Mass Intentions Sat, November 28th -- 5:30pm -- All Parishioners Sun, November 29th -- 9am & 4:30 pm -- All Parishioners 11am -- Frances Pangelinan † Tues, December 1st -- 7am -- Wed, December 2nd -- 7am -- Norbert Jorge † Thurs, December 3rd -- 7am

Fri., December 4th -- 9am School Mass

Please let the Parish Office know of anyone that should be REMOVED or ADDED to prayer intention list.

Thank you for your generosity!

Eric Watson, Tony Hays Oscar Pasadas Virginia Mochel Brad Fauble Helen Beffa-Ayres Lydia Monce Alex Sarmiento Donnie Nehasil Lloyd & Carol Wiltfong Neil & Diane Murphy Filipinas Cotoner Joe & Steven Brullo Liz Nowak Daniel Mejia Grace Mosley Ana Rose Ward (infant) Janet Pe Benito Steven Coughlin Chaplains & Inmates Youth detention facility Barbara Forman Bryan Wagner Katherine Ashmore

Rick Pangelinan Kevin Valencia Dick Clafflin Michael Raya & Family Chua Kee Lin Naidz Urmeneta Anselm Apillado Barbara Jean-Dale Trevor Parkins Renaldo Barraza Cathy Ponciano

Dave Van Horne

Rachel Jacob

Joan Craighton

Julio & J. Acevedo

Valente Mejia

Mary Dempsey

Dominique Snow Barry & Jeff Leahman Mona Montano Catherine Montano

Elaine Kanowsky

Donna Pulasky Macaria Esavedra

Nora Fontanoza James Marta Kelly Belmont & Family Cheryl Joordens

Linda McMahan

Gertrude Maloney

Tony Rodani

Philip Louie

Elena Kho Gruba

Joseph Ching

Isabelle Lopez

Michael Madden

Clare Pierini

Raymond Avelino

Maria Guitirrez

Dylan Hunley

Joyce Elaine Chua

Estela Santos

Robert (Boomer) Fisher

Brock McKinley

David A. Clarke

Russell Johnson

Joyce Zink

Michael Gould

Jereme Denney

Robert Humble

Victoria Millan

René Ortiz & family

Myrtle Martinez

Nancy Tagupa

Pat Belding

Alexander Ching

Zenaida Omega

George Coleman

Brandon Davis

Josie & Richard Aiello

Melanie Jensen

Suzanne Shunk

Alex Quiroz

Arlene Souza

Susan Ramirez Esther Valino Irene Farmer Barbara Johnson Lucy Palmer Teresa Rocha

Items for the Bulletin are due by 10am Mondays. Please call office or email: Olgoffice @wavecable.com

WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF GRACE

Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time a

reorientation. There’s a deliberate tension in the next four weeks’

readings - between promise and fulfillment, expectation and deliverance,

between looking forward and looking back. In today’s First Reading, the

prophet Jeremiah focuses our gaze on the promise God made to David,

some 1,000 years before Christ. God says through the prophet that He will

fulfill this promise by raising up a “just shoot,” a righteous offspring of

David, who will rule Israel in justice (see 2 Samuel 7:16; Jeremiah

33:17; Psalm 89:4-5; 27-38). Today’s Psalm, too, sounds the theme of Israel’s ancient expectation:

“Guide me in Your truth and teach Me. For You are God my Savior and

for You I will wait all day.” We look back on Israel’s desire and

anticipation knowing that God has already made good on those promises

by sending His only Son into the world. Jesus is the “just shoot,” the God

and Savior for Whom Israel was waiting. Knowing that He is a God who keeps His promises lends grave urgency to

the words of Jesus in today’s Gospel. Urging us to keep watch for His

return in glory, He draws on Old Testament images of chaos and instability

– turmoil in the heavens (see Isaiah 13:11,13;Ezekiel 32:7-8; Joel 2:10);

roaring seas (see Isaiah 5:30; 17:12); distress among the nations (see Isaiah

8:22/14:25) and terrified people (see Isaiah 13:6-11). He evokes the prophet Daniel’s image of the Son of Man coming on a

cloud of glory to describe His return as a “theophany,” a manifestation of

God (see Daniel 7:13-14). Many will cower and be literally scared to death. But Jesus says we should

greet the end-times with heads raised high, confident that God keeps His

promises, that our “redemption is at hand,” that ‘the kingdom of God is

near” (see Luke 21:31)

Please pray for our Military and their families: Cole Gould, Thomas

Burkstrand, Shelby DeLamora, Jason Enjambre, Nash Bulaong, Wesley

Paige, Diana Jacinto, Lawrence Hermosa, Angelo Garcia, Austin Mora,

Renald Rivera, CeCe Pitts, Michael Pitts, Mikayla George, Christian

Watson, Andrew Sawitzky, Brian Chrisman, Terrin Vilhauer; the chaplains

who serve them; all servicemen and women protecting our freedom and

first responders, police and firefighters. Bless and protect them, O Lord.

Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help -"Everyone" is welcome to come together in the Church to pray the rosary/novena and attend Mass on every Wed. The OMPH Rosary/Novena begins at 6pm; followed by Mass. Hour of Power Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays 5-6pm

Bereavement Ministry - When needed, please call the Parish Office for referral

Bible Study - Resumes Tuesday, 11/10, 7pm at Parish Center, at OLG School. CFF (Catholic Faith Formation) -- Begins 9/8, Tuesdays - 5:30-6:45pm, at School Moms Ministry - Meetings every 1st Sunday, 7pm, location to be announced. Moms Ministry Bible Study - Every Tuesday, 8:30-10:00am, Parish Center, School Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) - Sessions at 7pm Parish Center

Respect Life Ministry - Meetings every 3rd Thursday, 6:30 pm in Rectory.

St. Vincent de Paul - Meetings every 2nd Thursday at 6 pm in Rectory.

Women's Council - Meetings every 1st Tuesday at 7pm in the Parish Center, School

Eucharistic Minister Schedule Sat., December 5th 5:30 p.m. -- Dave Campbell, Jennifer Southard, Bree Westlake Sun., December 6th 9:00 a.m. -- Bonnie Sue Barrow, Anna & Michael Beall, Michael Rivera 11:00 a.m. -- Ellie & Brandi Luna, Fidel & Judie Martinez 4:30 p.m. -- Trudy Connolly Lector Schedule Sat., December 5th 5:30 p.m. -- Rosan Araza, Glen Mochel, Jennifer Osalbo Sun., December 6th 9:00 a.m. -- Valerie Paige, Ernie Guerra, Byron Paige 11:00 a.m. -- Lydia Tanner, Cindy Fabonan, Rachel Machado Children's Ministry Schedule Sun., December 6th 9:00 am -- Cyndi & Theresa; 11:00 am -- Ellie; 4:30 pm -- Laura Sunday Collection: Weekly Budget Goal = $2,976.00; Sunday Collection November 21st/22nd = $3,389.84

Events Around the Diocese

(Sunday Reflections by Dr. Scott Hahn, stpaulcenter.com)

Advent Penance Services:

Our Lady of Grace, West Sacramento, Dec. 14, 2015, 7pm

Holy Cross, West Sacramento, Dec.15, 2015, 7pm

Holy Rosary, Woodland, Dec. 16, 2015, 7pm

Saint Anthony, Winters, Dec. 17, 2015, 7pm

St. Peter, Dixon, Dec. 18, 2015, 7pm

Sat., Dec. 5th, 6pm

OLG School Christmas Tree Lighting

All are welcome! Lots of festivities from crafts, food

& drink, caroling and photos with Santa!

Tuesday, December 8th—Holy Day of Obligation

The Feast of The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Masses will be celebrated at 7am &7pm at the Church & 9am at the School.

St. Patrick Academy Choir with the Blessed Sacramento Choir & Orchestra on

December 11, 8pm at the Cathedral. An evening filled with sacred scripture and

beautiful music. This event is expected to sell-out to over 600 guests. All proceeds

benefit St. Patrick Academy. Get your tickets today! Visit St. Patrick Academy office

(916) 421-4963 or use the link: https://spacatc2015.eventbrite.com

MONTH 2 – Developing Baby – “I’m dancing!”

Spiritual Adoption Program

Your baby is making progress developing all of her external

features and internal organs. Her brain is functioning at 40 days.

Her mother can hear her heartbeat now on an ultrasonic

stethoscope. Baby-teeth buds are present at 6 ½ weeks. The central nervous system

is functioning and 40 muscle sets begin their first exercises. From this moment, your

spiritually adopted baby grows and refines her body. But everything she needs to

survive after birth is already present by the end of the eighth week. She is now called

a “fetus” a Latin word meaning “little one”. Ultrasound reveals that this little one can

now spring, flip and jump – her first dance steps! Thank you for your prayers!

Stop Assisted Suicide in CA before it’s too late!

Earlier this year, through a Special Session, the CA legislature passed assisted

suicide, allowing doctors to prescribe overdose medication to terminally ill patients.

Join a coalition of physicians, nurses, disability-rights organizations, and people of

all faiths to stand for the lives of our elderly and dying and oppose assisted suicide!

Petitions will be available for signature outside of Masses on the weekend of

December 5-6. Signers must be registered to vote and can only sign once.

Why Oppose Assisted Suicide?

Sends the Wrong Message: Legalizing suicide for the terminally ill, while

discouraging it for the rest of the population, teaches that the lives of the ill and

disabled do not matter to our society.

Will Worsen Patient Care: Patients in other states, like Barbara Wagner in

Oregon, are being denied treatment prescribed by their doctors, and instead

offered drugs for assisted suicide.

Will Increase Non-Terminal Suicide Rates: Suicides skyrocket when assisted

suicide is legalized. Oregon's suicide rate for non-terminal people increased 49%

after assisted suicide became legal.

Women's Council Meeting & Potluck

Tuesday, Dec. 1st at 6pm, Parish Center. Bring your favorite dish and please

bring a pair of men's socks to donate to the needy.

All are welcome! Save the Date!!!!! OLG Youth

Ministry/Youth Group Potluck

for youth and parents at OLG

School, December 29, 2015. Dec. 4th - 1st Friday Adoration & Benediction 7pm

Dec. 5th -1st Saturday Mass at 8 am

Please pick up your

box of 2016

Offertory

Envelopes on the

shelves in the back

of the church.

Thank you!