Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), Kindergarten, 1st-8th Grades Principal: Nicole Rebuck 661-327-7741 www.olph1.org Livestream Sunday Masses: 9:00AM (Spanish) 10:00AM (English) Baptisms & Marriages: Please call the office for information. Parish Office Hours (phone and email only): Monday–Thursday: 9AM–12:30PM, 1:30PM–5PM Friday: 9:00AM–12:30PM Misas en Español Domingo: 9:00AM Bautizos, Bodas y Quinceañeras: Favor de llamar a la oficina Have a question or need? Call the parish office! 661-323-3108 All livestream Masses and devotions may be viewed on our parish website and on Facebook: www.olphbakersfield.org Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Our Lady of Perpetual Help PARISH & SCHOOL 661-323-3108 • 124 Columbus Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305 • www.olphbakersfield.org MAY 17, 2020 • SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Rev. Hector Lopez, V.F. Pastor frhector@olphbakersfield.org Veronica Johnson Parish Business Manager veronica@olphbakersfield.org Katrina Villegas Director of Religious Formation katrina@olphbakersfield.org Roseanne Kobilis Adult Religious Education roseanne@olphbakersfield.org Jimmy Montoya Elementary Religious Education Coord. jimmy@olphbakersfield.org Liz Cervantes Music Ministry Coordinator liz@olphbakersfield.org Adela Blanco Wedding and Quinceanera Coordinator adela@olphbakersfield.org
After Mass a friend told me I belonged to “the priesthood of believers.” I’m not a priest! What did she mean?
At baptism, all of us became part of the laity. The word laity comes from the Greek word laos, which means “people.” The laity are the people
of God. As people of God, we all share in the priesthood of Christ. This is why the Church speaks of the “priesthood of all believers,” because when we were baptized we were incorporated into Christ’s priesthood. Each of us is called to exercise our common priesthood within the Church, strengthening and serving each other. The exercise of priesthood means, above all, to serve.
The Church speaks of Jesus as our High Priest, the one who offers himself as the sacri cial animal. Jesus is the priest and victim, offering himself as a sacri ce to God. The priesthood that Jesus exercises is one of self-giving. All those who are called to the priesthood of Christ are called to serve as he did, offering themselves in a spirit of service and love.
This “priesthood of all believers” shouldn’t be confused with the sacrament of Holy Orders, which ordains to the of ce of bishop, priest, or deacon. These men are called by God and ordained by the Church to exercise the particular ministry of preaching the good news and administering the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. During Mass, the ordained priest represents Christ and also acts on behalf of all the people of God. His sacramental priesthood represents the common priesthood of the whole Church.
A WORD FROM Pope FrancisThere are so many people waiting for us to go out and meet them and look at them with the tenderness that we have experienced and received from our relationship with God. That is where our power lies: not in our ideals and in our personal projects, but rather in the strength of his mercy.
—ADDRESS TO THE ORDER OF AUGUSTINIAN RECOLLECTS, OCTOBER 20, 2016
The Ascension of the LordActs 1:1–11Eph 1:17–23Mt 28:16–20
Mass Intentions
The Mass intentions scheduled this week will still be offered privately.
may 16 No Mass.
may 17
9am Missa Pro Populo
10am Donald Phelan (Smith Family)
may 18 No Mass.
may 19 Mary Laird (Laird Family)
may 20 Christopher Zuech (Becky & Joe Frank)
may 21 Celine Ann Larson (Jim & Debbie Sakowski)
may 22 Joseph, Olga, Joey Jr. Yaksitch (Sonja Ducato)
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Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the
Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my
heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.Amen.
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest
all my sins because of your just punishments, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all
good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Your
grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.
