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Liturgical Celebrations

Saturday 4:00 pm (Anticipated Mass)

Sunday 9:00 am; 11:00am; 12:30pm

Weekday Mass Times:

Monday 7:00 pm

Tuesday – Friday 8:00 am

Saturday 9:00 am

Sacraments:

Confessions– Saturdays between 3:00—3:45 pm or by appointment.

Baptism / Marriage / Anointing of the Sick or Home Commun-

ion / Funeral - Please contact the Parish office.

Devotions / Prayers Morning Prayers / Breviary:

Tuesday - Friday 7:40 am

Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am

Mother of Perpetual Help:

Wednesdays 7:00 pm

Infant Jesus of Prague:

Mondays 6:30 pm

Holy Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet:

Tuesdays — Fridays 8:30 am Saturdays 9:30 am Sundays 1:30 pm

First Fridays - Holy Hour at 6:00 pm (except during Lent)

Stations of the Cross (during Lent) - every Friday at 6:30 pm followed

by Mass at 7:00 pm.

Rev. Rudolf V. D’Souza, OCD Pastor

Riz Geronimo Parish Secretary/Admin Assistant

Tel. 604 684-5775;

Fax: 604 684-5757

Address: 1161 Broughton Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 2B3

Website:

www.GAPOCD.COM

e-mail: parish.ga@rcav.org

Office hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Mon., Tues., Thu., & Friday; CLOSED on Wed. & weekends

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"Jim...I knew You'd come." Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. He asked his Lieuten-ant if he could bring his fallen comrade back. "You can go," said the Lieutenant," but don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead." But the soldier went anyway. Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend and car-ried him back to their company's trench. " I told you it wouldn't be worth it," the Lieutenant said. "Your friend is dead and you are mor-tally wounded." "It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier, "because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say...."Jim...I knew you'd come." The law of love happens spontaneously whenever we feel the inner pull in our hearts for love.

The Law of Love The New Law is a law of love (Gospel) that is valid for everyone. It is universal and requires universal love, for theological love, by na-ture, cannot exclude. This is made manifest in the opening of the doors of the Church to non Jews (First Reading), in which Peter discov-ers that “the Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power” (Responsorial Psalm). Knowledge of God through faith leads to an all-giving love for God (Second Reading), and here we see that the fulfillment of the New Law is a life of the theological virtues.

God is Love “God is love.” Such an affirmation is simple and absolute. Nonetheless, to enter into this mystery and truly understand it requires more than intellectual knowledge. To know that God is love requires our participation in his divine love. Authentic knowledge of God is only born in a simple heart that is open and attentive to him. Ultimately, this knowledge of God, of divine Love, is a personal experience.

Love is the Source of Life Divine Love is the source of all life. This self-generating love is not satisfied in loving—it desires love in return. Man’s response to divine Love establishes a communion between Lover and beloved that results in peace and mutual benevolence. Nonetheless, the mystery of evil has ruptured this communion through original sin. “Man”, says late John Paul II, “is constantly tempted to distance himself from the source of love” (Veritatis Splendor). The harmony is broken, and man still searches for peace, life, and a solution to this tragedy.

Love Revealed in the Son Beyond man’s own grasp, God turns to the world with his immeasurable love, revealed in his Son as an authentic passion. The whole life of Christ is “passion”: the ability to suffer. His whole life was an ever-increasing revelation of the love of the Father which peaked on Calvary: the ultimate act of self-giving and expansion of goodness in the form of shedding his Blood. Upon giving his life, he not only re-opens the gates of heaven, but he gives us a new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 15.12).

This is the New Law This new commandment is a compendium of the New Law, and it is in living this that man rediscovers his happiness peace, and his life.

Gift Given to Us After the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to the Apostles in the cenacle and breathed on them saying: “receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20.22). This gift of the Holy Spirit regenerates the person, puts him in a state of grace, and makes him a bearer of divine Love itself.

God is Dwelling in our Heart God’s loving presence is not enough for us to fulfill his commandment of love. It is only the condition. Each one of us has experienced how there is an interior struggle if God’s law is to come to fruition in us: “in my inmost self I dearly love God’s Law, but I can see that my body follows a different law that battles against the law which my reason dictates” (Romans 7.22).

Real Love is Sacrificial There are two principles of growing in the love of God: Learning when to give in to God, what to give to God, and what to give up for God, and showing this in deeds. Such a love becomes more sacrificial in its relationship to goods and more enduring in trials.

Growth is the Proof of Love In the spiritual life there is a law of continual growth: If we are not advancing, we are falling behind. God demands growth, with our whole heart, mind, and strength. Outside of God’s grace, there can be no growth.

The Path of Love is Strenuous Since our love for God determines how much we love our neighbor, nowhere else in Christian spirituality is God’s grace more necessary. God places unlovable people in our path so that we can exercise charity and imitate his Son Jesus. The love of God in our soul makes us love those unlovable when we open our hearts, and together with our cooperative will, God himself loves those souls through us.

Practical Conclusions An act of love can transform our environment. It can be accomplished through hidden acts of love in our homes, communities, and in our society. It could be paying a visit to a sick person, consoling someone who is in pain; or caring for the elderly in our neighbourhood.

Pastor’s Corner Pastor’s Corner Pastor’s Corner Pastor’s Corner ---- Sixth Sunday of EasterSixth Sunday of EasterSixth Sunday of EasterSixth Sunday of Easter

Fr. Rudolf V. D’Souza,OCD

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Daily Readings Daily Readings Daily Readings Daily Readings

May 7May 7May 7May 7————May 12May 12May 12May 12

Monday: May 7

Acts 16.11-15; Psalm 149;

John 15.26-16.4a

Tuesday: May 8

Acts 16.22-34; Psalm 138;

John 16.5-11

Wednesday: May 9

Acts 17.15, 22-18.1; Psalm 148;

John 16.12-15

Thursday: May 10

Acts 18.1-8; Psalm 98;

John 16.16-20

Friday: May 11

Acts 18.9-18; Psalm 47;

John 16.20-23a

Saturday: May 12

Acts 18.-23-28; Psalm 47;

John 16.23b-28

May 7 - May 13, 2018

Monday 7:00 pm- Sp. Intentions of

Riz Geronimo

Tuesday 8:00 am-

Wednesday 8:00 am- + Candelaria Taylor+

By: Anita Berdida

Thursday 8:00 am- Sp. Intentions of

Anita Berdida

Friday 8:00 am- + Luzviminda Nipay Robles +

By: Jessica Jaurigue & family

Saturday — 9:00 am: + Rosemarie Mascarenhas +

By: T Dagenais

4:00 pm: + Maggie Tiernan +

By: Mandy Tiernan

Sunday—9:00 am Special intentions of Guardian Angels’ First Communicants,

their families & all parishioners

11:00 am- +Rozalia & Ludovit +

By: Nitryova family

12:30 pm- + Rosita Obillo +

By: Alma Somido

*Seniors’ Tea will be served on Weds, May 9th at 2:00PM in the rectory basement. Please call Cecile if you are attending– 604 683-0143.

*First Holy Communion The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist for our PREP Grade 2 children will be Sunday, May 13 at the 9:00AM Mass.

Mother’s Day Flower Sale Guardian Angels Knights of Colum-bus will be selling carnations following the Sunday Masses on Sat, May 12th and Sun, May 13th. Proceeds go to Pro-Life.

Annual Bazaar and Raffle will be held on Sat, May 26th & Sun, May 27th in the Millennium Parish Hall. The last day for donations is Weds, May 16, 11AM—1PM in the Rectory basement. For more information, please call Cecile at 604-683-0143.

Raffle tickets are still being sold: $2 each; $5 for three; or $20 for twelve. All prizes are cash or gift cards. Please contact Cecile or the parish office to purchase yours. Our thanks to all those who have generously donated to our Bazaar & Raffle.

*Bake Sale at our Bazaar We are soliciting your donations of delicious baked goodies to sell at our Bazaar. We will be in the Rectory Basement on Fri, May 25th from 12:00 noon to 2:00PM to receive your donations.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION

“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” – John 15:12-13

Do you love Jesus? Do you consider him your friend? Jesus says that if we love him we would be willing to offer whatever we have to him, not because we want praise and glory, but simply because we love him. Does y o u r g i v i n g s e e m m e ch an i c a l o u t o f obligation or do you share freely out of love?

© 2017 by Joppa Stewardship Leaders

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS ‘God never sends anyone trials too heavy to bear, and he is with those in

distress. Since this is cer-tain, you need fear noth-ing, but rely on his mercy.’

St. Teresa of Avila

ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS

* March for Life Join others from all over BC on Thurs, May 10, 2018 for the annual March for Life, Victoria. Bus available from St. Pat-rick’s at 7:30AM—cost $20.00 cash. Ferry is additional $30.00 return, seniors 65 & older—Free! Contact Murita Chua: 604-683-0281 ext. 50210, or mchua@rcav.org. Bring your own lunch, cash & umbrella.

CWL Prayer for Palliative Care The Catholic Women’s League in-vites everyone to join them at Holy Rosary Cathedral on Fri, May 11, from 4 to 5PM for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the rosary, Benediction and Mass to pray for more compassionate end of life care.

* Rosary Rally Come and pray to Our Lady who said “Only I can help you.” Give public witness to the faith! Remembering her first apparition at Fatima, May 13, 1917, join us on Saturday, May 12, at 10AM at the Vancouver Art Gallery, South Plaza, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver.

Spirit Alive Gala Choir Concert with St. Patrick’s School choirs will be on Thurs, May 17th, 8PM at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC. Tickets $25, available in the school office or online at tickets.ubc.ca.

* Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate Our local Church cele-brates in joy and prayer the Mass of Ordination to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate of Dr. Paulos Teckle on Saturday, May 19, at 10AM at Holy Rosary Cathedral. All are invited.

* Marian Conference 2018 Sat, May 26, from 8AM to 5:30PM at Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, Richmond. Cost: $45 in advance, $25 for students. For more info: rcav.org/event/marian-conference-2018

20th Annual Focus on Life Gala Dinner Mon, May 28, at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. Keynote speaker Albertos Polizagopoulos, an ex-pert on constitutional law. Tickets at focusonlife.ca or call 604-532-0023.

‘When Mary has taken root in a soul, she produces wonders of grace that only

she can produce.’

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

‘If a person wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes

and walk in the dark.’

St. John of the Cross

PROJECT ADVANCE

Brochures and donation slips for new donors to

Project Advance are now available in the church

foyer. You can watch this year’s video online

at projectadvance.ca.

Microscope Magnified Technology, General/Family Dentistry

Mercury Free Clinic, Teeth Whitening, Dental Emergencies

DR. GEORGE LO, DENTIST 604 681-6737

Free Consultation on Complete & Partial Dentures

New Patients Welcome Office Hours: 11am-7pm We Accept Most Dental Plans, BC Dental & First Nations Plans

909 Davie St., Van., BC V6Z1B9 (NW cor. of Hornby & Davie Streets); free parking at rear

Maryjo Sati, Debbie Sutherland, Dana Daruwalla, Letizia Lorello, Maggie, Geoffrey & Doreen

DeSousa, Joyce Kisoondath, Pat Williamson, Masooma Noorzai, Hassiran Hakim, Elizabeth Walton, Barry McDer-mott, Eddie Bilek, Lucille Johnston, Ralph Milbum, Milta Rapalo, Ida Brown, Sonja Lawrence, Colleen Mason, Jara

Asterova, Zenaida Nicolas, Doreen Millburn, Helena Glavot, Zeenith Garay, Florence Nichols, Joanne Borrys, Soledad

dela Cruz, Rosa Maria Santos, and all the sick / shut-ins of our Parish whom we may not know by name.

Carmel Hill is an ideal venue for either personal or group retreats (Church groups only). For more details, visit www.carmelhill.ca

For information & retreat bookings:

Tel: 604-820-2400 e-mail: carmelhillocd@gmail.com

Address: 10789 North Deroche Road, Deroche, BC V0M 1G0

Fr. Rudy’s homilies on youtube.com: Guardian Angels Parish channel

PARISH GROUPS

MINISTRIES

Knights of Columbus (Council # 14723) Terry Brennan, GK – 778-229-7228

Legion of Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary) Elsa Dimayuga – 604 537 7281

Legion of Mary (Mother of our Savior) Rufina Amandiz – 604 325-9921

Family Rosary Crusade Leonarda Lariosa – 604 684-9806

Divine Mercy Marivic Escribel – 604 434-8280

Infant Jesus of Prague Susan Hauck – 604 278-6346

Neo-Catechumenal Way Contact 604 924-9179

CFC– Foundation for Family & Life Benny Luarca – 778-317-0069

Rite of Christian Initiation For Adults (R.C.I.A.) Tom Weaver – 604 408-2125

P. R. E. P. (Parish Religious Education Program) Kathy Shantz – reception.ga@rcav.org

Project Advance Cecile Bozyk – 604 683-0143

Altar Servers Terry O’Neil – 604 689-3685

Choirs Carmelita Domaoan – 604 773-9373

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Kimberly Charbonneau – 604 683-1124

Hospitality Cecile Bozyk – 604 683-0143

Lectors Maria Kaiser – 604 628-4896

Sacristy Terry O’Neil – 604 689-3685

Flowers Ave Obejas – 604 990-0986

Safe Environment Screening Committee Kathy Shantz – reception.ga@rcav.org