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Church of the Transfigura on 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley, CA 94552-4908
(510) 538-7941 Fax (510) 538-7983 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.transfigchurch.com December 27, 2020
Rev. Mario L. Borges, Pastor ● Rev. Terence O’Malley, Parochial Administrator
Deacon Martin J. Leach ● Deacon John A. Mignano ● Deacon Timothy L. Moore ● Deacon Burton J. Rigley
LITURGICAL MINISTRY: Eucharistic Ministers, Elmer & Puri Serrano Email: [email protected] Lectors, Barbara Mehan Email: [email protected] Altar Servers, Clarence Decano FINANCE COUNCIL: Chairman, Mark Zaleski PARISH ORGANIZATIONS: Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 60 Plus or Minus Club, Cursillo Group SAINT VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: Call (510) 274-0830 for assistance. Call Mike Dresen (510) 813-6854 for more information about this ministry. SICK & HOMEBOUND MINISTRY: Mary Kay Kelder, (510) 582-7253 WINGS “Women in God’s Spirit”: Nancy Marcotte Email: [email protected] (510) 303-3324) YOUTH MINISTRY: Alfonso Corona III [email protected] PARISH OFFICE: Phone: (510) 538-7941 Fax: (510) 538-7983 Hours: 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday (Closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Friday, 9:00a.m. — 12:00 Noon - Saturday & Sunday—Closed Secretary, Elmer Serrano Secretary/Bookkeeper, Phyllis Moore
SCHEDULE OF MASSES Saturdays 4:00 p.m. Sundays 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. (Except First Fridays - 9:30 a.m.) Communion Service - Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3:00-3:45 p.m. BAPTISMS: Pre-baptismal class is required. Class is held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Rectory. Please call the Parish Office, (510) 538-7941, to register. MATRIMONY: Six months advance notice required. Please call the parish office. WEDDING COORDINATOR: Mel Speed (510) 909-9334 or [email protected] FUNERALS: Please contact the funeral home of your choice and then the parish office. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Deacon Martin J. Leach (510) 537-1502 or [email protected] RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Please call the parish office. MUSIC MINISTRY: Director, Alexander Katsman (510) 538-7941, Ext. 302 or [email protected]
Mission Statement: “Transfiguring Our Community Through Faith”
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We Invite All Women To Join Us For: WINGS (Women in God’s Spirit”)
WINGS is a faith enhancement group that encourages
Spiritual growth through prayer, scripture study, Catechesis, life sharing and community.
Our meetings are normally held at Transfiguration Church but, during COVID, our meetings will be
held virtually via ZOOM.
Next Meeting: Thursday, January 7, 2021 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Doreen Jones
Topic: TBD For further information or, if you would like to attend, please contact: Nancy [email protected] or (510) 303-3324.
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph December 27, 2020
My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all the
peoples. — Luke 2:30-31
Continued from last week…
Fratelli Tutti
“Fratelli Tutti” (“Brothers all”), the new papal encyclical on fraternity and social friendship, is an important teach-ing document that must be read by anyone who wants to know where Pope Francis is coming from.
A “throwaway” world
21. Some economic rules have proved effective for growth, but not for integral human development. Wealth has increased, but together with inequality, with the result that “new forms of poverty are emerging”. The claim that the modern world has reduced poverty is made by measur-ing poverty with criteria from the past that do not corre-spond to present-day realities. In other times, for example, lack of access to electric energy was not considered a sign of poverty, nor was it a source of hardship. Poverty must always be understood and gauged in the context of the actual opportunities available in each concrete historical period. Insufficiently universal human rights 22. It frequently becomes clear that, in practice, human rights are not equal for all. Respect for those rights “is the preliminary condition for a country’s social and economic development. When the dignity of the human person is respected, and his or her rights recognized and guaran-teed, creativity and interdependence thrive, and the crea-tivity of the human personality is released through actions that further the common good”. Yet, “by closely observ-ing our contemporary societies, we see numerous contra-dictions that lead us to wonder whether the equal dignity of all human beings, solemnly proclaimed seventy years ago, is truly recognized, respected, protected and promot-ed in every situation. In today’s world, many forms of injustice persist, fed by reductive anthropological visions and by a profit-based economic model that does not hesi-tate to exploit, discard and even kill human beings. While one part of humanity lives in opulence, another part sees its own dignity denied, scorned or trampled upon, and its fundamental rights discarded or violated”. What does this tell us about the equality of rights grounded in innate hu-man dignity? 23. Similarly, the organization of societies worldwide is still far from reflecting clearly that women possess the same dignity and identical rights as men. We say one
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Continuation of Fratelli Tutti …..
thing with words, but our decisions and reality tell anoth-er story. Indeed, “doubly poor are those women who en-dure situations of exclusion, mistreatment and violence, since they are frequently less able to defend their rights”.
To be continued on next Sunday’s bulletin……… Editor
FEAST OF FAITH Processions Why does the liturgy begin with a procession? It is not just a practical matter of getting the ministers of the liturgy from the sacristy to the sanctuary. The procession is a powerful sign of who we are as Christian people. We are not static, stay-ing in one place. We are going somewhere. Our procession leads us to the altar, sign of Christ’s presence in our midst. We move, we process, because we recognize our need for what Christ is preparing for us at that table. We go forward eagerly, because we are hungry for that heavenly food. This procession is an orderly one: servers, deacon, priest presider. Each is set apart by distinctive vesture: albs for the altar servers, dalmatic for the deacon, chasuble for the priest. The procession is an image of the hierarchical structure of the Church. On a deeper level it is an image of unity in diver-sity. We are all on a journey to the heavenly city, but each of us is clothed with different gifts. We all receive the call to service, but not in the same way. Only by coming together in all our wonderful variety can we achieve the work of the kingdom. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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For your convenience the following are the Transfig-uration Church electronic links: Transfiguration website: www.transfigchurch.com Electronic Bulletin: www.e-churchbulletins.com/bulletins/523293.pdf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Church-of-the-Transfiguration-115417251810536/ On-Line Donation: https://www.sagepayments.net/eftcart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=798399645711 You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOVJzFJt4uPc2VtCCc_IHA/ St. Vincent De Paul Donation Link: https://transfigchurch.com/st-vincent-de-paul-society/
Stewardship Corner The collection total for the weekend of:
Dec. 12th & Dec. 13th — $6,524.00 Christmas Offering — $3,350.00 (compared to $12,000 average weekly stewardship goal) Thank you for continuing in your stewardship role of providing
for the upkeep of our parish community.
Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of:
Elaine Dennis
Adult Bible Study Monday evening, Dec. 28, 2020 via Zoom, 7:00p.m.- 8:00p.m. Free will to be mailed to Michael Galvan at Transfiguration Catholic Church, 4000 E. Castro Valley Blvd., Castro
Valley, CA 94552. Please arrange Zoom connectivity with Mike Dresen at [email protected].
TODAY’S READINGS First Reading: Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3
Second Reading: Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 Psalm: 105 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 (22, 39-40)
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights re-served.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8: Mt:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Monday: The Holy Innocents Tuesday: Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Thomas Becket Wednesday: Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Thursday: Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; St. Sylvester I; New Year’s Eve Friday: The Octave of the Nativity of the Lord; Mary, the Holy Mother of God; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year’s Day; First Friday Saturday: Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen;
ANNOUNCEMENT January 1, 2021, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God is a Holiday of Obligation.
Live Stream Mass: 10:00 a.m.
WE ARE GOD’S HOLY FAMILY The scriptures of Israel are filled with many stories of barren couples who were miraculously granted the gift of children by God. Surely the best known among these is the first reading from today, from which Luke took inspiration when he recounted the miraculous birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and Elizabeth, and the more miraculous birth of Jesus to Mary and Joseph. In each instance, we are given examples or role models of those who trusted in God. More than examples of those who trust, they are models of self-surrender. They abandoned their own presuppositions and prejudices about the workings of the world and turned their lives over to belief in a God who can make life grow where none ought to; a God who can turn death around into a new and unim-agined life; a God who can, today, take a tiny child of humble parents in an insignificant town and make him into a light for all the world. This is what we, as God’s holy family, are called to do each day: to trust not in ourselves and the way we think things should be, but to open ourselves and surrender ourselves in faith to a God of endless promise. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Your Prayers Are Requested for the Repose of the Soul of:
Anthony Rocha (Husband of Kathleen Rocha)
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LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
THE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE
#82. Yet it would also be mistaken to view other living beings as mere objects subjected to arbitrary human domination. When nature is viewed solely as a source of profit and gain, this has serious conse-quences for society. This vision of “might is right” has engendered immense inequality, injustice and acts of violence against the majority of humanity, since resources end up in the hands of the first comer or the most powerful: the winner takes all. Com-pletely at odds with this model are the ideals of har-mony, justice, fraternity and peace as proposed by Jesus. As he said of the powers of his own age: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant” (Mt 20:25-26). Fr. Terry’s Response: Pope Francis reminds us today that treating any liv-ing thing as an object, demeans us all. It leads to a transactional frame of mind in which everything has a price and price is all that matters. It leads to us gradually believing that humanity itself has a price, even our own family members. At that stage price itself becomes meaningless because we have nothing to compare it with. It ends with us all being worth-less, heartless and useless. This is the danger we are skirting with in this present time. This approaching Christmas is a time for us to recall what God feels about us, about you and me, about every one of us. This is a time for us to revalue ourselves and all liv-ing creatures in the light of the Gospel, in the light of the Christmas Star.
Remember Transfiguration in your Will and Living Trust.
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Credit, Debit and Electronic Check Offerings
If you would like to make your Sunday offering by credit or debit card or, electronic check, please go to our website: transfigchurch.com and click on the “Donate” tab. From there, click on the “Donate Now” button to be taken to a secure website to complete the setup of your offering.
An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, And I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen. This prayer could be recited in lieu of receiving the Eucharist while a end-ing the live stream Mass.
Please Note We have few printed copies of the Sunday Bulletin for your taking. They are located by the front door of our Parish Rectory. Our Parish 2021 Calendars are also available for pick up. Due to limited quantity sponsored, please take one copy per family. Thank you.
Thank You!!! A big Thank You to all that responded to our Giving Tree call for 2020 Christmas Season!
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