Rebate to be used for patio improvements | El reembolso se utilizará para mejoras en el patio
Starts February 18th | Inicia el 18 de febrero
2024 Pastoral Services Appeal
Praise the Lord who heals the broken hearted
Alabado sea el Señor que sana a los de corazón quebrantado.
Pledges—Promesas: $27,246.75
Participating families— Familias participando: 96
Given—Donado: $15,626.75
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
Our Goal—Nuestra Meta:
$150,000
100% participating households
Participating families— Familias participando: 8.0%
THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S
Easter Sunday
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!
St. John Paul II boldly proclaims, “He has risen. This is the heart of our faith. Mary was a silent witness of all these events. Let us ask her to help us also to receive the fullness of this Easter message.”
Every year when I reflect upon the Easter celebration, I am reminded of the famous and popular poem called One Solitary Life which talks about the life of Jesus Christ and His impact upon all of us. This poem has often been attributed to James Allen Francis.
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant. He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30. Then, for three years, he was an itinerant preacher.
He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a home. He didn't go to college. He never lived in a big city. He never traveled 200 miles from the place where he was born. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself.
He was only 33 when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied him. He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his garments, the only property he had on earth. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave, through the pity of a friend. Twenty centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race. I am well within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned --put together--have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that one, solitary life.
As we remember the importance of Jesus Christ’s life as a man, we remember His victory over sin and death in giving us the “real” life God intended for us to have, eternal life.
Saint John of Damascus prays with us, "Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth her song begin: Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen Our joy that hath no end."
Take care and God bless,
Fr Steve Correz
LAS CAMPANAS DE SANTA MARIA
Domingo de Pascua
¡Felices Pascuas! ¡Cristo ha Resucitado!
San Juan Pablo II proclama audazmente: “Ha resucitado. Este es el corazón de nuestra fe. María fue testigo silencioso de todos estos acontecimientos. Pidámosle que nos ayude también a nosotros a recibir la plenitud de este mensaje pascual”.
Cada año, cuando reflexiono sobre la celebración de la Pascua, recuerdo el famoso y popular poema llamado Una vida solitaria, que habla de la vida de Jesucristo y su impacto en todos nosotros. Este poema se ha atribuido a menudo a James Allen Francis.
Nació en un pueblo oscuro, hijo de un campesino. Creció en otro pueblo, donde trabajó en una carpintería hasta los 30 años. Luego, durante tres años, fue predicador ambulante.
Él nunca escribió un libro. Nunca ocupó un cargo. Nunca tuvo familia ni fue dueño de una casa. No fue a la universidad. Nunca vivió en una gran ciudad. Nunca viajó 200 millas desde el lugar donde nació. No hizo ninguna de las cosas que suelen acompañar a la grandeza. No tenía más credenciales que él mismo.
Tenía sólo 33 años cuando la opinión pública se volvió en su contra. Sus amigos huyeron. Uno de ellos lo negó. Fue entregado a sus enemigos y pasó por la burla de un juicio. Fue clavado en una cruz entre dos ladrones. Mientras agonizaba, sus verdugos apostaron por sus vestiduras, lo único que poseía en la tierra. Cuando murió, lo sepultaron en una tumba prestada, por compasión de un amigo.
Han pasado veinte siglos y hoy él es la figura central de la raza humana. Estoy en lo cierto cuando digo que todos los ejércitos que alguna vez marcharon, todas las armadas que alguna vez navegaron, todos los parlamentos que alguna vez se reunieron, todos los reyes que alguna vez reinaron, todos juntos, no han afectado la vida del hombre. tanto en esta tierra como en aquella, la vida solitaria.
Al recordar la importancia de la vida de Jesucristo como hombre, recordamos Su victoria sobre el pecado y la muerte al darnos la vida “real” que Dios quiso que tuviéramos: la vida eterna.
San Juan Damasceno ora con nosotros: "Ahora se alegran los cielos, que comience la tierra su canto: que el mundo redondo siga triunfando, y todo lo que en él hay; invisible y visible, sus notas dejen que todas las cosas se mezclen, porque Cristo el Señor Ha resucitado nuestra alegría que no tiene fin."
Cuídense, y que Dios los bendiga,
Padre Steve Correz
GriefShare, a special help seminar and support group for people experiencing grief and loss, will be held on
Thursday Evenings (7-9pm) at St Mary's Catholic Church...
Beginning June 1, 2023
Griefshare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics. Seminar sessions include "Is This Normal?" "The Challenges of Grief," "Grief and Your Relationships," "Why?" and "Guilt and Anger."
For more information call
Deacon Tony Mercado
714.525.2500
Altar Servers
Is your child interested in becoming an altar server?
Have they made their First Holy Communion?
We would like to invite you to contact the parish office at 714.525.2500
to see about serving during Mass as an altar server
Spirit Filled Media is collaborating with the Diocese of Orange to bring local Catholic programming to parishioners in the Diocese and beyond.
Please tune in to listen to deacon Tony and Rosie Mercado on the New podcast show "Called to Serve"
Called to Serve is a show that is to remind how much Jesus loves us and how ordinary people love Jesus by answering the call to serve our Lord in every day ways...
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