Events
December 2023
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1 First Friday Eucharistic Adoration
First Friday Eucharistic Adoration | 2 Confessions in Church
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church. Advent Candles Sale
Advent is a period of four weeks that begins next week, and it is observed by Christians as a season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. During this time, we try to simplify our lives and prepare our homes for the arrival of Jesus. To mark these four weeks of preparation, you can use an Advent wreath in your home. Each Sunday of Advent, we light a candle on the wreath as a sign of our community and unity as a parish family. You can purchase boxes of Advent candles for a nominal fee of $5 per box of 4 candles before and after all the Masses the weekend of December 2 and 3rd in the Gathering Center at Holy Angels.
Food Drive by the Confirmation Program
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive. The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused. Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Collection Times:
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season. Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
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3 First Sunday of Advent
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE December 3, 2023 1st Sunday of Advent Lately I’ve been listening to a science-based podcast on healthy daily living. The host frequently discusses the wide range of health benefits of sleep. So, each night I’m trying to get more, and better, slumber, and it’s helping me feel energized. So, why in the world should we follow Christ’s advice this week? “Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house will come … lest he find you asleep.” Isn’t sleep, especially at midnight and cockcrow, a good thing? Of course, it is. But the wakefulness the Lord calls us to is a deep, personal orientation to Him. A nightly vigil is therefore a metaphor for this, but it’s not just that. We should give up real sleep in order to pray, too. This difficult practice is a time-tested way to foster wakefulness of heart. When we give up sleep to pray, it focuses us. We learn that life is not an endless series of days. You and I belong to the Lord — awake or asleep, in life and in death. Sooner or later, even our need for our physical sleep will pass away. And our attentiveness to God — that is, whether we are awaiting Him to meet us — will be all that matters. May I challenge us this week and this Advent to intentionally give up at least one hour of sleep each week for prayer? Stay up later, wake up in the middle of the night, or an hour earlier, and pray. Will we be a bit more tired the next day? Yes. But we’ll be amazed at the spiritual wakefulness that results, too. — Father John Muir ©LPi Advent Candles Sale
Advent is a period of four weeks that begins next week, and it is observed by Christians as a season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. During this time, we try to simplify our lives and prepare our homes for the arrival of Jesus. To mark these four weeks of preparation, you can use an Advent wreath in your home. Each Sunday of Advent, we light a candle on the wreath as a sign of our community and unity as a parish family. You can purchase boxes of Advent candles for a nominal fee of $5 per box of 4 candles before and after all the Masses the weekend of December 2 and 3rd in the Gathering Center at Holy Angels.
Food Drive by the Confirmation Program
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive. The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused. Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Collection Times:
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season. Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass
Celebrate this holy day of obligation on Friday, December 8th, by attending one of the following masses:
| 9 Confessions in Church
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church. Toy Drive by the Confirmation Program
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive. The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused. Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Collection Times:
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season. Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
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10 Second Sunday of Advent
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE December 10, 2023 2nd Sunday of Advent We like to think we are totally free, but the bitter truth is we simply are not. Or better put, our freedom is limited on every side — by governments, corporate giants, physical and mental frailties, genetic shortcomings, and even the boundaries of time and space, and above all, the burden of our sins and pending deaths. In our day, we are perhaps particularly aware that we are not free to disconnect from the technocratic rulers of the air. If you doubt me, try not paying your internet bill and see what happens. We are not totally free. It’s nothing new, of course. In Jesus’ day, everyone felt the crushing weight of the Roman Empire. You can say you’re free all you want. But try not paying your taxes to Rome and see what happens. Once we feel this burden in our own lives — however it comes — we are ready to hear the stunning announcement that commences Mark’s gospel, “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” It’s not a simple perfunctory introduction, but a dramatic announcement of new freedom. The word “gospel” was a political, even military, term. It meant: a great victory has been won and a new king is in charge. This Jesus — not the Roman emperor — is God’s son, and he has defeated all that crushes human freedom. It’s time to follow him and be truly free. This week let’s refuse to submit our freedom to false rulers — especially that of sin. And let’s rejoice that Christ is coming to make us perfectly free from all our oppressors. — Father John Muir ©LPi Toy Drive by the Confirmation Program
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive. The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused. Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Collection Times:
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season. Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
| 11 | 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass
Join us for a special Mass in Spanish/English on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 PM to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. All parishioners are invited to attend this event at Holy Angels.
| 13 Advent Penance Service
Holy Angels Church Penance Service Join us on Wednesday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. for a communal celebration of the Sacrament of Penance with individual confession. Several priests from our parish and other parishes will be available to hear your confessions. If you cannot attend this service, you can go to one of the following penance services at our neighboring parishes:
All services start at 7:00 p.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a vital part of preparing for Christ’s coming in the Feast of Christmas. Please plan to attend our penance service on December 13, as there will be no confessions on Saturday until after Christmas.
| 14 | 15 | 16 Simbang Gabi
Simbang Gabi: A Filipino Way of Welcoming Christ Simbang Gabi, which means “Night Mass” in Filipino, is a nine-day novena of Masses that anticipates the celebration of Christmas. It is a way of spiritually preparing for the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. Join us on Saturday, December 16, at 5:00 p.m. for the Simbang Gabi Mass and experience this unique Filipino tradition of faith and joy.
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17 Third Sunday of Advent
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE December 17, 2023 3rd Sunday of Advent Why do we believe in Jesus and the Catholic Church? Why should we continue to do so? We’ve never seen him face-to-face (at least not most of us, I assume). Most of us have never had mystical visions of angels or saints. We live in the same world as our atheist and secularists friends. Why do we believe in Christ if we’ve never seen him? The simple, symbolic answer the Gospel presents to us this week might surprise us: we believe because of John the Baptist. Early in John’s Gospel we hear: “There was a man sent from God, his name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.” The Baptist powerfully announces Jesus. This is a historical fact, and it is also now a pattern at work in our lives. John the Baptist stands for the entirety of the old covenant, everything entrusted to the Jewish people. And yet he prophetically opens the door to something entirely new in Jesus, to the revival and fulfillment of God’s promises. In every generation, and in every human life, God continues to do this. He has done it through people named Augustine, Francis, Catherine, Theresa, and countless others. In my life, the Baptist’s spirit has come through persons named Eric, Paul, Mary, and Ron. I challenge you to name at least three people through whom God has announced the coming of Jesus in your life. Consciously thank God for their testimony. And let’s commit ourselves to listening to the spirit of John the Baptist testify again this week so that we might more strongly believe in the light. — Father John Muir ©LPi | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 Christmas Eve
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Fourth Sunday of Advent
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE December 24, 2023 4th Sunday of Advent Life is troubling. Who among us has not struggled with anxiety and difficulties, sometimes massive ones? I certainly have, as have many of my loved ones. If we do, does this mean that we don’t trust the Lord or just need to toughen up? I don’t think so. How encouraging for us anxious and troubled souls to hear Luke describe the Blessed Mother Mary in these words, “But she was greatly troubled at what was said.” An archangel has visited her. An inconceivable promise has been made to her. Her life has become wildly unpredictable, perhaps more so than any person before or since. The first point for us: the Lord is with her precisely when she is troubled. Her anxiousness and God’s presence are not mutually exclusive. Christianity is not about a trance-like robotic indifference. It’s about the presence of divine love. Even in — especially in — troubled circumstances. Our troubled soul can become our greatest treasure. What seems so troubling at first to Mary becomes the best possible thing, Jesus, the Savior and Lord, is now her son. All the difficulties and troubles remain, and yet her movement into the fullness of God is accelerated. What is troubling you right now? This scripture invites us now, this week, to hear the Lord’s messenger say to us what he said to Mary, “Do not be afraid! You have found favor with God.” — Father John Muir ©LPi Christmas Children Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Christmas Family Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 | 25 Christmas Day
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Midnight Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Christmas Day Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Christmas Day Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 Christmas Day Mass
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023 Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24 Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass Mass at 5:00 p.m. Midnight Mass begins at Midnight Christmas Day Monday, December 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 Confessions in Church
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church. |
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Friday Dec 1, 2023
First Friday Eucharistic Adoration
Friday Dec 1, 2023 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
First Friday Eucharistic Adoration
Immediately following the 8:30 a.m. Mass to Noon.
Parishioners are encouraged to pray before the exposed Holy Eucharist every First Friday morning. Stay for a few minutes or an hour. Stay and pray.
Saturday Dec 2, 2023
Confessions in Church
Saturday Dec 2, 2023 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church.
Advent Candles Sale
Saturday Dec 2, 2023 4:30 PM to 6:15 PM
Advent is a period of four weeks that begins next week, and it is observed by Christians as a season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. During this time, we try to simplify our lives and prepare our homes for the arrival of Jesus. To mark these four weeks of preparation, you can use an Advent wreath in your home. Each Sunday of Advent, we light a candle on the wreath as a sign of our community and unity as a parish family.
You can purchase boxes of Advent candles for a nominal fee of $5 per box of 4 candles before and after all the Masses the weekend of December 2 and 3rd in the Gathering Center at Holy Angels.
Food Drive by the Confirmation Program
Saturday Dec 2, 2023 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive.
The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused.
Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
Toy Drive Benefitting Our Lady of Talpa
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages.
Collection Times:
- Saturday, December 9th, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Sunday, December 10th, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season.
Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
Sunday Dec 3, 2023
First Sunday of Advent
Sunday Dec 3, 2023 All day
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
December 3, 2023
1st Sunday of Advent
Lately I’ve been listening to a science-based podcast on healthy daily living. The host frequently discusses the wide range of health benefits of sleep. So, each night I’m trying to get more, and better, slumber, and it’s helping me feel energized. So, why in the world should we follow Christ’s advice this week? “Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house will come … lest he find you asleep.” Isn’t sleep, especially at midnight and cockcrow, a good thing?
Of course, it is. But the wakefulness the Lord calls us to is a deep, personal orientation to Him. A nightly vigil is therefore a metaphor for this, but it’s not just that. We should give up real sleep in order to pray, too. This difficult practice is a time-tested way to foster wakefulness of heart. When we give up sleep to pray, it focuses us. We learn that life is not an endless series of days. You and I belong to the Lord — awake or asleep, in life and in death. Sooner or later, even our need for our physical sleep will pass away. And our attentiveness to God — that is, whether we are awaiting Him to meet us — will be all that matters.
May I challenge us this week and this Advent to intentionally give up at least one hour of sleep each week for prayer? Stay up later, wake up in the middle of the night, or an hour earlier, and pray. Will we be a bit more tired the next day? Yes. But we’ll be amazed at the spiritual wakefulness that results, too.
— Father John Muir
©LPi
Advent Candles Sale
Sunday Dec 3, 2023 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Advent is a period of four weeks that begins next week, and it is observed by Christians as a season of prayer and fasting in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. During this time, we try to simplify our lives and prepare our homes for the arrival of Jesus. To mark these four weeks of preparation, you can use an Advent wreath in your home. Each Sunday of Advent, we light a candle on the wreath as a sign of our community and unity as a parish family.
You can purchase boxes of Advent candles for a nominal fee of $5 per box of 4 candles before and after all the Masses the weekend of December 2 and 3rd in the Gathering Center at Holy Angels.
Food Drive by the Confirmation Program
Sunday Dec 3, 2023 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive.
The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused.
Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
Toy Drive Benefitting Our Lady of Talpa
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages.
Collection Times:
- Saturday, December 9th, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Sunday, December 10th, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season.
Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
Friday Dec 8, 2023
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass
Friday Dec 8, 2023 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM
Celebrate this holy day of obligation on Friday, December 8th, by attending one of the following masses:
- 8:30 AM
- 5:00 PM
Saturday Dec 9, 2023
Confessions in Church
Saturday Dec 9, 2023 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church.
Toy Drive by the Confirmation Program
Saturday Dec 9, 2023 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive.
The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused.
Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
Toy Drive Benefitting Our Lady of Talpa
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages.
Collection Times:
- Saturday, December 9th, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Sunday, December 10th, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season.
Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday Dec 10, 2023 All day
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
December 10, 2023
2nd Sunday of Advent
We like to think we are totally free, but the bitter truth is we simply are not. Or better put, our freedom is limited on every side — by governments, corporate giants, physical and mental frailties, genetic shortcomings, and even the boundaries of time and space, and above all, the burden of our sins and pending deaths. In our day, we are perhaps particularly aware that we are not free to disconnect from the technocratic rulers of the air. If you doubt me, try not paying your internet bill and see what happens. We are not totally free.
It’s nothing new, of course. In Jesus’ day, everyone felt the crushing weight of the Roman Empire. You can say you’re free all you want. But try not paying your taxes to Rome and see what happens.
Once we feel this burden in our own lives — however it comes — we are ready to hear the stunning announcement that commences Mark’s gospel, “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” It’s not a simple perfunctory introduction, but a dramatic announcement of new freedom. The word “gospel” was a political, even military, term. It meant: a great victory has been won and a new king is in charge. This Jesus — not the Roman emperor — is God’s son, and he has defeated all that crushes human freedom. It’s time to follow him and be truly free. This week let’s refuse to submit our freedom to false rulers — especially that of sin. And let’s rejoice that Christ is coming to make us perfectly free from all our oppressors.
— Father John Muir
©LPi
Toy Drive by the Confirmation Program
Sunday Dec 10, 2023 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Our Confirmation program is sponsoring a food and toy drive.
The food drive will benefit the Foothill Unity Center and it will take place on December 2nd and 3rd. We urgently need canned food, holiday non-perishable items, boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, canned vegetables, packaged soup, lunch items, and other items for our unhoused.
Please note that collection times are as follows: Saturday, December 2nd, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM at the church.
Toy Drive Benefitting Our Lady of Talpa
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a toy drive on December 9th and 10th. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages.
Collection Times:
- Saturday, December 9th, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Sunday, December 10th, from 7:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Confirmation students will be available before and after every mass to collect your donations. Our high school students are looking forward to partnering with our parish to help ensure that many less fortunate families have a wonderful holiday season.
Alternatively, you can bring your donations to the Rectory office.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Join us for a special Mass in Spanish/English on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 PM to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
All parishioners are invited to attend this event at Holy Angels.
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Advent Penance Service
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Holy Angels Church Penance Service
Join us on Wednesday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. for a communal celebration of the Sacrament of Penance with individual confession. Several priests from our parish and other parishes will be available to hear your confessions.
If you cannot attend this service, you can go to one of the following penance services at our neighboring parishes:
- Annunciation Church, Wednesday, December 6
- St. Luke Church, Monday, December 11
- Immaculate Conception, Tuesday, December 19
All services start at 7:00 p.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a vital part of preparing for Christ’s coming in the Feast of Christmas. Please plan to attend our penance service on December 13, as there will be no confessions on Saturday until after Christmas.
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Simbang Gabi
Saturday Dec 16, 2023 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Simbang Gabi: A Filipino Way of Welcoming Christ
Simbang Gabi, which means “Night Mass” in Filipino, is a nine-day novena of Masses that anticipates the celebration of Christmas. It is a way of spiritually preparing for the birth of Christ, the Light of the World.
Join us on Saturday, December 16, at 5:00 p.m. for the Simbang Gabi Mass and experience this unique Filipino tradition of faith and joy.
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday Dec 17, 2023 All day
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
December 17, 2023
3rd Sunday of Advent
Why do we believe in Jesus and the Catholic Church? Why should we continue to do so? We’ve never seen him face-to-face (at least not most of us, I assume). Most of us have never had mystical visions of angels or saints. We live in the same world as our atheist and secularists friends. Why do we believe in Christ if we’ve never seen him?
The simple, symbolic answer the Gospel presents to us this week might surprise us: we believe because of John the Baptist. Early in John’s Gospel we hear: “There was a man sent from God, his name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.” The Baptist powerfully announces Jesus. This is a historical fact, and it is also now a pattern at work in our lives.
John the Baptist stands for the entirety of the old covenant, everything entrusted to the Jewish people. And yet he prophetically opens the door to something entirely new in Jesus, to the revival and fulfillment of God’s promises. In every generation, and in every human life, God continues to do this. He has done it through people named Augustine, Francis, Catherine, Theresa, and countless others. In my life, the Baptist’s spirit has come through persons named Eric, Paul, Mary, and Ron. I challenge you to name at least three people through whom God has announced the coming of Jesus in your life. Consciously thank God for their testimony. And let’s commit ourselves to listening to the spirit of John the Baptist testify again this week so that we might more strongly believe in the light.
— Father John Muir
©LPi
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Christmas Eve
Sunday Dec 24, 2023 All day
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday Dec 24, 2023 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Masses: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
December 24, 2023
4th Sunday of Advent
Life is troubling. Who among us has not struggled with anxiety and difficulties, sometimes massive ones? I certainly have, as have many of my loved ones. If we do, does this mean that we don’t trust the Lord or just need to toughen up?
I don’t think so. How encouraging for us anxious and troubled souls to hear Luke describe the Blessed Mother Mary in these words, “But she was greatly troubled at what was said.” An archangel has visited her. An inconceivable promise has been made to her. Her life has become wildly unpredictable, perhaps more so than any person before or since. The first point for us: the Lord is with her precisely when she is troubled. Her anxiousness and God’s presence are not mutually exclusive. Christianity is not about a trance-like robotic indifference. It’s about the presence of divine love. Even in — especially in — troubled circumstances.
Our troubled soul can become our greatest treasure. What seems so troubling at first to Mary becomes the best possible thing, Jesus, the Savior and Lord, is now her son. All the difficulties and troubles remain, and yet her movement into the fullness of God is accelerated. What is troubling you right now? This scripture invites us now, this week, to hear the Lord’s messenger say to us what he said to Mary, “Do not be afraid! You have found favor with God.”
— Father John Muir
©LPi
Christmas Children Mass
Sunday Dec 24, 2023 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Christmas Family Mass
Sunday Dec 24, 2023 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Christmas Day
Monday Dec 25, 2023 All day
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Midnight Mass
Monday Dec 25, 2023 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Christmas Day Mass
Monday Dec 25, 2023 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Christmas Day Mass
Monday Dec 25, 2023 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.Christmas Day Mass
Monday Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CHRISTMAS at Holy Angels 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24
Mass at 3:00 p.m. Children's Mass
Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Families may bring a wrapped toy for needy families at the above Masses.
Midnight Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas carols at 11:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Monday, December 25
Mass at 7:30 a.m.
Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Mass at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Confessions in Church
Saturday Dec 30, 2023 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
We have confessions every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the church.