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ARCHDIOCESAN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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Mass at the Cathedral Basilica
https://www.archdiosf.org/MASS-SCHEDULES
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Unfortunately, at this point we are still not able to live-stream daily Mass from Penasco. However, there are many places where you can already pray the Mass in that way...
Please check the Liturgy Schedule for Mass times in Penasco. You may want to spiritually unite yourself at that same time with your pastor, by praying the readings, for example. See the Daily Readings box at the right side of: www.usccb.org
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Praying in Times of Crisis...
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Please, pray especially for all those who are infected with the coronavirus and sick from COVID-19, among them at least one of our parishioners from Dixon!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Lord Jesus Christ,
who suffered and died on the Cross for us,
and who rose from the dead,
we implore you to end this pandemic,
here in New Mexico,
and all around the world!
Amen.----------------------------------------------------------------------
Saint Corona,*
you gave your life as a martyr
for our Lord Jesus Christ.
People have turned to you in prayer
in times of diseases or epidemics.
Please intercede for us,
that God may end this pandemic,
and most importantly,
that He may move the hearts of people
back to the Love of God and their neighbor.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen!”Father Simeon F. Wimmershoff
*By a strange coincidence, Saint Corona is a Christian martyr of the 2nd century AD, whose intercession is invoked also in cases of diseases and epidemics...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ANGELUS PRAYER
V. -The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. -And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Together: -Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou
among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
V. -Behold, the handmaid of the Lord.
R. -Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Together: -Hail Mary...
V. -And the Word was made Flesh.
(All bow/make the since of the cross...)
R. -And dwelt among us.
Together: -Hail Mary...
V. -Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. -That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: (Prayer leader, or: together) Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection. Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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As long as the churches are closed during this pandemic,
what can you do?- keep praying at home,
- watch and pray the Mass online (see for example the link above for Mass at the Cathedral!), or on TV, on EWTN, or another channel, and spiritually unite yourself with our Eucharistic Lord, who is present and who will remain present in all the Tabernacles ("Spiritual Communion") all around the world,
- read and pray the Bible
- read and pray the readings for daily Mass,
cf. daily readings box/ right side of http://www.usccb.org- pray the Liturgy of the Hours
(cf. http://www.ibreviary.org/en/)- pray the Angelus Prayer, three times a day…
- pray the Rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Stations of the Cross...
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IF THERE IS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY THESE DAYS...
This is an especially difficult time for those who have lost a loved one. Usually, people visit each other's homes, to pay respects, to express their condolonces, to bring food, to share stories of their shared lives with the deceased, to come togehter for praying the Rosary, the Funeral Mass, for comida afterwards...
This obviously is not possible in the present situation, after the government's orders to stay at home if at all possible, to not get together with others, so as to slow the spread of the coronavirus and to protect each other.
All the more important is that you try to reach out to the families in different ways, by calling them, by praying for them at your home... and in these or other ways assuring them of your thoughts and prayers...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please pray for the repose of the souls & the consolation of the families
of our parishioners who recently died:- +Jessie Lovato, 84, from Chamisal, who died on March 23, and for the consolation of his family, especially his sisters Bernie Dominguez and Ramona Fresquez, and family. Rosary, Funeral Mass and Burial will follow when things are back to normal. A private Memorial Mass for +Jessie Lovatio was celebrated on Wednesday, March 25.
- +Nancy G. Fresquez, 83, from Dixon, who died March 28. A PRIVATE memorial Mass will be celebrated Feriday, April 3, at 11:00AM in Penasco; the PRIVATE family burial service will be Saturday, April 4, at 11:00AM in Dixon. PUBLIC Rosary and Funeral Mass will take place after current health restrictions are lifted.
- +Dora Tafoya, 81, from Chamisal, who died March 29. A PRIVATE memorial Mass will be celebrated Thursday, April 2, at 11:00AM in Penasco; the PRIVATE family burial service will be Saturday, April 4, at 1:00PM in Chamisal. PUBLIC Rosary and Funeral Mass will take place after current health restrictions are lifted.
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LITURGY SCHEDULE
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In This Time of Crisis:
- if there is any emergency,
- if someone is needing the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, or the Viaticum (i.e., Eucharist for those who are dying),
- Confessions: We'll find a way of doing this safely... hearing Confession through the barely rolled down car window...
- if there is a need to organize a funeral,
- for Mass intentions,
- or any other issue, please call the parish emergency numbers: 575-587 0399, or 575-779 2327.
- You can email the pastor:
frsimeon@gmx.de- Father Simeon's Skype address:
frank.wimmershoff
(There are more with that name. He is obviously the one in the US / New Mexico.)
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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
From your Pastor...
- THESE NOTES WILL WE UPDATED DAILY! - If I can... :)
Dear brother and sisters in Christ,
Saturday, March 28, I celebrated the 4:00PM Mass privately here at the Penasco rectory in the intentions especially of the people of Velarde... The 8:00AM Mass on, Sunday, March 29, I celebrated especially in the intentions of the parishioners from Penasco, the 10:00AM Mass in the intentions of the parishioners from Dixon/Pilar.
I am still working on live streaming Mass, but in the meantime, I wanted to share with you the link for Mass with the chief shepherd of the Church of Santa Fe, our Archbishop John C. Wester:https://www.archdiosf.org/mass-schedules
PLEASE SEE Link ABOVE!
Most of us, including yours truly, don't really experience our Archbishop at Mass that often. So why not join him spiritually online now, as he is offering Mass at 10:00AM this Sunday?
I must say, I've been busier than ever before... I was called to bring Viaticum to another parishioner yesterday, Saturday morning. While I was waiting for his oxygen mask to be removed, so he could receive Holy Communion, I looked around, and it struck me: we were all wearing face masks... of course! And I thought: Ain't that the truth? Aren't we wearing figurative masks quite often? Whether we are aware of it or not... Now, before other people, we may have to be careful to reveal who we are, what we think, what's going on inside of us... That is even prudent, I suppose. But we shouldn't hide from God - we can't anyway. He knows us better than we know ourselves...
May be, in this strangest of Lenten Seasons, with all that is going on, we could use the extra time we may have for prayer. We could ask the Lord to help us identify and remove the masks that we may use to hide from ourselves, to hide where we need His healing, His forgiveness, where we need repentance, metanoia - that new way of thinking and living beyond a mere human way, but in the way of God. That would be a true Lenten experience!
By the way: Confession may still be possible. I am sure, we can find a way. Let me know...
The Gospel of this 5th Sunday of Lent is taken from John, chapter 11: the story where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. And then there is that question, that the Lord puts before Martha, and that He also puts before us:“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Do you believe this? May God give you the grace to grow in faith, hope and love, and may He bless you and keep you, your families and loved ones!
Father Simeon---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, March 26, 2020
A few quick thoughts, before I need to go back to prayer, finally:
There are people within our church who, following a calling from God, have actually chosen to live a life of "social distancing", separated from the world, not out of the world obviously: monks and nuns in cloistered communities...
With those present "staying home as much as possible" orders, some people even laid off from work or working from home, children home from school for weeks on end, all of a sudden we are in a similar situation. And we can learn from those monks and nuns...
What? The importance to give our days a structure and to follow it! To get up in the morning early, to get washed and dressed, to pray... meals, work, prayer... In a monastery, there is a daily schedule that everyone is following. Maybe you could work on a schedule for your daily life? It is actually not good to become sloppy and to hang out in ones pj's all day... It takes a bit of an effort, but it helps tremendously to retain some sanity in ones life, when there is some structure.
And prayer should be part of that structure. Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Annuniciation of the Lord. In 9 months is Christmas! Yesterday, we celebrated the beginning of our salvation: the Incarnation of the Word of God, of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In our Catholic spiritual tradition there is a prayer that meditates this mystery of our faith: the Angelus, or: The Angel of the Lord prayer. At times you can hear on TV that the Holy Father Pope Francis is praying the "Angelus"... It is prayed acually 3 times a day (three = the Blessed Trinity?), at morning, noon and evening. Here in Penasco, the church bells ring at 7:00AM (so as not to disturb the people too early with church bells...), at 12noon, and at 7:00PM. So, why not join in this prayer, three times a day? There is some structure already then!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following is taken from the "Emergency Bulletin" that was mailed out to all registered parishioners:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ!
"Laetare, Jerusalem... Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her.
Be joyful, all who were in mourning;
exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast."
This is the entrance antiphon of the Mass that gave the 4th Sunday of Lent this past Sunday its name: "Laetare - Rejoice!" In the Latin original it says somewhat different from the English translation: Laetare, Jerusalem, et conventum facite, omnes qui diligitis eam... - Rejoice, Jerusalem, and make a meeting/or: come together, all who love her..."
How I wish, we could still come together in church, rejoicing that we are progressing on our journey through Lent, towards the great celebration of our Redemption at Easter... At this point, we don't even know if we can celebrate Easter together. Directives have been sent out by the Vatican and by our Archbishop, how we priests are to celebrate Easter in absence of our Christian faithful...
Christian faithful... Use this strangest of all Lenten Seasons to ask yourself: "Am I truly full of faith?" How strong is my faith? Do I trust in God? Suddenly we are thrown back of sorts into the early days of the Church, when Christians were unable to worship together publicly due to persecution. And there are places around the world even today where Christians are still being persecuted - but are still living and practicing their faith, full of hope and joy, despite all the obstacles...
In those days, or: in those places, Christians at times were/are "only" able to pray at home, as a family, the "house church". That is how the Church began in the first place, and what she has always taught: that the home, the family, is the basis, the foundation of the larger church, as well as society at large. How important our families are, also for handing down the faith! "Ecclesiola - little church" families have been called...
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade... Okay, let's do that! Don't give up on our faith, don't give up on prayer, don't give up on God - who is still in charge, despite the appearance to the contrary!
Whenever there is suffering, illness, death, evil, we keep asking: "God, where are you?" God certainly permits suffering to happen, like he permitted His Son Jesus Christ to suffer for us on the Cross. But He is in charge, He holds us in His loving hands - if we only let Him, and not run away... God can write straight on our at times crooked life lines, He can bring about salvation even from the midst of suffering and death: see our Lord Jesus Christ - who promised, that he would be with those who gather in His name, who told us that he suffers with the suffering, who is being helped in those who are being helped, and who invites us to do likewise...
In the Gospel reading of the 4th Sunday of Lent, John 9:1-41, Jesus opens the eyes of the man born blind. May He open our eyes, the eyes of our heart, that we may begin to see His light, His truth, His love, that He is the way, the truth and the life, for us, for the whole world! And then we can truly rejoice, even in the midst of suffering and uncertainty around us, because Christ is our light, He is our sure and safe foundation, and we have Communion with him in the community of the Church, which is His body.
As a fellow priest put it:
"Stay healthy and safe... be careful, not fearful...!"
May God bless you and keep you, your families & loved ones!
Fr. Simeon F. Wimmershoff, Pastor
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Some Helpful Phone Numbers
- Parish Emergency numbers 1-575-587 0399, or 1-575-779 2327
- NM Coronavirus hotline 1-855-600 3453
- For help with food, supplies, child care, etc. due to
coronavirus closures 1-833-551 0518- Penasco Meals on Wheels 1-575-587 2778
- If you are 60 years and older, you call and register.
- You can call in in the morning for meals.
- You may have to pick up your meals, due to driver shortage.
If you know of any other important phone numbers etc., please email me: frsimeon@gmx.de
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Penasco Schools Information
https://www.penascoisd.com/o/penasco-isd/news
The Penasco Schools will continue serving breakfast and lunch (GRAB & GO) meals free to children 18 years of age and under during the statewide school closure due to the COVID-19 health crisis.
March 16 – April 3 - MONDAY – FRIDAY - SITES AND TIMES:
Penasco Schools Cafeteria 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m
Chamisal Fire Station 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p:m
Casitas Playground 10:30 a.m – 10:45 a.m
Picuris Pueblo 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m
Ojo Sarco Community Center 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m
If you have any questions, contact Shiela Rodriguez
@ 575-587 2502, ext. 2107
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Lenten Rules
Now perhaps even more than ever, Lent is a special time for praying, fasting & almsgiving. There are some rules on fasting:
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not to equal a full meal. Liquids are allowed at any time, but no solid food should be consumed between meals.
The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. Abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays of Lent prohibits the eating of meat, but not fish, eggs, milk products, or condiments of any kind, even though made from animal fat.
If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.
Those that are excused from fast and abstinence outside the age limits include the physically or mentally ill, including individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes. Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women. In all cases, common sense should prevail, and ill persons should not further jeopardize their health by fasting.
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special events
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Saturday, July 25
We received word that due to the Coronavirus pandemic, even the Passion Play in Oberammergau has been cancelled for this year, and with this our entire pilgrimage. Even the shrine at Lourdes has been closed for now. For the Passion Play a new date has been set for 2022 instead. We will keep you posted. Perhaps, God willing, we can join a pilgrimage then! In case you had signed up for this pilgrimage, please contact Holy Land Travel for details on the cancellation. You should receive and email from them as well. Please, continue to pray for an end to this epidemic!Read More
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