PRAYER INTENTIONS
FOR JUNE
- The Internet is a gift of God, but it is also a great responsibility. Communication technology, its places, its instruments have brought with it a lengthening of horizons, a widening, for so many people. It can offer immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. May the digital network not be a place of alienation. May it be a concrete place, a place rich in humanity. Let us pray together that social networks may work towards that inclusiveness which respects others for their differences.
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. John the Baptist
A family relation of Jesus, St. John the Baptist is called “the Forerunner” because he was sent by God to "prepare the way of the Lord" ahead of Jesus' public ministry. The birth of St. John the Baptist to his elderly and previously barren parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, is recorded in St. Luke's Gospel. His birth was announced to his father Zechariah by the Archangel Gabriel, who also brought the news of Christ’s birth to the Blessed Virgin Mary. John the Baptist's nativity is one of only three birthdays celebrated by the Church, along with the nativities of Jesus and Mary. It is an ancient belief among the faithful that St. John the Baptist was freed from original sin at the moment his mother heard the greeting of the Blessed Virgin at the Visitation, causing John to leap in his mother's womb through the action of the Holy Spirit. So, like Jesus and Mary, St. John was born without sin, and therefore his birthday is also worthy of special honor. Because Christ praised John the Baptist so highly by saying "Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist," he was one of the most highly venerated saints in the ancient and medieval Church. He has two feasts: his nativity on June 24th and his passion on August 29th.
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Prayer list for Family Members in the U.S. Military Service
Navy: Andrew Rodriguez, Sean Mulligan-E3, Patrick Murray (Annapolis), Eva Martinez
Army: Daniel Joseph Wayner, Greg Simson, Enrique Rosas, Ariel Lockwood
Marines: Brian Ahlin, Jeff Eriksen, John Eriksen, James Bergeron, Ana E. Prado, Patrick Scannell
Air Force: Tyler McConnon, Nathan Skavdal, George Nuno
Coast Guard: Roy Edwards-E6
Prayers for our Parishioners
Rosie Pereira, Al Lovi, Luis Flores, Nelli Mullauer-Egry, Alber Cavaler, Faye Christani, Maria del Rosario Rosas Almanza, Lucy Contreras, Victor Bertuccelli , Ted Connell, Ester Albor, Alicia Perez, William Shultz, Raul Contreras Nunez, Francisco Carrillo, Fidel Carrillo, Guadalupe Carrillo, Mary Wesolowski, Tara Lee Ann Sousa, Olivia Cruz, Brian Miguel Lopez, Jeanette Scarfuto, Felix Mangana, Henry Trione, Helen Prado Chavarin, Consuelo Gutierrez Maldonado, Carmina Cuellar, Lonnie Landeros.
