LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE
Sunday Mass 8:00am

Effective June 10, 2020, There will only be public Mass at St. John on Saturday at 5:00pm and Sunday at 8:00am & 11:00am. 
Begining on Monday, June 15 - weekday public Mass at 8:30am will resume.
Beginning on Sunday, June 28, at 11:00am the Spanish Mass will resume at St. Agnes.
PARISHIONER GUIDELINES FOR RE-OPENING
 Mass Schedule  at St. John’s Only.  Please note that Mass attendance capacity is currently limited.

• Saturday Mass at 5:00PM
• Sunday Masses at 8:00AM and 11:00AM (There will be NO 9:30AM Mass at this time due to the need to disinfect pews and high use areas of the church after each liturgy).
• Weekday Mass, Monday - Friday, at 8:30AM
• Sunday, at 11:00am the Spanish Mass has resumed at St. Agnes with limited capacity.

• The Bishop has dispensed the Mass obligation until further notice:
  • No one will be required to attend Mass during this period. While the obligation to attend Mass is dispensed, the faithful are to keep the Lord’s Day holy by some other means. For example, tune into  a live streamed Mass, pray the Liturgy of the Hours, read, and reflect on Sacred Scripture, pray the rosary or some other devotion.
• Those in vulnerable groups should stay home.
• Those who are sick or symptomatic must stay home.
• The congregation should wear facial covering except for the very young (CDC recommends under 2 years of age) and are encouraged to bring their own hand sanitizer.  Hand sanitizer will be available upon entering the church.   

• All hymnals and missalettes (and other items) have been removed from the pews.
• Family/household units may sit together, others should be seated six feet apart in all directions.
• No physical contact at the Sign of Peace.
• Reception of Holy Communion should be in the hand, please sanitize hands in preparation for Communion.  Remove mask prior to approaching the Priest and no gloves are allowed. 
• Six feet spacing between individuals in the Communion Procession must be followed.

Bishop Checchio has issued a temporary dispensation to the faithful concerning attendance at Sunday Mass, therefore you are not obligated to attend Mass.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Reflections for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
By: Gaby Alpizar, Music Minister, Cristo en mi

Today the Church calls us through the Word of God to deepen our call as children and servants of Our Lord Jesus Christ; not to be afraid to Evangelize by giving our lives to those who need to have an encounter with God. As it teaches us in the Gospel of Saint Matthew -verse 37-, to give our life not only to those around us, like family and friends, but also to expand our heart even further to all those who are our brothers and sisters in Christ.
 
I have witnessed the Lord's goodness through Evangelization in the music ministry. When we celebrate Mass at the correctional facility and Jesus comes present in his Body and Blood, I have been able to contemplate the joy on the faces of my brothers there. At that moment the music becomes the channel in which we all together worship God in the same spirit. The same Merciful God who makes no distinction among us in regard to the ones who have freedom and the ones who don’t.

Without any doubt, we have been able to proclaim as Psalm 88 says, "Proclaim unceasingly the Mercy of the Lord". 

Today, as we live through these times of pandemic, we have been able to witness how the virus has deprived us of our daily routine, yearning to be able to return to our ordinary life, which without a doubt has led me to meditate through prayer. The Risen Lord is present in our most difficult moments every day as I have experienced  in my personal life through the death of my father. He has made me feel and understand that with him we can have strength, hope, and joy, not letting any situation make us prisoners, but rather trusting and taking up our cross and following our Divine Savior. Freedom is without a doubt a gift, but true freedom is that which we have when we discover Christ and share him with others. Music has that beautiful gift of freedom that unites us as brothers and sisters to praise and proclaim that Christ is our Lord. We confidently hope that when we can gather together again, we will live with great joy the life of the Risen Christ with the power of the Holy Spirit.