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 January 18, 2026
Dear brothers and sisters,
As you heard in today’s gospel, John pointed at Jesus and told his followers: “Look, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,” and then he added, “the Spirit of God is on him.”
It is the “lamb” that can lead to many misunderstandings. In the past, some theologians had developed a theory in which God became a kind of revengeful, bloodthirsty monster, demanding and clamoring for the blood of His Son because of the human’s sinfulness. That is a very wrong idea to the Christian theologians today. God does not want to see any blood at all. Even in the responsorial psalm of today, God makes that very clear: God does not ask for sacrifices and holocausts. God does not ask for a victim. From the very beginning of his revelation in the bible, God has been interested in only one thing: the well-being of human persons. God created us out of His love for us. God made us as His likeness and wanted us to live happily, not to die fearfully. God’s will is our well-being and nothing else! God’s Kingdom is the Kingdom of Love and Mercy; the Kingdom of Life, Peace and Happiness. God wants us to live, and live to our fullness and richest of the human life on earth.
We should not misunderstand God because of that lamb; we should not misunderstand Jesus because of that Lamb, and we should not misunderstand ourselves of that lamb, either!
Jesus said, “I am the life of the world!” and then he cured many sick and wounded persons, even he restored life of the dead. Nowadays he continues to give us his sacramental food and drink. Also, he left us and gave us his own Spirit, the Spirit of Love and Live so that we could be sparked into a process that is more burning, joyful, generous, bold, full of love to the end, and full of contagious life. However, the problem is our response to his call, our willing to accept his invitation for us in our daily life. My dear brothers and sisters, are you willing to let Jesus to set fire and burn your heart with his Spirit of Love? Are you ready to be empowered to pronounce the truth of the Gospel with audacity in any time and any place of the world today?
親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆さん
今日の福音書でお聞きになったように、ヨハネはイエスを指差して追随者たちに言いました。
多くの誤解を招く可能性があるのは「子羊」です。 過去に、一部の神学者は、人間の罪深さのために、神が一種の復讐心に満ちた血に飢えた怪物になり、御子の血を要求し、叫び声を上げたという理論を展開しました。 それは、今日のキリスト教神学者にとって非常に間違った考えです。 神は血を見たくありません。 今日の応答詩篇でさえ、神はそのことを非常に明確にしています。神は犠牲やホロコーストを求めません。 神は犠牲者を求めません。 聖書における啓示の最初から、神はただ一つのことに関心を持ってきました。それは人間の幸福です。 神は私たちへの愛から私たちを創造されました。 神は私たちをご自分に似せて造られ、私たちが恐ろしく死ぬのではなく、幸せに生きることを望んでおられました。 神の意志は私たちの幸福であり、他には何もありません! 神の王国は愛と憐れみの王国です。 いのちと平和と幸福の王国。 神は私たちが生きて、地球上で最も豊かで豊かな人生を送ることを望んでおられます。
その子羊のせいで神を誤解してはなりません。 その子羊のせいでイエスを誤解してはいけませんし、その子羊について自分自身も誤解してはなりません！
イエスは、「私は世の命です！」と言いました。 その後、彼は多くの病人や負傷者を治し、死者の命を取り戻しました。 今日、彼は聖餐式の食べ物と飲み物を私たちに与え続けています。 また、彼は私たちを離れ、彼自身のスピリット、愛と生きるスピリットを私たちに与えました。 . しかし、問題は彼の呼びかけに対する私たちの反応であり、私たちの日常生活における彼の招待を喜んで受け入れることです. 親愛なる兄弟姉妹の皆さん，イエスが火を放ち，愛の御霊であなたの心を燃やしてくださるのを喜んで受け入れますか。 今日、いつでも、どこでも、福音の真理を大胆に語れるようになる準備はできていますか?
in-church masses Schedule
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Japanese Mass
10:00 a.m. English Mass
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. English Vigil Mass/
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION:
January 1, 2026 the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
Archbishop Gomez has issued a dispensation for Jan 1st.
We will be celebrating Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at 9 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DAYS FOR WEEKDAY MASSES
Weekday Masses are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:05 p.m.
Weekday Masses are subject to change due to funerals or illness.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but we will not have weekday Masses on Friday, Dec 26, Tuesday, Dec 30th, Wednesday, Dec 31st and Jan 2nd.
Our regular Mass schedule will resume on Tuesday, Jan 6th
Weekday Masses will resume on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 12:05 p.m.
First Saturday Devotion: 9:00 a.m., Mass followed by Rosary and Divine Mercy. Confessions are available after the Mass.
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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Get Involved
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Thank you!
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