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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Sacred Heart Coronado > Parish Life > News > 2017 > December
Being A Holy Family

Being A Holy Family

Posted December 31, 2017

12.31.17  Christmas  Season  Mon. – B 1st Reading  Sirach  3:  2 – 6, 12 – 14 The Genesis  15:  1…

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Posted December 29, 2017

Happy New Year from all of us at Sacred Heart Church! The Ministry Center will be closed on Monday, January…

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Victory Over Evil

Victory Over Evil

Posted December 28, 2017

12.28.17 Thurs. Christmas Season – (II) Feast of Holy Innocents, Martyrs 1st Rdg  – 1st Letter of St. John  1:…

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Fourth Sunday of Advent – Year B – Mass Video

Fourth Sunday of Advent – Year B – Mass Video

Posted December 27, 2017

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The Witness of St. Stephen

The Witness of St. Stephen

Posted December 26, 2017

12.26.17 Tues. Christmas Season – (II) Feast of St. Stephen 1st Rdg  Acts of the Apostles 6: 8 – 10,…

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Become One With God

Become One With God

Posted December 25, 2017

12.25.17  Christmas Mass at Dawn 1st Reading  Isaiah  62: 11 – 12 Letter of St. Paul to Titus  3:  4…

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Magnificat: New Testament Song of Faith

Magnificat: New Testament Song of Faith

Posted December 22, 2017

12.22.17  Fri. Advent – wk 3 – (II) 1st Rdg  Samuel  1:  24 – 28 Gospel  Luke  1:  46 –…

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Posted December 22, 2017

Merry Christmas from all of us at Sacred Heart Church! The Ministry Center will be closed Monday, December 25th and…

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Sacred Heart Advent Choral Service 2017

Sacred Heart Advent Choral Service 2017

Posted December 19, 2017

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Can You Be Greater Than John the Baptist?

Can You Be Greater Than John the Baptist?

Posted December 19, 2017

12.17.17  Sun. wk 3 – Advent – B 1st Reading  Isaiah  61: 1 – 2a, 10 – 11 Thessalonians  5: …

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Coronado
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Holy Mass
February 28 2021
2nd Sunday of Lent

A LENTEN PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus,
As I journey through these 40 days
and meditate on Your sacrificial love for us all
I entrust my ways to Your mercy,
a mercy that seeks the healing of my heart,
and is loving me to the hidden wholeness
found only in You.

I love You, and want to grow ever closer to you.
I want to receive You into my soul.
I long to receive you at the table of the Eucharist,
where I believe you are truly present in the most holy sacrament.
But since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come spiritually into my heart, where
I embrace You and I unite myself wholly to You.
Never let me to be separated from You.
Keep me close in your Sacred Heart.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Amen
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You Belong to God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people say about you, whether they speak well or whether they speak poorly about you. All these things that keep you quite busy, quite occupied, and often quite preoccupied are not telling the truth about who you are. I am here to remind you in the name of God that you are the Beloved Daughters and Sons of God, and that God says to you, “I have called you from all eternity and you are engraved from all eternity in the palms of my hands. You are mine. You belong to me, and I love you with an everlasting love.”
-Henri Nouwen
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You Belong to God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people say about you, whether they speak well or whether they speak poorly about you. All these things that keep you quite busy, quite occupied, and often quite preoccupied are not telling the truth about who you are. I am here to remind you in the name of God that you are the Beloved Daughters and Sons of God, and that God says to you, “I have called you from all eternity and you are engraved from all eternity in the palms of my hands. You are mine. You belong to me, and I love you with an everlasting love.”
-Henri Nouwen
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“The Church has entered once again into the penitential season of Lent. The word “lent” comes from the Old English word for “Spring”. I used to consider that Lent got that name because it always comes around in the springtime, but now I realize that Lent is a springtime for our souls, a time of hope and new growth. That is why it is exciting and joyful.
In his Rule for Monks our father St. Benedict describes Lent in the terms of joy:
“During these days, therefore, let us increase somewhat the usual measure of our service,
as by private prayers and by abstinence in food and drink.
Thus everyone of his own will may offer God "with the joy of the Holy Spirit" (1 Thess. 1:6)
something above the measure required of him.
(RB 49)”
St. Benedict wants us to understand the disciplines we eagerly undertake are meant to be a road to the fulfillment of our holy desire: a deeper communion and love of God in Jesus and Resurrection with Him. We will always have encouragement and not go astray on our Lenten observance if we keep our “eyes on the prize”: our upward calling in Christ. From this point of view it is truly a joyful work!”
• Reflection from Brother Christopher, a Trappist monk at New Clairvaux Abbey in Vina, CA
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“The Church has entered once again  into the penitential season of Lent. The word “lent” comes from the Old English word for “Spring”. I used to consider that Lent got that name because it always comes around in the springtime, but now I realize that Lent is a springtime for our souls, a time of hope and new growth.  That is why it is exciting and joyful. 
In his Rule for Monks our father St. Benedict describes Lent in the terms of joy:
“During these days, therefore, let us increase somewhat the usual measure of our service,
as by private prayers and by abstinence in food and drink.
Thus everyone of his own will may offer God with the joy of the Holy Spirit (1 Thess. 1:6)
something above the measure required of him.
(RB 49)” 
St. Benedict wants us to understand the disciplines we eagerly undertake are meant to be a road to the fulfillment of our holy desire: a deeper communion and love of God in Jesus and Resurrection with Him.  We will always have encouragement and not go astray on our Lenten observance if we keep our “eyes on the prize”: our upward calling in Christ.  From this point of view it is truly a joyful work!” 
• Reflection from Brother Christopher, a Trappist monk at New Clairvaux Abbey in Vina, CA
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Christ Jesus it is who died—
or, rather, was raised—
who also is at the right hand of God,
who indeed intercedes for us.
-Romans 8:34
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Christ Jesus it is who died—
or, rather, was raised— 
who also is at the right hand of God, 
who indeed intercedes for us.
-Romans 8:34
#dailyingodsword
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February 27, 2021
5pm Saturday Vigil
2nd week of Lent
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A LENTEN PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus,
As I journey through these 40 days
and meditate on Your sacrificial love for us all
I entrust my ways to Your mercy,
a mercy that seeks the healing of my heart,
and is loving me to the hidden wholeness found only in You.

I love You, and want to grow ever closer to you.
I want to receive You into my soul.
I long to receive you at the table of the Eucharist,
where I believe you are truly present in the most holy sacrament.
But since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come spiritually into my heart, where
I embrace You and I unite myself wholly to You.
Never let me to be separated from You.
Keep me close in your Sacred Heart.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Amen
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A LENTEN PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus, 
As I journey through these 40 days 
and meditate on Your sacrificial love for us all  
I entrust my ways to Your mercy, 
a mercy that seeks the healing of my heart, 
and is loving me to the hidden wholeness found only in You.

I love You, and want to grow ever closer to you. 
I want to receive You into my soul. 
I long to receive you at the table of the Eucharist, 
where I believe you are truly present in the most holy sacrament. 
But since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come spiritually into my heart, where
I embrace You and I unite myself wholly to You. 
Never let me to be separated from You. 
Keep me close in your Sacred Heart. 
Jesus, I trust in you. 
Amen
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Through recollection and silent prayer, hope is given to us as interior light, illuminating the challenges and choices we face in our mission. Hence the need to pray and, in secret, to encounter the Father of tender love (Mt 6:6).
@franciscus #lent
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Through recollection and silent prayer, hope is given to us as interior light, illuminating the challenges and choices we face in our mission. Hence the need to pray and, in secret, to encounter the Father of tender love (Mt 6:6). 
@franciscus #Lent
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Saturday, Feb 27, 2021
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Agree to disagree

There is no more timely message for our divided age of partisan politics than “love your enemies.” But how is that even possible? One perspective that some find helpful is that “you don’t have to like someone to love them.” Love in this context is not a warm, fuzzy feeling but a decision to treat with respect, to “do unto others.” A tall order, but it does help to remove the expectation that we have to become fast friends with those we oppose. And maybe it will lead to a time when we can see difficult folks as people with whom we happen to disagree, rather than mortal enemies. Jesus was all about reconciliation. Let’s take up the mantle.

TODAY'S READINGS: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Matthew 5:43-48.
“But I say to you, love your enemies.”

#takefiveforfaith
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Saturday, Feb 27, 2021
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Agree to disagree

There is no more timely message for our divided age of partisan politics than “love your enemies.” But how is that even possible? One perspective that some find helpful is that “you don’t have to like someone to love them.” Love in this context is not a warm, fuzzy feeling but a decision to treat with respect, to “do unto others.” A tall order, but it does help to remove the expectation that we have to become fast friends with those we oppose. And maybe it will lead to a time when we can see difficult folks as people with whom we happen to disagree, rather than mortal enemies. Jesus was all about reconciliation. Let’s take up the mantle.

TODAYS READINGS: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Matthew 5:43-48. 
“But I say to you, love your enemies.”

#takefiveforfaith
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Gospel • Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers and sisters only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
#dailyingodsword
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Gospel • Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers and sisters only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
#dailyingodsword
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Mary is a woman who loves… We see it in the delicacy with which she recognises the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus’ public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new family and that the Mother’s hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus’ true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary will remain beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).”
Pope Benedict the 16th, God is Love, 41
🎨‘Black Madonna with Dove of Peace’ by Sue Ellen Parkinson
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Mary is a woman who loves… We see it in the delicacy with which she recognises the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus’ public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new family and that the Mother’s hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus’ true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary will remain beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).”
Pope Benedict the 16th, God is Love, 41 
🎨‘Black Madonna with Dove of Peace’ by Sue Ellen Parkinson
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You Belong to God You are not what you do, althoug You Belong to God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people say about you, whether they speak well or whether they speak poorly about you. All these things that keep you quite busy, quite occupied, and often quite preoccupied are not telling the truth about who you are. I am here to remind you in the name of God that you are the Beloved Daughters and Sons of God, and that God says to you, “I have called you from all eternity and you are engraved from all eternity in the palms of my hands. You are mine. You belong to me, and I love you with an everlasting love.”
-Henri Nouwen
“The Church has entered once again into the pen “The Church has entered once again  into the penitential season of Lent. The word “lent” comes from the Old English word for “Spring”. I used to consider that Lent got that name because it always comes around in the springtime, but now I realize that Lent is a springtime for our souls, a time of hope and new growth.  That is why it is exciting and joyful. 
In his Rule for Monks our father St. Benedict describes Lent in the terms of joy:
“During these days, therefore, let us increase somewhat the usual measure of our service,
as by private prayers and by abstinence in food and drink.
Thus everyone of his own will may offer God "with the joy of the Holy Spirit" (1 Thess. 1:6)
something above the measure required of him.
(RB 49)” 
St. Benedict wants us to understand the disciplines we eagerly undertake are meant to be a road to the fulfillment of our holy desire: a deeper communion and love of God in Jesus and Resurrection with Him.  We will always have encouragement and not go astray on our Lenten observance if we keep our “eyes on the prize”: our upward calling in Christ.  From this point of view it is truly a joyful work!” 
• Reflection from Brother Christopher, a Trappist monk at New Clairvaux Abbey in Vina, CA
Christ Jesus it is who died—or, rather, was rais Christ Jesus it is who died—or, rather, was raised— 
who also is at the right hand of God, 
who indeed intercedes for us.
-Remans 8:34
#dailyingodsword
A LENTEN PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION My Jesus, A LENTEN PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus, 
As I journey through these 40 days 
and meditate on Your sacrificial love for us all 
I entrust my ways to Your mercy, 
a mercy that seeks the healing of my heart, 
and is loving me to the hidden wholeness found only in You.

I love You, and want to grow ever closer to you. 
I want to receive You into my soul. 
I long to receive you at the table of the Eucharist, 
where I believe you are truly present in the most holy sacrament. 
But since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come spiritually into my heart, where
I embrace You and I unite myself wholly to You. 
Never let me to be separated from You. 
Keep me close in your Sacred Heart. 
Jesus, I trust in you. 
Amen
Through recollection and silent prayer, hope is gi Through recollection and silent prayer, hope is given to us as interior light, illuminating the challenges and choices we face in our mission. Hence the need to pray and, in secret, to encounter the Father of tender love (Mt 6:6). 
@franciscus #Lent
Saturday, Feb 27, 2021 LENTEN WEEKDAY Agree to dis Saturday, Feb 27, 2021
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Agree to disagree

There is no more timely message for our divided age of partisan politics than “love your enemies.” But how is that even possible? One perspective that some find helpful is that “you don’t have to like someone to love them.” Love in this context is not a warm, fuzzy feeling but a decision to treat with respect, to “do unto others.” A tall order, but it does help to remove the expectation that we have to become fast friends with those we oppose. And maybe it will lead to a time when we can see difficult folks as people with whom we happen to disagree, rather than mortal enemies. Jesus was all about reconciliation. Let’s take up the mantle.

TODAY'S READINGS: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Matthew 5:43-48. 
“But I say to you, love your enemies.”

#takefiveforfaith
Gospel • Matthew 5:43-48 Jesus said to his disci Gospel • Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers and sisters only,
what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
#dailyingodsword
Mary is a woman who loves… We see it in the deli Mary is a woman who loves… We see it in the delicacy with which she recognises the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus’ public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new family and that the Mother’s hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus’ true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary will remain beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).”
Pope Benedict the 16th, God is Love, 41 
🎨‘Black Madonna with Dove of Peace’ by Sue Ellen Parkinson
#saturdayswithmary
When we persevere with the help of a gentle discip When we persevere with the help of a gentle discipline, we slowly come to hear the still, small voice and to feel the delicate breeze, and so to come to know the presence of Love.

HENRI NOUWEN
Friday, Feb 26, 2021 LENTEN WEEKDAY DAY OF ABSTINE Friday, Feb 26, 2021
LENTEN WEEKDAY DAY OF ABSTINENCE
The low rumble within

Anger is one of our human “passions,” the Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs, neither good nor bad in and of itself. Anger can provide us with helpful information that we feel wronged by someone or something. It may be intense or a low rumble within. Lent is an opportunity to become still, listen to our anger, and examine its source. How might we invite God into these rough spaces for healing? Desiring healing does not disregard hurt or suffering rather we seek to “unhook” from anger to live in peace. Unhooking might mean talking with a loved one who hurt us. It might mean protesting against injustice. It might mean forgiving ourselves. What might be rumbling within your heart?

TODAY'S READINGS: Ezekiel 18:21-28 Matthew 5:20-26. 
“Go first and be reconciled.”

#takefiveforfaith
Got some friends, Lord, who are carrying some hea Got some friends, Lord,
 who are carrying some heavy loads,
 their plates full of cares and concerns,
 troubles and fear, loneliness and doubt...

So, I was wondering...

  Could you slow things down for them,
 even just a little, in the days ahead?

  Could you fill in the potholes and smooth the bumps
  on the road they're traveling?

  Could you make their lives a little less complicated
  and a whole lot simpler?

  Could you spare them the curve balls
  and throw a couple right down Broadway?

  Could you gently touch their grief
  and mend their broken hearts?

  Could you give them a break
  from bad news, discouragement and distress? 

  Could you take at least a few things off
  their already full and overflowing plates of problems?

  Could you let them catch a glimpse of you
  standing close by their side?

  Could you give them the time and space they need
  to sit back, relax and find a little peace? 

  Could you relieve their doubts
  and refresh their faith in you?

  Could you bless their tender hearts,
 their ailing bodies and their broken spirits
  with your healing and compassion?

And we'd all be grateful, Lord,
 if you'd give us some hints
  on how best to help one another
when we we feel so helpless, so powerless 
  over what others are facing...

We're all so powerless in so many ways
and need to trust in you, Lord,
to lean on you, to ask you to be:
 our strength in our weakness,
 our wisdom in our doubts,
 and our hope
  through the darkest of lonely nights...

Got some friends, Lord,
 who are carrying heavy loads, their plates overflowing
  with cares and concerns, with troubles and fears:
 help them know and see and feel your presence,
 your love, your strength, your mercy and your peace...

Amen.

🎨 ‘Burdens Seen and Unseen’ 
Brian Kershishnik
If you bring your gift to the altar, and there rec If you bring your gift to the altar,
and there recall that your brother
has anything against you,
leave your gift there at the altar,
go first and be reconciled with your brother,
and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:24
📷 Reconciliation (Josefina de Vasconcellos sculpture)
#dailyingodsword
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