Advent 2022
Brothers & Sisters:
I wish you and your loved ones a Blessed celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ!
AS we all know, Christmas is for everyone but especially for the young. To fulfill His plan to save us, God sent His Son as a child. Jesus is his name, meaning -God saves His people. The prophet Isaiah prophesied a time of JOY and PEACE for a child is born to us, a son is given to us, upon his shoulder dominion rests . The rule of the Child King ushers in joy and peace from God. Only the child-like can bring joy and peace to the world.
204 years ago- the famous Christmas carol SILENT NIGHT, was first sung in a village church in Austria on Christmas Eve 1818. Since then the song has provided a message of true Christmas joy and peace to generations of Christians all over the world. Silent night. During the time of Jesus up to our contemporary time, some nights have become moments of ominous silence. Crimes and evil deeds are often plotted and executed in the frightening silence of the night. The people who suffer and are continuously threatened and harassed live in endless silent nights. But those silent nights are not holy nights. The Child Jesus transformed eerie silent nights into holy nights by pouring on us love’s pure light. Pure love makes nights bright and holy because it comes from God. Only God can love authentically and absolutely. The song also states that God’s pure love is manifest in the Child so tender and mild. Pure love, tenderness, gentleness are marks of the rule of the Child King, thereby making nights holy.
I wish that everyone will welcome and live the joy and peace of the Child Jesus, who is God’s pure love, tenderness and gentleness. Jesus the Child is with you. With Him, renew humanity, society, religions and creation with love’s pure light, tenderness and gentleness. Merry Christmas!
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Hermanos y hermanas:
Os deseo a vosotros y a vuestros seres queridos una bendita celebración del nacimiento de Jesucristo.
Como todos sabemos, la Navidad es para todos, pero especialmente para los jóvenes. Para cumplir su plan de salvarnos, Dios envió a su Hijo como un niño. Jesús es su nombre, que significa -Dios salva a su pueblo. El profeta Isaías profetizó un tiempo de ALEGRÍA y PAZ porque nos ha nacido un niño, se nos ha dado un hijo, sobre su hombro descansa el dominio. El gobierno del Niño Rey trae la alegría y la paz de Dios. Sólo los niños pueden traer alegría y paz al mundo.
Hace 204 años, el famoso villancico NOCHE SILENCIOSA se cantó por primera vez en la iglesia de un pueblo de Austria en la Nochebuena de 1818. Desde entonces, la canción ha transmitido un mensaje de verdadera alegría y paz navideñas a generaciones de cristianos de todo el mundo. Noche de Paz. Desde la época de Jesús hasta nuestros días, algunas noches se han convertido en momentos de ominoso silencio. Los crímenes y los actos malvados se traman y se ejecutan a menudo en el espantoso silencio de la noche. Las personas que sufren y son continuamente amenazadas y acosadas viven en interminables noches de silencio. Pero esas noches silenciosas no son noches santas. El Niño Jesús transformó las espeluznantes noches silenciosas en noches santas al derramar sobre nosotros la luz pura del amor. El amor puro hace que las noches sean luminosas y santas porque viene de Dios. Sólo Dios puede amar auténtica y absolutamente. La canción también afirma que el amor puro de Dios se manifiesta en el Niño tan tierno y suave. El amor puro, la ternura y la dulzura son marcas del gobierno del Niño Rey, que hacen que las noches sean santas.
Deseo que todos acojan y vivan la alegría y la paz del Niño Jesús, que es el amor puro, la ternura y la dulzura de Dios. Jesús el Niño está con vosotros. Con Él, renovad la humanidad, la sociedad, las religiones y la creación con la luz pura del amor, la ternura y la dulzura. ¡Feliz Navidad!
CHRISTMAS 2022 SCHEDULE
As we near the end of the Liturgical year, we need to prepare for the liturgies and special events of the Advent and Christmas seasons. Still at this time, we need to follow the guidelines set up by the Archdiocese; we shall continue to safeguard public health in the parish, while caring for the spiritual good of the faithful; we shall have the following celebration:
**NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE WILL BE DONE DAILY FROM DECEMBER 3 to 11
Diciembre 3 SATURDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 4 SUNDAY 12:30 PM
Diciembre 5 MONDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 6 TUESDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 7 WEDNESDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 8 THURSDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 9 FRIDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 10 SATURDAY 7:45 AM
Diciembre 11 SUNDAY 12:30 PM
December 8 – THURSDAY FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
MASS 8:00 AM MASS
DECEMBER 10 SATURDAY
****NO 8 AM MASS****
**** CABALGATA
PROCESSION WILL BEGIN AT: (TIME) ????
DECEMBER 11 SUNDAY SCHEDULE
8AM & 11:15 AM ENGLISH
9:30 AM & 1 PM SPANISH
***vigil mass for the feast of our Lady of Guadalupe
MASS AT 6 PM IN SPANISH
***MATACHINIS AFTER 6 PM MASS….
***MAÑANITAS…..RE-ENACTMENT OF THE APPARITION OF GUADALUPE
DICIEMBRE 12 – MONDAY FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
FIESTA DE NSTRA. SNRA. DE GUADALUPE
8AM ENGLISH MASS
6 PM SPANISH MASS
December 15, 2022 – LAST DAY OF OEC CLASSES / ULTIMA DIA DE LAS CLASES EN OEC
***Schedule of confessions both Spanish and English EVERY SATURDAY,
from 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM.
DECEMBER 3, 2022 SATURDAY ADVENT DAY OF REFLECTION IN ENGLISH
LIVE CHRIST, SHARE CHRIST
12:30 PM REGISTRATION
1PM – 5:30 PM SESSIONS
6PM MASS
DECEMBER 15 THURSDAY **ASAMBLEA DE ORACION**
7 PM ***PASTORELLA MUSICAL
PARISH LIFE CENTER
DECEMBER 17, 2022. SATURDAY ADVENT REFLECTION IN SPANISH
DIA DE REFLEXION EN ESPAÑOL
VIVE CRISTO, COMPARTE CRISTO
8AM MASS
8:30AM REGISTRATION/BFAST
9AM – 1 PM SESSIONS
DECEMBER 17, 2022 SATURDAY 6 PM SIMBANG GABI
***DECEMBER 23 FRIDAY 7 PM
CULMINATING SIMBANG GABI MASS
VENUE: HOLY FAMILY CHURCH : MISSOURI TX
DECEMBER 24, 2022 SATURDAY
******NO 8 AM MASS……
6PM VIGIL MASS FOR CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 25, 2022 SUNDAY
8AM ENGLISH
9:30AM SPANISH
11:15AM ENGLISH
1PM SPANISH
DECEMBER 26 MONDAY FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
8AM MASS
MERRY CHRISTMAS/!!!!!!!!FELIZ NAVIDAD TODOS!!!!
DECEMBER 27 TUESDAY 3RD DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
MASS: 8 AM
DECEMBER 28 WEDNESDAY 4TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
MASS: 8 AM
DECEMBER 29 THURSDAY 5TH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
8 AM MASS
DECEMBER 30 FRIDAY 6TH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
8am mass
DECEWMBER 31 SATURDAY 7TH DAY OF THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
8AM MASS
6PM NEW YEAR VIGIL MASS
JANUARY 1, 2023 SUNDAY NEW YEAR’S DAY 2020
8AM ENGLISH
9:30AM SPANISH
11:15AM ENGLISH
1PM SPANISH
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYNE!!!!! FELIZ AÑO NUEVO TODOS!!!!!!
JANUARY 2, 2023 MONDAY
8AM MASS
JANUARY 8TH , 2023 SUNDAY OEC CLASSES RESUME
**Hope, peace, joy, love. These are the gifts of Advent and Christmas.