Learn a new STYLE of Prayer this week

Pray a Mantra

A “mantra” is a short prayer—a word, a phrase, or a sentence– repeated over and over. It is some-times referred to as a “prayer of the heart” When our eyes are too tired, or too weak, or too tear-filled to pray from the Bible or a prayer book, we can still pray a mantra. When pain, physical or emo-tional, grips us and renders us incapable of expressing a coherent thought, we can still pray a mantra. At the bedside of a sick loved one, when our world becomes overwhelming. Mantras can bring God near and com-fort us.

“The Lord is my shepherd” (Psalm 23:1)

Praying is not only speaking but also listening to God. Some psalm verses are “reverse mantras”- words of God to us, not addressed to God but about God. A mantra has the gentle power to open us to God and God’s action. The monotone repetition is calming. It draws us away from the daily life and lulls us into a state where we are prepared for an encounter with God. The mantra gradually becomes a part of the person who let it echo in his or her heart. “Great is the Lord, and abundant in power; his under-

standing is beyond measure” Psalm 147:5

The Catholic Companion to the Psalms by Mary Kathleen Glavich

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PRAYER This Week!

ACT OF HOPE O my God,

relying on your infinite mercy and promises,

I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of your grace,

and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ,

my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

Praying as a Members of the Catholic Community

Bringing Catholic Culture into the DOMESTIC CHURCH

Hebrews prayed the psalms as a peo-ple, God’s chosen ones. A Catholic prays the psalms as a member of the Church-with and for the Church and in union with Jesus Christ. When praying a psalm that uses sin-gular pronouns with a community, be mindful that the “I,” “me,” and “mine” refer to the Church, the one body of Christ. Also, when praying a psalm that doesn’t correlate with our current situation (i.e. when we are not being persecuted in our own lives) we can pray in the name of those who are suffering injustice in some other part of our country or world. This is one of the benefits to being connected to one another in the Communion of Saints. And our commun-ion with others extends beyond this world. Whenever we pray the psalms we join in the liturgy of heaven, praising God with the an-gels and saints. The Book of Psalms is a goldmine of one-line prayers. How many can your family recite-or memorize? Here are a few:

You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you. Psalm 16:2

I love you, O Lord, my strength Psalm 18:1 Do not be far from me for trouble is near

Psalm 22:11 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon

us Psalm 33:22 God, you are my God, I seek you. Psalm

63:1 You have been my help, and in the shad-

ow of your wings I sing for joy. Psalm 63:7 You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gra-

cious How great are your works, O Lord! Psalm

92.5 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole

heart Psalm 138.1

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Saint Bernadine of Siena | Vincenzo Foppa

Saint Bernardine of Siena Saint of the Day for May 20 (September 8, 1380 – May 20, 1444) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODMay20.mp3

Saint Bernardine of Siena’s Story Most of the saints suffer great personal opposition, even persecution. Bernardine, by contrast, seems more like a human dynamo who simply took on the needs of the world. He was the greatest preacher of his time, journeying across Italy, calming strife-torn cities, attacking the pa-ganism he found rampant, attracting crowds of 30,000, following Saint Francis of Assisi’s admonition to preach about “vice and virtue, punishment and glory.” Compared with Saint Paul by the pope, Bernardine had a keen intuition of the needs of the time, along with solid holiness and boundless energy and joy. He accomplished all this despite having a very weak and hoarse voice, miraculously improved later because of his devotion to Mary. When he was 20, the plague was at its height in his hometown of Siena. Sometimes as many as 20 people died in one day at the hospital. Bernardine offered to run the hospital and, with the help of other young men, nursed patients there for four months. He escaped the plague, but was so exhausted that a fever confined him for several months. He spent another year caring for a beloved aunt whose parents had died when he was a child, and at her death began to fast and pray to know God’s will for him.

At 22, he entered the Franciscan Order and was ordained two years later. For almost a dozen years he lived in solitude and prayer, but his gifts ultimately caused him to be sent to preach. He always traveled on foot, sometimes speaking for hours in one place, then doing the same in another town. Especially known for his devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, Bernardine devised a symbol—IHS, the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek—in Gothic letters on a blazing sun. This was to displace the super-stitious symbols of the day, as well as the insignia of factions: for example, Guelphs and Ghibellines. The de-votion spread, and the symbol began to appear in churches, homes and public buildings. Opposition arose from those who thought it a dangerous innovation. Three attempts were made to have the pope take action against him, but Bernardine’s holiness, orthodoxy, and intelligence were evidence of his faithfulness. General of the Friars of the Strict Observance, a branch of the Franciscan Order, Bernardine strongly empha-sized scholarship and further study of theology and canon law. When he started there were 300 friars in the community; when he died there were 4,000. He returned to preaching the last two years of his life, dying while traveling.

Reflection Another dynamic saint once said, “…I will not be a burden, for I want not what is yours, but you…. I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your sakes” (2 Corinthians 12:14). There is danger that we see only the whirlwind of activity in the Bernardines of faith—taking care of the sick, preach-ing, studying, administering, always driving—and forget the source of their energy. We should not say that Bernardine could have been a great contemplative if he had had the chance. He had the chance, every day, and he took it.

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Lori Muniz, Director lori.m@stanthonyupland.org Angela Hernandez, RE Assistant

Although the Catechetical Office remains closed due to Covid19 Ordinances, I am work-

ing full time from home. Please feel free to reach me at the above email or leave a message on the phone.

Your call will be returned promptly.

Ongoing Faith Formation Grades 1-5 Religious Education for grades 1 thru 5

Sacrament Preparation Baptism, Penance, First Communion, Confirmation

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Preschool and Kindergarten

EDGE Middle School / Junior High Youth Confirmation

High School Spanish Classes

Sacrament Preparation for Penance & First Communion RCIA adults

Unbaptized or baptized in another faith tradition

seeking to be Catholic RCIA children

Unbaptized over the age of reason (7+)

CURRENT MASS SCHEDULE

During this time of social distanc-ing we are live streaming our

Masses. Go to parish

website

Www.stanthonyupland.org Or go to St Anthony’s Facebook

Daily Mass (Monday-Friday) 8:30am Sunday Masses are steamed on

Saturday at 4pm (English) 5:30 (Spanish

7:00pm (Filipino on last Saturday of month) Masses are recorded and can be viewed at any

time on our Facebook page.

So is it Ascension Thursday or

Ascension Sunday?

Thursday marked forty (40) days after the Resur-

rection (Easter).

Depending where you live will determine whether

you will celebrate

Ascension Thursday or Ascension Sunday.

In the United States, only the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia continue observing Ascension Thursday as a holy day of obligation. Here, we will celebrate

the Ascension of our Lord this Sunday!

Faith

PRAYING THE OUR

FATHER in our domestic church

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, Jesus responded

with The Lord’s Prayer. This prayer permeates our liturgy today. It is part of Morning Prayer and Even-ing Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours as well as the celebration of the Eucharist and any addition-al Sacramental Rites which take place during the context of the Mass.

Pray the Our Father in the morning and at

night. Place one line of the Our Father on your

prayer table each day in order to ponder just one line at a time.

Look up the Our Father in the Bible and see if there are notes which direct you to other Scriptural passages where Jesus says more about an aspect of the prayer. Matt 6:9; Lk 11:2