THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE SOLEMNIDAD DE NUESTRO SEÑOR JESUCRISTO, REY DEL UNIVDERSO

November 24, 2019 ● 24 de Noviembre de 2019

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church 2725 Elm Street, Napa, CA 94558

PARISH OFFICE/OFICINA PARROQUIAL Office Hours / Horario de Oficina:

Monday-Friday 9am-12pm & 1pm-5pm (707) 255 - 2949 Fax (707) 255 - 2439

www.stthomasaquinasnapa.com stthomas_napa@att.net

STAFF Rev. Abel Mena, JCL, Pastor/Adjutant Judicial Vicar

Rev. Gary Sumpter, In Residence Rev. Mr. Jim Eckert, Deacon

Rev. Mr. Jesse De Luna, Deacon Deborah O’Haire, Religious Education Coordinator

Amparo Valenzuela, Office Coordinator

ENGLISH WEEKEND MASSES Saturday - *8:00am & 4:00 pm Sunday - 9:00 am & 11:00 am

*This mass is offered if Fr. Gary is available

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday - 9:00 am

First Friday of the Month - 12:00 pm

MISA EN ESPAÑOL Domingo - 1:30 pm

CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES Saturday/ Sábados 3:00 pm—3:45 pm 1er Dom. del mes 12:30 pm—1:20pm

OF KINGS AND KINGSHIP Americans have an uncomfortable relationship with kings. The American Revolution was fought for independence from King George, after all. Nonetheless, today every Catholic church around the world celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Je-sus Christ, King of the Universe. Today’s feast in-vites us to look beyond our national loyalties and rejoice in our primary identity. We are children of God in Jesus, Christ the King. Our readings help us consider what it’s like to belong to God’s king-dom. The book of Samuel captures the deep long-ing of the Israelites for a king to shepherd them. Saint Paul reminds the Colossians that we belong to the kingdom of Christ, whose power he praises in a beautiful hymn. Finally, Luke’s Gospel calls to mind the kind of king Jesus chooses to be—a suf-fering servant, a man for others. By sacrificing his life for us, Jesus throws open the gates of Paradise.

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The parish office and church are going to be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th in celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Since December 8, 2019 is the Sec-ond Sunday of Advent, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9, 2019. The ob-ligation to attend Mass, however,

does not transfer. The Optional Memorial of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, December 9, is omitted this year.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY

THE STORY OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

We will have the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Fri-day, December 6th, from 9:00am to 9:00pm. Please come and join us for Adora-tion on this First Friday. We invite you to sign up for an

hour of adoration. The sign-up sheet is on the parish bulletin board in the church hall. Please consider signing up for an hour to ensure we have every hour covered, and hopefully more than one person per hour can come. We will have the celebration of mass at 12:00pm.

BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION

We want to thank you for your great help and for your fidelity to St. Thomas Aquinas Church and to Jesus Christ. This year we have been very blessed as a parish and we hope that you too as families are blessed. We thank God for the many gifts and blessings that we receive on a daily basis. Happy Thanksgiving and everyone have a happy day with your family and friends.

We apologize because last week we did not have the church bulletin available on time.

The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story. A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was bap-tized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old widower, and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning Decem-ber 9, 1531, he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady. Juan was walking by a hill called Tepeyac when he heard beautiful music like the warbling of birds. A radiant cloud appeared, and within it stood an Indian maiden dressed like an Aztec princess. The lady spoke to him in his own lan-guage and sent him to the bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan named Juan de Zumarraga. The bishop was to build a chapel in the place where the lady appeared. Eventually the bishop told Juan to have the lady give him a sign. About this same time Juan’s un-cle became seriously ill. This led poor Juan to try to avoid the lady. Nevertheless the lady found Juan, assured him that his uncle would recover, and provided roses for Juan to carry to the bish-op in his cape or tilma. On December 12, when Juan Diego opened his tilma in the bishop’s presence, the roses fell to the ground, and the bishop sank to his knees. On the tilma where the roses had been appeared an image of Mary exactly as she had appeared at the hill of Tepeyac.

We will honor our Lady of Guadalupe here at St. Thomas on December 12:

4:00am—Mañanitas with mariachi 6:00am—Mass 6:30pm—Rosary prayer 7:00pm—Mass

There will be no CCD classes on Tuesday Novem-ber 26th or Wednesday, November 27th due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 3rd and 4th.

CCD NEWS:

ANUNCIOS DE LA PARROQUIA

En la Iglesia de Santo Tomás tene-mos la Adoración del Santísimo Sa-cramento el viernes 6 de diciembre de 9:00am a 9:00pm. El Santísimo Sacramento estará expuesto en la custodia en el altar para Adoración y oración. Tendremos la celebración

de la santa misa a las 12pm en Ingles. Por favor venga y acompáñenos para la Adoración en este primer viernes. Le Invitamos a registrarse para una hora de adoración. La hoja de inscripción está en el tablero de anuncios en el salón de la iglesia. Considere inscribirse durante una hora para asegurarse de que tengamos por lo menos un adorador por hora, y si es posible más de una persona por hora.

Queremos agradecerle por su gran ayuda y por su fidelidad a la Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Aquino y a Jesucristo. Este año hemos sido muy bendeci-dos como parroquia y esperamos que ustedes también como familias sean bendecidos. Agradecemos a Dios por los dones y bendiciones que recibi-mos diariamente. Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias y que todos tengan un día feliz con su familia y amistades. Nos disculpamos porque la semana pasada no tuvimos el boletín de la iglesia disponible a tiempo.

FELIZ DÍA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS

ADORACIÓN AL SANTÍSIMO

Nuestras clases de preparación para el sacra-mento del bautismo se ofrecen cada cuarto jue-ves del mes con la excepción de los meses de no-viembre y diciembre no ofreceremos estas plati-cas por los días festivos. Las próximas platicas se ofrecerán el 23 de enero a las 7:00pm en la igle-sia. Para mas información puede llamar a la ofi-cina parroquial al # (707)-255-2949

No habrá clases de Catecismo de los niños el martes 26 de noviembre ni el miércoles 27 de no-viembre debido al Día de Acción de Gracias. Las clases se reanudarán los martes y miércoles 3 y 4 de diciembre. ¡Feliz día de Acción de Gracias!

CLASES DE PREPARACIÓN DEL BAUTISMO

¡Mejorar tu matrimonio! Curso de Planificación Natural de la Familia Para Parejas Casadas o Comprometidas en el Be-cker Center en Catedral de St. Eugene, 2323 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa

Los Sábados en el año 2020: ∗ 8 de Febrero ∗ 7 de Marzo ∗ 18 de Abril

Horario para cada uno de los días—11a.m.-2p.m.

Habrá cuidado de niños y bocadillo. Para registrarse, puede llamar a Maria Sanchez, al teléfono 542-6984 ext. 0

CURSO DE PLANIFICACIÓN NATURAL

La oficina parroquial y la iglesia estarán cerra-das el jueves 28 de noviembre y el viernes 29 de noviembre en celebración del Dia de Acción de Gracias

MENSAJE DE LA OFICINA

Celebremos juntos a Nuestra Madre del Cielo y Patrona de las Américas. Están todos invitados a participar del novenario en honor a la Virgen de Guadalupe comenzando el miércoles 4 de di-ciembre a las 7:00pm y cada día hasta el 11 de diciembre. Celebración de las mañanitas el 12 de diciembre

4:00am—Mañanitas con mariachi 6:00am—Misa 6:30pm—Rosario 7:00pm—Misa

Al igual que en años pasados les pedimos de su ayuda, estaremos necesitando pan, vasos, servi-lletas, barras de chocolate, leche, o chocolate preparado. Se puede comunicar a la oficina pa-rroquial para registrarse y hacernos saber que le gustaría traer.

CELEBRACIÓ DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE

INFORMACIÓN DE CATECISMO

STEWARDSHIP/CORRESPONSABILIDAD

* Weekly collection needed to meet parish expenses: $4,400

THANK YOU - GRACIAS

Andrew Hill, Marcia Ryan, Mary Jo, Jose Luis Alfaro, Jane Lemmons, Jean Welsh, Ricky, Carmen Lee, Carl Botenhagen, Pablo Morales, Monserrat Salgado, Angeli-ca Espinoza, Theresa Ware, Itzel Mendez, Katrinka Ruk, Ken Sprague, Wayne Dieslter, Maria Aquilija, Carl Kit-ley, Mary and Loren Ryan, Erica Cervantes, Lino Gonza-les, Teresa Conemac, Ignacio Hurtado Torrico, Paul Jo-seph, Mona Wageck, Vivian Michael, Kay Jones, Joel Rivera, Salomon Moreno Romero, Teresa Rubio, Andres Garcia, Rod Berg, Manuel Hernandez, Mike Mourad, Jesus Vazquez, Larry Fontana, Anne-Marie Mourad, Jo-se Julian Mendez Calderon, Familia Nuñes Torres, Yalitza Contreras, Chuck Reiland, Gina Dal Porto, Sue Lathrop, Ana Perez, Cervantes Family, Camila Gonzalez De La Torre, Brian Krenzin, Marcella Wheelan, Todd Daniel Lemmons, Mayra Zarate, Eduardo Mendez Cal-deron, Helida Martinez Escobedo, George Taylor, John Gnotta, Luis Mora Torres, Craig Michael Moreno, Fran-cisco Chavez.

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Favor de llamar a la Rectoría si necesita oracio-nes o si sus enfermos se recuperaron para remo-

verlos de la lista. (707) 255-2949

MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE LA SEMANA

11/23/19—11/29/19 Saturday 4:00pm Gerardo Vargas

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Tuesday 9:00am Purgatory Souls

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Gospel: Lk 23:35-43

R. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Blessed is the kingdom of our fa-ther David that is to come! R. Alle-

luia, alleluia.

R. Aleluya, aleluya. ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor!

¡Bendito el reino que llega, el reino de nuestro padre David! R. Aleluya.

The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, "He saved others, let him save him-self if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God." Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews." Now one of the criminals hanging there re-viled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us." The other, however, re-buking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condem-nation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corre-sponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." Then he said, "Jesus, re-member me when you come into your king-dom." He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3:57-61; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3:62-67; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Dn 6:12-28; Dn 3:68-74; Lk 21:20-28 Thanksgiving Day, Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; Ps 145:2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3:75-81; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Sunday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44

Cuando Jesús estaba ya crucificado, las autoridades le hacían muecas, di-ciendo: "A otros ha salvado; que se salve a sí mismo, si él es el Mesías de Dios, el elegido". También los soldados se burlaban de Jesús, y acercándose a él, le ofrecían vinagre y le decían: "Si tú eres el rey de los judíos, sálvate a ti mismo". Ha-bía, en efecto, sobre la cruz, un letre-

ro en griego, latín y hebreo, que decía: "Éste es el rey de los judíos". Uno de los malhechores crucificados insultaba a Jesús, diciéndole: "Si tú eres el Mesías, sál-vate a ti mismo y a nosotros". Pero el otro le reclamaba, indignado: "¿Ni siquiera temes tú a Dios, estando en el mismo suplicio? Noso-tros justamente recibimos el pago de lo que hicimos. Pero éste ningún mal ha hecho". Y le decía a Jesús: "Señor, cuando llegues a tu Reino, acuérdate de mí". Jesús le respondió: "Yo te aseguro que hoy estarás conmigo en el paraíso".

Lunes: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3:52-56; Lc 21:1-4 Martes: Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3:57-61; Lc 21:5-11 Miércoles: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3:62-67; Lc 21:12-19 Jueves: Dn 6:12-28; Dn 3:68-74; Lc 21:20-28 Día de Acción de Gracias—sugerencia: Eclo 50:22-24; Sal 145 (144):2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lc 17:11-19 Viernes: Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3:75-81; Lc 21:29-33 Sábado: Rom 10:9-18; Sal 19 (18):8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Domingo: Is 2:1-5; Sal 122 (121):1-9; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44

Evangelio: Lc 23, 35-43

READINGS FOR THE WEEK LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA