Easter Lights

Apr 11 2020

Announcements
Easter Lights

We are joining a movement with various churches and would like you to join in, and encourage you to spread the word.

Let’s hang white lights on the house and the trees. Turn them on at 8:00 pm this Saturday April 11th – the start of the Easter Vigil – and light them every night through Easter until Pentecost, May 31st.

We are putting lights on the front of the church building too.

Let’s bring the Light of Christ to this pandemic darkness!
Peace to you, and shine your light!

Jesus Is: Episode 2

Apr 10 2020

Announcements
Video… “Jesus Is” Episode 2

Sacred Heart Youth Minister Pat Gunning shares a new message and methods for coping during this time in quarantine. Pat takes a passage from Isaiah 53 that is read every Good Friday and goes into how Jesus is the Lamb of God who fulfills the Old Testament with the New Covenant of his blood.

Direct Link to the Video
Sacred Heart You Tube Channel

Palm Sunday

Apr 04 2020

Announcements, Events
Sunday Morning Sacred Heart will
Distribute Blessed Palm Branches…
That Can be Put on our Doors & Windows at Home

On Palm Sunday let us all put a palm or branch on the door or window of our home to celebrate Palm Sunday. Sacred Heart will distribute blessed Palm branches in as safe a manner as we can.

You can pick up a palm branch for each member of your family at the Church, tomorrow (Sunday) morning from 9:00 AM -12:00 noon in the alley between Saratoga and Cape May. Parishioners can get your palms by driving in your cars through the alley starting at Sunset Cliffs, going North. Roll down your passenger side window and tell June or Gregg Sprosty the number of palms requested (one per family member.) They will pass the required number of palm branches through the passenger side window and put them on the car seat so they can maintain a safe distance. Then drive through the alley to Ebers Street and depart. There will be NO parking problems and people can be safe. If you are walking, June or Gregg will have branches available to pick up in a safe manner.

Since some of us will be unable to receive our beloved palms, those that don’t have palms can put a branch on the door or window of our home to celebrate Palm Sunday.

While we must be apart this Palm Sunday, we remain the Catholic community of Sacred Heart of Ocean Beach. No amount of social distancing and restrictions from public gatherings will change that here!

Through this green branch on our door, we remember each other and Jesus’s sacrifice for us as we enter into the holiest week of the Christian calendar.

And as we use this remaining time in Lent to reflect, so that we may celebrate Easter Sunday joyously, remember we do so not as isolated individuals but spiritually connected in our faith!
Palm Sunday Mass Online
There are two ways to view the video. The first way to view the video is through our parish YouTube account tomorrow (Sunday) morning. You can find the link here

Fr. Emmanuel will also make available the link to the video and text of this Sunday’s homily along with previous and future ones on his blog. You can find the link to his blog here http://frochigbo.blogspot.com/

You can also find the Mass that the Diocese of San Diego has on its website https://www.sdcatholic.org/find-a-parish/on-line-sunday-mass/.

Thank you to everyone who makes this incredible outreach possible.

May God be with you in these trying times!

Mass Online

Apr 03 2020

Announcements, Events
Mass Online
This weekend for Palm Sunday we will again be recording Mass in our church and posting it to the Parish YouTube channel for Sunday morning viewing. You can view Mass here.
Stephen Williams has helpful information below to make the most from Mass at home. You can download the document here.

Father Tom Update

Apr 02 2020

Announcements

Fr. Tom’s surgery has been postponed. The doctor chose not to take any chances with Fr. Tom’s health due the rise of the Covid-19 cases, which has increased at the local hospitals. He is hoping to have the surgery within the next month.

Please continue to pray for Fr. Tom’s health.

A Note from Father Tom

Apr 02 2020

Announcements

April 1, 2020

Dear Sacred Heart Family,

I have been WAITING these last several weeks for surgery, and I have had much time for prayer and reflection. As we approach Palm Sunday this coming weekend, I am reminded of the crowds of people who had been WAITING so long for the Messiah. Upon Jesus’ arrival how they welcomed Him with such jubilation and shouts of hope. Perhaps He would be the one that would free them from the bonds of oppression and the difficult times they were living in. Yet only a short time later, these same crowds would be shouting, “Crucify Him, Crucify Him!” We to are WAITING, with hope and anticipation, that we will be free from this present pandemic and try to return to the life we were living before this difficult time befell us.

I await my surgery so I can get back into the swing of things and move on. Yet in this waiting I began to wonder if I do want to get back to where I was and to where we all were. Were we really taking Lent seriously? Were we living with gratitude for all the gifts in our lives? Were we truly grateful for each other? Was God the center in our lives or continually taking a back seat to sports, technology, entertainment, comforts, all the distractions the world offers!? Can we say, when this pass, and it will pass, that as we are rebuilding are wounded economy, our country, our individual lives, that we are different than before? Are we better? Have we prayed as a family in this time and even just had quality sharing and presence with each other?

I think of the many who attend Weekend Masses but never volunteer or involve themselves in the activities, ministries and events the parish offers. Yet, this is a parish made up of so many people who care so deeply. What wonderful things we could accomplish by just getting more involved in the life of our Church community. How we could set the world on fire!! I think we can, and more, I believe we will!!

An invisible force might have brought us to a halt, but a visible force has Risen from the dead! Jesus Christ is real! He is with us! He is the same yesterday, today and always. Through Him we will rise from this brighter, kinder, more selfless, merciful and loving. As we wait know He is awaiting with open arms to lift us to those higher places, if we let Him.

PRAY, HOPE AND TRUST FOR WE ARE AN EASTER PEOPLE AND HALLELUJAH IS OUR NAME!!!!

Thank you all for your support and prayers for me. I am so blessed and so grateful. Know I continue to pray for each of you!!!!

Fr. Tom

Prayers for Father Tom

Apr 01 2020

Announcements
Prayers for Father Tom
Fr. Tom’s heart surgery is this coming Monday, April 6th. Please keep him in your prayers for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery!  Please pray also for the surgeon and his team throughout the surgery. May God guide them and be with them. Let us also pray for the hospital staff caring for Fr. Tom and other patients. Keep them all safe from the Coronavirus!!

Palm Sunday

Apr 01 2020

Events
This Weekend it will be Palm Sunday
Sacred Heart will Distribute Blessed Palm Branches

On Palm Sunday this weekend Sacred Heart will distribute blessed Palm branches in as safe a manner as we can.

Parishioners can get your palms by driving in your cars through the alley starting at Sunset Cliffs, going North. Roll down your passenger side window/s and tell June or Gregg Sprosty the number of palms requested (one per family member.) They will pass the required number of palm branches through the passenger side window and put them on the car seat so they can maintain a safe distance. Then drive through the alley to Ebers Street and depart. There will be NO parking problems and people can be safe. If you are walking, June or Gregg will have branches available to pick up in a safe manner. Palms will be available in the alley from 9 am till 12 noon, Sunday morning. Have a safe Holy week.
You can download the calendar here.

Confession

Mar 29 2020

Announcements
Information from Father Tom about Confession
Powerful information… this does not excuse Confession but if anything happens to you during this time you are completely forgiven.