December 6, 2015 - St. Joachim Catholic Church
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December 6, 2015 - St. Joachim Catholic Church
21250 Hesperian Blvd. Hayward, CA 94541 | 510.783-2766 | www.saintjoachim.net December 6, 2015 From the Pastor’s Desk: Every year people in the US remember December 7th as “Pearl Harbor Day.” December 7, 1941 began like any other day for the Americans living in Pearl Harbor. The Americans hardly expected any a&ack on their harbor. Based on the available intelligence, the senior officers had concluded that there was no reason to believe that there would be any imminent a&ack on the island. As a result aircra+s were le+ parked wing!p to wing!p on airfields, an!-aircra+ guns were unmanned with many ammuni!on boxes kept locked in accordance with peace!me regula!ons. There were also no torpedo nets protec!ng the fleet anchorage. And since it was Sunday morning, many officers and crewmen were leisurely ashore. But the Americans are taken completely by surprise by the Japanese on December 7th 1941. On that day at 7:53 a.m., the first Japanese assault wave, with 51 'Val' dive bombers, 40 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 'Zero' fighters, commenced the a&ack on Pearl Harbor with flight commander, Mitsuo Fuchida, sounding the ba&le cry: "Tora! Tora! Tora!” (Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!). the a&ack lasted !ll 9.45 am. Within those two hours !me Pearl Harbor experienced relentless assault by the Japanese air force. One pilot dropped a bomb right down the smoke stack of the USS Arizona. It went five decks down into the boiler room and exploded like a volcano. But the most devasta!ng bomb hit the forward magazine area and exploded with the intensity of one million pounds of TNT. Those who witnessed the ac!on said the ship veritably li+ed out of the sea and then se&led down to the bo&om of the harbor. From the first bomb to her demise, a total of nine minutes elapsed. 1,177 sailors are entombed to this day in the Arizona. The a&ack on Pearl Harbor lasted for a shade under two hours. 2,403 killed in ac!on, 1,178 wounded, 640 that were never accounted for; plus, 188 planes lost, 158 damaged, six major airfields, and every ba&leship of the Pacific Fleet - eight crippled or sunk, in addi!on to other ships. Why did it happen? Simple answer, really. The Americans were not ready. The call of today’s reading is, “Be ready.” We hear again the call of John the Bap!st – "As is wri&en in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: 'A voice of one calling in the desert, "Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him."'" GET READY! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A soap manufacturer and a pastor were walking together down a street in a large city. The soap manufacturer casually said, "The Gospel you preach hasn't done much good, has it? Just observe. There is s!ll a lot of wickedness in the world, and a lot of wicked people, too!" The pastor made no reply un!l they passed a dirty li&le child making mud pies in the gu&er. Seizing the opportunity, the pastor said, "I see that soap hasn't done much good in the world either; for there is much dirt s!ll here, and many dirty people are s!ll around." The soap man said, "Oh, well, soap only works when it is applied." And the pastor said, "Exactly! So it is with the Gospel." Nota de nuestro pastor: Cada año en los Estados Unidos recuerdan el 7 de Diciembre como "Día de Pearl Harbor". El 7 de Diciembre de 1941 comenzó como cualquier otro día para los americanos en Pearl Harbor. Los estadounidenses no esperaban ningún ataque en su puerto. Basado en la inteligencia disponible, los funcionarios concluyeron que no había ninguna razón para creer que habría un ataque inminente en la isla. Como resultado los aviones quedaron estacionados de un extremo al otro extremo del ala de la aviación, cañones an!aéreos no fueron tripulados con muchas cajas de munición que se mantuvieron bloqueadas según la norma!va de !empos de paz. También no había redes de torpedo para proteger el ancladero de la flota. Y puesto que era el Domingo por la mañana, muchos oficiales y miembros de la tripulación estaban tranquilamente en !erra. Pero los americanos son tomados totalmente por sorpresa por los japoneses el 7 de Diciembre de 1941. En ese día a las 7:53am, la primera ola de asalto japonés, con bombarderos de zambullida de 'Val' 51, 40 bombarderos del torpedo 'Kate', 50 bombarderos de alto niveles y 43 militares 'Cero', comenzaron el ataque a Pearl Harbor con el comandante de vuelo, Mitsuo Fuchida, sonando el grito de batalla: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Tigre! Tigre! Tigre!). El ataque duró hasta las 9:45am. Dentro de esas dos horas de !empo, Pearl Harbor experimento un asalto implacable de la fuerza aérea japonesa. Un piloto arrojó una bomba directamente debajo de la chimenea del USS Arizona. Bajó cinco cubiertas en la sala de calderas y explotó como un volcán. Pero la bomba más devastadora fue la de la zona delantera de revista que exploto con la intensidad de 1 millón de libras de TNT. Quienes fueron tes!gos de la acción, dijeron que la nave verdaderamente salió del mar y luego se asentó en la parte inferior del puerto. Desde la primera bomba a su desaparición, transcurrieron un total de nueve minutos. 1,177 marineros se encuentran enterrados hoy en día en el Arizona. El ataque a Pearl Harbor duró un poco menos de dos horas. 2,403 muertos en acción, 1,178 heridos, 640 que nunca se contabilizaron; Además, 188 aviones perdidos, 158 dañados, seis aeródromos principales y cada acorazado de la flota del Pacífico - ocho - dañado o hundido, además de otras naves. ¿Por qué sucedió? La respuesta simple, realmente. Los americanos no estaban listos. La llamada de la lectura de hoy es, "Prepárate". Otra vez escuchamos la llamada de Juan Bau!sta – "como está escrito en el libro de las palabras de Isaías el profeta: "voz que clama en el desierto, "Preparad el camino del Señor, enderezad sus senderos." "¡PREPÁRATE! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Un fabricante de jabón y un pastor caminaban juntos por una calle en una ciudad grande. ¿El fabricante de jabón dijo casualmente: "el Evangelio que predicas no ha hecho mucho bien, o si? Sólo observa. Todavía hay mucha maldad en el mundo y un montón de gente malvada, también!" El pastor no dio ninguna respuesta hasta que pasaron al lado de un niño sucio, haciendo pasteles de lodo en la cuneta. Aprovechando la oportunidad, el pastor dijo: «veo que el jabón no ha hecho mucho bien en el mundo porque todavía hay mucha suciedad aquí, y todavía hay mucha gente sucia." El fabricante de jabón dijo: "Oh, bueno, el jabón solo funciona cuando se aplica." Y el pastor dijo, "¡Exactamente! Lo mismo ocurre con el Evangelio." WEEKLY READINGS Readings for the week of December 6, 2015 Sun/Dom: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-6/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 Mon/Lunes: Is 35:1-10/ Ps 85:9-14/Lk 5:17-26 Tues/Martes: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1-4/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/ Lk 1:26-38 Wed/Mier: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10/Mt 11:28-30 Thurs/Vier: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1, 9-13/Mt 11:11-15 Fri/Vier: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-4, 6/Mt 11:16-19 Sat/Sab: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/ Jdt 13:18-19/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 Next Sun/Dom: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-6/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18 THE WEEK AHEAD Saturday—Friday (5th-11th) Guadalupe Novena 7 PM in the Church — 9 day Novena Continues Monday —Dec 7th Liturgy Committee—7 PM in the Fireside room Tuesday —Dec 8th Feast of Immaculate Conception — 7 & 8:30 AM English Mass , 7 PM Bilingual Mass Saturday —Dec 12th OFFICE INFO Parish Office 783-2766 Parish Fax 783-2760 Parish Email [email protected] Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 10 AM-7:30 PM Bilingual available T,W,F 47:30 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 Sebas"an, 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) Ariel Mayormita Music Director/ Director de Música Phone Ext. #223 [email protected] Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe 5:00 AM Mananitas, Rosary & Mass , Flor Herce Breakfast afterwards Bookkeeper 6:30 PM Mass with Apparitions Festival afterwards in the Gym. Pat Ludwig Administrative Assistant Faith Forma"on Office 785-1818 Oficina de Formación de Fe Glenda Aragón Director of Faith Formation [email protected] Abraham Gonzalez Faith Formation Coordinator / Youth Minister 550-6878 / [email protected] Bertha Cruz Administrative Assistant —————————————— St. Vincent de Paul 783-0344 Office hours 1:30-3PM ONLY Monday-Friday San Vicente de Paul Gary Enos President —————————————— St. Joachim School 783-3177 Escuela de San Joaquín Armond Seishas Principal Sandra Garzon School Secretary St. Joachim Pre-School 783-0604 Marisa Melgarejo Director PRAY FOR Rita Marie Betance Arsenio S. Reyes, Jr. Mehrunissa K. Serang Michele Lozano Joselino M. Alejandrino Edward Boris Georgie Dwonch Duyen Corbridge Ann F. Kishimori Angel Delval Felix Chavez Vivienne Malig Shelia Bacallo Anita Z. Ruedas Fabian Abellana FOOD DONATIONS St. Vincent de Paul Food offering for next week: CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUCIONES COLLECTION FOR WEEK Nov. 22 ~~~~~~~ Nov 29 Canned Vegetables or Pork & Beans The Plate Collection $10,101.20 ~~~ $ 8211.70 EFT Collection $ 1,175.00 ~~~ $ 711.00 On Line Giving $ 175.00 ~~~ $ 55.00 Thanksgiving $ 1,520.00 Vegetales carne de puerco o frijol enlatada TOTAL for the WEEKS Nov. 22 ~~~~~~~ Nov 29 $11,451.20~~$ 10,497.70 VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis made his first trip to the African continent, visiting Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic from Nov. 25th thru 30th, 2015. It was another of his apostolic visits to reach out to the developing world and confirm the faith of the local churches. The first stage was to Kenya, an English speaking country, where Catholics are only 8 million out of a total of 44 million. Kenya’s government has always mismanaged the public goods and ever since it authorized troops to cross the border of Somalia in 2011, Islamic jihadist groups have entered Kenya many times causing death and destruction. A recent attack took place on April 2, when 150 mostly Christian students were killed. Pope Francis met with Kenya’s president and then later with ecumenical and interreligious leaders. He held a Mass on the campus of the University of Nairobi which drew 300,000 people, and he called to help the less fortunate. He met with priests and seminarians visited the UN office and the slum on the outskirts of Nairobi. In his speeches he addressed climate change and poaching. The second stage of Pope Francis’s visit was to Uganda, also an English speaking county where 85% of the population are Catholics or Christians. The Church of Uganda was born from the blood of martyrs. There were 22 servants, pages and officers of the king, who had been converted to Catholicism by missionaries and they along with 23 Anglicans were burned alive for their faith by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. Pope Francis honored the memory of the martyrs with a Mass. In recent years Uganda has had much conflict between different ethnic groups. The Government is run by local oligarchies, which have been coercive and exclusionary. Francis preached a message of reconciliation, calling on people to reach out to “those who might be unfriendly, even hostile, to us” within local communities and across the conflict-ridden region. The third stage of the papal visit was to French speaking Central African Republic which is one of the world’s poorest counties with an average yearly income of $860 per person. The country has known little peace in its 55 year existence. Since 2011 that country has been wracked by a civil war between government forces and several rebel groups with the government still lacking control of the entire county. Pope Francis visited a refugee camp, held a meeting with evangelical Christians and visited a mosque in Bangui, the nation's capital. With intense security, he ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of hate, vendetta and bloodshed that has killed thousands over the past three years and divided that nation. Sources: Inside the Vatican, news.va, catholicnewsservice.com, newyorktimes.com, Reuters.com, usa.today.com, cnn.com, theguardian.com Christmas in a Nursing Home Brighten a Nursing Home Residents Christmas by giving them a NEW Christmas Gi# . Please wrap your gi# and tag if it is for a male or female and include size if applicable. Bring your gi#s to Church by December 17th If you would like to give something but you don’t know what to give—pick up a sugges"on list in the Rectory Office. Navidad en un hogar de ancianos Ilumina residentes de un hogar de ancianos esta Navidad, dándoles un regalo nuevo de Navidad. Por favor, envuelve el regalo y e"quétalo si es para hombre o mujer e incluye tamaño si es necesario. Tráelos a la iglesia antes del 17 de diciembre Si quieres dar algo pero no sabes qué regalar, pasa a recoger una lista de sugerencias en la oficina de la iglesia. MASS INTENTIONS December 5-12, 2015 Saturday 4:30 PM Fabian Abellana (healing) David Vendiola † Saturday 6:00 PM Manuel Camacho Rodrigues † Lina Correia † Yolanda Huerta † (8th aniversario) Basilia Luna † (aniversario) Animas del Purgatorio Maria Loreto Pimentel Gallegos & Isidro Gallegos P. † Para las Animas Daniel Eduardo Valladares † Sunday 7:30 AM David Vendiola † Sunday 9:00 AM Woody Woods † David, Stella, & Terrence Pereira † Sunday 10:30 AM Edwin Ventura (healing) Sunday 12:15 PM Ofie A. Catolos (special inten!on) Valerie Balubar † Sunday 2:00 PM Rogelio Renteria Veliz family (especial intencion) Wednesday 7:00 AM David Vendiola † Mario Cisneros † (1st aniversario) Maria del Refugio Garcia † (4th aniversario) Dolore De Fletes † ( aniversario) Manuel Diaz † (30th aniversario) Wednesday 8 :30 AM The Community of St. Joachim Sunday 6:00 PM Ezequiel Franco † (4th aniversario) Monday 7:00 AM Virgilio Imson Sr. († -birthday) Marina Nunez † (1st anniversary) David Vendiola † Wednesday 7:00 PM The Community of St. Joachim Thursday 7:00 AM David Vendiola † Thursday 8:30 AM The Community of St. Joachim Friday 7:00 AM Leopoldo & Estreilita Villegas † David Vendiola † Monday 8:30 AM Ipolito Volavola (special inten!on) Dalmacio Solis † Marina Nunez † (1st anniversary) Friday 8:30 AM Ama & Ruth Volavola † The Community of St. Joachim Flordeliza R. Maglaya† (17th anniversary) Tuesday 7:00 AM David Vendiola † Tuesday 8:30 AM Sol Salta (thanksgiving) Heldo Advincula † Floren!no & Luisa Mendoza † Maria Miranda († birthday) Special Mass— Anointing of the Sick Saturday December 19, 2015 10 AM Bilingual Mass Saturday 8:30 AM Raniele & Kris!ne Garcia (birthday) Rogelio Renteria Veliz family (special inten!on) Gregoria & Eleutecio Martel † Communal Reconcilia!on Wednesday December 16th 7:00 PM Priests from other Parishes will be here to assist Servicio Penitencial Miercoles 16 de Diciembre 7:00 PM Los sacerdotes de otras Parroquias estaran aqui para ayudar Las Posadas Dec 16-24 ~~7:00 PM Remember in your prayers all those affected by the a&acks in Paris— November 13, 2015 In the Hall Recuerde en sus oraciones a todos los afectados por los atentados de París— 13 de noviembre de 2015