Schedule for the week of December 22nd

Pastor’s Corner
December 21, 2014
Schedule for the week of
December 22nd-December 28th
Dear People of Divine Savior and our cherished visitors:
The key word for today is “Behold!” The word appears twice in
today’s Gospel. Clearly, it is used to begin a very important
statement in each case. The first usage is when the Angel Gabriel
announces to Mary that she will conceive and bear a son. This son
will be great and as Son of the Most High He will be given the
throne of David to rule over the people. His kingship will be
unending.
David is seen as the great king who brought unity and peace to the
people who considered themselves the chosen people of God. The
Son Mary is to bear will take upon Himself the challenge of
renewing that unity and peace. This time it is not going to involve
drawing together various tribes; rather, it will be to lead the people
in a renewal of their faith that will bring about peace and unity.
However, we know only too well that the number of people who
responded to Jesus’ establishing this spiritual unity were in the
minority.
The second use of the word “Behold!” is when Mary turns her will
over to God and states that she will do what God asked her to.
Mary retained her posture as one who chose to serve and not be
served. No doubt that this prayerful disposition had a profound
effect on Jesus because He would also see Himself and act as a
servant, and a suffering one at that. Mary comes to her resolute
decision to a great extent because of the relationship that was
established between her and the angel. Both of them conducted
themselves in a very assertive way. Mary was honest about her
fears, the confusion over what the angels’ greeting meant, and her
understandable concern about how this pregnancy would come
about. Gabriel made no apologies, didn’t try to minimize anything,
but gave Mary time to ponder the serious matters she was presented
with.
This is an excellent example of how we are to conduct our
interactions with one another. We notice that Gabriel started with
an affirmation and in the process of the conversation offered two
additional ones. All three had to do with how Mary was blessed
and how God would see to it that all concerns would be resolved
because of God’s continuous and abundant favor.
What would it be like if we began our conversations with an
affirmation of the person we are speaking with? A fundamental
ingredient is that we on a regular basis allow the voice of God to
reassure us that God’s favor is with us and that whatever situation
we are dealing with the Holy Spirit will provide the words and the
wisdom to interact in a healthy way. How great it would be if in
those few seconds our anger might be tamed so that it is our heart
and soul talking and not our anger or other unpleasant feelings. We
can still express our anger after we have offered a compliment; and
the way we do that is simply to say in a calm but assertive voice, “I
don’t like (name the behavior).” While some would say this
practice is especially important when interacting with children and
youth, in the end we would do well to include this practice in any
of our conversations. Who knows, it could be the beginning of
establishing the peace of Jesus in our world!
~Fr. Roman Mueller
8:30am
Monday—December 22nd
Mass
10:00am
6:10pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
Tuesday—December 23rd
Bible Study
Divine Mercy
Daily Mass
9:30am Choir Rehearsal
8:30am
4:00pm
6:30pm
10:00pm
Wednesday-December 24th
***Christmas Eve***
***Office Closed***
Daily Mass
Christmas Eve Mass
Christmas Eve Family Mass
Christmas Eve Mass
10:30am
Thursday — December 25th
***Merry Christmas***
***Office Closed***
Christmas Mass
Church
8:30am
Friday — December 26th
***Office Closed***
Daily Mass
8:30am
3:00pm
4:30pm
Saturday— December 27th
Daily Mass
St. Cecilia Rm
Confessions
Church
Mass
Church
7:45am
8:45am
9:30am
10:45am
11:30am
3:00pm
5:00pm
Sunday— December 28th
Mass
Rosary Group
Mass
RCIA Catechumenate
Mass
5:00 Choir Rehearsal
Mass
Church
MS Room
St. Cecilia Rm.
St. Cecilia Rm.
Church
Church
Church
Church
Church
Church
Church
Church
Church
Lg. Conf. Rm.
Church
Church
Church
Mass Intentions
December 20th 4:30pm Mary Trujillo (D)
Laura Miklos
December 21st 7:45am Corzene Murphy (D)
Will Petite (D)
9:30am Chris Biasotti (D) Al Denk (D)
11:30am Edward Upton (D)
Darien & Jeff Gonzales (D)
5:00pm People of the Parish
December 22nd 8:30am Roman Mueller
Corzene Murphy
December 23rd 6:30pm June & David Suelflow (D)
Raymond & Shirley Borchard
December 24th 8:30am
4:00pm Van Ngo(D) Charlotte Lojas(D)
Edward & Helen Massoud (D)
6:30pm Delfin Pelagio
Corzene Murphy
10:00pm Darren Crose (D)
Eugene&James Cunningham(D)
December 25th 10:30am Ardene-Grace Ibanez (D)
James Bortolotto (D)
Ignacio Maya (D)
Jodi Nicole Robles (D)
December 26th 8:30am Cindy Teresi
John Eshback (D)
Harry Rodman (D)
December 27th 8:30am Corzene Murphy, Dale Bartlett
St. Vincent de Paul
Thank you to all the parishioners for your support and
generous donations of $12,807.54 with last month’s
collection. Your support will help members of our
community with food and financial assistance. God Bless.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thurs: Vigil:
Night:
Dawn:
Day:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56
Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;
Lk 1:57-66
2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27,
29; Lk 1:67-79
Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;
Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]
Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14;
Lk 2:1-14
Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12;Ti 3:4-7;
Lk 2:15-20
Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18
[1-5, 9-14]
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab,
16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22
1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps
28:1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21
[12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19;
Lk 2:22 -40 [22, 39-40]
Year over Year Plate Collection Performance
Week # 24
YTD thru Wk #24
2014-2015 Year
$13,872
$327,1064
2013-2014 Year
$13,047
$306,942
$ Difference
$20,122
% Difference
6.6%
Let Us Ring Out a Joyful Noise, as We Celebrate Anew
the Birth of Our Savior.
All are invited to bring bells from home to ring during
the Gloria at all the Masses on Christmas, as we join
together in singing "Glory to God in the Highest.
The Parish Office will be closed
Wednesday, December 24th,
Thursday, December 25th and Friday,
December 26th for Christmas.
Please submit bulletin announcements to the
Parish Office by 2:00pm Monday, December
22nd or email brian@divinesavior.com.
Catholics Returning Home
An Open Door for Returning Catholics
Were you raised Catholic but do not come or seldom come
to church anymore?
Are you a Catholic who now feels separated
from the Church?
Would you like to know more about the
Catholic Church as it is today?
No matter how long you have been away and no matter
the reason, we invite you to consider renewing your relationship with the Catholic Church. Please join us for six
informal sessions beginning Thursday January 15th,
7 – 8:30 p.m. The sessions will include sharing, and updates on the Church today. Please contact Kathleen Hass
at Divine Savior Catholic Church, 989-7400 for additional
information.
POINSETTIAS WANTED!
If you wish to donate one or more
poinsettias for the Christmas environment,
please bring them to the parish office M-F,
8:00-4:00pm, by no later than Monday,
December 22nd. 6”pot size or larger only,
please, red or white preferred. Thank you
from your parish environment team!
Additional USHERS/GREETERS needed for
CHRISTMAS EVE/DAY MASSES!!!
All current Ushers, Greeters and anyone wishing to
volunteer as an usher or greeter just for Christmas =
please plan to attend the MANDATORY meeting for
Christmas Ushers and Greeters.
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Meeting will be held in the church on Sunday,
December 21, from 1:00-2:15pm.
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New volunteers of all ages are welcome! In fact,
whole families can do either of these ministries
together.
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We ask only that you be a parishioner of Divine Savior,
in order that we may join together to welcome all the
visitors, returning Catholics, and non-Catholic guests
that attend Masses here on Christmas Eve/Day.
Help us to spread the spirit of the merciful innkeeper,
who helped Mary and Joseph find a place for the
Savior of the World to be born!
Vocations Cross
Sunday, December 21st at the 5:00pm Mass,
Katie, Scott & Nick Pearce will take home the
Vocations Cross to pray daily for Vocations to the
Priesthood, Diaconate and the Religious Life.
MINISTRY TO THE HOMEBOUND
This ministry is for those who cannot get out to
Mass and would like communion brought to them.
We serve 6 assisted living facilities as well as
people in their homes. We always hope to have
new people joining this ministry since there are
always ministers who leave for a variety of
personal reasons. If you are interested in learning about it, or
if you know you would like to join, please contact Mary
Frontiera at MTTHmary@outlook.com.
Personal training is provided.
Please pray for those who are sick, in pain or
recovery, or in need of spiritual healing.
(Names will appear for 3 weeks, alphabetically by first
name. Call the office to extend the time or to remove the
name.)
Dave Brodie
Elaine Padock
Elizabeth Carrell
Gary Sheldon
Joan Albu
Laura Miklos
Maija Weifenbach
Olivia Donahue
Sheldon Anderson Jr
Sharon Griffin
Stella Vermillion
Tim Anderson
Zoe Mann
Please pray for the souls of those who have died:
Alice Lombardi
Ed Upton
Gertes Abreu
Mary Ann Almeida
Melissa Palacios
- For these and all the faithful departed, through the
mercy of God, rest in peace.
Join a Study Group on The Joy of the Gospel!
You are invited to join a study group on Thursdays,
January 8, 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 2015 from 6:308:00pm in Y-2. The Joy of the Gospel, an exhortation of
Pope Francis is so rich, Joyce Daniels and Sharon Laitinen
want to go deeper with other parishioners. They have
found key words in his writings that will move us into
sharing our thoughts and stories. If you want to attend,
call Sharon 989-7400 x104 or Joyce, 990-0546.
Women in Growth Spiritually (WinGS) begins a new reading
selection in January for their Spiritual Book Group. They will
be reading “A Woman’s Walk with God – Growing in the
Fruit of the Spirit” by Elizabeth George. We read a chapter a
month (easy!). Choose to attend one of two meeting times: 2nd
Thursday of the month (first meeting Jan. 8) from 9:30 to
10:45am OR 2nd Tuesday of the month from 7:15 to 8:30pm
(first meeting Jan. 13). Both meetings are held at the church.
Order your book online so you’ll have time to read before the
first meeting. Join us for reflection, fellowship and spiritual
enrichment! For more information or to register, please
contact Zori Friedrich at 635-7791 or zori@att.net.
Pray for our Military Personnel wherever duty calls them to serve, homeland or overseas. James Aleschus, James
Atwood, Robert Atwood, Anthony Brooks, Jonathan Brooks, Jacob Camarillo, Aimee Chabot, Elsie Cruz, Matt David, David
DeLaCruz, Greg DeFilippo, Alisen Dowell, Joe Downey, Andrew Durham, Brian Eberhard, Tom Feyoe, Mathew Fox, Timothy
Fox, Cody Garcia, Kyle Garcia, Joseph Gast, Tyler Gedstad, David Gridley, Erek Hartsell, Tom Harzewski, Susan Hocker,
Stephen Holtclaw, Yutaro Hosaka, Ben Isla, George Johnson, Tyler Kenobbie, Nicholas Koelfgen, William Kraintz, Tyler
Kraintz, Andy Kuehn, Dayna Landry, Nick Liby, Kelly Mancini, Doran Martin, Dustin McCay, Garrett McMann, Aaron
McMurray, Francis Montojo, Joseph M. Paddock, David Petisor, Steven Perry (McAlpine), Logan Rasmussen, Trey Rasmussen,
Tim Reid, Neal Ridge, Tony Rodriguez, Nicholas Roha, Ryan Roux, Jacob and Nikki Steeb, James Thatche, Jadyne Trujillo,
Aimee Vigil, Danny Walsh, Rico Wasco, David Wentling, Kyle William and Brian Wright. Please contact Mary, 988-4984 to add
or remove names as space is limited. If your loved one is out of the military please call Mary to have them removed.