Our Lady Queen of the World Church
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Our Lady Queen of the World Church 3155 Winterbrook Dr., Bay Point, CA 94565-3264 - Tel: (925) 458-4718 - Fax: (925) 458-3161 Email: [email protected] - Website: http://www.olqw.org -- http://facebook.com/olqwbaypoint SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY APRIL 11, 2021 Fr. Peter Dung Duc Ngo, Pastor Confessions Deacon Loc Nguyen Saturday 3:30pm to 4:30pm or by appointment Office Hours Baptisms Monday – Friday: 9:00am - 1:00pm Pre-Baptism classes for parents and godparents held every second Tuesday of the month. Contact the parish office. Masses * Spanish Classes, contact Hilda Avelar at 925-642-3058. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm (English Indoor) * Vietnamese baptisms, contact Fr. Peter Dung D. Ngo at the 7:00 pm (Spanish Indoor) parish office. Sunday 9:00 am (English Outdoor) Marriage 12 noon (English Indoor) Contact the parish office at least six months in advance. 4:00 pm (Vietnamese Indoor) Rene Asuncion, Director of Rel. Ed. Weekdays: Mon-Fri. 7:30am, Sat. 8:00am Tel:(925) 458-4574-Website: olqwre.olqw.org First Friday: Email:[email protected] • Religious Education Devotions RCIA Adults seeking Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, or mem- Adoration & Benediction: Fridays 6:00pm- 7:30pm bership in the Catholic Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Wednesdays after morning mass • St. Vincent de Paul Chaplet of the Divine Mercy: Mondays & Food pantry opens Mondays 9:30am -11am in the Parish hall Fridays after morning mass GOSPEL READING Jn 20:19-31 Monday, April 12 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were 7:30 am Inez & Felix Macapagal locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Tuesday, April 13 Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be 7:30 am Benjamin A. Santos with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and Wednesday, April 14 his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I 7:30 am Pham’s Intentions Thursday, April 15 send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and 7:30 am Maria & Joseph said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are Friday, April 16 forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” Thomas, 7:30 am Benjamin A. & Zenaida Santos called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus Saturday, April 17 came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the 8:00 am Nancy Anderson Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in 5:00 pm Benjamin A. Santos his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand 7:00 pm (SP) Prudencia Avelar into his side, I will not believe.” Now a week later his disciples Sunday, April 18 were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, alt- 9:00 am Deceased Members of RMG hough the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, Jose T. Masangcay “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger 12 noon Maria Le Thi Quy here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my 4:00 pm (VN) side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not writ- ten in this book. But these are written that you may come to be- lieve that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name. PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACTS Filipino Association: Nerissa Riray, President ([email protected]) Hispanic Association Antonio Renteria, PRAY FOR THE SICK President ([email protected]) Contacto en Español: Gladys Giron 925-334-9873 Connie Trias, Claire Luna-Fernandez, Mario & Emma Dolor, Bertha Bal- Columbiettes Becky Trombley, Vice President dauf, Jovita Domingo, Carol Wagner, Julian Martinez, Virginia Cabaddu, 925-285-4947 ([email protected]) Nena Davi, Danny Muly, Michelle McLaughlin, Miguel Ortiz, Michael Knights of Columbus Manny Rosario Regello, Adele Discipulo, Virgilio Constantino, Francisco Arias, Pacita ([email protected]) Grabek, Rosalina Masangcay, Carmelo Cecilio, Lynn Anderson, victims of Regina Mundi Guild Leah Abejuela, the Coronavirus, all those in the Parish who are sick and all those listed in 925-300-7081 ([email protected]) the Book of Intention. St. Vincent de Paul Society: Esther Tilton, If you would like a name added to the prayer list, please call the rectory 458-4718. President [email protected] Legion of Mary: Rick Belza (925-261-0283) Vietnamese Association: Hiep David Vu, President ([email protected]) STEWARDSHIP/FINANCE Thank you for your contribution support to sustain the ministries & ongoing needs of our parish. Please make all checks payable to either “OLQW” or Our Lady Queen of the World for both first and second collections. Also please put your envelope number on the Memo line. Today ’s reading from the Gospel of John is proclaimed on the Second Sunday of Easter in each of the lection- ary cycles. This fact alone should alert us to the signifi- cance of the encounters with the resurrected Jesus that are described in this reading. This Gospel combines two scenes: Jesus’ appearance to his disciples after his When Martin I became pope in 649, Constantinople Resurrection and Jesus’ dialogue with Thomas, the dis- was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the pa- ciple who doubted. triarch of Constantinople was the most influential Church leader in the eastern Christian world. The Part of the mystery of Jesus’ Resurrection is that he struggles that existed within the Church at that time appeared to his disciples not as a spirit, but in bodily were magnified by the close cooperation of emperor form. We do not know, however, exactly what this and patriarch. form looked like. Earlier in John’s Gospel, when Mary A teaching, strongly supported in the East, held that of Magdala first encountered the risen Jesus, she did Christ had no human will. Twice, emperors had offi- not recognize him until he spoke to her. In Luke’s Gos- cially favored this position: Heraclius by publishing pel, the disciples walking along the road to Emmaus a formula of faith, and Constans II by silencing the did not recognize Jesus until he broke bread with them. issue of one or two wills in Christ. We know from readings such as today’s that in his res- urrected form, Jesus was not bound by matter; he ap- Shortly after assuming the office of the papacy— peared to the disciples inside a home even though the which he did without first being confirmed by the door was locked. Yet the disciples could still touch the emperor—Martin held a council at the Lateran in marks of his Crucifixion. which the imperial documents were censured, and in which the patriarch of Constantinople and two of his In today’s Gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with the predecessors were condemned. In response, Con- gift of peace. Jesus then commissions his disciples to stans II first tried to turn bishops and people against continue the work that he has begun; as Jesus was sent the pope. by God, so Jesus sends his disciples. He gives his dis- Failing in this and in an attempt to kill the pope, the ciples the gift of the Holy Spirit so that they will be emperor sent troops to Rome to seize Martin and to able to accomplish this task. Jesus’ words to his disci- bring him back to Constantinople. Already in poor ples also highlight the integral connection between the health, Martin offered no resistance, returned with forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. With Calliopas, the exarch of Constantinople, and was the grace of the Holy Spirit, we can share forgiveness then submitted to various imprisonments, tortures, and reconciliation with others. and hardships. Although condemned to death and with some of the imposed torture already carried Thomas, the doubting disciple in today’s reading, rep- out, Martin was saved from execution by the pleas resents the reality of the Church that comes after this of a repentant Paul, patriarch of Constantinople, first community of witnesses to Jesus. All but the first who was himself gravely ill. disciples of Jesus must believe without seeing. Like Thomas, we may doubt the news that Jesus, who was Tortures and cruel treatment having taken their toll, crucified and buried, appeared to his disciples. Our hu- Martin died shortly thereafter. He is the last of the man nature seeks hard evidence that the Jesus who ap- early popes to be venerated as a martyr. peared to his disciples after his death is indeed the same Jesus who was crucified. Thomas is given the opportunity to be our representative in obtaining this evidence. He gives witness to us that the Jesus who https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-martin-i was raised is the same Jesus who died. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are among those who are blessed, for we have not seen and yet believe. PARISH EVENTS ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFESSIONS: FOOD DRIVE Father Peter will be offering We will maintain a donation barrel for non- perishable foods in the church foyer; please Outdoor Confessions on be generous.