2nd Living Rosary at SSAP By Karen C. Limpe

October 26, 2014 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time www.ssaparish.com 2nd Living Rosary at SSAP By Karen C. Limpe In celebration of the month of the Holy Rosary, CWL hosted another Living Rosary last October 17 at the main church. The Living Rosary is a very beautiful practice which began in Lyon, France in 1826 by Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot. It is a powerful devotion dedicated to Our Lady and Her Immaculate Heart. Our parish community, headed by Fr. Efren Jimenez, OFM, gathered together for this meaningful service to pray for peace and unity. Special thanks to overall chairperson Zari Poe and members of the Altar Environment Ministry for organizing this event; Anton Barretto for the beautiful floral arrangements; Cathy Floro, Miguel Santos and Brielle Rodriguez for lending us their musical talents and also to Amb. & Mrs. Ma. Paz Bautista, Petrona Lim, Bel Poe, Beth Santos, Tina Teehankee and Jeanette Zulueta for providing the simple salu-salo after the service. Forbes Park, Makati

Parish Bulletin LOVE GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE BEING By Fr. Sergio Santos, OFM A Sunday Gospel Reflection for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time God has a Divine Plan from the very beginning of time. The Divine Plan of God is like a tele-drama. In the tele-drama, God, the Father, our Creator is the Producer, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and our Savior, is the Director, the Holy Spirit, the Love that binds God, the Father and Jesus Christ, is the Scriptwriter, The Actors were the Old Testament and New Testament people, and now in this digital generation, the actors are us, Christians. The Old Testament and New Testament actors had 613 precepts, rules or commandments, including the Ten Commandments to act out. The first three of the Ten Commandments pertain to the love of God and the last seven commandments pertain to love of neighbor. With the coming of Jesus Christ, these were simplified when the Pharisees in the Gospel today asked Jesus Christ as to the greatest commandment. The answer was You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. The second is like it. This clear-cut answer was not only for the Pharisees but an answer and a rule of life for all of us 2 for all time. What Jesus Christ is saying is that the love of God and neighbor fulfills all of a person s obligations and carries out all the duties that God s self-revelation in the law and the prophets requires. God in the Old Testament is revealed as our Creator and Divine Benefactor. Out of God s infinite goodness, God is sharing with humanity the eternal kingdom of bliss; this is the reason why we were created. That is why out of God s love for humanity, God became flesh and blood in the personhood of the Son Jesus Christ through the Incarnation. In 1 John 4:9-11, it states: God s love was revealed in our midst in this way: He sent his only Son to the world so that we might have life through him. Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God but that he has loved us and sent His Son as an offering for sins. Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must have the same love for one another. Through the Incarnation, we have been raised to the status of children of God. What exactly is this love of God? This means our whole being is directed towards God. All that we say, and do is leading us towards God and none other. And this means also we are open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit who will teach us and sustain us with resources to fulfil this commitment of love. Thomas Merton said that if one is committed to God, resources are provided. God provides. This, I have personally experienced in my life as a Franciscan religious. Divine Providence is around us. And what is this loving your neighbor as yourself about? The measure of that love of neighbor is the love one bears toward oneself. The law of fraternal charity, the obligation to love a neighbor, was ordered by God on the Israelites from their very beginning as the chosen people. Recall that this commandment is like the first. Love of neighbor is a very important obligation toward God. It is a sacred duty. And if we fail to love our neighbor, we also fail in our love for God. Can we ask ourselves today how seriously we take this law of fraternal charity? Whatever spiritual, psychological, or material help given out of true charity to a neighbour in need, is given to God, and whatever is given to God will be rewarded a hundredfold, including one s name written in the Book of Life. Editorial Team & General Information Marilou Consing Editor in Chief Jeannie Bitanga Assistant Editor/Website Administrator Dece Myra C. Urdaneta Art & Design Colorplus Production Group Corp. Production Submit articles, pictures, announcements, notices to: ssappb@yahoo.com Deadline for submission is every Tuesday of the week. The Parish Bulletin reserves the right to edit articles for clarity and space. Santuario de San Antonio Pastoral Team Fr. Reu Jose C. Galoy, OFM Parish Priest Fr. Baltazar Obico, OFM Guardian Fr. Efren Jimenez, OFM Fr. Jesus Galindo, OFM Makati Medical Center Chaplain Fr. Serge Santos, OFM. 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RANDOM THOUGHTS Voices from yesterday and today... by Peachy Maramba ST. SIMON, the APOSTLE First Century A. D. October 28 One of the twelve men called by Jesus to be his Apostle was Simon. Thus he was one of the original followers of Christ that formed the inner 12. Other than this fact that he is almost verified as an apostle in the Holy Scriptures New Testament we know practically nothing for certain about him making him perhaps the least known of the apostles. However it is most probable that he was born in Galilee in the first century A.D. Both Matthew (Mt. 10:4) and Mark (Mk 3:18) include him in their list of the apostles calling him a Canaanite. However they do not mean that he came from Cana. The book Who s Who in the Bible explains that it is a Greek translation of qan an, an Aramic word meaning zealous one. This is why Luke in his (Lk 6:15) and (Acts 1:13) refers to Simon as the Zealot. Because of this nickname many scholars link him with the Zealot faction or party of zealous patriots who were a radical first century revolutionary party pledged to overthrow the hated Roman rule by terrorism (which in fact they did with the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70). However other scholars disagree because its philosophy hardly fits with Christian principles. Another possible explanation is that he earned that nickname because of his dedication and zealous support of the Lord and as a lawyer for his strict, rigid and fervent adherence to the Jewish and Canaanite law. He is said to have been surnamed the Cannanean and the Zealot to distinguish him from Simon Peter which is also why he is referred to as Simon the Less. He is however not to be confused either with St. Simeon, brother of St. James of Less. Because of the lack of solid evidence about him, a lot of what we know about him especially about his later life comes from the many legends and traditions which have long been venerated in the East. One such tradition held by the Greeks and the Copta is that Simon was actually the bridegroom at the marriage feast in Cana in Galilee. This is where Our Lord is said to have performed his first miracle in public. Simon does not appear in the New Testament after Pentecost when the Holy Spirit granted him and the other followers of Christ the gift of tongues. After the resurrection of Christ tradition and legend in the West first made him the successor of James as bishop of Jerusalem Then it places him in Egypt where he is supposed to have proclaimed the Gospel. He then travelled to and preached Christianity in Carthage, Spain and even to Britain. Because of this Simon is said to have been the first of the apostles to carry the Gospel from one end of the known world to the other. Meeting up with Jude, another of Christ s apostles, they went on missionary journeys together to Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia (now Iran) which they reached around the year 66. It is here where the two were martyred on the same day by being slaughtered by pagan priests who greatly resented their having converted thousands to Christianity. Finally mustering a mob they stoned them to death. However others say that if you see Simon with a falchion a short sword bent like a sickle it is because that was the instrument by which he was put to death. This is why the Church in the West celebrates the feasts of Simon and Jude jointly by honouring them on the same day on which they were martyred October 28. Another version has Simon dying in battle when he was the bishop of Jerusalem. Others say that he was October 26, 2014 stabbed to death. Others has him trekking across North Africa until he was 120 years old and then was finally martyred. An interesting ending to the story of their martyrdom is that when the mob was approaching them Jude turned towards Simon and prophetically said, The Lord is calling us. However in the East they believe that Simon lived to a ripe old age dying peacefully at Edessa. He is venerated alone in the East on May 10. Simon is the patron of wood cutters and tanners. Sources of Reference: Saint Companions p. 407; The Watkins Dictionary of Saints p. 221; Butler s Lives of the Saints Vol. IV pp. 213 214; and others. The ABC s of Catholic Doctrine by Lianne Tiu How long do souls stay in Purgatory? The length of stay and the extent of punishment in Purgatory will depend on the state of the souls at the moment of death. Souls in purgatory have to be purified of three things in order to enter heaven: 1. temporal punishment owing to sin, 2. bad habits and attachments caused by sin, and 3. any lack of sorrow for venial sins. turn to page 4 3

Parish Bulletin ABC s...from page 3 Temporal punishment owing to sin: This is the penalty attached to sin. God is merciful but He is also just. He cannot be indifferent to moral evil. Without attaching penalty to sin, good and evil would stand side by side as seeming equals. Thus, after our sins are forgiven by Him in confession, we have to make up for the harm which we have caused. Bad habits and attachments caused by sin: For example, if a person watched many pornographic films but regretted his actions and went to confession, God would forgive his sins. But after confession, he may still have evil tendencies due to the trash that entered through his eyes. He needs to be purified. He needs to regain control over his sexual desires and to correct his attitude towards the opposite sex after having allowed his mind to be polluted. Lack of sorrow for venial sins: For example, if we are not sorry for our minor offenses (such as telling small lies or holding grudges), when we die we will not go to hell for our small acts of selfishness. Neither are we ready for heaven until all these venial sins and faults have been completely cleansed from our souls. Since at the moment of death each soul has a different amount of temporal punishment owing to his sins, a different number of bad habits and attachment, and a different degree of lack of sorrow for venial sins, each soul will have a different duration and degree of suffering in Purgatory. Actually, God, in his infinite mercy, gives a much less punishment than the sins deserve. He also shortens the sufferings of the souls in purgatory when we offer Masses for them, pray for them, offer penances for them, and gain indulgences for them. (Reference: Question Time 2 by Fr. John FladerThe Faith Explained Today by Fr. Joe Babendreier; The Faith Explained by Leo Trese) 4 Blessing of Niches On November 2, Sunday, the 9:00AM mass for your dearly departed interred at Santuario de San Antonio crypts will held at the main church. Blessing of niches will follow after the mass. Please light your candles at designated areas only. Candles are available for sale at the Parish Office. CALENDAR OF SAINTS FOR THE WEEK October 28 SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES The name of St. Simon usually appears eleventh in the list of apostles. Nothing is known of him except that he was born at Cana and is surnamed The Zealot. St. Jude, also called Thaddeus, was the apostle who asked the Lord at the Last Supper why he had manifested himself only to his disciples and not to the whole world (John 14:22). November 1 ALL SAINTS November 2 ALL SOULS 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 2010. ISBN 971-590-357-6. All Soul s Day Notice A list of names of your departed loved ones will be prayed for from November 1-30 at the 6:15AM daily mass. Envelopes are available at the church racks or at the parish office. Please drop these envelopes at the collection basket or at the parish office before November 1. Thank you. Catechism of the Catholic Church How can anyone live a chaste life? What can help? Someone lives chastely when he is free to be loving and is not the slave of his drives and emotions. Anything, therefore, that helps one to become a more mature, freer, and more loving person and to form better relationships helps that person to love chastely, also. One becomes free to be loving through self-discipline, which one must acquire, practice, and maintain at every stage of life. It is helpful for me in this regard to obey God s commandments in all situations, to avoid temptations and any form of double life or hypocrisy, and to ask God for protection against temptations and to strengthen me in love. Being able to live out a pure and undivided love is ultimately a grace and a wonderful gift of God Does everybody have to be chaste, even married people? Yes, every Christian should be loving and chaste, whether he is young or old, lives alone or is married. Not everyone is called to marriage, but everyone is called to love. We are destined to give our lives away; many do so in the form of marriage, others in the form of voluntary celibacy for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, others by living alone and yet being there for others. All human life finds its meaning in love. To be chaste means to love with an undivided heart. The unchaste person is torn and not free. Someone who loves authentically is free, strong, and good; he can devote himself in love. Thus Christ, who gave himself up completely for us and at the same time devoted himself completely to his Father in heaven, is a model of chastity, because he is the original model of strong love.

October 26, 2014 SUNDAY - OCTOBER 26 * 4:00PM - CORO Practice MONDAY - OCTOBER 27 * 1:00PM - OFS Formation TUESDAY - OCTOBER 28 * 9:00AM - CWL FREE Clinic * 9:00AM - JPIC Hospital Ministry PGH Visitation * 2:00PM - Health Care Ministry Dancersize Open to all Parishioners * 4:00PM - Marian Cenacle Group Prayer Meeting WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 29 CALENDAR OF MINISTRIES THURSDAY - OCTOBER 30 * 9:00AM - Health Care Ministry Visitation at Rizal Medical Center, Pasig City * 3:00PM - SSAP Employees monthly mass FRIDAY - OCTOBER 31 *11:00AM - Adoration Chapel monthly mass * 2:00PM - Health Care Ministry Dancersize Open to all Parishioners * 7:30PM - Household Help Charismatic Prayer Meeting * 9:00PM - Tig-Awit Choir practice SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 1 * 4:00PM - VOSA Choir Practice * 4:00PM - LUKERS Prayer meeting THANKSGIVING MASS OCTOBER 26, 8PM Our former Parish Priest, Fr. Tony Rosales will concelebrate with Fr. Reu on Sunday, Oct. 26 at the 8 pm Mass with the Coro for a thanksgiving Mass for the success of heart valve replacement and to say thank you to all those who offered prayers and financial help. MEMORIAL MASS November 2, 6 PM A Memorial Mass for deceased members of our Parish Ministries and Coro will be held on Nov. 2 at the 6 pm Coro mass. We invite all their relatives and friends to come and remember their dead. 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 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. 8438830-32. 5

Parish Bulletin 50 WAYS TO COPE WITH STRESS 1. Get up 15 minutes earlier. 2. Prepare for the morning the night before. 3. Don t rely on your memory. 4. Write things that don t work properly. 5. Make duplicate keys. 6. Say NO more often. 7. Set priorities in your life. 8. Avoid negative people. 9. Always make copies of important papers. 10. Ask for help with jobs you dislike. 11. Break large tasks into bite sized portions. 12. Look at problems as challenges. 13. Smile more. 14. Be prepared for rain. 15. Schedule a playtime for every day. 16. Avoid tight fitting clothes. 17. Take a bubble bath. 18. Believe in you. 19. Visualize yourself winning. 20. Develop a sense of humor. 21. Stop thinking tomorrow will be a better today. 22. Have goals for yourself. 23. Say hello to a stranger. 24. Look up at the stars. 25. Practice breathing slowly. 6 26. Do brand new things. 27. Stop a bad habit. 28. Take stock of your achievements. 29. Do it today. 30. Strive for excellence, not perfection. 31. Look at a work of art. 32. Maintain your weight. 33. Plant a tree. 34. Stand up and stretch. 35. Always have a plan B. 36. Learn a new doodle. 37. Learn to meet your own needs. 38. Become a better listener. 39. Know your limitations and let others know them too. 40. Throw a paper airplane. 41. Exercise every day. 42. Get to work early. 43. Clean out one closet. 44. Take a different route to work. 45. Leave work early (with permission). 46. Remember you always have options. 47. Quit trying to fix other people. 48. Get enough sleep. 49. Praise other people. 50. Relax, take each day at a time You have the rest of your life to live. BIRTHDAYS 27-Oct-14 Rico Lopez 28-Oct-14 Walter L. De Santos Alonzo Virata 29-Oct-14 Philip Lim Maya Afable Sava Sotto Peachy Miller WEDDING BANNS 26-Oct-14 Oliver Ilagan Santos & Mika Abigail Gregorio Lee 04-Nov-14 Hector Roque & Pauline Thelmaty Roxas-Chua, St. Francis Xavier JP Laurel St. Nasugbu Batangas 08-Nov-14 Mark Christian G. Toledo & Anna Christina Maria Josephine Melchor 08-Nov-14 Carlos Muñoa Ortoll, Jr. & Maria Georgina Wieneke Choy, San Agustin Parish, Panglao, Bohol 14-Nov-14 Rei Paolo Layonb Diaz & Sherry Jane Kristine Capa Vargas 16-Nov-14 Leandro G. Carrera Jr. & Maria Luisa Paula Roldan 22-Nov-14 Darell Matthew S. Tan & Gretchen T. Alvarez, San Sebastian Plaza del Carmen, Quiapo Manila 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 04-Dec-14 Johan Wahlem Q. Pangilinan & Rafaela Margarita F. Fajardo 04-Dec-14 Cresencio Santiano Jr & Yvette Christine O. Iglesia 05-Dec-14 Ronald E. Acedillo & Marie Camille C. Paulino 30-Oct-14 Rosario Westly Ana Arteficio Jhuliana Marie Tupaz Felix Angelo Mabanta 31-Oct-14 Jay Ongsiako 2-Nov-14 Victor Rufino Gin-Gin Francisco 06-Dec-14 Niño Cris U. Ragos & Mary Ann E. Abobo 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 12-Dec-14 Brian Joseph G. Sison & Cheryl F. Beltran 12-Dec-14 Jon Mikel C. Antunez & Ma. Zenda Preciosa P. Medina, Parokya ng San Antonio de Padua, Pook Silang, Cavite 13-Dec-14 Cesario Antonio S. Singzon Jr & Esther Claudine Fernandez Lim 13-Dec-14 Richard Michael P. Guerrero & Princess Jessan B. Solas 15-Dec-14 Leonardo G. Carrera Jr & Maria Luisa Paula Roldan 18-Dec-14 Adrian A. Sanchez & Ma. Cecilia Manalad 20-Dec-14 John Antony T. Recolito & Maria Cynthia V. Salvador 20-Dec-14 Marc Joseph Cansino Lucero & Marissa Guerrero Meana 20-Dec-14 Kim Loyola Zamora & Jacquelyn Po Chan 20-Dec-14 Paul John C. Quirante & Mary Abhegael Abonales Ginny Barrera Darrill Butlig For corrections and additions to this list, contact Susan at the parish office. 22-Dec-14 Royce Amores Villanueva & Hiromi Yu Alabanza 27-Dec-14 Richard Cabezon de Guzman & Anne Mariel Medina Dionisio 27-Dec-14 Raymund Manlangit & Sharon Barnuevo Manallo 27-Dec-14 Niels Ian Castillo Badillo & Mary Francis Roa Yu Macapinlac 29-Dec-14 Edison Agojo Pineda & Rodachelle Cruz Angeles 04-Jan-15 Vincent Edward Uy Tintoc & Jimmy J Luansing Go IV 07-Jan-15 Aristotle Tatad Sayas & Ma. Patricia C. Lorenzana 11-Jan-15 Jaime Joseph Trinidad & Stephanie Shaw 16-Jan-15 Benjamin C. Gadi III & Caroline Jayne P. Del Rosario 18-Jan-15 Anthony Lim Chua & Iveenie Uy Yee 22-Jan-15 Aristotle Cupino Canlas & Lady Grace Lucas Dimayuga 24-Jan-15 Ron Andrew R. Pangilinan & Honeylette O. De Gracia 31-Jan-15 John Paul Vizconde Tan & Victoria Margarita Caruncho Espiritu 10-Feb-15 Raffy R. Leoncio & Maria Elaine Arboleda 28-Feb-15 John Carlo P. Porciuncula & Erin Joyce A. Diamante

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SSAP MINISTRIES The Hospital Ministry visits the various hospitals it supports on a weekly basis to give medicines to the patients. This past week though, we were blessed by a kind family that donated toys that were gifts for their child s birthday. They also added toys that their daughter didn t use anymore so that other kids could use and enjoy them. Though the medicines are much needed to ensure their recovery from their illnesses/infections, you could really see the kids faces light up when they received a toy. One of those kids (the cute little boy sitting on the wooden cart) was actually abandoned by his parents after bringing him to the hospital for treatment. Despite his situation, receiving a toy made him break out into a huge smile! JPIC Scholars Beneficiaries are high school graduates, out of school youth of indigent families who are highly motivated to succeed and to help themselves and their families. Applicants referred by Franciscan sister parishes and NGOs, are carefully screened. Our thrust is to provide academic and technical knowledge and skills in partnership with our partner schools. Vocational courses are encouraged so that jobs are acquired after fifteen or twenty four months allowing them to help their families after completion of their course and On-the-Job Training (OJT). The Prison Ministry has many activities lined up for MCJ residents such as Lenten Recollection, Santa Cruzan, Barrio Fiesta, Film Showing, Sportsfest, Medical and Dental Mission and Christmas gift giving. We also have Catechism classes for them every Monday. It has been a challenge for us earlier on looking for Catechists and Biyaya to give them after every lesson and after every activity, but God provides. In behalf of the Prison Ministry, we would like to thank you, our dear Parishioners for your donations that support this program. We look forward to be with you in our activities. See page 5 for List of Ministries... Magnifikids We would like to announce the start of Magnifikids, a special children s liturgy. There will be 3 sessions this year Oct 26, Nov 23 and Dec 14. This will be held weekly beginning on Jan 11, 2015. Magnifikids is a celebration of the Liturgy of the Word that is designed for children ages 4-7. It is not catechism class nor is it childcare; it is a liturgical celebration. At the 10:30am Sunday mass, the priest presider calls the children forward and then they are sent forth to hear the Word of God. The children proceed to rooms in the Parish Center where they gather with a trained lay presider. The same Scripture readings proclaimed to the larger assembly in the Church are read to the children, using the Children s Lectionary. This lectionary shortens the readings and uses language and vocabulary that is easily understood by children. The lay presider shares the homily, leads the children in a shared discussion, activity, and reflection of the readings. The children share their own understanding of what they heard and how to relate it to their everyday lives. Our purpose is for the Church to show special concern for baptized children who have yet to be fully initiated thru sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. Also to ensure that the assembly s children (ages 4-7) experience meaningful, inspirational, and spiritual celebrations of the Liturgy of the Word through careful, reflective planning, and preparation by our lay presiders. If you would like more info or would like to volunteer in this ministry, please call Shelli at 09175322839 or email at shelliaway@yahoo.com