For the Week of February 24 - March 1, 2008

While we were still sinners Christ died for us. — Romans 5:8

IN LOVING MEMORY OF FR. JOHN J. BRENNAN, S.J.
Born: December 10, 1914
Entered the Society of Jesus: July 7, 1934
Ordained: June 8, 1946
Entered into the joy of the Lord: February 11, 2008
A Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. You have given all to me. To You, Lord, I return it. All is yours. Give me only your love and your grace. This is sufficient for me.
We will have a Memorial Mass in his honor, Monday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. Here at Blessed Sacrament.

SOCIAL SERVICE: Social Service will be assisting with payments for utility bills from Southern California Gas Company and Edison Electric Company, appointment necessary, documents needed:
*Picture Identification
*Original Current Bill
*Source of Income
For more information call 323 871-8042
Due to the generosity and support of our entire community, until further notice, Social Service will be unable to accept donations of furniture and/or computer equipment with the exception of flat screens. Thanks.

IGNATIAN FAMILY TEACH-IN on Immigration, March 7-9, 2008, Loyola High School, Los Angeles: The Ignatian Solidarity Network invites you to attend a two-day learning experience exploring immigration through the lens of human dignity and personal experience in order to discuss and reflect on the immigrant experience. Registration Fee: $50.00, Payments due by March 3rd 2008. For more information visit www.ignatiansolidarity.net, email info@ignatiansolidarity.net or call 415-422-2408.

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR OF REPOSE: Easter lilies…Calla lilies…will be welcome to embellish our church this Easter season. Flower Fund donations may be made by placing your contribution in one of the special “Easter Flower envelopes” found behind the pews. You can either drop it in the offering basket or take it to the rectory.

MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, February 24 - 9:00 Pedro Ortega, 2nd Intention Familia Gonzalez Hernandez; 1:00 Joaquin & Remijia Soriano, 2nd Intention Ramona & Carmen Gonzalez
Monday, February 25 - 8:00 Jesuit Community; 12:05 Ostolia Franco
Tuesday, February 26 - 8:00 Chritina Gurrea; 12:05 Adrianne Cadorna
Wednesday, February 27 - 8:00 Jesuit Community; 12:05 Jesuit Community
Thursday, February 28 - 8:00 Anne M. Fagan; 12:05 Jesuit Community
Friday, February 29 - 8:00 Jesuit Community; 12:05 Jesuit Community; 7:30 Moises Vargas, 2nd Intention Lea Valdes
Saturday, March 1 - 8:00 Jesuit Community, 2nd Intention San Antonio

PRESIDERS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Sat/Sáb, March 1 - 6:00 pm Fr. Jim Doogan
Sun/Dom, Marzo 2 - 7:30 am Fr. Mike Mandala; 9:00 am Fr. Wayne Negrete; 11:00 am Fr. Bishop Bennett, S.J.; 1:00 pm Fr. Wayne Negrete; 5:30 pm Fr. Jim Doogan

STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Each Friday at 11:30am (English) in the Church. Fridays at 7:00pm (Spanish) in the Church.

FAST AND ABSTINENCE: Ash Wedsnesday, Fridays of Lent and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat. Fasting days are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Important announcement: During Lent we try to maintain a very simple church environment, please do not bring flowers. Thank you!

PLEASE HELP UPGRADE OUR COMPUTER LAB: Blessed Sacrament School is upgrading its xomputer lab and needs several flat screen monitors an computer desks. If you, or someone you know can make this in-kind donation, it would be greatly appreciated. We need 5 monitors and 10 desks. Please call the school at 323 467-4177 or stop by the main office, Monday through Friday form 8am to 3pm. Thank you.

MULTI-LINGUAL LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE: Our Lenten Reconciliation Service will be Monday, March 3 at 7:00pm. Confessions will be heard in English and Spanish. Please plan to attend this service with your family and friends as we prepare ourselves for Holy Week and our Easter Services.

NEXT WEEK’S SUNDAY SALES COORDINATORS: Acolyte (coffee & donuts)

Hail Mary the Queen Concert: Mark your calendars now the Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir Concert scheduled for Monday, April 21, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., here at Blessed Sacrament Church. The choir is internationally known and most recently won gold and silver medals at the Asian Choir Olympics in Indonesia. Tickets are $15 for adult and $7 for children. For more information, contact Fr. Wayne.

Wednesday Lenten Meditation Hour: Fr. Wayne Negrete, SJ, will be leading a meditation hour on Wednesday evenings during Lent, beginning on February 13. We will meet in the Prayer-Meditation Room located on second floor of the church on the Westside. Please arrive at the church by 7:15 p.m. Also, please wear comfortable clothing as we will be sitting on the floor. Sponsored by the Ignatian Spirituality Program.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30
Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt. 18:21-35
Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19
Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23
Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34
Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14
Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

THE SCRUTINIES: [By means of the three scrutinies], first of all, the elect are instructed gradually about the mystery of sin, from which the whole world and every person longs to be delivered and thus saved from its present and future consequences. Second, their spirit is filled with Christ the Redeemer, who is the living water, . . . the light of the world, . . . [and] the resurrection and the life. . . . From the first to the final scrutiny the elect should progress in their perception of sin and their desire for salvation. –Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, no. 143

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION: By the early 1950s some scholars were calling for the restoration of Communion of the faithful on Good Friday, since by then only a priest received, consuming the host from the Holy Thursday repository. In 1955 the new Good Friday liturgy was timed to begin at three o’clock everywhere, and included the option of Holy Communion, but without the Precious Blood that had originally been part of the liturgy. Today, there is increasing debate among theologians. Some feel that it would be better to fast from the Eucharist on Good Friday, focusing on the mystery of the cross and highlighting the Easter Communion. Others say that this Communion infuses the sadness of the day with awareness of Christ’s victory. It is not a day of mourning, of course, and the Passion according to John grounds the liturgy in a sense of Christ’s victory over death and the triumph of the cross. The tradition is rich and varied, and we are still in the early stages of recovering an ancient way of doing things. Why do we call the day “good”? The English and Dutch languages share this name, and its origin stems from the name “God’s Friday.” The traditional name for the day in Latin is Feria VI in Parasceve, which translates as “The Sixth Day of the Week of Preparation.” Other languages make do with “Holy Friday.” In another part of England, as in Denmark, the people used to call it “Long Friday,” a good description for a quiet day without work and no chance for play or a good meal! –Rev. James Field, (c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

Did You Know? Prevalence of Abuse in Society
In surveys of adults, on out of five women and one out o 10 men reported that they were sexually molested before they were 18 years old. This means that an estimated 40 million adult survivors of child sexual abuse are live in the United States today. An estimated 9.6 percent of all school children will be molested by an educator or an employee of a school between kindergarten and 12th grade. Between 13 and 34 percent of all females will be victims of sexual assault before the age of 18 and 7 to 16 percent of all males will also be victimized before they are 18. To learn more about helping to crate safe environments for all of our children, please contact the Office of Safeguard the Children at 213 637-7227. For particular help you may call: Mrs. Gloria Galarza, Coordinator Protecting our Children Program, phone: (323) 462-3646, or Sr. Sheila McNiff, Director of Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650.

THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS: Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons, the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the supper who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists’ portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he often upset or reversed people’s expectations about him or the ways of God. This “reversal” is at play in today’s Gospel, as Jesus speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the one truly thirsting. He–whose parched lips will say “I thirst” before he dies–is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism into his Body. (c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

FINANCE CORNER: Our income last week was
Regular Collection $ 7,357.00
Other income/donations $ 3,175.00
Total weekly income $ 10,532.00
The average expenses for the parish, including payment of the debt, are $12,800.00 weekly. Thank you for your continued support.

COORDINADORES DE LA VENTA DEL PROXI MO DOMINGO: Monaguillos (café & donuts)

SERVICIOS SOCIALES: La oficina de Servicios Sociales estará dando asistencia a la comunidad con las facturas de la Compañía de Gas y La Compañía Edison de Electricidad, llámenos para hacer una cita, los documentos que necesita son:
*Identificación con foto
*Comprobante de ingresos
*Factura Original de los servicios
Para mas información llamar al 323 871-8042
Debido a la generosidad de nuestra comunidad deseamos comunicarles que hasta nuevo aviso Servicios Sociales no podrá aceptar donaciones de muebles y/o equipo de computadoras con excepción de pantallas compactas. Gracias.

VIACRUCIS EN LA IGLESIA: Viernes de Cuaresma a las 11:30am (Inglés) en la Iglesia. Viernes de Cuaresma a las 7:00pm (Español) en la Iglesia - antes de la Misa de las 7:30 pm.

AYUNO & ABSTINENCIA: Miércoles de Ceniza, los Viernes de Cuaresma y el Viernes Santo son días de abstinencia. Los días de abstinencia no se come carne. Los días de ayuno son: Miércoles de Ceniza y Viernes Santo.

AVISO IMPORTANTE: Durante la Cuaresma tratemos de mantener la decoración de la Iglesia de una manera bien simple, por favor no traigan flores. Gracias!

SERVICIO MULTI-LINGUE DEL SACRAMENTO DE RECONCILIACION DE CUARESMA: Nuestro Servicio de Reconciliación esta Cuaresma se celebrará el Lunes, 3 de Marzo a las 7:00pm. Las Confesiones serán en Inglés y Español. Los esperamos a todos ustedes y sus familias en esta nuestra preparación para los servicios de Semana Santa y Pascua Florida.

POR FAVOR AYUDENOS A RENOVAR NUESTRAS COMPUTADORAS: La Escuela del Santísimo Sacramento esta renovando sus computadoras y necesitamos monitores con pantalla plana y escritorios para computadoras. Si usted, o alguien que usted conoce puede hacer esta donación, se lo agradeceremos mucho. Necesitamos 5 monitores y 10 escritorios. Favor llamar a la Escuela, al 323 467-4177 o visítenos en nuestra oficina de Lunes a Viernes de 8am a 3pm. Gracias

SEDIENTOS DE LAS AGUAS QUE DAN VIDA: Especialmente durante la Cuaresma, la Semana Santa y el tiempo de Pascua, los textos de oración de la Iglesia Occidental se deleitan con imágenes paradójicas de Cristo: la vida eterna que muere, el anfitrión de la cena que es también alimento, el crucificado sediento del que mana agua de vida de su costado. Estas imágenes fluyen de las representaciones de Jesús por parte de los evangelistas y de su mismísimo ministerio, durante el cual muchas veces cambió o invirtió las expectativas que las personas tenían sobre él o sobre los designios de Dios. Esta “inversión” está en juego en el Evangelio de hoy, cuando Jesús habla con una extranjera enemiga que está por debajo de su condición social. Además él, el que tiene sed, demuestra que la mujer es la única que tiene sed verdadera. Él -cuyos labios secos dirán “Tengo sed” antes de morir- es la fuente de vida y del agua que da vida. La Cuaresma nos llama a reflexionar sobre cómo cada uno de nosotros tiene sed de Cristo y nos lleva, en última instancia, de vuelta a las aguas dadoras de vida de nuestro bautismo en su Cuerpo. (c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes: 2 Re 5:1-15b; Lc 4:24-30
Martes: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35
Miércoles: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19
Jueves: Jer 7:23-28; Lc 11:14-23
Viernes: Os 14:2-10; Mc 12:28-34
Sábado: Os 6:1-6; Lc 18:9-14
Domingo: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Sal 23(22); Ef 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

Sabe Usted? Predominio del Abuso Sexual en la Sociedad
En cuestionarios hechos a adultos, una de cada cinco mujeres y uno de cada diez hombres afirman que fueron sexualmente abusados antes de que cumplieran los 18 años. Esto significa que hoy hay unos 40 millones en los Estados Unidos. Se estima que un 9.6% de todos los niños en edad escolar serán abusados por un educador o un empleado de la secuela entre el kinder y el 12 grado. Entre el 13 y el 34% de las niñas serán victimas del abuso sexual antes de los 18 años, y del 7 al 16% de todos los niños también serán victimas antes de cumplir los 18 años. Para saber mas sobre como crear un ambiente seguro para todos los niños, favor de ponerse en contacto con la oficia Protegiendo a Los Niños al 213 637-7227 Para obtener ayuda usted puede llamar: Sra. Gloria Galarza, Coordinadora del Programa telf: (323) 462-3646, ó Hna Sheila McNiff, Directora de la Oficina del Ministerio de Ayuda, al 213-637-7650.

RINCON FINANCIERO: Nuestro ingreso de la semana pasada fue
Colecta regular $ 7,357.00
Otros Ingresos / donaciones $ 3,175.00
Total de ingresos $ 10,532.00
El promedio de gastos de la parroquia, incluyendo el pago de la deuda, es de $12,800.00 semanales. Gracias por su continuo apoyo.

LIRIOS PARA EL ALTAR DE REPOSO: Pueden dejar sus donativos en los sobres especiales “Flores para Pascua Florida” que se encuentran detrás de las bancas. Este dinero servirá para adornar nuestra Iglesia durante la Semana Santa.

PERDÓN: Aquel que no puede perdonar a los demás rompe el puente que deberá cruzar para alcanzar el cielo; porque todos tienen la necesidad de ser perdonados. –George Herbert

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