Prepare for Next Week’s Scripture Readings
- 1st Rdg/Primera Lectura: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13
- Psalm/Salmo: 23(22): 1-3a,3b-4,5,6
- 2nd Rdg/Segunda Lectura: Ephesians (Efesios) 5:8-14
- Gospel/Evangelio: John (Juan) 9:1-41
Faith Formation News
Faith Formation Is a Lifelong Journey REMINDER to parents:
Even after receiving First Communion and Confirmation, children continue to grow in their understanding of God’s love and their role in the Church. Faith Formation classes help to nurture that growth through prayer, learning, and community. We encourage you to bring your children to Sunday Mass as well as Faith Formation and Youth Ministry classes so they may continue their spiritual journey!
Faith Formation Classes Grades K-5
Classes continue every Sunday from 10:15 to 11:50am in the Grace Parish Center. Class attendance is required in order to receive your Sacraments.
Youth Ministry Classes Grades 6-12
Spring Break Bible Campers meet at handicap parking Sunday at 5:15 pm. Pray for us. We return on Saturday March 21. Next YM session Sunday March 29 at 5:15 pm. Next YM session Sunday March 29 at 5:15 pm.
Download Children’s Bulletin in English and Spanish
We encourage you to download the Children’s Bulletin each week from www.thekidsbulletin.com. The Kids’ Bulletin is created by a mom in Canada who is happy to share them with anyone who can use them to help learn or teach about the truth and beauty of the Catholic Faith. It is a great resource for kids who would like to have some fun while learning about the readings from the Sunday Mass each week. Bulletins are available in English and Spanish.
Unique St. Michael the Archangel Scholarship Program
To encourage and assist our young adults to further their education, St. Michael’s is establishing a scholarship program for parishioners.
The St. Michael the Archangel Scholarship aims to empower young adults to become active witnesses of the Catholic faith, supporting students in developing and participating in a faith-based environ-ment at their campus or local church. The scholarship is available to incoming or current students at an accredited university, college, community college, or technical school. Visit St. Michael’s website saintmichaelparishkona.org for eligibility criteria and application. Deadline to apply is March 15. Top candidates will be notified by May 1. Scholarship amounts can vary and will be determined based on availability of funds. If you wish to donate to the scholarship fund or for more information, please contact the Parish Office.
Rosary Prayer Group Meets After Mass Every Weekday
Everyone is welcome to join! The Rosary is prayed after each weekday Mass at St. Michael’s. We pray for the needs of the parish and special intentions. If you’d like to add someone to the prayer list, please call the office.
Traveling Neighborhood Rosary Inspires Community Prayer
“The Holy Rosary not only serves admirably to overcome the enemies of God and religion but is also a stimulus and spur to the practice of evangelical virtues which it injects and cultivates in our souls. Above all, it nourishes the Catholic Faith, which flourishes again precisely in opportune meditation on the sacred mysteries, and raises minds to the truths revealed to us by God”. – Pius XI
Display the statue of the Blessed Mother in your home and invite your Catholic neighbors to pray the Rosary with your family. For more information, call Beth Smith at (760) 212-4533.
Save Wednesdays for Neocatechumenal Way
Come join our newly formed Neocatechumenal Way ministry at their weekly meetings on Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm in the Grace Parish Center.
Five Steps for a Good Confession
1. Examine your conscience.
2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins.
3. Confess your sins to a Priest.
4. Resolve to amend your life.
5. After your confession, do the penance the Priest assigns.
Procedure in the Confessional
You say: “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been—(State the length of time) – since my last confession. These are my sins.
Then tell your sins and the number of times committed. When you have finished telling your sins, you should say:
“For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry.”
The Priest now gives the necessary advise, assigns your penance and asks you to say the Act of Contrition. Then wait and listen as the Priest give the absolution. Say “Thank you, Father”, then leave the confessional and perform the penance assigned by the Priest.
Act of Contrition
“O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
