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Weekly
Schedule
Monday,
December 22nd
- Esquipulas
7-9 pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Confirmation
Study 6:30-8:30pm Main Hall (Upper
Room)
- Spanish Bible
Class 7-9:00 pm St. Michael’s
Hall
Tuesday,
December 23rd
- Legion de
Maria 7-8:30 pm
Pilgrimage
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm
Church
- Y.L.I. 12-3
pm Main Hall - 2nd Tuesday of the
month
Wednesday,
December 24th
- Our
Lady’s Prayer Group 6-10 pm
Church
- Holy Spirit
Choir Practice 8:00 pm Main
Hall
- Gift Shop
Opens 5:00-9:00 pm
- Women’s
Guild 11:30-1 pm Main Hall - 1st
Wednesday of the month
Thursday,
December 25th
- OE Group 5-6
pm St. Gabriel’s
Hall
- RCIA 7:00 PM
Upper Room
- Legión
de María 7-8:30 pm St.
Gabriel’s Hall
- Tongan Choir
Practice 8-9:30 pm
Church
Friday,
December 26th
- La Purisima
6:30-8:30 pm St.
Michael’s
- Grupo de
Jóvenes 7:30-9:30 pm Upper
Room
- St.
Bruno’s Youth Group 7:30-9:30 pm
Upper Room
- Holy Spirit
Choir 9-11 pm Church
Saturday,
December 27th
- CCD 9-11 am
All Rooms
- Gift Shop
Opens 7:00-9:00 pm
Sunday,
December 28th
- Gift Shop
Opens 11:30 am
- Tongan Choir
Practice 2-4 pm St.
Michael’s
- Gift Shop
Opens 6:00-8:30 pm
Readings
for the week of December 21, 2008
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Monday:
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1 Samuel
1:24-28; Luke
1:46-56
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Tuesday:
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Malachi
3:1-4,23-24; Luke
1:57-66
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Wednesday:
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2 Samuel
7:1-5; Luke
1:67-79
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Thursday:
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Isaiah
9:1-9; Luke 2:1-14
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Friday:
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Acts
6:8-10; Matthew
10:17-22
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Saturday:
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1 John
1:1-4; John 20:1a &
2-8
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Sunday:
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Genesis
15:1-6; Luke
2:22-40
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Your
Contribution / Su
Contribución
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We are
grateful for your consistent
financial support each week.
Please remember us in prayer and
offering even when you are not
able to be
present.
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First
Collection $3,293.34
Second Collection
$1,162.84
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Estamos muy
agradecidos por su constante
ayuda financiera. Por favor
recuérdenos en sus
oraciones y ofrendas aún
cuando no pueda estar
presente.
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MASS INTENTIONS
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Saturday,
December
20th
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4:30
PM
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Carmen
Pineda &
Family
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7:00
PM
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+Rene
Avendaño
(Fallecido)
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Sunday,
December
21st
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8:00
AM
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+Rigoberto
Chavez (Deceased)
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10:00
AM
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+Jesus
Eduardo (27 años de
Fallecido)
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Noon
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George
Simoneon
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6:00
PM
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+Katarina
Kaloucava
(Deceased)
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Monday,
December
22nd
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8:00
AM
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+Fr.
Michael Cruickshank
(Deceased)
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6:00
PM
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+Ana
Barazorda
(Deceased)
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Tuesday,
December
23rd
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8:00
AM
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+Rebecca
Peña
(Deceased)
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6:00
PM
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+Vicente
Cruz (Deceased)
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Wednesday,
December
24th
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8:00
AM
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Poor Souls
in Purgatory
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6:00
PM
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+Jesus
Duran (Fallecido)
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Thursday,
December
25th
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8:00
AM
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Maria
Olivas (Health)
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10:00
AM
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+Alicia
Duran (Fallecida)
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12:00
Noon
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+Martha
Sotelo (Deceased)
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Friday,
December
26th
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8:00
AM
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+Tevita
Tonga (Deceased)
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6:00
PM
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Carlos
Robledo Sr.
(Birthday)
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Saturday,
December
27th
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8:00
AM
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+Maria
Fulgencio
(Deceased)
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A
reflection on
the Gospel for
The Fourth
Sunday in
Advent
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We all
have a home of
our dream. The
place where we
live is
extremely
important to
us. In a way,
we want our
home to reflect
not only our
identity, but
for it to be a
comfortable and
welcoming place
for our family
and friends. We
all imagine
ourselves
living in a
place that is
really pleasing
to us. God also
has a place
where he wishes
to live but it
is not made
from stones. In
today’s
readings we
hear about the
house of God.
And God says it
is not in our
hands to build
it, but that He
will give us a
living temple.
The true house
of God, the
place where he
pleasantly
lives is none
other than
Mary. It is
Mary who
received the
son of God in
it. She never
could have
imagined that
with a simple
yes, she would
become the
temple in which
God would
dwell. What did
Mary have that
pleased God so
much he chose
her as his
dwelling? The
first thing
that calls to
our attention
in Mary is her
attention to
the World; she
listened to
what God
wanted. It
could not have
been easy. She
was an
unmarried woman
and she
probably seemed
too young to
take on such an
important
mission. To
accept the
mission to
become the
mother of the
Messiah could
be difficult
and also
dangerous. Mary
is realistic
enough to know
this. She most
likely confused
and scared when
she received
her calling and
the message
from the
angel.
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Una
reflexión
sobre el
evangelio de
Cuarto domingo
de
Adviento
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Todos
tenemos una
casa de
nuestros
sueños.
El lugar donde
vivimos es muy
importante prar
nosotros.
Queremos que
nuestra casa,
de algún
modo, refleje
no sólo
nuestra
identidad, sino
que
también
sea un lugar
cómodo y
acogedor para
nuestra familia
y nuestros
amigos. Todos
nos imaginamos
un día
viviendo en un
lugar que de
verdad sea de
nuestro agrado.
También
Dios tiene un
lugar donde
desea vivir.
Pero no es de
piedra. En las
lecturas de hoy
se nos habla de
la cas de Dios.
Y dice Dios que
no está
en nuestra mano
construirla
para Él,
sino que Dios
mismo nos
dará un
templo vivo. La
verdadera casa
de Dios, es
lugar donde
habitará
con más
agrado no es
sino
María.
Es María
quien abre la
puerta de la
venida de Dios
al mundo y
quien recibe al
hijo de Dios en
sí
misma. Nunca se
lo hubiera
imaginado, pero
con un sencillo
sí, se
convierte en el
templo en que
Dios havite.
¿Qué
había en
María
que tanto
agradaba a Dios
como para
hacerla su
morada? Lo
primero que
llama la
atención
a la Palabra,
se escucha de
lo que quiere
Dios. No puede
ser
fácil.
Era una mujer
soltera y
quizá
nos hubiera
parecido que
demasiado joven
para llevar a
cabo una
misión
tan importante.
Aceptar la
misión
de ser madre
del
Mesías
podría
ser dificil e
incluso llegar
a ser
peligroso,
María no
es tan poco
realista como
para no darse
cuenta de eso.
Lo más
probable es
que, al recibir
la llamada y el
mensaje del
ángel,
se sintiera
confusa y
asustada.
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the sick, Vince Jimenez,
Jesus Rodriguez, Jose
Ibarra, Zeniada Brion,
Maria Mora, Maria
Olivas, Miguel Aquino,
Phoebe Ann Emia, Aubrey
Tendell, Connie
Vera.
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2008
CHRISTMAS WEEK
SCHEDULE
December
22 & 23, Monday &
Tuesday:
5AM Misa de Gallo
December
24,
Wednesday:
5AM Misa de Gallo
6PM Vigil Mass (Spanish)
9AM “Search for an
Inn”: A street drama
10PM Midnight Mass
(Multi-lingual)
NB Confessions:
5PM-6PM
December
25, Thursday, Christmas
Day:
8AM English Mass
10AM Spanish Mass
12Noon English
Mass
December
28, Sunday, Feast of the Holy
Family
Blessing of Families at all
masses
December
31,
Wednesday:
11:15PM Midnight Mass (c/o Our
Lady’s Prayer
Group)
January
1, Thursday, New Year’s
Day:
8AM Morning Mass
6PM Evening Mass
(Spanish)
MERRY
CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW
YEAR!
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To Jesus through Mary
By Fr. Michael
Brillantes
Advent
is the season to prepare for the coming of
the Lord: his first coming on Christmas
and his second coming at the end of time.
Yet our celebrations so far have been
heavily Marian. Recently, the Nicaraguans
celebrated the feast of their patroness,
La Purisima, the Blessed Mother venerated
as Most Pure. On December 8th, the parish
celebrated the feast of the Immaculate
Conception. Last Friday was the big feast
of the Hispanics, especially Mexicans, as
they honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. All of
them were big celebrations.
As if
that were not enough we still have the
Posadas, dramatization of Joseph and
Mary’s search for an inn. Mary
figures prominently again in this
tradition. Then we have the misa de gallo,
dawn masses which are Marian in character.
Dawn symbolizes Mary.
This
preponderance of Marian feasts and
celebrations appear to crowd out Jesus who
is supposed to be focus. But let’s
look at it this way. Without Mary, there
is no Jesus. Mary leads us to her Son. In
Latin there’s a saying “Ad Jesum
per Mariam. We go to Jesus through
Mary.
May our
love and devotion then to Mary draw us
closer to her son Jesus.
A
Jesús por Maria
Por Padre Michael
Brillates
Adviento
es un tiempo para prepararse para la
venida del Señor Padre: su primera
venida en Navidad y la segunda venida al
final del tiempo. Pero al final nuestra
celebracion es Mariana. Recientemente, los
Nicaraguenses celebraron la fiesta de su
patrona, La Purisima, la Bendita Madre
venerada y Más Pura. El 8 de
Diciembre, la parroquia celebro la fiesta
de la Inmaculada Concepcion. Y el viernes
pasado fue la gran fiesta de los Hispanos,
especialmente los Mexicanos, horaron a
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Todas
fueron unas celebraciones muy
grandes.
Como si
no fuera suficiente todavia tenemos las
Posadas, la dramatizacion de Jose y Maria
en busca de un lugar donde pasar la noche.
Prominentemente de nuevo otra tradicion
Mariana. Despues tenemos la misa de gallo,
misas del amanecer que tambien son Mariana
en character. Amanecer significa
Maria.
Esta
preponderancia de fiestas Marianas y
celebraciones parecen que llevan a Jesus
para afuera que debe ser el enfoco. Pero
veamos de esta manera sin Maria, no habria
Jesús. Maria nos lleva a su Hijo.
En Latin ay un dicho “Ad Jesum per
Mariam.” Vamos a Jesús por
Maria.
Que
nuestra amor y devocion y Maria nos lleve
mas cerca a su hijo
Jesús.
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