August 6, 2017

The Transfiguration of the Lord BAPTISM:

1st and 3rd Saturdays at 12 noon. Sunday at 1:15pm Please call the

Rectory to inquire for the parents’ and godparents prepa-ration class.

For grades 2-8, sign up for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC).

For grades 9 and above, call to learn more about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

MARRIAGE: 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 12:00 p.m.

Be sure to contact the Rectory at least six months before your anticipated wedding date.

RECONCILIATION / CONFESSION: Saturdays from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. — or you may call the

Rectory to make an appointment with any priest.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Rectory for one of our priests to come. Our Eucharistic Ministers visit the homebound daily.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Fridays: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., concluding with

Evening Prayer & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. First Fridays: Benediction & Mass at 6:00 p.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS:

Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in the Church, Novena and Mass.

COMMUNAL RECITATION OF THE ROSARY: Weekdays immediately after the 9:00 a.m. Mass.

LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDREN: Sundays during the 10:30 a.m. Mass.

OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH ♦ Daly City, CA 94015-3424

Rectory: 1 Elmwood Dr. — Church / Church Hall: 5 Elmwood Dr. — School: 7 Elmwood Dr. Parish Center / Religious Education Office / Convent: 15 Elmwood Dr.

Established in 1954 — A Member of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

MASSES:

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 & 5:30 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, & 10:30 a.m.,

and 12:00 p.m.

Monday to Friday: 7:00 & 9:00 a.m., plus First Fridays

at 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays : at 9:00 a.m. only.

Holy Days of Obligation:

7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m.,

Parish Telephone Numbers:

Rectory Office (650) 755-2727 Religious Education Office (650) 992-5769 Our Lady of Mercy School (650) 756-3395 OLM School Extended Care (650) 756-1181 Music Director & Organist (415) 282-2241 Our Lady of Mercy Convent (650) 992-5769

The Rectory office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

On weekends and holidays, Our Lady of Mercy Rectory office is closed.

RECTORY STAFF — 1 Elmwood Drive: Rev. Domingo Orimaco Pastor Rev. Bonifacio Espeleta Jr. Parochial Vicar Deacon Mike Ghiorso Permanent Deacon Deacon Marcos Cobillas Permanent Deacon Grace Mangini, CPA Parish Bookkeeper Sr. Virginia Barcelona, RVM Pastoral Associate Susana Breneman Parish Secretary

SCHOOL STAFF — 7 Elmwood Drive: Mr. Jeffrey Burgos Principal Ms. Beth Gorman Assistant Principal Sr. Eileen Pazmino, RSM School Secretary Mrs. Zarah Llemos School Secretary Sr. Ma. Rosabel Sare, RVM School DRE

PARISH CENTER STAFF — 15 Elmwood Drive:

Sr. Ovelyn Obliosca, RVM Director of Religious Education Ms. Laura Reyes Director of Music IN RESIDENCE: Rev. Rey Culaba,CSsR Rectory Sr. Nicolina Estevez, RVM Parish Center/Convent Sr. Ruth Linaac, RVM Parish Center/Convent

WEEKEND ASSISTANCE: Sr. Catherine Nguyen, LHC Church Sacristan Bro. Douglas Draper, SJ St. Ignatius College Preparatory

PARISH WEBSITE: www.olmcath.org

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.olmbulldogs.org

Day Time Mass Intentions for the coming week:

August 7, 2017 - August 13, 2017

Mon 7

7:00am 9:00am 6:00pm

Lechir Dizon + Greg Eremeyeff +

Lucio & Maria Tolentino +

DO DO RC

Tue 8

7:00am 9:00am

Souls In Purgtory Barbara Murray +

RC RC

Wed 9

7:00am 9:00am

Tony Fernandes + Cecile Jimenez +

DO DO

Thu 10

7:00 am 9:00am

Souls In Purgatory Edwin T. Coquico

DO DO

Fri 11

7:00am 9:00am

Souls In Purgatory Lucita Arqueza –In Thanksgiving

DO DO

Sat 12

9:00am 4:00pm 5:30pm

Pedro Bautista + Iluminado Boado +

Felecisima Cunanan +

DO DO

Msgr. Floro

Sun 13

7:30am 9:00am

10:30am 12:00pm

Ulysses Reroma + Our Lady of Fatima –In Thanksgiving

Ma. Asuncion & Severo Arqueza + Helen Langhben +

DO Floro DO

Floro

Rest in Peace Evangeline Congco-

Macapinlac

EYEWITNESSES Today, the Feast of the Trans-figuration of the Lord, is a day of eyewitness accounts. The first, a vision reported by the prophet Daniel, was well known to Jesus and his apostles. The vision ac-count was written in quite mystical and figurative language. It is a vi-sion of heaven, powerful and mem-orable. There are flames of fire, burning wheels, the Ancient One, and a Son of Man. Clearly, Daniel saw something. But was it a dream? Was it real? Was it merely a clever myth? Peter wants no such confusion about his vision! We are told in Matthew’s Gospel what he and his friends James and John saw when they went up on the mountain with Jesus one day. Jesus warned the three witnesses to tell no one until “the Son of Man has been raised from the dead” (Matthew 17:9). Lest readers of one of the Gospels discount the story or simply write it off as a pious myth, Peter gives his own account of the Transfiguration of Je-sus in his second letter to the church. He writes with au-thority, as an eyewitness. He reports this message from God concerning Jesus: “This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased,” and he assures us that the mes-sage is “altogether reliable” (2 Peter 1:17, 19). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Catholics and Christians

Vatican II had repercussions far beyond the Catholic Church. One of the areas we see his is in our Sunday read-ings. Ever since the Council of Trent in the 16th century, the Catholic Church had two readings at a Mass, one from the Epistles and one from the Gospels. There were several prob-lems with this. First, exactly the same readings were done every day of the week. Secondly, exactly the same readings were done from one year to the next. In other words, Catholics heard the same words time and time and time again.

In 1969, the Catholic Church came out with the new lec-tionary which was known as the OLM! (Much as we at Our Lady of Mercy would like to take responsibility for that, it actu-ally stands for Ordo Lectionem Missae.) It uses a three year cycle and we are presently in year A in which the Gospel of Matthew is read, mostly in order, during Sundays of Ordinary Time.

When a majority of Protestant churches joined together in 1983 to formulate a common lectionary based on the new Catholic model, it marked a major step in healing the divisions among Protestant sects. In addition, since the new lectionary was based on the Catholic version and was done with the par-ticipation of the Catholic Councils of Bishops, it marked a ma-jor change in the separation of Catholics and their Christian brethren.

One of the participating groups in the new Protestant ver-sion was the CCT (Consultation on Common Texts). It has, among others, Episcopalian, Unitarian, Lutheran, Presbyteri-an, Methodist and Baptist churches as members. It also has both the Canadian and the U.S. Conferences of Bishops as members. As a result, the readings in the majority of Christian churches (including Catholics) in America and Britain each Sunday are basically the same.

The Catholic version of the lectionary had far too little of the Old Testament to suit many of the Protestants. We have one reading from the Old Testament each day. As a result, we have less than 5% of the Old Testament covered over the three year cycle. The Protestants added a number of Old Tes-tament readings in addition to the ones that we use. This means the first three readings are the same for Catholics and Protestants, but there are additional readings for Protestants.

In the United States , we use the New American Bible for our translation. In Canada , the Catholics use the New Re-vised Standard Bible translation, which is the version used in the Common Lectionary of the Protestants. As a result, the readings you hear in a Canadian Catholic Church on Sundays have different wording from those in Catholic Churches in the United States, but the same wording as those in many Protestant Churches!

As a result of the Reformation, the Catholic Church banned “private interpretation” of the Bible and discouraged even the clergy from reading the Bible on their own. On the Protestant side, Martin Luther did not like some of the teach-ings in various pats of the New Testament, so he published his own version, leaving out the books he disagreed with.

It shows how much progress has been made when many Lutherans have now accepted the common lectionary and thus have readings from those books Luther had banned, and the Catholic Church not only allows but encourages Bible study. The times, they are a’changing! ~DN

DATE TIME EVENT PLACE

Sun., Aug. 6 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m.

Liturgy of the Word for Children Baptism of Cayden Logan Raymundo

Church Church

Mon., Aug. 7 6:00 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Church Tue., Aug. 8 7:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Cantor Practice Choir Practice

Parish Center Music Room Parish Center Music Room

Wed., Aug. 9 Thu., Aug. 10 6:30 p.m. Legion of Mary Parish Center Music Room

Fri., Aug. 11 1:00 p.m. 9:30am - 6:00pm

6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Charismatic Prayer Group meeting Eucharistic Exposition & Adoration

Evening Prayer + Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Youth Ministry

Parish Center Library Church Church

Parish Center Library

Sat., Aug. 12 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Confessions Church

Sun., Aug. 13 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m.

Liturgy of the Word for Children Baptism of Angelo James Cosino & Samandriel Dean

Canilao

Church Church

Young At Heart Club Luncheon September 17, 2017

Basque Cultural Center—599 Railroad Ave. South San Francisco, CA 94080

No Host Cocktails—12noon Luncheon - 1pm

Menu Choice: • Roast Leg of Lamb Au Jus –Vegetables and Potatoes

• Salmon w/ Champage Sauce — Vegetables and Rice

• Breast of Chicken — Vegetables and Rice Lunch includes Salad, Bread, Dessert, Coffee, Tea and Wine at Table

PLEASE JOIN US! Please send reservation no later than Aug. 21, 2017 with choice of Entrée and payment of $31.00 per per-son to Tere Massery, 968 Southgate Ave., Daly City, CA 94015 or call Barbara Cantwell (650) 892-6727

SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER WEEKEND OPENING

Our last weekend in 2017 is: September 30 - October 1, 2017 The next Engaged Encounter weekend will be in : January , 2018

TO REGISTER GO TO: www.sfcee.org

Scholarships are available

For more information contact us at :

catholicsfee@gmail.com

Or call (650) 619 - 0689

SFCEE is a non-profit, volunteer ministry dedicated to marriage preparation in the Catholic Faith.

“A Wedding is a Day… A Marriage is a Lifetime…”

ARE YOU SOMEONE OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO… Has expressed an interest in becoming Catho-lic? Has a child over the age of seven who has not been baptized? Was baptized Catholic as a child, but has not celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist?

The Religious Education Program offers an opportunity to learn more about our faith every Thursday at 7:00 pm , Start-ing September 22, 2017. Sessions focus on the teachings and experience of Church and prepare individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season. Registration Starts NOW! For more inquiries please contact S. Ovelyn , at (650) 992 5769

Do you know that more than 1,500,000 couples in over 92 countries have experi-enced a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend? They found something worth passing on. The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is November 10-12, 2017 in San Jose. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact

Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

The Transfiguration of the Lord August 6, 2017 The heavens proclaim his justice; all peoples see his glory. — Psalm 97:6 TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — I saw one like a Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven (Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14). Psalm — The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth (Psalm 97). Second Reading — Be attentive to the prophetic mes-sage, as to a lamp shining in a dark place (2 Peter 1:16-19). Gospel — Jesus was transfigured, and his clothes be-came white as light (Matthew 17:1-9). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-7, 12-13; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 — 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28

Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Friday: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dt 6:4-13; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Transfiguration of the Lord Monday: Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; St. Sixtus II and Companions; St. Cajetan Tuesday: St. Dominic Wednesday: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Thursday: St. Lawrence Friday: St. Clare Saturday: St. Jane Frances de Chantal; Blessed Virgin Mary

As we spend time with God and surrender our lives to Him more and more each day, we can reflect His love.Our Daily Bread

The People of O.L.M.

Committees Parish Pastoral Council

Parish Finance Committee Parish Social Committee

Principal’s Advisory Council Liturgy Committee

Liturgical Ministries Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers,

Ushers, Cantors, Parish Choir, Children’s Choir, Youth Ministry

Spiritual Development Bible Study Group

Charismatic Prayer Group Third Order Carmelites

Legion of Mary Singles for Christ

Service and Social Organizations Saint Vincent de Paul Society

Young at Heart Club Knights of Columbus

Parish Bulletin Staff Susan Breneman, Mr. Denis Nolan

Welcome to Our Lady of Mercy! If you worship with us each week, please fill out this

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In addition, all registered members of the parish are eligible to celebrate important sacramental events at OLM:

• Baptism and Confirmation of their children, • Weddings and Marriage Anniversaries, • Funeral Services for loved ones,

etc.

If you are just visiting from another parish, we do hope you enjoy your OLM experience today!

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Church Name: Our Lady of Mercy Location: Daly City, CA 94015 Bulletin #: 519131 Phone #: (650) 755-2727 Modem #: (650)755-7444 Printer #: HP Laser Jet 4MP Bulletin Editor: Susan Breneman Email Address: olmcatholicchurch@gmail.com Comments or request: