Marriage/Matrimony is the sacrament through which a baptized man and a baptized women join themselves for life in marriage and receive God’s grace so that they may carry out their responsibilities. If your are planning to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage, please call the Parish Office at least six months before your proposed wedding date at 510.799.4406 or email parishoffice@stpatrickrodeo.org.
IN BRIEF Catechism of the Catholic Church (The Holy See)
1659 St. Paul said: “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church…. This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church” (⇒ Eph 5:25, ⇒ 32).
1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf ⇒ CIC, can. 1055 # 1; cf. GS 48 # 1).
1661 The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life (cf Council of Trent: DS 1799).
1662 Marriage is based on the consent of the contracting parties, that is, on their will to give themselves, each to the other, mutually and definitively, in order to live a covenant of faithful and fruitful love.
1663 Since marriage establishes the couple in a public state of life in the Church, it is fitting that its celebration be public, in the framework of a liturgical celebration, before the priest (or a witness authorized by the Church), the witnesses, and the assembly of the faithful.
1664 Unity, indissolubility, and openness to fertility are essential to marriage. Polygamy is incompatible with the unity of marriage; divorce separates what God has joined together; the refusal of fertility turns married life away from its “supreme gift,” the child (GS 50 # 1).
1665 The remarriage of persons divorced from a living, lawful spouse contravenes the plan and law of God as taught by Christ. They are not separated from the Church, but they cannot receive Eucharistic communion. They will lead Christian lives especially by educating their children in the faith.
1666 The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is rightly called “the domestic church,” a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity.
The Sacrament of Matrimony
The Sacrament of Matrimony
Marriage/Matrimony is the sacrament through which a baptized man and a baptized women join themselves for life in marriage and receive God’s grace so that they may carry out their responsibilities. If your are planning to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage, please call the Parish Office at least six months before your proposed wedding date at 510.799.4406 or email parishoffice@stpatrickrodeo.org.
IN BRIEF Catechism of the Catholic Church (The Holy See)
1659 St. Paul said: “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church…. This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church” (⇒ Eph 5:25, ⇒ 32).
1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf ⇒ CIC, can. 1055 # 1; cf. GS 48 # 1).
1661 The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life (cf Council of Trent: DS 1799).
1662 Marriage is based on the consent of the contracting parties, that is, on their will to give themselves, each to the other, mutually and definitively, in order to live a covenant of faithful and fruitful love.
1663 Since marriage establishes the couple in a public state of life in the Church, it is fitting that its celebration be public, in the framework of a liturgical celebration, before the priest (or a witness authorized by the Church), the witnesses, and the assembly of the faithful.
1664 Unity, indissolubility, and openness to fertility are essential to marriage. Polygamy is incompatible with the unity of marriage; divorce separates what God has joined together; the refusal of fertility turns married life away from its “supreme gift,” the child (GS 50 # 1).
1665 The remarriage of persons divorced from a living, lawful spouse contravenes the plan and law of God as taught by Christ. They are not separated from the Church, but they cannot receive Eucharistic communion. They will lead Christian lives especially by educating their children in the faith.
1666 The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is rightly called “the domestic church,” a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity.
(http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P57.HTM) {Catechism of the Catholic Church}
Week-At-A-Glance
Sunday, April 14
Third Sunday of Easter
Masses in the Church, 7:30am 9:30am, 11:30am
One Collection
Children’s Liturgy of the Word, 9:30 and 11:30am
Confirmation Session, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Youth Ministry, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Tagalog Mass at St. Joseph, Pinole – 2:00pm
Monday, April 15
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Fr. Larry’s Bible Class, 8:15am – 9:15am
Readings for Fourth Sunday of Easter
Knights of Columbus Meeting
St. Patrick Catholic School PTG meeting, 6:00pm
Scholl Board meeting, 7:00pm
Tuesday, April 16
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Fr. Larry’s Bible Class, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday, April 17
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, 8:00am
School Mass (Gr. 3-5), 8:30am
Confirmation Rehearsal, 7:00pm
Thursday, April 18
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
No Edge and Faith Formation classes
Confirmation Mass with Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, 7:00pm
Friday, April 19
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Santo Niño Novena, 8:00am
Saturday, April 20
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Legion of Mary Rosary, 8:00am
Confessions, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Vigil Mass, 5:00pm
One Collection
Sunday, April 21
Fourth Sunday of Easter
World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Masses in the Church, 7:30am 9:30am, 11:30am
One Collection
Hospitality, 7:30am and 9:30am
Gift Shop, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30am
Last Day Confirmation Session, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Youth Ministry, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Monday, April 22
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Fr. Larry’s Scripture Class, 8:15am – 9:15am
For Sunday, April 28th, Fifth Sunday of Easter
St. Patrick Pastoral Council Meeting, 7:00pm
Tuesday, April 23
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
CYO Picture Taking in the Hall, 3:30pm
Fr. Larry’s Scripture Class, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday, April 24
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, 8:00am
School Mass (TK-2), 8:30am
CYO Picture Taking in the Hall, 2:00pm
Stewardship Zoom Meeting, 7:00pm
Thursday, April 25
Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Edge , 5:30pm
Faith Formation, 5:45pm
Parish Finance Council Meeting, 7:00pm
Stewardship Committee Meeting, 7:15pm Hall
Friday, April 26
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Santo Niño Novena, 8:00am
St. Patrick School, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Saturday, April 27
Mass in the Church, 7:30am
Legion of Mary Rosary, 8:00am
Confessions, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Vigil Mass, 5:00pm
One Collection
Parish Stewardship Fair after 5:00pm
Sunday, April 28
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Masses in the Church, 7:30am 9:30am, 11:30am
One Collection
No Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Parish Stewardship Fair after all Masses
Last Day of Youth Ministry class, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Children’s Choir Practice, 6:00pm