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February

28,

2016

Third

Sunday

of

Lent

En la década de 1980, Mary Brenner era una madre divorciada con

siete hijos y dueña de una empresa de fabricación de papel carbón en Beverly Hills. Era una amiga de todas las estrellas de cine, iba a sus fiestas y se codeaba con celebridades. ¿Qué le hizo dar vuelta a su alrededor y ver la vida diferente? Se encontró con una fotografía muy conmovedora del Holocausto. Entre las personas de la fotografía había un joven frente a un soldado Nazi que estaba apuntándole con un rifle. Los ojos del niño demostraban un profundo temor y desconcierto. Mary Benner vio esa foto y de repente se dio cuenta de que la vida nunca podría ser lo mismo para ella. Sintió una enorme compasión por todos aquellos que fueron víctimas de la brutalidad, los que fueron los más marginados. Se fue donde el Obispo de San Diego y dijo: "me gustaría pertenecer a algún tipo de orden religiosa y dedicarme a esas personas por quienes nadie más quiere cuidar." Ella terminó llamándose Hermana Antonio y trabajando con las mujeres en la cárcel de Tijuana, una cárcel de mujeres en México. Esas reclusas de la cárcel estaban entre el segmento más abyecto, abandonado y olvidado de la humanidad. Hermana Antonio se convirtió en su amiga, compañera, hermana y madre al mismo tiempo. Esa foto del Holocausto fue la zarza ardiente de Mary Brenner. Hay millones de "zarzas ardientes" por todo el mundo. Pero solamente cuando vemos con los ojos de la fe y oímos con los oídos de la fe, notamos la presencia de Dios o escuchamos el llamado de Dios. De lo contrario acabaremos tomando solamente una foto de ellos para guardarla en la memoria o para hablar con otros acerca de ellos. Pero si tenemos el valor de reflexionar sobre lo que Dios nos está comunicando a través de las "zarzas ardientes" y estamos dispuestos a decir "sí" para hacer algo sobre ellas, podemos llegar a ser hoy en día Moisés modernos. Moisés se convirtió en un gran libertador porque tuvo el valor de acercarse a la zarza ardiente. ¿Tenemos el valor de ir cerca de la "zarza ardiente" moderna y escuchar el llamado de Dios? -----------------------------------------------------------------------En una gran ciudad, un sacerdote estacionó su coche en una zona de no aparcamiento porque no pudo encontrar un espacio medido. Puso una nota bajo el limpiador de parabrisas que decía: "yo he circundado el bloque 100 veces. Si no estaciono aquí, pierdo mi cita. Perdona nuestras ofensas." Cuando volvió, encontró una cita de un oficial de policía junto con esta nota: "he circundado este bloque por 10 años. Si no te doy un ticket, pierdo mi trabajo. Nos no dejes caer en tentación." -----------------------------------------------------------------------Nicky Gumbel nos habla de un hombre que envió un che-que al gobierno por impuestos atrasados con una nota pe-gada que decía: "me sentí tan culpable por engañar sobre mis impuestos, que tuve que enviarles este cheque. Si no me siento mejor, les mandaré el resto."

From the Pastor’s Desk: Nota de nuestro pastor: n the 1980’s Mary Brenner was a divorced mother of seven children who owned a carbon paper manufacturing company in Beverly Hills. She was a friend of all the movie stars, went to their parties, and hobnobbed with celebrities. What turned her around, and made her see

life differently? She came across a very touching photograph of the Holocaust. Among the people in the photograph there was a young boy facing a Nazi soldier who was pointing a rifle at him. The child’s eyes showed deep fear and bewilderment. Mary Benner looked at that photograph and suddenly realized that life could never be the same for her. She felt an enormous compassion for all those who were victims of brutality, for those who were the most marginalized. She went to the Bishop of San Diego and said, “I’d like to belong to some kind of a religious order and dedicate myself to those people nobody else seems to care for." She wound up being called Sister Antonio, and working with the women in the Tijuana Prison, a women’s prison in Mexico. These inmates of the prison were among the most abject, forlorn, and neglected segment of humanity. Sister Antonio became their friend, companion, sister, and mother all in one. That holocaust picture was Mary Brenner’s burning bush.

There are millions of “burning bushes” all over the world. But only we see them with eyes of faith and hear them with ears of faith we notice the presence of God or listen to the call of God. Otherwise we will end up only taking a photo of them to keep for memory or to speak to others about them. But if we have the courage to reflect what God is communicating to us through those “burning bushes” and are willing say “yes” to the do something about them, we can become modern day Moses. Moses became a great liberator because he had the courage to go near the burning bush. Do we have the courage to go near the modern day “burning bushes” and hear the call of God? ---------------------------------------------------------------------In a large city, a priest parked his car in a no-parking zone because he couldn't find a metered space. He put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled the block 100 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses." When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note: "I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket, I'll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation." ---------------------------------------------------------------------Nicky Gumbel tells us of a man who sent a check to the government for back taxes with a note attached that said: “I felt so guilty for cheating on my taxes I had to send you this check. If I don’t feel any better, I’ll send you the rest.”

WEEKLY READINGS

Readings for the week of 2/28/2016 Sun/Dom: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-9/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

Mon/Lun: 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab/Ps 42:2-3; 43:3-4/Lk 4:24-30

Tues/Mar: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-9/Mt 18:21-35

Wed/Mie: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20/Mt 5:17-19

Thurs/Jue: Jer 7:23-28/Ps 95:1-2, 6-9/Lk 11:14-23

Fri/Vie: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6-11, 14, 17/Mk 12:28-34

Sat/Sab: Hos 6:1-6/Ps 51:3-4, 18-21/Lk 18:9-14

Next Sun/Dom: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Ps 23:1-6/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38

OFFICE INFO Parish Office 783-2766

Parish Fax 783-2760

Parish Email office@saintjoachim.net Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 10 AM-7:30 PM Bilingual available T,W,F 4-7:30 PM Saturday 10 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 10 AM-4 PM Sunday 9 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 12 PM-4 PM

—————————————— Rev. Joseph Antony Sebastian, SVD Pastor Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 AM to 12 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, martes, miércoles, y viernes 10 AM a 12 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

Rev. Stephen Ayisu, SVD Parochial Vicar Monday, Wednesday Thursday, and Friday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, miércoles , jueves y viernes 10:30 AM a 12:00 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

Ariel Mayormita Music Director/ Director de Música Phone Ext. #223 stjoachimmusic1@gmail.com

Flor Herce Bookkeeper

Pat Ludwig Administrative Assistant

Faith Formation Office 785-1818

Oficina de Formación de Fe

Glenda Aragón Director of Faith Formation glendaaragon@comcast.net

Abraham Gonzalez Faith Formation Coordinator /Youth Minister 550-6878 / sjformation510@gmail.com

Bertha Cruz Administrative Assistant

—————————————— St. Vincent de Paul 783-0344

Office hours 1:00-2:30 PM ONLY Monday-Friday

San Vicente de Paul Gary Enos, President

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St. Joachim School 783-3177 Escuela de San Joaquín

Armond Seishas Principal

Sandra Garzon School Secretary

St. Joachim Pre-School 783-0604

Marisa Melgarejo Director

THE WEEK AHEAD ~Sunday February 28th Hospitality Sunday Enjoy coffee & Donuts in the Hall after all the morn-ing Masses. ~Friday March 4th Stations of the Cross: At 7 PM followed by a simple soup Supper in the hall. The Legion of Mary (Spanish & English) are the Lead group for this soup supper, please see page 6 in the bulletin for the other groups to bring soup.

CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUCIONES

COLLECTION FOR WEEK

February 28, 2016

The Plate Collection $ 9,147.97

EFT Collection $ 1,105.00

On Line Giving $ 320.00

TOTAL for the WEEK

$10,572.97

PRAY FOR Angel Delval

Felix Chavez

Vivienne Malig

Sheila Bacallo

Anita Z. Ruedas

Helen Karas

Ken Freitas

Cynthia Crutchfield

Tina Gonzales

Leonor J. Enrique

Arsenio S. Reyes, Jr.

Felicisima Buendia

Primo Cosico

Cynthia Crutchfield

Angel Estuardo Vidal-Cardenas

FOOD DONATIONS St. Vincent de Paul

Food offering for next week:

Spaghetti, Sauce, or

Macaroni & Cheese

Spaghetti, salsa para spaghetti o macarron

con queso

Bilingual Mass

Saturday March 12th

10 AM

Communal

Reconciliation Service

Wednesday

March 9th ~~ 7:00 PM

CONTINUED … On Monday February 15, 2016, Pope Francis visited Mexico’s southern

Chiapas state, and denounced the centuries-old exploitation and exclusion of Mexico’s indigenous people. He prayed before the tomb of Bishop Samuel Ruiz who died in 2011 and who was the indigenous people’s controversial protector, and whose ministry had been suspended by the Vatican, but revived under Pope Francis. For 40 years that ministry blended the indigenous culture and customs into Catholic rituals, using such things as readings in native languages, dances of prayer, and participation of married indigenous deacons. Local culture grants more respect to men with children than to childless, celibate men. Under Pope John Paul II, the Vatican asked the Chiapas diocese to halt deacon ordinations. But under Francis, the ordinations were renewed. Pope Francis pronounced to the 500,000 faithful at Mass that "Some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior, others, intoxicated by power, money and market trends, have stolen your lands or contaminated them." He called for a collective "Forgive me. Today's world, ravaged as it is by a throwaway culture, needs you!"

On Tuesday, Pope Francis traveled to Michoacán, a Mexican state in which scores of ordinary people and an estimated 40 Catholic priests have been killed by criminal gangs in the past decade. It is a region that has been terrorized by a pseudo-religious drug gang, La Familia Michoacana, and its successor, the Knights Templar, and where rural priests are threatened, kidnapped and killed. It is also the home of the country’s vigilante movement, which rose up to fight the ruthless Knights Templar Cartel. The Mexican army and navy were dispatched to the area to back up the police for the Pope’s visit. Pope Francis’s purpose for going there was to hammer home the indecency of the drug trade and drug-related violence. He spoke to tens of thousands of young Mexicans gathered in a soccer stadium in Morelia. Pope Francis said he understands the temptation of drug cartels on Mexican youth, but believes it’s no match for faith in Jesus Christ. “You’ve asked me for a word of hope, the one I have to tell you, the one at the base of everything, is called Jesus Christ. When everything seems heavy, when it seems the world is against us, embrace your cross, embrace Jesus. It’s true that this path perhaps will not give you the latest car, you won’t have your pockets filled with money, but you’ll have something nobody will ever be able to take away from you, the experience of feeling loved, hugged, accompanied.” Francis stressed that the youth are the real “wealth of Mexico,” and said that’s something they need to remember always, especially when the going gets tough. Pope Francis gave the City of Morelia a cardinal just last year, Alberto Suarez Inda, and he visited him and the and the area priests to thank them for doing God's work ministering to the faithful in the face of such dangers. To be continued …sources: abcnews.go.com, cruxnow.com, news.va, dailymail.co.uk, fusion.net.

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MASS INTENTIONS February 27-March 5, 2016

Saturday 4:30 PM Lapaz & Adeloida Ancheta † Robert Boles † (3rd anniversary)

Saturday 6:00 PM Sergio Payan (cumpleanos)

Jose Luis Hurtado-Lopez (intencion especial)

Glorinda Gonzalez † Jesus Magallon † (aniversario) Cristina Martinez † Marin Lopes † Ester Ramires † Francisca Espinoza † (5th aniversario)

Sunday 7:30 AM Michael I. Reyes (15th birthday) Robert Boles † (3rd anniversary)

Sunday 9:00 AM Robert Boles † (3rd anniversary)

John Contreras † Sunday 10:30 AM Alex Sincioco (thanksgiving) Bud Angellar † (9th anniversary)

Alvarez & Gallardo families †

Sunday 12:15 PM Carlos Chuakay Jr. (healing)

Leonor Clemente † Angel D. Dysico † Sunday 2:00 PM Rafael Beleche † (aniversario)

Pedro Beleche † Maria Hernandez (aniversario)

Florentino Garcia † (aniversario)

Jorge Luis Esquivel Montoya † (3rd aniversario)

Sunday 6:00 PM The Community of St. Joachim Monday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Monday 8:30 AM Roy Talaue † Paul Dung Kieu † Tuesday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Tuesday 8:30 AM The Community of St. Joachim

Wednesday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Wednesday 8 :30 AM The Community of St. Joachim Wednesday 7:00 PM Esther Guevara † (22 mes aniversario) Dolores Guzman † Jesus Maciel Mendoza † (aniversario)

Thursday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Thursday 8:30 AM The Community of St. Joachim Friday 7:00 AM Penny & JR Mansalay 46th wedding anniversary) Friday 8:30 AM Rudolfo N. Pison† Demetris Liwanag († birthday)

Sacred Heart of Jesus (special intention )

Saturday 8:30 AM Alfredo & Agnes Kim (special intention) Remedios B. Sanchez †

TODAY — SUNDAY

Hospitality Sunday

After ALL Morning Masses

~~In the Hall

Be sure and thank the Knights for

setting it up and making sure that

everything is ready for you to enjoy!!

Plan to attend our Stations of the Cross and Soup Supper every

Friday during Lent. We start at 7:00 PM with the STATIONS OF THE

CROSS followed by a simple Soup Supper in the hall afterwards. The

following groups will be in charge of the Soup Supper, They will

bring soup, set up and clean up the hall. The first group listed is the

lead group ajd the group responsible to mae sure everything is

completed:

March 4th Legion of Mary (English and Spanish), Lectors

(English and Spanish), Eucharistic Ministers (English and Spanish),

Cursillo, St.Vincent de Paul Society, 12:15 PM Sunday Mass

March 11th Faith Formation Department, Catechists, Youth

Ministry, Confirmation Candidates, RCIA Group, 2:00PM Sunday

Spanish Mass and 6:00PM Sunday Spanish Mass

March 18th Music Ministry, Simbang Gabi, Santo Nino Group,

Guadalupanos, Ministry to the Sick, Apostleship of Prayer, 6:00 PM

Saturday Spanish Mass.

Thanks to all who participate.

Stations of the Cross 7:00 PM Friday

Followed by Soup Supper MARCH 5th & 6th

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Next weekend (March 5th and 6th) The Sisters of St. Elisabeth from Belarus will be here

at the Placita selling their hand made religious Items.

Your support by purchasing these items will help the

Sisters in their work in Belarus. They help mentally

challenged children and adults, assist drug and

alcohol addicts.

The Sisters help these people also by organizing

workshops to help them express their talents and

teach them to make the beautiful religious icons that

they bring here to sell. They will bring crosses,

crucifixes, wood carvings embroidered and ceramic

gifts and rosaries.

Stop by the Placita next weekend after Mass and

check out all the many beautiful items they will have

for sell, they wish to thank you for supporting their

many causes .