The Redemptorists. From the Rector Very Rev. Joseph Tizio, C.Ss.R. The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 29, 2019.

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From the Rector

Very Rev. Joseph Tizio, C.Ss.R.

Staffed by

The Redemptorists

Each Christmas we sing the famous English Christmas carol “O

Little Town of Bethlehem”. There is one verse in the hymn which always grabs my attention: “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight”. The hymn speaks of the dark streets of Bethlehem and how the bright light of Christ shines to shatter the darkness of those streets. Then the hymn tells us that all the fears and all the hopes of people both before and after the birth of Christ were found in the one night in Beth-lehem.

We live in an age of such great hope and promise but also an age of fear and hopeless-ness. It is an age when environmental disaster is upon us but nations have the power to save our planet. We live in a country of great wealth yet so many are homeless and hun-gry. We are a country that can do so much but is unable to because of so much anger and division. On that first Christmas night in the manger, all the hopes and fears of the world were found. The richness of God’s divinity embraced the poverty of our human nature. The infinite love of God entered a divided and angry world. On that first Christ-mas, the sinless God entered our sinful world and gave us the gift of redemption. As we continue our celebration of the Christmas season, we affirm that we will not surrender to the hopeless, the anger, and division of our world and country. We profess faith in the God who embraced our humanity with all its hopes and fears, a God who leads us from hopeless to hope, from division to unity, from anger to peace, from inaction to action. Truly, the hopes and fears of all the years are met in Christ born among us.

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

December 29, 2019

Weekday Masses

7:00am and 12:10pm

Saturday Masses

8:00am and 12:10pm Vigil: 4:00pm, 7:00pm (Haitian)

Sunday Masses

9:00am,12:30pm, 5:00pm 11:00am (Spanish)

Sacrament of Penance

Monday-Saturday at 11:50am Saturday 3:30pm

Wednesday Novena Service

12:10pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm (Spanish), 7:00pm (Haitian)

Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament

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Dec 28

Saturday

8:00am Maria Gill and Rory Platt Family 12:10pm Julie B. Goss

Christmas Novena

4:00pm Carol Gaudreau and Robert Goodrow Family 7:00pm +Julianne Taussaint

Dec 29

Sunday

9:00am Yvonne Andrade and Laura Amada 11:00am +Maria Vasquez

12:30pm Christmas Novena

5:00pm Donohue, Brooks, Miller, Williams, MacDonald

Dec 30

Monday

7:00am Christmas Novena 12:10pm Maria Gill and Aideo

Dec 31

Tuesday (New Year’s Eve)

7:00am Christmas Novena

12:10pm Joanne, James Ooi and Family Midnight Christmas Novena

Jan 01

Wednesday (Solemnity of Mary)

9:00am Janice C. McGonagle

11:00am Shrine and Purgatorian Members 12:30pm Christmas Novena

Jan 02

Thursday

7:00am +Janet Breadon 12:10pm Benjamin Ooi

Jan 03

Friday

7:00am Christmas Novena

12:10pm Samuel, Jeremiah, Agustus Liem

MASS INTENTIONS

FROM THE RECTOR

En Español

Cada Navidad cantamos el famoso villancico inglés “O Little Town of Bethlehem”. Hay un verso en el himno que siempre me llama la atención: “Las esperanzas y los miedos de todos los años se encuentran en ti esta noche”. El himno habla de las calles oscuras de Belén y de cómo la luz brillante de Cristo brilla para destruir la oscuridad de esas calles. Luego, el himno nos dice que todos los temores y todas las esperanzas de las per-sonas, tanto antes como después del nacimiento de Cristo, se encontraron en la noche en Belén.

Vivimos en una era de tan grande esperanza y promesa, pero también una era de miedo y desesperanza. Es una época en que el desastre ambiental está sobre nosotros, pero las naciones tie-nen el poder de salvar nuestro planeta. Vivimos en un país de gran riqueza, pero muchos no tienen hogar y tienen hambre. Somos un país que puede hacer mucho pero no puede hacerlo debido a tanta ira y división. En esa primera noche de Navidad en el pesebre, se encontraron todas las esperanzas y temores del mundo. La riqueza de la divinidad de Dios abrazó la pobreza de nuestra naturaleza humana. El amor infinito de Dios entró en un mundo dividido y enojado. En esa primera Navidad, el Dios sin pecado entró en nuestro mundo pecaminoso y nos dio el regalo de la redención. A medida que continuamos nuestra cel-ebración de la temporada navideña, afirmamos que no nos ren-diremos a la desesperanza, la ira y la división de nuestro mundo y país. Profesamos fe en el Dios que abrazó a nuestra humani-dad con todas sus esperanzas y temores, un Dios que nos lleva de la desesperanza a la esperanza, de la división a la unidad, de la ira a la paz, de la inacción a la acción. Verdaderamente, las esperanzas y los temores de todos los años se encuentran en Cristo nacido entre nosotros.

Reflexión

“Esposas, subordínense a sus esposos ... Esposos, amen a sus esposas ... Hijos, obedezcan a sus padres en todo ... Padres, no provoquen a sus hijos ...” (COLOSENSES 3: 18-21)

El Papa Francisco dijo que las familias, a través de su vida de oración y amor, se convierten en “escuelas de verdadero crecimiento humano”. Ser testigos creíbles del amor cristiano, especialmente el de los miembros de la familia, ejerce la influ-encia más positiva en nuestros hijos. Todos somos hijos de Dios, recemos y amémonos unos a otros como Dios, Nuestro Padre, lo hace por nosotros.

Stewardship

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Stewardship

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Stewardship

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

the Mother of God

Wednesday, January 1st is a Holy Day of Obligation, the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Please join us for Mass at 9:00am, 11:00am (Spanish) and 12:30pm.

The Rectory Office will be open on Tuesday, December 31st from 9:00am-12:00pm. The Office will be closed on Wednesday, January 1st. Normal office hours will resume on January 2nd.

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MUSIC PROGRAM

Entrance Hymn: O Sanctissima, O Virtuous

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm128:1-2, 3, 4-5

Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21

Gospel: Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

Homily

Profession of Faith

General Intercessions: Respond, “Lord Hear Our Prayer”

First Reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,

begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man,

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Presentation of the Gifts: Of the Father’s Love Begotten

Preface Acclamation

Memorial Acclamation