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Messages From Our Ministers


  • Fr. Mark's Weekly Reflection

    All She Had, Her Whole Life


    Stewardship is making a generous return on what is gratefully received. It is feeling grateful for what we have received from God and his church, and then doing our part to build up the church so that others —many others can enjoy the same benefits. We do our part to further the work of the Body of Christ. 

     In today’s Gospel we her about “the widow’s mite,” (Mark 12:41–44). She gave two small coins to the temple which was all she had to live on. She had great faith and love and put her hope in the Lord. She loved God’s temple. She loved HER temple. She was grateful that God gave her a place where she could come and receive comfort and 

    consolation. She was like many poor widows who love our parish. 

     This little story at the end of the Gospel of Mark is actually a key to understanding this Gospel which has been read almost every Sunday this year. The little woman shows up at the end of the 

    Gospel of Mark with her two coins for the temple because the entire Gospel of Mark is about the 

    temple. 

     The Gospel of Mark is the shortest Gospel, but it gives us a powerful Good News message: that Jesus came to give us a NEW TEMPLE, which is the CHURCH. If you read the sixteen chapters of Mark (about 20 pages), you will see that it’s all about how Jesus walks toward Jerusalem, enters the temple and overturns the old sacrificial system of Judaism. He announces the destruction of the temple with its altar and sacrifices, and that he would replace it with the new sacrifice and the new temple which is HIS BODY and the CHURCH. 

     The story of the poor widow who donated two pennies is extremely interesting for those who study the Gospel of Mark. At the end of the Gospel of Mark there are TWO stories of women who both want to give a gift and who are praised by Jesus. The poor widow gives her pennies to the temple, and a woman offers expensive oil to anoint Jesus’ feet, which he says is a preparation for his burial 

    (Mark 14:3–9). Jesus praises both women using his solemn “Amen, Amen” formula. Both women offer their gifts at great personal cost. In both cases the term “poor” is repeated. In both cases the value of the gift is misunderstood by evil men. In both cases there is a certain ironic futility because the recipient of the gift would soon be destroyed (the temple would be destroyed, and the body of Jesus would die and be buried). 

     None of this is an accident. The Gospel is carefully written by St. Mark. People used to think that Mark’s Gospel is a jumbled collection of unconnected stories. In particular, chapter 13 was seen as an interruption because seems to be a long sermon about the end of the world. However, experts now realize that chapter 13 is full of Old Testament allusions to the destruction of the temple. Before his death, Jesus was predicting the destruction of the temple and that it would be replaced by the church, which is his Body. This is why the stories of the two women are carefully placed at the beginning and at the end of chapter 13. Both women make a seemingly vain gesture: one gives pennies to the temple, which would soon be destroyed, and the other gives precious anointing oil to Body of Christ, which would soon be killed. The entire Gospel of Mark makes perfect sense when you see it as Jesus coming to replace the temple and the sacrifices with the church, his Body, which is given at the Last Supper and on the Cross. (Scripture scholar Timothy Grey explained this in his doctoral thesis: “The Temple in the Gospel of Mark”).

     No gift is too small if our intention is to build up the Body of Christ, which is the church! Jesus can be living and active in our community if we all commit ourselves to praying, serving, and giving! 


  • Gospel Meditation

    Do we sometimes think that Jesus is given only to the highly qualified, special religious people? In the Gospel of Luke today we hear about the presentation of the Lord in the temple. The newborn son of God is passed around like a baton in a relay race, not guarded like a precious jewel or a breakable china dish. We can see him going from the arms of Mary to Joseph, then to the priest performing the ceremony, then to Simeon the old man, and then to Anna the old widow. Each one receives him and then hands him to the next. A tidal wave of joy and thanksgiving follows wherever he is placed. Believe me, you are qualified to hold Jesus in your arms. How can I say that with such confidence? Because the mother decides who is qualified. The Blessed Virgin, embodied in the Church, holds him out to you and me. She rejoices to place him in our arms to hold and to hand him on, too.

    — Father John Muir

Mensajes de Nuestros Ministros


  • Reflexión Semanal del P. Mark

    “En su Pobreza, Ella Ha Echado Todo lo que Tenia para Vivir.”


    En el evangelio de hoy, una viuda pobre echa dos moneditas en las alcancías del templo. Ella quiso donar al templo, aunque era muy pobre. Jesus dijo que “Esa pobre viuda ha echado en la alcancía mas que todos,” 

    (Marcos 12: 41–44). En nuestra parroquia hay muchas viudas que también vienen porque aman mucho a Dios y a su templo. Hay gente pobre y viudas tristes que vienen al templo porque es el único lugar donde pueden hallar consuelo y consolación. Son muy agradecidos a Dios por eso y a veces donan muy generosamente. Quieren apoyar a la parroquia porque quieren que otras personas también puedan beneficiar aquí. Quieren hacer de su parte para continuar el trabajo de Cuerpo de Cristo. 

     Esta pequeña historia de la viuda se encuentra al final del Evangelio de Marcos. Es una historia que sirve como clave para entender el significado del Evangelio de Marcos. Durante este año hemos escuchado lecturas del evangelio de San Marcos casi todos los domingos. Ahora que hemos llegado al fin del ano, y esta mujercita aparece al final del Evangelio de Marcos con sus dos monedas para el templo. Ella aparece porque todo el Evangelio de Marcos trata sobre el templo. 

     El Evangelio de Marcos es el Evangelio más corto, pero nos da un poderoso mensaje de Buena Nueva: que Jesús vino a darnos un TEMPLO NUEVO, que es la IGLESIA. Si lees los dieciséis capítulos de Marcos (unas 20 páginas), verás que se trata de cómo Jesús camina hacia Jerusalén, entra al templo y derriba el antiguo sistema de sacrificios del judaísmo. Anuncia la destrucción del templo con su altar y sacrificios, y que lo reemplazaría con el nuevo sacrificio y el nuevo templo que es SU CUERPO y la IGLESIA. En el momento de su muerte, el velo del templo se rasga, porque la carne del Cuerpo de Cristo ahora revela la salvación de Dios. 

     La historia de la viuda pobre que donó dos centavos es sumamente interesante para quienes estudian el Evangelio de Marcos. Al final del Evangelio de Marcos hay DOS historias de mujeres que quieren dar un regalo y que son alabadas por Jesús. La primera es esta mujer pobre que da sus centavos al templo, y la segunda es la mujer que brinda una mujer ofrece un frasco de perfume muy caro para ungir a Jesús, que Jesús dice es para preparar su cuerpo para la sepultura (Marcos 14: 3–9). Jesús alaba a ambas mujeres usando su solemne fórmula de “Amén, Amén.” Ambas mujeres ofrecen sus regalos a un gran costo personal. En ambos casos se repite el término “pobre.” En ambos casos, hay hombres malvados que malinterpretan el valor del regalo. En ambos casos hay una cierta futilidad irónica: porque el destinatario del regalo pronto sería destruido (el templo fue destruido, y el cuerpo de Jesús murió).

     Todo esto tiene gran significado para el evangelista San Marco, quien escribió todo esto a propósito. Algunos piensan que el Evangelio de Marcos no es más que una colección desordenada de historias. En particular, el capítulo 13 fue considerado como una interrupción porque parece ser un largo sermón sobre el fin del mundo. Sin embargo, los expertos católicos ahora se dan cuenta de que el capítulo 13 está lleno de alusiones del Antiguo Testamento a la destrucción del templo. Jesús estaba hablando de la destrucción del templo para preparar sus discípulos a entender su muerte próxima. Jesús estaba diciendo que el templo tenía que ser remplazada por la iglesia, que es su Cuerpo Místico. Por eso hay DOS HISTORIAS DE MUJERES colocadas una al principio y la otra al fin del capítulo 13. Hay una mujer que da centavos al templo que sería destruido, y una otra mujer que da perfume precioso para ungir al cuerpo de Jesús que sería asesinado. Cada detalle del Evangelio de San Marcos tiene sentido. Todo se entiendo perfectamente cuando entiendes el mensaje central: que Jesús vino para reemplazar los sacrificios del templo con el sacrificio de su Cuerpo ofrecido en la Última Cena y en el Calvario. (El autor Católico Timothy Gray explicó esto en su tesis doctoral: “El templo en el Evangelio de Marcos”).

     Nosotros también tenemos que donar al templo. Cuando apoyamos a la Iglesia Católica estamos edificando el nuevo templo que es el Cuerpo de Cristo. ¡Ningún regalo es demasiado pequeño si nuestra intención es edificar el Cuerpo de Cristo, que es la iglesia! ¡Jesús puede estar vivo y activo en nuestra comunidad si todos nos comprometemos a orar, servir y dar!


  • Meditación Evangélico

    “En cada familia hay problemas, y a veces también se discute. Padre me he peleado…; somos humanos, somos débiles, y todos tenemos a veces este hecho de que peleamos en la familia. Os diré una cosa: si nos peleamos en familia, que no termine el día sin hacer las paces. Si, he discutido, pero antes que termine el día, haz las paces. Y sabes ¿por qué? Porque la guerra fría del día siguiente es muy peligrosa. No ayuda. Y luego, en la familia hay tres palabras, tres palabras que hay que custodiar siempre: Permiso, gracias, perdón (Papa Francisco 12/27/2020). ¿Qué debo trabajar en mi familia para vivir en armonía? ©LPi


  Prayers


  • Prayer for the Sick

    Many people are suffering from ailments of some form or another. Please join us as we pray for the sick, their families, and caregivers. ​


    Aaron Ramirez

    Alejandra Hernancez

    Angelina Munar 

    Annabelle Dizon 

    Ashraf Ghangosar

    Barbara Gini

    Ben Munar Cables

    Bernarda Maldonado Camargo

    Bob Weber 

    Carlos Felipe Ruiz

    Carlos Rodriguez

    Carmen Parrish

    Celine Hoban

    Connie Heim

    Connie Tracy

    Dan Lucchesi

    David Rodahaffer

    Debbie Brockney

    Deborah Balisteri

    Edith Contreras Ochoa

    Elsa Valdez

    Elvin Tyler

    Enos Gomes

    Evelyn Gesell

    Gail Galela

    Galdina Guzmán

    George Reyes

    Gilbert Ramirez

    Gloria Fernandez 

    Gloria Rangel Ortiz

    Graciela Alegria Vargas

    Guadalupe Deleon 

    Jack Avery

    Janet Kavanaugh

    Jeanette Toloy

    Joann Shannon

    Jocelyn Gonzalez

    Kenneth McKellar

    Kim Bach

    Lillian Martinez

    Luz Maria Camarillo

    María Guadalupe Barajas

    Maria Ochoa

    Maria Rivera

    Marie Samson

    Matt Johnston

    Mayra A. Castillo

    Michael A. Mallare

    Michael James Miller

    Mildred Quitoriano

    Noemi Bourez

    Paloma Ochoa

    Paulette Vetter

    Rachel Stafford

    Roger Roman

    Scott Johnson

    Sheila Bacus

    Star Cunanan

    Susan Klass

    Tammie Parrino

    Terri Lomeli

    Terry Cabauatan

    Tomas Larios Ortiz



    ​To add or remove names, please contact the Communications Coordinator at comms@presentationchurch.net.


    To see additional 'Prayers for the Sick', please click here

  • Mass Intentions

    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2024

    7:00 AM: † Pedro Campos Gutierrez

       — death anniversary 

    8:45 AM: † David Wagner 

    10:30 AM: † Clara Invina

    12:15 PM: † All Souls

    2:15 PM: † Hilario Gamoa Lamas

    5:00 PM: † Antonio Yamoni 


    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024

    7:00 AM: † All Souls

    12:15 PM: † George Douwstra

       — death anniversary 


    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024

    7:00 AM: Veronica Sell — health 

    12:15 PM: † All Souls


    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024

    7:00 AM: Diego Maldonado-Luna 

       — 41st birthday

    12:15 PM: † Antonio and Vitalina Fontes


    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024

    7:00 AM: † Salvador Mendoza

    12:15 PM: † All Souls


    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024

    7:00 AM: † Christopher Thomas

    12:15 PM: Vanessa Fuentes — thanksgiving 


    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024

    8:00 AM: † Dolores F. and † Louis T. Arbios

    5:00 PM: † Jose De La Cruz 


  • In Remembrance Of

    In remembrance of those who have gone before us.



    Shirley Spadafore

    MaryLou Knisley

    Alejandro Ramirez

    Carmel Breakfield

    Beverly Limbaugh

    Marlene Neri

    Marietta Quizana

    Mel Pagala

    Andrea Weesner

    Olga Mendoza

    Thelma Adams

    Pushpamma Manda

    Thelma Perdue

    Ruth Segarini

    Jose Salud Garcia Jasso

    Norma Jean Luder

    James R Fenelon

    Vernon Franzi 

    Henrietta Melinda Gietzen

    Donna Mae Monaco

    Estela Cortes

    Salvador De Leon Samson

    Marina Cueva

    Nasser Y. Saleh

    Myrna Garces

    Fr. Joe Maghinay

    Lolita Hilario

    Benjamin Morelos

    Nancy Bertilacchi

    JoAnn Campigli

    Romulo Gonzales

    Antonio D. Alamo, Sr.

    Pierce Lawrence (Chris) Brothers

    Shirley Benecke

    Arnold Arnulfo Rangel

    Mario Gines

    Yvonne G. Mariani

    Frank Ramalho

    Patricia Rut

    Angelina R. Agpawa

    Jack Jerome Vernon

    Agnes Sombra

    David Wagner

    Ramon Espiritu

    Marlo Eduardo Gesell, Jr.

    Anne Marie Saiers Fowler

    Christopher Thomas

    Manuel J. Angel

    Christofer Gores

    Judith Gores

    Mario Sepulveda

    Armando Fernandez

    Marilyn McLean

    Gwen Lagesse

    Ronald Ramirez

    David Perez

    Teresita Perez

    Jeanette Cuthbert 

    Loretta Castro

    Genevieve Johnson

    Rosalie Mello

    John Mendonca 

    Joann Phillips

     Maria Trinidad Espinosa Montiel

  • Prayer of the Faithful

    We pray that when we give our financial support to our parish, we give from our “first fruits” and not what from what is “left over.” 


    Rezamos que cuando demos nuestro apoyo financiero a nuestra parroquia, lo hagamos de nuestros “primeros frutos” y no de lo que “nos sobra”. 

  • Spiritual Communion

    Even if one cannot sacramentally receive the Eucharist, everyone should be aware of the practice of making a spiritual communion. The following is a daily prayer for Spiritual Communion:


    O my Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament.

    I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you into my soul.

    Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,

    come at least spiritually into my heart.

    I embrace you as if you were already there and

    unite myself wholly to you.

    Never permit me to be separated from you.

    Amen.

    -St. Alphonsus Liguori


    For more resources on Spiritual Communion, click here.



Grow Your Faith


  • Readings for the Week

    From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)


    To view full readings, click here.


    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10

    1 Kgs 17:10–16//Heb 9:24-28/Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44   


    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11

    Ti 1:1–9/Lk 17:1–6   


    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

    Ti 2:1–8, 11–14/Lk 17:7–10 


    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

    Ti 3:1–7/Lk 17:11–19 


    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14

    Phlm 7–20/Lk 17:20–25


    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

    2 Jn 4–9/Lk 17:26–37 


    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

    3 Jn 5–8/Lk 18:1–8


    NEXT SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

    1 Kgs 17:10–16/Mk 12:3–44 or 12:41–44



  • Stewardship Reflections

    “I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living.” 

    — Mark 12:43–44


    Jesus gets right to the point – we are all called to give money to support the mission of the Church, regardless of our circumstance. No gift is too small or insignificant! Giving money to support the mission of our local parish is a matter of our faith, just like praying and participating in parish ministries. When you make a financial offering, is it from your “first fruits” or from what is “left over”?



    “Les digo la verdad: esa pobre viuda echó más que todos demás a la caja del tesoro del templo. Porque todos ellos dieron de lo que les sobraba, pero ella, que es tan pobre, dio todo lo que tenía para vivir.” 

    — Marcos 12:43–44


    Jesús llega justo al punto, todos somos llamados a dar dinero para apoyar la misión de la Iglesia, independientemente de nuestras circunstancias. ¡Ningún donativo es demasiado pequeño o insignificante! Dar dinero para apoyar la misión de nuestra parroquia local es un asunto de nuestra fe, así como lo es rezar y participar en los ministerios parroquiales. Cuando usted hace una ofrenda financiera, ¿es de sus “primeros frutos” o de lo que “le sobra”?

  • Children's Prayer

    Sharing the Gospel

    God wants us to be humble, and he wants us to share our blessings. So many people Jesus met were proud, and they thought they deserved special treatment. Other people were rich, but they took what they wanted first and gave God what was left. The poor widow in today’s Gospel got it right. She quietly gave to God all she had. 




    Prayer

    Dear God, help me to quietly give you the best of all that you have given me. 



      

    Something to Draw

    Draw a picture of the poor widow who trusted God with her whole heart. 



    Mission for the Week

    If you have a piggy bank, take money out and give it to God next Sunday. Shhhh! Remember to give it to God quietly. 


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  • Saint of the Week

    BLESSED MOTHER CLELIA MERLONI | 1861–1930 | FEAST DAY: NOVEMBER 20



    When Bl. Mother Clelia was only three years old, her mother, Teresa Brandinelli, died. Her father, Joachim Merloni, a wealthy industrialist, remarried Maria Giovanna Boeri, who together with Clelia’s grandmother gave the child a solid Christian formation and helped her develop a strong and faith-filled personality. In 1876 Clelia began her cultural formation as a student with the “Daughters of Our Lady of the Purification” in Savona. After only one year, she had to leave school due to fragile health. Her father immediately acquired teachers to give Clelia lessons in foreign language and piano. His father dreamed of a luxurious life and an extravagant marriage for his beloved daughter. But what truly moved Clelia’s heart was the deep desire to consecrate herself to God in religious life. In 1892 Clelia entered the Congregation of the “Daughters of Our Lady of Providence” in Como, where she dedicated herself to religious life with zeal and joy. Almost miraculously, she recovered from a very serious lung disease when the doctors gave no more hope of recovery. At the end of a novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Clelia was restored to perfect health. She realized that God’s plan for her was to found a religious Congregation of sisters consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who would dedicate themselves to the wellbeing of the poor, the orphans, the abandoned, offering all their good works and their lives for sinners. (In Clelia’s heart there was, above all, the fervent desire for the salvation of the soul of her father, an atheist and Mason).

    On May 30, 1894 in the Church of St. Francis in Viareggio, Clelia together with two companions were presented as the first “Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” A new Congregation was born. The institute grew rapidly. Clelia opened a school for young children, a home for the elderly and an orphanage, all thanks to the generous financial support of her father. To the extent that the number of sisters grew, so too did the works increase, even outside of Viareggio. With her father’s death in San Remo on June 27, 1895, Clelia became the sole beneficiary of the huge inheritance. Her father’s deathbed conversion was the fruit of all the prayers and sacrifices which Clelia offered for this intention for many years.





     PAPA SAN LEÓN MAGNO | ~400–1906

    DIA FESTIVO: 10 DE NOVIEMBRE 


    El pontificado del Papa León I abarcó la mitad del siglo V (440-461). Fue una era marcada por grandes disturbios, tanto en el mundo como en la Iglesia. Uno de los eventos más famosos de su papado ocurrió en el año 452, cuando toda la península itálica temblaba ante la invasión de Atila, el huno. Grandes partes del norte de Italia ya habían caído ante el invasor; las ciudades de Aquilea, Padua y Milán fueron conquistadas, saqueadas y reducidas a escombros. Atila, amenazando el interior de Italia, acampó cerca de Mantua, a orillas del río Mincio; y fue allí donde se encontró con León, el obispo de Roma. León había llegado al frente de una delegación para persuadir a Atila de que retirara sus tropas. Según una leyenda posterior, durante las negociaciones, Atila tuvo una visión de los apóstoles San Pedro y San Pablo, quienes, portando espadas desenvainadas, amenazaban a Atila si se atrevía a atacar la ciudad de Roma. Esta historia se puede ver representada en el Palacio Apostólico, en frescos de Rafael.

    Tres años después, le tocó de nuevo al Papa León enfrentarse solo, sin ayuda humana, ante un ejército conquistador. Genserico, rey de los vándalos, apareció a las puertas de Roma; y aunque el gran Papa no logró persuadirlo de que perdonara la ciudad, sí consiguió que se comprometiera a respetar la Archibasílica de San Juan de Letrán y las Basílicas de San Pedro y San Pablo. La ciudad fue capturada, pero miles de personas inocentes se salvaron al refugiarse en los templos cristianos. Su mayor triunfo fue el Concilio Ecuménico, promovido por él, que se celebró en Calcedonia. Allí, los Padres Conciliares reconocieron y reafirmaron la verdad de la unión de dos naturalezas —divina y humana— en la única persona de Jesucristo. En casi 100 sermones y cartas que han llegado hasta nosotros, el “Gran Papa” se muestra tanto como teólogo como pastor: atento a la importancia de la comunión entre las iglesias, pero sin olvidar nunca las necesidades de los fieles. Fue el primer Papa llamado León, y el primer Papa recordado como “el Grande”. Es uno de los dos únicos Papas (el otro es Gregorio) reconocidos como Doctores de la Iglesia. Cuando murió en 461, se convirtió en el primer Papa enterrado en la Basílica de San Pedro. Sus reliquias se conservan en la nueva Basílica de San Pedro, cerca del Altar de la Cátedra, en una capilla dedicada a la “Madonna de la Columna.”



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The Story of Father Kapaun 


Servant of God Emil Kapaun is the most decorated Chaplain in United States history. Growing up among the farming communities of central Kansas, after ordination Kapaun felt called to serve both God and country in the United States Army. This down-to-earth priest served as an Army Chaplain both at the end of World War II, and most notably on the battlefields and in the prison camps of Korea, making a name for himself with his fearless attitude and undying commitment to his men.  

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