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Easter Sunday
Dear Friends
in Christ,
These last
few days we
have remembered how the
Lord knelt and
washed the
feet of his disciples, teaching
them that love and service are
the hallmarks of true followers
of Jesus. We have remembered how Jesus handed over
his life in humility and was
nailed to a cross for our sins
and the sins of the world. And
this Easter we remember how
this incredible love God has
for us has transformed our
dying into new life. In the
mystery and power of his love,
Christ is able to create all
things new. May the Lord
create all our hearts anew so
that we may proclaim the
Good News of Easter with a
deeper conviction of what God
has done for each of us
personally and for the world!
With Easter Blessings!
Fr. Mike
April 5, 2015
True Joy
The Psalm for Easter Sunday says, “This is the
day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it.” Above all days, Easter is a day of
joy. But what is joy? The answer St. Francis
gave to this question is famous. St. Francis said
to his Brother Leo, “When we come to [our
house] St. Mary of the Angels, soaked by the
rain and frozen by the cold, all soiled with mud
and suffering from hunger, and we ring at the
gate of the place and the brother porter comes
and says angrily: 'Who are you?' And we say: 'We are two of your
brothers.' And … he does not open for us, but makes us stand outside in
the snow and rain, cold and hungry, until night falls—then if we endure
all those insults and cruel rebuffs patiently, … oh, Brother Leo, …
perfect joy is there!”
Whatever we may think of St. Francis’s explanation of perfect joy,
Easter reminds us that Francis’s kind of joy is not the end of the story.
At Easter, we celebrate the other kind of joy, the kind each of us longs
for, when every tear is wiped away, and there is no sorrow anymore—no
more suffering from weather or hunger or hurtful human beings. When
we ourselves rise to meet our risen Lord, in that bright morning we will
hear him say, “Come away, beloved. The winter is past; the rain is gone,
and the flowers return to the earth.” (Song of Songs 2:10-12) In the
loving union of that encounter, all the heartbrokenness of our lives will
be redeemed. That will be perfect joy.
If all we had was the joy St. Francis describes, our courage might fail us
in this life. Easter celebrates now the perfect joy waiting for us when we
and all creation are reborn with our resurrected Lord into the everlasting
love of God. This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and
be glad in it. —Eleonore Stump, Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University
Welcome!
Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether long-time residents or newly arrived in the
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Easter Sunday
Mass Intentions
Saturday………….........April 4
8:00PM……..………….†Agnes Danna
Sunday………….....…...April 5
8:30AM……...…....……St. Didacus Altar Society
10:00AM…………….....People of St. Didacus
11:30AM……...…….....†Rosalio Sanchez, Jr.
Monday………………...April 6
7:30AM….…....…….…...†Mary Scott
Tuesday………..…..….April 7
6:00PM…………......….†Art De Luca
Wednesday……......….April 8
8:30AM……….………...Sylvia Galvan, Spec. Int.
Thursday………...…….April 9
7:30AM……...….……...Rosie Campos, Spec. Int.
Friday…………...……...April 10
7:30AM…...…..……....…†Deolynda Josephine Dye
Saturday………….........April 11
5:00PM……..………….†Terri Beseda
April 5, 2015
Weekly Events at St. Didacus
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Happy Easter!
Monday, April 6, 2015
Parish Office Closed
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Youth Night
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Eucharistic Adoration
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Divine Mercy
Divine Mercy
Friday, April 10, 2015
Cub Scouts-Wolf
Encuentro Matrimonial
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Divine Mercy Novena—Spanish
Monday: Acts
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Next Sunday:
Location
6:30pm
7:30-8:30am
4:00pm
5:00pm
3:00-4:00pm
7:00pm
6:00pm
Location
Hall
Location
Church
Location
Hall
Church
Location
Hall
Hall
Location
Church
The Parish Office will be closed
on Monday, in celebration of
Easter. We wish you much joy in
the season of Easter and always!
Readings for the Week of April 5, 2015
Sunday:
Location
Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b
-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or Lk 24:13-35
2:14, 22-33/Mt 28:8-15
Acts 2:36-41/Jn 20:11-18
Acts 3:1-10/Lk 24:13-35
GIFTS OF OUR TREASURY
Acts 3:11-26/Lk 24:35-48
THE WEEK OF March 29, 2015
Acts 4:1-12/Jn 21:1-14
Acts 4:13-21/Mk 16:9-15
General Collection — March 29, 2015
$6,237.00
Acts 4:32-35/1 Jn 5:1-6/Jn 20:19-31
Building Fund — March 29, 2015
$ 460.00
Total Income for the week of March 29, 2015:
$6,697.00
The Lord is truly risen, alleluia. To him be glory and
power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia.
Average Weekly Parish Costs
Deficit for the Week:
—$458.00
Please Pray For
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.
Baptisms: Arrangements must be made 3 months in
advance. Contact the Parish Office for information.
Weddings: Arrangements must be made at least 9
months in advance. Please contact the Parish Office.
Pastor, Fr. Michael J. Sinor
Parish Office 619-284-3472
$7,155.00
Rosalba Alarcon
Maria Luz Arrellano
Diann Bauer
Dan Bauer
Herbert Baxter
Martha Becerra
Ron Berry
Rita Bonnell
Norm Boyer
Herminia Brignoni
Ibeth Brignoni
Ruben Campos
Marie Cavanaugh
Eileen Connolly
Irene Davis
MaryLou De Luca
Bob Demers
Cecelia Dueber
Mary Farrell
Santiago Fontes
Susan Guenzel
Dolores Hansel
Sharon Ihle
Bernie Kober
Marilyn Kober
Elizabeth La Costa
Virginia Lantry
Juanita Lopez
Maria Lopez
Anthony Martinez
Rosalie Martinez
Dolores Mediano
Esteban Mediano
Sylvia Paiz
Dominick Palestini
Gladys Palestini
Diane Porter
Antonia Raya
Dolores Robertson
Atina Rodriguez
Aaron Rodriguez
Alette Rodriguez
Jeff Salazar
Christine Segura
Alice Sergi
Mark Silke
Michael Smith
Raymond Sparks
Angel Tapia
Pedro Tapia
Therese Tucker
Carol Verdon
Adalina Zarate
Josephine
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Easter Sunday
April 5, 2015
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Have a joyous Easter!
School resumes
Monday, April 13th.
The Parish Office Staff
would like to thank all who
volunteered these past few
weeks to help clean and
decorate the Church and
Hall for Holy Week Services.
Our parish is blessed by your generosity!
Religious Education News:
There will be no Religious Education classes on
Wednesday, April 8th. Classes will
resume on Wednesday, April 15th.
Magnificat Prayer Breakfast
Marie Finn, well known prayer warrior &
co-founder of the St. Dismas Guild, will share her
powerful witness and speak on the Counsel of the
Holy Spirit on Saturday, April 18 from 9:30 am12:30 pm at the Mission Valley Sheraton. $30 Please contact
(619) 701-2718 or [email protected] to make
reservation by April 13th.
Check your local listings for the
television series A.D. THE BIBLE
CONTINUES, that begins on
Easter Sunday night.
Watch the Installation Mass of Bishop Robert McElroy on
Wednesday, April 15th at 4pm broadcast online at http://
newce.com/BishopMcElroy/
St. Didacus Parish Mission Statement
The St. Didacus Catholic Community strives
to foster God’s kingdom with the guidance of
the Holy Spirit as the one body of Christ. As
a community, we proclaim the Word of God,
celebrate the sacraments, pray and serve one
another. As God’s children we accept His invitation to grow
in Christian faith, hope and love by ministering to all people.
The joy and glory of Easter cannot be contained
in a day, but are celebrated for a full fifty days
until culminating in the feast of Pentecost. For
the newly baptized, this is a period of Mystagogy
(being “led into the mystery), a time for prayerful reflection on the rich experience of their
sacramental journey. The symbols and rites of
the Easter season are channels of grace.
The new paschal candle
towers over the Easter
assembly, a majestic
symbol of the joy and
glory radiated by the risen
Lord. Its stature is both
inspiring and pragmatic,
for it will burn at every
Easter season Mass and every funeral rite during
the year. This pillar of Christ is lowered into the
baptismal font three times at the Easter Vigil in a
symbolic intercourse that gives birth to the
baptized so that they may “rise to the life of
newborn children through water and the Holy
Spirit.”
The recitation of the Creed on
Easter is typically replaced by a
renewal of baptismal vows. Easter
joy and glory are diminished if
the faithful do not pledge to
renounce sin and follow Christ.
There is symbolic grace in this
rite, for it has been inspired by the zeal of the
newly baptized, just as the witness of the assembly in turn drew the catechumens to the Church.
The Easter season is marked by the joyful return
of “Alleluia” to the liturgical celebration. Its
Lenten absence represented a kind of spiritual
fast, but with Christ arisen we once again feast
on exuberant songs of “alleluia” or “Praise
God!” Moreover, the Easter Sunday Gospel
procession is often extended in length and
embellished with special musical settings. The
dismissal rite is also enhanced with alleluias,
sealing our call to go forth in the peace of the
risen Christ. Alleluia!
Risen Lord, may we be reborn in joy and
glory through the mystery of Easter.
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Easter Sunday
April 5, 2015
CONGRATULATIONS & WELCOME!
At the Easter Vigil, we were witnesses to 9 of our parish family
members and friends as they were Baptized, Confirmed, professed
their faith and received Eucharist for the first time.
Please welcome:
Amelia Y. Bedoya, José Bedoya, Daniel A. Escobar,
Eric Martens, Alex Lara, Lorenza Núñez, Vincent Robinson,
Aarón Velázquez and Emily Velázquez
We will not run to an empty tomb. Yet we
believe in the resurrection. We believe
because of the witness of the disciples,
beginning with those first ones who did
see the empty tomb. Like them, we must
run—to seek and encounter the risen One
who enables us to witness to the new Life
of resurrection.
Kid’s Corner
They found the stone rolled away
from the tomb, but when they
entered, they did not find the
body of the Lord Jesus.
Easter Week
Easter is the Church’s
holiest day of the year. After
twenty centuries, we still boldly
announce to the world: Christ
lives!
Liturgically, the “eight days” begin at the
Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday and continue through the
Octave of Easter. Every day is another Easter, to
rejoice in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus!
St. Augustine refers to the Octave of Easter
as “days of mercy and pardon,” calling the Sunday of
the Paschal Octave “the summary of the days of
mercy.” After his resurrection, Jesus took great care to
show his apostles the wounds of his passion, especially the wound in his heart, the source from which
flows the mercy poured out on humanity.
Since 2000, the Church has designated the
final day of the Octave, the Second Sunday of Easter,
as the Sunday of Divine Mercy to celebrate the fact
that Jesus still calls us to immerse ourselves in his
mercy and love.
—Living with Christ
The Pope announces an
Extraordinary Jubilee
Year of Mercy
On March 14th, Pope Francis
declared the celebration of an
Extraordinary Holy Year. This
“Jubilee of Mercy” will commence with the opening of the Holy Door in the Vatican
Basilica on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8th, and will conclude on November
20, 2016 with the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe. Pope Francis said that he had
been thinking of “how the Church might make clear its
mission of being a witness to mercy.” He said that the
Holy Year of Mercy was intended as a step in that
direction—on what he called a “journey of conversion.”
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Domingo de Pascua
Queridos amigos en Cristo,
En estos últimos días hemos recordado el camino del Señor, cuando se
arrodilló y lavó los pies de sus discípulos enseñándoles que el amor y el
servicio son las marcas de identidad
de los verdaderos seguidores de
Jesús. Hemos recordado cómo
Jesús entregó su vida por nosotros y
fue clavado en la cruz por nuestros pecados y los pecados
del mundo. Y esta Pascua nos recuerda cómo este increíble amor que Dios tiene por nosotros ha transformado
nuestra muerte y nos ha dado una nueva vida. En el misterio y el poder de su amor, Cristo es capaz de renovar y
crear todas las cosas. Que el Señor renueve, nuestros corazones de nuevo para que podamos proclamar la Buena
Nueva de la Pascua con una convicción más profunda de
lo que Dios ha hecho por cada uno de nosotros personalmente y por el mundo.
Con bendiciones Pascuales,
P. Mike
La oficina parroquial estará cerrada el lunes 6
de abril por la celebración de la Pascua.
Les deseamos muy felices Pascuas de
Resurrección para toda su familia.
Noticias del Catecismo: No habrá clase del
catecismo el miércoles 8 de abril.
Usted puede ver la misa de instalación del Obispo Robert
McElroy el miércoles 15 de abril, la difusión será en línea a
las 4:00 PM http://newce.com/BishopMcElroy/
El personal de la oficina parroquial quiere expresar su agradecimiento a todos los que nos ayudaron en estas últimas
semanas con la limpieza y la decoración de la Iglesia para
la semana santa. Nuestra parroquia esta bendecida por su
presencia entre nosotros y su generosidad.
5 de abril, 2015
Sábado 11 de abril se terminara el Novenario
del Señor de la Misericordia en la Iglesia
El grupo de la Divina Misericordia quiere invitarlos a rezar el ultimo día del
Novenario del Señor de la Misericordia
el sábado 11 de abril a las 6 PM
(después que termine la misa de ingles) en la iglesia, acompáñenos.
Fiesta del Señor de la Misericordia
Domingo 12 de abril
Los invitamos a quedarse después de
misa a rezar la Coronilla del Señor de
la Misericordia, el próximo domingo.
Domingo de Pascua
El efecto de la Resurrección
produjo en los discípulos un animo
y una valentía que transformo la
historia de la humanidad y puede
también producir hoy en nosotros,
la capacidad del perdón; de
reconciliación con nosotros
mismos, con Dios y con los demás;
la capacidad de transformarse en
proclamadores eficientes de la
presencia viva del Resucitado. La resurrección puede
operar en nosotros un gran milagro como lo hizo en
aquellos hombres cobardes a quienes transformó el milagro de la Resurrección.
Para la revisión de Vida..
¿He vivido esta Semana Santa como una escuela que
me enseña a llegar a la resurrección y a la vida eterna?
Año Jubilar Extraordinario
de la Misericordia
El 14 de marzo, el papa Francisco declaró la celebración
del año Santo Extraordinario
de la Misericordia, que se
iniciará con la apertura de la
Puerta Santa en la Basílica Vaticana, en la solemnidad de
la Inmaculada Concepción, el 8 de diciembre 2015 y concluirá el 20 de noviembre 2016 y la solemnidad de Nuestro
Señor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo. El papa dijo que estaba pensando "cómo la Iglesia puede dejar en claro su
misión de ser testigo de la misericordia."
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