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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY
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My House
shall be called - A House of
Prayer for all
people
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First
Reading: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7
Thus says the Lord: “Stand firm in
justice; do what is
right”.
Second
Reading: Romans 11:13-15,
29-32
The gifts and the calling of God are
unable to be revoked.
Gospel:
Matthew 15:21-28
Recognizing the woman’s great faith,
Jesus said: “It shall be done as you
wish”
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In
today’s second
reading, St. Paul tells
the Romans,
“God’s gifts
and his call are
irrevocable.” To
what is God calling me
today? What gifts are
mine to share? (See
Romans
11:29)
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“Stewardship
by the Book” by
Sharon
Huekel
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Take
a moment to check out
our website. You can
check our Parish
Calendar, download a
Parish Registration
Form, get information
for Religious Education
and read our archived
bulletins. Visit
www.mdssf.org.
It’s a great way to
read any bulletins you
may have missed, and
“catch-up” on
parish
events.
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
August
17th
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8:00
AM
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Angel &
Guadalupe
D. Aguirre (D)
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10:00
AM
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Rudy Molina
(D)
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Noon
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People of
the Parish
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Monday,
August
18th
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8:00
AM
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Janet P.
Vergara (L)
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Tuesday,
August
19th
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8:00
AM
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Maribel Dio
(D)
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Wednesday,
August
20th
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8:00
AM
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Priest’s
Intention
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Thursday,
August
21st
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8:00
AM
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Priest’s
Intention
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Friday,
August
22nd
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8:00
AM
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Deceased
Members of the Uccelli
Family
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Saturday,
August
23rd
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8:00
AM
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Increased
Vocations
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5:00
PM
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Priest’s
Intention
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Our
Second Collection this Sunday is for our
Mission Appeal.
Our Second Collection next week is for
our CCD Fund.
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 ,
Steve Medina,
Rita Williams
and Helen
Wright.
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Our
prayers are
with them, and
those who care
for
them.
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Have
you ever considered that maybe God is
calling YOU to be a catechist (teacher) to
nourish the faith of
children?
We are in need of generous people who are
willing to serve the children of the
parish. If you enjoy working with
children, tweens and teens, we need your
help; the Children’s Religious
Formation depends on you.
YOU
CAN DO IT!
We’ll help you. Watch your faith
develop while working with the classes.
Please call the Children’s Faith
Formation office at 650-588-8175, and find
out more about this very important
ministry.
BIBLE
STUDY at MATER
DOLOROSA
Study of: “Our Father’s
Plan” by Scott Hahn Jeff
Cavins
Do you
know who, when and where our Catholic
Bible was instituted and formally written
into book form? If someone asked you
about your Catholic faith, would you be
able to answer why you believe as you do?
You may find the answer to these questions
and more by joining the Mater Dolorosa
Bible Study! Our group meets in the
school library every Saturday from 9:00 to
10:30, beginning on September 20th.
Please contact Joseph or Gloria Flores for
more information at 650-583-2347.
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CALLED
TO ACT IN GOD’S
NAME
“Let all the nations
praise you!” (Psalm 67:4)
today’s psalm response
exclaims. In the psalms and
other Hebrew scriptures, this
kind of invocation is actually an
invitation to God to act, to
intervene in human lives in a
manner that will cause
everyone—not jut the Chosen
People— to give praise.
Stated a bit more strongly, it is
something of a “put up or
shut up” challenge to God,
the sort of strong statement the
psalmists of Israel, trusting in
their intimate and loving
relationship with God, were not
afraid to make.
The Gospel has its own
exclamation, announcing the
appearance of the Canaanite woman
with “Behold!” (Matthew
15:22) “Behold!” is a
scriptural flag that tells us
that God is about to act or
announce something through an
individual or a situation. In
the case of Jesus, God was going
to act through this woman, whom
nobody among Jesus’
followers would have believed to
be an agent of the divine will.
Like the psalmists, we might
passively inform or perhaps even
actively challenge God to do
something so that everyone will
come to belief, but God will
always turn the tables on us. It
becomes our calling, our duty (as
it was for Jesus) to behold the
situations and persons of our
daily lives so that God can act
through us, so the Kingdom can be
announced through our
lives.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND EVENTS AT MATER
DOLOROSA
FEAST
OF OUR PARISH PATRONESS - MATER
DOLOROSA
The Legion of Mary is having a Novena to
Our Lady of Sorrows beginning on September
6th following the 8:00 a.m. Mass,
September 7th following the 12:00 p.m.
Mass, September 8th through September 13th
following the 8:00 a.m. Mass, and ending
on September 14th following the 12:00 p.m.
Mass. Please join the Legion of Mary in
prayer during this time.
Mark
your calendars
- our next Pot Luck BBQ is planned for
September 14, 2008, following the 12:00
Mass. We will have entertainment and a
raffle. Please contact Angi Rodriguez if
you have a special talent that you would
like to share.
Mater
Dolorosa Bible Study begins on Saturday,
September 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. You will find sign up sheets in the
lobby or contact Gloria Flores at
583-2347.
Save
the date —
we will have a Parish Celebration to honor
Fr. O’Donnell for his 50 years of
priestly ministry to God’s people.
His Jubilee Celebration will be held at
Mater Dolorosa on September 27th with a
reception following the 5:00 Mass. Join
us to show Fr. O’Donnell our
appreciation for his many years of
service.
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