The Fifth Sunday of Easter: May 15, 2022
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Acts 14:21–27; Psalm 145; Revelation 21:1–5a; John 13:31–33a, 34–35.The first reading may read like a travelogue of the ancient Gentile world, but in between all the place names we hear the care Paul and Barnabas took in calling disciples and building up the early church. They take to heart Jesus’ command to his disciples in the Gospel: love one another. Paralleling the way the region and the church are being remade through the work of Paul and Barnabas is John’s vision of God creating a new heaven and earth, uniting the two in this new world. Listening to God’s word, let us appreciate how God’s grace makes all things new.
Domenica 5A Di Pasqua
Paolo e Barnaba ritornano dal loro primo viaggio missionario nella chiesa da cui sono partiti. Questo comportamento diventa costahte nella Communità cristiana, chiamata da Gesù ad annuciare a tutti gli uomini la Buona Notizia. La Chiesa è madre, che apre le porte a tutti gli uomini per condurli a riconoscere in Gesù l’unico Salvatore.
From the Pastor’s Desk:
LOVE
What makes it impossible for us to love?
- the absence of another.
What makes it impossible for us to love?
- the presence of another.
The "other" is so essential to love, we cannot claim we truly love without someone to love. However, the sometimes difficult "other" can also become and obstacle to our loving.
Jesus' new commandment, "Love one another as I have loved you" therefore, is both an invitation to overcome both our resistance to welcoming others and our tendency to give up on people who, we believe, are "impossible" to be with.
"God is love" reveals that God does not exist in a vacuum, Jesus reveals that God is not alone, but is truly a community of loving persons. God's love is not confined within that community either, but because it is perfect and infinite, God's love cannot but gush forth from that loving community, loving all of us into loving existence."God's love has been poured out into our hearts..." so that we too, loved into existence, long to love and be loved. The love of husband and wife is miraculous and wonderfully generous because, like God, their loving relationship brings forth other loving persons into the world.
We have been created by love, to love and be loved. Why then is it difficult for us to love? It's because our love is imperfect. We are not God and so our love needs to learn how to truly love. Our love needs to mature with time. Maturity occurs through a series of changes.
"Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all," was a song we used to hear over the airwaves some time ago and many of us liked that song. However, so many years ahead of that song's time, the Lord Jesus debunked the philosophy of that song. Loving yourself is indeed a valid love and important love, but it is not, according to the Lord Jesus, the "greatest love of all."
"No greater love is there than to lay down your life..." This is Jesus' definition of the "Greatest Love of All." We may need to change "learning to love yourself" as we grow in love and years to "laying down our lives..." as the goal of our loving. How shall we do that? We accomplish this by fulfilling the Lord's command to "Love one another as I have loved you." The measure of our loving will be perfect if we love one another in the same way Christ has loved us - giving up our own lives for others.
And so, if we want to gauge whether we truly love another, we simply should ask ourselves not only "Am I willing to welcome that person into my life and keep giving him/her a chance to deserve my love despite his/her quirks and annoyances?" but more importantly, "Am I ready to give my life for him/her as Christ has laid down his life for me?" –Fr. Ramon Zarate, SDB, Parochial VicarMass Intentions For The Week
Sunday May 15, 2022
8:45 Ettorina Cardella & Family +
10:15 Maria Lam +
12:00 Ernesto Bacino & Carla Ferrando +
5:00 For the People of Saints Peter and Paul
Monday May 16, 2022
7:00 George DeMartini + – Michael Gunning +
9:00 Maria Arioto Cresci & Frank Cresci + – Yola Ferralis +Tuesday May 17, 2022
7:00 Thomas Damato + – Maria Lam +
9:00 Salvatore Gumiza + – Maria De Martini & Anna Maria Pierini +
Wednesday May 18, 2022
7:00 Edward Sabini + – Intention Cardinal Joseph Zen
9:00 Maria Russo & Luigi Cirelli + – Emanuela & Antonio Amanta +
Thursday May 19, 2022
7:00 Joseph Leo Torre & Family + – Intention Edwin
9:00 Felice, Carmella, Biagio, & Pina Fazio + – Yola Ferralis +
Friday May 20, 2022
7:00 Anniversary of the Death of Solomon Bugayong +
9:00 Louis, Eugenia, & Raymond Raggio + – Rose Azzolino +
Saturday May 21, 2022
7:30 The Giurlani Family +
9:00 Peter Domenici & Peter Domenici, III +
5:00 For the People of Saints Peter and Paul
Baptism
Norah Margaret Herman – Nicolai Alexander Sainick
Naomi Deysi Sainick
Rest-in-Peace
Raymond Parenti – Angelo Panari
Bob Reich
Particular Items
Santa Gemma: Today, we will honor our beloved Santa Gemma, dear to the hearts of the people of Lucca and all Italians, at the 12:00 PM Italian Mass. This year we are blessed to have the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Paolo Giulietti of Lucca himself! Welcome, Excellency! A luncheon will follow. Reservations forms are on the tables. Santa Gemma, pray for us.
Eucharistic Adoration We have Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday from 7-8PM. Come spend some time with Jesus! The parking lot will be open.
Archdiocesan Annual Appeal: This year’s assessment is $29, 415. The AAA supports many important and necessary functions throughout the Archdiocese. So far 36 parishioners have given or pledged $16,607, leaving us with a balance of $12,808. Consider giving 1% of the total amount—less than one dollar a day!
Merci Beacoup! To Robin, Michael, & Yuan, three young visitors from Paris! They helped move the statue of St. Mary Mazzarello to the sanctuary as we prepared for her May 13 Feastday:
Saints Peter and Paul Salesian School Accepting Applications: Our K-8 Salesian school is accepting applications for this year and next. Please email Dr. Lisa Harris at [email protected], and visit sspeterpaulsf.org/ to learn more.
Choose Life! “...these inherent rights, knowable by human reason, are presented in the Declaration with a definite order of priority. Thus, one’s right to the pursuit of happiness is limited when it deprives another of the right to liberty or life; one’s right to liberty is limited when it deprives another of the right to life. The right to life itself is the foundation of all other rights. Without protection of the right to life, no other talk of rights makes sense.” ––Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone “Before I Formed You in the Womb I knew You: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life.”
Parish Wish List: Fr. Tho is installing a new restroom in the sacristy. Right now, priests and visiting clergy need to go either upstairs or all the way back to the rectory to use the facilities. The cost will be $7,300. If you’d like to help with this project, feel free to speak with Fr. Tho or send your gift, payable to the church, with “Building Fund” in the notation field.
Liturgical Calendar
Sunday 15 Fifth Sunday of Easter
Mon-Tues 16-17 Easter Weekdays
Wednesday 18 John I; Pope, Martyr
Thursday 19 Easter Weekday
Friday 20 Bernardine of Siena; Priest
Saturday 21 Christopher Magallanes; Priest & Companions; Martyrs
Sunday 22 Sixth Sunday of Easter
Your gifts of May 7/8: $3,034.
Weekly Goal: $8,670.
Shortfall taking from savings: $5,636.
Second Collection (Catholic Charities): $1,157.
Thank You! Your parish appreciated your support!
