+Third Sunday of Easter May 5, 2019 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 Bon Secours, SSVM (Servants of the Lord and Virgin of Matará) Feast of Our Lady of Lujan Wednesday, May 8th 12pm Mass and procession around the shrine Confessions Weekend Masses Weekday Masses (In the side hall) Sunday Vigil (Saturday): Mon. - Fri.: 6:30AM, 8AM, Monday: Noon & 5:15PM 5PM & 7:30PM Noon, 5:15PM; Tues.-Fri.: 8AM, Noon, & 5:15PM Sunday: 7:30AM, 9AM, Also: 6PM Tues., Also: Wed. 7:30PM 10:30AM, 12PM, 2PM, 5PM, 7:30PM Wed., & 8AM Sat. Saturday: during all Masses, 6:30PM (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 May 5, 2019 F P’ D “The Preface of the Mass: Sursum Corda – Lift Up Your Hearts!” Dear Friends, After the gifts have been brought up and offered, we are ready for the prayer over the offerings, which is a short prayer the priest says that pertains to whichever particular day of the week it may be, e.g., Easter Sunday, Feast of St. Joseph, Monday of Ordinary Time, etc. The prayer over the offerings will be in unity with the collect and the prayer after communion. Once the prayer over the offerings has been recited we enter into the Preface, which is a short dialogue that takes place just prior to the singing of the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy). It is something beautiful and significant, we should not simply pass over it. Below I have placed the English translation next to the Latin and we will speak to their literal meaning: V. The Lord Be with you V. Dominus Vobiscum R. And with your spirit. R. et cum spiritu tuo. V. Lift up your hearts. V. Sursum corda. R. We lift them up to the Lord. R. habemus ad Dominum. V. Let us give thanks to Lord our God. V. Gratias agamus, Dominio Deo nostro R. It is right and just. R. Dignum et justum est. Having already explained the words that appear in the first part of this dialogue, we will recall that “The Lord be with you,” and its corresponding “And with your spirit,” is another way of acknowledging that this is Christ’s Mass. This is a heavenly liturgy! Therefore, now with the invitation to lift up our hearts, we are being ushered into the heavenly realm. It is here (heaven) where the One True Sacrifice is offered, and where the one High Priest is offering the Sac- rifice. Therefore, it is proper for us to identify that in the Holy Mass we are brought into the heavenly liturgy. In this dialogue, we might reflect upon what is being asked of us at this point. Is it merely verbal participation? Sim- ilar to when we have different parts to read in the narrative of the Lord’s Passion that we just listened to on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Not really at all. Remember, the priest is acting in Persona Christi and therefore we may ask, what is Christ asking of us at this point? He is inviting us, once again, to go to heaven! Msgr. Charles Pope, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, has a nice reflection on this proclamation, Sursum Corda: “Let your hearts be taken up! Come and go with me to the altar that is in heaven where I, Jesus the great High Priest, with all the members of my body render perfect thanks to God the Father! You are no longer on earth, your hearts have been swept aloft into the great liturgy of heaven! Come up higher. By the power of my words you are able to come up higher! Since you have been raised to new life in Christ, seek the things that are above where I am at my Father’s right hand. Come up now and enter the heavenly liturgy. Hearts aloft!” Therefore, he concludes that we should no such thing as the “10:00 AM Mass at St. Joe’s. It is the heavenly liturgy.” In a Biblical sense, the heart is considered as the center of one’s person, who they are, the very depths of their be- ing. Therefore, this moment in the mass when we are saying, “Hearts aloft!” it is where we send ourselves forth, up towards the heavenly realm, where we are join our voices with the heavenly ones, in unison, one voice, with the choirs of angels, the principalities, and dominions, in the three-fold proclamation of the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy). For, as the book of Revelation says, in the heavens this song is being offered day and night without ceasing: “Day and night they do not stop exclaiming: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.” (Rev 4:8) As many bible scholars have been able to see, the Book of Revelation describes wonderfully the Heavenly Liturgy. Obviously, however, one does not need to have a degree in Sacred Scripture to see the parallels between the Book of Revelation’s description of what it is like in Heaven and its semblance to our Holy Mass. The similarities are not a mere occasion of chance, but indicative of a continuity and God’s all-encompassing plan to unite us in communion with Him here and now. In other words, it is in the Holy Mass where time and space encounter eternity, heaven and earth meet. Sursum Corda! Mary, Our Lady of Peace, pray for us, Fr. Brian Third Sunday of Easter 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 Saturday, May 4th This week’s 2nd collection: 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions Facilities Maintenance Fund 5:00 pm +The Sherry Family —————–—————— 7:30 pm +Manuel Rojas, Special Intentions Next week’s 2nd collection: Diocesan Priest Retirement Fund Sunday, May 5th —————–—————— 7:30 am +Josefina Costa Silva Pancake Breakfast 9:00 am +John & +Peg McGregor The Knights of Columbus invite you to their 10:30 am Victor & Lolita Dumlao monthly pancake breakfast sale in the Family Noon Lauren Lemaignen Learning Center gym after all morning Masses. 2:00 pm +Estrellita P. Casipit, Death Anniversary ————–——————— 5:00 pm For The People Parish Office Closed The parish office will be closed on Monday, May 6:30 pm Jay P. Ribaya, Birthday 6th. The Mass & confession schedule will remain 8:00 pm Rose Villar, Birthday the same. Monday, May 6th ————–——————— 6:30 am +Teresa de Rodriguez Feast of Our Lady of Lujan 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions We invite everyone to join us in celebrating the Noon +Fabian & +Federico Acosta, Death Anniversary feast of the patroness of our IVE and SSVM religious family on Wednesday, May 8th at the 12 5:15 pm Janessa Ribaya, Birthday Noon Mass. A procession around the shrine will Tuesday, May 7th follow and the feast will conclude with a BBQ. 6:30 am +Dometila & +Juan Baluyut ————–——————— 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions Adorers Needed Noon +Ildefonsa Esposo, Death Anniversary Come join in keeping our traditions of Eucharistic 5:15 pm +Haydee Bolan, Death Anniversary Adoration by signing up for Perpetual Adoration. Adorers are especially needed Monday –Friday Wednesday, May 8th during the 1am to 4am hours. 6:30 am Athena Millett, Birthday ————–——————— 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions Catechism Registrations Noon The Moran Family, Special Intentions Early registrations for the 2019-20 Catechetical 5:15 pm +Eliceo Antonio Rodriguez school year will be opening on May 1st. Please see 7:30 pm Alexander Brandon Aguirre, Birthday page 6 for registration details. Thursday, May 9th ————–——————— 6:30 am Carlos Lara, Birthday Maintenance Position Open 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions The parish has a job opening for a full-time maintenance worker. Please see page 5 for details Noon Regina Saenz and application information. 5:15 pm Ernie Morales, Health ————–——————— Friday, May 10th Summer Oratory Dinner Sponsorships 6:30 am +Rosenda Caldona Signups are now open! Please see page 8. 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions Noon +WM Chin Sr. & +Wesley Chin, Death Anniversary HOLY THURSDAY & 5:15 pm +Anita Vazquez, Special Intentions GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTIONS Saturday, May 11th 8:00 am May Collective Mass Intentions Holy Thursday Collection: $4,811.00 5:00 pm Shucri Sr. & Epifania J., Wedding Anniversary Good Friday (Holy Land Collection): $8,671.00 7:30 pm +Honorata & +Nemesio Delin Page 4 Our Lady of Peace Church & Shrine May 5, 2019 WEEKLY COLLECTIONS THIS WEEK’S READINGS Weekend of: April 27th & 28th Sunday, May 5th: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday 5:00 pm $2,690.00 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 / Revelations 5:11-14 / John 21:1-19 or 21:1-14 7:30 pm $1,253.00 Monday, May 6th: Easter Weekday Sunday 7:30 am $2,355.00 Acts 6:8-15 / John 6:22-29 9:00 am $2,067.00 Tuesday, May 7th: Easter Weekday 10:30 am $3,906.00 Acts 7:51—8:1a / John 6:30-35 Noon $3,584.00 Wednesday, May 8th: Easter Weekday 2:00 pm $6,126.00 Acts 8:1b-8 / John 6:35-40 5:00 pm $2,671.00 Thursday, May 9th: Easter Weekday 6:30 pm $1,010.00 Acts 8:26-40 / John 6:44-51 8:00 pm $4,498.00 Weekly Collection Total: $30,160.00 Friday, May 10th: Easter Weekday, Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest Acts 9:1-20 / John 6:52-59 Second Collection for Catholic Home Missions Total: $6,525.00 Saturday, May 11th: Easter Weekday Acts 9:31-42 / John 6:60-69 UPCOMING EVENTS Fatima Pilgrimage Nights Monthly Every year, on the 13th of May Marriage to October, Our Lady of Peace Saturday, May 18th Church commemorates the 7:00pm – 9:00pm Enrichment appearance of Our Lady to the three shepherds; Lucia, Our Lady of Peace Church Jacinta, and Francisco, in Fatima, Portugal.