Our Lady of Mount Carmel 300 Fulton Street ▪ Redwood City, CA 94062 Tel. (650) 366-3802 ▪ Fax: (650) 366-1421▪ [email protected] ▪

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 28, 2015

You changed my morning into dancing: O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks. Psalm 30: 13

Parish Center Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Ulysses D’Aquila - 306-9583 Deacon: Rev. Mr. Thomas J. Boyle- 366-3802 Principal: Teresa Anthony - 366-6127 School Development: Nori Jabba - 366-8817 Kid’s Place: Maureen Arnott – 366-6587 CCD (First Communion) & Youth Confirmation: Magdalena Hernández – 368-8237 Director of Music: Bianca Remlinger – [email protected] Spanish Music Ministry: Andres Garcia-366-3802 Administrative Assistant: Alba Canelo –366-3802

Mass Schedule Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. (español), 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. Reconciliation/Confession - Saturday 3:30 –4:30 p.m. Baptisms / Bautismos Call parish two months in advance. Llame a la parroquia a lo menos dos meses antes. Weddings / Bodas Call parish at least six months in advance Llame a la parroquia a lo menos seis meses antes.

Mission Statement Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is a Christ-centered community in the Roman Catholic tradition. We try to share the Good News of salvation with others. As a diverse community, we value and respect individual differences. As God’s people, we gather in the Spirit to pray, to celebrate the sacraments, to teach, to learn, to console, to rejoice, to minister and to renew our faith with one another.

Dear Parishioners,

Estimados Feligreses

This week we have two interesting Feasts of the Church. On Monday we have the Solemnity of St. Peter and Saint Paul and the following day a Feast called “The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church.” Both of the great Apostles, Peter and Paul, and well as all the unknown martyrs celebrated in the second feast were victims of the first major persecution of Christians in the early days of the Church. This occurred during the reign of the cruel pagan Emperor Nero. Our detailed knowledge of this persecution comes from the writings of the famous Roman historian, Tacitus, who was not a Christian. He reports that on July 19 of the year 64 A.D. a great fire broke out in the city of Rome, It began near the Circus Maximus, a district full of shops and easily combustible wooden booths, and then spread in all directions. The fire raged for seven days and nights destroying much of the city. The Emperor’s behavior during the fire was reported to be extremely odd. Even though Rome had a fire department, at the Emperor’s orders the firefighters were not deployed to quell the conflagration. Instead, Nero seemed almost pathologically happy the whole time. The well-known expression “fiddling while Rome burns” comes from Tacitus’ report, because that’s what the Emperor did: he ordered musicians to play and banquets to be held in court while the fire burned outside. In the end, Nero blamed the fire on the Christian community and he ordered that Christians be arrested and executed. All the executions were to take place as public spectacles in the Roman Coliseum. The tortures he invented were so brutal that even the Romans (who had a taste for cruelty) were appalled and shocked. Some of the Christians were crucified; some were covered in wax and set afire; some were sewed into animal skins and fed to wild beasts. The historian Tacitus wrote that, “it was generally believed that the Christians were being sacrificed to Nero’s insane brutality rather than to any public good.” Not long after, the Emperor lost public support. There were uprisings in the city, and four years later, Nero committed suicide. It came to be believed that Nero himself had set fire to the city. While the small Christian community of Rome was decimated in numbers and no doubt traumatized by what had occurred, the unexpected result of the persecution was that more and more Romans were inspired by the tremendous faith and courage of those who had been martyred. Hundreds asked to be received into the Church and baptized. Rome became the center of the Catholic religion as it is today and the blood of those early Christian martyrs became the seed of a faith that would soon spread to every continent of the globe. Fr. Ulysses

Esta semana tenemos dos fiestas importantes en la iglesia. El lunes tenemos la solemnidad de San Pedro y San Pablo y al día siguiente una fiesta llamada "Los primeros mártires de la Santa Iglesia Romana". Junto con los grandes apóstoles, Pedro y Pablo, y los mártires desconocidos se celebra la segunda fiesta de las víctimas de la primera persecución Cristianos en los primeros días de la iglesia. Esto ocurrió durante el reinado del cruel emperador Nerón. Nuestro conocimiento de esta persecución viene de los escritos detallados del famoso historiador Romano, Tácito, que no era Cristiano. Él informa que el 19 de julio del año 64 D.C. hubo un gran incendio en la ciudad de Roma, comenzó cerca del Circo Máximus, un barrio lleno de tiendas y casetas de madera, un combustible muy fácil, y el fuego se extendió en todas direcciones. El fuego duró durante siete días y noches destruyendo gran parte de la ciudad. El comportamiento del emperador durante el fuego fue divulgado por ser extremadamente raro. A pesar de que Roma tenía un departamento de bomberos, a las órdenes del emperador los bomberos no fueron desplegados para sofocar las llamas. Por el contrario, Nerón parecía casi patológicamente feliz durante ese tiempo. La conocida expresión "trasteando mientras arde Roma" viene de informe de Tácitos', porque eso es lo que hizo el emperador: ordenó a músicos para jugar y se celebró banquetes en la corte mientras que el fuego ardía fuera. Al final, Nerón culpó a los bomberos en la comunidad cristiana y ordenó que los cristianos fueran arrestados y ejecutados. Todas las ejecuciones iban a tener lugar en los espectáculos públicos en el Coliseo Romano. Las torturas que él inventó fueron tan brutales que hasta los romanos (que les gustaba la crueldad) fueron apabullados y sorprendido. Algunos de los cristianos fueron crucificados; otros fueron cubiertos de cera e incendiados; otros fueron cosidos en pieles de animales y dados como alimento a las bestias salvajes. El historiador Tácitos escribió que, "generalmente se cree que los cristianos fueron sacrificados por la brutalidad y locura de Nerón en vez de un bien público." No mucho tiempo después, el emperador perdió el apoyo del público. Hubo levantamientos en la ciudad, y cuatro años más tarde, Nerón se suicidó. Generalmente se creyó que Nerón incendió la ciudad. Mientras que la pequeña comunidad cristiana de Roma fue destruida en gran número y sin duda traumatizada por lo ocurrido, el inesperado resultado de la persecución causo que muchos romanos fueron inspira→

-dos por la enorme fe y el coraje de aquellos que fueron martirizados. Cientos pidieron ser recibidos en la iglesia y bautizados. Roma se convirtió en el centro de la religión católica como lo es hoy y la sangre de los primeros mártires cristianos se convirtió en la semilla de una fe que pronto se extendió a todos los continentes. P. Ulysses

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The premier poet of the English language, Geoffrey Chaucer, introduced one of his most beloved characters, the “Wife of Bath,” by this telling remark: “Husbands at church door she had five.” Four times widowed, she was setting off on a pilgrimage, notably without number five. The church door is a curious detail, pointing to the fourteenth-century wedding custom of marrying on the porch of the parish church. The goal was to give maximum publicity to the consent of the groom and bride, and so consent was moved from the bride’s home to a public venue. The priest would stand in the doorway and begin by sprinkling the couple with holy water. He needed to make sure they weren’t too closely related and give them some instruction. He would direct the groom to pay the bride’s family a dowry, and then announce the monetary amounts to the interested passersby. Only then would the guests enter the church for the wedding Mass, during which the bride and groom would hold lighted candles. The gradual move from home to church and the shift from the bride’s father to the priest’s authority helped to protect the freedom of brides who weren’t quite as confident as the Wife of Bath. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SUNDAY FRESH AND LOCAL PRODUCE FROM NANO-FARMS Come to the front of the Church after the 10am Mass on the 2nd Sundays of the month and pick up some fresh vegetables grown organically and locally! The St. Francis of Assisi Guild of NanoFarms USA will be regularly selling produce after Mass every 2nd Sunday of the month from 11am-12noon. Expect to see throughout the summer lettuce, cilantro, kale, broccoli, strawberries, carrots, tomatoes, peas, onions, and more. All produce is grown on the property of St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, and all funds go towards the St. Francis of Assisi Guild of NanoFarms USA, an worker-owned cooperative dedicated to fighting unemployment in East Palo Alto.

Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) You are invited to the ICF Tri-tip BBQ Saturday, July 18 on the picnic tables. Festivities start at 1pm with munchies and drinks, beer, wine, soda. Lunch at 2 pm with Tri-tip, corn on the cob, salad, tomatoes, cheesy bread and dessert (melon & cookies) $20. RSVP to Sylvia Row, 368-1795 by July 15. Hope to see you there.

EL SEÑOR DE LA VIDA En este tiempo tan fecundo del año nuestras lecturas dominicales rebosan con vida y abundancia. Tanto la primera lectura, del libro de la Sabiduría, como la tercera del Evangelio de san Marcos nos aseguran que Dios no creó la muerte, ni quiere que suframos de ninguna enfermedad. Fue por la envidia del diablo que la muerte entró al mundo, según nos dice el Sabio. Y lo que san Marcos nos cuenta sobre la curación de la hemorroisa y cómo revivió la hija de Jairo nos muestran claramente que Jesús viene de Dios. Como Hijo de Dios, Jesús no quiere que nadie sufra enfermedad ni muerte. Pero en el contexto de tanto poder, la segunda lectura, de la segunda carta de san Pablo a los corintios, nos presenta un fuerte contraste. Jesús, que puede levantar a los muertos a una nueva vida, “siendo rico se hizo pobre por ustedes” (2 Corintios 8:9). Así pues, la nueva vida que recibimos como regalo de Cristo exige una respuesta: nuestra caridad. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

GOOD GRIEF “Blessed are they who mourn”. We at Good Grief care and share experiences of coping with the many ongoing changes, difficult challenges, pain (but strangely sometimes laughter) that the loss of a loved one brings. We meet at the Parish Center, on Thursdays, from 6-7:30 p.m.

Young Adults- Holy Hour Happy Hour Young adults in their 20s and 30s are encouraged join us for a Holy Hour at Nativity parish (210 Oak Grove, Menlo Park) on Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm, followed by drinks at a local pub. If you have any questions, please e-mail [email protected] or visit our website, holyhourhappyhour.wordpress.com.

Poetic Medicine & Personhood: A Way to Explore the Sacred Have you been yearning for a way of deepening your Spirituality by connecting creatively to your inner life? Vallombrosa Retreat Center invites you to a unique one-day experience dedicated to poetry-making, Choose among several workshops, given by knowledgeable poets, and then take time to reflect on our grounds—possibly writing your own poems (no experience required). Monday, June 29. A Retreat Fee of $70 includes a delicious lunch. Detailed information is available at vallombrosa.org or call us at 650-325-5614.

Intenciones de Misas de la semana Saturday, June 27

5:00 PM Augusto Saguin †

Sunday, June 28

8:00 AM Elaine Johson † 10:00 AM Rita Calvo Artero † (Español)12:00 PM Maria Saturnina Reyes † 5:00 PM Santina Ferraris †

Monday, June 29

8:15 AM NO MASS

Tuesday, June 30

8:15 AM Mary Hubbard †

Wednesday, July 1 8:15 AM

Richard Ferrando †

Thursday, July 2

8:15 AM

Joanna Paran †

Friday, July 3

8:15 AM Roy & Nettie Feldbusch †

Saturday, July 4

8:15 AM Josephine Azevedo †

THIS WEEK AT MT. CARMEL Sunday, June 28: Children’s Liturgy

10:00 a.m.

Chapel

Monday, June 29: Mesa Directiva (Carismáticos) 7:00 p.m.

P. Center

Tuesday, June 30: Men’s Sport

8:30 p.m.

L. Hall

Wednesday, July 1: Grupo Carismático

7:00 p.m.

L. Hall

Thursday, July 2: Good Grief

6:00 p.m.

Old Chapel

Friday, July 3: Ensayo del Coro

7:00 p.m.

P. Center

JUST THE BEGINNING The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. —Woodrow Wilson

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. —Thomas Jefferson

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday:

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ss. Peter and Paul The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Wednesday: Blessed Junípero Serra; Canada Day Friday: St. Thomas; First Friday Saturday: Independence Day; First Saturday; Blessed Virgin Mary

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