The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 7, 2015 The cup of

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 7, 2015 The cup of

Mass & Confession
Schedule
SATURDAY
Mass: 8:00 am
Confessions
4:00 —4:45 pm
Sunday Vigil Mass
5:00pm
SUNDAY
Mass 8:00am
Confessions 9:15 am
until last penitent has
confessed.
Mass 9:30am
Mass (Spanish ) 11:00am
Mass (Er itrean Ge ’ez)
12:30pm
1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730
Email: [email protected]
www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org
The Most Holy Body
and Blood of Christ
June 7, 2015
The cup of salvation I will take up,
and I will call upon
the name of the Lord.
— Psalm 116:13
MINISTRIES
Rev. Kenneth Nobrega
Rev. Ghebriel Woldai
Chaplain to Ge’ez Community
In Residence
Rev. Raphael Okitafumba
Deacon José Manuel Pérez
Permanent Deacon
Elizabeth Oishi Comly
Transition Coordinator
Eddie Ma
Director Religious Education
Baptism/Bautismos
Deacon José Manuel Pérez
Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm
Lectors/Lectores
Remy Bravo Seay (English)
Erika Guerrero (Español)
MONDAY-FRIDAY
Mass: 7:30 am
WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS
Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Confessions 6:30pm
until last penitent has
confessed.
Mass 7:00pm
Eucharistic Ministers
Yanny Chavarria (English)
Ruben Araujo ((Español)
Sacristan
Freddy Morales
GOD’S WORD TODAY
Today’s Gospel tells the story of the preparation of the place where Jesus and his disciples were to eat the
Last Supper. During that meal, the new covenant in Christ’s blood was established as an everlasting covenant
that we celebrate to this day. Today is a good day to ask ourselves just how intentional we are when preparing to celebrate the Mass. All too often, our coming to this place becomes routine and the Mass seems to pass
us by. What an opportunity we miss when this happens! When we celebrate the Eucharist, we are joined to
Christ, proclaiming and participating in his death and sharing in the promise of his new life. The gift of today’s
solemnity gives us the chance to re-examine our own preparedness for Mass. As today’s Gospel is proclaimed,
let us remember that it is at the table of the Eucharist that we can truly find transformation. Here at this table
we taste newness of life. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND
St. Joseph Cemetery
San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265
St. Mary Cemetery
Oakland phone (510) 654-0936
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — This is the blood of the covenant
that the Lord has made with you (Exodus 24:3-8).
Psalm — I will take the cup of salvation, and call on
the name of the Lord (Psalm 116).
Second Reading — Christ is the mediator of a new
covenant (Hebrews 9:11-15).
Gospel — This is my body. This is my blood
(Mark 14:12-16, 22-26).
THANKSGIVING
The word “thanksgiving” most often calls to our
mind the holiday in November. But as early as the
middle of the second century Justin Martyr referred
to the blessed bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper
as “food we call ‘thanksgiving’ ” (in Greek eucharistia). The Thanksgiving we celebrate in the autumn is
at times marked by a sort of proud societal
self‑congratulation and the consumption of food until
we sink into an inert stupor. The “thanksgiving” that
we call our Eucharist is just the opposite: we are led
to it by an acknowledgment of our own failings; we
remember our humble place in the scheme of things
by giving praise to God alone.
While the food of Christ’s body and blood fills
our spiritual hungers, it also creates in us a greater
hunger. We are not sent to our spiritual sofas to let
the Lord’s Supper settle; we are sent to be living
signs of that thanksgiving for the world by looking
out for the poor and powerless, feeding the hungry,
caring for the sick, speaking out against the
self‑righteous. In short, the hunger created by our
doing in remembrance of Christ must lead us to
living in remembrance of him. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
OUR SACRIFICE
Let us offer Christ the great universal sacrifice
of our love. For he offered his cross to God as sacrifice in order to make us all rich.
—St. Ephrem
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Monday: Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Tuesday: St. Ephrem
Thursday: St. Barnabas
Friday: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saturday: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed
Virgin Mary;
St. Anthony of Padua; Blessed Virgin Mary
PARISH NEWS
Plate Collection: May 31, 2015: $2401.16
MASS READINGS
The readings for mass will be found on page 1120 of
the hard Blue Book. Thank you
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
It has been said that the Church breathes with
two lungs, East and West. Some of our family treasures are in the East, and it is interesting to consider
how liturgical families developed around differing
customs. Centuries before Christ, after the young girl
was given to her husband by her father, the spouses
were crowned. Christians retained that custom,
keeping the wedding in the home, and sometimes
inviting a visiting priest or bishop to put the crowns
on their heads. By the fourth century, the crowns
were seen not as royal crowns, but as the crowns of
victory worn by martyrs. The crowns have nothing to
do with being “king and queen for a day,” but rather
speak of the sacrifice of love poured out fully. There
are no vows exchanged at all, but the crowning is
followed by a joyful dance by the priest and couple
around the Gospel book. Unlike Roman law, which
saw the wedding rites as optional, Eastern practice
did not recognize a marriage that had not been
blessed.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
STARTING
It’s the start that stops most people.
—Anonymous
Please Pray For the Sick
Dorothy Abraams, Aliver Starsky, Maria Garcia
Juanita Estrellas, Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall,
Luis Perez, Rosa M. Orozco, Charles Robinson,
Rita Streuli, Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins,
Pat Barnet, Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Ann Zito
And Recently Deceased
Rosa Dumaquing+ Cheryl V. Broxton +
Luis Perez Ramirez+
Marjorie Brodt+ Mateo J. Ramos+
JUNE
Sat
Sun
06
07
Mass Intentions
5:00pm Eufemiano Sanchez+
8:00am Lucia Rojas+
9:30am Franciszek & Franciska
Kuzdowicz+
11:00am SJWC Parishioners
Wed 10 7:00pm Petra Nieves+
Requested by
Eugenia Sanchez
Eladio Ortiz
Chris Kuzdovich
Stephanie
Sauder-Andrade
El Cuerpo y la Sangre de
Cristo
7 de junio de 2015
Levantaré el cáliz de
salvación e invocaré el
nombre del Señor.
— Salmo 116 (115):13
LECTURAS DE HOY
Primera lectura — El Señor hace una alianza con
su pueblo y la sella con sangre (Exodo 24:3-8).
Salmo — Levantaré el cáliz de la salvación
(Salmo 116 [115]).
Segunda lectura — La sangre de Cristo obtiene la
redención eterna para el pueblo (Hebreos 9:11-15).
Evangelio — Jesús, mientras celebraba la Pascua
con sus discípulos, establece la nueva Alianza.
(Marcos 14:12-16, 22-26).
ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS
El Día de Acción de Gracias que celebramos en
el otoño a veces se ve marcado por una especie de
orgullo y autofelicitación por parte de nuestra sociedad, por no hablar de comilonas que nos llevan hasta el estupor. Pero la “acción de gracias” que en
griego se llama “Eucaristía” es al revés: lo que nos
lleva a ella es el reconocimiento de nuestras faltas;
recordamos nuestra posición humilde en el universo
alabando a Dios, y a nadie más que a Dios.
Es verdad que el alimento del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo sacia el hambre de nuestro espíritu,
pero también es verdad que ese alimento crea en
nosotros un hambre más intensa aun. Al terminar la
Misa no nos envían a un sofá espiritual a sentarnos
en lo que la Cena del Señor se nos asienta en el estómago; más bien, nos envían al mundo a ser signos
vivientes de esa Acción de Gracias, ayudando a los
pobres y desvalidos, alimentando a los hambrientos,
cuidando a los enfermos, protestando contra las actitudes farisaicas. En fin, el hambre producida en nosotros al hacer el Memorial de Jesús nos tiene que
impulsar a vivir “en memoria de él”.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
EL COMIENZO
Lo más difícil es comenzar.
—Anónimo
UNA BUENA COMPRA
No compres sólo la casa, compra
el vecindario.
—Proverbio ruso
NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA
31 de mayo 2015 Colección: $2401.16
MISALES
Tenemos misales en venta por $2.50 cada uno.
Muchas gracias.
TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE
“Altísimo Señor”, un bellísimo himno tradicional
canta con asombro y maravilla la humildad de Jesucristo quien siendo divino no sólo murió por nosotros
sino que también se hace nuestro manjar en un
pedacito de pan. Nos invita al “convite de amor” para “amar y recibir a quien por mí, quiso morir”.
Esta espiritualidad eucarística es buena, pero
sería aún mejor recordar que el cordero divino no
murió sólo por mí, sino por “nosotros”. El cristiano
es cristiano en la medida que se relaciona en la Iglesia, la gran familia de Dios. El Cuerpo de Cristo se
forma no sólo de granos de trigo sino de hombres y
mujeres bautizadas. Su cuerpo no se encuentra sólo
en un altar sino en los cristianos unidos para la
misa. El cuerpo de Cristo está en la hostia pero
también se encuentra en todo creyente. Abre los
ojos y, con asombro y maravilla, verás a Jesucristo
en nuestra unión de fe. Jesús está tan presente en
la Iglesia como en sus tabernáculos y sagrarios. Juntos somos el pan de la vida que da gracia y virtud,
alegría y salud. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J.
S. Paluch Co.
LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES
Domingo: El Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo
Lunes: Décima Semana del Tiempo Ordinario
Martes: San Efrén
Jueves: San Bernabé
Viernes: El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Sábado: El Inmaculado Corazón de María;
San Antonio de Padua; santa María Virgen
NUESTRO SACRIFICIO
Ofrezcámosle a Cristo el gran sacrificio universal
de nuestro amor. Él ofreció su cruz a Dios como sacrificio para enriquecernos a todos.
—San Efrén
Congratulations
to the following
students who
made their First
Communion on
Saturday, May 30, 2015
at St. Joseph the
Worker Church.
Felicitaciones
a estos estudiantes que
hicieron su Primera
Comunión
el sábado 30 de
mayo, 2015
en nuestra Iglesia de
San José
Obrero.
Eduardo Aguayo
Eric Cortes Rojas
Jean Paul Echeveste
Kimberley Hernandez
Joani Echeveste
Johan Hernandez Hermosillo
Raúl Figueroa
Angel Ibarra
Amairani Garcia
Julian Juarez
Jose Manuel Gonzalez Vasquez
Alonzo Macias-Moreno
Jessica Guiza
Ozzy Martinez
Cristian Mendoza
Natalie Milian Carretero
Marcelo Molina-Aced
Iris Niño
Alfredo Muñoz
Ricardo Niño
Yulissa Reynoso
Elena Orozco
Karina Rodriguez
Mauricio Orozco
Angela Romero
Jeremy Rojas
Lucia Segovia Merlos
Jonathan Rojas
Uriel Coronado Moreno
Aldo Rodriguez
Alejandro Cortes Rojas
Fernando Xochicale
1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone: (510) 843-2244 Fax: (510) 843-2730
Email: [email protected]