1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

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MASSES

Sunday 8:00, 9:30 am (English)

11:00 am (Español) 12:30 pm (Ge’ez)

Saturday 8:00 am (English)

5:00 pm Vigil (English)

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Monday-Friday

7:30 am

Tuesday-Friday 12:15 pm

Wednesday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

6:00 - 7:00pm 7:00pm Candlelight Mass

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CONFESSIONS Sunday 9:15 am

Tuesday-Friday 11:30 am Wednesday 6:30-7:00 pm

Saturday 4:00 —4:45 pm

MINISTRIES

Rev. Kenneth Nobrega

Rev. Ghebriel Woldai

Chaplain to Ge’ez Community

In Residence

Rev. Raphael Okitafumba

Deacon José Manuel Pérez Permanent Deacon

Elizabeth Oishi Comly Transition Coordinator

Eddie Ma Director Religious Education

Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm

Lectors/Lectores Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español)

Eucharistic Ministers Yanny Chavarria (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español)

Sacristan Freddy Morales

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND St. Joseph Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery

San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265 Oakland phone (510) 654-0936

May 3, 2015 Fifth Sunday of Easter

GOD’S WORD TODAY The familiar passage proclaimed in today’s Gospel reminds us that we are branches on the vine and the vine is Jesus Christ. At the moment of our baptism we were grafted onto that vine, and from that moment on much has been expected of us. The closer we are to Christ the vine the more others will learn to recognize Christ through our own actions. To find out what those actions need to be, look no further than today’s second read-ing. There Saint John tells us to love one another just as Christ commanded us. As you sit in church today, look around and see the other grafts on the vine—those sitting around you. Pray that the vine and its branch-es will be strengthened so that Christ’s love will be shown to others all the more. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Barnabas re-ported to the apostles how Saul had seen the Lord on the way (Acts 9:26-31).

Psalm — I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people (Psalm 22). Second Reading — This is God’s commandment: that we may believe and love (1 John 3:18-24). Gospel — I am the true vine; whoever remains in me will bear much fruit (John 15:1-8). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Please Pray For the Sick Dorothy Abraams, Aliver Starsky, Maria Garcia

Juanita Estrellas, Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall, Luis Perez, Rosa M. Orozco, Charles Robinson, Rita Streuli, Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins,

Pat Barnet, Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Ann Zito And Recently Deceased

Luis Perez Ramirez+ Marjorie Brodt+ Mateo J. Ramos+

PARISH NEWS Plate Collection: April 26, 2015: $2569.13

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Sofia & Alberto Rieza+

James Fusik+ SJTWC Parishioners

Guadalupe Fonseca

Jayan Family

Cliff Price

Family

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SAINTS AND SPECIAL

OBSERVANCES Sunday:

Fifth Sunday of Easter Tuesday:

Cinco de Mayo Thursday:

National Day of Prayer

BEARING FRUIT “Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.” John’s words come to us on this day when the Gospel passage presents us with the great image of the vine and the branches. Jesus us-es the image as a warning to those who have begun to distance themselves from the way of the Lord. One of the ways this happens is when we love God and others “in word or speech” instead of “in deed and truth.” What does it mean for us to “remain in Christ”? In an extension of the metaphor, the Lord gives us an example. If we remain in him, we will bear much fruit. As the branches, we draw strength from Christ who is the vine. This strength enables us to bear fruit—to do the work of true discipleship. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Over time, the crisis of last illness and the way the faithful met death changed. In earliest times, a sickbed vigil was an occasion for the community to gather and strengthen the dying person with assur-ances of love. A thousand years ago, in part because of massive upheavals in society, a new emphasis on individual repentance captured the imagination of millions. Death was to be feared, because it was about judgment. The delights of heaven’s banquet dimmed, since most people saw God’s just judgment and inevitable punishment intervening. If a communi-ty gathered at all, it was not to express faith in the Resurrection, but to seek forgiveness for those who were powerless to help themselves. The dead could-n’t improve their situation, but their loved ones, by expressing sorrow for sin, could. Better yet, the cler-gy could, if they intervened in a timely fashion, pro-vide the absolution needed for everyone to relax. Ministry to the sick shifted away from a ministry of consolation toward a challenge to repent before it was too late. As the sense grew that most people died with their work of repentance incomplete, the color black was reintroduced to funerals. It was the old pagan way of expressing despair. No wonder they call this time in history the “Dark Ages.” Many layers have had to be peeled away to reveal the deepest, most positive expressions of our tradition of care for the dying. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

CHRISTIANITY Christianity is the spirit of Jesus Christ at

work in the world. —Anonymous

PRIDE What better proof of your pride could you have

given than to claim you were not proud? —St. John Climacus

SMALL TASKS Each small task of everyday life is part of the

total harmony of the universe. —St. Thérèse of Liseux

HOLIEST FLOWER Mary is the lily in God’s garden.

—St. Bridget of Sweden

NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA 26 de abril 2015 Colección: $2569.13

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE

Durante la Última Cena, Jesús dijo a sus apóstoles: “Yo soy la vid, ustedes son los sarmien-tos” (Juan 15:5). Jesús añade que los sarmientos (ramas) que permanecen en él, dan mucho fruto. Según la agricultura, la vid es una parra, es decir, una planta perenne de ramas frondosas. Una parte importante de la vid son las hojas. Es obvio que una vid tiene hojas, pero Jesús no las menciona, prefiere enfocarse en los sarmientos. Las partes de la vid son las raíces, tronco, sarmientos, hojas, flores y fruto. Según esta división Jesús sería el tronco, pero él dice ser la vid completa. Esta es una imagen de la unidad que Jesús quiere entre sus seguidores. Recordemos que Jesús celebra la Última Cena con sus discípulos. La comunidad de discípulos unidos a Jesús formamos la vid. Los sarmientos o ramas conducen agua y minerales a las hojas, flores y frutos, y son útiles en tanto estén unidos a la vid. Lo mismo vale de los cristianos, discípulos de Jesús. Son ellos y ellas los que hacen presente y le dan vida a Jesús en el mundo de hoy. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Quinto Domingo de Pascua

3 de mayo de 2015 No amemos solamente

de palabra; amemos de verdad y con

las obras. — 1 Juan 3:18

PARA DAR FRUTO “Hijos míos: No amemos solamente de palabra; amemos de verdad y con las obras”. Las palabras de Juan nos llegan hoy cuando el pasaje del Evangelio nos presenta con la gran imagen del viñedo y las ramas. Jesús usa la imagen como un aviso a los que se han empezado a distanciar de la senda del Señor. Esto sucede cuando amamos a Dios y a otros “con palabras o dichos” y no con “la verdad y las obras”. ¿Qué significa para nosotros “permanecer en Cristo”? El Señor nos da un ejemplo con la extensión de la metáfora. Si permanecemos en él, daremos mucho fruto. Como ramas sacamos la fuerza de Cristo que es la viña. Esa fuerza nos facilita dar fruto – hacer el trabajo de los verdaderos discípulos. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Quinto Domingo de Pascua

Martes: Cinco de Mayo Jueves: Día Nacional de Oración

CRISTIANISMO El cristianismo es el espíritu de Jesucristo

obrando en el mundo. —Anónimo

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — Bernabé explica a los discípulos en Jerusalén la conversión de Pablo (Hechos 9:26-31). Salmo — Bendito sea el Señor. Aleluya (Salmo 22 [21]). Segunda lectura — Dios nos ordena que creamos en el nombre de Jesucristo y que nos amemos como él nos ama (1 Juan 3:18-24). Evangelio — Los que viven en Jesús y Jesús vive en ellos producen mucho fruto (Juan 15:1-8).

TAREAS PEQUEÑAS Cada pequeña tarea de la vida cotidiana es

parte de la armonía total del universo. —Santa Teresa de Lisieux

LA FLOR MÁS SANTA María es el lirio en el jardín de Dios.

—Santa Brígida de Suecia

ORGULLO ¿Qué mejor prueba de tu orgullo es que hayas

dicho que no eres orgulloso? —San Juan Climacus

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