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THEME
OF OUR LITURGY:
His greatness is reaching, even
now, to the ends of the
earth.
First
Reading:
Micah
5:1-4a
From Bethlehem-Ephrathah shall
come forth for me one who is to
be ruler in
Israel.
Second
Reading:
Hebrews
10:5-10
We have been consecrated through
the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for
all.
Gospel:
Luke
1:39-45
Blessed are you who believed that
what was spoken by the Lord would
be
fulfilled.
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
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Sunday,
December 24
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8
AM
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People of
the Parish
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10
AM
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Fred Young
(D)
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Noon
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Zarik &
Glenda Ali (SI)
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5
PM
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Mark &
Fran Lidwell (TH)
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10
PM
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Deceased
Members of the Costello &
Smith Families
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Monday,
December 25
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8:30
AM
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Helen
Villasica (D)
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8:30
AM
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Sunny
Thomas
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Noon
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Tesoro
Family (SI)
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Tuesday,
December 26
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8:30
AM
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Stephen
Angeles (TH)
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Wednesday,
December 27
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8:30
AM
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Victor
Galang
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Thursday,
December 28
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8:30
AM
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Joseph
Vergara (D)
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Friday,
December 29
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8:30
AM
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Jose
Angeles (TH)
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Saturday,
December 30
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8:30
AM
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People of
the Parish
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5
PM
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Ricardo
& Mediatris Fernando
(TH)
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COLLECTION TOTALS - December 17,
2006
First
Collection Total -
$4,589.50
Second Collection Total -
$1,362.50 (School
Improvement)
Cost of running
the parish this week—
$5,760.00Registered Families: 929
Registered Families who support the
parish: 469
Thank
you for your continued
support!
Thank you to Bob and Liz Mantegani, once
again, for the beautifully decorated
Christmas tree. Thanks also to Lillie
Villaluna, Violetta Carnero, and all the
people on the Altar Society who decorate
our church every year. We all feel the
beautiful spirit of Christmas with the
help of those who decorate our church and
who donate poinsettias.
Thanks
to all!
AS A PARISH COMMUNITY
We
pray for all the sick in our parish,
especially:
Maureen Dan, Jack Devine, Florence
Farrow, Jovita Guajardo, Lory Manzano, Bob
Reid and Luz P. Valdez.
May God bless
them and their families.
Our Parish Office will be closed until
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 for the Christmas
break. Please feel free to leave a
message for our office staff and we will
get back to you the first week in January.
Have
a very blessed and merry Christmas from
the M.D. Staff - Fran Lidwell, Bill
Ruggiero, & Linda
Willis.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
A
Touch of Heaven
A
touch of heaven covers the earth . .
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this wonder-filled season of our
Lord’s birth.
Just like a seed, which is planted and
grown. . .
we are blessed with a uniqueness of our
very own.
No one looks exactly like you. . .
nor can they do the things you do.
From the day we are born and as long as we
live. . .
each of us have something special to
give.
Although today may bring sadness and
sorrow. . .
each new day is a gift bringing hope for
tomorrow.
The light He placed in us the day of our
birth. . .
is worthy and special and needed on
earth.
With hopeful hearts let’s shine extra
bright. . .
like mirror’s that twinkle reflecting
His light.
And as this beautiful season ends. . .
may blessings be with all our family and
friends.
For you have each played your own special
part. . .
in the happy memories that light up our
heart.
The miracle of His precious birth. . .
bring love and wonder to the
earth.
Kay.
E. Richardson
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Christmas
Masses
Christmas
Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24th:
5:00 p.m. (Children’s
Mass)
10:00 p.m. (Midnight
Mass)
Christmas
Day, Monday, Dec. 25th:
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12
Noon
No Evening Mass
New
Year’s Eve Masses
Sunday, December 31, 2007
8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00
Noon, 5:00 p.m.
New
Year’s Day, Monday, Jan.
1st:
(Not a Holy Day of
Obligation)
8:30 a.m., 10:00
a.m.
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Recently, Archbishop Niederauer received a
letter from a lady named Cecilia (with no
last name). Her letter, in part, reads as
follows:
“The reason
I am writing to you is that I have no
family. I was adopted and the couple that
adopted me. . . left a box of pictures and
moved away when I became ill. Now I have
no one. . . I am so lonely. Maybe my
birth family would like to know what
happened to me. Could you find it in your
heart to include this message in bulletins
throughout the Archdiocese? Teresa
Louise, born 11/28/1953 in San Francisco.
Write P.O. Box 127, Columbia, CA
95310.”
Many thanks
for considering her request!
Eucharistic
Ministers:
Please pick up
your schedules in the sacristy for
December 30th—February 4, 2007.
Thank you!
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