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 May 11, 2025
Dear brothers and sisters,
In his gospel today, Saint John gives us a very comforting message. He told us that Jesus had confirmed that God would spread his tent over us. So, in the world to come, we will never hunger and thirst again. The sun will not burn us, the wind will do us no harm, and we will never get lost! That means we will never be rustled or stolen. In other words, we will be understood, received, welcomed, and taken up. We all will be taken up by God.
In Jesus' time, some people had died, and then came back. They were Lazarus (John 11:39-45); the boy from Nain (Luke 7:11-16); and the daughter of an official of the synagogue (Luke 8:41-53).
Many years ago, I did my research in the web side on a study of one hundred fifty cases. In all reports of those people who came back to life after they had already died for a couple of hours. Those people who did not know one another's stories, I found more or less the same ingredients. They told how they had left their bodies. They then went through something like dark tunnel with a growing light at its end. A light like the sun, but it did not make them blind or burn, and they saw their whole lives in short flashes, the good and the bad. Then the light proved to be something personal, a somebody. They reported how that somebody looked at all those flashes with them, and how all was understood. The selfless acts were approved and the selfish ones disapproved. The reproachable ones, too were seen as part of a learning process. And, after all … those people came back to life, and then, became changed people. They all said that the light – some called it Christ, some called it God, some called it light- was kind and protective, humorous and understanding, forgiving and fulfilling.
Certainly, we do not need all those reports to know all this. The today's gospel tells us all there is to know. The shelter will be there for us all, and the sun, rain, and wind will do no harm to us anymore. The tears will not only be wiped away, but also there will be no more tears forever. The light will be there, and all whom we love now. Those we don't love so much will be there as well, but changed. We all will be there, changed.
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
今日の福音書の中で、聖ヨハネは私たちに非常に良いメッセージを与えていただきます。主イエスが、神が私達の上に霊的なテントを広めることを確認したと、聖ヨハネは言った。だから、将来の世界では、私たちは飢えたり渇いたりすることはなくなるようになりす。太陽は私たちを燃やしません、風は私たちに害を及ぼしません、そして私たちは決して迷子になりません！それは私達が決して錆びたり盗まれたりしないことを意味します。言い換えれば、私たちは理解され、受け入れられ、歓迎され、そして取り上げられるでしょう。私たち全員が神に取り上げられるでしょう。
イエスの時代には、何人かが死んでから戻ってきました。彼らはラザロでした（ヨハネ11：39-45）、ナインの少年（ルカ7：11-16）、そして会堂長の娘（ルカ8：41-53）。
何年も前に、私はインターネットで死んでから戻ってきた百五十人の人々の場合を研究しました。彼らがすでに死んだから、数時間後に生き戻したの報告において勉強した。その人たちは互いの話を知らなかったで、私は多かれ少なかれ同じ成分を見つけました。彼らは自分たちの体をどうやって去ったかを話しました。彼らは暗いトンネルのようなものを通り抜けて、その終わりで成長するような光がなってくるでした。太陽のような光だが、それは彼らを盲目にしたり燃やしたりするものではなく、一瞬のうちに自分たちの全生涯で善と悪のことを見出した。それからその光は個人的な何か、誰かであることが証明されました。彼らは、そのすべてのフラッシュをどのようものを見出したか、またどのように理解されたかを報告しました。無私の行為は承認され、利己的な行為は不承認となりました。再現しやすいものも、学習プロセスの一部と見なされていました。そして、結局、その人々は生き戻ってきて、それから変わった人々になりました。彼ら全員は、その光は主キリストだと呼ぶ人もいるし、また神様だと呼ぶ人もいるし、或いは仏陀だと呼ぶ人がいました。その光の方は親切で保護的、可愛し、理解し、寛容し、そして人々を充実させた方です。
確かに、これらすべてを知るためにこれらすべてのレポートが必要というわけではありません。今日の福音書には、知るべきことがすべて記されています。避難所は私たち全員のためにあるでしょう、そして太陽、雨、そして風はもう私たちに害を及ぼさないでしょう。涙は拭き取られるだけでなく、永遠に涙が出ることもありません。光はそこにあり、また私たちが愛しているすべての人々がそこにいるでしょう。あまり好きではない人たちも同様にそこにいるでしょうが、彼らは変わったようです。私たち皆は、そこにいるだろうが、皆、変わるようになるはずです。
ドアン神父
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.
Sorry, we will not have the First Saturday Devotion for the Month of May. We will resume in June
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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