PASTORAL STAFF REV. HENRY P. SALDITOS

ADMINISTRATOR

Office Manager Karen Potts-Elam

Religious Education Director Maria Gonzales

Liturgical Services Director Deacon Rick Minch

Facility/Maintenance Manager Dora Lucero

Groundskeeper Larry Lucero

OLV PARISH OFFICE 781 E. Gamebird Road Pahrump, NV 89048

(775) 727-4044 Phone (775) 727-3784 Fax

Email: Our_lady781@yahoo.com OLV Parish Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday

9.00 AM-3.00 PM

OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY Roman Catholic Church

Diocese of Las Vegas

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Martes: Nm 21:4-9; Sal 102 (101):2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Miércoles: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Jueves: Gn 17:3-9; Sal 105 (104):4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Viernes: Jer 20:10-13; Sal 18 (17):2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Sábado: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Domingo: Mt 21:1-11 (procesión); Is 50:4-7; Sal 22 (21):8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Fil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent Wednesday: April Fool’s Day Thursday: St. Francis of Paola Friday: First Friday; Abstinence Saturday: St. Isidore; First Saturday

GIVE GLORY TO GOD On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, just before we begin to enter Holy Week, we are summoned to Bethany. If we had been friends of Mary, Laza-rus, and Martha, and found out that Lazarus was gravely ill, we probably would have dropped everything to be with them. This was what was so surprising about the behavior of Jesus. Alt-hough he was their close friend, he chose to stay away, that God’s glory would be manifested. This is a persistent theme in John’s Gospel. Right to the very end, Jesus’ works were meant to give glory to the Father. As our Lenten jour-ney reaches a crescendo, let us be mindful that, as people who have “put on Christ” in baptism, we are also called, by our attitudes and actions, to give glory to God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Holy Virgin of Guadalupe Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas. We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you to inter-cede for us with your Son, as you did at the wedding in Cana. Pray for us, loving Mother, and gain for our nation and world, and for all our families and loved ones, the protection of your holy angels, that we may be spared the worst of this illness. For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to trust. In this time of trial and testing, teach all of us in the Church to love one anoth-er and to be patient and kind. Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts. We come to you with con-fidence, knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother, health of the sick and cause of our joy. Shelter us un-der the mantle of your protection, keep us in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know the love of your Son, Je-sus. Amen

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Reading 1 Ez 37:12–14 Thus says the Lord G : O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the L , when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the L . I have promised, and I will do it, says the L .

Responsorial Psalm Ps 130:1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8 R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. Reading 2Rom 8:8–11 Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of right-eousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.

Gospel Jn 11:1–45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the vil-lage of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” He said this, and then told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had al-ready been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; who-ever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and every-one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went and called her sis-ter Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house com-forting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deep-ly troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?” So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.” Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

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A Faith Response to the Coronavirus The coronavirus outbreak is stirring up anxiety, confusion, and major inconveniences. It is a situation in which we can easily overreact or underreact. How can our faith tradition guide and comfort us through this troubling time? A good starting point is to remember that the most repeated phrase in the Bible is “Do not be afraid!” or “Have no fear!” God probably sends us this message so frequently because fear is such a big part of human nature. Fear can alert us to dangers in our lives to keep us safe, but fear can also lead us astray, to-ward selfish responses. Enough for Everyone Of course, we see these same dynamics play out in Scripture, where fear leads to hoarding. The most famous story is when the Israelites are in the desert without food (Exodus 16). God rains down manna from heaven but also cautions them to take only what they need for now. They disobey but find that the food they attempt to store away goes bad immediately. The consistent message we hear in the Bible is that we need to trust in God, who will provide enough for everyone. The problems come when people begin to take more than they need. Fear of the coronavirus has caused some to stockpile and hoard unreasonable amounts of hand sanitizer, face masks, and other supplies against the recommendations of leaders. The prob-lem is that this wipes out supplies for those who truly need them the most—health care workers and those most vulnerable to the disease—without really making the buyers safer. Protect the Vulnerable Scripture and the social teachings of the church remind us again and again that we—as individuals and a society—must protect and give priority to those who are most vulnerable and at risk. We see this from the laws in the Old Testament that looked out for the poor and the widows, to Jesus’ embrace of people on the margins of society, to the early church’s adamant support of those who had less. The Bible urg-es us to put those who are most at risk first. In the midst of the coronavirus, the vulnerable take many forms. Most obvious are those who are elderly or have other health conditions that make them most susceptible to illness. Those who are younger may not be concerned about our own health risks, but if we help pass on the virus, it can be a life-or-death situation for others. Others are financially vulnerable and do not have the flexi-bility to take sick leave that many of us take for granted. That puts them in a difficult situation when they be-come ill and may have to choose between putting their job at risk and staying home to protect others. Like-wise, many parents do not have the flexibility to stay home when school is canceled for their children. The situation is impacting many others, such as small business owners who may already be on shaky financial ground. A Spirit of Sacrifice This health crisis is challenging many of us to make sacrifices in our lives. Some are huge, such as those made by exhausted health care workers around the world, desperately trying to keep pa-tients alive (while avoiding the illness themselves). Other sacrifices fall more in the category of inconven-iences. It is inconvenient when events are canceled, schools close, and travel is limited. It is inconvenient to wash our hands intentionally and regularly. But this kind of sacrifice is at the very center of our faith. Every time we gather around the Lord’s Table, we celebrate the powerful way Christ showed us how to love others. He sacrificed everything in self-giving love for us, and he invited us to do the same. In turn, we die to our-selves—through inconveniences and more—in order to love those around us. Truly loving others will always cost us something. Actions that may not entirely make sense to us can have huge effects. Scientists point to the 1918 flu when St. Louis proactively and aggressively closed its schools to prevent infections. Death rates in the city were about one third those in Pittsburgh, which was much slower to close its schools. Thousands of lives were saved. We may grumble about or resist changing our habits, especially if it’s unclear what’s in it for us. But we need to remember that many of these actions are more about protecting others. Perhaps the in-vitation amidst this crisis is to embrace the inconveniences fully, and then move beyond them to seek out the best ways to serve those who are most in need.

Loving Our Neighbor Community is essential to us as Christians. We are the Body of Christ, and we know that when two or more gather in Jesus’ name, he is present with us. So it may be a bit harder for us to handle the “social distancing” happening in many communities. Our call to community is not only in the context of our church but also in our neighborhood community. How do we literally love our neighbor? How can we be witnesses on our streets? One way is to regularly check in on your neighbors who may be vulnerable and iso-lated. Offer to deliver groceries or other items for them or to run other errands so they won’t have to risk in-fection by leaving their home. Be a positive, calming influence in any online neighborhood communities. Don’t spread rumors or hysteria, but find ways to support each other through the crisis.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

We, the family of Our Lady of the Valley parish in Pahrump, Nevada, a growing town rich in our traditions, recognize that our mission is to give glory and praise to God as a community united in faith. Mary is our patroness, our inspiration to be faithful to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist which is the center of the life of the church, the source of our energies and the summit of our celebration. We are a community gifted with many talents and are called to share these gifts to their greatest potential in the service and work of God. We proclaim the “Good News” of Jesus Christ with other Christians through words, actions and service to others; and by being loving, compassionate and forgiving people; seeking to help others in need, especially the sick, the poor and the elderly.

Our parishioners are of many cultures and customs, and we are happy to welcome people of all ages, all backgrounds, and all faiths to our worshiping community.

2020 Catholic Stewardship Appeal

The 25th Anniversary of the Catholic Stewardship Appeal for 2020 Our goal for the 2020 annual Catholic Stewardship Diocesan appeal is $ 41,108.00. Thank you for your con-tinued support! All are invited to participate generously in this Jubilee Year Catholic Stewardship Appeal as good and faithful Catholic Stewards. IF you did not get a pledge card, please pick one up at the entrance of the church, or contact the Parish office. As of 03.23.20 we have paid $ 14,368.00 towards our goal!! We have reached 27% of our goal. Thank you for your annual support to our CSA!! If you haven’t pledged you can still do so any time! Thank you for your generosity!

Marzo 23, 2020 Todos estamos pasando por un momento crítico y tenemos que tomar todas las preo-cupaciones que nos han recomendado las autoridades. Y es por eso que por el mo-mento todas nuestras actividades están canceladas, esto incluye las clases de for-mación, grupos de oraciones, misas entre semana, y misas de fin de semana. Por órdenes del Obispo de Las Vegas, no habrá misas publicas hasta nuevo aviso. Por favor estén atentos a los anuncios que se estarán actualizando en nuestro sitio web que es: Ourladyofthevalleychurch.org. Gracias por tomar todas las precauciones necesarias durante este tiempo. Se les agradece de corazón, Padre Henry Salditos

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