May 11, 2014 4th Sunday of Easter

SAINT
SEBASTIAN
CHURCH
373 BON AIR ROAD,
GREENBRAE, CA 94904
(415) 461-0704
WWW . SEBASTIAN 94904. COM
4 TH S UNDAY
OF E ASTER
M AY 1 1 , 201 4
...you had gone astray like
sheep, but you have now
returned to the shepherd and
guardian of your souls.
—1 Peter 2:25
Alfred Soord (1868-1915) “The Lost Sheep”
...the shepherd calls his own
sheep by name…
and the
sheep follow him, because they
recognize his voice. … I am the
good shepherd. A good
shepherd lays down his life for
the sheep.
—John 10: 3,4,11
M ASS S CHEDULE
Saturday Evening .....5 PM
Sundays .....................7AM, 9AM, & 11AM
Monday - Saturday ..7AM & 9AM
Pastor .................... Rev. Mark Taheny
Parochial Vicar .... Rev. Paul Perry
Deacon ................. Rev. Mr. Bill Turrentine
Secretary............... Nancy Lampe
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays ..................3:30 - 4:30PM
Parish School of Religion:
Renée O’Neill: [email protected]
EXPOSITION & ADORATION
Mon-Fri 7:30-8:55am, 9:30-10:30, 3-4pm
Confirmation Youth Group:
Dave Previtali: [email protected]
M A S S I N T EN T IO N S
FOR
M A Y 12 - 1 7
Mon 7 AM John Desco Family
9 AM Norma Geissberger
Tue
7 AM Joseph Lampe, living
9 AM Vera Gaudiani, living
Wed 7 AM Joan Sullivan
9 AM Therese Haddad, living
Thu
7 AM Larry Piatti
9 AM Special Intention
Fri
7 AM Herm Schlesselmann †
& Anne Marie Schlesselmann, living
9 AM Rick & Liz
Sat
7 AM Sal Gumina
9 AM Brianna Lampe, living
P LEASE I NCLUDE THE F OLLOWING
P EOPLE IN Y OUR P RAYERS :
Angela, Bertha, Jenny, Joe, John, Kristen, Mary,
Monica, Patrick, Sandra L., Sandy, Sherie,
Stephanie, Tim, Vivien, Ann Boeri, Marilyn
Charbonneau, Cathy Connor, Elizabeth Cook, Clell
Grimes, Monte Maroevich, Chris Matthew, Sean
Moylan, Mark Piatti, Steve Schlesselmann, Mary
Lou Smith, Rose Tannlund, and Sherry Willis.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Today, “Good Shepherd Sunday”, has been World
Day of Prayer for Vocations since Pope Paul VI
designated it as such in 1963.
The world-wide Church honors the vocation given
to all Christians at Baptism, and through the
vocations to Marriage, Priesthood, Diaconate,
Consecrated Life, and the single life, may each of us
do our part to build up the Body of Christ. Jesus
gave His life for us that we might know fullness of
life.
A RCHBISHOP ’ S A NNUAL A PPEAL 2014
We have received $37,770 toward our assessed goal
of $60,600. We have passed the 62% mark with 100
families having donated to the Appeal. Please give.
S ACRAMENT OF C ONFIRMATION
The young people listed below were Confirmed by
Bishop Robert McElroy this weekend at the 5PM
Mass. Please remember them in your prayers.
Madison Augusto
Megan Ann Binford
Lauren Brierley
Nicole Casartelli
Alejandra Changeaux
Toula Falvey
Lindsey Geissberger
Catherine Hood
Kari Jonsson
Natalia Lazor
Oliver Leograndis
Matthew Makowski
Sophia McWhorter
Lily Moser
Isabella Nickel
Jacqueline Ring
Erwin Smith
Angelina Vicencio-Mares
We accidentally omitted Natalia Lazor’s name last
week from the list of those to be Confirmed, but
are happy to have included her this week!
WORD OF LIFE
How much the
world is in need of
the mercy of God
today!
In every
continent, from the
depths of human
suffering, a cry for
mercy seems to
rise. … In those
places where there
is less respect for
life and human
dignity, one needs
the merciful love of
God, in whose light
we see the ineffable
value of every single human being. Mercy is needed
to ensure that every injustice may find its solution in
the splendor of truth. So today, in this Sanctuary, I
solemnly wish to entrust the world to Divine Mercy.
I do so with the burning desire that the message of
God’s merciful love, proclaimed here through Saint
Faustina, may reach all the inhabitants of the earth
and fill their hearts with hope. … May the binding
promise of the Lord Jesus be fulfilled: from here has
to come out “the spark that will prepare the world for
his final coming.”
—Saint Pope John Paul II
Homily in Łagiewniki, Poland, August 17, 2002
A P RAYER
FOR
M OTHERS
Heavenly Father,
You have given each person the
precious gift of having a mother.
Throughout the ages, mothers have
been the unsung heroes of our lives,
content with little things; a smile,
a thank you, a token remembrance.
May all mothers learn from the
example set by Jesus’ mother, Mary,
who is our Mother in Heaven.
Let us always remember our mothers
as a treasure which You have given us,
whether they are still with us, or in heaven.
Pour down Your grace on all mothers
today and every day;
and help each one of us to live our lives
based on the good examples,
love and devotion
which we have learned from them.
Amen.
Dear Mother of Confidence,
“WHALE OF A SALE”
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Sell Your Stuff!
In the Church Parking Lot
Hotdogs, Chips, Sodas, & Water
Available at the Concession Stand
Spaces Available:
$35 before May 25
$50 after May 25
Call 461-0704
Whale of a Sale
BAKE SALE
depends on
your baking skills!
A Baked Goods Booth will
be part of this community-building event and
help raise funds for the parish.
If you would like to cook something for the Parish
Whale of a Sale, please call the Office at 461-0704.
Today is Catholic Charities CYO Sunday
I come before you in my weakness and need
trusting in your motherly care, and in the love of
God “who has done great things” for you. I give
you all—my problems, my doubts, and even my
sins. And I ask you to give me your own
limitless confidence—in the tenderness of God,
and in the power of Jesus your Son. Teach me
the joy and freedom of abandoning all in His
hands. Together with you may I behold God’s
presence and His power at work in my life.
This annual second collection asks parishioners
within the Archdiocese of San Francisco to live their
faith by generously supporting the good work of
Catholic Charities CYO. Your contributions directly
support programs and services that provide relief for
homeless families, frail seniors, immigrants, the
working poor, children and youth, and many of our
most vulnerable neighbors who are struggling to
meet even their most basic needs. Put your faith into
action and change a life for the better today by
contributing to Catholic Charities.
I thank you for leading me to rise above my
troubles and cares. Help me to accept all that
befalls me with serenity, and to ask for all I need
with expectant faith; that I too may be able to see
and to say that “He who is mighty has done great
things … for me.” Amen.
For more information on the work of Catholic
Charities CYO and how you can help strengthen
families, build community, and reduce poverty
locally, please call Jane Ferguson Flout at 415-9711227 or [email protected].
“You cannot learn this from books, you must
experience it in your life, that whatever you ask
Our Lady she will do…”
—Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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Today is the
“World Day of Prayer for Vocations”
Let us pray for future priests:
God, our Father,
In Your love and providence,
You call each of us
to a more holy and abundant life.
We pray for our young people
in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Open their hearts and minds
to know the vocation
You have planned for them for all eternity.
If they are being invited to follow You
as a Priest, Brother, or Sister,
give them a generous heart
to respond to Your challenging call,
and the strength to follow
wherever You lead them.
May families
desire to please
You by
encouraging and
supporting
vocations within
their homes.
We ask this
through Jesus
Christ,
our Good
Shepherd.
A m en .
WORD
OF
LIFE
A
t the heart of every culture … is a consensus about
the nature of reality and the moral good, and thus
about the conditions for human flourishing. In America,
that consensus, as enshrined in your nation’s founding
documents, was grounded in a worldview shaped not only
by faith but a commitment to certain ethical principles
deriving from nature and nature’s God. Today that
consensus has eroded significantly in the face of powerful
new cultural currents which are not only directly opposed
to core moral teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition,
but increasingly hostile to Christianity as such.
—Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Bishops of the United
States on their Ad Limina Visit, Jan. 19, 2012