In This Issue: What the Lord Jesus Means to Christians SJV Marriage Community Spiritual Growth Announcements and Calendar Readings and Prayer Resources SJV Mission Statement

"I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me"

What the Lord Jesus Means to Christians
3rd Sunday of Easter

How do we remember a beloved person, father or mother, who passed away?  We console one another with our common faith that he/she is happy with God.  As time heals the wound caused by death, the memory of this person lives on in our minds.  We remember sayings:  "Father used to say .... "  Anecdotes that reflect him/her as a lovable person are told time and again:  "Mother used to ....." followed by a little recollection that shows how concerned she could be.  Something like this took place after the death of Jesus.

First, there was utter dismay and sadness.  But then the disciples experienced the Master as alive.  They told others about it.  And long after the Lord's last apparition, they shared experiences with others, telling what he had meant to them.  These narratives, related time and again in the congregation, reflect the personality of Jesus Christ, his forgiveness, his power, his care, his mercy.  Only the most characteristic ones were used by the writers of the New Testament to teach us who the Lord Jesus is and what he means to Christians.

We have some examples in today's Scripture readings.  May these traditions help to make us more aware of the significance of the risen Lord in our lives.  

SJV Marriage Community
Invitation

SJV Marriage Community invites you to join us on Friday, April 27 at 7:00 PM for our discussion "From Wedding Band to Marriage Ring" where we'll talk about the circle of allies for our marriages.

• Where is the community of well-wishers that attended our wedding?
• Can we, as a couple, turn to them in happy AND difficult times?
• Who counsels us, coaches us, and encourages us to keep love alive?

Bring your wedding albums and/or video clips of your wedding.  Bring an appetizer or wine to share.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MONTH'S MEETING IS ON A FRIDAY.

Onsite childcare will be provided.  Let us know how many children will be needing childcare.

For more information, contact Richard and Veronica Wildanger at (408) 937-1483 or email rpwildanger@earthlink.net

Spiritual Growth
Bible Study Groups at St. John Vianney

Learn the Bible ... from one of the Most inspiring Teachers in the Catholic Church Today.  An 24-week video course that will transform your knowledge of the bible!  The "Great Adventure Bible Timeline" will give you the tools for a lifetime of enriching bible study and devotional reading.  Developed and presented by Catholic theologian and author Jeff Cavins, this video Bible Timeline seminar will give you "the big picture" of salvation history by showing you how people, places, events and themes of the bible fit together.

On Thursday evenings join us for a Bible Timeline course that is an overview of the entire bible.  Registration is required for the course.  If you are interested, pick up a registration flyer in the front of the church or call the parish office at (408) 258-7832.

Announcements and Calendar

Parish Announcements:   Visit this web site to read the   SJV Parish Announcements:   sjvannouncements.blogspot.com   Parish Events Calendar:   Visit this web site to see the   SJV Parish Events Calendar:   my.calendars.net/sjvnews

Readings and Prayer Resources

Praying the Scriptures:   Visit this web site for ideas   on praying the Scriptures:   www.liturgy.slu.edu   Take a Moment to Pray:   Visit this web site for ideas   on the Ignatius way to pray:   www.sacredspace.ie

St. John Vianney Parish Mission Statement

We, the people of St. John Vianney Parish, seek to promote the Gospel through evangelization, worship and community outreach to a diverse community in the San Jose eastern foothills. We recognize the community to be ethnically, economically, intergenerational and domestically mixed, and therefore resolve to strive for a broad vision of this parish's needs in light of the Gospel.

We are committed to fulfill the above goals by working together, offering supportive presence to one another, and arriving at decision through prayer, active listening and consensus.

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