Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062 Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421 [email protected] [email protected] ▪ www.mountcarmel.org

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 5, 2016 Parish Center Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Parish Staff

Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila - 306-9583 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle - 366-3802 Principal: Teresa Anthony - 366-6127 Development: Nori Jabba - 366-8817 Kid’s Place: Maureen Arnott – 366-6587 CCD: Magdalena Hernández - 368-8237 Youth Confirmation: M. Hernandez 368-8237 Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger - 366-3802 Spanish Music Ministry: Andres Garcia -366 -3802 Administrative Assistant: Alba Canelo – 366 -3802

Mass Schedule Sunday:

You changed my mourning into dancing; OL

8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (español), and 5pm Saturday: 8: 15 am and 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Monday to Friday 8:15 am Reconciliation/Confession Saturday 3:30 –4:30 p.m.

Baptisms / Bautismos

, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

— Psalm 30:12, 13

Call parish at least two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes.

Weddings / Bodas Call parish at least six months in advance Llame a la parroquia a lo menos seis meses antes.

Mission Statement Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is a Christ-centered community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We try to share the Good News of salvation with others. As a diverse community, we value and respect individual differences. As God’s people, we gather in the Spirit to pray, to celebrate the sacraments, to teach, to learn, to console, to rejoice, to minister and to renew our faith with one another.

Notes from the Pastor One of the most consoling, but also one of the most difficult doctrines of Christianity to understand is the doctrine of the resurrection from death. Before Jesus rose from the dead, as he had promised to do, and before his followers had actually seen and spoken to the Risen Christ, no one believed that such a thing would be possible. The Jewish religion did not teach anything very positive about a future life after death. The Old Testament speaks only of this life. God rewards, punishes, protects, and rescues people from death – in this life. The leaders of the Temple often argued with Jesus, saying that his teaching of the resurrection from the dead was absurd, and that ‘how could a person be born again?’ The principal reason Jews, Greeks and Egyptians could not accept the idea of a future life in heaven with God was the same reason people do not accept our Christian faith today. They can only understand life in terms of the material or physical world. They can’t believe in what they cannot see or touch. The true Christian, on the other hand, knows that everything in our physical world is pointing to something else, to something beyond itself, to some horizon. Think about it: how are you at this moment the same person you were when you came from your mother’s womb? Doesn’t science tell us that there is not one cell of our bodies that is the same from birth to death. If you are an elderly person, you do not look as you did when you were eighteen years old. The only thing that connects you, that makes you the same person from the beginning of your life to its end is the immortal soul within you. And when you leave this body on your last day here on earth, it will be that same soul that carries you into the world to come. This is why we, as faithful Christians, cherish and protect life from conception to natural death. This is why our Catholic Church speaks continuously of the dignity of the human person and condemns every violation of that human worth and dignity – whether through casual abortions, the death penalty, through euthanasia, or through the mistreatment of vulnerable people. This is also why we want to follow our faith more diligently, and why we want to be good disciples of Jesus Christ. For what did Jesus teach us but to be kind to others, to serve and to give of ourselves unselfishly, to love even our enemies, and most of all to be merciful and compassionate? In this way we build up our souls, fortifying our inner beings so that they will have true life, the life of Christ, within them. And when our souls have attained their maturity through discipline and prayer, they, or rather we, are ready to move on beyond this limited world we now inhabit, to the eternal world of bliss and perpetual happiness that is the realm of God, the kingdom of heaven. Fr. Ulysses

Notas del Párroco Una de las más consoladoras, pero también una de las doctrinas más difíciles del cristianismo es la doctrina de la resurrección de la muerte. Antes de que Jesús resucitó de entre los muertos, como lo había prometido hacer, y antes de que sus seguidores le habían visto, nadie creía que tal cosa sería posible. La religión judía no enseñó nada positivo sobre la vida futura después de la muerte. El Antiguo Testamento habló sólo de esta vida. Dios recompensa, castiga, protege y rescata a las personas de la muerte – pero en esta vida. Los líderes del templo a menudo discutían con Jesús, diciendo que su enseñanza de la resurrección de los muertos era absurdo, y que "¿cómo puede una persona nacer de nuevo?" La razón principal que los judíos, los griegos y los egipcios no podían aceptar la idea de una vida futura en el cielo con Dios era la misma razón que hoy en día la gente no acepta nuestra fe cristiana. Sólo pueden comprender la vida en términos del mundo material o físico. No pueden creer en lo que no pueden ver ni tocar. El verdadero cristiano, por el contrario, sabe que todo nuestro mundo físico está dirigiéndonos hasta un horizonte, un mundo más allá de este mundo. Piense en esto: ¿cómo es que tú eres en este momento la misma persona que era cuando viniste del vientre de tu madre? La ciencia nos dice que no hay ninguna célula de nuestro cuerpo que es igual desde el nacimiento hasta la muerte. Si eres una persona mayor, no te ves lo mismo que cuando tenías dieciocho años de edad. La única cosa que te conecta, la cosa que te hace la misma persona desde el principio de tu vida hasta el fin es el alma inmortal dentro de ti. Y cuando te vas de este cuerpo en tu último día aquí en la tierra, será la misma alma que te lleva al mundo por venir. Es por esto que nosotros, como fieles cristianos, valoramos y protegemos la vida desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural. Esta es la razón por la cual la Iglesia Católica habla continuamente de la dignidad humana y por qué condena toda violación del valor humano y su dignidad - ya sea a través de abortos casuales, la pena de muerte, la eutanasia, o por medio de los malos tratos a las personas vulnerables. Esta es la razón por la cual queremos seguir nuestra fe con más diligencia, y por qué queremos ser mejores discípulos de Jesucristo. ¿Qué es lo que nos enseña Jesús – que debemos ser amables con los demás, que sirvamos a otros y que nos entreguemos desinteresadamente a nuestro prójimo, amando incluso a nuestros enemigos, y sobre todo que seamos misericordiosos y compasivos? De esta manera construimos nuestras almas, fortaleciendo nuestro ser interior para que pueda tener la vida verdadera, la vida de Cristo, con Cristo y en Cristo. Y cuando nuestras almas han alcanzado su madurez a través de la disciplina y la oración, ellos, o más bien nosotros, estaremos listos para seguir adelante, más allá de este mundo limitado que ahora habitamos, hasta el mundo eterno de la dicha y la felicidad perpetua que es el reino de Dios, el reino de los cielos. Padre Ulises

Calling all Parish Photographers! Get out your iPhones and cameras! We’re looking for some fresh new photographs to use for our bulletin. If you enjoy taking pictures, we invite you to submit to us any good photographs you might take of the church. We will use this archive of pictures too regularly change the color picture on the cover of our bulletin. Suggested shots would be of the Altar (Sanctuary) area, both close up and from afar, the shrines of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph, the many stained glass windows, the organ pipes, and exterior of the church, especially the front (Fulton Street) façade, and the side (James Street) façade. Be creative! We will give credit in the bulletin for all photographs used. Please email your pictures to the bulletin editor, Alba Canelo, at acanelo @mountcarmel.org or to Fr. Ulysses at [email protected].

Jubilee Year of Mercy June 5, 2016 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Half the liturgical year 2016 is completed after six months of extraordinary celebrations. The Incarnation mystery: Jesus’ advent, nativity, epiphany. The Paschal mystery: Jesus’ passion, death, resurrection, Pentecost’s Holy Spirit. The solemnities of Holy Trinity and Jesus’ Body and Blood. Today the Church resumes Sundays in Ordinary Time, but with a Gospel of extraordinary mercy: Jesus raises a dead man to life. Yet the one who benefits most from his extraordinary mercy is not the dead son but his widowed mother. With her husband and only son deceased, this woman’s material support, in that patriarchal society, had vanished. So had her emotional support, leaving her helpless, abandoned, on society’s “peripheries.” One of Pope Francis’ hopes in calling this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy is to transform us into more extraordinary Christians, by making our caring outreach to just such vulnerable people, and our practical selfsacrificing love for them, our ordinary, daily, Christian way of life! —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc

Small Pleasures

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. —Georges Bernanos

Children’s Liturgy For the months of July and August we will be suspending Children’s Liturgy at the 10am Mass. We will resume in September and invite you to join us as part of the team as a teacher or assistant. Volunteers can choose their own schedule and are not responsible to teach a lesson each week. You are qualified if you have a willing spirit and enjoy children. High school students are welcome to join the team. Questions? Contact Robert Dei Rossi at 650-921-8341.

Registrations for the coming year of Religious Education Program will begin in August, 2016. For more Information please call Magdalena Hernandez, 650-368-8237. INSCRIPCIONES PARA CATECISMO Inscripciones para el siguiente año de Catecismo comenzaran primero Dios el primer domingo de agosto. Para mas información por favor llamar a Magdalena Hernández, 650-368-8237.

Archdiocesan Annual Appeal 2016 Thank all of you who have contributed to the Archbishop Annual Appeal. Our parish assessment this year is $74,614. To date we have received $17,332. Our new balance $57,282. Please consider how you can help us meet our goal. For those who have not, would you take one of the brochures and consider what you might do to help us make our goal?

Hope and Life Today’s readings tell the story of two widows. The first reading relates the plight of the widow with whom the prophet Elijah stayed; the Gospel tells about the widow of Nain. In each story, the widow’s only son had died. For people who lived in those cultures, the son was the only support of a widow, and the carrying on of the family name by the son was equal to immortality. A widow whose only son has died could lose all hope. Elijah and Jesus are the restorers of hope; they bring the sons back to life. Saint Paul was metaphorically raised from the dead when he experienced the conversion and call from God that he describes in today’s second reading. What are Christians called to do today? We may not be able to raise the dead, but perhaps we can rekindle hope for a single parent. We may not be able to convert a persecutor like Paul, but if we speak the gospel openly and gently with our lives, we might touch a life with the Good News. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Saturday, June 4, 2016 Fr. Sean Corcoran †

5:00 PM

Sunday, June 5, 2016 8:00 AM Charles & Theresa Elacqua † 10:00 AM John Boyle † 12:00 PM (Español) Nick Reyes, Amalia Elena Lucas † 5:00 PM Pidge Deeken † Monday, June 6, 2016 Tran Family (living & deceased) Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Irio Rigali † Wed., June 8, 2016 Aladina Mattheucci † Thursday, June 9, 2016 Pro-populo Friday, June 10, 2016 Buenaventura Adina † Saturday, June 11, 2016 Patricia Ruiz †

8:15 AM 8:15 AM 8:15 AM 8:15 AM 8:15 AM 8:15 AM

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, June 5: Children’s Liturgy Retirement Gathering Monday, June 6: Charismatic Committee Sister Parish Volleyball Try-outs Tuesday, June 7: Guadalupe Society Volleyball Try-outs Men’s Basketball Wednesday, June 8: Charismatic Group ICF SVDP Det. Min Thursday, June 9: Good Grief Friday, June 10: Ensayo Coro Hispano

10:00 am. 7 am—12 pm

Chapel LH/SH/Kit.

7 pm 7 pm 3 pm-9 pm

O. Chapel P. Center L/H

7 pm 3:30—9 pm 8:30 pm

P. CenterL/H L/H

7 pm 6 pm 7 pm

L/H SH/Kit P. Center

6 pm

P. Center

7:00 p.m.

P. Center

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Thursday: Saturday:

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Norbert St. Ephrem; Julian Calendar Ascension St. Barnabas; Shavuot (Jewish observance) begins at sundown

GOOD GRIEF MINISTRY The loss of every loved one creates many changes, challenges and pain. “Good Grief”, an ongoing support group, meets every Thursday at the Parish Center, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. We care. We share. Do come.

HOMEBOUND MINISTRY If someone in your family is homebound, lives nearby and is unable to attend Mass, but would like to received the Eucharist, please contact Julie O’Leary at (650) 361-8681. Communion ministers are needed to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners. Please call Julie O’Leary if you would like to participate in this worthy ministry.

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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL #919128 300 Fulton St. Redwood City, CA 94062 CONTACT PERSON Alba L. Canelo, Bulletin Editor: 650-366-3802 Fr. Ulysses D’Aquila, Pastor: 650-306-9583 EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected] SOFTWARE Microsoft ®Publisher 2007 Adobe®Acrobat®X Window7® PRINTER Toshiba e studio 3055c TRANSMISSION TIME By 11:00 a.m. On Wednesday SUNDAY OF PUBLICATION Jun 5, 2016 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS From May 31 to June 10, 2016 I will be on vacation. Questions, please call Fr. Ulysses, pastor. I’m sending the bulletin of June 5 and June 12, 2016. Thank you, Alba Canelo.