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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 5, 2020 OUR LADY OF PEACE R C C S Conducted by the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word Pastor: Rev. Brian Dinkel, IVE Associate Pastors: Rev. Thomas Steinke, IVE, Rev. Jonathan Dumlao, IVE, Rev. Wilian Montalvo, IVE Convent Superior: Mother Revelacion, SSVM (Servants of the Lord and Virgin of Matará) “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Confessions Weekend Masses Weekday Masses (In the main parking lot) Sunday Vigil (Saturday): Mon. - Fri.: 6:30AM, 8AM, Monday: Noon & 5:15PM 5PM & 7PM Noon, 5:15PM; Tues.-Fri.: 8AM, Noon, & 5:15PM Sunday: 6:30AM, 8AM, Also: 8AM Sat. Also: Wed. 7:30PM 10:00AM, 12PM, 2PM, 4PM, Saturday: during all Masses, 6:00PM (Spanish) & 8PM First Friday: Mass at 7:30PM also 3:30PM - 5PM Sunday: during all Masses Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church & Shrine Mission Statement Our Lady of Peace is a church and shrine dedicated to the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls. It is a place of prayer & pilgrimage with: • Perpetual adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament • Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary • Frequent celebration of the Sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and Reconciliation • Integrated formation of the person (spiritual, moral, intellectual and emotional) 408.988.4585 — 2800 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95054 — www.olop-shrine.org Page 2 Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine July 5, 2020 F P’ D A Word From the Venerable Fulton Sheen on Patriotism Dear Friends, As you are reading this, the Fourth of July will have already happened. I hope that it has not been with any figurative fireworks, i.e., violence and destruction, but only real ones, the celebratory kind that fill the night sky. It is difficult to write, not because of the topic itself, namely, celebrating the birth of our nation and the freedom it was built upon. I find it difficult, because in recent past, the very piety one owes to their homeland, which we call patriotism, has become a polemic term, to put it lightly. What are we to make of all of this? I would like to I would like to direct you to a topic that Ven. Fulton Sheen once broadcasted in the 1930’s and then again in the 1960’s dedicated to patriotism. What is interesting is how the topic repeatedly applies throughout the decades, even up until now. He asked the question, “Quo Vadis, America?” (Where are you going, America?) I will be quoting him at length. Sheen begins by saying, “In these days when so many subversive activities are at work, a reminder of the necessity of loving our country is very much to the point.” “The first answer is that the essence of Americanism is revolution; the second answer is that the essence of Americanism consists in the recognition of the sacredness of human personality.” “First let us consider the revolutionary theory. The Communists, in their attempt to justify another revolution, are rewriting American history to suit the dialectics of Marx and Lenin. Their argument is this: America began with a revolution. .If they insist on appealing to the American Revolution we would remind them that it was a political revolution against a government across the sea, and not a civil war and class struggle against one another.” “As an American you must be opposed to all dictators, Fascist, Nazi, or Communist. The Communist trick is to accuse all who are opposed to Communism of being Fascists. This is not true. Because I dislike Russian caviar it does not follow that I am mad about spaghetti or wiener-schnitzel. .The best way to keep Fascism out of American life is to keep out Communism. .” “The essence of Americanism is not revolution, but the recognition of the sacredness of human personality and the inherent inalienable rights which every man possesses independently of the State. That is why, when our country began, our Founding Fathers were most anxious to find some basis for human rights, some foundation for human liberties, some guarantee of human personality which would be above the encroachment of tyranny and abuse.” “But where find the basis for the right of a man to be his own master, captain of his own soul, free in his right to pursue his ultimate end with a free conscience? Where root and ground the right to own property as the extension of personality? Where find the rock of all liberties which would be strong enough to withstand governments and powers and states which would absorb them as the monarchies did, then, and as certain dictatorships do now?” “Where find the source of the liberties and the rights of man? On what stable foundation are they to be reared? What is their source? The answer they gave was the right one. They sought the foundations of man’s rights and liberties in something so sacred and so inalienable that no State, no Parliament, no Dictator, no human power could ever take them away, and so they rooted them in God. Hence our Declaration of Independence reads: all men “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. .among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” “This has been undermined for some time now. Where? In the Universities, in schools, in the public sphere. For, as Sheen rightly points out, “if the essence of Americanism is the sacredness of human personality as created by God, who is doing most to preserve that Americanism? The schools that never mention His name? The universities and colleges that dissolve the Deity into the latest ultimate of physics or biology? The professors who adjust their ethics to suit unethical lives?” “If human dignity and liberty come from God, then it follows that loss of faith in Him means loss of faith in those liberties which derive from Him.” Continued on page 8 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 W O L P! We invite you to join our parish family! Please come to the parish office to fill out a registration form, or register online at: www.olop-shrine.org ANNOUNCEMENTS MASS INTENTIONS We have reopened! Saturday, July 4th Thanks be to God, we have reopened for public 8:00 am July Collective Mass Mass and perpetual adoration. Please see the 5:00 pm Leslie Ribaya, Birthday updated schedules on pages 4 to 7. 7:30 pm Elizabeth Decoit, Health ————–——————— Sunday, July 5th We are in great need of volunteers to help facilitate this reopening, so if you are able to 7:30 am +Louis & +Rosemary Trinko help, please see the information on page 7. 9:00 am For the People ————–——————— 10:30 am +Phanxico Savie Pham C. Son Mass Intention Requests Noon Father’s Day Novena Although the parish office is closed to drop-in 2:00 pm Tyler Breland, Health visitors, we have instituted a temporary process 5:00 pm Johnny Capistrano to accept and process Mass Intention requests Luciano Carrasco & Familia, Thanksgiving & Special 6:30 pm via email. Please visit bit.ly/olop-mass-requests Intentions for information and steps to submit requests. 8:00 pm Angela An Monday, July 6th 6:30 am +Therese Nguyen, Special Intentions 8:00 am July Collective Mass Noon Leticia R. Aguirre, Birthday 5:15 pm Austin Joseph Nguyen, Health Tuesday, July 7th 6:30 am +Maria Nguyen Thi Giai 8:00 am July Collective Mass Noon Anahi & Siblings, Birthday 5:15 pm +Trisha Christine Mille Wednesday, July 8th 6:30 am Arminda Ayala, Birthday 8:00 am July Collective Mass Noon Kurt Johnson, Special Intentions 5:15 pm Pricila Santiago, Birthday Thursday, July 9th 6:30 am +Juanita Centeno, 8:00 am July Collective Mass Noon Carolyn Parson, Health 5:15 pm IVE Priests at OLOP Friday, July 10th 6:30 am Intentions of Fr. Jonathan 8:00 am July Collective Mass Noon All catechumens and Candidates from RCIA program 5:15 pm Mateo Ribaya, Birthday Saturday, July 11th 8:00 am July Collective Mass If you’ve have any questions or concerns with the Mass 5:00 pm IVE Priests at OLOP intentions, please email: [email protected] 7:30 pm Parishioners of OLOP Page 4 Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine July 5, 2020 WE HAVE REOPENED! THIS WEEK’S READINGS Sunday, July 5th: FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME For now, per the Diocese of San Jose, we will Zechariah 9:9-10 / Romans 8:9, 11-13 / Matthew 11:25-30 follow the directives of the Santa Clara County Monday, July 6th: Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr Public Health Officer, who at this time is Hosea 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22 / Matthew 9:18-26 permitting outdoor worship in groups no larger than 25 persons or celebration or automobile- Tuesday, July 7th: Weekday based gatherings of no more than 100 Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 / Matthew 9:32-38 automobiles. Therefore, we will utilize our Wednesday, July 8th: Weekday courtyard area for smaller gatherings and the big Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 / Matthew 10:1-7 parking lot for larger ones (depending upon the Thursday, July 9th: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and mass time). Companions, Martyrs Hosea 11:1-4, 8e-9 / Matthew 10:7-15 Obviously, this is a difficult limitation, which is Friday, July 10th: Weekday why if the person limit has been met when you Hosea 14:2-10 / Matthew 10:16-23 arrive, we will unfortunately not be able to take Saturday, July 11th: Saint Benedict, Abbot, Memorial any more people for those Masses.