Sexagesima Sunday February 23, 2014

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1 The Traditional Latin Mass Society of San Francisco TLM Society Website: TLM Society If you would like to post an article or an advertisement in the TLMS bulletin and website please us at The Traditional Latin Mass Society is an association of Roman Catholic faithful dedicated to the preservation of the Ancient form of the Roman Rite or the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, as a legitimate use of Holy Mother Church s Great Liturgical Patrimony. The Society includes lay faithful drawn from every age, group and walks of life as well as clergy and religious members who continue to adhere with great love and affection to the earlier liturgical forms. (Pope Benedict XVI, Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of 2007) Sexagesima Sunday February 23, 2014 Schedule of Traditional Latin Masses in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Archdiocese of San Francisco Star of the Sea Church 4420 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, CA Sunday 11am, M-F 730am, First Friday 630pm Immaculate Conception Chapel 3255 Folsom St San Francisco, CA Sunday 5pm St. Monica Church th Ave San Francisco, CA M-F 12pm Most Holy Rosary Chapel One Vincent Drive San Rafael, CA Mater Dolorosa Church 307 Willow Ave. South San Francisco, CA Sunday 5pm, M-F 12pm St. Francis of Assisi Church 1425 Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA First Friday 6pm Diocese of Santa Rosa St. Mary s Chapel 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma, CA Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Diocese of Oakland St. Margaret Mary 1219 Excelsior Ave Oakland, CA Sun: 12:30pm, M-W & Fri: 6pm Thur: 12pm, Sat: 10am Immaculate Heart of Mary 500 Fairview Ave. Brentwood, CA Sunday: 5pm Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph John McCosker Ranch Rd Canyon, CA Times vary: check website carmelites-ofcanyon.blogspot.com St. Albert the Great Priory 6172 Chabot Road Oakland, CA First Sat: 10am (Dominican Rite) St. Edward Church 5788 Thornton Ave. Newark, CA Thursday: 5:30pm Santa Maria Church 40 Santa Maria Way Orinda, CA Sunday: 12:30pm Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology 2301 Vine St. Berkeley, CA rd Thursday: 5:15pm (Dominican Rite) Diocese of San Jose Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory Five Wounds Parish Church 1375 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose, CA Sunday: 12:30pm; Monday- Friday: 12:15pm Diocese of Sacramento St. Stephen the First Martyr th St. Sacramento CA Sun: 8:30am, 10:30am, 1pm Mon, Wed: 7am, 12:15pm Tue, Thur: 7am, 6:30pm Fri: 7am, 12:15pm, 6:30pm Sat: 7am, 9am St. Joseph Catholic Church 1791 Marshall Rd. Vacaville, CA Sunday: 2:00pm St. Louis Bertrand Chapel 651 Sonoma Blvd. Vallejo, CA Sunday: 12:30pm

2 All are invited to Fr. Mark Mazza's 60th birthday on March 1st (Saturday) at 6:30pm! Dinner will be served at the school auditorium. Volunteers needed! Please contact Cameron at The Chaplain's Corner Dear Friends, In the Traditional Latin Liturgy the Church liturgically reminds us to get ready for Lent during the three weeks before Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent. Already, the vestments are violet, and the Gloria and Alleluias are suppressed. Last week we marked the seventieth day before Easter, or Septuagesima Sunday, whereas, this Sunday marks the sixtieth day before Easter, or Sexagesima Sunday. This holy time is given to us by the Church to prepare for a fruitful Lent. We should all give much thought to what our Lenten practices will be. This is an important and serious matter. The salvation of our souls depends upon it. Yes, there is a Savior, but what have I done to receive Him into my life? What have I done to open my heart to His saving grace? Where do I stand in the great struggle between good and evil? Am I firmly with the Lord or moving into opposition to Him? The Gospel of Luke reminds us about the entire process in the parable of the sower and the seed. God sows abundant seeds, that is, graces for our benefit. These graces are lavish. They are extravagant because God s Love is extravagant. God created us to come to Him and gives us countless opportunities to respond to His love. He ceaselessly, continually, consistently, reaches out to us, willing that we respond to Him in the time of our lives. And we have only so much time. Perhaps, this may be our last Lent? Yet, we can resist. We can oppose Him and His plan. We can freely choose to turn away from His Way, Truth, and Life. In the parable, Jesus compares us to the soil. We must be like good soil, accepting the seed of God s grace, and letting it bear in us abundant fruit. All resistance on our part must be put aside. How can I be better soil for the Lord s seeds? Prayer, Penance, Charity are the standard means by which God increases His life in us. Penance frees us from sin and even the tendency to sin, Prayer opens our hearts to God as friends, and Charity opens our hearts to see God in others and love as He loves us. We all fall short in many ways. We can become satisfied with the status quo of our souls. We can become complacent. We can even become attached to all that is contrary to the growth of God s life in us. But we should not give up or despair. St. Paul reminds us that God s grace is sufficient for us. Holiness is not an impossible dream, though we cannot save our own souls; only by the power of God s grace is salvation possible to those who respond in faith. St. Ignatius tells us that His love and grace will always be enough for us. Let us prepare for the best Lent ever. You will be glad that you did. Yours in the Lord, Fr. Mark G. Mazza Petition to lift the ban placed on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate from celebrating the EF Your Excellency, Most Reverend Archbishop Parolin, Please in your kindness pass this letter on to the Holy Father. We are scandalized by news garnered from all types of media of what appears to be an agenda aimed to totally alter if not destroy the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. This religious order lives the poverty of their holy patron. They are thriving in vocations, orthodox and faithful in belief and in practice to Holy Mother Church, do vitally important missionary work, and are totally obedient to legitimate authority no matter how harsh or seemingly unjust the treatment to which they are subjected. The actions taken against them have been very public, yet no formal accusations or charges as to deeds or circumstances have been revealed which warrant such actions as the closure of their seminary and some of their houses, the cessation of all major ordinations, the removal, silencing and relocation of their duly elected superiors, and denial of the right to celebrate the Holy Liturgy in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite [EF] without special permission. This is directly in conflict with the rights of every priest as set out in Pope Benedict XVI s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum and its explanatory document Universae Ecclesiae. These sanctions placed on this loyal, Catholic order affect not only its members, but also the many laypeople for whom they provide spiritual care, including fulfilling the desire of the faithful for the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass. Additional concern has arisen with news that a ban has been put on the celebration of Holy Mass in the EF on the First Saturdays in Santa Maria Maggiore, which has been celebrated for the last 7 years, and the cessation of multiple other Masses celebrated in the Extraordinary Form both in Italy and around the world. Do we have to fear that this is the beginning of a new ban for the Vetus Ordo? We and all those signing this letter in petition form urgently request either full disclosure of the offenses committed by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate that so greatly affect both its members and members of the laity, or the restoration of the Order of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate to a state of self-determination. We also request the full and worldwide implementation of the Motu Proprio Summo- rum Pontificum, truly a gift from Pope Benedict XVI, that verifies the legitimacy of the spiritual aspirations and particular path to which we and many others are drawn. We are writing to express our deep concern and promise to pray for the above mentioned intentions. Asking for your blessing, we remain in Jesus and Mary Date: _ Country: _ Name (in CAPITAL LETTERS) Address Signature Please send this petition via surface mail to: Laienvereinigung Pro Missa Tridentina Fraschstr Korntal Germany Or scan in this petition and send via to: ffi@ecclesiadei.nl

3 A Catholic Traditional Young Man from France is seeking temporary housing. Graduated in Finance from Paris-Dauphine University. He is doing an internship in San Francisco (Downtown) until July. He would like to find a room in the city, because it would be the best way to improve his English. Also, he could offer tutoring in French or in mathematics (High School level). Contact: Ambroise Boissonnet (21 years old, French). ambroiseboissonnet@hotmail.fr Mystic Monk Coffee still available. Limited flavors on hand. Annual Latin Mass Conference Defending Life from the Catacombs: Strategies for the New Age of Persecution March 1-2, 2014 The Beach Resort, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive, Monterey, CA Mark your calendar! A Parish Mission Conference will be held at Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church Featuring Fr. Paul Nicholson June 19-27, 2014 "Source and Summit of Catholic Life" Open to Everyone...Invite a Friend!!! ATTENTION Homeschoolers Great News!! There are families looking for other homeschoolers that can connect with for children's activities--such as catechism classes, Scouts of St George (or other Catholic scouts) or just meet up for a day in the park Please the TLMS so we can connect you with the families.

4 FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Reflections from St. Josemaria Escriva Acquire the habit of speaking about everyone and about everything they do in a friendly manner, especially when you are speaking of those who labor in God s service. Whenever that is not possible, keep quiet. Sharp or irritated comment may border on gossip or slander. (Furrow, 902)- Take another look over your life and ask forgiveness for this or that fault which you notice immediately with the eyes of your conscience: for using your tongue badly; for thoughts that revolve continually around yourself; for those critical judgments you made and consented to and which now cause you to worry foolishly, leaving you restless and fretful. Believe me you can be very happy! Our Lord wants us to be glad, to be drunk with joy, stepping out along the same roads of happiness that he himself walked! We only become miserable when we persist in straying off those roads, and take the path of selfishness and sensuality or, much worse, when we take the path of the hypocrites. The Christian must prove himself to be genuine, truthful and sincere in all that he undertakes. His conduct should reflect a spirit the spirit of Christ. If anyone in this world has a duty to be consistent with his beliefs it is the Christian, for he has been entrusted with a gift that he must make fruitful, and that gift is the truth which liberates and saves. But Father, you might ask me, how I am to achieve this sincerity of life? Jesus Christ has given his Church all the means necessary. He has shown us how to pray, how to get to know his heavenly Father. He has sent us his spirit, the Great Unknown, who acts within our souls. And he has left us those visible signs of his grace that we call the Sacraments. Use them. Intensify your life of piety. Pray every day. And never refuse to shoulder the sweet burden of Christ s Cross. It is Jesus who has invited you to follow him like a good disciple so that you can journey through this earthly life, sowing the peace and joy which the world cannot give. Therefore and let me emphasize this once more we have to walk without fear of life and without fear of death, without shrinking at any cost from pain and sorrow which, for a Christian, are always a means of purification and a chance for showing that we really love our fellow men, through the thousand and one circumstances of ordinary life. Our Lord wants us to be glad! Acquire the habit of speaking about everyone and about everything they do in a friendly manner, especially when you are speaking of those who labor in God s service. Whenever that is not possible, keep quiet. Sharp or irritated comment may border on gossip or slander. (Furrow, 902) Take another look over your life and ask forgiveness for this or that fault which you notice immediately with the eyes of your conscience: for using your tongue badly; for thoughts that revolve continually around yourself; for those critical judgements you made and consented to and which now cause you to worry foolishly, leaving you restless and fretful. Believe me you can be very happy! Our Lord wants us to be glad, to be drunk with joy, stepping out along the same roads of happiness that he himself walked! We only become miserable when we persist in straying off those roads, and take the path of selfishness and sensuality or, much worse, when we take the path of the hypocrites. The Christian must prove himself to be genuine, truthful and sincere in all that he undertakes. His conduct should reflect a spirit the spirit of Christ. If anyone in this world has a duty to be consistent with his beliefs it is the Christian, for he has been entrusted with a gift that he must make fruitful, and that gift is the truth which liberates and saves. But Father, you might ask me, how I am to achieve this sincerity of life? Jesus Christ has given his Church all the means necessary. He has shown us how to pray, how to get to know his heavenly Father. He has sent us his spirit, the Great Unknown, who acts within our souls. And he has left us those visible signs of his grace that we call the Sacraments. Use them. Intensify your life of piety. Pray every day. And never refuse to shoulder the sweet burden of Christ s Cross. It is Jesus who has invited you to follow him like a good disciple so that you can journey through this earthly life, sowing the peace and joy which the world cannot give. Therefore and let me emphasize this once more we have to walk without fear of life and without fear of death, without shrinking at any cost from pain and sorrow which, for a Christian, are always a means of purification and a chance for showing that we really love our fellow men, through the thousand and one circumstances of ordinary life. (Friends of God).

5 An Appeal for the San Francisco Oratory of St. Philip Neri Some men of the Toronto Oratory I ve been serving as chaplain to Thomas Aquinas College for the last two years and feel greatly privileged to work among such deeply Catholic educators and students. Recently, however, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has invited a priest-friend and me to establish an Oratory of St. Philip Neri in his city. Most diocesan priests who pray their breviaries pray them alone. Those who do the daily holy hour do it alone, and those who pray their daily rosaries do so by themselves. I ve done this, more or less, over the 24 years of my priesthood, and I ve always desired greater priestly community. In my last parish (St. Joseph s in Modesto) we did pray our holy hours together every morning, and I miss that here in the College. In 1996 I spent two weeks with the Missionaries of Charity Fathers in Tijuana, discerning if I should join their Order. I concluded that God wanted me to remain in the world, pastoring a parish and evangelizing the workaday world. Now comes the opportunity to work in the world and live in community. The Oratory is an Institute in the Church that allows secular (parish) priests to live in community under a rule of life. St. Philip Neri founded the Oratory in Rome in 1575 as a religious congregation of priests and brothers who lived in the parish of Santa Maria in Vallicella, now known as Chiesa Nuova, in downtown Rome. It provides a supportive rule of life for priests who desire a greater commitment to prayer in common. The most famous Oratorian Father for English-speakers is Blessed John Henry Newman, who brought the Oratory to England in Today there are 85 Oratories with 500 Oratorians in 19 countries. We would establish the first congregation of Oratorian Fathers in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. We would begin with two priests and two brothers in a downtown parish with a large rectory, which Archbishop Cordileone has offered us. One of us priests would serve as pastor; we would build up the parish through beautiful liturgy and the lay apostolate, but focus also on evangelizing young adult professionals. The Archbishop has mentioned possibly establishing a Catholic center in one of the larger office buildings with daily Mass and confessions. A few months ago we were discussing the enormous potential of the Oratory in San Francisco with Archbishop Cordileone. At one point he paused and smiled: I m a diocesan bishop, and so I have to think about money, too. I would need you to secure financial commitments to fund part of your living expenses over three years. I knew he was going to get around to that sooner or later! But as Mother Teresa used to say, Don t worry about money. God has lots of it. If the Lord Jesus and his holy Mother want an Oratory in San Francisco, they will find the money. But of course we have to ask for it. Would you, my dear readers, like to help us establish the San Francisco Oratory of St. Philip Neri? One of the founding priests would receive a pastor s salary, but the Archbishop needs us to obtain $220,000 in pledges to fund living expenses for the other three founders, contingent on our actual expenses. If each of you pledged $150 per year for three years, we would meet our goal. Some can pledge much more, and some less, but together we can present a commitment of full support to Archbishop Cordileone. We don t want any money right now, but only pledges of financial support. We would begin either the summer of 2014 or the summer of 2015, and would call upon those pledges only as needed from that time for three years. If you get a chance, look-up the Oratory of St. Philip Neri to better understand what kind of community and ministry we are seeking to establish in San Francisco. Ask God if He would like you to support this work with a pledge. If you can partner with Archbishop Cordileone and us, please fill out the pledge form at the right and keep the San Francisco Oratory of St. Philip Neri in your prayers. We place this work in the hands of Immaculate Mary, Cause of Our Joy and Mother of the Church. Yours sincerely in Christ, Fr. Joseph Illo Head Chaplain, Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, California

6 Mass Propers for Sexagesima Sunday: February 23, 2014 Introit Ps 43:23-26 Awake! Why are You asleep, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off forever! Why do You hide Your face, forgetting our oppression? Our bodies are pressed to the earth. Arise, O Lord, help us, and deliver us. Ps 43:2 O God, our ears have heard, our fathers have declared to us. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Collect O God, You Who see that we put no trust in anything we do, mercifully grant that by the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles we may be defended against all adversity. Epistle 2 Cor. 11:19-33; 12:1-9 Brethren: You gladly put up with fools, because you are wise yourselves! For you suffer it if a man enslaves you, if a man devours you, if a man takes from you, if a man is arrogant, if a man slaps your face! I speak to my own shame, as though we had been weak. But wherein any man is bold - I am speaking foolishly - I also am bold. Are they Hebrews? So am I! Are they Israelites? So am I! Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I! Are they ministers of Christ? I - to speak as a fool - am more: in many more labors, in prisons more frequently, in lashes above measure, often exposed to death. From the Jews five times I received forty lashes less one. Thrice I was scourged, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I was adrift on the sea; in journeyings often, in perils from floods, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren; in labor and hardships, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those outer things, there is my daily pressing anxiety, the care of all the churches! Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not inflamed? If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, Who is blessed forevermore, knows that I do not lie. In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me, but I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands. If I must boast - it is not indeed expedient to do so - but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows - such a one was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows that he was caught up into paradise and heard secret words that man may not repeat. Of such a man I will boast; but of myself I will glory in nothing save in my infirmities. For if I do wish to boast, I shall not be foolish; for I shall be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should reckon me beyond what he sees in me or hears from me. And lest the greatness of the revelations should puff me up, there was given me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me. Concerning this I thrice besought the Lord that it might leave me. And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for strength is made perfect in weakness. Gladly therefore I will glory in my infirmities, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me. Gradual Ps 9:10-11; 9:19-20; Ps 82:19; 82:14 Let the nations know that God is Your name; You alone are the Most High over all the earth. V. O my God, make them like leaves in a whirlwind, like chaff before the wind. Ps 59:4, 6: You have rocked the country, O Lord, and split it open. V. Repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering. V. That they may flee out of bowshot; that Your loved ones may escape. Gospel Luke 8:4-15 At that time, when a very great crowd was gathering together and men from every town were resorting to Jesus. He said in a parable: The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air ate it up. And other seed fell upon the rock, and as soon as it had sprung up it withered away, because it had no moisture. And other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. And other seed fell upon good ground, and sprang up and yielded fruit a hundredfold. As He said these things He cried out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear! But His disciples then began to ask Him what this parable meant, He said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, that Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. And those by the wayside are they who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. Now those upon the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, but believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and as they go their way are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not ripen. But that upon good ground, these are they who, with a right and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit in patience. Offertory Ps 16:5-7 Make my steps steadfast in Your paths, that my feet may not falter. Incline Your ear to me; hear my word. Show Your wondrous kindness, O Lord, Savior of those who trust in You. Secret May this sacrifice which we offer You, O Lord, ever give us new life and protection. Communion Ps 42:4 I will go in to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy. Post Communion O almighty God, grant, we humbly beseech You, that those whom You refresh with Your sacrament may also worthily serve You in a way that is well pleasing to You.