April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday

BAPTISM: 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 12 noon. Sunday at 1:15pm

Please call the Rectory to register for the parents’ preparation class.

For grades 2-8, sign up for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC).

For grades 9 and above, call to learn more about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

MARRIAGE: 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 12:00 p.m.

Be sure to contact the Rectory at least six months before your anticipated wedding date.

RECONCILIATION / CONFESSION: Saturdays from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. — or you may call the

Rectory to make an appointment with any priest.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Rectory for one of our priests to come. Our Eucharistic Ministers visit the homebound daily.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Fridays: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., concluding with

Evening Prayer & Benediction at 6:00 p.m. First Fridays: Benediction & Mass at 6:00 p.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS:

Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in the Church, Novena and Mass.

COMMUNAL RECITATION OF THE ROSARY: Weekdays immediately after the 9:00 a.m. Mass.

LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDREN: Sundays during the 10:30 a.m. Mass.

OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH ♦ Daly City, CA 94015-3424

Rectory: 1 Elmwood Dr. — Church / Church Hall: 5 Elmwood Dr. — School: 7 Elmwood Dr. Parish Center / Religious Education Office / Convent: 15 Elmwood Dr.

Established in 1954 — A Member of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

MASSES:

Saturday Vigil: 4:00 & 5:30 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, & 10:30 a.m.,

and 12:00 p.m.

Monday to Friday: 7:00 & 9:00 a.m., plus First Fridays

at 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays & National Holidays:

at 9:00 a.m. only.

Holy Days of Obligation:

7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Parish Telephone Numbers:

Rectory Office (650) 755-2727 Religious Education Office (650) 992-5769 Our Lady of Mercy School (650) 756-3395 OLM School Extended Care (650) 756-1181 Music Director & Organist (415) 282-2241 Our Lady of Mercy Convent (650) 992-5769

The Rectory office is staffed Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

On weekends and holidays, Our Lady of Mercy Rectory office is closed.

RECTORY STAFF — 1 Elmwood Drive: Rev. Domingo Orimaco Pastor Rev. Sebastine Bula, V.C. Parochial Vicar Deacon Mike Ghiorso Permanent Deacon Deacon Marcos Cobillas Permanent Deacon Grace Mangini, CPA Parish Bookkeeper Sr. Virginia Barcelona, RVM Pastoral Associate Susana Breneman Parish Secretary

SCHOOL STAFF — 7 Elmwood Drive: Mr. Jeffrey Burgos Principal Ms. Beth Gorman Assistant Principal Sr. Eileen Pazmino, RSM School Secretary Mrs. Zarah Llemos School Secretary Sr. Ma. Rosabel Sare, RVM School DRE

PARISH CENTER STAFF — 15 Elmwood Drive:

Sr. Ovelyn Obliosca, RVM Director of Religious Education Ms. Laura Reyes Director of Music IN RESIDENCE: Rev. Rey Culaba,CSsR Rectory Sr. Nicolina Estevez, RVM Parish Center/Convent Sr. Ruth Linaac, RVM Parish Center/Convent

WEEKEND ASSISTANCE: Sr. Catherine Nguyen, LHC Church Sacristan Bro. Douglas Draper, SJ St. Ignatius College Preparatory

PARISH WEBSITE: www.olmcath.org

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.olmbulldogs.org

Day Time Mass Intentions for the coming week:

April 17, 2017 - April 23, 2017

Mon 17

7:00am 9:00am 6:00pm

Sr. Ma. Aurora Lloren, RVM Alfredo Cruz +

Evelyn Joson –In Thanksgiving

RC DO SB

Tue 18

7:00am 9:00am

Souls In Purgatory Placido Apolinario Jr. +

RC SB

Wed 19

7:00am 9:00am

Nikkos Bautista Souls In Purgatory

SB SB

Thu 20

7:00 am 9:00am

Alberto Esteva + Teresa Navarro de Mendes +

DO DO

Fri 21

7:00am 9:00am

Souls In Purgatory Emily Mayumi Bautista –In Thanksgiving

DO SB

Sat 22

9:00am 4:00pm 5:30pm

Dante Tapia + Louie & Tesy Evangelista –In Thanks

Christopher Marston +

DO SB DO

Sun 23

7:30am 9:00am

10:30am 12:00pm

Terry & Ronie Flaherty –In Thanksgiving Mr. & Mrs. Reynaldo Rabadon –In Thanks

Marietta Insigne + OLM Class of 2013– In Thanksgiving

DO SB DO SB

Rest in Peace

Gene Simpson

REJOICE AND BE GLAD

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad” (Psalm 118:24). Let us remember that these words of today’s responsori-al psalm are not only sung from the hearts of those gath-

ered in our parish. They are also sung by the poor in tiny barrios throughout Central and South America. They are sung by those denied religious freedom in our world; these Christians lift their voices in clandestine places of worship. These words are sung by people who have lost loved ones to acts of terrorism and war around the globe. Even in the midst of conflict and division, Christians still come together to declare that pov-erty, loneliness, violence, and division will never, ever have as much power as the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, let us rejoice this day and be glad! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Heavens and earth

When the people of ancient times looked at the sky, they saw a place of wonder, beyond human understanding, a place where the gods dwelled. It still is.

As we celebrate the Paschal Triduum, you might want to recapture that sense of awe that ancient peoples had. Sometimes, because we know so much more about the heavens, we become blasé. Actually, as we look at pic-tures from space, we should be in even greater awe than those ancient peoples. Fourteen billion light years across, with trillions of trillions of planets, stars, and gal-axies, made up of innumerable electrons and protons, atoms and molecules. This is the huge universe that God created. This is the universe God rules.

And yet He took human form to save us. Just think of how remarkable it is that the God of that

huge universe is even aware of us. Then realize that He is not only aware, but concerned for us. So concerned that He became one of us and died for our sins.

There are two major holy days for the Christian world. One is Christmas, the other is Easter. If you are like most people, you spend much more time anticipating Christ-mas than Easter. Christmas is the birth of a child. It is presents and laughter and family and friends. It is joyful.

Easter, on the other hand, is not anticipated as much as experienced. There is Ash Wednesday, a day of sor-row. There are forty days of Lent, when we try to do some small thing to remind us of Jesus’ suffering. The Passion is read at Palm Sunday Mass, then again on Good Friday. Then, after seven weeks of “suffering,” there is one brief day of joy and in the minds of most people it’s over.

And yet that one day is the most important day in the history of mankind. Jesus rose from the dead. That one act is the basis of our belief. Without it, Jesus was just another prophet. With it, he proves he is God. With it, he opens the doors for us to heaven. Let that thought fill you during the next week. This should be a time of joy even greater than that which we feel at Christmas.

We will never understand God. We don’t have to. We just have to understand that He loves us. He accepted human form to teach us. He accepted human death to free us. Why didn’t God take the easy way? Why didn’t Jesus come down from the cross and conquer Rome? Why did he have to suffer and die? He was God!

Why? Because to do so would not have been human. Humans suffer, humans die. By rising from the dead, he showed that we should not fear death. Before that, how-ever, he experienced what it means to be human. Think about that. God knows how it feels to be human. He knows our fears and doubts and weaknesses. He thus becomes even more understanding, more loving.

By giving us free will, he allowed us the right to make our own choices. We can love God and love our neigh-bor, or we can love only ourselves.

When you look at the night sky, remember that. Heaven or hell, it is our choice. ~DN

DATE TIME EVENT PLACE

Sun., April 16 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 pm

Liturgy of the Word for Children NO Baptism

NO Bible Study

Church Church

Parish Center library

Mon.,April 17 6:00 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions Church Tue., April 18 7:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Cantor Practice Choir Practice

Parish Center Music Room Parish Center Music Room

Wed., April 19 Thu., April 20 6:30 p.m. Legion of Mary

Parish Center Music Room

Fri., April 21 1:00 p.m. 9:30am - 6:00pm

6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Charismatic Prayer Group meeting Eucharistic Exposition & Adoration

Evening Prayer + Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Youth Ministry

Parish Center Library Church Church

Parish Center Library

Sat., April 22 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Confessions Church

Sun., April 23 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Liturgy of the Word for Children Baptism of Apollo Gnida, Juniper Reyes, Joy Gutierrez,

Jonathan Voong, Ezreal Tamayo & Elijah Nazareno Bible Study

Church Church

Parish Library

Please join us in our 3rd Annual 3 -Day Prayer Devotion (Triduum) honoring San Pedro Calungsod on Thursday, Apr il 20 - 6:30PM, Friday, April 21 – 6:30PM, and Saturday, April 22 -3:15PM with the 4:00 mass immediately following at Our Lady of Mercy Church. Saint Pedro Calungsod is the second Filipino saint and was canonized in October 2012. He was a teenage na-tive of the Visayas region in the Philippines and served as a missionary lay catechist along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis San Vitores in Guam. He preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk of being persecuted and was eventually murdered at the age of 17. Through San Pedro and San Vitores’ efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism. Saint Pedro is the patron of the youth, altar boys, mi-grants, catechists, and the Overseas Filipino Workers.”

MARRIED COUPLES: Marriage Encounter is a positive, simple common sense, private experi-ence between you and your spouse, that revitaliz-es marriage by helping you to see again those loving qualities in each other that you may be taking for granted. The next Marriage En-counter Weekend is May 19-21, 2017 in

Mountain View. For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

Next week, our parish will take up the 134th Annual Black and Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American and Alaska Native com-munities from coast to coast.

Schools, parish religious education programs, and dioc-esan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Please prayerfully consider how you can support this appeal. For more information, please check www.blackandindianmission.org/nationalcollection Please be generous!!

DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

Our Lady of Mercy parish is having its fifth annual nine-day novena to the DIVINE MERCY, beginning Good Friday, April 14, 2017 after the Good Friday services at 4:30 pm. The Chaplet will be prayed daily before the Mass and Novena Masses will be celebrated in the evening during Easter week. Please see posted flyers in the vesti-bule for exact times of the daily schedule.

Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. — Colossians 3:4 TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43). Psalm — This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118). (1) Second Reading — All who are baptized, set your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or (2) Second Reading — Christ our Passover is sacri-ficed; therefore let us celebrate (1 Corinthians 5:6b-8). Gospel — Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John; each re-sponds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or Matthew 28:1-10 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Monday: Monday within the Octave of Easter; Income Tax Day Tuesday: Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Wednesday: Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Thursday: Thursday within the Octave of Easter Friday: Friday within the Octave of Easter Saturday: Saturday within the Octave of Easter; Earth Day

Divine Mercy Sunday: Solemn Celebration Where: St.Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 1310 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame (just off El Camino Real) When: Sunday, April 23, 2017 What: 2:30pm Confessions Divine Mercy chaplet 3:00pm Mass of Divine Mercy with Fr. George Schultze, SJ 4:00pm Veneration of Divine Mercy image Benediction Please join us. All are welcome. For more info: Judy Miller 650-342-1988

The People of O.L.M.

Committees Parish Pastoral Council

Parish Finance Committee Parish Social Committee

Principal’s Advisory Council Liturgy Committee

Liturgical Ministries Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers,

Ushers, Cantors, Parish Choir, Children’s Choir, Youth Ministry

Spiritual Development Bible Study Group

Charismatic Prayer Group Third Order Carmelites

Legion of Mary Singles for Christ

Service and Social Organizations Saint Vincent de Paul Society

Young at Heart Club Knights of Columbus

Parish Bulletin Staff Susan Breneman, Mr. Denis Nolan

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• Baptism and Confirmation of their children, • Weddings and Marriage Anniversaries, • Funeral Services for loved ones,

etc.

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Church Name: Our Lady of Mercy Location: Daly City, CA 94015 Bulletin #: 519131 Phone #: (650) 755-2727 Modem #: (650)755-7444 Printer #: HP Laser Jet 4MP Bulletin Editor: Susan Breneman Email Address: olmcatholicchurch@gmail.com Comments or request: