MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 8:00AM; 5:00PM (Vigil) Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 6:00PM, & Spanish Mass 4:00PM Tuesday - Friday: 8:00AM Monday: 8:00AM Communion Service Holy Days & Special Services: See bulletin

RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 4:00PM

PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA: Tuesdays: 8:30AM

4540 El Cerrito Drive San Diego, CA 92115

Phone: 619-582-5722 Website: www.blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Parish E-Mail: jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Clergy: Pastor: Fr. Jose Goopio, SVD Deacon: Tony Albers Deacon: Herb Kelsey

March 17, 2019 — 2nd Sunday of Lent

2nd Sunday of Lent Blessed Sacrament March 17, 2019

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Sunday, March 17 May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do. And may his loving

CALENDAR MARCH

Mar. 19- Spanish Healing Mass CH 6:30pm Mar. 22 - Stations of the Cross CH 7pm Mar. 29 - Stations of the Cross CH 7pm

Mar. 30-31 Annual Lenten Collection

APRIL Apr. 4 - Parish Penance Service 7pm Apr. 5 - Stations of the Cross CH 7pm Apr. 12 - Stations of the Cross CH 7pm Apr. 14 - African Mass & Gathering 1pm Apr. 18 - Holy Thursday No 8am Mass Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7pm Adoration until midnight Apr. 19 - Good Friday No 8am Mass Passion of the Lord (not a Mass) 1pm & 7pm Apr. 20 - Holy Saturday No 8am Mass 8pm Easter Vigil Mass Apr. 21 - Easter Sunday 8am, 10am,

FINANCIAL UPDATE March 9-10 Collection

$X,xxx.XX

Thank you for your continued support.

Parish Community Announcements

.Seder Celebration with Mass

Followed by Soup & Salad in the Parish Hall

Get your tickets March 30 - April 14 after Sat/Sun Mass for this special cele-bration Seder Soup & Salad $6 for adults ($3 for kids 5 yrs old or younger) No tickets will be sold at the door.

Lenten Observances

Prayer Requests on the Cross At the side door of the church is a cross. As part of your Lenten journey, you may place a self-stick prayer request on the cross. Let’s pray for each other’s intentions.

Congratulations to our Newly Baptized

& His Family

• March 26 - St. Didacus 7 pm • March 26 - Our Lady of Grace 7 pm • March 29 - St. Jude 5:30 pm • April 1- St. Martin 7 pm • April 3 - St. Rita 7 pm • April 5 - Our Lady of Angels 7:00 pm

• April 9 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 7 pm

• April 9 - San Diego Mission 7 pm • April 16 - Our Lady of Guadalupe

3:00 pm • April 17 - Our Lady of the Rosary

6:30 pm

Blessed Sacrament Parish Penance Service Thursday, April 4th at 7pm

Other Area Penance Services:

Tuesdays - Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Join us each Tuesday after 8am Mass for prayer and reflection.

Fridays - Stations of the Cross

Every Friday during Lent at 7pm in the Church. March 8 thru April 12.

Welcome New Parishioners

Make a Commitment to Christ this Lent

Join our parish community! Registration forms are available in the Parish Office. Call (619) 582-5722 or stop by. You can also visit our website blessed-sacrament-sandiego.org/ and download the registration form at the Join Us menu tab. Fill it out and email it to jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org.

Spanish Healing Mass Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30pm in BSP Church

with Fr. David Hurtado

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Women’s Club Card & Bingo Party Saturday, April 27th

Time: 10am to 2:30pm Location: Parish Hall

Buy Your Tickets NOW! Blessed Sacrament Women’s Club presents our annual party. Lunch is included at $20.00 per person and catered by Cupid’s Catering.

All our proceeds go to the upkeep of our altar, purchasing the wine,

hosts, oil, candles, vestments, flowers, care of the linens, etc. Come join us for a

good cause, great food & a fun evening. RSVP: Pat Luebbers 619-262-8522

Clean-Up for Christ! Saturday, April 13th 10am-1pm

Join the Vietnamese Group in a work party to clean the church & grounds for Easter. Bring your own gardening tools like rakes, shovels; trash bags will be provided. Help us prepare for the season of the birth of our Lord by tidying around His house. INFO: Peter Hoa Tran 619-259-3787

Parish Community Announcements

You Can Still Contribute to the 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal

Support essential ministries and services which benefit San Diego Diocese. Your participation makes a difference. Any amount over our Goal will return to our Parish.

Make a pledge using the brochure forms at the church doors. Please return in the collection basket or at the Parish office.

Make checks payable to: Diocese of San Diego. Or go to www.giving.sdcatholic.org to make a secure online pledge or donation and for more information.

Todavía Puede Contribuir a la Campaña Católica Anual 2019

Apoyar los ministerios y servicios esenciales que benefician a la diócesis de San Diego. Tu participación hace la diferencia. Cualquier cantidad sobre nuestra meta regresará a nuestra parroquia.

Haga una promesa usando los formularios del folleto en las puertas de la iglesia. Regreso en la canasta de recolección o en la oficina parroquial.

Haga los cheques a nombre de: Diócesis de San Diego. O vaya a www.giving.sdcatholic.org para hacer una promesa o donación en línea segura y para obtener más información.

Lenten Mission Holy Week Retreat

The Paschal Mystery As Vital Light and Might

April 15-17—in the Church

Fr. Pio Estepa, SVD presents 3 days exploring “The Paschal Mystery”. Topics for each evening are:

• Monday, April 15 - 9am & 7pm FAITH AS VIA CRUCIS (Way of the Cross) • Tuesday, April 16 - 9am & 7pm HOPE AS RISUS PASCHALIS (Easter Laughter) • Wednesday, April 17 - 9am THE SEDER AS ‘EUCHARIST’ (Thanksgiving)

The Paschal Mystery—after every Eucharistic consecration of bread and wine, what we proclaim as the “mystery of faith” is what we most solemnly celebrate during the Holy Week –from Passion Sunday to Easter Sunday.

From Holy Monday to Wednesday, you are most welcome to join our parish community in reflecting anew on the Paschal Mystery:

• What meaningful light (why) can it shed on our journey from womb to tomb?

• And what sustaining might (how) can it give to our “pursuit of happiness”?

“One who has a why to live for,” so affirms a German adage, “can bear with almost any how.”

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REFLECTIONS

Treasures from Our Tradition

By now, many may have failed in Lenten discipline. The daily dough-nut or cigarette is simply too allur-ing. There is meaning even in the failure, though, a kind of reminder that we cannot save ourselves. Part of the power of Lent is that we do it together. We fall, we get up and clear space in our lives.

What do we do with the space we have made with our sacrifice? It’s balanced by the Easter question of our response to Christ’s love: “What are you taking on for Easter?

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Stand Firm in the Lord

It is not hard to imagine, in this age of wars, evil groups bent on the de-struction of humanity, and political follies, that the words of Saint Paul were so accurate, even for his time. It seems that the world never chang-es. Paul says, “Many . . . conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is their destruc-tion . . . Their minds are occupied with earthly things” (Philippians 3:18, 19).

The result is the destruction of inno-cent people and of the Earth itself. But Paul says to the Philippians, “our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (3:20). He will “change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body” (3:21). Note that he says “body” rather than “bodies.” He is talking about the whole community of believers, who, following the example of Jesus and of Paul, will come into the glory of God.

So “stand firm in the Lord” (4:1).

Mantente Firme en El Señor

No es difícil imaginar, en esta época de guerras, que grupos malvados tiendan a la destrucción de la human-idad y locuras políticas, que las palabras de san Pablo fueron tan precisas, aún para el tiempo en que vivió. Pareciera que el mundo nunca cambia. Pablo dice “muchos se com-portan como enemigos de la cruz de Cristo. Para los que piensan en co-sas terrenas, su destino es la perdición. . . (Filipenses 3: 18, 19).

El resultado es la destrucción de per-sonas inocentes y del planeta mismo. Pero Pablo dice a los filipenses: “somos ciudadanos del cielo, de donde esperamos como salvador a Jesucristo el Señor” (3:20). Él “transformará nuestro cuerpo frágil en un cuerpo glorioso semejante al suyo” (3:21). Nota que él dice “cuerpo” en lugar de “cuerpos”. Él habla acerca de la completa comunidad de creyentes, quienes, siguiendo el ejem-plo de Jesús y Pablo, vendrán a la gloria de Dios. Así que “¡manténganse firmes en el Señor!” (4:1).

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WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, March 16 5pm Charlie Munoz †

SUNDAY, March 17 8am Parishioners 10am Charlie Munoz † 6pm Srs. Katie & Eleanor - int.

MONDAY, March 18 8am Margarita Solis †

TUESDAY, March 19 8am Elena Valenzuela - int.

WEDNESDAY, March 20 8am Esperanza Carmona †

THURSDAY, March 21 8am Josefina Valenzuela †

FRIDAY, March 22 8am David & Carmen Castro †

SATURDAY, March 23 8am Family of Gene Martinez - int. 5pm Baldomero Sierra †

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Scripture Readings & Prayer

THIS WEEK

Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38

Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a

Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28

Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31

Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46

Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32

Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

TODAY

First Reading -- The LORD made a covenant with Abram (Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18) Psalm -- The Lord is my light and my salvation (Psalm 27). Second Reading -- Our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:17 -- 4:1 [3:20 -- 4:1]). Gospel -- Atop a mountain, Jesus was transfigured be-fore Peter, James, and John (Luke 9:28b-36).

Sunday, March 17 Rev. Gary Rye, OSA

Monday March 18 Rev. Urbano Salada Tuesday March 19 Rev. Manuel Sanahuja Wednesday March 20 Rev. Gary Sanders, OSA Thursday, March 21 Rev. Anthony Saroki Friday, March 22 Rev. David Sereno Saturday, March 23

Rev. Edgar Serrano

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March 24 “Always Our Children” Lenten Mass 5pm Adoration, Reconciliation; 6pm Mass; 7pm Reception. St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. 1638 Polk Ave. 92103. All are invited to a Lenten Mass for Families & Friends of the LGBT Community INFO: www.sjesandiego.org

March 30

Explorer Day Learning About The Priesthood. 8:30 am. to 3:30 pm. St. Francis Cen-ter at the USD - If living a life of ser-vice for Christ & the people of God as a Priest is calling you, please attend. Applications are at your parish office or call Fr. Lauro Minimo at St. Francis Center at (619) 291-7446

May 3-5

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April 5-7 Rummage Sale Biggest & Best Ever Fri. & Sat. 8am-8pm, Sun. 8am-3pm At Holy Spirit Parish. Furniture, Tools, Sporting Goods, Bikes, Books, Toys, Clothing, Shoes, Accessories… You name it, we probably have it! Dona-tions welcome through Wed. Apr. 3.

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White Mass for Medical Caregivers 10:30am at Sacred Heart Parish, 655 C Ave. Coronado CA 92118. The Mass and reception will honor all who provide compassionate care and service and concern for human life. All faiths are welcome. RSVP by April 1st to isantiesteban@sdcatholi.org.

June 8 Multicultural Diocesan Pentecost Celebration 11am - Bishops McElroy & Dolan invite all families to “Gather as One Body” in a Multicultural Mass. After-wards different communities will share their history & culture with free food samplings &entertainment. Res-ervations: ADiaz@sdcatholic.org

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MINISTRIES

Adoration Chapel Contact parish office 619-582-5722

Altar Servers Contact parish office 619-582-5722

Choir - Contemporary (10:00 am & 6 pm Masses) 619-582-5722

Choir - Traditional Patti Burch (8am Masses) 619-735-6330

Eucharistic Ministers Contact Parish Office 619-582-5722

Lectors Sheila Kennedy 619-287-1864

Ushers Parish Office 619-582-5722

Youth Ministry (High School Students) Contact parish office 619-582-5722

GROUPS

Cares for Kids Teresa Markey 619-582-2141

Culture of Life Margie Morrison 619-582-8651

Knights of Columbus John Agoh 619-278-8405

Women’s Club Pat Luebbers 619-262-8522

Parish Information & Resources Parish ID# for United Way Contributions is 9753

PARISH OFFICE 619-582-5722

Pastoral Staff Fr. Jose Goopio, Pastor

Deacon Herb Kelsey

Deacon Tony Albers

Kerwin Molina, x124 RCIA & Children’s Faith Formation Coordinator FaithForm@blessedsacrament- sandiego.org

Justine Coliflores, Confirmation, teens Administrative Staff

Jeanine Yin, x100 Administrative Assistant

Nancy Ulrich, x129 Communications Coordinator

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SACRAMENTS

Marriage Information: 619-582-5722 Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before the marriage date.

Baptism Information: Deacon Herb Kelsey

First Communion: Contact Parish Office

Confirmation: Contact Parish Office

Anointing of the Sick: Fr. Jose Goopio 619-582-5722

Funeral Arrangements: Contact Parish Office 619-582-5722

SCHOOL SKDA - St. Katharine Drexel Academy Anne Egan, Principal 619-582-3862 Parent-Teacher Group(PTG) Tina Greenbank (President) tinagreenbank@gmail.com