Download - Our Mother of Confidence

Msgr. Mark A. Campbell
Pastor
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In Residence:
Fr. Richard Hopkins
Weekend Liturgies:
Very Rev. Gary Sanders, OSA
Deacons:
William Klopchin
and
Scott Wall
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Pastoral Assistant:
Sr. Angela Meram, IHM
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MASS TIMES
SATURDAY:
Visit us on the Web
www.omcsandiego.org
5:30 pm (Cantor)
SUNDAY:
7:30 am (Cantor)
9:00 am
(Contemporary Choir)
11:00 am (Classic Choir)
5:30 pm (Youth Choir)
Fr. Richard Hopkins is available
for Spiritual Guidance by
appointment: call 858-453-0222
E-Mail:
[email protected]
MONDAYS SATURDAYS:
8:00 am
FIRST FRIDAYS:
8:00 am & 5:30 pm
Anointing of the sick
CONFESSIONS
Church Address:
3131 Governor Drive
San Diego, CA 92122
Tel: 858-453-0222
Fax: 858-453-2547
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December 28, 2014
How Holy Can My Family Be?
It is probably fair to say that none of us feels that
our family is just like the Holy Family. Jesus, Mary and
Joseph can at first seem to be too unreachable an ideal for
our own family. Perhaps, especially at this time of the
year, we are most intensely aware of the limitations of our
family - of the various families we are a part of.
Selfishness, stubbornness, independence can appear to be
so great that we can question the integrity of our family as
a family, let alone see any real holiness there. How holy
can my own family be? What help can a reflection upon
the Holy Family have for me today?.
The first thing to consider is to humbly
acknowledge the humanity of our family - including my
own humanity and that of everyone in the group. Human
beings are capable of great things, but every human being
is capable of great selfishness. This kind of
acknowledgement isn't an acceptance of the behavior or
dynamics of my family as good, or even that all of it
should be tolerated. This first step is a step away from
denial. We can't cope with what we don't even admit is
there. The second step is to acknowledge that each person
in the family is seeing things, and responding to them,
from his or her own perspective. Nobody really wakes up
in the morning and says, "How can I be selfish and
difficult for everyone today?" We all are choosing something that seems to us to be good - perhaps good for me
and not for you - but my choice is for something I see as
good. This acknowledgement isn't very inspiring, but it
can be helpful if it leads us to a growing understanding of
what each of us in our family are looking for.
Real understanding can lead to real compassion.
Maybe someone in the family is like a barking dog or a
self-absorbed princess or is into self-protective control by
not investing in conversation or self revelation or even
simple help around the house.
The more we see what is going on the more easy it
will be to try to see it with compassion. What fear is at
work here? Dogs bark when they are afraid.
Self-absorption and passive-aggression are so often rooted
in fearful self-protection. Once we can see the underlying
needs or hurts that seem to be shaping our behaviors, we
can more easily love those family members. Love is what
will heal us. Love will make us stronger. Love will lead to
greater gratitude. And grateful people can more easily
notice the needs of others and love them.
Saturday, December 27
Jerry West RIP
Sunday, December 28
The Holy Family
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
9:00 am John Caraveo RIP
John Menotti RIP
11:00 am John Rusak RIP
Monday, December 29
St. Thomas Becket
1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6;
Lk 2:22-35
Intentions of the
Corlis-Himchak Family
Tuesday, December 30
1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:3640
Peter Vant-Hull RIP
Wednesday, December 31
St. Sylvester I;
1 Jn 2:18-21;
Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18
Julian Collera RIP
Thursday January 1
Mary, the Holy Mother of God;
Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8;
Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21
Friday, January 2
Ss. Basil the Great
Gregory Nazianzen
First Friday
1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28
Herman Mueller RIP
Ofelia Olayvar RIP
Calvin Tabada RIP
Saturday, January 3
The Most Holy Name of Jesus;
1 Jn 2:29 - 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6;
Jn 1:29-34
Sunday, January 4
Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13;
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
December 28, 2014
Where Love Is, There God is Also
The Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote a charming tale about a poor
shoemaker named Martin. Life was hard for the Russian shoemaker, who
lost his wife and children to sickness many years before. Now an old man,
Martin lived in his one-room basement shop making and repairing shoes and
boots. tired and alone, the old shoemaker found peace in his small book of
Gospels. He took the lessons of Christ to heart; more and more he saw himself in the stories and heard the Savior speaking directing to him. Every
evening after finishing the day's work, Martin would light his small lamp
and read from his book.
One night he fell asleep while reading. He was awakened by a voice: "Martin!"
"Who is there?" Martin called out, but saw no one. "Martin! Ah Martin! Look tomorrow
on the street. I am coming." Martin awoke the next morning and began his day. He kept
looking out his shop window, thinking about the voice he heard. As he went to his bench, he
saw his old neighbor Stepanich clearing the ice and snow away from the building. "Come
in, warm yourself," Martin called. The old man happily obliged and the two sat down to
enjoy the tea Martin had made. "Are you expecting anyone?" Stepanich asked. Martin
laughed, and told him about his crazy dream. The two laughed and enjoyed another glass of
tea.
Martin returned to his bench by the window. As he worked, he saw a woman
carrying a child. The woman was dressed in shabby summer clothes and had nothing to
wrap her baby in. Martin ran outside and invited them in out of the cold. He heated some
cabbage soup and found a blanket for the baby. The woman's husband was a soldier and had
been away seven months. She and the child were destitute; she had just pawned her only
shawl for a few cents. Martin pulled out an old trunk from under his bed and found some of
his wife's winter clothes and an old coat. As the woman offered her tearful thanks, Martin
pressed a twenty-kopek piece into her hand.
Later that afternoon his work was interrupted by shouting outside his window. An
old woman had a little boy by his hair, screaming at him. The boy had tried to steal one of
the woman's apples but she caught him. She threatened to take him to the police. The boy
denied he had tried to take the apple. Martin entreated the old woman, "Let him go. He
won't do it again. Here, take this for the apple." The boy tried to run off but Martin grabbed
him. "Ask for the Granny's forgiveness and don't do it again; I saw you taking the apple."
And the boy apologized. Martin and the old woman then shared memories of their own
children before wishing each other well. Martin returned to his bench and worked until dark,
and forgot about his dream.
That night, Martin heard the voice again. "Martin - ah Martin! Did you not recognize
me? "Who?" uttered Martin. "Me," replied the voice. "It is I" and Stepanich stepped out of
the darkness. "And this is I," said the voice, and the young mother and her child appeared.
"And this is I," continued the voice, and the old apple woman and the boy stepped forward.
And Martin realized that the Savior had called upon him that day and Martin had received
him.
Martin the shoemaker, in Leo Tolstoy's tale, comes to understand that Christmas
celebrates more than a single event, more than just the birth of a child in a Bethlehem barn
long ago: Christmas celebrates a presence that continues to this day and for all time. In
Christ's birth, God touches human history: hope reigns, justice takes root, peace is possible.
The challenge to each one of us is to take on the work of "Emmanuel" - to make God's
presence visible and real by being his "arms" for the hurting, his "hands" to the needy, his
"heart" for the grieving.
Fr. Mark
December 28, 2014
DATES TO REMEMBER AT OMC
New Year’s Eve: Mass at 5:30 pm
New Year’s Day: Mass at 9:00 am
Yoga: Tuesday Evening at 5:00 pm
Chair Yoga: Wednesday Morning at 10:30 am
Bereavement Support: Fridays 10:15 to 11:30
PRAYER CIRCLE
THOSE WHO ARE ILL
Robert Novak, Jim Dawson, Debbie Warner, Mike Ebipane, Mark Madden, Floyd Watson,
Vince Palumbo, Michael Ables, Alfredo & Martha Dipp, Therese Meehan, Joyce Pawlak,
Ed Laukaitis, Margaret Kelly, Mitchel Beacom, Mary Jane Maloney, Linda Frick, Irene
Cowie, Victoria Davis, Doreen Lewis, Alicia Medina, Karel Lukas and Joy Pendleton.
OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES
Tony Borysiewicz, Barbara Linder, John Caraneo, Bob Veehill, Ruth Mavis, Michael
Guarieri, Carmelita Russell, Nora McKenna, Joseph Hebert, Becky Sagun, David Hopkins,
Felix Bautista, Howard Strutzel, Justin Lee Banta, Robert Trendholm, Mary Crawford, Kata and Mariann Moro, Harvoya Reyah, Al Reginato, Donald Byrd, Timothy Hilgeman, Fr.
Mike Cunnane, Gary West and Rodney Jones.
NEW PRAYER GROUPS
You are invited to join one or both of our newly formed prayer groups.
Grandparents Praying for Grandchildren, led by Toni Doyle. The group meets the first
and third Tuesdays from 9 am to 10 am in the St. Katharine Drexel room. Toni Doyle can
be reached at 858-452-7243. Pray for a Cancer Cure Group, provides support for those
with cancer or recovering from cancer or with a family member who has the disease. This
group which meets second and forth Tuesday of the month, from 9 am to 10 am, in the St.
Katharine Drexel room is led by Elaine Warner who can be reached at 858-453-4006.
HEARTFELT THANKS
Thank you, Charlotte Dean for masterfully conducting our choir of all ages, adding, unselfishly,
yet another Mass to your busy schedule, and Chris Berg for conducting the musicians and the
children’s choir and spending so many hours on transposing music for the many different instruments and making copies. Thank you, too, to Sr. Angela and to Mary Jo Mathis for the countless
children choir rehearsals and helping them to sound professional as well as look adorably professional. A very special thank you to Ellie McGlynn for following up. volunteering and doing any
and all things asked of her. Thank you also to Chris Kalfayan for working so diligently on costumes. The Mass and the pageant would not have been possible were it not for the kids and the
parents who participated. Last, but not least, a big thank you to Fr. Mark for all the support, encouragement and prayer. Jesus is what Christmas is all about. It is about love, peace, and communities coming together in support, prayer, love and song. May God continue to bless you and your
loved ones!
Love,
Bobbi Cawdery.
December 28, 2014
PARISH DIRECTORY AND PARISH MINISTRIES
Parish Office open Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Closed between Noon and 1:15 pm.
Adult Formation: (RCIA)
Deacon Scott Wall 858-453-0731
[email protected]
Altar Server Formation:
Deacon Scott Wall
[email protected]
Adult Community:
Danny Phan (Young Adults)
[email protected]
Nancy Wesseln 858-847-0724
[email protected]
Liturgical Minister Scheduling:
Mike Caparelli
[email protected]
Weekday Masses: (Lector s & E. Minister s)
Elaine Warner 858-453-4006
[email protected]
Music:
Charlotte Deane 619-284-8071
(9:00 am & Sun. 5:30 pm)
Glenn D’Abreo 858-736-4128—voice or text
[email protected]
(Sat. 5:30 pm & 11:00 am)
Tony Gril (organist) 619-546-4665
[email protected]
Parish Office:
Judy Alcaraz 858-453-0222 (Administrator)
[email protected]
Glenn D’Abreo
(Office & Bulletin)
858-453-0222
voice/text 858-736-4128
[email protected]
Religious Education:
Preschool, Grades 1-6
Sr. Angela Meram, IHM 858-453-3554
[email protected]
Ellie McGlynn 858-453-3554
[email protected]
Ushers:
Jack Beresford 858-453-7695
[email protected]
Youth and Young Adults:
Grades 7-High School & 18+
Ian Mascarenhas 858-453-3554
[email protected]
Weekend Sacristans:
Kristi Keith 858-453-9640
Holy Folders:
JoAnne Barbieri
858-453-0683
Birthline:
Mary Sexton 858-453-3395
Food Bank:
Mark Manthei
858-272-2355
Adopt-A-Senior/Bereavement Support:
Lenore Martinez
858-412-5123
Parish Outreach Program:
Hotline 858-461-8356
[email protected]
Healing Touch:
Blanca Paloma
858-274-2035
Knights of Columbus:
Tom Berge 858-623-8572
Grief & Healing:
Margaret Gurney
858-453-7617
Weekend & Weekday Lector Training:
Marty Linville 619-723-5444
[email protected]
Mystical Rose Guild:
Jean Weller 858-274-5372
Marianne Rauch 858-455-9417
Coffee & Doughnuts:
Claire Shaughnessy 858-587-1407
[email protected]
Dusty Reisch 858-414-3101
[email protected]
Centering Prayer:
Michele Lambotte 858-558-9386
Fran Cardoza 858-246-9495
Matrimonial Advocate: (Annulments)
Janie Hoffner 858-453-0721
[email protected]
Liturgy:
Kathleen Gerry 858-587-0848
[email protected]
Plant Manager:
John Ohle
619-905-3526.
[email protected]
Sacristan Scheduling:
Kristi Keith 858-453-9640
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
Volunteer at the 9:00 am Mass to help share God’s Word with children. If you are interested,
please contact Ian, (858) 453-3554 or e-mail him at [email protected]
December 28, 2014
DELIVER THEM FROM EVIL
Alexander R. Ross US ARMY
Brendan Schmutte USN-EOD
Bob McDevitt DHS
Joseph J. Ring USN
Chad Addison US ARMY
Cdr. Matthew Hannon USN
Sgt. Maj. Sean Greenleaf USMC
HM3 Ryan P. Flynn USN
Evan Wheeler USMC
T.J. Zerr is back home, safe with family and
friends. Thanks be to God. And thank you,
T.J., for your service to our country.
Dear Friends,
The time has come for me to move on, so I will be terminating
my employment at OMC effective December 31, as I’ve moved out of
the city. I came to Our Mother of Confidence in 1969 as a parishioner
and in February of 2010 as the Secretary/bookkeeper when Theresa
became ill. OMC is more than a church to me, it has become my home
and as such, it’s very hard to leave it, but in our lives, we all have to
make changes; decisions which at times are difficult but must be
made.
Thank you ALL for your love, friendship and kindness all these years.
With all my love and gratitude,
Judy Alcaraz
Please keep Margaret Gurney in your prayers. Margaret is critically ill and will soon move to hospice where she will be
taken care of. She is at Scripps and welcomes visits from friends…. God Bless Her!
CONSERCRATE YOUR FAMILY TO JESUS & MARY
Most holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, united in perfect love, as you look upon us with mercy and
caring, we consecrate our hearts, our lives, our family to you. We know the beautiful example of your
home in Nazareth was meant to be a model for each of our families. We hope to have, with your help, the
unity and strong, enduring love you gave to one another. May our home be filled with joy. May sincere
affection, patience, tolerance and mutual respect be freely given to all. May our prayers be filled with the
needs of others, not just ourselves and may we always be close to your sacraments. Bless those who are
present, as well as those who are absent, both the living and the dead; may peace be among us and when
we are tested, grant us the Christian acceptance of God's will. Keep our family close to your Hearts; may
your special protection be with us always. Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, hear our prayer.
Breakfast Buffet
Sunday January 4th
After the 7:30 and 9:00 Masses
Scrambled Eggs, Home Fries, Sausage, Pancakes, Quiche, Doughnuts,
Fruit Salad & Eggs Benedict!!!
Proceeds from this month’s buffet will support
San Diego Diocese Seminarians