The Feast of the

      Holy Family

        December 27, 2009

First Reading:  Sirach 3:2-6.12-14

Sirach emphasizes the importance of honoring one’s parents. He explains that spiritual riches will come to those who are kind to their mother and father.

Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-21

Paul advises us to treat each other with kindness and mercy and to forgive as God forgives us. His words remind families to always love and respect one another and let Christ’s peace reign in their hearts, and in their homes.

Gospel:  Luke 2:41-52

Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple.

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Prayer for Generosity

Dear Lord, teach me to be generous;

Teach me to serve you as you deserve;

To give and not to count the cost;

To fight and not to heed the wounds;

To toil and not to seek for rest;

To labor, and not to ask for any reward –

except that of knowing that I am doing your holy will.                                               

                                                  AMEN.

   MASS INTENTIONS

    December 26- January 2, 2009

Sun.        9:00 A.M.              Emilio Ragnelli    +

Fri.         10:00 A.M.             For the Intentions of the

                                                Heileman & Harthorn Families

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

5:00 P.M.               Nancy Fahey, Sr. Catherine Ginther, Eileen Herrmann, Mary McGowan,

                                Sr. Mary Liam Brock

9:00 A.M                Bernadette Ritchey, Dane Ritchey,

Marites Sanders, Sonya Simril,

Almaz Yihdego, Bill Branca,

Lucie Durand, Kimberly Gamboa,

Ana Gamboa

11:00 A.M.              Nikiya Arcia, Elisa Davila,

Dennis Emmett, Sr. Barbara Hazzard, Allie Holley, Jeanette Louden-Corbett,

Karen Patterson, Lynda Suciu

LECTORS           

5:00 P.M.               Cecilia Pracher, Matthew Webb

9:00 A.M.               Vince Morgante, Mel Stenger

11:00 A.M.              James Scott, Sr. Barbara Hazzard

   New Year’s Schedule

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Communion Service 8:00 A.M.

No Vigil Mass

NEW YEAR’S DAY

Friday, January 1, 2010

Mass 10:00 A.M.

No confessions after December 19, 2009

Confessions will resume January 2, 2010

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To Each His Own

I cannot change the way I am,

I never really try,

God made me different and unique,

I never ask him why.

If I appear peculiar,

There’s nothing I can do,

You must accept me as I am,

As I’ve accepted you.

God made a casting of each life,

Then threw the mold away,

Each child is different from the rest,

Unlike as night and day.

So often we will criticize

The things that others do,

But do you know, they do not think,

The same as me and you.

So God in all his wisdom,

Who knows us all by name,

He didn’t want us to be bored,

That’s why we are not the same.        Author unknown