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Understanding the Parts of the Mass As Catholics, our worship centers on the Mass.
The Mass has a number of parts, each of which is a call to deepen our faith: Part I —The Liturgy of the Word: Penitential rite The Penitential rite follows the Introductory rite. Following the example of the tax collector in Luke 18:10-14, who Christ commended for approaching God by first cry-ing out, “O Lord, have mercy on me a sinner,” Catholics acknowledge our sinfulness and ask God’s forgiveness. This can happen through the Kyrie — “Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy” — an ancient penitential prayer with a petition for each of the Three Persons of the Trinity. It can also happen through the Confiteor, Latin for “I confess,” which calls us to admit we’ve sinned by our own free will (“through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault”). Both expressions of contrition also call us to imitate the tax collector from Luke in another way, gently striking our breast in sorrow, demonstrating with actions as well as words, our remorse. A third option, less frequently used, is sprinkling, with the priest casting holy water upon the people as a reminder of our baptism. —Our Sunday Visitor
Who Acts Like a Neighbor? The parable of the good Samaritan
would have been shocking to Jesus’
audience: the idea of a “good”
Samaritan was completely foreign
to them. The Samaritans were
descended from northern Israelites
who had intermarried with foreign-
ers when the Assyrians conquered
the region some 750 years earlier.
As such, first-century Jews
considered Samaritans to be
non-Jews whose religious beliefs had been contaminated by
their foreign ancestors.
Thus, it is highly unlikely that any of Jesus’ Jewish listeners
would have considered a Samaritan to be a “neighbor.” In
fact, in a strict reading of Leviticus 19:18, the command to
“love your neighbor as yourself” means “fellow countrymen
only.” But Jesus makes a Samaritan the hero of this parable
in order to change the focus of the lawyer’s question, “Who
is my neighbor?” Jesus does not define who is or is not a
neighbor. Instead, he describes someone who acts like a
neighbor. The Samaritan saw a man in need, and he helped
him without hesitation.
At the end of the parable, the lawyer understands that “the
one who showed him mercy” was a neighbor to the man
who had been robbed. He recognizes that our actions are
more important than an abstract definition of who is or is
not a neighbor. Jesus then challenges him to act the same
way. Through this parable he also challenges us to act like
neighbors to those in need. —Living with Christ
Meet our new
school principal
Mrs. Maria Tollefson Sunday, July 14th
in the Parish Hall
after the 10am Mass
Take this opportunity to
welcome and visit with the school’s new
principal, Maria Tollefson.
Mrs. Tollefson was born and raised in
Buffalo, New York. She earned a B.A.in
Biology with a minor in Education from
D’Youville College and a M.S. in Science
Education and Curriculum Development
from Canisius College.
She has been a part of Catholic education
in the Diocese of San Diego for over forty
years having served at St. Augustine High
School, Rosary High School and Marian
Catholic High School. She served eighteen
years as principal of St. Rose of Lima
School in Chula Vista, and the last year as
principal of Sacred Heart Academy in
Ocean Beach.
We are blessed to have the benefit of her
many years of service and experience here
at St. Didacus School. Please offer her a
warm welcome!
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GIFTS OF OUR TREASURY THE WEEK OF July 7, 2013
Collection for July 7, 2013 $4,836.00 Restricted Funds for July 7, 2013 $1,424.00 Total Income: $6,260.00
Saturday…………........July 13 5:00PM………………....†Eleanor Martinez Sunday………….....…..July 14 8:30AM………………....†Gary Simon 10:00AM………..………People of St. Didacus 11:30AM………………..Nina Rincon, Spec. Int. Monday………………...July 15 7:30AM…………………..†Geri Cali Tuesday………..…..….July 16 6:00PM……………....…†Tom Driscoll Wednesday……......….July 17 8:30AM………..………..Colleen Maalouf, Spec. Int. Thursday………...…….July 18 7:30AM……….………...†Maria Corazon Alcazar Friday…………...……..July 19 7:30AM………………....†Frank Matranga Saturday…………........July 20 5:00PM………………....†Peter Adamski
Mass Intentions
Please Pray For
Weekly Events at St. Didacus
Sunday, July 14, 2013 Location Monday, July 15, 2013 Location Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall Small Faith V 7:00pm Winona Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Location Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall Small Faith IV 7:00pm Hawley Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Location Eucharistic Adoration 7:30-8:30am Church Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall Thursday, July 18, 2013 Location Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall Spanish Choir 6:30pm Church Friday, July 19, 2013 Location Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall Saturday, July 20, 2013 Location Set-up for Vacation Bible School Hall
Welcome to St. Didacus Parish! Masses Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am English 11:30am in Spanish Daily Mass Mon., Thurs., Fri. 7:30am Wednesday 8:30am & Tues. 6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays 7:30am—8:30am First Fridays 8:00am—9:00am Confessions—Saturdays 3:30pm or by appt.
Pastor, Fr. Michael J. Sinor Parish Office 619-284-3472
And the special
intentions in our
Book of Needs
Maria Luz Arrellano Katherine Artale Jim Barnes Diann Bauer Dan Bauer Herbert Baxter Rita Bonnell Norm Boyer Herminia Brignoni Ibeth Brignoni Lee Burnett Ruben Campos Marie Cavanaugh Terry Davidson MaryLou De Luca Juanita Diaz Fred Dueber Maria Fielding Susan Guenzel
Rosie Kinninger Marcella Halweg Bernie Kober Marilyn Kober Maria Koter Virginia Lantry Juanita Lopez Maria Lopez Dolores Mediano Esteban Mediano Joe Moser Segunda Ordona Sylvia Paiz Dominick Palestini Diane Porter Dolores Robertson Atina Rodriguez Aaron Rodriguez Alette Rodriguez
Gladys Palestini Jeff Salazar Patricia Seay Christine Segura Alice Sergi Michael Smith Raymond Sparks Angel Tapia Pedro Tapia Therese Tucker Carol Verdon Catarina Zizzo Rose Zaragoza Adalina Zarate
Josephine
On the Cover: The Good Samaritan was painted by Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) while he was staying in an institution for the mentally ill in May 1890. Van Gogh’s unmistakably unique style can be seen in the brush strokes and vibrant colors that he used to portray the story of The Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:25-37. His use of colors on the man’s face whom the Samaritan is helping accentuates the way he must have felt after having been beaten and robbed, and the bright blue colors create both a serious and hopeful feeling.
Readings for the Week of July 14, 2013 Sunday: Dt 30:10-14/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37 Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22/Mt 10:34--11:1 Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a/Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Ex 3:13-20/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10--12:14/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Ex 12:37-42/Mt 12:14-21 Next Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Col 1:24-28/Lk 10:38-42
Pope clears the way for the canonizations of John Paul II, John XXIII On July 5th, Pope Francis signed a decree clear-ing the way for the canonization of Blessed John Paul II and has decided also to ask the world's cardinals to vote on the canonization of Blessed John XXIII, even in the absence of a miracle. These two men could be canonized by the end of the year.
We have a meeting for VBS teachers and
helpers on Monday, July 15th at 10am in the
Hall. We’ll be setting up all week. Please
join us if you can lend a hand.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION ENDS
JULY 31ST!
Come to the Parish Office soon to
register new and continuing
students for the 2013-2014
Religious Education year: grades
K-8 & Confirmation I & II.
RCIA—Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
The RCIA program is especially designed for: those not baptized, those baptized in another faith, or those baptized Catholic who missed out on religious instruction and sacraments of First Communion or Confirmation.
If you or someone you know would like to learn more
about this process, please join us for any of these informational meetings at 7pm in the Parish Hall:
Thursday, August 1st Thursday, August 15th Thursday, August 29th
Vacation Bible School is the
week of July 22nd. Thank
you for your generous
donations! We are in need
of a few more items—call the parish office to
find out what’s left on our list of supplies.
At St. Didacus School we know that parents are a child’s first teacher. We encourage parents to take an active role in their children’s educa-tion. Our school supports families and works with them for the benefit of children. The school office is open from 9am-1pm each weekday. Come by or give us a call to learn more about our great school. We are still enrolling for the fall.
Attention: Book Lovers Our “Year of Faith” book discus-sion group enjoyed reading and discussing the book, Practice of the Presence of God so much, they decided to read one more book before summer is over. If you’d like to join us, our next book is: On Heaven and Earth — from the man who became Pope Francis— Jorge Mario Bergoglio shares his thoughts on religion, reason, and the challenges the world faces in the 21st century with Abraham Skorka, a rabbi and biophysicist. We will meet:
Tuesday, August 20th at 10am OR
Thursday, August 22nd at 7pm in the Parish Hall Call Cindy at the Parish Office for more information.
You are invited to
Culture of Life Family Services’
Inaugural Family BBQ
Picnic and Concert
Saturday, August 3 11am-4pm
Cathedral Catholic High School
5555 Del Mar Heights Road
San Diego Ca 92130
The catered BBQ is
$5/person
or $20/family. They’ll
have live praise &
worship music, a kids
fun zone, volleyball, &
lawn games—fun for
the whole family!
RSVP by July 22nd at
www.colfs.org or call 619-564-3307.
Kid’s Corner This week our
first reading
comes from
the book of
Deuteronomy
which is the
5th book of
the Old
Testament. In this book, Moses tells the
Israelites how to make a success of their life as a
people once they are settled in the land that God
has promised to them. The choice presented to
Israel is to love the Lord and keep his command-
ments, or to serve “other gods.” We are faced
with these kinds of choices each day. Will we
choose to love God and keep his commandments?
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The Gifts
of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy
Spirit are:
Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel (right judgment),
Fortitude, Knowledge, Fear of the Lord, and Piety
Let’s take a closer look at the first two this week:
Wisdom: enables us to see life from Gods’ point of view
and to recognize the real value of persons, events, and
things. Wisdom keeps us from foolishly judging only by
appearances.
Understanding: gives us insight into the truths of the
faith and of being disciples of Jesus. It helps us make
good choices in our relationships with God and others.
Understanding grows through prayer and the reading of
Scripture and through active listening. —Living the Mass
Summer of the
HOLY SPIRIT
Active Listening...what’s that about?
God has promised to hear us and answer our prayers. It is vital
that we learn to listen to Him and discern His voice; for HE WILL
guide us, give us His wisdom, show us His ways and reveal His
truth to us as we learn to listen. Prayer then is a conversation (a
discussion) in which we are actively engaged in both talking to
God and listening to Him.
God can and will talk to us in many different ways:
Through His Word the Bible
Through circumstances
Through His small still voice
Through our consciences
Through nature
Through other people
Through Christian literature
Through worship
...And many other ways
Yes, God is speaking—all we need to do is to
work on tuning our hearts to the right frequency!
Begin with the End How does it happen that we sometimes accomplish goals or achieve success only to discover that along the way we left behind what matters most to us? We find that the end is not, in fact, where we hoped to land. Whether we are setting a long-term goal or are just looking at the day ahead of us, we need to think about where we are going before we set off. This is true for personal and professional goals. And it is especially true in our spiritual life—where our end is ultimately communion with God and one another in eternity. If this is the end we desire, getting there requires more of us than closely following a set of rigid rules. Jesus is very clear that his end was “mercy not sacrifice.” He never lost focus of testifying to the love of God for all humanity—which is what his sacrifice on the cross is all about. His destination was Jerusalem, but love was the way. He asks all his disciples to come and follow his way of love. We call it “the way.” We are called to set our minds on Christ and then follow that path in our lives. We hope to make Jesus the focus of our life every day. He is the beginning and end and all that comes between. —Fr. Brendan McGuire, Give Us This Day
This message from St. Paul to Timothy gives us something to think about in light of the times we live in today:
''I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths. But you, be self-possessed in all circumstances; put up with hard-ship; perform the work of an evangelist; fulfill your ministry.”
—2 Timothy 4:1-4
Pagina 6 Decimo Quinto Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 14 de julio 2013
Parábola del buen samaritano
En la mentalidad judía del tiempo de Jesús, estaban absorbidos por el
legalismo, no les importaban las necesidades ni los derechos del ser
humano. Solo se hacía lo que estaba permitido por la ley y rechazaban
lo que prohibía la ley. Este legalismo impuesto por la estructura religiosa
era la norma oficial de la moral del pueblo. Se había llegado a los extremos y la ley del culto
primaba sobre cualquier ley, así fuera la ley del amor al prójimo. Esto preocupaba mucho a
Jesús pues no era posible que en nombre de Dios se establecieran normas que terminaran des-
humanizando al pueblo.
En este contexto nació la parábola del buen samaritano: un hombre necesitado de ayuda,
caído en el camino, más muerto que vivo, es abandonado por los cumplidores de la ley
(sacerdotes y levitas) y en cambio es socorrido por un ilegal samaritano (que no tenían buenas
relaciones con los israelitas). Sólo el evangelio de Lucas conserva esta parábola.
Vemos al sacerdote y el levita frente al hombre caído en su inutilidad que les presentaría
su ley en el desempeño de su oficio, pues si ayudaba al hombre caído, les impediría representar
su oficio de ofrecer los sacrificios agradables a Dios. El samaritano, por el contrario, no encuen-
tra ninguna barrera para prestar su servicio desinteresado al desconocido que está tendido y
malherido por ese camino. El samaritano únicamente siente compasión por la necesidad de ese
hombre anónimo y se entrega con infinito amor a defender su vida que está amenazada.
El prójimo, compañero, dice Jesús en esta parábola, debe ser para nosotros, en primer
lugar la persona que tenemos mas cerca, pero no sólo él, sino todo ser humano que necesita
de nuestra ayuda. El ejemplo del samaritano nos muestra que ningún ser humano está tan lejos
de nosotros, para no estar preparados en todo tiempo y lugar, para tomar el tiempo para asis-
tirlo, porque son nuestro prójimo.
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Las clases del catecismo están abiertas para
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Las clases para los jóvenes de Confirmación
ya iniciaron con “las noches juveniles”.
Recuerde que el 31 de julio se cierran las
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