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1 The Traditional Latin Mass Society of San Francisco TLM Society Website: TLM Society The Traditional Latin Mass Society is an association of Roman Catholic faithful dedicated to the preservation of the Ancient form of the Roman Rite or the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, as a legitimate use of Holy Mother Church s Great Liturgical Patrimony. The Society includes lay faithful drawn from every age, group and walks of life as well as clergy and religious members who continue to adhere with great love and affection to the earlier liturgical forms. (Pope Benedict XVI, Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of 2007) Last Sunday After Pentecost November 24, 2013 Traditional Latin Masses in the Archdiocese of San Francisco Star of the Sea Church St. Monica Parish 4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco Geary Blvd & 23rd Ave., San Francisco (415) ext.16 (415) Sunday: 11 a.m. & Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. Monday - Saturday: 12:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception Chapel Most Holy Rosary Chapel St. Francis of Assisi 3255 Folsom St., San Francisco One Vincent Dr., San Rafael Bay Rd. East Palo Alto (415) (415) (650) Sunday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:15 p.m. First Friday: 6 p.m. Mass Schedule at Star of the Sea for November & December Nov-13 Sunday 11:00 AM Last Sunday after Pentecost Fr. Mark Mazza 1-Dec-13 Sunday 11:00 AM 1 st Sunday of Advent Fr. Mark Mazza 6-Dec-13 Friday 6:30 PM First Friday (St. Nicholas) Fr. Mark Mazza 8-Dec-13 Sunday 11:00 AM 2 nd Sunday of Advent / Immaculate Conception Fr. Anselm Ramelow 15-Dec-13 Sunday 11:00 AM 3 rd Sunday of Advent Fr. Mark Mazza 17-Dec-13 Tuesday 6:30 PM O Mass O Sapienta Fr. Anselm Ramelow 18-Dec-13 Wednesday 6:30 PM O Mass O Adonai (Rorate Mass) Fr. Anselm Ramelow 19-Dec-13 Thursday 6:30 PM O Mass O Radix Jesse Canon Olivier Meney 20-Dec-13 Friday 6:30 PM O Mass O Clavis David Fr. Mark Mazza 21-Dec-13 Saturday 10:00 AM O Mass O Oriens Fr. Mark Mazza 22-Dec-13 Sunday 11:00 AM 4 th Sunday of Advent O Rex Gentium Fr. Mark Mazza 23-Dec-13 Monday 6:30 PM O Mass O Emmanuel Fr. Mark Mazza 24-Dec-13 Tuesday 11:00 PM Nativity of Our Lord Midnight Mass (*Holy Day) Fr. Mark Mazza Christmas Carols before Mass 25-Dec-13 Wednesday 11:00 AM Nativity of Our Lord (*Holy Day) Fr. Mark Mazza 29-Dec-13 Sunday 11:00 AM Sunday Octave of Christmas Fr. Mark Mazza 1 P age

2 Mass Intention Requests When the TLM Society arranges special Masses with the approval of the pastor/chaplain, i.e. First Fridays, Holydays and other special days, Mass intentions may be requested. A stipend of $10.00 per Mass. Visit the parish office Monday-Thursday between 9am-4pm. If you have questions please us TLMofSF@gmail.com Women s Evening of Recollection Every 2 nd Thursday of the month at Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church 7pm-9pm. 2 Meditations given by a priest, a spiritual talk, Benediction and confessions. However, for December -- Women s Recollection will be on December 5 (1 st Thursday). Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 28, 2013 Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur; We praise Thee, O God; we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum; In Thee have I hoped, O Lord; let me not be confounded for ever. Dear Parishioners and Friends, All of us identify and fell good about the uniquely American celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Yet this year those over a certain age recall probably the saddest Thanksgiving Day in our American history. It was right after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, fifty years ago. After hearing the shocking news, slowly our country pulled together and moved on. I suppose that in some ways we have never been the same. There was a loss of innocence, trust, security. Yet we reached deep down into our souls and heard our Lord speak to us: Blessed are those who mourn, they shall be consoled. Giving thanks to God does not erase the pain and sorrow of life. However, it helps us see the big picture. Sure there is the negative, but God rises above it all and envelops us in His tremendous love. We only need to turn to Calvary with the God-man on the Cross. As Jesus was nailed to the wood of the cross, bleeding, in excruciating pain, facing death, all seemed lost. Good people were heart broken and discouraged to see how their beloved Lord was treated. They wept as they witnessed the irrational and vindictive hatred of the crowds that perversely took pleasure in the Lord s death. What happened then happens now. That has always been the case. Jesus brought the Triumph of Love by His Resurrection from the Dead the third day. He opened the gates of heaven to those who follow Him. He was willing to pay the high price of our salvation. He showed us that in spite of the terrible darkness we may experience in this world, there is a God of Love that cannot be defeated. God is so good, so very good to us, though we cannot deserve such unconditional love. That is why we should always be able to give thanks for the many blessings we have received in good times and in bad all our days. This Thanksgiving Day let us return our thanks to God by participating at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The Traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 A.M. and the Ordinary Form Mass in English at 10:00 A.M. Yours in the Lord, Fr. Mark G. Mazza, Pastor 2 P age

3 We are looking for committed people to help in any way with the Society! Please don t hesitate to contact us: tlmofsf@gmail.com MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! Walk for Life West Coast 2014: Join fellow Catholics and Pro- Lifers from all over California and beyond as we stand up for the littlest among us at the 10th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on January 25, The pre-walk rally begins at 12:30PM in San Francisco s Civic Center Plaza, and the Walk for Life, down the city s Market Street, begins at 1:30. Last year s Walk drew 40,000+ people and eleven Catholic bishops and a personal message from then Pope Benedict XVI! For complete information about the Walk, visit or call The TLM Society will be participating in the Walk for Life Info Faire at the Civic Center Plaza on January 25, Fliers and other informational materials on the Traditional Latin Mass will be distributed. Volunteers are needed! Please the Society at tlmofsf@gmail.com or call Jay Balza ( ). Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society: How to enroll souls: please athanasiuscatholic@yahoo.com and submit as follows: "Name, State, Country." If you want to enroll entire families, simply write in the "The Jones family, Ohio, USA". Individual names are preferred. Be greedy -- send in as many as you wish and forward this posting to friends as well. And please follow this formatting strictly. Please consider forwarding this Society to your family and friends, announcing from the pulpit during Holy Mass or listing in your church bulletin. We need to spread the word and relieve more suffering souls. Please pray for the enrolled Souls and the 36 holy priests saying Traditional Masses for the Society: "For all the souls enrolled in the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the Faithful departed rest in peace. Amen." Almighty and ever living God, we ask Thy blessing upon the priests who offer Masses for the Purgatorial Society. Give them a greater awareness of the grace that Thou dost pour out through the Sacraments, and by their devout celebration of the Sacred Mysteries, increase in them a love for Thee. Give strength to Thy priests, O Shepherd of the flock; when they are in doubt, give them the assurance of faith, and in Thy goodness confirm them as heralds of Thy Truth to all who seek to follow in Thy path. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal Priest, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity with the Holy Ghost, God, for ever and ever. Amen. 3 P age

4 Chaplain s Corner: One tends to feel rather patriotic as Thanksgiving Day approaches. It is, I think, the most American of holidays, in that religion, family, and material abundance are interwoven into the building of community and good cheer associated with the kickoff of the commercial Christmas season. We do these things well as Americans. And then we always have G.K. Chesterton to recall for us the proper order of things. The Americans have established a Thanksgiving Day to celebrate the fact that the Pilgrim Fathers reached America, Chesterton quipped. The English might very well establish another Thanksgiving Day; to celebrate the happy fact that the Pilgrim Fathers left England. Of course, we need not share Chesterton s disdain for our dear Thanksgiving Day, even if we share his disdain for Puritanism. For Thanksgiving is actually and properly about the rendering of gratitude to Almighty God for all of His blessings upon us. In all circumstances give thanks, St. Paul wrote. This is precisely what we recall this Thursday: that, no matter what is happening in our lives, the proper posture of the creature before the Creator is the movement of the heart in gratitude. We recall Chesterton again: I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. There is a patriotic delight that our national feast is a day of thanksgiving. In a country marked by so much injustice towards the unborn, the poor, marriage and the family, other nations we have at least this little boast: we are still a nation that officially gives thanks to God annually for all His blessings. Catholics are men and women of gratitude. Our very worship is thanksgiving as we offer the Eucharist. We don t give thanks only one day of the year, but every day the perfect thanksgiving of Jesus Christ s Sacrifice on the Cross is offered to the Blessed Trinity for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. This is the truth of who we are. We don t need a holiday to remind us to give thanks, but we gladly receive and participate in such a marvelous public festivity. In all circumstances, we render unto God the justice of our gratitude for everything. It is only fitting to conclude our meditation on gratitude with more wisdom from the great Chesterton, who knew well how in all circumstances to give thanks: You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. Fr. Joseph Previtali Assistant Chaplain Mystic Monk Coffee Sale this Sunday! Looking for a good Christmas gift? After the 11 AM Mass this Sunday (Nov. 24, 2013), everyone is invited to come down to the Star of the Sea school auditorium where the Mystic Monk Coffee will be on sale! Some of the coffee blend available for sale will include: Christmas Blend ($15), Jingle Bell Java ($12), Vespers Decaf Ground ($12) and many more! Cash payment only. 4 P age

5 From the Prefect Dearest Friends, Every November, Holy Mother Church recognizes this month as the month when we commemorate all the Saints and all the Poor souls in Purgatory. With that in mind, permit me to reflect on Death, a silent and inevitable companion in our lives. As you read this, please do remember to always pray to St. Joseph and all the forgotten members of Christ's faithful. Death is always painful when it comes because it means that a person is cut off from the world of the living. It means that between the dead and the living there comes a distance much farther the the farthest point on this earth. When a person lives, one can always hope he will come back home sooner or later; but when a person is dead, one can only hope to join him someday. There is something final in death which no one ever likes. When death comes, it's all over for the person this side of life. No matter how miserable one's life may have been, death appears always terrifying. Life is just too beautiful to end in death. But our faith teaches us that death is the necessary passage to Eternal Life. Jesus said, "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit" (John 12:24). Fear of death is inherent to man. Yet, such fear diminishes even as one's hope for a much more beautiful life increases. And if such hope is founded on Christ's Good News that by His own death He has already won Eternal Life for us, and that if we take our cross daily and follow him we will have life eternal, then, death ceases to be terrifying. To some, it even becomes something to welcome, for death would tear down the curtain that still separates us from God, who is the Source of all our happiness and of Eternal Life. Indeed, it is only when we are aware that we have "debts" in this life to pay in the next that we should tremble at the thought of death. In this life, we are aware, justice is either imperfect or altogether absent. The evil man seems to thrive better than the good. This surely cannot last forever. Somewhere, true justice must be rendered. Death is terrifying because it ushers us to that somewhere where full justice is rendered. The more "debts" I incur in this life, the greater is my fear for death will lead me to the halls of God's justice where only the Truth shall prevail. And then, I alone will be left to face God's justice. Dear friends, let us render unto God what is due and seek him out. Let us not wait for us to be called with burden and avail of his mercy while still on earth. Our Holy Mother Church with the Guidance of the Holy Ghost, accords us all the spiritual necessities needed to attain a holy and happy death. Go to confession, receive the Sacraments worthily and ease the pain of an unhappy death. Pray for the souls of our dearly departed and those in purgatory. For us to understand the Church Triumphant, we must pray for the Church Suffering as they pray for us here in the Church militant. St. Joseph, patron for a happy death, intercede for us! Laudetur Jesus Christus! AJ Garcia Prefect 5 P age

6 Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) 25 th Anniversary Pontifical High Mass with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at Mission San Diego on Nov. 15, 2013 Entrance Procession Sermon Consecration Ecce Agnus Dei Greeting the laity after Mass Archbishop Cordileone with the FSSP Priests Anna Guerra and Fr. John Berg, Superior General More photos and video of the Mass can found on our website - sanctatrinitasunusdeus.com 6 P age

7 After the Pontifical Mass, a side trip to Mission San Juan Capistrano. and to the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael s Abbey! 7 P age

8 Mass Propers for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: November 24, 2013 Introit Jer 29:11-12; 29:14 The Lord says: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction. You shall call upon Me, and I will hear you; and I will bring back your captivity from all places. Ps 84:2 You have favored, O Lord, Your land; You have restored the well-being of Jacob. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost... Collect O Lord, we beseech You, arouse the wills of Your faithful people that, by a more earnest search for the fruit of Your divine work, they may receive more abundantly of the healing effects of Your goodness. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Epistle Col 1:9-14 Brethren: We have been praying for you unceasingly, asking that you may be filled with knowledge of God s will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. May you walk worthily of God and please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. May you be completely strengthened through His glorious power unto perfect patience and long-suffering; joyfully rendering thanks to God the Father, Who has made us worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in Whom we have our redemption, through His Blood, the remission of our sins. Gradual Ps 43:8-9 You saved us, O Lord, from our foes, and those who hated us You put to shame. V. In God we gloried day by day; Your name we praised always. Alleluia, alleluia. Ps 129:1-2 V. Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my prayer! Alleluia. But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor will be. And unless those days had been shortened, no living creature would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if anyone say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or There He is, do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told it to you beforehand. If therefore they say to you, Behold, He is in the desert, do not go forth; Behold, He is in the inner chambers, do not believe it. For as the lightning comes forth from the east and shines even to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Wherever the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together. But immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then will all tribes of the earth mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with great power and majesty. And He will send forth His angels with a trumpet and a great sound, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch is now tender, and the leaves break forth, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door. Amen I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things have been accomplished. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Offertory Ps 129:1-2 Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord: Lord, hear my prayer! Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord. Secret Be merciful, O Lord, to our humble requests and accept the offerings and prayers of Your people: turn the hearts of all of us to You, that, freed from earthly cravings, we may pass over to heavenly yearnings. Gospel Matt. 24:15-35 At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place - let him who reads understand - then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything from his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. But woe to those who are with child, or have infants at the breast in those days! Communion Antiphon Mark 11:24 Amen I say to you, all things whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you shall receive, and it shall be done to you. Post Communion Grant us, we beseech You, O Lord, that all the evil in our hearts may be cured by the healing power of the sacrament we have received. 8 P age