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Mass ScheduleWeekdays: Monday through Saturday: 8:00 AM

Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:15 PMSunday Morning: 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM

Holy Day Masses Vigil Mass: 6:00 PM Holy Day 8 AM, 12:10 PM

Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:30 to 5:00 P.M., and by appointment.

Baptisms & RCIA: By appointment only. Please email Linda Acuna, bear250@iCloud.com.

Weddings: By appointment only. Arrangements must be made at least one year in advance. Please contact the parish office.

Funerals: For arrangements, please call the parish office.

Mass Intentions

Sat. Feb. 1 - Weekday8:00 †Lelita Tobias

Sat., Feb. 1 - The Presentation of the Lord -Vigil

5:15 Dennis Bauer, SI

Sun., Feb. 2 - The Presentation ofthe Lord

8:30 †Robert McMahon10:00 People of Immaculate Conception

11:30 Maria de Jesus Ramos, SIMon., Feb. 3 - Weekday

†Donatien RuelTues., Feb. 4 - Weekday

†Chris Setter

Wed., Feb. 5 - St. AgathaDcn. Jose Luis Medina, SI

Thurs., Feb. 6 - St. Paul Miki & Companions

†Richard Anthony Salmon

Fri., Feb. 7 - Weekday†Deceased Donors

Weekly Parish Events or Meetings

TuesdaysChoir Practice 6:00 PM Church

SaturdaysQuilting Group 9:30 AM HallConfessions 4:30 PM Church

Monthly Events or Meetings

First Monday of the Month*I.C. Seniors 11:00 AM Hall

(Bingo & Lunch) *Except holidays, in which case I.C. Seniors will meet the following Monday.

Second Sunday of the MonthPancake breakfast After 8:30 and 10:00 Masses Hall

Readings for the Week

Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30, 16:5-13; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30:19-3; Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Sir 47:2-11; Mk 6:14-29 Saturday:1 Kgs 3:4-13; Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Is 58:7-10; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16

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Joane Anderson, Mindy Brothers, Cosmo & Joan Busalacchi, Dominic Castagnola, Elio Celentino, Reginald Custodio, Joanne Daleo, Michael Denny, Dawn Desimone, Adela Diaz, Jim Driscoll, Adele Dunne, Julie Fish, Gloria Flynn, Gloria Heuer, S h i r l e y I l o g , D o n n a C r u z J o n e s , R i c a r d o Hernandez, Olivia Ingram, Grace Mulvanity, Stephanie Ng, Zita Obregon, Glen & Marilyn Rasmussen, Anita Rivera, Marilyn Cruz Roberts, Tom Sapien, Nancy Stodgell, Rita Tarango, Mary Jane Tiernan, Marie Whitman.

Pray for the repose of thesouls of family and friends.

Rev. Mr. Jose Luis Medina, Parish Administrator

Order of Franciscans Minor,Sacramental Ministry

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Saint Blaise

Saint Blaise is a bishop and martyr who lived in the fourth century in Turkey and Armenia. For a time, Blaise lived in a cave to escape persecution. On his feast the church recalls a miracle cure associated with him and celebrates the blessing of the

throats. Blaise apparently saved the life of a boy who was choking on a fish bone. The saint said that any- one who lit a candle in his memory would be free of infection, thus candles are used in the traditional throat blessing. He is listed among the Fourteen Holy Helpers, saints revered as healers.

He is the patron saint of throat illnesses, animals, wool combers, and wool trading.

DATES: DIED 316 FEAST DAY: FEBRUARY 3

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SAINT OF THE WEEK

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P o p e F r a n c i s a p p e a l e d f o r r e m e m b r a n c e o f t h e H o l o c a u s t s a y i n g t h a t “ i n t h e f a c e o f t h i s i m m e n s e t r a g e d y i n d i f f e r e n c e i s n o t a d m i s s i b l e a n d m e m o r y i s d u e . ”

‘ N e v e r a g a i n ! ’

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By A lessandro G isot t i , Vat i can News S t o r i e s “ c a n h e l p u s u n d e r s t a n d a n d communicate who we are” because we “human beings are storytellers” who need to be “‘clothed’ with stories to protect our lives”. Pope Francis emphasizes this in his message f o r Wo r l d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s D a y 2 0 2 0 , published on Friday, the memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Patron Saint of journalists. The message, however, embraces a much broader hor izon than the profess ion of journal ism, which the Pope has got us accustomed to since his first message for World Communications Day (2014) when he e s tab l i shed an i dea l l i n k be tween the evangelical figure of the Good Samaritan and the mission carried out today by “good communicators”. At a time marked by the deceptive and divisive use of the word, an “illness” from which the Catholic world is unfortunately not immune, the Pope reminds us that communication is authentic if it builds and does not destroy. It should be “humble” in the “search for truth”, as he stressed to the journalists of the Foreign Press Association last May. And in the face of the spread of “false and evil” stories – including the sophisticated aberration of deepfake - the Pope encourages that narration speak “of ourselves and of the beauty all around us” and help us “rediscover the roots and the strength to go ahead together”. We need, he exhorts, “to make our own the truth contained in good stories. The Pope’s message mentions storytelling, a technique increasingly in vogue in various fields from advertising to politics, but the story that Pope Francis thinks about does not follow the worldly logic. It has a deeper value that revives “our memory of what we are in God’s eyes”. Moreover, a revealing indication of what the Pope considers to be a model of narration already comes from the theme chosen for the Message: “That you may tell your children and grandchildren (Ex 10:2), Life becomes history”. Noting that Sacred Scripture is “a story of stories”, the Pontiff says that the Bible shows us “a God who is both creator and narrator”. “As narrator,” the Pope continues, “God calls things into life, culminating in the creation of man and woman as his free dialogue partners.” Just ahead of the celebration of the “First Sunday of the Word of God” (January 26), instituted by the Apostolic Letter “Aperuit Illis”, Pope Francis also invites us with this message, to be close to Sacred Scripture, to make it our own, reminding us that “the Bible is thus the great love story between God and humanity”. On the other hand, as the Book of Exodus teaches us, and from which is taken the theme

of the message - we learn that the “knowledge of the Lord is handed down from generation to generation mainly by telling the story of how He continues to make Himself present”. An important part of the Pope’s message is dedicated to “destructive stories”, which are reminiscent of many of his homilies at Mass at Santa Marta. Once again - as has already been dealt with in his message for the World Day of Communications 2018, which is dedicated to the phenomenon of fake news – Pope Francis this time warns against the temptation of the serpent, as narrated in the Book of Genesis, which “introduces into the fabric of history a knot difficult to undo”. The Pope denounces those stories that “lull us, convincing us that to be happy we continually need to gain, possess and consume”. And, taking up a theme very dear to him, he stigmatizes the greed of “chatter and gossip” which “we may not even realize”, as well as “how much violence and falsehood we are consuming”. The ultimate consequence is the spread of “destructive and provocative stories that wear down and break the fragile threads binding us together as a society.” The message says that what is at risk is human dignity, which is stripped away by the combination of “unverified information” with the repetition of “banal and deceptively persuasive arguments” that strike with “hateful messages”. The Pope urges all to react to these with “courage” and reject such threats. “Amid today’s many troubles,” the Holy Father says, “we need stories that reveal who we truly are, also in the untold heroism of everyday life”. Pope Francis, therefore, turns his attention to the story of Jesus, which shows how God has taken man to heart and that for Him “no human stories are insignificant or paltry”. “By the power of the Holy Spirit,” the Pope explains, “every story, even the most forgotten one,… can be reborn as a masterpiece, and become an appendix to the Gospel.” He cites some stories that have “admirably scripted the encounter between God’s freedom and that of man” from Augustine’s “Confessions” to “The Brothers Karamazov”. He invites us to read the stories of the saints and to share those “stories that have the fragrance of the Gospel” that each of us knows. “Telling God our story is never useless,” he reiterates, because “no one is an extra on the world stage, and everyone’s story is open to possible change”. For this reason, the Pope notes, “when we tell of evil” we can also “recognize the working of goodness and give it space”. Pope Francis concludes his message with a prayer to Mary so that she listens to our stories and cherishes them. Recalling an image dear to him, which has featured in many of his homilies at Santa Marta, the Holy Father implores the Virgin Mary to untie “the tangled knots in our life” and “help us build stories of peace, stories that point to the future”.

P o p e F r a n c i s : N o t o f a l s e , d e s t r u c t i v e s t o r i e s , t e l l t h e

g o o d t h a t u n i t e s

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The Presentation of the Lord

“We too are called to welcome Jesus who comes to meet us. To encounter him: the God of life is to be encountered every day of our lives; not now and then, but every day. To follow Jesus is not a decision taken once and for all, it is a daily choice.” —Pope Francis, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 2019

The Presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the !rstborn Son who belongs to the Lord. With Simeon and Anna, all Israel awaits its encounter with the Savior—the name given to this event in the Byzantine tradition. Jesus is recognized as the long-expected Messiah, the “light of the nations” and the “glory of Israel,” but also “a sign that is spoken against.” The sword of sorrow predicted for Mary announces Christ’s perfect and unique oblation on the cross that will impart the salvation of God has “prepared in the presence of all peoples” (CCC, no. 529).

World Day for Consecrated LifeIn 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life."This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd."This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of the world. So too, those in consecrated life are called to re#ect the light of Jesus Christ to all peo-ples. The celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life is transferred to the following Sunday in order to highlight the gift of consecrated persons for the whole Church. Please pray for all those who have made commitments in the consecrated life and be sure to thank them on their spe-cial day. May they continue to be inspired by Jesus Christ and respond generously to God’s gift of their vocation.

Quote from Pope Francis, copyright © 2019, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City State. All rights reserved. Used with permission.Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved.

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