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Palm Sunday
Announcements
Reponsorial PsalmMy God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Dear Parishioners of Our Lady of La Vang,
Today is the Palm Sunday. The Church celebrates this sixth Sunday of Lent as both Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. This is the time of year we stop to remember and relive the events which brought about our redemption and salvation. What we commemorate and relive during this week is not just Jesus’ dying and rising, but our own dying to sin and rising in Him, which will result in our healing, reconciliation, and redemption. Proper participation in the Holy Week liturgy will deepen our relationship with God, increase our faith and strengthen our lives as disciples of Jesus. Today’s liturgy combines contrasting moments -- one of glory and one of suffering - the royal welcome of Jesus in Jerusalem and the drama of His trial culminating in His crucifixion, death and burial. On Monday April 14, at 5pm at St Columban’s Church, the Chrism Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Kevin Vann. This week at our Parish we have the Tridiuum: Holy Thursday Mass-Trilingual Mass at 6pm with Bishop Brown, Bishop Emeritus of Orange, Good Friday- Live stations of the Cross at 3pm and Veneration of the Cross in Vietnamese and Spanish at 5pm- Holy Saturday Vigil- Spanish at 5pm and Vietnamese at 8pm. Please make an effort to come for these special events. On this Palm Sunday, we need to answer 5 questions today: 1) Does Jesus weep over my sinful soul as He wept over Jerusalem at the beginning of His Palm Sunday procession? 2) Am I a barren fig tree? God expects me to produce fruits of holiness, purity, justice, humility, obedience, charity, and forgiveness. Am I a barren fig tree? Or do I continue to produce bitter fruits of impurity, injustice, pride, hatred, jealousy and selfishness? 3) Will Jesus have to cleanse my heart with His whip? Jesus cannot tolerate the desecration of the temple of his Holy Spirit in me by my addiction to uncharitable, unjust and impure thoughts words and deeds; neither does He approve of my business mentality or calculation of loss and gain in my relationship with God, my heavenly Father. 4) Do I welcome Jesus into my heart? Am I ready to surrender my life to Him during this Holy Week and welcome Him into all areas of my life as my Lord and Savior? Let the palms remind us that Christ is our King and the true answer to our quest for happiness and meaning in life. 5) Are we like the humble donkey that carried Jesus, carrying Jesus’ universal love, unconditional forgiveness and sacrificial service to our families, places of work and communities by the way we live our lives? Your
Your humble servant in Jesus Christ and Our Lady of La Vang
Capital Campaign for Parish & Diocese Update
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LENTEN RULES 1) The law of abstinence obliges those 14 years of age and older not to consume meat 2) the law of fast obliges all those from ages 18 through 59 to refrain from eating between meals and to limit their eating to one full meal and two lighter meals for the day. 3) Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of both fast and abstinence. In the United States, all Fridays of Len are days of abstinence |
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Stations of the cross Our parish will have stations of the cross every Friday at 7:45 AM in Vietnamese and 7PM in Spanish. |
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Second Collection This week, we will have second collection for Capital Campaign “For Christ Forever”. Please give generously. Thank you. |
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40 Days for Life Catholics throughout the Diocese of Orange, and around the country, partner with this organization which has worked ecumenically to take a stand for life! Let's pray for an end to abortion and care for women, men and children in crisis. Get involved by prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil, and community outreach. Bishop Vann celebrated the Opening Mass and Bishop Dominic will participate in ecumenical closing prayer service. |