Congratulations to Fr. Ricardo Chinchilla, CJM who has been appointed pastor of St. James Parish and St. Leo Mission in Solana Beach. This will be his first assignment as a pastor as he succeeds Fr. Gerard Lecomte, CJM who will be retiring at the mandatory age of 75. Fr. Ricardo begins his new pastorate on September 1, 2022. The official announcement came from the Diocese of San Diego while I was in Rome for our Eudist meetings.
While we are happy for Fr. Ricardo, we are sad that he will no longer be a member of our parish team. He has a long history here at St. Patrick. He arrived in our parish in July 2005 and continued until 2014 when he was appointed Provincial of the Eudist Province of North America and the Philippines. Even while serving as Provincial, he was frequently present at St. Patrick Parish. After completing his term of service as Provincial, he joined our parish team again in December 2020.
So many people have benefitted from the pastoral care he has shown to their families. His insightful homilies will be missed and the classes and formation he has given will bear fruit for many years. Personally, I will miss his daily presence and wise advice which I frequently sought out.
Solana Beach is not so far away. I expect that Fr. Ricardo will visit us for various occasions. He knows that he is always most welcome. The Eudist Fathers in San Diego County form one community, so he will be with us for lunches and community events. Our parishes jointly sponsor events from time to time, especially around Eudist feast days.
Fr. Ricardo’s last official weekend at St. Patrick Parish will be August 13-14, 2022. He will celebrate a few Masses that weekend and parishioners are encouraged to attend one of them to say goodbye and thank Fr. Ricardo for his many years of dedicated service to our parish. On Saturday August 13, he will preside at the 4:30 pm in English and 7:00 pm Mass in Spanish. On Sunday August 14, he will preside at the 11:00 am Mass in English and the 1:00 pm Mass in Spanish. Refreshments will be served on the patio after the Sunday Masses.
Join with me in expressing our thanks to Fr. Ricardo for his many years of loving service to St. Patrick Parish. We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide him as a wise and caring leader of his new parish. May St. John Eudes inspire him with pastoral zeal.
Reflect on these words of Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen as he reminds us of the importance of being grateful for all of life.
Gratitude is the awareness that life in all its manifestations is a gift for which we want to give thanks. The closer we come to God in prayer, the more we become aware of the abundance of God’s gifts to us. We may even discover the presence of these gifts in the midst of our pains and sorrows. The mystery of the spiritual life is that many of the events, people, and situations that for a long time seemed to inhibit our way to God become ways of being united more deeply with him. What seemed a hindrance proves to be a gift. Thus, gratitude becomes a quality of our hearts that allows us to live joyfully and peacefully even though our struggles continue.
Goodbye Termites!!
No Thursday Soup Suppers in August
As has been our custom in the past, there will be No Soup Suppers in August.
Soup Suppers will resume on Thursday September 1, 2022. All are welcome to join us then for delicious soup and bread on Thursday nights in the Parish Hall from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
A special thank you to all the volunteers who are helping to serve, and to all those who are enjoying soup!
How We Can Help Ukrainian Refugees
Every day we hear about the devastation in Ukraine, brought on by the invasion by Russia. People are being displaced from their homes and fleeing their country. Would you like to be able to help these people?
Jewish Family Services has begun a program for helping to place families displaced by the war and who have been given visas to enter our country. These are legal immigrants. Many don’t have family here to help them. That is where we can help. We can become a family to them and help them get acclimated to life here in the US.
We are making plans for an informational meeting on this project. Jewish Family Services will come to our parish and make a presentation some time in August (TBD). They will give us all the information we need and answer all your questions.
If you are interested in becoming part of the family that will help a Ukrainian family settle into this country, please email chrisdurnan4@gmail.com or leave your name and number at the parish office and she will get in touch with you. Please pray about this and see if God may be calling you to be his hands to reach out to those in need.
My Jesus
This upbeat country song was recommended by a parishioner who says she sings it all the time.
Baby Bottle Drive
July 30 & 31
Birth Choice provides FREE life saving services and referrals to women with unplanned pregnancies. Birth
Choice also offers FREE workshops on sexual Integrity, Prenatal, Parenting and After Abortion Care.
Birth Choice is a pro-life non-profit ministry and we receive no government funding.
Baby bottles will be available after Masses this weekend, July 30th & July 31st . All funds received will support Birth Choice, a pregnancy resource center and Women’s Mobile Clinic. Please take a bottle and fill it with cash,
change or checks. (Make checks payable to Birth Choice).
Once filled, the bottles can be returned and dropped off in the black collection bins at the entrance to the church over the next couple of weeks or taken to the office during the week.
70 percent of women who are seeking an abortion and see their baby through an ultrasound choose life!
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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.
Why do Catholics bless themselves with holy water upon entering the church?
What word is said at the end of most prayers at Mass?
What is the name of the “songbook” of the Hebrew people? (Hint: it is a book of the Bible.)
How many Sundays of Ordinary Time are there?
Including the Second Vatican Council, how many ecumenical councils have been recognized by the Catholic Church?
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If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Second Reading
Colossians 3:1-5,9-11
There is neither Greek nor Jew, but Christ is all in all.
Gospel Reading
Luke 12:13-21
A person's life does not consist of possessions.
Background on the Gospel Reading
In Chapter 12 of Luke's Gospel, Jesus instructs his disciples and the crowd on how to be ready for the coming judgment. A crowd of many thousands has gathered to hear Jesus. At first he speaks only to the disciples, reminding them that it is not persecution they should fear but the judgment that is coming for all who do not acknowledge the Son of Man. Suddenly a man in the crowd shouts out to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” He seems to have grown tired of Jesus speaking only to the disciples. Jesus offers the man no help. Instead he uses the question to teach what, in light of the coming judgment, life really consists of.
Jesus tells the crowd a parable. A rich man's lands have yielded more crops than expected. His response is not to consider how he might share all the extra food with others but to wonder how he can possibly store it all. He has what he thinks is a brilliant idea: to tear down his present barns and build larger ones. Then he will have many things stored up for years of eating, drinking, and making merry.
“You fool” is God's response to this man because that very night his life will be taken away. To whom will everything belong then, God asks. The rich man's world is small, just him and his possessions, and now he learns that he is to lose his life. What good are his possessions now? Jesus states the moral of the story. This is how it will be for everyone who stores up treasure for himself or herself but is not rich in what matters to God.
Centuries later St. Gregory the Great taught that when we care for the needs of the poor, we are giving them what is theirs, not ours. We are not just performing works of mercy; we are paying a debt of justice. Life does not consist in possessions but in sharing what we possess with others. The goods of the earth have been given to everyone.
This beautiful hymn is based on the words of this Sunday’s gospel. It was composed by Marty Haugen and sung in a lovely acapella arrangement by the Mennonite Singers.
Ye Olde Garage Re-Opening
Starting August 1, the Ye Olde Garage will be back to regular hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We plan to continue with our once a month Sunday Sale which will be August 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please visit us and see what has been happening. If you would like to be a volunteer for this ministry, we sure could use your help. Please contact the Parish Office and let us know you are interested.
Un Saludo de parte del Diacono Miguel,
Jesús, dirigiéndose a la multitud, dijo, “Eviten toda clase de avaricia, porque la vida del hombre no depende de la abundancia de los bienes que posea”. Siempre se ha dicho, “¿Qué nos llevamos cuando morimos?” Todos sabemos la respuesta, ¡nada nos llevamos!
No importante el dinero, las casas, joyas, u otras cosas que consideramos valiosas, el momento que tomamos el último suspiro en este mundo, ¿qué sigue? ¿Con quién nos encontramos? Nuestra fe, nos dice que nos encontramos con nuestro Dios. “¿Qué le vamos a presentar a Dios?” ¿El dinero o carros? Trabajar es necesario, proveer lo necesario para nuestra familia es el sueño de todos. Todo ser humano tiene derecho a trabajar y recibir un sueldo justo. Me viene a la mente lo que dice un locutor popular, El Piolín, decía, “¿A que venimos? ¡A triunfar!” Todos queremos sentirnos triunfantes, que hemos logrado mucho, pero, desafortunadamente medimos nuestros triunfos en las cosas materiales. Nuestro ego es muy sensible, fácilmente es manipulado y quiere más y más. El esfuerzo de tener más, de “sentirme bien”, es al costo de nuestras relaciones con nuestros familiares. El tiempo “extra” que le damos al trabajo o nuestros hobbies dañan o rompen las relaciones con ellos. ¿Qué debe ser lo más importante para nosotros? La paz en nuestro corazón. ¿Y cómo obtenemos esa paz? Primero, tener una relación buena con Dios. Reconociendo que Él es un Padre de amor, que siempre está a nuestro lado dándonos lo que necesitamos, confiar en su providencia. Segundo, tener relación saludable con nuestra familia. Estando presentes para ellos. La muerte nos tocará a todos. No sabemos el día ni la hora. Examina tu vida, ¿cuáles son tus prioridades?
Por favor escuchen a los enlaces proveídos, espero que les ayude en su reflexión.
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