In Our Thoughts & Prayers

Remember in your prayers those who are ill, in nursing

homes, hospital or homebound, and:

Kim Reeves, Conway Hutto, Ana Gutierrez,

JoAnn Coules, Jayden Rosel, Angelita Hysquierdo,

Patricia Rodriguez, George Rodriguez,

Nancy Jimenez, Zeke Ortiz, Fanny Lopez,

& Dominga Alvarado

Baptism Classes

Baptism classes for parents & sponsors are held every

first Monday of the Month at 6:30 pm.

Please call or e-mail our office to register!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mondays of Lent

Holy Hour & Confessions at 7:00 pm

Los Martes de Cuaresma

Clases de Formación de la Fe para los Adultos 6:30 pm to 8 pm

Las Clases se llevarán acabo en las siguientes fechas

Febrero 20 Febrero 27

Marzo 6 Marzo 13

Fridays of Lent

Stations of the Cross 6 pm

Gift Shop Candles

Our gift shop will be raising the price for candles to $5.00 plus tax. This is due to the increased cost of the candles we receive through our supplier. All monies from the sale of candles and other items in the gift shop are used to pay expenses of items used for the celebration of the mass and to decorate the sanctuary.

2018 Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal Thank you to all who responded so generously to the 2018 Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal this past weekend. If you have not yet made your pledge please consider a pledge by picking up a pledge envelope in the foyer of the church. You may return the completed form to the Parish office or mail it directly to the Office of Parish Stewardship and Development. You can also give securely online or share the Bishop’s Stewardship Appeal video at diocesecc.org

Second Collection

Next week, our parish will take up The Catholic Relief Services Collection (CRSC). Funds from this collection help provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all people here at home and abroad. Next week, please give generously to the CRSC, and help Jesus in disguise. Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

MASS INTENTIONS

03/03 Sat 7:30am-Thanksgiving to the Blessed Trinity

Sat 6:00pm-†Owen Nagel

03/04 Sun 8:00am-Our Lady of all Saints & Angels

Sun 9:30am-Parishioners

Sun 11:30am-†Alexander Nicolas Silva

03/05 Mon 7:30am-Deceased members of

the Phillips Family

03/06 Tue 7:30am-†Belinda

03/07 Wed 7:30am-†Mike Boyle

03/08 Thu 7:30am-†Henry & †Emma Hermes

03/09 Fri 7:30am-No Mass

03/10 Sat 7:30am-†Angel Pardo

Sat 6:00pm-†Owen Nagel

The Sanctuary Candle burns for †Jose Ruiz

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sun: Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny

Wed: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity

Thur: St. John of God

Fri: St. Frances of Rome; Abstinence

TODAY'S READINGS

First Reading -- God gives the law through Moses

(Exodus 20:1-17 [1-3, 7-8, 12-17]) or Exodus 17:3-7.

Psalm -- Lord, you have the words of everlasting life

(Psalm 19) or Psalm 95.

Second Reading -- We proclaim Christ crucified

(1 Corinthians 1:22-25) or Romans 5:1-2, 5-8.

Gospel -- Many began to believe in Jesus' name when

they saw the signs he was doing (John 2:13-25) or John

4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42].

Collection for 02-25-18

Envelopes $ 1794.00

Loose $ 1386.11

Maintenance Fund $ 96.00

Total $ 3276.11

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

If your parish is reading from Year B of the Lectionary today, and not Year A, as is normally done when there are elect present for the scrutinies and preparing for Easter baptism, you hear about Jesus driving the money-changers from the temple. If you wished to get as close as possible to this site today, you would in fact be at a Muslim shrine, the Dome of the Rock, built on the ruins of Herod's temple. Archeologists believe that this striking, gold-domed crown of a shrine is set precisely where the Holy of Holies once was. Jews believe that the rock is the exact spot where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac. It is not a mosque, as some think, but a shrine, the oldest one in the Muslim world. For them, the rock is the place from which the Prophet Mohammed ascended on a visit to heaven. The Crusaders mistook the shrine for the actual Temple of Solomon, and the infamous Knights Templar used it as their headquarters and model for their churches elsewhere. The geometric perfection of the shrine is a mathematician's dream. The inscriptions are not exactly hospitable though, since they encourage Christians to "depart from error" and declare that "Jesus son of Mary was only a messenger of God." In ancient times, those who prayed here after walking around the rock were given a certificate entitling the bearer to admission to paradise. The ticket had to be buried with them.

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