Catholic Community

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Our Parish is served by the Franciscan Friars of the Province

of Saint Barbara. Congratulations for 100 years of service!

Blessings on your Centennial!

SAVE THE DATES!Mission Christmas Concertthe San Luis Rey Chorale returns!FRI Dec. 2th 7pm / SAT Dec. 3rd 2pm

ADORATION 1ST Friday in the Parish Chapel OnlyFriday Dec. 2nd after 7:30am Mass and 7pm in the evening

FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLSA grand and joyful preparation for ChristmasSunday Dec. 18th 2:30, Historic Church

To you, I lift up my soul, O my God.

In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame.

Nor let my enemies exult over me;

and let none who hope in you be put to shame.

(Cf. Psalm 25 (24):1-3)

From Today’s Mass

John 3:16: “God so loved the world that God sent Jesus into

the world as gift.” (God so loved the world that God sent each

one of us into the world as gift.)

Following St. FrancisHuman Dignity

BEGINS NOVEMBER 30TH

HISTORIC OLD MISSION CHURCH

7:00 PM ALL WEDNESDAYS OF ADVENT

Here I Am, Lord!

Hygene Kits Needed for PoorDrop off your donation to Social Concerns

Tuesday thru Saturday, 8am to 4pm

On this first Sunday of Advent Jesus urges his

disciples to stay awake and prepare themselves

for the Lord’s coming. Good stewards prepare

themselves and await Christ’s judgment in

joyous expectation.

Stewardship in the Gospel

Being FranciscanConversations on Living a Franciscan Life

Join us after 8am Mass Sunday, December 11th from 9:05am – 9:50 am in St. Francis HallFr. Martin Carbajo, OFM, will be presenting “the Virgin Mary as a Model of Dialogue and Hospitality”

Free Will Offering suggestedSponsored by the MSLRP Pastoral Council, MSLRP Religious

Education, and the Mission San Luis Rey Retreat Center

Here I Am, Lord!

Angel Tree Fulfill a poor child’s wish this Christmas!

Look for the tree in Serra Center next Sunday!

Here I Am, Lord!

FILL A CHRISTMAS DINNER BASKET

For $40.00, feed a family Donations accepted online for SOCIAL

CONCERNS Sanluisreyparish.org

under GIVING

STEWARDSHIP FROM THIS WEEKS GOSPELIn today’s gospel, we hear the humble

confession of the good thief, a confession that brought him mercy, forgiveness and favor by the Lord.

What can his humility teach those who seek to live humble lives, like St. Clare

or St. Francis of Assisi?

Today’s Communion Antiphon

The Lord will bestow his bounty,

and our earth shall yield its increase.(Psalm 85 (84):13)

Matthew 22:37-40: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. The second resembles it; love

your neighbor as yourself.”

Penance is an experience of the gift

of God's boundless mercyBilingual Advent

Communal Reconciliation

ServicesThursday, Dec 15,

20161:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.

Serra Center

God’s Gift of Forgiveness

Don’t Miss This Opportunity!Knights of Columbus Christmas CardsBuy your cards and support a seminarian!After Masses starting November 26th

Fill the Church with PoinsettiasHonor the Lord and your loved ones!Order before Tuesday Dec. 7th

Franciscan Friars Cookie SaleIn Serra Gardens today, SundayDelicious, homemade treats!

To live in gratitude requires genuine spiritual

maturity, the kind that is cultivated by prayer,

participation in the sacraments, loving attention

to family and one’s communion of faith, and

love for one’s neighbor. Are we prepared for the

Lord’s second coming?

Stewardship in the Gospel

If you would like to sponsor a whole family for a Christmas food basket and Christmas gifts for the

children, please contact Carmen Parra, Social Concerns 760-547- 0708 for details.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT

1. Abstain from something you like – meat, a latte, a cold drink – on Fridays and give the money to your parish.

2. Take your rosary with you for an early morning walk.

3. Recycle more.

Random acts of Stewardship

STEWARDSHIP FROM THIS WEEKS GOSPEL

Stay awake!For you do not know on which day your

Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the

househad known the hour of night when the

thief was coming,he would have stayed awake

and not let his house be broken into.So too, you also must be prepared,

for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”

To you, I lift up my soul, O my God.

In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to

shame. Nor let my enemies exult over me;

and let none who hope in you be put to shame.

(Cf. Psalm 25 (24):1-3)

From Today’s Mass

Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is

not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

Following St. FrancisHuman Dignity

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT

1. Each day, say a prayer for one of the world’s trouble spots.

2. Turn off the TV, phone, and computer, and spend an hour devoted to someone you love.

3. Surprise an old friend with a phone call or a visit.

Random acts of Stewardship

Have a Happy and blessed

Thanksgiving!