Parish Telephone Numbers: The Rectory office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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1 OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH Daly City, CA Rectory: 1 Elmwood Dr. / Hall: 5 Elmwood Dr. School: 7 Elmwood Dr. Parish Center / Religious Education Office / Convent: 15 Elmwood Dr. Established in 1954 A Member of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 & 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, & 10:30 a.m., and 12:00 p.m. Monday to Friday: 7:00 & 9:00 a.m., plus First Fridays at 6:00 p.m. Saturdays : at 9:00 a.m. only. Holy Days of Obligation: Vigil 6:00p.m. Masses during the day : 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., & 6:00 p.m. March 4, 2018 Third Sunday of Lent BAPTISM: 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 12 noon. Sunday at 1:15pm Please call the Rectory to inquire for the parents and godparents preparation class. For grades 2-8, sign up for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC). For grades 9 and above, call to learn more about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). MARRIAGE: 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. Be sure to contact the Rectory at least six months before your anticipated wedding date. RECONCILIATION / CONFESSION: Saturdays from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. or you may call the Rectory to make an appointment with any priest. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Rectory for one of our priests to come. Our Eucharistic Ministers visit the homebound daily. RECTORY STAFF 1 Elmwood Drive: Rev. Domingo Orimaco Pastor Rev. Bonifacio Espeleta, Jr. Parochial Vicar Deacon Mike Ghiorso Permanent Deacon Deacon Marcos Cobillas Permanent Deacon Grace Mangini, CPA Parish Bookkeeper Sr. Virginia Barcelona, RVM Pastoral Associate Susana Breneman Parish Secretary SCHOOL STAFF 7 Elmwood Drive: Mr. Jeffrey Burgos Principal Ms. Beth Gorman Assistant Principal Sr. Eileen Pazmino, RSM School Secretary Mrs. Zarah Llemos School Secretary Sr. Ma. Rosabel Sare, RVM School DRE PARISH CENTER STAFF 15 Elmwood Drive: Sr. Ovelyn Obliosca, RVM Director of Religious Education Ms. Laura Reyes Director of Music IN RESIDENCE: Rev. Rey Culaba,CSsR Sr. Ruth Linaac, RVM Rectory Parish Center/Convent WEEKEND ASSISTANCE: Sr. Catherine Nguyen, LHC Sacristan Bro. Douglas Draper, SJ St. Ignatius College Preparatory PARISH WEBSITE: SCHOOL WEBSITE: EUCHARISTIC ARATION: Fridays: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., concluding with Evening Prayer & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. First Fridays: Benediction & Mass at 6:00 p.m. OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS: Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in the, Novena and Mass. COMMUNAL RECITATION OF THE ROSARY: Weekdays immediately after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDREN: Sundays during the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Parish Telephone Numbers: Rectory Office (650) Religious Education Office (650) Our Lady of Mercy School (650) OLM School Extended Care (650) Music Director & Organist (415) Our Lady of Mercy Convent (650) The Rectory office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On weekends and holidays, Our Lady of Mercy Rectory office is closed.

2 Day Time Mass Intentions for the coming week: Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 6:00pm 7:00 am 4:00pm 5:30pm 7:30am 10:30am 12:00pm Rest in Peace Reynaldo Liao KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH There s no better way to deepen our Lenten practice than to review the Ten Commandments. The first three, having to do with our right relationship to God, get the most ink. The one we busy people probably have the most problem with is keeping holy the Sabbath. If we take this commandment literally, babies will go undiapered and dishes will stay on the table, or perhaps meals will not be served. The sick will go unattended and nothing that has anything to do with physical labor will be done. Is mental labor really work? How about changing that dirty diaper (poor baby!)? We need to depend on God to discern how to observe real Sabbath time in our lives. The point of this commandment is that God has given us a great gift: one whole day per week when we are free to rest, worship God, sing, feast, love, and rejoice. As Psalm 19 proclaims: The law of the L is perfect, / refreshing the soul (19:8). Our Sabbath rest is a great gift, to be received from God with joy, not with nitpicking. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. March 5, March 11, 2018 Souls In Purgatory Fausta & Artemio Parcero Sr. + Leonardo Ortega In Thanksgiving Anthony & Pat Formosa + Souls In Purgatory Filomena Arreza In Thanksgiving Cesar Rosario + Anita Coronel Amando de Jesus + Anita Coronel Amando de Jesus + Anita Coronel Amando de Jesus + Anunciason Amod Gaetano Nardi + Lauderdale & La Francesca Families + RC RC RC Pentecost Just as Advent comes before Christmas and the Christmas Season comes after Christmas, Lent comes before Easter and the Easter Season comes after Easter. Ascension Thursday comes 40 days after Easter, and Pentecost (Greek for fiftieth) Sunday is 10 days after that. Most of us don t know much about what happened during those 50 days. The story is contained in the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, Luke s version of what happened after his Gospel ended. Luke covers the first forty days in one paragraph, telling about the appearances of Jesus, but very little about what he taught during this time. He ends those forty days with a paragraph on the Ascension. He then tells of the ten days after the Ascension. The details are fascinating, but sometimes raise more questions than they answer. He says that the Apostles were staying in an upper room in Jerusalem and prayed with some women and Jesus mother and brothers. He names the Apostles, but none of the women or brothers. Luke then tells the story of how Judas died (very graphic and quite different from Matthew s version) and the choice of his replacement from 120 disciples who were in Jerusalem at that time. All these gathered together and, after praying, voted for Matthias. (It is interesting that this is the only time they elect someone to replace a dead Apostle.) As is so often the case, there are hidden meanings in the text that we tend to miss. Notice that there are forty days between the Resurrection and the Ascension. This goes with the forty days Moses spent on Mt. Sinai, forty years of the Jews wandering in the desert, forty days of Jesus fasting and praying before beginning his public life. Forty is the Biblical number for trial leading to a major change, and so it is here. Jesus is with the disciples for forty days, but now they are on their own. Fifty, on the other hand, doesn t seem to have such meaning, so why is Pentecost 50 days after the Resurrection? Once again, this goes back to Jewish practices. According to the Bible, God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses fifty days after the Passover and this marked the beginning of the Jewish religion. (Prior to this, they had the covenant, but no religion with rules and beliefs.) Jews celebrated this event by having the holiday of Shavout fifty days after the feast of Passover. This was also the end of the harvest of grains, so an offering of bread was made at the Temple on this day, just as an offering of a lamb was made on Passover. As Acts tells us, there were many people of different nations in Jerusalem when the Apostles went out to teach on Pentecost. These were probably people celebrating Shavout. The gift of the Holy Spirit allowed the Apostles to be understood in the many languages of these Jews from other nations. Fifty days after God resurrected the Jews from slavery, He gave Moses the Commandments and the Jewish religion began. Fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ, God gave the Apostles the gift of tongues and the Christian religion began. ~DN

3 DATE TIME EVENT PLACE Sun., March 4 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m Liturgy of the Word for Children NO BAPTISM Mon., March 5 6:00 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Tue., March 6 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Cantor Practice Choir Practice Parish Center Music Room Parish Center Music Room Wed., March 7 7:00 p.m. Baptism Preparation Class for Parents & Godparents Parish Center Music Room Thu., March 8 6:30 p.m. Legion of Mary Parish Center Music Room Fri., March 9 1:00 p.m. 9:30am - 6:00pm 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Charismatic Prayer Group meeting Eucharistic Exposition & Adoration Evening Prayer + Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament STATIONS OF THE CROSS Youth Ministry CONFESSIONS Parish Center Library Parish Center Library Sat., March 10 2:30-3:00 p.m. Confessions Sun., March 11 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m. Liturgy of the Word for Children NO BAPTISM TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION If your parish is reading from Year B of the Lectionary today, and not Year A, as is normally done when there are elect present for the scrutinies and preparing for Easter baptism, you hear about Jesus driving the moneychangers from the temple. If you wished to get as close as possible to this site today, you would in fact be at a Muslim shrine, the Dome of the Rock, built on the ruins of Herod s temple. Archeologists believe that this striking, gold-domed crown of a shrine is set precisely where the Holy of Holies once was. Jews believe that the rock is the exact spot where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac. It is not a mosque, as some think, but a shrine, the oldest one in the Muslim world. For them, the rock is the place from which the Prophet Mohammed ascended on a visit to heaven. The Crusaders mistook the shrine for the actual Temple of Solomon, and the infamous Knights Templar used it as their headquarters and model for their churches elsewhere. The geometric perfection of the shrine is a mathematician s dream. The inscriptions are not exactly hospitable though, since they encourage Christians to depart from error and declare that Jesus son of Mary was only a messenger of God. In ancient times, those who prayed here after walking around the rock were given a certificate entitling the bearer to admission to paradise. The ticket had to be buried with them. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Prepare for Easter in a special way this year. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will help you enjoy life with a new closeness to each other and God. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or Via Crucis every Fridays of 6:30p.m. followed by Confessions at 7:15p.m. Ps. Benediction & Evening 6:00 p.m. FORGIVENESS If a bad person wrongs you, forgive the person, lest there be two bad people. Anonymous

4 Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018 I, the L, am your God...You shall not have other gods besides me. Exodus 20:2a, 3 TODAY S READINGS First Reading God gives the law through Moses (Exodus 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]) or Exodus 17:3-7. Psalm Lord, you have the words of everlasting life (Psalm 19) or Psalm 95. Second Reading We proclaim Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 1:22-25) or Romans 5:1-2, 5-8. Gospel Many began to believe in Jesus name when they saw the signs he was doing (John 2:13-25) or John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny Wednesday: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity Thursday: St. John of God Friday: St. Frances of Rome; Abstinence

5 The People of O.L.M. Committees Parish Pastoral Council Parish Finance Committee Parish Social Committee Principal s Advisory Council Liturgy Committee Liturgical Ministries Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers, Cantors, Parish Choir, Children s Choir, Youth Ministry Spiritual Development Bible Study Group Charismatic Prayer Group Third Order Carmelites Legion of Mary Singles for Christ Service and Social Organizations Saint Vincent de Paul Society Young at Heart Club Knights of Columbus Parish Bulletin Staff Susan Breneman, Mr. Denis Nolan Welcome to Our Lady of Mercy! If you worship with us each week, please fill out this form and become an official member of the parish. By registering, you get on our mailing list and let us know you are willing to support your parish through your time, talents and treasure the privilege of every Catholic. Registered members of OLM Parish are encouraged to request a box of Sunday offering envelopes from the Rectory and help us financially through the collection, so that we can continue to provide the services you need. In addition, all registered members of the parish are eligible to celebrate important sacramental events at OLM: Baptism and Confirmation of their children, Weddings and Marriage Anniversaries, Funeral Services for loved ones, etc. If you are just visiting from another parish, we do hope you enjoy your OLM experience today! Name: Address: City & Zip Code: Area Code & Phone:

6 Laser- Com Cover Sheet Name: Our Lady of Mercy Location: Daly City, CA Bulletin #: Phone #: (650) Modem #: (650) Printer #: HP Laser Jet 4MP Bulletin Editor: Susan Breneman Address: Comments or request: