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“Today’s first reading describes the offering of first fruits the people of Israel where to

present to the Lord in thanksgiving for their deliverance from Egypt and the gift of the promised

land. Is my offering at today’s Mass an appropriate response to the many blessings

the Lord has given me?

STEWARDSHIP QUOTE OF THE WEEK

From the Pastor’s Desk Today is the First Sunday of Lent.

Happy Valentine! Today February 14, Valentine’s Day is always a special day to express our love

for God and for one another. It is a special day to demonstrate our love in a meaningful way espe-

cially to those who are close and dear to us.

Please note our Lenten Schedule of Masses: Weekday Masses. Through Lent, our regular

Weekday Masses are at: 5:30a.m., 7:20a.m., 12:10p.m., and 7:00 p.m. Saturday Masses:

7:00a.m., Anticipated Mass: 7:00p.m. Sunday Masses: 6:00a.m., 8:00a.m., 9:30a.m., 11:00a.m.,

12:30p.m., 5:00p.m. and 7:00p.m.

Via Crucis (station of the cross). We invite all to join us at our Station of the cross every Friday of

Lent at 6:00pm. In the church.

Schedule of Confessions. During the Season of Lent, confessions are: 30 minutes before the

12:10p.m. Weekday Mass; 6:00 to 7:00p.m. on Saturdays; or come to our Parish Office during

working hours and inquire. You may also call in at the Rectory for assistance during working hours,

Monday to Friday. God Bless you!

Annual Archdiocesan Appeal. As a sign of our Charitable consideration, let us be mindful and sup-

port the needs of our mission and ministries of our Archdiocese through the Annual Archdiocesan

Appeal. Our chaplains at the Guam Memorial Hospital, the prisons ministries and our seminarians,

who are studying for the Priesthood who will later serve our people in the Archdiocese, all need your

kind and generous support now to sustain our Mission in the Archdiocese in bringing Christ to the

people and the people to Christ.

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THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF ST. ANTHONY—ST. VICTOR CHURCH VOL. 33 | ISSUE 29 | June 25, 2017

12th Sunday in Ordinary time

Mass Stewardship

June 18,2017

1st Collection $7,177.36

2nd Collection $1,446.88

TOTAL $8,624.24

WHOM WILL WE WORSHIP?

Dan Finucane, Liguori Publications

I K i l u

“You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the

netherworld shall not prevail against it.”

Matthew 16:18

Tefillin are small, leather boxes worn by Orthodox Jewish men on their

foreheads and arms during ordinary weekday-morning prayer (not on the

Sabbath or holidays). (In some Christian sources, tefillin are referred to as

phylacteries, but the word tefillin is actually proper.) the boxes contain verses

from the Torah (the books of Moses). Selected verses are written out from

Exodus and Deuteronomy to remind those praying of what God has done and

what God has offered.

On this day in the Church calendar, we have now completed the Easter

season and are back to “ordinary” time. We can learn a great deal from our

elder brothers and sisters in faith about how to live in the ordinary world. How

best should we remember what God has done so that, In season or Out,

especially during ordinary times, we won’t forget? How do we keep the words

of God in front of our eyes?

We have just experienced the serious, sobering reflections of Lent

followed by the surprise and delight of the resurrection at Easter. The Sundays

of Pentecost, Trinity, and Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ have unfolded

before us like the glimpse the transfiguration gave to the disciples of Jesus—a

look at where we are headed. It might be tempting to ask to camp at the top

of the mount where we have found extraordinary revelations. But from the

liturgical heights of our biggest season, we climb back down to our usual,

ordinary patterns.

If we drive down billboarded highways or watch an hour or two of

television, dozens of advertisements ask for a place among our priorities. In

the regular world we live in, we have some basic, important choices to make.

The temptations are sometimes large. Sometimes they are subtle.

Whom will we worship? Which gods will we choose?

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

12th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

1. The training on the USCCB Charter and Essential Norms, Boundaries and Mandated Reporting is

required for all involved in parish ministry including clergy and staff. If you missed this mandatory

training please make an effort to attend these two remaining make-up sessions:

-Wednesday, 28 June @ Chancery Office 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

-Friday, 30 June @ Cathedral Conference Room, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM

2. Today’s second collection will be for Peter’s Pence, which funds Catholic charities. The Holy Father

makes use of the funds to help our brothers and sisters around the world who are caught in the

crossfires of conflict and other tragedies. Thank you for assisting Pope Francis on this noble and

necessary Church mission. Please pray for our needy brother and sisters during these tough times.

3. The UST (Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila) CREED program will be conducted 15-22

July 2017. For more information, and if you are interested, please register at the Parish Office.

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes will be on hand for the graduation/commissioning on Saturday 22

July 2017. Catechists and Lay Volunteers are highly encouraged to attend.

Feast of Corpus Christi St. Anthony Fiesta

dear Padre

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Mass Schedule

Monday - Friday

6:30 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Saturday 7:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. (Anticipated Sunday Mass) 7:30 p.m. (Neo- Catechumenal Way)

Sunday 6:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Confessions Saturday 5:00-5:45pm

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday to Sunday 7:00am -10pm

Pastor Msgr. James L.G. Benavente

Pastor Emeritus Msgr. Brigido U. Arroyo

Parochial Vicars Rev. Fr. Efren F. Adversario

Rev. Fr. Rudy G. Arejola

Office Personnel Linda T. Angeles

Maintenance Santiago Bagana, Jr.

Mary Ann Lee

Volunteers Priscilla Baker

Lourdes Camacho

Ignacio Cruz

Terry Estabillo

Carmen Leon Guerrero

Roz Tydingco

Is it wrong to wear the rosary as

a necklace?

Dear Padre,

Is it sacrilegious to wear rosary beads around your neck, in hope of getting a favor

from God? I though rosary beads were for praying the rosary..

William R.

Dear William,

Rosary beads are intended for praying the rosary, and not a good luck charm.

There are many, however who do use rosary beads, medals, and pictures for

good luck. Some of these people even have devotions to bring them luck. There

is no luck. There is God and God’s provident care.

Some have a tendency to try to sign a contract with God. They agree to do

good things if God will give them a special favor in return. We do good things

because they are the right things to do, not because they will bring us good luck.

We pray in devotion to the saints, asking them to intercede for us. We do so

knowing that God will give us what we need. Everyone has things they desire or

wishes they want fulfilled. God knows if these things will help us. If we need

these things, God will provide them. God has never promised to provide all we

desire.

We should use the rosary beads for prying, and medals and pictures for devo-

tion. To use the for good luck is superstition. God is not someone to be con-

trolled by ceremonies and rituals. God is one whom we worship in spirit and

truth.

The Padre

Father Joseph Nolen, C.Ss.R

dearpadre@liguori.org