3495 Rucker Road • Lompoc, California 93436 Rectory Office: 733-2735 CCD Office: 733-3155 FAX: 733-1235 CONFESSIONS/CONFESIONES: Saturday/Sabado 3:30 to 4:30 PM MASSES/MISAS: Saturday 5:00 PM (English) Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM (English) Español 12 noon (Spanish) Monday thru Friday 8:30 AM Eucharistic Adoration M-F 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM No Saturday Morning Mass RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/CATECISMO: Rev. Joy Lawrence L. Santos, Pastor Mary Lujan, Director Rev. Msgr. John Fitzgerald, Pastor Emeritus K-5th grades meet Sunday/Domingo 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM Deacon Michael Lujan Jr. & Senior High meet 6:30 to 8:00 PM Deacon Shawn Vedro th Deacon Fernando Calderon K-5 grades meet Tuesday/Martes 3:30 to 4:45 PM January 3, 2016 Epiphany of the Lord (Living Liturgy 2015-2016) Living the Paschal Mystery Viviendo el Misterio Pascual The mystery of the incarnation and salvation is too big to celebrate El misterio de la encarnación y de la salvación es demasiado grande para celebrar durante una semana del año y demasiado profundo para nosotros during one week of the year and too deep for us to grasp easily. comprender fácilmente. Como María, debemos reflexionar sobre estas cosas Like Mary we must ponder these things in our hearts so that, as en nuestros corazones para que, como hijos de Dios (véase segunda lectura), children of God (see second reading), we can continually glorify podemos glorificar continuamente y alabar a Dios. Como María, también and praise God. Like Mary, we too must “give flesh” to the Sav- nosotros debemos "darle carne" al Salvador, ponderar su presencia dentro de ior, ponder his Presence within us, and then let that Presence guide nosotros, y luego dejar que la Presencia nos guíe en el camino, en que re- us in the way, we respond to the daily tasks and events we face. spondemos a las tareas diarias y eventos que nos enfrentamos. Authentic Gospel living can only happen if we ponder God’s Auténtico vivir Evangelio sólo puede suceder si reflexionamos sobre las words spoken to us, reflect on God’s presence and guidance, and palabras de Dios nos ha hablado, reflexionar sobre la presencia y la guía de then act according to God’s will. This solemnity so closely follow- Dios, y luego actuar según la voluntad de Dios. Esta solemnidad tan es- ing Christmas helps us realize that the joy of Christmas is ongoing trechamente tras la Navidad nos ayuda a darnos cuenta de que la alegría de la Navidad está en marcha sólo cuando nosotros mismos somos la encarnación only when we ourselves are incarnation of Christ for others and de Cristo para los demás y somos los portadores de su mensaje de buenas are the bearers of his message of Good News. We “give flesh” to nuevas. Nosotros "damos carne" al Salvador en las demandas simples y ordi- the Savior in the simple, ordinary demands of our daily living narias de nuestra vida diaria cuando se hacen de la nuestra sí a Dios. Nues- when they are done from our own yes to God. Our actions flow tras acciones se derivan de los valores del Evangelio que primero nos con- from Gospel values that first shape us and which we learn through forman y que aprendemos a través de ponderar las acciones de Dios en nues- pondering God’s deeds on our behalf. Thus is the Word made tro nombre. Así es el Verbo hecho carne en nuestras vidas. Esto es lo que flesh in our lives. This is what Mary our Mother models for us María nuestros modelos madre para nosotros. Readings for the week of January 3, 2016 Lecturas para la semana de Enero 3, 2016 Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2,7-8,10-13/Eph 3:2-3,5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Domingo: Is 60:1-6/Sal 72:1-2,7-8,10-13/Ef 3:2-3,5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Monday: 1 Jn 3:22-4:6/Ps 2:7-8,10-12/Mt 4:12-17,23-25 Lunes: 1 Jn 3:22-4:6/Sal 2:7-8,10-12/Mt 4:12-17,23-25 Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10/ Ps 72: 1-4,7-8/Mk 6:34-44 Martes: 1 Jn 4:7-10/Sal 72:1-4,7-8/Mc 6:34-44 Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18/Ps 72:1-2,10,12-13/Mk 6:45-52 Miércoles: 1 Jn 4:11-18/Sal 72:1-2,10,12-13/Mc 6:45-52 Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19-5:4/Ps 72:1-2,14-15,17/Lk 4:14-22 Jueves: 1 Jn 4:19-5:4/Sal 72:1-2,14-15,17/Lc 4:14-22 Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Ps 147: 12-15,19-20/Lk 5:12-16 Viernes: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Sal 147:12-15,19-20/Lc 5:12-16 Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Ps 149:1-6,9/Jn 3:22-30 Sábado: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Sal 149:1-6,9/Jn 3:22-30 Next Sunday: Is 42:1-4,6-7/Ps 29:1-4,9-10/Acts 10:34-38/Lk 3:15-16,21- Próximo Domingo: Is 42:1-4,6-7/Sal 29:1-4,9-10/He 10:34-38/ Lc 3:15- 22 16,21-22 Bulletin Announcement Deadline. 7 days before the article is to be published: Monday by 10 a.m. Send to Rectory Office by FAX (805) 733-1235 or E-mail [email protected] Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 27, 2015 Mercy is the question and the answer Directly from New Orleans, LA. By Archbishop JOSÉ H. GOMEZ December 18, 2015 Queen of Angels Proudly Presents On Sunday, Dec. 13 I had the privilege to open the holy doors of the Fr. Tony Ricard!! Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to mark the start of this Extraor- We are happy to announce that we will be host- dinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. ing Fr. Tony Ricard on March 13th. He will be A door that is open is a sign of welcome and hospitality. And in this guest speaking here at Queen of Angels, from 6:30-8pm. Year of Mercy, God is opening wide the door to salvation, welcom- Space is Limited so please be sure to reserve your tickets ing everyone into his house, his family, the Church. Every one of us needs to pass through this door of mercy. This Year SOON!!! Tickets are first come first serve. Seating is limited to only of Mercy is a new time for all of us to seek and rediscover the mercy of God. 280. Tickets are being sold for $20 each, please make ticket reservations Our Christian life is meant to be a life of continuing conversion to God — every day, year with the Parish Secretary. after year, growing deeper in our love for God and our commitment to being his disciples. And conversion always begins — and always begins anew — when we become aware of Finger Printing God’s mercy and love in our lives. So this is an important year for the Church. But it is also an important year for the world. Nearly a generation ago now, St. John Paul II wrote: There will be finger printing for all those who volunteer in different “The present-day mentality, more perhaps than that of people in the past, seems opposed to ministries, on March 1st, 2016 from 12-7pm, with half hour time slots. a God of mercy, and in fact tends to exclude from life and to remove from the human heart All those who volunteer in different ministries and have yet to the very idea of mercy.” Sadly, I think this is even more true today. In a world where it seems that war and vio- be finger printer or Virtues trained please call the Parish office lence are constant, a world that confronts us daily with the realities of spiritual and materi- for more information. Thank you! al poverty, injustice and human suffering, many find no “evidence” for a God of mercy, no “proof” that creation is being guided by a loving hand. And as society’s belief in God’s The Annual Religious Education Congress is coming up, mercy fades, we see that the idea of mercy is declining in our public life. We see it in some for more information or to register and attend please visit of the statements of our politicians and in our media on certain issues — we seem to be getting colder and tougher in our language, more fearful and less forgiving. Are we becom- their website at www.recongress.org ing what St. John Paul suggested, a people with no mercy? This is one of the core chal- Our office will be closed February 25th through the 28th. lenges of the new evangelization — to proclaim God’s mercy to a society with no mercy, to hearts that seem to have forgotten the very idea of mercy. World Wide Marriage Encounter As I see it, mercy is the question of our times and it is also the answer. The people of our Do you want to give your spouse a gift that will last a lifetime? Give them the gift of times want to know if mercy is real and, if it is, they want to know, where can mercy be a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend to receive the tools needed to make the found? Our Holy Father Pope Francis tells us that the Church must be a “credible witness most of this precious gift.