Saint Teresa of Avila

2216 Fargo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90039 Tel: 323-664-8426 Website: www.saintteresaofavilala.org

Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing;

God alone suffices.”  RSaint Teresa of Ávila -Santa Teresa de Ávila

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE / CONFESIONES: ST. TERESA OF AVILA PARISH SCHOOL Mrs. Christina Fernandez-Caso Principal -School Phone: 323-662-3777 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION / PRIMERA COMUNION Mrs. Olga Alviar, Director Classes held September through May In English and Spanish: Saturday – 9:00-11:00 AM CONFIRMATION / CONFIRMACCION: Ms. Vivian Parra, Director

WEDDINGS / MATRIMONIOS Parishioners are requested to contact the parish priest at least six months before the wedding. Call the rectory for information The family must be registered in the parish at least one year and using the collection envelopes. La familia debe estar registrada por lo menos un año y usando los sobres dominicales.

Rev. Roberto Pirrone, Pastor Four Sunday of Advent

ENVELOPES FOR SUNDAY MASSES Saturday, December 19 DON'T FORGET to pick up your box of envelopes for the 3:30PM-Constantine-Hennessy Family Sunday collection. PLEASE FILL OUT THE ENVE- LOPE RECORD CARD AND RETURN IT TO THE RECTORY (all members living and deceased) OR DEPOSIT IT IN THE COLLECTION BASKET AS SOON AS Sunday, December 20 POSSIBLE. 8:OOAM-Florencia† and Melchor Catena † If you are not registered and would like to have a box of en- 10:OOAM-Yolanda Silva † velopes for the year 2021, please come to the rectory for 12:OOPM-Por las intenciones de la comunidad more information.

Monday, December 21 • NOTE: Some envelope numbers have changed, 8:00AM-Fr. John Daily †, Fr. Thomas Peacha† but your registration has not been affected. and Fr. Edward McElroy† Tuesday, December 22 8:00AM-Ray Trujillo † and Alberto Coronel † SOBRES PARA LA COLECTA DOMINICAL Wednesday, December 23 NO OLVIDE recojer su cajita de sobres para la colecta do- minical. POR FAVOR, LLENE LA TARJETA DE REGIS- 8:00AM-Rosa Mejia † TRO Y DEVUELVALA A LA RECTORIA O DEPOSITELA Thursday, December 24 EN LA CANASTA DE LA COLECTA LO MAS PRONTO 8:00AM-Orlando Chiong Uy † POSIBLE. 3:30PM-Christmas Vigil Mass Si usted no esta registrado y le gustaria tener una cajita de Friday, December 25 CHRISTMAS DAY sobres para el año 2021 por favor venga a la rectoria para 10:00AM-Sisi Shum (for her health) mas informacion.

12PM-Misa de Navidad • NOTA: Algunos numeros de sobres, han cambiado, pero Saturday, December 26 esto no afecta su registro. 8:00AM-Camille Broussard† PRAYER TO SAINT THE Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God him, we humbly pray, and do O Thursday, December 24  Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell , and all the evil spirits, who prowl Jueves 24 de Diciembre about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.  8:00AMRegular Daily Mass / Misa    CHRISTMAS EVE  VIGILIA DE NAVIDAD 3:30PMChristmas Vigil Mass  Misa de Vigilia de Navidad    CHRISTMAS DAY / NAVIDAD 10:00AMEnglish Mass  12:00PMMisa en Español 

   NEW YEARS DAY  AÑO NUEVO  8:00AMRegular Daily Mass Para su informacion. . . . December 20, 2020

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CATECISMO DE LA IGLESIA CATOLICA "Rejoice, you who are full of grace" “Alégrate, llena de gracia” 721 Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary.101 Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom."

In her, the "wonders of God" that the Spirit was to fulfill in Christ and the Church began to be manifested:

722 The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fit- ting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"102 should herself be "full of grace." She was, by sheer grace, conceived without sin as the most humble of creatures, the most capable of welcoming the inexpressible gift of the Almighty. It was quite correct for the angel Gabriel to greet her as the "Daughter of Zion": "Rejoice."103 It is the thanksgiving of the whole People of God, and thus of the Church, which Mary in her canti- cle104 lifts up to the Father in the Holy Spirit while carrying within her the eternal Son.

723 In Mary, the Holy Spirit fulfills the plan of the Father's loving goodness. Through the Holy Spirit, the Virgin con- ceives and gives birth to the Son of God. By the Holy Spirit's power and her faith, her virginity became uniquely fruitful.105

724 In Mary, the Holy Spirit manifests the Son of the Father, now become the Son of the Virgin. She is the burning bush of the definitive theophany. Filled with the Holy Spirit she makes the Word visible in the humility of his flesh. It is to the poor and the first representatives of the gentiles that she makes him known.106

725 Finally, through Mary, the Holy Spirit begins to bring men, the objects of God's merciful love,107 into commun- ion with Christ. And the humble are always the first to ac- cept him: shepherds, magi, Simeon and Anna, the bride and groom at Cana, and the first disciples.

726 At the end of this mission of the Spirit, Mary became the Woman, the new Eve ("mother of the living"), the moth- er of the "whole Christ."108 As such, she was present with the Twelve, who "with one accord devoted themselves to prayer,"109 at the dawn of the "end time" which the Spirit was to inaugurate on the morning of Pentecost with the manifestation of the Church ROAD RUNNER PLUMBING R.D. Electrical Join the Eternal ROOTER & REPAIR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Winning Team! (818) 834-6892 INDUSTRIAL Through the LIC# 935116 Electrical Meters, Ceiling Fans, Copper Re-pipes • Clogged Drains Compressors, Transformers, Smoke devotions to the Sewer Repair & Replacement Detectors, Basic Wiring, Upgrade of Garbage Disposals • Water Heater Repairs Rewiring, New Construction Wiring Main Lines • Slab Leaks Jesus & Immaculate Toilets & Sinks • Water Leaks • Tubs & Showers Free Estimates • Estimados Gratis Gas Leaks • Faucets & Fixtures Work Guaranteed Heart of Mary and Broken Pipes & Drains and Many More! RICARDO DOMINGUEZ the daily prayers of the Most Holy , we (323) 376-1294 will conquer evil and grow in holiness. 2516 Hill St., Huntington Park, CA “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.” - Ephesians: 6-12

St. Teresa of Avila Church assists us with the following: Nine First Fridays Five to the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus • 8 A.M. - Mass in reparation for • 7 P.M. - Bilingual Mass in the crimes committed against reparation for the crimes the Immaculate Heart of Mary. committed against the • 9 A.M. & 4 P.M. - Confessions. • 11:30 A.M. - & Sacred Heart of Jesus. Meditation. • 8 P.M. - • Noon - Public Rosary Rally followed by Confessions. outside of Church

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