Our Lady of Perpetual Help

PARISH & SCHOOL

661-323-3108 • 124 Columbus Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305 • www.olphbakersfield.org

MARCH 29, 2020 • FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Have a question or need? Call the parish office! 661-323-3108 ext 1

Rev. Hector Lopez, V.F. Pastor (ext 6) frhector@olphbakersfield.org

Veronica Johnson Parish Business Manager (ext 1) veronica@olphbakersfield.org

Katrina Villegas Director of Religious Formation (ext 2) katrina@olphbakersfield.org

Roseanne Kobilis Adult Religious Education (ext 236) roseanne@olphbakersfield.org

Jimmy Montoya (ext 274) Elementary Religious Education Coord. jimmy@olphbakersfield.org

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Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas. We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you to intercede for us with your Son,as you did at the wedding in Cana.

Pray for us, loving Mother,and gain for our nation and world, and for all our families and loved ones,the protection of your holy angels,that we may be spared the worst of this illness.

For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to trust.

In this time of trial and testing, teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be

patient and kind. Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to

our hearts.

We come to you with confidence, knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother,health of the sick and cause of our joy.

Shelter us under the mantle of your protection,keep us in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know the love of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

Read Bishop Brennan's extended mandated directives

for Holy Week and Easter on our parish website:

olphbakersfield.org

Mass Intentions

The Mass intentions that were scheduled this week will still be offered privately.

march 28 Joseph Ducato (Sonja Ducato & Family)

march 29 Missa Pro Populo

march 30 No Mass.

march 31 Rev. Eric Swearengen (Madeline & Kathleen Wenzinger)

april 1 George Carson IV (Carson Family)

april 2 Peter Ansolabehere (Alice Ansolabehere & Family)

april 3 Irene Kobilis (Ed & Roseanne Kobilis)

Sunday Mass from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

LIVE • Sundays • 10:00 am

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Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the

Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my

heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.Amen.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my

sins because of your just punishments, but most of all because they offend you,

my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve

with the help of Your grace to sin no more and to avoid the near

occasion of sin. Amen.

ACT OF CONTRITION

praying together as a parish

View live stream at olphbakersfield.org

Larkie Barnett Adriana MoralesRaul RodriguezEldean PhillipsArmando FelixAmelia AgnesAugusto PerladoCarlos BlancoEd & Pennie KaraleGuadalupe Maltos Laura SalamancaPatricia Rodriguez Dutler Dauwalder Valorie RodriguezMike Ricci Eddie Garza Abigail Duncan Madeline WenzingerRosie MunozMichael Kelley Christopher AppletonGuinevere Murphy

If someone you love is ill, you are welcome to add their name

to the prayer list. Visit our parish website and click the link for

prayer requests, or email office@olphbakersfield.org

Rosalie CruzJuan Tovar Antonio ChavarriaVictoria ZaragozaSalvador De AlbaMatilda Carrasco Elodia Martinez Maria Concepcion SantosClifford Kirschenmann

Prayers for the Deceased

Oraciones por los difuntos

Oraciones

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Prayers for the

Sick in Our Parish

Join us daily at olphbakersfield.org

Holy RosaryDAILY AT 12:00 NOON

Divine Mercy ChapletDAILY AT 3:00 PM

Together as a parish, let us pray

for the Lord to have mercy on us.

praying together as a parish

Stations of the Cross with Father Hector

Fridays in Lent at 6:00 pm

Join in at olphbakersfield.org

The following publishers have generously made their resources available for free to support prayer during these difficult days.

Give Us This Day: https://giveusthisday.org/Digital

Magnificat: https://us.magnificat.net/free

Living with Christ: www.livingwithchrist.us/

The Word Among Us: https://wau.org/meditations/

Daily Mass from Bishop Barron's Chapel: www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/

During this time, and if it is not a burden to you or your family, please continue to support the parish with your offering by mailing in your donation, or electronically through our parish website.

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I’m very disturbed at some clothing—or lack thereof—worn at Mass these days. I nd myself being judgmental and I don’t want to be. Does our Catechism mandate a dress code?

Being judgmental can exist on both sides of this issue: Those

who dress casually or inappropriately at Mass may be seen as unmotivated and disrespectful; those who dress up may be accused of doing so not for God but to impress everyone else at Mass.

The casual-dress advocates are in uenced by the current relaxed cultural norms on attire—in church and elsewhere. They rightfully point out that one’s presence at Mass is more important to God than one’s clothing. The dress-up advocates may believe this, too. However, the thought of actually being in God’s presence at Mass determines their clothing choice.

Thus, an understanding of how the Mass is viewed today affects both casual-dress and dress-up proponents. While Catholics believe that Christ is present in all of creation and history, Christ’s presence under the appearances of bread and wine is fundamental to our tradition. Moreover, a full appreciation of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist impacts far more than our outward appearances!

While the Catechism of the Catholic Church has no of cial dress guidelines, it’s best to assume that most attend Mass for the same reasons as you. Essentially, most people who dress sensibly and make an effort to attend Mass are expressing their reverence and love for God.

—Fr. Byron Miller, CSsRSundaybulletin@Liguori.org

A WORD FROM Pope Francis I invite you to think for a moment, in silence, here: Where is my interior necrosis? Where is the dead part of my soul? Where is my tomb? …And to remove the stone, to take away the stone of shame and allow the Lord to say to us, as he said to Lazarus: “Come out!”

—HOMILY, APRIL 6, 2014

CalendarMonday

MARCH 30Lenten Weekday Dn 13:1–9, 15–17,

19–30, 33–62 or 13:41c–62

Jn 8:1–11

Tuesday MARCH 31

Lenten WeekdayNm 21:4–9Jn 8:21–30

Wednesday APRIL 1

Lenten WeekdayDn 3:14–20, 91–92, 95Jn 8:31–42

ThursdayAPRIL 2

Lenten WeekdayGn 17:3–9Jn 8:51–59

FridayAPRIL 3

Lenten WeekdayJer 20:10–13Jn 10:31–42

SaturdayAPRIL 4

Lenten WeekdayEz 37:21–28Jn 11:45–56

Sunday APRIL 5

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Mt 21:1–11Is 50:4–7

Phil 2:6–11Mt 26:14—27:66 or Mt 27:11–54

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