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We want to welcome all of our visitors, especially those who have traveled

from far away, joining us during our celebrations of these holy days. During

this Year of Grace we are filled with joy and wonder as we ponder with

Mary how the God of Heaven and Earth becomes one with us in our

humanity. It is the love story of all creation.

This little child comes bearing gifts for us. He brings us the gift of forgive-

ness, the gift of peace and the promise of salvation. In the darkness and cold

of winter, we are given new life. This life begins now with our faithful

response to the God who has first loved us. And this life will find

its fulfillment when our Risen Savior comes again to raise us from the dead

and bring us into his Kingdom.

May these holy days be a source of blessing and peace for you and as the angels said, "to those on whom

his favor rests." May all of us in our humble way share this “Good News” with the rest of the world.

Merry Christmas!

Father Mike

Queremos darles la bienvenida a todos los visitantes, especialmente los que vienen de lejos, en estas

celebraciones navideñas. Durante este Año de Gracia nos alegramos y maravillamos al reflexionar con

María como el Dios del Cielo y de la Tierra se hace uno con nosotros en nuestra humanidad. Es la

historia de amor más profunda de toda la

creación.

Este niño pequeñito nos trae un gran regalo. El nos da el regalo del perdón, el regalo de la paz y la

promesa de salvación. En la oscuridad y el frío del invierno, se nos ha dado una nueva vida. Esta vida

comienza ahora con nuestra respuesta fiel al Dios, que el primero nos ha amado. Y en esta vida

encontraremos el cumplimiento de su promesas cuando nuestro Salvador Resucitado venga de nuevo y

se levante de la muerte a llevarnos a su Reino.

Que estos días santos sean fuente de bendiciones y paz para usted y como el ángel dijo: “ a los que

gozan de buena voluntad”. Compartimos con ustedes humildemente esta “Buena Noticia” y con el resto

del mundo. ¡Feliz Navidad!

Padre Mike

Tuesday, December 24th

Christmas Eve Family Mass

4:00pm

Christmas Eve Choir Concert

6:30pm

Christmas Eve Bilingual Mass

7:00pm

Wednesday, December 25th

Christmas Day Mass

9:00am

Misa Vespertina, martes

24 de diciembre

4:00 Misa familiar en ingles

7:00 PM Misa bilingüe

Misa de Navidad

miércoles, 25 de diciembre

9:00 AM en ingles

We have new Christmas Mass times this year. Please make note of these changes:

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GIFTS OF OUR TREASURY

THE WEEK OF December 15, 2013

Collection for December 15, 2013 $4,232.00 Restricted Funds for December 15, 2013 $ 757.00 Total Income: $4,989.00

Saturday…………........December 21 5:00PM………………....Christmas Novena Sunday………….....…..December 22 8:30AM…………...…….Diana Yankee, Spec. Int. 10:00AM………….…….People of St. Didacus 11:30AM………………..Christmas Novena Monday………………...December 23 7:30AM………………....Christmas Novena Tuesday………..…..….December 24 4:00PM……………........Christmas Novena 7:00PM…………………†Rosena Foley Wednesday……......….December 25 9:00AM………………….Christmas Novena Thursday………...…….December 26 7:30AM…………………..†Carolyn Curiel Hastings

Friday…………...……...December 27 7:30AM………...……….†Aaron Shepard

Saturday…………........December 28 5:00PM………………....†Albert Shepard

Mass Intentions

Please Pray For

Weekly Events at St. Didacus

Sunday, December 22, 2013 Location Decorate Church 12:30pm Church Monday, December 23, 2013 Location Small Faith V 7:00pm Winona Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Location Parish Office Closes at noon Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Location Parish Office Closed—Merry Christmas! Thursday, December 26, 2013 Location Parish Office Closed Friday, December 27, 2013 Location Parish Office OPEN Saturday, December 28, 2013 Location

Welcome to St. Didacus Parish! Masses Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:30am & 10:00am English 11:30am in Spanish Daily Mass Mon., Thurs., Fri. 7:30am Wednesday 8:30am & Tues. 6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays 7:30am—8:30am First Fridays 8:00am—9:00am Confessions—Saturdays 3:30pm or by appt.

Pastor, Fr. Michael J. Sinor Parish Office 619-284-3472

And the special intentions in our Book of Needs

Maria Luz Arrellano Katherine Artale Jim Barnes Diann Bauer Dan Bauer Herbert Baxter Martha Becerra Rita Bonnell Norm Boyer Herminia Brignoni Ibeth Brignoni Lee Burnett Ruben Campos Marie Cavanaugh Terry Davidson Irene Davis MaryLou De Luca Juanita Diaz Cecelia Dueber

Maria Fielding Susan Guenzel Rosie Kinninger Marcella Halweg Bernie Kober Marilyn Kober Virginia Lantry Juanita Lopez Maria Lopez Dolores Mediano Esteban Mediano Segunda Ordona Sylvia Paiz Dominick Palestini Diane Porter Dolores Robertson Atina Rodriguez Aaron Rodriguez Alette Rodriguez

Gladys Palestini Jeff Salazar Patricia Seay Christine Segura Alice Sergi Michael Smith Raymond Sparks Mary Sutton Angel Tapia Pedro Tapia Therese Tucker Carol Verdon Catarina Zizzo Rose Zaragoza Adalina Zarate

Josephine

Readings for the Week of December 22, 2013 Sunday: Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 Monday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Lk 1:57-66 Tuesday: Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/ Lk 1:67-79 Wednesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/ Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Thursday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Mt 10:17-22 Friday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Jn 20:1a and 2-8 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:5--2:2/Mt 2:13-18 Next Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12- 17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Christmas Prayer

O Infant Divine, fill us with your

heavenly peace this Nativity

season. When our worldly

expectations for the holidays fall

short and disappoint us, lead us back

to the manger and the miracle of your

holy birth. You are the gift we seek, the joy we crave

in our hearts. You are Emmanuel, God with us! Gloria

in excelsis Deo! Glory to you, the newborn king!

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The mystery we celebrate during this season is that this Light come into the world is the very Son of God who chooses to dwell within and among us. Imagine: God has come to us—personally and in the flesh, like us in all things except sin. But the mystery does not stop there. Now we are to be that Light, we are to be that Presence. As Christmas lights on trees multiply and bring light to every corner, so are we to shine brightly with the Light in every corner of our life and world. And when this season is over with the lights packed away for another year, we are to continue to shine forth in our daily living the mys-tery of God’s love, of God’s salvation. We are not packed away! God’s gift of Light is not given for a season, but for all time and eternity. Such a gift of Light we have and are!

Help us decorate the Church for Christmas!

Sunday at 12:30pm

after the Spanish Mass

There will be no Religious Education classes on

the following Wednesdays: December 25 &

January 1st. Classes will resume on Wednesday,

January 8th.

Religious Education News

Share

in the Care... It’s not too late to

turn in your envelope

for the Retirement

Fund for Religious

collection. Please turn

it in ASAP!

Welcome! Our warmest welcome to all who celebrate with us, whether long-time residents or newly arrived in

the parish. If you are not yet formally registered, there are green registration forms at the en-

trance of the church. Please fill out the registration form and place it in the collection basket or

mail it to the Parish Office. If you’re registered but have changed any of the info below, this is a

great time to get updated! Please fill out this form and return it to the parish office:

Name:_________________________________________ Parish ID #: ________________

Address: _______________________________________Email Address:________________

City: ____________________Zip: __________________Phone:_______________________

Many thanks from the Altar

Society to everyone who baked or

purchased items at their Christmas

Bake Sale. Through your

generosity, they were able to raise

$975 that will go toward the cost of

having the Church floors refinished

last month.

May you

and your

families

have a

blessed

Christmas!

Parish Office Christmas Schedule The Parish Office will be open regular hours except for the following days: Tuesday, December 24th Closed at noon Wednesday & Thursday, December 25th & 26th Parish Office Closed Tuesday, December 31st Closed at noon Wednesday, January 1st Parish Office Closed

Kid’s Corner An angel of the

Lord appeared

to Joseph in a

dream. No one

knows exactly

what an angel

looks like, but

how would you

imagine one? God sends an angel to

watch over each of us: our guardian

angel. Ask for the guidance of your

angel each day by saying this

prayer:

Lord, keep your angel by my side, to care for me and be my guide; To be my friend through-out the years, and keep me safe from harm and fears; To stay with me each night and day, so from your love I never stray. —the Complete Children’s Liturgy Book

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A Sizeable Parish Project...

Over at least two decades a problem has been developing with the back wall of the church. Rain water soaked into the clay soil and the original foundation slowly shifted. A bulge in the wall has been visible since at least the time of Fr. Robinson. The supporting lumber underneath the cracked plaster is also rotted. The repairs will involve getting a permit from the City of San Diego, demolish-ing the old foundation, putting in a new foundation and repairing the wall. We’ve gotten several estimates ranging in price from $28,000—$45,000 to complete this project.

If you have an interest in helping us finance this sizable project and are looking for an end of the year "tax write-off," this is the item for you!

Contact Fr. Mike at the Parish Office if you’d like to help.

God is with us to stay On the brink of Christmas, the Church uses one reading from the Old Testament, Isaiah, and one from the New Testament, Matthew, to focus our atten-tion on a single word: Em-manuel. In Hebrew the word is a sentence: “God is with us.” If you were to look for a one-word summary of all the Bible has to say, a one-word statement of the center around which our lives are meant to turn, you could do no better than Emmanuel. The creator God, who accompanies the galaxies on their paths through the reaches of space, has come to live among us as one of us. The invisible Lord is now seeable: an infant, waving tiny arms and blinking in the light. What humility! And what faithfulness! Having come among us, God is with us to stay. God is with us—by the Spirit, in us—along the road that each of us is traveling in this world, all the way to the end and beyond. For the residents of first-century Nazareth, God was just down the street. For all of us now, God is much, much closer than that. —Living with Christ

“Let the Lord enter; He is king of glory.”

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MUCHAS GRACIAS A OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AL CORO DE LA MISA DE

ESPANOL Y A TODOS LOS QUE PARICIPARON EN LA PASTORELA.

GRACIAS POR AYUDARNOS A CONTINUAR CON NUESTRAS TRADICIONES

Noticias del Catecismo

No habrá clases del catecismo los miércoles 26 de

diciembre y 2 de enero. Regresamos el miércoles 9 de enero.

Vamos a decorar la Iglesia

para Navidad

Nos reuniremos en la iglesia después de misa de español hoy 22 de di-

ciembre. Pondremos nuestro árbol y nacimiento, todos son bienvenidos.

HORARIO DE MISAS DE NAVIDAD

Acompáñenos a celebrar el gran acontecimiento, Dios se hizo hombre y habito entre nosotros:

Misa Vespertina, martes 24 de diciembre 4:00 Misa familiar en ingles 7:00 PM Misa bilingüe Misa de Navidad, miércoles, 25 de diciembre 9:00 AM en ingles

Muchas gracias a todos los que nos ayu-daron en nuestras celebraciones de Gua-dalupe y la Pastorela y la Posada.