1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

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Mass & Confession Schedule

SATURDAY

Mass: 8:00 am Confessions

4:00 —4:45 pm

Sunday Vigil Mass 5:00pm

SUNDAY Mass 8:00am

Confessions 9:15 am until last penitent has

confessed. Mass 9:30am

Mass (Spanish) 11:00am Mass (Er itrean Ge ’ez)

12:30pm

MONDAY-FRIDAY Mass: 7:30 am

WEDNESDAY

EVENINGS Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Confessions 6:00-6:45 pm

MINISTRIES

Rev. Kenneth Nobrega

Rev. Ghebriel Woldai

Chaplain to Ge’ez Community

In Residence

Rev. Raphael Okitafumba

Deacon José Manuel Pérez Permanent Deacon

Elizabeth Oishi Comly Transition Coordinator

Eddie Ma Director Religious Education

Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm

Lectors/Lectores Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español)

Eucharistic Ministers Yanny Chavarria (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español)

Sacristan Freddy Morales

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND St. Joseph Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery

San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265 Oakland phone (510) 654-0936

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2015

Through his suffering, my servant shall justify many.

— Isaiah 53:11b

GOD’S WORD TODAY

Last week’s Gospel offered us the story of the young man who asked the Lord what more he needed to do to enter eternal life. This week James and John ask the Lord not for what more they can do, but what more Jesus is going to do for them, since they are such faithful disciples. Their arrogance is quickly addressed by the Lord, who lets them know in no uncertain terms that whoever wishes to be great must become the servant of oth-ers. Once again what our society values is quite simply turned on its head by the Gospel. One of the best ex-amples of what it means to serve is one of the titles that is used to describe the pope: “Servant of the Servants of God.” Even the one who is at the top of the hierarchy in the Church is called to be the servant of others. As we listen to today’s readings, let us pray that we will continue to be formed as true Christian servants. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — My servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear (Isaiah 53:10-11). Psalm — Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Psalm 33). Second Reading — Let us confidently ap-proach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help (Hebrews 4:14-16). Gospel — Whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all (Mark 10:35-45 [42-45]).

Please Pray For the Sick Jean & Weldon Rucker, Jim Howard,

Danny Nuñez, Graciela Mendez, Maria & Jesus Hernandez, Teresa Perez,

Josefina Ramirez, Michael Boutte Aliver Starsky, Maria Garcia

Juanita Estrellas, Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall, Luis Perez, Rosa M. Orozco,

Rita Streuli, Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins, Pat Barnet, Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Ann Zito

And Recently Deceased Maria Tran+ Federico Aragon, Sr+

Dorothy Abraams+ Nathaniel Barnes+ Joyce Gressel+ Charles Robinson+

Rosa Dumaquing+ Cheryl V. Broxton+ Luis Perez Ramirez+

Marjorie Brodt+ Mateo J. Ramos+

Parish News Plate Collection: October 11, 2015: $2483.08

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5:00pm

8:00am 9:30am

11:00am

Lawrence Boutte +

Louise Rantz + SJWC Parishioners

Las familias que donaron Flores

Septima Boutte

Kathleen Lynch

OCTOBER Mass Intentions Requested by:

MASS READINGS The readings for mass will be found on page

1177 of the hard-cover Blue Book.

GOD’S WORK OF SALVATION God’s work of salvation is the focus of this week-end’s readings. From the prophetic event of Isaiah to Jesus’ understanding of the human condition in He-brews, concluding with Jesus paying our ransom in Mark, God is in control. There may be failings and misunderstandings along the way. We may move away from God, but at our conversion, God leads us back. Like James and John, we may let greed and power blur our vision of what Jesus wants us to know about the Kingdom; but tirelessly we are taught and re-taught what life in the Kingdom will be. Jesus has paid our ransom to ensure that we will share in the Kingdom. It is not unusual to think of Jesus’ ransom as a punishment that he endured. However, it is more ac-curate, and more like Jesus, for us to recognize ran-som as God’s gift to us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The Irish are rightly tired of being the subject of jokes about guilt. In fact, it is from the Celtic church that the whole experience of reconciliation in our tra-dition was creatively rescued and revived. The Irish church was unique in its origins, not so much orga-nized around dioceses, but around monasteries. As-pects of religious community life readily spilled over into ordinary gatherings of the faithful, including the way people looked at sin and applied remedies. Un-like the public nature of canonical penance, the Irish method was linked to a kind of mentoring process they called “soul friending.” Just as young novice monks might find a mentor in the wisdom of a senior guide, so did a way of penance open up to ordinary folks. Monks were accustomed to frequent confession of faults to the abbot or mentor, who would suggest penances. In time, abbots with a certain flair for this began to share lists of sins and corresponding “tariffs” with others. Some of these books survive, and provide a hair‑raising view of long‑ago sins like cattle rustling, and a great deal of self‑correction in-volving dips in icy streams and rolling about in thick-ets of thorns. After the penance was performed, the penitent returned to the confessor, and in a private act marked by the laying on of hands, or perhaps a kiss of the altar, the sinner was restored. Irish monks were committed travelers, and their methods were widely copied. We might say that they saved a sacrament, but at the expense of shifting attention to the sins of the individual and away from the actions of the reconciling community. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time;

World Mission Sunday Monday: Ss. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues,

and Companions Tuesday: St. Paul of the Cross

Thursday: St. John Paul II Friday: St. John of Capistrano

Saturday: St. Anthony Mary Claret; Blessed Virgin Mary

ACHIEVING SANCTITY Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of God’s goodness, where every failing will be cancelled and

anxiety turned into love. —St. Paul of the Cross

NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA 11 de octubre de 2015—Colección: $2483.08

Con sus sufrimientos justificará

mi siervo a muchos. — Isaías 53:11b

Vigésimo Noveno Domingo

del Tiempo Ordinario 18 de octubre de 2015

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Ya que él ofreció su vida como sacrificio por el pecado, el proyecto de Dios pros-perará en sus manos (Isaías 53:10-11). Salmo — Muéstrate bondadoso con nosotros, Señor (Salmo 33 [32]). Segunda lectura — Porque tenemos un sumo sac-erdote que ha sido probado en todo, a excepción del pecado, acerquémonos con plena confianza al Dios de bondad (Hebreos 4:14-16). Evangelio — El Hijo del Hombre ha venido a servir y a dar su vida como rescate por una muchedumbre (Marcos 10:35-45).

LA OBRA DIVINA DE SALVACIÓN La obra de Dios de la salvación es el enfoque de las lecturas este fin de semana. Desde el acontecer profético de Isaías hasta la visión de Jesús sobre la condición humana en Hebreos, y terminando con el rescate que paga Jesús por nosotros en san Marcos, Dios está al mando. Puede que ocurran caídas e in-comprensiones por el camino. Puede que nos alejemos de Dios, pero Dios nos trae de vuelta a su lado mediante la conversión. Al igual que Santiago y Juan, a veces dejamos que la avaricia y el poder em-pañen nuestra visión de lo que Jesús nos quiere enseñar sobre el Reino; pero sin tregua nos enseña y nos repite cómo ha de ser la vida en el Reino. Jesús ha pagado por nuestro rescate para garantizar que compartamos el Reino con él. No es raro que pensemos sobre el rescate que pagó Jesús en términos de un castigo que tuvo que sufrir. Sin embargo, es más acertado y más como Jesús, reconocer que el rescate es un regalo de Dios para nosotros. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Santiago y Juan, además de ser hermanos, eran tipos muy atrevidos. Se acercaron a Jesús para pedirle puestos de poder y autoridad en el Reino que estaba estableciendo. Al darse cuenta, los demás discípulos se molestaron con ellos, probablemente porque deseaban los mismos puestos. La tentación y el deseo de poder es algo muy común a todos los seres humanos. Todos deseamos el primer puesto y la estima de los demás. No obstante, Jesús nos recuerda que no es fácil tener responsabilidad. La autoridad es un cáliz difícil de beber ya que muchas veces contiene una bebida amarga y el peso o deci-sión de ser fieles al Evangelio, aún a costa de la pro-pia vida. Por tal motivo, la persona que quiera estar cerca de Jesús tendrá que aprender a ser como Cristo, quien no vino a imponer su autoridad buscando ser servido, sino que vino a servir. Él, siendo Dios, no se aferró a su condición divina, sino que se hizo uno de tantos, cuidando a su madre por muchos años, jun-tándose con pecadores, lavando los pies a sus discípulos y dando la vida por todas las personas. Estar al lado de Jesús no es cuestión de poder, sino de amor y servicio, hasta dar la vida. Él nos puso el ejemplo. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS OBSERVANCIAS Domingo: Vigésimo Noveno Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario; Domingo Mundial de las Misiones Lunes: San Juan de Brébeuf, san Isaac Jogues

y compañeros Martes: San Pablo de la Cruz

Jueves: Papa san Juan Pablo II Viernes: San Juan de Capistrano

Sábado: San Antonio María Claret; Santa María Virgen

LA BONDAD DE DIOS Adentrémonos al océano de la bondad de Dios,

ahí cada fracaso desaparecerá y la ansiedad se convertirá en amor.

—San Pablo de la Cruz

VISIÓN Y TRABAJO Visión sin trabajo es un sueño;

Trabajo sin visión es monotonía;

Visión con trabajo es un amanecer‑

Nueva esperanza y un nuevo día. —Anónimo

1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone: (510) 843-2244 Fax: (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

Universal:Evangelization:

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT TO MARY "Behold, your Mother!' ( Jn 19: 27)

O Virgin Mary, Jesus on the Cross wanted to entrust us to you, not to lessen but to reaffirm his exclusive role as Saviour of the world. If in the disciple John all the children of the Church were entrusted to you, the happier I am to see the young people of the world entrusted to you, O Mary. To you, gentle Mother, whose protection I have always experienced, this evening I entrust them to you once again. All seek refuge and protection under your mantle. You, Mother of divine grace, make them shine with the beauty of Christ! The young people of this century, at the dawn of the new millennium, still live the torment that derives from sin, from hatred, from violence, from terrorism and from war. But it is also the young to whom the Church looks confidently, knowing that with the help of God's grace, they will succeed in believing and in living as Gospel witnesses in present day history. O Mary, help them to respond to their vocation. Guide them to the knowledge of true love and bless their affections. Support them in times of suffering. Make them fearless heralds of Christ's greeting on Easter Day: Peace be with you! With them, I also entrust myself once again to you and with confident affection I repeat to you: Totus Tuus ego sum! I am all yours! And each one of them cries to you, with me: Totus Tuus! Totus Tuus! Amen

ACTO DE CONSAGRACIÓN DE LOS JÓVENES A MARÍA

Ahí a tu Madre (Jn 19, 27).

Es Jesús, oh Virgen María, quien desde la cruz nos quiso encomendar a ti, no para atenuar, sino para reafirmar su papel exclusivo de Salvador del mundo. Si en el discípulo Juan te han sido encomendados todos los hijos de la Iglesia, mucho más me com-place ver encomendados a ti, oh María, a los jóvenes del mundo. A ti, dulce Madre, cuya protección he experimen-tado siempre, esta tarde los encomiendo de nuevo. Bajo tu manto, bajo tu protección, todos buscan refugio. Tú, Madre de la divina gracia, haz que resplandez-can con la belleza de Cristo. Son los jóvenes de este siglo, que en el alba del nuevo milenio viven aún los tormentos que derivan del pecado, del odio, de la violencia, del terrorismo y de la guerra. Pero son también los jóvenes a quienes la Iglesia mira con confianza, con la certeza de que, con la ayuda de la gracia de Dios, lograrán creer y vivir como testigos del Evangelio en el hoy de la historia. Oh María, ayúdales a responder a su vocación. Guíalos al conocimiento del amor verdadero y bendice sus afectos. Sostenlos en el momento del sufrimiento. Conviértelos en anunciadores in-trépidos del saludo de Cristo el día de Pascua: ¡La paz esté con vosotros! Juntamente con ellos, también yo me encomiendo una vez más a ti, y con afecto confiado te repito: Totus tuus ego sum! ¡Soy todo tuyo! Y también cada uno de ellos, conmigo, te dice: Totus tuus! Totus tuus! Amén.

Saint John Paul II, Pray for Us.