3955 Orange Avenue, Long Beach, California 90807 | (562) 424-8595 Website: www.stbarnabaslb.org | |
*No Confessions on December 24th*
CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES Thursday, December 24th 5:00pm– Children & Family Mass 10:00pm– Traditional Mass, preceded by Christmas Caroling at 9:40pm CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Friday, December 25th 8:00am / 10:00am / 12:00 noon NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS Friday, January 1st 8:00am
CATHOLIC CHURCH
MISSION STATEMENT: “We, the Catholic Community of St. Barnabas Parish, are a people formed by Christ, called in Baptism and united in the Eucharist; we continue the mission of the Church in the world through Prayer, Apostolic Works, Evangelization, and Christian Stewardship.”
“O, Little Town of Bethlehem.” A Philadelphia clergyman named Phillips Brooks penned these popular words back in the mid-1800s, but the prophet Micah could have used them first. Micah knew that from small packages great treasures come. In today’s first reading, he knew that from tiny Bethlehem would come the Lord.
The writer in Hebrews explains that Christ came to us to do the will of God by establishing a new order and by becoming our perfect sacrifice. And Luke tells us that Elizabeth and John, the infant in her womb, understand that great and wondrous things are at hand with the coming of the Lord.
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ST. BARNABAS SCHOOL (562) 424-7476 Fax (562) 981-3351
Please join us in reciting the Rosary every morning (Monday through Saturday) at 7:35 am before daily Mass. It is a beautiful and spiritual way to start your day.
Every day following weekday Mass, we invite
you to join us for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
It starts about five minutes after Mass
(around 8:35 am). It can be the best fifteen minutes
of the day. If you cannot join us, perhaps you can join the Divine Mercy on EWTN television channel at noon.
Take home some fun in God’s Word, grab a copy of “The Kids’ Bulletin” after each Mass!
Thank you for your prayerful giving. Your generosity supports the operations of our Parish Community.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Traditionally regarded as the first Christian martyr was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of
members of various synagogues by his teachings. He was arrested in the period following Pentecost and was stoned to death in Jerusalem. Saul of Tarsus, who later became Saint Paul was present.
The following names have been recently added: Tandeka Ball and Robert Stottlemire
*Book your Mass Intentions in person, at the Parish Office. (+indicates deceased)
Pray For The Sick
First Reading — From you, Bethlehem, shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel. (Micah 5:1-4a).
Psalm — Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved (Psalm 80).
Second Reading — By Christ doing the will of God, we have been consecrated (Hebrews 10:5-10).
Gospel — “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb” (Luke 1:39-45).
Today’s Readings
Monday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28;1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Wednesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:1-5,8b-12, 14a,16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Friday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Saturday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52
Saints & Special Observances
Readings For The Week
All are encouraged to pray for them and others already included in the Prayer Intention Book, which will be presented at each Mass. Call the Office to be added to the list. You may also write your own prayer intentions in the Prayer Intention Book that is available before each Saturday and Sunday Mass, located on a stand at the back of the Church.
We Remember...
Dennis Papini (11/25)
Michael Franklin (12/10)
The Parish Office will be CLOSED on:
December 24th (open ‘til 12pm)
December 25th
December 31st (open ‘til 12pm)
& January 1st
Monday: St. Peter Canisius; Winter begins Wednesday: St. John of Kanty Thursday: The Vigil of Christmas Friday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Saturday: St. Stephen; First day of Kwanzaa
Monday, December 21st
8:00 am- Eileen Lake+
Tuesday, December 22nd
8:00 am- Angelica Cipolla
Wednesday, December 23rd
8:00 am- Rita Purita Munson+
6:30 pm- Thanksgiving Christopher Sabate 51st Birthday
Saturday, December 26th
8:00 am- For the Soul of Irene Mae Baldwin+
5:00 pm- Esteban Joya+
Sunday, December 27th
7:30 am- For the Soul of Irene Mae Baldwin+
9:00 am- Intention of St. Barnabas Parishioners
10:45 am- Fe Medina
12:30 pm- Flora Hamel+
5:30 pm- Rodolfo De Leon+
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(NO CONFESSIONS ON DECEMBER 24TH) Christmas Eve Masses (Thursday, December 24th) 5:00 PM ‒ Children and Family Mass 10:00 PM ‒ Traditional Mass, preceded by Christmas Caroling at 9:40pm Christmas Day Masses (Friday, December 25th) 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM New Year’s Day Mass (Friday, January 1, 2016) 8:00 AM
========================================= SIMBANG GABI The St. Barnabas Filipino-American Association invites everyone to come, celebrate, and experience Simbang Gabi (Tagalog for: Advent Night Mass) Here is the Nine-Day Simbang Gabi Advent Mass Schedule: December 15th - 23rd, 2015 6th Day, Sunday. Dec. 20th: 5:30pm 7th Day, Monday. Dec. 21st: 6:30pm 8th Day, Tuesday. Dec. 22nd: 6:30pm 9th Day, Wednesday. Dec. 23rd: 6:30pm Please come and invite your friends and family to join as a spiritual offering in preparation for celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus! All are welcome! If you are interested in being a sponsor or for any questions, please contact: Charito Salas (562) 881-5542, Dr. Gene Lowther (562) 427-1386, Gigi Laluan (562) 427-4054 or Eva Talastas (562) 818-9541. ========================================= NEW PARISH OFFICE E-MAIL! Please make a note of our new Parish E-mail: [email protected] If you have any questions, please feel free to email us, anytime!
NEW CHANGE IN PARISH OFFICE HOURS! A new change in our Parish Office Hours, now in effect: Saturday: 9:00am-4:30pm & Sunday: 9:00am-2:00pm
Parish News
ARE YOU REGISTERED AT OUR PARISH? We welcome all newcomers to the neighborhood and those who have been attending our Sunday Eucharistic Celebrations. “Active” membership at a Parish enables a person to be eligible to sponsor a child for Baptism, to receive financial aid for Catholic Education, to be married in the Parish and to prepare one’s children for the Sacraments. To be an “active” member is to participate in the life of prayer and stewardship in the Parish. All adults over the age of 21, living with their parents or on their own, must register in the Parish to be considered members. The use of the offering envelopes may also help you to qualify for tax incentives. Participating in one or more of the ministries offered by the Parish is proof of the sharing of time and talent for the greater good of our Church Community. If you are not registered with our Parish, please pick up a registration form at the Parish Office, or print one from our website at www.stbarnabaslb.org. Feel free to stop by the Parish Office and we will be happy to help you! =========================================
Parish Ministries
THE BOOK OF CATHOLIC JOKES, by Deacon Tom Sheridan published by ACTA Publications, Chicago, Ill
long and boring homily at a children's Mass, Sister Janet, the principal, observed Little Jonnie. a small, first-grade boy, standing up in his front row pew and talking with the children in the row behind him. Sister waved at him. trying to communicate to him that his behavior was inappropriate, but Little Jonnie simply smiled at her and waved back.
Annoyed, the principal turned to Little Janie sitting next to her and instructed her, "Go and tell him to stop talking and sit down."
Obediently, the girl walked up the side aisle, past the front row, and into the sanctuary, where she whispered in the priest's ear, "Sister said to stop talking and sit down."
The priest, a graduate of Catholic grade school, immediately sat down and shut up.
Holy Humor
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER
Help us r ightly to remember the bir th of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men. Close the doors of hate and open the doors of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil, by the blessing that Christ br ings, and teach us to be merry with clean hearts. May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, And the Christmas evening br ing us to our bed with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus sake. Amen. -Robert Louis Stevenson
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for supporting the School’s largest fundraiser of the year! Disney’s The Lion King Jr. is presented through special arrangement with and all
authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theater International. 421 West
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St. Barnabas School News
DRAMATIZATION
We are in need of angels, shepherds, kings, narrators,
sheep, and Joseph & Mary. Come one - come all!!
The Christmas Eve Dramatization for
children will once again be at the
5:00pm Christmas Eve Mass on
December 24th. All children and youth
are invited to participate. Rehearsal will
be on Sunday, December 20th, 2:00pm -
3:30pm, in the Church. If you have a
costume, please bring it with you,
otherwise we have many costumes. Your child will need
to be in the church on Christmas Eve at 4:00pm. Mass
usually is about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
CHRISTMAS EVE CHOIR & MUSICIANS
Children’s Choir, Youth Choir, & Musicians will be
singing for Christmas Eve Mass, 5pm. Practice will be on
Tuesday, December 22nd from 7pm to 8:30pm in the
music room in the Parish Center - upstairs.
Contact Religious Ed. at (562) 988-6855 for more info.
Christmas Eve Mass
DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES:
Eli & Dolores Herrera 12/17 (60 yrs) Lal & Gigi Laluan 12/18 (44 yrs) Eddie & Rose Reyes 12/23 (47 yrs) Jeff & Lisa Johnson 12/28 (30 yrs) Chris & Daniella Campbell 12/30 (15 yrs) Sunny & Rosamma Michael 12/26 (35 years)
If you are celebrating your Wedding Anniversary, let us know so we can all celebrate with you! Please call the Parish Office at (562) 424-8595 or send an email to: [email protected] (a month before date) with Names, year you’re celebrating, along with your Wedding Anniversary date.
Congratulations To The Following:
SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN & YOUTH Did You Know? Shop safely this Christmas If you let your kids go to the mall by themselves to buy Christmas presents, you should talk to them about potential dangers they need to guard against. Christmas is the busiest time of year for commercial retail, which means that malls and shopping centers will be more crowded, and younger kids and teens who are alone may be a target for kidnappers and other dangers. Talk to your children about being aware of their surroundings, and where to go for help. Be in contact with them while they’re shopping, and have a check-in place and time set if you’re splitting up. For more information please visit: http://safety.more4kids.info/186/shopping-with-kids/. ========================================= RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS (RFR) Aging religious need your help. In the United States today, there are more than 33,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. These religious worked tirelessly in Catholic schools, hospitals, and agencies, usually for little to no pay. As a result, many religious communities lack adequate savings for retirement and eldercare. Your gift to today’s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more. Please be generous. Special envelopes are in the pews and can be returned in the baskets or the Parish Office. Thank you for your support. Please visit: www.retiredreligious.org for info. =========================================
Local Archdiocese News
Cub Scouts Pack #32 of St. Barnabas is
sponsoring the "Giving Trees" again.
Trees will be up until December 20th,
located in the front and back of the
Church and in the Parish Center. We are
accepting wrapped gifts up through
Sunday, January 10th. Please take one or more
ornaments, tape it to the package and return to the Church
or Parish Office. We thank you for your support of this
wonderful St. Barnabas tradition.
Giving Trees
CHRISTMAS MASS – INVITE A FRIEND! We all know someone who hasn’t been to church in a while. Invite them to Christmas Mass. Let’s welcome everyone we see this Christmas. The most powerful first step to a conversion is a personal invitation. St. Barnabas is our family. Help make this Christmas a joyous one.
St. Vincent was born of poor parents in Gascony, France, about 1580. He enjoyed his first schooling under the Franciscan Fathers. He was am exceptional student and was chosen as a teacher to his children, he was thus enabled to continue his studies without being a burden to his parents. In 1596, he went to the University of Toulouse for theological studies, and there he was ordained a priest in 1600. In 1605, on a voyage by sea from Marseilles to Narbonne, he fell into the hands of African pirates and was carried as a slave to Tunis. After two years, he escaped, and made his way to Rome before returning to France. He became teacher in the family of Emmanuel de Gondy. In 1617, he began to preach missions, and in 1625, he lay the foundations of a congregation which afterward became the Congregation of the Mission or Lazarists, so named on account of the Priory of St. Lazarus, which the Fathers began to occupy in 1633. It would be impossible to enumerate all the works of this servant of God. Charity was his predominant virtue. It extended to all classes of persons, from forsaken childhood to old age. In the midst of the most distracting occupations his soul was always intimately united with God. Though honored by the great ones of the world, he remained deeply rooted in humility. The Apostle of Charity, the immortal Vincent de Paul, breathed his last in Paris at the age of eighty. His feast day is September 27th. He is the patron of charitable societies.
