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Page 1: St. Francis Catholic Church · 12/22/2019  · 12:00 pm †Maria de Los Angeles DeLeon, †Maria & †Arturo Deleon Sanchez, offered by Family Berumen-DeLeon †Linaje de Maria Luisa

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Quinceañera: Registered member six months prior to

scheduling date. Must have received the sacrament of

Confirmation or attending religious education class for

Confirmation. Preparation classes are required before

the quinceñera. Celebration is on the 3rd Saturday of

the month. Must contact the office six months prior to

desired date.

Quinceañera: Ser miembro de la Parroquia seis

meses antes de apartar fecha. Haber recebido el

sacramento de la confirmation o estar en clases

religiosas para la confirmacion. Se requieren clases

para el/la joven. La celebracion es el 3ro sabado del

mes. Llamar a la oficina seis meses antes para fijar la

fecha.

St. Francis Catholic Church

1537 Rogers Avenue Lancaster, TX 75134

Phone: 972-227-4124

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Day Date Time Intentions

Sat 12/21 5:00 pm †Bob Yenco, offered by Barb Yenco

7:00 pm †Jose Angel Reyes, offered by Family Nava

†Porfirio Gonzalez, & †Anastasio Gayton, offered by Family Lopez

†David Garcia, offered by Family Garcia

Sun 12/22 8:00 am B-day intentions of Elsa Lopez, offered by Bennie & Yolanda Lopez

†Stephen Canchola, offered by Fitzhugh family

†All Souls in Purgatory, offered by Stephanie Landers

10:00 am For the People

12:00 pm †Maria de Los Angeles DeLeon, †Maria & †Arturo Deleon Sanchez,

offered by Family Berumen-DeLeon

†Linaje de Maria Luisa Alva, offered by sus hijos

Mon 12/23 8:00 am Communion Service

Tues 12/24 5:00 pm †Mary Ruth Seidemann, offered by Sara & Cliff Raines

7:00 pm B-day intentions of Fr. Manny Sabando, offered by Maria Huerta

Anniv. Remembrance of †Lilia Garcia, offered by Family Huerta

12:00 am †Rodrigo Sabando, offered by SFoA Staff

Wed 12/25 10:00 am †Angelina Nuno, offered by sus hijos

Thurs 12/26 8:00 am 50th Anniv. Intentions of Andy & Pat Mungenast, offered by Andy & Pat Mungenast

Fri 12/27 8:00 am †Animas del Purgatorio, offered by Stephanie Landers

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 22, 2019

Sun 12/22 8:30 am No RE class

Breakfast-CRHP-PH

Mon 12/23 7:00 pm Ch. Sp. Choir-CH

English Choir-CL

Tues 12/24 No Activities in Parish Hall

5:00 pm Mass-English

7:00 pm Mass-Spanish

Midnight Mass-English

Wed 12/25 10:00 am Mass-Bilingual

No Activities in Parish Hall

Thurs 12/26 10:00 am Cenaculo-PH

1:00 pm Hall Rental-Mungenast

6:30 pm CRHP Women-CL

7:00 pm Young Adults-CH

Fri 12/27 9:00 am SVDP Meeting/Food Pantry

7:00 pm Ren Par Posada-PH

Sat 12/28 10:00 am Baptism-Spanish

2:00 pm Wedding-Renteria-CH

3:00 pm RCIA-RICA-CL

Weekly need for Operational

Expenses is $10,746.00

OLG Novena Dec 9-12 $1,804.00

Sunday Offering 12/15 $7,632.00

A.S. Christmas Flowers 12/15 $2,450.00

WeShare Online week of 12/15 $ 381.93

Agape Misa 12/15 $ 217.00

Sanctuary Candle burns the week of

December 22-28, 2019

In loving memory of

†Salvador Peña

Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and

let perpetual light shine upon him.

May he rest in peace.

Offered by Daughter, Serina Peña

Readings for the week of December 22, 2019

Sunday: Is 7:10-14/ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [7c, 10b]/Rom

1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24

Monday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and

14/Lk 1:57-66

Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27

and 29 [2]/Lk 1:67-79

Wednesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 [2a]/

Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25

Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13

[Lk 2:11]/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14, Day: Is 52:7

-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [3c]/Heb 1:1-6/Jn

1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14

Thursday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab,

16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22

Friday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/Jn

20:1a, 2-8

Saturday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7]/Mt

2:13-18

Next Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/ Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1]/

Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Observances for the week of December 22, 2019

Sunday: 4th Sunday of Advent

Monday: St. John of Kanty, Priest

Tuesday: Christmas Eve

Wednesday: The Nativity of the Lord

(holy day of obligation)

Thursday: St. Stephen, the First Martyr

Friday: St. John, Apostle & Evangelist

Saturday: The Holy Innocents, Martyrs

Next Sunday: The Holy Family

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Please keep the sick members of our Parish family in your prayers: K C Pena, Leah Pena, Lillie Munoz, Andres Gillian,

Wallace Hart, Jill Meares, Rosa Trujillo, Sidney Black, Laura Rodriguez, John Gary, Marie Thompson, James Germino,

Rogelio Duran, Familia, Duran-Olvera, Rev. Albert Becher, Oscar Guerrero, Don Nannen, Lourdes Vela, Severina Vela,

Isidra Reyna, Enemencio Jaso, Alveno & Ruby Dickson, Connie & Bob Tezyk, Mary Brown, Catalina Gonzalez, Imelda

Flores, Brianna Dean, Nicolas & Angelo Florido, Rosa Maria Santos, Yolanda Diaz, Inez Pena, Jose, Felipe, & Teresa

Munoz, Carmen Lujan, Josefina Aguero, Laurie Williamson, Osvaldo Mendoza Jr., Abigail Renata, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Sr.,

Jerry Donoho, Abraham Perez, Yamil Ramirez, Luis Maldonado, Emily Gandarilla, and all those who are not listed and still

are in need of our prayers. If you have a person to add on this prayer list, please call the office at 972-227-4124. You can

also write the names of your sick loved ones in the notebook on the stand in the Narthex.

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.06, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN), A PERSON

LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (HANDGUN LICENSING LAW), MAY NOT ENTER

THIS PROPERTY WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

DE ACUERDO CON LA SECCIÓN 30.06 DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (INGRESO SIN AUTORIZACIÓN DE UN TITULAR DE UNA LICENCIA CON

UNA PISTOLA OCULTA), UNA PERSONA CON LICENCIA SEGÚN EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411, CÓDIGO DEL GOBIERNO (LEY

SOBRE LICENCIAS PARA PORTAR PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE INGRESAR A ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA OCULTA.

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.07, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN), A

PERSON LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (HANDGUN LICENSING LAW), MAY NOT

ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A HANDGUN THAT IS CARRIED OPENLY.

DE ACUERDO CON LA SECCIÓN 30.07 DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (INGRESO SIN AUTORIZACIÓN DE UN TITULAR DE UNA LICENCIA CON

UNA PISTOLA A LA VISTA), UNA PERSONA CON LICENCIA SEGÚN EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411, CÓDIGO DEL GOBIERNO

(LEY SOBRE LICENCIAS PARA PORTAR PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE INGRESAR A ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA A LA VISTA.

2nd Collections

December 22, 2019—Building Fund

December 29, 2019—Building Fund

January 5, 2020—Trujillo, Honduras

Upcoming Breakfast

December 22, 2019—CRHP

December 29, 2019—No Breakfast

January 12, 2020—No Breakfast

Guadalupe Radio Network-

Radio for the Soul

KATH 910 English and KJON 850 Spanish

Pastoral Council News:

The position of Vice Chair for the Pastoral Council is cur-

rently open. Any parishioner interested in the position

should leave their name and contact information in the busi-

ness office. Individuals must be a baptized and confirmed

Roman Catholic who is a registered and active member of

the parish.

The application period will end on the 6th of January.

English Bible Study will resume classes on January 7,

2020. The workbook fee for the 14 week study course

is $15 if paid before December 17. After that date the

workbook fee will increase to $20.

Christmas Eve and

Christmas Day Mass Schedules

December 24th 5:00 pm English

December 24th 7:00 pm Spanish

December 25th 12:00 am English

December 25th 10:00 am Bilingual

New Year’s Eve and Solemnity of Mary

Mass Schedules

December 31st 6:00 pm English

December 31st 7:30 pm Spanish

January 1st 10:00 am Bilingual

The office is closed on December 24 and 25 in

observance of Christmas.

The office is closed on December 31 and Janu-

ary 1 in observance of the New Year Holiday.

The coat rack in the Narthex is designed for our

parishioners in need. If you have a coat that you no

longer wear and want to donate it, please bring it on a

hanger and leave on coat rack. Please do not leave a

coat there that you currently wear, these are for

donation purposes only.

End of Year donor letters will be mailed out to parish-

ioners for contributions over $250 this past calendar

year from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

If you would like to receive an end of year donor letter

for your donations to St. Vincent de Paul through the

year, please call the help line number: 972-218-6605

to request a copy to be mailed to you.

AN EARLY PRECAUTION: With the continual change of

weather we are reminded that the flu and cold season is upon

us. Let us use common sense with regard to attending Mass

when you are sick or believe you are catching something. A

person who is ill is excused from the Sunday obligation.

(Canon 1248b). Please use the respect & consideration for

others in receiving the Blood of Christ, in giving the handshake

of peace and handholding during the Lord’s Prayer.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into

enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,

confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a

home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie

ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HER, O

LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE

UPON HER.

†MARGUERITE FOULK,

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.

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Religious Education

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“Dear Brothers and Sisters: Let us prepare for Christmas, therefore,

with humility and simplicity, readying ourselves to receive the gift of

light, joy and peace that irradiates from this mystery. Let us welcome

the nativity of Christ as an event capable of today renewing our exis-

tence. May the encounter with the Child Jesus make us people who do

not think only of ourselves, but rather open to the expectations and

necessities of our brothers. In this way, we too become testimonies of

the light that Christmas radiates over the humanity of the third millen-

nium. Let us ask most holy Mary, the tabernacle of the incarnate Word,

and St. Joseph, silent witness of the events of salvation, to communicate

to us the sentiments they had while they awaited the birth of Jesus, so

that we can prepare ourselves to celebrate in a holy way the coming

Christmas, in the joy of faith and enlivened by the determination of a

sincere conversion.” Pope Benedict XVI

Excerpts from “Christmas Reflection." (December 17, 2008). Copyright © 2008 Libreria

Editrice Vaticana

"Queridos hermanos y hermanas: Preparémonos para la Navidad,

con humildad y sencillez, preparándonos para recibir el don de la luz,

la alegría y la paz que irradia de este misterio. Demos la bienvenida al

nacimiento de Cristo como un acontecimiento capaz de renovar hoy

nuestra existencia. Que el encuentro con el Niño Jesús nos haga gente

que no sólo piensa en nosotros mismos, sino que está abierta a las

expectativas y necesidades de nuestros hermanos. De esta manera

también nos convertimos en testimonios de la luz que la Navidad irra-

dia sobre la humanidad del tercer milenio. Pidamos a la Santísima

Virgen, al tabernáculo del Verbo encarnado y a San José, testigo silen-

cioso de los acontecimientos de la salvación, que nos comuniquen los

sentimientos que tenían mientras esperaban el nacimiento de Jesús,

para que podamos prepararnos para celebrar de manera santa la

Navidad que viene, en la alegría de la fe y animada por la determina-

ción de una sincera conversión ". Papa Benedicto XVI

Mensaje Extraído de “Reflexiones de Navidad” (Diciembre 17, 2008). Copyright © 2008

Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Nativity of the Lord/Natividad del Señor

12/24/19 Mass Schedule 5 PM & 7 PM

12/25/19 Midnight Mass & 10 AM

12/31/19 Mass Schedule 5 PM & 7 PM

1/1/20 10 AM Bilingual Mass

Christmas Break/Vacaciones de Navidad

*NO RCIA Classes/ No clases de RICA:

12/28/19, 1/4/20, 1/11/20

*NO Sunday classes/No Clases dominicales:

12/22/19, 12/29/19, 1/5/20 & 1/12/20

*NO Tuesday classes/No clases en martes:

12/24/19, 12/31/19, & 1/7/20

*1/7/20 @ 7 PM MEETING WITH PARENTS/TUE. 2nd Yr.

CONFIRMATION STUDENTS– ROBE MEASUREMENTS.

REUNIÓN CON PADRES Y ESTUDIANTES 2ND. CONF. MARTES-SE

TOMARAN MEDIDAS PARA LA TÚNICA DE CONFIRMACIÓN.

*NO Wednesday classes/No clases en miércoles

12/25/19, 1/1/20, & 1/8/20

*1/8/20 @ 7 PM MEETING WITH PARENTS/WED. CONFIR-

MATION STUDENTS– ROBE MEASUREMENTS.

REUNIÓN CON PADRES Y ESTUDIANTES 2ND. CONF. MIERCO-

LES—SE TOMARAN MEDIDAS PARA LA TÚNICA DE CONFIRMA-

CIÓN.

GOSPEL MEDITATION - Each Advent season, we pre-

pare to welcome Jesus into the inns and stables of our hearts. But Je-

sus’ coming wasn’t welcomed by everyone with choirs of angels. For

St. Joseph, the first coming of Jesus was a bit more complicated.

“When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they

lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.” For

Joseph, opening his heart (and home) to Jesus meant, at best, appear-

ing to all the world like a man who had impregnated his wife out of

wedlock. At worst, he appeared a cuckold, raising the child of another

man. God doesn’t always appear the way we expect.

For some of us, the birth of Christ is a bit relationally compli-

cated. Perhaps over the past few months, a loved one has died. This

Christmas, you’re taking it upon yourself to keep up the traditions and

hold the family together. Welcoming Jesus means welcoming grief.

Perhaps it’s a difficult relative (or two or three) and it’s all you can do

to bite your tongue and swallow your pride while they’re under your

roof. Welcoming Jesus means welcoming strife, discord, and tension.

Yet “do not be afraid,” the angel says. Do not be afraid.

Why? Because we celebrate the birth of “Emmanuel, which means

‘God is with us.’” Before Jesus’ earthly ministry would begin, Jesus

would lose his father, Joseph. God is with us in our grief. Wherever

Jesus went, he stirred up controversy and faced down challenging

personalities. God is with us in our stress. The trick is, like Joseph, to

allow supernatural grace to prevail. Joseph was a good man, filled

with natural virtue in that he didn’t want to “expose [Mary] to

shame.” Yet he was prepared to “divorce her quietly” all the same.

Our natural abilities only take us so far. Where is receiving Jesus com-

plicated this Christmas season? Are you relying on your own strength

to get you through, or are you truly ready to accept the grace of Em-

manuel, God with us? ©LPi

MEDITACIÓN DEL EVANGÉLIO – El cuarto Domingo de

Adviento prácticamente nos pone ya a las puertas de la Navidad, este-

mos listos o no. En unos días, celebraremos el nacimiento de nuestro

Salvador. La figura importante en este domingo es María que ha con-

cebido por obra del Espíritu Santo y pone al mundo al Emmanuel,

Dios-con-nosotros. El Evangelio nos narra la duda de José, disipada

por el ángel que Dios envía a él en sueños. “José, hijo de David, no

dudes en recibir en tu casa a María, tu esposa, porque ella ha conce-

bido por obra del Espíritu Santo. Dará a luz un hijo y tú le pondrás el

nombre de Jesús, porque el salvará a su pueblo de sus pecados.”

¿Cuántas dudas existen aún en la sociedad sobre el Nacimiento del

Mesías?

“En Navidad Dios se nos dona todo donando a su Hijo, el Único,

que es toda su alegría. Y sólo con el corazón de María, la humilde y

pobre hija de Sión, convertida en Madre del Hijo del Altísimo, es posi-

ble exultar y alegrarse por el gran don de Dios y por su imprevisible

sorpresa. Que Ella nos ayude a percibir el asombro —estos tres asom-

bros: el otro, la historia y la Iglesia— por el nacimiento de Jesús, el

don de los dones, el regalo inmerecido que nos trae la salvación. El

encuentro con Jesús nos hará también sentir a nosotros este gran

asombro. Pero no podemos tener este asombro, no podemos encontrar

a Jesús, si no lo encontramos en los demás, en la historia y en la Igle-

sia.” (Papa Francisco).

©LPi

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