TODAY`S READINGS First Reading — When the wicked turn away

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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)
4:30 pm Vigil (English)
Monday -Tuesday
Thursday -Friday
7:30 am (English)
Wednesday
7:30 am (English)
6:00 pm
CONFESSIONS
Wednesday
5:30-6:00 pm
Saturday
3:00-4:00
EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION
Wednesday
5:00-6:00 pm
MINISTRIES
Rev. Kenneth Nobrega
Parochial Administrator
& Vocation Director
Rev. Ghebriel Woldai
Chaplain to Ge’ez Community
In Residence
Rev. Raphael Okitafumba
Deacon José Manuel Pérez
Permanent Deacon
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — When
Elizabeth Oishi Comly
the wicked turn away from
Transition Coordinator
their wickedness they have
committed and do what is
Eddie Ma
right, they shall surely live
Director Religious Education
(Ezekiel 18:25-28).
Baptism/Bautismos
Psalm — Remember your
Deacon José Manuel Pérez
mercies, O Lord
Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm
(Psalm 25).
Lectors/Lectores
Second Reading —
Remy Bravo Seay (English)
Consider others as better
Javier Torres (Español)
than yourselves; look not to your own interests, but
to the interests of others (Philippians 2:1-11 [1-5]).
Eucharistic Ministers
Gospel — Tax collectors and prostitutes are
Yanny Chavarria (English)
entering the kingdom of God ahead of you
Fortino Alducin (Español)
(Matthew 21:28-32).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969,
1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights
reserved.
Parish Council Members: Rebeca To r r es (Chair per son ), Fortino Alducin (Vice Chairperson), Josefina Figueroa (Secretary), Maritza Ibarra, Gloria Maldonado, Elizabeth Oishi
Comly, Hector Cortes, Teresa Coulon, Nidya Muñoz, Javier Torres, Yohannes Yetbarek and Ed
Hopfner.
Finance Council Members: Mar itza Ibar r a, Elizabeth Oishi Com ly,
Yohannes Yetbarek.
Legion of Mary m eets every Mo n day at 4 pm in the Rector y.
Mission Statement
St. Joseph the Worker Parish is a diverse Catholic Community,
which welcomes people from many different places in their faith
journey and serves the Gospel of Jesus Christ through worship,
education, social justice, service to the poor and engagement in
community concerns.
Sacristan
Freddy Morales
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RENOVATION
Nuestra Misión
La Iglesia de San José Oberero es una comunidad católica diversa,
que le da la bienvenida a gente de diferentes lugares en su jornada
de fe y que propone cumplir con la Buena Nueva de Cristo Jesús a
través de la liturgia, la educación, la justicia social, en el servicio a
los pobres y entregados a las necesidades de la communidad.
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND
St. Joseph Cemetery
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San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265
Oakland phone (510) 654-0936
PARISH NEWS
Last Sunday Plate Collection
Sep. 21, 2014: $2075.83
2nd Collection: $820.55
Registration for 2014-2015 CCD and
Youth Confirmation has begun!
Registration hours for classes are from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday through Friday at church office.
Mandatory Confirmation orientation meeting for
parents and students on October 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the
school hall.
Mandatory CCD orientation for the Spanish speaking
parents & guardians on October 5 at 9:15 a.m. in the
school hall.
Mandatory CCD orientation for English speaking parents & guardians on October 12 at 10:45 a.m. in the
school hall.
We are looking forward to a very positive and fruitful
year of religious education for our children and give
thanks in advance to all our volunteer catechists and
helpers.
Blessings, Fr. Kenneth
NECESSARY REPETITION
Spiritual teachers tend to repeat themselves, and to
repeat other teachers. Maybe there really aren’t that many
different truths to tell. Just a lot of slow, sleepy human
beings—like us—who need to hear the basics over and
over. Consider today’s readings.
People complain that God isn’t “fair,” and Ezekiel answers that God is more than fair. People choose their own
fates, and people can change. Even evildoers can turn, do
right, and live. “Actions speak louder than words.” A
fresh new insight? Hardly.
Paul tells the Philippians he would truly be
encouraged if those who claimed to be believers would, in
fact, look to others’ interests and not their own. “The
proof of the pudding is in the eating.” A novel idea? I
don’t think so.
In Jesus’ story of the farmer and his sons, everyone
knows the one who said he wouldn’t work—but did—is
way ahead of the one who said he would work, but didn’t.
“Talk is cheap.” Heard that before?
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7:30 am Paul Prado+
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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Over time, the severe form of one-chance penance
collapsed under lack of enthusiasm for its burdens and
its public nature. As ordinary Christians prayed for the
great sinners, it must have occurred to them that they
were sinners no less, and they required a form of penance
also. The Irish came to the rescue, never having had a
public form of penance, but inventing a system called
“tariff penance,” which was completely private, available
to everyone, and wildly popular. After a detailed confession, priest and penitent would lie on the floor before the
altar and recite a number of psalms. The priest then pronounced a judgment, a tariff, giving a task or a prayer to
complete before reconciliation.
The surviving guidebooks for confessors make for hairraising reading as the sins of which the Irish people were
supposedly capable were catalogued and keyed to penances. Cattle or sheep rustling might require stripping
down to sing psalms in an icy brook, for example, or
adultery could be the occasion for rolling in a thicket of
thorns. All of this might have stayed in Ireland had not
the monks had a desire to travel, blazing across Europe
with their theology and their rituals, and their sense that
Christians needed strong medicine for sin and the assurance of God’s forgiveness.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
IMPOSSIBLE
Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible;
suddenly you are doing the impossible.
—St. Francis of Assisi
SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday:
Ss. Michael, Gabr iel, and Raphael,
Archangels
Tuesday:
St. J er ome
Wednesday: St. Thér èse of the Child J esus
Thursday: The Holy Guar dian Angels
Friday:
Fir st Fr iday; Yom Kippur
(Jewish day of atonement) begins at sunset
Saturday:
St. Fr ancis of Assisi; Fir st Satur day
Please see website bulletin
for more information on events around the
diocese: http://stjosephtheworkerchurch.org/
Please Pray For the Sick
Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall
Fernette Newson, Luis Perez, Septima Boutte, Rosa M.
Orozco, Jacob Marshall, Charles Robinson, Louise Rantz,
Frances Landeza, Msgr. Ray Breton, Rita Streuli,
Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins, Pat Barnet,
Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Irene Hancock,
Ann Zito, Kathy Tims
And Recently Deceased
Jesús Gil+ Daniel Viramontes+ Maria Sartori+
Philip Larabee+ Paul Gray+ Raphael Barrajas Gutierrez+
Roland Sum+ Marco Chavarria+
NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA
Colecta de la Semana Pasada - 21 de septiembre 2014:
$2075.83
Segunda colección: $820.55
¡Inscripciones para CCD y
Confirmaciones han comenzado!
Horario para registrarse a las clases es 1 p.m. a 6
p.m. lunes a viernes en la oficina de la iglesia.
Junta de orientación obligatoria para los padres y estudiantes de la Confirmación será el 2 de octubre a
las 6:30 p.m. en el salón gr ande de la escuela.
Junta de orientación obligatoria de catecismo para los
padres de habla español será el 5 de octubre a las
9:15 a.m. en el salón gr ande de la escuela.
Junta de orientación obligatoria de catecismo para
padres de habla inglés será el 12 de octubre a las
10:45 a.m. en el salón gr ande de la escuela.
Tenemos esperanza que este año nuestros niños
tendrán una rica y frutal en su experiencia religiosa.
Gracias de antemano a nuestros catequistas voluntarios y ayudantes.
Bendiciones,
Padre Kenneth
LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES
Domingo: Vigésimo Sexto Domingo del Tiempo
Ordinario
Lunes:
Santos Ar cángeles Miguel, Gabr iel y
Rafael
Martes: San J er ónimo
Miércoles: Santa Ter esita del Niño J esús
Jueves:
Santos Ángeles Custodios
Viernes: Pr imer vier nes; Iom Kipur (el día ju
dío para la expiación) comienza a la
Sábado: San Fr ancisco de Asís; Pr imer sábado
puesta del sol
REPETICIÓN NECESARIA
Los maestros espirituales tienen la tendencia a
repetir lo mismo, y de repetir lo que otros maestros
enseñan. Tal vez es porque no hay muchas verdades
diferentes. Sólo muchos seres humanos, medios dormidos y perezosos – igual que nosotros– que necesitan escuchar las verdades básicas una y otra vez.
Considera las lecturas de hoy.
La gente se queja de que Dios no es “justo”, y
Ezequiel contesta que Dios es más que justo. La gente escoge su destino y la gente puede cambiar. Hasta
los malvados pueden cambiar, hacer el bien y vivir
para siempre. “Las acciones hablan más claramente
que las palabras”. ¿Una idea nueva? Seguro que no.
Pablo les dice a los filipenses que se sentiría muy
complacido si los que se dicen ser creyentes buscaran
los intereses de los demás y no los propios. “La prueba está en la realidad”. ¿Una idea nueva? No lo creo.
En la historia que Jesús cuenta sobre el viñador y
sus hijos, todos sabemos que el que dijo que no trabajaría – pero lo hizo– es más virtuoso que el que dijo
que trabajaría, pero no lo hizo. “Perro que ladra no
muerde” ¿Has escuchado eso antes?
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LO IMPOSIBLE
Empieza a hacer lo que es necesario, luego lo que es
posible, de pronto estarás haciendo lo que es imposible.
—San Francisco de Asís
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA /
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
For a commentary on the Daily & Sunday readings, please
see our parish website at:
www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org/
Lunes /Mon. Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a;
Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51
Martes /Tues. Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Ps 88:2-8;
Lk 9:51-56
Miércoles/Wed. Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-15;
Lk 9:57-62
Jueves /Thurs. Jb 19:21-27; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14;
Mt 18:1-5, 10
Viernes /Fri. Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-10,
13-14ab; Lk 10:13-16
Sábado /Sat. Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75,
91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24
Domingo /Sun. Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9, 12-16, 19-20;
Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43