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Mater
Dolorosa Catholic Church
12th Sunday in Ordinary
Time
June 22, 2008 -
Bulletin
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Lord,
in your great love, answer
me.
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—
Psalm
69
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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY
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The same
God who saved Jeremiah, the
psalmist and Jesus, is fully
present to save us through the
gracious gift of Jesus Christ. We
have nothing and no one to
fear.
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First
Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13
The Lord has rescued the poor from the
clutches of the wicked.
Second
Reading: Romans 5:12-15
The grace of God overflows for
all.
Gospel:
Matthew 10:26-33
All who acknowledge Jesus before others
will likewise be acknowledged by Jesus
before the Father.
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‘Nothing
is concealed that will
not be
revealed,”
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Jesus
tells us in the Gospel
today:
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“And
nothing hidden that will
not become
known.”
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May
our stewardship of
God’s gifts be such
that we would not be
ashamed if it were seen
in the clear light of
day.
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See
Matthew
10:26
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“Stewardship
by the Book” by
Sharon
Huekel
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
June 22
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8:00
AM
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Helen
Ostrowski (D)
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10:00
AM
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Sally Orta
(D)
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Noon
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Teresita I.
Palomar (D)
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Monday,
June 23
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8:00
AM
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Crisanta
Tomimbang (D)
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Tuesday,
June 24
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8:00
AM
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Rosario
Liendo (D)
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Wednesday,
June 25
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8:00
AM
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Deceased
Member of the Uccelli Family
(D)
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Thursday,
June 26
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8:00
AM
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Frank Keane
(D)
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Friday,
June 27
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8:00
AM
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Agles
Fratessa (D)
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Saturday,
June 28
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8:00
AM
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Raphael
Angeles (L)
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5:00
PM
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Artemio
Orlino. Sr. (D)
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COLLECTION
TOTALS - June 15, 2008
Our Second Collection this Sunday is
for The St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Our Second Collection next week is for
Peter’s Pence.
Thank
you for your generous
support!
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Please
keep all those
who are sick in
our parish
family in your
prayers,
especially:
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Matilde
Agasid, Kayla
Arangcon,
Wallace Cain,
Jack Devine ,
Dawn Hassinger,
Fran Hinklin,
Steve Medina,
Olga Montoya,
and Rita
Williams.
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Our
prayers are
with them, and
those who care
for
them.
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We
will have two guests staying with
us this summer.
The
first guest is Jerry Murphy.
Jerry is a long time resident of
Menlo Park. Jerry is also a
seminary student studying for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco. God
willing, Jerry will be ordained a
priest in three years. He will be
bringing Holy Communion to the
patients at Kaiser
Hospital.
The
second guest is Father Tom
Reilly, a San Francisco native.
Father Tom and I were students
together at St. Patrick’s
College Seminary in Mountain View
many, many years ago. Since then,
Father Tom joined up with the
Missionaries of Africa (formerly
known as the White Fathers) and
worked in Kenya for many years.
Father Tom just recently retired
from missionary work and is now
living at his Community House in
Washington, D.C., where he is
helping out at a nearby parish.
Father Tom will be celebrating
Mass for me while I’m away
the month of July.
Both
Jerry and Tom are good men. I am
happy to have them here at Mater
Dolorosa. I know you will give
each a big South City
welcome.
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Have
a great
week!
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Father
Brian
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Some
Catholic Questions and Answers on
Reconciliation from Catholic
Digest, March
2008
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Q.
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What’s the
right name for this? I
used to go to
“Confession.”
Then it was
“Penance,” and
now I hear
“Reconciliation.”
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A.
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We call things by
names that make sense to
us. The sacrament always
involves three elements:
The confession of
one’s sin,
reconciliation with God
and the Church community
through absolution, and
the doing of some action
(prayer or deed) to
repair the damage sin
causes. Since naming
one’s sin aloud is
the most emotionally
charged part,
“Confession”
was the name most people
used in the past and
many still do. When the
ritual was reformed 40
years ago at Vatican II,
Church leaders tried to
get people to use what
was always its formal
name: Penance. More
recently, in order to
stress its effects,
sometimes people now say
“Reconciliation”
(“with God and one
another”). It
doesn’t matter what
you call it; all the
names are
correct.
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Q.
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What’s a
sin, anyway?
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A.
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I like to
translate
“sin” as
damage. The core
isn’t breaking a
rule: Sin is doing
something, or failing to
do some thing, in such a
way that we cause harm
to a relationship: with
ourselves (like watching
pornography or
violence), with others
(like gossip or lying),
with the environment
(like littering or
wasting food), or with
God (like missing Mass
regularly or not
praying). The names of
sins are shorthand for
attitudes and actions
that do damage.
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MATER
DOLOROSA’s SUMMER PARISH BBQ &
POT LUCK GATHERING
SATURDAY, JUNE 28th * 12:00
NOON * PARISH HALL *
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If
your last name begins
with:
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A
- E
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Please
bring beverages
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F
- P
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Please
bring a main dish
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Q
- Z
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Please
bring a sweetie (and a
dessert)
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Paper
plates, cups and utensils will be
provided. Any volunteers interested in
helping to BBQ, set-up and clean-up,
please call the Rectory Office at (650)
583-4131.
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