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 July 13, 2025
Brothers and sisters,
In the 1st reading of today, we have learned from Moses who wrote, “This law is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven, and it is not beyond the seas. No, it is near to you. It is in your mouth! It is in your heart!” In the gospel reading we have known that there was a lawyer came to Jesus and asked, “Sir, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered: “What should you do to inherit eternal life?” The man didn’t give his answer from within, but from without, from the law he knew very well: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your souls, with all your mind and with all your strength, and your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus said, “You have answered right, do this and life will be yours.”
However, the lawyer then came up with another question, a tricky, dangerous one: “And who is my neighbors?” This was a tricky, dangerous question because Jesus had been accused of going further than the law. Isn’t going further than the law against the law? What answer would Jesus, who was seen healing Romans and pagans, give?
He gave no answer, but told a story. It was a story about a Jew walking from Jerusalem to Jericho who was beaten up on his way and left behind, bruised, crippled, and slowly bleeding to death. A Jew came along and passed, and another Jew came along and passed. A Samaritan -not a Jew- came along and stopped. He stopped the man’s bleeding, dressed his wounds, poured oil and wine on the dressing, and brought him to a country inn for the further treatment, guaranteeing payment of all the costs involved. When the story was over, Jesus asked the lawyer: “Who was the neighbor of that man who was beaten up alongside the road?”
The lawyer thought about the law, the written law as customarily explained in a very restrictive way, and then he said from within himself, “The one who took pity on him!” From within himself! Yes, from within the lawyer found himself back, and Jesus found what had been lost! What are you thinking and feeling about yourself when you read this gospel story again?
Fr. Doan
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆様、
今日の第1朗読で、私たちはモーセから学びました。この掟は天にあるのでもなく、海の彼方にあるのでもない。いや、あなたの近くにある。あなたの口の中にある！あなたの心の中にある。福音朗読の中で、一人の律法学者がイエスのもとにやってきて尋ねた。「先生、何をしたら、永遠の命を受け継ぐことができるでしょうか。」イエスは答えられた： 「永遠の命を受け継ぐことができるでしょうか？」その人は内側からではなく、外側から、彼がよく知っている律法から答えを出した： 「心を尽くし、精神を尽くし、力を尽くし、思いを尽くして、あなたの神である主を愛しなさい、また、隣人を自分のように愛しなさい。」イエスは言われた。「あなたは正しい答えをした。こうすれば命はあなたのものになる。」
しかし、律法学者は別の厄介で危険な質問をした： 「私の隣人とは誰ですか？」なぜなら、イエスは律法以上のことをしていると非難されていたからです。律法以上のことをするのは、律法違反ではないのでしょうか？ローマ人や異邦人を癒していたイエスはどのような答えをするのだろうか？
イエスは何も答えず、ある話をされた。それは、エルサレムからエリコに向かって歩いていたユダヤ人が、途中で殴られ、打ち身になり、不具になり、ゆっくりと血を流して死んでいったという話だった。あるユダヤ人がやってきて通り過ぎ、また別のユダヤ人がやってきて通り過ぎた。ユダヤ人ではないサマリア人がやって来て立ち止まった。彼は男の出血を止め、傷の手当てをし、その手当てに油とぶどう酒を注ぎ、さらに治療するために彼を田舎の宿屋に連れて行き、それにかかるすべての費用の支払いを保証した。その話が終わると、イエスは律法学者に尋ねた： 「道ばたで殴られたあの男の隣人は誰だったのでしょうか？」
その律法の専門家は、一般的に非常に制限的に説明されている律法について考え、自分の中からこう言った。「憐れんでくれた人！」自分の内側から！そう、自分の内側から、律法の専門家は自分を取り戻し、イエスは失われていたものを見つけたのだ！この福音書の物語を読んで、あなたは自分自身について何を考え、何を感じますか？
ドアン神父
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday, June 29th:
Come meet your fellow parishioners at our quarterly bilingual Mass at 10 a.m. (Japanese and English) Sorry, we will not have 8:30 am Mass. The Japanese and English bilingual Mass is held on the 5th Sunday of the month.
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.
First Saturday Devotion: 9:00 am, Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy. Confessions are available after the Mass.
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!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you. .