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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OFFICE PHONE 818-242-2579

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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

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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

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2) who were in ministry at another parish and would like

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3) now in ministry but have not yet attended this module.

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YOUNG ADULT

MEET ALL OF YOUR CHILD’S TEACHERS THIS YEAR

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