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Pope canonizes Junipero Serra, proclaims joy of mission spirit Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – Canonizing the 18th-century Spanish missionary, Blessed Junipero Serra, Pope Francis insisted a person’s faith is alive only when it is shared.

Celebrating a late afternoon Mass outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immacu-

late Conception Sept. 23, the pope declared the holiness of St. Junipero, founder of a string of missions in California.

Some people had objected to the canonization – like the beatification of the Spaniard in 1988 – because of questions about how Father Serra treated the native peoples of California and see serra, page 2

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Andrew Galvan, a California Indian and curator of Mission Dolores in San Francisco, carries a reliquary of St. Junipero Serra as Pope Francis celebrates the missionary’s canonization outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 23. See stories on Pages 2, 11.

Left, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone celebrated Mass for pilgrims from the archdiocese at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 23.

Right, pilgrims from the archdiocese walked more than 3 miles from their hotel to the basilica.

The pilgrims included a group of 200 Hispanic Catholics from parishes in Marin, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.

‘Pardon of assisi’: Offered to shrine pilgrims Oct. 4

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local voices “It took 12 times for me to go up and down the stairs with the relic to get it right for the master of ceremonies.”

Andrew Galvan, Mission Dolores curator, commenting on the rehearsal for the Mass and canonization • ‘The pope, in his homily, invigorates the faithful with his call to go out into the world, sharing faith with enthusiasm and vitality, by being living examples of joy, love and charity … At the canonization grounds, electrifying energy burst when the popemobile arrived. What an explosion of admiration and affection from the crowd. … At some point when I was trying to get a better view of the pope, I was reminded of the story of Zaccheus who went up a tree to have a good glimpse of Jesus.”

Nellie Hizon, St. Stephen parishioner, one of 10 members of a Filipino ministry delegation from the archdiocese • “When the pope spoke, the crowd was electric. Though he spoke softly, people hung on every word and exploded with applause in appreciation for his open sharing of his message and spirit.’

Jeff Bialik, executive director, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Francisco, who was among thousands of pilgrims greeting the pope on the White House grounds Sept. 23

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Left, a tapestry featuring an image of St. Junipero Serra hangs outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Sept.23. Right, the pope greets guests including California Indians following Mass and the canonization.

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about the impact of Spanish colonization on native peoples throughout the Americas.

Pope Francis mentioned the controversy only briefly, saying: “Junipero sought to defend the dignity of the native community, to protect it from those who had mistreated and abused it. Mistreatment and wrongs, which today still trouble us, especially because of the hurt which they cause in the lives of many people.”

Mission Dolores assistant curator Vincent Medina, who has questioned the wisdom of the canonization, read the first Scripture reading in the Chochenyo language of the Ohlone people of Northern California.

Before the formal proclamation of the missionary’s sainthood, a choir and the congregation chanted a litany invoking the intercession of Jesus, Mary, the apostles and a long list of saints, including other saints who lived and worked in the United States, such as St. Frances Cabrini, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann and St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian to be canonized. The canonization of St. Junipero, however, was the first such ceremony to be celebrated in

‘We enroll him among the saints’ Here is the text of the formula for the canonization of Junipero Serra, as pronounced by Pope Francis: For the honor of the Blessed Trinity, the exaltation of the Catholic faith and the increase of the Christian life, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and our own, after due deliberation and frequent prayer for divine assistance, and having sought the counsel of many of our brother bishops, we declare and define Blessed Junipero Serra to be a saint, and we enroll him among the saints, decreeing that he is to be venerated as such by the whole church. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

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Pope Francis holds the Book of the Gospels as he celebrates Mass and the canonization of Junipero Serra.

the United States rather than at the Vatican.

After the formal proclamation, Mission Dolores curator Andrew Galvan brought a relic of St. Junipero up to a stand near the altar as a song was sung in Spanish accompanied by a drumbeat.

Catholics in the United States and throughout the world are indebted to St. Junipero and thousands of other witnesses who lived their faith and passed it on, the pope said in his homily.

St. Junipero “was excited about blazing trails, going forth to meet many people, learning and valuing their particular customs and ways of life,” Pope Francis said.

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A missionary’s life is exciting and brings joy, he said, because it is not sedentary or turned in on itself.

Sharing the Gospel is the way to keep experiencing the joy it brings and keeps the heart “from growing numb from being anesthetized.”

More than speaking about St. Junipero, Pope Francis spoke about keeping faith alive and joyful, calling on all Catholics to be missionaries.

“Mission is never the fruit of a perfectly planned program or a well-organized manual,” he told the crowd of about 25,000 people. “Mission is always the fruit of a life which knows what it is to be found and healed, encountered and forgiven.”

Pope Francis insisted that Jesus does not give Christians “a short list of who is, or is not, worthy of receiving his message, his presence.”

Instead, Jesus embraced people as they were, even those who were “dirty, unkept, broken,” he said.

Jesus says to believers today, like yesterday, “Go out and embrace life as it is, and not as you think it should be.”

“The joy of the Gospel,” the pope said, “is something to be experienced, something to be known and live only through giving it away, through giving ourselves away.”

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2016 Respect Life Essay Contest question is about angels vicki evans

Did you know we have some very powerful allies in our pro-life battle? Angels!

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that “From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession.” At the moment of creation inside their mothers’ womb, every soul is assigned to the care and protection of a guardian angel.

Mary McClusky of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities suggests ways the angels can help. “We can ask the guardian angel of the child in danger of abortion to intercede to God for protection from death. Another option is to pray to the angels to illuminate the mind

This year, we’re asking our Respect Life Essay Contest participants to reflect on the guardian angels and archangels and compose prayers asking for their protection and intercession for the weak and vulnerable and the unborn. of a mother who is tempted to have an abortion with the light of Christ’s love for her and her child. We can also ask the angels to fight the demons that surround abortion facilities. Inspired by the angels’ comfort of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we might pray for the angels to send God’s comfort and healing to mothers and fathers who have been involved in an abortion.”

This year, we’re asking our Respect Life Essay Contest participants to reflect on the guardian angels and archangels and compose prayers asking for their protection and intercession for the weak and vulnerable and the unborn. Depending on the students’ grade level, they will be asked to write prayers for unborn babies, their

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Expanding free clinic focus of Order of Malta dinner A dinner Oct. 13 will help fund the continuing service of the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California in Oakland which offers free complete medical care to the poor. The special focus of the evening is to help expand the clinic’s operation to five days a week from its present half that.

The Tony and Lucille SanchezCorea family will receive the Champions of the Silver Chalice Award with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presenting. This honor is given to the largest contributor or contributors to the ongoing success of the clinic.

With the continued support of private donors the facility has remained open since 2008, surpassing the average two-year life expectancy of faith-based clinics. The clinic accepts

moms and dads, the sick and elderly, the Walk for Life West Coast, and for the conversion of all those tempted by the culture of death.

Our 27th annual archdiocesan respect life essay contest materials were to be sent to schools, parish schools of religion and home schooled families during September, in time for introduction into the classroom in October, which is Respect Life Month. This should be a great project to encourage prayer, the foundation of all our efforts on behalf of the unborn–-and to encourage students to develop a friendship with the angels.

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Helping kids read fundamental to St. Pius teen Tom Burke catholic San Francisco

Ryan Traynor has been helping kids learn to read since he was 11. The last five years have been nothing but one after another of successful book drives including one that collected 25,000 volumes and Ryan’s founding the Redwood City Public Library Youth Literacy Council. Ryan is a junior at St. Francis High School, Mountain View and a parishioner of St. Pius, Redwood City.

Ryan Traynor Ryan’s good work has caught the attention of the International Literacy Association and he has been named to the organization’s “30 under 30” list, recognizing young innovators, advocates and educators making a difference in the global literacy landscape, according to the ILA. “I have been very fortunate to have a network of youth that has helped me implement my successful campaigns,” Ryan said. “Young people want to help if given the opportunity, and I find them to be extremely creative and insightful, which promotes the development of new ways to tackle literacy challenges.”

Ryan has been recognized with numerous awards including the Jefferson Award, ABC7 Star Award, and the Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award.

“I am proud to recognize Ryan Traynor, who is part of a new generation of champions playing a critical role in the future of literacy around the world,” said Marcie Craig Post, ILA’s executive director. “Today, an astounding 12 percent of the global population is unable to read or write. These 30 young education champions are developing new, creative strategies to close the literacy gap and, in the process, are transforming lives in their communities and around the world.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: St. Cecilia Parish sent out a “Happy Birthday” to Marie Santos-Cucalon who turned 100 years old on Sept. 15.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo joined the family of Mary Rose Favuzzi in the celebration of Mary’s 90th birthday with cake and refreshments at the church following Mass April 29.

STEPS OF HOPE: Students from Mercy High School, San Francisco walked to help end childhood cancer raising $1,400 in the effort Sept. 19. The St. Jude’s Walk took place at the San Francisco Zoo. Also at work was the school’s spirit squad who cheered on the walkers. Cindy Ovares of Mercy’s faculty and moderator of the “Hope for Tomorrow” club raising awareness about cancer, led the group.

Proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. learn about and pitch in on stopping human trafficking. It’s a daylong event with overview in the morning and training in the afternoon; St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. “Help is needed in educating others about trafficking,” the sisters said; conrottor@ sfarch.org.

SPECIAL SUPPORT: Young Men’s Institute San Francisco Council #1 awarded scholarships of up to $1,000 to seminarians studying for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The YMI’s Frank Pignati presented the checks. The grants are from the YMI Seminarian Education Fund. Pictured from left are seminarians Thomas Lancaster, Benjamin Rosado, Michael Liliedahl, Alvin Yu and Father David Schunk, director or vocations for the archdiocese. Seminarian Francisco Avila was not available for the photo.

THANK YOU: St. Anne of the Sunset Parish says “Without you there would have been no gala,” to longtime parishioner Precie Agaton who was instrumental in the evening of music that raised more than $20,000 July 18.

and as we come from the mysteries of the rosary “we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.”

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Social Service Sisters: Leaders in pastoral ministry, religious education Catholic San Francisco is featuring one religious congregation from the archdiocese in each installment of this periodic column marking the Vatican’s Year of Consecrated Life.

Sister Merita Dekat, SSS Archivist

Our community, the Sisters of Social Service, came into being inspired

by Pope Leo XII’s encyclical “Rerum Novarum” (“On the Condition of Labor,”) the first of the great encyclicals callWAKE UP THE WORLD ! ing for social justice. We 2015 Year of Consecrated Life were established in Los Angeles in 1926 under Sisters of Social the leadership of Sister Service of Los Angeles Frederica Horvath.

In 1939, when we began working in the ArchdioNAME OF RELIGIOUS cese of San Francisco.

COMMUNITY: Sisters of Social Service of Los Our first ministry was at Old St. Mary’s Parish in Angeles Oakland. Under the leadership of Father Charles WHEN AND WHERE Philips, the first sisters FOUNDED: Hungary engaged in parish social in 1908, taking form work and pastoral minisas Sisters of Social try. They taught religious Service in 1923 education, operated a daily soup kitchen for FIRST ARRIVED IN THE ARCHDIOCESE: homeless men, conducted a neighborhood census 1939 to determine needs, and provided clothing and ORIGINAL MINISfood pantries.

TRIES: Parish social In the 1940s, we were work, pastoral ministry, invited to work in Vallejo Catholic social service, and San Rafael. Our sisreligious education ters worked in the branch offices of the ArchdiocCURRENT MINISesan Catholic Services in TRIES: Director of each city. Sisters also did archdiocesan religious parish social work, relieducation and youth gious education, Catholic education, mentor Youth Organization in of teachers involved the local parishes. in early childhood Our ministry in San development for at-risk Francisco began with an children and families opening Mass on Sept.

24, 1959. We have served CURRENT NUMBER here continuously for OF MEMBERS IN 56 years. During the OUR COMMUNITY: years following 1959, our 66; 3 in San Francisco sisters have served in several agencies: CYO Program, the Laguna Honda Adult Day Health Center, Mission Health Center, Newman work, St. Anthony’s Dining Room, Visiting Nurses and Hospice, San Francisco State Child Development and St. Mary’s Hospital. Many sisters did parish social work and were parish catechetical leaders. Among the many parishes served are: Epiphany, Mission Dolores, St. Cecilia, St. Gabriel, St. Peter (San Francisco), St. Stephen, St. Paul, St. Gabriel, Good Shepherd, St. Augustine and All Souls.

Responding to the needs of our times and meeting people where they are is part of our charism. We depend upon the Holy Spirit to guide us. We wish to be imbued with the Holy Spirit always. Benedictine in spirit and contemporary in lifestyle, we share in the social mission of the church. Our ministry ranges from healing the victims of society’s problems to working toward changing the conditions that inflict this suffering through legislative advocacy and a commitment to social justice.

During these later years our associates join with us in furthering the mission and charism of the Sisters of Social Service.

In the San Francisco community today there are three Sisters of Social Service. Sister Celeste Arbuckle is the archdiocesan director of religious education and youth ministry, Sister Nodelyn Abayan works at Wu Yee Children’s Services as a mentor coach for early childhood teachers of children of low-income families. Sister Marie Lindemann, a native of San Francisco, is presently studying for her master’s degree in pastoral ministry at Santa Clara University. At this time, the San Francisco community provides housing for college students and discerning young women.

We Sisters of Social Service cherish our time working in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Left, Social Service Sister Patricia Feeley is pictured at St. Mary’s Center, Oakland, in this archival photo. Right, serving in the archdiocese are Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, Sister Nodelyn Abayan, Sister Marie Lindemann.

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Undercover videos revive pain over abortion The videos include interviews with a young woman who worked as a technician for StemExpress in Placerville and undercover videos of conversations with the chief executive officer of StemExpress.

The series of undercover videos aimed at exposing Planned Parenthood has countered that it donates the buying and selling of aborted babies’ body parts the tissue for scientific research and receives only are hitting many of those who have had abortions reimbursement for its expenses, which is legal. hard. But those interviewed said that nevertheless, “It’s another cross we are carrying, watching if the videos can stop someone else from having an those videos,” said Smith, but she said the videos abortion, it is worth the pain. are raising consciousness abortion’s evil. “We “When I watched the first video, I was mortified. know what those videos are doing, saving more The depression cut back in,” said Patti Smith, relives. This is helping. We are seeing a lot of people gional coordinator for the Silent No More Awareness who have normally been middle of the road, turnCampaign in San Diego. Smith had two abortions, ing around and saying, ‘whoa, we didn’t know.’” one in the 1970s and one in the 1980s, and battled The founder of Silent No More, Georgette Forney, back from alcoholism, promiscuity and mental said she watched the first video on her own in a illness. A convert to Catholicism and married to a hotel room, and felt as if “I was back on the table Catholic, she blogs http://gridirongrannyfootballfaagain” despite having undergone an abortion denatic.blogspot.com/ cades ago in high school as well as having experiThe Center for Medical Progress began releasing enced healing and reconciliation many years ago. videos in mid-July showing Planned Parenthood Realizing the effect on women who have aborofficials discussing the sale of aborted babies parts. tions, Forney began blogging and tweeting about it Franciscan Missionary almost immediately. Silent No More has posted a

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had abortions but have not gone through a healing retreat such as Project Rachel or Rachel’s Vineyard is to become very quiet. “I think once this is over, there’s going to be a bunch of people looking for help. For the moment, I think this has got them shut down,” said Thorn, executive director of the national office of post abortion reconciliation and healing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Mary Ann Schwab, coordinator of Project Rachel in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said she has not seen any spike in calls from women who have had abortions. That experience is echoed elsewhere. “I wouldn’t expect an uptick. This isn’t an opportunity for healing. This is an opportunity to realize how grave the issue is,” said Kent Peters, director of the office for social ministry in the Diocese of San Diego.

Peters said he checked with other big dioceses, and there was not an increase in calls from women who had abortions. “A lot of them are shut down.”

“At the moment, I think they are blown away, thinking, ‘what if, what if, what if,’” said Peters, “wondering if the baby they aborted was also sold for parts.”

Forney advises that even for women who have undergone healing, the experience is going to be very painful and may trigger obsessive behaviors including watching the videos over and over, or substance abuse, or taking out feelings of anger on family and friends. She said it is important to exercise and find positive outlets to release the anger. She says it makes sense for many to go to another healing retreat.

Smith also said that many women who have undergone healing benefit from attending a second retreat.

In the San Diego area, and recognized by the Diocese of San Diego, there is Rachel’s Hope After Abortion Healing for Catholic women or “Catholic-friendly” women, she said.

In her YouTube video, Forney speaks to “those who are facing the reality of abortion for the first time” and says experiencing panic attacks, grief, and sorrow are common feelings. “Be assured you are not alone or going crazy,” said Forney.

“I think this is a massive re-traumatization,” said Thorn, as women also wonder if their baby was used for research, asking themselves, ‘Did I sign something at Planned Parenthood?’”

As hard as this is, Thorn said, the videos are transforming the debate about abortion and exposing the ugliness. “I think we have to break the lie,” Thorn said. “You can’t break the lie without showing the videos I am afraid.”

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Archbishop celebrates Project Rachel Mass The archdiocesan Project Rachel ministry sponsored a Mass for children who died before, at or shortly after birth Sept. 19 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was principal celebrant and homilist with priests of the archdiocese concelebrating. Mass was celebrated in the cemetery’s Holy Cross Mausoleum. Archbishop Cordileone is pictured here after Mass blessing the area of the cemetery reserved for the burial of children’s remains and marked by the statue of Rachel Mourning. The Mass included Gregorian chant and the music of harpist Anna Maria Mendieta.

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Remy Everett, St. Philip School principal Remy Everett, principal of St. Philip School, San Francisco, died Sept. 13.

She was 65 years old and part of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco for more than four decades.

Born in San Francisco, Everett attended All Hallows School and St. Vincent High School before earning undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as Remy Everett teaching credentials from San Francisco State University.

“Family and friends meant everything to Remy and she spent her life celebrating them,” the family said in a statement. “Remy will be cherished always in our hearts as we carry with us her wonderful, bright smile and her enthusiasm for life.”

Everett also taught at schools including All Hallows, St. Hilary, Tiburon and St. Gregory, San Mateo.

Survivors include her husband John and children Jason, Catherine and Chariz.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bartholomew Church, San Mateo, Sept. 18.

Remembrances may be made to a scholarship fund established at St. Philip’s in her honor: “Remy Everett Scholarship Fund,” 665 Elizabeth St., San Francisco 94114.

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Right, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone welcomes Cardinal William J. Levada, who led the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1995-2005, at the St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Gala Sept. 19. Archbishop Emeritus George Niederauer is at center. Above, guests gathered at the seminary steps.

500-plus guests honor Serra Clubs at seminary gala Tom Burke Catholic San Francisco

More than 500 guests came together Sept. 19 on St. Patrick’s Seminary & University campus for prayer, dinner and recognition of the Serra Clubs of the Greater Bay Area for their work in encouraging and supporting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. The evening began with vespers, seminary rector Sulpician Father Gladstone Stevens presiding. More than 50 seminarians were also part of the evening as acolytes for vespers, bartenders, and providing musical entertainment.

“The ongoing support of the Serra Clubs is a blessing to our seminary and to the dioceses where our seminarians will one day serve as priests, bringing Christ to the

people,” the seminary said in the event program.

“I anticipate that this evening will be an enjoyable time to renew our shared dedication to the mission of this seminary,” Father Stevens said in a letter printed in the program.

Opportunities to further the seminary cause through auction of donated items was also a success. A dinner with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who led grace before dinner, brought a winning bid of $3,000. Dinners with Father Stevens and former San Francisco archbishops Cardinal William J. Levada and Archbishop George Niederauer also brought generous sums.

The seminary was founded in 1898.

Currently 16 men are in formation for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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Secular Franciscans mark centennial

The secular Franciscans of San Francisco are celebrating their 100th anniversary Oct. 3 at St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, with Mass at 9 a.m. The theme of the conference that follows will be “Franciscan Joy,” presented by Franciscan Father Jack Clark Robinson and Franciscan Sister Margie Will.

Suggested donation is $20 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Register with Pat at lucania9@yahoo.com. Please bring food to share. For more information call Christine at (415) 240-3833.

USF names Sustainability officer

The University of San Francisco has named Richard Hsu as its first Sustainability Coordinator. Hsu will lead USF’s newly created Office of Sustainability, and is responsible for implementing the university’s climate action plan and improving the USF community’s eco-literacy.

“USF’s ultimate goal is to be carbon neutral,” Hsu said in a press release from the university. “It’s an ambitious goal, but it is achievable if we commit ourselves, challenge our mindsets, and change our behavior. Each of us shares an inescapable responsibility for fostering a sustainable world, one that can provide the same opportunities and resources for our children and grandchildren as it does for us.”

Among Hsu’s goals are to help USF to curtail its energy and water use, increase its composting and recycling rates, and reduce the number of commuters who drive alone to campus.

‘Pardon of Assisi’ offered to shrine pilgrims on Francis’ feast day Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco

Pilgrims who visit the National Shrine of St. Francis on Oct. 4, the saint’s feast day, and meet certain sacramental conditions may receive the “Pardon of Assisi,” a plenary indulgence, according to shrine rector CapuFather John chin Father John De De La Riva La Riva.

A plenary indulgence, which removes in full, temporary punishment due to sin, may be gained by Catholics visiting sacred places such as the shrine, he said.

“The purpose of an indulgence is to make reparations for these punishments, either for oneself or for another,” said Father De La Riva. A faithful Christian may offer prayers and good works determined by the rightful ministerial authority of the church and thereby draw upon the inexhaustible good of Jesus Christ and the saints to correct and make right that which has been corrupted through sin.

The basic conditions for an indulgence on the feast of St. Francis, according to the rector, are a sacramental confession, Communion and the recitation of specific prayers for the intentions of the pope. The conditions can be met on the feast day itself or eight days prior or following.

Contrary to popular belief, an indulgence is not a way of earning or buying forgiveness from God, but rather a “remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven through the merits of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit,” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The National Shrine of St. Francis, a pilgrimage site located at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Vallejo Street in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, includes the historic shrine church built in 1849 and La Porziuncola Nuova, a replica of St. Francis’ church in Assisi, Italy.

Because the feast of St. Francis lands on a Sunday this year, the readings and prayers will reflect the settings for the Sunday in ordinary time. Confessions will be heard at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. prior to Mass at 11 a.m. to assist with the reception of the indulgence.

The blessing of the animals, a popular tradition on the feast of St. Francis, will be made at 1 p.m. on the steps of the shrine church.

The Transitus, a prayer service held

by Franciscan communities each year on the evening before the feast of St. Francis, marks the passing of Francis from this life into God. It will be presented this year by the Knights of St. Francis in the Porziuncola Chapel.

Father De La Riva was installed as rector at the beginning of 2015. A former Los Angeles police officer, he replaces outgoing rector Capuchin Father Harold Snider, who late last year was elected provincial of the Capuchin Franciscans, Western America Province, in Burlingame.

“The feast of St. Francis reminds us to reawaken our spirit to the beauty and power of Christ’s love present not only in the life and mighty witness of a few, but in the very fibers of the whole body of Christ – the church,” he said.

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Franciscans celebrate Serra canonization with Mass of thanksgiving Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON – A day after Pope Francis canonized St. Junipero Serra, Franciscans gathered to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving, but one voice in the crowd drew attention to some of the controversy surrounding the new saint.

Near the end of a two-hour Mass of thanksgiving Sept. 24 at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, the air was still redolent of incense when an elderly Spanish friar, part of a delegation from St. Junipero’s home country, could hide his annoyance no more.

“Serra spoke Majorcan!” he shouted in Spanish. “That was his first language!” He complained that the Mass should have been in the Majorcan dialect, not the Castilian most common in Spain, where St. Junipero was born in 1713.

Father Michael Perry, minister general of the Order of Friars Minor and the main celebrant, appeared to understand that he was hearing a combination of Spanish nationalism and a complaint about something that had been settled long ago. So in the manner of all family quarrels, he smiled, let the breach of decorum pass, and moved on to the acceptance of a new altar cloth in honor of St. Junipero that the Spanish delegation presented.

The new saint’s 18th-century missionary activity in Mexico and what is now California, where he founded nine missions, has been criticized not only because that activity subsumed indigenous cultures, but also because of the friar’s custom of flogging others

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Franciscan friars touch the cross-shaped reliquary holding relics of St. Junipero Serra at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington Sept. 24. as he flogged himself, as a form of purification from sin.

The homily by Father Joseph P. Chinnici, president of the Franciscan School of Theology in Oceanside, argued for perspective.

“Contemporary historians talk about his ‘iron will,’ his “severity,’ his intractable stubbornness,” he said.

“Commentators focus on the paternalistic identification of the Indians as ‘adult children’ under Spanish law.

They forget another dimension: ‘Children of God’ in the biblical sources of Serra’s thought conveys the greatest possible dignity on a human being.

“Today we clearly see that Serra accepted the disciplinary procedures of the Spanish colonial project – including the use of stocks and flogging – to impose practices foreign to the Native

American peoples,” he continued.

“Some 15 years after his death, a more developed colonization inaugurated a dual revolution of disease and agricultural destruction that decimated the Native American way of life. An even more brutal destruction occurred with the American colonization.

“He who came to preach dignity, justice and the mercy of the Gospel would have been horrified,” Father Chinnici added.

Andrew Galvan, curator of Mission Dolores in San Francisco and a member of the Ohlone tribe, indigenous to Northern California, carried a reliquary containing a first-class relic of Serra to set next to the altar, and spoke briefly about the new focus Serra’s sainthood has bought to California’s indigenous people.

“It is a moment we can strategically exploit – because we now have the attention of the church,” he told the Mass attendees.

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There were conversations there, but no formal dialogue, and Vincent Medina, another Ohlone, talked Francis into a selfie, Galvan said in an interview after the Mass.

Like Medina, Galvan, caught up in the pope’s straightforward manner, couldn’t resist some informality.

“I invited him to visit California, and offered to drive the bus to all the missions. I told him I’d pick him up at the airport, because I want him to emphasize to the bishops what the bishops need to do,” he told CNS. Francis smiled, but at this point in his busy journey, “he looked very tired. I’ve been reflecting on it.

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‘Every Life is Worth Living’: Reflections for Respect Life Month, October 2015 Cardinal Sean O’Malley Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities

My dear friends in Christ: One of the deepest desires of the human heart is to discover our identity. So often, as a society and as individuals, we identify ourselves by what we do. We base our worth on how Cardinal Sean productive we are O’Malley at work or at home, and we determine our lives to be more or less good depending on the degree of independence or pleasure.

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Respect Life Month is a fitting time to reflect on the truth of who we are. Our worth is based not on our skills or levels of productivity. Rather, we discover our worth when we discover our true identity found in the unchangeable, permanent fact that we are created in God’s image and likeness and called to an eternal destiny with him. that we are created in God’s image and likeness and called to an eternal destiny with him.

Because of this, absolutely nothing can diminish our God-given dignity, and therefore, nothing can diminish the immeasurable worth of our lives. Others may fail to respect that dignity – may even try to undermine it – but in doing so, they only distance themselves from God’s loving embrace. Human dignity is forever.

Whether it lasts for a brief moment or for a hundred years, each of our lives is a good and perfect gift.

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Website offers anonymous abortion help Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco

AbortionChangesYou.com is a website for men and women who aren’t ready to reach out for help but are struggling with an abortion. “For me, once I left the clinic, I had a really hard time coping with that decision,” said Michaelene Fredenburg, founder of San Diego-based Abortion Changes You, saying when she had an abortion at 18 she felt she would be able to erase the experience and move on with her life. “I did not know anyone else who had difficulty after an abortion.”

Abortion Changes You is a worldwide outreach that invites men, women and families touched by abortion to begin healing. The website was launched in 2008 and the Spanish language version, www.

AbortionChangesYou.es, was launched two years ago. The organization also provides training for therapists, counselors, priests, deacons, youth ministers and respect life coordinators in organizations

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Abortion Changes You was chosen as a phrase that resonates based on Fredenburg’s experience listening to “thousands of stories from men, women, family members and friends impacted by abortion,” she said during the 25 years she has been sharing her story. “They would often say abortion had changed them and that had surprised them.”

On the website, anyone can anonymously write about their experience and get a response from a real person while remaining anonymous. “It’s meant to be a safe place. It is a place to start. It is anonymous but you are interacting with different healing activities,” said Fredenburg. Information about local resources are also available for those who are ready for that step, Fredenburg said.

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Pope repeatedly speaks against ‘throwaway culture’ tion; an act of dignity to perform euthanasia; a scientific breakthrough to ‘produce’ a child, considered as a right rather than a gift to be welcomed; or to (be) using human lives as laboratory animals, allegedly in order to save others ….”

During the past year, Pope Francis has spoken strongly in defense of life and the family: against euthanasia, against assisted suicide, against abortion, against contraception, against artificial reproduction.

Here are some of his statements.

Pope Francis

‘Men and women … reduced to mere cogs’

“Men and women risk being reduced to mere cogs in a machine that treats them as items of consumption to be exploited, with the result that – as is so tragically apparent – whenever a human life no longer proves useful for that machine, it is discarded with few qualms, as in the case of the sick, of the

‘False compassion’

“The predominant school of thought sometimes leads to ‘false compassion’ which holds that it is a benefit to women to promote abor-

terminally ill, the elderly who are abandoned and uncared for, and children who are killed in the womb.

‘We are accustomed to seeing people discarded’

“I have heard it said by some that families with many children and the birth of many children are among the causes of poverty. That opinion seems simplistic to me. I can say, we can all say, that the main cause of poverty is an economic system that has canceled the person from the center and set money in its place; an economic system that excludes, always excludes: excludes children, the elderly, young people, the unemployed ….”

‘How great a lie … quality of life’

“How great a lie …lurks behind certain phrases which so insist on the importance of ‘quality of life’ that they make people think that lives affected by grave illness are not worth living!”

‘Protect your families!’

“Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. The future of humanity, as St. John Paul II often said, passes through the family …

So protect your families! … be living examples of love, forgiveness and care.”

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Speaker: Combat ‘hookup’ culture with lessons on sexual integrity

PHILADELPHIA – The time to educate young people about leading lives of sexual integrity doesn’t start when they hit puberty, Erika Bachiochi told a crowd of hundreds during a Sept. 24 address at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

Parents must set their children on the right path from their earliest years, she said.

“If teenage boys and girls are going to resist the urgings of their bodies and the cultural pressures toward recreational sexual encounters,” Bachiochi said, “self-mastery must be learned in the smallest of ways in the earliest years at home.”

The nationally known author of “Women, Sex and the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching” said mothers and fathers begin those

lessons by teaching table manners, proper respect for authority, dignity for others, moderate eating habits and responsible participation in household chores.

“If our children are habituated to give in to their body’s every desire in little things or to remain sluggish in the face of family responsibilities,” she explained, “even wellcatechized, intellectually converted teens will be hard-pressed to resist the allure of a premarital sexual relationship.”

Bachiochi’s talk, “No Strings Attached? Responding to the Hookup Culture,” emphasized that peppering young adults with religious prohibitions isn’t going to be much help. Instead, she said, “robust and attractive” alternatives to the hookup culture must be given.

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Follow the money

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n Sept. 3, pro-life Susan B. Anthony List invited 2,000 congressional Democrats and their staffs to a Capitol Hill screening of the Planned Parenthood investigative videos released to date. Only nine staffers showed up.

Why? Perhaps a quick look at the money flowing between Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration and congressional Democrats tells the story.

Opensecrets.org describes Planned Parenthood as a “not-for-profit family planning and reproductive health organization with a leftvicki evans leaning super PAC that backs candidates... who support abortion rights.” It reports that during the 2012 election cycle Planned Parenthood spent $16.5 million in direct contributions, lobbying, and outside spending to support the campaigns of President Obama and numerous congressional Democrats.

That money was well spent. Planned Parenthood’s 2012-2013 annual report notes that 45% of its revenue or $540.6 million was provided by taxpayerfunded government health services grants.

Here’s a closer view of what’s going on with the Planned Parenthood/government connections.

It’s informative to follow the money trail through the three divisions of the now infamous fetal parts industry: a seller, the abortion provider; a middleman, the fetal procurement company; and a buyer,

a government agency, university research facility or pharmaceutical company.

Planned Parenthood charges on average $470 for a first trimester abortion, which increases to $1,500 at the 20th week. But that’s only half the story.

Although it is illegal to buy or sell fetal tissue, the law allows “donation.” Practically speaking, what arises is a buyer-seller relationship between the abortion provider and fetal procurement agency.

While Planned Parenthood admits that its clinics receive cash payments of $45 to $60 “per tissue specimen,” federal law does not authorize a per specimen payment schema. It authorizes only reasonable reimbursement of actual costs.

Additional revenue collected can be substantial.

Former Planned Parenthood clinic director, Abby Johnson, testified before a Texas Senate committee that her clinic “received $200 in compensation for each baby that was sent” to Amphioxus Cell Technology. These fetal tissue payments could conservatively bring in $1.4 million per year for just one clinic. This is suspiciously high for “cost reimbursements,” particularly when the cost of shipping is often done at the middleman’s expense.

And what about the middleman? Seeing an opportunity for profit, fetal procurement firms sprang up as a buffer, a way to shield the abortion provider from legal liability and moral culpability. Placerville-based StemExpress and Advanced Bioscience Resources near Washington D.C., are two such firms.

StemExpress’ website markets fetal liver products it has “collected at nearby partner hospitals or clinics” with research institutions paying from $488

to $24,250 for vials of “cryopreserved” (i.e., frozen to sub-zero temperatures) cells.

Both the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration are among the clients of Advanced Bioscience Resources. In one of the videos, a Planned Parenthood medical director talks about having supplied aborted fetuses to ABR for over 10 years for its “big ... government-level collections.”

Federal grants for fetal tissue research are expected to reach their highest level next year rising to $77 million. According to Boston Globe’s website, the $14 million awarded to San Francisco Bay Area facilities in 2014 topped the list. In Northern California, academic research involving fetal tissue takes place largely at Stanford University and the University of California-San Francisco. In the first video, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical services states that UCSF affords” the best opportunity ... to get those larger cases,” meaning preborn babies in the range of five to six months development. A dubious distinction for UCSF. Thanks to the Center for Medical Progress surveillance videos plus social media, hidden and likely illegal details about the dissection and sale of fetuses have exploded onto the scene. From days-old embryos to “intact cases,” a euphemism for a baby born-alive in a failed abortion, or one retrieved from an illegal partial-birth abortion, human beings are now research material. But trafficking in fetal parts is nothing more than a natural outgrowth of the disregard for human life that abortion fosters.

Evans is respect life coordinator for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

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‘Brain death’: Medically accepted diagnosis is now disputed by some Editor’s note: The issue of brain death is one that is under discussion in the Catholic bioethics community. Catholic San Francisco asked Dr. Michel Accad to explain the issue. Dr. Accad is a cardiologist and member of an ad hoc Catholic bioethics committee in the archdiocese. The issue has been in the news for two years in the Bay Area because of the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who was declared brain dead in December 2013 after she went into cardiac arrest following a tonsillectomy at an Oakland hospital. Her family successfully blocked Children’s Hospital from removing her ventilator and moved her to an undisclosed location on the East Coast, said she is still alive today and responsive to some degree.

They returned to an Alameda County court in July to have the declaration of brain death reversed as part of a lawsuit for damages on her behalf.

Catholic San Francisco: What is brain death?

Brain death is a condition which is diagnosed when a person has sustained an irreversible brain injury which is so severe that no evidence of brain function can be detected, yet the body continues to demonstrate signs of life if intensive care is provided.

When the technology became available to sustain the body after a severe brain injury, the medical community proposed that a condition of brain death is essentially the same condition as when death is traditionally determined by the absence of spontaneous pulse and respiration.

CSF: Why is it controversial?

Brain death is controversial because signs of life persist in the body which may lead one to question whether the patient is truly dead.

The proposal to equate brain death with death relied on the argument that the brain is the “integrator” of the body and that without brain function, the body is essentially disintegrated.

Doctors were saying that the intensive care only “masks” the disintegration which would become apparent in a matter of time (days or weeks) even if intensive care was sustained.

With this justification, laws were passed in the early 1980’s to allow that the determination of death be made on the basis of neurological criteria showing absence of brain function.

A very small minority of doctors disputed the argument that brain death is the same thing as death at the time the laws were passed, but their number has increased in the last 30 years, particularly since there have been a number of documented cases of unequivocal brain death where the intensive care was not withheld and where the body survived for months

or even years. These cases of “chronic brain death” seem to contradict the argument that the brain maintains the integrity of the body.

CSF: Why does most of the medical community support brain death as the determination of death?

There were two main reasons why the medical community was eager to equate brain death with death. The first was to avoid giving families false hope that such brain dead patients might ever regain consciousness or be able to be disconnected from the intensive care, and reconcile them to the idea of discontinuing the treatment.

The other reason was to be able to assist patients needing organ transplants. If brain death is truly the same status as death but the organs of brain dead patients are suitable for transplantation, then there is no moral dilemma in obtaining those organs.

If, on the other hand, brain death is not equivalent to death, then other arguments are needed to justify the discontinuation of intensive care therapy or to allow the harvesting of organs.

CSF: What is the Catholic Church’s position on brain death?

There is no official magisterial pronouncement on this question.

It is fair to say that the overwhelming majority of Catholic bioethicists supported the concept of brain death as equal to death at the time of its legal adoption in the 1980s. When the question was again raised in the last 30 years, Vatican Academies have pronounced in favor of it, and so have many prominent bioethicists such as the people at the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

St. John Paul II also gave remarks which supported the use of neurological criteria to determine death, but some have argued that his remarks may be interpreted as leaving the door open to dissent and do not constitute a final pronouncement on this question.

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Caring for our soul

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hat does it profit you if you gain the whole world but suffer the loss of your own soul?

Jesus taught that and we tend to take Jesus’ words to mean if someone gains riches, fame, pleasure, and glory and then dies and goes to hell what good is earthly glory or pleasure if we miss out on eternal life?

Jesus’ teaching does mean that but there are other lessons about health and happiness. What does it mean “to lose your soul” in this world?

What is a soul and how can it be lost?

FATHER ron A soul is immaterial rolheiser and spiritual; it cannot be pictured. Philosophers have tended to define the soul as a double principle inside every living being: Both the principle of life and energy inside us as well as the principle of integration. In essence, the soul is two

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If you have ever been at the bedside of a dying person, you know exactly when the soul leaves the body not because you see something float away from the body, but rather because one minute you see a person with energy, fire, tension in her body and a minute later that body is completely devoid of all energy and life. It becomes a corpse. As well, until the second of death it is still one integrated organism. But at the very second of death that body ceases to be one organism and becomes instead a series of chemicals which now begin to separate and go their own ways.

Once the soul is gone, the body no longer contains any energy and it’s no longer glued together.

And since the soul is a double principle doing two things for us, there are two corresponding ways of losing our souls. We can have our vitality and energy go dead or we can become unglued and fall apart; in either case we lose our souls.

If that is true, then how should we care for our souls? What is healthy food for our souls? If I am watching television what’s good for my soul?

This is a legitimate question, but also a trick one.

We lose our soul in opposite ways and thus care of the soul is a refined alchemy that has to know when to heat things up and when to cool things down: What’s healthy for my soul depends a lot upon what I’m struggling with: Am I losing my soul because I’m losing vitality, energy, hope, and graciousness in my life? Am I becoming a person who’s painful to be around? Or, conversely, am I full of life and energy but so full of it that I am falling apart, losing my sense of self ? Does my soul need more fire, something to rekindle its energy? Does my soul have too much fire and need some cooling down and glue.

After we die we can go to heaven or hell. That’s one way of speaking about losing or saving our souls. But Christian theology also teaches that heaven and hell start here in this life. We can lose our souls by not having enough fire or we can lose them by not having enough glue.

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How the marriage nullity process is changing

n Sept. 8, 2015, Pope Francis issued “Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus” (“The Lord Jesus, Gentle Judge,”) a document revising the marriage nullity process. The mass media, including even some Catholic news outlets, have reported a great deal of misinformation about the changes.

In question-and-answer format over the next few weeks, I would like to reflect on various aspects of this new “motu proprio” responding to some logical questions which have been raised since publication.

It is my hope that this will help to clarify some misinformation msgr. Michael about the new legislation while Padazinski reassuring the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco that our own metropolitan tribunal, which is comprised of wonderful canonists and other canonicals officials, will do all it can to insure the proper, just and timely implementation of these new norms governing our universal church.

It is important to state at the outset, that there are still questions abounding among canonists and what follows will hopefully be of assistance to any who are interested in the new laws regulating the marriage nullity process while acknowledging that further guidance from Rome to assist local tribunals with the new praxis is anticipated.

3. How is the marriage nullity process going to change?

The document contains a number of “tweaks” to the process, but there are five major changes: (1) new rules for tribunal competence, (2) new requirements for tribunal personnel, (3) the elimination of the requirement for a second conforming affirmative, (4) a shorter and more streamlined process, judged personally by the diocesan bishop, for cer-

4. When do these changes take effect?

The revised laws take effect on Dec. 8, 2015, three months from their promulgation.

5. What is tribunal competence, and how will it be different?

Every diocese has a tribunal, but not just any tribunal can hear any marriage nullity case. The tribunal has to have some jurisdiction over the marriage in question. Currently, there are four ways that a tribunal can be competent: (1) if the marriage took place in that diocese, (2) if the Respondent party lives in that diocese, (3) if the Petitioner lives in that diocese and certain other formalities and requirements are observed, and (4) if for whatever reason the majority of the relevant evidence is located in that diocese and certain other formalities and requirements are observed. The formalities and requirements for numbers 3 and 4 involved seeking the consent of the judicial vicar of the diocese where the Respondent party lived. They were designed to protect the rights of the Respondent party, but increased mobility and mass communications made them practically obsolete; they could also be unduly time-consuming. Under the revised law, there will be three ways that a tribunal can be competent, and none of them require any of those extra formalities and requirements: (1) if the marriage took place in that diocese, (2) if either party lives in that diocese, and (3) if for whatever reason the majority of the relevant evidence is located in that diocese.

6. How do the changes in the rules for competence affect me?

If your case is already pending, or if you introduce it before Dec. 8, 2015, they don’t. If you introduce your petition on or after Dec. 8, 2015, you may have one or more additional options for where to introduce your petition.

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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time ‘Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.’

MATTHEW 21:33-43 ISAIAH 5:1-7 Let me now sing of my friend, my friend’s song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard: What more was there to do for my vineyard that I had not done? Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? Now, I will let you know what I mean to do with my vineyard: take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break through its wall, let it be trampled! Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it. The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his cherished plant; he looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed! For justice, but hark, the outcry!

PSALM 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

A vine from Egypt you transplanted; you drove away the nations and planted it. It put forth its foliage to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River.

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Why have you broken down its walls, so that

every passer-by plucks its fruit, The boar from the forest lays it waste, and the beasts of the field feed upon it?

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted the son of man whom you yourself made strong.

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

Then we will no more withdraw from you; give us new life, and we will call upon your name. O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-9 Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

MATTHEW 21:33-43 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower.

Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way.

Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir.

Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’

They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

Unity marks God’s kingdom

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n the Gospel for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for their “hardness of hearts.” But perhaps, in this Gospel reading, there is also a warning for us not to be like the Pharisees in our cafeteria style approach to faith and doctrine. We read of Jesus embracing the children.

At the time of Jesus, children were of little, if any, account in Jewish society. The openness of heart that Jesus shows toward the children is a metaphor for unity. The kingdom of God is present in unity, in openness of hearts, and in relationships that are characterized by acceptance and love. God’s Deacon desire “from the beginning faiva Po’oi of creation” is that “the kingdom of God” be marked by unity. In the sacrament of Matrimony, we witness a commitment to God

scripture reflection

and an expression of unity. Our first reading from Genesis tells us a very beautiful story. At the beginning of creation, God saw that it was not good for people to be lonely, so he decreed a partnership between a man and a woman. What this means is that the idea of marriage was born in the mind of God, and that the first wedding ceremony was performed by God, himself. But Jesus went even further. He tells that all marriages are the work of God, and teaches that no one should separate what God has joined. The message of these readings is quite clear, namely that marriage is a sacred institution requiring a total commitment to one another and to God. For those who are not married, it might be easy to sit back and think: “This reading has nothing to do with me.” But the theme of today’s readings is not limited to the married state. In reality, today’s readings can be applied to all commitments and to the sacredness of commitments. It is not good for a person to live in loneliness. Someone once commented: “God was against loneliness before he was against sin.” That is why he made a man and a woman and brought them together. He did not want either one of them to be lonely. On a busy downtown street, a little girl

wandered away from her mother and was lost. A police officer came upon her and tried to help her return home. He asked her, “Where do you live?”

The child responded, “With my mother.” “Well,” said the officer, “where does your mother live?”

And the little girl replied, “With me.” Trying one more time, the officer asked, “Where do you and your mother live?” The child answered, “With each other.” The little girl did not know her street address, but she did know the most important thing of all: People belong together. In today’s psalm, the Israelites consider the blessings of a happy and fruitful marriage as one of the greatest signs of God’s care and salvation. But for the Israelites, this image of a “happy family” pertains also to the covenant relationship of Israel with God. In praying: “May the Lord bless us all the days of our life,” we ask God to bless our faithfulness – in marriage – and in all our commitments. We ask God to bless a life that is faithful to the “ways of God.” May the holy Eucharist, through the grace of God, help us to stay committed to each other in marriage.

Friday, October 9: Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Denis, bishop and martyr and companions, martyrs; St. John Leonardi, priest; Bl. John Henry Newman. Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2. PS 9:2-3, 6 and 16, 8-9. Jn 12:31b32. Lk 11:15-26.

Tuesday, October 13: Tuesday of the Twentyeighth Week in Ordinary Time. Rom 1:16-25. PS 19:2-3, 4-5. Heb 4:12. Lk 11:37-41.

Deacon Po’oi serves at St. Timothy Parish, San Mateo.

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings Monday, October 5: Monday of the Twentyseventh Week in Ordinary Time. St. Faustina Kowalska, virgin. Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11. Jonah 2:3, 4, 5, 8. Jn 13:34. Lk 10:25-37.

Tuesday, October 6: Tuesday of the Twentyseventh Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Bruno, priest; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, virgin.

Jon 3:1-10. PS 130:1b-2, 3-4ab, 7-8. Lk 11:28. Lk 10:38-42.

Saturday, October 10: Saturday of the Twentyseventh Week in Ordinary Time. Jl 4:12-21. PS 97:12, 5-6, 11-12. Lk 11:28. Lk 11:27-28.

Wednesday, October 7: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. Jon 4:1-11. PS 86:3-4, 5-6, 9-10.

Rom 8:15bc. Lk 11:1-4.

Sunday, October 11: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Wis 7:7-11. Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 1617. Heb 4:12-13. Mt 5:3. Mk 10:17-30.

Thursday, October 8: Thursday of the Twentyseventh Week in Ordinary Time. Mal 3:13-20b. PS 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6. See Acts 16:14b. Lk 11:5-13.

Monday, October 12: Monday of the Twentyeighth Week in Ordinary Time. Rom 1:1-7. PS 98:1bcde, 2-3ab, 3cd-4. PS 95:8. Lk 11:29-32.

Wednesday, October 14: Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, pope and martyr. Rom 2:1-11. PS 62:2-3, 6-7, 9. Jn 10:27. Lk 11:42-46.

Thursday, October 15: Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the church. Rom 3:2130. PS 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab. Jn 14:6. Lk 11:47-54.

Friday, October 16: Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Optional Memorial of St. Hedwig, religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin. Rom 4:1-8. PS 32:1b-2, 5, 11. PS 33:22. Lk 12:1-7.