View previous bulletins

From the Homily
Of Father Jose

“Light of Faith”

 

In today’s gospel, Jesus gave not only external sight, but also internal sight to the beggar.  This caused the people in the town to challenge him, because the traditional belief was that human handicap and illness were punishments from God for sins. People believed that the punishments could be the result of one’s parents sin or their own.  So the disciples asked:  “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents? (John 9:2)”.  Jesus did not blame him or his parents.  This obvious miracle in the restoration of sight shows the glory and power of God.

The real miracle for the blind man was not that he could see the world; but that he was able see to his own sins and the true nature of the people around him. He gained inter-sight from Jesus to see the jealousy among his neighbors, the hypocrisy in the leaders and the fear of his parents.  But instead of fighting with them, he believed in Jesus’ teaching and glorified him.  He said to Jesus:  “I do believe, Lord” and bowed down to worship him (John 9:38).

When we are not in the state of grace, we are spiritually blind.  That is why we cannot find good in our neighbors.  Instead, we look for bad things.  We criticize people or talk behind their back. We cause great damage to our brothers and sisters. These sins violate the eighth commandment, which says: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. 

When we are jealous, angry and uncharitable we cannot see the good in people. We cannot see the internal beauty of our brothers and sisters.  Lent is a good time to pray for the restoration of our internal sight so we can see goodness in others and rejoice with them.  We need to walk in the light of faith, the light of the Easter fire, which will dispel the darkness. “Lord, open our internal sight, so that we may see the goodness of the people and glorify you.”     

                                                    Amen                       

Eucharistic Ministers

March 2^nd – Ken Cochran
                      Bonnie Palleschi

March 9th  – Anna Bolduc
                       Ken Cochran

Greeters

March 2^nd – Maria Allen

March 9th  – Ken Cochran

 
Lectors

March 1^st – Ken Cochran

March 2^nd – Carol Tharpe

March 8th – Bert Kramer

March 9th – Lisa Stuhr

Prayer List 

Gloria Cantrall
Lorraine DeYorio
Saneep Lalit
Sanjo Lalit
Rajamma Lalit
Teresa Maniyangat
Cibin Mathew
Trudy Montouri
Hong Nguyen
Jo Ann Sanchez
Barbara Stiveder
Claire Tillis
Lois Tobin
Louise Whitt
and all the sick and
travelers of the Parish

Mass Intentions for the Week  

Healing Mass Saturday, April 5th  

Our next healing Mass will be Saturday, April 5^th.  Those who are looking for the healing of soul, mind and body are welcome to attend this special Eucharistic Healing Ministry at 5:00 p.m.

Don’t Get Caught in these Little Sins!

Pride is a sly one with many disguises. We see it often in our neighbor but it is overlooked in our self.

Exaggeration is closely related to pride. Exaggeration may seem small but looking at all that goes beyond the truth is closely related to a lie.

Discouragement we fall victim to this one when things go wrong or answer to our prayer is not immediate.

Doubt and Fear these cannot dwell where faith is for they are contrary to one another.

Worry seems necessary when things go wrong, but in reality it is unbelief in our trust in God and Impatience should not be nurtured as it may terminate in anger.

Spring  Fest Meeting

Our Spring Fest is April 11^th and April 12^th. We will have a weekly meeting at  7:00 p.m. in the church hall every Wednesday beginning  March 5th until the Spring Fest. This is one of the largest fund raising projects for the parish.  Everyone’s support and prayers are needed for a successful event.

        Why do we need Lent?

The purpose of Lent is to prepare Christians for the celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ.

This is done through prayer, fasting, penance and spiritual exercises such as Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, The Divine Mercy Chaplet and reading the Bible.

During this Holy season the church shows us Our Lord in the desert and His public ministry.  We are shown how to prepare ourselves for a Glorious Easter.

Devotion to Jesus in 

the Blessed Sacrament

When you are before the Lord in Adoration:

·         Look at the Lord Our God and let Him look at you and

          enjoy His Holy presence

·         Pray for an enemy

·         Pray for the Souls in Purgatory

·         Pray for an increase in Faith, Hope  and Charity

·         Pray for an end to abortion, euthanasia and homosexuality

·         Realize that the Blessed Virgin Mary is next to you, adoring

          her Son and praying for you

·         Realize your Guardian Angel is with you and ask him to

          guide you

·         Tell Jesus you love Him and thank Him for His Sacraments

·         Sit still and listen to what the Lord has to tell you

·         Tell the Lord about your needs and troubles and ask Him to

          help you

·         Immerse yourself in the river of graces coming from the

          monstrance to you

·         Pray the Jesus Prayer  “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have

          mercy on me”

·         Tell Jesus, I trust in You!   Jesus strengthen my trust.

                                              Offertory