Divine Mercy Sunday - our lady of lourdes

Divine Mercy Sunday - our lady of lourdes

Divine Mercy Sunday
April 2-3
MEL ALLEN HALL
April 3 KC Breakfast. Mercy Sunday (Sunday after Easter)
April 4 Finance Council Meeting at 12:30 pm
April 5 KC Meeting at 7:00pm
April 7 Bible Study at 7:15 pm
April 14 Bible Study at 7:15 pm
April 26 YLI meeting at 7:00pm
CHURCH ACTIVITIES:
April 2 Mass in Spanish at 6:30 pm
April 3 Mercy Sunday
April 23/24 Catholic Home Mission Appeal Collection
May 1 First Communions. KC Breakfast.
May 8 Mother's Day.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Grades 1—5:
3:30pm—5:00 pm
Apr 6
No Classes—Spring Break
Apr 13
Classes
Apr 13
Classes
Apr 20
Classes—1st Grade Confessions
Grades 6—8 6:30pm—8:00 pm
April 6
No Class—Spring Break!
April 13
Class at River Canyon Yogurt
April 20
Class at River Canyon Yogurt
HIGH SCHOOL— YOUTH GROUP
Wednesday, April 6—No Class
Wednesday, April 13—classes
Sunday, April 17 – Car Wash for Mission Trip
Wednesday, April 20— Classes
Wednesday, April 27—Classes
THE FEAST OF MERCY: Dur ing
the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint
Faustina on the Divine Mercy He asked
on numerous occasions that a feast day
be dedicated to the Divine Mercy and
that this feast be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. The liturgical texts of
that day, the 2nd Sunday of Easter, concern the institution of the Sacrament of
Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already
suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already
been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within
Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John
Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30
April 2000. In a decree dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that
DATE
Apr 2
Apr 3
MASS
GREETERS
5:30 PM Irbys
"throughout the world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive
the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the
Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence,
the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the
years to come." These papal acts represent the highest endorsement that the Church can give to a private revelation, an act of
papal infallibility proclaiming the certain sanctity of the mystic,
and the granting of a universal feast, as requested by Our Lord to
St. Faustina. Concerning the Feast of Mercy Jesus said: Whoever
approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary 300) I want the
image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I
want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know
about it. (Diary 341) This Feast emerged from the very depths of
My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of my tender
mercies. (Diary 420) On one occasion, I heard these words: My
daughter, tell the whole world about My Inconceivable mercy. I
desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all
souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very
depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of
graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.
The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.*
[our emphasis] On that day all the divine floodgates through
which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to
Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that
no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it
throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth
from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its
relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout
eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of
tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the
first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it
turns to the Fount of My Mercy. (Diary 699) (from https://
ww.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/feast.htm)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY/FELIZ ANIVERSARIO
4/02/1983
Arnold & Susan Lockbeam
4/03/1971
Dan & Dena Seaman
4/08/1985
Michael & Pauline Doherty
4/08/1961
William & Donna White
HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS
April 2 Beverly Rice, Jose Barajas , Maria Borges,
Mary Robbert ,Scott Turner
April 3 Drew McCormick
April 4 Kimberly Mullinax, Lizbeth Bran
April 5 Anne Desmarais, Ciara Mullinax, Jerry Weber, Jesus Ochoa, Kylie Topper
April 6 Phillip Posada
April 7 Cristian Cuevas, Eileen Hunt, Fabian Reyes, Robin Miller
April 8 Michael Doherty, Noel Gonzales
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MINISTERS OF COMMUNION LECTORS SERVERS
Kristin & Maggie Ballew Overby
LINENS
Mannie & Didi /
Christina
Nancy
8:00 AM Lantz
Allen/Doherty
Apr 9
Desmarais/
Hunt
5:30 PM Dolls
Strand/Collins/
Lockbeam
Clark/Hoppis
Schneider Tamblyn
Apr 10
8:00 AM Lantz
Lantz/Nedrow
Nedrow
Allison Conger
10:00 AM Stewarts
Probsts/Record
Rice
Rice / O'Brine Joan / Kay / Paul
10:00 AM
Fischer
COUNTERS
Ballew
C Busey &
Manessah
Strand
Strands
Sandy
RECIBÍ UN “MILAGRO DE AMOR” EN LA EUCARISTÍA. Por Claudio de Castro
Recibí un “Milagro de AMOR” en la Eucaristía.
“Qué indigno me siento Señor, al estar cerca de ti y recibirte en la santa comunión”.
Hoy en misa, mientras estaba en la fila para comulgar, empezaron a cantar esta hermosa canción:
“Eres Tú Jesús. Eres Tú en un trozo de pan y en un poco
de vino…” Me hizo recordar uno de mis mejores años. Una
tarde al salir de misa el sacerdote se me acercó y me pidió
que fuera Ministro Extraordinario de la Comunión. Me
sacudió el alma. “No soy digno”, le respondí.
“Si fuera por la dignidad, todos nos vamos para nuestras
The purpose of Sacred Scripture is
casas”, me dijo. Sonrió para tranquilizarme y me aseguró
in part to teach us about the faith,
con un tono paternal.
to provide to us what the Church
“Nadie es digno Claudio”.
calls “divine revelation.” Our SecAcepté y empezó mi gran aventura con Jesús. Apenas me
ond Reading from the Book of
lo creía. Éramos Jesús y yo, los grandes amigos.
Revelation provides insights of
Un día recibí una gracia particular. Estando cerca del altar
which we need to be aware. The
lo supe, con una certeza absoluta.
name of this Book – Revelation –
“Aquí estoy Claudio. ¿Me amas?”
is derived from the very first
Mientras el sacerdote celebraba la Misa sentí Su cercanía.
words of the Book, which are
Experimenté su amor a manos llenas. Era como un río cau“The revelation of Jesus Christ…”
daloso que se desborda y rompe el dique que lo contiene.
Written in Greek, the word transJesús se complacía en darme su amor. Y yo no sabía cómo
lated as “revelation”
is apokalypsis, meaning “unveiling” or indeed “revelation.” responder ni qué hacer. Tenía un gozo tan grande. Me daba
a conocer la antesala del cielo. Y yo apenas podía sostenerAs indicated in today’s reading this book is written by
me en mis pies. “¿Te escondes en un pedacito de pan?
“John…on the island called Patmos.” Our Catholic tradition tells us that this is John the Apostle, although scholars ¿Por qué lo haces?” “Por amor Claudio”.
Más que un misa fue un momento de unión íntima y espirisometimes disagree with that assessment and conclusion.
tual con Jesús. Se me concedía un milagro de Amor, de
We do nonetheless know what and where Patmos is. The
Island of Patmos was the Roman Empire’s version of Alca- ternura y esperanza. Al momento de la comunión el sacerdote solemnemente me entregó un copón con hostias contraz Island, a place where some were exiled and forced to
sagradas y me paré su lado.
work in the marble quarries found there. Ten miles long
“El cuerpo de Cristo”…
and six miles wide, Patmos has been described as lonely
and desolate. Yet for John, the writer of this Book, it does “Dios mío, ¿qué estoy diciendo? Eres tú Jesús… ¡Eres
tú!” Tuve que respirar hondo y cada vez que tomaba a Jenot separate him from God or from his fellow Christians.
He describes in today’s narrative the revelation which came sús entre los dedos de mis manos un escalofrío me recorría
to him there, but to experience such a revelation he had to el cuerpo. “Tú eres Rey”, le susurraba. “Y estás aquí, en
un pedacito de pan”.
be aware and open to the Words of the Lord. We may at
La fila avanzaba y no pude dejar de hacer algo por Él que
times feel just as exiled, just as lonely, but if we remain
tanto me había dado.
open and conscious of God’s presence, we, too may find
Quería que supiera cuánto lo amaba.
solace and comfort and instructions. That is what being a
steward is all about — being attentive to what God is say- Cada vez que levantaba la hostia santa y decía: “El cuerpo
de Cristo” lo miraba sorprendido, sosteniéndolo entre mis
ing to us.(www.catholicsteward.com/blog)
manos… En mi corazón repetía una y mil veces: “TE
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this Sunday after the 8:00am and 10:00am
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