relationship with God or destroy His life flowing grace within him/her.  It is recommended that penitents  acknowledge their Venial Sins too when confessing, and not just Mortal Sins.

The worst Mortal Sins have to do with our relationship directly with God.    Some of these sins would be receiving any Sacrament sacrilegiously, putting anything or anyone before God, not praying frequently, failing to participate in the Sunday Eucharist weekly or on Holydays of Obligation, misusing God's Holy Name, cursing (damning a person, place or thing to hell), perjury.

Other Mortal Sins have to do with self and our neighbor.    Some of these sins would be murder, abortion, drunkenness due to drugs or alcohol, fornication, adultery, masturbation, sterilization, serious hatred of another, seriously hurting another physically or emotionally,  stealing or robbery, seriously destroying another's reputation, miserliness (failure to share not just from one's abundance but from one's needs with those less fortunate), failure to respect legitimate authority, failure to pay just wages or give a full day's work for a full day's pay failure to drive safely and so put others at serious risk.

Who cannot go to confession?    Anyone who cannot be truly sorry or who does wish at this time to be truly sorry, is the only one who cannot receive Sacramental Forgiveness.    E.g., anyone living with another who has not been married in the Church, anyone who does not want to stop doing something that is mortally sinful.     

If we have not already done so, let us make the best confession of our lives as early in the week as possible, but before the Sacred Triduum begins Holy Thursday evening.

Holy Thursday:
8:00 a.m. - Liturgy of Hours
Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
7:30 p.m. - Concelebrated Mass of the Lord's Supper
9:00 - 11:00 p.m. - Adoration at the Altar of Repose

Good Friday:
8:00 a.m. - Liturgy of Hours
Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Hymns and Meditations on 
Seven Last Words
2:00 p.m. - Good Friday Liturgy with Holy Communion

Holy Saturday:
8:00 a.m. - Liturgy of Hours
Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
7:30 p.m. - Vigil Celebration of Easter

Easter Sunday:
   6:00 a.m. - Ecumenical Sunrise Service at Valley Oaks
(not a Mass, does NOT fulfill Mass Obligation)
6:30 a.m. - Salubong (Meeting of Jesus and Mary)

7:30 a.m. - Mass in church
9:00 a.m. - Mass in church
9:00 a.m. - Mass in hall
10:30 a.m. - Mass in church
10:30 a.m. - Mass in hall
12:00 noon - Mass in church
12:00 noon - Mass in hall

NO Evening Mass

Tuesday, April 18^th:   
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Spy Wednesday, April 19^th: 
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Holy Thursday, April 20^th:
11:00 - 12:00 noon
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

No Confessions after Holy Thursday

Potted Easter Lilies, Azaleas, Hydrangeas, and Tulips of any color are needed to decorate the environment for Easter.    As we did last year, one and all are invited to donate a Potted Plant in memory of some person (living or deceased) or in thanksgiving for some favor granted or in petition for some favor.

Please attach a note to your Potted Plant listing the name of the person in whose honor the Potted Plant has been donated, and whether that person is living or deceased.   Or, listing whether your Potted Plant is given in Thanksgiving for a favor received or in Petition for some favor being sought from God.

All names will be noted in the Bulletin the Sunday after Easter, as will Thanksgiving and Petition Intentions.    All will be asked to look over that list, and to pray for those persons and intentions.
 
Please bring your Potted Plants to the Parish Pastoral Office Good Friday, or directly to the church Holy Saturday morning.     

Please do not bring your Potted Plants earlier in the week, as no flowers may be in the church during Holy Week and there is only so much room in the Pastoral Office.