“As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road.” (Luke 19:36)
Consider how useless it is to spread your clothes on the ground for a donkey to walk on. The clothes get smeared with hooves, and who knows the grimy places where they’ve been? The animal may leave some unsavory presents on them. They may get stolen by a thief looking to make a buck. The thorns, thistles, rocks and muck of the road will leave stains. The clothes may never be useful again, and you’ll probably walk home shivering without your normal covering. Yet this is precisely the gesture the people employ to welcome Jesus and his donkey. Why does this detail matter?
Wastefulness is an essential part of celebration. Consider the unnecessary extravagance of Christmas decorations, confetti and ticker tape parades, baseball players spraying each other with bottles of champagne after a victory, birthday gifts for kids and so on. This wastefulness signals celebration and therefore participation in higher identities (as believers, winners, and parents, to mention the above examples). That’s what the wasted cloaks are all about. Those who donate their cloaks participate in Christ’s kingship in Jerusalem — and we savor it two thousand years later.
The lesson? Learn how to “waste” money, time, clothes, and food on Christ. We do this at Mass, but in so many other ways, too, like serving the poor, going on retreats, and doing prayerful study. When we practice this holy wastefulness, Jesus will ride into our lives and we’ll be more deeply members of his kingdom.
— Father John Muir ©LPi
General Mass Notes
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Welcome
Welcome to our Eucharistic Celebration on this Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
The intentions of this Mass are for all those in our special intention basket and...
Please stand for our procession.
Mass Intentions
Saturday, April 12
5:00 PM
Dominga Catungal • †
Consejo Capaila • †
Wilberto Arias • Health
Dioh Family • Prayer
Sarr Family• Prayer
Dioh Family • Prayer
Ruben Ortega • Birthday
Sunday, April 13
6:00 AM
Pilar Maldonado • †
All Souls in Purgatory • †
10:45 AM
Maria Lourdes Dones • †
Maria Lourdes Dones • †
Igwebuike Family • Thanksgiving
Marco Vielma Guerrero • Prayer
12:30 PM
Bernard Caballero • †
Father Hesychios Jones • Prayer
Sene Family • Prayer
Sarr Family • Thanksgiving
Justine Luna • Birthday
Universal Prayer (Petitions)
A. For the Church, that we may heed the cries of the suffering and crucified Christ in those in need, let us pray to the Lord.
B. For those who call the Holy Land home, that they may all live in peace, justice, and mutual respect of each other’s humanity, let us pray to the Lord.
C. For those who have suffered abuse, that they may experience God’s profound love for them and God’s healing power of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.
D. That as pilgrims of hope we may look to Jesus’ triumph on the cross in order to cope with our own suffering and despair, let us pray to the Lord.
Announcements
1. We begin our Easter Triduum this Thursday with Holy Thursday at 7:00pm. The Mass will be bilingual and conclude with the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Guadalupe Hall until midnight. On Friday, our English service will be at 12:00pm and the live reenactment of the stations of the cross in Spanish will be done outside in the parking lot at 3:00pm. There will be Spanish services at 5:00pm and 7:00pm. On Saturday, our Easter Vigil liturgy will take place at 8:00pm. There will be no confessions on all three days.
2. The Parish school is hosting a Dodger community night fundraiser. For every ticket you buy for a home game on June 21, a small percentage will go to our Parish school. Tickets can be purchased at our Parish center.
3. The Altar Society will decorate our Sanctuary and Altar this Saturday for Easter Sunday and are accepting donations of Easter lilies. The lilies can be dropped off here by the altar or at the Parish center, we thank you for your generosity.
3. We thank Cervantes Photography for sponsoring our bulletin; their information can be found on the last page of our bulletin. If you have a business and would like to sponsor our weekly bulletin, you can call the phone number at the bottom of the last page.