THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, GAUDETE SUNDAY Saturday/Sunday December 15-16, 2018

MASS INTENTIONS

Sat. Dec. 15-5pm: †Norman Lum Sun. Dec. 16-5:15am: Zachary Leonard 7am: 8:30am: Pro populo 10:30am: Matthew Kuan 12:30pm: Mr. & Mrs. Filder Marquez & Family Mon. Dec. 17-6am: Sullivan Family 8am: †Oliver Freany 6pm: Elizabeth Nicolini Tues. Dec. 18-6am: Vic & Nancy Miloslavich 8am: †Sang Nguyen 6pm: Ophelia Vanider-Hill Wed. Dec. 19-6am: Souls in Purgatory

8am: Descendants of Elaine & Armand Rivera

6pm: †Msgr. Silva de Alba

Thu. Dec. 20-6am: Dominic Borchers 8am: †Peggy Clemens 12pm: †Raphael Bader Fri. Dec. 21-6am: Souls in Purgatory 8am: Enriquetta Riddler 6pm: Michael Quiñones Sat. Dec. 22-6am: Kam Malloy 8am: Eric Smithwick 10am: †Richard St. Lezin 5pm: Clare & Pat Choy

On Acquiring Patience and Battling against Evil De-sires If you knew what true pleasure is, if you longed for a greater outpouring of my comfort! I tell you this: despise all worldly compensations, cut out of your life all base forms of pleasure, and you will be blessed for it. Be more than repaid by the comfort with which I shall flood your heart. The more you withdraw from the comfort you find in creatures, the sweeter and stronger will be the comfort you find in me. To begin with, you will not reach this state without a hard struggle and a certain amount of pain. Lifelong habits will bar your way; acquire virtues that will wrest the victory from them. The body will complain, but a sense of commitment in your soul will hold it in check. The Old Serpent will goad you and work upon your feelings, but prayer and mortification will put him to flight. Moreover, by working in earnest and avoiding idleness, you will block one of his broadest means of access to your heart. (Thomas a Kempis, Imita-tion of Christ, 3, ch. 12) *** We Are Never Safe from Temptation in This Life THE BELOVED: You are never safe from this life, my son; as long as you live, you will always need spiritual weapons. You spend your days among your en-emies; the attack may come from any quarter. If you fail to use the shield of patience on every trial, it will not be long before you get wounded. Besides that, if you neglect to set your heart unwaveringly upon me, with the stark desire of enduring all for my sake, you will be unable to bear the brunt of the assault and will fail to win the palm of victory I award to my blessed ones. You must therefore make your way like a man through all that irritates you. You must strike hard at all that stands in your way. The man who pushes through is rewarded with the Bread of Heaven, while the fainthearted is left in the depths of his misery. If you merely try to find rest in this world, you will never reach the rest of life everlasting. It is not long hours of rest you should envision here, but long hours of patient endurance. True peace must be sought not on earth, but in Heaven; not in men, not in other creatures, but in God alone. (From Patience: The Path To Victory by Charles Belmonte)

To offer an intention drop off the Mass Intention envelope or contact David at extension 201 or at parishoffice@stmargaretm.org. Donation: $10/Mass, to “St. Margaret Mary Church.”

Please keep in your prayers….Fr. Stan Zak, Fr. Bill Marshall; Mary Walker; Alex Porcuna; Lewis Mullen; Carmel Mahoney; Nancy Dueñas; Vic & Nancy Mi-loslavich; Judy & Louis Delligatti; Sue Weber; Laura Montgomery; Sara Zendejas; Rosaline White; Francis Martinez, Mike Rodriguez; Paul & John Ehrfurth; Ana-idel Perezarevalo; Janice Siliger; Robert Martinez, Laverne Seliger; Eddie Martinez; Sylvester Bell, Keith Borchers; Theresa Kunihira; Lianne Claver; Mike Boz-zardi, Betty Garland, John Benish; Diane Kasdan; Mi-chael Quiñones; Marc Wyborny; James Smithwick; Rose Grimm; Mara Roberts; Walter Wagoner, Ann McHugh, Hoa Tran, Diana Hendriksson, Kam Malloy, Matthew Kuan, Charles Kachadoorian, I-Wen Connick.

If you have requested someone’s name to be placed in the

bulletin for prayers, we would like to keep the person’s

name for up to 6 months so there will be room for others. If

after 6 months and someone is still in need of prayers,

please re-submit the persons’ name again. To re-submit

send the Office an email, or call David at ext 201.

In memoriam: †William Boyle, †Mary Cortese, †Marianna Rowe, †Norman Lum, †Al Raineri, †Ronald Sellman, †Yolanda Cattoche, †Brad O’Leary, †Titus Ekanem, †Cornelius McCauley, †Lenaye Irving, †Jeffrey Garland, †Myrna Lanzar, †Barbara Shadix. Requiescant in pace.

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Rev. Canon Olivier Meney Episcopal Delegate for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Diocese of Oakland

Canon Meney - (510) 604-0391 or canon.meney@institute-christ-king.org

YOU ARE AT SAINT MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH HUB OF THE LATIN MASS LITURGY IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

The Traditional Latin Mass (now called by the Holy Father: Mass in the Extraordinary Form) is brought to you through the ministry of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

WHAT IS THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST?

The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right whose goal is the honor of God and the sanctification of priests in the ser-vice of the Church and souls. Its specific aim is missionary: to spread the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ in all spheres of human life. Our work is carried out under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, to Whom the Institute is consecrated.

Recognizing the importance of a deep harmony between faith, liturgy, life, and the power of beauty in

attracting the human senses to the things above, an integral part of the Institute’s charism is the use of the traditional Latin Liturgy of 1962 for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the other sacraments. Great care for a solemn liturgy, complete fidelity to the doctrine of the Church and the Holy Father, and awareness of the central role of Grace, especially Charity – these are essential elements of the Institute’s spirituality, which is drawn from its three co-patrons, St. Benedict, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Francis de Sales.

Our motto is “Live the truth in charity." The Institute operates in more than fifty places in twelve countries, where our priests focus on the care of souls in many different ways. To assist our priests in their apostolic work, the Institute also has clerical oblates. In 2004, a community of religious sisters was canonically established to aid the priests in their mis-sion through prayer and apostolic work.

The Institute was founded in 1990 by Monsignor Gilles Wach. Today, the motherhouse and international seminary of the Institute is located in Gricigliano, in the Archdiocese of Florence, Italy.

The Institute serves the faithful of the Bay since 2005 at St. Margaret Mary in Oakland and at Five Wounds in San Jose (Mass at 12:30 pm on Sunday, 12:15 pm on Weekdays but Sat. at 7:30 am)

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS SCHEDULE

Monday - Wednesday, Low Mass at 6:00 PM Thursday, Low Mass at 12:00 PM (Noon) Friday, Low Mass at 6:00PM Saturday, Low Mass at 10:00 AM Sunday, Low Mass at 7:00 AM High Mass at 12:30 PM Reception Every Sunday after 12:30 PM Mass Feast Days Mass at 6:00 PM

See the Institute bulletin for updates

CONFESSIONS Confessions are offered 30 min. before daily Masses, during Sunday Mass, and upon request for those who cannot make it to confession on the regular schedules.

Homebound Visits, House Blessings, Spiritual Direction, RCIA

Do not hesitate to call Canon Meney to have a visit the blessed Sacrament brought to your beloved ones or desire to join the Catholic Church (One to one class with Can-

on). Cell phone number is (510) 604-0391 Spiritual direction is available upon request.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued): their packet. However, you may use the yellow en-velopes found in the vestibule for this collection. Notate “CA Wildfires.” All (100%) contributions to Catholic Charities USA for this cause will support those suffering from the wildfires in our State.

● Young Adults’ Group: There is no meeting during the month of December. Meetings resume January 18. Professor Steve Cortright from St. Mary's College will be leading most of our talks this year on the third Friday of each month. Guys bring dessert. Gals bring side dish! All adults 18+ wel-come!

● Parish Library is usually open on the 2nd Sunday of each month, on the stage in Fr. Kozina Hall after the 7, 8:30 and 10:30 Masses. We have a wonderful collection of books, DVDs and CDs you may borrow. You won’t find these books in the pub-lic library. If you have materials checked out, please return them at that time. Used Book Sale on April 28, 2019: The Li-brary is accepting donations of books/ DVDs & CDs.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bake Sale and Market is this Sunday after all Holy Masses to raise funds for the flowers in our church.

● Missa Rorate/Simbang Gabi: The traditional Missa Rorate in the Extraordinary Form continues through the 24th. Masses begin at 6am, except on Sundays in which case Mass begins at 5:15am. The Mass on Sunday satisfies the obligation. Missa Rorate is a votive Mass in honor of Our Blessed Mother celebrated in Advent. The Parish will cele-brate the Masses as a novena in anticipation of the commemoration of Our Lord’s Birth. A reception follows after Mass. Please join us.

● A meeting with parents with children in our Children’s Religious Education Program is being planned for January 13, 2019 beginning at 9:40am in the Kozina Hall. The children will have a special presentation in the Church. Please join us to plan for next year’s catechetical program.

● Prepare for the celebration of the Birth of Our Lord during this Advent season through the program entitled Prepare The Way: An Advent Journey from FORMED.ORG. This is a parish-wide study for Advent using four episodes of the widely ac-claimed program Symbolon. With beautiful film-making and solid Catholic teaching, “Prepare The Way” will help you dive more fully into the story behind Christmas. Use Parish Code 7328CP. —Week 1 of Advent:, view The Story of Salvation —Week 2 of Advent, view Who Is Jesus? —Week 3 of Advent, view The Paschal Mystery —Week 4 of Advent, view The Last Things

● Wildfire Relief: Those who are interested in supporting the victims of the terrible fires in our State may contribute directly to Catholic Charities USA. You may visit www.catholiccharitiesusa.org to contribute. Checks can be sent to Catholic Chari- ties USA, attn: California Wildfires, 2050 Ballenger Ave, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314. Those who wish to help financially through the Parish may do so through WeShare. Visit the Parish’s website at stmargaretmaryoak.org and click “Give Online.” Look for “Catholic Charities: Atten-tion California Wildfires.” Our Parish will be having a second collection in support of those affected by the wildfires. The second collection is on January 6, 2019. Those who use envelopes will not find this special envelope in

If you have items to donate, please bring them to the stage in Fr. Kozina Hall. We will add appropriate items to the library or will sell to raise funds for li-brary purchases. For more information contact Lily at (925)827-1946 or stmmaryhands@gmail.com

● Safe Environment Announcement: Every-one in our Parish is invited to train to become aware of possible abuse of children or vulnerable adults- wheth-er you volunteer or not. Training is free, and very ed-ucational! Please go to the following link virtusonline.org/virtus/ and start training as a first-time registrant. You will be asked for the name of our par-ish. It’s convenient and can be done from home. Thank you to all employees and volunteers at our Par-ish who have already trained! For more information please contact Lily Mullen (925)827-1946 or stmmaryhands@gmail.com

● Holy Hour for Priests: Thank you to Marilyn Catterton, Vicky, and Rose Bloom for serving the priests in November. We are still in need of volun-teers in May 2019. This is a 2-3-person task; you can get a friend to join you, or Lily can find people to work with you. If you can cook or want to help serve, please contact Lily Mullen to sign up at stmmary-hands@gmail.com or (925)827- 1946. Our parish priests and priests from other par-ishes who join them for this monthly morning of pray-er and recollection appreciate our efforts to provide a homemade meal and serve them. In this little way we say “Thank You” for their ministry to us. Won’t you consider serving?

● The St. Vincent de Paul bin in the vestibule has been removed. Please make any food donations to your local food bank and any donation of clothing to your local Goodwill or other thrift store. We continue to collect monetary donations to provide ongoing sup-port for one of our Parish families. You may place your check in any collection, with the notation “SVdP—medical support.” Thank you for your assis-tance. Additionally, in response to an urgent appeal, our conference has donated $1,000.00 to the Sacra-mento Diocesan SVdP which is providing direct assis-tance, in coordination with FEMA and Catholic Chari-ties, to the individuals and families displaced by the

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What Love Is Those who accuse others of loving God or religion too much, really do not love God at all, nor do they know the meaning of love. Those who are united in love, enjoy and are pained at the same things. The Psalmist who loved God would say that his heart was cast down at the thought of those who broke the law of God. This mutual inherence, as the second effect of love, adds something to unity in marriage. Unity of the flesh now becomes unity of the mind and heart. The intermittent carnal oneness demands another kind of unity than the flesh. St. Paul says husband and wife ought to act toward one another "as if mar-ried in the Lord"; that is, as conscious of their voca-tion to be one in Christ. As Elizabeth Barrett Brown-ing wrote: "Two human loves make one divine." Mu-tual inherence is much more than a sharing of inter-ests and an exchange of properties: rather these are the effects of a deeper fellowship which reaches into the core of their being. Love that is held together only by the flesh is as fragile as the flesh, but love which is held together by a spiritual oneness and based on a love of a com-mon destiny, is truly "until death do us part." What makes a true mutual inherence is not the sharing of the same sensations of pleasure. Rather the "sister-soul" and "brother-soul" are formed in the daily com-munion with the same joys, sorrows, efforts, and sac-rifices. One can yearn for another after knowing flesh unity, but it is impossible to yearn for another after soul unity. It is not enough just to share the same words and the same enjoyments; one must also share the same silences. "Mary treasured up all these say-ings, and reflected on them in her heart." (Luke 2:19) Those who do not yet love one another deeply have need of words; those who deeply love, thrive on si-lences. The third effect of love is ecstasy, which means being "carried out of oneself." In a broad kind of way, because love makes the lover dwell on the beloved, he is to some extent already taken out of himself. Adolescents are often surprised that their elders know they are in love. But the fumbling with tasks and the skipping of meals indicate they are in a dreamer's state. They are already lifted out of their natural way of acting. The Greeks describe a strong love as "madness," not in the sense of abnormality, but inspiration. The poet who was inspired was said to be "mad" with his love, as in romantic language today, the lover describes himself as being "mad" over his beloved. (From Three To Get Married by Fulton Sheen)

MUSIC 12/15-16

Organ Prelude: “Rosa Mystica”, R. Ellsasser Hymns for today: #204 O Come O Come Emmanu-el; #230 People Look East

Mass at 5pm (Sat.) Missa Veni Emmanuel, Proulx. -communion: Rejoice (Handel) 8:30am: Missa Jubilate Deo

10:30am: Missa de Adventus -Offertory: hymn #222 -Communion:Lo How a Rose. Organ Postlude: “Postlude on Rosa Mystica”, by Wil-

bur Held

Guard of the Senses To live a serious interior life, one that is whol-ly concentrated on seeking God, it is necessary to pre-vent the outside world from entering the soul and fill-ing it with distractions and noise; it is necessary, therefore, to guard its doors assiduously. The senses are precisely the doors which open to earthly things: sight permits its images to enter; hearing, its sounds, and so forth, so that, without a discreet mortification of the sense, the soul, the living temple of the Blessed Trinity, becomes like a market-place, open to all kinds of traffic, open to every wind of rumor. Then Jesus might well say to us what He once said to the profan-ers of the temple, “Make not the house of my Father a house of traffic” (Jn. 2:16). A temple of the Blessed Trinity by Baptism, the consecrated soul is doubly so by reason of its vows and promises, and is, therefore, doubly obliged to guard the recollection of its spirit, in order to make it really a “house of prayer.” Accord-ing to St. Teresa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus, “It suffices to keep well closed the outside doors, that is, the senses, so that the soul and the heart cannot go elsewhere than to their center, which is God.” This was her method: “I shall fix my gaze on my heart and I shall raise my heart to God” (Spirituality of St. Tere-sa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus). Mortification of the senses should not be limited to Carthusians and to those in cloisters, as it is an indispensable exercise for all souls, that they may become recollected and whol-ly concentrated upon God. St. John of the Cross says that we should use our exterior senses in such a way as not to disturb our recollection. “The faculties and senses must not be employed wholly upon things, but only insofar as in unavoidable. With this exception all must be left free for God” (Spiritual Maxims II, 38). The “unavoidable” is indicated by what duty requires, and when we use the powers of our soul only to this de-gree, which is that determined by God’s will, the soul cannot be harmed in any way. But the Saint contin-ues: “If there present itself to a man the pleasure of listening to things that tend not to the service and hon-or of God, let him not desire that pleasure, nor desire to listen to them; and if there present itself the pleas-ure of looking at things that help him not Godward, let him not desire the pleasure or look at that these things; and if in conversation or in aught else, such pleasure present itself, let him act likewise” (Ascent of Mt. Carmel I, 13,4). This means that we should not use our senses for anything that is not required by duty or which cannot serve to raise our mind to God. (From Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, OCD).

Weekly update Dec. 1 & 2 Year-to-Date

Actual - 1st Plate $3,914 $248,706

WeShare -Regular $1,160 $97,640

Total 1st Plate $5,074 $346,346

Goal $6,400 $307,200

Variance (-$1,326) $39,146

This weekend’s second collection is for the Bishop’s Appeal, the last one for this year. Thank you for helping us meet our goal. The collection for the Building Fund totaled $1,200. Next week’s second collection is for the Insurance & Diocesan Assess-ment. Thank you.

Camp Fire. Thank you for your generosity which made this donation possible. St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St. (at Geary) in San Francisco, is offering recital. Unless otherwise indicated, a free-will offering will be re-quested at the door. Ample free parking. —Dec. 16, 4 p.m.: Basma Edrees, Violin; Chia-Lin Yang, Piano. Sonata in E by Bach, Sonata in G by Brahms. —Dec. 23, 4 p.m.: Christoph Tietze, Organ. Cele-brating 50 years as church organist (first Mass 25 December 1968). —Dec. 30, 4 p.m.: Anna Maria Lopushanskaya, Flute; Christoph Tietze, Organ.

● 2018 Bishop’s Appeal Update: Congratu-lations. The Parish has surpassed its goal. We have raised $22,699 which is 103.65% of our goal. Thank you to all of the individuals and fami-lies who supported the Bishop’s Appeal this year.

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3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 16th, 2018

Christmas Cards for the Seminarians.

As every year Christmas cards are sent to the seminarians with encouraging words and prayer assurances. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henriksson will have cards ready for you to sign after EF Masses. Thanks you for your continuous support of vacation through prayers and generosity. One Canon and one seminarian are from our

Oakland Apostolate. Lets pray to get more vocation.

We celebrate this year the anniversary of the foundation of the Seminary Society. Thanks to Thomas and Diana.

INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

DIOCESAN APPROVED TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS APOSTOLATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOTU PROPRIO, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

IN THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Order this full-size wall calendar for the New Year on line! $10 donation + $7 shipping. Features: • Daily feasts of the Liturgical Year according to

the Missal of 1962 • Full-color photos of the life of Institute

seminarians throughout the year • Quotations from Saint Philip Neri, patron

saint of the Institute's international seminary in Gricigliano, Tuscany

Renowned for his sharp wit, humor, and spontaneous behavior, Saint Philip Neri is the patron saint of the Special Forces and is known as the "Third Apostle of Rome" after Saints Peter and Paul.

Christmas Novena of Masses This Christmas, give your loved ones the gift of nine days of Masses.

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