Come to the Ministry Fair!

Dear parishioners,

God has set the table, prepared the banquet, and invited us, and now he hopes that we will respond. He offers us good things in the church, and he wants us to come to the feast. This is the meaning of the parable in today’s Gospel which says: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet… and everything is ready; come to the feast!”  

God will bless all those who came to Mass this morning, and he will especially bless those who have prepared their hearts and receive him worthily in Holy Communion. God gives himself entirely to us to nourish and satisfy us. 

You may have noticed when you came to Mass today that there are tables prepared outside as well. Today is our annual “Ministry Fair”, in which we set up tables for each of the parish ministries and invite everyone to approach the tables and learn about the many wonderful things our parish has to offer. We have an abundance. We have nearly 100 ministries, and so there is certainly something for everyone. We hope that you will approach the tables and find out what we have to offer, and perhaps to let us know what you have to offer. You will find deep satisfaction and fulfillment if you join in and participate in the work of serving and saving others. It is in giving that we receive. It is better to give than to receive. You will not find happiness unless you pray, serve and give. Nothing is to be gained if you pass by and avoid the tables. In his parable, Jesus says that “some ignored the invitation and went away.” 

We want to get the message out that the church has a lot to offer. We want to spread the Good News: “Go out into the highways and byways and invite everyone you find, the good and the bad alike.” (cf. Mt. 22:1-14) One thing that makes our parish unique is that we try to be friendly and welcoming. We welcome everyone to the feast! We try to invite and attract people to come and partake of the gift of the Holy Eucharist! God is like the king in the parable in today’s Gospel who says “Come to the feast!” When those invited didn’t come, the king told his servants to “go out into the highways and byways and invite everyone you find, the good and the bad alike.”(cf. Mt. 22:1-14) We call this evangelization and outreach. At the end of Mass, we are sent forth to bring in other people from our homes, our neighborhoods and our workplaces. The word Mass (Missa) means “sent.” It comes from the traditional Latin Mass which ends with the words “Ite missa est” (“Go you are sent.”) The church is in our hands, and we must be good stewards by sharing the gifts God has given us. 

Our parish is also special because we emphasize how sacred and holy the Mass is. We welcome everyone to Mass, but we also emphasize that it is important to prepare well for the Eucharistic feast. At our parish we encourage people to dress modestly and appropriately for Mass and to prepare interiorly by going to confession. In the parable the king sees a man who did not prepare enter the wedding feast: “My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?” At this parish most people know that they should go to confession so that they can have a clean wedding garment when they approach the banquet table of the Eucharist. We don’t want to be like the man in the parable who was cast out by the king: “How is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?” We understand the biblical perspective that all are invited, but few respond and prepare well in order to enter heaven: “Many are invited, few are chosen.”  

Heaven is a wedding feast and we must get ready! The Mass is a foretaste of the heavenly wedding banquet! Our Ministry Fair is like a wedding reception!  God the Father invites us: "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.”

Fr. Mark

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Respond with Love

Do you remember a time when you spent much time or money on a surprise or gift for someone else and they failed to appreciate it? We do open ourselves up to disappointment if our expectations do not match the response. Perhaps we reached down deep to share a part of ourselves only to encounter apathy and insensitivity. That can hurt even if the person ignoring our gesture meant no ill will toward us.

What must God feel like when we fail to respond to what He has done for us. We probably do not purposefully slight God, but perhaps we are so busy and mindless that it becomes impossible to be responsive and mindful. We can miss the gift of God which is right before our eyes.

It is very difficult to be a good steward if we do not intentionally choose to be mindful. We miss the important stuff in life, and we neglect those placed in our path as gifts to enrich our lives. If we are to live as Jesus asks, we must work on focusing our eyes of faith on the things that matter and the gifts we have been given. If we are made in the image of God, I suppose we can guess how God might feel when His gifts are not acknowledged, or His love not returned. If I reflect on the One who loves me more than anyone, how can I choose to not offer my love in return?

– Tracy Earl Welliver 

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Many people are suffering from ailments of some form or another. Please join us as we pray for the sick, their families, and caregivers. ​

Agnes Mallare

Alejandra Hernandez

Angelina Munar

Angie Rodriguez

Ann Wall

Antonio Vivian

Ashraf Ghang

Brian Klunk

Bob Weber 

Carl Wilner

Carlos Felipe Ruiz

Carmelo Enrique Tapia

Constance Jimenez

Debbie Brockney 

Deborah Balisteri

Dee Glasscock

Dolores Dominguez

Dominic Rufino

Doris Ness 

Edith Contreras Ochoa

Elsa Valdez

Enos Gomes 

Frank Gomez Jr 

Galdina Guzmán

Genesis Flores

George Reyes

Gilbert Ramirez

Gloria Fernandez 

Gloria Rangel Ortiz

Graciela Alegria Vargas 

Guadalupe Deleon 

Jack Avery 

Jeanette Toloy

Jennifer Wilner

Joanie Trotter 

Joann Shannon 

Jocelyn Gonzales

Kenneth McKellar 

Kim Bach

Kimberly Ginsberg

Lillian Martinez

Lorena Castaneda 

Luz Maria Camarillo

Macrina Tapia

Maria Eugenia Garcia

María Guadalupe Barajas

Maria Ochoa 

Marmi Bermudez

Martin Marasigan

Matt Johnston

Mayla Marquez 

Mayra A. Castillo

Melvin Caldwell

Michael De Guzman 

Michael A. Mallare

Michael James Miller

Mike Bohi

Oscar Barrera

Paloma Ochoa

Patricia Lacano 

Paulette Vetter

Roanne Macapinlac Villamil 

Sebastian Esparza

Susan Klass

Susie Rainwater 

Tammie Parrino

Terry Cabauatan 

Tomas Larios Ortiz

Virginia Dondero

Vittorina Tanjuakio

Yazlene Aceves

Yolanda Arce

​To add or remove names, please contact dmnsam@yahoo.com or call 925-980-6377.

To see additional 'Prayers for the Sick', please click here. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026

7:00 AM: †Al Magina

8:45 AM: Galela Family—Thanksgiving

10:30 AM: †Dante B. Mallari—Death Anniversary

12:15 PM: †Manuel & †Josefina Tovar

2:15 PM: †Anselmo Gonzalez

5:00 PM: Jose Vicente Ramos Garcia

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026

7:00 AM: †Grace Ortega

12:15 PM: Terry Marshall

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2026

7:00 AM: Andi Ward—Health

12:15 PM: Donna & †Ed Garcia

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026

7:00 AM: Freddie Dumaoal 

12:15 PM: †Magdalena B. Mallari—Death Anniversary

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2026

7:00 AM: Andi Ward—Health 

12:15 PM: †Naomi Parker 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026

7:00 AM: Manio Family—Health 

12:15 PM: †Dr. Bryant Alexander

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026

8:00 AM: Victoria Tabisula—Thanksgiving

5:00 PM: Jeanette Toloy—Thanksgiving

In remembrance of those who have gone before us.

Felicidad Albinto

Bernarda Maldonado Camargo

Rita Sepulveda

Victoria Mgbanwa

Perla Rosal Crisologo

Ange Mouttapa

Herminia Espiritu 

Eldina Tronco

Antonio Elopre

Mildred Aquino 

Rosa Montoya

Dan Lucchesi 

Mildred Quitoriano

David Trummer

Olimpio Sisante

Julie Low

Eberhard Schwertzke

Lucy Valverde 

Ramon Mendez

Ernie Medina

Alfred Del Prato

David Rodahaffer

Alberto Barican

Babette Zafra

Roger Roman

Annie Zavala Hernandez

Susan Wolford

Andy Tancioco

Kathleen Devers

Maria Luisa Francisco Bermudez

Michael Paul Dutra

Dcn. Scott Johnson

Maria Candelaria Ybarra

Flordelis Seward

David Velazquez

Jacqueline Gutierrez

Raul Aquino

Bruce Joseph Mahan

Pedro Zuniga Ortega

Barbara Gibson

Narcisa Miro

Ruben Padilla, Sr.

Ruben Padilla, Jr.

Alan Eduardo Hernandez Leyva

Raul Ballesteros

Janet Kavanaugh

Celine Hoban

Connie Tracy

Fernando Rodriguez

Gary Milano

Barbara Jean Boggs

Josephine Kotoisuva

Stephanie Mayorga Tipton 

Joseph Mingram

Mary Louise Rivera

Msgr. Larry McGovern

Patrick Shepherd

Michael Copeland

Barbara Gini

Jose Echaniz

Greg Levitt

Ruby Norton

Thomas Murphy, Sr.

J. Issac Castro

Ernestine Perez 

Holly Bevilaqua

Maria Lonero 

Antonio Andrade 

Rose Buhagiar 

Michelle Padilla

Rosario Barajas

Remy Gonzalez

Rosendo Gonzalez

Leticia Cabutaje

Dennis Hernandez

Nina Isola Guebara

Daniel Marquez

Freddie Dumaoal

Apolonio Bisuna

Travis Delso

Shirley Ann Arquines

Ruben Gonzalez

David Aceves Jr.

Patrick Ente

Teresa Dini

Patricia Bertilacchi

Eredina Cerros

Reyes Cordova

Yolanda N. Dulay

Yolanda Madrigal 

Danny Cuthbert

Angelo Galindo

Tom Rut

Emilio del Rosario

Milagros R. Canieso

Evelyn Gesell Munar

Leylani Ente

Voltaire Bernardino 

Abraham Pelias Amen 

Luis Antonio Iglesia

Star Cunanan

We pray that we learn to depend on God to supply for our all needs.

Oramos que aprendamos a depender de Dios para suplir todas nuestras necesidades.

Even if one cannot sacramentally receive the Eucharist, everyone should be aware of the practice of making a spiritual communion. The following is a daily prayer for Spiritual Communion:

O my Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed 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.

-St. Alphonsus Liguori

For more resources on Spiritual Communion, click here.

From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

To view full readings, click here.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1/Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a and 6-7/Lk 11:29-32 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 

Gal 5:1-6/Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48/

Lk 11:37-41 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Gal 5:18-25/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/Lk 11:42-46

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Eph 1:1-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6/Lk 11:47-54 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Eph 1:11-14/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13/Lk 12:1-7  

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Eph 1:15-23/Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7/

Lk 12:8-12

NEXT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

 Is 45:1, 4-6/Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21

“My God will fully supply whatever you need…” - Philippians 4:19

God really does provide for those who are grateful and generous.This is very difficult for people that don’t live a stewardship lifestyle to believe. People are skeptical and say it’s just coincidence. If you are skeptical, try living a stewardship lifestyle for just one month – be generous with your gifts of time in prayer, talent in charitable works, and treasure, then see how God provides for your needs.

“Mi Dios les dará todo lo que necesiten...” - Filipenses 4:19

Dios realmente provee a aquellos que son agradecidos y generosos. Eso es muy difícil de creer para las personas que no viven un estilo de vida de corresponsabilidad. Las personas son escépticas y dicen que es solo una coincidencia. Si usted es escéptico, trate de llevar un estilo de vida de corresponsabilidad por un mes - sea generoso con sus dones de tiempo en oración, su talento en obras de caridad, y sus tesoros, y luego verá como Dios provee para satisfacer sus necesidades.

Prayer

Holy Spirit, help me to be ready for the big party in heaven.

Something to Draw

Draw everyone having a fun eating and playing at your birthday party.

Mission for the Week

Every day I will say, "Here I am, Lord. How may I help you?" 

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ST. TERESA OF AVILA

1515-1582 | FEAST DAY: OCT 15

St. Teresa of Avila is the first of four women who are doctors of the church. She lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social, and religious upheaval. She was born before the Protestant Reformation and died almost two decades after the Council of Trent's closing.  Despite the oppostion of her father, St. Teresa entered the Carmelite monastery. Her heart truly only belonged to God as she was a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion. During her ongoing conversion, she lived a life filled with challenges and struggles with ongoing purification and suffereing. As she underwent this lifelong struggle, she turned to God. St. Teresa of Avila wrote on prayer on contemplation. And thus, she was known as a woman of prayer, a woman for God, and a woman for others. St. Teresa's stewardship is an example of devotion to God, perservance through challenges, and dedication to her community's well-being. 

SANTA TERESA de ÁVILA

1515-1582 | FESTIVIDAD: 15 DE OCT

Santa Teresa de Ávila es la primera de las cuatro mujeres declaradas Doctoras de la Iglesia. Vivió en una época de grandes exploraciones, así como de profundas convulsiones políticas, sociales y religiosas. Nació antes de la Reforma protestante y falleció casi dos décadas después de la clausura del Concilio de Trento. A pesar de la oposición de su padre, Santa Teresa ingresó en el monasterio carmelita. Su corazón pertenecía verdaderamente solo a Dios, pues era una mujer de oración, disciplina y compasión. A lo largo de su proceso de conversión continua, vivió una vida marcada por desafíos, luchas, sufrimientos y una constante purificación. En medio de esta lucha vital, ella se volvió hacia Dios. Santa Teresa de Ávila escribió sobre la oración y la contemplación; por ello, fue reconocida como una mujer de oración, una mujer entregada a Dios y una mujer dedicada a los demás. Su ejemplo de entrega y servicio refleja una profunda devoción a Dios, perseverancia ante las adversidades y dedicación al bienestar de su comunidad.