Love One Another, and more, from Fr. Ron, week 18

St. Patrick Parish News & Updates

May 3, 2024 | Issue 18

A Word from the Pastor

May 3, 2024

In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus tells us “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete.” Christian joy is a free gift from God, not dependent on worldly circumstances. As Pope Francis states, it is "the certainty of knowing that we are loved, sustained and embraced by Christ in every situation in life." This joy remains even in the midst of trials and afflictions.

Christian joy is rooted in the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ. As Pope Paul VI explains, "God has so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son; through His Spirit, God's presence does not cease to enfold us with His tenderness and to fill us with His life." This awareness of God's love and presence is the foundation of Christian joy.

Christian joy is more than a happy feeling that comes and goes. Rather, Christian joy is rooted in that abiding belief that God’s love and desire for union with us brings us a joy which surpasses anything in this world.

Yet Christian joy is not in conflict with true human joys, but rather "exalts and finds its ultimate foundation" in the joy of the glorified Christ. It is a joy that transforms suffering and leads to a deeper awareness of our identity as exiles on earth, longing for the heavenly consummation.

Christian joy is meant to be expressed and shared. Pope Francis asks, "Is there a faith in our communities that can attract by the joy it communicates?" The joy of the Gospel is meant to be a witness to the world. If we are serious about attracting others to join our community, then our joy should be evident.

Christian joy is intimately connected to the celebration of the Eucharist, in which we are nourished with Christ’s Body and Blood." As we pray in one of the Eucharistic Prayers, it provides "the first fruits of eschatological joy." This joy is a foretaste of the eternal happiness of heaven.

And so let us not be reluctant to express our joy. Let us hear the proclamation of St. Paul: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice!”

In one Heart,

Fr. Ron

rmbagley@yahoo.com

A Peace the World Cannot Give

As Jesus is preparing to leave his disciples, he tells them, “Peace I leave you; my peace I give you. He tells them that is a different kind of peace – one the world cannot give. What exactly is this peace? This short reflection by Michael Zink will shed some light.

Read here...

Mental Health Awareness Month

As a part of Mental Health Awareness Month, our parish Mental Health Ministry will be on the patio on the weekend of May 11-12 with information on resources that are available. Stop by and learn about ways to help yourself or those you love.

Soup for Shoes

Please join St. Patrick Soup for Shoes for gourmet soup, bread, dessert and camaraderie every Thursday from 4:30-6:00 PM. Last year was a grand success! The Soup Kitchen partnered with Shoes to the World and Sowing the Seeds of Mercy in Pakistan with the Eudist Fathers providing 1,327 pairs of shoes to Pakistan school children living in poverty. This year our project has expanded to 2,500 pairs of shoes along with a request from Togo (Africa) where the Eudists work.

All proceeds in May and June will be donated!

Kindly RSVP Via email: soupsuppersstpats@gmail.com

Visit:

www.shoestotheworld.org/donate or send checks payable to Shoes To The World-Pakistan (IRS 501-c-3) to the church office or 3450 James Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008

Million Meals Event

June 8 and 9

The deacons of the Diocese of San Diego have come together to live out their mission to serve the needy by coordinating an event to provide nutritious meals to children and families living in extreme poverty. The meals will be sent to charities serving the poor in Tijuana, Mexico, the Zambia Africa.

To do this, the deacons need to:

- raise $375,000 dollars to purchase food ingredients and for shipping.

- recruit 4,000 volunteers to pack the 1.5 million meals during an inspiring and enjoyable i weekend community experience.

St. Patrick's deacons are inviting all members of our parish community to participate the weekend of June 8 & 9 at Cathedral Catholic High School.

Our parish deacons or their representative will be on the patio this weekend May 4-5 to:

- answer questions,

- accept donations,

- help register volunteers for the weekend of June 8-9 at Cathedral High School

For more information / to donate, view shift times, and register to help pack meals:

a) Please visit: sdcatholic.org/millionmeals

b) Or scan the attached QR code:

More than 4,000 faithful of all ages packed 1.5 million meals in our 2023 event.

St. John Eudes in the

Easter Season

Our series of spirituality of St. Eudes continues on Thursday at 7:00pm and Fridays at 9:00am.

These are the upcoming topics:

May 9 & 10 - The Holy Heart of Mary in the Spirituality of St. Eudes - Fr. Azam Mansha CJM.

May 16 & 17 - St. John Eudes and Lay People in His Ministry - Fr. Ron Bagley, CJM.

May 23 & 24 - Living the Mysteries and States of Jesus; The Consecration of Time - Fr. Ben Drapeau CJM.

Charpentier - Te Deum

This piece is from the French Baroque era. Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed six Te Deum settings, but only four of them have survived. Largely because of the great popularity of its prelude, the best known is the Te Deum in D major, H.146, written as a grand motet for soloists, choir, and instrumental accompaniment probably between 1688 and 1698, during Charpentier's stay at the Jesuit Church of Saint-Louis in Paris, where he held the position of musical director.

Thank you from the Boy Scouts

Boy Scout Troop 748 would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of the parishioners at St. Patrick's for supporting our 66th annual pancake breakfast. Your generosity will help send the Scouts to summer camp and other camping adventures throughout the year. We wouldn't enjoy the successes of Scouting without your support. If you have a child that is interested in joining Scouting, please contact Bob Dixon at 760-712-6395.

Watch Daily and Sunday Masses Livestreamed from St. Patrick Church here:

Online Giving Reminder

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Catholic Trivia Night

Catholic Trivia

"Catholic Trivia”... not because they are trivial but because these might be things that not everyone knows. Test your knowledge by reading the five questions, remember your answers (or jot them down), then click the link below to find the answers.

How many teams participated in last Tuesday’s Catholic Trivia Night?
What organizations/ministries did they represent?
Which team came in first place (Panera gift cards)?
Which team came in second place (Starbucks gift cards)?
When will the next Catholic Trivia Night take place?

Feel free to email Fr. Ron with ideas for future Catholic Trivia questions rbagley@stpatrickcarlsbad.com

If you have other members of your family or your friends who would like to be on our email list, just let me know or write to Mary McLain at mmclain@stpatrickcarlsbad.com We will be pleased to add them.

Masses are available on our website www.stpatrickcarlsbad.com

We have a YouTube channel where we have daily and Sunday Masses.

YouTube channel here...

Answers to Catholic Trivia here!

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Sixth Sunday of Easter – Year B

First Reading

Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26,34-35,44-48

The gift of the Holy Spirit comes to Cornelius and his household, and they are baptized.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 98:1,2-3,3-4

A song of praise for God’s salvation

Second Reading

1 John 4:7-10

God is love.

Gospel Reading

John 15:9-17

Jesus commands his disciples to love one another.

Background on the Gospel Reading

Today’s Gospel follows immediately after the Gospel proclaimed last week, in which Jesus taught that he was the vine and that his disciples were the branches. In the example of the vine and the branches, we learned that our union with Jesus will lead to fruitful service. Today’s reading extends this teaching to describe the kind of service that Christians are called upon to offer to others.

When John wrote this Gospel, his community was influenced by a set of religious beliefs called Gnosticism. It appears that one of John’s intentions was to distinguish Christian belief from the beliefs held by the Gnostics. Evidence of this can be found in today’s Gospel.

One of the tenets of Gnostic teaching was the importance of knowledge, or gnosis, as the determining aspect of faith. We read today’s Gospel as a response to this teaching. In John’s Gospel, we hear Jesus affirm that he is known by the Father and that his disciples will know the Father by knowing Jesus. In this passage, however, Jesus reminds his disciples that this knowledge is to be expressed in love. Those who know Jesus well—and Jesus says that his disciples do know him—will love one another. Knowledge leads to love, which leads to action. John reminds his community that Jesus taught that love is the sign of a true disciple and, thus, a true Christian. Even more, a true disciple shows a particular kind of love, sacrificial love.

In the Greek, there are two words for love that are used in this passage. The first is agape. The second is philia. The first word is most often used to describe love for other persons and for God. It is understood as the highest and most perfect kind of love. The second word is used to describe the affection of friendship. In this context, John appears to use these words as synonyms. The root of the Greek word for friend comes from this second term for love, philia. By using this word, Jesus transforms the terms of his relationship with his disciples and redefines for them their relationship with God. In the Hebrew Scriptures, faith in God made one a servant of God.

Here Jesus teaches that his relationship to his disciples is based on friendship, not servitude.

Another aspect of Gnostic belief taught that a believer was an elect person, chosen and set apart from the world. John reminds his community that Jesus also taught that a disciple is one who had been chosen—one who had been chosen by Jesus. To be chosen by Jesus, however, is not to be set apart from the world. Instead, to be chosen by Jesus is to be sent to serve the world as he did. The disciples of Jesus were chosen and were sent into the world to bear fruit by serving others, by sacrificing for others, in love.

This reading, like last week’s, is part of Jesus’ Last Supper discourse. In the context of John’s Gospel, these words are spoken before Jesus’ Crucifixion. We read his instruction to the disciples in light of his death and Resurrection. We know that Jesus himself gives us the greatest example of the kind of love and service that he teaches to his disciples. He has, in fact, laid down his life for his friends, for his disciples, and for us. Through his death and Resurrection, we have received the grace to love others as Jesus has commanded.

An Irish Blessing

Enjoy this music video by Celtic Thunder performing An Irish Blessing (May The Road Rise To Meet You) live From Dublin in 2017.

Family Mass

Our next Family Mass will be on Mother’s Day, May 12, at 9:00 am. Celebrate Mom’s Day by sharing Mass as a family.

Flower Sale

Buy some flowers for Mom! The Knights of Columbus will have their Flower Sale on the weekend of May 11 and 12 on the patio. The proceeds will go to Birth Choice of San Marcos. Flowers are still only $15.00. They will be on the patio until the flowers sell out.

Evento “Un Millón de Comidas

Los diáconos de la diócesis invitan a comunidades parroquiales a participar en este evento el fin de semana del 8-9 de Junio en el Cathedral Catholic High School. El año pasado fue un gran éxito que reunió más de 3000 feligreses a empacar comidas para niños hambrientos en Tijuana y a través del mundo. Este año la meta es de empacar un millón y medio de comidas y recaudar $375,000. Equipos parroquiales, ministerios, familias e individuos pueden tener impacto en la vida de un joven y gozarlo en el proceso. Mas información y la forma de inscripción están en sdcatholic.org/millionmeals. Todos están invitados. También puede llamar a la Oficina Parroquial y hable con uno de los diáconos.

Haga clic aquí:

Un Saludo de

parte del Diacono Miguel,

“Jesús dijo a sus discípulos, ‘No son ustedes los que me han elegido, soy yo quien los ha elegido y los ha destinado para que vayan y den fruto y su fruto permanezca, de modo que el Padre les conceda cuanto le pidan en mi nombre. Esto es lo que les mando, que se amen los unos a los otros’”. (Juan 15: 9-17). Todos tenemos el deseo de ser amados y sentirnos importantes; al saber que somos necesitados nos llena y nuestra autoestima es elevada y nos lleva, según a nuestro criterio, a “un buen lugar”. ¿Pero qué pasa cuando sentimos lo contario, que no nos sentimos amados, ni importantes, de que nadie nos necesita? Nuestra autoestima baja y nos sentimos muy mal. En el Evangelio de este 6º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, escuchamos a Jesús hablándoles a sus discípulos en la Ultima Cena. Jesús sabe que pronto iniciará su Pasión y muerte en la cruz. Jesús desea que sus discípulos sepan, que Él los ama. Que Él los escogió a ellos. Que somos sus amigos. Y les da este mandamiento, “que se amen unos a otros como Él ama al Padre y el Padre lo ama a Él”. Un amor que se da sin esperar nada en regreso. Jesús sabe que sus discípulos serán perturbados por la que mirarán, pero que no se espanten, que no duden. Que pase lo que pase, Jesús estará con ellos para darles lo que necesitan para seguir caminando. Nuestra dignidad viene de Dios y no de algún ser humano. Somos amados, importantes, y necesitados por Dios. Hagámosle un espacio a Jesús en nuestro corazón, y dejar que su mirada penetre nuestro corazón, sanando y transformando todo que necesita reparación en nosotros.

“LA SAGRADA COMUNIÓN”. HAGA CLIC AQUÍ:

EXPLICACIÓN: “TRANSMITIENDO NUESTRA FE”. Haga clic aquí:

Otra Reflexión: “Yo no les llamo siervos…los llamo amigos,” Haga clic aquí:

Estudios Bíblicos en Español del Padre Ricardo Chinchilla, cjm... clic aquí

Detente

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