10/2 - No meeting (SJC School Carnival weekend)

Dear Friends and Families,

This weekend is SJC School Carnival weekend. We do NOT have our regular study meeting on this Friday (10/2). If you like, please feel free to join their event. It is fun for all age kids. For detail, please click on image.



Wish all you have a nice weekend.

God Bless.

9/25 - Be wise: control your tongue!

雅各伯書 James - Chapter 3

Control your tongue!
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not fall short in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body also.

If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole bodies. It is the same with ships: even though they are so large and driven by fierce winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot's inclination wishes.

In the same way the tongue is a small member and yet has great pretensions. Consider how small a fire can set a huge forest ablaze. The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna.

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. This need not be so, my brothers.

Does a spring gush forth from the same opening both pure and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can salt water yield fresh.

Wisdom of God or Earthly Wisdom
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

Wisdom of this kind does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.

Please see our meeting information on the right for meeting details.

God Bless.

9/18 - Our Holy Mother Mary - Fr. Marvin Deutsch

Dear Friends and Families,
Do you know that last Tuesday, Sept. 9th, was the Feast Day of the Nativity of Mary (Birth of Mary), Sept. 12, last Saturday, was Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary Day, this Monday, Sept. 14, was Triumph of the Cross, and Tuesday, Sept. 15, is Our Lady of Sorrows Day? Do you know what all of these about?

Do you remember Fr. Marvin Deutsch? He already came back from Minnesota to California recently.

This Friday, Sept. 18, we invited Fr. Marvin coming to our study meeting to talk about our Holy Mother Mary. Please feel free to invite your friends to join us. If you like to share snack in the end of meeting, please bring your favorite snack to share with others and kids.

God Bless.

9/11 - 不要以貌取人 & 沒有行為的信德是死的

This week we are going to look into James chapter 2. Two main subjects are

• 不要以貌取人
• 沒有行為的信德是死的

Following is the links for 雅各伯書 (James):

• http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/#james
• http://www.ccreadbible.org/Chinese%20Bible/backup/New%20Testament/Epistles/James

Please see our meeting information on right hand side block. For the coming event at SJC is listed here:

• SJC Feast Day Celebration
• 2009-09-13 (Sunday)
• 12:30 ~ 3:00 pm
• Location: Parish Community Center
• See link for details : http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/popup.php?&op=view&id=23522494&crd=sjcupca8us

God Bless.