SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 9, 2021

~PRAY FOR THE SICK~ Sil Achiro Sasha Davis Buzz Ford PARISH MASS SCHEDULE Roman Gamblin Joe Grandona Hank Harris Susan Hogg Joe Killian Howard Jay SUN! ! . 5/9 Sixth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day Bill Madigan Vince Nocito Albert Orci Acts 10:25-48 Ps 98:1-4 1Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17 David Orozco Mary Ellen Perkins Gary R. 8:00 a.m. Paul and Lisa Adler Jack Sabido Skip Shank Jerry Weidner 10:00 a.m. Bruce Barsi Thaddeus Tellers Daniel Valasquez StacyWesler NO MASS at Queen of the Snows in Olympic Valley UNTIL JULY 4 For Prayer and Mass requests, please call the Parish MON. 5/10 St. Damien de Veuster; St. John De Avila Office at 530-583-4409 or bring it by the parish Acts 16:11-15 Ps 149:1b-9b; Jn 15:26 — 16:4a office. (Customary offering for a Mass request is 8:30 a.m. Robin and David Alvarado 00 $10. ). TUES. 5/11

FIRST SATURDAY MASS is scheduled for June Acts 16:22-34 Ps 138:1-8 Jn 16:5-11 5th 8:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi in Tahoe City. NO MASS WED. 5/12 Ss. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras Religious Education/ News Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 Ps 148:1-14 Jn 16:12-15 The Religious Education programs are in progress. 8:30 a.m. Matt and Monica Osinski Please contact the parish if you would like a copy THURS. 5/13 Our Lady of Fatima of the Phlaum Weeklies for younger children, Acts 18:1-8 Ps 98:1-4 Jn 16:16-20 mailed to you. The of Confirmation will 8:30 a.m. Michael and Gail Shumate be celebrated on Saturday, May 15, here at our main FRI. 5/14 St. Matthias church in Tahoe City. Acts 1:15-26 Ps 113:1-8 Jn 15:9-17 ~TODAY’S READINGS~ 8:30 a.m. Matt Reiter † First Reading — The gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out SAT.5/15 St. Isidore; Armed Forces Day on the Gentiles also (Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48). Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-9 Eph 1:17- 23 Mk 16:15-20 Psalm — The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving 5:00 p.m. All Parishioners power (Psalm 98). SUN. 5/16 The Ascension of the Lord; World Second Reading — God is love (1 John 4:7-10) or Communications Day 1 John 4:11-16. Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-9 Eph 1:17- 23 Mk 16:15-20 Gospel — No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s 8:00 a.m. Glenn Ristine life for one’s friends (John 15:9-17) or John 17:11b-19. The 10:00 a.m. Consuela Himinez Hernandez † English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass NO MASS at Queen of the Snows in Olympic Valley © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. UNTIL JULY 4

Questions Of The Week PLEASE NOTE: Weekday Masses are celebrated in the Chapel in Tahoe City. Question for Children: In what ways do you experience God’s love, offered to you through family, friends, and Weekend Lectors teachers? 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Question for Youth: Jesus commanded us to love one another. Anita Ormsby Teresa Mills Daryn Kratz Who is most in need of your love and kindness right now? Kate Sciacca Kathy Swigard How can you be more loving to those most in need this week? Question for Adults: Concretely, how do you show love to ~FINANCE COMMITTEE NEWS~ others? http://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com/ Remember that even though Sunday Mass participation is limited, we still have our Parish expenses. We hope you will be able to continue to contribute. You can mail your offerings to:

Corpus Christ Catholic Church P.O. Box 1878

Tahoe City, CA 96145 Or you can drop them off at the office, during office hours. HOLIEST FLOWER Mary is the lily in God’s garden. Collection for last week May 1-2, 2021 —St. Bridget of Sweden Offertory $ 885.00

Parish Maintenance Fund $ 713.00 Please remember to visit our website for the most current Mass schedule and parish information. Second Collection this weekend http://www.corpuschristi-tahoe.org Parish Maintenance Fund

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FROM OUR PASTOR, FATHER FRANCIS

One particular aspect of the Byzantine Catholic Church I appreciate is their refreshing perspective on so many different things that we, as Roman Rite Catholics, sometimes take for granted. For example: the beautiful way they name their special liturgical celebrations. The beautiful theme for Easter Monday, the day after Pascha, is

called “Birthright Monday.” How many of us see our faith as our spiritual birth right? We can apply this solemn theme to our readings this Sunday. Jesus defines again what genuine agape love is all about. It’s about laying down our lives for our brothers and sisters and abandoning our Wills to Almighty God. But how do we do this? We do it simply by embracing His Commandments and the teachings of His Church. Do we see the Commandments and His

Divine teachings as our birthright? They are gifts for us—not burdens. So many Catholics want to dismiss the Commandments,

and Church teachings, because they find them difficult. They don’t see them as necessary gifts and tools needed to grow in Divine Grace. Paraphrasing the 6th Chapter of John’s Gospel v. 66– “the saying was hard and many walked away.” The Commandments and the teachings of the faith are our birthright which we receive at . Why don’t we appreciate them?

Let us not try to alter them or discard them from our tradition. Our Blessed Lord has shown us how we can grow and be perfected in Divine love. The Commandments and the teachings of our Faith are not burdens, they are our birthright. Will we receive and embrace them with enthusiasm and joy— or will we be like the many... who walked away.

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The Creed is welcome them. https://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com/ a solemn statement of belief, a “rule of faith” (General Vatican dedicates May to global ‘marathon’ for end Instruction of the Roman Missal, 67). It states the core of what of COVID-19. Pope Francis has called for a we believe about God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. global prayer marathon for the entire The language of the Creed is knotty and difficult at times, month of May, praying for the end to the precisely because its purpose is to express with precision what pandemic. Let us all do our best to join in and we believe about God. The Creed that we pray most often, the be a part of this worldwide prayer group! , came out of the earliest ecumenical councils: For more information:https://www.scd.org/news/vatican- Nicea in 325 and Constantinople in 381. It originated in a time dedicates-may-global-rosary-marathon-end-covid-19 of great controversy about the divinity of Christ, and thus the longest section of the Creed relates to Christ, truly human and DEEP DEBT truly God. My mother was the most The Creed is both communal and personal: it is “we,” but beautiful woman I ever saw. it is also “I.” In the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, it is All I am I owe to my mother. only after listening to the teaching of the Church and professing I attribute all my success in faith in the Holy Trinity that the candidate is admitted to the life to the moral, intellectual, . So, it is every Sunday. We listen to the word, we and physical education I received from her. George Washington profess our faith, and then we come to the altar. Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.