4:00 pm Mass (Vigil) ENGLISH: December 28, 2024: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Welcome to St. Peter the Apostle Parish We welcome all visitors and those who wish to make this Parish their home. We are committed to growing in faith, serving in love, and sharing the hope of new life, through Jesus Christ. Priest/Sacerdote: Rev. José Arturo Uribe Online Giving/Donaciones en línea: https://stpeter-fallbrook.weshareonli... Flocknote page - sign up to receive Parish alerts via text or email at/ Página de Flocknote - regístrese para recibir alertas de la parroquia por mensaje de texto o correo electrónico a:: https://stpeterfallbrook.flocknote.com/ Parish Website/Sitio web de la parroquia: http://www.stpeter-fallbrook.org/_ind... Follow us on Youtube at/Síguenos en Youtube en:    / stpetertheapostlecatholicparishfallbrook   The Eucharist Initiative videos are available at/Iniciativa de la Eucaristía videos están disponibles a: http://www.sdcatholic.org/eucharist = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = “Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph” This Sunday’s Readings First Reading: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5. Second Reading: Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 Gospel: Lk 2:41-52 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Questions of the Week Theme: Families grow through good times and bad. Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today’s 2nd Reading from St. Paul. Step One: Listen to the Word As you hear St. Paul give advice to the people, what words or phrases strike you? What do you like in this reading? What don’t you like? Step Two: Look into Your Life Question for Children: Why is it important for you to obey your parents or guardians? Question for Youth: God chose to be among us in the person of Jesus. How does having a God who knows what it means to be human affect the way you pray or think about God? Question for Adults: Whether single, married, or divorced, how does Paul’s advice ring true in your own life? Choose one of his suggestions and share how it touches your life. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Saint of the Day: Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph The Holy Spirit speaks to today’s families: Today, the Holy Spirit still continues to guide “all peoples”, “all couples”, “all parents”. But we need to listen to the Spirit who speaks in us. If the Son of God came to live with us as a child, and only the eyes of faith can perceive His presence, how important it is to remind ourselves that everyday things are never of little importance, that daily occurrences are never useless or purely coincidental. The eyes of faith are necessary to grasp the hidden and the beyond. Everything becomes a “place” to encounter or reject God’s presence. Everything is a sign for those who believe. The gospel of the family: To live the gospel of the family is not easy today. Those who want to defend life from the moment of conception are criticized or attacked. Yet in the Gospel we find the way to live a beautiful life on the personal and familial level, a way that is certainly challenging, but attractive and all-embracing. It is a way that still deserves to be trusted and undertaken after the example and through the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth itself. There are happy and sad, serene and difficult moments in every family. This is life. To live the “gospel of the family” does not exempt us from experiencing difficulties and tensions, or encountering moments of pleasant fortitude and painful weakness. Families who are wounded and marked by weakness, failure, difficulty…can rise again if they learn how to draw from the font of the Gospel. There, they can rediscover new possibilities of starting over. BH = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = *Permission to reprint / podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #737009-A. All rights reserved. *The Theme, Breaking Open the Word, and Questions of the Week are used with permission. Read the full text from Our Sunday Visitor: https://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com/