FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT CUARTO DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO

December 22, 2019 ● 22 de Diciembre de 2019

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 - 9:00 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

MISA 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

TRUST IN GOD On this final Sunday of Advent our scriptures focus on the historical birth of Jesus, who is son of David and Son of God, child and king, Jesus and Em-manuel.

Isaiah the prophet begs Ahaz to ask for a sign, to allow God to offer him reassurance of the survival of the Davidic dynasty. The king hypocritically re-fuses to “tempt the Lord” in that way (Isaiah 7:12), but the prophet foretells the birth of a son, an heir to the throne, who will prove the Lord’s enduring protection of God’s chosen lineage on the throne of David. The child will be called Emmanuel.

Matthew’s reference to this history in his descrip-tion of the birth of Jesus highlights the contrast between the faithless refusal of trust shown by Ahaz, and the complete trust in God shown by Mary and Joseph in bringing about the birth of Je-sus Christ.

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Parish office hours for the Holy Days

December 23 9:00am—12:00pm December 24 Closed December 25 Closed December 26 9:00am—5:00pm December 27 9:00am—5:00pm December 30 9:00am—12:00pm December 31 Closed January 1, 2020 Closed January 2, 2020 9:00am—5:00pm January 3, 2020 9:00am—5:00pm

We are closed for lunch from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

GET ON THE BUS - ♦ When? Saturday, January 25, 10:30a.m.-

5:30p.m ♦ Where? San Francisco via Bus from St. John

the Baptist ♦ Why? If you love life, proclaim it!! ♦ How? Reserve your seat now ♦ Donation: $20 for adults, $10 for youth

What else? ♦ Sendoff Masses @ St. Apollinaris 8:45 a.m.

and at St. John the Baptist 9:30 a.m.

• Contacts: St. A’s - Dn Peter 707-815-7393 St. John’s - Jaime 707-590-1421 St. Thomas - Office 707-255-2949 Holy Family - Dn Vic 707-645-9331 • www.walkforlifewc.com

2020 WALK FOR LIFE

The last day of classes before the Christmas Break are Tuesday Dec. 17 and Wednesday Dec. 18th. Classes will resume on Tuesday January 14th and Wednesday January 15th.

CCD NEWS

We will have the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday, January 3rd, from 9:00am to 9:00pm. Please come and join us for Adoration on this First Friday. We invite you to sign up for an

hour of adoration. The sign-up sheet is on the parish bulletin board in the church hall. Please consider signing up for an hour to ensure we have every hour covered, and hopefully more than one person per hour can come. We will have the celebration of mass at 12:00pm.

BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION

The main focus of advent is to spiritually prepare ourselves for the spiritual birth of Jesus Christ. As a parish we have done this through meditation, prayer, reflections and re-enacting the journey of the Holy Family prior to the birth of Jesus Christ. There can be many things that can distract us during this time. I am going to continue to pray that all of us might continue in our spiritual journey so that all of us might experience the spiritual birth of Jesus Christ in the hearts of our lives and families. I would hope that all of you will join us for the many masses that we will be having during this Christ-mas season. On behalf of our parish staff, deacons, Fr. Gary and myself, we want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas. May God continue to bless our parish of St. Thomas and all our parish families, Fr. Abel

I want to once again, thank everyone who made our celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe a great success. Thank you all who donated the various items of food, flowers, mariachi and labor to build the altar. I want to also thank Valencia Market for their constant support of our parish, especially in the celebrations of Our Lady of Gua-dalupe and posadas. Lastly, thank you all who help this weekend in many ways to decorate and prepare our church for Christmas.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

PASTOR’S MESSAGE

December 24

9:00pm Midnight mass

December 25

9:00am Mass (Eng.) 11:00am Mass (Eng.) 1:30pm Mass (Sp.)

MASS SCHEDULE FOR CHRISTMAS

MASS SCHEDULE FOR SOLEMNITY OF MARY

January 1, 2020

9:00am (English mass) 11:00am (English mass) 1:30pm (Spanish mass)

ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA

En la Iglesia de Santo Tomás tene-mos la Adoración del Santísimo Sa-cramento el viernes 3 de Enero de 9:00am a 9:00pm. El Santísimo Sa-cramento estará expuesto en la custo-dia en el altar para Adoración y ora-ción. Tendremos la celebración de la santa misa a las 12pm en Ingles. Por

favor venga y acompáñenos para la Adoración en este primer viernes. Le Invitamos a registrarse para una hora de adoración. La hoja de inscrip-ción está en el tablero de anuncios en el salón de la iglesia. Considere inscribirse 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.

El enfoque principal del advenimiento es prepararnos espiritualmente para el nacimiento espiritual de Jesucristo. Como parroquia, hemos hecho esto a través de la meditación, la oración, las reflexio-nes y la recreación del viaje de la Sagrada Familia antes del nacimiento de Jesucristo. Puede haber muchas cosas que nos pueden distraer durante este tiempo. Continuaré rezando para que todos po-damos continuar en nuestro viaje espiritual para que todos podamos experimentar el nacimiento es-piritual de Jesucristo en los corazones de nuestras vidas y familias. Espero que todos ustedes se unan a nosotros en todas las misas que tendremos durante esta temporada navideña. En nombre de nues-tro personal parroquial, diáconos, P. Gary y yo, queremos desearles a todos una Feliz Navidad. Que Dios continúe bendiciendo nuestra parroquia de St. Thomas y todas nuestras familias parroquiales, El P. Abel

ADORACIÓN AL SANTÍSIMO

St. Thomas de Aquino te invita a su grupo de oración. Nos reunimos todos los Sábados a las 7am en la iglesia. Todos están invitados a rezar el santo rosario y a compartir la lectura de la Pa-labra de Dios.

GRUPO DE ORACIÓN

Peregrinaje de la Parroquia - Caminata por Vida

♦ ¿Cuándo? Sábado 25 de Enero, 10:30 - 5:30 ♦ ¿Donde? San Francisco por autobús ♦ ¿Porque? Si amas a la vida . . . . Proclámalo! ♦ ¿Como? Reserva tu asiento ahora Donación $20 adultos, $10 adolescentes

Que más? Misa de Despedida a las 9:30am en (St. John’s) ♦ Contacta a Jaime 707-590-1421

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CAMINATA POR VIDA

¡MUCHAS GRACIAS! Quiero agradecer una vez más a todos los que hicieron de nuestra celebración de Nuestra Señora de Guadalu-pe un gran éxito. Gracias a todos los que donaron los diversos artículos de comida, flores, mariachis y mano de obra para construir el altar. También quiero agrade-cer a los dueños de la tienda Valencia por su constante apoyo a nuestra parroquia, especialmente en las cele-braciones de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y posadas. Por último, gracias a todos los que ayudaron este fin de semana en diferentes maneras para decorar y preparar nuestra iglesia para Navidad.

MENSAJE DEL PASTOR

Horario de oficina parroquial para los días santos

23 de diciembre 9:00 am—12:00pm 24 de diciembre Cerrado 25 de diciembre Cerrado 26 de diciembre 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. 27 de diciembre 9:00 am—5:00pm 30 de diciembre 9:00 am—12:00pm 31 de diciembre Cerrado 1 de enero de 2020 Cerrado 2 de enero de 2020 9:00 am—5:00pm 3 de enero de 2020 9:00 am—5:00pm

Estamos cerrados para el almuerzo de 12:00p.m. a 1:00p.m.

HORARIO DE OFICINA DURANTE LAS FIESTAS

MISAS PARA NAVIDAD 24 de Diciembre

9:00pm Misa de Media noche

25 de Diciembre

9:00am Misa (Ingles.) 11:00am Misa (Ingles.) 1:30pm Misa (Español)

1 de enero de 2020

9:00am Misa (Ingles.) 11:00am Misa (Ingles.) 1:30pm Misa (Español)

STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD

Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Jose Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Ricky, Carmen Lee, Carl Bo-tenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angelica Espinoza, 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, Mona Wageck, Vivian Michael, Kay Jones, Joel Rivera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Manuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Jesus Vazquez, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Jose Julian Mendez Calderon, Familia Nuñes Torres, Yalitza Contre-ras, Chuck Reiland, Gina Dal Porto, Sue Lathrop, Ana Pe-rez, Cervantes Family, Camila Gonzalez De La Torre, Bri-an Krenzin, Marcella Wheelan, Todd Daniel Lemmons, Mayra Zarate, Eduardo Mendez Calderon, Helida Mar-tinez Escobedo, George Taylor, John Gnotta, Luis Mora Torres, Craig Michael Moreno, Francisco Chavez.

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

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verlos de la lista. (707) 255-2949

MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA

12/21/19—12/27/19

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

Saturday 4:00pm † George Muntean

Sunday 9:00am † Ana Hernandez

11:00am Pro Populo

1:30pm † Savina Ortiz Lira

Monday 9:00am † Keenan & † Querin Families

Tuesday 9:00am Vince Ryan

Wednesday 9:00am Family Torres Zavala—Intentions

Thursday 9:00am † Imolee Watras

Friday 9:00am † Nadine Peterson

9:00pm Mr. & Mrs. Axelson—Wedding Anniversary

11:00am † Imolee Watras

1:30pm † Jose Ceja

2nd collection next week/2da colecta próxima semana: No 2nd Collection / No Hay 2da Colecta

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Gospel: Mt 1:18-24

R. Alleluia, alleluia. The virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and they shall

name him Emmanuel. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

R. Aleluya, aleluya. He aquí que la vir-gen concebirá y dará a luz un hijo, y le pon-drán el nombre de Emmanuel, que quiere

decir Dios-con-nosotros. R. Aleluya.

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet un-willing to expose her to shame, decided to di-vorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means "God is with us." When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.

Monday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Wednesday: 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] Thursday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Friday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-5; Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Cristo vino al mundo de la siguiente manera: Es-tando María, su madre, desposada con José, y antes de que vivieran juntos, sucedió que ella, por obra del Espíritu Santo, estaba esperando un hijo. José, su esposo, que era hombre justo, no queriendo ponerla en evidencia, pensó dejarla en secreto. Mientras pensaba en estas cosas, un ángel del Señor le dijo en sueños: "José, hijo de David, no dudes en recibir en tu casa a María, tu esposa, porque ella ha concebido por obra del Espíritu Santo. Dará a luz un hijo y tú le pondrás el nom-bre de Jesús, porque él salvará a su pueblo de sus pecados". Todo esto sucedió para que se cumpliera lo que había dicho el Señor por boca del profeta Isaías: He aquí que la virgen concebirá y dará a luz un hijo, a quien pondrán el nombre de Emmanuel, que quiere decir Dios-con-nosotros. Cuando José despertó de aquel sueño, hizo lo que le había mandado el ángel del Señor y reci-bió a su esposa.

Lunes: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lc 1:57-66 Martes: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Sal 89 (88):2-5, 27, 29; Lc 1:67-79 Miércoles: 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] Jueves: Hch 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Sal 31 (30):3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Viernes: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Sal 97 (96):1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Sábado: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Sal 124 (123):2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 Domingo: Eclo 3:2-6, 12-14; Sal 128 (127):1-5; Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Evangelio: Mt 1, 18-24

READINGS FOR THE WEEK LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA