St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception

04/02/2026

EASTER SUNDAY ~Upcoming Events at St. Mary



The Easter Vigil Mass will begin in the courtyard.

Sunday Mass Readings (USCCB)


Re a dings for the Week
Reflect & Respond to Scripture
M ass Intentions for the Week


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ADORATION OF THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT
Mondays: 9:00am - 10:00am
Thursdays: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
IN-PERSON RECONCILIATION No Reconciliation on Saturday, April 4 (Holy Saturday)

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EASTER SUNDAY
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SHARING THE GOSPEL
Mary Magdalene was surprised when she found the empty tomb of Jesus. She ran and told Peter and John that his body was gone. Peter and John ran to the tomb. They found no body, just strips of cloth. One piece was the cloth that covered the face of Jesus. Peter and John knew that Jesus was not in the grave, even though they did not understand what it meant to rise from the dead.
PRAYER
Jesus, you died and rose from the dead so I can share
your life on earth and in heaven. Thank you.


MISSION FOR THE WEEK
I will tell someone that Jesus is alive.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. MARY

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AROUND THE DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE

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04/02/2026

Praise the Lord!!!

‘It’s the Holy Spirit,’ Bishop Frank Dewane told the Register. ‘Yes, we follow promptings, also. But I think it’s the work of the Holy Spirit right now in society and in the Church.’

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

Friends, in today’s Gospel (John 13:1–15), Jesus gathers with his chosen twelve at the climax of his life and does something so strange that we still wonder at it two thousand years later: He takes off his outer garment, puts a towel around his waist, and begins to wash his disciples’ feet.

The nineteenth-century philosopher Hegel said that all human society, to varying degrees, is characterized by the master-slave dynamic. Long before Hegel, the great St. Augustine noticed what he called the libido dominandi, the “lust to dominate,” as the mark of a dysfunctional society. Long before Augustine, the authors of the Old Testament were also interested in this problem, because the central story of the Scriptures is that of slavery and liberation from slavery—the Passover event.

But we see now in John’s Gospel how the distinctive mark of Jesus’s kingdom is precisely the overturning of the master-slave dynamic. Jesus bends down to do the work that was so lowly and, frankly, gross that only the lowest of the slaves were expected to do it, and he says, “As I have done for you, you should also do.” And what does he do later at the same supper? He gives himself away entirely in the Eucharist: “This is my body, which will be given for you.”

It is into this new dynamic that we are invited by Jesus: the washing of the feet, the giving away of body and blood.

04/02/2026

Holy Thursday is the "beginning" of the most important period of Holy Week, in which we commemorate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord.

What do we remember on Holy Thursday?

1. The Last Supper: This is the day in which Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with his apostles and instituted two sacraments for the salvation of humanity: the Eucharist and the Priestly Order.

2. Washing of the feet: At Mass, the priest washes the feet of 12 people in reference to the 12 apostles at the Last Supper.

3. “A new commandment”: On that day, Jesus washes the feet of the apostles, becoming a paradigm, model and measure of love through service, and then tells them: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)

4. Visit to the 7 churches: From Holy Thursday to Good Friday, Catholics practice this devotion to accompany Jesus, present in the Tabernacles of the churches, the night He was taken prisoner.

04/01/2026

What is the Triduum ~Triduum & Easter Sunday Schedule & Readings ~Good Friday - Day of Fast and Abstinence ~Pray For Our Elect



WHAT IS THE TRIDUUM?
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Triduum (Latin for "Three Days" ) , the most sacred period of the Christian calendar. While chronologically spanning three days —from the evening of Holy Thursday to Holy Saturday, they are liturgically celebrated as one single day that reveals the unity of Christ’s sacrifice and triumph.

THE JOURNEY OF THE THREE DAYS
Holy Thursday: The journey begins with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper . We witness Christ washing the feet of his Apostles—a radical call to servant leadership—and the institution of the Eucharist: "Do this in memory of me" (Luke 22:19).
Good Friday: The Lord's Passion We transition from the table to the Cross. Though we mourn the betrayal and death of our Lord, this Friday is "Good" because Jesus completes his mission—atoning for the sins of the world and restoring our relationship with the Father. Holy Saturday (The Silence): The earth falls into a profound, unnerving stillness. As we recite in the Creed, "He descended into hell". It is a day of mystery as we wait at the tomb. This "day of the grave" eventually gives way to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil , the glorious turning point where light shatters the darkness. The Easter Vigil: On Saturday night, the silence is broken by the Service of Light . We light the Paschal Candle from a new fire, symbolizing Christ’s victory over darkness. We revisit our salvation history through scripture and welcome new members into the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation. The Triduum concludes with the joy of the Resurrection, marking the ultimate victory of life over death.

Consider watching this video from Bishop Robert Barron on
Christ's mission and why Jesus offered himself up to die on a cross.

https://vimeo.com/915432870/bd95db9880

GOOD FRIDAY - A DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE
Catholics in good health ages 18 to 59 are required to fast and to abstain from meat on Good Friday. Fasting consists of eating only one meal, with the possibility of two smaller snacks that do not add up to a single full meal.

READINGS FOR THE TRIDUUM
Holy Thursday-Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
The Resurrection of the Lord - The Mass of Easter Day

These Elect will be receiving the Sacraments of Initiation -
Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy Communion - at the Easter Vigil.

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04/01/2026

Friends, in today’s Gospel (Matthew 26:14–25), Jesus asks his disciples to go into Jerusalem and prepare a Passover supper.

At the heart of the Passover meal was the eating of a lamb, which had been sacrificed, in remembrance of the lambs of the original Passover, whose blood had been smeared on the doorposts of the Israelites in Egypt. Making his Last Supper a Passover meal, Jesus was signaling the fulfillment of John the Baptist’s prophecy that he, Jesus, would be the Lamb of God and the definitive sacrifice.

This sacrifice is made sacramentally present at every Mass—not for the sake of God, who has no need of it, but for our sake. In the Mass, we participate in the act by which divinity and humanity are reconciled, and we eat the sacrificed body and drink the poured-out blood of the Lamb of God.

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

Friends, in today’s Gospel (John 13:21–33, 36–38), Jesus foretells the denial of Peter, which is fulfilled in the account of the passion. Peter later denies Jesus three times before the c**k crows and, remembering Jesus’s prediction, breaks down and weeps.

After the resurrection, Peter and the other disciples returned to Galilee to work as fishermen again, and there spotted Jesus on the far shore. As Jesus draws Peter back into his circle of intimacy, we witness a beautiful act of spiritual direction. Three times the Lord asks Peter whether he loves him, and three times Peter affirms it: “Lord, you know that I love you.”

St. Augustine was among the first to comment that the threefold statement of love was meant to counteract the threefold denial. Peter emerges as the archetype of the forgiven and commissioned Church, for after each of his reaffirmations, Peter hears the command to tend the sheep. Once we are brought back into friendship with Jesus, we are called to love those whom he loves.