MISSION STATEMENT St. Bartholomew is a diverse Catholic community welcoming to all.

Called to serve, we are united by faith, bonded by prayer, and committed to living the Gospel message.

Welcome to

St. Bartholomew Second Sunday of Easter April 19, 2020

5100 E. Broadway • Long Beach, California • 90803

Mailing Address & Parish Office: 252 Granada Ave • Long Beach, California • 90803 Office: 562.438.3826 • Fax: 562.438.2227

www.stbartholomewcclb.org • stbartslongbeach@gmail.com

2 PARISH INFORMATION

Pastor: Fr. Michael Reardon (562) 438-3826 Michael.Reardon@la-archdiocese.org

Fr. Thinh Pham, In Residence Pastor Emeritus: Msgr. Bernie Leheny

Deacon Miguel Torrado (707) 513-3903

Parish Administrator: Kathleen Flood (562) 438-3826 KFlood@la-archdiocese.org

Parish Office Hours Monday – Friday: 8:30am to 5:00pm (Closed Noon-1:00pm)

Administrative Assistant Amparo Baldemor (562) 438-3826 ABaldemor@la-archdiocese.org Bulletin Editor/Webmaster Kathleen Flood (562) 438-3826 Funeral Planning Coordinator Amparo Baldemor (562) 438-3826 Operations Manager Robert Crowley (562) 438-3826 RCrowley@la-archdiocese.org Secretary Chris Ahumada (562) 438-3826 CAhumada@la-archdiocese.org Safeguard the Children (562) 438-3826

Faith Formation Director: Kellie De Leo (562) 438-3826 KDeLeo@la-archdiocese.org

Music/Liturgy Director: Brian Archambault (562) 208-8222 BArchambault@la-archdiocese.org

Parish Ministry Director: Sr. Mary Dean Pfahler, SND (419) 304-8530 MDPfahlerSND@la-archdiocese.org

Parish Directory Mass Schedule

Sunday 9:30 am

Go to parish website: www. stbartholonewcclb.org for link to mass or find on FaceBook.

Because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the need to protect the most vulnerable members of our community, the Church will remained locked and is no longer open for quiet prayer until further notice. In these times of uncertainty, we still need a quiet place to pray and be still. Please find a corner in your home where you can set up a prayer table with your bible and cross. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in

the midst of them.” - Matthew 18:20

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By the direction of Archbishop José Gomez, the parish office will be closed to all visitors. Your parish staff will continue to work and serve you

by phone, email, and website.

Take care of each other and continue to pray for the healing of the coronavirus. May God bless you and keep you safe.

Thank you for continuing to support our parish.

Thank you and may God bless you for supporting our parish. We are grateful for your continued generosity!

Now—more than ever—St. Bartholomew needs to receive your weekly offertory dona-tions. We need to support our staff who are continuing to be of service to the families of this parish. While we have eliminated non-essential expenses, we still need to pay for utilities, property insurance, and outside services. Parishioners who receive offertory envelopes can mail them or drop them in the mailbox at the Rectory. Or, perhaps this is a good time to switch to supporting the church through online banking. Simply add St. Bartholomew as you would any other organization or business. Please use our mailing address: 252 Granada Avenue, Long Beach 90803.

Saturday 3:45—4:45pm at the Church door on Broadway.

Or call the Parish Office for an appointment.

Reconciliation

PARISH INFORMATION 3

Divine Mercy Sunday

Parish Life Scripture Meditation

Today, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. It’s origin stems from St. Faustina, who had private revelations concerning Divine Mercy. Her Diary records 14 occasions when Jesus requested that a Feast of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday) be observed.

“My daughter, tell the whole world about my inconceiva-ble mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of my tender mercy are open . . . It is my desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of my Mercy.” (Diary, no. 699)

Divine Mercy Sunday

Today’s Readings: Acts 2: 42–47; Psalm 118: 2–4, 13–15, 22–24; 1 Peter 1: 3–9; John 20: 19–31 You may notice that Acts of the Apostles is the source of the first reading during the Easter season. This book describes how Christianity grew from a handful of disciples to a major religion. Today’s reading about an ideal Christian community is meant to show ordinary believers how to be extraordinary, using three examples I call power, property, and prayer.

Power means the “signs and wonders” (Acts 2:43) performed by the disciples through the power of the Holy Spirit. This should be named last because it takes a lot of faith to heal the sick. If you had the same faith as the apostles, you just might be able to cure the sick. Or you might study to become a doctor and cure them with medical skills. As long as you acknowledge that God gave you the brains and the talent to become a doctor, you are doing God’s work.

By property, I mean sharing what you have with those in need. Many disciples were moved to sell their goods and share them with the poor, and word of that must have spread. If you are not called to sell all your goods and become a monk or a nun, you can still tithe to your church or the poor, tutor disadvantaged kids, or help build or repair houses in poor areas. The point is that followers of Christ are not just individual do-gooders. They are a community of believers who care about each other and also care about the non-believers who need help of any kind.

So where did these first disciples get the faith to cure the sick and the love to help the needy? The answer is the third example—prayer. In the first reading we hear how “they devoted themselves . . . to the breaking of the bread” (Acts 2:42, 46)—their name for the Eucharist. They also went to the temple to pray, because at that time most disciples were Jewish Christians. As they heard the Hebrew scriptures, they saw how God’s promises were fulfilled in Christ. All of these practices helped unite them to Christ and to each other. Tom Schmidt, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Jesus says, ‘Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’ Take some time this week to consider how you live out being a believer in the 21st century—during a time of isolation to prevent the spread of COVID 19. Look at the opportunities available to you to respond as a modern-day disciple with a generous heart.

This week, spend some time bringing to mind the people who have taught you faith or helped your faith grow over the years. Give thanks for them. If possible, make contact to express your appreciation. Or, remember them in your heart, perhaps lighting a candle in thanksgiving in the prayer space in your home.

Divine Mercy Prayer

You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy opened up for the

whole world. O Fount of Life,

unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world

and empty yourself out upon us. O Blood and Water,

which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us,

I trust in You. Amen.

Text compilation – © Urszula Grzegorczyk. Consultation – Sister Maria Kalinowska, The Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus. Translation: © Ewa Olszowa, Copyediting: Matthew Vinall. All rights reserved.

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