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AUGUST 8, 2021 ♦ NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PAGE 2 AUGUST 8, 2021 ♦ 19TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Faith Family of Our Lady of Grace,
Praised be Jesus Christ…now and forever!
Last week we spoke about the effects of the Holy Eucharist on our souls. We con nue our study on the meaning and value of the Blessed
Sacrament by looking at people in the Church’s tradi on who found strength in the fervent recep on of communion and living so close to
his Eucharis c Heart. These days we cannot help to be fixed on the Olympics and those athletes who trained to get to that point to repre-
sent their countries. They compete to win a prize, that gold medal! From St. Paul we get the image that we are athletes who run the race
to win the crown of Heaven! The Eucharist is a pledge and a foretaste of Heaven here on earth. St Thomas Aquinas wrote this beau ful
an phon that is prayed when the Blessed Sacrament is received outside of Mass, “O Sacred Banquet, in which Christ is received, the
memory of his Passion is recalled, the soul is filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given us” (An phon for the Solemnity of
Corpus Chris ).
This week and next week I will be wri ng about some unknown or obscure disciples of the Blessed Sacrament to s r our faith in Je-
sus. Does it seem strange, at a me when we are called to the weighty task of being “intensely Eucharis c,” that we should look back
almost seven centuries to consider the example of a nine-year-old li le girl? Not so strange, really; in fact, not at all! For wasn’t it Jesus
Himself who loved to hold children up as the best example of what He was trying to teach us all to become?
And thus, we are not embarrassed to consult a li le girl in the Dominican family tree and seek from her the meaning of the call to be
“intensely Eucharis c.” Li le Imelda Lamber ni would not have given us a theological trea se on devo on to the Holy Eucharist. She
would simply have told us of Jesus’ love in the Sacrament, and then suggest that we learn to know Him there, as she did.
The Dominican tradi on tells us that Imelda Lamber ni was born of a noble family in Bologna, Italy in 1322. Her parents raised her to
love her Catholic faith, and through their influence she developed a love for prayer, especially for the Mass. O en she would a end Mass
and Compline (Night Prayer of the Divine Office) at a nearby Dominican Church. Her mother also taught Imelda to cook and sew for the
poor and cul vated in her child an eagerness to perform the corporal works of mercy. Even so, her mother and father, both of whom
were ge ng on in years, were surprised when Imelda asked permission at the tender age of nine to go to live with the Dominican nuns at
a neighboring monastery. As difficult a decision as this was, her parents evidently sensed the depth of their child’s desire and entrusted
her spiritual forma on to the Dominicans at Val di Pietra.
At this distance of centuries and culture it is not easy to determine precisely what li le Imelda’s status was at the convent. It seems she
was well loved by the sisters, who allowed her to wear the Dominican habit, to pray with them, and to follow their way of life to the ex-
tent that a li le girl would be able to do while remaining a child. Imelda, we are told, longed (and intensely, it seems) to be allowed to
receive Holy Communion with the nuns, but in that day such a thing would have been unheard of for a child her age. Her pleading was
again and again gently refused, with the explana on that she would need to wait un l she was older and more prepared. For a me,
Imelda had to be content with this answer, meanwhile learning to chant Office from hearing the nuns in choir and developing her own
interior prayer life in simple childlike ways. The saints, whose stories she had learned from her parents and from the nuns, became her
“secret companions,” and probably had a hand in nurturing the longing she felt to receive Jesus in mately in the Sacrament of the Eucha-
rist. In her private conversa ons with Jesus, with whom she was developing a deep friendship, we can imagine that she made o en
known her desire to be allowed to go to Communion. There is no evidence that He put up any opposi on to the proposal—but neither
did the sisters relent. And so, Imelda con nued, with the intensity of a child, to get to know Jesus more deeply, and to desire Him all the
more.
As spring approached, the sisters, who perhaps thought that they had succeeded in diver ng Imelda’s “childish fancy” to go to Commun-
ion with the grown-ups, were a bit startled when she asked again, shortly before the feast of the Ascension, to receive her First Holy
Communion. (“Asked,” in fact, is not the word. She begged them insistently, it seems.) When the chaplain was consulted, he agreed with
the sisters and responded with no hesita on that Imelda was much too young. On the Vigil of the Ascension Imelda was in her place in
the chapel, quietly praying as the sisters received Communion. Then Jesus did a li le “insis ng” of His own. A er Mass, as one of the
nuns was clearing the altar, she heard a noise and looked up to the choir to see Imelda, a glowing light shining above her head, with the
Sacred Host suspended in the light. The chaplain was called at once, and he understood that Jesus Himself was making his desire known.
“Let the li le children come to Me and do not stop them.” The priest gave Imelda her First Holy Communion.
We can well imagine that the nuns were amazed and thrilled both at the great blessing to their li le one, and to their convent. The prior-
ess allowed Imelda to remain for some me in thanksgiving, and then sent for her to come and have her breakfast. Imelda was s ll kneel-
ing as they had le her, a smile on her face. Yet when called for, Imelda’s body was s ll. She had died of pure joy. Her thanksgiving had
been well completed, and she had nothing le to desire.
Bl. Imelda’s story is so well entrenched in the collec ve memory of her Dominican brothers and sisters that it has remained firmly in the
Order's history. She con nues to offer the witness of a child with mature desires, and a faith unspoiled in its intensity.
Imelda understood ins nc vely what many of us have forgo en: that it is the single-hearted who are blessed and that unless we become
like children, we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us pray through the intercession of Bl. Imelda for all of our children and young
people who will be in our parish school and cateche cal programs that their faith may grow stronger in Jesus’ presence in the Blessed
Sacrament and when they receive him in Holy Communion.
Please spread the word about the reopening of Our Lady of Grace. We are fully open. Gradually in September, we will resume our minis-
tries. Please get in touch with our fellow parishioners if you can and encourage them to return to Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Grace!!
Know that everyone here is a blessing!!
Travelling this summer? Check out mass mes.org for informa on on Masses while away. Don’t miss the Holy Eucharist! While travelling,
please consider con nuing to support
your parish. Have a great week!
In Jesus and Mary,
-Fr. Marinello Saguin
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Querida Familia de Fe,
¡Bendito sea Jesucristo...ahora y para siempre!
La semana pasada hablamos sobre los efectos de la Santa Eucaris a en nuestras almas. Con nuamos nuestro estudio sobre el significado y el
valor del San simo Sacramento mirando a las personas en la tradición de la Iglesia que encontraron fuerza en la recepción ferviente de la co-
munión y viviendo tan cerca de su Corazón Eucarís co. En estos días no podemos evitar que nos fijemos en los Juegos Olímpicos y que los
atletas que entrenaron para llegar a ese punto representen a sus países. Compiten por ganar un premio, ¡esa medalla de oro! ¡De San Pablo
obtenemos la imagen de que somos atletas que corremos la carrera para ganar la corona del Cielo! La Eucaris a es una promesa y un an cipo
del Cielo aquí en la erra. Santo Tomás de Aquino escribió esta hermosa an fona que se reza cuando el San simo Sacramento se recibe fuera
de la Misa, "Oh Banquete Sagrado, en el que se recibe a Cristo, se recuerda la memoria de su Pasión, el alma se llena de gracia, y la promesa
de gloria futura se nos da" (An fona para la Solemnidad del Corpus Chris ).
Esta semana y la próxima estaré escribiendo sobre algunos discípulos desconocidos u oscuros del San simo Sacramento para agitar nuestra fe
en Jesús. ¿Parece extraño, en un momento en que estamos llamados a la pesada tarea de ser "intensamente eucarís cos", que miremos hacia
atrás casi siete siglos para considerar el ejemplo de una niña de nueve años? No tan extraño, la verdad; de hecho, ¡en absoluto! Porque, ¿no
era Jesús mismo quien amaba sostener a los niños como el mejor ejemplo de lo que él estaba tratando de enseñarnos a todos a ser?
Y por lo tanto, no nos avergüenza consultar a una niña en el árbol genealógico dominicano y buscar de ella el significado de la llamada a ser
"intensamente eucarís ca". La pequeña Imelda Lamber ni no nos habría dado un tratado teológico sobre la devoción a la Santa Eucaris a. Ella
simplemente nos habría hablado del amor de Jesús en la Santa Cena, y luego sugeriría que aprendiéramos a conocerlo allí, como lo hizo ella.
La tradición dominicana nos dice que Imelda Lamber ni nació de una familia noble en Bolonia, Italia en 1322. Sus padres la criaron para amar
su fe católica, y a través de su influencia desarrolló un amor por la oración, especialmente por la Misa. A menudo asis a a misa (Oración Noc-
turna del Oficio Divino) en una iglesia dominicana cercana. Su madre también enseñó a Imelda a cocinar y coser para los pobres y cul vó en su
hijo el afán de realizar las obras corporales de misericordia. Aun así, su madre y su padre, ambos en años, se sorprendieron cuando Imelda
pidió permiso a la erna edad de nueve años para irse a vivir con las monjas dominicas a un monasterio vecino. A pesar de lo di cil que fue
una decisión, sus padres evidentemente sin eron la profundidad del deseo de su hijo y confiaron su formación espiritual a los dominicos en
Val di Pietra.
A esta distancia de siglos y cultura no es fácil determinar con precisión cuál era el estatus de la pequeña Imelda en el convento. Parece que era
muy querida por las hermanas, que le permi eron usar el hábito dominicano, orar con ellas y seguir su forma de vida en la medida en que una
niña podría hacerlo sin dejar de ser una niña. Imelda, se nos dice, anhelaba (e intensamente, parece) que se le permi era recibir la Sagrada
Comunión con las monjas, pero en ese día tal cosa habría sido inaudita para un niño de su edad. Su súplica fue rechazada una y otra vez suave-
mente, con la explicación de que tendría que esperar hasta que fuera mayor y estuviera más preparada. Durante un empo, Imelda tuvo que
estar contenta con esta respuesta, mientras tanto aprendiendo a cantar Office escuchando a las monjas en el coro y desarrollando su propia
vida de oración interior de maneras simples e infan les. Los santos, cuyas historias había aprendido de sus padres y de las monjas, se convir-
eron en sus "compañeras secretas", y probablemente tuvieron una mano en la crianza del anhelo que sen a de recibir a Jesús ín mamente
en el Sacramento de la Eucaris a. En sus conversaciones privadas con Jesús, con quien estaba desarrollando una profunda amistad, podemos
imaginar que ella hizo a menudo conocido su deseo de que se le permi era ir a la Comunión. No hay evidencia de que Él se opusieron a la
propuesta, pero tampoco las hermanas cedieron. Y así, Imelda con nuó, con la intensidad de un niño, para conocer a Jesús más profundamen-
te, y desearle aún más.
A medida que se acercaba la primavera, las hermanas, que tal vez pensaron que habían logrado desviar la "fantasía infan l" de Imelda para ir
a la Comunión con los adultos, se sorprendieron un poco cuando volvió a pedir, poco antes de la fiesta de la Ascensión, recibir su Primera Co-
munión. ("Preguntado", de hecho, no es la palabra. Ella les rogó insistentemente, parece.) Cuando se consultó al capellán, estuvo de acuerdo
con las hermanas y respondió sin dudarlo que Imelda era demasiado joven. En la Vigilia de la Ascensión Imelda estaba en su lugar en la capilla,
orando en silencio mientras las hermanas recibían la Comunión. Entonces Jesús hizo un poco de "insistencia" por su cuenta. Después de la
misa, mientras una de las monjas estaba limpiando el altar, escuchó un ruido y miró hacia el coro para ver a Imelda, una luz brillante que bri-
llaba sobre su cabeza, con la Hosta Sagrada suspendida en la luz. El capellán fue llamado de inmediato, y entendió que Jesús mismo estaba
dando a conocer su deseo. "Que los niños pequeños vengan a Mí y no los detengan". El sacerdote dio a Imelda su Primera Comunión.
Bien podemos imaginar que las monjas estaban asombradas y emocionadas tanto por la gran bendición a su pequeño, como a su convento. La
priora permi ó que Imelda permaneciera por algún empo en acción de gracias, y luego la envió a que viniera a desayunar. Imelda seguía
arrodillado cuando la habían dejado, con una sonrisa en la cara. Sin embargo, cuando se le pidió, el cuerpo de Imelda estaba quieto. Ella había
muerto de pura alegría. Su acción de gracias había sido bien completada, y no tenía nada más que desear.
La historia de la Beata Imelda está tan bien arraigada en la memoria colec va de sus hermanos y hermanas dominicanos que ha permanecido
firmemente en la historia de la Orden. Ella con núa ofreciendo el tes monio de un niño con deseos maduros, y una fe virgen en su intensidad.
Imelda entendió ins n vamente lo que muchos de nosotros hemos olvidado: que son los de un solo corazón los que son bendecidos y que a
menos que nos volvamos como niños, no podemos entrar en el Reino de los Cielos. Oremos a través de la intercesión de Beata Imelda por
todos nuestros niños y jóvenes que estarán en nuestra escuela parroquial y programas de catequesis para que su fe pueda fortalecerse en la
presencia de Jesús en el San simo Sacramento y cuando lo reciban en la Sagrada Comunión.
Por favor, corra la voz sobre la reapertura de Nuestra Señora de Gracia. Estamos totalmente abiertos. Poco a poco, en sep embre, retomare-
mos nuestros ministerios. Por favor, póngase en contacto con nuestros compañeros feligreses si puede y anímelos a volver a la misa dominical
en Nuestra Señora de Gracia!! ¡¡Sepa que todos aquí son una bendición!! ¿Viajara este verano? ¡No se pierdas la Santa Eucaris a! Durante el
viaje, por favor considere con nuar apoyando su parroquia. ¡Tenga una buena semana!
En Jesús y María,
-Padre Marinello Saguin
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Veronica Pomposa Susan Morales Michael Peer Anne Nicholson Hermina Ulloa
Pablo Godinez Paula Aguilar Grace Cihanowyz Chrystal Pritchard Sylvia Williams
Claire Mansour Ed Ricard Renee Harbour Raymond Fabre Fr. Jarlath Cunnane
Mercedes Echegoyen Gary Thomas Ma. Josefa Lopez Brianna Mantallana James Pryer
Jeff Kinzli Patricia Branagan Angela Rostani Jolli Sisante Sylvia Williams
Aidan Bradley Phyllis Richardson Stephanie Rivas Liz Knight Josefina Villalobos
Dawn Hopkins Harolyn Ma soff Angela Berry Karlo Cuesta Stacey Barber
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Phillip Ribas Rita Gen le Tonya Fuentes Corzo Family Leo Quintanilla
Dolores Casper Julie Sianzon Fuentes Family Stephen B. Salagubang
Jose & Helen (YB) Yolanda Aburto Mejia Family Rubén Salagubang
Allison Arahkn Nelson Aburto Fr. Tom Feltz Jeannie Arigei
Franklin Moya Karo Dylanian Jasmin Reyes William Hardy
Mariano Velazquez Shereen Peer Jose Reyes Jr. Tim Grimm
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Mass Schedule Mass Readings PARISH STAFF
Horario de Misas Santas Lecturas
Fr. Marinello Saguin,
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Pastor
Saturday / Sabado: First Reading: 1 Kgs 19:4-8
4:00 pm (Vigil Mass) Responsorial Psalm:
Sunday / Domingo: Fr. Gerald Osuagwu
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
8:00am, 9:30am, Second Reading: Eph 4:30—5:2 Associate Pastor
11:00 am (Spanish), 12:30pm Gospel: Jn 6:41-51
Glen Heffernan,
Weekdays / Misa Matutina Monday, August 9, 2021 Deacon
8:00 am (Mon—Sat) First: Dt 10:12-22 dnglen@ourladyofgrace.org
First Friday of the Month Psalm: 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
6:30pm Gospel: Mt 17:22-27
Kevin Schaffels,
Eucharistic Adoration / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Admin. & Ministerial Operations
Adoracion Eucaristica First: 2 Cor 9:6-10 kschaffels@la-archdiocese.org
Mon-Fri: 8:30am—6pm Psalm: 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9
Parish Center Gospel: Jn 12:24-26 Leslie Reyes,
Adoration Chapel Secretary / bulletin editor
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
administrator@ourladyofgrace.org
First: Dt 34:1-12
Sacrament of Penance / Psalm: 66:1-3a, 5 & 8, 16-17
Confesiones Gospel: Mt 18:15-20 Jeannie Rogers,
(in the church ) Director of Music
(Christmas & Lent times may change) Thursday, August 12, 2021 liturgy@ourladyofgrace.org
Friday: 5:00pm to 6:00pm First: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17
Saturday: 9:00am to 10:00am
Psalm: 114:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Anisha Virgen,
Contact the Parish Center for: Gospel: Mt 18:21–19:1 Outreach & Social Justice
Baptism ♦ Marriages ♦ Visits to
Friday, August 13, 2021 anishav@ourladyofgrace.org
the Sick / Anointing of the Sick ♦
Religious Education ♦ Funerals ♦ First: Jos 24:1-13
New Parishioner Registrations Psalm: 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22 & 24 Jesse Rodriguez,
Gospel: Mt 19:3-12 Religious Education
Parish Office Hours / dre@ourladyofgrace.org
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Horario de Oficina First: Jos 24:14-29
Psalm: 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11 Thomas Ambriz,
Monday - Friday 9:00 am to
Gospel: Mt 19:13-15 School Principal
6:00 pm
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