JUST FOR THE SHEER JOY HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED AN UNEXPECTED GIFT? REMEMBER THE JOY YOU EXPERIENCED?

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1 November 9, nd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Forbes Park, Makati Dr. Denky de la Rosa JUST FOR THE SHEER JOY HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED AN UNEXPECTED GIFT? REMEMBER THE JOY YOU EXPERIENCED? You can contribute to this kind of joy to the plus JPIC-Scholars we are expecting to attend the JPIC SCHOlarship Annual Christmas Party / Graduation Party / Reunion on the 1st Saturday of December, December 6, an event that is looked forward to with much anticipation not only by our scholars but also by us as well. They will be sure to relish receiving their entrance / raffle prizes after they turn in their scholars Update Forms and win prizes as they join the fun games organized by the SYA! THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN, DEAR PARISHIONERS. PLEASE SHARE A FEW ITEMS WITH OUR SCHOLARS AND SEND THEM OVER TO THE PARISH OFFICE c/o our JPIC Socio-Pastoral Worker Ms. Jackie at your earliest convenience and no later than Wednesday, December 3, You don t have to look further than your closet. It will just take a few minutes to gather a few white elephants that are sure to make our scholars happy: unused 8 Ways to Maintain Health and Wellness by Chuchi Quevedo Health Care Ministry Dr. Denky de la Rosa, MD, the training head at the St. Luke s Medical Center (Global City), Section of Medical Oncology, delivered a very interesting and lively talk on the 8 Ways to Maintain Health and Wellness last Oct. 25, Saturday. Dr. Denky is a Cancer Specialist trained at the UERMMC, UP-PGH, and the National Cancer Center in Singapore. She said that Wellness is something we work at, not just something that will automatically happen. Wellness involves responsibility, choice, ACTION, DOING. In a nutshell, Dr. Denky advocates the following rules: 1. Don t smoke. 2. Drink alcohol in moderation, if at all. 3. Avoid risky sexual behaviors. 4. Get vaccinated. 5. Get screening tests. 6. Exercise regularly. 7. Avoid weight gain. 8. Eat a healthy diet. T-shirts, toiletries, backpacks, corporate giveaways such as umbrellas and ball pens will be most welcome. So, just for the sheer joy, yours and our scholars, ensure a little Christmas cheer this season! SSAP JPIC SCHOlarship Comm. / Mariza V. del Rosario

2 Parish Bulletin SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION By Fr. Jesús Galindo, OFM Dedication of the Lateran Basilica A You are God s building. Business and religion have always gone together. They did in the time of Jesus and they do so now with a slight difference: In Jesus time, they brought business to the temple; now, we bring the temple to business centers (malls, banks, government offices, etc.). Fundraising activities are a usual occurrence in most parishes. Attached to most churches are stores selling religious articles. Clerks in parish offices are busy collecting all sorts of fees; and collection boxes are strategically located in our churches. Jesus, though meek and humble of heart, got quite angry when he saw the vendors and money changers in the temple of Jerusalem. He threw them all out, as we read in today s gospel. Those people, bible scholars tell us, were doing a legitimate service to worshippers by providing the unblemished animals needed for the sacrifice (Ex. 12:5), and the shekel coins used to pay the temple tax (Ex. 30:13; Mt. 17:24). Perhaps it was their overpricing and exploitation that irked Jesus. We read today the gospel passage about the cleansing of the Temple in connection with the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. For over 300 years Christians had no churches; they met in private homes and in the catacombs. When emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, he made it the official 2 religion of the State and donated to the Church the palace he had acquired from the Laterani family. Said palace was transformed into a basilica the official residence of the Pope. Thus, the Lateran Basilica is considered the Mother of all Christian Churches. All religions have places of prayer and worship (churches, mosques, synagogues, ashrams, etc.) where God is believed to be present, or where God s presence is more intensely felt. Sometimes they are referred to as the house of God. In today s gospel, Jesus calls the Temple my Father s house. We know that God dwells in the whole wide universe. He cannot be confined in any physical structure, in any temple, no matter how ornate and how large it may be: The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands (Acts 7:48). Jesus promised his presence, not to any physical structure, but to the community gathered in his name: Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them (Mt. 18:20). It was Jesus himself who introduced a new concept of temple. When the Jews, after the cleansing of the temple, asked him for a sign, Jesus pointed to his own body as the temple where God dwells: Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up (Jn 2:19). In today s second reading, St. Paul says: Do you not know that you are the temple of God? God then dwells in people, not in buildings. Perhaps this is the reason why Jesus never built any church or chapel but rather spent his time feeding the hungry and healing the sick God s temples. The pastoral implications are clear: Important as it may be to have a beautiful church building, it is by far more important to have a beautiful community. The church building should be the mirror of the community using it. It is incongruous to have a beautiful church while the parish community is rocked by intrigue and division. People won t like to go to a church that houses a broken community. In most parishes, the largest bulk of the budget goes to construction and repairs of the church and convent. If we really believe that people are God s living temple, then we have to re-assess our pastoral priorities and invest more on people and less on structures. St. Agnes of Assisi Agnes was born in Assisi in the year She was the younger sister of St. Clare. At fifteen she joined Clare at the Benedictine convent of Sant Angelo di Panzo. Determined to follow her sister s life of poverty and penance, she resisted her relatives attempts to force her to return home, and was given the habit by St. Francis and sent to San Damiano with Clare, thus founding the Poor Clares. St. Francis appointed her abbess of the Poor Clares convent at Monticelli near Florence in She established convents at Mantua, Venice, and Padua, and supported her sister s struggle for poverty in their Order. Agnes was with Clare at her death and died three months later, on November 16, 1253 reportedly as predicted by Clare. Many miracles have been reported at her tomb in Santa Chiara Church in Assisi. Her feast day is celebrated on November 16. 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3 RANDOM THOUGHTS Voices from yesterday and today By: Peachy Maramba ST. JOSAPHAT KUNSEVICH of POLOTSK The Martyr of Ecumenism-First Eastern Saint November 12 The first priest of the Eastern Church to be canonized by the Western Church was St. Josaphat because he was martyred for his great efforts to reunite the Orthodox Church with Rome. Josaphat was born John Kunsevich at Vladimir, Ukraine in In 1604 he and his good friend Joseph Rutsky entered the Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Vilna where they were ordained priests of the Byzantine rite in It was then that John took the name Josaphat. From the beginning they were intent on reforming the Ruthenian church which now covers the area of the present day Belorussia and Ukraine. Soon they had worked their way up in the Church with Joseph becoming the abbot of Holy Trinity and Josaphat sent to Poland to found new houses. Upon his return in 1614, he was named abbot of the monastery while Joseph made metropolitan of Kiev. In 1617 Josaphat was appointed bishop of Vitebsk, Russia. Eight months later when the Archbishop of Polotsk died, he took over the sec. He found the diocese in a terrible state and called synods to put into effect his reforms which by 1620 became effective. There was widespread opposition to Rome because both the church leaders and lay people were worried that the pope and the cardinals would arbitrarily interfere in their lives. Besides they were Westerners and thus were unfamiliar with their Eastern Europeans religious customs, spiritual traditions and folk beliefs based on centuries of ancient native cultures. A group of dissident bishops of the Orthodox church then began to sow seeds of dissension claiming that Josaphat was not only turning Latin but was in actuality a Latin priest and a robber of souls. Soon riots broke out as people chose sides. Unfortunately, Josaphat was not given the support he should have received from the Latin bishops of Poland because while he advocated unification with Rome he insisted on maintaining Byzantine rites and customs. In the meantime the followers of the bishop of Polosk, Meletius Smotrisky, who had been elected by the group of dissident bishops hatched a plot against Josaphat to drive him from the area. A priest named Elias was sent to harass Josaphat several times. After many warnings he was finally arrested and locked up by one of Josaphat s deacons on November 12, However, he was set free shortly after an angry mob assembled, stormed the grounds and broke in demanding his release. They then seized Josaphat shouting, Kill the papist! After hitting Josaphat on the head with a halberd and shooting him with a bullet they dragged him from his home and threw him into the Divina River at Vitebsk, Russia. He was canonized in 1867, the first Eastern saint to be formally canonized for furthering religious unity especially among Christian Churches. SOURCES of REFERENCE: Butler s Lives of the Saints vol. IV pp ; The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Saints p. 250; The Book of Saints p. 281; and others. The Catholic Chancellor of Lithuania, Leo Sapieha, fearing that the discord and dissension that St. Josaphat created might make the area politically unstable allowing the neighboring Cossacks to invade, falsely accused Josaphat of fomenting trouble and of using violence and closing down non-catholic churches. Read more on St. Josephat s efforts to reunite the Orthodox Church with Rome at our website November 9, 2014 The ABC s of Catholic Doctrine by Lianne Tiu Pistorius is sentenced to prison for killing his model girlfriend! and we are excited to talk about it. Is this a sin of detraction? We have learned that we should not reveal hidden faults of others, even though they are true, without good reason because it damages their good reputation. As they say, If you cannot speak kindly of someone, say nothing. We need to control our tongues. There are times, however, when we have to reveal faults of someone for purposes of correction or prevention. For example, a manager has the duty to report the faults of those under his charge, for proper action by a higher officer. This is an obligation of justice, not a sin of detraction. Neither is it a detraction to discuss matters, which are common knowledge to everyone, such as the crime of a person who has been found guilty in court for his offense. But even in such cases, we should not condemn the sinners, but their sins, and to pray for them. Since we do not know their real intentions, we assume ignorance and human weakness instead of malice and bad faith. Even in the worst of circumstances, we make excuses for the evildoers, as we can also act the same way if we suffer the same kind of temptations. Because God alone is the judge, even angels refrain from accusing sinners before the Lord. (2Peter 2:10-11) (Reference: The Faith Explained Today by Joe Babendreier; Guide to Christian Living by Fr. Marciano Guzman) 3

4 Parish Bulletin November 10 Leo the Great, pope and doctor St. Leo was probably born in Rome and was raised to the See of Peter in 440. He was a true pastor and father of souls. He labored strenuously to safeguard the integrity of the faith and vigorously defended the unity of the Church. He pushed back or at least softened the onrush of the Barbarians. He has then deservedly won the title the Great. He died in 461. November 11 Martin of Tours, bishop St. Martin of Tours was born in Pannonia of pagan parents around the year 316. He gave up military life and was baptized. Soon after he founded a monastery at Liguge in France where he led a monastic life under the direction of St. Hilary. He was ordained a priest and chosen bishop of Tours. He provided an example of the ideal good pastor, founding other monasteries, educating the clergy, and preaching the Gospel to the poor. He died in 397. November 13 Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in Lombardy, Italy, in At Codogno, Italy, in the diocese of Lodi, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in In 1887 she established many schools, hospitals and orphanages. With the encouragement of Pope Leo XIII, she set out for the United States in 1889, where, for the next twenty-eight years, she established many schools, hospitals and orphanages. Her missionary zeal also led her to South America where she founded schools in Argentina, Brazil and Nicaragua. Mother Cabrini died in Chicago on December 22, 1917, and on July 7, SUNDAY-NOVEMBER 9 * 9:15AM - CCD Sunday Religion Class * 4:00PM - CORO Practice MONDAY - NOVEMBER 10 * 8:00AM - Thrif Shop * 1:30PM - OFS Formation TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 11 * 9:00AM - JPIC Hospital Ministry PGH Visitation * 2:00PM - Health Care Ministry Dancersize Open to All Parishioners CALENDAR OF SAINTS FOR THE WEEK she became the first United States citizen to be canonized. November 15 Albert the Great, bishop and doctor St. Albert was born at Lauingen along the Danube about the year Having studied at Padua and Paris, he entered the Order of the Preachers and excelled as a teacher. Ordained bishop of Ratisbon, he strove earnestly to establish peace among peoples and between cities. He wrote brilliantly on many subjects to the advantage of sacred and secular sciences alike. He died at Cologne in November 16 Margaret of Scotland St. Margaret was born around the year 1046 in Hungary where her father was exiled. She was married to king Malcolm III of Scotland and gave birth to eight children. The ideal mother and queen, she died at Edinburgh in On the same day, November 16 Gertrude, virgin St. Gertrude was born at Eisleben in Thuringia in As a young girl she was received into the Cistercian nuns at Helfta and applied herself to her studies, concentrating on Literature and Philosophy. Devoting her life to God, she dedicated herself to the pursuit of perfection, and gave herself over to prayer and contemplation. She died November 17, Reference: Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours. Published and distributed by Paulines Publishing House, Daughters of St. Paul, 2650 F.B. Harrison St., 1300 Pasay City, Phil. 13th printing ISBN CALENDAR OF MINISTRIES FOR THE WEEK * 4:00PM - Marian Cenacle Group Prayer meeting WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 12 * 4:00PM - CCD Religion Class THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 13 *8:00AM - Thrift Shop *9:00AM - Health Care ministry Visitation at Rizal Medical Center, Pasig, City *7:00PM - SYA prayer meeting FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 14 * 2:00PM - Health Care Ministry Dancersize Open to all Parishioners * 7:30PM - Household Help Charismatic Prayer Meeting * 9:00AM - TigAwit Choir Practice SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 15 * 4:00PM - VOSA Choir Practice * 4:00PM - LUKERS Prayer Meeting BIRTHDAYS 10-Nov-14 Nimfa Dumago 11-Nov-14 Martin Syquia Annalace Gomez 12-Nov-14 Manuel Hechanova Renna Angeles Michelle Montelibano Cesar Afable Maria Luisa Ysmael Perez Rubio Rico Dacut 13-Nov-14 Chit Montoya Teresita Arroyo Karen Westly Apples P. Meer Bianca Marie Chua 14-Nov-14 Judy Guevarra Pebbles Roxas SSAP Prayer Schedules LITURGY OF THE HOURS Morning Prayers: Monday to Saturday 7:00 am before 7:30 Mass Evening Prayers: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays after 6 pm Mass ROSARY Weekdays, before every Mass PORZIUNCOLA ADORATION CHAPEL: Open 24 hours BOOKSTORE HOURS: Open everyday except Mondays: 8:30 am- Noon, 1 pm-5:30 pm Please Pray for the Sick Meldy Cojuangco Connie Gomez Marilou Arteficio Ma. Pilar Oledan Iggy Clavecilla Cecille Reynoso Maxima Amah Sy Aurora Gonzalez Tommy Dy Buncio Naning Bagabaldo Remedios Maceda Berris Cedric Castro Anselmo Trinidad Jr. Pilar del Gallego Nena Jalandoni Rosario Lopez Victoriano Chung Erlinda Miranda-Oledan Zwei Lopez Gadi Shallouh Bancil Swinnerton Tony Boy Floirendo Jr. Francisco Tankiang Cynthia Arms Nikki Calapatia Bambi Rodriguez Roxie Maceda Susan Sare Mariza V. del Rosario 15-Nov-14 Lourdes Ty Andres Claparols Radi Calalang Jose Jericho Tupaz VI 16-Nov-14 Celia Tantoco Sofia Gomez Lore Chan San Diego Gerry Castillo Vito Castañeda Annie Lim Franny Calero Bernadette Kahn For corrections and additions to this list, contact Susan at the parish office. Felicisimo Alcantara Rosario de Leon Tobias David B. Lu Gloria Syjuco Raffy Chan Edric Co Peter Soo Chito San Jose Ron Jacobs Nancy Imperial Johnny Lopez Lisa Alvendia Letty Ligon Norma J. Carlos Sony Lopez Gonzalez Corazon M. Samaniego Shaina Budhrani Gia Gonzalez If you want a name added or deleted, contact Bernadette at the Parish office tel. nos

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6 Parish Bulletin 08-Nov-14 Carlos Muñoa Ortoll, Jr. & Maria Georgina Wieneke Choy, San Agustin Parish, Panglao, Bohol 20-Nov-14 Bernard Denis Almeda Datoc & Maria Carolina Rivera Cuyco 27-Nov-14 Jessie C. Limguangco & Karen M. Banque 28-Nov-14 Henrik O. Resurreccion & Ma. Czarina Victoria San Pablo 29-Nov-14 Emmanuel A. Mangahis & Batalina Lourdes V. Tejerero 02-Dec-14 Juan Miguel M. Relosa & Princess Joyce T. Canlas 03-Dec-14 John Vincent Sales Castro & Michelle Olivia Gonzalez Lolim 05-Dec-14 Tristan Enrico S. Timbol & Nicolai anne B. Terry 05-Dec-14 Ronald E. Acedillo & Marie Camille C. Paulino 07-Dec-14 Victor Eleazar SJ Santos & Gemma V. Laderas 07-Dec-14 Dennis Harvey Choa Gan & Helen Anne Bernardo Sayo 10-Dec-14 Jason Orenza Rodriguez & Charmaine Villanueva Almodovar 10-Dec-14 Angelo Roman Estrada Cabalona & Mycah Cortez Sarmiento 11-Dec-14 Eric Brian I. Añonuevo & Marika Fenella B. Capati 6 WEDDING BANNS 12-Dec-14 Brian Joseph G. Sison & Cheryl F. Beltran 12-Dec-14 Gino San Diego Trinidad & Eryn Jade Echavez de Leon 13-Dec-14 Cesario Antonio S. Singzon Jr & Esther Claudine Fernandez Lim 13-Dec-14 Richard Michael P. Guerrero & Princess Jessan B. Solas 18-Dec-14 Adrian A. Sanchez & Ma. Cecilia Manalad 18-Dec-14 Herbert Roy Mirondo Cruz & Maylen Katherine Ponferrada Blanquiso 20-Dec-14 John Antony T. Recolito & Maria Cynthia V. Salvador 20-Dec-14 Kim Loyola Zamora & Jacquelyn Po Chan 20-Dec-14 Paul John C. Quirante & Mary Abhegael Abonales 22-Dec-14 Royce Amores Villanueva & Hiromi Yu Alabanza 22-Dec-14 Deuz Mark Anthon B. Gueriña & Caroline Marcel B. Ramos 23-Dec-14 Jose Antonio Jobim B. Garcia & Katrina Mae S. Gamponia 23-Dec-14 Armando Casibang & Ma. Barbara Tarrosa 29-Dec-14 Syfeuang Maokhamphiou & Melissa Patricia Bautista Ong 05-Jan-15 Lenin Ramos Madlangbayan & Shanna Zane Casayuran Delos Santos 06-Jan-15 Carlo William Evangelista Lim & Patricia Kalaw Feria 07-Jan-15 Aristotle Tatad Sayas & Ma. Patricia C. Lorenzana 09-Jan-15 Dennis Cristoffer Babista Tagaza & Marion Angelle Ordas Rivera 11-Jan-15 Jaime Joseph Trinidad & Stephanie Shaw 16-Jan-15 Benjamin C. Gadi III & Caroline Jayne P. Del Rosario 17-Jan-15 Ryan March B. Mateo & Mary Grace Cindy B. Garces 18-Jan-15 Jan Erwin Manalo Veloso & Ma. Christina Gay Macasieb Dantes 23-Jan-15 Michael Martin Nomorosa Merchan & Terecy Joyce Pasion Chia 24-Jan-15 Clarence Paul Aguilar Canlas & April Joy Rogacion Ocampo 31-Jan-15 John Paul Vizconde Tan & Victoria Margarita Caruncho Espiritu 10-Feb-15 Raffy R. Leoncio & Maria Elaine Arboleda 14-Feb-15 Bradlee Zigfrid Cagampan Dungo & Elizabeth Dy Castañeda 19-Feb-15 Jose Velmore Vidad & Joanna Marie M. Trono

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8 (L-R)Jonathan Huang, Macie Carlos, Nicole Nair, Christie Nair, David Huang (L-R) David Huang, Coby de Lara, Jonathan Huang (L-R) Jonathan Huang, Mika Limjoco, David Huang (L-R) Jonathan Huang, Sophia Montelibano, David Huang To Serve Or Not To Serve By : Jonathan Huang I sometimes get asked by people why I became an altar server at my parish or why do I serve at mass? Some would even tease me that I could be doing something else that was fun instead of serving. And to be honest, I never really used to give it much thought. I guess you can say I just found myself serving at mass 4 years ago. How did this happen? Because my older brother was already an altar server at SSAP. So right after my first communion, I found myself serving with him and my dad, who s a Eucharistic Minister as well. It was only when the Altar Server Ministry of SSAP was formally formed with my dad as its Ministry Head that I started reflecting on my reasons for serving at mass. For one, I invited my best friend to join the ministry. And it felt really good to be doing something with my best friend that was meaningful. During the orientation, my brother quoted Pope Benedict XVI when he spoke to the new members : When you re close to the altar, you re close to God. That s when I started thinking that by serving, I was also getting closer to God and showing my love for him. I realized all of a sudden the true meaning of what we get told during religion class : that God truly loved us so much that He had given us His only son, Jesus, who in turn, gave up his life so that all of us will be saved. And serving at mass is therefore my way of saying Thank you to God. Our ministry is slowly starting to grow with more young girls and boys signing up to serve at mass. It s actually fun being able to teach them and eventually seeing them serve on their own. My brother once told me that one day they ll also be teaching other kids to serve and in fact, some have already brought in their siblings and showing them how to serve. I m really happy to be a part of this and I m hoping God is happy, too. So now, if someone were to ask me whether to serve or not to serve, my answer would definitely be a loud YES to serve! For those interested to be an Altar Server, pls. ssapaltarserver@gmail.com. See more pictures of altar servers in action at our website