Pastor’s Weekly Reflection
April 6, 2025
Dear Parishioners,
One day in 1980, a young Russian woman, named Tatiana Goricheva, crossed the Soviet border to freedom. Once in the West, she wrote a book about her conversion to Christianity, which had taken place in Russia. From earliest childhood, Tatiana had been a rebellious child. She hated the tyranny of Russia. She hated the people around her for putting up with this tyranny. She hated her parents for not protesting against it.
Tatiana sought escape from this cruel world by burying herself in books and reading. Eventually she went to college. There she distinguished herself as a brilliant student and scholar. But instead of fitting in with the other students, she associated with the low life of Russian society: drug users, alcoholics, prostitutes.
While living this divided life, she became interested in Eastern mysticism, especially the practice of yoga. One of her books on yoga suggested using the Lord’s Prayer as a mantra. A mantra is a series of words that a person repeats over and over while doing yoga exercises.
The meaning of the Lord’s Prayer began to sink into her slowly. She found it an incredibly beautiful prayer. And so, she began to read everything she could find on Christianity. The more she read about it, the more fascinated she became with Jesus.
Tatiana had been baptized as a child by her unbelieving parents. But she suspected it had been done more as a family tradition...
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HOLY WEEK 2025
PALM SUNDAY VIGIL I VIGILIA DEL
DOMINGO DE RAMOS – April 12
- 4:00 pm Mass in Vietnamese
- 6:00 pm Mass in Spanish
PALM SUNDAY I DOMINGO DE RAMOS – April 13
- Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
Horario Regular de Misas Dominicales
MONDAY to WEDNESDAY I LUNES a
MIERCOLES – April 14 to 16
- Regular Weekday Mass Schedule I Horario
Regular de Misas Dominicales - Pabasa (Tagalog) – April 15, Tuesday 7:00 am to
9:00 pm, Community Hall
HOLY THURSDAY I JUEVES SANTO – April 17
(no 8:00 am Mass I No Misa de 8:00 am)
7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Vietnamese)
in the Gym, Adoration to follow
7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Multi
Lingual), Adoration to follow
GOOD FRIDAY I VIERNES SANTO – April 18
(no 8:00 am Mass I No Misa de 8:00 am)
- 8:00 am – Stations of the Cross (Vietnamese)
- 2:00 pm – Stations of the Cross (English/Tagalog
in the Plaza) - 3:00 pm – Good Friday Service (English)
- 3:00 pm – Vía Crucis (Spanish, starts in Tropicana
Shopping Center) - 5:00 pm – Good Friday Service (Spanish)
- 7:30 pm – Good Friday Service (Vietnamese)
- HOLY SATURDAY I SABADO DE GLORIA – April 19
(no 8:00 am, 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm Masses) - 12 noon – Seven Last Words Meditation (English
in the Church) - 8:00 pm – Easter Vigil Mass (Multi-Lingual)
- 8:00 pm – Easter Vigil Mass (Vietnamese) in the
Gym
EASTER SUNDAY I DOMINGO DE PASCUA – April 20
- 5:30 am Salubong Mass in Tagalog/English
- Regular Sunday Mass Schedule I Horario de
Misas Regulares de Domingo
Daily Masses
8:00 am in English – Monday to Saturday
5:30 pm in Vietnamese – Mon to Fri except Wed.
Mass of Our Lady of Perpetual Help with Novena prayer
5:30 pm Wednesdays in English
Saturday Vigil Masses
4:00 pm in Vietnamese – Livestream
6:00 pm in Spanish
Sunday Masses
7:30 am in English
9:15 am in English
11:00 am in Spanish
12:45 pm in Tagalog/English
3:45 pm in Vietnamese
5:30 pm in English – Youth and Young Adult
7:00 pm in Vietnamese
Confession Schedule
Saturday: 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
First Fridays of each month – 8:45am and 4:45 pm
Worship and Prayer Schedule
First Friday of the Month – 7:00 pm Healing Mass in Spanish
Second Saturday of the Month – 9:00 am Marian Mass in Vietnamese
Every Tuesday – 9:15 am School Mass
Every Friday except First Friday – 7:00 pm Prayer and Adoration in Spanish
First Wednesday of the Month – 6:30 pm Multilingual Rosary
Monday to Saturday
– 7:10 am Rosary in English (before the Mass)
– 8:30 am Rosary in English (after the Mass)