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Daily: 6:55 a.m. (Church) Monday through Friday PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH
“Every child who is born brings us God's smile and invites “Cada niño que nace nos trae la sonrisa de Dios y nos invita
us to recognize that life is his gift, a gift to be welcomed a reconocer que la vida es don suyo, un don que es preciso
with love and preserved with care, always and at every mo- acoger siempre con amor y conservar con esmero en todo
ment.” — POPE BENEDICT XVI momento.” — SU SANTIDAD BENEDICTO XVI
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were "dead through our
sins" (Eph 2:5), his love and mercy brought us recon- f you’re wondering why all the statues of
ciliation and new life in Christ. This is the heart of the our church are covered with purple cloth,
Apostle Paul's teaching, and it is important for us to here’s the answer.
remind ourselves: only God's grace can create a new
heart in us! Only his love can change our "hearts of In the traditional Mass, on the Fifth Sunday
stone" (cf. Ezek 11:19) and enable us to build up, rather of Lent, the Gospel of St. John, chapter 8, was
than tear down. Only God can make all things new! read. Therein, Jesus is confronted by the hos-
Benedict XVI tile and corrupt leaders of the people. They
pick up stones in an attempt to stone him then
POPE’S MARCH INTENTIONS and there. But then we are told, “ ... Jesus hid
General: That the role of women may be more appreciated Himself and went out of the temple.” In the
and used to good advantage in every country in the world. old rite, the sacred images were then immedi-
Mission: That in the light of the letter addressed to them ately covered (precisely at the mention of the
by Pope Benedict XVI, the Bishops, priests, consecrated
persons, and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the words, “Jesus hid Himself”). For practical rea-
Popular Republic of China may commit themselves to be- sons, this veiling” of the statues was later
ing the sign and instrument of unity, communion and moved to a time outside of the Mass, i.e., im-
peace.
mediately following vespers the night before.
NEW SUNDAY MASS AT 5PM The crucifix, in particular, is covered in purple
cloth to symbolize how Christ’s divinity was
We now have an evening
Mass in English every hidden during the time of His Sacred Passion
Sunday at 5pm. The Mass and Death.
is offered at our church on Statues are covered with purple cloth from
the corner of 20th Street the Fifth Sunday of Lent until the beginning of
and Pasadena. Confession
the Easter Vigil and crucifixes until the cele-
is also available at this
time. bration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday.
TOGETHER IN MISSION
ANNUAL APPEAL ‘09
PRAY FOR PEACE
We need the help of every parishioner The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of
to reach our parish goal and to help prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love.
our fellow Catholics in need.
The fruit of love is service. The fruit of
Parish goal $29,425 service is peace. -Mother Teresa, M.C.
Pagina 3 Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma Marzo 29, 2009
"All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but
the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in com-
parison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass
is the sacrifice of God for man." - St. John Vianney
MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, March 29
7:00am Genaro Rodriguez † & Family
8:30am Catherine Ann Siena Bateman †
10:00am Elizabeth Van Hoorn †
11:30am Santos & Esther Soriano †
1:00pm Juan de la Cruz & Jose Aguilar †
5:00pm Pro-Populo
7:00pm Teofilo Rayos Parra † & Fam.
Monday, March 30
6:55am Ernesto Loyola
6:30pm Fr Peter Irving & Fam.
Tuesday, March 31
6:55am Rev. Fr. Alvin Manalang
6:30pm Maria Felix Herrera † & Fam.
Wednesday, April 1
6:55am Mary & Stanley Wojtyniak †
6:30pm Juan de Dios Alcantar †
Thursday, April 2
6:55am Perfecta Dizon †
6:30pm Bernard J. Booner †
Friday, April 3
6:55am Elizabeth Van Hoorn †
6:30 pm Rev. Stephen Necze Vecsey †
Saturday, April 4
8:00am Gertrude C. Tyack †
5:00pm Mngr. Christopher James Kennedy †