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Devotions SEEING CHRIST CLEARLY As we gather, let us remember

Monday - Friday: 7:15 to 7:45 am
- Rosary & Divine Mercy Novena before
Mass in the Church.
Tuesday
- Pro Life Rosary after 8:00 am Mass
in the Chapel.
Wednesday
-Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena
after 8:00 am Mass in the Church.
-Our Mother of Perpetual Help 6:00 pm
in the Chapel.
Thursday
-St. Jude Novena after 8:00 am Mass
in the Church.
-Friday
- Eucharistic Adoration after 8:00 am the Lamb of God before we hear the
Mass until 3:00 pm in the Chapel
(We need at least two people at all times)
-Divine Mercy 2:45pm in the Chapel.
-Spanish Prayer Group at 6:00 pm
in room 13.
Saturday
-Legion of Mary 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
In the Chapel.
We start today looking through the and pray for...
portals of Jerusalem, seeing crowds of
Saturday, April 8, 2017
people, cheering and waving palm 5:00 pm Janice Monaghan
branches in the air. The whole Sunday, April 9, 2017
atmosphere is one of joy, triumph, and 8:00 am Clarence Novotny
celebration. We can get distracted or 10:00 am People of the Parish
enthralled by the scene, and not see 12:00 pm Reynaldo Li Padilla
clearly the features of Jesus as he enters. 2:00 pm Jesus Jaime Marquez
But our readings from Isaiah and Pauls
5:00 pm Jose Chavez
letter to the Philippians clarify his Monday, April 10, 2017
features for us. He is the Suffering 8:00 am Fr. Casey
Servant, meek and mute before his Tuesday, April 11, 2017
captors and persecutors; he is the very 8:00 am Dr. Wilfredo Gedang
image of the unseen God, yet will not Wednesday, April 12, 2017
clutch at equality with God before he 8:00 am Waldetrudes C. Ninal
endures his final confrontation in Thursday, April 13, 2017
humility. Isaiah and Paul help us behold 6:00 pm Mary Kelly
Friday, April 14, 2017
story of his final and greatest GOOD FRIDAY
Saturday, April 15, 2017
confrontation. It is important that we see
Christ clearly before we hear the account 7:00 pm Celeste Howard
of his passion, for wehis Body through Sunday, April 16, 2017
8:00 am Steven Cerbo
baptism, the churchnow bear his face.
10:00 am Antonio Fernandes Family
We must, with him, enter into this time 12:00pm Easter Novena
of trial so we can, also with him, enter 2:00 pm People of the Parish
into his final triumph. 5:00pm Maureen L. Dinkel
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Faith Formation Classes Room 13
Sunday: Sunday 9am-4pm
Pre-school & Kindergarten Classes (Closed for Lunch 12pm-1pm)
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Stations of The Cross

Va Crucis

Mass of the Lords Supper at 6:00 pm

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Immediately following Mass

6 pm English, Every Friday during Passion Play & Stations of the Cross at 9:00 am
Lent Seven Last Words at 12:00 pm
Liturgy of the Word with Veneration 3:00 pm
7 pm Todo los Viernes durante la All Triduum services will be bilingual
Cuaresma
Readings for the week of April 9, 2017
Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession)
Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
Mass at 7:00 pm
Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:1427:66 or 27:11-54
Monday: Is 42:1-7 Ps 27:1-3, 13-14 Jn 12:1-11
Tuesday: Is 49:1-6 Ps 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17 Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34 Masses at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm
Mt 26:14-25
2:00 pm Spanish Mass and 5:00 pm
Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27 Rv 1:5-8 Lk 4:16-21
Lords Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14
Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 1 Cor 11:23-26
Jn 13:1-15 Our Love Offering. . .
Friday: Is 52:13 53:12 Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Jn 18:1 19:42 April 2, 2017 Parish Offertory:$ 12,612.89
April 2, 2017 2nd Collection:$ 3,463.62
Saturday: a) Gn 1:1 2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10,
12-14, 24, 35 or Ps 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22
b) Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 or Ps 16: 5, 8-11 Second Collections Schedule
c) Ex 14:15 15:1 (Ps) Ex 15:1-6, 17-18
d) Is 54:5-14 Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b April 9, Operating Deficit Reduction
e) Is 55:1-11 (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4-6
f) Bar 3:9-15, 32 4:4 Ps 19:8-11 April 13, Holy Thursday/St. Vincent de Paul
g) Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28 Pss 42:3, 5; April 14, Good Friday/Holy Land
43:3-4; baptism celebration April 16, Easter Sunday/Easter
Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19
h) Rom 6:3-11 Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Mt 28:1-10
Please consider including a bequest to St. Peter
Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 the Apostle in your will or living trust.
Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-9
or 41: Mt 28:1-10 or at an afternoon
or evening Mass) 46: Lk 24:13-35
Thank you for your continuing support
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CANONICAL- LITURGICAL FORUM
BY FR. GEM BANDIVAS, JCL, MBA, PhD
THE EASTER TRIDUUM LITURGIES
Dear Father Gem: Could you briefly discuss the
meaning of the Easter Triduum and its liturgies? Also can
a deacon preside at these liturgies in a situation where
there is no priest available? If yes, what are the dos and
donts? Roger, Parishioner
Dear Roger: The Easter Triduum begins with the Vigil of Holy
Thursday. It marks the end of the forty days of Lent and the
beginning of the three-day celebration of the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ - Holy Thursday, Good Friday and
Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday. The Fathers of the Second Vatican
Council reminded us of the extraordinary significance of the
Triduum: "Christ redeemed us all and gave perfect glory to God
principally through his paschal mystery: dying he destroyed our
death and rising he restored our life. Therefore the Easter
Triduum of the passion and resurrection of Christ is the
culmination of the entire liturgical year" (General Norms for the
Liturgical Year and the Calendar, # 18).
These last Forty Days were a time of preparation for
these great Three days, which is what Triduum means. These
three days lead us to an empty tomb and an Octave, eight
days, of celebrating the Resurrection. They also introduce an
entire liturgical season, the Easter Season, which lasts for Fifty
days until Pentecost.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs us:
"Beginning with the Easter Triduum as its source of light, the
new age of the Resurrection fills the whole liturgical year with
its brilliance.
It must be remembered that the celebrations are
intimately related to one another and to their inner meaning.
The Holy Sees 1988 circular letter Paschales Solemnitatis
and the norms of the new Latin Missal are clear that the Mass
of the Lords Supper and the Good Friday service are related in
such an intimate way that they should generally be celebrated
in the same church. Although they are not necessarily
celebrated by the same priest, their intimate union and their
nature require the presence of a priest. Regarding the difficulty
of celebrating for more than one parish, Paschales
Solemnitatis states:
43. It is fitting that small religious communities, both
clerical and lay, and other lay groups should participate in the
celebration of the Easter Triduum in neighboring principal
churches.
Similarly, where the number of participants and
ministers is so small that the celebrations of the Easter
Triduum cannot be carried out with the requisite solemnity,
such groups of the faithful should assemble in a larger church.
Also, where there are small parishes with only one
priest, it is recommended that such parishes should assemble,
as far as possible, in a principal church and participate in the
celebration there.
On account of the needs of the faithful, where a pastor
has the responsibility for two or more parishes in which the
faithful assemble in large numbers, and where the celebration
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can be carried out with the requisite care and solemnity, the
celebrations of the Easter Triduum may be repeated in accord
with the given norms.
Regarding the union of Holy Thursday and Good Friday
the document says:
46. The Mass of the Lords Supper is celebrated in the
evening, at a time that is more convenient for the full
participation of the whole local community. All priests may
concelebrate even if on this day they have already
concelebrated the Chrism Mass, or if, for the good of the
faithful, they must celebrate another Mass.
47. Where pastoral considerations require it, the local
Ordinary may permit another Mass to be celebrated in
churches and oratories in the evening, and in the case of true
necessity, even in the morning, but only for those faithful who
cannot otherwise participate in the evening Mass. Care should
nevertheless be taken to ensure that celebrations of this kind
do not take place for the benefit of private persons or of small
groups, and that they are not to the detriment of the main
Mass.
With regards to your question whether a deacon could
preside over the Triduum liturgies in the absence of a priest,
the quick and immediate answer is NO, the deacon cannot
preside at any of these functions, and if no priest is available
they are simply not celebrated.
It must be remembered that the celebrations of the
Easter Triduum are not days of precept, so while everything
possible should be done to ensure their celebration for as
many faithful as possible, this must be done without
undermining the nature of the celebrations themselves.
St. Athanasius calls Easter "the Great Sunday" and the
Eastern Churches call Holy Week "the Great Week." The
mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ crushed death,
permeates with its powerful energy our old time, until all is
subjected to him" (CCC #1168, 1169). Therefore Easter is not
simply one feast among others, but the "Feast of feasts," the
"Solemnity of solemnities," just as the Eucharist is the
"Sacrament of sacraments" (the Great Sacrament).
According to the ancient tradition of the Church, all
Masses without the participation of the people are on this day
forbidden.
This day is the memorial of the first Mass and it would
not be appropriate to substitute the Mass for any other
celebration. All of the great moments of the Liturgical Year look
back to the salvific events of Jesus Christ, the Lord of History.
This week is Holy not only because of what we
remember but because of what it can accomplish within each
one of us as we give our voluntary "Yes" to its invitation. To
put it another way, in Christ time takes on a sacramental
dimension. Once we enter it faithfully we must allow it to
determine the shape of our daily lives. Within this framework of
obligation, duty and covenant, we are part of something greater
than ourselves.
Fr Gem
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Good Friday Collection, April 14, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS!
2017 CONFIRMANDI Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,

As we journeyed through the Season of Lent, our

ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH
thoughts may have turned to places of the Holy Land
where our Lord lived, ministered, died, and rose from
ELIZABETH ANN ALFARO the dead. You may have been blessed to experience
MONICA ALFARO these holy places first hand. Whether first hand or a
passage from the bible, our memories bring this ancient
CASSANDRA TERESA BANCHICH land to life. However, the reality of the current
MATTHEW JAMES BAYREDER situation in the Holy Land often does not match the
EMELY ARIADNE BECERRA scenes of our imagination.
JAMES PAUL CONTACT
SEAN ALLEN COZINE On Good Friday, the annual collection taken in
IZABELLAH STAR DEOCAMPO our churches will benefit Christians living in the Holy
JEREMIAH NICOLAI RAMOS DEOCAMPO Land, as well as support the ministries of the
DIEGO FRANCISCO ESCOBAR Franciscan friars entrusted with its care. For almost
JOSE ALFREDO FONSECA 800 years, the Franciscans have cared for the principal
BRIDGETTE FRAIRE shrines of our Christian faith. The work of the friars
also includes the care of refugees and those
JENECE ANGELIQUE FRANCO marginalized people throughout the region and the
BERENICE GARCIA preservation of the Holy Lands missions and schools.
EMANUELA MONSERRAT GARCIA CASTANEDA
These schools and parishes are signs of present, as well
HAILEY ROSE HANSON as future, peace and hope.
ANTHONY FELIX HERNANDEZ
JAYLEEN HERNANDEZ Currently, approximately 150,000 Christians, or
FLERIDA MARLENE IBARRA 2% of the total population, live in the Holy Land. Due
NICHOLAS WALTER LEVASSEUR to severe political and economic hardships, hundreds of
VERONICA MARQUEZ Christian families leave the Holy Land each year. This
JESUS MARTINEZ steady exodus suggests that within the next 50 years,
the Christian community will cease to exist. In an
MARCO MARTIN MATIAS
attempt to prevent the exodus, the Franciscan Custody
BRANDON MUNGUIA TORRES provides key necessities of everyday life, such as
JORDON MAKENZIE NITTA education, housing, and humanitarian aid.
GABRIEL PE MANEL ORDONEZ
AMANDA MADELINE PADILLA GARDUNO Please be as generous as your abundance allows.
HORTENCIA GARCIA PULIDO Donating to the Good Friday Annual Collection allows
ALEXANDER JAMES RAMIREZ the living stones to inhabit the Holy Places, provides
DERICK RYAN R RAMOS indispensable support to the Franciscan Custody and
CYNTHIA VANESA REYNA their mission, but in doing so, bears witness to the
JOSE MIGEL BELA-ONG RODRIGUEZ Resurrection of Christ.
EMILY GABRIELA RONDAN
ANDREW FELIX SANCHEZ Sincerely yours in Christ,
GABRIELA ARACELY URRUTIA INTERIANO
ITZEL VELAZQUEZ

They have been preparing for this sacrament by prayer,

Most Reverend Joseph A. Pepe, D.D., J.C.D.
attending classes, and serving our Parish community.
Bishop of Las Vegas
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