Jesus, I Trust in You

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1 OUR LADY OF LORETTO CATHOLIC CHURCH 1806 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA FAX Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm Jesus, I Trust in You April 8, 2018 Sunday of Divine Mercy

2 Mass Intentions April 7 through April 15 : Fr. Andrew Spyrow : Fr. Erick Arauz MR: Fr. Raimondi Day Time Intentions Priest Saturday 4/7 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm Joan Grech + Jim Horan(L) Fr. Erick Arauz (L) Sunday 4/8 8:00am 10:00am 12:30pm Howard Carter + OLL Parishioners Apolonia Garcia (L) B-day Monday 4/9 9:00am Ed Lockwood Family (L) Tuesday 4/10 9:00am Joan Grech + Wednesday 4/11 9:00am Marianne Figini + MR Thursday 4/12 9:00am Angel Lopez + Friday 4/13 9:00am Eileen Costello + Saturday 4/14 Sunday 4/15 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00pm 8:00am 10:00am 12:30pm Marybethe Escobar + Cheryl Skowronek Soliz + Ted and Jerry Spyrow + Craig Pitti + OLL Parishioners May all our deceased Parishioners rest in the loving arms of Christ, especially: Paul Fitzgerald Tom Pierce Donald Aldrich Karen Davis Bryan Masterson John Lufrano Gerado Madrigal Ryan Zirkle Lila DiBiasio Amelia Kingman George Jewel Please pray for our parishioners who are sick and suffering that they may know the embrace of Christ s healing love. Avinia Family, May Barnett, Don and Darlene Belluomini, Elaine Benson, Brian Biasca, Louis Boscacci, Louise Brannigan, Bob Burke, Louise Caldwell, Kay Costanzo, Andrea Costello, John Cullen, Bonnie de Rutte, Anette Diaz, Joe DiMare, Margaret DeMartini, Delmida Edwards, Claudia Gitson, John Gross, Berth Guantes, Margaret Hamlett, Joseph Harris, Julia Hernandez, Max Hodel, Jim Horan, Alice Horn, Eleanora LaCarrubba, Gary Lai, Rose Lemoni, Benita Lopez, Fr. Juan Manuel Lopez, Alex Madias, Kate McAdams, Esther Mears, Jesse Mendoza, Marybeth Miller, Paola Tirado Moreda, Peggy Murphy, Dalton O Sullivan Family, Ray Ostertag, Pardini Family, Tearah Parker, Ali Parviz, Paul Patocchi, Lorraine Priolo, Phil Rappaport, Kerry Rodriguez, Arthur Ruiz, Margarita Ruiz, Allen Schwoob, Kenric Silva, Colby Thompson, Betty Van Stratton, David Wilson

3 Rev. Brian Costello Ext.227 Pastor (Sabbatical January through June) Rev. Andrew Spyrow Administrator (January 1 June 30) Rev. Erick E. Arauz Parochial Vicar ext. 233 Patrick Reeder EXT. 234 Parish Manager Office Staff Erin Troy EXT. 222 Allen Shirley EXT. 236 Our Lady of Loretto School Mrs. Kathleen Kraft, Principal Parish Religious Education Amy Bjorklund Reeder, Dir. Grades 1-6 and Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation Kathleen Pitti Sandro Garcia Grades 1-3 en Espanol ext.225 Annie Troy, Dir. Youth Ministry and Confirmation Co-Director of Adult Faith Formation ext.277 Richard Elliott, Choir Director willowsth@aol.com PRIEST EMERGENCY NUMBER EMERGENCIES ONLY PLSE Mass Times Monday Friday 9:00 am Saturday 9:00am 5:00 pm (Vigil Mass) 7pm Spanish Vigil Mass Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:30pm Spanish Mass Eucharistic Adoration Every Friday 9:30am-5:00 pm and 4th Wednesday of the Month 6pm 8pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday3:00pm-4:00pm Rosary Monday Thursday after 9am Mass and 5:30pm Friday after 9am Mass and at 5pm Sunday at 3:00pm Baptisms Please contact the Rectory- Catechesis Required Pre Baptismal Classes in English are held the second Saturday of each month at 10am. We share this ministry with St. Anthony s Parish. Please call the rectory office to schedule your class. Pre Baptismal classes in Spanish are held on the third Thursday of each month at 6pm in the School Library. Please contact Sandro Garcia for more information. Marriages Please contact the Rectory at least 6 months in advance Our Lady of Loretto St. Vincent de Paul Society Visit us on the Web us: church@ollnovato.org April 8th, the first Sunday after Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday. St Anthony s will be hosting our 9th Annual Divine Mercy Sunday service beginning at 2:00PM In a private revelation Jesus told St. Faustina: My daughter tell the whole world about my inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a 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 souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment The Church has also granted a plenary indulgence to those who observe Divine Mercy Sunday. Confessions will be from 2:00 to 3:00. At 3:00 we will recite the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which will be followed by veneration of the Divine Mercy Image and a benediction

4 OLL Book Club The next meeting of the OLL Book Club will take place Wednesday April 11 at 10am in the former convent chapel. We will meet to discuss Pope Francis' encyclical letter Laudato Si. Please join us for coffee and fellowship. for discussion questions ahead of time. UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS April 29th Black and Indian Home Missions/ Catholic Home Missions May 13 Catholic Charities / CYO Mark your calendars for Our Lady of Loretto s 14th Annual Youth Ministry Golf Tournament to be held Thursday, June 21 st, at Indian Valley Golf Club. Please support this important fund raiser by being a sponsor, playing a round of golf, purchasing a raf le ticket, and/or attending the delicious dinner in the church hall following the tournament. With your continued generous support, we can provide much-needed funds for Youth Ministry, an ever-expanding program for the teens and young adults of our parish. Thank you! 14 th Annual Golf Committee WE WILL RETURN TO RECEIVING BOTH THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST AT ALL MSES BEGINNING THIS MONDAY, APRIL 9TH. PLSE PRAY FOR A RESTFUL AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCE FOR FATHER BRIAN, WHILE HE IS ON SABBATICAL. HAPPY STER FROM OLL YOUTH MINISTRY! All Confirmation classes and youth ministry events are on recess for the Easter holiday and Spring Break. Classes resume the week of April 15. Religious Education Grades 1-6 Just a reminder that there are no Religious Education classes the weeks of April 1 (Easter vacation) and April 8 (NUSD Spring Break). Classes will resume after the break on Monday April 16. Wishing you and your families a very Blessed Easter. TODAY S RDINGS First Reading The community of believers was of one heart and mind (Acts 4:32-35). Psalm Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting (Psalm 118). Second Reading Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God (1 John 5:1-6). Gospel The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. (John 20:19-31). SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy); Julian Calendar Easter Monday: The Annunciation of the Lord Wednesday: St. Stanislaus Thursday: Yom Ha-Shoa (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Friday: St. Martin I RDINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20; Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; Jn 6:16-21 Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48

5 Dear Friends, MARRIED COUPLES. Give your marriage a well deserved vacation. Plan to go on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and come back with a marriage that is refreshed and full of energy! 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 & Clarranne applications@sanjosewwme.org or AN STER LETTER FROM FATHER BRIAN Happy, happy Easter! 1700 years ago, St Augustine called this day the Sunday of Sundays. Indeed, every time we gather for Mas son Sunday, we relive the resurrection of the Lord. By the time you read this letter, I will have celebrated Easter, half way around the world, where the event took place: Jerusalem. Be assured of my prayers for all of you from the empty tomb of our Risen Lord. I want to thank both Fathers Andrew and Erick for holding down the fort while I m away. I can t thank you enough. Please remember to keep Fr. Juan Manuel in your prayers, as well as his Mom, who has her own health issues. Goodbye for now. Looking forward to seeing you in early July. Again, happy, happy Easter! Father Brian TRSURES FROM OUR TRADITION Sometimes children acquire nicknames in childhood that stalk them through adulthood: Pinky, Boo-boo, and the like. This Sunday was once called Low Sunday, a step down from Easter glory, and an unfortunate nickname since Easter rejoicing goes on for fifty days. Traditionally this is the day when the newly baptized put away their white baptismal robes and returned to their everyday life after a week of intense celebration. Of course, the goal was to take up everyday duties with a very new point of view. A long title for the day was Dominica in albis deposito, or The Lord s Day for Putting Away the Albs, so no wonder the nickname Low Sunday arose. In the old calendar it was also called Quasimodo Sunday, after the first word of the opening chant, Quasimodo geniti infantes, or As newborn infants, a reference to the newly baptized taken from the Epistle of Peter. Victor Hugo s bell-ringing hero in The Hunchback of Notre Dame was abandoned as an infant on the threshold of the cathedral of Paris on Low Sunday, 1467, and named Quasimodo for the feast. Archdiocesan Annual Appeal Campaign Goal $136,595 Received (including pledges) $91,737 Percent of Goal 67% Don t forget to make your contribution. All donations, big or small, are appreciated.

6 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. This Week at OLL April 8 April 15 Divine Mercy Sunday Perpetual Help Prayer Group 6pm Chapel Al-Anon/Alateen Convent 7:15pm ICF Hall 5:30pm Our Lady s Prayer Group Church 7:30pm Choir Practice Church 6:30pm Adoration Chapel 9:30am to 5:00pm Cenacle Chapel 9:30am Third Sunday of Easter Esta semana en OLL 8 Abril 15 Abril Domingo: Domingo de la Divina Misericordia Martes: Helping Hands Grupo de Oración por la Iglesia-1pm JPC Discipulados Capilla del Convento 7pm Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro-Chapel-6pm Al-Anon-Convento - 7:15 pm Miércoles: Nuestra Señora Grupo de Oración- Capilla 7:30pm Ensavo del Coro-Espanol Iglesia 7pm Jueves: Viernes: Adoration Chapel 9:30am to 5pm Sab: Cenacle Chapel 9:30am Domingo: Tercer Domingo de Pasqua SO THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE It is not often that the author of one of the books of the Bible comes right out and tells us directly why he is writing what he is writing. In this Sunday s Gospel reading, taken from the conclusion of John s Gospel, the author tells us that he has chosen to record these events so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name (20:31). The letter of John echoes this idea by saying that everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God (5:1) what we might refer to as being born again. Our reading from the Acts of the Apostles for this Second Sunday of Easter shows us exactly what it looks like when believers are born again through faith. NO THEORY Let your religion so be less of a theory and more of a love affair. --G. K. Chesterton PARA QUE CRS No sucede demasiado a menudo que el autor de uno de los libros de la Biblia se dirija directamente a nosotros para explicarnos por qué está escribiendo lo que está escribiendo. En la lectura del Evangelio de este domingo, que pertenece a la conclusión del Evangelio según san Juan, el autor nos dice que ha elegido escribir estos acontecimientos para que crean que Jesús es el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, y para que, creyendo, tengan vida en su Nombre (20:31). La carta de san Juan retoma esta idea diciendo que: todo el que cree que Jesús es el Cristo ha nacido de Dios (5:1); lo que llamaríamos nacer de nuevo. Nuestra lectura de los Hechos de los Apóstoles para este Segundo Domingo de Pascua nos muestra exactamente qué sucede cuando los creyentes nacen de nuevo por medio de la fe. NO ES UNA TEORÍA Deja que tu religión no sea cuestión de teoría sino de amor. G. K. Chesterton

7 UNA CARTA DE PCUA DEL PADRE BRIAN Queridos amigos, Feliz y feliz Pascua! Hace 1700 años, San Agustín llamó a este día el "Domingo de los domingos". De hecho, cada vez que nos reunimos para Mas son domingo, revivimos la resurrección del Señor. Para cuando leas esta carta, habré celebrado la Pascua, a mitad de camino alrededor del mundo, donde tuvo lugar el evento: Jerusalén. Tenga la seguridad de mis oraciones para todos ustedes desde la tumba vacía de nuestro Señor Resucitado. Quiero agradecer a los padres Andrew y Erick por mantener el fuerte mientras estoy fuera. No puedo agradecerte lo suficiente. Por favor, recuerde mantener al Padre. Juan Manuel en sus oraciones, así como su mamá, que tiene sus propios problemas de salud. Adiós por ahora. Tengo ganas de verte a principios de julio. Feliz Pascua! Padre Brian TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE En tiempos pasados, cuando la Misa era en latín, no teníamos la oportunidad de escuchar en nuestra propia lengua las bellas palabras que Cristo pronunció durante la Última Cena y que el sacerdote repite durante la Consagración: Esto es mi cuerpo... Esta es mi sangre. Por tal razón los monaguillos sonaban unas campanitas indicando que algo importante estaba pasando. En ese momento los fieles levantábamos la cabeza para ver el pan convertido en cuerpo y el vino convertido en sangre. Lamentablemente el sacerdote nos daba la espalda y no podíamos ver lo que ocurría sobre el altar. Sin embargo, respondíamos con las palabras del apóstol Tomás: Señor mío y Dios mío. Estas palabras reconocen y adoran la presencia de Jesús en el pan y el vino. A este momento se le consideraba el más importante de la Misa. No obstante, el Concilio Vaticano II vino a enseñarnos que este es el momento cumbre, junto con toda la Plegaria Eucarística, pues toda la Misa es igualmente importante, excepto que durante la Plegaria Eucarística alcanzamos el punto más alto de la celebración. Por esa razón ya no hay campanita, pues ahora escuchamos todo en nuestro propio idioma, así como los discípulos las escucharon de Cristo, en su propio idioma. TODO Oh Dios, de tu bondad infinita regálame a ti mismo y eso será suficiente para mí. Sólo en ti lo tengo todo. San Julián de Norwich POR FAVOR OREN POR UNA EXPERIENCIA EXCELENTE Y COMPLETA PARA EL PADRE BRIAN, MIENTR QUE ESTÁ EN SABBATICAL.