ST. JOSEPH MISSION
A Roman Catholic Mission
Diocese of San Bernardino
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Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting St. Joseph Mission Catholic Church online. Founded in 1888, St. Joseph caters to the needs of enriching the lives of the Soboba Band of Mission Indians and the broader community in their Catholic faith. We hope that our website highlights the wide variety of praise and worship, special events and ministries opportunities available for your participation. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
Rev. Earl Henley, MSC
Pastor
St. Joseph
Rev. Tom Burns, MSC
Resident Priest
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
1st Native American Saint
Deacon Andrew Orosco
Office Hours -- Horario de Oficina
The offices are closed to the public. If you have a question or for updates please call or email us.
M - F 9:00 am– 4:00 pm
Phone: (951) 654 – 2086
MASS TIMES
Weekend Masses:
Sunday:
9:00 a.m. - General Public
11:00 -Reservation
Weekday Masses:
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m.
Devotions & Holy Days
Holy Days: as scheduled
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DEVOTIONS
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Chaplet -
Last Sunday of the month, after the 9:00 a.m. Mass
First Friday 4:30 p.m. Adoration, and 5:30 p.m. Mass
CONFESSIONS
Saturday - 1:00 pm
Sunday before Mass
January 2021
DISCIPLESHIP - JOINING GOD'S FAMILY
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1 Sam. 3:3-10, 19 1 Cortinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 JOHN 1: 35-42
Happy New year 2021 to one and all!
The readings above are from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The message is meant for our times. Today is one of those times. With Samuel’s calling in the temple, God’s calling is outlining exactly the kind of response he expects from everyone he calls. Beginning with his letter to the Corinthians, Paul is reminding his followers why their bodies became sacred through baptism, then John in the Gospel, suggests that the disciple’s response to Jesus, “Come and you will see,” is more of a homecoming than a simple visit. Jesus wants his followers to expect to be with him for a prolonged stay. All three readings make it clear to every listener in the pew that being truly Christian is appreciating that now we belong to a New Family – the Trinitarian Family.
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John’s Gospel account of the call of the first disciples stresses the meaning of being a follower of Jesus. Those called leave John and follow Jesus whom John has revealed. John introduces two aspects of their calling: “to stay” and “see.” Jesus welcomes them to remain with him as he remains with the Father and the Father with him. Accepting the invitation, his followers enter into a new communion of living with the Son and the Father which the Holy Spirit is eager to begin.
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Now we continue to spell out the meaning of “Come” with Mark’s Gospel 1:14-20. Read… Then follows… “Come after me; I will make you fishers of men” ( Mark 3:17) Jesus continues to say to each one of us; “Come after me.” If we are committed Christians, we tend to think we have already done that. Nevertheless, to come after Jesus can mean a new experience each day, as we enter into the mystery of God’s love. Hundreds of millions of Christians do not realize that coming to Jesus means following the Church, her bishops and her Pope. Some Christians try to follow Jesus without trying to know the Bible. Hundreds of millions do not realize that to come after Jesus means to come to Holy Communion as often as possible and center their lives on the Eucharist. Some Christians even continue across less Christianity or isolate themselves without community life.
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We will all experience longings from time to time and feel tempted to satisfy ourselves in wrong places. What “wrong places” do you mean to go to? Do these quick fixes really satisfy? Only by making conscious efforts to “come and see” Jesus will you finally find what you have been looking for all along.
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Filled with the Holy Spirit of Christmas, on the first day of “Ordinary Time”, let us come after Jesus.
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Noshun-Lovik-Peace to You
Fr. Earl Henley, MSC
January 2021
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 9, 2020
Readings: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33
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REFLECTION
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19, 2020
Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19, Matthew 13:24-43
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It is significant that after telling the first parable about the weeds and the wheat, Jesus tells two more parables about the kingdom of God. It is the tiny MUSTARD SEED that grows into a large bush (Mt. 13:31-32). It is like the little YEAST that leavens the whole loaf of bread (Mt. 13:33). These are the hopeful, powerful images. God's kingdom is not static. It begins in little ways and then grows and grows.
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So, don't get discouraged by the evil you see and don't give up hope. Believe that your small acts of faithfulness really do make a difference. And taken together with other believers, they become a mighty force in choking out the weeds of the world.
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Noshun Lovik- Peace to you,
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Fr. Earl Henley, MSC
July 2020
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Bible Verses About Pentecost
Acts 2:1-47 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (Read More...)
John 14:26 - But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Romans 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
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Acts 2:1 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place
Exodus 34:22 - And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Exodus 23:16 - And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
1 Corinthians 16:8 - But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
REFLECTION
August 2, 2020
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Multiplication of Loaves
Mt. 14: 13-21
Fr. Tom Burns, MSC
Introduction:
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Jesus heard of the death of John, his cousin. A violent, shameful death.
So, “He withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself.
The crowd heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. “
What were they looking for… to grieve with him?
To console him?
Were they, family from Nazareth, about 50 miles away?
Or Bethsaida, about 7 miles away?
No, they were looking for healing, signs and wonders for… themselves.
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What are we here for at Mass today?
Healing?
Some sign to answer a family problem?
or to a decision you need to make,
or an action that you need to do?
Or are you looking for a chance to say:
“Lord, have mercy… Glory to God… Alleluia…I Believe,
Our Father… Thank you, Lord!”
2. We come to do Mass: offer the Holy Eucharist with Jesus and his Priest.
We are “Giving Thanks” or to the Father with Jesus… with our Celebrant.
We are here not just for ourselves but for all,
as Jesus hung on the cross for all.
And we sing, and confess, and listen to Jesus’ teaching and stories:
HOW TO: love, care, share, forgive, teach others, lead and challenge.
3. On the hill, Jesus told his disciples: “give them some food yourselves”.
And they did: 5 loaves and 2 fish were all they had… for over 5,000 people!
So, maybe, Jesus worked two miracles:
he multiplied THIS food so that IT was enough,
together with the food that the 5,000 had brought along.
And now, taught by Jesus to love and care … and challenged to share.
They open their own baskets and the first Catholic style “pot luck”
took place on the hill with the multiplication of Loaves, fishes.
4. In the Mass… at the Offertory, we bring our gifts: our lives, the good and the painful: We have prayed for help, we have confessed our sins
We have given glory to God, professed our “ I Believe”.
And now, with Jesus, we offer his life, death, and Resurrection to God- His Offering
This is our place to offer our time, talent and treasure we give to God.
Jesus offers this in the symbols of Bread and Wine
This is our miracle… not on a hill, but in our Holy Eucharist, the Mass.
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5. The miracle takes place as we know, in the Eucharistic Prayer
In this Covenant Meal that Jesus gave his Church, his Family.
No other Christian Church, that has broken from our Catholic Tradition, has the miracle of Holy Communion.
This is why Holy Communion is so sacred, so guarded by tradition and the teachings or Dogmas, the rules and the protocols of the Church.
6. We are not on the hill of Galilee.
We do not come to Mass on Sunday or any day
in a Cathedral, or mega church or a grass roof, bamboo sided hut
only to get things, to get cures, answers, favors.
Miracles, cures, answers and favors WILL COME
They can come because of the love and compassion of God, our Father,
Jesus, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our Helper.
We come not just TO GET WHAT WE RECEIVE in Holy Communion:
but TO BECOME Jesus’ LOVE, FORGIVENESS,
COMPASSION AND STRENGTH by his Holy Communion.
We are ONE WITH JESUS AND BECOME ONE WITH JESUS.
7. This is the miracle Jesus thirsted for on the Cross.
This is the miracle of the mystical body of Jesus alive in his Church.
We are Jesus to our generation and world.
to our family and work place
to our parish and friends
to our neighbors and all churches.
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8. This is the wonder of the Prayer and Sacrifice we call Holy Mass
This is the miracle by which Jesus could say:
“I am with you till the end of the ages”.
As I wrote in a poem about the Mass I shared with you already:
“What a miracle, wonder, mystery? I TREMBLE!”
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The sad thing is Some of our Catholics are in such a hurry
to be all they can be.
They rush out the doors as witness of Jesus:
to the world, to our parish, to our neighbors:
they cannot even wait:
for the Mass to end
for the last prayer
for the last blessing
for the last song.
What an insult to Jesus. I TREMBLE.
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Sr. Gen'S corner
EVENTS:
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FEAST OF SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA
Novena at 9:00 AM July 6-14, 2020.
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MEDITATION::
This week I talked about the overloading of information. In a time when anything and everything is just a click away how do we take a step back and focus on the principles of our faith?
While exploring the question of “What would Jesus do?” in today’s media crazed world, we reflect on the changing state of family and community over the past few decades.
If you didn’t manage to come to our retreat and to our praise and worship, at least attend to bible studies in your parish