1001 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024-2828 Phone: 760 753-6254 Fax: 760 753-7118

Saint John School : 760 944-8227 admin@saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnencinitas.org www.saintjohnschool.com

Pastor Father James Bahash Associate Pastor Father Kibaki Robert, AJ, Deacon Bob Beiner School Principal Dan Schuh

Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 7:30am 9:00am 10:30am 12:00pm (Spanish) and 5:00pm Daily Monday - Saturday 8:00am Rosary Daily, after morning Mass Novena Tuesday, after morning Mass Perpetual Adoration 24 hours Sacrament of Penance Saturday 3:30pm - 4:30pm and 6:00pm Vocation Holy Hour 1st Friday, 8:00am Mass

Marriage Please call Parish Office Baptism Information on www.saintjohnencinitas.org

Page 2 Saint John the Evangelist From Father Jim March 8, 2020

Catholic Sisters Week: March 8-14. Since 2014, March 8-14 has been observed as Catholic Sisters Week. Do you know that we have 195 Sisters in our Diocese – from 40 different congregations? Find out more about our Sisters on the Diocesan Sisters Webpage: www.sdcatholic.org/sisters.

The first reading is taken from the book of Genesis 12:1-4. In due time God began the remote preparation for the Incarnation. Almost 2,000 years before Christ was to come, he selected Abram to be the father of a people who would be his special friends, his "Chosen People," and through them, the fullness of his revelation. Christ would come to all men. This is the divine event read for us today.

The second reading is from the letter of St. Paul to Timothy 2 Tim 1:8-10. Timothy, son a pagan father and a Jew-ish mother, became a Christian, together with his mother Eunice and his grandmother Lois, on his first visit to Lys-tra. Later, Paul appointed him head of the church at Ephesus. This epistle is principally concerned with the pastoral duties of pastors or shepherds of the communities.

The Gospel is from St. Matthew 17:1-9. This momentary vision of Christ, in his glory, was given in order to strengthen the three principal Apostles to face the trials to their faith, which the sufferings and crucifixion of their beloved master would bring on them. For the very same reason it is retold to us today, in the early part of Lent, to encourage us to persevere in our Lenten mortification. It reminds us that, very soon, the Easter bells will be ringing out their message of joy once more. If we are sharers with Christ in his sufferings, we shall be sharers with him in his glory as St. Paul reminds us.

This is a truth we all too easily forget, namely, that we cannot and do not get to heaven in a limousine. Our spell on earth is the chance given us by our heavenly Father to earn an eternal reward. This reward surpasses even the wildest imagination of man. We could never earn it, but God accepts the little we can do and provides the balance of his infinite mercy. And yet there are many, far too many, who refuse even that little bit that is asked of them and are thus running the risk of not partaking in God's scheme for their eternal happiness.

And are they any happier during their few years on this earth by acting thus towards the God of mercy? Can they, by ignoring God and their duties towards him, remove all pain, all sorrow, all sufferings, from their daily lives? Death, which means a total separation from all we possessed and cherished in this world, is waiting around the cor-ner for all of us. Who can face it more calmly and confidently —he man who is firmly convinced that it is the gate-way to a new life, and who has done his best to earn admission through that gateway, or the man who has acted all his life as if death did not exist for him, and who has done everything to have the gate to the new life shut forever in his face?

Illnesses and troubles and disappointments are the lot of all men. They respect neither wealth, nor power, nor posi-tion. The man who knows his purpose in life and is ever striving to reach the goal God's goodness has planned for him, can and will see in these trials of life the hand of a kind father who is preparing him for greater things. His suf-ferings become understandable and more bearable because of his attitude to life and its meaning. The man who ignores God and tries to close the eyes of his mind to the real facts of life has nothing to uphold him or console him in his hours of sorrow and pain. Yet, sorrow and pain will dog his footsteps, strive as he will to avoid them, and he can see no value, no divine purpose in these, for him, misfortunes.

Christ has asked us to follow him, carrying our daily cross, and the end of our journey is not Calvary but resurrec-tion, the entrance to a life of glory with our risen Savior. The Christian who grasps his cross closely and willingly, knowing its value for his real life, will find it becomes lighter and often not a burden but a pleasure. The man who tries to shuffle off his cross, and who curses and rebels against him who sent it, will find it doubles its weight and loses all the value it was intended to have for his true welfare.

Let the thought of the Transfiguration encourage each one of us today, to do the little God demands of us, so that when we pass out of this life we may be assured of seeing Christ in his glory, ready to welcome us into his everlast-ing, glorious kingdom. — Excerpted from The Sunday Readings Cycle A, Fr. Kevin O' Sullivan, O.F.M.

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Sunday: Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Lent; Daylight Saving Time begins; International Women’s Day Monday: St. Frances of Rome; Purim (Jewish observance) begins at sunset Friday: Abstinence

Amount Received Total Identified Contributing Households

Mail In/Office Drop $9,635 16

Plate/Loose Collections

$5,999 -0-

Envelope/Identified Collections

$11,888 343

Online Giving Collections

$10,328 246

Total Collections & % of Registered

Families $28,560

19%

Variance - / + $3,109 -

Stewardship of Treasure Weekly Parish Finance Report

Feb 24— Mar 1 Total Registered Families: 3,219

Total weekly cost (based on Fiscal Yr 2018-2019) of salaries and benefits, liturgies, utilities, sacraments, repairs and on-

going maintenance: $25,451

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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday

Mar 7 8:00am Annie Clave †

8:00am Julie Davis † 8:00am For the Protection & Sanctity of Life 5:00pm Beth & Jim Hampton † Sunday Mar 8 7:30am March & Van der Molen Families † 9:00am Rosella Greco † 10:30am Parishioners 12:00pm Ulises Farias † 5:00pm Helen Baland † Monday

Mar 9 8:00am Diane Weissman † Tuesday Mar 10 8:00am Fr. Seamus Heatherton † Wednesday Mar 11 8:00am Katherine Allen † Thursday

Mar 12 8:00am Paul Renshaw †

Friday Mar 13 8:00am Jeffrey Neil Jacobsen † Saturday Mar 14 8:00am Dominic Caminiti † 5:00pm Rosella Greco † Sunday Mar 15 7:30am Montgomery & Adessa Families † 9:00am Franca Giurlini † 10:30am Felipe Bernard † 12:00pm Parishioners 5:00pm J & R Benton (SI)

Perpetual Adoration

We are looking for more nighttime substitutes and need regular volunteers for the following hours:

Tue: 11 PM Thu: 12 AM ( midnight) & 5 PM We are in need of a new Day Captain for Wednesday. A Day Captain assists with arranging for subs when the regular person needs one. Until we find another volun-teer, Ken Poggenburg, 760-635-2573, will fill that spot. Please contact Ken if you can help with this. Perpetual Adoration is prayer in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament ...24 hours, day and night, seven days a week.

Please Keep in Your Prayers

Dorrie Adessa, Steve Allen, Mary Allegretti, Bob Behler, Charlotte Behler, Tom Bussjaeger, Michael Verla Carney, Carla Chicas, Greg Fix, Earl Flores, Janice Hyatt, Maria

Johnson, John Kamary, Meghan Lenehan, Dave McDon-ald, Scott McMannis, Kerry McGaughey, Larry Morgan, Sandra Naidenoff, Toni Naidenoff, Bob Papera, Donna

Papera, Colleen Peacock, Vince Pompo, Bob O’Donnell, Maureen Ramirez, Dave Rechsteiner, Toni Rechsteiner,

Lynda Tracy, Michal Tuzinkiewicz

We pray for our sick and deceased at daily Mass. We list names for prayer requests for one month. If someone wishes to have a name remembered again, the name will need to be resubmitted to the office.

Mark Your Calendars Sunday

Mar 8 After All Morn-ing Masses Donuts and Coffee

After All Morn-ing Masses Marian Ministry Shop

After All Morn-ing Masses Taco Sunday

6:00pm Young Adult Ministry Wednesday

Mar 11 6:00pm-7:00pm

Town Hall Meeting—Dynamic Catholic, What’s it all about

Friday

Mar 13 6:00pm Stations of the Cross (English) 7:00pm Stations of the Cross (Spanish) Sunday

Mar 15 After All Morn-ing Masses Donuts and Coffee

10:00am Faithful Families Play Date

After All Morn-ing Masses Youth Fundraiser-Taco Sale

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Lenten Fish Fry

Join us every Friday during Lent, for our Lenten Fish Fry. 5:00pm - 9:00pm

in the hall. $5 for Adults,

$3 for kids Bingo is $10 for 3 cards.

Stations of the Cross

Join us every Friday during Lent, for Stations of the

Cross at 6:00pm and 7:00pm (Sp)

Brothers and Sisters, Saint John the Evangelist Parish is pleased to participate in the 2020 “Gratitude in Action” Annual Catholic Appeal. This appeal supports charitable needs throughout the Diocese of San Diego. Your gifts make possible the work that impacts so many in our diocese: those who attend Catholic school, formation of new priests and care for our re-tired priests, evangelization and accompaniment of Young Adults, and the consoling presence of Christ for those impris-oned. Please make your intention to the Annual Catholic Ap-peal.

You can make your contribution online at h ps://giving.diocese-sdiego.org/ or by picking up a combo bro-chure/response card here at the parish and dropping off at the office or in the collection basket.. ~Thank you and God Bless~

TOWN HALL MEETING- DYNAMIC PARISH, WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?

Wednesday, March 11th 6:00pm in the Parish Hall

Come join us for insights to the events, past and future, that will lead our Parish to be-coming a Dynamic Parish and each one of us to becoming a Dynamic Catholic! Not sure what that is, come along on the jour-ney and find out.

Be Bold Be Catholic

CURSILLISTA'S!! The next North County Coastal Ultreya will be Saturday 3/14 at 6:20 at St John's Catholic Church. We will be meeting in the Parish Hall (Encinitas or Leucadia Room) across from the Church. Pot Luck be-gins at 6:30 pm. Ultreya's are open to all. For more information about Cursillo or to get added to the Evite list, email nccultreya@gmail.com or call Rebeca Sheehan 760.473.1607

Página 5 Saint John the Evangelist From Father Jim Marzo 8, 2020 Lecturas dominicales La primera lectura está tomada del libro de Génesis 12: 1-4. A su debido tiempo, Dios comenzó la preparación remota para la Encarnación. Casi 2.000 años antes de la venida de Cristo, seleccionó a Abram para que fuera el padre de un pueblo que sería su amigo especial, su "pueblo elegido" y, a través de ellos, la plenitud de su revelación. Cristo vendría a todos los hombres. Este es el evento divino leído para nosotros hoy.

La segunda lectura es de la carta de San Pablo a Timoteo 2 Tim 1: 8-10. Timoteo hijo de padre pagano y madre judía, se hizo cristiano, junto con su madre Eunice y su abuela Lois, en su primera visita a Lystra. Más tarde, Pablo lo nombró jefe de la iglesia en Éfeso. Esta epístola se ocupa principalmente de los deberes pastorales de los pastores o pastores de las comunidades.

El Evangelio es de San Mateo 17: 1-9. Esta visión momentánea de Cristo, en su gloria, fue dada para fortalecer a los tres apóstoles principales para enfrentar las pruebas de su fe, que los sufrimientos y la crucifixión de su amado maes-tro les causarían. Por la misma razón que se nos vuelve a contar hoy, en la primera parte de la Cuaresma, para alentar-nos a perseverar en nuestra mortificación cuaresmal. Nos recuerda que, muy pronto, las campanas de Pascua harán sonar su mensaje de alegría una vez más. Si compartimos con Cristo en sus sufrimientos, compartiremos con él en su gloria como nos lo recuerda San Pablo.

Esta es una verdad que olvidamos con demasiada facilidad, a saber, que no podemos ni llegamos al cielo en una li-musina. Nuestro trabajo en la tierra es una oportunidad dada a nosotros por el Padre Celestial para ganarnos la vida eterna. Esta recompensa supera incluso la imaginación más salvaje del hombre. Nunca podríamos ganarlo, pero Dios acepta lo poco que podemos hacer y proporciona el equilibrio de su infinita misericordia. Y, sin embargo, hay muchos, demasiados, que se niegan incluso ese poquito que se les pide y, por lo tanto, corren el riesgo de no participar en el esquema de Dios para su felicidad eterna.

¿Y son más felices durante sus pocos años en esta tierra al actuar así hacia el Dios de la misericordia? ¿Pueden ellos, ignorando a Dios y sus deberes hacia él, eliminar todo dolor, toda tristeza, todo sufrimiento, de sus vidas diarias? La muerte, lo que significa una separación total de todo lo que poseemos y apreciamos en este mundo, nos está esperan-do a la vuelta de la esquina. ¿Quién puede enfrentarlo con más calma y confianza? El hombre que está firmemente convencido de que es la puerta de entrada a una nueva vida, y que ha hecho todo lo posible para obtener la admisión a través de esa puerta, o el hombre que ha actuado toda su vida como si fuera la muerte. no existía para él, y ¿quién ha hecho todo lo posible para que la puerta de la nueva vida se cierre para siempre en su rostro?

Las enfermedades, los problemas y las decepciones son la suerte de todos los hombres. No respetan ni la riqueza, ni el poder, ni la posición. El hombre que conoce su propósito en la vida y siempre se esfuerza por alcanzar la meta que la bondad de Dios ha planeado para él, puede y verá en estas pruebas de la vida la mano de un padre amable que lo está preparando para cosas más grandes. Sus sufrimientos se vuelven comprensibles y más llevaderos debido a su actitud hacia la vida y su significado. El hombre que ignora a Dios y trata de cerrar los ojos de su mente a los hechos reales de la vida no tiene nada que lo sostenga o lo consuele en sus horas de dolor y pena. Sin embargo, la tristeza y el dolor perseguirán sus pasos, se esforzarán por evitarlos, y no puede ver ningún valor, ningún propósito divino en estos, para él, desgracias.

Cristo nos ha pedido que lo sigamos, llevando nuestra cruz diaria, y el final de nuestro viaje no es el Calvario sino la resurrección, la entrada a una vida de gloria con nuestro Salvador resucitado. El cristiano que agarre su cruz de cerca y de buena gana, conociendo su valor para su vida real, la encontrará más ligera y, a menudo, no será una carga sino un placer. El hombre que intenta arrastrar su cruz, y que maldice y se rebela contra el que la envió, encontrará que dobla su peso y pierde todo el valor que tenía para su verdadero bienestar.

Deje que el pensamiento de la Transfiguración nos anime a cada uno de nosotros hoy, a hacer lo poco que Dios nos exige, para que cuando salgamos de esta vida podamos estar seguros de ver a Cristo en su gloria, listos para reci-birnos en su vida eterna en su glorioso reino. - Extraído de The Sunday Readings Cycle A, Fr. Kevin O'Sullivan, O.F.M.

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Religious Education Saint John School Dan Schuh 760 944-8227 Religious Education Ann McGinnis 760 753-6254 ‘Faithways’ Junior-High Abel and Gloria Castellanos 760 753-6254 Youth Ministry-High School Abel, Gloria & Pat 760 753-6254 Hispanic Ministry Raquel Ayala 760 753-6254 Music Ministry Lino Gambino 760 753-6254

Adult Faith R.C.I.A Allen Stone/Al Schmid 760 753-6254 Perpetual Adoration Ken Poggenburg 760 753-6254 Perpetual Adoration (Sp) Lupe Cardona 760 753-6254 Young Adult Ministry Parish Office 760-753-6254

Organizations Altar Society Karen Sawchenko 760 753-6254 Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts Blane Adessa 760 753-6254 Catholic Men’s Fellowship David Pavnic / Freddy Picciano 760 753-6254 Culture of Life Keith & Natalie Garcia 760 753-6254 Guadalupanos Olivia Reynaga 760 753-6254 Holy Name Rick Decker 760 753-6254 Knights of Columbus Pat Connors III 760 753-6254 Marriage Encounter Mike and Nancy Reisinger 760 753-6254 Saint Vincent de Paul Tracy Ferchaw 760 753-3056 Seniors Nettie March 760 753-6254

INTENCION DE MISAS Domingo, Marzo 8, 2020

7:30am March & Van der Molen Families † 9:00am Rosella Greco † 10:30am Parishioners 12:00pm Ulises Farias † 5:00pm Helen Baland †

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Dn 9:4b-10; Sal 79 (78):8, 9, 11, 13; Lc 6:36-38 Martes: Is 1:10, 16-20; Sal 50 (49):8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23; Mt 23:1-12 Miércoles: Jer 18:18-20; Sal 31 (30):5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28 Jueves: Jer 17:5-10; Sal 1:1-4, 6; Lc 16:19-31 Viernes: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Sal 105 (104):16-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Sábado: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Sal 103 (102):1-4, 9-12; Lc 15:1-3, 11-32 Domingo: Ex 17:3-7; Sal 95 (94):1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Segundo Domingo de Cuaresma; Cambio de Hora; Día Internacional de la Mujer Lunes: Santa Francisca Romana; Purim (festividad judía) comienza al atardecer Viernes: Abstinencia

Hermanos y hermanas, la parroquia de San Juan Evangelista se complace en participar en la Campaña Católica Anual de 2020 "Gratitud en Acción". Esta apelación respalda las nece-sidades de caridad en toda la Diócesis de San Diego. Sus dones hacen posible el trabajo que impacta a tantos en nues-tra diócesis: los que asisten a la escuela católica, la for-mación de nuevos sacerdotes y cuidan a nuestros sacerdotes retirados, la evangelización y el acompañamiento de adultos jóvenes, y la presencia consoladora de Cristo para los en-carcelados. Por favor haga su intención a la Campaña Católi-ca Anual. Puede hacer su contribución en línea en https://giving.diocese-sdiego.org/ o recogiendo un folleto combina-do / tarjeta de respuesta aquí en la parroquia y dejándolo en la oficina o en la canasta de recolección. ~ Gracias y Dios los

REUNIÓN COMUNITARIA PARROQUIA DINÁMICA, ¿DE QUÉ SE TRATA ?

Miércoles 11 de Marzo 6:00 pm en el Salón Parroquial ¡Únase a nosotros para conocer los eventos, pasados y fu-turos, que llevarán a nuestra parroquia a convertirse en una

parroquia dinámica y a cada uno de nosotros a convertirse en un católico dinámico! No estoy seguro de lo que es,

ven y descúbrelo uniéndote en este viaje. Sé Audaz Sé Católico