Second Sunday of Lent

Sat / Sun March 07 & March 08, 2009

 

MASS INTENTIONS for the week

 

Sat. 5 pm:        Simon Tang (dec.)

Sun. 8:30:        Sr. Claude Marie Crinnion (dec.)

Sun. 8:30:        Marie Lyen (dec.)

      10:30:        William Maderious (dec.)

      12:30:        People of St. Margaret Mary (l. & d.)

        5:45pm:   Int. Harry Garland (liv.)

Mon. 8 am:      Simon Tang (dec.)

Mon. 6 pm:      Lawrence J. Lee (dec.)

Tues. 8 am:      Simon Tang (dec.)

Tues. 6 pm:      Special Intention

Weds. 8 am:     Theresa Dinh Family

Weds. 6 pm:     Jacqlyn Foell (dec.)

Thurs. 8 am:     Theresa Dinh Family

Thurs. 6 pm:     Int. Titus Ekanem (liv.) Thanksgiving Mass

Fri. 8 am:           Simon Tang & his mother, See Chuen Ho (dec.)

Fri. 6 pm:         In Honor of Five Sacred Wounds

Sat. 8 am:         Int. Fr. Don McDonnell (liv.)

Sat. 10 am:       Pam, Brad, and Zach (liv.)

Sat. 5 pm:         Int. Rev. Carmelo Mifsud (liv.) - 50th

                         Anniversary of Priestly Ordination.

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

Organ Prelude:   “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christe”,  J.S. Bach

Today’s Hymns:

#100 Asperges Me

#360 Forty Days and Forty Nights
“ Lenten Antiphon”

Mass at 5:00 pm (Sat.)

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 (Sun.)
English Mass with Organ

Organ Postlude: O Rest In the Lord, Felix Mendelssohn

 

Last week second collection for the Building Fund amounted to $ ????.00.

 

This week, the 2nd collection  is for the Bishop’s  Appeal.

 

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

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

 

MAY GOD REWARD YOUR GENEROSITY.

 

PARISH LENTEN RETREAT 2009:

Please save these dates:

 

March 26, (Thursday) - March 29, (Sunday), 2009

(by Rev. Joseph Kowalczyk M.M., Retreat Master)

03/26 Thursday: 8:00 AM & 6:00 PM - Holy Masses, followed
     by conferences.

03/27 Friday: 8:00 AM & 6:00 PM - Holy Masses, conferences
     & Stations of the Cross.                                             

     10:00 AM - Mass for Home-schooling Families,     conference   
     and Stations for children.

     2:00 PM – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; Confession

     3:00 PM – The Chaplet of Divine Mercy followed by  
     Benediction.

03/28 Saturday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM – Holy Masses &
     conferences.

     12:00 Noon – Holy Mass for the Sick with Conference &
     Anointing of the Sick.

      4:00 PM – Penitential Service with Adoration of  the Blessed
     Sacrament & Confession

       5:00 PM – Vigil Mass with Conference

3/02 Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM & 12:30 PM  all Holy Masses
     with conferences.

       5:00 PM – Bitter Lamentations: Lenten Vespers with Special
     Sermon

       5:45 PM – Holy Mass with Conference

 

 

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. Copies are provided, but you may download and print your own copy here.  Bring with you to Lamentations.

Stations of the Cross are recited every Friday after all Holy Masses.

Sunday Scripture

          Listening to Jesus should move us to make changes in our lives. Are we listening to Jesus? The Father told us so clearly that this is what we are to do. We are to listen to all that Jesus taught and then live according to those teachings. If we are listening, how are we responding? Will this Lenten season make a difference in that response?

            God tested Abraham's faith, asking him to sacrifice his only beloved son. Abraham did not hesitate, so great was his faith. In Romans we are reminded that God did not spare his own Son, but sent him as our perfect sacrifice. In the Gospel, a voice from a cloud - message from God the Father - proclaims: “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him”.