Come to our mini-photo session fundraiser SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st 11am-4pm in the Parish Hall

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2 Page 2 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe This final Sunday of the church year, the Feast of Christ the King, is the day when we are invited to commemorate His sovereignty over all men, women and children. Jesus Christ has come. Jesus Christ is coming. Jesus Christ will come again. Jesus Christ is Lord of All. No sooner than we have celebrated the last Sunday of the Year, the feast of Christ the King, we will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, and begin the time of preparation for the great Feast of the Nativity of Our Savior. We are moving forward and toward His loving return. The Church, to use the beautiful imagery of the early Christian fathers, was birthed from the wounded side of the Savior on the Cross at Calvary's hill. We are now being recreated in and through Him. We have been espoused to Him forever. He is the bridegroom and we are the bride. He will return for us in the great culmination of all time and establish the eternal kingdom. Our Catholic liturgical year follows a rhythmic cycle which points us toward beginnings and ends. In doing so, it emphasizes important truths that can only be grasped through faith. This Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King, is the last Sunday in the Church year. Our Catholic faith and its Liturgical practices proclaim to a world hungry for meaning that Jesus Christ is the "Alpha," (the first letter of the Greek alphabet) and the "Omega" (the last letter), the beginning and the end. He is the Giver, the Governor and the fulfillment of all time. In Him the whole world is being made new and every end becomes a beginning, for those with the greatest treasure, living faith. Blessing of the Parish Advent Wreath Advent begins next weekend with the Blessing of our Parish Advent Wreath at the 5:00pm Mass on Saturday, December 1st. You are invited to bring your Advent candles to this Mass to have them blessed. November 25, 2018 A story is told that during the Second World War a group of soldiers came to a little Italian village which was heavily devastated. They stumbled upon a statue of Christ lying on the ground broken into several pieces. The soldiers tried to repair the statue as best they could and placed it on the pedestal. But the two pieces they could not find were the hands of the statue. Finally, one of the soldiers made a note and placed it near the statue. The note read: I have no other hands but yours. Today, as we celebrate the feast of Christ the King we read John s account of Jesus having been interrogated by Pilate. Yes, Jesus is a king. But his kingdom is different from all the kings and kingdoms in this world. Jesus is the King of the Kingdom of God. Many times Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God as the central theme of his ministry. Christ is king and his kingdom is here and now. Today we once again claim his Kingship in our lives. We pledge our allegiance to the Lord and strive to be His hands and feet, becoming instruments of his love and mercy for others. Fr. Rick Don t forget about our parish fundraiser next Saturday! Need a family photo for your Christmas card? Need a nice photo gift for Grandma? Come to our mini-photo session fundraiser SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st 11am-4pm in the Parish Hall The cost for the photo session and 3 digital photos is $49 (50% of the proceeds will be donated to our parish!) Call or text Angela at to book your appointment or call the Parish Office. Payment can be made via Venmo, Paypal or by check. Parishioner and photographer, Angela LangatMcGinnis, is holding this fundraiser for the parish. Angela takes a lot of our bulletin photos and you have probably seen her at Mass or other events with her camera. She wants to make this a fun and easy way to mark this yearly chore off your list!

3 Page 3 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 25, 2018 Mass Intentions Saturday...November 24 5:00PM... Amelia Martinez Sunday.....November 25 8:30AM....People of St. Didacus 10:00AM.. Ann Cummins.. Mark Brennan, Joseph Damico, Spec. Int. 11:30AM.. Celedonia Chavez..Sagrados Corazones Monday...November 26 7:30AM....People of St. Didacus Tuesday......November 27 6:00PM.... Nepomuceno Alcazar Wednesday...November 28 8:30AM.... Ed Sanclemente Thursday....November 29 7:30AM.... People of St. Didacus Friday......November 30 7:30AM. People of St. Didacus Saturday...December 1 5:00PM... Watson Family, Spec. Int. The Joy of Giving Weekly Events at St. Didacus Sunday, November 25 Celebration after Spanish Mass Hall Monday, November 26 Knitting Group 2:00pm 4:00pm Hall Christ in Our Neighborhood 7:00pm Hall Pastorela Practice 7:00pm Hall Tuesday, November 27 Small Faith Group 9:00am Hall High School Ministry 6:30pm Hall Wednesday, November 28 Religious Education 5:30pm School Choir 7:00pm Church Encuentro Matrimonial 7:00pm Hall Thursday, November 29 Small Faith Group 6:30pm Hall RCIA 7:00pm Hall Finance Council 7:00pm Office Friday, November 30 Quinceanera Class 5:00pm-7:00pm Hall Saturday, December 1 Christmas Photo Day 11:00am-4:00pm Hall Confessions 3:30pm Church Eucharistic Adoration 3:30pm-5:00pm Church How often do we put all our time and energy into building a kingdom here on earth, forgetting that life here is short? The real kingdom is in the next life. Yet, how much time and energy do we invest in working for that eternal kingdom? General Collection, November 18, 2018: $3, Building Fund, November 18, 2018: $ Readings for the Week of November 25, 2018 Sunday: Dn 7:13-14/Rv 1:5-8/Jn 18:33b-37 Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19/Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4/Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Lk 21:20-28 Friday: Rom 10:9-18/Mt 4:18-22 Saturday: Rv 22:1-7/Lk 21:34-36 Welcome to St. Didacus Parish! Sunday Masses Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am 11:30am in Spanish Daily Mass Mon., Thurs., Fri. 7:30am /Tues. 6:00pm/ Wed. 8:30am Eucharistic Adoration Wed. 7:30am 8:30am / Saturday 3:30pm 5:00pm First Fridays 8:00am 9:00am Confessions Saturdays 3:30pm or by appt. Baptisms: 1st Saturday of each month. Arrangements must be made 3 months in advance. Contact the Parish Office for information. Weddings: Arrangements must be made at least 9 months in advance. Please contact the Parish Office. Mental Health Ministry Direct Line: For emergencies call 911. For non-emergencies please call Pastor, Rev. Enrique Fuentes The Parish Office is open 8am-noon, 1-5pm M-F Tony Allen Diann Bauer Dan Bauer Martha Becerra Bob Bellesi Herminia Brignoni Gail Cedercrans Fred Cepeda Irene Davis MaryLou De Luca Bob Demers Josie Demers Cecelia Dueber Daniel Galvan Susan Guenzel Anthony Flores Stan Hammack PRAYER LIST Dolores Hansel Joseph Hastings Al Hunt Joanne Hunt Ponciano Jimenez Emily Johnson Meri Kerekanich Kerekanich Family Genevieve Keyser Marilyn Kober Elizabeth La Costa Paul Mansell Anthony Martinez Terrence McCabe Emma McPherson Dolores Mediano Vernon Meyers Peter Napolitano Lupita Plascencia Judith Pratt Antonia Raya Betty Rios Dolores Robertson Victor M. Sanchez Shirley Scinocca Carol Schmidt Peter Schmidt Beverly Stemper Maria Winters Helen Yturralde Joan Venverloh And the special intentions in our Book of Needs

4 Page 4 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 25, 2018 Thank you for ordering Mama s Pies! th Street, San Diego CA Our Annual Book Fair at Barnes and Noble is on December 2nd! You have one day to do your in-store shopping to benefit the school. Can t attend the book fair at Barnes & Noble in Mission Valley? You can order online at bn.com/ bookfairs from December 2-7. Use the Book Fair ID at checkout. See the flyer in today s bulletin for a list of the activities planned for the day and for the coupons to take with you. Thank you for your support! Many thanks from the Altar Society to all those who donated items for their Holiday Sale last weekend. Thanks also to everyone who shopped the sale. They raised $3,193 that will be used for the needs of the parish. Lessons and Carols A Festival of Word and Song to Prepare for Christmas Founders Chapel University of San Diego Saturday, December 8th 7:30pm Sunday, December 9 at 2pm All are welcome to attend this free event. For more information, directions or parking info contact cctc@sandiego.edu or call The Knights of Columbus will be selling Christmas cards after Mass this weekend and for two more weekends. Support their effort to keep Christ in Christmas and thank them for all the ways they support our parish. It s cold and flu season! Please do not shake hands during the Sign of Peace if you are ill. You may simply bow your head instead of giving a hand shake. Let s keep the Body of Christ healthy! Your purchases and donations will benefit our neighbors battling AIDS or cancer. Join our Christ in Our Neighborhood (CION) Scripture Study The group meets on Monday evenings in the Parish Hall at 7pm. They will meet again on November 26th. Everyone is welcome to come and reflect on the Scriptures for the upcoming Sunday and share in fellowship. Contact the Parish Office for more info. Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego is raising funds to help migrant families being released by immigration authorities in our region. These families, many with small children, have traveled long distances to flee extreme conditions that threaten their lives. They have received permission to remain in the U.S. legally while awaiting the outcome of their application for asylum. Catholic Charities is raising funds to help them to travel to unite with family members in the U.S. Donations may be made through this site: Sharejourneysd.org/families. Attention All Parish Families! Mark your calendars for our family Advent event: Wednesday, December 5th 5:30pm-7:00pm in the Parish Hall Do you remember how much fun we had last year at our Keepsake Christmas event? We ve planned another fun family event that will help you leave all the busyness of the season behind and focus on the real reason for the season: Jesus! We do not bring God into time; He is the Creator of time. In the mystery of the Incarnation, the Eternal Word through whom the universe was created entered into time to re-create it from within!

5 Page 5 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe If you brought your child to the restroom during the Liturgy of the Word, you might walk away with one of two interpretations of Jesus as King. The first and second readings are bold and victorious. We see Christ coming on the clouds for the final judgment of heaven and earth. The Gospel sets a very different tone. Jesus is under arrest and facing death before Pontius Pilate. We know how this story will end. So if Christ is King, what does it mean? Is he a glorious conqueror or a suffering servant? My kingdom does not belong to this world. Here is the heart of Jesus reign. He is a king and his subjects are alive and well on earth but, ultimately, Jesus kingdom transcends our earthly concepts of power. Jesus faced down the temptation of a solely earthly kingship. At the close of his 40 days in the desert, the devil offered him the kingdoms of the world. Jesus only had to sacrifice his heavenly values and worship Satan. The same temptations to distort the kingship of Christ are present to us today. Jesus invitation also endures. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice. It is important for us to belong to the full truth of Christ s kingdom. First, our own hearts must be transformed. Our own rebellions in favor of selfishness and against holiness must be conquered by God s grace. Second, we must work to transform the world as best we can in our own corner of it. Like Jesus shows us by his life and death, this doesn t mean domination. It means service, sacrifice, respect, and love. Our lives must testify to the truth of Jesus Christ, who lays down his life for his people. That is the true beauty of Christ the King! Cycles of Faith The Church really IS the Mystical Body of the Risen Christ. That Body is inseparably joined to the Head. Jesus Christ is alive, he has been raised, and he continues His redemptive mission now through the Church, of which we are members. As we choose to actually live our lives liturgically, not just go through the motions, we can move through life in the flow of the liturgical calendar. We can experience the deeper mystery and meaning of life, now made New in Jesus Christ, the One who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14:6,7) Jesus Christ is King! Jesus Christ is meant to become the Lord of our whole lives, and inform the very pattern of how we live them. May God, who fills the hungry with good things, show us the path to walk, in peace and harmony with all creation. Amen November 25, 2018 What is the role of Catholics in society? The role of the Church in the world has taken different forms over time, but the theme is the same. Be disciples in it! As the lay faithful that is, not vowed priest or religious we are called to live and love in the circumstances of our daily lives. St. John Paul II wrote a document about the laity. In it he wrote, In their situation in the world God manifests His plan and communicates to them their particular vocation of seeking the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God (On the Lay Members of Christ s Faithful, 15). God wants us in the hospitals, the board rooms, the law offices, the food pantries, and the little league games! We are to engage in the affairs of the world. But when we re there, we should live the plan of God. We need to respect those around us, engage in just business and legal practices, and love our children. We should care for the earth, use our money wisely, and get to know our neighbors. We must advocate for social policies that respect human dignity and human freedom. No matter our state in life, we are invited to build the kingdom of God! HEALING MASS AT HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit Catholic Church located at th St., San Diego, CA will be hosting a Healing Mass followed by Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Monday, November 26, 2018 Service begins at 7:00 PM. Celebrant: Fr. James Boyd. Everyone is invited to come and experience the healing power of the Holy Spirit! On Saturday, December 8th we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a bilingual Mass at 9am. Following our Mass we ll gather in the Parish Hall for an Advent Reflection with our guest speaker, Rev. Msgr. Michael Gallagher, former pastor of Our Lady of Grace. A light lunch will be served following the presentation. Put it on the calendar now, so you ll be free to join us!

6 Pagina 6 Nuestro Señor Jesucristo Rey del Universo Fiesta de Cristo Rey Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial cuenta una historia sobre un grupo de soldados que llegaron a una pequeña aldea italiana que fue devastada. Tropezaron con una estatua de Cristo tendido en el suelo en varios pedazos. Los soldados intentaron colocar la estatua lo mejor que pudieron y colocarla en el pedestal. Pero en dos piezas no pudieron encontrar las manos de la estatua. Finalmente, uno de los soldados tomó una nota y la colocó cerca de la estatua. La nota decía: "No tengo más manos que las tuyas". Hoy, mientras celebramos la fiesta de Cristo Rey, leemos el relato de Juan acerca de que Jesús fue interrogado por Pilato. Sí, Jesús es un rey. Pero su reino es diferente de todos los reyes y reinos en este mundo. Jesús es el Rey del "Reino de Dios". Muchas veces Jesús habló del reino de Dios como el tema central de su ministerio. Cristo es rey y su reino está aquí y ahora. Hoy una vez más reclamamos su reinado a nuestras vidas. Prometemos nuestra lealtad al Señor y nos esforzamos para que sus manos y pies se conviertan en instrumentos de su amor y misericordia para con los demás. P. Rick Necesitas una foto familiar para tus tarjetas de Navidad? Ven a nuestra mini sesión de fotos para recaudar fondos SABADO 1 DE DICIEMBRE 11 am-4pm en el salón parroquial El costo de la sesión de fotos y 3 fotos digitales es de $ 49 ( el 50% de los ingresos se donarán a nuestra parroquia!) Llame o envíe un mensaje de texto a Angela al para reservar su cita o llame a la Oficina Parroquial. El pago puede hacerse a través de Venmo, Paypal o por cheque. 25 de noviembre de 2018 CASA DE MIGRANTE EN TIJUANA BCN, MEXICO Por favor traigan el dinero y los talones de los boletos el próximo domingo 2 de diciembre, para entregárselos al P. Pat. QUINCEANERAS 2019 Tendremos clases mandatorias para las jóvenes que van hacer su quinceañera en nuestra parroquia el próximo año Las reuniones son los viernes 30 de Noviembre de 5 a 7 PM y el viernes 7 de diciembre de 5 a 7 PM en el salón parroquial. Por favor comuníquese con Silvia Galvan para confirmar sus asistencia. Todas las Familias de la Parroquia Marque sus calendarios para nuestro evento familiar de Adviento: Miércoles 5 de diciembre 5:30 pm-7:00pm salón parroquial Recuerdas cuánta diversión tuvimos el año pasado en nuestro evento de Navidad? Este evento es en lugar del catecismo, y todas las familias de la parroquia son bienvenidas, aun las que no estén inscritas en el catecismo. Acción de Gracias por un año del Grupo de los Sagrados Corazones En la misa de hoy domingo celebramos un año del Grupo de los Sagrados Corazones y después de misa los invitamos a una comida para celebrar que este grupo esta en nuestra parroquia para dar a conocer a los Sagrados Corazones de Jesús y de María. Cualquier pregunta hable con Isauro Romero.

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