Saint Martin of Tours 7710 El Cajon Blvd., La Mesa, CA 91942 stmartinoftoursparish.org PH 619-465-5334 - FAX 619-465-7297 Email Address: [email protected] IMPORTANT UPDATE MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm (anticipated Mass) - INDOOR (no reservation needed) Sunday: 7:00am & 9:00am—OUTDOOR 11:00am—Indoor (no reservation needed) (any overflow will be accommodated under the canopy) Daily Mass: Monday through Friday 8:30am INDOOR Confessions: Friday (5:00pm—6:00pm) OUTDOOR Friday Adoration: Friday (7:00pm—8:30pm) OUTDOOR **Reminder: All safety protocols like wearing masks before, during and after Mass, social distance, and hand washing or sanitizing will be strictly observed and enforced. Temperature will also be checked at the entrance. OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY through FRIDAY: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM WELCOME! Closed for Lunch: 12:00 PM - 1:00PM We warmly welcome all visitors to our parish, the heart of our Catholic faith-life in La Mesa, since 1921. Thank you for SAINT MARTIN ACADEMY joining us for Divine Worship. We hope you find ways to Principal: Diane Hartley participate in our life in Christ, through the various ministries 619.466.3241 we offer. If you have been coming here but not registered Web: stmartinacademy.org OR if you just moved into the area, we invite you to join us as Email: [email protected] a member of our parish family, using the registration form Preschool to 8th Grade below or by stopping at the Parish Office. REGISTRATION FORM FOR NEW PARISHIONERS Your Information: (Please cut and drop in offering basket) Name _________________________________________Home Phone (___)___ - ____________ 4Street Address__________________________________ Daytime Ph. (___)___ - ___________ City, State & Zip_______________________, ___ _____email:___________________________ (this registration will be followed by a telephone call, to obtain more information) 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020 - Page 2 We invite you to be a “Sharing Member” Register, Participate and Share your Gifts and Talents. FORGIVENESS Nearly ten years before, a son and father had parted ways when the business they shared went bankrupt. The son blamed the father. They did not speak to each other again. Then the father became seriously ill. The mother called the son and told him he had better come soon. The son walked sheepishly into the hospital room. The father motioned his son to him and whispered: “Did you ever think you could do anything that would keep me from loving you?” Resentment and anger are foul things, the first reading from Sirach tells us. Remember the last things. Stop hating. Live by the commandments. As St. Paul writes to the Romans, we are to live for the Lord and die for the Lord. Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel reminds us of God’s compassion. The immense sin of humanity has been forgiven and stricken from the record. We are to forgive others in the same way. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Remember the commandments and hate not your neighbor (Sirach 27:30 — 28:7). Psalm — The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion (Psalm 103). Second Reading — Whether we live, or whether we die, we do so for the Lord (Romans 14:7-9). Gospel — Forgive one another from your heart (Matthew 18:21-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Tuesday: 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 Wednesday: 1 Cor 12:31 — 13:13; Ps 33:2-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: 1 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28; Lk 7:36-50 Friday: 1 Cor 15:12-20; Ps 17:1bcd, 6-8b, 15; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10c-14; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Grandparents Day; Catechetical Sunday THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING Monday: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross OUR ADVERTISERS Tuesday: Our Lady of Sorrows They make our Sunday Bulletin possible. Wednesday: Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian Thursday: St. Robert Bellarmine 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020 - Page 3 CLERGY Rev. Fr. Elmer Mandac, Pastor Deacon Allen Rosker Rev. Danilo Valdepeñas (in Residence) September 12 – September 20, 2020 SACRAMENTS & MINISTRIES Sat 500pm Linda Perrin † ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: 7pm Every Friday of the week in the Holy Spirit Chapel. Closes with Benediction at 830pm Sun 700am Marie Connors † ALTAR SERVERS: Jaime Paredes - 619.581.0686 900am Joe Serrano—Birthday † LECTORS: Patti Turkle - [email protected] 1100am Lori Ciprian 5:00pm Mass for the People EUCHARIST MINISTERS: Toni Dimuzio - 619.286.1877 or [email protected] Mon 830am John Bowman † FAITH FORMATION: Christine Davis, Coordinator - 619.698.8434 or [email protected] - Ages 4 through12 - meet most Sundays Tue 830am Sanclair Gomes † September thru April: 815 - 10am Wed 830am Gjon Krone † FOOD ASSISTANCE: Open Monday through Friday -10am to 12pm Thurs 830am Gilbert Murrieta—Healing Coordinator: Richard Zasueta—619.726.7618 Fri 830am Saperolo Corrales † RCIA: For adults wishing to become Catholic or complete their Sacraments of Initiation - Tues, 7pm. Christine Davis, Coordinator - 619.698.8434 or [email protected] Sat 500pm Ruby Holman † BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal Seminar required - Call Parish Office for information - 619.465.5334 Sun 700am James & Madeline Carlin † SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION FOR FIRST EUCHARIST AND 900am Mass for the People RECONCILIATION: Two years preparation - Call Faith Formation 1100am Marilyn Frater, Julia Ortiz-Luis & Coordinator: Christine Davis - 619.698.8434 or [email protected] David Cavanaugh—birthdays CONFIRMATION: 5:00pm Margaret M. Campbell † Call Youth Minister: Susan Skinner, 619.698.3180 or [email protected] for all those suffering from Covid- YOUTH MINISTRY: PRAY FOR... Youth Minister, Susan Skinner - 619.698.3180; Jr. High: (7 & 8) and 19, Cristina Sanders, Ryan Buckels, Melanie Araneta, High School: (9-12) or [email protected] Espiridion Alvarez, Vincent Quasarano, Jenny BIBLE STUDY: Deacon Al Rosker - 619.851.8578 Durante, Byron Halvorsen, Chris Ramirez, Pat Stewart, Meets on Saturday 930am to 11am in the Parish Office & Wednesday 630pm to 8pm in the Parish Office Michael Johnson, Jola Stegmer, Michele Heinzel, Richard Kilgore, Shirley Hightower, Joan Glunt, Cathy BIBLE STUDY: Noemi Evans—619.699-9594 Meets on Tuesdays 915 to1030am in the Parish Office Morse, Alvin Pascua, Jeffrey Pham, Fr. Jim Poulsen, EUCHARIST TO THE HOMEBOUND: Deacon Al Rosker or Mary Barnes Frank Lizzo, Wayne Coyner, Mary Andreole, Vincent - 619.465.5334 Iagmin, Jim Freed, Joseph Green Gonzalez, Diane PRO LIFE MINISTRY: Lisa Zickert, Coordinator - [email protected] Stolze, Mary Weflen, Cole Slay, Maria Rita Aguilera, MUSIC MINISTRY: Choir Director, Frances Cavanaugh- 619.490.9062 Francis Wilson, Yolanda Murphy, Eleanor & Theodore or Email: stmartinoftourschoir@gmailcom Curry, Terri Kimberlin, Gil Tangog, Diane Battaglia, Sat. 5pm Cantor & Organist Sun. 9am Contemporary Choir Sun. 11am Traditional Choir Sun. 5pm Cantor & Organist Larry Smith, John Hightower, Cindy Mendez, Amanda WEDDINGS: Call for information - 619.465.5334 Ficken-Davis, Joanne Silva, Fr. Ignatius Kissel, OSM, COMMUNITY GARDEN: Diane Hartley—619.466.3241 Stephanie Butcher, Diane Butcher, Anna Zasueta, Carol Bessone... may they find joy in the healing love KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Charlie Farnsworth - 619.647.8834 of Christ. SOCIAL SENIORS GROUP: Third Monday at 11am in the Parish Office: Pat Kramm– 619.469.3976 Names will appear in the prayer list for four weeks, SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: Flora Funk—619.460-9038 unless notified that the person is still in need of prayers. Please email: [email protected] or WOMEN’S CLUB: First Thursday @1030am in Barry Hall stmartinoftoursparish.org/women or Pat Kramm - 619.469.3976 call the parish office at 619.465.5334 to add or delete names on the list. Thank you. WOMEN OF FAITH: First Thursday at 6:30pm in Parish Hall-Meeting Room: Mary Margaret Kissel - 619.698.4845 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020 - Page 4 Thank you to all those who donated their prescripon eye glasses & sunglasses to the “Recycle For Sight” Program sponsored by Our Women of Faith Ministry have been very the busy making beautiful prayer blankets and quilts La Mesa Lions Club. to distribute to the sick or homebound in our community. Our parish has donated a total of 503 prescripon glasses and 213 sunglasses since 2018. At this me, There were forty blessed blankets and quilts, they are not collecng eyeglass cases. The and over sixty pocket prayer quilts gifted to those sunglasses are sent to the Imperial Valley for in need. migrant farm workers and the country of Nepal with its high incidence of cataracts as a result of high intensity of ultraviolet radiaon at high If you know of anyone that might elevaons. be in need, or if you would like Thank you to Rick Hannum who collects and counts to share your talents (or learn!) the glasses for us. The collecon box is in parish making additional gifts, please call office. Mary Margaret Kissel at 619.698 -4845. R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Interested in becoming Catholic? R.C.I.A. is the process by which adults enter the Catholic Church. If you or anyone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, completing Sacraments or learning more As children grow, they come to know God in new and exciting about the Catholic Faith this is the process for you.