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Day Date Time Intentions Sat 12/26 5:00 pm B-day intentions of Lucia Lopez, offered by Grandma & Grandpa †Bob Yenco, offered by Barb Yenco †Hedy Slovak, offered by Debbie Champion 7:00 pm †Animas del Purgatorio, offered by Family Landeros-Morales †David Garcia, †Adela Ponce, & †Manuel Flores, offered by Family Garcia †Imelda Flores, offered by Lorena Quinones Sun 12/27 8:00 am B-day intentions of Teresa Martinez, offered by Bennie & Yolanda Lopez In Memory of †Virginia Perez, offered by Eddie & Teresa Martinez †All Souls in Purgatory, offered by Elise Hernandez 10:00 am For the People 12:00 pm †JuanTobias Gallegos, offered by Family Vela Mon 12/28 8:00 am Communion Service Tues 12/29 8:00 am †Hedy Slovak, offered by Debbie Champion Wed 12/30 6:30 pm †David Garcia, †Adela Ponce, & †Manuel Flores, offered by Family Garcia Thurs 12/31 5:00 pm †Ray Kerry, offered by Eddie & Teresa Martinez 7:00 pm For the People Fri 01/01 10:00 am B-day intentions of Stefanie Landeros, offered by Family Landeros-Morales
Immaculate Conception 12/08 $ 532.00 Our Lady of Guadalupe 12/12 $1063.00 Sunday Offering 12/13 $4288.00 Retirement for Religious 12/13 $ 719.00 Dec. 20 collections will be posted in Jan 3 bulletin. Thank you all for your support of the parishes operational
expenses. Online donations for the Sunday offering and Building Fund may be made at:
www.stfrancislancaster.org. Collection envelopes may also be mailed via USPS to the parish office or dropped in secure drop box on south side
of parish center door.
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday English 5:00 PM
Spanish 7:00 PM Sunday English 8:00 AM English 10:00 AM
Spanish 12:00 PM Daily Mass Schedule
Mon.-Comm. Ser. English 8:00 AM Wed. Spanish 6:30 PM
Tues, Thurs, & Fri English 8:00 AM
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph December 27, 2020
No 8 am mass or Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday, January 1, 2021
Readings for the week of December 27, 2020 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Ps
128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1] or Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [7a, 8a]/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40
Monday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7]/ Mt 2:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/ Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [11a]/ Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13 [11a]/ Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [2a]/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 1:19-28 Next Sun: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Observances for the week of December 27, 2020 Sunday: The Holy Family Monday: The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Tuesday: St. Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr Thursday: St. Sylvester I, Pope; New Year’s Eve Friday: Mary, The Holy Mother of God; New Year’s Day; World Day of Peace Saturday: Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church Sunday: The Epiphany of the Lord; National Migration Week ©LPi
Please keep the sick members of our Parish family in your prayers: Juan F. Beltran, Sara Raines, Steve Iannucilli, Deacon Larry and Phyllis Seidemann, Ralph Hendrickson, Esteban Lira, Pete Romero, Diana Diaz, Bob Hanson, William Weiss-man, Raquel Baiza, Kenneth Cruz, Jr., Richard Oishei, Kenny Gunderman, Margie & Sam, Jesus Aguilar, Rosendo Lopez, Julia Lopez, K C Pena, Leah Pena, Lillie Munoz, Andres Gillian, John Gary, Oscar Guerrero, Lourdes Vela, Severina Vela, Isidra Reyna, Enemencio Jaso, Alveno & Ruby Dickson, Mary Brown, Catalina Gonzalez, Brianna Dean, Nicolas & Angelo Florido, Rosa Maria Santos, Yolanda Diaz, Josefina Aguero, Laurie Williamson, Osvaldo Mendoza Jr., Abigail Renata, Jer-ry Donoho, Abraham Perez, Yamil Ramirez, Luis Maldonado, and all those who are not listed and still are in need of our prayers. If you have a person to add on this prayer list, please call the office at 972-227-4124. You can also write the names of your sick loved ones in the notebook on the stand in the Narthex.
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Guadalupe Radio Network
Radio for the Soul
KATH 910 English and KJON 850 Spanish
Sunday TV Mass for the Homebound
KTXD channel 47 at 7:00 a.m. www.heartofthenation.org.
Televised English & Spanish Mass Schedule update—Please note recent changes to the broadcast Mass schedule. Through the end of the year, the English Mass will be broadcast on KDFI Channel 27 at 11:00 AM and replayed at 12:00 PM. The Spanish Mass will be broadcast at 8:00 AM on Univision 23.
Watch online Facebook- facebook.com/dallascath.
YouTube-youtube.com/dallascath. All videos are available any time after their premiere at
https://www.youtube.com/dallascath.
When you receive the Flocknote notification each week, via email or text, registration is required for the mass you at-tend, each week, including Choir, Lectors, & Commenta-tors. The deadline for registration is 3:15 pm every Friday. At this time, we can only guarantee a spot for those who have registered, due to the current status of the pandemic. Please attend only, the mass you sign up for. Thank you for understanding. ************************************************************************************************************************************
Cuando reciban notificaciones de Flocknote semanales via correo electronico o por texto, las registraciones para asistir a misa son mandatorias, esto incluye lec-tores, comentaristas y el coro. Los viernes a las 3:15pm se cierran las registraciones, solo a los que se registren se les puedo garantizar asiento. Por favor solo asistan la misa en la que se ayan reg-istrado. Gracias por su comprension.
Mass Schedule for New Year’s Eve and Solemnity of Mary– A Holy Day of Obligation.
Thursday Dec. 31 at 5:00 pm NYE Mass-Eng. Dec. 31 at 7:00 pm NYE Mass-Span. Friday Jan. 1 at 10:00 am Sol. Of Mary-Bil.
There will be no 8 am Mass on Friday January 1 or Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
†Antonio Villalpondo
Brother of Herminia & Juan Ramon
May He Rest In Peace
Open my spiritual eye and ears, Lord, to know how to recognize and take advantage of Your
presence in my life. Amen.
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MEDITACIÓN DEL EVANGELIO – La Navidad
es familia, es calor de hogar, es pureza de corazón. La
Liturgia nos ayuda a recordar la belleza de este tiempo
y las miradas son puestas en torno a la Sagrada Familia.
La familia es convocada, ahora más que nunca, a ser
valorada y enriquecida con lazos de comunión. Debe
estar cimentada en la fe. Como ejemplo de esa fe tene-
mos a Abraham, Simeón y Ana. Ellos supieron cumplir
sus deberes de fe y confianza plena en Dios. Bendicien-
do y alabando a Dios por tener la oportunidad de recibir
a Jesús en sus brazos. “Ahora, Señor, ya puedes dejar
que tu siervo muera en paz, como le has dicho. Porque
mis ojos han visto a tu salvador”. (Lucas 2:29-30)
La familia es un don de Dios. El Papa Francisco en diferentes ocasiones ha dicho lo siguiente sobre la fa-milia: “En su camino familiar, ustedes comparten tan-tos momentos inolvidables: las comidas, el descanso, las tareas de la casa, la diversión, la oración, las ex-cursiones y peregrinaciones, la solidaridad con los ne-cesitados… Sin embargo, si falta el amor, falta la ale-gría, y el amor, y el amor auténtico nos lo da Jesús”. Y añadió en otra de sus frases: "Cuando nos preocupa-mos por nuestras familias y sus necesidades, cuando entendemos sus problemas y esperanzas... cuando sos-tienen la familia, sus esfuerzos repercuten no sólo en beneficio de la Iglesia; también ayudan a la sociedad en-tera”. La familia de estos tiempos es convocada a valo-rar y vivir una Iglesia doméstica auténtica, donde el centro sea Jesús. ¿Es tu familia como la de Nazaret? ©LPi
Rosaries as Decorations—I’ve seen people hang rosaries over the rear-view mirrors in their cars and a few of them wear them around their necks. Is it OK to do that? The practice of hanging a rosary or a religious medal off of the rearview mirror of one’s car is a fairly popular custom across many cultures. While there is no particular rule approving or condemning this practice, we should also be mindful of the respect and reverence due to religious objects and devotional items (i.e. sacramentals). An important point to consider would be the reason why one chooses to place a rosary or religious medal in our cars. Is it a reminder of the protection and intercession of Mary and the saints? Does it encourage us to be mindful of God’s presence, even in such a mundane task as driving? Is it an outward expression of our more private devotions? One advantage of having a rosary or religious medal in our cars is that it can also serve as a reminder to pray when we travel, asking for protection for ourselves and for other motorists or commuters. Certainly, invoking the protection and prayers of the saints is a wonderful practice for fami-lies, helping to reinforce our belief in the communion of saints and the care and concern we owe to one another. ©LPi
EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - The Gift of Family What a year it has been! How will we speak of these times a decade from now? As time goes by, our impressions of this past year will certainly change. How we feel today about dealing with a killer virus and all the chaos surround-ing that is still fresh for all. I would assume that most of us right now are also holding those we love a little closer and hugging them a little harder. Hopefully, even if the fears and concerns of 2020 dissipate in the future, the way we feel toward our family should never leave us. Stewardship is certainly about everything. God has giv-en us so much, great and small, profound and common. One of the greatest gifts that all have received is family. Families take all shapes and sizes and some look very different than others. For some, family is a caretaker or temporary guardi-an. For others it is a friend when everyone else seems to have vanished. The bottom line is that, to quote a song from many years ago, “people need people.” When God gave the world His only Son, the Incarna-tion did not come on a cloud or with a flash of light. He was born into a family. Jesus understood the gift of family all his life. Do you think that if having a family wasn’t important God would have still included this in the plan of salvation? As this year draws to a close, remember your steward-ship many days begins and ends with the people closest to you. Don’t misuse or take for granted this precious gift. God gives us gifts on purpose, even to His only begotten Son.— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
STEWARDSHIP DIARIO - El don de la familia ¡Qué año ha sido! ¿Cómo hablaremos de estos tiempos en una década a partir de ahora? Con el paso del tiempo, nues-tras impresiones del año pasado sin duda cambiarán. Cómo nos sentimos hoy en día acerca de lidiar con un virus ases-ino y todo el caos que rodea que todavía está fresco para todos. Asumo que la mayoría de nosotros en este momento también estamos sosteniendo a los que amamos un poco más cerca y abrazándolos un poco más. Esperemos que, incluso si los temores y preocupaciones de 2020 se disipan en el futuro, la forma en que nos sentimos hacia nuestra fa-milia nunca debe dejarnos. La administración es ciertamente acerca de todo. Dios nos ha dado tanto, grande y pequeño, profundo y común. Uno de los mayores dones que todos han recibido es la familia. Las familias toman todas las formas y tamaños y algunas se ven muy diferentes a las demás. Para algunos, la familia es un cuidador o tutor temporal. Para otros es un amigo cuando todos los demás parecen haber desaparecido. La conclusión es que, para citar una canción de hace muchos años, "la gente necesita gente". Cuando Dios dio al mundo a Su Hijo único, la Encarnación no vino sobre una nube o con un destello de luz. Nació en una familia. Jesús comprendió el don de la familia toda su vida. ¿Crees que si tener una familia no fuera importante, Dios todavía habría incluido esto en el Plan de Salvación? A medida que este año llega a su fin, recuerda que tu mayordomía muchos días comienza y termina con las per-sonas más cercanas a ti. No hagas mal uso ni des por sen-tado este precioso regalo. Dios nos da dones a propósito, incluso a Su Hijo unigénito. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
Religious Education
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From the Staff of St. Francis
Happy New Year to all our
Parishioners.
The Office will be closed on
Thursday December 31 and on
Friday January 1for the New
Years Holidays.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - Tragedy and disap-pointment are inevitable. What sees you through this? There will be challenges, changes, unexpected circum-stances, interrupted plans, hurts, and injustices experi-enced by every human being at some point in their lives. We will be asked to adjust our plans, change course, and even encounter suffering and death. Where do we learn all of the lessons we need to live life well? Some of them we learn along the way but much of what we bring to life, positive and negative, comes from our early beginnings, our families. This is our early world and provides the blueprint for how we see the bigger, more inclusive world, which unfolds before us. Our families of origin can be sources of grace, heartache or a combination of both. Families are in-tended to be pivotal in providing us with proper social structure and understanding, a support system, lessons about relationships and communication, and the uncon-ditional acceptance and love we so desperately crave. They can also determine whether we have an accessi-ble and healthy relationship with God. Many of life’s challenges can literally bring us to our knees and re-quire that we possess a strength of character that re-sides well beyond the superficialities of our world. At some point we will all need three coping gifts that can be given to us only by God: faith, hope, and love. Our families help us learn that we are not the ones responsi-ble for their creation, but God! Our experience of early family life colors all of our relationships and what we expect to achieve from life in general. Resolving conflicts, dealing with diffi-culty and suffering, celebrating accomplishments, pri-oritizing our needs, listening to God’s call, understand-ing relationships, understanding disappointment, learn-ing about the virtues and living a centered focused life are all lessons our families either succeed in teaching or do not. To succeed, as God has designed and or-dered our world, is to discover his presence and then trust that Presence. The Holy Family can teach even the most dysfunctional family how to best use God’s gifts of faith, hope, and love to find him and do his will. Their simple humble example is always before us, showing us the way. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us! ©LPi
Feast of the Holy Family Jesus, Mary & Joseph
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may my soul rest in peace in You. Amen.
Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia
Jesús, María y José
Jesús, José y María, os doy mi corazón y el alma mía. Jesús, José y María, asistidme en mi última agonía.
Jesús, José y María, en ustedes descanse en paz el alma mía. Amén
Christmas Break Schedule:
*There will be NO Zoom RCIA classes on Thursday the 31st of December . Classes will resume on January 7, 2021
*There is no Pflaum Gospel Weekly Assessment due on Dec. 27 . Next Pflaum Gospel Weekly Assessment will be due on Jan 3, 2021.
*There are no assignments due for Tuesday 1st Yr. and 2nd Yr. Confirmation homeschool on Dec 29th . Next as-signment due will be on January 5, 2021.
* There are no assignments due for Wednesday 1st Yr. and 2nd Yr. Confirmation homeschool on Dec 30th . Next as-signment due will be on January 6, 2021.
Calendario de Vacaciones de Navidad:
*No habrá Zoom clases de RICA el sábado 26 2 de enero. Las clases se reanudaran el 9 de enero del 2021.
*No hay evaluación del folleto de Gospel Weekly el domingo 27 de diciembre. La siguiente evaluación del folleto de Gospel Weekly será hasta el 3 de enero del 2021.
*No habrá que entregar trabajos el marte 29 de diciembre para estudiantes de primero y segundo de confirmación. El próximo trabajo a entregar es hasta el martes 5 de enero del 2021.
*No habrá que entregar trabajos el miércole 30 de diciembre para estudiantes de primero y segundo de confirmación. El próximo trabajo a entregar es hasta el miércoles 6 de enero del 2021.
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Solemnidad de Santa Maria, Madre de Dios
12/31/2020 @ 5PM English & 7 PM Español
1/1/2021 @ 10 AM Bilingual Mass
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