PLATE COLLECTION - St Joseph The Worker Church · +Matiana and Cello Marquez +Berta Carrillo ......

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1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: [email protected] www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org Mass & Confession Schedule SATURDAY Mass: 8:00 am SUNDAY Mass 8:00am Confessions 9:15 am until last penitent has confessed. Mass 9:30am Mass (Spanish) 11:00am Mass (Eritrean Ge ez) 12:30pm MONDAY-FRIDAY Mass: 7:30 am WEDNESDAY EVENINGS Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Confessions 6:00-6:45 pm MINISTRIES Rev. Kenneth Nobrega Rev. Ghebriel Woldai Chaplain to Geez Community In Residence Rev. Raphael Okitafumba Deacon José Manuel Pérez Permanent Deacon Elizabeth Oishi Comly Transition Coordinator Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm Lectors/Lectores Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español) Eucharistic Ministers Yanny Chavarria (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español) Sacristan Freddy Morales CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND St. Joseph Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265 Oakland phone (510) 654-0936 The Epiphany of the Lord January 3, 2016 LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACES “Appearances can be deceiving,” as the saying goes. As we celebrate the epiphania, the “appearing” of the eternal Word of God on earth, this is still true. What rapturous foresight must have filled Isaiah as he wrote the words we hear today. How, for four hundred years, they must have filled the hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day when God’s glory would shine on them. How deceived some must have felt when the glory of God came to them in the lowliest and humblest of human lives. We have many expectations about how the divine presence will appear among us. But we can also set ourselves up, through these expectations, to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It may take a persistent journey for us to come upon the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Jesus Christ. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TODAYS READINGS First Reading Rise up in splendor, Je- rusalem! The LORD shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading The mystery has been made known that the Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5- 6). Gospel Magi from the east arrived, saying, Where is the newborn king of the Jews?(Matthew 2:1-12).

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1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone (510) 843-2244 Fax (510) 843-2730 Email: [email protected]

www.stjosephtheworkerchurch.org

Mass & Confession Schedule

SATURDAY

Mass: 8:00 am

SUNDAY

Mass 8:00am

Confessions 9:15 am until last penitent has

confessed. Mass 9:30am

Mass (Spanish) 11:00am Mass (Er itrean Ge ’ez)

12:30pm

MONDAY-FRIDAY Mass: 7:30 am

WEDNESDAY

EVENINGS

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Confessions 6:00-6:45 pm

MINISTRIES

Rev. Kenneth Nobrega

Rev. Ghebriel Woldai

Chaplain to Ge’ez Community

In Residence

Rev. Raphael Okitafumba

Deacon José Manuel Pérez Permanent Deacon

Elizabeth Oishi Comly Transition Coordinator

Baptism/Bautismos Deacon José Manuel Pérez Platicas: Tercer Martes, 7:00 pm

Lectors/Lectores Remy Bravo Seay (English) Erika Guerrero (Español)

Eucharistic Ministers Yanny Chavarria (English) Ruben Araujo ((Español)

Sacristan Freddy Morales

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES DIOCESE OF OAKLAND St. Joseph Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery

San Pablo phone (510) 223-1265 Oakland phone (510) 654-0936

The Epiphany of the Lord January 3, 2016

LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACES “Appearances can be deceiving,” as the saying goes. As we celebrate the epiphania, the “appearing” of the eternal Word of God on earth, this is still true. What rapturous foresight must have filled Isaiah as he wrote the words we hear today. How, for four hundred years, they must have filled the hearts of the people of Israel with hope for the day when God’s glory would shine on them. How deceived some must have felt when the glory of God came to them in the lowliest and humblest of human lives. We have many expectations about how the divine presence will appear among us. But we can also set ourselves up, through these expectations, to miss the divine glory when it truly appears. We get caught up in looking for the star, forgetting that the star is not the divine sign, the babe is. It may take a persistent journey for us to come upon the true appearance of God’s glory in our lives: Jesus Christ. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — Rise up in splendor, Je-rusalem! The LORD shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm — Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading — The mystery has been made known that the Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel — Magi from the east arrived, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:1-12).

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Rosario and Germano Camacho, Ray Carrillo, Guillermo Meana,

Rafael, Javier, and Jesus Mendez, Charles King, Tom Kellis, Marcelina Smith,

Jaime Murillo, Leticia Ramirez, Jean & Weldon Rucker, Jim Howard,

Graciela Mendez, Maria & Jesus Hernandez, Teresa Perez, Josefina Ramirez, Michael Boutte,

Aliver Starsky, Maria Garcia, Juanita Estrellas, Melissa Halim, Jacob Marshall,

Luis Perez, Rosa M. Orozco, Rita Streuli, Patricia Weberling, Stella Perkins,

Pat Barnet, Lovelle & Michelle Bradford, Ann Zito AND RECENTLY DECEASED

+Danny Nuñez +Dr. Roberto Crio +Mary Reyes +Ofelia Macias +Javier Medina

+Matiana and Cello Marquez +Berta Carrillo +Donna O'Donnel +Cesar and Richard Chavez

+Esperanza Ramos

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+Arthur L. Hutton Senior (Lucy Boykin)

Laura Solorzano&Family (Rosa Abedini) SJWC Parishioners

Elizabeth Oishi +Maria Del Refugio

(Maria De Las Angeles)

Edmundo Ore & Family (Rosa Abedini)

January Mass Intentions (Requested By)

MASS READINGS The readings for mass will be found on page

1210 of the hard-cover Blue Book.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Over the next few weeks, if you were to stroll around Prague or Budapest or Kraków, you might see curious grafitti scratched in chalk over some doorways: “20 + C + M + B + 16.” The families dwelling be-hind those doors have celebrated the Epiphany door blessing. They have gathered before the feast-day meal, probably after Mass, and the head of the fami-ly has traced the sign of the cross on the piece of chalk. Standing on a ladder, the leader traces the numbers for the new year, and the letters C M B for Christus Mansionem Benedicat, Latin for “May Christ bless this house.” The letters also point to the names that tradition has assigned to the mysterious magi, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—although scripture tells us nothing of their number, their country, or their names. The blessing speaks of journeys ended and jour-neys begun at the doorway, and prays that all jour-neys be as satisfying as was the magi’s. It prays that the house beyond the door have the quality of love and peace that the magi marveled at when they at last arrived in Bethlehem. In some countries where the Soviet Union tried to impose a harsh atheism, the vigor of this household custom survived all ef-forts to erase Christian customs. In the years of struggle, the chalked blessings were a pervasive sign of defiance, and now in the light of new free-doms, they are a sign of the resilience of our tradi-tion and the fulfillment of the magi’s quest for meaning and peace. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

PLATE COLLECTION Christmas– December 25th and

Sunday, Dec 27th collection: $20,570.87 2nd collection for Retired Religious: $360.52

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Monday: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Tuesday: St. John Neumann Wednesday: St. André Bessette Thursday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; Julian Calendar Christmas

Epiphany Prayer O God Who by a star guided the wise men to the worship of your Son we pray you to lead to yourself the wise and great of every land that unto you every knee

may bow, and every thought be brought into captivity Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

WALK FOR LIFE—January 23, 2016 The Walk for Life West Coast takes place Jan. 23, 2016 beginning with 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street at Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is principal cele-brant and homilist. The event continues with a rally at Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 p.m. and the walk to Justin Herman Plaza: www.WalkForLifeWC.com.

NOTICIAS DE LA PARROQUIA Navidad- 25 de diciembre y

Domingo, 27 de diciembre colección: $ 20,570.87 Segunda colección para Retirado religiosa: $ 360.52

La Epifanía del Señor

3 de enero de 2016

“Levántate y re-splandece, Jeru-salén, porque ha llegado tu luz y la gloria del Señor al-borea sobre ti.” —

Isaías 60:1

MISALES—2016

El misal para el año 2016 estará en venta por $5 cada uno. Si desean comprar hablen con Erika, Rubén, o Elizabeth. Muchas gracias.

LEVÁNTATE Y RESPLANDECE Se da inicio a esta gran fiesta de la Epifanía del Señor con estas palabras: “Levántate y resplandece, Jerusalén, porque ha llegado tu luz y la gloria del Señor se alborea sobre ti” (Isaías 60:1). Esa lectura sigue con la descripción de un mundo cubierto de oscuridad. Aun en ese mundo, el profeta anuncia que la gloria del Señor brillará en Jerusalén. Muchos concordarían en que nuestro mundo está cubierto de tinieblas —las tinieblas que la guerra, el terrorismo y el hambre traen. Hoy anunciamos que aun en el mundo de hoy, el Señor puede disipar las tinieblas, si tan sólo acogiéramos la luz de la Epifanía. Al recordar la visita de los reyes magos al pesebre, pidamos que un día nuestro mundo cansado se levante y resplandezca con el esplendor de la paz y la justicia. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Es tiempo de añadir los reyes magos al pesebre. En 1448 llegaron los pesebres italianos a las iglesias españolas, pero no fue hasta que el Rey Carlos III le regaló un pesebre a su hijo en el siglo XVIII que el uso de pesebres se expandió en los hogares. Desde entonces, el uso de nacimientos llegó al continente americano en donde se convierte en la decoración principal para las fiestas navideñas. Así como en to-do país latinoamericano el montaje del Belén es una tradición, lo es también en Venezuela. Con el pese-bre venezolano llegan también aguinaldos, parran-das, Misas y patines. ¡Sí! ¡Patines! Desde la mitad del siglo pasado los venezolanos celebran la época navideña con “patinadas”. Estas “patinadas” normal-mente se hacen por las mañanas y muchas calles están cerradas a los autos hasta las 8 a.m. para que niños y jóvenes puedan disfrutar de los patines, bi-cicletas y otros juguetes que les regala el niño Dios. Por eso, muchos niños duermen con un “cordoncito” atado al dedo gordo de los pies, que cuelgan por la ventana para que los despierten los que pasan pati-nado. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

BUSCAR EN EL LUGAR CORRECTO “Las apariencias engañan” dice el refrán. Al cele-brar la epifanía, la manifestación del Verbo de Dios eterno en la tierra, el refrán sigue siendo cierto. ¡Qué sublime premonición debe haber sentido Isaías al escribir las palabras que hoy escuchamos! Por cuatrocientos años, cómo habrán llenado los co-razones del pueblo de Israel con esperanzas de que llegaría el día en que la gloria de Dios se derramaría sobre ellos. ¡Qué desilusionados deben haberse sen-tido algunos cuando la gloria de Dios les llegó en una vida humana de las más bajas y humildes! Tenemos muchas expectativas de cómo la pres-encia divina va a manifestarse entre nosotros. Pero también podemos exponernos, por culpa de esas expectativas, a perder de vista la gloria divina cuan-do se nos aparece de verdad. Nos entretenemos buscando la estrella, y nos olvidamos que la estrella no es la señal divina, sino el bebé. Puede que tenga-mos que persistir en el camino antes de llegar a en-contrarnos con la apariencia real de la gloria de Dios en nuestra vida: Jesucristo. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

BUENA DISPOSICIÓN Una buena disposición es una virtud en sí misma, y es duradera; el peso de los años no la deprecian, y el amor que se funda en ella perdura hasta el fin.

—Ovidio

EL SENTIDO DE LAS COSAS El sentido de las cosas no está en las cosas mismas, sino en nuestra actitud hacia ellas.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Phone: (510) 843-2244 Fax: (510) 843-2730 - Email: [email protected]

Señor Jesucristo, tú nos has enseñado a ser misericordiosos como el Padre del cielo, y nos has dicho que quien te ve, lo ve también a Él. Muéstranos tu rostro y obtendremos la salvación. Tu mirada llena de amor liberó a Zaqueo y a Mateo de la esclavitud del dinero; a la adúltera y a la Magdalena del buscar la feli-cidad solamente en una creatura; hizo llorar a Pedro luego de la traición, y aseguró el Paraíso al ladrón arrepentido. Haz que cada uno de nosotros escuche como propia la palabra que dijiste a la samaritana: ¡Si conocieras el don de Dios! Tú eres el rostro visible del Padre invisible, del Dios que manifiesta su omnipotencia sobre todo con el perdón y la misericordia: haz que, en el mundo, la Iglesia sea el rostro visible de Ti, su Señor, resucitado y glorioso. Tú has querido que también tus ministros fueran revestidos de debilidad para que sientan sincera compasión por los que se encuentran en la ignorancia o en el error: haz que quien se acerque a uno de ellos se sienta esperado, amado y perdonado por Dios. Manda tu Espíritu y conságranos a todos con su unción para que el Jubileo de la Misericordia sea un año de gracia del Señor y tu Iglesia pueda, con renovado entusiasmo, llevar la Buena Nueva a los pobres proclamar la libertad a los pri-sioneros y oprimidos y restituir la vista a los ciegos. Te lo pedimos por intercesión de María, Madre de la Misericordia, a ti que vives y reinas con el Padre y el Espíritu Santo por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking hap-piness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!” You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the inter-cession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

Oración de Papa

Francisco

Prayer of Pope Francis for the

Jubilee