November 27 & 28, 2021 First Sunday of Advent

WATCHFUL CONFIDENCE We the Church enter into Advent and the new liturgical year with a call for a watchful confidence. Our readings were originally addressed to communities undergoing great loss and confusion. Jeremiah speaks confidently of God fulfilling the ancient promises to Israel, even during a time of foreign invasion. Paul speaks of God leading the Church into holiness, while the community longs for the coming of Jesus. In the Gospel passage from Luke, Jesus speaks of powerful signs and of great confusion to come, but emphasizes that we may look forward knowing that God brings not cause for despair, but hope. We celebrate Advent to remind each other of God’s faithfulness. We are to be watchful, to see how God is stirring up our world. God disturbs both our pride and our complacency, and brings us healing and justice. We prepare ourselves to welcome Jesus, confident that God indeed fulfills all these divine promises.

“God is the future of the human person and of the world. If humanity loses the meaning of God, it will close itself to the future and inevitably lose the perspective of its pilgrim journey in time. Why birth, why death? Why sacrifice, why suffering? To these questions, Christianity offers a satisfying answer. For this reason, Christ is the hope of humanity. He is the true meaning of our present, because he is our sure future. Advent reminds us that he has come, and that he will come. The life of believers is a continuous and vigilant waiting for his coming.” -St. John Paul II

PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY Jovany Baez, Justin Mertle, María de la Luz Ramírez,

Rebeca Sánchez, José Araiza, Jr., Marina González, Alondra Jara, Sonia Jara, Matt Mills & Jared Schroeder.

From the Pastor’s Desk

Dear friends in Christ, I hope that you and your families had a very Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! This Sunday we enter into the season of Advent, and we welcome the new beginning it brings to us each year. In these days after Thanksgiving, I want to offer you the words from the spiritual writer Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen on the theme of gratitude: “Even the poorest beggar, having nothing to give in return for the alms he has received, can always acknowledge a kindness by showing gratitude to his benefactor. This is our position in regard to God: we have nothing of our own; all that we are and have comes from Him, and in return for His infinite generosity, we can do nothing but use His gifts to express our gratitude to Him. ‘In all things give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all’ (1 Thes 5:18).” As we now turn our attention towards our preparation for Christmas, may we approach the Lord with grateful hearts, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life” (John 3:16). May our hearts be prepared to receive Him anew with gratitude and adoration! Wishing you a blessed and rewarding Advent season, Fr. Pacheco

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The days are coming when the Lord will fulfill the promise made to Israel and Judah (Jeremiah 33:14-16).

Psalm — To you, O Lord, I lift my soul (Psalm 25).

Second Reading — May the Lord make you increase and abound In love that you may be blameless in holiness; conduct yourselves so as to please God (1 Thessalonians 3:12 — 4:2).

Gospel — There will be signs and you will see the Son of Man coming with power and great glory. Be vigilant (Luke 21:25-28, 34-36).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday: Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

Change in daily Mass schedule

Starting this Monday, November 29th, we will not have Mass on Mondays. Daily Mass will be celebrated Tuesday through Friday at

12:05pm.

First Friday & Saturday Schedule Friday, December 3rd :

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - 5:30pm Mass in Spanish - 6:00pm Saturday, December 4th:

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - 8:30am Mass in English - 9:00am

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE DECEMBER 12TH IS COMING UP AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FEAST OF THE PATRONESS OF THE AMERICAS, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE. THERE WILL BE A NOVENA (SPECIAL ROSARY) FROM DECEMBER 4TH TO 12TH AT 6PM IN THE CHURCH. OUR LADY’S FEAST WILL START WITH THE MAÑANITAS AT 5AM, AFTER THAT WE WILL PRAY THE ROSARY. AT 11:30AM, THERE WILL BE A PROCESSION FOLLOWED BY SPANISH MASS AT 12PM. MAY OUR MOTHER’S MANTLE OF LOVE BRING BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND HARMONY TO FAMILIES IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITY.

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NEW TO THE PARISH? If you are new to Our Lady of Good Counsel’s Church, Welcome! We hope you find a spiritual home here. Please formally register in the parish and be a part of our family. Come to the Parish Office Mon - Fri, 10am – 2pm to register. Registration cards are also available in the church vestibule.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Please call the Parish Office at 707-964-0229, when a parishioner is home bound or hospitalized to arrange

for Holy Communion and Anointing of the Sick.

MASS INTENTIONS NOVEMBER 30 – December 5, 2021

Monday (29)

Tuesday (30)

Wednesday (1)

Thursday (2)

Friday (3)

Saturday (4)

Sunday (5)

12:05pm 12:05pm 10:00am 12:05pm

6:00pm 9:00am 5:00pm 6:30pm 8:00am 10:00am

No Mass

Father’s Intention

Marie Fernande t

Private Intention

Cristiano Del Rosario t

Jose Muñoz t Socorro Rojas t

Father’s Intention

Fred & Clara White t Thomas Galemba t

Mauricio Escobedo t

Arnulfo Santiago Solis t Maria Refugio Flores t

Gerardo Escobedo (healing)

Open Intention

Missa pro populo

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK PARISHIONERS Isabel Osorio, Francisco Fernández, Felix Santillán, Pepe Sánchez, Celeste Caamal, Martha Sánchez, Gerardo Escobedo, Betty Cox, Adrian Freitas, Bob Downing, Maribel Medina Chi, Troy Jason Ereño, Marcelo Pascua, Jr., Michelle Pascua Morgan, Mauricia Campuzano, Ana María Calderón, Maria Lourdes López Zavala, Rebecca Aurejo, Hermiligio Santos, Maria Martinez, Ernest Figueiredo, Antonia Rentería, Pauline Ortiz, María Cristina Reyes, Ryan Moore, Marianne Brannan, Nancy Smith, Julián Palomar, Jennifer Vera, Kim Koskinen, Margaret Valencia, Matthew Marcoulier, Dennis Tavares, Jose Freitas, Alfredo Sousa, Juana Arreguín, Aron Yasskin, Victoria Walzer, Fidela Yáñez Jara, Carla Tomas, Patricia Vargas, Fidela Yáñez, Elvia Flores, Yonel Ruíz, Angie Freitas, Russel Bryant, Derrick Heater, Luis Angel, Juan Barrera-Terán, Gerald Butler, Toni Clark, Ann Gallagher, Brianna Lopez, Margaret Milliken, Gina Pivirotto, Nick Quin, Mary Servis, Denis Sousa, Victor Venegas, Matty Walker, Charles Lorenz, Rebecca Lorenz, Ofelia Ibarra, Leonardo Naal, Gina Leal.

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THE THREE COMINGS OF ADVENT There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I

know, His coming to humankind, His coming into humankind, and His coming against humankind.

—St. Bernard: Third Sermon for Advent