1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

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Mass & Confession Schedule

SATURDAY

Mass: 8:00 am Confessions

4:00 —4:45 pm

Sunday Vigil Mass 5:00pm

SUNDAY Mass 8:00am

Confessions 9:15 am until last penitent has

confessed. Mass 9:30am

Mass (Spanish) 11:00am Mass (Er itrean Ge ’ez)

12:30pm

MONDAY-FRIDAY Mass: 7:30 am

WEDNESDAY

EVENINGS Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Confessions 6:30pm until last penitent has

confessed. Mass 7:00pm

MINISTRIES

Rev. Kenneth Nobrega

Rev. Ghebriel Woldai

Chaplain to Ge’ez Community

In Residence

Rev. Raphael Okitafumba

Deacon José Manuel Pérez Permanent Deacon

Elizabeth Oishi Comly Transition Coordinator

Eddie Ma Director Religious Education

Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm

Lectors/Lectores Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español)

Eucharistic Ministers Yanny Chavarria (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español)

Sacristan Freddy Morales

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND St. Joseph Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery

San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265 Oakland phone (510) 654-0936

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 7, 2015 The cup of salvation I will take up,

and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

— Psalm 116:13

GOD’S WORD TODAY Today’s Gospel tells the story of the preparation of the place where Jesus and his disciples were to eat the Last Supper. During that meal, the new covenant in Christ’s blood was established as an everlasting covenant that we celebrate to this day. Today is a good day to ask ourselves just how intentional we are when prepar-ing to celebrate the Mass. All too often, our coming to this place becomes routine and the Mass seems to pass us by. What an opportunity we miss when this happens! When we celebrate the Eucharist, we are joined to Christ, proclaiming and participating in his death and sharing in the promise of his new life. The gift of today’s solemnity gives us the chance to re-examine our own preparedness for Mass. As today’s Gospel is proclaimed, let us remember that it is at the table of the Eucharist that we can truly find transformation. Here at this table we taste newness of life. From Saint Margaret Sunday Missal, copyright © J. S. Paluch Company

Please Pray For the Sick Dorothy Abraams, Aliver Starsky, Maria Garcia

Juanita Estrellas, Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall, Luis Perez, Rosa M. Orozco, Charles Robinson, Rita Streuli, Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins,

Pat Barnet, Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Ann Zito And Recently Deceased

Rosa Dumaquing+ Cheryl V. Broxton + Luis Perez Ramirez+

Marjorie Brodt+ Mateo J. Ramos+

PARISH NEWS Plate Collection: May 31, 2015: $2401.16

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Eufemiano Sanchez+

Lucia Rojas+ Franciszek & Franciska

Kuzdowicz+ SJWC Parishioners

Petra Nieves+

Eugenia Sanchez

Eladio Ortiz

Chris Kuzdovich

Stephanie

Sauder-Andrade

JUNE Mass Intentions Requested by

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you (Exodus 24:3-8). Psalm — I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord (Psalm 116). Second Reading — Christ is the mediator of a new covenant (Hebrews 9:11-15). Gospel — This is my body. This is my blood (Mark 14:12-16, 22-26).

THANKSGIVING The word “thanksgiving” most often calls to our mind the holiday in November. But as early as the middle of the second century Justin Martyr referred to the blessed bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper as “food we call ‘thanksgiving’ ” (in Greek eucharis-tia). The Thanksgiving we celebrate in the autumn is at times marked by a sort of proud societal self‑congratulation and the consumption of food until we sink into an inert stupor. The “thanksgiving” that we call our Eucharist is just the opposite: we are led to it by an acknowledgment of our own failings; we remember our humble place in the scheme of things by giving praise to God alone. While the food of Christ’s body and blood fills our spiritual hungers, it also creates in us a greater hunger. We are not sent to our spiritual sofas to let the Lord’s Supper settle; we are sent to be living signs of that thanksgiving for the world by looking out for the poor and powerless, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, speaking out against the self‑righteous. In short, the hunger created by our doing in remembrance of Christ must lead us to living in remembrance of him. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Monday: Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday: St. Ephrem Thursday: St. Barnabas

Friday: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Saturday: Immaculate Heart of the Blessed

Virgin Mary; St. Anthony of Padua; Blessed Virgin Mary

MASS READINGS The readings for mass will be found on page 1120 of

the hard Blue Book. Thank you

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION It has been said that the Church breathes with two lungs, East and West. Some of our family treas-ures are in the East, and it is interesting to consider how liturgical families developed around differing customs. Centuries before Christ, after the young girl was given to her husband by her father, the spouses were crowned. Christians retained that custom, keeping the wedding in the home, and sometimes inviting a visiting priest or bishop to put the crowns on their heads. By the fourth century, the crowns were seen not as royal crowns, but as the crowns of victory worn by martyrs. The crowns have nothing to do with being “king and queen for a day,” but rather speak of the sacrifice of love poured out fully. There are no vows exchanged at all, but the crowning is followed by a joyful dance by the priest and couple around the Gospel book. Unlike Roman law, which saw the wedding rites as optional, Eastern practice did not recognize a marriage that had not been blessed. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

STARTING It’s the start that stops most people.

—Anonymous

OUR SACRIFICE Let us offer Christ the great universal sacrifice

of our love. For he offered his cross to God as sacri-fice in order to make us all rich.

—St. Ephrem

NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA 31 de mayo 2015 Colección: $2401.16

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: El Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo

Lunes: Décima Semana del Tiempo Ordinario Martes: San Efrén

Jueves: San Bernabé Viernes: El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

Sábado: El Inmaculado Corazón de María; San Antonio de Padua; santa María Virgen

MISALES Tenemos misales en venta por $2.50 cada uno.

Muchas gracias.

El Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo

7 de junio de 2015 Levantaré el cáliz de

salvación e invocaré el nombre del Señor.

— Salmo 116 (115):13

LECTURAS DE HOY Primera lectura — El Señor hace una alianza con su pueblo y la sella con sangre (Exodo 24:3-8). Salmo — Levantaré el cáliz de la salvación (Salmo 116 [115]). Segunda lectura — La sangre de Cristo obtiene la redención eterna para el pueblo (Hebreos 9:11-15). Evangelio — Jesús, mientras celebraba la Pascua con sus discípulos, establece la nueva Alianza. (Marcos 14:12-16, 22-26).

ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS El Día de Acción de Gracias que celebramos en el otoño a veces se ve marcado por una especie de orgullo y autofelicitación por parte de nuestra socie-dad, por no hablar de comilonas que nos llevan has-ta el estupor. Pero la “acción de gracias” que en griego se llama “Eucaristía” es al revés: lo que nos lleva a ella es el reconocimiento de nuestras faltas; recordamos nuestra posición humilde en el universo alabando a Dios, y a nadie más que a Dios. Es verdad que el alimento del Cuerpo y la San-gre de Cristo sacia el hambre de nuestro espíritu, pero también es verdad que ese alimento crea en nosotros un hambre más intensa aun. Al terminar la Misa no nos envían a un sofá espiritual a sentarnos en lo que la Cena del Señor se nos asienta en el es-tómago; más bien, nos envían al mundo a ser signos vivientes de esa Acción de Gracias, ayudando a los pobres y desvalidos, alimentando a los hambrientos, cuidando a los enfermos, protestando contra las acti-tudes farisaicas. En fin, el hambre producida en no-sotros al hacer el Memorial de Jesús nos tiene que impulsar a vivir “en memoria de él”. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE “Altísimo Señor”, un bellísimo himno tradicional canta con asombro y maravilla la humildad de Jesu-cristo quien siendo divino no sólo murió por nosotros sino que también se hace nuestro manjar en un pedacito de pan. Nos invita al “convite de amor” pa-ra “amar y recibir a quien por mí, quiso morir”. Esta espiritualidad eucarística es buena, pero sería aún mejor recordar que el cordero divino no murió sólo por mí, sino por “nosotros”. El cristiano es cristiano en la medida que se relaciona en la Igle-sia, la gran familia de Dios. El Cuerpo de Cristo se forma no sólo de granos de trigo sino de hombres y mujeres bautizadas. Su cuerpo no se encuentra sólo en un altar sino en los cristianos unidos para la misa. El cuerpo de Cristo está en la hostia pero también se encuentra en todo creyente. Abre los ojos y, con asombro y maravilla, verás a Jesucristo en nuestra unión de fe. Jesús está tan presente en la Iglesia como en sus tabernáculos y sagrarios. Jun-tos somos el pan de la vida que da gracia y virtud, alegría y salud. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J.

S. Paluch Co.

NUESTRO SACRIFICIO Ofrezcámosle a Cristo el gran sacrificio universal de nuestro amor. Él ofreció su cruz a Dios como sac-

rificio para enriquecernos a todos. —San Efrén EL COMIENZO

Lo más difícil es comenzar. —Anónimo

UNA BUENA COMPRA No compres sólo la casa, compra

el vecindario. —Proverbio ruso

1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone: (510) 843-2244 Fax: (510) 843-2730 Email: info@stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

Congratulations to the following

students who made their First Communion on

Saturday, May 30, 2015 at St. Joseph the Worker Church.

Eduardo Aguayo

Jean Paul Echeveste

Joani Echeveste

Raúl Figueroa

Amairani Garcia

Jose Manuel Gonzalez Vasquez

Jessica Guiza

Cristian Mendoza

Marcelo Molina-Aced

Alfredo Muñoz

Yulissa Reynoso

Karina Rodriguez

Angela Romero

Lucia Segovia Merlos

Uriel Coronado Moreno

Alejandro Cortes Rojas

Eric Cortes Rojas

Kimberley Hernandez

Johan Hernandez Hermosillo

Angel Ibarra

Julian Juarez

Alonzo Macias-Moreno

Ozzy Martinez

Natalie Milian Carretero

Iris Niño

Ricardo Niño

Elena Orozco

Mauricio Orozco

Jeremy Rojas

Jonathan Rojas

Aldo Rodriguez

Fernando Xochicale

Felicitaciones a estos estudiantes que

hicieron su Primera Comunión

el sábado 30 de mayo, 2015

en nuestra Iglesia de San José Obrero.