpress.org

Contact Molly 455-8745 or Ann 230-4639

With questions


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Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 am. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 am. All Men




Every FRIDAY of LENT is a day of ABSTINENCE in the Church!!!




Retrouvaille

4 Stages of Marriage – The 4 stages of marriage are: 1. Romance, 2. Disillusionment, 3. Misery, and 4. Awakening. Many marriages experience the first 3 Stages then end in divorce never making it to the 4th Stage of Awakening to Joy. Don’t give up without learning about and experiencing the 4th Stage of Awakening. If your marriage is in the throes of Disillusionment or Misery, please contact Retrouvaille. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on 2 – 4 May 2014, call: 831.479.1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the website: www.HelpOurMarriage.com



EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

March 2, 2014


Worries and Anxiety


In a recent survey reported in Reuters, via MSNBC, 90% of the respondents said that they were worried about how well prepared they were for retirement. Between 20 and 30 percent of all American will live today under significant stress. Thirteen million will worry intensely for a least 90 minutes. It may be about our marriages, children, jobs, mortgages, health, grades, friends or a host of other issues.

Whatever the source, worry is an emotion with which all of us are familiar and which 27 percent of us experience virtually on a daily basis. (Statistics taken from American Demographics and MD Magazine, p 28). But a University of Michigan study determined that 60% of our worries are unwarranted; 20% have already become past activities and are completely out of our control; 10% are so petty that they don’t make any difference at all. Of the remaining 10% only 4 to 5% are real and justifiable, and we can’t do anything about half of those.

So only 2% of our worries are real.


One Day At A Time”


Several years ago a country gospel singer named Christy Lane scored an international hit with a record titled “One Day at a Time.”

“One day at a time—this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” Its popularity probably had little to do with the tune, which was ordinary at best. Nor could you explain its appeal by referring to Ms. Lane’s voice. She has a nice voice, but was it the reason for the success of her song then each of her recordings would have gone gold. The bottom line is this: it was the words of the song that appealed to millions the world around, the words which deep down us all know are true and wish we had the faith to live up to. The best we can reasonably do in this world is to live one day at a time and leave the rest up to God.

Too often, too many of us become trapped in the past or seduced by the future, to the point that we miss out on the present – which is actually all any of us ever has.


Today’s reading give us an invitation to avoid unnecessary worries by putting our trust in the love and providence of a merciful God, and then living each day’s life as it comes, doing His will and realizing His presence within us and others.


JESUS said to his disciples: Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”

--Matthew 6:34--


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men



MASS INTENTIONS March 1 -7, 2014

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Kerts Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

+ Frank Thomas

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Silvina Tiscareño

Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

7:00 p.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Barbara Richards

Friday 8:00 a.m. Andrew & Luella

Dermes


LENT 2014

The annual Lenten season is the fitting time to climb the holy mountain of Easter.

ASH WEDNESDAY March 5

Masses 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

A Day of Universal Fast and Abstinence in the Church


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 22 & 23, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,158.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 1,575.50

Maintenance Collection was $533.00

We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!

3rd Annual Fat Tuesday Parish Party

March 4th

Happy Hour at 6 P.M.

Followed by Dinner at 7 P.M.

Please Bring…a salad, dessert, or..?

Main Entrée, Side Dish & Drinks provided by the Men’s Club


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


Every Friday of LENT 6:30 p.m. Soup followed by Prayers of the Station of the Cross!


REDISCOVER YOUR MARRIAGE –Retrouvaile. The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. 10’s of 1000’s headed for divorces have successfully saved their marriages by attending. Retrouvaille is not a retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a seminar, not a social gather. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a weekend on 2 – May 2014, call; 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the website: www.HelpOurMarriage.com


Meet Young Catholic Families. TODAY SUNDAY! And every first Sunday of the Month.

10 am Pre-School GOSPEL

11 am Young Family Social!


Recycle – Free cycle

Men’s Club asks you bring all your cans!!!

You give something…you get something.

 


SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 23, 2014


If I could face to face with the pilot who dropped the bomb”


A 33-year-old Vietnamese woman named Kim Phu placed a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and delivered a shot speech. Twenty-four years ago, when Kim Phu was only 9 years old, her picture was taken by an Associated Press photographer and it seared the conscience of the world. Her village had just been hit by a United States napalm attack. Her two brothers were killed instantly. Kim Phu’s clothes were burned off her. In the photograph, this little girl was running, naked, in pain and terror. Last Monday in Washington, speaking to a hushed crowd, she made the following statement: “I have suffered a lot from my physical and emotional pain. Sometimes I thought I could not live, but God saved my life and gave me faith and hope. If I could talk face to face with the pilot who dropped the bomb, I would tell him we cannot change history, but we should try to do things for the present and for the future to promote peace.” No retaliation! Just tough, wise love. That’s the spirit of Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount. It’s the greatest power on earth. In the face of it, the devil trembles.


The goal, is reconciliation and redemption”


Martin Luther King, Jr. would take this principle from the Sermon on the Mount and use it to revolutionize American. King used to say, “No man can pull me down so low as to make me hate him.” The real goal, said King, was not to defeat the white man, but to awaken a sense of shame within the oppressor and to challenge his false sense of superiority. “The goal is reconciliation, redemption, the creation of the beloved community.”


The words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount which Martin Luther King paraphrased are totally out of step with our present world because our world believes in retaliation.


75 percent of Christians believe in capital punishment because they think we can stop the killing by killing the killers. That’s retaliation.


You have heard that it was said, you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father…”


-Matthew 5:46-


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men



MASS INTENTIONS February 22 - 28

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carmen Hench

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Barbara Richards

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Mari Tere Garcia M.

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Silvina Tiscareño


LENT 2014


As Lent draws near, I would like to offer some helpful thoughts on our path of conversion as individuals and as a community. These insights are inspired by the words of Saint Paul: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9).

It shows us how God works. He does not reveal himself cloaked in worldly power and wealth but rather in weakness and poverty….

God did not let our salvation drop down from heaven, like someone who gives alms from their abundance out of a sense of altruism and piety. Christ’s love is different!

When Jesus stepped into the water of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion; he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins. In this way he chose to comfort us, to save us, to free us from our misery. It is striking that the Apostles states that we were set free, not by Christ’s riches but by his poverty.

-Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2014


March 5 ASH WEDNESDAY

The Masses 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 15 & 16, 2014

Total Plate $ 940.15

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 1,357.65

We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!


March 7th First Friday Day of Prayer: "A Lenten Day with St. Francis of Assisi: A Story of Conversion" Presenter Brother Phillip Polk, OFM 9:30a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Suggested donation $25.00 includes lunch. for more information please contact St. Francis Retreat Center San Juan Batista info@stfrancisretreat.com or www.stfrancisretreat.com  


Tuesday March 4, 2014

6:00 p.m. Men’s Club Dinner!!!

Fat Tuesday Celebration”

Martes de Carnaval”

Before Lent beings!!!

Welcome everyone.


Meet Young Catholic Families

First SUNDAY every MONTH

10 am Pre-school GOSPEL

111 am Young Family Social

MountainCatholicwordpress.org

 

 

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 16, 2014


I’ve got good news and bad news.”


A cartoon in a national magazine showed Moses with two tablets under his arm coming down a mountain, “I’ve got good news and bad news,” he said, “the good news is I got Him down to ten. The bad news is adultery is still in there.” Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard once said: “Most people believe that the Christian Commandment are intentionally a little too severe, like setting a clock half an hour ahead to make sure of not being late in the morning.” Cable TV wizard, Ted Turner said that the Ten Commandments are out of date. I wonder which ones he would scrap. “Thou shalt not kill?” Absurd or “thou shalt not steal?” Try stealing CNN’s signal without paying for it. Probably he had in mind, “thou shalt not commit adultery.” Turner has been wrong before. The Ten Commandments will never obsolete. Adultery is just as serious now as then. And Jesus did not intentionally make his teaching a little too severe. He knew that happiness comes from living according to God’s laws. Breaking those laws, or sinning, brings unhappiness and even death. The life of integrity or righteousness is the life God intends for us to live. So, according to the Sermon on the Mount integrity is a big deal.


Never curse the umpire.”


Angelo Bartlett Giamatti was the President of Yale University, and later, the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Giamatti loved baseball. He felt that the structure of the game was a paradigm of the human journey in which all of us seek to break from the box, make a wide turn and get home safely. At his memorial service, Giamatti’s son recalled endless hours in which his father (dad in a vest, a tie and a Red Sox cap) pitched them in to him. His son also recalled a word of advice, forcefully delivered after a Little League argument, at first base (with father admonishing son): “Never curse the umpire. He’s the only one who knows the rules.” It was Giamatti’s contention, you see, that the beauty of the game… indeed, the very ballet of the game… required someone who could define the difference between ball and strike, fair and foul, safe and out, and who could also articulate the rules that give the game its structure. For the rules are to baseball as the law is to life. They are not the game. But without them, the game has no meaning. Or, as a character exclaims in Woody Allen’s excellent film Crimes and Misdemeanors: “Without the law, all is darkness.”

In today’s Gospel, Jesus reinterprets the Mosaic laws giving them a new meaning.


In Jesus is revealed a new wisdom, a new law, a new way of living.

Happy are they who choose to keep his commandments and follow his ways.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS February 15 - 21

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Raymond Devlin

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Carmen Hench

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Silvina Tiscareño

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Claralee Griffin


NEXT SUNDAY February 23rd at

11:30 a.m.

The entire PARISH with MOUNTAIN BIBLE CHURCH

Operation: Care and Comfort Military Care Package Program

After we have Lunch!


MARDI GRAS PARISH PARTY!”

Martes de Carnaval”

IT’S HAPPENING….

Tuesday March 4, 2014

At 6:00 pm.


Stewardship of Treasure


Report Sunday February 8 & 9, 2014

Total Plate $1,693.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $2,110.50


We Need Your Support, God bless you!

Not a Terminal Treatment (Christian life is not) a terminal treatment to keep us quiet until we go to heaven… Christian peace is a restive, not a torpid peace… It impels us, and this is the beginning, the root of apostolic zeal. The love of Christ possesses us, impels us, urges us on with the emotion we feel when we see that God loves us.

–Pope Francis


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com



Holy Cross School Families interested in Kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school years may now submit application to Holy Cross School. Please visit www.holycsc.org and click on the yellow “How to Apply” button found throughout our Web site. We also invite you to call us at 831- 423-4447 and schedule a visit – we welcome you to our school community!


Meet Young Catholic Families

1st SUNDAY every MONTH

10 am Preschool GOSPEL

11 am Young Family Social

MountainCatholicwordpress.org.



Recycle – Free cycle Men’s Club ask that you bring all your cans!!!You give something…you get something.

 

 


FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 9, 2014


Is your light shining?


If you doubt your light matters, take this little quiz. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss American Pageant. Do you know all these answers? Probably not. Ask yourself some additional questions. 1. Who fed and clothed you when you were helpless? 2. What was the name of your 1st grade teacher? 3. Who is the first friend you would call in an emergency? You do know the answers to these questions. They are the salt and light of the world.


I give them Jesus”


Mother Teresa was speaking to persons who had come to meet her from all over the world. Among those to whom she spoke was a group of religious sisters from many North American orders. After her talk she asked if there were any questions. “Yes, I have one,” a Sister sitting near the front said. “As you know, most of the orders represented here have been losing members. It seems that more and more women are leaving all the time. And yet your order is attracting thousands upon thousands. What do you do?”

Without hesitating Mother Teresa answered, “I give them Jesus.” “Yes I know,” said the woman, “but take habits, for example. Do your women object to wearing habits? And the rules of the order, how do you do it?” “I give them Jesus,” Mother Teresa replied. “Yes, I know Mother,” said the woman, “but can you be more specific?” “I give them Jesus,” Mother Teresa repeated again. “Mother,” said the woman, “we are all of us aware of your fine work. I want to know about something else.” Mother Teresa said quietly, “I give them Jesus. There is nothing else.”

We Christians have something the world cannot find anywhere else. It is Jesus, the salt of the earth and the light of the world.


The common theme of all three reading today is our mission to the world as salt and light.


Scripture lessons: In our first reading, the prophet Isaiah gives examples of how we are to allow the light of God to shine through us. “Share your bread with hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless, clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday”

Using two simple metaphors of salt and light in today’s gospel, Jesus outlines the role of Christians in this world. As a symbol of purity, salt was the common ingredient in sacrifices offered to God by Jews and pagans. In the ancient world it was the commonest of all preservatives, used to prevent putrefaction of meat, fish and fruits in pickles. Salt lends flavor to food items and was used to season and preserve food. A light is something which is meant to seen. A lamp or light is a guide to make clear the way. A light serves also as a warning (e.g., red traffic light which tells us to halt when there is danger ahead.) Finally, light, particularly the sun’s, gives warmth and heat.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS February 8 - 14

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Peter Reilly

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Jean Taylor

Barbara Richards

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Kerfs Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Claralee Griffin

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh &

Youth & Young Adults


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 1 & 2, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,345.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 1,762.50


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!

GOD Accompanies Us

Ask yourselves: “How much space do I give to the Lord? Do I stop to talk with him?’ Ever since were children, our parents have taught us to start and end the day with a prayer, to teach us to feel that the friendship and the love of GOD accompanies us. Let us remember the Lord more in our daily life! --The Pope Francis.


Build Care Packages for the Troops

Love INC & Troop Packaging Sunday, February 23


Plan to be at our service to renew our commitments to small actions of Christ’s love that point our neighbors to Him.

After the Mass, we will build Care Packages to send to the troops overseas. This is a joint project with Mountain Bible Church and this year we will host us for potluck lunch and the packing process. An approved list of items to bring for this cause is on our church website.

Children attending will make homemade cards to go in the packages.

Last year several soldiers sent back notes of gratitude.

The churches use lists provided by the American Red Cross that specify contents. To RSVP or for more information, call Mountain Bible Church at 408-353-2302, email MountainBible.com, call Christ Child Church at 408-353-2210, or email eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com



Fr. Gerald Coleman to speak on:

Catholic Ethics and Morality in Health Care Issues

Date: February 12, 2014

Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

Place: St. Mary’s Parish – Hofmann Center

219 Bean Avenue, Los Gatos, CA

There are many complicated health care issues facing today. For example, when does life begin… and end? What does human dignity mean…? Join us as we look at these issues through the lens of the Catholic moral tradition.

 

 

 


THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

February 2, 2014


This feast commemorates how JESUS, as a baby, was presented to GOD in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a combined feast, commemorating the Jewish practice of the purification of the mother after childbirth and the presentation of the child to God in the Temple.

It is also known as the feast of the Purification of Mary, and the Feast of Candlemas.

It is also called the Feast of Encounter because the New Testament, represented by the baby Jesus, encountered the Old Testament, represented by Simeon and Anna.


Would you hold my baby for me, please?”


Years ago a young man was riding a bus from Chicago to Miami. He had a stop-over in Atlanta. While he was sitting at the lunch counter, a woman came out of the ladies’ restroom carrying a tiny baby. She walked up to this man and asked, “Would you hold my baby for me? I left my purse in the restroom.” He did. But as the woman neared the front door of the bus station, she darted out into the crowded street and was immediately lost in the crowd. This guy couldn’t believe his eyes. He rushed to the door to call the woman, but couldn’t see her anywhere. Now what should he do? Put the baby down and run? When calmness finally settled in, he went to the Traveler’s Aid booth and together with the local police; they soon found the real mother. You see, the woman who’d left him holding the baby wasn’t the baby’s real mother. She’d taken the child. Maybe it was to satisfy some motherly urge to hold a child or something else. No one really knows. But we do know that this man breathed a sigh of relief when the real mother was found. After all, what was he going to do with a baby?


In a way, each of us is in the same sort of situation as this young man. Every Christmas God Himself walks up to us and asks, “Would you hold My Baby for Me, please?” and then thrusts the Christ Child into our arms. And we’re left with the question, “What are we going to do with this Baby?” But an even deeper question is just, “Who is this Baby?” If we look at Scripture, we find all kinds of titles and names for this Baby we hold in our arms: Emmanuel, “God-with-us;” Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Christ the King, Jesus.


In today’s Gospel describing the presentation ceremony, Simeon asks Mary the question:

Can I hold your Baby for a few minutes, please?”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men


MASS INTENTIONS February 1 – 7, 2014

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martina Durham

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Robert Roche

Mark Walsh

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Raymond Devlin

Friday 8:00 a.m. Raymond Devlin


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 25 & 26, 2014

Total Plate $ 1,342.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 1,759.50


Second Collection Maintenance

Was $ 407.00


We Need Your Support!

Thank you and God bless you!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


Men’s Club Meeting

Will be held on Wednesday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m. At Community Center; Drinks and Dinner. We have very good support for one another.


February 8th is a Day of Prayer for Survivors & Victims of Human Trafficking

Pope Francis established Saturday, February 8th, the feast day of St. Josephine Baknita, as a worldwide day of prayer to raise greater awareness about the issue of Human Trafficking.

In support, the USCCB’s Anti-Trafficking Group has released “BECOME a SHEPHERERD”

(Stop Human Trafficking and Exploitation, Protect, Help, Empower, and Restore Dignity), a program guide and tool kit, which” …encourages Catholic to host or attend prayer services, to reflect on the experience of those who have suffered through human trafficking and exploitation; to pray for their emotional, physical, and spiritual healing…”


MARRIAGE HELP – RETROUVAILLE

Retrouvaille has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you, or someone you know, too. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on 2 – 4 May 2014, call: 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@retroCA.com or visit the website at: www.HelpOurMarriage.com


From St. Francis Retreat Center – San Juan Batista.. - First Friday Day of Prayer: Feb. 7th 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conference, lunch and mass suggested donation $25.00 no prior registration necessary.

 A Winter Gaze: Presenter Brother Jeff Macnab, OFM St. Valentine brings many images of love. Love has many faces and manifests itself in many situations. Come and reflect on the nature of "love" with St. Bernard as our guide. We will reflect on the love that God has for us and the love we have for God and each other.

For further information please call: 831-623-42 or info@stfrancisretreat.com

 

 


THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 26, 2014


Last Wednesday January 22 on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade (1973), it was the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children; I found this meditation:


The Gift of Life


Our LIFE is not our invention. It is a GIFT from GOD. He had the to courage to trust in us so much that he placed the gift of life, the gift of existence, into our hands, and gave us all the necessary tools to live it well.

Perhaps we never considered life as God’s initiative. Often time we think that we are born because our parents wanted us, or by chance, or for other human and natural reasons.


This is confirmed by the fact that there are people who do not want to live. People stay on the surface of life and do not enter into the essence of life…


We must convince ourselves, first of all, that GOD wanted to give you, give me, and give to those around us the wonderful gift of life. It is a gift to be discovered, welcomed, protected, and loved. If we do not discover this gift in ourselves, we are not capable of recognizing and defending the lives of others, of our own children, and of those we claim to love.

If you do not savor a fine vintage wine, how can you insist that someone else taste it?


We must believe that life does not come by chance. It is not ours; it is a gift from God, born from his heart that is Love, it is a gift that we must begin to unwrap, just like when we are given a beautifully wrapped gift. With curiosity, we tear open the package to find out what is on the inside and why it was given to us, a reason that undoubtedly will give us great joy…


Life is not born from the encounter between a sperm and an ovum, nor is it only the result of a love story between mom and dad. It is born from the only source of love who is GOD, who is the source of life, and who has called us to be collaborator with him in bringing forth life.


We all love life for what we see, feel, and touch, but life does not belong to us; it belongs to someone else, we belong to someone who wants to take care of us and who wants us to discover the true flavor of life, for he knows that only in this way will we be truly happy.


Mother Elvira Petrozzi


Mother Elvira Petrozzi, is founders of “Community Cenacolo”, which welcomes the lost and desperate in sixty-three houses in fifteen countries.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS Jan 25 - 31

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Roberts Family

Mark Walsh

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Gerry Boisvert

+ Robert Roche

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Robert Roche

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 18 & 19, 2014

Total Plate $ 947.00

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $1,364.50


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!



This month January 30 is the 7th Anniversary of the installation of Bishop Richard Garcia as Bishop of Monterey. You may send him a card to 425 Church Street. Monterey, CA 93940 or PO. Box 2048 Monterey, CA 93942.

Please pray for our Bishop!!!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

-Mother Teresa-


Men’s Club”

At the Community Center

Wednesday February 12th

Drinks at 6.30 pm & dinner at 7.00.pm.

We have very good support for one another.


Safety Message

Parents and Caregivers of children: When you and your children are attending Mass or any other events at the parish, please keep your child with you at all times. If your child needs to leave the building, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.


Next weekend Saturday & Sunday, we will celebrate the PARISH after both masses.

The Feast of THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD


Year 2013 – 2014 Year of the Church

Cycle A: The Year of the Gospel of Matthew

According of the bishop Papias (c. 125 AD), the Church’s canonical text of MATTHEW draws upon the Aramaic traditions associated with his name. Composed c. 85, the gospel is generally arranged in an alternating pattern of narrative and discourse. Intended for largely Jewish-Christian audience, it seeks to portray Christianity as consistent with the Jewish tradition and continuation of it.

-Rev. John R. Donahue. S.J.


Reduce Reuse Recycle - Free cycle

A local on-line re-use group has been formed as part of the world wide Free Recycling Group – check it out at Keeping It Local - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/95033free/

You give something…you get something.

 


SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 19, 2014


Eureka! Eureka!”


According to the legend, the ruler Hieros II asked Archimedes the scientist to find a method for determining whether a crown was pure gold or mixed with silver. One day when Archimedes stepped into his bath and noticed that the water rose as he sat down, he leaped out of the bathtub naked shouting, “Eureka! Eureka!” (= “I have found (it)!”). The method of determining whether or not a crown was pure gold, discovered by Archimedes in his bath tub, was to compare its weight to its volume. If one had 1 pound of gold and I pound of silver and submerged them in water, the silver would make the water rise higher than the gold, because it is less dense than gold (and so larger in size, that is, volume).

Archimedes compared the volume of water displaced by the suspected crown with that displaced by pure gold crown of equal weight, to clear the doubt of his emperor. Archimedes did not “find this truth by searching after it – although he might have spent days thinking about a solution to the problem. His “find” comes as an unexpected surprise. He may have noticed the water in the bathtub rising hundreds of times before, but its significance didn’t “click” in his brain until that “eureka” moment.

Today’s Gospel describes how John discovered Jesus as the Lamb of God and how Andrew, Simon, and Nathaniel discovered him as the “promised Messiah” quite unexpectedly.


Lamb of God at the top of the church


A tourist visited a church in Germany and was surprised to see the carved figure of a lamb near the top on the church’s tower. He asked why it was there and was told that when the church was being built, a workman fell from a high scaffold. His co-workers rushed down, expecting to find him dead. But to their surprise and joy, he was alive and only slightly injured. How did he survive? A flock of sheep was passing beneath the tower at the time, and he landed on top of a lamb. The lamb broke his fall and was crushed to death, but the man was saved. To commemorate that miraculous escape, someone carved a lamb on the tower at the exact height from which the workman had fallen.

That expresses a tiny bit of what John means when he says, “Behold, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world.” The same is indicated in Isaiah’s prophecy of one “who will bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” And with its visible symbol, the carving on the bell tower that gives testimony to what happened, the lamb expresses a tiny bit of another important part of the Gospel reading today – that of John calling out to his own disciples – and to all those who would hear his voice. “Look – the Lamb of God”

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


January 21 Tuesday: The birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer for the end of racial discrimination…

MASS INTENTIONS January 18 - 24

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Mrs. Lola Schaefer

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Robert Roche

Mark Walsh

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Unborn Children

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Robert Roche

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

+ Robert Roche


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


Stewardship of Treasure

Collection:

Collection on January 11 & 12, 2014

$1,162.00

EFT $ 417.50

Total $1,579.50

Second Collection for Seminarians $592.00

Thank you and God bless you…


January 22 Wednesday

On this day following the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade (1973)

All dioceses of the United States shall observe a

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

All parishioners, religious, students, deacons and priests are enthusiastically encouraged to attend the annual Respect Life Mass on January 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Madonna del Sasso Church Pro-Cathedral, 320 E. Laurel Drive in Salinas. The most Revered Richard J. Garcia, will be presiding. This is the 41st anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision making abortion legal. Bishop Garcia will discuss a number of areas of concern regarding respect for all human life from conception to natural death and the need to promote a Culture of Life in our personal and communal are of influence.


GREENFIELD 2013

Our 10th year

Another 50 Families! 216 smiling faces!

Our Christ Child family certainly came together on Saturday, December 14th. We shared our love of Christ with our sister parish, Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Our caravan of cars loaded with gifts, coats & sweatshirts, cookies, scarves, and gently used book & toys pulled out of Christ Child at 9:30 am. Not a moment was lost when we arrived in Greenfield as our organized group of volunteers quickly assembled all the gifts. Father greeted each family and our young people ushered each family into the hall where they gathered up their bags, boxes and bundles to bring home.

Each year I feel a warm sense of contentment on what we can do as a Christ Child family. Thank you for adopting a family, donating cash and gift cards, cleaning your closet, finding some books and toys, helping with organizing, baking cookies, knitting scarves, inviting friends and neighbors to help and coming to Greenfield.

I realize it “takes a village” to accomplish this great task. Special thanks go to those who went above and beyond... Fr. Eugenio, Andrea and Joe Bruna, Pat and Chuck McCrery, Caralie Olsen and her family, Peggy Parker, Leah Duncan and my husband Steve who gets neglected during the Greenfield project.


God bless you all! Karen

 

 

 

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

January 5, 2014


The face of God


High in the Andes Mountains, on the banks of a deep pond, stood a little village. Many, many years before, opposite the pond, a villager had carved the face of their god, a face of extreme beauty, a face of greatness and serenity, a face of love and strength. The villagers believed that one day their god would come and live in their midst. Centuries passed, but their god did not appear. The villagers prayed to the god of stone, but it remained stone and statue, distant and dead.


Then, one day, a child was born in the village. Even as an infant, the beauty of the ancient face captivated him. He crawled to the brink of the abyss and looked and looked and looked. When he was old enough, he walked to the stone, spending hours looking at it. And as he studied the face, taking in all its beauty and greatness, the love and strength that poured from it filled his spirit, and his own face began to change.


The one day, the villagers saw him passing along the village’s main road and saw that the expression they had so loved in the carving of their god was now on the face of the young man.


The miracle had happened; the god was in their midst.


In the Epiphany event, God’s grace is made manifest in the person of Jesus; the distance between God and humanity disappears in the birth of the child; the remote God of the universe becomes real and approachable in the face and voice and touch of Jesus. In Christ, God is in our midst – and in Christ, we can become the presence of god for others. May all that we hold, may all that we touch, may all that we are realize the true miracle of the Incarnation – that we and our world are holy and sacred in the sight of God, our Father and Creator.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. All Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. All Men.



MASS INTENTIONS January 4 - 10

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martina Durham

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Friday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners


The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world.

The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.


Stewardship of Treasure


Christmas $ 2,939.00


December 28 & 29, 2013

Total $ 1,865.36

EFT $ 417.50

TOTAL $ 2,282.86


Thank you and God bless your generosity!



The Food Pantry needs you

Did you remember to bring an offering for the Holy Cross Food Pantry?… Please bring food every Sunday. Thank You!



Men’s Club Meeting

This Wednesday January 8 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center. We have very good support for one another.

Are you an Adult?

And would you like to be Catholic, Confirmed or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you!

Fr. Eugenio


A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage. For confidential information about, or to register for the January program beginning with a weekend on Jan 17 – 19, 2014 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


We Need Your Support

The 2014 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance to the CHURCH.

Please pick up your box if you had one for last year.

I you would like to have a box, please fill out a form, take the next box number and put that number in the box line of the form. Please try to take in number order. I thank you for your support and generosity.

God bless you,

Fr. Eugenio


THANK YOU!

Season of ADVENT and CHRISTMAS, full of HOPE and JOY!

Thanks to the many brothers and sisters, who worked with great dedication to make it all happen - music, art, flowers, money, talent and children in the procession of Christmas Eve and also to Santa Claus with his generous presence.

God bless and reward with many gifts to your family.

Fr. Eugenio and the entire Parish!

Gracias”

 



THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH

December 29, 2013


Cross and crib


During World War II, a group of Maryknoll nuns were interned by the Japanese in a camp in the Philippines. The Japanese guards were kind to the sisters, sharing what little food they had and not restricting them within the camp. They were even given a room they could set aside as a chapel. One of the Filipinos carved a fine wooden crucifix for the room. Because the Japanese have a great appreciation for prayer and meditation, the guards were most respectful of the sisters and were careful not to disturb them.


When Christmas came, some Filipinos carved a whole manger scene for the prayer room. The sisters set up the pieces early in Advent – except for the Christ child. On Christmas Eve, they solemnly placed the child in the manger and spent time in prayers. Throughout the Christmas season, the sisters would gather to pray and meditate before the manger scene.


One of the guards watched all of this with great interest. One day, as the sisters were leaving the room, he stopped one of them. He pointed to the figure of Jesus in the crib, then to the figure of Jesus on the cross and asked, “The same one?” The sister answered softly, “The same one.”


Looking again from the manger to the crucifix, the guard said, “I am sorry.”

(From a story by Mother Mary Coleman, M.M. told by Rev. Eugene La Verdiere, S.S.S., in Church, Winter 1995)


It is easy to welcome Jesus the innocent, beautiful child of the Christmas story; far more difficult is to welcome Jesus, the humble and humiliated Crucified of Holy Week. Matthew’s Gospel of the Holy Family’s fleeing the murderous wrath of Herod reminds us that the Christmas crib is overshadowed by the Holy Week cross, that his holy birth is the beginning of humanity’s rebirth in the resurrection. In the weeks ahead, may we travel with the child from Egypt to Nazareth; may we follow the rabbi from Nazareth to Jerusalem; may we carry the cross with the Messiah along the road to Calvary; may we then rise with him, body and spirit, on Easter morning.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women


Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS Dec. 28 – Jan 3, 2014

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Tom Regul

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioner

Wednesday 10:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.

Stewardship of Treasure Report

Sunday December 21 & 22, 2013


Total Plate $952.00

EFT $417.50

TOTAL $1,369.50


God bless your generosity…!



Wednesday January 1st 2014

The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord

MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

Mass at 10:00 a.m.

(Holy Day of Obligation USA)


Retrouvaille

A Life for Marriage

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in their marriage. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 100’s couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on Jan 17 – 19, 2014, call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCa.com or visit the web site at www.Help OurMarriage.com


Men’s Club Meeting and Dinner

Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 at 6.30pm

We have very good support for one another.

All men WELCOME!!!

At the End of the Year


The particular mind of the ocean filling the coastline’s longing with such brief harvest.

Of elegant, vanishing waves is like the mind of time opening the shapes of days.


As this year draws to its end, we give thanks for the gifts it brought and how they became inlaid within; where neither time nor tide can touch them.


The days when the veil lifted and the soul could see delight; when a quiver caressed the heart, in the sheer exuberance of being here…


The slow, brooding times, when all was awkward and the wave in the mind pierced every sore with salt…


The darkened days that stopped the confidence of the dawn. Days when beloved faces shone brighter with light from beyond themselves; and from the granite of some secret sorrow a stream of buried tears loosened.


We bless this year for all we learned, for all we loved and lost and for the quiet way it brought us nearer to our invisible destination.


(Benedictus A book of Blessings by John O’Donohue)

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 15, 2013


FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 22, 2013


You’ll know tonight.”


It was a few days before Christmas. A woman woke up one morning and told her husband, “I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Christmas. What do you think this dream means?” “Oh,” her husband replied, “you’ll know the day after tomorrow.” The next morning, she turned to her husband again and said she had the same dream, and received the same reply. On the third morning, the woman woke up and smiled at her husband, “I just dreamed again that you gave me a pearl necklace for Christmas. What do you think this dream means?” And he smiled back, “You’ll know tonight.” That evening, the man came home with a small package and presented it to his wife. She was delighted. She opened it gently. And when she did, she found --- a book! And the book’s title was The Meaning of Dreams.

Today’s gospel tells us how Joseph had a dream and how he reacted to it. (Fr. Samuel Candler.)





Beauty and the Beast


Today’s Gospel message is a bit like the story of Beauty and the Beast, the animated film nominated for the Oscar Award in 1991. In this film, Beauty stepped into the ugly world of the Beast, not because he was loveable, not because he deserved her, but because she loved her father. But the world of the beast did not change right away, even though Beauty was there. The servants, who shared the curse of the Beast, warned him that Beauty might be the one they had been waiting for, but the Beast continued to rage and scream and roar, finally sending Beauty away. On her way home, she was attacked by the wolves, and Beast saved her. As Beauty returned and nursed the wounded Beast back to health, they began to bicker and blame each other, until in one beautiful moment, Beauty stepped into the heart of the ugly beast. From that moment on, the Beast began to changes slowly. He started to laugh and play. And then, finally, Beast realized that he loved Beauty, and in an amazing act of love, he released her to find her father. Beauty and her father returned to the ugly world of the Beast to warn him of the danger of the townspeople’s attack, but they were too late. In the fighting, Beast had been stabbed, and as he lay dying, Beauty confessed her love for him. And the spell was broken. Beast was changed by the love of Beauty. Because Beauty stepped into the ugly world of the Beast, Beast was change, little by little, until one day he was transformed into a wonderful handsome prince.

In JESUS, God stepped into our ugly, beastly world as Joshua (Savior), and Emmanuel (sign of God’s permanent presence with us), to change it, to bring to it – to us – the beauty of the love of God’s kingdom. But change comes slowly. Yes, just look at our world. There are so many ugly people, so many beastly things happening. But, there are some people who are changing and some who have been changed by the beauty of God’s love, and both begin loving others. Today’s Gospel describes the change that occurred in St. Joseph and in the Holy family.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

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For Pregnancy Support:

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MASS INTENTIONS December 21 - 27

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martina Durham

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Giovanni Navarini

Tuesday 5:00 p.m. + Martina Durham

Wednesday10:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Friday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday December 114 & 15, 2013


Total Plate $ 957.30

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $1,354.80


Second Collections Maintenance was

$ 423.00


Thank you for your generosity to the Parish in many ways. God bless you and your family!


The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice; let the many isles be glad. The heavens proclaim his justice, and all people see his glory.

Hello, Father Eugenio and Parish:

From the bottom of my heart I give thanks for those Christ Child parishioners who made it possible for the children and their families to have such smiles. It was for me, and everyone who took part in this work, a pleasure to be part of such a blessing. I hope that God, who is rich in compassion, blesses everyone involved in Saturday’s activities with every type of grace in their homes, work and ministries. One again, we are thankful for your ministry and the wealth of your priesthood.

Flora

Annual Giving at Greenfield!!!


Retrouvaille

A Life for Marriage

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in their marriage. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 100’s couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on Jan. 17-19, 2014 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCa.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

POPE FRANCIS

God Has a Real Face

After JESUS has come into the world, it is impossible to act as if we do not know God, or as if he were something that is abstract, empty, a purely nominal reference. No, God has a real face, he has a name: God is mercy, God is faithfulness, and he is life which is given to us all.

Celebrate the JOY of his arrival!!!


Today’s readings invite us to rejoice at the rebirth of Jesus in our lives as we are preparing for our annual Christmas celebration.


Today is called Gaudete Sunday because today’s Mass begins with the opening antiphon: “Gaudete in domino semper,” “Rejoice in the Lord always.”


So, to express our joy in the coming of Jesus as our savior into our hearts and live, we light the rose candle in the Advent wreath, and the priest may wear rose vestments.


Gaudete Sunday smile


A number of years ago, a young college student was working as an intern at his college’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, he saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As he looked more closely at this girl, he saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. The student realized that she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots. As the couple wheeled her up to the check counter, he turned his head toward the girl and gave her a wink. Meanwhile, he took the money from her grandparents and looked back at the girl, who was giving him the cutest and the largest smile he had ever seen. All of a sudden her handicap was gone, and all that the college student saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted him and almost instantly gave him a completely new sense of what life is all about. She took him from being an unhappy college student and brought him into her world – a world of smiles, love and warmth.

With the lighting of the third rose candle of the Advent Wreath among the purple candles, we are reminded that we are called to live with joy in our world of sorrows and pain.

(Fr. James Farfaglia)



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men



MASS INTENTIONS December 14 - 20

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Parishioners

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Giovanni Navarini

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Mariela Montalvo

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Mariela Montalvo

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Gerald E. Villemaire

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Sheila O’Regan


Stewardship of Treasure


Report Sunday December 7 & 8, 2013


Total Plate $ 1,648.01

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 2,045.51


God bless your generosity…!



STRUDEL SALE

Strudel will be ready to be picked up after up Mass on Dec. 12/15 & 22Questions-Contact Gina Boisvert at 656-7677


PARISH CHRISTMAS PARTY

TODAY SUNDAY after the 10 a.m. Mass!!

May the glory of the first Christmas remain in your heart throughout the New Year

2014

You and your loved ones will be remembered in the celebration of the Mass on Christmas Day.


The Christmas Season

December 24 -Tuesday


VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS Mass

At 5:00 p.m.

December 25 - Wednesday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Mass at 10:00 a.m.


All flowers in the church this year in honor you and special for the children in the Parish and young people!!!


POPE FRANCIS


Don’t Be Distracted

I would tell the people of today to seek the experience of entering into the intimacy of their hearts, to know the experience, the face of God. That is why I love what Job says after his difficult experience and the dialogues that did not help him in any way: “By hearsay I had heard of you, but now my eye has seen you” (Job 42:5).

What I tell people is not to know god only by hearing. The Living God is he that you may see with your eyes within your hearts.


Reflection: Where have you see God in the Past? How do you experience him today? Find extra time this week to seek the face of God. Perhaps schedule a retreat – even just an afternoon- to spend more time with him.


Think about Separation or Divorce? Is your marriage or that of a relative or friend heading for divorce? Do you know how to save that marriage? Or do you feel helpless? Retrouvaille is designed to help troubled marriages regain their health. It helps spouses uncover or re-awaken the love, trust and commitment that originally brought them together. The program is highly successful in saving hurting marriages, even bringing reconciliation to couples who have already separated or divorced.


For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on January 17-19, 2014 call 831 479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

 


SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 8, 2013


The artist’s reconciliation


Leonardo da Vinci painted the fresco (wall painting), “The Last Supper,” in Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan in three years (1495-1498).

A very interesting story is associated with this painting. At the time that Leonardo da Vinci painted “The Last Supper,” he had an enemy who was a fellow-painter. Da Vinci had had a bitter argument with this man and despised him. When Da Vinci painted the face of Judas Iscariot at the table with Jesus, he used the face of his enemy so that it would be present for ages as the man who betrayed Jesus. While painting this picture, he took delight in knowing that others would actually notice the face of his enemy on Judas. As he worked on the face of the other disciples, he often tried to paint the face of Jesus but couldn’t make any progress. Da Vinci felt frustrated and confused. In time, he realized what was wrong. His hatred for the other painter was holding him back from finishing the face of Jesus. Only after making peace with his fellow-painter and repainting the face of Judas was be able to paint the face of Jesus and complete his masterpiece.

Be reconciled with your fellow human beings, says today’s Gospel.


Waiting for the Lord to be reborn in our lives


Waiting, an inevitable and even necessary aspect of human life, is not something that most of us relish. We wait in lines: in order to purchase groceries; to be served at popular restaurants; to be assisted in a bank; at stop signs and traffic signals; at amusement parks; to see a play or film. We must also wait for flowers to grow and bloom; for babies to be born; for wounds to heal; for bread to rise and cheese to age; for children to mature; for friends to call; for love to deepen.

Statisticians have estimated that in a lifetime of 70 years, the average person spends at least three years waiting!


Today’s readings invite us to wait for the rebirth of the Lord in our lives with repentant hearts and renewed lives.


On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.

The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord.


(Isaiah 11:1-2)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS December 7 - 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Parishioners

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Monday 8:00 a.m. All families

Tuesday 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 8:00 a.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.

December 12, 2013 Thursday

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Today’s feast recalls the apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tepeyac from 9 to 12 December, 1531 to the native convert,

Juan Diego; know to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope (or de Guadalupe in Spanish), meaning “she will crush the serpent of stone.”

Mass at 7:00 p.m.

Hot chocolate” after the mass


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday Nov. 30 & Dec 1, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,116.56

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,514.06


God bless your generosity!!!



10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Dec 14 @ 9 AM Caravan to Greenfield to deliver gifts. Contact Fr. Eugenio (353-2210) or Karen Joesten (353-2020) if you need to make special arrangements.



WE are appreciates the wonderful response to the Annual Coat Drive. We’re doing great but need to obtain more women’s and children’s coats and jackets. Thank you for the effort.

Thank you and May God bless.


The Christmas Season

December 24 – Tuesday

VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS Mass

At 5:00 p.m.


December 25 - Wednesday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Mass at 10:00 a.m.



CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

ENVELOPES AVAILABLE

Christmas flower donation envelopes are available on the entrance of the church. Please take one, print clearly the names of your deceased loved ones and return to us. Memorial names will be posted in the bulletin.


We need to repent and seek forgiveness from God and fellow-human beings

John’s message calls us to confront and confess our sins. We have to turn away from them in sincere repentance and receive God’s forgiveness. There are basically two reasons why people who have recognized their sins fall to receive forgive. Jesus is very explicit about this in Matthew 6:14 and 15. He says, “For if you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. “

 

 


FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 1, 2013


ADVENT


Today we begin our yearly pilgrimage through the events of our history of salvation starting with the preparation for the birthday celebration of JESUS and ending with the reflection on his glorious “second coming” as judge at the end of the world.

We are entering into the Advent season.

Advent means coming. We are invited to mediate on Jesus’ first coming in history as a baby in Bethlehem, his daily coming into our lives in mystery through the sacraments, through the Bible and through the worshipping community and finally his Second Coming at the end of the world to reward the just and to punish the wicked.

We see the traditional signs of Advent in our Church: violet vestments and hangings, dried flowers on the altar, and the Advent wreath. These signs remind us that we have to prepare for the rebirth of Jesus in our hearts and lives, enabling him to radiate his love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness around us.


In the first reading, the prophet Isaiah describes his vision of all nations making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, affirming their faith in the one true God.

Today’s responsorial psalm is a joyous hymn originally sung as pilgrim journeyed to the Temple in Jerusalem. They prepare us for our yearly pilgrimage.

In the second reading Paul exhorts the Roman Christian community to get ready to meet Jesus in his Second Coming by discharging their duties properly, and by freeing themselves from their former pagan tendencies toward excessive drinking, sexual promiscuity, jealousy and rivalry.

We, too, are challenged to make spiritual preparation for Christ’s birth in our lives.

In today’s Gospel Jesus warns us of the urgency of vigilant preparation on our part that we may meet him as the judge both at the end of our lives on earth and on the day of the Last Judgment when he comes in his glory.

We need to be alert and watchful while spiritual preparing for Christmas by offering our daily work to God for His glory, by practicing more self-control in resisting our evil habits and inclination, by seeking reconciliation daily with God and our fellow-humans, and by asking God’s pardon and forgiveness and extending our unconditional forgiveness to those who hurt us.

Let us begin each day by praying for the strength and power of the Holy Spirit to prepare ourselves for Jesus’ rebirth in our hearts and lives.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS Nov. 30 – Dec 6

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Aurelio Aramburo

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Giovanni Navarini

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Martina Durham



Today First Sunday Advent November 30 & December 1 in the Mass we have the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

Friday December 6 at 6:00 p.m.



The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday December 9 at 8:00 a.m.

(Not a Holy Day of Obligation this year)


Joke

Sign on a church bulletin board:

Merry Christmas to our Christian friends.

Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends.

And to our atheist friends, good luck.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 23 & 24, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,311.80

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,709.30

Thank you! And God loves you in your generosity.


10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Did you miss adopting a Greenfield family?

Contact Karen at 375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net. Consider a cash donation or gift card. We are also collecting gently used toys, books, and stuffed animals. All gifts should be dropped off at Christ Child no late than 11 am on Sunday, Dec. 8th.


STRUDEL SALE

Christmas STRUDEL sign up will take place after Mass Today Nov. 30 or Dec. 1. Strudel will be ready to be picked up after up Mass on Dec. 14/15.

Contact Gina Boisvert at 656-7677


Christmas Cantata Interfaith Mountain Christmas Cantata / Sing-a-long - Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 7 pm

Last year's first annual Mountain Christmas Musical Event enjoyed a packed house. Don't miss it this year at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints chapel at 23185 Summit Road. Our local mountain churches will be performing beautiful music of the season and the audience will sing carols as well. Enjoy good music and good neighbors There will also be an amazing crèche exhibit– showcasing nativity scenes from around the world– all shared by mountain families. And of course, refreshments! Admission is free, although we encourage you to bring food donations for Second Harvest Food Bank. Children are welcome. Call (408) 353-4624 Any questions, or to let us know if you have a crèche to share or want to bake and bring something. You can also contact Norma Hammons at 353 3326.


SUNDAY DECEMBER 15th - AFTER 10.00 am MASS.

CHRISTMAS PARTY-ALL WELCOME!!!


CHRISTMAS SERVICES

December 24 Tuesday

Vigil of Christmas Mass at 5:00 p.m.


December 25 Wednesday

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) Mass at 10:00 a.m.

 


OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE KING

(34th and the last Sunday of

Ordinary Time)

November 24, 2013


On His Majesty’s Service


Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, was brought before the Roman authorities and told to curse Christ and he would be released. He replied, “Eighty-six years have I served him, and he has done me no wrong: how then can I blaspheme my king Jesus Christ who saved me?” The Roman officer replied, “Unless you change your mind, I will have you burnt.” But Polycarp said, “You threaten a fire that burns for an hour, and after a while is quenched; for are ignorant of the judgment to come and everlasting punishment for ungodly. Do what you wish.”


Honey, take a long, long look


As the body of Abraham Lincoln’s body lay in state for a few hours in Cleveland, Ohio for mourners to pay their tribute, a black woman in the long queue lifted up her little son and said in a hushed voice: “Honey, take a long, long look. He died for us, to give us freedom from slavery.”

Today’s Gospel gives us the same advice, presenting the crucifixion scene of Christ our King who redeemed us from Satan’s slavery by His death on the cross.


The Solemnity of Christ the King is not just the conclusion of the Church year. It is a summary of our lives as Christians. On this great Feast, let us resolve to give Christ the central place in our lives and to obey His commandment of love by sharing our blessings with all his needy children. Let us conclude the Church year by asking the Lord to help us serve the King of Kings as He presents Himself in those reaching out to us.


To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His Blood and made us a Kingdom, priests for His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.

Amen.

(Revelation 1: 5b-6)


Christus vincit!

Christus regnat!

Christus imperat!




We need to surrender our lives to Christ’s rule: Since Christ, our king, lives in our hearts with His Holy Spirit and His Heavenly Father, and fills our souls with His grace; we need to learn to live in His Holy Presence, doing His will by sharing His forgiving love with others around us. We need to be constantly aware of His Presence in the Bible, in the Sacraments and in the worshiping community.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish:

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS November 23 - 29

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Giovanni Navarini

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Roberts Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Thursday 9:00 a.m. + Martina Durham

Friday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 16 & 17, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,477.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,874.50


Second Collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development was $443.00


God bless your generosity, you make the difference in the life of the Parish and others. Thank you!



Christmas Cantata

Mark your calendar for a fun night of Christmas singing with the mountain churches on Saturday December 7th at 7 p.m. at the Mormon Church across the street.

If you need more information please you can call Norma at 353-3326

10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Did you miss adopting a Greenfield family? Contact KAREN at 375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net. Consider a cash donation or gift card. We are also collecting gently used toys, books and stuffed animals. All gifts are dropped off at Christ Child no later than 11 am on Sunday, Dec. 8th.


STRUDEL SALE

We are taking orders this week-end and give to you for Christmas: small and large ones this year. Large $30 and Small ones $25

Great for holiday gifts!

Delicious way of supporting our Church!

Questions & Phone Orders… Contact Gina Boisvert at 656-7877 or order after Mass.



ADVENT 2013

Events for the Parish:

Please join us for the 2012 Greenfield Coat Drive!!!

Any gently used coats, jackets, or vests are appreciated. All sizes are needed. Collection box is located in the foyer. For information contact Joe & Andrea 353-3101

First Sunday of Advent of November 30 and December 1 Saturday & Sunday in the mass Anointing of the Sick

Mass of Immaculate Conception Monday December 9 at 7:00 p.m. Mass.

December 14 Deliver gifts to Greenfield. Meet at Christ Child at 9AM and leave by 9:30

Sunday December 15 after the Mass at 10:00 a.m. CHRISTMAS PARTY!







THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

November 17, 2013


Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket


In Jack Finney’s short story Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket, Tom Benecke has spent months working on a proposal for the supermarket chain he works for. He had copied the results of his research and other critical data on a yellow piece of paper. His idea could mean a big promotion and raise – and his career would be off.

One night, after his wife Clare leaves to go the movies, Tom stays home in their small apartment to write up his proposal. An unexpected blast of cold air from the hallway blows the yellow piece of paper out a window where it becomes lodged on the ledge just beyond Tom’s reach – eleven stories above the street below.

Desperation trumping common sense, Tom convinces himself that he can retrieve the paper. He carefully makes his way out the apartment window and onto the ledge. Slowly shuffling along the bricks, he manages to grab the yellow paper and stuff it in his jacket pocket. He shuffles back to the window, struggling to keep his balance. But the old window has slipped closed behind him and he can’t pry it open. He doesn’t dare try to break the glass pane – reaching back to swing at the window will send him falling backwards.

So Tom is trapped on the narrow ledge, eleven stories above Lexington Avenue, on a cold New York night. His calls for help are ignored; Clare would not be home for hours. Contemplating his death, Tom is filled with both fear and anger as he realizes all they’d find his pockets would be the yellow sheet of paper.

Contents of a dead man’s pockets, he thinks, one sheet of paper bearing penciled notations – incomprehensible. He thought of the hours he had spent away from his beloved Clare, working. He thought of his fierce ambition and the direction his life had taken. He thought of the hors he had spent by himself, filling the yellow sheet that had brought him out here.

Contents of a dead man’s pockets, he thought with sudden fierce anger, a wasted life.


“…But not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

(Luke 21:19)



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS November 16 -22

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Parishioners

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Antonio & Alix

Pítre

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. All Souls

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Roberts’s family


Jocks

When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of “O, Little Town of Bethlehem,” was seriously ill, he requested that none of his friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, the famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to enter his room. Ingersoll said, “I appreciate this very much, especially when you aren’t letting any of your close friends see you.” Bishop Brooks responded, “Oh, I’m confident of seeing them in the next world, but this may be my last chance to see you.”


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 9 & 10, 2013

Total Plate $ 667.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $1,064.50


God bless your generosity, you make the difference in the life of the Parish.

Thank you!



Ten Annual Giving at Greenfield

Greenfield –Save these dates!

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community.

We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov 16 & 17 and 23 & 24 and we will deliver gifts on Saturday, December 14th. Contact Karen at

375-0984 Or kjoesten@scusd.net

If you have any questions.


STRUDEL SALE

It’s that time of year again! The Christ Child Ladies, led by Gina Boisvert, will be making delicious Strudel for Thanksgiving and Christmas: small and large ones this year. Large $30 and Small ones $25

Great for holiday gifts!

A delicious way of supporting our Church!


A Celebration of the life of

+ Martina Durham

May 28, 1968 – November 1, 2013

God is calling us back to where He never wanted us to leave in the first place.

The souls of the just are in God’s hands! Christ, the Good Shepherd is the resurrection and life.

Rest in Peace and God console the families


FORMATION CHILDREN

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 – Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.


PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 2013 GREENFIELD COAT DRIVE!

Is accepting new and gently used outerwear. A collection box in in the Church foyer.

Please contact Joe & Andrea Bruna with questions… 353-3101


HELP Us! To collect food & donations for the poor Saturday & Sunday Nov. 23 & 24

Summit Store!!! Sign up!!!



THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

November 10, 2013


Resurrection of the dead


The film Amadeus ends showing the funeral

of the great musician Mozart. He died at the

age of 35. A genius, he never re-copied his

compositions. He never had to make

corrections, so the first draft was also the

final copy. A genius, he started playing

several instruments at the age of four,

wrote several symphonies by the age of

eight and created at least 528 musical

compositions before he died at age 35. He

was a genius, whom one authority calls “one

of the brightest stars in the musical

firmament.” What a waste, that he should

have died so young! It makes you wonder:

is this life all there is?

Imagine a beloved spouse, a darling parent

or grandparent, a close friend, lying cold in

the coffin. Is this life all there is?

We try to comfort ourselves with the

doctrine of the resurrection.

We say: the genius of people like Mozart is

not going to be wasted.

The love of dear ones the squeeze of their

hands and the music in their voices – that love will be enjoyed in even greater intensity.

A Sadducee in Jesus’s time might say, “I don’t believe it; the doctrine is absurd.” That was the point the Sadducees wanted to make by challenging Jesus with an absurd story of a woman who married seven husbands, in today’s gospel.


Sign of the cross by Brezhnev’s wife


As Vice-President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev who had been the president of the USSR for 18 years. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow, Mrs. Natalia. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, Brezhnev’s wife performed an act of great courage and hope, a gesture that must surely rank as one of the most profound acts of civil disobedience ever committed: she reached down and made the sign of the cross on her husband’s chest. There in the citadel of secular, atheistic power, the wife of the man who had run it all hoped that her husband was wrong. She hoped that there was another life, that that life was best represented by Jesus who died on the cross, and that the same Jesus might yet have mercy on her husband.

Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for him all are alive.”

(Luke 20:38)

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS November 9 - 15

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

+ Dorothy Cardoza

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Shawnee Delaney

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


Sign up for Electronic Funds Transfer

Deduction from: Checking or Saving accounts or Credit Cards.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday November 2 & 3, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,464.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,861.50


God bless your generosity, you make the difference in the life of the Parish.

Thank you!



10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

Sign up for a family this weekend. We are also collecting gently used toys, books, and stuffed animals. Contact Karen if you have questions.

375-0984or kjoesten@scusd.net

STRUDEL SALE

Order your Thanksgiving and Christmas STRUDEL!!!

Sign up following Mass this week.

Large $30 and Small ones $25

Great for holiday gifts! A delicious way of supporting our Church!


The Christ Child Coat Drive

Is accepting nice, gently used coasts, jackets and outerwear.

A collection box is in the church foyer. Let’s give our friends at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Greenfield, CA a beautiful and warm Christmas.

Please contact Joe or Andrea Bruna with questions… 353-3101


Please use the envelope to inscribe the name of your beloved dead who will be remembered in prayer of the masses during this month.


Kid’s Club” – Free After-Scholl Program

Classes have started - Wednesday’s at1:30-3:00 Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5. For more info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


FORMATION CHILDREN

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 – Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.



Men’s Club Meeting

This Wednesday November 13th

At 6:30 p.m. gather and Dinner at 7 pm.

Community Center

We have very good food and support for one another!

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER 3, 2013


Life is Worth Living


Some years back, a radio/TV program

captured the attention of millions

throughout the world, particularly the

English-speaking segment. It was Bishop

Fulton Sheen’s program Life is Worth

Living. The opening, dramatic lines spoken

by Bishop as he introduced the program

were, “is life worth living, or is it dull and

monotonous? Life is monotonous if it is

meaningless; it is not monotonous if it has

purpose.” Today’s readings tell us that life is

worth living, if we are ready to experience

the Mercy of a forgiving God who accepts us

as we are.


A man who decided to change himself


William L. Stidger in his book, There are

Sermons in Stories, once told about the

owner of a small drugstore. For some

reason, this druggist hated his work, so he

spent his mornings looking for something

better and his afternoons at the ball park.

He soon decided it was foolish to leave a

business about which he knew something

for one about which he knew nothing. So he decided to make the best of what he had. He would build up his business by giving the best service possible. When a customer who lived near would call in an order on the telephone, he would repeat each item being ordered and his assistant would fill the order. With the order filled, the owner would keep the customer on the line while the delivery boy dashed out the front door, she would excuse herself for a minute to answer the door. Coming back to the phone she would express great surprise at the quickness with which the order was delivered. News got around about the drugstore that filled orders so promptly, and soon Charles R. Walgreen, found of the great Walgreen drugstore empire, had more business than he could handle. Walgreen said his work was easy, like a game, and he soon found great joy in what he had once despised.

Walgreen decide that, since he could not change his situation, he would change himself.

That is what Zacchaeus did in today’s gospel story.


The Lord is full of mercy and compassion, slow to anger and of great kindness. He has come to search out and save what was lost.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS November 2 -8

Saturday 5:00 p.m. All souls

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Erik Easter

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Shawnee Delaney

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Roberts Family Friday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 26 & 27, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,059.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,456.50


The Second Collection for Maintenance of the Parish was $444.70


STRUDEL TIME

We are taking orders for Strudels for Thanksgiving and Christmas; small and large ones this year.

Large $30 and Small $25

Great for holiday gifts!

A delicious way of supporting our Church!


ATTENTION FAITH

FORMATION CHILDREN AND YOUTH

We would like to remind you that Faith Formation classes began recently.

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8 – Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.


Men’s Club Meeting

We will be having the meeting on 2nd Wednesday of the month which, in November, is the 13th. Gather at 6:30 pm. And Dinner at 7 pm.

We have very support one another.


Kid’s Club” – Free After-Scholl Program

Classes all Wednesdays @ 1:30-3:00 Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5. For more info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


Are you an Adult?

And would you like to be Catholic or Be Confirmed or receive the Eucharist.

Please call at 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Please use the envelope to inscribe the name of your beloved dead who will be remembered in prayer of the masses during this month.


Please join us for the 2013 Greenfield Coat Drive.

Any gently used coats, jackets, or vests are appreciated. All sizes are needed. Collection box is located in the foyer. For information contact Joe & Andrea Bruna 353-3101


10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from the Greenfield community. We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov. 9, 10, 16 & 17 and we will deliver gifts on Saturday, December 14th. Contact Karen if you have question

375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net


Christmas Cantata Singers Wanted

Mark your calendar for a fun night of Christmas singing with the mountain church on Saturday Dec. 7th at 7 p.m. at the Mormon Church across the street. Our choir will be performing two songs, and there will be a song with all the children singing together from various churches.

Our choir we are looking for more voices to join us. We need men and women. Choral experience s great but not necessary. If you’re interested, you can call Norma at 353-3326. Thanks.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 27, 2013


Proud about what?”


A news reporter once asked Mother Teresa if

she had ever been tempted to be proud.

Mother Theresa retorted with a smile,

“Proud about what?” The reporter replied,

“Why, about the wonderful things you have

been doing for the poorest of the poor!”

Then came her answer, “I never knew I had

done anything, because it was God who

worked in and through my Sisters and

volunteers.” True humility differentiates a

saint from a sinner. If we are proud of our

talents, our family connections, our

reputation, or our achievements in life,

today’s Gospel tells us that we need Jesus to

rid us of our pride and make us truly humble.


No, Madam, he did not.”


William Barclay tells the story of the woman

tourist in Germany. The guide took a group

through Beethoven’s house. He showed

them the piano on which the genius had

composed his Moonlight Sonata. A woman

in the group immediately sat down and

played some bars from the sonata. The guide told the group that Paderewski (world renowned Polish pianist and composer) had recently been shown the piano. The woman gushed, “And I wager he sat down and played just as I did.” Archly the guide said, “No, Madam. He said he was not worthy to touch those keys.”


Truly humble of heart


Dorothy Day died in November 1980 at the age of 84. Reporting on her death, the New York Times called her the most influential person in the history of American Catholicism. In her book, From Union Square to Rome, she describes her conversion to Christ. One of her fist attractions came in childhood. One day she discovered the mother of one of her girlfriends kneeling in prayer. The sight of this kneeling woman moved her deeply. She never forgot it. In the same book she tells how, in the days before her conversion, she often spent the entire night in a tavern. Then she would go to an early morning Mass at St. Joseph’s Church on Sixth Avenue. What attracted her to St. Joseph’s were the people kneeling in prayer. She writes: “I longed for their faith… So I used to go in and kneel in a back pew.” Eventually Dorothy Day received the gift of faith and entered the Church.

(Mark Link in ‘Sunday Homilies’)


The main theme of today’s gospel is that true humility must be the hallmark of our prayers.


For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS October 26 – Nov 1

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Paul & Irene Dewlin

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Ursula Marie

Reilender

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Tirreano Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. +Manfredo Hilczynski

Thursday 8:00 a.m. +Manfredo Hilczynski

Friday 8:00 a.m. Norma Hammons


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 19 & 20, 2013

Total Plate $ 776.82

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,174.32


Last Second Collection for WORLD MISSION SUNDAY was $222.00



ATTENTION FAITH

FORMATION CHILDREN & YOUTH

We would like to remind you that Faith Formation classes began last Sunday.

Please bring your children!

Classes for Grades 1 to 8

Every Sunday @ 9:00 a.m.


Grades 9 -11

Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Fr. Eugenio at

353-2210


Kid’s Club” – Free After-School Program

Classes Wednesdays @ 1:30-3:00p.m.

Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5 For info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be Confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call Fr. Eugenio at 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you!


Please join us for the 2013 Greenfield Coat Drive. Any gently used coats, jackets, or vests are appreciated. All sizes are needed. Collection box is located in the foyer. For information contact Joe & Andrea Bruna 353-3101


10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from Holy Trinity Church in Greenfield. We will have the family information after Mass on Nov. 9, 10, 16 and 17. Contact Karen if you have questions. 375-0984 or kjoesten@scusd.net


During November, we are called in a special way to remember “our brothers and sisters who fallen asleep in the hope of all resurrection.” Envelopes might be made available in which the faithful could inscribe the name of their beloved dead who would be remembered in prayers during this month.


TWENTIETH-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 20, 2013


Gideon’s experiment with prayer


Many years ago a man named Dalton suggested that the prayer of petition should be put to the test. One-half of England, he said, should pray for rain and then compare the rainfall with the other half who not prays for rain. He was not, in fact, the first believer with a flair for experimentation. In the Book of Judges, Gideon said to God, “If you really mean to deliver Israel by my hand, as you have declared, see now, I spread out a fleece. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is left dry, then I shall know.” Gideon had the mind of a true experimenter. The following night he reversed his experiment to test God a second time. He prayed, “Do not be angry with me if I speak once again… Let the fleece alone be dry, and let there be dew on the ground all around it” (Judges 6:36-40).


Prayer isn’t just a way of getting what we want, but some people go to the opposite extreme of never asking God for anything (while having no problem with the prayer of praise, thanks, and so on). If it makes sense to thank God for something, it must make sense to ask God for it and to persevere in that prayer as Jesus proposes in today’s Gospel.


So where was God all this time?”


There is a story which illustrates how we often confuse God’s timing with our own. A rural newspaper had been running a series of articles on the value of church attendance in its Sunday Religion column. One day, the editor received a letter which read: “Print this is you dare. I am trying an experiment. I have a field of corn which I plowed on Sunday. I planted it on Sunday. I did all the cultivating on Sunday. I gathered the harvest on Sunday and hauled it to my barn on Sunday. I find that my harvest this October is just as great as any of my neighbors who went to church on Sunday. So where was God all this time?” The editor printed the letter, but added his reply at the bottom: “Your mistake lies in thinking that God always settles his accounts in October.”


We who believe in the power of prayer often wrongly think that our persevering prayers will force God to act when and how we want Him to act, according to our timetable and according to our desire. (Rev. R.J. Fairchild)


The word of God is living and effective, discerning reflections and thoughts of the heart.” Alleluia!”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS October 19 - 25

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Gerald E Villemaire

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Dorothy Cardoza

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Dennis Stacey

Wednesday 8:00 a.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Giovanni Navarini

Friday 8:00 a.m. Torreano Family


TODAY Sunday October 20

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY


We’re ALL Missionaries

The offerings that will be collected on World Mission Sunday are destined for a common fund of solidarity distributed in the Pope’s name, by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith among the missions and missionaries of the world.

Please offer your prayers and most generous sacrifice.


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday October 12 & 13, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,070.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $ 1,437.50

Thank you and God Bless You!


Men’s Club Meeting

We will be having the meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month which, in November 13th

We will have main dish, salad and beverages: Gather at 6:30 …. Eat at 7 pm.

At the Community Center.

We have very good support one another.


During November, we are called in a special way to remember “our brothers and sisters who fallen asleep in the hope of all resurrection. Envelopes might be made available in which the faithful could inscribe the names of their beloved dead who would be remembered in prayer during this month.


ATTENTION FAITH

FORMATION CHILDREN AND YOUTH

We would like to remind you that Faith Formation classes begin last Sunday.

Please bring your children!

The classes for Grades 1 to 8 Every Sunday @ 9:00 a.m.

Grades 9 -11

Formation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Mr. Herb Curran and

Fr. Eugenio

Kid’s Club” – Free After-Scholl Program

Classes every Wednesday @ 1:30-3:00 Loma Prieta Community Room, Grades K-5 For info: Pastor John Haak at 353-2302 or Father Eugenio at 353-2210.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible stories and character lessons!


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


10th Annual Giving at Greenfield

It is a holiday tradition for the Christ Child parish to adopt 50 families from Greenfield community.

We will have the family information available after Mass on Nov. 3 & 4 and next Sundays.

Contact Karen if you have question

353-2020 or 375-0984


Christ Child Coat Drive Has Begun!!!

ASK friends and neighbors if they have gently used coats, jackets, and parkas (all sizes) for donation. The donation box is in the church foyer. Thank you.

Questions? Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna 353-3101

 


TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

October 6, 2013


Pavarotti: My Own Story


Luciano Pavarotti was the charismatic successor of the legendary opera tenor, Enrico Caruso. In his autobiography, Pavarotti: My Own Story, he describes how he was trained by a great master, Arrigo Pola, “Everything Pola asked me to do, I did, - day after day, blindly. For six months we did nothing but vocalize and work on vowels.” Pavarotti worked hard under Pola for two and a half years and then worked just as hard under Maestro Ettore Campogalliani for another five years. Finally after putting so much faith and trust in his mentors, Pavarotti made a breakthrough at a concert in Salsomaggiore in Northern Italy where he thrilled the audience and was catapulted into fame.


This story about faith and trust leads us into today’s readings which focus on the same themes.


As Luciano Pavarotti put his trust in his teachers, today’s gospel instructs that we too must put our trust in our mentor Jesus Christ.

Blondin the French tight rope walker became world-famous in June 0f 1959, when he walked on a tightrope stretched over quarter of a mile across the mighty Niagara Falls. He became the first person to accomplish this amazing feat. He walked across 160 feet above the waterfalls several times, each time with a different daring feat – once in a sack, on stilts, on a bicycle, in the dark, and once even carrying a stove and cooking an omelet! A large crowd gathered and a buzz of excitement ran along both sides of the river bank. The crowd “Oooooooohed!” and “Aaaaaahed!” as Blondin carefully walked across one dangerous step after another – blindfolded and pushing a wheelbarrow. Upon reaching the other side, the crowd’s applause was louder than the roar of the falls! Blondin suddenly stopped and addressed his audience: “Do you believe I can carry a person across in this wheelbarrow?” The crowd enthusiastically shouted, “Yes, yes, yes. You are the greatest tightrope walker in the world. You can do anything!” “Okay,” said Blondin, “Get in the wheelbarrow…” The Blondin story goes that no one did although all had faith in his ability! Later in August of 1959, his manager, Harry Colcord showed his faith in Blondin and did ride on Blondin’s back across the fall.


In Today’s Gospel Jesus challenges his disciples to have such a faith in him so that they may work miracles in their lives.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS October 5 - 11

Saturday 5:00 p.m. +Dorothy Cardoza

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

+ Martha Kay

Schoenfeld

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Angelina Franchino

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 28 & 29, 2013

Total Plate $ 967.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $1,334.50


Second Collection for Maintenance of the Parish $474.00



RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

You may register your child or children for religious education.

CONFIRMATION

All adult children invited to attend our excellent program for the Sacrament of Confirmation, and to learn more about the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible and the Church.

Parents, please bring your children for preparation for the future of the Christian faith and the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Please contact Fr. Eugenio at 353-2210


Men’s Club Meeting This Wednesday October 9 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center. We have very good support one another. All men welcome!!!



Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


Rosary

We are organizing a public rosary in front of Christ Child on Saturday Oct. 12th at noon as part of a nationwide campaign sponsored by the American Needs Fatima Group. The date is in honor of the anniversary (10/13) of the miracle of the sun at Fatima and because of the power of the rosary throughout history.

Please let us know if you can be there that day as we want to know that we will be a witness to those driving by. We have a banner sent to us last year that we hold up as we pray. Bring the whole family as it is month of the Rosary.

Maria Yurosko will be leading the rosary, with the help of others so please copy her in your response. God bless, Norma


Mountain Neighbors Helping Neighbors.

Become a volunteer or contribute

MNHN95033@gmail.com

Patricia Wood 316-2938


Congratulations!!!

United in Sacrament of Marriage

Christine Magnin & Herb Curran

On September 10, 2013

and the two shall become one

Ephesians 5:31


Our annual COAT DRIVE will begin this month October. Please start to gather those gently used coats and jackets for donation. Don’t forget to ask family, friends and co-workers about unused coats and jackets. Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna with any question – 408 353-3101

 


TWENTIETH-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 29, 2013


America’s Mansions.”


There was a television show, America’s

Mansions, featuring homes of the extremely

rich in the U. S. It featured the Vanderbilt

estate in Hyde Park, New York constructed

by a wealthy industrialist of the nineteenth

century. It is a fifty-four room home, with a

breathtaking view of the Hudson River and

the Catskill Mountains in the distance.

Another feature was the home of Bill Gates

the richest man in the world. Its building cost

was over $53 million.

It is a fifty-four room house: a 66,000 square

foot complex with seven bedrooms, 24

bathrooms, six fireplaces and an 11,500

square-foot inner sanctum for privacy.

The financier Nelson Peltz’s mansion on his

Waterfront estate in Florida is worth $75

million.

The original price of the Bel-Air Mansion

Owned by Iris Cantor, the widow of Gerald

Cantor was $60 million.

(http://www.forbes.com).

We find it hard to imagine living in such

luxury. But neither can we imagine the

poverty found around the world.

Here is the report of the United Nation Human development Commission. “The richest fifth (20 percent) of the world’s people consumes 86 percent of all goods and services, while the poorest fifth (20 percent) consumes just 1.3 percent.”

The three richest people in the world have assets that exceed the combined gross domestic product of the 48 least developed countries.

“Americans spend $8 billion a year on cosmetics--$2 billion more than the estimated annual total needed to provide basic education for everyone in the world.”

Each day over 700 million people do not get enough to eat. Each year twelve million children below the age of five starve to death in a world that produces enough food for everyone to eat over 4 pounds of food a day. 250,000 go blind each year because of vitamin deficiency in their diet.

In Latin America, forty million abandoned children live on the streets.

Even in the United States about three million people are homeless at least a part of each year.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus suggests a remedy: share your blessings generously with others instead of using them selfishly and thus making yourselves eligible for eternal punishment.



Amos condemns the complacency of the rich who seek only their own comfort. In his parable about the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus echoes Amos, exhorting those who have to share with those who have not. Self-sufficiency must never blind us to the needs of others. Only in this way do we keep God’s commandments in integrity and in truth.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Prayer Group in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 21 & 22, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,109.00

EFT $ 357.50

TOTAL $ 1,466.50



RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

You may register your child or children for religious education.

Mrs. Florence Beckmann will be our coordinator.

CONFIRMATION PROGRAM

Adults and children are invited to our excellent program for the Sacrament of Confirmation and to learn more about the person of Jesus Christ, the Bible and the Church. For more information, please contact Fr. Eugenio (408) 353 2210.


Our annual COAT DRIVE will begin in October Please start to gather those gently used coats and jackets for donation. Don’t forget to ask family, friends and co-workers about unused coats and jackets. Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna with any question 353-3101


Need Rally Captain for October 12th Rosary

The America need Fatima group is again sponsoring a public square rosary crusade. On Saturday October 12th at noon there will be about 10,000 various public rosaries taking place across our country to pray for our Church and our Country, for the wisdom to solve our complex problems. We would like to hold a rosary in front of Christ Child so as to be a public witness to those driving by, but we need a rally captain to present to lead the effort. I had signed up to do this, but will not be here that day. If you can help, please give me a call-Norma Hammons 353-3326.


KID’s CLUB of LOMA PRIETA

All local elementary students are eligible to join a weekly after school program. “Kid’s Club” will be held on the “Early Release” Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:00 in the Community Room. The club time will center on activities such as sports, gardening, music and crafts to learn character qualities through the stories of the Bible. “Kid’s Club” is offered at no cost to participants. Mountain Bible and we Christ Child Church sponsor it. Local volunteers will follow a successful format already being used in more thirty schools around Santa Clara County.

The program is highly praised by the administrators for C.T. English students and it’s an opportunity volunteer and gain community service hours. Questions can be directed to Pastor John Haak at the Mountain Bible church office, 353 2302 or Fr. Eugenio at Christ Child Church office, 353-2210


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 353 2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting This Wednesday October 9 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center. We have very good support for one another.

 

 


TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 22, 2013


Waddling ducks


Saren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher, once told about a make-believe country where only ducks lived. On Sunday morning all the ducks came into church, waddled down the aisle, waddled into their pews and squatted. Then the duck minister came in, took his place behind the pulpit, and opened the Duck Bible and read, “Ducks! You have wings, and with wings you can fly like eagles. You can soar into the skies Ducks! You have wings!” All the ducks yelled, “Amen!” and then they all waddled home. (Jim burns, Radically Committed (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991)

No one flew or even tried. Friends, there’s just too much truth to that little fable. Using the parable of a rascally manager in today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to see that it is time for the children of light to quit wadding. It’s time for us to soar by ingeniously using our God-given talents and blessings for the welfare of others, thus glorifying God and becoming eligible for our eternal reward. May we be the people that Jesus praises because we saw something that needed to be done and we did it.


Returned overpayments


CNN reported that in March, 1994, the huge defense contractor Martin Marietta returned to the Pentagon some 540 overpayments, totaling $135 million. Of course, that was nothing compared to the $1.4 billion in overpayments various defense contractors returned to the Pentagon in 1993. With a fresh reading of the parable of the unjust steward in today’s gospel in mind, it is hard to read a report like that without wondering, where the truth is. Defense contractors do not belong to altruistic organizations. So why did Martin Marietta really return $135 million to the Pentagon? And if $1.4 billion in overpayments was returned in 1993, how much was not returned? The unjust steward in today’s gospel parable was also not concerned with truth and justice, but with his survival by any means.


We need to be faithful in little things of life: Often we get so caught up in our work that we ignore the little things of life.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

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Prayer Groups in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


MASS INTENTIONS September 21 – 27

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Robert Sons

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Dorothy Cardoza

+ Giovanni Navarini

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. For the sick.

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m.



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday September 14, 15, 2013

Total Plate $ 831.10

EFT $ 357.50

TOTAL $1,188.60


The Second Collection for retirement fund for aged and infirm priests was $320.00


Please help us, we need you!!!

God bless you.


A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage.

For confidential information about, or to register for the September program beginning with a weekend on September 27-29, 2013 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


Please pray for the souls of!


+ Lynne Murphy

Mother of Diana Murphy-Dwyer

+ Giovanni Navarini

Father of Donald Navarini

Rest in Peace and God console the families.

3rd ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

September 14, 2013 was the third time Christ Child Parish sponsored an event open to the public. I want to thank members of the Men’s Club and Don & Gina Boisvert.

We were able to work together as a community of believers to clean the church/rectory/community center grounds, to publicize this event (and the Parish) in many different places, and to demonstrate we believe God’s blessing to all people and things.

I also want to thank all those members of the Parish who contributed their time.

I am very proud of you, all and the Parish blesses you.

With love and prayers,

Fr. Eugenio

Let’s never forget the magical area we live in.

See you next year…!

The Dance Committee.


Need Rally Captain for October 12th Rosary

The America Need Fatima group is again sponsoring a public square rosary crusade. On Saturday October 12th at noon there will be about 10,000 various public rosaries taking place across our country to pray for our church and our country, for the wisdom to solve our complex problems, like one migration, peace, etc. We would like to hold a rosary in front of Christ Child so as to be a public witness to those driving by, but we need a rally captain to present to lead the effort. I had signed up to do this, but will not be here that day. If you can help, please give me a call- Norma Hammons -353-3326.


This date was chosen because it’s the day before the anniversary of the miracle of Fatima and the rosary is the chosen prayer because of the history of its power in serving the intercession of Our Lady Mary to change the course of history.

 


TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 15, 2013


Prodigal son’s prodigal father


He was a rebel, a college drop-out, a carouser, and a partier. He smoked, he drank Johnnie-Walker, he was a brawler, and had more run-ins with the law than you would care to count. By his own admission, he was the quintessential prodigal son. But now he stands to succeed the most respected, admired, and perhaps famous American of the twentieth century. Billy Graham. His name is Franklin Graham. Today Franklin Graham not only has a tremendous, benevolent ministry called The Samaritan Purse, and meets needs all over the world, but he is now preaching the gospel just as his dad did, to thousands and thousands of people. He is where he is today because he had a father who made sure the door was always open for his prodigal son.


Miraculous rescue of Jessica McClure


For two days in October of 1987, not just a community, not just a state, not just a nation, but the entire world was watching with bated breath the drama of an eighteen-month-old little girl name Jessica McClure who had fallen twenty-two feet through an eight-inch opening in an oil pipeline at a daycare center. For fifty-eight solid hours over two and a half days, drilling experts, highway construction equipment, pneumatic drills, special air vents, high pressure hydraulic drills, were expended in an unbelievable Herculean effort to rescue this one little girl. When she was finally pulled from that hole, an entire world cheered. Despite the size and diversity of the United States, the drama of Baby Jessica’s being lost and found touched hearts nationwide. Every parent hugged his/her own child a little tighter. For just a moment in time, one lost little girl became lost to each of them. And when everyone’s child, Baby Jessica, was found at last, an entire nation rejoiced.


In Today’s gospel text, Jesus had the audacity to suggest to his audience, especially those surly, grumbling Pharisees and scribes, that this is the kind of rejoicing that goes on in heaven every time a sinner repents.


Today’s readings invite us to believe in a loving, patient, merciful, and forgiving God. The Good News Jesus preached was that God is our loving and forgiving heavenly Father Who wants to save everyone through His Son, and not a cruel, judging and punishing God. He is always in search of His lost and straying children as Jesus explains, using three parables, in today’s Gospel.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS September 14 - 20

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Dorothy Cardoza

+ Carl Coleman

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Ursula Marie

Reilender

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Dewlin

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Eugenio Alonso Ruiz

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Mario Cisneros Luna

Friday 8:00 a.m.


REPORT SUNDAY September 7 & 8

TOTAL PLATE …... $1,484.00

EFT ……………….. $ 367.50

TOTAL……………. $1,851.50


Thank you!

God bless you and reward you!


Prayer Groups in the Parish

Every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. all Women

Every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. all Men


Last Chance to see Les Misérable

Birthright of San Jose is hosting a benefit theater production of Les Mis put on by the South Bay Musical Theater on Thursday evening Oct 3rd at the Saratoga Civic Theater. Doors open for our champagne reception at 6:15 (Play at 8), which includes hors d’oveures, prize baskets, and dessert/coffee at intermission all for the $35 ticket. SBMT has let us know that all their regular performances are already sold out and they are the last company to buy rights to the play so we expect ours to do the same, so if you like to come please see the Hammons after mass or call 353-3326. If you can’t come, you can still get in on drawings for wonderful prizes.


Wonderful Women’s weekend!!!

The Saint Claire Retreat Centers putting on a special silent retreat the coming on September 20-22.

The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat stars on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch. The cost for the three day retreat is $130 for a single room and $120 shared.

For reservation and/o questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts 353-1880.


A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about, or to register for program beginning with a weekend on Sep. 27 – 19, 2013, call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com



Dear Parishioners,

We would greatly appreciate your feedback on the up- coming project to replace the windows in the church.

The Finance Committee has been working with Father Eugenio throughout the spring and summer to research options for upgrading our church windows.

As this point we would like to let you know about the two options we have narrowed the project down to, and more importantly, we want to hear your ideas and thoughts before making the final choice. Our goals for the project are: +functional practicality, +aesthetics that match the church, +and a sound long-term investment in the church.

Option 1- Standard windows + new vestibule doors would be modernized, 3 panel, double-paned windows. Also, to replace the door between the vestibule and the church.

Option 2- (Option 1 + stained glass windows) is essentially the same expecting we would add parishioner sponsored stained glass church windows to the project.


We will be having the meeting on Tuesday Sept 24, 2013 @ 7 pm in the church to go over the details of the 2 options, answer any questions, and get you feedback. Hope to see you there!


Christ Child Finance committee

 

 


TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 8, 2013


Hating father and mother


St. Thomas More was the Lord Chancellor, when Henry VIII was the King of England. More was a successful lawyer, a great linguist and a renowned spiritual and political writer. His book, Utopia, has become a classic. When he refused to take an oath supporting the Act of Succession, which recognized the offspring of Henry and his second Anne Boleyn, as the heir to the throne, declaring Henry’s first marriage with Catherine as null and void, and repudiating the Pope, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in the year 1534. He honestly could not approve Henry’s second marriage to Anne, and he could not acknowledge the King as the supreme head of the Church of England. His family implored him – for his sake and theirs – to take the oath. More’s beloved daughter, Margaret, took an oath to persuade him to do so, in order that the family might visit him in prison. With More’s wife and son-in-law, Margaret tried hard, but Thomas refused. He spent fifteen lonely moths imprisoned in the Tower of London – in poor health, isolated from the other prisoners, deprived of his beloved books; not even paper and pen were given to him. Thomas More was convicted of treason, sentenced to death and, on July 6th 1535, he was beheaded. On mounting the scaffold, More proclaimed that he was ‘The king’s good servant but God’s first.’

St Thomas more paid the price for his discipleship by loving God more than his wife, children, nay, even his life.

(John Rose in John’s Sunday Homilies)


The beauty remains; the pain passes


During the last several years of his life, the famous French artist, Auguste Renoir, was virtually crippled by arthritis. But he continued to paint every day. His wife Alice had to insert the paintbrush between his fingers in order for him to continue his work. One day his close friend, the famous artist Henri Matisse, watching Auguste paint while he suffered excruciating pain at each colorful stroke, asked him, “Auguste, why do you continue to pain when you are in such agony?” Auguste Renoir’s response was immediate, “The beauty remains; the pain passes.” Passion for his art empowered Renoir to pain until the day he died. Those who continue to admire the enduring beauty of his smiling portraits, his landscapes, his still-life studies of flowers and fruit will find no trace therein of the pain required to create them. Most will agree that the cost was worth it. In today’s gospel Jesus tells us that following him as a true disciple is costly, but the reward is worth the suffering involved.


Today’s readings challenge us to the true Christian discipleship of total commitment to the will of God, putting God first in our lives.

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enry’s second marriage to Anne, and he coulsd


You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM. And

Christ Child Men’s Group

Every Thursday at 7:15 AM.


MASS INTENTIONS September 7 - 13

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Robert Sons

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

+ Dennis Stacey

Mrs. Wilma P. Welch B/day

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Dewlin

Wednesday 8:00 a.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. For the sick


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday August 31 & Sept 1, 2013

Total Plate $1,028.81

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $1,396.31


Thank you and God bless you and your family!


Christ Child Men’s Club meeting, Wednesday September 11, 2013 starting at 6:30 P.M. Dinner is served around 7 P.M.


Our annual COAT DRIVE will begin in October Please start to gather those gently used coats and jackets for donation. Don’t forget to ask family, friends and co-workers about unused coats and jackets. Contact Joe or Andrea Bruna with any question – 408 353-3101

Listen Immaculate Heart radio 1240 AM

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has proclaimed for the whole Church, September 7 as “a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East and throughout the world.”

“I appeal strongly for peace, an appeal which arises from deep within me. How much suffering, how much devastation, how much pain has the use of arms carried in its wake in that martyred country, especially among civilians and the unarmed! I think of many children who will not see the light of the future! With utmost firmness I condemn the use of chemical weapons: I tell you that those terrible images from recent days are burned into my mind and heart. There is a judgment of God and of history upon our actions which are inescapable! Never has the use of violence brought peace in its wake. War begets war, violence begets violence…” Pope Francis


Only 2 Weeks Left to Sign up for Retrouuvaille Retrouvaille is a program for married couples that feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated, or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness. Other experience conflict in their relationship. Most don’t know how to change the situation or even communicate with their spouse about it. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage.

For confidential information about, or to register for the September program beginning with a weekend on Sep. 27 – 29, 2013 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


Women’s Retreat

The St. Clare's Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat September 20-22. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat starts on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch. The cost for the three day retreat is $130 for a single room and $120 shared. More info – contact Jeanette Roberts: 353-1880. Thank you.

 

 

 

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

September 1, 2013


Cardinal Léger’s option for the poor.


Most Rev. Paul-Emile Léger served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

He was one of the most powerful men in Canada and within the Catholic Church. He was a man of deep conviction and humility. Then on April 20, 1968 he resigned his office and leaving his red vestments, crosier, miter, and pallium in his Montreal office, disappeared. Years late, he was found living among the lepers and disabled, outcasts of a small Africa village. When a Canadian journalist asked him, “Why?” here is what Cardinal Léger had to say, “It will be the great scandal of the history of our century that 600 million people are dying of hunger. I am too old to change all that. The only thing I can do which makes sense is to be present. I must simply be in the midst of them. So, just tell people in Canada that you met an old priest. I am a priest who is happy to be old and still a priest and among those who suffer. I am happy to be here and to take them into my heart.”

(http://www.rockies.net/-spirit/sermons/a-or09-2-keeping.php Barry Robinson)

Is that your calling? Is it mine? Probably not! Today’s gospel says: “Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”


The humble Gandhi


One man who took Jesus seriously was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi acknowledged that he had been much influenced by the Gospels and touched by the life of Christ. As he once remarked, “I might have become a Christian had it not been for Christians!” Gandhi did not lead the masses by standing like a monarch above them by identifying with them and sharing in their circumstances. He identified himself with the half-naked rural masses by rejecting his attorney’s pants and coat and dressing himself with a loin cloth and cotton shawl. While other high caste Indian politicians were not willing to associate themselves with the untouchables, Gandhi chose to live, eat and march with untouchables, and he gave them a new dignity and a new name. He honored them by calling them HARIJANS, “the people of God.”


Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for there is the Kingdom of Heaven.”


Matthew 5:9-10


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM. And

Christ Child Men’s Prayer Group

Every Thursday at 7:15 AM.


MASS INTENTIONS August 31 – Sept 6

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carmen Santibañez

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. For the sick persons

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Clair Mullen


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday August 24 & 25, 2013

Total Plate $1,037.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $1,404.50


Second Collection for Maintenance was

$ 269.00

Thank you and God bless you!


KIDS CLUB

We want to appeal to ALL our members to consider helping in this creative way to connect with many young families outside of our church.

Pray also for the workers who will come from Mountain Bible Church as we partner with them for his.



WONDERFUL WOMEN’S WEEKEND The St. Clare Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat September 13 – 15, 2013 with the topic being “Practicing the present of God” and the guest speaker being Father Serge Propst, O.P. The retreat starts with Friday dinner and ends with Sunday lunch. The Cost for this three day retreat is $120 and single rooms are available.

Please consider attending this wonderful weekend. For reservation and/or questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts 353-1880. Thank you.


Men’s Club Meeting

We meet on the Second Wednesday on the month of September 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center. Good Dinner and Drinks. We have very good support for one another. All men welcome!


3rd ANNUAL PARISH HERVEST

PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND – DANCING, FOOD & DRINKS!!!

Donation of $30

NEXT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 STARTS AT 6 O’CLOK

Information with Don Boisvert

408.828.2035

Please visit owner web page at

www.christchild.org

Wonderful Women's Weekend

The St. Clare's Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat on September 20-22 with the topic being practicing the presents of God. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat starts on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch. The cost for this three day retreat is $130 for a single room and $120 for a shared room. Please consider attending this wonderful weekend. For reservation and/or questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts: 353-1880. Thank you.


The South Bay Musical Theatre

Presents…

Les Misérable

A Benefit Performance for

BIRTHRIGHT OF SAN JOSE

Thursday October 3, 2013

At 8:00 pm

$35 per person for this exciting evening! Contact: Bernie Genetti 268-2615 or Germaine Zenk 997-0766


 


TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 25, 2013


Three surprises in heaven


Bishop Sheen tells us that we will have three surprises in heaven.


The first surprise: We will be surprised to see that many people we expected to be in Heaven are not there. St. John of the Cross gives the reason why they are not there: “At the evening of our life, we shall be judged on how we have loved.”

The second surprise: We will be surprised to see that the people we never expected to be in heaven are there. That is because God judges man’s intentions and rewards them accordingly.

The third surprise: We will be surprised to see that we are in Heaven. Since our getting to Heaven is principally God’s work, we should be surprised that God somehow “went out of His way” to saves us, simply because we showed the good will and generosity to cooperate with His grace.


In today’s gospel, Jesus answers the question, who will be saved, when and how.


The narrow gate of great musicians


Someone once said to Padarewski, the great pianist, “Sir, you are a genius.” He replied, “Madam, before I was a genius I was a drudge.” He continued: “If I missed practice one day, I noticed it; if I missed practice two days, the critics noticed it; if I missed three days, my family noticed it; if I missed four days, my audience noticed it.

It is reported that after one of Fritz Kreisler’s concerts a young woman said to him, “I would give my life to be able to play like that.” He replied, “that’s what I gave.”

The door is narrow. Why should we think we can “drift” into the Kingdom of God?

The Christian life is a constant striving to do the will of God as Jesus revealed it. We need to strive because there are forces of evil within us and around us, trying to pull us down.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM.

And

Christ Child Men’s Prayer Group

Every Thursday at 7:15 AM.


Pope Francis “Tweets”


Let’s learn to lose our lives for Christ, like a gift or a sacrifice.

With Christ we lose nothing!


MASS INTENTIONS August 24 - 30

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Jean & Paul Taylor

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Caralie Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Eugenio Alonso Ruiz

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Gerald E. Villemaire


STEWARDSHIP

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!

Romans 11:33

Christ chose to build his Church upon a rock that broke in time of temptation. In healing the broken and repentant shepherd, Christ demonstrated his desire and ability to forgive and mend all the weaknesses that beset and divide the flock even now. Peter is our sign of hope.


Stewardship of Treasure:

Report Sunday August 3 & 4, 2013

$1,846.25

Report Sunday August 10 & 11, 2013

$1,607.50

Report Sunday August 17 & 18, 2013

$1,252.50

Thank you and God bless you!


Wonderful Women's Weekend

The St. Clare's Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat on September 20-22 with the topic being practicing the presents of God. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat starts on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch. The cost for this three day retreat is $130 for a single room and $120 for a shared room. Please consider attending this wonderful weekend. For reservation and/or questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts: 353-1880. Thank you.



Men’s Club Meeting. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month of September 11- at 6:30 pm at the Parish’s Community Center. Dinner and Drinks!

All men welcome!

LAST MINUTE REMINDER

It’s not too late a last minute reservation to hear Christine Watkins share about her amazing experience of the Blessed Mother’s love for her. Christine is an author, a Clinical Social Worker, and a devotee of the Blessed Mother. Join us on Aug.27th at the Carmel Mission Inn in Carmel from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to hear this inspiring testimony. Reservations are $25. Call 831-596-8391 or 831-728-5914 today for availability and reservations.


The South Bay Musical Theatre

Presents

Les Misérables

A Benefit Performance for Birthright of San Jose Thursday October 3, 20123 Location: The Saratoga Civic theatre, Corner of Allendale & Fruitvale Avenues, across from West Valley College

$35. Per person

Doors Open: 6:15 pm

Hors d’oeuvres & Champagne Reception: 6:15 pm

Performance Begins Promptly: 8:00 pm Contact: Bernie (408) 268-2615 OR

Olive (408) 997-0766


HARVEST PARTY

Saturday, September 14th 6:00 p.m.

After Mass Dinner, Drinks, Music and More

This is a Fun/d Raiser and

All donations will go to help the Parish’s Projected 2013/2014 Budget Deficit


TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE TODAY!


PLEASE SUPPORT!!!

 

 

 

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 18, 2013


You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”

Like 12: 49 -56


The little sweet pea that could


It had been a difficult year for her. A painful divorce, the emotional and financial stress of making a new life, and the unexpected diagnosis of multiple sclerosis had left feeling defeated, bitter and cynical.

One afternoon, seeking some refuge in her beloved garden, she noticed the tip of a sweet pea growing through a crack in the walkway. It must have blossomed from a seed that had been dropped during planting. It wouldn’t live long.

But to her surprise, the plant held on – struggling to grow stronger and taller every day. It wasn’t the prettiest sweet pea in the garden, with its twisted stalk and sparse foliage. She placed a small trellis near it to encourage the vine to spread up and out.

Despite its rough beginnings, the vine continued to bud. Its blooms were more abundant and richer in hue than any other plants in her garden. Quite a journey from the sidewalk crack to the top of the trellis.

The sweet pea plant became her teacher. It counseled her to hope in her own ability to cope, it taught her the way of perseverance. From the plant’s own struggle, she learned that we never ask for the challenges that life places in our way. Inspired by the little plant, she continued anew to seek her own trellis that enabled her to gather strength and courage to move forward.

(Adapted from A Cup of Comfort, edited by Colleen Sell.)

In Today’s Gospel, Jesus calls to approach the world with a faith that often contradict society’s value system, a faith that challenges the hopelessness and cynicism in which our own lives are mired. To be a disciple of Jesus is to struggle to “read the signs” – however small, wherever hidden – of God’s presence in our midst. It is often easier to remain in our own little cocoon of self-pity, to nurse our own hurts and anger. But the ultimate hope of the Gospel is to move beyond the negatives and seek out, despite the struggle, the never-wavering love of God, love that we make real for one another in our love, support and forgiveness.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM. And

Christ Child Men’s Prayer Group

Every Thursday at 7:15 AM.


MASS INTENTIONS August 17 - 23

Saturday 5:00 p.m.+ Fr.Geronimo Cuevas

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Toña Zamora

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Clair Mullen




Back of the School

We as Catholic Community wish to all the children, younger’s, administrators, workers and teachers for very good year 2013 - 2014. May God our Father is with you and protect, and give to you His wisdom and love.

We pray for you every day; we promises.

Good year!


Men’ Club Meeting

We meet on the Second Wednesday of the month of September 11 – at 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center.

Dinner and Drinks!

We are very good support for one another. All men welcome!


Wonderful Women's Weekend

The St. Clare's Retreat Center is putting on a special silent retreat on September 20-22 with the topic being practicing the presents of God. The guest speaker will be Father Serge Propst O.P. The retreat starts on Friday and ends with Sunday lunch. The cost for this three day retreat is $130 for a single room and $120 for a shared room. Please consider attending this wonderful weekend. For reservation and/or questions, please contact Jeanette Roberts: 353-1880. thank you.


Please visit owner web page at

www.christchild.org

Coming Soon….

Parish Harvest Party & Dance


Steak Dinner, Drinks, Dancing to a Live Band


Saturday, September 14, 2013

6:00 PM

Tickets available after Mass

Or Contact Don Boisvert

408 828-2035

Donation of $30 Requested.


KIDS CLUB

Another ‘thank you’ to all who donated, prayed, or staffer this outreach to our local elementary school this past year. We want to appeal to all our members to consider helping in this creative way to connect with many young families outside of our church.

This coming year, we are upgrading our curriculum, doing more training in classroom management and adding room space over at the Community Center. We think we can improve a lot on our efforts from last year by doing this. Pray also for the workers who will come from Mountain Bible Church as we partner with them for his.


Pope Francis “Tweets”

Let’s learn to lose our lives for Christ, like a gift or a sacrifice. With Christ we lose nothing!


Jesus didn’t save us with an idea.

He humbled himself and became a man. The Word became Flesh.

 

 


NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 11, 2013


Be like servant awaiting their master’s return… “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”

Luke 12: 32 – 48

The harvester cometh


Once there was a spider that lived in a cornfield. The spider had built a comfortable nest and had constructed an elaborate web among the cornstalks. The spider had become quite fat and happy dining on all the insects it trapped in the web.

On day the spider snagged a tiny bug in its web. As the spider was about to feast on its little victim, the bug spoke up: “If you let me go, I will tell you something that will save your life.”

The spider stopped and listened.

“You had better leave this cornfield. Harvest time is here.” The spider sneered. “What is this harvest time you talk about? I think it’s something you just made up.”

“Oh, it’s true. The farmer of this field will soon come to collect the corn. All the stalks will be cut off and the corn will be gathered. You’ll crushed by a giant machine if you stay here.”

The spider said, “That’s preposterous – harvest time and giant machines to cut down the corn. Prove it!”

The little bug insisted, “Look at the corn. Look at how it has been planted in ordered lines. That proves this field was designed be someone very wise.”

The spider laughed. “That’s silly. This field has grown up on its own. That’s the way corn grows.” “Oh, no! This field was planted by the owner of the field and at harvest time he will come and gather up the corn.”

“Ridiculous!” the spider said. “I’ve lived here since the corn was a food high and no one had disturbed me. Nothing ever changes in this field. I’ll be here forever.”

Just as the spider was about to dine on the little insect, a rumble broke the morning stillness. The rumble grew louder and louder. A thick cloud of dust surrounded the spider. The stunned spider gulped, “Oh, oh.”

(Bill Geer.)

No matter how fat and happy we are, our cornfield will one day be harvested. The challenge of faith is to understand our cornfield with the wisdom of the little bug, who sees beyond its immediate surroundings to realize an order and connection of the various elements of life to the Giver of life. The sad fact is, however, we live our lives with the complacency of the spider: we live for the moment; we are satisfied with meeting our immediate needs, we fails to see beyond our own row of corn.

This life God has given us is fragile and fleeting.

If we have truly embraced the spirit of the Gospel, we are always conscious of the brevity of this life and live our days in joyful anticipation of the next.

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 408. 241.8444 Or 800.550.4900

MASS INTENTIONS August 10 - 16

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Gregory Beno

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. For the Parish

Thursday 8:00 a.m. For the Sick

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


STEWARDSHIP

Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

The Shepherd who has made us his flock guides, protects, and feeds us on the road toward the eternal safety of the heavenly sheepfold into which he gathers us.


3rd Annual Parish Harvest

Party & Dance

Live Band – Dancing

Food & Drinks!!!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 STARTS AT 6 O’CLOK

$30 DONATION REQUESTED

For more information contact:

Don Boisvert

408.828.2035


Pope Francis “Tweets”

A Christian in never bored or sad.

Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting

The next meeting will be on this Wednesday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center. Dinner too!

We have very good support one another.


World Marriage Encounter is dedicated to helping couples with good marriage become couples with great marriage. Our weekend experience is designed to give married couples the opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication. Marriage Encounter weekends provide a setting for spouses to be alone as a couple, to rediscover each other, and to focus together on their relationship. Every marriage deserves this kind of attention. Our next weekend is October 18 – 20, 2013. For more details contact 831-704-6322, email registrar@wwme-centralca.org, or visit www.wwme-centralca.org


KIDS CLUB

We will be recruiting Christians outside of Mountain Bible Church and Christ Child Catholic Church in order to meet the need for Kids Club volunteers this year. Twenty-five to thirty kids are available to join if there are enough volunteers so we would like to make the most of this opportunity. The program stars August 21 so time is shot.


August 15 Thursday: The ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

MASS AT 8:00 AM.

(Holy day of obligation)




 


EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

August 4, 2013


Candle in the wind


Princes Diana’s (Diana Spencer) wedding in 1981 was watched by 750 million people and her funeral 1997 by 2.5 billion people. At her funeral, singer Elton John brought tears to the eyes of hundreds of mourners in Westminster Abbey when he sang: ‘Candle in the Wind’.

Interestingly, this song – with the line “Goodbye, Norma Rose” - was originally written for an equally glamorous woman, Norma Jeanne, who assumed the stage name ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and died on August 5, 1962, due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Diana and Marilyn share many things in common – both were beautiful and wealthy, photographed by paparazzi worldwide, yet, unhappy in marriage, and both died tragically in August aged but 36 – young icons snuffed out like candles in the wind.


Ecclesiastes gives bad news for those who base their hopes on the perishable wealth and goods of this world, echoing a stark message: vanity of vanities, all is vanity! All of human life is ultimately meaningless if viewed in itself, apart from God.

(Francis Gonsalves in ‘Sunday Seeds for daily Deeds’)


Generous people are rarely mentally ill.”


Dr. Carl Menninger, the world-renowned psychiatrist, was talking on one occasion to an unhappy but wealthy patient. He asked the patient what he was going to do with so much money. The patient replied, “Just worry about it, I suppose,” Menninger asked, “Well, do you get that much pleasure from worrying about it?” “No,” responded the patient, “but I get terrified when I think of giving some of it to somebody else.” Then Dr. Menninger went on to say something quite profound. He said, “Generous people are rarely mentally it.”

(David A. Renwick, http://www.2preslex.org/S020217.htm.)

I didn’t say that. Dr. Carl Menninger said it. “Generous people are rarely mentally ill.” He is right. People who cannot share with others have deep-seated problems. If your level of giving to the work of God and the service of others requires no sacrifice, then you have Jesus locked in a cupboard, and he is not really living in every part of your life.


In today’s gospel Jesus calls such people “fools.”


If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”

(Psalm 90)


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


You are invited to attend:

Christ Child Women’s Prayer Group

Every Tuesday at 8:15 AM.

And

Christ Child Men’s Prayer Group

Every Thursday at 7:15 AM.



MASS INTENTIONS August 3 – 9

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Donald p. Boisvert

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Angelina Franchino

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday July 27 & 28, 2013

Total Plate $ 982.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,379.50


Second Collection for Maintenance Fund

$573.00


3rd ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST

PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND – DASNCING FOOD & DRINKS!!!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 STARTS AT 6 O’CLOK

$30 Donation Requested

Tickets avaible after Mass or Contact

Don Boisvert

828.2035


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio


Men’s Club Meeting

The Second Wednesday’s month, this August 14

At 6:30 p.m. at the Parish’s Community Center. We have very good support one another.


On August 6 and 9th are the anniversaries of the atomic explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945).

As these events are recalled, all are urged to continue to pray for world peace and for increased “efforts in favor of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament”


Pope FRANCIS “Tweets”

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.


FRANCIS, Our HOLY FATHER, recommends COURAGEOUS Prayer over courteous prayer. We get that courage when we deeply encounter Jesus, not our ideas or images of Him. To courageously meet Jesus in the Eucharist quickens our healing.

Join us for a

Healing Mass

With Fr. Patrick Dooling


Wednesday August 7 at 7:00 p.m.

San Agustin Church

257 Glenwood Drive, Scotts Valley


This is a Eucharistic Liturgy with a laying on of hands Not the Sacrament of the Sick.


 

 


 


SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 21, 2013


I would like to be marriage to both of them”


Some single men in a Bible study group were discussing who would make the better wife –Martha or Mary. One fellow said, “Well, I think Martha would make the better wife. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. It sounds like Martha surely knew how to cook. I would love to be married to a woman like that!”

Another man said, “I think Mary would make the better wife. She was always so thoughtful, sweet and loving. I could be very happy, married to a women like Mary!”

Finally, another fellow settled the argument when he said, “Well, I would like to be married to both of them. I would like Martha before supper and Mary after supper.”

Today’s gospel challenges us to combine the listening spirit of Mary with the dynamic spirit of Martha in our Christian lives.


Behold I stand at the door and knock, says the Lord. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door to me, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.”

Set your priorities”


There is a story about a man who was preparing his favorite breakfast of hot oatmeal when his daughter came rushing in with his little four-year-old grandson. “The babysitter has been delayed,” she explained, “and I’ve got to go to work. Will you keep Bobby for a few hours?” Granddad said, “Sure,” and his daughter left. Then Granddad scooped up two bowls of oatmeal. “Do you like sugar?” he asked. When Bobby nodded he asked, “How about some butter, too?” When his grandson nodded again he asked, “How about milk?” “Sure,” the boy said. But when the grandfather placed the steaming bowl of oatmeal in front of Bobby, the boy made a face and pushed it away. “But when I asked you, you said you liked sugar, butter and milk,” grandfather protested. “Yeah,” Bobby answered, “But you didn’t ask me if I like oatmeal.” Granddad forgot to ask the most elemental question.


Sometimes we forget to do that, too. We never set priorities. We never list in our own minds what those things are that matter most. We allow life to buffet us here and there and we never center in on those things that really matter.


The central themes of today’s readings are the importance of hospitality in Christian life and the necessity of listening to God before acting. The key to the Christian life is setting priorities: Jesus Christ first, then everything else.


The only way really to learn that lesson is to spend some time every day, “sitting at the feet of Jesus.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS July 20 - 26

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Boisvert Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Duncan Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Rauwolf Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Charles Pennington

Friday 8:00 a.m. Jeanette & Dave

Roberts


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday July 13 & 14, 2013

Total Plate $ 967.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $ 1,364.50


Thank you!!!


3rd ANNUAL PARISH HARVEST PARTY & DANCE

LIVE BAND – DANCING,

FOOD & DRINKS!!!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

STARTS AT 6 O’CLOCK

$30 Donation Requested

For more information contact:

Don Boisvert

408.828.2035


The Forman pastor Rev. John Murphy he entered in the immortality on July 21, 2001

Rest in peace

ST. FRANCIS SOUP KITCHEN

St. Francis Soup Kitchen thanks everyone for their recent donations of men’s clothing items. Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. If you would like to volunteer for this ministry please call 831-459-6712 for more information. Thank you for your support!


PEACE AND SOLITUDE

New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur is a Catholic monastic community rooted in the ancient tradition of Saint Benedict. It is a restorative place of healing through monastic silence and solitude, set as a jewel in the natural beauty of the coast of Big Sur. We offer the option for our retreatants to participate in beautiful liturgical celebration. Please come visit us for a day trip or stay in our private guest rooms to get away from it all. You can make reservations Online at www.contemplation.com and click on “Retreats” or call us at 831-667-2456 ext. 100


Pope Francis “Tweets”

We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is CHRIST.

He gives us strength and stability; but also joy and serenity.


Men’s Club

The Wednesday August 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center.

Dinner and good support for one another.

Please come – we need you!!!


Are you an Adult? And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408. 353.2210. We will be very happy to help you! Fr. Eugenio.

 


FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JULY 7, 2013


One-man army for Christ


The story of Saint Philip Neri, who earned the title “Apostle of Rome” in the 16th century, is an example of the missionary zeal demanded by today’s gospel.

Philip came down to Rome in the early 1500s as an immigrant from Florence and a layman. When he arrived, he was horrified by the physical and moral devastation of the city. Rome had been ransacked in 1527 by the Germans who had left much of the city in ruins. The Gospel wasn’t being preached, and many priests and cardinals were living in open defiance of Christ’s moral teachings. Philip prayed in God to learn what he might do. He read the letters that St. Francis Xavier had sent back to Europe from India, where he had been converting tens of thousands. Philip thought that God was calling him to follow the great Basque missionary to India, to give his life in proclaiming the Gospel. When he went to his spiritual director and told him what he thought God was asking of him, the wise old priest affirmed his desire to serve and bear witness to Christ. However, he told Philip to focus his attention on re-evangelizing those around him, declaring, “Rome is to be your India!” This was quite a task for one man. But Philip, relying on God’s help, started –first as a layman, then as a priest – to convert Rome, one person at a time. He would cheerfully go to street corners and say, “Friends, when are we going to start to do good?” He developed various entertaining social and religious activities to give the people, especially the young people, better alternatives for their hearts and time than those offered by the debauched culture around them. His impact was enormous, and when he died in 1595, much of Rome had been reconverted. The same God who spoke to Philip almost five hundred years ago challenges each one of us this times through the Scriptures, “Your parish and your family, your workplace and your parish are your mission field!”


Today’s gospel describes how Jesus sent his disciples out to towns and villages to prepare for his visit, and gave them “travel tips” for their missionary journey. This reminds us that announcing the good news of the kingdom is not the task of only a few, but is rather a task for all.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS JULY 6 - 12

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Rauwolf Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Lombardi Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Boisvert Family

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

Report Sunday June 29 & 30, 2013

Plate $ 940.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $1,337.50

Second Collection Maintenance was

$329.40


GOD BLES YOU AND THANKS!


RETROUVAILLE

A lifeline for marriages MARRIAGE HELPS – Retrouvaille has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you, or someone you know too. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on September 27-29, call 831 479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at: www.HelpourMarriage.com


Summer Envelopes

We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver their weekly envelopes or donation to the parish office while on vacation or out-of-town. As many of you understand our parish expenses and obligations do not take a vacation when you do, so of is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.

God bless your summer and we pray for your family! Fr. Eugenio


Prayer is the raising of the mind to God.

We must always remember this.

The actual words matter less.

Blessed John XXIII

BISHOP’S GOLF EVENT

A HUGE SUCCESS FOR

CHILDREN!

The 19th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament and Auction Dinner, a benefit to provide tuition assistance to students who would otherwise not be able to attend a Diocesan Catholic School, was held at Rancho Cañada Golf Club in Carmel Valley on May 3rd and was a successful friend- and fund-raiser. This year’s net proceeds of $48,000 went directly to the Tuition Assistance Fund for qualifying students in Diocesan school. The students who will receive this assistance are among those with the greatest need in our four-county Diocese, which covers Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Thank you to our generous sponsors, raffle and auction donors, benefactors, golfers, dinner participants, our highly dedicated volunteers and staff, and all whose efforts and prayers made the 2013 event a success for our children! Check out the event article on the Diocesan website (photos may be downloaded, too). Plans are moving forward for the 20th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament and Auction Dinner. Excitement and more information to follow in the coming months!




Tuesdays mornings 8.00 – 9.00 a.m.

Women’s Prayer Group at Christ Child

All welcome.










 


FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JULY 7, 2013


One-man army for Christ


The story of Saint Philip Neri, who earned the title “Apostle of Rome” in the 16th century, is an example of the missionary zeal demanded by today’s gospel.

Philip came down to Rome in the early 1500s as an immigrant from Florence and a layman. When he arrived, he was horrified by the physical and moral devastation of the city. Rome had been ransacked in 1527 by the Germans who had left much of the city in ruins. The Gospel wasn’t being preached, and many priests and cardinals were living in open defiance of Christ’s moral teachings. Philip prayed in God to learn what he might do. He read the letters that St. Francis Xavier had sent back to Europe from India, where he had been converting tens of thousands. Philip thought that God was calling him to follow the great Basque missionary to India, to give his life in proclaiming the Gospel. When he went to his spiritual director and told him what he thought God was asking of him, the wise old priest affirmed his desire to serve and bear witness to Christ. However, he told Philip to focus his attention on re-evangelizing those around him, declaring, “Rome is to be your India!” This was quite a task for one man. But Philip, relying on God’s help, started –first as a layman, then as a priest – to convert Rome, one person at a time. He would cheerfully go to street corners and say, “Friends, when are we going to start to do good?” He developed various entertaining social and religious activities to give the people, especially the young people, better alternatives for their hearts and time than those offered by the debauched culture around them. His impact was enormous, and when he died in 1595, much of Rome had been reconverted. The same God who spoke to Philip almost five hundred years ago challenges each one of us this times through the Scriptures, “Your parish and your family, your workplace and your parish are your mission field!”


Today’s gospel describes how Jesus sent his disciples out to towns and villages to prepare for his visit, and gave them “travel tips” for their missionary journey. This reminds us that announcing the good news of the kingdom is not the task of only a few, but is rather a task for all.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS JULY 6 - 12

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Rauwolf Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Lombardi Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Boisvert Family

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

Report Sunday June 29 & 30, 2013

Plate $ 940.00

EFT $ 397.50

TOTAL $1,337.50

Second Collection Maintenance was

$329.40


GOD BLES YOU AND THANKS!


RETROUVAILLE

A lifeline for marriages MARRIAGE HELPS – Retrouvaille has helped tens of thousands of couples at all stages of disillusionment or misery in their marriage. This program can help you, or someone you know too. For confidential information or to register for the next program beginning with a Weekend on September 27-29, call 831 479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at: www.HelpourMarriage.com


Summer Envelopes

We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver their weekly envelopes or donation to the parish office while on vacation or out-of-town. As many of you understand our parish expenses and obligations do not take a vacation when you do, so of is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.

God bless your summer and we pray for your family! Fr. Eugenio


Prayer is the raising of the mind to God.

We must always remember this.

The actual words matter less.

Blessed John XXIII

BISHOP’S GOLF EVENT

A HUGE SUCCESS FOR

CHILDREN!

The 19th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament and Auction Dinner, a benefit to provide tuition assistance to students who would otherwise not be able to attend a Diocesan Catholic School, was held at Rancho Cañada Golf Club in Carmel Valley on May 3rd and was a successful friend- and fund-raiser. This year’s net proceeds of $48,000 went directly to the Tuition Assistance Fund for qualifying students in Diocesan school. The students who will receive this assistance are among those with the greatest need in our four-county Diocese, which covers Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Thank you to our generous sponsors, raffle and auction donors, benefactors, golfers, dinner participants, our highly dedicated volunteers and staff, and all whose efforts and prayers made the 2013 event a success for our children! Check out the event article on the Diocesan website (photos may be downloaded, too). Plans are moving forward for the 20th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament and Auction Dinner. Excitement and more information to follow in the coming months!




Tuesdays mornings 8.00 – 9.00 a.m.

Women’s Prayer Group at Christ Child

All welcome.


 

 


THIRTEENTH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

June 30, 2013


The Cost of Discipleship


Dietrich Bonheoffer, a German Lutheran theologian, wrote a series of reflections on the Sermon on the Mount entitled The Cost of Discipleship, in which he maintained that discipleship requires that we make a fundamental decision to follow Jesus and to accept the consequences of that decision. His own religious convictions led him to stand up to the tyranny of Nazi Germany and to participate in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The plot was uncovered, Bonheoffer was apprehended, and the ultimate “cost” of discipleship was exacted of him: he was hanged by the Nazis on April 9, 1945. While discipleship might force some people to decide between life and death, few of us will be asked to pay that ultimate price. But today’s gospel challenges us to live in a certain way imitating the prophetic vocation of Jesus. (Dianne Bergant, C.S.A.)


On Christian tolerance


The best commentary on the first part of today’s gospel is a story about Abraham Lincoln, who was the finest and most spiritual of all the American presidents. During the Civil War, Lincoln was often criticized for not being severe enough on the soldiers of the South. On one occasion after a battle, a general from the North asked him, “Why didn’t you destroy the enemy when you had the chance?” President Lincoln answered with words adapted from the today’s gospel passage: “Do I not destroy my enemy by making him my friends?”


That is exactly what Jesus tells us in today’s gospel: destroy our enemies by making them our friends. No doubt the feelings of anger and resentment run deep in many hearts today, and we wouldn’t mind if people who hurt us deeply were punished or suffered from bad luck. Jesus, however, says: “That is not my Spirit”--- let me heal your heart.


Life messages:


We need to honor our marriage commitment!

We need to pray top solve the crisis in priestly commitment!

We are invited to a Christian life of patient love!

We need to pray for strength to honor all our commitments!




CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS June 29 – July 5

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Larry Duncan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Heymann Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Boisvert Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan


STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

Report Sunday June 22 & 23, 2013

Plate: $ 843.71

EFT: $ 397.50

Total: $1,241.21


Today the Second Collection for Maintenance in the Parish!!!

We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!


June 26, 2013

Diocese of Monterey’s Statement on the United States Supreme Court’s Decision on Proposition 8

We are disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision today regarding Proposition 8.

Our faith teaches us that marriage is not merely a human institution, but rather is instituted by God as a lifelong commitment between men a woman to live together in mutual love that imitates the love that God has for each one of us. Over the centuries, throughout the world and through many cultures, marriage has undergone change from a civil standpoint, but from a Roman Catholic theological standpoint, it has not changed. It is a sacramental union of a man and a woman instituted for the good of the couple and the procreation of children.


This decision will not change the Dioceses of Monterey’s theological or moral view of the sanctity and dignity of marriage not will it alter our obligations under church law to follow our law and procedures regarding marriage. Moreover, this decision does not trigger any civil law requirement on the part of our priests and deacons to witness the weddings of same-sex couples.


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith.

For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


Men’s Club Meeting

Wednesday July 10th at 6:300 p.m.

Community Center.

We have very good support one another.


The Faith of the Church

Jesus fully, completely, and definitively reveals God to humanity.

Even more dramatically, Jesus reveals that God is with us to save us, to lift us up, to snatch us from the dark forces of sin and death, and to make us sharers in eternal life.

Our response to this great revelation is what Saint Paul calls “the obedience of faith”

(Cf. Dogmatic Constitution

On Divine revelation 4-5)



Children’s Safety Message

Parents and Caregivers of children: When you and your children are attending Mass or any other events at the parish, please do not let your children leave your presence alone, or with another child, for any reason. I f your child needs to leave the building, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.




 


TWEELTH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

June 23, 2013


The Gospel of Life by Pope Francis


This celebration has a very beautiful name: The Gospel of Life. In this Eucharist, in the Year of Faith, let us thank the Lord for the gift of life in all its forms, and at the same time let us proclaim the Gospel of Life.


On the basic of the Word of God, I would like to offer you three simple points of meditation for our faith: first, the Bible reveals to us the Living God, the God who is life and the source of life; second, Jesus Christ bestows life and the Holy spirit maintains us in life; and third, following God’s way leads to life, whereas following idols leas to death.


God is the source of life; thanks to his breath, man has life. God’s breath sustains the entire journey of our life on earth. I also think of the calling of Moses, where the Lord says that he is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of the living. When he sends Moses to Pharaoh to set his people free, he reveals his name: “I am who I am,” the God who enters into our history, sets us free from slavery and death, and brings life to his people because he is the Living One. I also think of the gift of the Ten Commandments: a path God points out to us towards a life which is truly free and fulfilling. The commandments are not a litany of prohibitions –you must not do this, you must not do that, you must not to do the others; on the contrary, they are a great “Yes!” a yes to God, to Love, to Life. Dear friends, our life are fulfilled in God alone, because only he is the Living One!


Jesus is the incarnation of the Living God, the one who brings life amid so many deeds of death, amid sin, selfishness and self-absorption. Jesus accepts, loves, uplifts, encourages, forgives, and restores the ability to walk, to gives back life. Throughout the Gospels we see how Jesus by his words and actions brings the transforming life of God. God the Living One is merciful. Do you agree? Let’s say it together: God, the Living One, is merciful! All together now: God, the Living One, is merciful. Once again: God, the Living One is merciful!


Christians are “spiritual.” This does not mean that we are people who live “in the clouds,” far removed from real life, as if it were some kind of mirage. No! The Christians is someone who thinks and acts in everyday life according to God’s will, someone who allows his or her life to be guided and nourished by the Holy Spirit, to be a full life, a life worthy of true sons and daughters. And this entails realism and fruitfulness. Those who let themselves be led by the Holy Spirit are realists, they know how to survey and assess reality. They are also fruitful; their lives bring new life to birth all around them.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

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MASS INTENTIONS June 22 - 28

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Larry Duncan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Andrew & Luella

Demens

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. For all the Fathers

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services



STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE


Report Sunday Collection June 15 & 16, 13

Total Plate $ 1,473.00

EFT $ 372.50

Total $ 1,845.50


Today the Second Collection for Maintenance


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!




Children’s Safety Message

Parents and Caregivers of children: When you and your children are attending Mass or any other events at the parish, please do not let your children leave your presence alone, or with another child, for any reason. I f your child needs to leave the building, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.


Dear Christ Child (Church), the “Birthright,” would like to thank you for your support of our “Mothers Day flowers fund-raiser.

Birthright has been in San Jose for 40 years and has been helping girls and women with a crisis pregnancy to cope will their situation.

It is how your helps, we would not be able to continue our work.

May God bless you.

Sincerely,

The Birthright Volunteers.



Summer Time!

Next Sunday after the 10 a.m. Mass gathering together in food and friendship! Here in the Parish!



Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?


We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith.

For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com



Men’s Club Meeting


On Wednesday July 10th at 6:300 p.m.

Community Center.


We have very good support one another.


 


ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

June 16, 2013


And that’s the way it is with us.”


In his book, Healing for Damaged Emotions, David Seamonds deals with people who have scars that nobody else can see. He uses the analogy of those beautiful giant sequoia and redwood trees in the far western part of our country: “in most of the parks,” says Seamonds, “the naturalists can show you a cross section of a great tree they have cut, and point out that the rings of the tree reveal the developmental history, year by year. Here’s a ring that represents a year when there was a terrible drought. Here are a couple of rings from years when there was too much rain. Here’s where the tree was struck by lightning. Here are some normal years of growth. This ring shows a forest fire that almost destroyed the tree. Here’s another of savage blight and disease. “And that’s the way it is with us,” Seamonds continues. “Just a few minutes beneath the protective bark, the concealing, protective mask, are the recorded rings of our lives. “In the rings of our thoughts and emotions, the record is there; the memories are recorded, and all are alive. And they directly and deeply affect our concepts, our feelings, and our relationships. They affect the way we look at life and God, at others and ourselves.”


If we could look into the heart of this woman described in today’s gospel, we might not be so harsh in our judgment of her. What brought her to such a wretched position in life? Was she abused as a child?


Cleo really likes you, dear, and she is an excellent judge of character.”


A certain young woman was nervous about meeting her boyfriend’s parents for the first time. As she checked out her appearance one last time, she noticed that her shoes looked dingy. So she gave them a fast swipe with the paper towel she had used to blot the bacon she had for breakfast. Arriving at the impressive home, she was greeted by the parents and their much-beloved, but rotten-tempered, poodle. The dog got a whiff of the bacon grease on the young woman’s shoes and followed her around all evening. At the end of the evening, the pleased parents remarked, “Cleo really likes you, dear, and she is an excellent judge of character. We are delighted to welcome you into our little family.”


It seems that perhaps Cleo was a better judge of bacon grease than she was a judge of character.

The Pharisees who invited Jesus for a banquet believed that Jesus wasn’t a very good judge of character when he allowed a sinful woman to kiss his feet.


The central theme of today’s reading is an invitation to repent, do penance and renew our lives instead of carrying the heavy baggage of our sins. Our God is a God who always tries, not to punish, but to rehabilitate sinners, so that we may be made whole and experience inner peace and harmony.

Today’s liturgy celebrates the fact of God’s forgiveness.


Happy Father’s Day!!!

May you be gentle and loving, clear and sure.

May you trust in the unseen providence that has chosen you all to be a Family. May you stand sure on your ground and know that every grace you need will unfold before you. Like all the mornings of your life.

GOD BLESSES YOU!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS June 15 - 21

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Paul Werd

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Thomas Ferris

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Walsh Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. The Lombardy Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Claire Bouffard


Stewardship of Treasure

Sunday & Saturday June 8 & 9, 2013


Plate Collection $ 998.12

EFT 372.50

Total $ 1,370.62

Thank you and God’s reward your generosity!

CONGRATULETION!

Antonio Rodriguez

David Graham George

Jennie Ann Thomas

Louis LeGear

Mary Ellen Bradley

Nicholas Manuel Freini

God’s love you and en-power you with the gifts of the Holy Spirit!



Men’s Club Meeting On Wednesday July 10th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center. We have very good support for one another.



Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal


Each child is a precious gift from God and we take our obligation to protect the dignity of all children entrusted to our care seriously.

The Diocese of Monterey has in place policies to protect children and young people from abuse and we train our priests, deacons, employees and volunteers in these policies.

If you have been abused by someone in church ministry in the Diocese of Monterey, whether it be recent or long ago, we urge you to contact our Pastoral Response Coordinator, Carol Kaplan. Carol can assist you with the healing process.


Carol Kaplan can be reached via a confidential, toll-free telephone number

1-800-321-5220.

 

 


TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JUNE 9, 2013


No Bible for his Presidential inauguration


Did you know that the first president of the United States to refuse to use the Bible at his inauguration was Franklin Pierce, the 14th President?

The reason is rather interesting. When Pierce had been elected, he and Mrs. Pierce and their son, two weeks before the inauguration, were taking a trip to Concord, New Hampshire, and, of course, they were doing it by train. The train had not gone far out to the Concord Station, when there was a lurch, a jolt, and the car the Pierces were in tumbled off the tracks and down an embankment. Neither the president nor his wife was injured in the accident, but their son was killed.

Franklin Pierce brooded over this, as would most of us. He asked the question of God that so many of us would have asked. Why would God at this moment of triumph permit this tragedy in their lives? He was so upset by this that he refused to allow the Bible to be used at the inauguration.

(People (February 6, 1989), pp. 47-51)


Today’s gospel story describes how Jesus transforms the despair and sorrow of a widow by raising her only son from death.


The central theme of today’s reading is that, in a world of broken hearts, God sees and cares for us in our grief. He shows compassion on our miseries and gives us His healing touch. Today’s Scripture reading challenge us to become channels of God’s compassionate, healing love and to place our hope in Jesus who gives us resurrection and eternal life.


The first reading, taken from 1 Kings 17, shows us how our merciful God uses His prophet accommodation in her house during a famine.


In the second reading, taken from the letter to the Galatians, St. Paul declares that the good news of God’s love, mercy and salvation which he preaches has been directly revealed to him by God Who had chosen him for ministry from his mother’s womb.


A great prophet has risen in our midst.

God has visited his people.


Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS June 8 - 14

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Larry Duncan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Friday 8:00 a.m. Joe & Andrea Bruna



STEWARDSHIP

Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but grieve will become joy.”

John 16:20

Losing a loved one is a sad thing. There is no denying it. Even Jesus cried when his friend Lazarus died. But death is not the end. We will be with our loved ones once again, and our joy will be incomparably great.

Let us endeavor to take joy in this realization even now.



Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday June 1 & 2, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,003.00

EFT $ 372.50

TOTAL $ 1,375.50



We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!



CONFIRMATION

In the Old Testament the prophets announced that the Spirit of the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission.

The descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism by John was the sign that this was he who was to come, the Messiah, the Son of God.

He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total communion with the Holy Spirit whom the Father gives him “without measure.”

The Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation next Sunday June 16, 20123 at 10:00 a.m.

Candidates:

Antonio Rodriguez

David Graham George

Jennie Ann Thomas

Louis LeGear

Mary Ellen Bradley

Nicholas Manuel Freini

Please PRAYER for them!!!



Men’s Club Meeting


Next meeting will Wednesday June 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Drinks and dinner in the

Community Center.

We have very good support one another.

Every men welcome!!!



 


THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

June 2, 2013


The greatest work of art in St. Peter’s Basilica


“One of the seminarians who give tours of St. Peter’s told me of an interesting incident. He was leading a group of Japanese tourists who knew absolutely nothing of our faith. With particular care he explained the great masterpieces of art, sculpture and architecture. He finally concluded at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel trying his best to explain quickly what it was. As the group dispersed, an elderly man, who had been particularly attentive stayed behind, and said, ‘Pardon me, would you explain again this “Blessed Sacrament?’ Our student did, after which the man exclaimed, ‘Ah, if this is so, what is in this chapel is a greater work of art than anything else in this basilica.”


(Msgr. Timothy M Dolan in Priest of the Third Millennium, 2000 p.226)


Today’s feast of ‘CORPUS CHRISTI’ is intended to make us value and appreciate the worth of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

The historical development

Today’s celebration of the Body and Blood of the Lord originated in the Diocese of Liege in 1246 as the feast of Corpus Christi. In the reforms of Vatican II, Corpus Christi was joined with the feast of the Precious Blood (July 1) to become the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord.

We celebrate today Christ’ gift of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life together as the Church.

The Council of Trent (1545 to 1563) declared that we must honor Our Lord Jesus Christ, present in this great Sacrament. “The Catholic Church teaches that in the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of the God-man are really, truly, substantially, and abidingly present together with his soul and divinity by reason of the Transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. This takes place in the un-bloody sacrifice of the Mass.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900



MASS INTENTIONS June 1 - 7

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Hammons Family

Carmen Hench

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Joseph & Andrea Bruna

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan




STEWARDSHIP

I would feed my people with finest wheat and fill them with honey from the rock.

Psalm 81:17

When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we ourselves enter into the Lord’s Passover journey from death to life.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Psalm 34:9

In the body and blood of Jesus Christ offered on the altar of the cross, God establishes a new covenant of peace.


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

May 25 & 26, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,248.00

EFT……………………….. $ 372.50

Total $ 1,620.50


Second Collection for Maintenance fund was $ 488.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!



The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 7 Friday

“The term ‘sacred Heart of Jesus’ denotes the entire mystery of Christ, the totality of his being, and his person… Devotion of the Sacred Heart is a wonderful historical expression of the Church’s piety for Christ: It calls for a fundamental attitude of conversion and reparation, of love and gratitude, apostolic commitment and dedication to Christ and his saving work”


One of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a lance, and at once there flowed out blood and water. John 19:34


Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation - Sunday June 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.


Candidates:

Antonio Rodriguez

David Graham George

Jennie Ann Thomas

Louie Michael Le Gear

Mary Ellen Bradley

Nicholas Manuel Freiri


Please PRAY for them!!!


MEN’S CLUB MEETING

Our June meeting will at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday June 12. Drinks and dinner is the Community Center. We are very good support for one another

All men welcome!


From St Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Batista.

First Friday: June 7th 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. conference, lunch and mass, suggested donation $25.00. Topic: A Sabbath Day of Rest with Brother Robert J. Rodrigues, OFM. This day will be focusing on Sabbath Rest as a way to lead us into the summer.

RETREATS:

July 16 – 20th Awaken the Mystic Within: Women’s Retreat with Sister Loretta Schaff, OSF. Awaken the Mystic within: Open the deep well of your inner spirit to the hidden mysteries of the Holy One within you and within the beauty that surrounds you. Come and be nourished with rest and contemplation Daily Eucharist, optional faith-sharing and spiritual direction offer you opportunities to deepen your retreat journey.

July 19 -21st Celebrate the Heart: A Married Couples Retreat with Brother Jeff Macnab, OFM. A weekend for married couples to come and share with each other as well as other married couples. Our focus will be the heart’s desire. What is God calling us to in our marriage? A time for quiet reflection, a time for sharing and a time to rekindle the heart.

 

 

 


THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

May 26, 2013


Importance in Christian life


First: All prayers in the Church begin in the Name of the Holy Trinity and end glorifying the Trinity.

Second: All sacraments are administered (we are baptized, confirmed, anointed, our sins are forgiven and our marriage blessed), in the Name of the Holy Trinity.

Third: Church bells can ring thrice daily, to remind us to pray to the Holy Trinity.

Fourth: We bless ourselves, and the priest blesses us, in the Name of the Holy Trinity.


The Holy Trinity in the Bible


There are only vague and hidden references to the Holy Trinity in the Old Testament. But the New Testament gives clear teachings on the Holy trinity.

First: At the Annunciation, God the Father sends His angel to Mary, God the Holy Spirit overshadows her and God the Son becomes incarnate in her womb.

Second: At the Baptism of Jesus, when the Son receives baptism from John the Baptist, the Father’s Voice is heard and the Holy Spirit appears as a dove.

Third: At the Ascension, Jesus gives the missionary command to his disciples to baptize those who believe, “in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

In John chapters 15-18, we have a detailed account of Jesus’ teaching of the role of each person of the Holy Trinity.

  1. God the Father creates and provides for His creatures.

  2. God the Son redeems us and reconciles us with God.

  3. God the Holy Spirit sanctifies us, strengthens us, teaches us and guides us to God.


Life messages


Let us respect ourselves and others because everyone is the temple of the Holy Spirit where all the three Persons of the Holy Trinity abide.

Let us have the firm conviction that the Trinitarian God abides in us and that He is the source of our hope, courage and strength and is our final destination.

Let us practice the Trinitarian relationship of love and unity in the family relationships of father, mother and children, because by baptism we become children of God and members of God’s Trinitarian family.

Let us practice the I-God-my neighbor vertical and horizontal Trinitarian relationship in society by loving God living in others.


Most Holy Trinity, who lives in me, I praise you, I worship you, I adore you and I love you.”

St. Francis Xavier

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS May 25 - 31

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Carolina Gonzalez

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Donal & Sheila

O’Regan

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

TREASURY REPORT

May 18 & 19, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 901.00

EFT……………………….. $ 372.50

Total………………………. $1,273.50


Second Collection Catholic Charities

Last Sunday was $ 505.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!



Next Weekend

Please give your support to the

Loma Prieta Firefighters BBQ

Sunday - June 2nd

11:00 am. To 4:00 pm.

Please bring your support to the men and women who service our community.


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Parents – please continue to help your children to continue in union with Jesus Christ in the Eucharistic Bread!

Every Sunday…

Celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation

Sunday June 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

Candidates:

Antonio Rodriguez

David Graham George

Jennie Ann Thomas

Louie Michael Le Gear

Mary Ellen Bradley

Nicholas Manuel Freiri


Please PRAY for them!!!



Let us Pray…

For an increase in vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life.

For the protection and preservation of religious freedom in our country.

That those will draw close to those facing extreme hardship, especially the poor, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, those who are unemployed, and those who are alone…




Men’s Club Meeting

Our June MEETING WILL AT 6:30 P.M.

Wednesday June 12

Dinks and Dinner in the Community Center

We have very good support FOR one another.

ALL MEN WELCOME!

 

 

PENTECOST SUNDAY

May 19, 2013


Pentecost literally means 50th. It is a feast

Celebrated on the 50th day after the Passover

Feast by the Jews and a feast celebrated on

the 50th day after the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus by the Christians.

The Jewish Pentecost was originally a

Post-harvest thanksgiving feast.

Later it was celebrated to remember God’s covenants

with Noah after the Deluge and with Moses at Mt. Sinai.


Well, Clippie doesn’t sing much anymore.”


It happened in Galveston, TX. A woman was

cleaning the bottom of the cage of her parrot

Chippie with canister vacuum cleaner.

She was not using an attachment on the tube.

When the telephone rang, she turned her

head to pick it up, continuing to vacuum the

cage as she said, “Hello,” into the phone.

Then she heard the horrible noise of Chippie

being sucked into the vacuum. Immediately

she put down the phone, ripped open the

vacuum bag, and found Chippie in there,

stunned but still alive. Since the bird was

covered with dust and dirt, she grabbed it,

ran it into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and held the bird under the water to clean it off. When she finished that, she saw the hair dryer on the bathroom sink. She turned it on and held the bird in front of the blast of hot air to dry him off.

A few weeks later, a reporter from the newspaper that originally published the story went out to the house to ask the woman, “How’s Chippie doing now?” She said, “He just sort of sits and stares.”


Today’s gospel tells us that it was what happened to the apostles. They all were traumatized by the arrest and crucifixion of their master and bewildered by his post-resurrection appearances and his command to prepare for the coming of his Holy Spirit. Many of us can identify with Clippie and the apostles. Life has sucked us up, thrown cold water on us, and blown us away. Somewhere in the trauma, we have lost our song.

Hence, we, too, need the daily anointing of the Holy Spirit to keep us singing songs of Christian witnessing through agápe love.


Today the Easter candle to be borne in procession at the end of each Sunday Mass as a sign that the Easter Season has come to an end!


Alleluia!!!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS May 18 - 24

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Andrew & Luella

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Heymann Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Vandenberg Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. For all the mothers

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Saul Ortiz Bello

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Claire Bouffand


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday May 11 & 12, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,021.00

EFT $ 372.50

TOTAL $ 1,393.50



TODAY Second Collection Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities is the compassionate, strong arm of Social Justice in the Diocese of Monterey.”

-Most Reverend Richard J. Garcia D.D.

Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey


Donate – Pledge – Pray – Volunteer


Your generosity reflects in the eyes of those to whom you give hope.

Please be as generous as you can. Join in our mission of

Providing Help and Creating Hope”!



5th Blessing of the Hot Rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough!) This was a wonderful and big event due to the hard work of many members of our Parish. Thank you everybody.

Total of Income & donations $ 3,531.00


PLEASE give your support to the Loma Prieta Firefighters BBQ Sunday – June 2nd at the Gazebo.


Men’s Club Meeting

Our June meeting will at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday June 12 drinks and dinner in the Community Center.

We have very good support for one another.

All men welcome!




Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation

Sunday June 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

Send your Holy Spirit upon them to be their helper and guide.

Give them the spirit of Wisdom and Understanding,

The spirit of

Right judgment & Courage, the spirit of

Knowledge and Reverence.


Fill them with the spirit of wonder and awe in your presence.

Please prayer for the candidates!!!



Catholic and Prayer

The Rosary

The rosary is a meditation on events in the life of Jesus and Mary. It uses the Sign of the Cross, the Apostles’ Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be as a framework. It is an excellent everyday prayer. For those times when we want to pray but find it difficult or impossible in our own words, the rosary gives great consolation. For this reason, it is frequently the prayer said at a Catholic wake service.


 

 


THE FEAST OF ASCENSION

OF OUR THE LORD

May 12, 2013


Solar Power


One of the national coordinators of Sun Day held early in May every year is Denis Hayes. He worked as researcher at a Washington D.C. ‘think-tank’ and has written a book on solar energy entitled Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World.

Heyes claims that we are at the crossroads of making a critical choice for mankind – the choice between going solar or going nuclear for a power source. Hayes opts for the sun because it is “the world’s only inexhaustible, predictable, egalitarian, non-polluting, safe, terrorist-resistant and free energy source.” We’ve already learned to use the power of the sun to grow food, make wine and operate greenhouses. All we need to do is develop better technology to harness solar energy to heat houses, drive our cars and run our industry. People like Hayes are looking at the sky with its sun as the main source of our future energy supply.


Today we turn our attention to the sky for another reason – to commemorate our Lord’s Ascension into heaven.

In the first reading, from Acts, Jesus makes a promise: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes down on you.” That Spirit is the power source that can give all the energy we need to live our lives to the full. (Albert Cywicki in His Word Resounds).





CONFESSIONS

By request or by appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS May 11 - 17

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Menderos Family

Collen Weeks

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen


Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Herbst Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Larry Duncan

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Vandenberg Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Andrew & Luella


Stewardship of Treasure Report

May 4 & 5, 2013


Plate…….………………………$ 1,629.00

EFT……………………………..$ 372.50

TOTAL $ 2,001.50


Thank you and God bless you!

PLEASE HELP US!




Let us Pray…

For an increase in vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life.

For the protection and preservation of religious freedom in our country.

That those will draw close to those facing extreme hardship, especially the poor, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, those who are unemployed, and those who are alone…

Pray the Rosary and God show His love in the joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious; momentums in your life.


Men’s Club Meeting

Our June meeting will be at 6:30 p.m.

On Wednesday June 12 in the Community Center.

We are very good support for one another. Every man welcome!


Please give your support to the

Loma Prieta Firefighters BBQ

Sunday – June 2nd at the Gazebo



Thank You!!!

Jennifer

Florence B. Beckmann

Nanette Thomas

Herb Curran

You are very good teachers for our children. Thank You!!!

God will reward you with many blessings.



All the Mothers today receive a flower from the Birthright!!!

Thank you for said Yes to Life!!!


CONGRATULATIONS to the children who received their First Communion last Sunday!!!

Alexis Jolie

Anna Marie Hench

Avery Katherine Mills

Brandon Keith Durham

Bruce Siegfried Durham

Esmeralda Venegas

Jack Ford Pustelnik

James Richard Guilhamet

Maria Del Carmen Rodriguez

Mary Clare Kinsella

Peter Winslow Bowen


Come receive my Body and my Blood and I will dwell in you.

Alleluia!


Retrouvaille

A lifeline for marriages

37 Families say Thank You!

This is just a short note to say “Thank You!” The Retrouvaille weekend just completed Sunday, May 3-5, 2013, was attended by 37 couples.

We have another Retrouvaille program starting soon.

831 439-9503


A Mother Prayer

Lover of life and of the human family, who cooperated with me in the birth of my children, be with me now and help me in my task of raising them up as children of your kingdom.

May they give you constant praise and adoration and be, to me, a never ending source of gratitude and thanksgiving. Amen.






 


SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 5, 2013


The most unpromising boy in my class


A schoolmaster in France was discouraged

with one of his students. He wrote in his roll

book concerning this student: “He is the

smallest, the meekest, the most unpromising

boy in my class.” Half a century later, an

election was held in Frances to select the

greatest Frenchman. By popular vote, that

meekest, smallest, most unpromising by was

chosen. His name? Louis Pasteur, the

founder of modern medicine. When he was

seventy-three, a national holiday was

declared in his honor. He was too weak to

attend the ceremony in Paris, so he sent a

message to be read by his son. The message

read: “The future belong not to the

conquerors but to the saviors of the world”

(Edward Chinn, Wonder of Words (Lima,

Ohio: C.S.S.Publishing Co., Inc., 1987),

p. 18.)


Louis Pasteur was driven by a great purpose.

Your name and my name may never be a

household word like Pasteur’s, but we, too,

can be drive by a great purpose.


Christ can give us that purpose. But there is one thing more Christ gives us. He gives us the presence of the Holy Spirit as promised in today’s gospel. A healthy sense of identity and a driving purpose are not enough in themselves. One thing more is needed. It is the in-dwelling Spirit of the living God.


Today’s readings show us the effects of the abiding presence of God in His Church and of His indwelling in each one of us.


The first reading, from the Acts of the Apostles, tells us how the Holy Spirit, dwelling in the Church, helped the apostles to solve a major doctrinal problem which shook the very foundation of the early Church.


The second reading from the Book of Revelation describes the Church as the Heavenly Jerusalem, a city united in love, with the victorious Jesus, residing in it and in each of its members, replacing the holy presence of God in the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem.


The gospel passage reminds us that the Holy Spirit, abiding within us, is our teacher and the source of all peace. The passage offers a vision of hope. Jesus promises his followers that the Holy Spirit will come and instruct them in everything they need to know.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


We can never sufficiently recommend the saying of the ROSARY, not simply with the lips but the attention of the soul to the divine truths, with a heart filled with love and gratitude.

Blessed John XXIII


MASS INTENTIONS May 4 - 10

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + James Whelan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

+ John F. Magnin

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Herbst Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + John F. Magnin

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Vandenberg Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Santa Gonzalez

TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

April 27 & 28, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,664.35

EFT……………………….. $ 372.50

Total $ 2,036.85


Second Collection for Maintenance Fund was $ 648.00


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


FOOD FOR GOD’S PEOPLE…

We collect non-perishable food items for food pantry of Santa Cruz every Saturdays and Sundays. Your donations help feed the poor and hungry that come to the parish.



Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 p.m. on this Wednesday, May 8th in the Community Center. We are very good support for one another.

Every man welcome!

The 5th Annual BLESSING of

the Hot Rods


(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission No Vehicle entry Fee

Hot Rods * Classic Cars * Custom Cars * Muscle Cars

Saturday May 11th 2013

10 am to 3 pm

For more information contact Dick Wells @ 315-7672



Silence of Mary; speak to me how with you and like you I can learn to keep all the things in my heart as you did… to pray always in the silence of my heart as you did.

(Blessed Teresa of Calcutta)



YEAR OF FAITH 2012 -2013

The children in Religious Education Program will receive their First Eucharist!


Take this and eat it, all of you”


That in this sacrament are the true Body of Christ and his true Blood is something that cannot be apprehended by the senses, says St. Thomas, but only by FAITH, which relies on divine authority.

For the reason, in a commentary on Luke 22:19 “This is my body which is given for you,” St. Cyril says: “Do not doubt whether this is true, but rather receive the words of the Savior in faith, for since he is the truth, he cannot lie.”

 


FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

April 28, 2013


Wow! I would like to be that kind of brother.”


In the lovely book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, there’s a story about a man who came out of his office one Christmas morning and found a little boy from a nearby project looking with great admiration at the man’s new vehicle. The little boy asked, “Does this car belong to you?” And the man said, “Yes. In fact my brother gave it to me for Christmas. I’ve just gotten it.” With that, the little boy’s eyes widened. He said, “You mean to say that somebody gave it to you? And you didn’t have to pay anything for it?” And the man said, “That’s right. My brother gave it to me as a gift.” With that the little boy let out a long sigh and said, “Boy, I would really like…” And the man fully expected the boy to say, “I would like to have a brother like that, who would give me such a beautiful car,” but instead the man was amazed when the little boy said, “Wow! I would like to be that kind of brother. I wish I could give that kind of car to my little brother.” Somehow that child understood the secret of the “new commandment” of love, which Jesus gave to his apostles during his last discourse, as described in today’s gospel: “Love one another as I have loved you.” True love consists, not in “getting” something from the lover, but in “giving” something to the loved one. The most familiar example of this type of love is a mother’s love for her child.


Today’s readings are about new things: the New Jerusalem, a new heaven and a new earth, and a new commandment.

Life messages:

Let us learn to love ourselves so that we may learn to love each other…

Let us love others in our daily lives…

Let us demonstrate our love for others…


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS April 27 – May 3

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Delia Whelan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Fred & Bea Wagner

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + John Salamida

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Nena D’Avila

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Herb Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family


Joke of the Week

One Sunday a priest was finishing up a series on marriage. At the end of the service he was giving out small wooden crosses to each married couple. He said, “Place this cross in the room in which you fight the most and you will be reminded of Jesus’ new commandment and you won’t argue as much.” One woman came up after the service and said: “You’d better give five crosses.”

TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

April 20 & 21, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,204.00

EFT……………………….. $ 372.50

Total $ 1,576.50


Today the Second Collection Maintenance for our Parish!


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


FOOD FOR GOD’S PEOPLE…

We collect non-perishable food items for food pantry of Santa Cruz every Saturdays and Sundays. Your donations help feed the poor and hungry that come to the parish.


Men’s Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8th in the Community Center. We are very good support for one another. All men welcome!



Religious Education Program

Children in the program will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Sunday April 28 & First Eucharist on Sunday May 5

We should all use this opportunity to pray and discover more about these two sacraments of Life!


Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Upcoming weekend dates are May 3-5, or Oct 25-27, 2013; St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista. Call 831-704-6322 or register on line at http://centralcawwme.org/applyCouples.php

Retrouvaille

Thinking about Separation or Divorce?—is your marriage or that of a relative or friend heading for divorce? Retrouvaille is designed to help troubled marriages regain their health. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on May 3-5, 2013, call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com




5th Annual

BLESSING of the hot rods

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission

No Vehicle Entry Fee


HOT RODS *CLASSIC CARS

CUSTOM CARS *MUSCLE CARS


Saturday May 11th 2013

10 am to 3 pm

For more information, contact Dick Wells @ 315-7672


 


FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

April 21, 2013


My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me… no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.”

John 10: 27-30


A mother’s intuition


It’s an amazing story. The mother of a ten-day-old infant hears an explosion upstairs. She runs to her daughter’s bedroom. The baby has vanished. She sees that the bedroom window is open –who would have opened it on such a cold night? Before she can make sense of the empty crib and open window, the fire engulfs the bedrooms and the mother flees with the other members of her family. The baby is never found. Investigators determine that the baby’s remains were consumed in the fire. But she never believes that.

Then, six years later, she attends a birthday party. She meets a bright-eyed, energetic six-year-old girl. There is no doubt in her mind: this is her baby daughter. The little girl looks so much like her own children. And the dimples –those are her little girl’s dimples.

The mother realizes that she will need proof. Pretending that the little girl has gum stuck in her hair, the woman takes strands from her hair as she feigns removing the gum. She contacts police. She knows her story is bizarre, but she never wavers from her conviction that her child was taken before the fire and that she is still alive.

A police lab tests the hair sample and finds that the child’s SNA matches the woman’s, proving beyond doubt that the little girl is her daughter. Police further discover that the little girl was, indeed, kidnapped that night six years before. To hide the abduction, the woman who took her from her crib set fire to the building.

The little girl is now reunited with her real family. The woman who had abducted her – the only “mother” the little girl has known – has been arrested. Difficult days are ahead. The little girl will need kindness, wisdom, love and especially patience as she adapts to her new family. A state official who helped the mother pursue her case says he had one assurance concerning her story that prompted him to act: “A mother’s intuition can never go wrong.”


Love that persevere despite the obstacles, love that refuses to yield to discouragement and disappointment, love that put aside personal need and gain for the sake of another is the “voice of the Good Shepherd” and the “hand of God.” Despite the tragedy, the mother follows the voice of Christ within her affirming her suspicions; she places her hurt and anxiety in the hands of God and continues to HOPE.

In turn, to be disciples of the Easter Jesus is to be the voice of Christ and the embrace of God for one another in the compassion, peace and forgiveness we work for and offer in the Spirit of the Easter Christ.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS April 20 - 26

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Margaret O’Reilly

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Bruna Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Donna Pope

Wednesday 8:00 a.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m. O’Driscoll family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Fr. Angelo Re


TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 13 & 14, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,132.00

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 1,499.50


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


2013 Catholic Charities Appeal

The 2010 Annual Appeal for our own Catholic Charities is scheduled for the weekend of May 18 & 19, 2013. The theme for this year is “Creating Hope in the Future.” Working together we can help the poor, welcome the stranger, and comfort the hurting.


5th ANNUAL BLESSINGS OF THE HOT RODS

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission No Vehicle Entry Fee!

HOT RODS

CLASSIC CARS

CUSTOM CARS

MUSCLE CAR

Saturday May 11th 10 am to 3 pm

For more information contact Dick Wells @ 315-7672


DIOCESAN VOCATIONS PRAYER

Good and gracious Father, bless our Diocese of Monterey with consecrate men and women to serve the church. Increase the number of priests who announce the Gospel and celebrate the sacraments. Lord, give to your priests a generous heart that they may follow the example of Jesus our Good Shepherd, and through the intercession of your servant St. John Vianney, grant them the grace to love their ministry. We pray also for women that they may be inspired to follow you by serving others in religious life. O Virgin Mary, Lady of Bethlehem, sustain with your grace all those who have been called to serve. Amen.


2013 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.

Please, with your help, it will be achieved.

Fr. Eugenio



19th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament & Auction Dinner May 3rd 2013

Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel

Bishop Richard Garcia invites you…

More for further information

Call 831 373-1608



Please pray for:

The children who make their First Communion this year.

For the all people suffer cancer and other illness.

For all brothers and sisters who are suffering due to job losses.



THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

April 14, 2013


Do you love me?


There is a very tender and moving scene in the play, “Fiddler On The Roof.” Tevye and his wife Golda are being forced to move from their home in Russia. One day Tevye comes into the house and ask his wife, “Golda, do you love me?” Golda looks at him and then responds: “Do I love you? With our daughters getting married and this trouble in the town, you’re upset; you’re worn out, go inside, go lie down, maybe its indigestion.” Tevye interrupts and asks, the question, “Golda, do you love me?” Golda sighs as she looked at him and says, “Do I love you? For 25 years I’ve washed your clothes, cooked your meals, cleaned your house, given you children, milked the cows. After 25 years, why talk of love right now?” Tevye answers by saying, “Golda, the first time I met you was on our wedding day. I was scared, I was shy, I was nervous.” “So was I,” said Golda, do you love me?” “Do I love him?” Golda sighs. “For 25 years I’ve lived with him, fought with him, 25 years my bed is his! If that’s not love, what is?” “Then you love me?” Tevye asks. “I suppose I do!” she says. “And I suppose I love you too!” he says. “It doesn’t change a thing, but after 25 years it’s nice to know.” “Do you love me?”

Is the same question Jesus is asking Peter in the closing scene of the Gospel of John.


The value of a $20 bill


A well-known speaker began a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. He asked the audience, “Who would like to have this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He then said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” The hands remained in the air. “Well,” he added, “What if I do this?” He dropped it to the floor and proceeded to grind it with his shoe. He picked it up, crumpled and dirty. “Now who still wants it?” Still a few hands were raised because the bill had not decreased in value. It was still worth $20.


Many times in our lives, we feel crumpled and ground into the dirt by the decision we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. No matter what has happened to us, however, we never lose our value in God’s eyes. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we are, but from Him to whom we belong! We are special – let us never forget it!


This is the lesson of today’s gospel, which tells us how Jesus chose Peter to be the leader of his Church, even though Peter had denied him three times.


I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS April 13 - 19

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Donald & Sheila

O’Regan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Menderos Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Susan Bezeeny &

Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Fr. Angelo Re


2013 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.

Please with your help it will be achieved.

Fr. Eugenio


TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

April 6 & 7, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 774.70

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 1,142.20


Thank you and God reward you!


Sacrament of Confirmation

Confirmation Class Saturday April 20 at 3:30 prompt, followed by Mass.


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting and dinner will be a 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8th

We will have great conversation and very good dinner. All men welcome!!!


5th Annual BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

(Because insurance isn’t always enough)

Free Admission No Vehicle Entry Fee

  • HOT RODS

  • CLASSIC CARS

  • CUSTOM CARS

  • MUSCLE CAR


Saturday May 11th, 10 am to 3 pm. For more information contact Dick Wells @ 315-7662


Join Us for a Community Clean-Up Day!

Help Loma Prieta School

Get ready for spring


Saturday, April 20

9:00am – 11:30am

Sponsored by the Mountain Churches

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mountain Bible Church, Skyland Church and Christ Child Church

For more information, contact a sponsoring church or go to www.justserve.org



19th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament & auction Dinner May 3, 2013

Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel

Bishop Richard Garcia invites you…

More for further information call 831- 373-1608

 

 

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

April 7th 2013


St. Faustina and the image of the Divine Mercy


St. Faustina of Poland is the well-known apostle of Divine Mercy. On the 30th of April, 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter, at 10:00 a.m., His Holiness Pope John Paul II celebrated the Eucharist in Saint Peter’s Square and proceeded to the canonization of Blessed Sister Faustina. The new Saint invites us by the witness of her life to keep our faith and hope fixed on the God the Father, rich in mercy, who saved us by the precious Blood of His Son. During her short life, the Lord Jesus assigned to St. Faustina three basic tasks: 1. to pray for souls, entrusting them to God’s incomprehensible Mercy; 2. to tell the world about God’s Generous Mercy; 3. to start a new movement in the Church focusing on God’s Mercy. At the canonization of St. Faustine, Pope John Paul II said: “The cross, even after the Resurrection of the Son of God, speak, and never ceases to speak, of God the Father, Who is absolutely faithful to His eternal love for human being… believing in this love means believing in mercy.” “The Lord of Divine Mercy,” a drawing of Jesus based on the vision given to St. Faustina, shows Jesus raising his right hand in a gesture of blessing, with his left hand on his heart from which gush forth two rays, one red and one white. The picture contains the message, “Jesus, I trust in you!” (Jezu ufarm Tobie). The rays streaming out have symbolic meaning: red for the blood of Jesus, which is the life of souls and white for the Baptismal water which justifies souls. The whole image is symbolic of the mercy, forgiveness and love of God.


The readings for this Sunday are about mercy, trust and the forgiveness of sins.


Let us accept God’s invitation to celebrate and practice mercy: One way the Church celebrates God’s mercy throughout the year is through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Finding time for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is another good way to receive Divine Mercy. The Gospel command, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful,” demands that we show mercy to our fellow human beings always and everywhere. We radiate God’s mercy to others by our actions, our words, and our prayers. It is mainly through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy that we practice mercy in our daily lives and become eligible for God’s merciful judgment.




CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

MASS INTENTIONS April 6 - 12

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Hanley Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Susan Bezeeny & Fam

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mederos Family

TREASUR REPORT SUNDAY

March 30 & 31, 2013

Plate………………………. $ 4,361.15


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Men’s Club

Wednesday April 10 at 6:30 pm. Gathering and 7:00 pm. Dinner

Please Come!!!



19Th Annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament & Auction Dinner

May 3, 2013

Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel

Bishop Richard Garcia invites you and your friends to join him on Friday, May 3rd for a fun day of golf at Rancho Cañada Golf Club, followed by a delicious dinner and silent and live auctions. The proceeds from this event provide tuition assistance for Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Monterey and the Direct Aid Program of Catholic Charities. Last year’s tournament provided significant help to these valuable programs. If you have not participated before, you are encouraged to join us and help make this event successful. Wonderful challenges and prizes await you. Please contact Dave Hammons to form the team of Christ Child Parish at (408) 353-3326. More for further information call (831) 373-1608.

5th Annual

BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

Antique – Classic – Custom – Muscle Cars Hot Rods – Sports Cars


When: Saturday, May 11th…10-3pm.

Where: Christ Child Catholic Church

23230 Summit Road, Los Gatos


No Registration Fee!!!

Awards at 2:00 p.m.

For more information, contact

Dick Wells @ 408-315-7662


FOOD – FUN – CARS

Kids’ Activities

blessingofthehotrods.com


Joke

Photographer’s mercy: The story is told of a politician who, after receiving the proofs of a picture, was very angry with the photographer. He stormed back to the man’s studio and screamed at him: “This picture does not do me justice!” The photographer replied, “Sir, with a face like yours, what you need is mercy, not justice!”


A Lifeline for Marriage

Retrouvaille helps couple through difficult times in their marriages. It is designed to provide the tools to help get your marriage back on track. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. This program has helped 10’s of 1000’s of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on May 3-5, 2013 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com

 

 


EASTER SUNDAY

THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

March 31, 2013


He is not here”

Egyptian pyramids are world-famous as one of the “seven Wonders” of the ancient world. But they are actually gigantic tombs containing the mummified bodies of Egyptian Pharaohs. Westminster Abby is famous, and thousands visit it, because the dead bodies of famous writers, philosophers, politicians are entombed there. But there is a Shrine of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, and pilgrims from all over the world visit a tomb there which is empty with a note at its entrance which says, “He is not here.” It is famous because Jesus Christ, who was once buried there, rose from the dead, leaving an empty tomb, as he had told his disciples he would. Thus, he worked the most important miracle in his life, defying the laws of nature and proving that he is God.

We rejoice at this great and unique event by celebrating Easter. (Fr. J.P.)


He is risen, indeed.

You probably do not remember the name Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin. Many years ago he was of the most powerful men on earth. A Russian Communist leader, he took part in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. He was the editor of the Soviet newspaper Pravda, and was a full member of the Politburo. His works on economics and political science are still read today. There is a story told about a journey he took from Moscow to Kiev in 1930 to address a huge assembly of Communists. The subject was atheism. Addressing the crowd, he attacked Christianity, hurling insults and arguments against it. When he had finished, he looked out at the audience. “Are there any questions?” he demanded. Deafening silence filled the auditorium, but then one man approached the platform and mounted the lectern. After surveying the crowd, he shouted the ancient greeting of the Russian Orthodox Church: “Christ is Risen!” The crowd stood up and shouted in thundering voice: “He is Risen Indeed!” Amazed and dejected, Bukharin left the stage in silence. Perhaps he had learned the lesson that faith in Christ’s resurrection was deeply rooted in his Russian Orthodox communist followers!


He is Risen!

Mark 16:6


This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

I am the Resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.

John 11:25

CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS March 30 – April 5

Saturday 8:00 p.m. Hanley Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mullen Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Vanderberg Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Parishioners

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Susan Bezeery & Fam.

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Santa Gónzalez


TREASURER’S REPORT SUNDAY

March 23 & 24, 2013


Plate……………… ………. $ 1,366.25

EFT………………………. . $ 367.50

Total $ 1,733.75


Second Collection Maintenance was $685.00

Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


The “Food Drive” last weekend was a great success. In addition to food, we also collected $516.77 for the poor.

Together we helped make life better for many people less fortunate.

Thank you Herb! And many of you!


Many thanks to all the volunteers

Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Musicians, Acolytes, ladies and gentlemen who prepared the Altar and ALL the people who participated in the Holy Week and Easter ceremonies.


BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

Saturday, May 11th 10AM to 3 PM Contac Herb at 408 315-7662



19th Annual

Bishop’s Golf Tournament

& Auction Dinner May 3, 2013

Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel

Come have fun and invest in a great cause –Children! Come play golf at beautiful Rancho Cañada Golf in Carmel Valley and enjoy a wonderful auction dinner and awards presentation. If you don’t play golf, come have fun at the auction dinner.

All proceeds of the 2013 event benefit the Tuition Assistance Fund for Diocesan Schools. The students who will receive these funds are among those with the greatest need in the four counties of the Monterey Diocese: Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito and San Luis Obispo.

The registration form is at www.dioceseofmonterey.org or contact Mimi Schwertfeger at the Department of Catholic Schools (831) 373-1608; schools@dioceseofmonterey.org there is many opportunities for sponsorship donations!

Come help us raise thoughtful and caring citizens, equipped with spirit-filled hopes as well as academic and moral decision-making skills, who will build a bright future for all of us!


2013 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

You are very generous with your contributions to your Parish and all the ministries’ of the Dioceses; please accept my thanks in the name of many people of the parish and the people of our Diocese of Monterey.

Our parish goal this year is $8,000. God willing and with you help it will be achieved. Fr. Eugenio


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, April 10th Great conversation and dinner.

All men are welcome!!!

 

 

 

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

March 24, 2013


THE HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS

The Mass, Imposition of the Pallium and bestowal of the Fisherman’s Ring.


Dear Brothers and Sisters,


I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church.


In the Gospel we heard that “Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary as his wife” (Mt 1:24). These words already point to the mission whom God entrusts to Joseph: he is to be the custor, the protector. The protector of whom? Of Mary and Jesus; but this protection is then extended to the Church…


How does Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity, even when he finds it hard to understand…


How does Joseph respond to his calling to be the protector of Mary, Jesus and the Church?

By being constantly attentive to God, open to the signs of God’s presence and receptive to God’s plans and not simply to his own… God does not want a house built by men, but faithfulness to his word, to his plan. It is God himself who builds the house, but from living stones sealed by his Spirit. Joseph is a “protector” because he is able to hear God’s voice and be guided by his will; and for this reason he is all the more sensitive to the persons entrusted to his safekeeping. He can look at things realistically, he is in touch with his surroundings, and he can make truly wise decisions. In him, dear friends, we learn how to respond to God’s call, readily and willingly, but we also see the core of the Christian vocation, which is Christ! Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation!


The vocation of being a “protector,” however, is not just something involving us Christians alone; it also has a prior dimension which is simply human, involving everyone. It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us. It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live. It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about… In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it. Be protectors of God’s gifts! We must not be afraid of goodness or even tenderness!

To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds; it is to bring the warmth of hope! For believers, for us Christian like Abraham, like Joseph, the hope that we bring is set against the horizon of God, which has opened up before us in Christ. It is a hope built on the rock which is God…

Pope Francis


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MASS INTENTIONS March 23 - 30

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Olsen Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Boisvert Family

O’Driscoll Family

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + John Salamida

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Susan Bezeeny &

Family

Thursday 7:00 p.m. Olsen Family

TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

March 16 & 17, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,241.00

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 1,608.50


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Monday of Holy Week March 25th at 7:00 PM & Tuesday of Holy Week at 12:00 PM.

Station of the Cross

Good Friday, March 29th - 12 Noon

The Stations of the Cross. We have invited our friends from Mountain Bible Church to come and pray with us. We will be outside the weather is good.


Good Friday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church



BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

Saturday, May 11th - 10 AM to 3 PM

Christ Child Catholic Church

Contact Herb at 315-7662


HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2013


The CHRISM MASS on Monday March 25th at 11:00 a.m. at Madonna Del Sasso Church in Salinas.


Holy Thursday March 28th

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7 pm


Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion March 29th at 7:00 PM

Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord


Holy Saturday Night:

The Great Vigil of Easter March 30th at 8 pm


Easter Sunday March 31st

Sunrise Service with Mountain Bible Church at the Gazebo – 7 am


Mass Resurrection of the Lord

At 10 am


After Mass there will be an Egg Hunt in the Church grounds!

 

 

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

March 17, 2013


FRANCISCUS

13 March 2013


Annuities vibes gaudier magnum; habitus Papa:


Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Domunum, Dominum Georgium Marium Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Bergoglio

Qui sibi nomen imposuit Franciscum


Apostolic Blessing “Urbi et Orbi”:


Brothers and sisters, good evening!

You know that it was the duty of the Conclave to give Rome a Bishop. It seems that my brother Cardinals have gone to the ends of the earth to get one… but here we are… I thank you for your welcome. The diocesan community of Rome now has its Bishop. Thank you! And first of all, I would like to offer a prayer for our Bishop Emeritus, Benedict XVI. Let us pray together for him, that the Lord may bless him and that Our Lady may keep him.

Our Father…

Hail Mary…

Glory Be…

And now, we take up this journey: Bishop and People. This journey of the Church of Rome which presides in charity over all the Churches. A journey of fraternity, of love, of trust among us. Let us always pray for one another. Let us pray for the whole world, that there may be a great spirit of fraternity. It is my hope for you that this journey of the Church, which we start today, and in which my Cardinal Vicar, here present, will assist me, will be fruitful for the evangelization of this most beautiful city.


And now I would like to give the blessing, but first- first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop blesses his people, I ask you to pray to the Lord that he will bless me: the pray of the people asking the blessing for their Bishop. Let us make, in silence, this prayer: your prayer over me.


Now I will give the Blessing to you and the whole world, to all men and women of good will.

(Blessing)

Brothers and sister, I leave you now. Thank you for your welcome. Pray for me and until we meet again. We will see each other soon. Tomorrow I wish to go and pray to Our Lady, that she may watch over all of Rome.

Good night and sleep well!

CONFESSIONS:

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MASS INTENTIONS March 16 - 22

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Perry Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Tricia & Luis Mederos

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. + Elizabeth Torreano

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Colleen Impey

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Thomas & Saisamaun

Ferris Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Lois Mallison

TREASURE'S REPORT SUNDAY

March 9 & 10, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 905.00

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 1,272.50


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!


2013 Bishop’s Annual Ministries Appeal

“This weekend you along with parishioners throughout the Diocese of Monterey are invited prayerfully to consider a pledge to the 2013 Annual Ministries Appeal (AMA). This year’s annual Diocesan Appeal reminds us to “The wind blows where it wills.” Since every parishioner is a member of Diocese of Monterey, every household is encouraged to support the work of our Diocese by participating in this appeal. No gift is too small. Once we have met the goal for our parish’s share for diocesan pastoral services, your donations will be returned to our parish for support to pay the bills. Your will have an opportunity to make your pledge during the Masses…


Stations of the Cross

Last Friday of Lent March 22nd at 6:30 p.m. Soup and followed by the prayer of the Stations of the Cross…

Lent 2013 Open the BIBLE and read, prayers and reflections. Thursday March 20th at 7:00 p.m. The topic the Gospel of Saint Mark.

Annual Diocesan Chrism Mass

Monday, April 25th at 11 am at Madonna del Sasso Church in Salinas, Bishop Garcia will bless oils for anointing the sick and those to be baptized, and will consecrate Chrism for use in sealing with the Holy Spirit. He will thus prepare enough oils for the Sacraments in every parish throughout the diocese for one year. Everyone is welcome to attend.


BLESSING OF THE HOT RODS

HOST: Christ Child Church

WHEN: Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

WHERE: Christ Child Catholic Church

23230 Summit Road Los Gatos, CA 95033

315-7662


2013 Holy Week & Easter Sunday

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

Mass Saturday March 23rd at 5:00 p.m.

Mass Sunday March 24th at 10:00 a.m.


TRIDUUM

Holy Thursday March 28th

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7 pm


Good Friday March 29th

Station of the Cross at 12:00 p.m. around the Parish with the Mountain Bible Church

The Passion of Our Lord – 7pm


Holy Saturday Night March 30th

Solemn Easter Vigil – 8:00 pm


Easter Sunday March 31st

Sunrise Service with Mountain Bible Church at the Gazebo – 7 am


Mass Resurrection of the Lord

At 10 am

After Mass there will be an Egg Hunt in the Church grounds!

 

 


Fourth Sunday of Lent

March 10, 2013


A Father’s Forgiveness


In his book, “What’s So Amazing about Grace,” Phillip Yancey tells the story of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway grew up in very devout evangelical family, yet there he never experienced the grace of Christ. He lived a libertine life that most of us would call “dissolute”… but there was no father, no parent waiting for him and he sank into the mire of a graceless depression. A short story he wrote perhaps reveals the grace that he hoped for. It is the story of a Spanish father who decided to be reconciled with his son who had run away to Madrid. The father, in a moment of remorse, took out this ad in El Libro, a newspaper. “Paco, meet me at Hotel Montana, Noon, Tuesday… All is forgiven…Papa.” When the father arrived at the square in hopes of meeting his son, he found eight hundred Pacos waiting to be reunited with their fathers. Was Paco such a popular name? Or is a father’s forgiveness the salve for every soul?


The fourth Sunday of Lent marks the midpoint in the Lenten preparation for Easter. Traditionally, it is called “Laetare” Sunday (Rejoice Sunday). This Sunday is set aside for us to recall God’s graciousness and to rejoice because of it. In many ways have been dead, but through God’s grace we have come to life again; we have been lost, but have now been found. We have every reason to rejoice.


Hence, each of the three reading characterizes one of the many facets of Easter joy.


In the first reading, the Chosen People of God are portrayed as celebrating, for the first time in their own land, the feast of their freedom. Their joy is one of promises fulfilled.


The refrain of today’s psalm might be used as a response to all three readings: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”


In every Mass the assembly of sinful people, ready to receive God’s forgiveness and His Personal Presence as a forgiving God in the Holy Eucharist.


CONFESSIONS:

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BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

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MASS INTENTIONS March 9 - 15

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Hammons Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Boisvert Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Fr. Hector Villegas

Thursday 8:00 a.m. + Elizabeth Torreano

Friday 8:00 a.m. Vanderberg Family

SAINT JOSEPH, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

March 19 Tuesday, we will have Mass at 9:00 a.m. followed by a good breakfast in the Rectory!!! All welcome!!!


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

March 2 & 3, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 1,792.00

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 2,159.50

God Bless & thank you for your support!


2013 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL

You are very generous with your contributions to your Parish and all the ministries’ of the Dioceses; please accept my thanks in the name of many people of the parish and the people of our Diocese of Monterey.

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.00. God willing, and with your help it will be achieved.

Thank you, God reward all your generosity, and my prayers for your families, Fr. Eugenio


Station of the Cross

Friday’s of Lent at 6:30 p.m. - Soup and followed by the prayer of the Stations of the Cross

All Fridays of Lent are a day of Abstinence in the Church


Lent 2013

Open the BIBLE and read, prayers and reflections.

Thursday March 14 at 7:00 p.m.

The Gospel of Saint Mark


Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm.

This coming Wednesday March 13th great conversation and dinner.

At Community Center. All men welcome!

Salmon in your hands!

This year’s fundraiser for the Fishing for the Mission benefit tournament in Loreto, Mexico is going to be a raffle for Bev’s first two sport caught salmon! Imagine getting your hands on a nice fresh King Salmon week before they are available in the market. Here’s how to get in on the deal. Tickets are $5.00 each. Cash or check payable to Fishing for the Mission. More information (408) 515-4352 or bev@bajabev.com


SUPPORT THE SANTA CRUZ FOOD BANK

Hunger is epidemic in Santa Cruz County

Please bring food every Saturday and Sunday and we will bring it to the Santa Cruz Soup Kitchen to help the people in need!!!

One can of soup makes a difference and we have the opportunities.

The season of Lent it is the season of service to our neighbors.


Prayer for the Church

O Lord Jesus Christ, Supreme Pastor of Your Church, we thank you for the ministry of Benedict XVI.

Good Shepherds, who founded Your Church on the rock of Peter’s faith and have never left your flock untended, look with love upon us now, and sustain Your Church in faith, hope and charity.

Grant, Lord Jesus, in Your boundless love for us, a new Pope for Your Church who will please You by his holiness and lead us faithfully to You, who are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Amen.


Sacrament of Confirmation Grades 9-11 The Class is next Saturday March 16 at 3:30 p.m. followed by the Mass at 5:00 p.m.


 


THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

March 3, 2013


GENERAL AUDIENCE

Saint Peter’s Square

Wednesday, 27 February 2013


Dear brothers and Sisters,


I offer a warm and affectionate greeting to the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors who have joined me for this, my last General Audience. Like Saint Paul, whose words we heard earlier, my heart is filled with thanksgiving to God who ever watches over his Church and her growth in faith and love, and I embrace all of you with joy and gratitude.


During this YEAR OF FAITH, we have been called to renew our joyful trust in the Lord’s presence in our lives and in the life of the Church. I am personally grateful for his unfailing love and guidance in the eight years since I accepted his call to serve as the Successor of Peter. I am also deeply grateful for the understanding, support and prayers of so many of you, not only in Rome, but also throughout the world.


The decision I have made, after much prayer, is the fruit of a serene trust in God’s will and a deep love of Christ’s Church. I will continue to accompany the Church with my prayers, and I ask each of you to pray for me and for the new Pope. In union with Mary and all the saints, let us entrust ourselves in faith and hope to God, who continues to watch over our lives and to guide the journey of the Church and our world along the paths of history.


I commend all of you, with great affection, to his loving care, asking him to strengthen you in the hope which opens our hearts to the fullness of life that he alone can give. To you and your families, I impart my blessing. Thank you!


Twtitter@Pontifex


Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the center of your lives.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

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MASS INTENTIONS – March 2 - 8

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Roberts Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Joan & Tony Zadel

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Santa Gonzalez

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Torreano Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Kerfs Family


TREASURY REPORT SUNDAY

February 23 & 24, 2013


Plate………………………. $ 988.00

EFT……………………….. $ 367.50

Total $ 1,355.50


Thank you and God the Father Bless you!



For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.”

(Matthew 6:21)


Diocese of Monterey

Annual Ministries Appeal 2013


We thank you

for your generous support of funding through the Annual Ministries Appeal (AMA).

This Annual Appeal is the life-blood of the Ministries of the Dioceses.

By partnering with our parishes, together we are able to help the poor, work for peace and justice, and provide programs for education and formation for all ages.


100% of your charitable dollars go to support the ministries and programs we have in the Diocese of Monterey.


Bishop Garcia



Station of the Cross

Friday’s at 6:30 p.m. –Soup and followed by the prayer of the Station of the Cross.


Good Friday March 29th at 12:00 p.m. Station of the Cross around the Parish with the Mountain Bible Church.

Christ Child Men’s Club

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, March 13th Great conversation and dinner.

At the Community Center.

We have very good support one and another.

All men welcome!!!


SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Grades 9-11

The Class is next Saturday March 16 at 3:30 pm. followed by the Mass at 5:00 pm.


FOR LENT 2013

Open the BIBLE and read, prayers and reflections.

Thursday March 7 at 7:00 p.m.


HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2013


The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

Mass Saturday March 23th at 5:00 pm.

Mass Sunday March 24th at 10:00 am.


The CHRISM MASS

On Monday March 25th at 11:00 a.m. at Madonna Del Sasso Church in Salinas.


The Sacred Triduum

Holy Thursday Evening: March 28th at

7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper.


Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion: March 29th at 7:00 pm.

Holy Saturday Night: The Great Vigil of Easter, March 30th at 8 pm.


Easter Sunday March 31st

7 00 am. Sunrise Service with Mountain Bible Church at the Gazebo

Mass 10:00 am.

Mass Resurrection of the Lord


Easter Egg Hunt after Mass!



SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

February 24, 2013


Lord, give me the grace for transformation.”


The word transfiguration means a change in form or appearance. Biologist call it metamorphosis (derived from the Greek word metamorphoomai used in Matthew’s gospel!) to describe the change that occurs when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. As children we might have curiously watched the process of the caterpillar turning into a chrysalis and then bursting into a beautiful Monarch butterfly.

Fr. Anthony de Mello tells the story of such a metamorphosis in the prayer life of an old man. ‘I was a revolutionary when I was young and all my prayer to God was: “Lord, give me the grace to change the world.” As I approached middle age and realized that half of my life was gone without changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to: “Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come in contact with me; just my family and friends and I shall be satisfied.” Now that I am old and my days are numbered, I have begun to see how foolish I have been. My one prayer now is: “Lord, give me the grace to change myself.” If I had prayed for this right from the start, I should not have wasted my life.’

The common theme of today’s reading is metamorphosis or transformation. The readings invite us to work with the Holy Spirit to transform our lives by renewing them during Lent, to radiate the glory and grace of the transfigured Lord to all around us by our Spirit-filled lives.

The “transfiguration” in the Eucharist is the source of our strength: In each Holy Mass, the bread and wine we offer on the altar become “transfigured” or transformed into the living body and blood of the crucified, risen and glorified Jesus. Just as Jesus’ transfiguration strengthened the apostles in their time of trial, each Eucharist should be our source of heavenly strength against temptations, and our renewal during Lent. In addition, our holy communion with the living Jesus should be the source of our daily “transfiguration,” transforming our minds and heart so that we may do more good by humble and selfless service to others.


CONFESSIONS:

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Joke

The old farmer the countryside who was visiting a big city for the first time with his son, stood speechless before the elevator of a big hotel, watching in wonder, as an old woman got into the elevator and, within minutes, a beautiful young woman came out. He called out to his son who was registering at the reception. “Son, put your mother into that miracle immediately. It will transform her into a beautiful young lady.”


MASS INTENTIONS Feb. 23 – March 1

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Perry Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Martha Kay

Schoenfeld

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Hammons Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Amelia García Peral

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Kerfs Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Kirkham Family


LENT 2013

Believing in charity calls forth charity”

Charity as life in faith

The entire Christian life is a response to God’s love. The first response is precisely faith as the acceptance, filled with wonder and gratitude, of the unprecedented divine initiative that precedes us and summons us. And the “yes” of faith marks the beginning of a radiant story of friendship with the Lord, which fills and gives full meaning to our whole life. But it is not enough for God that we simply accept his gratuitous love. Not only does he love us, but he wants to draw us to himself, to transform us in such a profound way as to bring us to say with Saint Paul: “it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (cf. Gal 2:20)

Benedictus PP. XVI


OFFER YOUR PRAYERS TO GOD FOR OUR POPE BENEDICTUS XVI



For Lent 2013

Open the BIBLE and read, prayers and reflections.

Thursday February 27 at 7:00 p.m.





REPORT SUNDAY

February 16 & 17, 2013


TOTAL PLATE $ 1,080.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $ 1,447.50


Thank you!

Please help us! &God Bless You!


CHOIR CALL

If you’d like to sing or play an instrument in the choir, please give us your ideas. We need you! Questions? Call Norma Hammons @ 353-3326


And would you like to be Catholic or be confirmed or receive the Eucharist. Please call at 408 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you!


Men’s Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be a 6:30 pm. on Wednesday, March 13th Great conversation starts at 6:30 pm.

Dinner at Community Center

We have very good support for one another.

For more information, contact the Parish.

All men welcome!


Stations of the Cross - Friday’s

Soup at 6:30 pm. followed by the prayer of the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm.



AMA: Annual Bishop’s Appeal!

Please give your support to all the ministries’ of the Dioceses.

Our parish goal this year is $8,000.

 


FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

FEBRUARY 17, 2013


Dear Brothers,


I have convoked you to this Consistory, not

only for the tree canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.


Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

From the Vatican, 10 February 2013


BENEDICTUS PP XVI


Continue to pray for me, for the Church and for the future Pope.

The Lord will guide us.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

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For Pregnancy Support:

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MASS INTENTIONS February 16 - 22

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Gerald Villemaire

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Toreano Family

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. + Guillermina Garcia

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mary & girls

Friday 8:00 a.m. Curran Family

A Lenten Message


The Season of Lent is one of both joy and serious reflection. It has some interesting 4th-century historical roots. The 40-day duration evolved from what originally had been a two-day paschal fast in observance of Easter. In our own time, the Second Vatican Council brought out the “Baptismal” nature of Lent. Vatican II restored the Catechumenate with its many Lenten rituals culminating with Baptism at the Easter Vigil. As the elect prepare themselves for Baptism, the rest of the community accompanies them on the journey, ultimately renewing their own baptismal vows at the same Vigil ceremony.


The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship between faith and charity: between believing in God – the God of Jesus Christ – and love, which is the fruit of the Holy Spirit and which guides us on the path of devotion to God and others.

For Lent 2013

Open the Bible and read, prayers, and reflections.

For FIVE Thursday begging February 21 at 7:00 p.m.

Open to YOU!!!


All Friday’s during LENT we will have Soup at 6:30 p.m. and afterwards pray together with the Station of the Cross.


THANK YOU!

The Men’s Club for the wonderful celebration of the “Mardi Gras Parish Party, last Fat Tuesday you was work very hard and thank you all of you for your presents.

We enjoy the party!!!

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 9 & 10, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,402.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $ 1,769.50

Thank You and God bless you!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


Build Care Packages for the Troops


Mountain Bible Church members and we invite the community to join in sending “Care Packages” to our troops overseas.

On Next Sunday, February 24th, we will gather at 11:30 a.m. at Mountain Bible Church’s facility for a brief potluck lunch and then assemble the packages.


Last year we gathered nearly 900 pounds of items that went to some 440 soldiers.

Children attending will make homemade cards to go in the packages.

Last year several soldiers sent back notes of gratitude.

The churches use lists provided by the American Red Cross that specify contents.

To RSVP or for more information call Mountain Bible Church at 408.353.2302 email MountainBible.com call Christ Child Church at 408.353.2210

eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


Every FRIDAY during LENT is a day of ABSTINENCE in the Church!!!

 

 

 

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 10, 2013


Several years ago, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin wrote a little book called Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jakes Say about the Jews. In it he tells this story: A man takes some very fine material to a tailor and asks the tailor to make him a pair of pants. He goes back a week later, but the pants are not ready. Two weeks go by, and still the pants are not ready. Finally, after six weeks, the pants are ready. As he pays for them, he says to tailor, “It took God only six days to make the world. And it took you six weeks to make just one pair of pants.” “Yes,” said the tailor, “but look at the pair of pants (perfect!) And look at the world (it’s a mess).” The tailor was hinting that perhaps God would have done a better job if he weren’t in so much of a hurry.


I wonder if the tails ever read his bible. It tells us from the very beginning all that God made was good. God, moreover, put his human creatures in the Garden of Eden, a paradise that would be a source of every delight. But God’s first human creatures rebelled against God and destroyed the harmony and joy God had blessed them with. Somehow we, the children of those first humans, continue to follow their example. So if the world is in a mess, the bible is telling us, don’t blame God. We humans have created that mess ourselves.


Maybe God really didn’t create the world in six days. After the entire bible is not trying to teach science. It’s trying to tell us that God made all things, not how. You may have heard the story that after God made Adam, and Adam was in the Garden of Eden for a while, God asked Adam how things were going. Adam told God he was enjoying everything, but he felt something was missing. God said, how about if I create a companion for you, someone you can put your arms around, someone who will laugh at your jokes, listen to your stories, which will give you no hassle and will cater to your every whim. Adam thought that would be great. God said it will cost you an arm and a leg. Adam thought for a few moments, and then asked God, what I can get for a rib.


We know there is a lot of symbolism in the two creation accounts of Genesis. For example, men are not going around with a rib missing. The six days of creation is also symbolic, and etc.


When we look around and see that the world is in terrible shape, let us not lose hope. God hasn’t abandoned us, rather God continues to send people who will help to establish his eternal Kingdom, people like Isaiah, people like Paul, people like Peter and the apostles, people like you and me.


Here I am,” I said; send me!”

Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS February 9 - 15

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Roberts Family

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Curran Family

Kerts Family

Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Kirhham Family

7:00 p.m. Patricia Springen

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Mrs. Lola Hammons

Friday 8:00 a.m. Tracie, Christian and

Rachel Perniciaro


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday February 2 & 3, 2013

Total Plate $ 1,517.00

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $ 1,884.50


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!


For Lent 2013

Open the Bible and read, prayers, and reflections. For FIVE Thursday begging February 21 at 7:00 p.m. Open to YOU!


For Lent 2013

Soup and prayer together the Station of the Cross every Fridays’ Lent at 6:30 p.m.






Build Care Packages for the Troops


Mountain Bible Church members and we invite the community to join in sending “Care Packages” to our troops overseas. On Sunday, February 24, we will gather at noon at Mountain Bible Church’s facility, for a brief potluck lunch and then assemble the packages.

Last year we gathered nearly 900 pounds of items that went to some 440 soldiers. Children attending will make homemade cards to go in the packages. Last year several soldiers sent back notes of gratitude.

The churches use lists provided by the American Red Cross that specify contents. To RSVP or for more information, call Mountain Bible Church at 408-353-2302, email MountainBible.com, call Christ Child Church at 408-353-2210, or email eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com



Mardi Gras Parish Party!”

Martes de Carnaval”

IT’S HAPPENING……..

FEBRUARY 12 at 6:30 p.m.


LENT


The annual Lenten season is the fitting time to climb the holy mountain of Easter.

ASH WEDNESDAY February 13

Masses 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.


Ash Wednesday is a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Church

Remember, you are dust, and to dust you will return.




 

 

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

February 3, 2013


The prophetic call and fear of rejection


John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States and the son of a former President, reportedly said that he would rather clean filth from the streets than be President.

Scripture tells us that most of the prophets shared John Quincy Adams’ feeling of inadequacy to their calling. Moses tried to convince God that he didn’t speak well enough, and Jeremiah complained to God that he was too young. The prophets trembled at the trials ahead of them – and with good reason. Israel had a long history of rejecting prophets (2 Chronic 36:16; Jer 2:30; Amos 2:12; Matt 23:37; Luke 13:34; 1 Thess 2:15; Heb 11:32ff.).

Jeremiah was threatened with death several times, thrown into an empty and muddy cells, imprisoned, dragged off to exile in Egypt, and, perhaps, most painful of all, was forced to watch the destruction of Jerusalem because its inhabitants would not listen to his message. At least twice in his lifetime, the prophet Elijah spoke the truth of God to King Ahab concerning the king’s promotion of idolatry. As a result, he was forced to flee into the wilderness where he suffered great privation (2 King 18:16-19).

Today’s gospel story is another example of why the prophets did not jump for joy at their career prospects. In the space of five verses, we see the people of Nazareth turn from amazement to such fury at Jesus’ words they seized Him and dragged him off to the cliff to murder him.

Speaking God’s truth by word or by deed is a risky business even today. Hundreds of missionaries have been martyred since 1990. Thousands of Christians have been killed this past year in Moslem countries and Communist countries. Christians are subjected to the white martyrdom of mental torture in advanced countries, including the U.S., by the gnostic and atheistic media and liberal politicians and judges, forms of the media constantly ridiculing and insulting Christian with unprecedented vengeance.


The central theme of today’s reading is that we should have and show the courage of our Christian convictions in our day-to-day lives in our communities, when we face hatred and rejection because of our Christian faith.


The LORD sent me to bring glad tiding to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives.”



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


Let us be shinning ourselves as we go together to meet and to receive with the aged Simon the light whose brilliance is eternal.

Rejoicing with Simeon, let us sing hymn of thanksgiving to God, the Father of the light, who sent the true light to dispel the darkness and to give us all a share in his splendor.


St. Sophronius, homily on the Presentation of the Lord February 2


MASS INTENTIONS February 2 - 8

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Dwyer-Murphy

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Martha K.

Schoenfeld

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Yurosko Family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Lakin Family

Friday 8:00 a.m. Mullen Family


Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 26 & 27, 2013

Total Plate $ 979.03

EFT $ 367.50

TOTAL $1,346.53


Second Collection Maintenance

Was $ 487.00


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!


Choir Call If you’d like to sing or play an instrument in the choir, please give us your ideas. We need you! Questions? Call Norma Hammons at 408 353.3326


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com

Tuesday February 12th 2013


Men’s Club Parish Mardi Grass Party”

FAT TUESDAY CELEBRATION”

The social will be from 6:00 to 6:45 and after Dinner.

Martes de Carnaval”


Before Lent Beings!!!

EVERYONE WELCOME!!


Friday, February 8th at 6:30 pm.

Talk about End of Life issues with Dr. David Hammons


LENT

“The annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter. Through its twofold theme of repentance and baptism, the season of Lent disposes both the catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery.


February 13th ASH WEDNESDAY

Masses at 9:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

A day of universal fast and abstinence!!



Theatre in the Mountains

Next weekend – February 8, 9 &10.

Enjoy “Wiz” – performed by the children from CT English Middle School.

Performances at Loma Prieta Community Center.

Tickets & times – check the website – www.theatreinthemountains.org

Or call 353 9999

 


THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 27, 2013


Archbishop’s Romero’s “option for the poor.”


Speaking in the synagogue in Nazareth, Jesus used Isaiah’s prophetic terms, long since as referring to the coming Messiah, to describe his own mission. Jesus said he had been sent, among other reasons, “bring good news to the poor.” The success of Jesus’ mission, particularly with the poor who had no political power except that conferred by their sheer numbers, made Jesus a “dangerous” person to the religious authorities of Israel and eventually resulted in his crucifixion. The Christian gospel is still dangerous when its truth is really put into practice.


This is clearly seen in the case of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered when, like Jesus, he reminded people of the needs of the poor and the oppressed in El Salvador.


The story begins in 1979 when a young priest, Father Grande, was shot and killed on the streets of El Salvador. His “crime” was that he spoke out against the government, which brutally suppressed all forms of protests and executed thousands of innocent people using its notorious “Death Squads.” When Fr. Grande’s great friend, Bishop Oscar Romero, was chosen to be the new Archbishop, the authorities thought he would keep quiet on the question of the oppressed poor in that country. Instead, Archbishop Romero became an outspoken defender of the poor and a critic of the state-supported “Death Squads.” To honor the memory of his martyred friend, Archbishop Romero refused to appear in any public ceremonies sponsored by the army or the government. He soon became the voice and conscience of El Salvador. His words and actions were reported throughout the whole world, so that everybody knew the atrocities happening in El Salvador. Archbishop Romero’s fight for human rights led to his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. On March 24, 1980, at 6:25 PM, as Romero was offering Mass in a hospital chapel, a shot from the back of the church struck him in the chest, killing him instantly. Thus, Archbishop Romero died a martyr for the gospel of Christ.


As we reflect today on Jesus’ word about his mission, let us remember Archbishop Romero and continue to strive to live out faithfully, in our world and in our daily lives, the “dangerous” truths of the “good news” which is Jesus gift to us today.


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS Jan 26 – Feb 1

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + William Egan

Sunday 10:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Yurosko’s family

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Lakins family

Friday 8:00 a.m. + Alma Seade

Stewardship of Treasure

Report Sunday January 19 & 20, 2013

Total Plate $1,026.50

EFT $ 406.00

TOTAL $1,432.50


We Need Your Support, Thank you and God bless you!


This month is the 6th Anniversary of the installation of Bishop Richard Garcia as Bishop of Monterey. You may send him a card to 425 Church Street. Monterey, CA 93940 or P.O.Box 2048 Monterey, CA 93942.

Please pray for our Bishop!!!


Are you interested in becoming a Catholic?

We offer year-round sessions to explore the Catholic faith. For more information, call Fr. Eugenio, 408.353.2210 or eugenioaramburo@yahoo.com


We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

-Mother Teresa-


Men’s Club Parish Mardi Grass Party”

The Fat Tuesday Party will be on February 12th and the social will be from 6:00 to 6:45 and dinner will start at 6:45.

The entire Parish is welcome!!!!!!!


Safety Message

Parents and Caregivers of children: When you and your children are attending Mass or any other events at the parish, please keep your child with you at all times. If your child needs to leave the building, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.



Next weekend Saturday & Sunday, we will celebrate the PARISH after both masses.

The Feast of THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

The Feast of the Meeting also known as

Candlemas Day!


Invitation to Holy Land Pilgrimage!!!

Dear friends,

After several years of not visiting the Holy Land – and missing it! I am hoping to gather together a pilgrimage (May 29 – June 10, 2013). We will have Mass and Scriptures at the main Holy sites, Rosary and other prayer on the bus, and rejoice as we remember the great events of our salvation. The $3,799.00 cost p/person covers air local travel, hotels, guide, entrance fees, and all tips ---everything except lunches and souvenirs. If this might be your time to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Caesarea Philippi, the Sea of Galilee, Bethany, Mt Tabor and many other places---please call or e-mail me for and explanatory brochure.

Peace, All Good! Fr. Mike Miller (831) 776-4036 mjmgiggy@gmail.com


Reduce Reuse Recycle - Free cycle

A local on-line re-use group has been formed as part of the world wide Free Recycling Group – check it out at Keeping It Local - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/95033free/

You give something…you get something.

 

 

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

January 13, 2013


Solidarity with his people


The movie Gandhi is a three-hour epic depicting the life of Mahatma Gandhi: the Father of the Nation in India – a man of faith and a writer, a politician and a pacifist. To lead the oppressed people of India to freedom from British rule, Gandhi adopted a pacifist, non-violent approach. By means of hunger strikes (fasting from food), long vigils of prayer, peaceful marches, non-violent protests and civil disobedience, Gandhi persuaded the British to grant independence to India in 1947, although the British empire separates Pakistan from India, Even though a civil war between the Muslims and Hindus in the states bordering Pakistan followed, and Gandhi himself was assassinated in 1948, Gandhi and his philosophy of no-violent and peaceful resistance inspired many leaders all around the world. One of the reasons why Gandhi put on a loincloth and fasted from food almost to the point of death was to show solidarity with millions of his people who were poor and hungry and to identify with them in their suffering.

Today’s gospel tells us that it was to show solidarity with sinners that sinless Jesus received the baptism of repentance in the River Jordan from John the Baptist.

(Albert Cywicki in ‘His Word Resounds’)


You are My beloved Son; with You I am well pleased.”


On January 19, 383, the Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius named his son Arcadius as co-emperor. It was during a period in church history when the Arian Heresy was spreading throughout the Roman Empire. The Arian Heresy held that Jesus Christ was not fully God. Theodosius called for a truce between Christians and Arians and called for a conciliatory conference. One Christian bishop who was not willing to compromise his faith in Christ’s deity was Amphilochus of Iconium. So he had to suffer persecution from the Arians. On Arcadius’ coronation day, bishop entered the reception hall, bowed to the emperor, ignored his son and made a poignant speech and turned to leave. “What! Said Theodosius, “Do you take no notice of my son the co-emperor? Is this all the respect you pay to a prince that I have made equal dignity with myself?” At this the bishop gave Arcadius a blessing and replied, “Sir, do you so highly resent my apparent neglect of your son because I do not give him equal honor with yourself? What must the eternal God think of you, who have allowed His coequal and coeternal Son to be degraded in His proper divinity in every part of your empire?

Remember God the Father’s proclamation on the day Jesus was baptized by John in the River Jordan.”


Jesus is the beloved Son of the Father. He is the light of the nations and Lord of all creation. To him be all glory and praise!


CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleaner Roosevelt


MASS INTENTIONS January 12 - 18

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Martha K.

Schoenfeld

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Cecily Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Mark Walsh

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services

Friday 8:00 a.m. Communion Services


Stewardship of Treasure

Collection


Report Sunday January 5 & 6, 2013

$1,280.00

Second collection $ 406.00

Total $1,686.00


Thank you and God bless you and reward all the gifts for the support own Parish.


We Need Your Support

The 2013 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance to the Church. Please pick up your box if you had one for last year.

If you would like to have a box, please fill out a form, take the next box number and put that number in the box line of the form. Please try to take in number order. I thank you for your support and generosity. God bless you, Fr. Eugenio

Sacrament of Confirmation

Grades 9 -11

Next class will be Saturday Jan 26 at 3:30 p.m. followed by Mass at 5:00 p.m.


Sunday Brunch – Sunday January 13th

Please join us after Mass for a New Year Brunch and Celebration of the Parish.


RETROUVAILLE

Marriage saving – the Post Session Phase

The post-weekend phase of Retrouvaille is as crucial to the healing of a troubled marriage as the initial weekend experience.

During the post-weekend sessions, the weekend technique is further developed and combined with additional tools to explore other areas of the marriage relationship. For confidential information about or to register for the program beginning with a weekend on January 18 - 20, 2013 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


The Celebration of the Christian Mystery


Baptism is God’s most beautiful and magnificent gift…

We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to the guilty; Baptism because sin is buried in the water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed; enlightenment because it radiates light; clothing since it veils our shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God’s Lordship. St.Gregory of Nazianzus


 


THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

January 6, 2013


An Epiphany in the airport


We spot what looks like a mom, a dad, and three teenage daughters. The girls and their mom are each holding a bouquet of rose. We are wondering what the story is. Whom are they expecting? The dad keeps looking at his watch. The mom keeps turning her head to make sure she hears each airport announcement. Finally the door opens. First come the “rushers” –men and women in suits with briefcases and bags over their shoulders, rushing towards phones, bathrooms, and their cars or rent-a-cars. We’re still wondering and watching to learn whom this family we’ve been studying is there to meet. Then out come a young Marine, his wife, and their obviously brand-new baby. The three girls run to the couple and the baby. Then Mom, Dad. Hugs. Kisses. Embraces. “OOPS! The flowers!” But the baby is the center of attention. Each member of the family gets closer and closer to the mother and each opens the bundle in pink to have a first peek at this new life on the planet. We’re seeing it from a distance. It’s better than the evening news. Then we notice several other smiling people also watching the same scene. There are many other hugging scenes, people meeting people, but this is the big one. We’re smiling too. A tear of joy. What wonderful moment we are photographing into our memory. We’re thinking, “Family! Children! Grandchildren!”

This is what life is all about. We’re experiencing an epiphany. Life is filled with them. Praise God!


Today’s gospel teaches us how Christ enriches those who bring him their hearts.

The adoration of the Magi fulfills the oracle of Isaiah found in the first reading, prophesying that the nations of the world would travel to the Holy City following a brilliant light and bring gold and incense to contribute to the worship of God.



CONFESSIONS:

By request or appointment

BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS:

Call the office for an appointment.

For Pregnancy Support:

Birthright 241-8444 or 800-550-4900


MASS INTENTIONS January 5 – 11

Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Dolores Lobato

Sunday 10:00 a.m. + Leslie R. Olsen

Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Paul & Irene Devlin

Thursday 8:00 a.m. Dwyer-Murphy Fam.

Friday 8:00 a.m. Bruna Family


The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world.

The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.

Stewardship of Treasure


Christmas $ 5,050.75


December 29 & 30, 2012

Total $ 757.00

EFT $ 406.00

TOTAL $ 1,163.00


Thank you and God bless your generosity!


SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Grades 9 – 11

The Classes are Saturday January 12 and 26 at 3:30 p.m. with the Mass at 5:00 p.m.


The Food Pantry needs you

Did you remember to bring an offering for the Holy Cross Food Pantry…? Please bring food every Sunday. Thank You!



Check out our Website We would like to invite and encourage everyone to take a look at our Parish website at www.christchild.org

Information about parish ministries, helpful links and calendars are available on this site.

Thanks to Corky & Paul!!!


Men’s Club Meeting This Wednesday January 9 at 6:30 p.m. Community Center. We have very good support for one another.


Are you an Adult?

And would you like to be Catholic, Confirmed or receive the Eucharist? Please call at 408 353-2210. We will be very happy to help you!

Fr. Eugenio

A LIFELINE FOR MARRIAGE

Retrouvaille helps couples through difficult times in the marriage. For confidential information about, or to register for the January program beginning with a weekend on Jan 20 – 22, 2012 call 831-479-1260 or email: Monterey@RetroCA.com or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com


We Need Your Support

The 2013 Collection Envelopes are in the entrance to the CHURCH.

Please pick up your box if you had one for last year.

I you would like to have a box, please fill out a form, take the next box number and put that number in the box line of the form. Please try to take in number order. I thank you for your support and generosity.

God bless you,

Fr. Eugenio



THANK YOU!

Season of ADVENT and CHRISTMAS, full of HOPE and JOY!

Thanks to the many brothers and sisters, who worked with great dedication to make it all happen - the music, art, flowers, money, talent and the children in the procession on Christmas Eve and also to Santa Claus with generously gave a book to everybody to re-new our Catholic faith.

God bless and reward with many gifts in your family.