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AUGUST 21, 2022 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 66:18-21 / Ps 117:1, 2 /
Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 /
Lk 13:22-30
#1154 in the Hymnal (Gather III)
SUNDAY READINGS
CLERGY
REV. RODEL BALAGTAS, D. MIN.—PASTOR
REV. RAMON REYES—ASSOCIATE PASTOR
REV. PARKER SANDOVAL—IN RESIDENCE
MSGR. HELMUT HEFNER—WEEKEND SUPPORT
DEACON MICHAEL MORGAN
DEACON DOMINIC PONTRELLI
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CHURCH LOCATION 1001 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91202
MAILING ADDRESS 121 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, CA 91202
OFFICE PHONE 818-242-2579
PARISH WEBSITE www.incaglendale.org
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:00PM Vigil Mass; Sunday: 7:30AM,
9:00AM (livestream), 10:30AM, 12:00PM, 4:00PM
3rd Sunday of the month: Mass in Tagalog at 2:00PM; Devotion to our Blessed Mother at 1:15PM
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday—Saturday 8:30AM
Monday—Friday 5:30PM (livestream)
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:30PM-4:30PM
ADORATION Livestream Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet:
Mon., Tue., and Thu. at 4:45PM Wed. at 4:30PM Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Fri. at 4:30PM Holy Hours, Novena to Sacred Heart of
Jesus, with Benediction
BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL Open for private prayer/adoration Mon.-Tue. 9AM-4:15PM Open for private prayer/adoration Wed.-Fri. 9AM-8:00PM
Eucharistic Adoration, Friday from 10AM-4:15PM
Pastoral Staff LES RANGEL-SANTOS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, LITURGY, COMMUNICATIONS 818.242.2579 EXT. 113 LITURGY-MUSIC@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
RUBEN CASTORENA DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, YOUTH MINISTRY & CONFIRMATION 818.731.7389 CONFIRMYOUTH@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
DEACON DOMINIC & PATTY PONTRELLI RCIA AND INFANT BAPTISM PREPARATION 818.627.5595 DCNDOMINIC@OUTLOOK.COM
MARYSOL VELASCO BEREAVEMENT 818.242.2579
TED SCHROEDER PASTORAL COUNCIL CHAIR PASTORALCOUNCIL@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
School DR. COLBY BOYSEN PRINCIPAL 818.241.2269 CBOYSEN@INCASCHOOL.ORG
ROSEMARIE MUSCARELLA PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR 818.241.2264 RMUSCARELLA@INCASCHOOL.ORG
Administrative Staff DEACON MICHAEL MORGAN BUSINESS MANAGER 818.242.2579 EXT. 129 MMORGAN@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
VICKIE VAN PADDENBURG OFFICE MANAGER 818.242.2579 EXT. 114 VICKIEVP@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
Administrative Staff cont’d
SAMUEL VENCES FACILITIES DIRECTOR 818.641.9474 SVENCES@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
MAUREEN GONZALEZ / JENNY JUN WEEKDAY / WEEKEND RECEPTIONISTS 818.242.2579 EXT. 100 RECEPTIONIST@INCAGLENDALE.ORG
OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY- FRIDAY, 9AM – 12:30PM & 1:00 – 4:30 PM. SUNDAY, 8:30AM – 12:00PM.
INCARNATION PARISH STAFF
PRESIDER WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Sat., August 27, 2022 5:00PM Fr. Reyes
Sun., August 28, 2022 7:30AM Fr. Reyes
9:00AM Fr. Sandoval
10:30AM Fr. Balagtas
12:00PM Msgr. Hefner
4:00PM Fr. Reyes
Sat., August 20, 2022 5:00PM Fr. Balagtas
Sun., August 21, 2022 7:30AM Msgr. Hefner
9:00AM Fr. Ssebwana
10:30AM Fr. Reyes
12:00PM Fr. Balagtas
4:00PM Fr. Sandoval
Tagalog Mass 2:00PM Visiting Priest
It was eight o’clock on a quiet night in the municipality of Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The parish priest, Padre Napo, and his vicar, Padre Jorge, invited me to come to a meeting with members of their parish pastoral council. I didn’t know what to expect from this encounter. All I knew was that I was stepping outside of my bound-aries with a group of people I would be meeting for the first time and chatting with only in Spanish. I introduced myself and sat with them in the living room. I allowed myself to blend in naturally by overcoming any feeling of shyness and distance. They were interested in what I had to say. They asked questions about my origin, culture, and ministry. They were delighted to hear my answers and my stories. We kept on chatting for an hour until we all got up to sit for dinner at one table. We smiled and laughed as we shared experiences and thought of meeting again some-day. I felt something profound when I sat at the dinner table with this group of strangers. I did not feel like an outsid-er; I felt one with them. We spoke the same language: our faith in Jesus Christ, our Church, discipleship and leadership, our joys and challenges, and the beauty of all these. Much more than the feeling of oneness with them was Christ’s presence at that moment. Jesus was in our midst. It was the same thing I sensed earlier that day when I visited the tomb of Archbishop Romero and the chapel where he was martyred for the people of El Salvador. At each place, I become one with Archbishop Romero—in an intimate prayer of intercession for God’s people,
priests, and bishops. It was the same feeling I had for my host family—Mario and Maria Elena Ortiz with their daughter, Fatima, and Maria’s mother, Cristina. They took me around El Salva-dor for three days. It was also the same feeling I had for my hosts and friends in Guatemala during my prior week’s visit—for Hector Castaneda and his beloved mother, Maria Luisa, and all their relatives. Every encounter with them and their “paisanos” was a profound encounter with God. I learned this lesson again during my visit to Guatemala and El Salvador—that we must have the courage to step outside our boundaries and comfort zones. It’s not easy, but it is a fundamental call of Christian discipleship. Stepping out of our boundaries means open-ing our hearts and homes to other people—learning their culture, sharing each other’s resources, and most of all, loving God’s people, especially the poor and the op-pressed. However difficult, stepping out of our boundaries brings a surprising moment—we encounter God! He is alive and working in other people’s lives! (I wrote this article in 2016 as part of a book I pub-lished, Walking with God: The Journey of a Priest’s Heart. I still have copies of this book if anyone is interested in obtaining one. I thought it relates to this Sunday’s Gospel on entering the “narrow gate.” Indeed stepping out of our boundaries and comfort zones is not easy—the path is narrow, but it’s all worth it when we persevere!)
Blessings!
Your loving pastor,
Fr. Rodel “Odey” Balagtas
O N S TEPPING O UTSIDE OF O UR B OUNDARIES
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS We continue to pray for our Candle Sponsors
at all Incarnation Masses.
Date Mass Mass Intention
Sat., Aug. 20 5PM RIP: Tom Sadler
Sun., Aug. 21 7:30AM RIP: Antonio Luna, Jr.
Live Stream 9:00AM RIP: Leslie Galban
10:30AM INT: Nita Noriega
12PM RIP: James Gerry
4PM RIP: Salvacion & Remedios Morales
Mon., Aug. 22 8:30AM RIP: Filomena Reodica
5:30PM INT: Jazlyn McNulty
Tues., Aug. 23 8:30AM RIP: Gia Dennyse Verzosa
5:30PM Collective Intention
INT: Patrick McNulty, Anne Vasquez & Family. RIP: Jose Lobrin, Romeo Ramos, Gloria Uycoco, Wenceslao Gumayagay, Daniel Ang.
Wed., Aug. 24 8:30AM INT: Julie O’Neill
5:30PM RIP: Teresa De Michel
Thur., Aug. 25 8:30AM INT: Asuncion Lim
5:30PM RIP: Arturo Cayabyab
Fri., Aug. 26 8:30AM Collective Intention
5:30PM RIP: William Saracino
Sat., Aug. 27 8:30AM RIP: Antonio Luna, Jr.
INT: Criselda Custodio. RIP: Louis Baiocco, Romulo Liwanag
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96:1-5; Mt 23:13-22
Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10-13; Mt 23:23-26
Wednesday: Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51
Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-7; Mt 24:42-51
Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Mt 25:1-13
Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-21; Mt 25:14-30
Sunday—22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Ps 68:4-7, 10-11; Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a; Lk 14:1, 7-14
OUR SICK: Cathy Vo, Adan Vences.
OUR DECEASED: Gloria Uycoco,
Wenceslao Gumayagay
If you would like to add someone to our prayer requests, please contact the Parish Center at 818.242.2579.
Novena to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus Beginning September, the Nove-na to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will take place on the First Friday
of the month only. The schedule will be as follows: 8:30AM Mass; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the church until 9:30AM; then the Blessed Sacrament will be transferred to the Chapel where the exposition will con-tinue until 4:15PM; a simple procession of the Blessed Sac-rament back to the church begins the Holy Hour (with the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, including the Holy Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy) until 5:15PM, with Benediction. Mass follows at 5:30PM.
LITURGY, MUSIC, COMMUNICATIONS ARCHDIOCESAN EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Nearly 50 leaders from Incarnation attended the historic Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress held last Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Morning Prayer, in-spirational speakers, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, and closing liturgy filled the day that began at 9AM until 5:30PM. The cathedral was filled to capacity with leaders from all over the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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MODULE A: Attend Module A of the Liturgical Ministry
Formation process. This session on Liturgical Ministry & Spir-ituality is offered every Wednesday evening at 7:30PM-
8:30PM by reservation and is the starting point for those:
1) being formed in ministry for the first time at Incarnation
Catholic Church;
2) who were in ministry at another parish and would like
to serve at Incarnation;
3) now in ministry but have not yet attended this module.
MODULE B: This session on Wednesday at 7:30PM-
8:30PM is the hands-on or practical training for lector, Eu-
charistic minister, greeter, and usher candidates.
MODULE C: This session on Wednesday at 7:30PM-
8:30PM focuses on the theological and spiritual dimensions
of the lector, Eucharistic minister, greeter, and usher candi-
dates.
Modules need not be taken in order.
Register via email at liturgy-music@incaglendale.org by
8PM Tuesday before the Wednesday session. A module
will take place even if there is only one person registered.
If there is no one registered for a scheduled module, the
session will not take place that Wednesday, and the candi-
date will have to wait until the following Wednesday.
YOUNG ADULT
MEET ALL OF YOUR CHILD’S TEACHERS THIS YEAR
As children head back to school, parents should make every ef-fort to meet the people their children will come in contact with — from their classroom teachers to those who teach the special subjects like art, music, or other extracurriculars. Make the effort to have a face-to-face meeting with these people and know the school’s policies on abuse prevention and awareness. For more information, request a copy of the VIRTUS® article, “Three Things that Simply Must Be Done,” at lacatholics.org/did-you-know/.
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