Meeting Agenda October 24th

We NEED you!


This is a reminder that our next meeting is Oct 24th. We have so much information to discuss and are in need of many volunteers! If you can't make it to the meeting, there are many, many volunteer opportunities that can be fulfilled from home. There is something for everyone, will you help?


*The divorce ministry has an extensive list of people in need of prayer partners-someone to keep a particular person in their daily prayers (Easy-can be done from home!)

*150 children are scheduled to go on a Confirmation retreat Nov 3-5. Chris Mueller is asking for little notes of encouragement. Just a few simple words. We need lots of them, soon! (Easy-can be done from home!)

*Trunk or Treat (Oct 31st)-Divine Mercy will be there with a table doing the cupcake dance. We need 3 dozen cupcakes (can be reimbursed-Can be done from home!)) and volunteers to staff the table and answer questions about Divine Mercy

*Veterans Day is coming-the food pantry is in need of quite an extensive list of items. Canned food is always accepted. (you can even bring to the meeting if you forget to put in bins)

*Christmas for the homebound-Divine Mercy will be donating bar soap (courtesy of Mike & Sophia Stack) and making cookies. We need volunteers who can bake any size/flavor.
(Easy, can be done at home & reimbursed if necessary)

*Eucharistic Ministers and Funeral Ministers (Sacristans, Altar Servers, Hospitality) are especially needed as we begin the holiday season. We all know that Mass attendance easily doubles during Advent. Frank Cuevas will put together training as people volunteer. Eucharistic Minister training only takes about half an hour total.

*Our banner has arrived and is beautiful! (thanks to donations from Deacon Pat & Eileen ) We are in need of someone to sew a fringe (gold or red) on. (We will purchase or reimburse fringe, whichever is most convenient) Another "can be done at home project" ***COVERED-Thank you Donna!***

*New parishioner calls-call new parishioners, make a list of their needs, email that information to one of us, bag stuffers (Can be done at home!)

*Divine Mercy Sunday-we are inviting the entire Hemet Vicariate to attend and will host a potluck, play, and retreat during Lent! Many volunteer opportunities can be completed at home. We need bag stuffers, phone tree callers, meal makers (Can be done at home) project managers, table staffers for each Mass, room hosts and so much more

*Prayer Warriors are needed to pray the chaplet w/sick, homebound, dying.

*Silent auction-Rosary Makers-need to design basket around "Divine Mercy theme"

For those of you who absolutely cannot help with a specific task, fervent prayers are always appreciated.

I hope to see many of you at the meeting,

Works of Mercy Challenge No. 5: Instruct the Ignorant

Our human limitations can become redemptive suffering

This week, St. Faustina's message speaks very personally to each of us when she reminds us that even our human limitations are a GIFT from God.

They are proof of:

* His might, when we overcome our human limitations (For nothing will be impossible with God Lk 1:37)
* His love, when we embrace them as a way to unite our sufferings to those of Christ Crucified for the salvation of souls. We are allowed a "unique" connection w/Christ that no other created being can boast of


This lesson also reminds us of the necessity for a morning offering, of all we will encounter and hope to overcome during the day, AND an evening Examination of Conscience with which to rate our own performance. What can we improve on? Where are we the weakest?

Here are some of the readings:

Bible Mk 14:32-36

he said, "Abba, Father, 12 all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will."


Catechism 1521

Union with the passion of Christ
By the grace of this sacrament the sick person receives the strength and the gift of uniting himself more closely to Christ's Passion; in a certain way he is consecrated to bear fruit by configuration to the Savior's redemptive Passion. Suffering, a consequence of original sin, acquires a new meaning; it becomes a participation in the saving work of Jesus.


Diary, 65

One time during the novitiate, when Mother Directress sent me to work in the wards' kitchen, I was very upset because I could not manage the pots, which were very large. The most difficult task for me was draining the potatoes, and sometimes I spilt half of the with the water..At noon, during the examination of conscience, I complained to God about my weakness. Then I heard the following words in my soul, From today on you will do this easily; I shall strengthen you.

That evening, when the time came to drain off the water from the potatoes, I hurried to be the first to do it, trusting in the Lord's words. I took up the pot with ease and poured off the water perfectly. But when I took off the cover to let the potatoes steam off, I saw there in the pot, in the place of the potatoes, whole bunches of red roses, beautiful beyond description. I had never seen such roses before. Greatly astonished and unable to understand the meaning of this, I heard a voice within me saying, I change such hard work of yours into bouquets of most beautiful flowers, and their perfume rises up to My throne.

How is the Chaplet of Mercy a Eucharistic Prayer?

Bible: Jn 6:48-56
Cathechism: Paragraphs (#) 1366, 1394, 1397

For Christians, the word "memorial" does not mean an action of our mind, a mere "calling to mind", or "remembering", but in the case of Christ's sacrificial suffering and death, it means the making present and experiencing, here and now of the spiritual effects of that sacrifice upon us (Catechism #1366). The Last Supper and Calvary are made present to us at one and the same time whenever we participate in Holy Mass or Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

To be more precise, however, what actually happens at the Mass is that the participants are taken out of the dimension of earthly space and time, as we experience it, and are brought into the dimension of time from God's perspective. Theologians call this divine perspective, God's "eternal now." Simply put, it means that God sees and acts through everything that ever happened, is happening, or will be happening, in one and the same instant. In other words, all times and places are present before Him at once. Christ's one Sacrifice, at the Last Supper and on the Cross, is therefore eternally present before God, and its effects can be applied by HIm to any point of time in history-past, present, or future.

As Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy, then, we need to be keenly aware of what all this means when we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. In the first placce, our prayer becomes a spiritual sacrifice, the fruit of lips that acknowledge Jesus' name and all it stands for. As we pray: "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world," we are not begging God to grant something He might be holding back from us, but offering a sacrifice of praise, we are acknowledging, affirming, acclaiming Him as the Merciful One who has in Christ, once-for-all, granted us all that we need to fulfill His purposes for us. We trust in HIs merciful providence concering every instant and every facet of our lives.

Works of Mercy Challenge No. 4: Feed the Hungry

Works of Mercy Challenge No. 4: Feed the Hungry

"For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food" (Mt 25:35)

Catholic Reflections on Food, Farmers, and Farmworkers from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

"The Challenge Ahead Through the eyes of faith, these tasks are not options, but obligations. The Catholic community is discovering with new urgency that our faith calls us to strengthen our presence and witness, our advocacy and action in defense of the human life and dignity of hungry people, farmers and farmworkers, and God’s creation.

Our Conference has called all Catholics to work to ensure A Place At The Table6 for all God’s children. Agriculture is at the heart of this moral challenge. As we have pointed out:

* A table is where families gather for food, but some have little food or no table at all.
* A table is where leaders gather in government and international negotiations and other forums to make decisions on trade and aid, subsidies and access. But some have no real voice at these tables.
* For Catholics, the table is the altar at which we gather for Eucharist to transform “the fruit of the vine and work of human hands” into the Body and Blood of Christ. It is also the table from which we are sent forth to secure “a place at the table” for all.

We cannot secure a place at the table for all without a more just agricultural system. Some small farmers are losing their place at the table. Some farmworkers never had a place. And so many people in our own land and around the world, seeking to feed their children, have no real place at that table. The moral measure of our efforts is how our community of faith works together to secure a place at the table of life for all God’s children."



So what can we as parishioners do?

* St. Martha's food pantry is step number 1. Give, volunteer!

* Buy locally-the Temecula Promenade hosts a Farmers Market every Wednesday in the parking lot

* Waste not, want not-teach children to eat ALL their food. They can offer up "sacrifices" for the less-fortunate when eating vegetables or other foods they dislike. Lead by example

* Be grateful-Don't forget to say Grace before all meals!:We are no more special than those that go without so show your gratitude by praying in thanksgiving for each meal you and your family have

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Works of Mercy 3-Ransom the Captive

I'm talking about spiritual ransom. Raise your mouse if you know someone who is the captive of a bad habit, a bad relationship, a bad choice.
Don't just think how sad for them, do something about it!

How?
*Invite them to church with you
*Give them a rosary
*Remind them of God's love
*Teach them the chaplet
*Give them a scapular
*Speak to them of His unfathomable Mercy

Whatever you do, DON'T just sit back and watch

Cenacle of Mercy prayer group opportunities

Just a reminder that our Cenacle of Mercy prayer group will meet Tuesday evening at 7 P.M. In addition to this, our morning Mass "Prayer Angels" will also begin the additional prayers of the Cenacle. Two unique opportunities to join in praying for all the intentions of the parish and the whole world!

Cenacle of Prayer Group meets tomorrow

Anyone interested in invited to attend the second meeting of the Cenacle of Mercy prayer group tomorrow night @ 7 P.M. For address and directions, email carmen_beck@verizon.net. The group consists of members of both the Divine Mercy Ministry and the Legion of Mary. The Legion of Mary has offered to assist in Enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus into the homes of whoever is interested. We will also be discussing Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. There is a podcast available on iTues for those whose schedules may not otherwise permit:
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Our Schedule includes
reading from the Diary of St. Faustina, praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and a prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. All prayers are offered for priests and the intentions of both groups.