Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Philippians 4:4-7) December 16, 2018 Third Sunday of Advent 4540 El Cerrito Drive San Diego, CA 92115 Phone: Website: www.blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Parish E-Mail: jyin@blessedsacrament-sandiego.org Clergy: Pastor: Fr. Jose Goopio, SVD Deacon: Tony Albers Deacon: Herb Kelsey MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 8:00AM; 5:00PM (Vigil) Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 6:00PM, & Spanish Mass 4:00PM Tuesday - Friday: 8:00AM Monday: 8:00AM Communion Service Holy Days & Special Services: See bulletin RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 4:00PM PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA: Tuesdays: 8:30AM
Parish Community Announcements CALENDAR DECEMBER Dec. 16 - Fr. Maxime Villeneuve s 1st Mass & reception 10am Dec. 18 - SKDA Advent Celebration 6:30pm Dec. 20 - Parish Penance Service 7pm Dec. 22 - Church cleanup 9:30am - 2pm Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve 6pm Vigil Mass; 11:30pm Caroling; 12 Midnight Mass Dec. 25 - Christmas Day Masses 8am & 10am JANUARY Jan. 1 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Holy day obligation dispensed. Mass 8am Jan. 2 - Knights of Columbus PH 6:30pm Jan. 9 - Soup & Salad PH 5-7pm Parish Offices Closed Dec. 24 - Jan. 1 Christmas Holiday Normal office hours will resume on Jan. 2, 2019 Monday 1-5pm Tuesday - Friday 9am - 5pm Closed Saturday & Sunday Faith Formation Holiday Schedule Dec. 16 - Advent Activity Dec. 23 - No Class Dec. 30 - No Class Jan. 6 - No Class Jan. 13 - Class: Reconciliation Talk Sunday Hospitality 1st week: Women s Club 2nd week: Vietnamese Group 3rd week: Knights of Columbus 4th & 5th week: Spanish Community Fr. Max Celebrates His First Mass With Us! Sunday, Dec. 16 at 10am Followed by Blessings in the Hall and Reception The Giving Trees Gifts Are Due Back Sunday, Dec. 16th Return the requested gift(s) and attach the tags to them. Return gifts to the Church. We are proud to introduce Father Maxime Villeneuve, O.S.A. Max to friends at Blessed Sacrament, has been ordained an Augustinian priest. You may remember Fr. Max s imposing size, engaging smile and always helpful attitude. We are humbly honored and blessed to have Fr. Max choose our community for his First Mass. His personal connection and friendships through his service led him to say his first Mass with us. He spent a year of discernment with our parish. During his time with us, ran the Children s Faith Formation Program, started an adult support program for the parents while their children were in class. It was very successful and is still in limited use today. Fr. Max is now in his second year at St. Augustine High School teaching religion. We congratulate Fr. Max and share his joy in his new ministry in Christ. We hold him in prayer as he goes forth to serve the Catholic community. Donated gifts are going to: El Nido Families Blessed Sacrament Cares for Kids Prisoners in Tijuana Casa de los Pobres (House of the Poor) in Tijuana Donate to the Retirement Fund for the Religious There s still time to contribute! Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their religious communities without adequate retirement savings. Your gift to this collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to provide medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Please give to those who have given a lifetime. We thank you for your generosity. Info: retiredreligious.org Make checks payable to Blessed Sacrament Parish (write RFR in memo)
Parish Community Announcements Come & See Fr. Jon s New House! Sunday, Dec. 16, 9am-4pm at 4310 Cozzens Ct, SD, 92122. My dear former parishioners, greetings! I am pleased to announce that after living out of a carry-on for 5 months (Since my trip to Rome end of May), I ve finally moved into my new digs. The SVD bought a house in UTC area and had me add on a couple of rooms and buy all the furniture and appliances etc. Now it s done, and Mi Casa es Su Casa! Yes! You are all invited to celebrate along with me and my housemate Fr. Joe Miller, SVD and warm-up the house. Poinsettia Plants Needed Dec. 18-23 Please bring Poinsettias to the church. Red or White is preferred. Help make our Church more Festive for Christmas. Thank You for your contribution! Questions? Call Cathie Senoff 619-582-6439 Solemnity of Mary Mother of God New Year s Day - Tuesday, January 1, 2019 8:00am Mass (only) Holy Day, obligation dispensed Saint Katharine Drexel Academy Advent Celebration of Prayer & Song Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 6:30pm in the Church Join the school children and their families in this celebration. All are invited to pray and sing together as one Catholic family! Parishioners from OLSH and Holy Spirit will also be invited to attend and support our regional school. Church doors will be open at 6pm. Children You Are Invited... Monday. Dec. 24th at 6pm to participate in the Christmas Children s Liturgy. We need angels, shepherds, soldiers, sheep, Mary & Joseph, readers and gift carriers. One Rehearsal Only Sunday, Dec. 16 After 10am Mass in the Church. Parents are needed & welcome. Christmas Mass Schedule Mon., Dec. 24 - Tues., Dec. 25 - Tues., Dec. 25-6:00 pm Christmas Eve Children s Liturgy Midnight Mass at 12 Midnight with Caroling beginning at 11:30pm Christmas Day Morning: 8:00am & 10:00am (No 6:00pm Mass) Clean-Up for Christ! On Saturday, Dec. 22nd 9:30-2pm join the Vietnamese Group in a work party to clean the church & grounds. Bring your own gardening tools like rakes, shovels; trash bags will be provided. Help us prepare for the season of the birth of our Lord by tidying around His house. INFO: Peter Tran 619-259-3787 Reporting Sexual Abuse Complaints about sexual abuse by a member of the clergy or by a parish or Catholic school employee or volunteer can be made by contacting Lisa Petronis, 858-490-8353 or at www.sdcatholic.org. FINANCIAL UPDATE December 9th: $4,930.00 Thank you for your continued support.
REFLECTIONS FR. JON S ARTICLES Will be available at the doors to the church through the end of 2018. We have changed the focus of this page to more scriptural reflection material and seasonal liturgical topics in response to parishioner s requests. REJOICE! Today has traditionally been called Gaudete Sunday. The Latin tag is derived from Paul s appeal in the second reading to rejoice always in the Lord, and the Latin Mass text based on that reading. The irony and paradox of this Christian joy is underlined by the fact that Paul wrote those words in prison. But from there he could see the progress of God s work. Is it obvious to us? We feel that this is not the time for joy when there is so much suffering and moral evil. It is interesting, then, that the first reading is from the prophet Zephaniah, who is almost exclusively concerned with gloomy visions of Judgment Day. Today the Church selects the only optimistic text in Zephaniah, in which the prophet has been touched by the spirit of joy. This, we are assured on all sides, is the season of joy. Let us recapture that feeling of joy in our lives and reflect it to those who are joyless. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. REGOCÍJATE! El día de hoy se le ha llamado tradicionalmente Domingo Gaudete o de la Alegría. El nombre latino se deriva de la petición de Pedro en la segunda lectura de alégrense siempre en el Señor, y del texto de la Misa en latín en el que está basada esta lectura. La ironía y paradoja de esta alegría cristiana se manifiesta en el hecho que Pablo escribió esas palabras en la prisión. Pero desde allí podía ver el progreso de la obra de Dios. Nos parece obvio a nosotros? Sentimos que este no es un tiempo para la alegría cuando hay tanto sufrimiento e inmoralidad. Es interesante, entonces, que la primera lectura sea del profeta Sofonías, que está casi exclusivamente preocupado con sombrías visiones del Día del Juicio. Hoy la Iglesia selecciona la única parte optimista de Sofonías, donde el profeta es tocado por el espíritu del gozo. Esta es, se nos asegura en todas partes, la temporada de la alegría. Recuperemos ese espíritu de alegría en nuestra vida y que se refleje en los que no tienen ese gozo. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. GET THE BEST CATHOLIC CONTENT IN Free to Blessed Sacrament parishioners. Entertaining, authoritative & in-depth movies, programs, talks, audio dramas, and ebooks just a click away! 1) Go to blessedsacramentsandiego.formed.org. 2) Click Register and enter your name, email address, and a password. 3) You re all ready to access the inspiring and engaging content on FORMED! FEATURED CONTENT FOR DECEMBER
Scripture Readings & Prayer Dec. 16 Third Sunday of Advent A Vocation View: What ought we to do? Let joy and gladness show forth in you. You are called to be the presence of Jesus. DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES and SISTER SERVANTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 800-553-3321 TODAY First Reading -- Your God will sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at festivals (Zephaniah 3:14-18a). Psalm -- Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 12:6). Second Reading -- Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Philippians 4:4-7). THIS WEEK Monday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Tuesday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Wednesday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25 Thursday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 1:26-38 Friday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, Dec. 15 5pm Settimio & Domenico Porco SUNDAY, Dec. 16 8am Martin Stutz Family 10am Parishioners 6pm Fr. Jon Kirby, int. MONDAY, Dec. 17 8am Leilanie Bino-Hippel, int. TUESDAY, Dec. 18 8am Cathy Senoff, int. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 8am Fr. Jerry Hamperzonian THURSDAY, Dec. 20 8am Kathleen Zillemi FRIDAY, Dec. 21 8am Marco Bevilacqua SATURDAY, Dec. 22 8am Khien Chu & Tru Pham 5pm Martin Tischler Gospel -- Whoever who has two Saturday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 cloaks should share with the person who has none. Whoever who Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15- has food should do likewise 16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45 (Luke 3:10-18). Monday Dec. 17 The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Local Advent Penance Services Please take this opportunity to prepare for Christ s birth. Mon. Dec. 17 - San Diego Mission 7pm Tues. Dec 18 - St. John the Evangelist 7pm Thurs. Dec. 20 - Blessed Sacrament 7pm Thurs. Dec 20 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 7pm Sat Dec 22 - St. Patrick Confessions 3-5pm PRAY DAILY FOR OUR PRIESTS Please pick up special prayer cards at church doors. Rev. Elmer Mandac Tuesday Dec. 18 Rev. Kevin Manion Wednesday Dec. 19 Rev. Herman Manuel, SVD Thursday, Dec. 20 Rev. Victor Maristela Friday, Dec. 21 Rev. Ramon Marrufo Saturday, Dec. 22 Rev. Joaquin Martinez, SJ Sunday, Dec. 23 Rev. Joseph Masar
What s Happening Around the Town Dec. 15-22 Posadas Novena Everyone is invited to Las Posadas of Family, Life and Justice which begin on December 15th at the annual ecumenical 25th Annual La Posada Sin Fronteras and will continue for the next eight consecutive days at locations around the diocese. These posadas sponsored by the diocesan Offices for Family Life & Spirituality and Life, Peace & Justice, are a prayerful way of preparing for the coming of our Lord, Jesus, on Christmas. We will reflect upon his birth as we pray in solidarity with our brothers and sisters that are marginalized, our families who have been separated and to uphold the dignity of all human life. Dates and locations, as well as at home prayers at www.sdcatholic.org. Jan. 18-20 Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend At the Courtyard Marriott in Rancho Bernardo. Start the New Year off right. Celebrate the love you have for your spouse & deepen your relationship. Food & lodging provided. $75 fee + a voluntary donation. Sign up at www.wwme-sandiego.org Jan. 19 San Diego Walk for Life 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Come to 6th & Laurel Street intersection in Balboa. Join 4,000+ families and individuals in nationwide celebrations of life by participating in the 6th annual San Diego Walk for Life. The theme is All are Welcome with emphasis in people who have Down syndrome. We are honored to welcome Bishop John Dolan and other inspiring speakers. Your presence is crucial to make this family-friendly event a success. INFO: mvalencia@sdcatholic.org Jan. 26 Diocese of San Diego - Parish Leadership Conference - Spring Forward - 9am - 3pm Fr. Tony Ricard special guest, at Good Shepherd Church 8200 Gold Coast Dr. 92126; Limited Seating, $35 per person or $125 for each parish group of 5, Online Pre- Registration Only at sdcatholic.org/ springforward, No at-the-door registration will be accepted. For more info. contact Lisa Vaca 858-490- 8230 or Lvaca@sdcatholic.org Your neighborhood Catholic school serving Blessed Sacrament, Holy Spirit and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart parishes ENROLLING NOW Grades TK - 8 Office hours: Monday Friday 7:30am 3:30pm Forming Christ-like leaders who will use their unique gifts and talents to change the world. (619) 582-3862 skda-sd.org 4551 56 th St. San Diego, CA 92115 Affordable Catholic education for your children Call us to learn more! Stock Donations A gift of your securities, including stocks or mutual funds, is an easy way to make a gift to the Church. By making a gift of your appreciated securities, you can avoid paying capital gains tax that may otherwise be due if you sold these assets. Contributions are deductible for tax purposes. There are no transaction fees or other costs and the full value of the sold securities benefits the parish, school or other Catholic charities you select. For more information on making a gift please visit the diocesan website at www.sdcatholic.org and click on Giving Stock Donations at the top of the screen. Or call Merrill Lynch, the diocese s broker, at 800-844-0720. Our Expanded Color Bulletin Was Paid for by our Advertisers Say THANK YOU by Supporting them with your business!
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Parish Information & Resources Parish ID# for United Way Contributions is 9753 PARISH OFFICE Pastoral Staff Fr. Jose Goopio, Pastor Deacon Herb Kelsey Deacon Tony Albers Kerwin Molina, x124 Faith Formation Coordinator Grades 1-8. FaithForm@blessedsacramentsandiego.org Justine Coliflores, Confirmation, teens Administrative Staff Jeanine Yin, x100 Administrative Assistant Nancy Ulrich, x129 Communications Coordinator FORMED Website Online Catholic Evangelization Resources For Blessed Sacrament parishioners. blessedsacramentsandiego.formed.org SACRAMENTS Marriage Information: Those wishing to be married must contact the priest at least 9 months before the marriage date. Baptism Information: Deacon Herb Kelsey First Communion: Contact Parish Office Confirmation: Contact Parish Office Anointing of the Sick: Fr. Jose Goopio Funeral Arrangements: Contact Parish Office SCHOOL SKDA - St. Katharine Drexel Academy Anne Egan, Principal 619-582-3862 Parent-Teacher Group(PTG) Tina Greenbank (President) tinagreenbank@gmail.com MINISTRIES Adoration Chapel Contact parish office Altar Servers Contact parish office Choir - Contemporary (10:00 am & 6 pm Masses) Choir - Traditional Patti Burch (8am Masses) 619-735-6330 Eucharistic Ministers Contact Parish Office Lectors Sheila Kennedy 619-287-1864 Ushers Parish Office Youth Ministry (High School Students) Contact parish office GROUPS Cares for Kids Teresa Markey 619-582-2141 Culture of Life Margie Morrison 619-582-8651 Knights of Columbus John Agoh 619-278-8405 Women s Club Pat Luebbers 619-262-8522