Our Lady of Solitude Catholic Church

151 W. Alejo Rd.

Palm Springs, CA 92262

760-325-3816

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Holy Thursday

     Jueves Santo

March 28, 2024

     28 de marzo de 2024

“If I, therefore, the master and teacher,

have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you,

you should also do.”

 

“Pues si yo, que soy el Maestro y el Señor,

les he lavado los pies,

también ustedes deben lavarse los pies

los unos a los otros. Les he dado ejemplo,

para que lo que yo he hecho con ustedes,

también ustedes lo hagan”.

Fr. Luis' Bulletin Article / Artículo del Boletín del P. Luis: 

DOMINGO DE RAMOS

El Domingo de Ramos es la puerta de entrada a la Semana Santa, especialmente a celebrar el triduo pascual que es la pasión muerte y resurección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. La liturgia de estos días nos invita a ser participes de este misterio y no simplemente espectadores que contemplan esos acontecimientos en tiempos pasados. Es decir que contemplamos un hecho salvífico y lo actualizamos en el aquí y ahora y especialmente en la eucaristía donde Cristo se hace presente para celebrar con nosotros. Recorrer el camino de Jesús implica entrar con él para seguirlo camino a Jerusalén, acompañar al maestro que se sienta a la mesa y nos invita a sentarnos con él para participar de su banquete, de su pasión, de su muerte y también de su resurrección. Cómo sus disicipulos nos invita asumir la cruz no como instrumento de tortura y derrota sino como instrumento de purificación en el que se nos dio la vida nueva. La pasión de cristo sigue siendo actual en cada hombre y mujer que es pisoteado en sus derechos, en cada ser humano que es irrespetado o despojado de lo mínimo para su subsistencia, en cada ser humano que es violentado o injustamente tratado. A su vez Cristo continua viviendo en cada persona que con coraje ama a los demás y lucha por la construcción de un mundo mejor donde sea posible la justicia y la paz y la inclusión para todos. Obviamente este mundo mejor empieza por mi casa, por los valores y principios que comparto con mi familia y con todas las personas que diariamente Jesús pone en mi camino. La semana Santa debe ser por lo tanto una ocasión para revisar mi vida, para preguntarme por el sufrimiento que padece el mundo, por mi reacción frente a el y también por el sufrimiento que con mis actitudes y comportamientos causo a los demás, especialmente a aquellos que Dios ha puesto cerca de mi. Cuaresma y Semana Santa son tiempos especiales para reflexionar, pensar, descubrir nuestros errores y pedirle a Dios que El con su Espíritu nos conceda la gracia de convertirnos, de dejar de ser pecadores y llegar a ser hombres y mujeres de Gracia. Pidamosle a Dios que al participar y vivir esta semana santa seamos transformados en hombres y mujeres nuevos a la luz de Jesucristo nuestro Señor.

 

Este domingo bendecimos y levantamos nuestras ramas para aclamar victoriosos al Señor que desea entrar ya no en Jerusalén sino en el corazón de cada uno de nosotros que somos sus seguidores. Ojalá que nuestros corazones estén bien preparados y dispuestos para dejar entrar en ellos a nuestro Salvador.

-P. Luis


PALM SUNDAY

Palm Sunday is the gateway to Holy Week, especially to celebrate the triduum paschal which is the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The liturgy of these days invites us to be participants in this mystery and not simply spectators who contemplate these events in times past. That is to say, we contemplate a salvific event and we update it in the here and now and especially in the Eucharist where Christ is present to celebrate with us. Traveling the path of Jesus involves entering with him to follow him on the way to Jerusalem, accompanying the teacher who sits at the table and invites us to sit with him to participate in his banquet, his passion, his death and also the resurrection of him. How his disciples invite us to take on the cross not as an instrument of torture and defeat but as an instrument of purification in which new life was given to us. The passion of Christ continues to be current in every man and woman who is trampled on his rights, in every human being who is disrespected or stripped of the minimum for his subsistence, in every human being who is violated or unjustly treated. At the same time, Christ continues to live in each person who courageously loves others and fights to build a better world where justice, peace and inclusion for all are possible. Obviously this world it is better to start with my home, with the values and principles that I share with my family and with all the people that Jesus puts in my path daily. Holy Week should therefore be an occasion to review my life, to ask myself about the suffering that the world suffers, about my reaction to it and also about the suffering that with my attitudes and behaviors I cause to others, especially those that God has placed near me. Lent and Holy Week are special times to reflect, think, discover our errors and ask God that He, with His Spirit, grants us the grace to convert, to stop being sinners and become men and women of Grace. Let us ask God that by participating and living this Holy Week we will be transformed into new men and women in the light of Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

This Sunday we bless and raise our branches to acclaim victoriously the Lord who desires to enter no longer into Jerusalem but into the hearts of each of us who are his followers. I hope that our hearts are well prepared and willing to let our Savior enter them.

-P. Luis

Fr. Rajesh's Bulletin Article

Jesus enters Jerusalem…

The liturgy invites us to take part in the joy and feast of the people who are able to shout and praise their Lord. Joy that then tarnishes and leaves a bitter and painful taste when you finish listening to the story of the Passion... Jesus enters the city surrounded by his town. We can imagine that it is the cry of men and women who have followed him because they experienced their compassion in the face of their pain and their misery... It is the singing and spontaneous joy of so many postponed who - touched by Jesus - can shout: "Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord." How can we not praise the One who had returned their dignity and hope? This is the joy of so many forgiven sinners who trusted and waited again.

 

This joy and praise are uncomfortable and turns into scandalous unreasonableness for those who consider themselves just and "faithful" to the law and ritual precepts. Unbearable joy for those who have blocked sensitivity to pain, suffering and misery... How difficult it is to be able to share this joy for those who only trust their own strength and feel superior to others! That's how they end up trying to silence the people's party, breaking down hope, killing dreams, suppressing joy. And so, they end up shielding the heart, cooling charity and compassion, increasingly closed to those who need them.

 

In front of all these voices, the best an-dote is to look at the cross of Christ and let ourselves be questioned by his last cry. Christ died shouting his love for each of us. On his cross we have been saved so that no one extinguishes the joy of the Gospel. So that no one - in the situation they find themselves - is far from the merciful gaze of the Father... To look at the cross is to be questioned in our priorities, options and actions. It is to let us question our sensitivity to the one who is going through or living a moment of difficulty... On this Palm Sunday, celebrating with simple people, it makes us good to listen to Jesus' response to the Pharisees of yesterday and of all time, also to those of today: "I assure you that, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” (Lk 19, 40).

[Synthesized by: Pope Francis: Homily, 25-III-2018].

-Fr. Rajesh

Deacon John's Homily Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday 2019

My friends, we just read – and to some extent – experienced the Passion of Jesus – the Christ.  The word, “passion” – as defined by the dictionary – means, “fervor”, “zeal” – “commitment – and – “dedication.”

 

Today we begin Holy Week.  We remember and commemorate the passion Jesus had to teach us the way of God.  We begin with Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem – and we end with Jesus emptying himself on the cross.

 

He emptied himself – in that – he had no more to say – no more to give – no more to teach...  He taught us everything he possibly could.

 

“………..I have taught you everything I have received from the Father.”

 

His teaching was really quite simple:

· Love God with all your heart, soul – and mind.

· And – Love your neighbor as yourself.

· …That’s it!

 

He came in love.  His message was love.  And, he died for the love of us – so that we may know what love means… Namely, love is the total giving of oneself for the good of others.

 

Amar es Entregarse…….


“You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. 

 This is how prayer works.”       Pope Francis

“Before you speak of peace, you must first have it in your heart.”    –Francis of Assisi

“Antes de hablar de paz, primero debes tenerla en tu corazón”.   –Francisco de Asís

Our parish is staffed by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.)

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 Rev. Luis Segura M.S.C. – Pastor

Rev. Jos Rajesh Peter M.S.C. – Parochial Vicar