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* outside-weather permitting Pastor Daily Masses/Misas Diarias: Rev. Eugene Tungol ext: 18 8:00am* Parochial Vicar Saturday Masses/Misa los Sábados: Rev. Michael Rocha ext: 16 8:00am* & 5:30pm (livestream)

In Residence Sunday Masses/Misas los Domingos: Rev. Rolando Caverte ext: 26 8:30am*, 10:00am (livestream), 11:30am (Spanish/livestream) & 1:00pm* Deacon Deacon Ven Garcia, Jr. ext: 14

Directors of Music School of Epiphany: Leon Palad (English), 600 Italy Ave. San Francisco, CA 94112 Roberto Garcia-Leiva (Spanish) Office: 415-337-4030

Director of Finance & Plant Management Fax: 415-337-8583 Terry O’Neill

Bookkeeper Willie Lim ext: 12 Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am – 12:00pm Parish Office & School of Religion Support

Staff Jesús Pedroza ext: 13 Confessions: Saturday 4:00pm-5:00pm

Church Sacristan Confesiones: Sabados 4:00pm-5:00pm Mark Ohlander

Elementary School Principal Sick Calls Brian Joost In case of an emergency, please contact the School of Religion/ Faith Formation parish office at 415-333-7630 any hour of Phillip Carrion ext: 15 the day or night. RCIA : Jesús Pedroza ext: 13

Reflections ~ Reflexiones

Gospel: John 1:6–8, 19–28 Evangelio: Juan 1:6-8, 19-28 Today's Gospel reading is about the importance of El evangelio de hoy es sobre la importancia de dar giving witness. The role of John the Baptist was to testimonio. El papel de Juan Bautista fue testificar que testify to the light that is Christ. John the Baptist said he Cristo es la luz. Juan Bautista dice que él no es el was not the Messiah. His baptism and his preaching Mesías. Su bautismo y su prédica eran para preparar were to prepare for the Messiah, one far greater than para el Mesías, alguien más grande que Juan. Es la John. It is the coming of the Messiah that the entire llegada del Mesías lo que espera todo el mundo y world awaits, and we learn about who the Messiah is sabemos que el Mesías es para todos. from all of today's readings. Waiting requires patience Hay que prepararse con paciencia para la llegada del on our part, and becoming prepared for the one who is que viene. ¿Cómo te estás preparando para celebrar la coming. How are we preparing to celebrate ' venida de Jesús como el Mesías en Navidad? ¿Qué coming this as the Messiah? What kindness actos de bondad puedes hacer esta semana para can we give to others this week to show that we are mostrar que estás listo? Reza al Espíritu para que te ready? Pray to the Holy Spirit to know what your work in muestre cuál es tu trabajo en el mundo. the world is. 1.) ¿Quién dice Juan que es él? ¿Quién dice Juan que 1.) What does John say that he is not? What does John no es? say that he is? 2.) ¿Crees que está claro cuál es la función de Juan? 2.) Do you think John is clear about what his work is? ¿Por qué Juan bautizaba? Why does John baptize? 3.) ¿Cómo podemos prepararnos para el que viene? 3.) How can we prepare for the one who is coming?

Treasures from our Traditions ~ Tradiciones de nuestra Fe

Today there is an abrupt shift in the season of El día 16 de diciembre comienza la de . From here on the tone is more joyful and Aguinaldos en Colombia y otras partes de expectant and the tug of the Christmas message is Latinoamérica. La novena consiste en 9 partes que irresistible. At daily on December 17 we begin se repiten por 9 noches: to unfold the story of Jesus’ birth. Who can resist 1- Oración inicial 5- Gozos the beauty of the first reading today—deserts 2- Oración Mariana 6- Oración al Niño Jesús aflame with flowers, arthritics set to dancing, the 3- Oración de José 7- Un Salmo tone-deaf singing hymns? So we don’t miss the 4- Reflexión del día 8- Invocación final change, the parish may take rose-colored 9- Villancicos (cantos vestments out of mothballs, we may light rose- navideños) colored candles on the wreath, or fill in our wreaths Los participantes buscan aguinaldo (regalo). Para with desert flowers, pink seashells, seed pods, esto los Colombianos tienen la costumbre de jugar cones and berries. The seeds of God’s kingdom “pajita en boca” buscando quien no trae una pajita have been sown in us. In these shining days of en boca. La persona que no pueda mostrar que Advent they are sprouting in many ways. How do trae pajita en boca tiene que dar un regalo a quien we bring the promise to light? This is the week to lo descubrió. Los aguinaldos son recuerdo del prepare for the poor. It is the week to invite a regalo que nos dio Dios en su Hijo Jesús, prenda lonely neighbor to your , the week de su amor. Y si Dios nos da un aguinaldo tan to write a note forgiving a lost friend, the week to grande es porque Dios no tiene pajita en boca shatter a family grudge so that even in the desert cuando nos dice que nos ama.En el corazón de la places of your heart, Christ’s life may blossom. Novena está el refrán de Gozos: —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Dulce Jesús mío / mi niño adorado ven a nuestras almas / ven no tardes tanto. Muy buen mensaje para el Adviento. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

THIRD SUNDAY OF Calendar / Calendario Intentions/Intenciones: ADVENT Sunday, December 13, 2020 Sunday, December 13, 2020 2:30pm: CH English Baptisms Three candles, including the rose 6:30am: Virginia Batts † (private) 3:00pm: SY Drive Thru , are lit on Gaudete, the 8:30am: Giovanni & Maria Lombardi † Blessing third Sunday, and during that 10:00am: People of the Parish week. The following prayer is said: 11:30am: María de Jesús Gonzales † Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Priest: Let us pray. 1:00pm: Salvador Tolosa † We humbly beg Thee, O Lord, 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass Livestream to listen to our prayers; Monday, December 14, 2020 and by the grace of Thy coming Wednesday, , 2020 6:30am: Mariano Batts † (private) bring light into our darkened 8:00am: Benedicto Narvaez, Sr. †, 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass minds. Who livest and reignest for All Souls In Purgatory †, Livestream ever and ever. Antonio Corena †, Fidel Lucero † All: Amen. Thanksgiving: Ruth R. Gonzaga (Catholic.org – Prayer) Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass

Livestream Tuesday, December 15, 2020 6:30am: Concepcion Batts † (private) Friday, December 18, 2020 8:00am: Celina Chang Lai † 7:00pm: Joseph Nathan Datu † 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass Livestream Wednesday, December 16, 2020 6:30am: Nerio Hernandez † (private) Saturday, December 19, 2020 8:00am: Giuseppina Massimille † 4:00pm: CH Confessions 7:00pm: Carlos Batts † 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass Livestream Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:30am: Desidero Batts † (private) Sunday, December 20, 2020 8:00am: Rosito Lazo † 2:30pm: CH English Baptisms 7:00pm: Thanksgiving: Danny & Estelita Bernal 7:00pm: CH Simbang Gabi Mass Livestream Friday, December 18, 2020 6:30am: Francisco Batts † (private) 8:00am: Theresa Huynh † 7:00pm: Thanksgiving: Jesus Pedroza

Saturday, December 19, 2020 8:00am: Thanksgiving: Kristine Cheng 5:30pm: Jose Arcebido † 7:00pm: Digna Lucero † YOUR SUPPORT / TU APOYO SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday, December 20, 2020 Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent 6:30am: Thanksgiving: Vicky Umale (private) St. John of the Cross Monday: 8:30am: Carmine & Filomena Vicino † Wednesday: begins 10:00am: People of the Parish 11:30am: María del Carmen Marin † 1:00pm: Raymundo Abear † We now offer online giving! COLLECTIONS 7:00pm: Thanksgiving: Danny & Please be sure to visit: Estelita Bernal https://epiphanysf.com/parish- December 6th – Second Sunday online-giving of Advent We greatly appreciate your 1st Collection: $12,276.46 prayers and support. 2nd Collection: $524.00 Thank you for your generosity! ¡Ofrecemos donaciones por on- line! Por favor visita: Second Collections: https://epiphanysf.com/parish- Today: Archdiocesan Annual online-giving Appeal Apreciamos mucho sus Next Week: Parish Athletic oraciones y apoyo. Program Epiphany Parish News

GIVING TREE SIMBANG GABI (CHRISTMAS PROJECT Please choose an ornament from the NOVENA MASSES) Gabriel Project is in need of diapers Giving Tree in the church. We ask that December 15th through 23rd at of all sizes, clean and gently used you bring the appropriate according 7:00pm. clothes for 18 month - 2-year-old to the ornament, a gift card (please Due to the restrictions from the city girl, combination stroller/car seat for indicate amount), a donation for a and county, the parish will keep you all a newborn. Please contact poinsettia plant for the homebound, informed on further developments for [email protected] donation for new white tube socks for Simbang Gabi. We appreciate your to inquire or make arrangements. the MSC (Homeless shelter), with the patience, prayers and continued ornament attached, and bring to the support. JOHN THE BAPTIST Parish Office by Friday, December At a school open house a woman 18, 2020 before 12:00pm. Thank you Spiritual Life Commission could be overheard introducing her for your generosity. - Young Adult Kathryn Parish-Reese, Chairperson husband to some of the other Ministry and St. Vincent de Paul Ray Pascua, Co-Chairperson parents. “Oh, Bill, I’d like you to Society Shirley Simpliciano, Simbang Gabi, meet Johnny’s father. And over Chairperson here, this is Marie’s mom; you know, the little girl from our Ellen’s POINSETTIA DONATION IN HONOR soccer team.” With satisfied resignation Bill OF LOVE ONES Please visit the church or the parish introduced himself not by name: “I’m Ellen’s Dad.” office Monday-Friday 8:30am-12:00pm It’s good to know who you are. Be it to fill out a donation form. Donations someone’s father or mother, son or due in the parish office by daughter, husband or wife, it’s PARISH BULLETIN December 22, 2020 before 12:00pm. Please be advised that because of the important to embrace the full Each poinsettia (donation of $10) will Christmas and New Years Holidays, meaning of our various roles. be placed on the church altar as part the bulletin will be submitted for John the Baptist knows who he is. of our . A listing publishing earlier than usual. This And who he is not. He is not the of those who donated and to whom it means Christ. Nor Elijah. Nor like any other Mass intentions, bulletin is in honor of, will be placed in the prophet God’s people had ever announcements, meetings, prayers Sunday bulletin, in the church for the sick and deceased WILL NOT vestibule and our parish website. seen. John the Baptist knows his be updated until the next bulletin During this pandemic and slow mission is divine. He’s more than . Thank you for your patience satisfied to be the one to announce issue economy, we thank you in advance for and understanding. the coming of God’s reign. The helping us to continue our high Christ is near. Make straight your standard of decorating your church for paths. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Christmas. God bless our parish and its memebers. EASURING SUCCESS Fr. Eugene Tungol, Pastor Success is to be measured not so & Spiritual Life Commission much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed. —Booker T. Washington

UNDERSTANDING SCRIPTURE Most people are bothered by those passages in Scripture which they can’t understand; but . . . I have noticed that the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those I do understand. —Mark Twain

ANGELS OF PEACE Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace. —St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Notícías de Epífanía

ÁRBOL DE REGALOS SIMBANG GABI (MISAS DE PROYECTO GABRIEL Escoge un adorno del árbol de NOVENA NAVIDEÑAS) Proyecto Gabriel necesita pañales donaciones de la iglesia. Le pedimos 15 al 23 de diciembre a las 7:00pm. de todos los tamaños, ropa limpia y que traiga el regalo correspondiente Debido a las restricciones de la poco usada para una niña de 18 según el adorno, una tarjeta de regalo ciudad y el condado, la parroquia los meses a 2 años, combinación de (indique la cantidad), una donación mantendrá a todos informados sobre carrito de bebé/asiento de coche para una poinsettia para los nuevos desarrollos para Simbang para un recién nacido. confinados en casa, una donación Gabi. Agradecemos su paciencia, Por favor comuníquese con para calcetines de tubo blancos oraciones y apoyo continuo. [email protected] nuevos para el MSC (refugio para para preguntas o hacer arreglos. personas sin hogar), con el adorno Comisión de vida espiritual JUAN EL BAUTISTA adjunto y tráigalo a la oficina Kathryn Parish-Reese, Presidenta En una casa abierta de la escuela parroquial antes del viernes 18 de Ray Pascua, Copresidente se escuchó a una mujer diciembre de 2020 antes de las Shirley Simpliciano, Simbang Gabi, presentando a su marido a algunos 12:00pm. Gracias por tu generosidad. Presidenta -Ministerio de Jóvenes Adultos y de los otros padres. “Oh, José, me gustaría que conozcas al padre de Sociedad de San Vicente de Paúl DONACIÓN POINSETTIA EN HONOR Juanito. Y aquí, esta es la mamá de DE LOS QUERIDOS María, ya sabes la niña que juega Visite la iglesia o la oficina parroquial fútbol con nuestra Elena”. Con de lunes a viernes de 8:30am a satisfecha resignación Bill se 12:00pm. Para completar un presentó no por su nombre sino: formulario de donación. Las “Soy el padre de Elena”. Es bueno donaciones deben entregarse en la saber quién es uno. Si somos el oficina parroquial antes del 22 de padre o la madre de alguien, hijo o diciembre 2020 antes de las hija, esposo o esposa, es BOLETIN PARROQUIAL 12:00pm. Cada poinsettia (donación importante que aceptemos el Por favor tenga en cuenta que, por de $10) se colocará en el altar de la sentido pleno de nuestras diferentes las fiestas de navidad y año nuevo, el iglesia como parte de nuestra funciones. Juan Bautista sabe quién boletin será enviado para publicación decoración navideña. Se colocará una es. Y quién no es. No es el Cristo. más temprano que lo usual. Esto lista de quienes donaron y a quienes No es Elías. Tampoco igual a significa que las intenciones de la se honra en el boletín dominical, en el ningún otro profeta que el pueblo de misa, los anuncios de boletines, las vestíbulo de la iglesia y en el sitio web Dios hubiese visto. Juan Bautista reuniones, las oraciones por los de nuestra parroquia. Durante esta sabe que su misión es divina. Está enfermos y fallecidos NO SE pandemia y economía lenta, le más que satisfecho de ser el que actualizarán hasta el próximo agradecemos de antemano por anuncia la venida del Reino de boletín. Gracias por su paciencia y ayudarnos a continuar con nuestro Dios. El Cristo está cerca. comprensión. alto nivel de decoración de su iglesia Enderecen sus caminos.

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nuestra parroquia y sus miembros. MIDIENDO EL ÉXITO Padre Eugene Tungol, Pastor El éxito debe medirse, no por la y Comisión de vida espiritual posición a que una persona ha llegado, sino por su esfuerzo por triunfar. —Booker T. Washington

COMPRENDER LA SAGRADA ESCRITURA A la mayoría de las personas le preocupa los pasajes de las Escrituras que no comprenden, pero . . . los que me preocupan a mí son los que sí comprendo. —Mark Twain

ÁNGELES DE LA PAZ No seamos jueces de paz, seamos ángeles de paz. —Santa Teresa de Lisieux

Today’s Readings: Pray for the Sick: First Reading — As a garden makes its growth spring Oremos por los enfermos: up, so will God make justice spring up before all the Margaret Abellana, Erwin & Sybil Bellen, Maricris Canaya, nations (Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11). Virginia Caniedo, Kay Castle, Debbie Chavez, Linda Cheng, Regina Connors, Daniel Copenhaver, Psalm — My soul rejoices in my God Gavin Jensen, Grace Jensen, Tommy Jensen, (Luke 1:46-50, 53-54). Tristan Jensen, Mario & Petra Laguatan, Rosario Lapuz, Charlie Leon, Jimmy Lim, Antonio Maracha, Second Reading — Do not quench the Spirit. Do not Benildo Millare, Jose-Edson Naval, Robert Neri, despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain Ricky & Claudia Padilla, Rosa Pedroza, Josefa Perez, what is good (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24). Sara Ramos, Alfredo & Mercedes Sanchez, George Sanguinetti, Vanessa Solis, Gospel — I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, Nancy Jean Sparrowe, Dante Tayag, Armando Uy, make straight the way of the Lord (John 1:6-8, 19-28). Conrado Uy, Jr., Ricardo Uy, Rolando Uy, Javier Vasquez, The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Franz Wall, Kanga Yap & Those suffering from COVID-19 Readings For The Week: Please help us to keep our prayer list current. We will keep Monday Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; all requests on our prayer list for ONE MONTH unless Mt 21:23-27 notified to keep them on longer.

Tuesday Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Pray for the Recently Deceased Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21c-25; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; W ednesday Oremos por los Recientemente Difuntos: Lk 7:18b-23 Leo Demers, Dorothy O’ Leary, Stanley Elmer Sparrowe Thursday Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; And for those who have died by violence this past week. Mt 1:1-17 Friday Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25 Saturday Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16- 17; Lk 1:5-25

Sunday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38

Sacrament of Baptism Registered parishioners are invited to have their children baptized at Church of the Epiphany. Parents and Godparents must participate in our Baptismal Preparation program.

Sacrament of Matrimony To be married at Church of the Epiphany either the bride or groom must be Roman Catholic. 1. You qualify as an “in parish” couple if you live within the parish boundaries or, have been registered and active for REGISTERING TO OUR PARISH: six months; or if you’re an alumni of School of the https://epiphanysf.com/register-as-new-parishioner Epiphany. or visit the parish office 2. If you do not meet one of the qualifications above, then you are considered an “outside of the parish” couple. Our Mission Statement: Contact the parish office at least six months prior to the We the people of the Church of the Epiphany strive date of your proposed wedding to participate in our marriage preparation program. to be a peaceful and welcoming parish. We strive to be mutually supportive of diverse communities. We Anointing of the Sick strive to show compassion without distinction of age, This sacrament is for the seriously ill, or those scheduled gender, race or culture. Epiphany seeks to be a for surgery. Call the parish office when a family member is caring and loving community ever growing in faith admitted to a hospital or nursing facility. formation.