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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY
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Today’s
readings offers us another
opportunity to discover the
abundance of God’s mercy and
love.
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First
Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28
When the wicked turn away from the
wickedness they have committed and do what
is right, they shall surely
live.
Second
Reading: Philippians 2:1-11
Look not to your own interests, but to the
interests of others.
Gospel:
Matthew 21:28-32
Tax collectors and prostitutes are
entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
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The
first son in
today’s Gospel said
he would do his
father’s bidding,
but did not. The second
son balked at first, but
then repented and did as
he was asked. What
service is God calling
me to do? Which son am
I more
like?
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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,
September 28
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8:00
AM
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Ba Anna
Phat Nguyen (D)
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10:00
AM
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Jhomelli
Anne Ordona Feliciano
(D)
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Noon
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People of
the Parish
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Monday,
September 29
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8:00
AM
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Antonia
Saguid (D)
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Tuesday,
September 30
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8:00
AM
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Tony
Geracimos (D)
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Wednesday,
October 1
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8:00
AM
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Wilson
Cunanan (L)
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Thursday,
October 2
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8:00
AM
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Concepcion
Tan (D)
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Friday,
October 3
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8:00
AM
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Priest’s
Intention
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Saturday,
October 4
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8:00
AM
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Benjamin
Afuang (D)
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5:00
PM
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Jose &
Crescentia Rodriguez
(D)
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COLLECTION
TOTALS - September 21, 2008
First Collection Total
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$4,309.00
Second Collection Total -
$2,196.00
(Priest’s Retirement)
Our Second Collection this Sunday is
for our Helping Hands Fund.
Our Second Collection next Sunday is for
our CCD Fund.
Please be as
generous as possible and thank you for
your continued
support!
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Please
keep all those
who are sick in
our parish
family in your
prayers,
especially:
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Bill
Kovacich and
Gladys Torres.
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Our
prayers are
with them, and
those who care
for
them.
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Any parishioners who are in need of
prayers for the sick or homebound, please
contact our Rectory Office at 650-583-4131
and we will place them on our prayer list
in the Sunday bulletin.
Would you like to see your child or
children sing in the upcoming annual
Christmas Concert at Mater Dolorosa?
Please contact the Rectory office at
650-583-4131. Angie Pasamba will begin
weekly rehearsals soon. Give your kids
the opportunity to shine at Christmas in
this beautiful parish event!
ST. LAWRENCE
RUIZ and COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
Feast Day: September
28th
The
martyrs whom we honor today in a marvelous
way show the universality of the Church.
These sixteen saints were from Europe and
Asia, and in various circumstances, spread
the faith in the Philippines, Formosa and
Japan.
St.
Lawrence Ruiz was a husband and a father
(and is the first Filipino to be canonized
a saint). The others were priests,
religious, laymen and women who also
suffered martyrdom in Nagasaki, Japan in
the seventeenth century. At their
beautification in Manila in February 1981,
during his visit to the Far East, John
Paul II said they remind us that “to
die for the faith is a gift granted to
few, but to live for the faith is a call
addressed to all.”
The
deaths of these martyrs occurred three and
a half centuries ago. There is meaning
for us today, as Pope John Paul II said in
the homily at the Canonization Mass on
October 18, 1987: “Through the
witness of their lives, generously offered
for the love of Christ, the new saints
speak to the entire Church today; they
draw her on and stimulate her in her
evangelical mission.”
The
decree of canonization reminds us that
“through the example of their lives
and their deaths these dauntless
missionaries also sowed the seed for the
future of the Church.”
As we
honor these martyrs we pray for the
courage to live for the faith in response
to our baptism. We are all called
“to meet the challenges of the
present with the same strength of
character and trust in God” with
which these martyrs “faced the
supreme test of love.” (From the
address of Pope John Paul II to a
pilgrimage of Filipinos, October 18,
1987).
From
the Book “In His
Likeness”
IMPORTANT PARISH MEETING
Parish Council - Finance Committee
OCTOBER 7th—7:00 p.m.
School Multi-Purpose Room
There
will be an important Finance
Committee/Parish Council meeting, which
will be open to all parishioners on
October 7th at 7:00 p.m. We ill discuss
the possibility of a pre-school in our
school building. We will discuss the
viability of this venture as a parish
community. Please join us for this
decision making meeting!
BLESSING
OF THE ANIMALS at MATER DOLOROSA
OCTOBER 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
Join us
at Mater Dolorosa Church for the annual
Blessing of the Animals in honor of St.
Francis of Assisi, following the 12:00
p.m. Mass. Please bring all your
critters to the church parking lot and
have your pets blessed. You will receive
a certificate as a remembrance of the
day.
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