The Bread of Life… John...

Divine Mercy Catholic Church

2231 Club Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835

Tel: (916) 256-3134 www.divinemercynatomas.com

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-4:00 pm

MISSION STATEMENT ~ To establish a faith-filled community bonded by love. To

proclaim the good news, foster personal encounters with the living Christ and strengthen the

family by witnessing the gospel values of love, mercy, justice, forgiveness and service to all.

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass 7:30 AM

9:30 AM

12:30 PM

Youth Mass 5:00 PM

Every 1st Sunday of the Month followed by Eucharistic Adoration

Spanish Mass 5:00 PM

Every 2nd Sunday of the Month

Filipino Mass 5:00 PM Every 3rd Sunday of the month

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WEEKDAY MASSES

Mon - Wed - Fri 6:30 PM

Tue - Thur - Sat 8:30 AM

Every Friday Holy Hour 3 - 4 PM

(Blessed Sacrament Exposed)

First Friday

Morning Mass 8:30 AM

Exposition* 9:00 AM

Benediction 5:45 PM

Evening Mass 6:30 PM

*Hourly Adorers needed during Exposition

Mass Schedule

Sacrament of Penance

Saturday 3:45 - 4:45 PM By Appointment Call the Parish Ofc Sacrament of Baptism

Every 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:00 AM or within the Mass (in some special cases to be determined by the Pastor). Please contact the Parish Office to talk with the Pastor 2 months before the Baptism day.

Sacrament of Matrimony

Please contact the Parish Office to talk with the Pastor 6 months before the wedding day.

Anointing of the Sick

Please call the Parish Office.

Rosary

English: 30 mins before every Mass Spanish: Thursdays at 7:00 PM

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Immediately after every Mass

Look Inside for:

PASTOR Rev. Soane Kaniseli [email protected]

Deacon Rick Morales [email protected]

Deacon James Ogbonna [email protected]

Sacraments and Rosaries

Youth Mass

Tonite!

See you there!

The Bread of Life…

John 6:24-35

August 5, 2018

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Registration is Open.

See page 7 for details!

Men’s Welcome Retreat

September 1st and 2nd

A Word From...

SAINTS AND READINGS OF THE WEEK

Sunday, August 5 St. Addal

EX 16:2-4, 12-15; PS 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; EPH 4:17, 20-24; MT 4:4B;

JN 6:24-35

Monday, August 6 St. Hormisdas Pope

PS 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 PT 1:16-19; MT 17:5C; MK 9:2-10

Tuesday, August 7 St. Cajetan

JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; PS 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 AND 22-23; JN

1:49B; MT 14:22-36 or MT 15:1-2, 10-14

Wednesday, August 8 St. Dominic

JER 31:1-7; JEREMIAH 31:10, 11-12AB, 13; LK 7:16; MT 15: 21-28

Thursday, August 9 St. Edith Stein

JER 31:31-34; PS 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; MT 16:18; MT 16:13-23

Friday, August 10 St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

2 COR 9:6-10; PS 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; JN 8:12BC; JN 12:24-26

Saturday, August 11 St. Clare

HAB 1:12—2:4; PS 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; SEE 2 TM 1:10; MT 17:14-20

To be added to the Parish’s Warrior Prayer Chain

email: [email protected]

SERVANT LEADER

The Challenge of the Gospel

The following was provided some time

ago by Fr. Daniel Harrington in American

Magazine.

In early 21st-century America, money and material possessions are often

taken as signs not only of intelligence and goodness but also of divine

favor. They are regarded at the key to happiness. Despite all kinds of

evidence to the contrary, most of us still assume that money can and does

buy happiness. In capitalist America, many people seem to have no other

goal in life than to make money and amass possessions.

To his contemporaries Jesus looked much like a Jewish wisdom teacher.

One of the topics that especially concerned Jewish wisdom teachers in

Jesus’ time was money and material possessions. These teachers gener-

ally counseled moderation and being “comfortable” and warned against

making the accumulation of wealth into one’s obsession in life.

An Old Testament selection from the Book of Wisdom is typical. Here a

first-century BC Alexandrian Jewish wisdom teacher adopts the persona of

King Solomon and describes his prayer of wisdom. In the prayer he identi-

fies wisdom as the greatest; possession of all and contrasts it with materi-

al; possessions. He claims that he “deemed riches as nothing in compari-

son with” wisdom, and dismisses gold as “a little sand.”

As a Jewish wisdom teacher, Jesus dealt with the topics of money and

possessions. Mark 10 treats these matters in three sections: a narrative

about Jesus’ encounter with a rich man, his sayings about wealth as a

possible obstacle to following Jesus and his promise of reward for those

who forgo material possessions in the present. As on many other topics,

Jesus’ teaching here is full of surprises.

The first surprise concerns the challenge that Jesus puts to the rich man.

He challenges him to sell what he has, give the proceeds to the poor and

then follow him. In biblical times a rich man (like Job) was regarded as

blessed by God and was expected to hold onto his money and to distribute

it to the poor as need arose. The ideal was to be a benefactor. But Jesus

challenges the rich man to give up his source of security and honor of

being a benefactor. Once the rich man dispersed his money and property,

they were gone. Then he is no longer rich and cannot be a benefactor.

That challenge was so surprising and difficult that the rich man could not

accept it and so “went away sad.”

The second surprise is Jesus’ assertion that wealth can be an obstacle to

the discipleship and salvation. This teaching contradicts what most people

held true in antiquity and still hold true today. Jesus teaches that material

possessions are not necessarily a sign of the divine favor and can even be

a curse to those who have them. The bizarre image of a camel trying to

go through the eye of a needle challenges our tendencies to make posses-

sions into false gods, to trust in our material assets rather than in God and

to seek happiness in things only.

The third surprise comes with Jesus’ promise that his followers will find

happiness without lots of money and material possessions. He promises

them 100 times as many houses, brothers and sisters ,mothers, children

and land in this life and everlasting life in the age to come. In the midst of

this list of prospective benefits for disciples, the Markan Jesus adds the

phrase “with persecutions.” Jesus does not guarantee that his followers will

live totally without problems and sufferings. Nevertheless, he promises that

in the midst of them, there will be hope and help from those who constitute

the new family of Jesus.

These surprising and challenging teachings of Jesus about money and

material possessions are good examples of the characterization of the word

of God as “living and effective, sharper that any two-edged sword” in a pas-

sage from the Letter to the Hebrews. In addressing a confused and weary

congregation, the author of Hebrews appeals frequently to the Old Testa-

ment Scriptures out of his conviction that they reach their full meaning in the

person of Jesus and in the community formed by and around him. In that

sense, the Scriptures are living and effective. They are not merely of anti-

quarian interest. They are sharper that any two-edged sword in that they

penetrate the most difficult matters. Before God, whose word the Scrip-

tures are, all is laid bare and can become clear.

The wise teaching of Jesus concerning wealth show us in 21st-centruy

America how living and effective the word of God can be. They are as chal-

lenging to us as they were to people in first-century Palestine. Moreover

they expose the shallowness of our own easy assumptions about wealth

and raise questions about the objects of our security and hopes. +

Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, PhD, was a professor of New Testament at the Wes-

ton Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before he died

on February 7, 2014; he wrote numerous scholarly works, including The Gos-

pel of Mark, Jesus Ben Sira of Jerusalem: a Biblical Guide to Living Wisely,

and The Letter to the Hebrews, all published by Liturgical Press

“Pray without ceasing-”...I Thessalonians 5:17

Remembering the Military in Prayer

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Remembering the Sick in Prayer

Almighty God and Father, look with love upon our men and women in

uniform and protect them in their time of need. Amen

SN Samantha Chaidez, U.S. Navy Jacob Valdes, U.S. Navy TSTT Jesse R. Bose, U.S. Air Force

Allen Jay Cayabyab, US Airforce PFC Jose Robledo, US Army

Chad Cayabyab, US Marines LCpl Alex Penick, US Marines

Father God, we pray for those who are fac-

ing illness in their own body or in the body

of someone they love. Give them the hope

and strength they need today. Comfort

them, calm their fears, and surround them

with Your peace. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Andrea Salas Elda Costa

Pirrete Torlone Joan Pucci Velda McHorney

Josephine Rasmussen Donald Duquette Paul Gildea

Carol Britto Joanna Shimek Carmela Dieners

Romulo Nicolas Minda Hollenbeck Irene Lewis

Consolacion Naniong Bess Dagcasin Adeline Hill

Josephine Taijeron Evelyn Villanueva Clare Villanueva

Noriel Bambilla Araceli Barrera Robert Frias

Prayers of the Faithful

Sunday, August 5, 2018

We are deeply aware of our own needs, and strive to be more aware of

the needs of the whole human family. With confidence we now bring

those needs to the Father.

That the Church may boldly and faithfully point to Christ as the true

bread and sustenance for every human need.

For the priests serving in the Diocese of Sacramento, that their devotion

to Christ in the Eucharist will increase day by day.

For all those called to the priesthood or consecrated life in the Diocese of

Sacramento, that they may put away the old self and former way of life

and embrace the vocation that God calls them to.

That those who have lost their loved ones in the wild fires be comforted,

those that have been evacuated may soon return to their homes; and

that our first responders and rescuers fighting fire may be kept safe as

they work to contain and extinguish the fires and restore calm.

In thanksgiving for the Bread of Life, which makes us the People of Life,

who proclaim and build the Culture of Life.

That all who are ill, especially those who feel alone, may find in Christ

and in his people the path to hope and healing.

That those who have died may be purified of sin and share the glory of

eternal joy and resurrection.

CONFESSION: Saturdays at 3:45-4:45.

Or make an appointment for Confession by calling 916-256-3134.

Retreat Adoration

Beginning Friday

August 31

after 6:30 pm Mass

through Sunday

September 2 at 4:00 pm

A 24x7

Holy Experience!

If you would like to join our Welcome Retreat women in part of this

most holy retreat experience, then you should come to the Adora-

tion Chapel and pray through-out the Welcome weekend. We es-

pecially invite the participation of those that hold these women

most dear, to come and offer their prayers in support of them. We

particularly invite all men and women that have been to the previ-

ous Welcome retreats to join us for this all important Adora-

tion. We would like to have at least two adorers in the chapel at all

times during the retreat.

All are WELCOME!

Sign-up sheet is on the

counter in the Narthex.

Questions can be directed to Paolo Pham at

[email protected] or 916-952-3633 “Say the Rosary every day...Pray, pray a lot and offer sacrifices for sinners…I’m Our Lady of the Rosary. Only I will be able to help you. …in the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”..

Our Lady at Fatima

The next Fatima Procession is Friday, August 13th, Monday at 4:00 pm inside the Church. Please join us!

Contacts: Tess Mostajo 916-792-4193/Auring Pagala 916-515-1045

Mark Your Calendars

MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, August 5

7:30 am Angel & Narcisa de Guzman + Fr Michael

Alex C. Perez +

9:30 am Dolores Tiban + Fr Soane

Augustine Sr, Augustine Claude & Victor Vestil +

12:30 pm Eze Mike Ekeruo (Speedy Recovery) Fr Soane

Eva Bancroft +

5:00 pm YOUTH MASS Fr Soane

Rosalia & Gerardo Rosario +

Austin Jude M. Aninzo (Birthday)

Sergio Salubre, Sr. +

Monday, August 6 6:30 pm Felicisima de la Rosa + (2nd Death Anv)Fr Michael Annabelle M. Mendoza (Birthday/Thnksgvng) Tuesday, August 7 8:30 am Angel Escarcha + Fr Michael Wed, August 8 6:30 pm Remedios M. Dungca + Fr Soane Thursday, August 9 8:30 am Jose Garcia Romero + Fr Soane Friday, August 10 6:30 pm Fr Soane Saturday, August 11 8:30 am Fr Michael 5:00 pm Dennis Ramirez + Fr Soane

Sunday, August 12 Fr Michael

7:30 am Fr Soane

9:30 am McKay Nuqui + Fr Soane

Augustine Sr, Augustine Claude & Victor Vestil +

12:30 pm Eze Mike Ekeruo (Speedy Recovery) Fr Tom Bland

Pedro & Severa de Castro +

5:00 pm SPANISH MASS Fr Miguel

Nicolas Alfonso Luna +

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Sunday, August 5

10:45 am (Church) Adult Choir Practice

2:00 pm (P5) Women's Welcome Meeting Team 2

2:00 pm (P3) Men's Welcome Team 2 Meeting

4:00 pm (P7/8) Columbian Squires Planning Meeting

6:00 pm (Narthex) Youth Potluck

7:15 pm (Church) Youth Ministry 1st Sunday Adoration

Monday, August 6

7:30 pm (Narthex) Acts: The Spread of the Kingdom

Tuesday, August 7

9:00 am (Narthex) Bible Study "Fulfilled"

11:00 am (P5) Inner Circle Prayer Group

5:00 pm (P5) Divine Mercy Sacred Heart Ministry Meeting

5:30 pm (Residence) Cenacle Meeting

7:30 pm (P7/8) Knights of Columbus Council General Meeting

Wed, August 8 9:30 am (Narthex) Divine Mercy Cenacle 10:00 am (P5) 33 Days To Morning Glory Retreat Meeting AM 7:00 pm (Church Premises) K of C Color Corps Practice 7:00 pm (P5) RCIA Planning Meeting 7:30 pm (P5) 33 Days to Morning Glory Retreat Meeting PM 7:30 pm (Narthex) Baptismal Prep Class-Part 2 Thurs, August 9

9:00 am (Narthex) Altar Society - Flower Arrangement

5:00 pm (P3) Legion of Mary

7:00 pm (Church or P1) Spanish Rosary

7:30 pm (P7/8) Knights of Columbus 4th Degree

Friday, August 10

3:00 pm (Church) Holy Hour

Saturday, August 11

10:00 am (Narthex) Understanding Grief

3:45 pm (Church) Confession-Father Soane

6:00 pm (P1,2,&3) Lord's Flock Meeting

6:00 pm (P7 & 8) Divine Mercy Daughters of the King Please join us on Fridays ,

3:00-4:00 pm

for Holy Hour!

Come and Adore Him!

ADORATION: The Church is open for prayer

during Parish office Hours. Visit the Office for access.

Ad Space Available-

Call the Parish office!

916-256-3134. Your

business should be

advertised here!

T4, TEA FOR U

4660 Natomas Blvd.,

Sacramento, CA 95835

Phone # 916-515-9233

OPEN: Mon-Wed, and Sunday at 11am-10 pm Thursday-Saturday at 11 am-11 pm.

15% of SUNDAY sales coming from our parishioners and friends goes to

Divine Mercy . Thank you for your support!

Giving is Worship

SHARING OUR TREASURE Fiscal Year July 2018- June 2019

Week ending July 29, 2018

OFFERTORY REQUIREMENTS (July 2018 - June 2019)

Average 5 week Month Requirement $ 75,000

Weekly Average Requirements $ 15,000

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH

God Bless You for Your Continuing Generosity

Have your gift recorded by using envelopes. We will provide you with a record of your tax-deductible donations every year. Don’t have enve-

lopes? Call Parish office to request – it’s easy!

Summer is here and with prep-

arations for a wonderful Sum-

mer Vacation complete,

please consider

registering for

ConnectNow Giving!

Our church needs your donations and gifts all 12 months of the year.

Our bills unfortunately don’t go on vacation.

The Mortgage Reduction Offering

is this weekend. Please prayer-

fully consider what you can give

to help the Church’s efforts in

reducing the balance on the

mortgage.

Please place your envelopes for this very important offering in the

second offertory basket.

DIVINE MERCY PARISH FUNDRAISER AT

T4 TEA FOR U

Please support our Divine Mercy Parish Fundraiser

at T4, Tea For U, located in the shopping center in

line with Raley’s at 4660 Natomas Blvd .

T4 is very generously offering our parish 15% from their sales before tax eve-

ry Sunday at 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., starting on August 5th through December

30th, 2018. T4 offers a variety of tea with an assortment of toppings to

choose from, and allows you to customize the sweetness and ice levels of

your drinks. There are varied snacks as well, like fried tofu, lobster balls, basil

popcorn chicken, egg puffs, French fries, deep-fried squid, fried cheese sticks,

crispy chicken wings, etc. Bring your family and friends to T4 on Sundays.

Your generous support of this fundraiser will help us pay our mortgage. Pick

up a DMCC-T4 flyer on your way out after the Mass. Give the flyer to the

cashier to have your order counted for Divine Mercy Church. Thank you and

God bless you most kindly.

Week of: 1-Jul wk 1 $ 18,351

Week of: 8-Jul wk 2 $ 14,251

Week of: 15-Jul wk 3 $ 13,498

Week of: 22-Jul wk 4 $ 13,458

Week of: 29-Jul wk 5 $ 13,622

Total Collections This Month $ 73,180

Shortage (x,xxx) / Savings Increase $ (1,820)

CHURCH MORTGAGE

Mortgage Loan Balance 7/31/2018 $ 2,462,227

This Week:

Weekend Mass attendance totaled 1005

301 families gave 77.1% of our weekend offertory of $8,091

We are thankful to the 13 families who gave sacrificial gifts totaling $5,253 for our Mortgage Reduction collection.

Like our bills at home, our bills here at Divine Mercy don't take a vacation. Plan ahead, sign up for On Line Giving

Divine Mercy Catholic Church Ministries

Stewardship

Although God gives us “all things richly to enjoy,” nothing is ours. Noth-

ing really belongs to us. God owns everything; we’re responsible for how

we treat it and what we do with it. While we complain about our rights

here on earth, the Bible constantly asks, What about your responsibili-

ties? Owners have rights; stewards have responsibilities.

Catechesis of the

Good

Shepherd

Children 3-6 yrs

Enrollment is

Open!

Catechist of the Good Shepherd meets once a week, on Tuesdays, from 10:00-

12:00 or 5:00-7:00pm. Your child must be enrolled to attend so register now!

Class starts on Tuesday, September 11th.

Call Mary Travis for information 916-213-9692

Help your child form a life long

relationship with Christ and His Church.

Fr. Gaitley’s formula for success is: Read 10 minutes a day

Ponder what you’ve read

Meet once a week for 6 weeks

Simply described, Fr. Gaitley’s formula to becoming a saint is a do-it-yourself

retreat that entails daily readings (ten minutes in duration) for 33 days; six week-

ly meetings, each lasting roughly 90 minutes (includes a 50-minute DVD and 40-

minute group discussion); and ending with a personal consecration to Jesus

through Mary. Fr. Gaitley’s book and companion workbook is provided for $15.

You may attend a weekly 90-minute retreat at 10AM or 7:30PM, Wednesday,

beginning August 8 and ending September 12 with your consecration to Jesus

through Mary. Retreatants who are consecrated will receive a special blessing

on September 15, a Marion Memorial for Our Lady of Sorrows.

For more information, leave Rod Marshall or Zeny Tandoc a message at 916-

765-7962 or 408-439-9502. Your call will be returned to answer your questions.

SHDMDM is offering the “easiest, fastest, surest way to become a saint” by

presenting Fr. Michael Gaitley’s book and DVD, 33 Days to Morning Glory.

YOUTH MASS IS TONITE!

See you there!

MARRIED COUPLES.

Plan to go on a World-

wide Marriage Encounter

Weekend and come back

with a marriage that is

refreshed and full of ener-

gy! The next local World-

wide Marriage Encounter

Weekend will be

August 24-26, 2018.

Other dates/locations are also available.

CFF needs Catechists!

Will you respond to God’s call?

Contact Sr. Luz!

Call 916-256-3134; email her at [email protected]

or go to the CFF Office, Sunday-Thursday!

Divine Mercy Catholic Church Ministries

Confirmation

3rd Reunion of Enthroned Families to the

Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy

August 18, 2018

Potluck sign-up sheet is

in the Narthex.

RSVP by August 15th to

Evelyn de Jesus (916) 420-0528 or Rod Marshall (916) 765-7962

Reunion is at Four Seasons Westshore Clubhouse

4200 Hovnanian Dr

Please come and join us!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

August 7 6:45 pm Regular Business Meeting P7/8

(Rosary 6:45 & (Meeting 7:30 pm)

August 8 7:15 pm Color Corps practice on the church premises.

August 9 7:30 pm Assembly 4th Degree meeting in P7/8.

Come and see!

Enhance your knowledge

of the Divine Mercy message through the

DIVINE MERCY CENACLE!

Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 pm

at 5201 Alderberry Way

Or

Wednesdays, 10:00 am—12:00 pm

in Portable 9

KNIGHTS

of Columbus

In Service To One. In Service To All

"In service to One, In service to All." This is the motto of our fraternal or-

ganization. Our service begins at Divine Mercy Parish by supporting its

mission and our Pastor throughout the year. If you are interested in join-

ing us lease contact: Domingos Fernandes - [email protected]

(916) 419 7936.

God Is Calling You!

Do you have an abundant life with God?

Are you 100% available to God?

Do you have the courage to put God at the

center of your life?

Open yourself to the Welcome Experience, you will be

glad you did!

Ever feel like something is missing?

Men’s Weekend

When: September 1-2, 2018

Where: Divine Mercy

Catholic Church

2231 Club Center Dr

Contact: Parish Office

916-256-3134

Join your fellow parishion-

ers for the next Men’s

Welcome Weekend, and

incredible experience that

will help you discover

what’s missing in our life

and what to do about it.

Sign Up Today

Registration Ends

August 26th!

NEW Financial Peace Universi-

ty (FPU) Classes BEGINNING –

September 20th at 7:30 pm

Financial Peace University or FPU, is a step by step, personal finance

program designed to teach people how to get out of debt, save more and

give more and become great stewards of God’s financial blessings.

AT the end of the first two classes - our groups saved an additional

$256,015.00 and paid off $35,717.00 in debt. Many families also in-

creased their giving. And they did that in only 9 weeks. 23 families are

now on the road to financial well-being. You must be over 18 to attend

the course. Romans 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except

the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others

has fulfilled the law.

Please contact: Michael Kemper or Jeff Obrecht for more information.

(916) 402-1891 or [email protected] or (916) 834-1600 or

[email protected]

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