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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY
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Whether we kneel, stand, or sit
in the Lord’s presence, may
our hearts and minds always be
attuned to
Him.
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First
Reading: Genesis
18:1-10a
Abraham shows hospitality to three
visitors.
Second
Reading: Colossians
1:24-28
The mystery hidden from generations past
has been manifested; it is Christ in you,
the hope for glory.
Gospel:
Luke
10:38-42
Jesus converses with Martha and Mary about
service and
contemplation.
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
July 22
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8
AM
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Mary
Cianciolo (D)
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10
AM
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Maximina
Bagain (D)
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Noon
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People of
the Parish
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Monday,
July 23
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8:30
AM
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Priest’s
Intention
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Tuesday,
July 24
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8:30
AM
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Marciano
Carnero (L)
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Wednesday,
July 25
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8:30
AM
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Helen
Villasica (D)
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Thursday,
July 26
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8:30
AM
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Carlos
Vergara (L)
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Friday,
July 27
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8:30
AM
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Andrew
Angeles (L)
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Saturday,
July 28
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8:30
AM
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Active
Members of the Legion of
Mary
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5
PM
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Jesus
Medina (D)
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COLLECTION
TOTALS - July 15, 2007
First
Collection Total -
$ 3,626.00
Second Collection Total -
$ 1,063.50 (Parish
Improvement)
Thank
you for your continued
support!
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Our
Second Collection this Sunday is
for our Missionary Appeal. Our
Second Collection next Sunday is
for the St. Vincent de Paul
Society..
Thank
you!
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We
pray for all the sick in our parish,
especially: Dolton Delahoussaye, Jack
Devine, Lou Frank and Lory Manzano.
May God bless them and keep them in His
care.
Today’s readings speak of
hospitality, Abraham, who cheerfully did
for his guests all that desert hospitality
required, was rewarded with his
heart’s desire—a son. Martha
also busied herself with all the details
of hospitality, but grudgingly and with
complaint. Am I a cheerful or a grudging
giver?
“Stewardship
by the Book” by Sharon Huekel
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FIVE
REASONS WHY GOD USES
PROBLEMS
The
problems you face will either
defeat you or develop
you—depending on how you
respond to them. Unfortunately,
most people fail to see how God
wants to use problems for good in
their lives. They react
foolishly and resent their
problems rather than pausing to
consider what benefit they might
bring. Here are five ways God
wants to use the problems in your
life:
1. God
uses problems to DIRECT
you.
Sometimes
God must light a fire under you
to get you to get moving.
Problems often point us in a new
direction and motivate us to
change. Is God trying to get
your attention? Sometimes it
takes a painful situation to make
us change our ways. “Evil
is cleansed away.” Proverbs
20:30
2. God
uses problems to INSPECT
you.
People
are like tea bags. . . If you
want to know what’s inside
them, just drop them into hot
water! Has God tested your faith
with a problem. What do problems
reveal about you? “Consider
it all joy, my brothers, when you
encounter various trails, for you
know that the testing of your
faith produces
perseverance.” James
1:2-3
3. God
uses problems to CORRECT
you.
Some
lessons we learn only through
pain and failure. It’s
likely that as a child your
parents told you not to touch a
hot stove. But you probably
learned by being burned.
Sometimes we only learn the value
of something. . .health, money, a
relationship by losing it.
“It was good for me to be
afflicted, in order to learn your
laws. Teaching from your lips is
more precious to me that heaps of
silver and gold.” Psalm
119:71-72
4. God
uses problems to PROTECT
you.
A
problem can be a blessing in
disguise if it prevents you from
being harmed by something more
serious. Last year a friend was
fired for refusing to do
something unethical that his boss
had asked him to do. His
unemployment was a problem, but
it saved him from being convicted
and sent to prison a year later
when management’s actions
were eventually discovered.
“Even though you meant harm
to me, God meant it for good to
achieve his present end.”
Genesis 50:20
5. God
uses problems to PERFECT
you.
Problems,
when responded to correctly, are
character builders. God is far
more interested in your character
than your comfort. Your
relationship to God and your
character are the only two things
you are going to take with you
into eternity. “Not only
that, but we even boast of our
afflictions, knowing that
affliction produces endurance,
and endurance proven character,
and proven
character—hope.” Romans
5:3-4
Here’s
the point: God is at work in
your life—even when you do
not recognize it or understand
it. It’s much easier and
profitable when you cooperate
with HIM.
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Calling All Children:
Come
and join the new MD Parish Children's
Choir!If you enjoy singing or if you play
an instrument and would like to share your
musical talent with the community, please
bring your parents to an orientation
meeting:
Date:
Thursday, July 26,
2007
Time:
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Place:
MD music ministry room (former 8th grade
classroom, MD
School)
Under the professional tutelage of Mrs.
Angie Pasamba, MD's music director, you
will be be singing, for starters, during
the 1st Sunday of the month at the 10am
Mass. This is a wonderful opportunity to
make new friends, learn more about music,
and perform in front of an appreciative
audience. If you have any questions,
please email Mrs. Pasamba at:
music@mdssf.org
A
NEW PARISH HALL
FLOOR
It is
our vision to make better use of our
facilities at Mater Dolorosa Church. We
hope to serve our parishioners more fully
by hosting family events, dinners,
celebrations, and fund raisers in our own
parish hall. It is our dream to install a
new parish hall floor in order to allow
more community involvement on our
premises. We hope to use our hall for
more parish events and make use of our
great kitchen! Thank you for supporting
this endeavor by your donations to the
Parish Improvement Fund.
Watch
us grow!
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