Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

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Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church

5011 White Oak Avenue,

Encino, Ca 91316 (818) 342-4686 www.ourladyofgrace.org

May 29, 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter Time

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From the Pastors Desk + 7th Sunday of Easter

Dear Parish Family,

Happy Ascension Sunday! Last week, I was reading a series of daily mediations and I stumbled on one written by the Franciscan Priest and Author Richard Rohr. His meditation is quite appropriate to what we are experiencing as church and makes us reflect on what are we doing wrong or right as a church. When Jesus ascended to the Father the catechism, or the code of canon law did not fall from the sky to guide and govern the lives of those first disciples. It was up to his followers open to the working of the Holy Spirit to walk each day with a desire to make Jesus known, loved, felt, served, and alive in the world. The Feast of the Ascension is a commissioning to make disciples of all people. Why is it so hard for us to do that?

The church right now seems to struggle to be a source or vessel of discipleship. Have we gotten so entitled or have we become so lukewarm? Is it beyond us to transcend above and beyond the nasty, mundane, secular, etc.? The church as an institution can sometimes even be so political or it is divided among her members. The article below speaks to this by reminding us of the “marrow of the Gospel.” It is a time to rebuild by going back to the root of Gospel living and to allow the silent and personal God to touch and mold us. Remember that beautiful prayer commonly referred to as

The Bookmark of St. Teresa of Avila:

Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world,

yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world…

Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

Rebuilding from the Bottom Up (Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM)

Our religion is not working well: suﬀering, fear, violence, injustice, greed, and meaninglessness still abound. This is not even close to the reign of God that Jesus taught. And we must be frank: in their behavior and impact upon the world, Christians are not much diﬀerent than other people.

Many Christians are not highly transformed people; instead, they tend to reflect their own culture more than they operate as any kind of leaven within it. I speak especially of American Christians, because I am one. But if you are from another country, look at the Christians where you live and see if the same is true there.

Let’s be honest: religion has probably never had such a bad name. Christianity is now seen as “irrelevant” by some,

“toxic” by many, and often as a large part of the problem rather than any kind of solution. Some of us are almost embarrassed to say we are Christian because of the negative images that word conjures in others’ minds. Young people especially are turned oﬀ by how judgmental, exclusionary, impractical, and ineﬀective Christian culture seems to be.

Most Christians have not been taught how to plug into the “mind of Christ”; thus, they often reflect the common mind of power, greed, and war instead. The dualistic mind reads reality in simple binaries—good and bad, right and wrong—and thinks itself smart because it chooses one side. This is getting us nowhere.

Throughout the history of Christianity, it would seem Jesus’ teaching has had little impact, except among people who surrendered to great love and great suﬀering. Could this be the real core of the Gospel? Such people experience God rather than merely have disconnected ideas about God. We need to rely on the mind of mystics now to oﬀer any kind of alternative—contemplative or nondual—consciousness. We need practice-based religion that teaches us how to connect with the Infinite in ways that actually change us from our finite perspectives.

We must rediscover what St. Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) called the “marrow of the Gospel.” [1] It’s time to rebuild from the bottom up. If the foundation is not solid and sure, everything we try to build on top of it is weak and ineﬀective. Perhaps it’s a blessing in disguise that so much is tumbling down around us. It’s time to begin again. In the year 1205, Jesus spoke to Francis through the San Damiano cross: “Francis, rebuild my church, for you see it is falling into ruin.” If Jesus himself says the church is falling into ruin, I guess we can admit it also without being accused of being negative or unbelieving. Maybe we have to admit it for anything new and good to happen.

References:

[1] Thomas of Celano, The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul, chapter 158. See Francis of Assisi: Early Docu ments, vol. 2, The Founder (Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2000), 380.

See you all next Sunday, Solemnity of Pentecost, for the big Mass and Parish BBQ at 10am in the school courtyard. It will surely be a fun time to celebrate this parish family and how each of you are a gift of God! Have a great week!

Peace,

- Fr. Marinello Saguin

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Mensaje del Párroco + 7

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Domingo De Pascua

Querida Familia de Fe,

¡Feliz Domingo de ascensión! La semana pasada, estaba leyendo una serie de mediaciones diarias y me topé con una escrita por el sacerdote franciscano y autor Richard Rohr. Su meditación es muy apropiada para lo que estamos experimentando como iglesia y nos hace reflexionar sobre lo que estamos haciendo mal o bien como iglesia. Cuando Jesús ascendió al Padre, el catecismo, o el código de derecho canónico, no cayó del cielo para guiar y gobernar las vidas de esos primeros discípulos.

Dependía de sus seguidores abiertos a la obra del Espíritu Santo caminar cada día con el deseo de dar a conocer, amar, sen- tir, servir y vivir en el mundo. La Fiesta de la Ascensión es un encargo para hacer discípulos de todas las personas. ¿Por qué es tan difícil para nosotros hacer eso? La iglesia en este momento parece luchar por ser una fuente o vasija de discipulado.

¿Hemos tenido tanto derecho o nos hemos vuelto tan tibios? ¿Está más allá de nosotros trascender por encima y más allá de lo desagradable, mundano, secular, etc.? La iglesia como institución a veces puede incluso ser tan política o está dividida entre sus miembros. El siguiente artículo habla de esto recordándonos la ʺmédula del Evangelioʺ. Es un tiempo para recons- truir volviendo a la raíz de la vida evangélica y para permitir que el Dios silencioso y personal nos toque y moldee. Recuer- da esa hermosa oración comúnmente conocida como

El Marcador de Santa Teresa de Ávila:

Cristo no tiene más cuerpo que el tuyo, Sin manos, sin pies en la tierra sino los tuyos, tuyos son los ojos con los que mira

Compasión por este mundo,

tuyos son los pies con los que camina para hacer el bien, Vuestras son las manos, con las que bendice a todo el mundo...

Cristo no tiene cuerpo ahora en la tierra sino el tuyo.

Reconstrucción de abajo hacia arriba (P. Richard Rohr, OFM)

Nuestra religión no está funcionando bien: el sufrimiento, el miedo, la violencia, la injusticia, la codicia y la falta de sen- tido todavía abundan. Esto ni siquiera está cerca del reino de Dios que Jesús enseñó. Y debemos ser francos: en su com- portamiento e impacto en el mundo, los cristianos no son muy diferentes de otras personas.

Muchos cristianos no son personas altamente transformadas; en cambio, tienden a reflejar su propia cultura más de lo que operan como cualquier tipo de levadura dentro de ella. Hablo especialmente de los cristianos estadounidenses, porque yo soy uno. Pero si eres de otro país, mira a los cristianos donde vives y mira si lo mismo es cierto allí.

Seamos honestos: la religión probablemente nunca ha tenido tan mal nombre. El cristianismo ahora es visto como ʺirrelevanteʺ por algunos, ʺtóxicoʺ por muchos, y a menudo como una gran parte del problema en lugar de cualquier tipo de solución. Algunos de nosotros estamos casi avergonzados de decir que somos cristianos debido a las imágenes negativas que la palabra evoca en la mente de los demás. Especialmente los jóvenes, se desaniman por lo crítica, exclu- yente, poco práctica e ineficaz que parece ser la cultura cristiana.

A la mayoría de los cristianos no se les ha enseñado cómo conectarse a la ʺmente de Cristoʺ; por lo tanto, a menudo re- flejan la mente común del poder, la codicia y la guerra. La mente dualista lee la realidad en binarios simples, buenos y malos, correctos e incorrectos, y se cree inteligente porque elige un lado. Esto no nos está llevando a ninguna parte.

A lo largo de la historia del cristianismo, parecería que la enseñanza de Jesús ha tenido poco impacto, excepto entre las personas que se rindieron a un gran amor y un gran sufrimiento. ¿Podría ser este el verdadero núcleo del Evangelio?

Tales personas experimentan a Dios en lugar de simplemente tener ideas desconectadas acerca de Dios. Necesitamos confiar en la mente de los místicos ahora para ofrecer cualquier tipo de conciencia alternativa, contemplativa o no dual.

Necesitamos una religión basada en la práctica que nos enseñe cómo conectarnos con el Infinito de maneras que real- mente nos cambien desde nuestras perspectivas finitas.

Debemos redescubrir lo que San Francisco de Asís (1182-1226) llamó la ʺmédula del Evangelioʺ. [1] Es hora de recons- truir de abajo hacia arriba. Si la base no es sólida y segura, todo lo que tratamos de construir sobre ella es débil e ineficaz. Tal vez sea una bendición disfrazada que tanto esté cayendo a nuestro alrededor. Es hora de empezar de nuevo. En el año 1205, Jesús habló a Francisco a través de la cruz de San Damián: ʺFrancisco, reconstruye mi iglesia, porque ves que está cayendo en la ruinaʺ. Si Jesús mismo dice que la iglesia está cayendo en la ruina, supongo que podemos admitirlo también sin ser acusados de ser negativos o incrédulos. Tal vez tengamos que admitirlo para que suceda algo nuevo y bueno.

Referencias:

[1] Tomás de Celano, El recuerdo del deseo de un alma, capítulo 158. Véase Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, vol. 2, The Founder (Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2000), pág. 380.

Nos vemos el próximo domingo, solemnidad de Pentecostés, para la gran misa y barbacoa parroquial a las 10 de la maña- na en el patio de la escuela. ¡Seguramente será un momento divertido para celebrar a esta familia parroquial y cómo cada uno de ustedes es un don de Dios! ¡Tener una buena semana!

Paz,

Padre Marinello Saguin

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Veronica Pomposa Pablo

Godinez Claire

Mansour Mercedes

Echegoyen

Jeﬀ Kinzli Aidan

Bradley Dawn

Hopkins Imelda Clark Phillip Ribas Jose &

Helen (YB) Allison Arahkn Franklin Moya Mariano Velazquez Susan Morales

Paula

Aguilar Ed Ricard Gary Thom- as Patricia Branagan Phyllis Richardson Harolyn Ma soﬀ Pat Borland Rita Gen le Julie Sianzon Yolanda Aburto Nelson Aburto Karo Dylanian Shereen Peer Michael Peer

Grace Cihanowyz Renee Harbour Angela Rostani Stephanie Rivas Angela Berry Tony Mammo Tonya Fuentes Fuentes Family

Mejia Family Fr. Tom

Feltz Jasmin Reyes Jose Reyes Anne Nicholson Chrystal Pritchard

Brianna Mantallana Jolli Sisante Liz Knight Karlo Cuesta Samantha Ramirez Corzo Family Stephen B.

Salagubang Rubén Salagubang Jeannie Arigei William Hardy Tim Grimm Hermina Ulloa Sylvia Williams Fr. Jarlath Cunnane James Pryer

Sylvia Williams Josefina Villalobos Terry Hughes Leo Quinta- nilla Clara Mercedes Aguilar Jason Garcia Maria A.

Alzamora Joanne Williams Pa y Sims Paul Fabre Jay Newman Kathy Dunn Maria Kuhl Melinda Lowenstein PRAYER REQUEST FOR OUR BELOVED SICK

U.S. Navy Andres L. Aguilera Jamila Habibullah Jake Schneider Emily Pomposo Jordan Arteaga Jeﬀrey Quintero Connor M. Coﬀey

U.S. Air Force Fernando Aguilera Marco Flores Jorje Godina Steve Hyath

U.S. Marine Corps Manuel Arteaga Christopher Castillo Andrew Barragan Monica Pagan

Isaac Pezqueda George Moreno Jr.

Thomas J. Felix

U.S. Army Nicholas Lombard Heather Pomerantz Brian Pomerantz Corey Raby Vincent Sanwo Ron Clemente Anthony Villwock

George

Moreno

Phillip Ribas Marc A. Monreal Anthony Diaz Michael Arnold U.S. Coast Guard David Scates

(LAFD) Brian Page THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY

PRAYER REQUEST FOR OUR MILITARY MEN & WOMEN

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Mass Readings Santas Lecturas

7th Sunday of Easter:

First Reading:

Acts 7:55-60

Responsorial Psalm:

Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9 Second Reading:

Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 Gospel:

Jn 17:20-26

Monday, May 30, 2022 First: Acts 19:1-8

Psalm: 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab Gospel: Jn 16:29-33

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Zep 3:14-18a

Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Gospel: Lk 1:39-56

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 First: Acts 20:28-38

Psalm:

68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab Gospel: Jn 17:11b-19

Thursday, June 2, 2022 First: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11

Psalm:

16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Gospel: Jn 17:20-26

Friday, June 3, 2022 First: Acts 25:13b-21

Psalm: 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab Gospel: Jn 21:15-19

Saturday, June 4, 2022 First: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31

Psalm: 11:4, 5 and 7 Gospel: Jn 21:20-25

PARISH STAFF

Fr. Marinello Saguin, Parish Pastor

Fr. Gerald Osuagwu Associate Pastor

Glen Heffernan, Deacon

[email protected]

Karla Gomez

Receptionist / Social Media [email protected]

Kevin Schaffels,

Admin. & Ministerial Operations [email protected]

Leslie Reyes, Admin. Secretary

[email protected]

Jeannie Rogers, Director of Music

[email protected]

Anisha Virgen,

Outreach & Social Justice [email protected]

Jesse Rodriguez, Religious Education [email protected]

Thomas Ambriz, School Principal (818) 344-4126

[email protected]

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Mass Schedule Horario de Misas

Saturday / Sabado:

5:00 pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday / Domingo:

8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00 am (Spanish), 12:30pm

Weekdays / Misa Matutina 8:00 am (Mon—Sat) First Friday of the Month

6:30pm

Eucharistic Adoration / Adoracion Eucaristica

Mon-Fri: 8:30am—6pm Parish Center Adoration Chapel

Sacrament of Penance / Confesiones

(in the church ) (Christmas & Lent times may change)

Friday: 5:00pm to 6:00pm Saturday: 9:00am to 10:00am

Contact the Parish Center for:

Baptism ¨ Marriages ¨ Visits to the Sick / Anointing of the Sick ¨ Reli- gious Education ¨ Funerals ¨ New Pa-

rishioner Registrations

Parish Office Hours / Horario de Oficina

Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Closed for lunch:

(12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) Saturdays & Sundays:

Closed / Cerrado

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