9:00 am Mass ENGLISH: December 22, 2024: “Fourth Sunday of Advent”
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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = “Fourth Sunday of Advent” This Sunday’s Readings First Reading: Mi 5:1-4a Responsorial Psalm: Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19. Second Reading: Heb 10:5-10 Gospel: Lk 1:39-45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Questions of the Week Theme: God's Spirit comes to us in ways we least expect. Breaking Open the Word Suggested text for faith sharing: Today’s Gospel. Step One: Listen to the Word As you hear this reading about Mary today, what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart? Step Two: Look into Your Life Question for Children: If you were to tell someone one thing about Jesus’ mother, Mary, what would you say? Question for Youth: Gabriel's greeting to Mary was, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you." This is God's greeting to each of us – he loves us just as we are. What are some of your personal strengths that God rejoices in? Question for Adults: Name one area of your life where God has surprised you with love, abilities, or even a pregnancy. How is God’s Spirit upon you in this dimension of life? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Saint of the Day: St. Francesca Saverio Cabrini, Virgin, Foundress of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Born Maria Francesca Cabrini in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy, on 15 July 1850, she was soon left an orphan. She wanted to enter a convent, but was refused because of her poor health. So she dedicated herself to running an orphanage instead. Soon she graduated as a teacher and, together with some companions, formed the first nucleus of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, under the protection of Saint Francis Xavier. When she eventually pronounced her religious vows, she also took his name. Her Missionary Vocation: She understood that the modern world would be marked by huge migratory flows and by men, women, and children fleeing their homes to find peace and a better future. This is one of the characteristics of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini that emerges from the reflections of Pope Francis. In a Letter to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Pope underlines how Saint Frances "welcomed a special missionary vocation from God: to train and send out consecrated women to the whole world, with a limitless missionary horizon, not simply as auxiliaries of religious institutes or male missionaries, but with their own charism of feminine consecration, in full and total availability for collaboration with both local Churches and the various congregations that were dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel ad gentes”. 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/
