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Divine Mercy Catholic Church
2231 Club Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835
Tel: (916) 256-3134 www.divinemercynatomas.com
Parish Email: [email protected]
Office Hours Monday-Friday , 9:00-2:00
MISSION STATEMENT ~ To establish a faith-filled community bonded by love. To proclaim the good news, foster personal
encounters with the living Christ and strengthen the family by witnessing the gospel values of love, mercy, justice, forgiveness and service
to all.
PASTOR Father Eric Flores [email protected]
Deacon Rick Morales [email protected]
Deacon James Ogbonna [email protected]
Mass Schedule
Mon-Fri Mass 8:30 AM
Saturday Mass 8:30 AM
Senior Mass 5:00 PM
Sunday Mass 7:30 AM
9:30 AM
11:30 AM
1st Sunday Youth Mass 5:00 PM
2nd Sunday Spanish Mass 5:00 PM
3rd Sunday Filipino Mass 5:00 PM
Sacrament of Penance
Sacraments and Rosaries
Saturdays at 3:45 pm
and by Appointment
Anointing of the Sick
Please call the Parish Office.
Rosary English:
30 mins before Mass
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
After the Rosary before Mass
Exposition and Adoration
First Friday starts after 8:30 am Mass
All other Fridays start at 3:00 pm
Masks are required
In Church (again!) [email protected]
All CFF and RCIA
Adapted for Children
classes will be ONLINE,
with a once-a-month
in-person activity.
First day of class is Sept
26/27: This will be in-person. The catechists will
meet the children either in their respective
classrooms (masks required) or outdoors.
CFF NEWS
Altar Society
Fund Raiser!
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 12, 2021
Mark 8:27-35
Four Beautiful Gift Baskets
A Crock Pot, A Succulent
Plant Arrangement, and
$100 cash!!!
IT’S A RAFFLE!!!!!
Ticket is only $1
each or $5 for 6.
Please help support
the Altar Society
Ministry Fundraising
event.
Proceeds go towards the purchase of flowers
and church decorations.
When: September 18-19 and 25-26
(after all masses)
Draw: Sept 26, 2021 after 5 pm. mass.
(Presence not required to be a winner.)
Contact : Mayet Delfin @ (916)419-2904
or the Parish Office at (916)256-3134
Our Lady
Procession and
Rosary after Mass
on Monday,
September 13th!
Please join us on the 13th of every month for
the Holy Rosary and procession of our Blessed
Mary. The procession and rosary will begin
shortly after the Mass!
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A Word From Our Pastor...
SAINTS AND READINGS OF THE WEEK
Fr. Eric
Sunday, Sept 12 St. Ailbhe
Is 50:5-9a ; Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 ; Jas 2:14-18 ; Gal 6:14 ; Mk 8:27-35
Monday, Sept 13 St. John Chrysostom
1 Tm 2:1-8 ; 28:2, 7, 8-9 ; Jn 3:16 ; Lk 7:1-10
Tuesday, Sept 14 St. Notburga
Nm 21:4b-9 ; 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38 ; Phil 2:6-11 ; Jn 3:13-17
Wednesday, Sept 15 St. Valerian
1 Tm 3:14-16 ; 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 ; Jn 19:25-27
Thursday, Sept 16 St. Cornelius
1 Tm 4:12-16 ; 111:7-8, 9, 10 ; Mt 11:28 ; Lk 7:36-50
Friday, Sept 17 St. Robert Bellarmine
1 Tm 6:2c-12 ; 49:6-7, 8-10, 17-18, 19-20 ; See Mt 11:25 ; Lk 8:1-3
Saturday, Sept 18 St. Joseph of Cupertino
1 Tm 6:13-16 ; 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 ; See Lk 8:15 ; Lk 8:4-15
Confessions at DMCC
on Saturdays at 3:45 pm
or call the Church office
at 916.256.3134 for appointment.
Connect! Sunday Reflection
https://4lpi.com/blog/understanding-faithful-discipleship
UNDERSTANDING FAITHFUL DISCIPLESHIP
Br. Silas Henderson
For Sunday, September 12, 2021
Isaiah 50:5-9a
James 2:14-18
Mark 8:27-35
Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man
must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the
scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days… He summoned the crowd
with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me
must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
—Mark 8:31, 34
We’ve all experienced it: life was wonderful and everything seemed to be
going along smoothly. Your career and relationships were moving forward
with no conflicts or stress. Your family members were healthy. You knew
you were loved and you were surrounded by your loved ones.
And then, it happened. A phone call reporting an accident or death. Your
child or parent has gotten sick. A job has been lost … Whatever it was,
things changed for you and your family. There was no going back to be-
fore.
I imagine that Peter and the Apostles experienced that same sinking feel-
ing when they heard Jesus say that he would have to suffer and die. After
all, things had been going so well for Jesus and his friends as they trav-
eled from town to town, teaching the crowds and healing the sick.
This Sunday’s gospel falls at the half-way point of Mark’s Gospel and sig-
nals a turning point as Jesus begins his journey to Jerusalem where he will
eventually suffer betrayal, rejection, and torture, before dying on a cross.
Although we know that the story ends with the Easter morning Resurrec-
tion, in the passage we hear this Sunday, the Resurrection is a far-off
event. Peter and the Apostles weren’t prepared to hear that something
horrible was looming on the horizon.
When Jesus asks Peter, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter’s reply is spot
on: “You are the Christ.” This is a great statement of Peter’s faith, but it
was also loaded with political and cultural implications. For Peter and
many of Jesus’ other followers, the Christos — the Messiah or “anointed
one” — would be the long-awaited king who would bring justice and pros-
perity to the oppressed People of Israel. But Jesus makes it clear that he
is not that kind of messiah and his followers won’t enjoy royal privileges.
Jesus explains that, if those traveling with him are to be true disciples, they
will have to imitate his example, “Whoever wishes to come after me must
deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
By telling us to “take up” our cross, Jesus isn’t saying that we have to
meekly submit to unfair treatment and suffering or embrace a blind, “offer it
up” sort of spirituality. And, while they may be opportunities for grace,
illness, sad events or even disasters aren’t “the cross.” There is nothing
particularly Christian about many of the challenges we face in daily life.
Finally, we can never silently or blindly accept abuse or injustice as being
the will of God. Jesus rejected these and so should we. Instead, “the
cross” that we are to carry is the sacrifices, trials, and hardships that can
be a consequence of placing our faith and hope in him and of living ac-
cording to his teaching.
The consequences — or “cost” — of discipleship (to borrow the phrase
from Dietrich Bonhoeffer) can take two forms. The first is that by saying
“yes” to Jesus, we willingly set aside ways of thinking and acting that are at
odds with the Christian life. Faithful discipleship demands that we sacrifice
for the good of others, promote peace and justice, and seek God’s will in
whatever comes our way. It means being a person of love and hope. The
second consequence is much more dramatic and costly, physical suffering
and even death for the sake of Jesus and the Gospel.
As we know, countless Christians around the world have suffered — and
continue to suffer — simply because of their faith in Jesus. We can think of
so many examples from the past months and years of Christians who have
suffered exile, whose communities have been ravaged, and of those who
have given their lives for their faith. Pope Francis reflected on this reali-
ty when he remarked, “May the Lord, today, make us feel within the body of
the Church, the love for our martyrs and also our vocation to martyrdom.
We do not know what will happen here: we do not know.”
As we embrace the cross and accept the consequences of following Jesus
the Christ, we can find comfort and strength in the knowledge that the cross
was not the end for Jesus and it is not the end of our story either. Jesus
conquered death. The Resurrection transforms the cross — his and ours —
into a sign of hope and life, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and that of
the gospel will save it.” +
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SHARING OUR TREASURE
Fiscal Year July 2020- June 2021
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH
Mass Schedule and Intentions
Sept 12 2021(Sunday) 7:30 am + Florentino Obusan, + Edmond Jones Sr, & Jr. 9:30 am + Obdulia Gapulan, + John Landis Rohrer, + Joseph Hernandez, + Ferdinand Presto, + Iluminada Villanueva, + Cesario Salvame , + Charish Catherine Parde, +Efren Bacani, +Aileen Gadin Pepito, +Carol Gatchalian (30th Wedding Anniversary) Leo & Maria Seisa (Birthday) Francisca Arancillo, +Vl Retuta (Speedy Recovery) Arlyn Pamintuan, Virginia Samonte 11:30 am + Bridget Ogbonna, + Clemente & Veronica Apuya, + Rodolfo Dizon, + Edward Espanol (Healing) Zire & Xyrine Co-Untian (Thanksgiving) Recendiz Family 5:00 pm SPANISH MASS AND FELLOWSHIP Sept 13, 2021 (Monday) 8:30 am + Hernando Tan, + Lusio Duran (Healing) Zire & Xyrine Co-Untian 9:00 amish OUR LADY PROCESSION AND ROSARY 6:30 pm STO. NINO NOVENA Sept 14, 2021 (Tuesday) 8:30 am + Rosita Espanol, + Lois Fuller , + Richard Nelson, + Virginia Nario (Healing) Zire & Xyrine Co-Untian Sept 15, 2021 (Wednesday) 8:30 am + Adoracion Mascarenas, + Adoracion Ravanes (Birthday) Naty Giron (Healing) Zire & Xyrine Co-Untian 6:00 pm OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA Sept 16, 2021 (Thursday) 8:30 am + Ruri Perez Claveria, + Norman De Guzman (Birthday) Aubriana & Josiah Aflleje 7:00 pm SPANISH COMMUNITY ADORATION Sept 17, 2021 (Friday) 8:30 am + Elena Carbullido, + Gaudencio Labilles, + Severino Francisco, + Francisco Oviedo 3:00 pm HOUR OF MERCY Sept 18, 2021 (Saturday) 8:30am (Birthday) Rolando Delfin Jr. 11:00 am BAPTISMS 3:45 PM CONFESSIONS 5:00 pm VIGIL MASS + John Uy, + Emilia Gonzales Ereso
Week at a Glance-
Sun, Sept 12 FUNDRAISING ALTAR SOCIETY RAFFLE STO NINO ACHARA SALE DELIVERIES
10:45 am (P1-3) S Luz's Meeting w/ Sun Confirmation 2/RCIA Teens 2 Mon, Sept 13 6:00 pm (P1-3) S. Luz's Meeting with Monday Confirmation 2 Parents 7:00 pm (Narthex) Adult Faith Formation Tues, Sept 14 9:30 am (Narthex) Adult Bible Study The Chosen Pt. 1 6:45 pm (Church) “On Fire” Activity Meeting 7:00 pm (Narthex) Youth Leadership Meeting Wed, Sept 15 7:30 pm (P5) RCIA (Adult Program 4:00 pm (P5) Legion of Mary 5:30 pm (Narthex) Angels of Mercy Ministry Meeting Thursday, Sept 16 4:00 pm (P5) Legion of Mary 5:30 pm (Narthex) Angels of Mercy Ministry Meeting Friday, Sept 17 9:00 am (Church) Altar Society Flower Arrangements 5:00 pm (Church) Altar Server Training 5:30 pm (P7) Homebound/Bereavement 6:30 pm (Church) Adult Choir Practice 6:30 pm (P7) Friday Night Bible Study 6:30 pm (P3) Life Teen Saturday, Sept 18 FUNDRAISING ALTAR SOCIETY RAFFLE 9:00 am Youth Group-On Fire-Six Flags Activity 10:00 am (Narthex) Guadalupe Group Festival Meeting
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Needed!
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For The Week Ended 9/5/2021
OFFERTORY REQUIREMENTS
Average 4 Week Month Requirement $ 60,000
Weekly Average Requirements $ 15,000
Week of: 5-Sep Week 1 $ 11,757
Week of: 12-Sep Week 2
Week of: 19-Sep Week 3
Week of: 26-Sep Week 4
Total Offertory Collections This Month $ 11,757
Note: The Above Amounts Do Not Include Building Fund Donations
CHURCH MORTGAGE
Mortgage Loan Balance $ 1,637,310
This week: Weekend Mass Attendance Totaled = 1,139
Offertory Donations From Cash/Checks = $8,088
Offertory Donations From Connect Now Giving = $3,669
Mortgage Reduction Donations (Checks) = $6,123 Mortgage Reduction Donations (CNG) = $3,413
Total Building Fund Donations = $9,536
Plan ahead, sign up for Connect Now Giving or Have your gift rec-orded by using envelopes. We will provide you with a record of your tax-deductible donations every year. Don’t have enve-lopes? Call Parish office to request – it’s easy!
