MASS SCHEDULE • Horario de Misas Monday – Saturday…..…….......8:00 a.m. Saturday Vigil (English)...…......5:00 p.m. Saturday (Vietnamese)………...7:30 p.m. Sunday (English) …...8:00 am, 10:00 a.m. Domingo (Spanish) ...12:00 pm, 2:00 p.m. Sunday (Burmese) ….. Temp. Unavailable Sunday (Eritrean) …………….11:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS • Confesión Saturday ...……...……after morning Mass Wednesday/Miercoles (/EnglishSpanish) 7:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. Or by appointment/Por cita EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Adoracion Eucaristica (Adoration Chapel / Capilla) Monday -Friday / Lunes -Viernes 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Último Jueves del mes (Iglesia) 7:00-8:30 p.m. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Horario de Oficina Monday –Thursday / Lunes –Jueves 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Friday / Viernes 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Saturday-Sunday/Sábado y Domingo closed/cerrado . ST. LOUIS THE KING CATHOLIC SCHOOL 623 939-4260/Fax 623 533-5374 SCHOOL OFFICE—Por La Escuela Monday-Thursday / Lunes-Jueves 7:30 a.m .to 3:00 p.m. Friday / Viernes - 7:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Closed /Saturday and SundayCerrado Sabado y Domingo MISSION STATEMENT St. Louis the King Catholic Church is a culturally diverse Eucharistic community committed to growth in holiness. As faithful Christian Stewards, we further the mission of Jesus Christ through worship, evangelization, formation and works of charity and social justice. San Luis el Rey, es una comunidad Eucarística Culturalmente diversa, comprometida a crecer en Santidad. Como fieles mayordomos Cristianos, nosotros adelantamos la misión de Jesucristo mediante el culto, evangelización, formación y obras de caridad y justicia social. SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT • DECEMBER 6 TH , 2020 ST. LOUIS THE KING ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 4331 W Maryland Ave. • Glendale, Arizona 85301 • www.stlouistheking.org Parish Office 623 930-1127 • Fax 623 533-5374
Friday / Viernes - 7:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Closed /Saturday and SundayCerrado Sabado y Domingo
MISSION STATEMENT
St. Louis the King Catholic Church is a culturally diverse Eucharistic community committed to growth in holiness. As faithful Christian Stewards, we further the mission of Jesus Christ through worship, evangelization,
formation and works of charity and social justice. San Luis el Rey, es una comunidad Eucarística Culturalmente diversa, comprometida a crecer en Santidad.
Como fieles mayordomos Cristianos, nosotros adelantamos la misión de Jesucristo mediante el culto, evangelización, formación y obras de caridad y justicia social.
Pastor Rev. Joseph Bui Email: [email protected] Parochial Vicar Rev. Charles Goraieb Email: [email protected] Burmese Chaplain Rev. Shia Reh Marino Eritrean Chaplain Rev. Awte Weldu Deacon Deacon Joe Stickney Email: [email protected] Retired Rev. Richard R. Felt Retired Rev. Thomas Suss Parish Administrator Jacky Nguyen Parish Secretary Guadalupe Ramirez Liturgy / Stewardship Margaret Lojas Sacristan Eva Vela RCIA Emma Cervantes RE Director Aleida Maldonado Youth Ministry Azucena Mancinas Music Coordinator Richard Walters Maintenance Tommy Do Interim Principal Joe Zielinski School Development Hiroshima Rascon School Secretary Vicky Sarmiento
STAFF/EQUIPO PARISH INFORMATION
INFORMACIÓN DE LA PARROQUIA
Baptism: Classes are required for parents. Please call the Parish Office for further information. Bautizos: Se requiere clases de bautizo para los padres y pa-drinos. Para mas información por favor de llamar a la parroquia. Marriage Preparation: Proper preparation and an initial inter-view with a priest is required before scheduling a wedding date. Please call at least nine months in advance for an appointment. Preparación de Matrimonio: Para información sobre Clases de Matrimonio, favor de llamar a la parroquia, se requieren 9 meses de anticipación. Quinceañeras: Schedule your mass 6 months prior to the Quinceañera, must have all sacraments, take 5 classes and attend 10 sessions with our youth group. Community service hours are also required. Reserve la misa 6 meses antes de la Quinceañera. Deberá tener todos los sacramentos, tomar 5 clases, asistir a 10 sesiones con el grupo de jóvenes. Y horas de servicio com unitario son requerid as. Communion to the Homebound: Please inform us of anyone who is ill or hospitalized so we are able to arrange for Communion to be brought to the home and/or for the Anointing of the Sick. Comunión a los Enfermos: Para comunión o unción a los enfer-mos por favor comuníquese a la oficina de la parroquia. Counseling: Appointments are available at Catholic Charities, 602-997-6105. Consejeria: Las citas estan disponibles en Caridades Catolicas.
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Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9, 10-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
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Straightening out the twisty-turny course of 2020 2020 sure has given us a crooked path this year. How are we to make it straight, as John the Baptist calls us to do in today’s Gospel? I remember driving the Apache Trail for the first time, down from Roosevelt dam. The narrow dirt road twisted and turned as it swerved between dizzying over-hangs and embankments blasted from the cliffs above. A crooked path indeed.
At some point, as we traveled through the treach-erous months of this past year, we needed to stop to get our bearings, to assess what we had been through and to get us ready for what might be up ahead. Before anything, we just needed to calm our nerves, unstick those white knuckles from the steering wheel and begin to breathe more easily.
Advent allows us to do that now. First of all, to calm our spirits. Our first reading is from the beginning of Second Isaiah, the prophet of the Book of Consolation. He repeats, “Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.” (Is. 40:1) You can almost hear the gentle tenor sing-ing from Handel’s Messiah oratorio, soothing those rattled nerves: “Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people.”
If we read Isaiah 40 slowly, meditating on the im-ages, we can restore our faith, hope and love during these twisty-turny times. Listen to the next verse, “Speak tender-ly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her… that her guilt is ex-piated.” (Is. 40:2) The decades-long exile of Jewish lead-ers in Babylon had ended, and the corruption that led to it has been forgiven. Isaiah acknowledged that the people had completed double penance for those sins.
Looking back over 2020, we can recall the times when anxiety over the pandemic has caused us to judge others, or when Covid-fatigue has led us to unsafe practic-es. Or when we might have blurted out political condem-nations against others. Or when we may have neglected the Lives that Matter. The God of consolation is the God of mercy, always ready to forgive and bring us peace. Let us turn to Jesus for forgiveness. This year, instead of gath-ering the parish for a communal Advent penance service, both Father Joseph and Father Charlie will be available all day, morning, afternoon and evening, for Confessions on Wednesday, December 16th. (continued in next column)
Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low. — Isaiah 40:4
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(continuation) After looking back on this crooked trail of a year,
we can look forward with more confidence. Both Isaiah and the Gospel’s John the Baptist proclaim, “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” (Is. 40:3; Mark 1:3) We do our part by Confession and Penance, but God does the major part of road construction. “Every valley shall be filled in; every mountain and hill shall be made low.” (Is. 40:4)
In the second reading, Peter warns us of construc-tion delays, but urges us to be patient, claiming that “the Lord does not delay his promise,… but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Pt. 3:9) The Lord gives us hope. “According to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.” (2 Pt. 3:18)
Thus, we can look forward to 2021 with hope. We can hope for a righteous attempt to resolve political divi-sions. We can hope for an equitable distribution of a coro-navirus vaccine. And we can hope for a return to an active and celebratory parish life. So, after pausing for prayer and reflection, let us take the wheel again and drive safely though Advent this year on our way to adore the Child in Bethlehem.
-Deacon Joe
Traditionally, Advent wreaths are con-structed of a circle of evergreen branches into which four candles are inserted, rep-resenting the four weeks of Advent. Ide-ally, three candles are purple, and one is rose, but white candles can also be used.
The progressive lighting of the candles symbolizes the expecta-tion and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world and the anticipation of his second coming to judge the living and the dead.
Week Two
Two candles are lit on the second Sunday and allowed to burn as before. Leader: Let us pray. O Lord, stir up our hearts that we may prepare for Thy only begotten Son, that through His coming we may be made worthy to serve Thee with pure souls. Through the same Christ our Lord. All: Amen
Sources: Catholic online and US Conf of Catholic Bishops
THE ADVENT WREATH
Lunes: Is 35:1-10; Sal 85 (84):9ab, 10-14; Lc 5:17-26 Martes: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Sal 98 (97):1-4; Ef 1:3-6, 11-12; Lc 1:26-38 Miércoles: Is 40:25-31; Sal 103 (102):1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Jueves: Is 41:13-20; Sal 145 (144):1, 9, 10-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Viernes: Is 48:17-19; Sal 1:1-4; Mt 11:16-19 Sábado: Zac 2:14-17 o Ap 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lc 1:26-38 o Lc 1:39-47, o cualquier lectura del Común de la Santísima María Virgen Domingo: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lc 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Tes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
Debido a la pandemia de COVID, no tendremos un Servicio de Penitencia este Adviento. Tendremos un día de Confesiones el miércoles 16 de diciembre. Las confesiones se llevarán a cabo desde las 9 am hasta el mediodía, de 1 a 4 de la tarde, y luego nuevamente por la noche a la hora habitual, de 6:30 a 8:30. Re-cuerde usar su máscara y practicar el distanciamiento físico mientras esté en la Iglesia.
Enderezando el rumbo sinuoso de 2020
2020 seguro que nos ha dado un camino tortuoso este año. ¿Cómo vamos a enderezarlo, como nos llama hacerlo Juan el Bautista en el Evangelio de hoy?
Recuerdo haber conducido por Apache Trail por prime-ra vez, desde la presa Roosevelt. El estrecho camino de tierra se retorcía y giraba mientras se desviaba entre vertiginosos voladi-zos y terraplenes que volaban desde los acantilados de arriba. Ciertamente un camino tortuoso.
En algún momento, mientras viajábamos a través de los traicioneros meses del año pasado, tuvimos que detenernos para orientarnos, evaluar lo que habíamos pasado y prepararnos para lo que podría suceder. Antes que nada, solo necesitábamos cal-mar los nervios, despegar esos nudillos blancos del volante y comenzar a respirar con más facilidad.
El Adviento nos permite hacer eso ahora. En primer lugar, para calmar nuestro ánimo. Nuestra primera lectura es del comienzo del Segundo Isaías, el profeta del Libro de la Consola-ción. Él repite: "Consuelen, consuelen a mi pueblo, dice nuestro Dios". (Is. 40: 1) Casi se puede escuchar el suave tenor que canta el oratorio del Mesías de Handel, calmando esos nervios agita-dos: " Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people ".
Si leemos Isaías 40 lentamente, meditando en las imáge-nes, podemos restaurar nuestra fe, esperanza y amor durante es-tos tiempos sinuosos. Escuche el siguiente versículo: "Hablen al corazón de Jerusalén y díganle a gritos... que ya ha satisfecho por sus iniquidades". (Isaías 40:2) El exilio de los líderes judíos en Babilonia durante décadas había terminado, y la corrupción que lo condujo ha sido perdonada. Isaías reconoció que el pueblo había cumplido una doble penitencia por esos pecados.
Mirando hacia atrás en 2020, podemos recordar los mo-mentos en que la ansiedad por la pandemia nos ha hecho juzgar a los demás, o cuando la fatiga-Covid nos ha llevado a prácticas inseguras. O cuando podríamos haber soltado condenas políticas contra otros. O cuando hayamos descuidado las Vidas que Im-portan. El Dios de la consolación es el Dios de la misericordia, siempre dispuesto a perdonar y traernos la paz. Acudamos a Je-sús en busca de perdón. Este año, en lugar de reunir a la parro-quia para un servicio comunitario de penitencia de Adviento, tanto el Padre Joseph como el Padre Charlie estarán disponibles todo el día, mañana, tarde y noche, para las Confesiones el miér-coles 16 de diciembre.
Después de mirar hacia atrás en este camino tortuoso de un año, podemos mirar hacia adelante con más confianza. Tanto Isaías como Juan el Bautista del Evangelio proclaman: "Preparen el camino del Señor, enderecen sus senderos". (Isaías 40:3; Mar-cos 1:3) Hacemos nuestra parte mediante la Confesión y la Peni-tencia, pero Dios hace la mayor parte de la construcción de carre-teras. “Que todo valle se eleve; que todo monte y colina se reba-jen". (Isaías 40: 4)
Segundo Domingo de Adviento 6 de diciembre de 2020 Que todo valle se eleve, que todo monte y colina se rebajen. — Isaías 40:4
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LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
La Novena de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, todas las tardes a las 6 pm. El 8 de diciembre, Fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción, la No-vena comenzará como de costumbre a las 6, y será seguida por una Misa (en español) a las 7:00 p.m. El 11 de diciembre (vigilia de la Fiesta / fin de la Novena), des-pués de las oraciones de la Novena, comenzará una misa a las 6:30 p.m.
La Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe el 12 de diciembre (sábado) se celebrará con Misa (bilingüe) a las 8 am.
CONFESIONES
En la segunda lectura, Pedro nos advierte de las demo-
ras en la construcción, pero nos insta a ser pacientes, afirmando que “No es que el Señor se tarde, como algunos suponen, en cumplir su promesa, sino que les tiene a ustedes mucha pacien-cia, pues no quiere que nadie perezca, sino que todos arrepien-tan." (2 Pedro 3:9) El Señor nos da esperanza. "Pero nosotros confiamos en la promesa del Señor y esperamos un cielo nuevo y una tierra nueva, en que habite la justicia". (2 Pedro 3:18)
Por lo tanto, podemos mirar hacia el 2021 con esperan-za. Podemos esperar un intento justo de resolver las divisiones políticas. Podemos esperar una distribución equitativa de una vacuna contra el coronavirus. Y podemos esperar volver a una vida parroquial activa y festiva. Entonces, después de hacer una pausa para la oración y la reflexión, tomemos el volante nueva-mente y conduzcamos con seguridad a través del Adviento de este año en nuestro camino para adorar al Niño en Belén.- Diácono José
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE
Sunday, December 6 08:00 Hoffarth Family 10:00 Sr. Myra Nyland 11:00 Eritrean Community 12:00 † Adela Jacquez 02:00 Alexis Hernandez (Birthday) 04:00 Burmese Community (TEMP UNAVAILABLE)
WEEKDAY MASSES — MAIN CHURCH
Monday, December 7 08:00 Manuel Gonzalez 07:30 - VIETNAMESE Tuesday, December 8 — Holy Day of Obligation FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION
08:00 † Deceased Mbrs of Farrell Family - ENGLISH 05:00 † Ismael Guadian - ENGLISH 07:00 Gilberto Hurtado (Spec Intention) - SPANISH Wednesday, December 9 08:00 Emilia Candia Thursday, December 10 09:00 † Alfredo Lopez Ramirez Friday, December 11 08:00 Ayden Salazar 06:30 Maria Norma Rios (Birthday) - SPANISH Saturday, December 12 FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE 08:00 Patty Ortiz (special Intention) - BILINGUAL 05:00 † Guadalupe Angulo
Sunday, December 13
08:00 Fassel Family 10:00 Gerardo & Connie Lopez 11:00 Eritrean Community 12:00 † Nicholas Rodriguez 02:00 † Fausto Lupercio & Special Intention 04:00 Burmese Community (TEMP UNAVAILABLE)
NOTE: The 2021 Calendar for Mass inten ons is now avail-able in the office. The usual dona on is $10.
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MASS SCHEDULE / HORARIO DE MISAS
No activities at this time.
VICTIMS OF COVID THE LONELY
THE DEPRESSED THE UNEMPLOYED
FOR THE SICK Doug Barne
Armando Alvarez Lisa Santana
Iris Garcia
Ralph Marino Marlene Marino
Alberto Franco & Family Monica Renteria
Irene Julia Gonzalez
FOR THE DECEASED May They Rest In Peace
Julia Lira
Josie C. Chavez
The Novena for Our Lady of Guadalupe, which began December 3, will continue through December 11. The Novena begins every evening at 6pm. On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Concep-tion (a Holy Day of Obligation), the Novena will begin as usual at 6, and will be followed by a Mass (Spanish) at 7:00 p.m. On December 11 (the vigil of the Feast and end of the Novena), after the Novena prayers, a Mass will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12 (Saturday) will be cel-ebrated with Mass (bilingual) at 8am.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FEAST
Because of the COVID pandemic, we will not have a Penance Service this Advent. We will have a day of Confessions on Wednesday, December 16. Confessions will be held from 9am until Noon, from 1-4 in the after-noon, and then again in the evening at the usual time, 6:30 to 8:30 pm . Please remember to wear your mask and practice physical distancing while in Church.
The Advent program from our St. Vincent de Paul confer-ence begins this weekend. There are envelopes available for your use which may be placed in the collection bas-kets. Any donations will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your continued support of our programs.
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