Fifth Sunday of Lent

Sat / Sun March 28 & March 29, 2009

MASS INTENTIONS for the week

 

Sat. 5 pm:         Thiem’s Vu

Sun. 8:30:         Int. Fr. William Marshall (liv.)

        8:30:          People of St. Margaret Mary (l. & d.)

       10:30:        Jennie Maderious dec.)

       10:30:        For our new Bishop Salvatore Cordileone       

       12:30:        Int. Paul Baccay (liv.)

Mon. 8 am:       Int.  Fr. William Marshall (liv.)

Mon. 6 pm:       Special Intention

Tues. 8 am:       Int. Matthew Duffy (liv.)

Tues. 6 pm:       Simon Tang (dec.)

Weds. 8 am:      Int. Julianna Burkart (liv.)

Weds. 6 pm:      Simon Tang (dec.)

Thurs. 8 am:      For Beatification of John Paul II (dec.)

Thurs. 8 am:      Simon Tang (dec.)

Thurs. 8.30am:  Holy Hour (NO EVENING HOLY HOUR)

Thurs. 6 pm:     The Souls in Purgatory

FIRST FRIDAY

Fri. 8 am:            In Honor of Five Sacred Wounds

Fri. 9:30am:      Simon Tang (dec.)

Fri. 2– 3:30pm: Adoration and Chaplet

Fri. 6 pm:           Domingo Balza (dec.)

FIRST SATURDAY
Sat. 8 am:            The Souls in Purgatory

Sat. 10 am:         Int. Rose Mora (liv.)

Sat. 5 pm:            Simon Tang (dec.)

MUSIC FOR 5:00, 10:30 & 12:30 MASSES

Organ Prelude: Pathetique Sonata, Beethoven,  arr.  B. Roe

Hymns:  # 100 Asperges, # 360 Lord Who Throughout, and

#365 Parce Domine

Mass at  5:00 pm(Sat. Vigil): Mass of Christian Unity,

          Vermulst. Cantor & Organ.

Mass at 10: 30:       Missa de Quadragesima, Gregorian.

                                St. MM Choir

Mass at 12:30:        Missa de Quadragesima., Gregorian.

                                Mixed Schola

Mass at 5:45pm:     English Mass with organ

Organ Postlude:     40 days and 40 nights (Heinlein),  J. Nixon

 

 

 

Last week second collection for the Parish Development  Fund   amounted $ 1,087.00.

This week, the 2nd collection  is for the SVDPS.

Next week, the 2nd collection is for the Building Fund .

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. MAY GOD REWARD YOUR GENEROSITY.

 

 

BLESSING OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS

Will take place next weekend, Saturday, April 4, at 5:00 PM, and Sunday, April 5, at the 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Masses.

 

FIRST THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY

This week we celebrate the First Thursday on April 2, a day of special prayer for our priests, religious & seminarians. HOLY HOUR will be celebrated after morning Holy Mass because of CHRISM MASS.  On First Friday, April 3rd, after the Holy Masses, we expose the Blessed Sacrament and recite the Litany to the Sacred Heart, followed by Benediction. An extra Mass for home-schooling children & their parents will be at 9:30 AM. Other parishioners are also welcome to come and to pray with us.  On the First Saturday, April 4th, after the 8:00 AM Mass, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary will be recited.

 

BITTER LAMENTATIONS & STATIONS: Lenten Vespers (sung Evening Prayer) about the sufferings and death of Our Lord Jesus Christ will be celebrated every Sunday of Lent at 5:00 PM; followed by Benediction and Holy Mass. Please come and invite others to participate in this beautiful Vespers. Stations of the Cross are recited every Friday after the Holy Masses.

Sunday Scripture

 

                We are a people saved from eternal death and brought to new life by Jesus. God has great mercy and deep love for us. Out of this love, God sent his Son, Jesus, to redeem us by his blood, offering us the hope of eternal life. Our rescue from sin and death, darkness and evil, is sheer grace. This great gift from God merits a response of gratitude from us and a life of faith and good works.

                 In the Gospel Jesus teaches that God sent him as a sacrifice to save us. He compares his being lifted up on the Cross to the bronze serpent lifted by Moses to heal the Israelites. In Ephesians we hear of God's rich mercy. In the first reading, the Chosen People are free to return to Israel after their exile.