St. Parish 6610 Balmoral Street, Burnaby, BC V5E 1J1 Phone: 604-434-1328 Fax: 604-434-3038 AD Space Email: [email protected] Website: saintfrancisdesales.ca available "We must suffer our imperfection in order to have perfection." Pastor: St. Francis de Sales. Father Mario Marin

Assistant Pastor: TBA.

Religious Education Coordinator Marguerite Goldsmith [email protected]

Office Staff: Mora Kerr Danka Mak

Parish School School Principal: Mrs. Irene Wihak

Ornella Hatzisavva-Secretary Phone: 604-435-5311 Fax: 604-434-4798 [email protected] Pre-School: 604-434-3311

De Sales Ministry for the Deaf Pastoral Worker: Sr. Glenys Symons 604-434-7775 Cell Text 604-838-1206

St. George's Melkite-Greek Catholic Mission Byzantine Rite Mass at 1:30 pm on Sundays

Pastor:

Fr. Edward Ibrahim

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St. Vincent de Paul Society Help Line: 604-434-1328

Domestic Abuse Help Line: 604-640-7549

AD Space Confessions: Holy Communion is available Confessions are also being Please see the inside of heard on an ongoing basis the bulletin for our distributed every by appointment. Please call currentNO School liveMass Friday, stream January 16 Sunday at 3 pm at the parish office to schedule Mass link. the Church Entrance a time. We AD Space available Sunday, April 11, Divine Sunday John 20:19-31 Sunday Prayer to St. Faustina celebrations will be live My Lord and my ! (John 20:28) by the Holy Father John Paul II streamed on Saturday April And you Faustina, a gift of God to our time, From a homily by for , April 7, 2013: 10 after the 5 pm Anticipated SundayMass at 6:05 pm. a gift from the land of to the whole “In Today’s Gospel, the apostle Thomas personally experiences the mercy of God, which has Church, obtain for us an awareness of the We are live streaming on a concrete face, the face of , the risen Jesus. Thomas does not believe it when the other depth of Divine Mercy, help us to have a Saturday instead of Sunday as living experience of it and to bear witness apostles tell him, “We have seen the Lord” (John 20:25). It isn’t enough for him that Jesus had Holy Communion is among our brothers and sisters. foretold it….He wants to see, he wants to put his hand in the place of the nails and in Jesus’ side. distributed on Sunday’s at 3 pm. However you can still watch it on Sunday via You Tube. May our message of light and spread And how does Jesus react? With patience, Jesus does not abandon Thomas in his stubborn throughout the world, spurring sinners to Please follow the link below for Divine Mercy conversion, calming rivalries and hatred and unbelief, he gives him a week’s time, he does not close the door, he waits. And Thomas Celebrations. acknowledges his own poverty, his little . opening individuals and nations to the https://youtu.be/9iXNonZngG4 practice of brother hood. Today, fixing our “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). With this simple yet faith-filled invocation, he responds gaze with you on the face of the risen Christ, to Jesus' patience. He lets himself be enveloped by divine mercy, he sees it before his eyes, in the let us make our own your prayer of trusting wounds of Christ’s hands and feet and in his open side and he discovers trust, he is a new man, no Stewardship Reflection abandonment and say with firm hope longer an unbeliever but a believer. “Jesus, I trust in You”. April 11, 2021 - Divine Mercy Sunday Maybe someone among us here is thinking my sin is so great, I am as far from God as the Maria Kowalska, also known as younger son in the parable, my unbelief is like that of Thomas, I don’t have the courage to go back “The community of believers was of one heart and Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska of to believe that God can welcome me and that he is waiting for me, of all people. But God is indeed mind, and no one claimed that any of his posses- the Blessed Sacrament and waiting for you, he asks of you only the courage to go to him. sions was his own...” - Acts 4:32 popularly spelled Faustina, was a Let us find the courage to return to his house, to dwell in his loving wounds, allowing Polish Roman Catholic nun and mystic. Her apparitions of Jesus Christ ourselves to be loved by him and to encounter his mercy in the sacraments. We will feel his All that we are and all that we have is a gift from inspired the roman Catholic devotion to the wonderful tenderness, we will feel his embrace and we too will become more capable of mercy, God! Think of your family, your friends, your life, Divine Mercy and earned her the title of patience, and . your talents and your money – these are all gifts “Secretary of Divine Mercy”. from God! We aren’t really owners of anything, we

“My Lord and my God! Thank you for your unending mercy!” are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has Quotes from St. Faustina’s Diary blessed us with. We are called to be grateful and RCIA generous with all of our gifts for the benefit of oth- “When I see that the burden is beyond my We welcome and congratulate ers. strength, I do not consider or analyze it or Congratulation and Welcome our Faith Community Lucille Aivy probe into it, but I run like a child to the Copyright © 2021 Archdiocese of St. Louis Colleen Megan Yip & Sandy Yi Luo and her sons, Karlos Angelo Cupin Madarieta HEART of JESUS and say only one word to Kayden & Shelden who were baptized on the Easter weekend. HIM. “You can do all things. And then I keep Neal Matthew Goswami The other members of the RCIA for 2021 and their children Vancouver Life Soldiers Friday Night silent, because I know that Jesus Himself will Baptized in our parish this weekend who will be baptized in the coming weeks. Zoom Rosary intervene in the matter and as for me, instead Please keep them in your prayers. Pray the rosary with us each Friday on of tormenting myself, I use that time to love Boya Yu, Raven Dong, Jackie Zhigang Wu, Zoom at 8:00 pm. Sign - up at Him.” (1033, page 392) Maggie Li Janelle Yang, Sunny Park, Ellie Lee, beholdvancouver.org/events/6948 Congratulations! “I will not allow myself to be so absorbed in Ji Shen, Nicole Jia, Leo Shen Li, Isaac Li, Adrian Garcia the whirlwind of work as to forget about God. & Dan Shen, Chantelle Hou, Selina Hou, Anticipated Sunday Mass I will spend all my free moments at the feet of Princess Aubrei Perez April 10 Live Steam Mass Joan Wu, Jasmine Li, & Dave Carruthers the Master hidden in the Blessed https://youtu.be/TqFS4n6zSWM Who were married in our Parish this week. Sacrament.” (82, page 42) THOSE WATCHING LIVE STREAM MASS: April 11, 2021 Sunday of Divine Mercy On Sundays at 3:00 pm, we will be distributing Holy Communion. Parishioners coming for Holy Communion in their car will come to the church through the Pre-school parking lot, down the back alley to the church then into the top parking lot in front of the church, then to the front of the church ,they will get out of their GROW AS A DISCIPLE PRAY, STUDY, ENGAGE, SERVE car at this point and receive communion, re-enter their car and drive to the Balmoral exit. (This is done so that all the social distancing rules will be observed as each Do you ever have times at the dinner table or at a gathering of friends where all seems right with the world? I often hold household will be in one space, their car.) While in the lineup for my breath, conscious of the fragility of those moments, fearful communion the following preparation for communion will be that saying something might jinx things. It’s a little like said. (Anyone arriving by public transit is also welcome.) rooting for a pitcher cruising into the bottom of the ninth with a no-hitter that feeling that we are on the verge of perfection. Preparation prayers for Reception of Holy Communion Well, as Christians, we are on that verge, although perfection Call to mind your sins –then say the act of contrition: will not come in this life but the next. And so, as fleeting as I confess to almighty God these human moments feel, and can actually be, we are and to you my brothers and sister, reminded in today's psalm: "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting ... Let those who fear the Lord that I have greatly sinned, say, 'His mercy endures forever.'' As we celebrate this Divine in my thoughts and in my words, Mercy Sunday, and enter the second week of Easter, let us in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, give thanks for the gift of God's great mercy, and pray for the grace to be as loving and merciful to others. through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-virgin, GO EVANGELIZE PRAYER, INVITATION, WITNESS, all the angels and saints, ACCOMPANIMENT and you my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. I'm taken by the story of doubting Thomas. For a long time l Read the following reading have focused on the "doubting" part of his name, the fact that John 6:54-55 he demanded to place his fingers in the nail marks and his hand in Jesus’ side. However, when Jesus addresses Thomas, He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up on the last day. For Thomas' response is immediate and unqualified: "My Lord and my flesh is real food and my blood real drink. my God!" Thomas has recognized the divine nature of Jesus, Say the Our Father he sees him not just as the man he has followed, but as God. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name; thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is As Catholics, we may sometimes face questions about how in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who the Church has come to believe and teach certain things. trespass against us; and lead us not in to temptation, but deliver us from evil. Thomas' ultimate affirmation encourages us to be steadfast in Receive Communion our faith, and to be patient with any of our own and others Drive to our larger parking lot or on the way home observe a period of silence then say the questions. That is because Christ will come to meet us where ending prayer we are. As the incarnation of God's divine mercy, Jesus Christ is the one who hears our doubts and insecurities, and he Final Prayer answers them: "Here I am. Look at me. Touch me. Feel my Lord, you have nourished us with one bread from heaven. presence." Thomas was not afraid, and we need not fear either. God's mercy is upon us, "and the victory that conquers the world is our faith." Let us witness to our faith as Thomas Here is a classic version of Spiritual Communion: did to his. Spiritual Communion Prayer by Saint Alphonsus Liguori My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You PRAY Today is Divine Mercy Sunday, a day when we are above all things, and I long for You in my . Since I cannot now receive reminded of God’s immense love and mercy for us. Learn You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You more about this day and how to recite the Divine Mercy have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You, never Chaplet at: permit me to be separated from You. usccb.org/profile/divine-mercy-sunday Amen. St. Faustina’s Praises of the Divine Mercy (D.E. 948-949) Divine Mercy Sunday Celebrations St. Francis de Sales Parish Divine Mercy, gushing forth from the bosom of the Father, (repeat after each praise) I trust in You! Divine Mercy, greatest attribute of God, of Divine Mercy Image Divine Mercy, incomprehensible mystery, Divine Mercy, font gushing forth from the mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity, Image Blessing on Mercy Sunday Divine Mercy, unfathomed by any intellect, human or angelic,

Almighty and Eternal Father, in your goodness, bless and sanctify this Image Divine Mercy, from which wells forth all life and happiness, of The Divine Mercy, Your dearly beloved Son, which has been fashioned to Divine Mercy, better than the heavens, reveal to us the great love of our Crucified and Risen Savior, The Divine Divine Mercy, source of miracles and wonders, Mercy Personified. Help us recall to our minds the streams of Blood and Water that had gushed forth from His pierced Heart to be for us a continuous fount of Divine Mercy, encompassing the whole universe, mercy. Grant to all who invoke Your Mercy with this Image before their eyes, Divine Mercy, descending to earth in the Person of the Incarnate Word the grace of true repentance, pardon and peace. Shield them from every danger Divine Mercy, which flowed out from the open wound of the Heart of Jesus, to soul and body in this life. Divine Mercy, enclosed in the Heart of Jesus for us, and especially sinners, Jesus, our loving Savior, establish in this Image the Throne of Your Divine Mercy, unfathomed in the institution of the , Mercy. Pour out upon all of us, who approach it with faith and trust, the purifying, healing and sanctifying rays of grace ever emanating from it as a Divine Mercy, in the founding of the Holy Church, blazing star. Gaze upon us as you did from the Cross with your great love and Divine Mercy, in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, mercy so that we may be filled with your grace. Divine Mercy, in our through Jesus Christ,

Through this Image, may Your Divine Mercy triumph over all the powers of evil. May all who venerate this Divine Mercy, accompanying us through our whole life, Image never perish. May it be their joy in life, their hope in death, and their glory in eternity for ever and ever. Divine Mercy, embracing us especially at the hour of death,

Divine Mercy, endowing us with immortal life, This we ask through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen! Divine Mercy, accompanying us at every moment of our life, Taken from the www.divinemercysunday.com website. Permission granted to anyone for distribution and Divine Mercy, shielding us from the fires of , copying. Divine Mercy, in conversion of hardened sinners, Divine Mercy, astonishment for Angels, incomprehensible to Saints, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Divine Mercy, unfathomed in all mysteries of God,

O Salutaris Divine Mercy, lifting us out of every misery, Divine Mercy, source of our happiness and joy, O Salutaris hostia, Uni trinoque domino, Divine Mercy, in calling us forth from nothingness to existence, Quae caeli pandis ostium. Sit sempiterna Gloria Divine Mercy, embracing all the works of His hands, Bella premunt hostilia, Qui vitam sine termino Divine Mercy, crown of all of God’s handiwork, Da robur fer auxilium Nobis donet in patria. Amen Divine Mercy, in which we are all immersed, Divine Mercy, sweet relief for anguished hearts, Divine Mercy, only hope of despairing , THREE O’CLOCK PRAYER Divine Mercy, repose of hearts, peace amidst fear, Divine Mercy, delight and ecstasy of holy souls, “You died Jesus, but the source of life flowed out for souls and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O fountain of life, immeasurable Divine Mercy, cover the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.” Divine Mercy, inspiring hope against all hope Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon “ which flowed out from the heart of Jesus as a Fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You.” us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” (3X) but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. (D.E. 950)

Jesus, King of Mercy, I trust in You! O incomprehensible and limitless Mercy Divine, to extol and adore You worthily, who can? Supreme attribute of Almighty God, You are the sweet hope for sinful man. (D.E.951).

Prayer of Consecration to the Divine Mercy DIVINE PRAISES

Jesus, the Divine Mercy, I consecrate my entire life, from this day on, to You Blessed be God Blessed be His Holy Name without reserve. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man Into Your hands I abandon my past, my present, and my future; Blessed be the Name of Jesus from this day forward make me a true follower of Your teaching. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart Let Your Divine Mercy Image, protect my home and my family from all the Blessed be His Most Precious Blood powers of evil in this world today. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete May all who venerate it never perish, may it be their joy in life, their hope in Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy death, and their glory in eternity. Amen. Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception Blessed be her glorious Assumption The Divine Mercy Chaplet & Prayers Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother This Chaplet can be said on ordinary Rosary beads: Blessed be St. Joseph, Her most chaste spouse First Say: one Our Father, one Hail Mary and the I believe in God. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His saints

Then on the large beads say the following words: All: May the Heart of Jesus, in the most Blessed Sacrament, be praised adored, and loved, with grateful Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity affection at every moment in all the Tabernacles of the world even to the end of time. Amen of Your dearly beloved Son Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the smaller beads you are to say the following words: O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world All praise and all thanksgiving, After the five decades you are to say these words three time. Be every moment Thine.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world. X3 Recessional Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Holy God, we praise thy name, Lord of all, we bow before thee; BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT All on earth thy sceptre claim, All in heaven above adore thee: Tantum Ergo Infinite they vast domain, everlasting is they reign. X2

Tantum Ergo Sacramentum Genitori, Genitoque Veneremur cernui: Laus et Jubilatio Hark! The loud celestial hymn Et antiquum documentum Salus, honor, virtus quoque Angel choirs above are raising, Novo cedat ritui: Sit et benedictio Cherubim and seraphim Praestet fides supplementum Procedenti ab utroque In unceasing chorus praising, Sensuum defectui. Compar sit laudatio. AMEN Fill the heavens with sweet accord; HOLY ! HOLY! Holy Lord! X2

V. You have given them Bread from Heaven R. Having all sweetness within it Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the Divine Mercy over which the heavens are Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ, You gave us the Eucharist as the memorial of Your suffering and death. astounded. Let our judgement of souls cease, for God's mercy upon them is May our worship of this Sacrament of Your Body and Blood help us to experience the salvation You won for us and the peace of the Kingdom where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever extraordinary. and ever. Amen. Saint . https://watch.formed.org/divine- mercy-chaplet-franciscan-friars-

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Monday April 12 Please remember in your prayers all those in our parish who are 8:15 AM Maureen & John King, INT (Jack & Geraldine Campbell) sick especially, Marjorie McKee, Chris Kwan, Norman Heuft, Lily Reyes Family, INT (Li Family) Spence, Raul Marcos Gomez, Anderson Johnston, David Am, Arnold Villanueva, Fr. Tony Aureala, Abelardo Aureala, Tuesday April 13 Maggie Valenzuela, Odete Redondo, Sibylle Ganguin, 8:15 AM Julita Daluz, RIP (Jean Daluz) Garizalde Torres, Cesar de la Puente, John MacTaggart, Wednesday April 14 Lisa Sadler, Karen Hovestad, Anderson Johnson 8:15 AM Gussy Ozorio, RIP (Edriz MacDonell) Greenaway, Stuart Chia, Mary Chia, Emilio Sales II, Jack Campbell, Diane Bjornson, Thi Dao, Connie Detjen, Antonio Thursday April 15 Pompa, Ruby Lagmay, Rebecca Malasamas, Wayne 8:15 AM Snehlata & Family, INT (Enone Lobo) McCormick, Steven Bednash, K. Coll, Cecilio Sanchez, Yuk

Friday April 16 Chu Tan, Consuelo Bermudes, Geoffrey Heiland, Larry 8:15 AM Ana Aguilar, RIP (Agnes, Geoff & Family) Denis, Jose Calderon, Sr. Glenys Symons, Chiarina Marroni, Claro Katindoy, Donna Kingdon, Heber Rodriquez, Sandra Pompa, Carmen Pompa, Matteo Laurino and Marissa Saturday April 17 Sawyer. 9:00 PM Manuel Silva, RIP (Maria Silva) 5:00 PM Paschal Agon, INT (Joan Agon) (Please inform the parish office of any changes)

Sunday April 18 The Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for April 2021 8:30 AM Luciano & Lisa de Simone, RIP (Teresa & Albert de Simone) 11:00 AM Ray walker, INT (Amelia De Vera) Universal Intention-Fundamental Rights 7:00 PM Josefina Gaffney, RIP (Mabel Pernia), All Parishioners We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis.

Please remember in your prayers all those in our parish who are health care workers especially, Please remember in your prayers all Christina Pimentel, Jean Trinidad, Shara those in our parish who have died Brotonel Dimalibot, Kathy Armstrong, Sara especially, Medhanie, Alicia Iglesias Angela Gerardo, Zenaida Mandanas, Salvador Roy Jocelyn Gerardo, Debra Ducusin Susan Ywayan, Regis Jr, John Villanueva and Danielle LaBreche ,Cynthia Lim, Isaac Joseph Josemaria Manrique. Motus,Deloras Elampano, Joan Villarin, Yordanos Amanzghi and Denise Valdecantos Sayo.

To make it easier for parishioners to support their own parish “Let your speech be gentle, frank, by a weekly or monthly gift made by credit card or direct debit. sincere, straight forward, candid & Donations can be made at: www.rcav.org/sunday-offering faithful.” also please feel free to drop off donations at the parish office or at the distribution of Holy Communion on Sunday’s. St. Francis de Sales Tickets can be purchased at kofcbc5050.ca