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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062
Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 [email protected] [email protected] ▪ www.mountcarmel.org
Mass Schedule Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Español), and 5 pm Saturday: 8: 15 am and 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Monday to Friday 8:15 am Reconciliation/Confession Saturday 3:30 –4:30 pm
Baptisms / Bautismos Call parish at least two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes. Weddings / Bodas Call parish at least six months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos seis meses antes.
Mission Statement Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is a Christ-centered community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We try to share the Good News of salvation with others. As a diverse community, we value and respect individual differences. As God’s people, we gather in the Spirit to pray, to celebrate the sacraments, to teach, to learn, to console, to rejoice, to minister and to renew our faith with one another.
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019
Parish Phones Parish Center Office: (650) 366-3802 Pastor’s Office: (650) 306-9583 Religious Education Office: (650) 368-8237 Mt. Carmel School Office: (650) 366-6127 Mt. Carmel Pre-School: (650) 366-6587 Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle Principal: Dr. Deborah Farrington Administrative Assistant: Ivette Meléndez Director of Religious Ed.: Magdalena Hernández Youth Confirmation: Judy Draper Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger Pre-School Director: Maureen Arnott
Parish Center Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
If we have died with [Christ Jesus] we shall
also live with him; if we persevere we shall also
reign with him. — 2 Timothy 2:11‑12a
Si morimos con [Cristo Jesús] viviremos con él;
si nos mantenemos firmes, reinaremos con él.
— 2 Timoteo 2:11
Hardly a week goes by here in the parish that we don’t deal in one way or another with the reality of sickness and its aftermath. I’m regularly called to anoint people in their homes, or people request special blessings because they’re undergoing some medical procedure or operation. Such things remind us that human life can be fragile and tenuous. This Sunday’s readings address the age-old questions of sickness and death that have always troubled humankind. In the first reading from the Book of Kings, a great Syrian general is afflicted with leprosy. The king of Syria hears that there’s a holy man in Israel who is famed for his healing powers, so he sends the general to him. When the general arrives at the hut of the prophet Elisha, instead of being greeted with the ceremony due an important personage, he’s simply given a message to go wash himself in the River Jordan. Deeply insulted, the general at first refuses until some brave soldier has the courage to tell the general that perhaps he ought to do what the prophet has suggested. Swallowing his pride, the general plunges into the Jordan seven times, and then finds that the scabs and lesions of leprosy have disappeared. He repents of his arrogance and humbly expresses his gratitude to the prophet who in turn tells him that it was the God of Israel, the one true God, who has healed him. In the Gospel, Jesus is approached by ten lepers. Like the prophet Elisha, Jesus doesn’t heal them directly, but rather tells them to present themselves to the priests in the Temple. As they go on their way, they all suddenly realize they’ve been healed. But only one, a pagan foreigner, returns to thank Jesus for what he has done through God’s mercy. Jesus says to the man, “Stand up and go; your faith that has saved you.” The message is this: to receive God’s gifts of healing and mercy we must let go of our pride and self-centeredness. If we cultivate an attitude of acceptance, then we make ourselves more receptive to God’s saving grace and to the healing that God offers us. And the healing that we receive through faith is, in fact, sometimes a dramatic physical cure of illness. Miracles do occur! But while we’re in the flesh, we’ll always be subject to the conditions of the flesh – to sickness, to old age, and eventually to death. There’s no escaping that. But ‘healing’ means ‘to be made whole.’ When we’re made whole in Christ, we’re joined to his immortal Body and become part of his divine life, a life that has no end. And the world we gain when we leave this world is a place where there is no more illness, or pain, or loneliness or tears -- only the eternal bliss of God’s awesome Presence. Fr. Ulysses
Apenas pasa una semana aquí en la parroquia que no nos ocupamos de un modo u otro con la realidad de la enfermedad y sus consecuencias. Estoy llamado regularmente para ungir a las personas en sus hogares, o personas solicitan bendiciones especiales porque están sometidos a algún procedimiento u operación médica. Este tipo de cosa nos recuerdan que la vida humana puede ser frágil y tenue. Las lecturas de este domingo hablan de las antiguas preguntas de la enfermedad y la
muerte que la gente siempre han tenido. En la primera lectura, tomada del Libro de los Reyes, un gran general sirio está afectado por la lepra. El rey de Siria se entera de que hay un hombre santo en Israel, famoso por sus poderes curativos, así que envía su general a él. Cuando el general llega a la cabaña del profeta Eliseo, en lugar de ser recibido con la ceremonia apropiada por un personaje tan importante, el profeta
solamente manda un mensaje que vaya a lavarse a en el río Jordán. Profundamente insultado, el general al principio se niega hacerlo, hasta que un soldado tiene el valor de decirle al general que posiblemente tendría que hacer lo que el profeta se ha sugerido. Tragándose su orgullo, el general se sumerge en el Jordán siete veces, y después encuentra que las costras y lesiones de la lepra han desaparecido. Arrepentido, el general humildemente expresa su agradecimiento al profeta que a su vez le dice que era el Dios de Israel, el único Dios verdadero, que lo ha sanado. En el Evangelio, Jesús se acercó a diez leprosos. Al igual que el profeta Eliseo, Jesús no los cura directamente, sino que les dice que se presenten a los sacerdotes del templo. A medida que avanzan en su camino, todos ellos de repente se dan cuenta de que han sido curados. Pero sólo uno, un extranjero pagano, vuelve a dar gracias a Jesús por lo que ha hecho a través de la misericordia de Dios. Jesús dice al hombre: "Levántate y vete; tu fe te ha salvado." El mensaje es el siguiente: para recibir los dones de Dios de curación y misericordia, debemos dejar al lado nuestro orgullo y egocentrismo. Si cultivamos una actitud de aceptación, a continuación, nos hacemos más receptivos a la gracia salvadora de Dios y a la sanidad que Dios nos ofrece. Y la sanidad que recibimos por medio de la fe es, de hecho, a veces una cura física dramática de la enfermedad. ¡Los milagros sí ocurren! Pero ya que estamos en la carne, siempre vamos a estar sujeto a las condiciones de la carne - a la enfermedad, a la vejez, y, finalmente, a la muerte. No se escapa de eso. Pero "sanación" significa " ser hecho entero." Cuando estamos hechos enteros en Cristo, estamos unidos a su cuerpo inmortal y se nos convierten en parte de su vida divina, una vida que no tiene fin. Y el mundo que ganamos cuando dejamos este mundo es un lugar donde no hay más enfermedades, o dolor, o la soledad o las lágrimas - solamente la dicha eterna del alucinante presencia de Dios. Padre Ulises
Notes from the Pastor Notas del Párroco
Next Week’s Second Collection will be for the Liturgical Needs of our parish.
Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2019 Our assessment for this year is $78,542.98. This Archdiocesan tax supports all those many offices, ministries and charities that indi-vidual parishes alone cannot cover. These include the Marriage Tribunal, support of retired priests and nuns, and financial help to our Catholic Schools. As of this week, we still need $9,296.98 to finish. Please consider what you might do to help us meet our obligation by the end of the year. Thank you !
Rosary Makers Group Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rosary Makers Group meets every Friday from 10:00 a.m. to Noon in the Parish Center. We always welcome new members.
Women’s Club Invitation Bus Trip to Graton Casino
October 19, 2019 8:00 am Bus returns approximately 5:30 pm Reserve your seat. Space is limited
$35.00 (rebate credits of $15 at the casino) For more information:
Tina Peterson (650) 400-0076 or Gina Gonzales (650) 704-4171 [email protected]
Noche de Disfraces Cena Baile
Sabado 26 de Octubre 7:00 p.m. a 12:00 a.m.
Rica cena, diversión y concurso de disfraces
Adultos $35 Menores de 12 años $15. Fondos recaudados para la celebración Guadalupana!
Today’s Second Collection is for our Religious Education Program. It supports our School of Religion, including classes for First Communion, preparation for Confirmation and our Adult Education Program (RCIA). It also covers the Children’s Liturgy, Youth Retreats, and the training of catechists.
ELECTRONIC DONATIONS VANCOPAYMENTS.COM is an agency created to facilitate the process of donations, if you wish to make your donations to the Church electronically or by Credit Card, please see our website, www.mountcarmel.org press Donate and follow the easy instructions. Thank You.
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY
If someone in your family is homebound, lives nearby and is unable to attend Mass, but
would like to receive the Eucharist, please contact Julie O’Leary at
(650) 361-8681. Communion ministers are needed to bring
the Eucharist to homebound parishioners. Please call Julie O’Leary if you would like to
participate in this worthy ministry.
Saturday, October 12, 2019 5:00 PM Amy Provencio † Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:00 AM Lawrence Co and Neil Barnett † 10:00 AM Marguerite Corman † 12:00 PM Jose Escobar Jaime † 5:00 PM Erick Cortes Romero † Monday, October 14, 2019 8:15 AM Stephanie Pimentel (Int.) Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:15 AM Teresa Rodarte † Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:15 AM Hank Norman † Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:15 AM Guadalupe Dominguez † Friday, October 18, 2019 8:15 AM Minh Chau Nguyen † Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:15 AM Gianni Bonnici †
THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, October 13, 2019 RCIA 9:00 to 10:00 AM Chapel Monday, October 14, 2019 Grupo Carismático (Mesa Directiva) 7:00 PM Old Chapel Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Boy Scouts 6:30 to 7:30 PM Small Hall Men’s Basketball 8:30 PM Large Hall Wednesday, October 16, 2019 CCD Classes 6:30 to 8:00 PM School PPA Meeting 6:30 PM Small Hall Grupo Carismático 7:00 PM Large Hall Bible Study 7:00 PM Old Chapel Thursday, October 17, 2019 Good Grief 6:00 PM Old Chapel CCD Classes 6:30 to 8:00 PM School SVdP 7:00 PM Parish Center
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: St. Callistus I; Columbus Day; Sukkoth Tuesday: St. Teresa of Jesus Wednesday: St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Thursday: St. Ignatius of Antioch Friday: St. Luke Saturday: Ss. Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues
GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The loss of every loved one creates many changes,
challenges and much pain. “Good Grief”, an ongoing support group, meets every Thursday at the
Parish Center, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. We care, We share. Do come.
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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL
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300 Fulton St.
Redwood City, CA 94062
CONTACT PERSON
Ivette Meléndez, Bulletin Editor: 650-366-3802
Fr. Ulysses D’Aquila, Pastor: 650-306-9583
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