DAILY MASS READINGS

Monday, August 3 — Jer 28: 1 - 17 / Mt 14: 22 - 36

Tuesday, August 4 — Jer 30: 1 - 2, 12 - 15, 18 - 22 / Mt 14: 22 - 36

Wednesday, August 5 — Jer 31: 1 - 7 / Mt 15: 21 - 28

Thursday, August 6 —Dn 7: 9 - 10, 13 - 14 / Mt 17: 1 - 9

Friday, August 7 — Na 2: 1, 3; 3:1 - 3, 6 - 7 / Mt 16: 24 - 28

Saturday, August 8 — Hb 1: 12 - 2: 4 / Mt 17: 14 - 20

Sunday, August 9 — 1 Kgs 19: 9a, 11 - 13a / Rom 9: 1 - 5/ Mt 14: 22 - 33

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St. John Vianney NO MASS OFFICE TIMING: 12 noon to 5 pm Adoration : 5 pm to 6 pm

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NO MASS OFFICE TIMING: 12 noon to 5 pm Adoration : 5 pm to 6 pm

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Dedication of St. Mary Major OFFICE TIMING: 12 noon to 5 pm Adoration : 5 pm to 6 pm NO MASS

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Transfiguration of the Lord / Novena for the Assumption begins

OFFICE TIMING: 12 noon to 5 pm Adoration : 5 pm to 6 pm Mass, ticketed through Eventbrite

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St. Sixtus II & St. Cajetan / Assumption Novena

OFFICE TIMING: 12 noon to 5 pm Adoration : 5 pm to 6 pm Confessions: 6:15pm-6:45pm Mass, ticketed through Eventbrite 7pm lived-streamed via YouTube

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Our Father ST. Domnic / Assumption Novena NO MASS OFFICE TIMING: 4 pm to 6 pm Confessions: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Adoration: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

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19th Sunday of the Year / Assumption Novena CHURCH CLOSED: STAY AT HOME Mass Live Stream: 11:00 am OFFICE TIMING: 12 pm to 2 pm

PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY: Relative Faith

When someone you love is in trouble, you desire their freedom so strongly that you might say, “I would gladly trade places.” For example, parents looking at a sick child in a hospital bed would accept the sickness themselves if they could—if only it would free the child they love. Your love for the afflicted is stronger than the force that renders them helpless.

St. Paul felt this way about those not believing in Christ. He says to the Romans, “I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh.”

Paul’s own kindred had not all joined him in faith. Ironically, Jesus had the same kindred. To the Israelites belonged the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the law, the worship, and the promises. Christ was theirs, also, according to the flesh. Paul regretted that his relatives did not all embrace Christ according to the Spirit. He loved these people so much that he was willing to trade places. He loved them more strongly than the forces of unbelief.

In our society many people have still not accepted Christ. They do not hear his voice in the Scriptures. They do not experience his love in the community. They do not lift their voices in prayer. They do not join him at table for the Eucharist. The pain we feel renews our convic-tion to proclaim Christ.

PREPARING FOR NEXT SUNDAY:

Acts of God

There is a legal term for a natural disaster. It is called an “act of God.” It is a little un-fair to libel God with deeds of destruction. Even so, when the forces of nature reveal their strength, people become aware of their own weaknesses and meditate on the power of God. But when people go in search of God, they rarely go to the place of an earthquake, a fire, or tornado. They go to a quiet place. They watch the sunrise. They pick a way-side chapel. They sit by the ocean. They find God’s majestic voice in whispers of peace. When Elijah fled the grasp of the angry and murderous Jezebel, he eventually found himself in a cave on the mountain of God, Horeb. There he witnessed God passing by. Not in the strong wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire did Elijah behold God’s presence, but in a tiny whis-pering sound. Noise surrounds much of our day. The radio or television breaks the morning silence. Ambient music filters through elevators and grocery stores. Our cars cannot block out the cacophony of traffic. It may not take an act of God for us to be able to find God. It may just take a quiet space.

Written by Paul Turner. Copyright © 2010, Resource Publica-tions, Inc., 888-273-7782, www.rpinet.com. All rights re-served. Reprinted with permission from Lectionary Bulletin Inserts, Year A: First and Second Readings.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT FCC:

FACEBOOK UPDATES: Please continue to refer to our parish Facebook page to get the latest updates for the Easter season. It is a reliable source of information to communicate any changes that happen in this week.

ABOUT MASS In an effort to allow more people access to Mass, we are now offering ticket-ed masses on Sunday, Wednesday evening and special feast days. You can access the FCC Facebook page to log on to Eventbrite to book your ticket. The number of attendees is lim-ited to 24. These masses will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. The guidelines suggests that we need to have masses for shorter duration without singing. We need to maintain extreme social distancing

AVAILABILITY OF PRIESTS: With the situation around the outbreak of the COVID – 19 and the measures taken by Tokyo diocese not have masses, the priests at the Chapel Center are sorry about constraints faced by our parishioners. We would like our parishioners to know that while these measures are taken to protect our elderly and young parishioners, priests would be available to any parishioner who would need a priest for confessions or spiritual direction.

FCC ON ZOOM: On Fridays at 10:30am Lessie is hosting a Bible study focusing on women in the early Church via Zoom. All are invited. On Saturdays the FCC Rosary group is continuing to pray the rosary for the world and all it’s needs. If you would like more details about either of the activities email Lessie at fccpastoral@gmail.com

PRAY FOR PEOPLE INFECTED: Please continue to pray for people all over the world who have been affected by the spread of infection that they may be healed. Also pray for scien-tists, doctors, healthcare staff and the government so that they may work collectively and guided by the Holy Spirit to bring healing to others and a solution to end this disease.

MEAL PRAYERS Father, on the night before he died, your

Son shared his life with his friends by breaking bread and passing the cup. As we give you thanks for this meal give us the strength to live our thanks by sharing our lives with those around us. May you be blessed and praised now and forever.

We thank you, Father, and give you praise. We thank you for the wonders of creation: the stars in the heavens and the depths of the seas. We thank you for the fruits of this earth and those who grew them. We thanks you for life and we thank you for the gifts of faith. We offer you our

thanks and praise through Christ our Lord.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

We thank our parishioners for their donations to help us with the functioning of the premises.

In this time of the pandemic, the Chapel Cen-ter has suspended all masses until further notice. We continue to carry out our work with your support.

Donation Amount:

March: ¥ 467,000

April : ¥ 1,307,000

May : ¥ 1,126,000

Adjusting to new ways of life

Holy Spirit, as families adjust to everyone being home as businesses and schools close, we ask that You guide people in their new realities. Give spouses grace for each other. Prompt worn-out parents to speak words of kindness and encouragement to their children. Help children find creative ways to experience the beauty of all You have created and continue learning.

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.—Psalm 57:1 (NIV)

Prayer for Families during Covid 19

John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager for-mal schooling, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies.

His failure to comprehend Latin lec-tures forced him to discontinue. But his vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After a lengthy battle with the books, John was ordained.

Situations calling for “impossible” deeds followed him everywhere. As pas-tor of the parish at Ars, John encountered people who were indifferent and quite comfortable with their style of living. His vision led him through se-vere fasts and short nights of sleep.

With Catherine Lassagne and Benedicta Lardet, he established La Provi-dence, a home for girls. Only a man of vision could have such trust that God would provide for the spiritual and material needs of all those who came to make La Providence their home.

His work as a confessor is John Vianney’s most remarkable accomplish-ment. In the winter months he was to spend 11 to 12 hours daily reconcil-

ing people with God. As his fame spread, more hours were consumed in serving God’s people.

Who, but a man with vision, could keep going with ever-increasing strength? In 1929, Pope Pius XI named him the patron of parish priests worldwide.

St. John Marie Vianney