St Francis Xavier Chapel "Maryknoll" Japanese Catholic Center, 222 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Formerly known as "Maryknoll"
Mission Statement
We of Saint Francis Xavier Chapel, as members of the Body of Christ, are called to announce in word and in deed the Good News of the Lord Jesus, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
We recognize our community's call to holiness based on mutuality, reciprocity, and interdependence and its ministry focusing on Japanese Catholics while also welcoming all in our greater community.
Fr. Doan Hoang's Message for the April 20, 2025, Easter sund
Brothers and sisters,
As we have read the gospel of Luke in the liturgical cycle C, we can find ourselves right there in the middle of the mob. We had cried to mingle our voices with theirs, "Alleluia! Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord," to welcome his entrance into the Holy City of Jerusalem, and then we yelled at him, "crucify him" at the court of Pilate.
Surrounded and trapped by all those people, Jesus fought valiantly. He tried to answer and to overcome His destiny, His Father's will, the mission he had to accomplish. He washed their feet and kissed Judas. He healed the ear of Malchus who tried to arrest Him, and He answered Pilate's questions. He looked silently at Herod and admonished the women on his way to the cross. He thanked Simon of Cyrene, who helping to carry His cross. He forgave the soldiers and prayed for his murderers. He encouraged the robber on the cross next to Him from here to there. Finally He bent His head and gave up His heart! Did He already fell and did not come up again?
It was and is as if we human beings had the last word in the history of this man and, consequently, in the story of all of us. As Cleopas and his friend questioned a stranger walking with them on the way to Emmaus, we ask, "Wasn't He our last and only hope? With Him all possible goodness seemed to have died in this world.
Today we celebrate that it was God who rescued Him, who brought Him back to life. It was God who validated Him, His life and the life of us, His people.
The last word is not death, it is life. It is not NO, it is YES!
YES, we did overcome through many challenges, sufferings, and even death to life. YES, we did overcome in Him.
God not only overcame the corruption around us when He raised Jesus from death, He also overcame it within us. God freed Him, and God freed us in Him, ALLELUIA!
The old came to an end: a new world started to live. Do you reject Satan and all his works and his promises? With the Lord Jesus Christ, risen from the death, we can answer: "YES . . . YES, WE DO!" Amen, Alleluia!.
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
典礼暦年のC年でルカの福音書を読んだとき、私たちは群衆の真ん中に自分自身を見つけることができます。私たちは彼らの声と混ぜ合わせるために叫んだ、「主の名によって来たる者は祝福された」と聖なる都エルサレムにイエスを迎えに来たが、また「十字架につけろ！」と、ピラトの宮廷で叫んだもあった。
それらのすべての人々に囲まれ、閉じ込められたイエスは勇敢に戦った。彼は自分の運命、父である神のみ旨、彼が達成しなければならなかった使命に答えそして克服しようとしました。彼は弟子たちの足を洗ってユダにキスをした。彼は自分を逮捕しようとしたマルコの耳を癒しました。そして、彼はピラトの質問に答えました。彼は静かにヘロデを見て、十字架へ向かう途中で女性たちに警告しました。彼は彼の十字架を担うのを手伝ってくれたキレネのシモンに感謝した。彼は兵士たちを許し、その殺人者たちのために祈った。彼は、隣で十字架につけられていた強盗を、あちらこちらから励ました。ついに彼は頭を曲げて彼の心をあきらめた！彼はすでに倒れ、二度と起き上がらなかったのだろうか？
まるで私たち人間がこの人の歴史の中で、そしてその結果として、私たち全員の物語の中で最後の言葉を持っていたかのようです。クレオパと彼の友人がエマオへ行く途中で彼らと一緒に歩いている見知らぬ人に質問したとき、私たちは尋ねます、「彼は私たちの最後で唯一の希望ではありませんでしたか。」
今日、私たちは、彼を救い出したのは神であり、彼を復活させたことを祝います。彼の命、また神の民である私たちの命を証ししたのは神でした。
最後の言葉は死ではなく、命です。それはNOではない、それはYESです！
YES、私たちは多くの課題、苦しみ、そして死に至るまでの死を乗り越えました。YES、私たちは彼の中で克服しました。
神は、イエスが死からよみがえられたときに、私たちの周りの腐敗を克服しただけでなく、私たちの内でそれを克服しました。神は彼を解放し、また神は彼の内にいる私たちを解放しました、アレルヤ！
古い世界は終わりを迎えました：新しい世界が生き始めました。あなたはサタンと彼のすべての作品と約束を拒否しますか？イエスキリストと一緒に、死から復活して、私たちは答えることができます。アーメン、アレルヤ！
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday: 8:30 am. Japanese Mass
10:00 am. English Mass
Saturday: 5:00 pm English Vigil Mass
Weekday Masses are on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:05 pm.
Weekday Masses are subject to change due to funerals or illness.
Holy Week Schedule
HOLY THURSDAY
April 17, 2025:
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at
5:00 p.m. (English)
GOOD FRIDAY
April 18, 2025: (English)
Stations of the Cross:
3:00 p.m.
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion:
3:30 p.m.
(Day of Fast & Abstinence)
HOLY SATURDAY
April 19, 2025: Easter Vigil Mass at 5:00 p.m. (Bilingual)
EASTER SUNDAY
April 20, 2025:
The Resurrection of the Lord
8:30 a.m. (Japanese)
10:00 a.m. (English)
First Saturday Devotion: 9:00 am, Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy.
COVID, Cold and Allergies:
- If you are not feeling well, please stay home and get well; you are in our prayers.
- Hand Sanitizers are available for you to use.
- Masks are optional.
Donations
Thank you for your continued support! We are grateful to all who donate to SFXCJCC. We are open for weekend and weekday Masses. And are slowly opening our facility to our ministries and groups.
We are still in need of your financial help! Would you please continue making your Sunday Collection contributions or donating to St Francis Xavier Chapel?
You can mail checks to the office:
SFXCJCC
222 S Hewitt Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Thank you!
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