FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Saturday / Sunday April 1 & 2, 2017

MASS INTENTIONS Sat. Apr. 1- 5pm: Joseph & Shannon Brady Sun. Apr. 2- 7am: †Gonzalo Pereira 8:30am: Pro populo 10:30am: Julianna Burkart 12:30pm: †Hugo da Silva Mon. Apr. 3- 8am: Mr. Hayes 6pm: Christopher Cortez Tues. Apr. 4- 8am: Erika Padilla 6pm: †Nicolas Dela Cruz Wijangco Wed. Apr. 5- 8am: Leslie Anderson 6pm: Jason Reyes

Thu. Apr. 6- 8am: Garrett McGowan 12pm: †Judy Milligan Fri. Apr. 7- 8am: †Thomas Mertz 11am: TORCH young people & the discernment of their vocation 6pm: †Odette Vierra Sat. Apr. 8- 8am: †Raymond Geisler 10am: Carol Ann Blake 5pm: Ba Dinh & Theresa Dinh Family

In Memoriam: †Titus Ekanem, †Cornelius McCauley, †Jeffrey Garland, †Myrna Lanzar, †Barbara Shadix, †Virgil Garcia, †Wanda Kraw-czyk, †Bill Leitao, †Michael Smith, †Eugenia Hunter, †Ursula Edwards. Requiescant in pace.

Confessions of a Roman Catholic (continued) Clear as day I saw in Sacred Scripture that Christ's true church is not the "learning" church I had always believed it to be, but is manifestly a TEACH-ING church. Moreover, it was quite evident that Christ's true church is an INFALLIBLE teacher, never liable to teach false doctrine. The key that opened the door of my conscience to this truth was Christ's directive to His Apostles shortly before His Ascension into Heaven: "All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." (Matt. 28:18-20). The teaching mission of His Church could not have been more clearly pronounced if Christ had de-voted a great long sermon to it. Those two sentences were direct and peremptory enough to rule out any pos-sibility of misinterpretation. Then there was His statement to the Apostles on another occasion, telling them: "As the Father hath sent me, I also send you." (John 20:21). Here again is a clear, unmistakable reference to the teaching mission of His Church; for here He is telling the Apostles that they had fallen heir to His own teaching mission. His Church was to be no less of a teacher than He was. Further, it was quite obvious that Christ did not give this teaching authority to all and sundry, that is, to the whole Church, but only to His duly appointed Apostles, those who were to be the administrative body of the Church. Had He meant that this teaching author-ity was to be exercised by all of the faithful He would have addressed His words to all of the faithful, or he would have instructed the Apostles to so advise all of the faithful - neither of which He did. The Bible is quite clear on that score. Some have been placed in the Church as teachers, not all, wrote the Apostle Paul. (I Cor. 12:28-29). Now where did I get the idea that the teaching authority of Christ's Church cannot err when it defines the essentials of Christian doctrine? Where did I get the idea that this teaching authority can no more err today than it could in the beginning when it was held by the Apostles? I got the idea from Christ Himself – by correlating His statements concerning the teaching authority of His Church with His statements concern-ing the divine protection pledged to that teaching au-thority. (Paul Whitcomb)

There are Masses still open for intentions on May 27, on June 1, 8, 10, 17, 22,24, 25, 28, and 29.

Please keep in your prayers….Fr. Stan Zak, Fr. Bill Marshall; Mary Walker; Alex Porcuna; Lewis Mullen; Carmel Mahoney; Nancy Duenas; Brad O’Leary; Elisa Mancarti; Vic and Nancy Miloslav-ich; Kathryn Rieger; Judy & Louis Delligatti; Rose Bloom; Stella Lurton; Sue Weber; Laura Montgom-ery; Sara Zendejas; Rosaline White; Josephine Pala-cios; Francis Martinez, Mike Rodriguez; Paul Ehr-furth; John Ehrfurth; Lily McWilliams; Anaidel Pe-rezarevalo; Janice Siliger; Robert Martinez, Laverne Seliger; Eddie Martinez; Sylvester Bell, Keith Borchers; Arthur Connick; Theresa Kunihira, Lianne Claver, Paul Oei, Mike Bozzardi, Betty Garland, John Benish, Diane Kasdan, Michael Quinones.

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Rev. Canon Olivier Meney Episcopal Delegate for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Diocese of Oakland

Canon Meney - (510) 604-0391 or canon.meney@institute-christ-king.org

YOU ARE AT SAINT MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH HUB OF THE LATIN MASS LITURGY IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

The Traditional Latin Mass (now called by the Holy Father: Mass in the Extraordinary Form) is brought to you through the ministry of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

WHAT IS THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST?

The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right whose goal is the honor of God and the sanctification of priests in the ser-vice of the Church and souls. Its specific aim is missionary: to spread the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ in all spheres of human life. Our work is carried out under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, to Whom the Institute is consecrated.

Recognizing the importance of a deep harmony between faith, liturgy, life, and the power of beauty in attracting the human senses to the things above, an integral part of the Institute’s charism is the use of the traditional Latin Liturgy of 1962 for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the other sacraments. Great care for a solemn liturgy, complete fidelity to the doctrine of the Church and the Holy Father, and awareness of the central role of Grace, especially Charity – these are essential elements of the Institute’s spirituality, which is drawn from its three co-patrons, St. Benedict, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Francis de Sales.

Our motto is “Live the truth in charity." The Institute operates in more than fifty places in twelve countries, where our priests focus on the care of souls in many different ways. To assist our priests in their apostolic work, the Institute also has clerical oblates. In 2004, a community of religious sisters was canonically established to aid the priests in their mis-sion through prayer and apostolic work.

The Institute was founded in 1990 by Monsignor Gilles Wach. Today, the motherhouse and international seminary of the Institute is located in Gricigliano, in the Archdiocese of Florence, Italy.

The Institute serves the faithful of the Bay since 2005 at St. Margaret Mary in Oakland and at Five Wounds in San Jose (Mass at 12:30 pm on Sunday, 12:15 pm on Weekdays but Sat. at 7:30 am)

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS SCHEDULE

Monday - Wednesday, Low Mass at 6:00 PM Thursday, Low Mass at 12:00 PM (Noon) Friday, Low Mass at 6:00PM Saturday, Low Mass at 10:00 AM Sunday, Low Mass at 7:00 AM High Mass at 12:30 PM Reception Every Sunday after 12:30 PM Mass Feast Days Mass at 6:00 PM

Please refer to the Institute’s online bulletin for updates

CONFESSIONS Confessions are offered half hour before daily

Masses, during Sunday Mass, and upon request for those who cannot make it to confession on the

above mentioned schedules.

Homebound Visits, House Blessings, Spiritual Direction

Do not hesitate to call Canon Meney to have a visit or the blessed Sacrament brought to your beloved

ones. Cell phone number is (510) 604-0391 Spiritual direction is available upon request.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: (continued) 1:30pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Venera- tion of the Cross, and Holy Communion (OF) 3pm: Chaplet of the Divine Mercy 5pm: Good Friday Liturgy (EF) & Veneration of the Cross. After the Liturgy, adoration Jesus in the Tomb until 9:00 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 15 8am: Lauds 9am: Tenebrae (Extraordinary Form) 3pm: Chaplet of the Divine Mercy 4pm: Easter Vigil (EF) 8pm: Easter Vigil (OF) Easter Sunday, April 16 7am & 12:30pm: Masses in the Extraordinary Form 8:30am & 10:30pm: Masses in the Ordinary Form 3pm: Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

● The Novena to the Divine Mercy will be offered from April 17-April 23 at 3pm. Pls. join us. On Divine Mercy Sunday (Second Sunday of the Season of Easter), April 23, the tentative schedule is as follows: 2.30pm: Rosary 3pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy followed by Adoration and confes-

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The following is the Parish schedule for Holy Week: [Confessions are heard 30 minutes before all Masses, except on Holy Saturday.] Palm Sunday, April 9 7am & 12:30pm: (Masses in the Extraordinary Form) 8:30am& 10:30am: (Masses in the Ordinary Form) Holy Thursday, April 13 8am: Lauds (Morning Prayer) 9am: Tenebrae (Extraordinary Form) 5pm: Procession, Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (EF) 8pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11pm (OF) Good Friday, April 14 8am: Lauds and Stations of the Cross. 9am: Tenebrae (EF) Noon: Lenten Lamentations

MESSAGE FROM FR. GLENN NAGUIT I had the chance to spend part of the after-noon last Saturday with our Youth Group and the candidates for this year’s Confirmation during their annual retreat in Occidental, California. I’d like to thank John and Valerie Burkart, their son John, Leanne and David Weber, Alma Hill, Eric Keil-holtz, Erica Raeder, and Fr. Alex Castillo for as-sisting our young people and for planning and exe-cuting the retreat. Keeping the faith, and reflecting on the struggles of being Catholic in our day and age was the focus of the retreat. Please continue to pray for these our young people as they approach the sacrament of Confirma-tion, for our children who will receive Our Lord’s Body in Holy Communion, for those who will be re-ceived into the Church this Easter Vigil. * Contractors will begin working on restoring the wooden floor in the Hall after Easter, specifically on Monday, April 17th. I’ve been told that this work may take two weeks. I’ve informed Valerie Burkart, so that our CCD parents and teachers are informed. Therefore, if you have a regularly scheduled event in the Hall during that timeframe, be advised that the Hall will be closed for two weeks (approximately) beginning on April 17th. Sorry for the inconvenience. *

ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) sions. 4pm: Benediction

● St. Margaret Mary’s Young Adult Group for those in their 20’s and 30’s meets on third Fridays at 7PM in the parish hall. Please join us to discuss inter-esting topics. ● The following are dates in our CCD Religious Education Program: —April 2: CCD classes meet —April 9: CCD classes meet (Palm Sunday) —April 16: No classes (Easter Sunday) —April 23: No classes —May 7: CCD classes meet —May 14: Final CCD classes —May 21: First Holy Communion —June 16: Confirmation rehearsal & confessions —June 18: Confirmation (10.30am Mass) ● For our CCD/Religious Education programs, the classes offered include: Pre-First Communion (1st grade); First Communion (2nd grade); Post-First Com-munion (Grades 3-4); Grades 5 and 6; Pre-Confirmation, Confirmation, and our St. John Paul II Youth Group. Please share this notice with others that may have an interest in Catechism Classes at St. Mar-garet Mary Church. Thank you! Contact Valerie at stmmworks@ymail.com or the parish office 510.482.0596. ● To all parents that have a child graduating from College, High School or Junior High, save the date for our 3rd Annual Baccalaureate Mass on Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 at 5:00PM. RSVP to stmmworks@ymail.com. ● The Parish Library (named after St. Joseph, Guardian of the Redeemer), located on the stage in Fr.

Kozina Hall will open on April 9. Our book collection is extensive and contains the best in Catholic books, video and audio. Before we open, we need parishioners who would like to give a little of their time on a rotating basis after the Sunday Mass they regularly at-tend. Their task will be to assist patrons checking out materials and to return them to shelves. Training will be provided. Interested in helping or have questions? contact Lily Mullen at lily.mullen@gmail.com or (925)827-1946. To donate books, audio or video, please contact Lily. We will take all categories of books. Mark your calendars: Used book sale, June

The Great Mystery The permanence of the bond is necessary also for sacrifice. So long as a nation of families learns to renounce the "mine" in the "ours" of their offspring, there is strength. The family then becomes a training school in self-discipline; it crushes egotism for the sake of the group, as all members learn the supreme lesson of living with others for the sake of others. But if there is the slightest disagreement resulting from the eating of crackers in bed, or if the other par-ty fails to give pleasure, or if the desire of greener pastures makes the present grazing less appealing; if every emotion, whim, appetite, and fancy has a right to be satisfied even at the cost of another person; then what shall happen to the sacrifice so necessary for a nation in time of crisis and conflict? The fewer sacrifices a man is required to make, the more loath he will be to make those few. His luxuries soon be-come necessities, children a burden, and the ego a god. Whence will come our heroes in a crisis, if we no longer have heroes in the home? If a man will not put up with the trials of a household, will he put up with the trials of a national emergency? Once the need of sacrifice for maintenance of the home is up-rooted, there is simultaneously uprooted the need of sacrifice for the maintenance of a nation. Only a na-tion that recognizes sweat, toil, hardship, and sacri-fice as normal aspects of life can save itself, and these virtues are first learned in the home. The decline in the permanence of family life is, therefore, intrinsically bound up with the decline in democracy. Here democracy is understood, in its philosophical sense, as a system of government which recognizes the sovereign worth of a man. From this flows the notion of the equality of all men, and the repudiation of all inequalities based on race, color, and class. Nowhere is the dogma of the worth of a man better preserved and practiced than in the family. Everywhere else man may be reverenced and respected for what he can do, for his wealth, his power, his influence, or his charm; but in the family a person is valued because he is. Existence is worth in the home. That is why the crippled, the sick, and those who are of no economic value to the family are given more affection than those who normally pro-vide for its subsistence. The family is the training school and the novitiate for democracy. Free and promiscuous marital relationships are the training ground for treating humans, first flippantly, then cru-elly. (From Three To Get Married by Fulton Sheen)

MUSIC

Hymns for today: #365 Parce, Domine (recessional) 5pm (Sat.) Heritage Mass. 10:30am: Mass for Lent, by Charlotte Ellis Offertory: (hymn) The Glory of these 40 days. Communion: “What Wondrous Love is this?”

ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) 10 & 11 in Fr. Kozina Hall.

● All parishes and members of the Diocese are invited to come celebrate the annual Chrism Mass on Thursday, April 6 at 6:30 pm. Join with us as the chief shepherd of our Diocese, Bishop Michael Bar-ber, S.J., blesses the Oil of the Catechumens and the Oil of the Sick and consecrates the Sacred Chrism, all of which are taken back to the parishes for the celebration of the Sacraments. This year's celebra-tion begins with the Musical Prelude at 6:30 pm. We’d like to thank Lynn Suer for representing St. Margaret Mary by accompanying the sacred Oils that will be used at our Parish.

● If you are interested in becoming part of the Legion of Mary at St. Margaret Mary, a new group (praesidium) is being planned. For more information about the Legion, please call Tessie de la Paz at (510) 693-1096.

● Bishop’s Appeal 2017 Update: St. Marga-ret Mary’s has raised $5,787 which is 31.41% of our goal of $18,424.95. Thank you to those who have contributed thus far in support of the Bishop’s Ap-peal!

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The Value of Suffering The Passion of Jesus teaches us in a concrete way that in the Christian life we must be able to ac-cept suffering for the love of God. This is a hard, re-pugnant lesson for our nature, which prefers pleasure and happiness; however, it comes from Jesus, the Teacher of truth and of life, the loving Teacher of our souls, who desires only our real good. If He com-mends suffering to us, it is because suffering contains a great treasure. Suffering in itself is an evil and cannot be agreeable; if Jesus willed to embrace it in all its plenti-tude and if He offers it to us, inviting us to esteem and love it, it is only in view of a superior good which cannot be attained by any other means—the sublime good of the redemption and the sanctification of our souls. Although man, by his twofold nature, is sub-ject to suffering, God willed to exempt our first par-ents from it by their preternatural gifts; but through sin, these gifts were lost forever, and suffering inevita-bly entered our life. The gamut of sufferings which has harassed humanity is the direct outcome of the disorder caused by sin, not only by original sin, but also by actual sins. Yet the Church chants: “O happy fault!” Why? The answer lies in the infi-nite love of God which transforms everything and draws from the double evil of sin and suffering the great good of the redemption of the human race. When Jesus took upon Himself the sins of mankind, he also assumed their consequences, that is, suffering and death; and this suffering, embraced by Him dur-ing His whole life, and especially in His Passion, be-came the instrument of our redemption. Pain, the re-sult of sin, becomes in Jesus and with Jesus, the means of destroying sin itself. Thus a Christian may not consider pain only as an undesirable burden from which he must necessarily recoil, but he must see in it much more—a means of redemption and sanctifica-tion. Suffering is the disagreeable feeling which we experience when something—a situation, a circum-stance—does not correspond to our inclinations, our needs, or our hopes, which does not harmonize with them or gratify them, but on the contrary, contradicts and opposes them. Whereas all men are subject to this misery, the Christian alone possesses the secret of accepting it into his life without destroying the harmo-ny or the happiness which he can enjoy on earth. This secret consists precisely, for a Christian, in attuning all kinds of suffering to his personal aspirations, which, for him, can never be limited to an ideal of earthly happiness. (From Divine Intimacy by Fr. Ga-briel of St. Mary Magdalene, OCD)

Weekly update Mar. 18 & 19 Year-to-Date

Actual - 1st Plate $6,703 $56,010

Parish Pay 1st Plate

$1,160 $18,385

Total 1st Plate $7,863 $74,125

Goal $6,400 $76,800

Shortfall 0 (-$2,675)

The second collection this weekend is for the Building Fund. The collection for the Insurance & Diocesan Assessment totaled $1,477. Next week’s second collection is for the Bishop’s Appeal. Thank you for your support!

INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

DIOCESAN APPROVED TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS APOSTOLATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOTU PROPRIO, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

IN THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Passion Sunday Apr i l 2 , 2017

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE MASS IN ITS EXTRAORDINARY FORM to acquire a ”notable liturgical formation and a deep, personal familiarity with the earlier form of the liturgical celebration” (Motu Proprio, Benedict XVI, July 2007) or an exploration into the theological, historical, devotional, liturgical, ritualistic, architectural, artistic, linguistic, practical, legalistic, mystical… aspects of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

THE PENITENTIAL OBSERVANCE OF PASSIONTIDE

The two weeks of Passiontide begin today, the first week being known as "Passion Week," and the second week being known as "Holy Week." This Sunday is called Passion Sunday, because the Church be-gins, on this day, to make the sufferings of our Redeemer her chief thought. From today until Maundy Thursday, the psalm “Iudica Me,” which is recited during the prayers at the foot of the altar, and the Gló-ria Patri at the Introit and Lavabo are omitted. Today, statues and sacred images (except for the Stations of the Cross) are veiled with purple cloth beginning at the Vespers of Passion Sunday, and they remain covered until the Gloria of Holy Saturday. This ceremony of veiling the crucifix during Passiontide expresses the humil-iation to which our Savior subjected Himself, of hiding Himself when the Jews threatened to stone Him, as is related in the Gospel of Passion

Sunday. The images of the saints also are covered because it would seem improper for the serv-ants to appear when the Master himself is hidden. Moreover, the veiling of the statues urges we who are deprived of the consolation of seeing them to fix our minds on the spiritual reali-ties they represent. Easter is thus rendered all the more joyful with the unveiling of the statues, like when we see our friends and family again after their absence.

OUR OAKLAND APOSTOLATE IS IN NEED OF YOUR SUPPORT!

Please donate to the Institute for our Apostolate.

You can give your donation to Canon Meney. Checks payable to Institute of Christ the King. Envelopes are provided in the back of the church. You can also go to the Institute’s website at www.institute-christ-king.org and click on “St. Margaret Mary Oakland, CA,” then click on “Donate.”

Many thanks for your support.