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This week’s gospel reading is the
temptation of Jesus. The temptation
immediately followed Jesus’ baptism,
where His divinity was revealed. He had
heard of His true identity and
relationship with His Father in the
narrative of His baptism. The devil
approached him with the scriptures in
hand. He challenged Jesus’ identity
and His relationship with His
Father.
Under
extremely trying circumstances, Jesus
resisted Satan’s most enticing
offers. The devil tempted Jesus with the
three Ps: pleasure, prestige, and power.
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the
desert to find out what he was made of.
Mark’s gospel puts it more strongly:
“the Spirit drove him out into the
desert” (1:12). The first temptation
was “to turn these stones into loaves
of bread.” A hungry man sees bread
everywhere. Satan offered Jesus bread to
satisfy His gnawing hunger, which would
have been very pleasurable for Him
physically. Jesus was hungry, but he saw
beyond his own hunger; he would become a
provider of food for the
hungry.
The
second temptation was to win prestige and
the approval others. Many false prophets
had attempted to attract notice by doing
spectacular feats. Jesus countered this by
saying, emphatically; “One
doesn’t play games with
God.”
The
third temptation was power. As a Jew he
knew what power did to people; every day
of his life he saw the Roman Empire at
work. He knew that Roman emperors were
‘deified’ - proclaimed gods -
after their death; to Jews, who had a
profound sense of the unity of God, this
practice was an
abomination.
Jesus
rejected all these possibilities. The
gospel text doesn’t tell us at that
point what he chose to do, but the rest of
his life made it plain. He chose the way
of love, which is deep, unspectacular, and
powerless.
Marriage
Help
Retrouvaille
(pronounced retro-vi) has helped tens of
thousands of couples at all stages of
disillusionment or misery in their
marriage. This program can help you too.
For confidential information about, or to
register for the Spring program beginning
with a weekend on March 7-9, 2008 call
415-893-1005 or email Sf@retrouvaille.com
or visit the website at
www.Retrouvaille.org.
St.
Dunstan’s Branch 403 of the Italian
Catholic Federation
invites parishioners, their families and
friends to join them in the Parish Center
on Sunday, February 24 for their 18th
Anniversary Corned Beef and Cabbage
Dinner. No host cocktails at 4 pm, dinner
of salad, corned beef, cabbage, carrots,
potatoes, bread & butter, tea or
coffee, dessert and wine at 5 pm. Cost
$19. For reservations call Kay Lucio at
697-7460.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT ST. DUNSTAN
PARISH
Tuesday,
February 12
- Novena
in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
after the 8am Mass
- CCD
Classes
meet at 3:45 pm
- Youth
group
Burritos and Bibles at 5 pm in the
convent
Thursday,
February 14
- Prayer
Group
meets at Green Hills at 7:30
pm
Friday,
February 15
- School
closed today
- Stations
of the Cross
at 2:15 pm and 7 pm
Saturday,
February 16
- Retrouvaille
meets in the convent
- RCIA
9:30 am at the rectory
Monday
thru Saturday
- Morning
Prayer
in the church at 7:15 am
Monday
thru Friday
- Rosary
recited
in the church at 7:40
am
Need a copy of the Sunday bulletin or of a
particular schedule, church and parish
information? Please visit the St. Dunstan
Parish website at www.saintdunstanchurch.org.
VOCATION RETREAT DAY FOR YOUNG
WOMEN
Nazareth
House, 245 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael,
94903
Sunday, February 24 from 9 am to 4
pm
- Call
Sister Fintan (310) 216-8170 or email:
vocations_naz@yahoo.com
or
Call Sister Margaret (415)
479-8282
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St.
Dunstan Women’s Club
Meeting
Wed., February 20 at 6:30 pm
at O Sole Mio Restaurant, 352
Broadway,
Millbrae. Please call Lynne at
255-5307
for information and reservations
by Feb.19.
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LENTEN
REGULATIONS
Everyone
14 years of age and older is bound to
abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, the
Fridays of Lent and Good
Friday.
Everyone
18 years of age and older but under the
age of 60 is also bound to fast Ash
Wednesday and Good Friday.
On
these two days , the law of fast allows
only one full meal a day, but does not
prohibit taking some food during the day,
so long as this does not constitute
another full meal. Drinking liquids during
the day is permitted.
When
health or ability to work would be
seriously affected, the law does not
oblige. In doubt concerning fast or
abstinence, a priest assigned to pastoral
ministry or confessor should be consulted.
In the spirit of penance, the faithful
should not lightly excuse themselves from
this obligation.
Parishioners
are encouraged to receive the Sacrament of
Reconciliation during Lent, and to attend
Morning Prayer at 7:15 am, and one of the
three daily Masses at 6:30 am, 8:00 am and
5:10 pm.
Stations
of the Cross are held Fridays at 2:15 pm
& 7 pm.
Henry
& Anne Bohner
celebrated their 66th
wedding
anniversary on February
7!
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Please
join us for the Strides for Life Colon
Cancer Foundation
Fifth
Annual Dinner Dance & Auction in
Memory of Dylan Cappel on Saturday, March
1, 2008 at the Marriott San Francisco
Airport in Burlingame. Check-in and Silent
Auction begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:30.
Guest Speaker is Fiona Ma, 12th District
Assemblywoman. For info or to donate
auction items call 650-588-6390.
ST.
DUNSTAN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
If you
or someone you know is struggling with the
loss of a loved one, please join the St.
Dunstan Grief Support Group for ongoing
sessions to help process your grief and
loss issues.
For
more information please call Barbara
Cappel, L.C.S.W. at 692-7543 or Carol
Hensley at 692-1488.
LENTEN
RENEWAL MISSION
Monday, February
11 through Wednesday Febraury
13
St. Mark Church, 325 Marine View,
Belmont.
This
Lenten Renewal Mission will be preached by
Fr. Frankie Menezes, C.S.S.R., a
Redemptorist priest. Fr. Frankie has
preached an 8 day retreat in 1995 to
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and her
major superiors. He ahs also given
retreats to priests, religious, and groups
of lay people.
Mission
Themes:
Monday: Open the Door of Your Heart
Tuesday: The Prodigal Returns
Wednesday: The Church: Sanctuary or
Sign
For more
information call Fr. Al Furtado, C.S.Sp at
650-591-5937.
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Last
weekend’s
Regular
Collection:
$8,230.50
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Next
weekend’s
Second
Collection will
be for the
Parish
Maintenance
&
Development
Fund.
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Thank
you for all your
support!
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SAINTS
AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
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Sunday:
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First
Sunday of
Lent
Rite of
Election
Rite of Calling
the Candidates
to Continuing
Conversion
Rite of
Sending
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Monday:
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Our
Lady of
Lourdes
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Tuesday:
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Lincoln’s
Birthday
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Thursday:
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Ss.
Cyril and
Methodius
Valentine’s
Day
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Friday:
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Abstinence
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to
those who served as
Lectors, Eucharistic
Ministers and Altar
Servers this
weekend:
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Saturday, February 9
5 PM
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Lector: L.
Clothakis
Eucharistic Ministers:
J Clothakis, J
Ryan, C Orfino, F Axiaq, B&G
Borba
Altar
Servers: Alaraj,
Capitolo, Colarusso,
Eckmann
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Sunday,
February 10
7 AM
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Lector: R.
Flahavan
Eucharistic
Ministers: S
Nussbaum, B Penner, S Bosso
Altar
Servers: Bagley,
Casella, Cooke, Fahri
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8:30
AM
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Lector: D. Capodanno
Eucharistic Ministers: S
Capodanno, M Anderegg, D
Magsaysay, P Lucero, R Pezo, M
Leland
Altar
Servers: Barnes,
Celio, Crossman, Fernando
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10
AM
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Lector: G.
Yip
Eucharistic
Ministers: P
Maloney, L Raquel, K Whitfield,
P&L Borromeo, C
Cannizzaro
Altar
Servers: Janiczek,
Whitfield, Borromeo, Yip
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11:30
AM
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Lector: P.
Hain
Eucharistic
Ministers: Y
Kaialoa, T Dizon, J Roensch, B
Santos, C Caimotto, M Rogers
Altar
Servers:
Restrivera, Barrera, Demartini,
Hain
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5
PM
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Lector: G.
Ledbetter
Eucharistic
Ministers: J
Ledbetter, H Santana, K Phelps,
P&M McLaughlin, B Cappel
Altar
Servers: Cabarse,
Ching, Ching, Ghanaim
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Special
thanks to all of our ushers for their
dedicated service at our weekend
Masses.
Mass
Intentions for the Week
February 10 thru February 16,
2008
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Sunday
- 7:00 am For Parish
- 8:30 am Guido Quilici
- 10:00 am Salvatore
Alioto
- 11:30 am Joseph Tonna
- 5:00 pm Richard
Mazzoncini
Monday
- 6:30 am Fred Dehlinger
- 8:00 am Margaret Wolfe
- 5:10 pm Ida Rosaia
Tuesday
- 6:30 am Bruni Family
(living/deceased)
- 8:00 am Joseph Spiteri &
Mary Lou Spiteri-Cuda
- 5:10 pm Monica Agius
Wednesday
- 6:30 am Della Janssen
- 8:00 am Tom Carlos
- 5:10 pm Joseph Lee
Helaire
Thursday
- 6:30 am Lewis
Giovannini
- 8:00 am Lorna Dankwerth
- 5:10 pm Donald Staton
Friday
- 6:30 am Bertu “Bart”
Chetcuti
- 8:00 am Frank Agius
- 5:10 pm Todd Brooks
Saturday
- 8:00 am Joseph Johns
- 5:00 pm Joseph
Borg
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We
pray for the sick members of our
parish family and for those who
care for them:
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Madison
Kitz, William Dill, Ted &
Eileen Damian, Pat Saracini, Bill
Barca, Ann Del Carlo, Helen &
Vicky Noceti, Irene Thommen,
Kyong Cruz, Ciera Whipple,
Dorothy Rives, Elsie Noceti,
Steve Bacho, Mario & Eva
Caprini, Mary Farr, Barbara
Modica, Karen Shirley, Jose
Conrado Vasquez, Henry & Lucy
Garcia, Frances Snyder, Jack
& Rene Sagrafena, Michael
Cozzolino, Mrs. Larry Duggins,
Antoinette Ramos, Joe Hamilton,
Pauline & Joseph Burgio, Judy
Mark, Noralee Gelhaar, Geraldine
Feehan, Martin Hidalgo, Norman
Roos, Lyle Dibbs, Gloria
Giannini, Maxine Coutts, Anna Mae
Stewart, Jonathan Cerezo, Nick
Cannuli, Kathy Montiel, Gloria
Pasco, The Yakaitis Family,
William Kinnealy, Susan
Silvera-Dunn, George Rodriguez,
Jr , Nafal Jweinat, James
Boccaleoni, Melba Sweeney, Marge
Todd, Michael Coffaro, Diedra
Bradshaw, Irma Sweeny, Charlene
Spediacci, Esther Litton, Jan
Diamond, Viola Burdick, Ronald
Reyes, Josephine Muscat, William,
Patricia O’Neill, Virginia
Ryan Rogers, Martha Costa,
Michael Wisherop, Helen Maternia,
Lou Grech, Elsie Clark, Bernice
Malloy &, Julia
Frauendorfer
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We pray for the deceased members
of our parish
family:
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Carlo
Franco & Olga
Jones
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