Page 2 Third Sunday of Advent December 16, 2012 Parish Posada Friday, December 21st 7pm starting at the Parish Hall Come share in this reen- actment of the journey Mary and Joseph took through Bethlehem seek- ing a place to stay. Children dressed as Joseph and Mary knock on the doors of houses around the parish neighborhood. As the group processes through the neighborhood a traditional song is sung. At last, Mary and Joseph are welcomed and we conclude the evening back at the parish hall for hot chocolate, bread and several piñatas! This is a fun family event and everyone is welcome—dress warmly! “What should we do?” Today’s Gospel gives a sim- ple challenge: make Jesus the center of our lives. Make how he responded to people the way we respond to peo- ple. Make his fire well up in our hearts so that our baptism with the Holy Spirit conforms us more perfectly to him. Make our an- swer to the question one that leads us to preach to others the same Good News Jesus preached to us. And we must preach the same way he did: not simply with words, but with deeds. Christmas Eve Masses Monday, December 24th 5:00pm Family Mass 9:00pm Choir Concert 10:00pm Bilingual Vigil Mass Christmas Day Mass Tuesday, December 25th 9:00am Pastorela—Spanish Christmas Play THIS WEEKEND! Sunday, December 16th at1:00pm in the Parish Hall. Join us for this Christmas program put on by Oscar Rodriguez and the Spanish Choir. They have been rehearsing for 6 weeks and hope that you will come enjoy all their efforts! St. Didacus Choir’s Christmas Concert Thursday, December 20th 7:00pm in the Church Join us for this special time to focus on the beautiful voices of our talented choir. It’s their time to shine! This is a wonderful opportunity to take a break from all the madness of the holiday preparations and focus on the real beauty of the season. Brothers and Sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. —Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians 4:4-7 “Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and joy. It makes us fruitful, because it expands our hearts in hope and enables us to bear life-giving witness: indeed, it opens the hearts and minds of those who listen and respond to the Lord’s invitation to adhere to his word and become his disciples.” --Pope Benedict XVI, Porta Fidei Apostolic Letter, 2011
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Parish Posada Friday, December 21st
7pm starting at the Parish Hall
Come share in this reen-
actment of the journey
Mary and Joseph took
through Bethlehem seek-
ing a place to stay.
Children dressed as
Joseph and Mary knock
on the doors of houses
around the parish neighborhood. As the group
processes through the neighborhood a traditional
song is sung. At last, Mary and Joseph are
welcomed and we conclude the evening back at
the parish hall for hot chocolate, bread and several
piñatas! This is a fun family event and everyone is
welcome—dress warmly!
“What should we do?” Today’s Gospel gives a sim-ple challenge: make Jesus the center of our lives. Make how he responded to people the way we respond to peo-ple. Make his fire well up in our hearts so that our baptism with the Holy Spirit conforms us more perfectly to him. Make our an-swer to the question one that leads us to preach to others the same Good News Jesus preached to us. And we must preach the same way he did: not simply with words, but with deeds.
Christmas Eve Masses
Monday, December 24th
5:00pm Family Mass
9:00pm Choir Concert
10:00pm Bilingual Vigil Mass
Christmas Day Mass
Tuesday, December 25th
9:00am
Pastorela—Spanish Christmas Play
THIS WEEKEND! Sunday, December 16th at1:00pm
in the Parish Hall. Join us for this
Christmas program put on by
Oscar Rodriguez and the Spanish
Choir. They have been rehearsing
for 6 weeks and hope that you will come enjoy all their
efforts!
St. Didacus Choir’s Christmas Concert Thursday, December 20th
7:00pm in the Church
Join us for this special
time to focus on the
beautiful voices of our
talented choir. It’s their
time to shine! This is a
wonderful opportunity to
take a break from all
the madness of the
holiday preparations and focus on the real beauty of
the season.
Brothers and Sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
—Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians 4:4-7
“Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is
communicated as an experience of grace and joy. It makes us fruitful, because it expands our hearts in hope and enables us to bear life-giving witness: indeed, it opens the hearts and minds of those who listen and respond to the Lord’s invitation to adhere to his word and become his disciples.” --Pope Benedict XVI, Porta Fidei Apostolic Letter, 2011
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“Happy are those who concentrate on following the will of God in all their actions. They will enjoy a deep peace because they find their happiness in doing God’s will.” -St. Jane Frances de Chantal
GIFTS OF OUR TREASURY
THE WEEK OF December 9, 2012
Collection for December 9, 2012 $5,175.00 Restricted Funds for December 9, 2012 $ 233.00 Total Income: $5,408.00
Sunday, December 16, 2012 Location Pastorela 1:00pm Hall Monday, December 17, 2012 Location Card Social 10:00am-2:00pm Hall Quinceañera Class 5:00-6:00pm Hall Small Faith V 7:00pm Winona Tuesday, December 18 , 2012 Location School’s Christmas Program 9:00am/7:00pm School Youth Group 6:30pm Hall Small Faith IV 7:00pm Hawley Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Location Eucharistic Adoration 7:30am-8:30am Church Religious Education 5:30pm School Youth Discipleship 6:00pm Hall Choir 7:00pm Church Thursday, December 20, 2012 Location Small Faith I&II 6:30pm Hall Choir’s Christmas Concert 7:00pm Church Friday, December 21, 2012 Location Posada 7:00pm Hall Saturday, December 22, 2012 Location Encuentro Matrimonial 6:00-9:00pm Hall
Welcome to St. Didacus Parish! Masses Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am English 11:30am in Spanish Daily Mass Mon., Thurs., Fri. 7:30am Wednesday 8:30am & Tues. 6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays 7:30am—8:30am First Fridays 8:00am—9:00am Confessions—Saturdays 3:30pm or by appt.
Pastor, Fr. Michael J. Sinor Parish Office 619-284-3472
And the special intentions in our Book of Needs
Maria Luz Arrellano Jim Barnes Diann Bauer Dan Bauer Herbert Baxter Rita Bonnell Herminia Brignoni Ibeth Brignoni Lee Burnett Loretta Calfee Ruben Campos Marie Cavanaugh Terry Davidson Bart Diaz Juanita Diaz Fred Dueber Clyde Elkins Maria Fielding Susan Guenzel
Rosie Kinninger Marcella Halweg Bernie Kober Marilyn Kober Maria Koter Berta Long Juanita Lopez Maria Lopez Dolores Mediano Esteban Mediano Joe Moser Segunda Ordona Sylvia Paiz Dominick Palestini Diane Porter Dolores Robertson
Atina Rodriguez Aaron Rodriguez Alette Rodriguez Gladys Palestini Jeff Salazar Patricia Seay Christine Segura Michael Smith Raymond Sparks Helen Treat Therese Tucker Carol Verdon Pat Weaver Sue Walker Catarina Zizzo Adalina Zarate
Josephine
Readings for the Week of December 16, 2012 Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18 Monday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 Tuesday: Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 Wednesday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 Thursday: Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38 Friday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/ Lk 1:39-45 Saturday: 1 Sm 1:24-28/Lk 1:46-56 Next Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45
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You’re invited to
attend
St. Didacus School’s
Christmas Program
Tuesday,
December 18th
9am or 7pm
at the school.
We are looking
forward to sharing
this special event
with you!
Please note: There will be no
Religious Education classes on
Wednesday, December 26th or
Wednesday, January 2nd.
Religious Education News
2012 Christmas Novena of Masses Remember your loved
ones this Christmas by
enrolling them in our
Christmas Novena of
Masses-December 17th
through December
25th. Envelopes are
available at the
entrance of the
church. Fill out the envelope and place it in
the Sunday collection or drop it off at the
Parish Office.
Thank you to everyone who helped us clean the
Church last Saturday!
Here’s another chance...
Come help decorate the Church for Christmas!
We will meet at the church at 1pm on Sunday, December 23rd. We decorate our tree and put up our nativity—everyone is welcome!
The eighth grade class on a recent field trip to
Holy Angels Byzantine Catholic Church.
We Love Our Sponsors! Thank you for your support of
our bulletin sponsors! They make
this beautifully printed bulletin
possible. If you’d like to find out
how you can become a sponsor,
please call C&M Publications at 951-776-0601
and ask for Chris McAdams.
Thank you to everyone who bought tamales last weekend after Mass and to those who attended the Youth Ministry’s
movie night. We appreciate your support!
Each night this week pause in gratitude. Whatever the day has brought, no matter how busy it has been, stop, before you fall asleep, to give thanks for the light shining into the dark places of your life that helps you experience God’s mercy and grace.
Kid’s Corner This Sunday has a
special name: Gaudete
Sunday. Gaudete is
the Latin word for
“rejoice.” We remem-
ber today that God is
faithful and that
Jesus will come again
as he promised. On that day, every tear will
be wiped away, and there will be no more
pain and death. Listen closely to today’s
readings and you’ll hear words like “glad,”
“rejoice,” and “joy.”
Go for a walk with your parents around the
neighborhood tonight and enjoy the Christ-
mas lights at the homes of your neighbors.
The lights remind us that Jesus is the Light
of the World. He came to help us see how
we should live according to God’s plan. Like
John the Baptist, Christmas lights proclaim
the Good News of Jesus!
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Who can I help today? Here’s a question that can take your family through the rest of Advent. Each morn-ing, as kids are pour-ing cereal and you’re making lunches, ask the question, “Who can you help today?” and see where the discussion leads. One family who started this practice said answers ranged from plans to walk the dog to a child’s prom-ise to pray for world peace. Amanda, the mother, said she loved the effect the daily question had on the family. “It got everyone focused on helping others and less on our own selfish needs.” —At Home with Our Faith
There’s Hope for Us All!
It is sometimes difficult to
understand the appeal of
someone like John the
Baptist. Who would want
to go into the wilderness
to hear some religious
fanatic tell us to repent so
that our sins might be
forgiven?
In our own lives, it is often an extraordinary event or
situation that impels us to see God in a more personal way.
Some of these are happy events, such as getting married or
having a child; some, though are situations that involve
much suffering, such as sickness, unemployment, or the
death of a loved one.
So it is that in today’s Gospel, the people who come to John
the Baptist to seek God are in difficult situations. Both
groups mentioned—tax collectors and soldiers—were de-
spised by their own people, who considered them unredeem-
able sinners. But these are the very ones who come to John
to repent, to be baptized, and to ask how they can live justly.
This, then, is a Gospel of hope: if even dishonest tax collec-
tors and traitorous soldiers may be forgiven and may live
justly, what hope there is for us! What hope for us, even in
the most difficult situations we might encounter. And what
hope for us when we remember that John prepares the way
for the One to come—through whom, with whom, and in
whom we celebrate, in hope, our Eucharist today. —Rev. Armand Mercier, OFM, Living with Christ
Advent Penance Services Tuesday, Dec. 18th Mission San Diego 7:30pm Wednesday, Dec. 19th St. Vincent de Paul 7pm Thursday, Dec. 20th Blessed Sacrament 7pm
Friday, Dec. 21st Our Lady of Guadalupe 5:30pm Saturday, Dec. 22nd St. John the Evangelist 12:00 noon Monday, Dec. 24th St. Patrick 11:00am (Confession only)
“Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and
Holy One of Israel.”
NOTICIAS DEL CATECISMO
* Este miércoles 19 de diciembre SI
tenemos catecismo.
* El miércoles 26 de diciembre y el 2
de enero NO TENDREMOS CLASES.
Regresaremos a clases el miércoles 9 de
enero.
Pagina 6 III Domingo de Adviento 16 de diciembre 2012
POSADA COMUNITARIA
Celebraremos nuestras tradicional POSADA, el viernes 21 de diciembre a
las 7:00 PM con una procesión por nuestra vecindario que terminara con una recepción en el hall de la parroquia.
Novenario de Misas
de Navidad 2012
Recordemos a nuestros seres
queridos en esta Navidad al ins-
cribirlos en nuestra Novena de
Misas Navideña del 17 de di-
ciembre al 25 de diciembre. Los sobres están dispo-
nibles a la entrada de la iglesia. Llene el sobre y
colóquelo en la colecta dominical o entregarlo en la
oficina parroquial.
TERCER DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO
Este domingo se deno-minó tradicionalmente domingo “gaudete”, o de alegría. Por dos ve-ces nos dice Pablo que
estemos alegres, alegres por la venida del Señor, por la celebración próxima de la Na-vidad, por mantener la esperanza, por si-tuarnos en proceso de conversión y por com-partir con los hermanos la cena del Señor. En la Biblia, la alegría acompaña todo cumplimiento de las promesas de Dios. Esta vez el gozo será particularmente profundo: “El Señor está cerca”. Toda petición a Dios debe estar apoyada en la acción de gracias . La práctica de la justi-cia y la vivencia de la alegría nos llevarán a la paz auténtica, al Shalom (vida, integri-dad) de Dios. ¿Qué debemos hacer? Es la pregunta que muchos nos podemos formular hoy. La res-puesta de Juan Bautista no es teoría vacía. Es a través de gestos y acciones concretas de justicia, respeto, solidaridad, y coherencia cristiana, como demostramos nuestra volun-tad de paz, vamos construyendo un tejido social más digno de hijos de Dios, vamos conquistando los cambios radicales y pro-fundos que nuestra vida y nuestra sociedad necesitan.
Pero para eso, es necesario purificar el co-razón, dejarnos invadir por el Espíritu de Dios, liberarnos de las ataduras del egoísmo y el acomodamiento, no temer al cambio y disponernos con alegría, con esperanza y entusiasmo a contribuir en la construcción de un futuro no remoto más humano, que sea verdadera expresión del Reino de Dios que Jesús nos trae, y así poder exclamar con alegría: ¡venga a nosotros tu Reino, Señor!
PROXIMO DOMINGO NECESITAMOS AYUDA DE VARIOS HOMBRES.
