4th sunday of lent march 15, 2015
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"To evangelize and share the Gospel, walk with one another on our journey of
faith, and draw others into Christ's one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church."
4th Sunday of Lent March 15, 2015
On the 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent the Church celebrates the “Scrutinies” for the Elect (the unbaptized adults preparing for Baptism at the Easter Vigil). (Cycle A Readings for the 9 AM & 11 AM Masses.) To “scrutinize” means to take a long and careful look at the ways we need to be healed and strengthened. In the Scrutinies, the Elect and the Community both acknowledge the power of evil that hinders them from following Christ, and the Elect give public witness to their ongoing conversion. Conversion is not about punishment for sin; it is about an all-loving, merciful God who offers to save us from sin. Conversion is an opportunity to change. The First Scrutiny celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of Lent asks us to reflect on the readings and consider the following questions.
In what way have you experienced being an outcast? Who have you made an outcast and why? What are the deep thirsts of our world; Our society; Our Communities? What are my own deep thirsts? These are just a few of the questions the Elect have reflected on when they kneel before the altar today. During the week after the 3rd Sunday of Lent, the Elect are presented with the Creed. The word “Creed” comes from the first word of the Latin document: “credo” meaning, “I Believe.” It is an ancient statement of faith that tells us what the early church believed and what we continue to believe today. During this Rite, the Elect are presented with the essential mysteries of our faith professed in the Nicene Creed and we ask God to purify the Elect to make them worthy to receive the grace of Baptism. The Creed will be presented at 6:45 PM, Wednesday, March 11th in the Church. The Parish Community is welcome to join us to show your ongoing support.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Scrutinies and Presentation of The Creed
God did not send his Son
into the world to
condemn the world, but
that the world might
be saved through him.
-John 3:17
RECTORY 1305 Royal Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 526-1732 526-0067 (fax) Email: [email protected] Ron Browne• 526-1732 Parish Business Manager Website: www.StRoseSV.com HOURS Monday to Friday: 8:00am—8:00pm Saturday: 9:00am—5:00pm Sunday: 8:00am—4:00pm Facilities Manager Norm Ouellette • 551-3704 ALTAR SERVER MINISTRY [email protected]
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion—coordinators George Lemos Tony Lemos ([email protected]) LECTORS MINISTRY Tony Delgado 584-6987 LIFE TEEN / YOUTH MINISTRY Adam Cross, Youth Minister 526-8181 [email protected] Claira Castillo, Assistant Youth Minister [email protected] MINISTERIO HISPANO Libia Perez, Director • 915-4605 [email protected] MUSIC MINISTRY Clare Delto, Director • 526-1732 [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Sandra Lemos, Director • 526-5513 [email protected] RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY Julia Dobrucki • 915-4625 [email protected] 24 HR. LIFE CENTER HOTLINE FOR UNPLANNED PREGNANCY Call 1-800-973-7334 All our services are FREE and information is kept strictly confidential.
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Parish Information SACRAMENTS
ANOINTING OF THE SICK Administered throughout the year. Please call the Rectory any time in case of serious illness or going into surgery. BAPTISMS English: 1st Sunday of the month Spanish: 3rd Sunday of the month By appointment; please call or visit the Rectory. MARRIAGES Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance. Please call or visit the Rectory. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA) Julia Dobrucki • 915-4625
DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR with BENEDICTION
NOVENA Mother of Perpetual Help Wednesdays at 6:00pm BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY Dot Goerisch • 526-5640 CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
GROUP Ched & Lumi Cruz 584-6160 COUPLES FOR CHRIST Joanne & Erwin Ilustrisimo 304-0753
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #5803 Andy Prete, Grand Knight 910-0347
SERVING THOSE IN NEED Earl Todd 581-0957
ST. ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL 1325 Royal Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 John P. Sanders, Principal Website: www.srls.org 526-5304 • 526-0939 (fax) ST. ROSE OF LIMA
AFTER SCHOOL CARE 577-8208 St. Rose School Alumni
Teresa Moran Runyon [email protected]
www.srls.org/alumni
MOTHER CABRINI CIRCLE GIFT STORE
Located in the vestibule; open before & after morning Sunday Masses;
Thursdays 12-3pm (seasonal hours)
Daily: 8:30am & 5:30pm Saturday: 8:30am; 5:00pm (Vigil); 7:00pm (Spanish) Sunday: 6:00am, 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am (Family/Children), 1:00pm (Spanish), 5:00pm (Youth)
Vigil: 5:30pm Holy Day: 6:00am; 8:30am; 12:00pm; 5:30pm; 7:00pm (Spanish)
PASTOR Rev. Joseph P. Shea Associate Pastor Fr. Bill Nicholas (www.FrWCNicholas.com)
Priest in Residence Fr. Jim Maher DEACONS Dn. Peter Wilson Dn. Terry Reibenspies Dn. Louis Fernandez Dn. Edward Posvar
LITURGY SCHEDULE
SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
Monday & Wednesday 9:00am—10:00am Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 4:00pm—5:00pm
Saturday: 3:00pm—5:00pm 6:00pm—7:00pm
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
For information on the Catholic Faith and the process of inquiry,
please call:
Julia Dobrucki 915-4625
Sermon continued from last Sunday’s bulletin, March 8
Because their angelic nature has been deformed and darkened by sin, devils now abuse their great gifts from God by using them to injure and destroy human beings. Their entire purpose is to see as many human beings as possible join them in rebelling against God and be separated forever from God in Hell.
Although demons have remarkable powers, we need to know that their powers are limited. For example, Satan and his cohorts cannot know the future unless God has revealed
it. However, given their vast knowledge of events throughout the world and history, they can make accurate predictions and then act on them.
So, the devil is not an evil deity, equal in power to God who is eternal, all-powerful and all-knowing. Satan is only a creature and, in the end, he is no match for God, His Creator and ultimate Judge.
This raises one last question about devils and their demonic activity. If God is supreme and infinitely more powerful than Satan and his hosts, then why doesn’t God prevent them from doing evil on earth? We could ask the same question why God doesn’t stop human beings from committing wicked deeds.
The answer is twofold. First, it’s because God respects the free will of angels and humans. Second, evil’s continuing presence and activity among us is a mystery that we can’t fully figure out in this life. However, we can say this much: God allows evil because He is powerful enough to bring out of the greatest evil a much better good.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the perfect example of this truth. According to the Gospel, when “Satan entered into Judas,” one of the 12 Apostles, Judas went out and betrayed Jesus (Luke 22:3-4). So, the worst evil we can ever imagine—the torture and murder of God’s innocent Son—occurred through the devil’s influence. Yet, the triumph of the empty tomb transformed the horror of the cross. Satan was forever thwarted. When Jesus rose from the dead, He displayed God’s power to bring out of the greatest evil an even greater good—the world’s redemption.
What was true for Jesus is true for us. Our time on this earth provides the battleground for God to test, purify, strengthen and perfect us in order to make us fit to live with Him forever in heaven. And, to that end, the devils serve as useful tools for God as they constantly test us so that we can become purer, stronger and closer to perfection every time we resist the devil’s temptations. Quoting St. Augustine, “As an artist, God makes use even of the devil.”
The second principle of spiritual warfare is: KNOW OUR ENEMY’S BATTLE TACTICS. The devil uses various tactics, both ordinary and extraordinary, in his demonic work.
The ordinary activity of the devil is subtle. It occurs within our thought life. The devil plants ideas within our minds to influence our reason, memory and imagination—and ultimately our will. Devils can suggest ideas through conversations, reading, or viewing certain images.
Most often, devils influence us through temptation by enticing us to sin. They get our attention through our thoughts to arouse our emotions in order to get us to act sinfully.
Devils tempt us in various ways. First, demons tempt us through deception. In John 8:44, Jesus called the Devil “a liar and the father of lies” In Ephesians 6:11, the Apostle Paul speaks of the devil’s “wiles.” And again in his Second Letter to the Corinthians, 11:13, St. Paul states that Satan masquerades as an ”angel of light.” Very often a lie stands at the heart of the temptation the devil presents. Remember how Satan deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden. When the serpent tempted her, he did so with lies about God’s motives and the consequences of sin (See Genesis 3:4-5). In a similar way, the devil lies to us telling us for example, “Go ahead. Do it. It can’t be sinful because everybody is doing it.”
Link to the video of the sermon: http://youtu.be/CM7IHNsRwRk
(or search “Fr. Joseph Shea - Spiritual Warfare: The Devil Is Real”)
To be continued in next’s week bulletin.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
MASS INTENTIONS
“A time to die…” Ecc 3:2 Pray for the souls of all our faithful departed and their families especially… Claudia Amante Lia A. Cwiek Barbara Gentile.
“A time of war and a time of peace…” Ecc 3:8 Pray for those serving in the military. U.S. Army
Matthew Alatorre Pvt. James Berru Patrick Croy John Gebert Thomas M. Gonzalez Josh Houseinger Brian Kiely Ryan Loniero Ronald Murphy Ryan Osier Juan Ignacio Rios Kaplan Sharpe Nicholas Timpe-Giehm Pvt. Bryce Willey Pvt. Carlo Zarcone
National Guard Sgt. Armando Peña, Jr.
Col. Marilyn Rios U.S. Navy
Matthew Anaya Gregg Bell Krysten Bohen Patrick F. Costa Joseph Costanzo Nicolas Costanzo Jose T. Fernandez Alex Knott Alex Martin Nicholas C. Moreno Rafael Rodriguez
U.S. Air Force Tanner Aurand Sgt. Christine Campo Vincent Russo Maj. Andrew Hull
Capt. Melissa Hull
U.S.M.C. Christian Ares Raymond Bucci Ryan Bunnell Nicolas Estrada Paul Gebert Sgt. Colton Haney Matthew Hunt Jim La Rosa Bradly Melson Ricky Noone Brian Olex Sgt. Casey Pilkington 1ˢͭ Lt. Andrew S. King Lt. Col. Andrew Sholtes Jordan Sine Chris Sinsheimer
“A time to be born…” Ecc 3:2
“A time to heal…” Ecc 3:3 ...And pray for one another.—James 5:13-18 Corinne Anderson
Sue Arrigoni Alexey Baikov Manuel Barrera
Joe Benites Rita Benites
Andrew Budinsky Virginia Castanon Patsy Ceniceros
Earl Craft Kenny Dolenak Sean Downey Mary Dressler
Billy Clay Driver, Jr. Michael Escandon
John Erickson Lisa Fahoome
Vince Flaherty Esmeralda Fraire Heriberto Fraire Livier Galvan
Ray Garcia Patrick Healy
Ruth Ann Hochleutner Margaret Jimenez
Beth Kehoe Eric Kehoe
Barbara Knight Jose Licop
Leoncia Licop Henry Lopez
Luz M. Manriquez Beth Meyer
David Meyer Frank Meyer Jason Meyer Kathy Meyer Verna Meyer Celia Mora Julia Mora
Edwin Morales Christina Morelli
Louie Moses Robert Nelsen Berry Nelson
Anthony Ortega Richard Ortega
Franziska Schrall Josef Schrall Dian Schuetz
Vivian Schwagerl Fr. Joseph Shea Terianne Soria
Todd Southwell Kenneth Thompson Theresa St. Pierre
George & Irene Upegi Josephine Vieira
Mary Ann Walinski Sharon Yaki
Imelda Youngman
Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]
Welcome to the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community! Our community has been greatly blessed through the years by the
many families who call St. Rose home. We are nourished and renewed as we journey on the path to discipleship. If you are a new parishioner
or are visiting we welcome you, and thank you for joining us on the path to Christ.
If you would like to make St. Rose of Lima your new parish home we invite you to register.
By registering you will receive church mailings, personalized offertory envelopes and information about seasonal liturgies and events. It also
allows Fr. Shea and our parish staff to better serve our growing community.
To register you can visit our website at www.StRoseSV.com or stop by the rectory during office hours to pick up a form. If you have any
questions please call the Rectory at 526-1732.
SATURDAY, March 14 8:30am Members of the Millennium Club (I) 5:00pm Eleanor May (D) 7:00pm Valentine Barrero (D) SUNDAY, March 15 6:00am Marie Bertini Yoder (D) 7:00am Francisca Pacheco (D) 9:00am Earl Craft (I) 11:00am Luisa Rodriguez (I) (Sp) 1:00pm Francisco Garcia (D) 5:00pm Danny Sherwood (D) MONDAY, March 16 8:30am Sonja Picardal (D) 5:30pm Joan Brandes (D) TUESDAY, March 17 8:30am Raymond Smith (D) 5:30pm Gene & Delores Olson (I) WEDNESDAY, March 18 8:30am Stacy Mauck (I) 5:30pm Arminta Palomo (I) THURSDAY, March 19 8:30am Kathleen & James Scott (D) 5:30pm Oren & Jill Robles (I) FRIDAY, March 20 8:30am Julie Lafferty (I) 5:30pm Shirley SATURDAY, March 21 8:30am Members of the Millennium Club (I) 5:00pm Susan & Isaac (I) 7:00pm Julius A. Bennett (D) SUNDAY, March 22 6:00am Damien Garcia (D) 7:00am Mary T. Marx (D) 9:00am Fr. Joseph Shea (I) 11:00am Lydia Castillo (D) (Sp) 1:00pm Maria B. Martinez (D) 5:00pm Elder Laija (D)
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Ministries & devotions
Singing Adoration in the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel Tuesday
3:00-3:30pm Divine Mercy 7:00-8:00pm Spanish Rosary
Wednesday 6:00pm Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena 7:00-8:00pm Divine Mercy Holy Hour and Benediction with Deacon Ed Posvar
Friday 3:00-4:30pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, Litany to the Sacred Heart and Stations of the Cross 6:00pm Family Novena in Honor of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague 6pm-9pm Spanish Prayer Group 9pm-10pm Vietnamese Prayer Group Saturday after 5pm Mass: bilingual Rosary for the healing & unity of families. In the chapel.
We are a Christ-centered, self-help program.
We meet the 1st & 3rd Friday of the month in
Room 11 of the school from 7:00-9:00pm.
All adults are welcome! Contact: Jean Jenners
(JosephM34 @sbcglobal.net), call 526-1732 or
visit: www.StRoseSVcom, click on Ministries to find
Divorced Separated Widowed.
If you are not able to sign up as a permanent Adorer please consider
signing up to be an occasional substitute .
Monday, 9:00am—Saturday, 3:00pm
Adorers are needed: Tuesday: 3:00am Wednesdays: 2am,
10pm & 11pm Team Leaders
12am-5am Theresa Wong 428-0942 6am-11am Cathy Sullivan 526-7628 12pm-5pm Anita Koller 526-9910 6pm-11pm Kathy & Frank Cross 501-8431
“My grace is sufficient for you…” 2Corinthians 12:9-10
We at your home parish, St. Rose of Lima, offer you... FREEDOM IN OUR LIVES, a Faith-based Beatitudes program to help you realize how to let God’s healing power into your life. We meet the 2nd & 4th Fridays of each month, in room 11 of St. Rose of Lima School. We gather at 6:30pm for dinner, and the meeting begins at 7:00pm. Please join us, bring your friends and relatives and gain a new perspective in your life.
FREEDOM IN OUR LIVES
Do you suffer from:
• anger • anxiety • bad habits • co-dependency • depression
• fear • hopelessness • hung up with problems in
your life? • hurts can’t deal with
loneliness
Have you considered being a
“Partner Adorer” ? Sign up to accompany an existing adorer in the late night hours. These hours already have an adorer present so you should not be alone.
Tuesday 2am, 3am, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm,
Wednesday 12am, 1am, 3am, 4am
9pm, 11pm, Thursday
12am, 1am, 3am, 4am, 6am 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, Friday
12am, 3am, 6am,10pm, Saturday
3am, 4am, 6am
If interested, please call one of the team leaders.
“The Eucharist” The Real Presence
Fr. Robert Barron www.youtube.comwatch?v=bJjW3LXuHzo
DIVORCED SEPARATED WIDOWED
Join Dr. Bennett Annan as he presents “Coping Techniques to Overcome
Depression and Anxiety” Part I Friday, March 13 at 7:00pm
in classroom 11.
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You're invited to... SubRosa @ Steubenville San Diego 18:23 Young Adult Conference Friday, Saturday, and Sunday — July 24-26, 2015 *WHO: Adults between the ages of 18 to 23-ish years old. *WHERE: Shirley Theatre at University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park San Diego, CA 92110 Map *Cost: $188 -with a group discount & early bird discount.
**A $40 deposit is due by March 18th! *Please make all checks out to 'St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church' AND put 'SubRosa' in the memo! SubRosa Time In Adoration EVERY TUESDAY 7-8pm (St. Rose of Lima Parish) *Join us as we spend silent time praying with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. +Come any time during the hour. *Dates for the month of March: 17, 24, 31 SubRosa Women's Group 7-9pm (Sisters of Notre Dame Center in T.O.) * We will be meeting on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH *The group will be led in meditation and discernment by the Sisters of Notre Dame *Join us for some great sister bonding time as we delve deeper into what it means to be women of God *RSVP to let us know you're coming! SubRosa Movie Night FRIDAY March 20 at 9pm (Movie to be announced) *Join us for a night out! *We will be watching a movie at the Regal Theater in S.V. *Invite your friends! Stations of the Cross Friday, March 27 at 6pm *Join us during this Lenten Season as we meditate on the Stations of the Cross *We will meet at the patio outside of the parish at 5:45pm In Christ, The SubRosa Team St. Rose of Lima (SRL) 1325 Royal Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065 p: 805-558-1773 e: [email protected]
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YOUTH MINISTRY TALENT NIGHT! Tonight Sunday, March 15th: Come hangout after the 5PM Youth Mass
for our talent night! If you are interested in sharing your talents please contact the YM Office! Catholic Say What?? Friday, March 20th: Join us at 6:30PM as we learn how
to defend our Catholic faith. Learn how to talk with atheists and non-Catholics about our faith. Bring your questions and your friends!
Track One Confirmation Retreat!!! Sunday, March 22nd: All Confirmation Track 1 stu-dents will be joining us for a day of prayer and spiritual-ity to learn more about our Catholic faith! The Summit - Jr. High Thursday, March 26th: All Jr. High are invited to our meeting at 7PM-8PM to learn about the source and summit of our Catholic faith!
Forgiveness: Getting On With It – Not Easy but Possible
So many good people suffer from an inner uneasiness hat simply will not go away. Often it is related to a seeming inability to forgive someone, something, even God and themselves. The Word of God in the scripture and the prayers of forgiving can release us
from the burden and grant us a new freedom.
Please join Sister Regina Robbins, SND on Tuesday, March 24, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM, as she guides us through an exploration of forgiveness and reconciliation as possible realities for everyone. The evening will
take place at the Sisters of Notre Dame Center, 1776 Hendrix Avenue, Thousand Oaks 91360. Please contact Sister Marie Paul Grech, SND at 805-496-3242 x 460 or Anne Interrante at
805-917-3712 by Friday, March 20 to make your reservation.
Is God Calling you to be a Sister? Come and See! Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Religious Vocation Discernment Retreat Single Catholic Women ages 18-40.
April 10-12—Los Altos Hills, CA CONTACT: Sr. Lisa Laguna, D.C.
650-949-8890 or 213-210-9903 [email protected]
www.DaughtersOfCharity.com
RELIGIOUS ED & ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Faith Formation Classes If your child ages 7-17 has not yet been Baptized, received First Holy Communion, or been Confirmed and you would like information about the process please call:
526-5513.
Continuing Adult Faith Formation
First Monday of the month at 7:00pm in room 9.
Next topic will be on Holy Orders. All adults are welcome.
Presenter: David Brown
M.A., Theology
Coming soon a DVD study series on Thursday evenings at 7pm
in the St. Rose School, room number 8.
For more information, contact Neil Fanning, facilitator, at 805-217-4300 or
THE UNIVERSITY Series
FAITH FORUM
BACK TO BASICS WEEKLY DISCUSSION
TOPICS ON CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES
For returning, perplexed or occasional Catholics
Both morning and evening groups are 90 minutes each, Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
February 25 through May 13.
Please contact Madeleine Sorensen for further information. Topics to be addressed
will be provided to you upon registration.
This is a complimentary, in-home presentation, with refreshments
served.
522-6107 or madeleine.k.sorensen @gmail.com
Fr. Bill’s Bible Study Tuesday, March 17 & Saturday, March 24
right after the 8:30am Mass.
For more information, please call Annette Lercel at 584-3533.
We invite all adults interested in becoming Catholic or
Baptized Catholics who need both the Sacraments of
Eucharist and Confirmation to join us on a Journey of
Faith in the R.C.I.A. Process. Our St. Rose of Lima R.C.I.A Team provides a
welcoming environment where you questions are answered. We bring you
on a faith journey with the Catholic Church; its beliefs, traditions, history and worship, and incorporate you into its life
with Christ today. For information, contact Julia Dobrucki at 915-4625. We look forward to welcoming you.
PARISH MEN’S RETREAT
T h e P a s s i o n i s t Community invites men of St Rose parish
to make a retreat at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center, March 20-22. Come away and rest awhile and experience the peace which the world cannot give. The Retreat Center provides a congenial environment for personal reflection, prayer, creative thinking and relaxation on 80 acres at the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains in Sierra Madre. Call Joe Ferrall (428-1894) or Joel Bruemmer (584-2363) for information.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY: DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS AND DISCERNING GOD’S WILL. FR. FELIX JUST, S.J. PADRE SERRA PARISH CENTER ROMAN CATHOLICS AND EASTERN CATHOLICS: WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT? MSGR. BILL LESER ST. PETER CLAVER YOUTH CENTER TEN UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES ABOUT YOUR LIFE. FR. ROBERT SPITZER ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH (NEW DATE) THURSDAY, MARCH 19 THE GOSPEL OF MARK: FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. FR. FELIX JUST, S.J. OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION, MULCAHY CENTER WILL THE SUPREME COURT SAY “I DO” TO GAY MARRIAGE? DR. CARTER SNEAD ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE HALL (NEW DATE & LOCATION) THE ROLE OF PARENTS: HOW TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ACTIVE IN THE FAITH. ROBERT BATCH ST. JULIE BILLIART HALL THE LAST SUPPER: THE HISTORY, THE MYSTERY. DAVE SHANEYFELT ST. PASCHAL HALL AN EASTERN CATHOLIC LITURGY. MSGR. BILL LESER ST. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH, SIMI VALLEY FRIDAY, MARCH 20
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: A LENTEN JOURNEY THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND MUSIC. VINCENT DOMINGUEZ SAN BUENAVENTURA MISSION, BONAVENTURA RM. 12:15-1:00PM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: SAVING KIDS FROM A SCARY WORLD.
MARK MITCHELL ST. PASCHAL HALL 12:15-1:00PM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHAT’S MISSING IN THE PRACTICE OF YOUR SPIRITUALITY? FR. JIM CLARKE ST. PETER CLAVER YOUTH CENTER
12:15-1:00 PM- -ST. JULIE BILLIART HALL (NEW LOCATION)-12:15-1:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 16 ALL THINGS FRANCIS. JOHN ALLEN ST. JULIE BILLIART CHURCH LIVING THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL: AMAZING TESTIMONY. RHETT YOUNG ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH TUESDAY, MARCH 17 IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY: A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING POPE FRANCIS. FR. FELIX JUST, S.J. PADRE SERRA PARISH CENTER RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND TOLERATION. FR. LEON HUTTON ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE HALL MARY, A WOMAN IN LOVE: THE PRECIOUS APPARITIONS OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER. DCN. DICK & FRANCA DORNAN ST. MARY MAGDALEN, MSGR. HUGHES HALL
MYTHS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH – OLD AND NEW! FR. JOE SHEA ST. PASCHAL HALL
All Classes 7:30 – 9:00P.M. unless
noted otherwise
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RESPECT LIFE
Did you Know? ¿Sabia Usted?
Es seguro mantener en privado la información personal de sus hijos
Si sus hijos dan su información personal por medio de Internet, no sólo es fácil conseguir los datos, sino que es muy difícil borrarlos totalmente. Recuérdele a sus hijos la importancia de mantener en privado sus datos e información personal. Cerciórese que tengan un nombre de usuario y una contraseña que no revele información personal y que no den su dirección de correo electrónico a cualquier persona. Si sus hijos le dicen que han dado su información personal en Internet, comuníquese con el proveedor del servicio de Internet o el sitio en donde la información fue anotada para ver qué puede hacer usted para borrar los datos. Para más información, visite: www.NetSmartz.org
It is safe to keep your child’s personal information personal If your children give out personal information over the Internet, not only is it easy to track, it is tough to completely remove. Emphasize to them how important it is that they keep personal information private. Make sure that they have a strong username and password that does not reveal anything personal. Encourage them not to give out their e-mail address, if they have one. If your children tell you that they have given out personal information online, contact your Internet Service Provider or the site where the information is posted to see what you can do to have it removed. For more information, visit: www.NetSmartz.org.
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!
"Marriage is a covenant by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a Sacrament between the baptized.” If you would like to have your anniversary acknowledged in the bulletin in the month of March, please call the rectory.
KNIGHT KNEWS
The Knights of Columbus Council #5803 will be holding their annual
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner this Tuesday March 17th at St. Rose of
Lima Parish Hall. The buffet-style dinner from 5:30pm until 7:00pm. Menu: Corned Beef &
Cabbage, Baby Carrots, Whipped Potatoes, Irish Soda Bread and Dessert. The price is $10.00 for
Adults and $4.00 for children 12 years or younger. For additional information contact Ron Huerth 805
231-3193.
Lowest Buy-In Around — Now Only $55 Saturday Night Bingo
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
MONDAY NIGHT BINGO Sponsored by St. Rose of Lima School
24 Max Packs Cost Just $90 Doors Open at 4:30pm on both nights.
Phone: 526-5565
Please take about an hour of your time to help our local Catholic Hospitals, other local hos-pitals and the National grid during times of
emergency by giving blood at the Knights of Columbus quarterly blood drive Saturday
March 21 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the St Rose of Lima parish hall. United Blood Services is our local blood bank
and provides a number of life saving services to those in need.
Call Paul Friedeborn at 805-522-6080, UBS at 805-654-1600 or contact them online
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Lecturas de la Semana Lunes: Is 65:17-21; Sal 30 (29):2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Martes: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Sal 46 (45):2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Miércoles: Is 49:8-15; Sal 145 (144):8-9,
13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Jueves: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Rm 4:13:16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a o Lc 2:41-51a
Viernes: Sab 2:1a, 12-22; Sal 34 (33):17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Sábado: Jer 11:18-20; Sal 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Domingo: Jer 31:31-34; Sal 51 (50):3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 Lecturas alternativas (Año A): Ez 37:12-14; Sal 130 (129):1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]
Tercera parte del artículo del libro
"Manual de Guerra Espiritual".
Porque su naturaleza angelical ha sido deformada y obscurecida por el pecado, los diablos ahora abusan de sus grandes regalos de Dios usándolos para dañar y para destruir a los seres humanos. Su único propósito es hacer caer a cuantas personas sean posible para que se unan a ellos en la rebelión contra Dios y ser separados para siempre de Dios en el Infierno. Aunque los demonios tienen poderes, necesitamos saber que sus poder es limitado. Por ejemplo, Satanás y sus colegas no pueden saber el futuro a menos que Dios lo haya revelado. Sin embargo, dado su conocimiento extenso de acontecimientos a través del mundo y de la historia, pueden hacer predicciones exactas y después actuar en ellas. Así pues, el diablo no es un dios malvado, igual en poder que Dios quien es Eterno, todo Poderoso y lleno de Sabiduria. Satanás es solamente una criatura y al final no puede contra Dios, Su Creador y único Juez. Esto plantea una ultima pregunta sobre diablos y su actividad diabólico . Si Dios es supremo e infinitamente mas poderoso que Satanás y sus anfitriones,
¿Por qué entonces Dios no evita que hagan mal en la tierra? Podríamos preguntar la misma pregunta porqué Dios no detiene a los seres humanos que hacen el mal. La respuesta es doble Primero, porque Dios respeta la voluntad libre de los ángeles y de los seres humanos. En segundo lugar, la presencia del mal y su actividad entre nosotros es un misterio que no podemos entender en esta vida. Sin embargo, podemos decir lo siguiente: Dios permite el mal porque El siendo todopoderoso puede traer de lo mas malo algo grande y mucho mejor. La crucifixión de Jesúcristo es el ejemplo perfecto de esta verdad. Según el Evangelio, “Cuando Satanás entró en Judas,” uno de los 12 Apóstoles, Judas fue hacia fuera y traicionó a Jesús (Lucas 22:3 - 4). Así pues, el peor mal que podemos imaginar– la tortura y el asesinato del inocente Hijo de Dios ocurrió con la influencia del diablo. Todavía, el triunfo de la tumba vacía transformó el horror de la cruz.
Cuando Jesús resucito dentro los muertos, El exhibió el poder de Dios al extraer del mayor mal algo tan bueno—la redención del mundo. Lo que fue cierto para Jesús es verdad para nosotros. Nuestro tiempo en esta tierra proporciona el campo de batalla para que Dios nos ponga a prueba, nos purifique, fortifique y nos perfeccione para que podamos vivir con El por siempre en cielo. Y así que los diablos sirven como herramientas útiles para Dios mientras ya que nos prueban constantemente y de modo que nos dan la oportunidad para ser más puros, más fuertes y más cercano a la perfección cada vez que nos oponemos a las tentaciones del diablo. Como dijo San Agustín, “Como artista, Dios utiliza incluso del diablo.” El segundo principio de la guerra espiritual es: CONOZCA LA TÁCTICA DE NUESTRO ENEMIGO. El diablo utiliza varias tácticas, ordinarias y extraordinarias, en su trabajo diabólico. La actividad ordinaria del diablo es sutil.
Ocurre dentro de nuestro pensamientos. El diablo planta ideas dentro de nuestras mentes para influir en la razón. Los diablos pueden sugerir ideas con conversaciones, lectura, o ciertas imágenes. Mas a menudo los diablos nos influyen tentándonos para que pequemos Consiguen nuestra atención con nuestros pensamientos para despertar nuestras emociones para conseguir que pequemos. Los diablos nos tientan de varias maneras. Primero, los demonios nos tientan con el engaño. Jesús llamo al diablo “un mentiroso y el padre de mentiras”
En Ef 6:11, el Apóstol San Pablo habla de como el diablo se disfraza como un el “ángel de la luz” Muy a menudo hay una mentira en el corazón de la tentación que el diablo presenta. Recuerda cómo Satanás engañó a Eva en el jardín de Edén. Cuando la serpiente le tentó, él hizo con mentiras acerca de los motivos de Dios y las consecuencias del pecado (véase la Génesis 3:4 - 5). De una manera similar, las mentiras del diablo a nosotros que nos dicen por ejemplo, “Procede. Hazlo. No puede ser pecado ya que todos lo están haciendo”
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St. Rose of Lima School’s 50th Anniversary Celebration & Reunion Weekend
April 25-26 Saturday, April 25 Anniversary Gala
5:00 – 10:00 pm Ronald Reagan Library’s Learning Center Enjoy a tour of the Library’s Current Exhibit,
Dinner, Auctions, & Entertainment! $75.00 per person, Cocktail Attire.
Sunday, April 26 Anniversary Mass & Picnic
11:00 am - 3:00 pm St. Rose of Lima Church & School Mass Picnic, Concert & Open House
Reservations required. Donations accepted. Bring your chairs and blankets for outdoor seating
11:00am Mass, 12:00pm lunch, 1:00pm concert/program.