STAFF Rev. Abel Mena, JCL, Pastor/Adjutant Judicial Vicar
Rev. Gary Sumpter, In Residence Rev. Mr. Jim Eckert, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Jesse De Luna, Deacon Deborah O’Haire, Religious Education Coordinator
Amparo Valenzuela, Office Coordinator
ENGLISH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - *8:00am & 4:00 pm Sunday - 9:00 am & 11:00 am
*This mass is offered if Fr. Gary is available
DAILY MASS Monday - Friday - 9:00 am
First Friday of the Month - 12:00 pm
MISA EN ESPAÑOL Domingo - 1:30 pm
CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/ Sábados 3:00 pm—3:45 pm 1er Dom. del mes 12:30 pm—1:20pm
THIS IS THE HOLY TRINITY Today we celebrate the Holy Trinity, one of the most con-founding mysteries of our faith. Through this mystery we experience our relationship to God: Creator, Savior, and Holy Spirit. This relationship is not easy to understand or to describe. It does not become clearer through analysis. Its complexity mirrors the complexity of all our relation-ships. We understand our relationships with our spouses, our children, our parents, and our friends only through daily give-and-take, annual rituals, and the life-changing moments we share. We understand our relationships only as we live them. The relationships we have with those we love, and who love us, sustain us through an uncertain and difficult life. This is the Holy Trinity.
What is striking about today’s readings is that each is in-complete. What they do offer is a description of a moment in our relationship, a memory of a time and an event when our relationship made sense even though that sense may be beyond our ability to describe fully. Often that is all that our faith offers, that is, a memory of what is possi-ble, what is promised, what has been given. A memory of eternity, of love beyond understanding is to be cherished and nurtured even if not fully understood. This is the Holy Trinity.
John’s Gospel begins, “In the beginning was the Word . . . and the Word was God”; John later adds “the Word became flesh” (John 1:14). This is more than poetic imagery. Here John makes a very bold claim. The prophets proclaimed God’s word, but Jesus is God’s Word—coming from God to us who are not God. It took more than two hundred years before a universal Council declared that Jesus was “. . . true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father . . .” Slowly, the church was working to-ward a doctrine of the Trinity. The doctrine doesn’t explain the Trinity, but it does express the incomprehensible mystery of the God whose love overflows into the glories of creation, the messiness of our human condition, and the Spir-it of truth that still guides the Church today.
PASTOR’S MESSAGE
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you for all those who supported our par-ish chicken sale two weeks ago. We were able to raise $223 for our parish.
THANK YOU!
St. Thomas is preparing food for the “Table” at the Presbyterian Church every third Thursday of each month. We hope you will use the sign-up sheet so we know what food you bring and who the volunteer helpers will be on that Thursday. We need potatoes, carrots, ham, green beans, and milk. The sign-up sheet for the food is on the “Table” board and a half barrel marked “Table” underneath where you can put food the Sunday before. This is on the NW corner of the Social Hall.
THE TABLE
Since we have reached high tempera-tures in the past days, we have turned on the air conditioner in the church. We are asking everyone to please help us save energy by keep-ing the doors closed at all times.
HOT WEATHER
Adoration of the Blessed Sac-rament on Friday, July 5th, the First Friday of the month, from 9am to 9pm. Mass is celebrated at 12pm. Please come and join us for Adora-
tion on this First Friday. We need people to sign up for an hour of adoration during the 12 hours. The sign-up sheet is on the parish bulletin board in the church hall. Please consider signing up for an hour to ensure we have every hour covered, and hopefully by more than just one person per hour.
BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION
I wanted to thank all those families that helped us by purchasing the chicken dinners two weekends ago. I wanted to clarify that they were smoked chicken. They were not grilled nor barbequed. The reason that I mentioned this is because some people looked at the chicken and thought that they were not fully cooked. They were cooked completely. Next time we are going to smoked half of the chickens and the other half will be grilled. Once again thank you for your support of our parish. This weekend, we celebrate Father’s day. I want to congratulate all the fathers of our parish. May God continue to bless all of you and your families. May God continue to bless all of us at St. Thomas, Fr. Abel
We are seeking for various individuals to help out in our parish in cleaning and mainte-nance of our facilities. If you like to help in this parish ministry please call Fr. Abel
MAINTENANCE GROUP
ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA
En la Iglesia de Santo Tomás tenemos la Adoración del Santísimo Sacramento el viernes 5 de julio de 9am a 9pm. El Santísimo Sacramento estará expuesto en la custodia en el altar para Adora-ción y oración hasta las 10pm y la misa se celebrará a las 12pm en Ingles. Por favor venga y acompáñenos para la Adoración en este primer viernes. Invi-tamos que personas se registren para
una Hora Santa. La hoja de inscripción está en el table-ro de anuncios en el salón de la iglesia. Considere inscri-birse durante una hora para asegurarse de que tenga-mos por lo menos un adorador por hora, y si es posible más de una persona por hora.
Quería agradecer a todas las familias que nos ayudaron comprando las cenas de pollo hace dos fines de semana. Quería aclarar que era pollo ahumado. No fueron asados. La razón por la que mencioné esto es porque algunas personas miraron el pollo pensaron que no estaban completamente cocidos. Fueron cocinados completamente. La próxima vez vamos a humar la mitad del pollo y la otra mitad será asada. Una vez más, gracias por su apoyo a nuestra parroquia. Este fin de semana celebramos el día del padre. Quiero felicitar a todos los padres de nuestra parroquia. Que Dios continúe bendicien-do a todos ustedes y a sus familias. Que Dios continúe bendiciéndonos a todos en Santo Tomás. P. Abel
MENSAJE DEL PASTOR
ADORACIÓN AL SANTÍSIMO
Te invitamos todos los martes a las 7pm en el salón de la parroquia de Santo Tomas de Aquino a la Ultreya, donde por medio del testi-monio personal hablamos de los retos de la vida y el crecimiento en nuestra relación "Cristo Cuenta Contigo".
EL GRUPO DE CURSILLO
LA MESA
Los papás y padrinos son los educado-res principales en la fe del niño o niña. Por esta razón, los papás y padrinos de-ben asistir a UNA PLATICA para aprender de las responsabilidades que tienen hacia el crecimiento espiritual del niño o niña. Estas platicas se llevan acabo el cuarto Jueves de cada mes a las 7:00pm en la iglesia. Por favor lle-gar a las 6:45pm para la registración
para que su asistencia sea valida. Para mas infor-mación y requisitos por favor de llamar a la ofici-na parroquial al (707) 255-2949. Es muy impor-tante que los padrinos cumplan con los requisi-tos para poder participar como padrinos. Las personas que califican para participar como pa-drinos deben de estar casados por la iglesia o solteros completamente. En el mes de junio la plática se ofrecerá el jueves 27 a las 7:00pm. Por favor tenga en cuenta que, si usted llega y la clase cuando ya ha comen-zado, esta no será valida.
CLASE DE BAUTISMO
Ya que hemos alcanzado altas temperaturas en los últimos días, hemos encendido el aire acon-dicionado en la iglesia. Pedimos a todos que nos ayuden a ahorrar energía manteniendo las puer-tas cerradas en todo momento.
Santo Tomás prepara comida para la "Mesa" en la Iglesia Presbiteriana cada tercer jueves de ca-da mes. Esperamos que nos puedan ayudar con ingredientes que utilizamos para preparar estos alimentos. Utilice la hoja de registro apuntar lo que usted puede traer. Se necesita jamón, papas, zanahorias, leche, naranjas y ejotes enlatados. La hoja de inscripción para la comida se encuen-tra en el tablero y un medio barril marcado "Table" debajo donde se puede colocar la comida el domingo anterior.
EQUIPO DE MANTENIMIENTO Estamos buscando varias perso-nas que puedan ayudar en nues-tra parroquia en la limpieza y en el mantenimiento de nuestras instalaciones. Si usted desea ayu-dar en este ministerio parroquial, por favor llame al Padre. Abel
CLIMA CALIENTE
STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD
* Weekly collection needed to meet parish expenses: $4,400
THANK YOU - GRACIAS
Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Margret Krch, Jo-se Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Ricky, Car-men Lee, Carl Botenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angelica Espinoza, Theresa Ware, Itzel Men-dez, Katrinka Ruk, Ken Sprague, Wayne Dieslter, Ma-ria Aquilija, Carl Kitley, Mary and Loren Ryan, Erica Cervantes, Lino Gonzales, Teresa Conemac, Ignacio Hurtado Torrico, Paul Joseph, Mona Wageck, Vivian Michael, Kay Jones, Joel Rivera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Ma-nuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Jesus Vazquez, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Jose Julian Mendez Calderon, Familia Nuñes Torres, Yalitza Contreras, Chuck Reiland, Gina Dal Porto, Sue Lathrop, Ana Pe-rez, Cervantes Family, Camila Gonzalez De La Torre, Brian Krenzin, Marcella Wheelan, Todd Daniel Lem-mons, Mayra Zarate, Eduardo Mendez Calderon, Heli-da Martinez Escobedo, George Taylor, John Gnotta.
PRAY FOR OUR ILL PARISHIONERS OREMOS POR NUESTROS FELIGRESES ENFERMOS
Please call if loved ones need prayers or if they are well and may be taken off the list. (707) 255-2949
Favor de llamar a la Rectoría si necesita oraciones o si sus enfermos se recuperaron para removerlos
de la lista. (707) 255-2949
MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA
6/15/19—6/21/19 Saturday 4:00pm Laura Barret—Get Well
Sunday 9:00am † Fernandez Rodriguez Family
11:00am † Mike Finn
1:30pm Pro Populo
Monday 9:00am David Lawrence—Get Well
Tuesday 9:00am Lety Flores—Get Well
Wednesday 9:00am Todd Daniel Lemmons
Thursday 9:00am † Rita DeZorzi
Friday 9:00am Dolores Cervone—Birthday
2nd Collection/ 2da Colecta: $855 First Collection/Primera Colecta: * $3,188
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Gospel: Jn 16:12-15
R. Alleluia, alleluia. Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Ho-
ly Spirit; to God who is, who was, and who is to come. R. Alleluia, alleluia.
R. Aleluya, aleluya. Gloria al Padre y al Hijo y al Espíritu San-to. Al Dios que es, que era y que vendrá.
R. Aleluya.
Jesus said to his disciples: "I have much more to tell you, but you can-not bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you."
En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a sus discípulos: "Aún tengo muchas co-sas que decirles, pero todavía no las pueden comprender. Pero cuando venga el Espíritu de la verdad, él los irá guiando hasta la verdad plena, porque no hablará por su cuenta,
sino que dirá lo que haya oído y les anunciará las cosas que van a suceder. El me glorificará, por-que primero recibirá de mí lo que les vaya comu-nicando. Todo lo que tiene el Padre es mío. Por eso he dicho que tomará de lo mío y se lo comu-nicará a ustedes".
Lunes: 2 Cor 6:1-10; Sal 98 (97):1, 2b, 3-4; Mt 5:38-42 Martes: 2 Cor 8:1-9; Sal 146 (145):2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48 Miércoles: 2 Cor 9:6-11; Sal 112 (111):1bc-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Jueves: 2 Cor 11:1-11; Sal 111 (110):1b-4, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15 Viernes: 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Sal 34 (33):2-7; Mt 6:19-23 Sábado: 2 Cor 12:1-10; Sal 34 (33):8-13; Mt 6:24-34 Domingo: Gn 14:18-20; Sal 110 (109):1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lc 9:11b-17
Evangelio: Jn 16, 12-15
If you are not yet registered with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, please fill out this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the Parish Office, and someone will contact you with registration forms.
Si usted no se ha registrado en la Iglesia de St. Thomas Aquinas, por favor llene este formulario y póngalo en la canasta de la colecta o envíelo a la oficina parroquial y le contactaremos para hacerle llegar la forma de re-gistración.
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