MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Evening .... 5 PM

Sundays ..................... 7AM, 9AM, & 11AM

Monday - Saturday .. 7AM & 9AM CONFESSIONS Saturdays .................. 3:30 - 4:30 PM

November 3, 2013

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pastor ........................ Rev. Mark Taheny

Parochial Vicar ........ Rev. Paul Perry

Deacon ..................... Rev. Mr. Bill Turrentine

Secretary .................. Nancy Lampe

Parish School of Religion:

Renée O’Neill: ReneeGOneill@gmail.com

Confirmation Youth Group:

Dave Previtali: StSebCYG@outlook.com

ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH 373 BON AIR ROAD, GREENBRAE, CA 94904-1709 (415) 461-0704 WWW .SEBASTIAN94904.COM

The LORD is faithful in all his words

and holy in all his works.

The LORD lifts up all who are falling

and raises up all who are bowed down.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE FOLLOWING

PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS:

Angela, Bertha, Carol, Elizabeth, Joe, Kristen, Mary,

Monica, Patrick, Sandra L., Sherie, Stephanie, Tim,

Vivien, Carol Abraham, Ann Boeri, Marilyn

Charbonneau, Cathy Connor, Elizabeth Cook, Anna

Filice, Ann Gonzales, Leonce Halphen Jr., John

Legnitto, Monte Maroevich, Chris Matthew, Michele

Mullen, Mark Piatti, Steve Schlesselmann, Derek

Smith, Mary Lou Smith, Rose Tannlund, Kristin

Todd, Sherry Willis, and Francisco Wong.

B IBLE STUDY

The Bible Study led by

Deacon Bill Turrentine

meets on Sundays after

the 9am Mass, down in

the Parish Hall.

Drop in and join us!

1260 on your AM dial

immaculate heart radio sharing the heart of the Christian faith

“GRANDMA’S KITCHEN” AT NAZARETH HOUSE

Remember your Grandma’s kitchen? The sights, the

smells, the love… You’re invited to recall those

times with a visit to “Grandma’s Kitchen” where

freshly baked “goodies”, handmade kitchen and

dining items, cookbooks, and cookie jars will be on

sale. A raffle for cash prizes ($100-$1000) will be

held. Proceeds from this event benefit the residents

of Nazareth House.

Sunday, Nov. 10 from 11AM-2PM at Nazareth

House, 245 Nova Albion Way in San Rafael.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 4 - 9

Mon 7AM Joseph Calleja

9AM Jim Pidgeon

Tue 7AM Ed Lampe

9AM Sibeal Whitty

Wed 7AM Mary O’Riordan, living

9AM Derham Family

Thu 7AM Christina Piatti

9AM Paul & Helen Smith

Fri 7AM Paul & Helen Smith

9AM Chas, Nancy, & Ruth Hoffman

Sat 7AM Souls in Purgatory

9AM Tom & Eileen Harriman

NOVEMBER, THE MONTH OF ALL SOULS

If you would like to pray in a special way for your

loved ones, you may inscribe their names on the

envelopes in our pews and bring them to the Parish

Office at any time, and we will place them on the

Altar to be included in our prayers during the entire

month.

O God, who willed that your Only Begotten Son, having conquered death, should pass over into the realm of heaven, grant, we pray, to your departed servants that, with the mortality of this life overcome, they may gaze eternally on

you, their Creator and Redeemer. ...

P URGATORY. The place or condition in which

the souls of the just are purified after death and

before they can enter heaven. They may be purified

of the guilt of their venial sins, as in this life, by an

act of contrition deriving from charity and performed

with the help of grace. This sorrow does not,

however, affect the punishment for sins, because in

the next world there is no longer any possibility of

merit. The souls are certainly purified by atoning for

the temporal punishments due to sin by their willing

acceptance of suffering imposed by God. The

sufferings in purgatory are not the same for all, but

proportioned to each person’s degree of sinfulness.

Moreover, these sufferings can be lessened in

duration and intensity through the prayers and good

works of the faithful on earth. Nor are the pains

incompatible with great peace and joy, since the poor

souls deeply love God and are sure they will reach

heaven. As members of the Church Suffering, the

souls in purgatory can intercede for the person on

earth, who are therefore encouraged to invoke their

aid. Purgatory will not continue after the general

judgment, but its duration for any particular soul

continues until it is free from all guilt and

punishment. Immediately on purification the soul is

assumed into heaven.

(Etym. Latin purgatio, cleansing, purifying.)

from the “Pocket Catholic Dictionary”

edited by John A. Hardon, S.J.

YOUNG AT HEART LUNCHEON

Wednesday, November 6, 11:45AM, Parish Hall (not this Tuesday, due to voting)

“Serve Yourself” Buffet:

Sandwiches, Salad, & Cookies

and a Very Special Dessert

$7/members $8/non-members, guests

(You may bring your own lunch, and enjoy the usual

dessert and coffee, but please call

to let us know that you are coming.)

Something different for Entertainment!

After Lunch: Bingo! with great prizes!

No charge for as many cards as you want.

RSVP: Donna Boyd 453-3383

Rosellen Staats 461-9003

Young at Heart is now open to all ages!

You are invited to contact us for a list

of lunch dates and possible day trips.

DINNER FOR MARIN PRIESTS - NOV. 5

Marin Network for Life is sponsoring a dinner this

Tuesday, November 5th to honor Marin’s priests.

Come and join us for a dinner at Sam’s Anchor Cafe

in Tiburon with our priests and fellow parishioners.

No-host cocktails at 6PM and dinner at 7PM. The

cost is $60 per person, a portion of which helps to

sponsor our guests, the priests. Seating is limited.

Reservations on first-come, first-served basis.

For questions and/or RSVPs, phone 889-5115

or e-mail catholicmarin@gmail.com

MINISTRY FAIRE NEXT WEEKEND

St. Sebastian’s will hold a “Ministry Faire” in the

Parish Hall next weekend, with representatives from

all of the various service ministries of the parish

inviting others to see what it is that they do, and

perhaps join their organization. It’s on “Coffee

Sunday”, so come and see!

TODAY’S GOSPEL

At that time, Jesus

came to Jericho and

intended to pass

through the town.

Now a man there

named Zacchaeus,

who was a chief tax

collector and also a

wealthy man, was

seeking to see who

Jesus was; but he

could not see him

because of the

crowd, for he was

short in stature. So

he ran ahead and

climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who

was about to pass that way. When he reached the

place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come

down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.”

And he came down quickly and received him with

joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble,

saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a

sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the

Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall

give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from

anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus

said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house

because this man too is a descendant of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save

what was lost.” —Luke 19:1-10

CENACLE OF PRAYER

TODAY

3 to 4pm

Exposition

of the Blessed Sacrament,

Rosary, Meditation, & Benediction

Spend an hour here with Our Lord

on the first Sunday of each month.

NEXT SUNDAY IS “COFFEE S UNDAY”

Don’t “run off”, but be sure to come to the Parish

Hall after Mass and visit with fellow

parishioners who look forward to see-

ing you there!

“Coffee Sunday” is scheduled for the

second Sunday of every month.

SOCKS & UNDIES FOR ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

The St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room is in great

demand for new socks and new undies for its clients.

Red barrels will be at both entrances of the church

for the next few weeks to collect your donations.

Thank you in advance for your generous response,

and for your faithful help in the past.

An excerpt from Heaven, the Heart’s Deepest

Longing by Peter Kreeft:

T he reason the saint’s desires are satisfied and he

has joy is not that God is a divine dispensing

machine and the saint has learned to press the right

buttons but that he has learned to desire “the one

thing necessary”, God’s will, and therefore always

gets what he desires, for God’s will is always done.

“Thy will be done” is the infallible road to total joy.

Excerpts from Everything You Ever Wanted to

Know About Heaven but Never Dreamed of

Asking by Peter Kreeft:

Will We Be Free to Sin in Heaven?

…

What do we mean by “freedom”? Sometimes (1)

political freedom, freedom from tyranny, oppression,

or the denial of our rights; sometimes (2) physical

power, ability to act, freedom from hindrance; and

sometimes (3) spiritual power to choose (“free

will”). Of course we will have all three in Heaven,

but why won’t we be able to sin, since we will have

free will?

Because we will also have a fourth freedom, the

most important one of all: freedom from sin, from

what makes us not ourselves. We will be free to be

the true selves God designed us to be, free to be

determined by God. This determination does not

remove our freedom but is our freedom, … we are

objects to God… we too, therefore, are true only

when we conform to God’s knowledge of us, God’s

artistic plan for our identity. Since our highest

freedom means freedom to be ourselves, we are most

free when we are most obedient to God’s will, which

expresses His idea of us. Thus freedom and

obedience coincide. To obey God is to be free in the

most radical sense: free to be me, free from

inauthenticity, free from false being, free from the

alien within, not just free from the alien without, the

oppressor. …

The answer to our question, then, is that “freedom to

sin” is a self-contradictory concept. Sin is

inauthenticity and freedom is authenticity; sin is our

false self and freedom is our true self. Sin is part of

Hell and freedom is part of Heaven. The question

cannot be resolved, only dissolved, because it

confuses Hell with Heaven.