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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!