21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30. In the first reading, God proclaims that he comes to gather all nations. The second reading exhorts the Christian community not to disdain discipline, as it originates from God’s love. In the Gospel from Luke, Jesus tells his followers to strive for salvation through the narrow gate

 Domenica 21^A Del Tempo Ordinario

Tutti i popoli sono chiamati a realizzare un mondo nuovo. La profezia di Isaia si è compiuta con Gesù; le differenze di razza, colore, lingua sono scomparse. È la nuova umanità. La realizzazione di una nuova convivenza è sempre unita a fatica e a costante impegno.

 常年期第二十一主日

今天的福音記述人們問耶穌是不是祇有少數人得救，他們這樣問是因為不明白依撒意亞先知書（66：18-21）：「我要來聚集萬民及說各種語言的民族，他們都要來觀看我的榮耀」。天主願所有人都得救，因為救恩是為所有人的，即使從不認識祂、從沒有機會聽過祂的人，祇要不是因為他自己固執或驕傲，故意不去認識祂，而是誠心灺尋求真神，按着良心做好，也可能獲得救贖的機會。

相反的，一些祇是名義上的信徒而沒有真正用心去尋求真理，去依照基督的教導去生活的人便會被拒於天堂之外。因為作為基督的信徒必需盡力克己守規，在生活上會有一定的限制，不能為所欲為。那就是耶穌所說的「窄門」。

聖保祿宗徒告訴我們：「不要輕視天主的管教……因為天主所鍾愛的人，祂才管教。」守誡命有時可能不方便，或困難，因為「受管教不是樂事，而是苦事，但後來卻給經過鍛練的人結出正義和平的果實。」
 
 

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of 12 children born to sharecroppers in Sotto il Monte in northern Italy. He went to the seminary as the age of 12. “I wanted to love God at all costs,” he later explained., “and I thought of nothing other than becoming a priest at the service of simple souls in need of patient and diligent care.”

After ordination he worked as secretary to his bishop and then as a medical orderly in World War I. Assigned in 1925 as a papal diplomat, he served for many years in Bulgaria, Turkey, and France. During World War II, he helped thousands of Jews obtain documentation that would ensure them safe passage from areas under Nazi control.

After only five years as Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice, Angelo was elected Roman Pontiff, taking the name John XXIII. He declared his desire to be a “pastoral pope”—a shepherd with his eye on the sheep. He wrote the social encyclical Mater et Magistra and declared in Pacem in terris that peace on earth is grounded in human dignity and the equality of peoples. Less than three months into his pontificate he called for an ecumenical council, Vatican II.

John died the year after the council began, prompting a spontaneous worldwide cry of grief for “Good Pope John.”

Father in heaven, through the intercession of Saint John XXIII,  grant me a simple, childlike heart.  –From the “Magnificat”; Fr. Al Mengon, SDB
  

Mass Intentions For The Week

Sunday                 August 21, 2022
8:45        Luigi & Rosa Mangini +
10:15     Soul of Lee King Yuk +
12:00     For the People of Saints Peter and Paul
5:00        The Pierini & Spes Family +

Monday               August 22, 2022
7:00        Esther & Angelo Firpo +
9:00        Joseph Maggiora & the Maggiora Family +

Tuesday               August 23, 2022
7:00        Silvio & Elvira Toso +
9:00        Ray Parenti +  

Wednesday       August 24, 2022
7:00        Edward Sabini  +
9:00        Tillie Ann Parente + – Ray Piva +

Thursday             August 25, 2022
7:00        Frank Sanguinetti +
9:00        Ilide Piazza + – Dorothy Vieira +
 
Friday                   August 26, 2022
7:00        Amelia DeNicolai +
9:00        Joseph Leo Torre & Family +

Saturday              August 27, 2022
7:30        The Giurlani Family +
9:00        Franco, Pia, & Lodovico Ortesi +
5:00        Intention Joseph & MaryAnn Tarantino & Family