FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO

December 23, 2018 ● 23 de Diciembre de 2018

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church 2725 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94558

PARISH OFFICE/OFICINA PARROQUIAL Office Hours / Horario de Oficina:

Monday-Friday 9am-12pm & 1pm-5pm (707) 255 - 2949 Fax (707) 255 - 2439

www.stthomasaquinasnapa.com stthomas_napa@att.net

STAFF Rev. Abel Mena, JCL, Pastor/Adjutant Judicial Vicar

Rev. Gary Sumpter, In Residence Rev. Mr. Jim Eckert, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Jesse De Luna, Deacon Deborah O’Haire, Religious Education Coordinator

Amparo Valenzuela, Office Coordinator

ENGLISH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - *8:00am & 4:00 pm Sunday - 8:00 am & 11:00 am

*This mass is offered if Fr. Gary is available

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday - 9:00 am

First Friday of the Month - 12:00 pm

MISAS EN ESPAÑOL Domingo - 1:30 pm

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/ Sábados 3:00 pm—3:45 pm 1er Dom. del mes 12:30 pm—1:20pm

MEMORIES AND DREAMS

Throughout our lives, we retain the lan-guage and habits of our native region and family of origin. Should we return to our home after a long absence, we quickly revert to its familiar speech and practices. Our deep memory is reflected in old stories and words and speech patterns. This famili-arity runs like an underground river and accompa-nies us wherever we go. Not only do we remember, we are incorpo-rated into and made part of a greater memory. In remembering and recollecting, we are in turn gath-ered up and re-collected. Today we remember Mary, a small figure travelling the country roads to visit Elizabeth. All the great pronouncements and dreams of the prophets point to this time when the Lord’s words to Mary would be gathered and fulfilled. The mem-ories of her people are alive in her, and memories of her nourish our own living faith.

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PASTOR’S MESSAGE

Scams and Fraudulent Activity in Napa

This weekend we see the Virgin Mary traveling. She is a great model for all of us about to always follow the will of God. Her traveling can be seen as our own spiritual journey during this time of Advent: converting our lives more to God and His Church. Also, the first reading reminds us of the spiritual birth of Jesus Christ. I hope that all us may continue to convert our lives so that during this time the spiritual birth of our Lord may continue to transform all of our lives so that we may be able to share in the joy, happiness and grace of God. Also, I wan to thank you to eve-ryone who helped with the decoration of the church and the poinsettias that were donated to decorate our church. May God bless all of you and our parish of St. Thomas. On behalf of Fr. Gary, Rev. Mr. Jim, Rev. Mr. Jesse, myself and everyone at St. Thomas, we wish all you a Merry Christmas! Fr. Abel

Please be careful not to be a vic-tim of a scam. We were notified that some people in Napa have

already lost money because of fraudulent and threatening emails or other forms of communi-cation. Be careful not to fall prey to requests or demands for personal information or money supposedly from or for our parish. We encourage everyone to always check with us and/or report anything questionable to the local police.

December 24 9:00pm Midnight mass

December 25

9:00am Mass (Eng.)

11:00am Mass (Eng.)

1:30pm Mass (Sp.)

Mass Schedule for Christmas

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mass Schedule for Solemnity of Mary January 1, 2019 9:00am (English mass) 11:00am (English mass) 1:30pm (Spanish mass)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-ment on Friday, January 4, the First Friday of the month, from 9am to 10pm. Mass is celebrated at 12pm. Please come and join us for Adoration on this First

Friday, January 4. We need people to sign up for a Holy Hour during the 13 hours. The sign-up sheet is on the parish bulletin board in the church hall. Please consider signing up for an hour to en-sure we have every hour covered, and hopefully by more than just one person per hour.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

We thank all the families that support-ed us to raise funds for our parish of St. Thomas Aquinas with the raffle of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thanks to the person who donated the image and to each person who bought tickets for the raffle we were able to raise $ 4,210 for our parish. The happy winner of the image is Rosa Irucuta.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Raffle

The Parish office Will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Decem-ber 24 & 25 in celebration of Christmas and Monday & Tues-

day, December 31 & January 1st in celebration of New Year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Message from the Parish Office

The Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Dinner & Fundraiser will be held on Friday, January 25, 2019 from 6:00pm – 9:30pm. Dinner will in-clude an entrée, salad, vegetables, coffee, and dessert. Tickets are $20.00 per person. Tickets will be sold after all Saturday evening Masses and Sunday Masses beginning at the end of De-cember. A silent auction & raffle will also be held at the event. Don’t wait- buy NOW before tickets run out. For more information, contact Bob Quinn at 259-4800 or Ken Dumars at 255-4916. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Annual Parish Dinner

1 de enero del 2019 9:00am (misa en Ingles) 11:00am (misa en Ingles) 1:30pm (misa en Español)

ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA

Misas para la solemnidad de María

La Iglesia de Santo Tomás tendrá la Ado-ración del Santísimo Sacramento el vier-nes 4 de enero y el primer viernes de cada mes, de 9a.m. a 10p.m. El Santísimo Sa-cramento estará expuesto en la custodia

en el altar para Adoración y oración hasta las 10pm y la misa se celebrará a las 12pm en Ingles. Por favor venga y acompáñenos para la Adora-ción en este primer viernes, 4 de enero. Invita-mos que personas se registren para una Hora Santa. La hoja de inscripción está en el tablero de anuncios en el salón de la iglesia. Considere ins-cribirse durante una hora para asegurarse de que tengamos por lo menos un adorador por hora, y si es posible más de una persona por hora.

Este fin de semana vemos a la Virgen María viajando. Ella es una gran modelo para todos nosotros a punto de seguir siempre la voluntad de Dios. Su viaje puede ser visto como nuestro propio viaje espi-ritual durante este tiempo de Adviento: convirtiendo nuestras vidas más a Dios y su Iglesia. Además, la primera lectura nos recuerda el nacimiento espiritual de Jesucristo. Espero que todos nosotros po-damos continuar convirtiendo nuestras vidas para que durante este tiempo el nacimiento espiritual de nuestro Señor continúe transformando todas nuestras vidas para que podamos compartir el gozo, la felicidad y la gracia de Dios. También, quiero agradecerles a todos los que ayudaron con la decora-ción de la iglesia y las flores de Pascua que se donaron para decorar nuestra iglesia. Que Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes ya nuestra parroquia de Santo Tomás. En nombre del p. Gary, Rev. Sr. Jim, Rev. Sr. Jesse, yo y todos en St. Thomas, ¡les deseamos a todos una Feliz Navidad! P. Abel

MENSAJE DEL PASTOR

Adoración al Santísimo Sacramento

Te invitamos todos los jueves a las 7pm en el salón de la parroquia de Santo Tomas de Aquino a la Ultreya, donde por medio del testimonio personal hablamos de los retos de la vida y el crecimiento en nuestra relación con. "Cristo Cuenta Contigo".

El Grupo de Cursillo

Por favor tenga cuidado de no ser víc-tima de una estafa. Se nos notificó que algunas personas en Napa ya han perdido dinero debido a correos elec-trónicos fraudulentos y amenazado-res u otras formas de comunicación.

Tenga cuidado de no ser víctima de solicitudes o demandas de información personal o dinero su-puestamente de o para nuestra parroquia. Les aconsejamos a todos a que siempre consul-ten con nosotros y / o informen cualquier cosa cuestionable a la policía local.

Mensaje de la Oficina

St. Thomas de Aquino te invita a su grupo de oración. Nos reunimos todos los Sábados des-pués de misa de 4pm en la iglesia.

Grupo de Oración

Agradecemos a todas las familias que nos apoyaron a recaudar fondos para nuestra parroquia de Santo Thomas de Aquino con la rifa de la imagen de la Virgen de Guadalupe. Gracias a la persona que dono la imagen y a cada persona que compro boletos para la rifa se pudo re-

caudar $4,210 para nuestra parroquia. La feliz ganadora de la imagen fue Rosa Irucuta.

Rifa de la Imagen de la Virgen

Misas para Navidad Diciembre 24 9:00pm Misa de Media noche Diciembre 25 9:00am Misa (Ingles.) 11:00am Misa (Ingles.) 1:30pm Misa (Español)

Estafas y Actividad Fraudulenta en Napa

La oficina de la parroquia estará cerrada los lu-nes y martes, 24 y 25 de diciembre en celebra-ción de Navidad y el lunes y martes, 31 de di-ciembre y 1 de enero en celebración del Año Nuevo. Feliz navidad y próspero año nuevo

STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD

Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Margret Krch, Jo-se Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Ricky, Car-men Lee, Carl Botenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angelica Espinoza, Erick Muth, Theresa Ware, Itzel Mendez, Katrinka Ruk, Ken Sprague, Wayne Dieslter, Maria Aquilija, Carl Kitley, Mary and Loren Ryan, Erica Cervantes, Lino Gonzales, Teresa Conemac, Ignacio Hurtado Torrico, Paul Joseph, David Isaac Jr., Mona Wageck, Vivian Michael, Chuck Rowles, Kay Jones, Joel Rivera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Ma-nuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Jesus Vazquez, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Jose Julian Mendez Calderon, Familia Nuñes Torres, Yalitza Contreras, Chuck Reiland, Gina Dal Porto, Sue Lathrop, Ana Pe-rez, Cervantes Family, Camila Gonzalez De La Torre, Brian Krenzin, Marcella Wheelan

PRAY FOR OUR ILL PARISHIONERS OREMOS POR NUESTROS FELIGRESES ENFERMOS

Please call if loved ones need prayers or if they are well and may be taken off the list. (707) 255-2949

MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA

12/22/18—12/28/18

Due to an early submission of the bulletin we don’t have collection totals for this weekend. Thank you

No Podemos presentar el reporte de las colectas de-

bido a que el boletín se envió con mas tiempo de anticipación.

Saturday 4:00pm Terry Miller—Birthday

Sunday 8:00am Pro Populo

11:00am Querin & Keenan Families

1:30pm † Francisco & † Josefina Grajeda

Monday 9:00am J P Mourad—Birthday

Tuesday 9:00am † Juan Deyro

Wednesday 9:00am † Catherine Audrey-Quinn

Thursday 9:00am Patricia Barnes—Wedding Anniversary

Friday 9:00am Sharon Hartley—Birthday

9:00pm Torres Zavala Family

11:00am Todd Daniel Lemmons

1:30pm Familia Torres Zavala

2nd collection next week/2da colecta próxima semana: No 2nd collection next weekend/No hay 2da colecta la próxima semana

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Gospel: Lk 1:39-45

R. Alleluia, alleluia. Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your

word. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

R. Aleluya, aleluya. Yo soy la esclava del Señor;

cúmplase en mí lo que me has dicho. R. Aleluya.

Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zecha-riah and greeted Elizabeth. When Eliz-abeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the moth-er of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spo-ken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52

En aquellos días, María se encaminó presurosa a un pueblo de las montañas de Judea y, entrando en la casa de Za-carías, saludó a Isabel. En cuanto ésta oyó el saludo de María, la creatura saltó en su seno.

Entonces Isabel quedó llena del Espíritu Santo y, levantando la voz, exclamó: "¡Bendita tú entre las mujeres y bendito el fruto de tu vientre! ¿Quién soy yo, para que la madre de mi Señor venga a verme? Apenas llegó tu saludo a mis oí-dos, el niño saltó de gozo en mi seno. Dichosa tú, que has creído, porque se cumplirá cuanto te fue anunciado de parte del Señor".

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Lunes: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Lc 1:67-79 Martes: Vigilia: Is 62:1-5; Sal 89 (88):4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Hch 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Noche: Is 9:1-6; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 11-13; Tit 2:11-14; Lc 2:1-14 Aurora: Is 62:11-12; Sal 97 (96):1, 6, 11-12; Tit 3:4-7; Lc 2:15-20 Día: Is 52:7-10; Sal 98 (97):1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Miércoles: Hch 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Sal 31 (30):3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Jueves: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Sal 97 (96):1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Viernes: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Sal 124 (123):2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Sábado: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Sal 96 (95):1-3, 5b-6; Lc 2:22-35 Domingo: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 o 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28; Sal 128:1-5 o Sal 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] o 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lc 2:41-52

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

Evangelio: Lc 1, 39-45