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March

13, 2016

Dr. A.J. Cronin era un gran médico cristiano

en Inglaterra. Una noche le asigna a una joven enfermera un chico pequeño quien fue traído al hospital sufriendo de difteria y con una leve oportunidad de vivir. Se inserta un tubo en la garganta del niño para ayudarlo a respirar. El trabajo de la enfermera era limpiar el tubo periódicamente. Cuando la enfermera se sentó al lado de la cama del muchacho, ella accidentalmente se quedó dormida. Ella despierta y encuentra que el tubo se había obstruido. En lugar de seguir las instrucciones, ella se paralizo por el pánico. Histéricamente, ella llamó al médico de su casa. Cuando él llegó, el niño estaba muerto. El Dr. Cronin estaba muy enojado. Esa noche el Dr. Cronin fue a su oficina y escribió su recomendación a la junta directiva exigiendo la expulsión inmediata de la enfermera. Él la llamó y lee la carta, su voz temblando de cólera. Ella estaba allí en silencio lamentable, una chica Galés alta, delgada y desgarbada. Ella casi se desmayó de la vergüenza y el remordimiento. — “Bueno” — le preguntó al Dr. Cronin en una voz áspera, ¿tenéis algo que decir de ti?" Hubo más silencio. Entonces ella pronunció esta declaración lamentable, "...por favor dame otra oportunidad." El Dr. Cronin la envió lejos. Pero no pudo dormir esa noche. Él seguía oyendo algunas palabras desde la oscuridad lejana: "Perdona nuestras ofensas". A la mañana siguiente el Dr. Cronin fue a su escritorio y rompió el informe. En los años que siguieron vio como esta chica delgada, nerviosa se convirtió en la cabeza de un gran hospital y una de las enfermeras más distinguidas en Inglaterra. En la lectura del Evangelio de hoy reflexionamos sobre el incidente de una mujer que fue sorprendida en adulterio y llevada ante Jesús por su veredicto sobre ella. Jesús salvó la vida de la mujer diciendo a la gente que la había traído antes de él, “el que uno entre vosotros esté sin pecado, sea el primero en arrojar la piedra contra ella”. En respuesta a su desafío, todos se fueron uno por uno. Aunque Él no tenía pecado, Él demostró extraordinaria misericordia y compasión a una pecadora. Es más, envió a la mujer, diciendo: "yo tampoco te condeno. Vete y desde ahora en adelante no peques más." Cuán diferentes somos de Nuestro Señor. Juzgamos a la madre soltera, el alcohólico, el drogadicto y el ladrón, ignorando el mandato de Jesús: “el que uno entre vosotros esté sin pecado, sea el primero en arrojar la piedra contra ella”. Aprendamos a reconocer nuestros pecados, pedir perdón a Dios cada día y extender el mismo perdón a nuestros hermanos. También deberíamos aprender a odiar el pecado y amar a los pecadores mostrándoles misericordia, compasión, simpatía y aceptación, llevándolos a formas nobles con nuestras propias vidas ejemplares.

From the Pastor’s Desk: Nota de nuestro pastor:

Dr. A.J. Cronin was a great Christian physician in England. One night he assigned a young nurse to a little boy who had been brought to the hospital suffering from diphtheria, and given only a slight chance to live. A tube was inserted into the boy's throat to help him

breathe. It was the nurse's job periodically to clean out the tube. As the nurse sat beside the boy's bed, she accidentally dozed off. She awakened to find that the tube had become blocked. Instead of following instructions, she was immobilized by panic. Hysterically she called the doctor from his home. By the time he got to the boy, he was dead. Dr. Cronin was angry beyond expression. That night Dr. Cronin went to his office and wrote his recommendation to the board demanding the immediate expulsion of the nurse. He called her in and read it, his voice trembling with anger. She stood there in pitiful silence, a tall, thin, gawky Welsh girl. She nearly fainted with shame and remorse. "Well," asked Dr. Cronin in a harsh voice, "have you nothing to say for yourself?" There was more silence. Then she uttered this pitiful plea, "...please give me another chance." Dr. Cronin sent her away. But he could not sleep that night. He kept hearing some words from the dark distance: "Forgive us our trespasses." The next morning Dr. Cronin went to his desk and tore up the report. In the years that followed he watched as this slim, nervous girl became the head of a large hospital and one of the more honored nurses in England. In today’s Gospel reading we reflect on the incident of a woman who was caught in adultery and brought before Jesus for his verdict on her. Jesus saved the life of the woman by saying to the people who had brought her before him, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” In response to his challenge, they all went away one by one. Even though he was sinless, he showed extra ordinary mercy and compassion to a sinner. Even more, he sent the woman away saying, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” How different we are from our Lord. We are judgmental about the unmarried mother, the alcoholic, the drug addict and the shop-lifter, ignoring Jesus’ command: “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Let us learn to acknowledge our sins, ask God’s forgiveness every day and extend the same forgiveness to our erring brothers and sisters. We too should learn to hate the sin and love the sinners showing them mercy, compassion, sympathy and acceptance, leading them to noble ways by our own exemplary lives.

WEEKLY READINGS

Readings for the week of 3/13/2016 Sun/Dom: Is 43:16-21/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 3:8-14/Jn 8:1-11

Mon/Lun: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62/Ps 23:1-6/Jn 8:12-20

Tues/Mar: Nm 21:4-9/Ps 102:2-3, 16-21/Jn 8:21-30

Wed/Mie: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95/Dn 3:52-56/Jn 8:31-42

Thurs/Jue: Gn 17:3-9/Ps 105:4-9/Jn 8:51-59

Fri/Vie: Jer 20:10-13/Ps 18:2-7/Jn 10:31-42

Sat/Sab: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Next Sun/Dom: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49

OFFICE INFO Parish Office 783-2766

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Parish Email office@saintjoachim.net Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 10 AM-7:30 PM Bilingual available T,W,F 4-7:30 PM Saturday 10 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 10 AM-4 PM Sunday 9 AM-4 PM Bilingual available 12 PM-4 PM

—————————————— Rev. Joseph Antony Sebastian, SVD Pastor Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 AM to 12 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, martes, miércoles, y viernes 10 AM a 12 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

Rev. Stephen Ayisu, SVD Parochial Vicar Monday, Wednesday Thursday, and Friday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM 5 PM to 8 PM (with appointment) lunes, miércoles , jueves y viernes 10:30 AM a 12:00 PM 5 PM a 8 PM (con cita)

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Faith Formation Office 785-1818 Oficina de Formación de Fe

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Office hours 1:00-2:30 PM ONLY Monday-Friday

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Armond Seishas Principal

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St. Joachim Pre-School 783-0604

Marisa Melgarejo Director

THE WEEK AHEAD ~Wednesday March 16th Chrism Mass at the Cathedral: No 7 PM Mass her at St. Joachim. ~Friday March 18th Stations of the Cross: At 7 PM followed by a simple soup Supper in the hall. Music Ministry is the Lead group for this soup supper, please see page 6 in the bulletin for the other groups to bring soup. ~Friday March 18th Seniors Lunch: Meet at 12 NOON at Harry’s Hofbrau

CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUCIONES

COLLECTION FOR WEEK

March 6, 2016

The Plate Collection $ 9,379.60

EFT Collection $ 155.00 On Line Giving $ 140.00

TOTAL for the WEEK

$ 9,674.50

PRAY FOR Felix Chavez

Vivienne Malig

Sheila Bacallo

Anita Z. Ruedas

Helen Karas

Ken Freitas

Cynthia Crutchfield

Tina Gonzales

Leonor J. Enrique

Arsenio S. Reyes, Jr.

Felicisima Buendia

Primo Cosico

Cynthia Crutchfield

Angel Estuardo Vidal-Cardenas

Geraldeen Mae McKinnom

Teresa Salvador

FOOD DONATIONS St. Vincent de Paul

Food offering for next week:

Canned Meats or

tuna

Carne enlatada o atun

I had a conversation with my daughter about

the responsibility she had to cultivate her

God-given gifts and to give back with increase to God. Of course, she was just

fifteen at the time and as a typical teenager had no real desire to push much

harder than necessary. As she gets older and increases in maturity I pray for her to

really become committed to becoming the best she can be at whatever she does,

because I know she has been given many gifts.

Being committed to growing in maturity as a disciple is an important characteristic

of an Everyday Steward. This is a commitment to striving to be better today than

we were yesterday, and better tomorrow than we are today. We are also

committed to getting back up and trying again when we fail to be the person God

created us to be.

No one reading this is perfect. But hopefully many of us are committed to working

hard toward spiritual growth. Jesus asks each of us to work hard to become the

saints God created us to be, just like he asked the woman caught in adultery in

John's Gospel to go forth and sin no more. He knew she had failed along the way,

but not to get up and change her life would be the real sin. It is sin that keeps us

from truly cultivating that which we have been given. However, God is committed

to us and offers second chances. We need to be committed to him. Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

Everyday Stewardship ATTENTION SENIORS!

Mark Your calendars for our

next outing

Friday ~~ March 18th

Lunch at Harry’s Hobrau

12:00 NOON

Please RSVP to Selena at

510-517-3039

by March 15th

All Seniors are invited !!

There is a new book entitled “Dear Pope

Francis” published March 1, 2016 in which Pope Francis answers 30 questions presented to him from children from around the world. The U. S. based Jesuit publishing house Loyola Press approached Francis with the idea last May, and they received his positive response. Questions were collected from children aged 6-13, from both Catholic and non-Catholic children, from wealthy cities and from poor rural areas, and even from refugee centers. The children were also asked to send drawings which were included in the book. For the children that had no crayons or paper, the publisher sent them some. From the 259 questions received, coming from 26 countries in 14 languages, a committee chose about 50 to present to Pope Francis of which 30 made it into the book. The questions were read aloud to Francis in Italian, but he also reviewed the drawings, commenting on the scenes and colors and often had a good laugh over the way the kids drew the Pope. Some of the questions were theological, others practical and a few were personal and made the Pope laugh. Like the question about when he was young what did he want to be when he grew up? He said he wanted to be a butcher, since when he went to the market with his grandmother, the butcher’s work was fascinating and “the way he cut the meat, that was art,” and the butcher’s apron with its big pocket seemed to be full of money. The Holy Father answered that his favorite thing about being Pope was “being around people, and that he learned something every time” he met someone new. Pope Francis was asked who was his favorite saint? That caused him some indecision saying “I have several saints friends, but I do not know which I admire the most, but I'm a friend of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus; I am a friend of St. Ignatius; I'm a friend of St. Francis…I would say these three, perhaps, are the ones I most keep in my heart.” He said being Pope gives him a sense of “calm,” and that it is “a grace from God,” adding that it “feels as I am coming to the end of my life with so much peace.” Pope Francis said being Pope is “both easy and difficult, as is the life of any person,” explaining “it’s easy because you have a lot of people to help you…and there are difficult moments because there are difficulties in all the work there is.” At the book unveiling Pope Francis met with several of the children who wrote him letters. He said that the questions asked for the book were some of the “most difficult” he had ever been asked. He then proceeded to answer more questions the children had. At the end of the encounter, Pope Francis addressed the issue of “Why do children suffer?” saying it is a question which causes him great pain, and he admitted he did not know the answer to the question. “The only thing that gives me light is looking at the cross, and seeing what Jesus suffered; it is the only answer I can find,” he said. In the book “William from the United States asked the question if you could cause one miracle…what would it be? The Holy Father answered “to stop the suffering of children.”

Sources: news.va, catholicnews.com, cruxnow.com

VATICAN CORNER

It’s safe. It’s simple. It’s convenient.

No Problem!

Left your wallet at home?

1— go to www.saintjoachim.net and click on ‘Donate/Pay’

2—select ‘weekly offertory’

3—Select ‘recurring’ or ‘one time donation’

4—enter amount, frequency and account information.

Plan to attend our Stations of the Cross and Soup Supper every Friday

during Lent. We start at 7:00 PM with the STATIONS OF THE CROSS

followed by a simple Soup Supper in the hall afterwards. The following

groups will be in charge of the Soup Supper, They will bring soup, set

up and clean up the hall.

The first group listed is the lead group and the group responsible to

make sure everything is completed:

March 18th Music Ministry, Simbang Gabi, Santo Nino Group,

Guadalupanos, Ministry to the Sick, Apostleship of Prayer, 6:00 PM

Saturday Spanish Mass.

Thanks to all who participate.

Stations of the Cross 7:00 PM Friday

Followed by Soup Supper

MASS INTENTIONS March 12-19, 2016

Saturday 4:30 PM Tawny Glo San Juan (birthday)

Mabih Ngu (special intention) Ellen Rodel Ramil Hilario (healing) Souls in Purgatory

Saturday 6:00 PM Rosantina Manzo † Paula & David Cruz †

Sunday 7:30 AM Mariah Cortez † Sunday 9:00 AM Ron Ytem (54th birthday) Cornelio & Perlita (thanksgiving)

Ramon Garcia † Onofre M. Lusung † Sunday 10:30 AM Benjamin Lopez (36th birthday) Annalicia Latre (birthday) Definio & Luisa Ulibarri † Leonor Roxas †

Sunday 12:15 PM Manuel Gutierrez † (11th anniversary) Josefina E. Acorda † Sunday 2:00 PM Maria Elena Cervantes † Sunday 6:00 PM Luis Ramirez Trujillo † (11th anniversary) Monday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Monday 8:30 AM Ingrid Pascarella (birthday)

Aida J. Haway ( † birthday) Tuesday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Tuesday 8:30 AM Mark Joo (birthday)

Albert Roger (birthday)

Wednesday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim

Wednesday 8 :30 AM Lucia Kim (birthday) Belen & Primo Salta † Maria Cajilog † (anniversary) Wednesday 7:00 PM NO 7 PM MASS Thursday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Thursday 8:30 AM Patricio Haway ( † birthday) Friday 7:00 AM The Community of St. Joachim Friday 8:30 AM Nuevo & Cecilia Talaue (38th wedding anniversary) Saturday 8:30 AM Alfredo & Agnes Kim (special intention ) St. Joseph (thanksgiving)

Belen & Primo Salta † Remedios Tecson †

March 24 ~~ Holy Thursday 8:30—Morning Prayer Service

7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper—bilingual

March 25 ~~ Good Friday 8:30— Morning Prayer Service

12 NOON Stations of the Cross & 7 Last Words, English

3:00 PM Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, English

5:30 PM Live Stations of thee Cross, Spanish

7:00 PM Passion of the Lord, Spanish

March 26 ~~ Holy Saturday 8:30 Morning Prayer Service

March 26 ~~ Easter Vigil 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Mass, bilingual

March 27 ~~ Easter Sunday 7:30 AM Mass, English

9:00 AM Mass, English

10:30 AM Mass, English

12:15 PM Mass, English

2:00 PM Mass, Spanish

6:00 PM Mass, Spanish

Would you like to be one of the Twelve to have their

feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy

Thursday?

~~Would you like to be a participant in our Holy

Thursday Mass of the Lord’s supper at 7:00 PM ?

~~ Are you a baptized Catholic? ~~ Can you be here for

a practice on Monday March 21st at 7:00 PM

~~ If you answered yes to the above please come to

the Rectory office to leave your name and phone

number.

Those chosen will be called on Monday March 21st

Next Sunday is Palm

Sunday— Please

remember that we

start Mass at the

Placita - we invite

everyone to join us in

the Placita for the

beginning of Mass.