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St. Michael’s Catholic Church 5882N Ashley LnStocktonCA95215
404 Edition March 7th, 2021
Mission Statement: St. Michael’s Parish is a Catholic faith community deeply rooted in the Holy Eucharist. Through our faith and worship, we honor the Lord’s commandment to love Him and one another, to proclaim the gospel and bring about fair and just world for all people.
Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-12:00 pm & 1:00 pm -4:00 pm
(please call before coming into the office) Other times by appointment only.
Phone: 209.931-0639 or 209.931-6536 Fax: 209.931.3621
Website: www.stmichaelparish.net
Pastor Msgr Agustin Gialogo
In Residence Msgr Richard J. Ryan, J.C.D
Deacon
Allen [email protected]
DeaconBusiness Manager
Ed [email protected] Parish Secretary
Vesinia [email protected]
Director of Religious Education
Sr. Angelamaria De Leo, [email protected]
Director of Adult Faith Formation
Roz [email protected] Director of RCIA
Elena [email protected] Bookkeeper
Patti Saldañ[email protected]
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Jackie Gonzalez209.931.0639 [email protected]
Spanish Pre-Baptism Class
Jose Amezcua209.670.5531
Schedule of Masses Saturday………………………………....8:00am 4:00pm Sabado………………………………….. 6:00pm español Sunday…………………………………………..10:30 am Domingo………………………………12:00 pm español Weekdays………………………………………..8:00 am
Holy Days English……………………………...…………...8:00 am Español………………………………...………..6:00 pm
First Friday Holy Hour……………………………………….4:00 pm Mass……………………………………………..5:00 pm
Sacraments Confession……………….……………………...3:00pm Baptism..………………….1st & 3rd Sat. 11:00 am English Bautizo…..………..…….2do & 4to Sab. 11:00 am Español Marriage………………….……..6 months advance notice
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel. Visitors are welcome Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament/Exposicion del Santisimo: Due to the pandemic we are no longer exposing the Blessed Sacrament till further notice./ Debido a la pandemia el Santisimo no estara expuesto hasta nuevo aviso. Veneration of the Relic of St. Faustina/Veneracion a la Reliquia de Sor. Faustina: The 3rd Thursday of each month at 3:00 pm in the parish’s courtyard./ Cada 3er Jueves de cada mes en el patio de la parroquia.
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Donations for this exquisite statue are being graciously accepted and are much ap-preciated.
Please call the office at 931-0639 if you would like to donate and thank you in advance.
Rite of Election for Children & Adult preparing to
receive the Sacraments at Easter Vigil.
February 25th,2021
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In Loving Memory of
Bruno &
Frances
In Loving Memory of
Francisco R. Cruz &
Juanita D. Cruz
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February 2021 Weekly Collection $ 7,887.30 Online Giving (Feb.) $ 831.90 Budgeted Offertory (Feb.) $ 30,000.00 February month to date $ 36,120.44 Difference (month) $ 6,120.44
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St. Michaels’s Parish:
St. Michael is accepting letters of interest in the position of Part-Time Bookkeeper. Please have your letter mailed to the parish office. The position is approximately 15-20 varying hours per week. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: receiving & paying invoices, payroll, tracking employee bene-fits, producing financial statements, planning and maintaining budgets, attending various parish council & staff meetings, purging and securing files, maintaining and reconciling bank records, and ensuring compliance with government agencies including filing various tax forms. Your letter of interest should include your knowledge of com-puter software programs and data bases, desired wage and hours of availability. St. Michaels will contact for further in-formation if necessary. Please do not submit resumes or ap-plications at this time. Letters received after the due date will not be considered. Msgr. Gus needs your help!: Are you experienced in Information Technology Solutions? If you are, St Michael’s could use your help with the challenges that we have in trying to update and upgrade our systems. Please contact Msgr. Gus or Deacon Ed if you are interested. Divine Mercy, St. Faustina Quotes:
ST FAUSTINA-LOVING TO DO THE WILL OF GOD
"If you love me, you will keep my Commandments." (Jn 14;15) "I delight to do Your Will. O my God, Your Will is within my heart" (Psalm 40-8) Mother Mary instructed
St Faustina to "accept with profound submission to the Will of God." (Diary 1624) St Michaels Ladies' Guild:
Will be having their monthly meeting starting March 10th at 12:00pm in the Rose Liel Hall. Wear a mask and bring your own lunch/snack. Drinks will be provided. Please let me know if you are coming so we can set up social distancing tables. Contact Norma -209 327-5260 Faith Formation Corner:
FAITH FORMATION CORNER
RESISTANCE. Have you ever worked out with dumb-bells? Or with “resistance bands?” Have you ever felt the struggle of willing your mind to push through an exer-cise, with your mind telling you, or better yet, screaming at you to let go, but the desire to achieve your workout goal also screams at you to keep holding on? All the while, you are trying to keep the physical form of the exercise intact and strong? This reminds me of the work-ing out of Faith. Where we try so hard to will ourselves to go to Mass, to say the Rosary, to attend Holy Days of
Obligation, to engage in the year around liturgical cele-brations of our Catholic Faith. So “resistance” is that moment where we take a deep breath, and with narrow, concentrated focus, push through the difficulty to a sense of relief usually experienced as freedom.
In my work as a Marriage, Family Therapist, I am often met with emotional or mental resistance. This type of resistance occurs when a client may be experiencing dif-ficulty with facing an issue that may be the cause of his/her problems. It is crucial that a client experience their time in session as a safe haven because without this safe-ty, the human psyche can create many types of defense mechanisms to cope with a multitude of thoughts and feelings. Such defense mechanisms give rise to re-sistance, which can thwart the emotional progress of the client. This type of resistance, as opposed to the re-sistance in exercising, can become chronic, or put nicely, can become a way of life. However, when we continual-ly resist the truth within and outside ourselves, we can set ourselves up to meet all truth with resistance.
This brings forth a question. What is it that as a human entity, we can be easily influenced by our education, our peers, social media, TV news, celebrity opinions, the government, and yet we completely resist the truth of God? I coin this notion, “Spiritual Resistance.”
I am not sure about you, but I must admit I am not above this type of resistance myself. I love attending Mass, but I don’t always want to go, and to be completely frank, I can do a major head trip in finding many reasons no to go. To make matters worse, I can even justify it, using the Lord’s mercy and understanding for my gain. Imag-ine that. While I am not proud of it, I don’t think I am alone. I see a great deal of people, not necessarily my clients who also continually resist the truth. It is so easy to resist the truth about our lives, to resist the truth about our strengths and our weaknesses; we resist engaging in more healthy decisions for ourselves and our loved ones because we get tired, or we feel helpless, or hopeless, or unsure, or we worry about what our friends might think about us, or a million other reasons.
However, I believe the most likely answer may be that we truly believe we know better. As I journey forward in my faith, I find I have been very resistant throughout my life. It has taken me a long time to come to this desert of
human dryness, where I have come face to face with the reality of my limitedness, of my weaknesses, of my re-sistance to truly believe every word the Lord proclaims
in Scriptures, all in the name of finding truth. And yet, the Truth stands, ready for me, for you, for us, to let down our “Spiritual Resistance,” as prodigals only to be
met with the only Truth that matters, the Love of our Lord, Jesus Christ. What about you? Where do you tend to “Spiritually Resist?” Whatever you find, may you also
find the Lord’s peace, mercy, and love waiting for you with open arms. Blessings, Roz
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Third Sunday of Lent “You shall not covet”is perhaps a diffcult commandmentto keep in our consumer-oriented society. But as
Christian stewards, we know that we are the recipients and caretakers of God’s many gifts. May this understan-ding that all is gift help us be less resentful of the gifts of others.”
“No codiciaras” es quizás un mandamiento difícil de cumplir en nuestra sociedad de consumo. Pero, como ad-
ministradores Cristianos, nosotros sabemos que somos los receptores y guardianes de los muchos regalos de
Dios. Que esteentendimiento de que todo es un regalo nos ayude a resentirnos menos de los regalos de los de-más.
Mass Intentions for the Week Year B:
Saturday March 6th
8:00AM Doris Cortopassi †
4:00PM Masako Bertroch † Andrew Magnasco †
6:00PM All Souls In Puratory
Sunday March 7th
10:30AM Frank & Hilda Carlos †
Angelo & Maria Barbagelata †
Doris Cortopassi †
John Jackson †
Virginia Gialogo †
12:00PM Margarita Linares Gonzalez †
Monday March 8th
7:30AM Christina Marie Aguada † Tom Bielejeski †
Tuesday March 9th
8:00AM All Souls in Purgatory Doris Cortopassi † Sam Orlando †
Wednesday March 10th
8:00AM Mary Ghio † All Children in Purgatory Marilyn Orlando (Intention)
Thursday March 11th
8:00AM Joe Pereira †
All the Religious
Friday March 12th
8:00AM Greta Herman †
All Souls in Purgatory
Saturday March 13th
8:00AM Phillip Vernale †
4:00PM Masako Bertroch †
6:00PM Michel Family (Intention) _____________________________________________
Readings for the Week:
Monday Saint John of God, Religious 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday Saint Frances of Rome, Religious Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8 and 9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab; Lk 18:9-14
Sunday Fourth Sunday of Lent 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 Scrutiny 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn: 1-41
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Parish updates:
February 27, 2021- Congratulations to John Silvia and Janessa Lopez who entered into the Sacrament of Marriage, with Deacon Edward Formosa as cele-brant!!! St. Michael’s faith family wishes this young couple every blessing possible.
March 4, 2021 – Msgr. Gus made contact with our Parish Staff members to inform us that he arrived safely in Manila, was in quarantine for 7 days, and will hope-fully arrive in his hometown of Ilo-Ilo (ilo-ilo). Please keep Msgr. Gus and his family in your prayers until his safe arrival back to us.
March 5, 2021- Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Orlando family who sent their beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, and Uncle, Samuel Benjamin Or-lando, home to be with the Lord. Please continue to keep the Orlando family in prayer through this difficult time. Celebrant was Msgr. Richard Ryan and Con-Celebrant was Fr. Tom Orlando.
Bishop Ministry Appeal – Please continue to prayerful-ly consider your contribution to the Bishop’s Ministry Appeal. It is our way of reaching out to those in our community at large. Every dollar goes toward the pur-poseful evangelization of our Catholic Faith to those who are physically, mentally, and spiritually in need, as well as to the training of our brothers and sisters called to the Ministry of Evangelization.
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Respect Life Ministry:
Save the date: Saturday May 15, 2021
Virtual Walk for Life 209-368-7190
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Offertory: Make your offer tory: Mail check to St.
Michael, 5882 N. Ashley Ln, Stockton, CA 95215 or Online at: https:// www.osvhub.com/stmichaelparish/funds
Thank you to all our parishioners who join us in person
or live in Facebook in our Sunday Mass. Your presence is a true blessing. A special thank you to all who contin-
ue to give your weekly offertory during this hard time.
Actualizaciones Parroquiales:
27 de febrero de 2021- Felicidades a Juan Silvia y Ja-
nessa López que entraron en el sacramento del ma-
trimonio, con el diácono Edward Formosa como cele-brante!!! La familia de fe de San Miguel desea a esta
joven pareja todas las bendiciones posibles.
4 de marzo de 2021 – Monseñor Gus se puso en con-tacto con nuestros miembros del Personal Parroquial para informarnos que llegó sano y salvo a Manila, estu-vo en cuarentena durante 7 días y, con suerte, llegará a su ciudad natal de Ilo-Ilo (ilo-ilo).mantenga a Mons. Gus y a su familia en sus oraciones hasta su llegada se-gura de vuelta a nosotros.
5 de marzo de 2021- Nuestro más sentido pésame a la
familia Orlando que envió a su amado esposo, padre, abuelo, hermano y tío, Samuel Benjamín Orlando, a ca-sa para estar con el Señor. Por favor, continúe mante-
niendo a la familia Orlando en oración durante este difí-cil momento. Celebrante era monseñor Richard Ryan y
Con-Celebrante era el P. Tom Orlando.
Llamamiento del Ministerio del Obispo – Por favor, continúe considerando con espíritu de oración su contri-bución a Ministerio del Obispo. Es nuestra manera de llegar a aquellos en nuestra comunidad en general. Cada dólar se destina a la evangelización deliberada de nues-tra fe católica a aquellos que están física, mental y espi-ritualmente necesitados, así como a la formación de nuestros hermanos y hermanas llamados al Ministerio de Evangelización. ____________________________________________
Ministerio de Respeto a La vida:
Guarde la fecha: Sábado 15 de mayo de 2021
Caminata Virtual por la Vida 209-368-7190
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Ofertorio: Envíe su cheque a St. Michael, 5882 N. Ashley Ln, Stockton, CA. 95215 o en línea a: https:// www.osvhub.com/stmichaelparish/funds
Gracias a todas las personas que nos acompañan en
persona o virtual- mente en Facebook a nuestras Misas del domingo. Su presencia es una verdadera bendición.
Un agradecimiento especial a todos los que continúan dando su ofrenda semanal durante estos difíciles mo-mentos.
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Gospel Reflection:.John 2:13-25 Jesus drives out the moneychangers from the Temple and says that he will destroy the temple and raise it up again. In today’s Gospel we read about how Jesus overturned the tables of the merchants and the moneychangers in the Temple at Jerusalem. In order to understand the relevance of Jesus’ action, we must learn more about the activities that were going on in the temple area. Worship at the Temple in Jerusalem included animal sacri-fice, and merchants sold animals to worshipers. Moneychangers ex-changed Roman coins, which bore the image of the Roman emperor, for the temple coins that were needed to pay the temple tax.
Jesus’ action at the Temple in Jerusa-lem is recorded in all four Gospels and is often understood to be among the events that led to Jesus’ arrest and Crucifixion. The Gospel of John, however, places this event much ear-lier in Jesus’ public ministry than do the Synoptic Gospels. In John’s Gos-pel this event occurs at the very be-ginning of Jesus’ ministry, after his first miracle at the wedding feast at Cana.
We must read the Gospel of John carefully, especially in its presenta-tion of Jesus’ relationship to Juda-ism. The Gospel of John tends to re-flect greater tension and animosity between Jesus and the Jewish author-ities than the Synoptic Gospels. The
Gospel of John was the last of the four Gospels to be written, and its narrative reflects the growing divide between the Jewish community and the early Christian community. Thus, greater emphasis on the distinction between Christianity and Judaism is found in John’s Gospel. Reflecting upon the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), John recalls Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple and uses that story to inter-pret this later event. John explains to his audience, an early Christian com-munity, that temple worship would no longer be necessary because it was surpassed in the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus. With greater frequency than the other Evangelists, John intersperses post-Resurrection reflections of this Christian community in his narrative.
After clearing the Temple of the merchants and the moneychangers, John’s Gospel tells us that the people asked for a sign of Jesus’ authority to do such an audacious act. In re-sponse, Jesus predicted his death and Resurrection. Throughout John’s Gospel, the language of signs is dis-tinctive. Jesus’ miracles are called signs, and the people look to these signs for proof of his authority. Here we learn that the sign par excellence will be Jesus’ passion, death, and Resurrection.
During Lent we reflect upon the meaning of this sign for us and for our world. We might take this oppor-
tunity to consider the quality of our prayer and worship. In our prayers we seek to deepen our relationship with the person of Christ. In our wor-ship with the community, we gather to experience anew the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus and its significance in our lives. Christ promises to be present with us when we gather for prayer. Family Connection: Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect upon our worship of God. For Jesus and his Jewish contemporaries, the Temple was an important, holy place where they gathered to worship God. The Christian understanding of wor-ship was transformed in light of Je-sus’ Resurrection. In the Christian understanding, God is worshiped in a person, the person of Jesus Christ. As we read in today’s Gospel, Jesus is himself the Temple that will be destroyed, but in three days God will raise him up again.
As you gather as a family, talk about places and times when you have ex-perienced God’s presence. After his Resurrection, Jesus’ disciples under-stood that Jesus was present with them as they gathered to pray and especially when they gathered to share a meal. Read together today’s Gospel, John 2:13-25. Jesus teaches us in today’s Gospel that he is God’s presence with us. Thank God for Je-sus’ presence with us, especially in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Pray together the Lord’s Prayer.
Prayers for the Sick Crystal Garcia, Christopher Luis Salcedo, Jaime Kerr, Teresa Brown, Valerie, Angela McCrady, Ra-mon Ochoa, Izzy Lowndes, Martha Gelsomini, Efrain Gonzalez Perez, Agustin Fua, Ma Lourdes Q. Fua, Ian Brodie, Juan Silva, Cynthia Diaz, Jim Ptack, Ruth Huber, Sharon Lemos, Robert Ortega, Fakava Liuaki, Rosa Denoso, Maria Fuentes de Ponce, Juanita Bague, Cody Bruner, Valdo Lopez, Sr., Kristi Martin, Bob Foppiano, Skip Bowe, Dieter Grabis, Anthony Gonzalez, Lillian Bava, Helen Leismer, Jim Perkins, Duke T., Piedro Galagn, Ruth Hawley, Martin Olivas, Avery Piacentini, Lolo Murry, Rosa Maria Santos, Merle Bowmen, Marie Parra, Cali Vanni, Harold “Gi” Raggio, Mark Fernandez, Corey Bowerman, Estela Flores, Vanessa Sanchez, Cathy Westphal, Pedro Alvarez, Valeti Fakava, Linda Bosche, Lourdes Parada, Matt Lemos, Jose Fuentes, Raymond Fuentes, Kasandra Nicole Valenzuela, Stella Mia Baez, Kelly Roddy, Pat Harris, Tom Seesing, Lynda Ripley, Shawn Arnell, Louis Rivera & Sal Castellon, Angela Montion, Yolanda Salazar Gomez, George Midwin, Julianna Mandalotti-Midwin, Tina Mandalotti-Rouse, Harold Rouse, Tony Infantino, Lil Bova-Ayrton, David Ayr-ton, Bob Hermann, Please call the office to add or remove your loved ones name .
Dear Lord, we lift to You our concern for people who are more likely than others to become severely ill from COVID-19 — the el-derly and people with chronic health conditions. Protect them from harm and be their comfort in this time of uncertainty and, for many, preventive isolation from loved ones. Querido Señor, elevamos a Ti nuestra preocupación por las personas que tienen más probabilidades que otras de enfermarse gravemente de COVID-19— los ancianos y las personas con enfermedades crónicas. Protéjalos del daño y sea su consuelo en este tiempo de incertidumbre y, para muchos, aislamiento preventivo de sus seres queridos.