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Schedule of Sacraments

Eucharistic Celebrations Sundays ~ 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. (sung Latin on 1st & 3rd Sundays) 12:15 p.m. (Family Mass on 2nd Sunday), 5:15 p.m.

1st Sunday ~ 2:00 p.m. Tagalog Mass

3rd Sunday ~ 2:00 p.m. Charismatic Mass and Healing Service

Monday through Friday ~ 7:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. & 5:15 p.m.

Saturdays ~ 7:30 a.m. & 12:10 p.m. ~~~ 5:15 p.m. Anticipated Mass

Sacrament of Baptism (infants and children) Baptismal Prep Class ~ Every 1st Saturday at 9:00 a.m.

Sacrament of Baptism ~ Every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Please call the parish office at least two months before the preferred date of Baptism. All Baptisms are scheduled through the parish office and Baptismal classes are required for all first time parents and godpar-ents.

Sacrament of Marriage You must first be a registered and active parishioner for at least six months prior to arranging a marriage at St. Patrick. Arrangements for this celebration must be made at least six months in advance. No date may be reserved without first consulting with the Pastor.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Tuesdays and First Fridays ~ 11:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Saturdays ~ 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Please call the Rectory at (415) 421-3730

St. Patrick Catholic Church San Francisco’s Historic Landmark #4

Founded in 1851 756 Mission St. (between 3rd and 4th Streets)

San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel (415) 421-3730 ~ Fax (415) 512-9730

Website: www.stpatricksf.org

February 07, 2016 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pastoral Staff Pastor ~ Rev. Roberto “Fr. Obet” A. Andrey Priests in Residence ~ Rev. Anthony McGuire Priests in Residence ~ Rev. Raphael Laizer Supply Priests ~ Rev. Dan Maguire Supply Priests ~ Rev. Eamonn Donnelly, S.V.D.

Parish Manager ~ Linda Benson Secretary & Receptionist ~ Victoria Wicklund Music Coordinator ~ Charles Corpus Liturgical Wedding Coordinator ~ Virginia Dilim Religious Education Coordinator ~ Nenette Murata RCIA Coordinator ~ Jeff Murata

Please Pray for our Holy Father’s Intentions for February Universal: That we may take good care of creation—a gift freely given—cultivating and protecting it for future genera-tions. Evangelization: That opportunities may increase for dialogue between the Christian faith and the peoples of Asia.

February 07, 2016 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ Year C

Is 6:1-2a,3-8; Ps 138:1-5,7-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8,11; Lk 5:1-11 Isaiah, a man of unclean lips, beholds the Lord’s glory in the temple and is sent on a mission (1,Ps). Simon, a sinner, responds to the mission of Jesus by becoming a disciple (3). Paul, the persecutor, of his call to preach nothing but Christ crucified and risen (2).

Holy, Holy, Holy! “Holy, holy, holy!” Ancient languages, like the Hebrew used in the scriptures, did not always have a way to express superla-tives in one word. Isaiah could not say God was “holiest,” so he used the threefold repetition of the same word. This bit of scrip-tural minutiae about these “three little words” that we sing at every Mass serves as a reminder that answering God’s call has to be grounded in awareness of God’s holiness. In Isaiah and in the Gospel passage today, we hear accounts of the revelation of God’s power and might: the seraphim in the temple and the miraculous catch of fish. These are not wondrous revelations for their own sakes. They lead to a response in mission, Isaiah’s “Here I am, send me!” and the disciples’ leaving everything to follow Jesus. And so must our own “Holy, Holy, Holy!” lead us to Christ in the Eucharist every Sunday, and to a life following him day by day.

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Treasures From Our Tradition As the Roman Empire shattered and collapsed, the bishops were the people best equipped to catch the falling stones. In the West (that’s us), they sought to stabilize society by weaving a structure of laws and courts to uphold the rights and dignity of married couples in a chaotic world. The bishops in the East had a different approach, even allowing the dissolution of marriages in certain cases. To an extent, the bishops took a measure of control away from the fathers of families in order to provide pastoral care for those who suffered most in the social collapse: women and children. In the West, much of the marriage law was contained in the “penitential books” the bishops devised to regulate the lives of public sinners. In the seventh century, Theodore of Canter-bury’s penitential book said that he had the power to give con-sent to remarriage in the case of a poor fellow whose wife had been carried off by the Vikings. If the Vikings subsequently brought her back, she could remarry, too! No bishop ever made peace with divorce, but there was never a time when the pas-toral concern of the church was not struggling with how to care for people in unhappy situations.

~ Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Saint Josephine Bakhita (c. 1869-1947) February 8

“Save Darfur!” That cry echoes around the world and in the heart of the Church, where a child of Darfur is one of our new-est saints: Josephine (her baptismal name) Bakhita (“Lucky One,” the slave-traders’ nickname). Kidnapped at nine, sold in Sudan’s slave-markets, flogged daily till covered with scars, Bakhita was finally bought by Italians and taken to Italy. There Bakhita discovered a “Master” who had himself been flogged to redeem her from slavery! “I am truly loved,” she thought, “and awaited by this Love.” Baptized, she often kissed the baptismal font, exclaiming, “Here I became a daughter of God!” For fifty years as a Daughter of Charity, Bakhita provided cheerful hos-pitality to all who knocked at the convent door. In her final ill-ness, she relived slavery’s horror: “Please, loosen these chains,” she begged the nurse. “They are so heavy!” Her last words were: “Our Lady! Our Lady!” John Paul II canonized her in the Jubilee Year 2000, praising God for leading her “from abject slavery to the dignity of being your daughter and the Bride of Christ.”

~ Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Parish Family Corner Happy Birthday to Our Parishioners!!

Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule We will have our regular weekday Mass schedule here at St. Patrick on February 10th, Ash Wednesday. As we have done in the past, in addition to our regular Mass at 12:10 p.m., we will have a second Mass at the same time downstairs in the parish hall to accommodate the overflow from the church.

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Today’s Readings

First Reading — In a vision Isaiah is called to be a messenger for the LORD of hosts. Isaiah responds, “Send me!” (Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8) Psalm — In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord (Psalm 138). Second Reading — Paul reminds us of the gospel he preached through which we are saved, if we believe it (1 Corinthians 15:1-11 [3-8, 11]). Gospel — Jesus directs Simon to take his boat into deep water for a miraculous catch of fish. Simon and his partners leave all to follow Jesus (Luke 5:1-11).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,

International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Raffle Mania 2016 Don’t miss your chance to win one of the fabulous prizes in our Raffle Mania 2016 fundraising event. Tickets are available from the various parish organizations, in the Gift Shop, or from the parish office during normal business hours

*** Grand Prize *** 2016 Mercedes-Benz

GLA250 SUV or $25,000 in cash

Taxes, license, registration and other charges are the responsibility of the winner

2nd Prize ~ $2,000 Cash 3rd Prize ~ $1,000 Cash

Plus 10 $100 Consolation Prizes • Tickets are $50 each • Make checks payable to St. Patrick Church • Drawing will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 8:00

p.m. during the Filipiniana Night Dinner and Dance • Winners need not be present to win • All prizes must be claimed within thirty days of the draw-

ing or they will be forfeited in favor of St. Patrick Church, San Francisco

Proceeds will go towards The St. Patrick Church General Debt Reduction

and Building Maintenance Funds

Ministers Schedule February 13 - 14, 2016

Saturday, 5:15 p.m. Presider - Fr. Obet Andrey Readers - Barbara Villanueva, Arlene Ambata Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Barbara Villanueva, Natividad Galinato, Luzviminda Grajales, Rose Lopez, Mary Josue, Jeannette Chafe Altar Servers - Kate Locsin, Ram Locsin, Angelo Locsin, Rose-anne Locsin, Michaela Nangca, Alexis Mojica

Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Presider - Fr. Raphael Lazier Readers - Guada Garchitorena, Rizalina Fernandez Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Therese Guintu, Guada Garchitorena, Julius Vedasto, Rocca Cruz Altar Servers - Alica Santos, Allen Santos, Jerome Pacho, Justin Pacho

Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Presider - Fr. Obet Andrey Readers - Virginia Dilim, Jose Ferrer Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Ligaya Ge-mentera, Adela Cardenas, Celso Mangoba, Rose Mangoba, Rufina Oviedo, Malou Pulanco Altar Servers - Edzon Hagape, Lawrence Hagape, Angelo Bolos, Miguel Cruz, Martin Manuel, John Maverick Daantos, Charles Fermin

Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Presider - Fr. Dan Maguire Readers - Cristin Salangsang, Ellen Gayapa Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Miguel Herrera, Carlito Pantig, Ben Banatao, Ellenbelle Galang Altar Servers - Christian Cristobal, Kristoffer Peji, Princela De Vera, Matthew Tan, Jamie Medina, Judith Medina

Sunday, 12:15 p.m. (Family Mass)

Presider - Fr. Obet Andrey Readers - CCD Students Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Sandra Cea, Judy Labaria, James Martineau, Rosalinda del Rosario, Evelyn Bird, Tessie Baricuatro Altar Servers - Maricar Mallari, Marc Mallari, Evelyn Perdue, Angelo Virata, John Mike Masangcay, John Michael Masang-cay, Jared Mendoza

Sunday, 5:15 p.m. Presider - Fr. Tony McGuire Readers - JM Valencia, Charles Rosh Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - Zachary Dul-dulao, Teng Sullivan, Thelma Dancel, Joanna Badua, Luz-viminda Grajales, Flora Ollison Altar Servers - Bryan Bautista, Katrina Averilla, Bianca Mar-cos, Brianna Marcos, Renz Tuazon, Veronica Beltran

Pray to End Abortion From February 10 through March 20, you are invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray during the 40-day vigil outside Planned Parent-hood at 1650 Valencia St (btw Cesar Chavez and Mission St.). If you’d like more information – and especially if you’d like to volunteer to help, please contact

Hunt at (408) 840-3297 or sf40daysforlife@gmail.com Visit our website to sign up for an hour per week of prayer on Valencia Street:

40daysforlife.com/sanfrancisco

Stations of the Cross Everyone is encouraged to join the communal praying of the Stations of the Cross every Friday after the 5:15 p.m. Mass during Lent. Stations of the Cross prayer books are available in the gift shop for a small fee. The Santo Niño Novena, nor-mally prayed on Fridays, will not be prayed in lieu of the Stations of the Cross.

Jubilee Year of Mercy Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 07, 2016 During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis calls us to share with everyone the tender compassion of God that we our-selves have experienced. In today’s Gospel, Luke uses a special Greek word conveying just such tenderness. In the other Gos-pels, Jesus calls the disciples to be “fishers,” haleis, the same word that means catching fish with hooks or nets, to be killed and eaten. But Luke uses zogron, from zoe or “life,” meaning “catch or gather people alive,” as animal lovers capture with-out harming, rescue from “the wild” for a better life, and pro-tect in aquarium or zoo, tenderly cared for by professionals committed to the creatures’ well-being. So in Luke’s vision—and Pope Francis’ as well—we who have been “caught alive” by God’s mercy ourselves are to become “missionaries of mercy” during this Jubilee Year of Mercy, rescuing fellow sin-ners from danger and gathering them into Jesus’ community to enjoy fullness of life.

~ Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

First Impressions We talk about making a good first impression or falling in love at first sight. Today’s scripture accounts reveal a little bit to us about first encounters that set in motion some very impor-tant scriptural lives. Isaiah has a momentous experience of God enthroned while the seraphim chant “Holy, holy, holy!” (Isaiah 6:3). Paul hints at his conversion and call to be an apostle when he refers to himself as one “born abnormally” (1 Corinthians 15:8), which is to say he is the only apostle—the “least,” he calls himself—who did not know Jesus during his earthly min-istry. We hear Luke’s version of the first impression the disci-ples had of Jesus, when they learn an important lesson about being a follower of Jesus: you can labor all you want, but if you do not allow the Lord into your work, it will be in vain. When he enters, get ready to be amazed.

Final Impressions John, the only other evangelist to recount the story of the miraculous catch of fish, places the story after the resurrection of Christ from the dead, not at the beginning of his ministry as Luke does. Unlike Matthew and Mark, wherein the disciples follow Jesus upon his call, Luke seemed to know that his listen-ers would comprehend the call to discipleship better if it fol-lowed a miraculous sign. (And Peter’s acknowledgment of his sinfulness echoes Isaiah’s description of his unclean lips.) But whether it’s Luke describing the beginning of the disciples fol-lowing Jesus in mission or John’s depiction of the risen Christ preparing his followers for the mission following his return to the Father, the point is the same, and remains the same for us today. Paul expresses it best. It does not matter who preaches the Gospel, or where or when, but only that it is, through the grace of God in us, preached and believed.

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Tested Like Gold God wishes to test you like gold in the furnace. The dross is consumed by the fire, but the pure gold remains and its value increases.

~ St. Jerome Emiliani

Preparation for Lent

Abstinence ~ Everyone fourteen years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday.

Fast ~ Everyone eighteen years of age and older, but under the age of sixty, is also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday..

On these two days, the law of fast allows only one full meal per day, but does not prohibit taking some food during the day, so long as this does not constitute another full meal. Drinking liquids during the day is permitted.

When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. If you are in doubt concerning fast or ab-stinence, a priest assigned to pastoral ministry or confessor should be consulted. In the spirit of penance, the faithful should not lightly excuse themselves from this obligation.

Prayer For Ash Wednesday Merciful God, You called us forth from the dust of the earth; You claimed us for Christ in the waters of baptism. Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days Bearing the mark of ashes, And bless our journey through the desert of Lent To the font of rebirth. May our fasting be hunger for justice; Our alms, a making of peace; Our prayer, the chant of humble and grateful hearts. All that we do and pray is in the name of Jesus, For in his cross you proclaim your love For ever and ever. Amen.

Lent

The annual Lenten season is the fitting time to climb the holy mountain of Easter. The Lenten season has a double character, namely to prepare both catechumens and faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery. The catechumens, both with the rite of election and scrutinizes, and by catechesis, are prepared for the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation; the faith-ful, ever more attentive to the word of God and prayer, prepare themselves by penance for their renewal of their baptismal promises (Cæremoniale episcoporum, 249). ♦ Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s

Supper exclusive on Holy Thursday. ♦ Lenten weekdays are not commemorated on solemnities and

feasts. Ash Wednesday and the days of Holy Week take precedence over all solemnities and feasts.

♦ All memorials of saints occurring during Lent are observed as optional. Hence, they may be omitted or observed as com-memorations.

♦ Alleluia is not sung or said from the beginning of Lent until the Easter Vigil.

♦ During Lent the altar should not be decorated with flowers and musical instruments may be played only to give neces-sary support to the singing. On the Fourth Sunday of Lent (“Lætare”) and on solemnities and feasts, musical instruments may be played and the altar decorated with flowers.

Mass Intentions for Feb 07 - Feb 13

SUN 07

7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Carolina Cavida † Melba Perez PRO POPULO † Roberto Tan TG Gladys de los Santos † Eulogio & Angelita Chan

Pope Francis

MON08

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Mario Villanueva TG Emiliana Hamilton FH Domingo Ordoveza

Rev. Roberto Andrey,

St. Patrick

Rev. Eamonn

Donnelly,SVD Retired

Most Rev. Salvatore

Cordileone, San Francisco

Rev. Dan Maguire,

Retired

FRI 12

SAT 13

THU

11

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

SI Celerina Tabuena † John Donovan † Purqued Family Members

TG Rene & Elena de los Santos † Arthur Monastrial TG Juan Guzman

† Joel Senoran TG Luluday Villanueva † De los Santos Family Members

Pray for your Priests

TUE 09

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Antonette Zapata † Lourdes Cabanero IH Puno Nazareno

Rev. Anthony McGuire, Retired

Date Time Intention

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 07, 2016

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth.

~ Psalm 138:1

Rev. Raphael Lazier,

St. Patrick

WED

10

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

† Cresencia Villanueva † Jose Manuel Poblete FH Rosy Ordoveza

7:30 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

Readings for the Week

Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7,9-13; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23,27-30; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Lk 5:27-32 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13

Saints & Special Observances Monday: optional memorial ~ Jerome Emiliani, Priest Monday: optional memorial ~ Josephine Bakhita, Virgin TUESDAY: ASH WEDNESDAY Thursday: optional memorial ~ Our Lady of Lourdes SUNDAY: FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Welcome to St. Patrick!!

Welcome to all of our out-of-town visitors, especially everyone visiting the Bay Area for

Super Bowl 50

Thank you for worshipping with us!!

Where God Is We cannot go where God is not. And where God is, all is well.

~ Anonymous

Adult Choir…………………………………….. Altar Servers Charismatic Prayer Group……………………… Legion of Mary ~ Patrician Meeting………………………... Liturgical Lay Ministers………………………... Our Lady of Fatima Devotees………………….. Parish Pastoral Council………………………… Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion………………… Santo Niño de Cebu, USA……………………... St. Vincent de Paul Society…………………….. Young Adult Choir (SPYCO)…………………..

Parish Meeting Schedule Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.

3rd Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, 1:30 p.m. Sundays, 2:00 p.m.

Last Sunday, 1:30 p.m. as announced

1st Saturday, 2:00 p.m. 2nd Monday, 6:15 p.m.

1st Friday, 6:00 p.m. 1st Sunday, 7:00 p.m.

4th Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Fridays, 6:00 p.m.

Devotions Sacred Heart ~ Every First Friday, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed

for public adoration from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Our Mother of Perpetual Help ~ Tuesdays after the

12:10 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Masses Divine Mercy ~ Daily at 4:45 p.m.

Santo Niño Devotion ~ 2nd Friday after the 5:15 p.m. Mass

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