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Please join us Friday
December 12th 7pm
to celebrate Mass for the feast of
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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
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(This is not a Holy day of Obligation)
Please join us Saturday December 13th after the Vigil Mass for the
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA ROSARY
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Hosted by the Block Rosary Group
St. Joseph in Pinole invites us to a Paskuhan celebration next Sunday, December 14.
This deanery-led event includes
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2pm Simbang Gabi Kick-off,
3pm Parol Making & Contests and a
Christmas Caroling
Concert at 6:30pm.
Fr. Mark Weisner will soon be here for the Advent Parish Mission. He’ll be our speaker on Monday & Tuesday.
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The Simbang Gabi will start soon after these two nights
Remember your beloved departed with a
Poinsettia Memorial
during the Christmas Season.
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Bring a pot of white or red poinsettia on December 20th or 21st. Write down your intentions on the card provided with a pick and place in the flower pot. Leave the poinsettia in the vestibule which will grace the Altar and Creche throughout the Christmas Season.
The 7pm ZOOM Bible Study Group will resume Wednesday January 14, 2026
Please join us with Exodus Part One through February 18th. We will pause for
Lent and resume with Exodus Part Two after Lent. Contact: robertajalbert@aol.com
The exodus is the central event of the Old Testament, giving meaning to everything else we find in its pages. Part One of this study takes us through the first fifteen chapters of Exodus—from slavery to the call of Moses, from plagues to crossing the sea, from captivity to freedom in the Sinai. Discover that God hears those who are beaten down and liberates those who are in need of his justice. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers, and access to online lectures are included.
You are still welcome to wear your mask in church
QUICK LINKS
DAILY READINGS
Link to Bible readings at the USCCB (US Conference of Catholic Bishops) website
REFLECTIONS
DECEMBER 7, 2025 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Second Reading: Romans 15:4-9
Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
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Today St. Matthew compels us to come to grips with the great Advent figure of John the Baptist. It’s really impossible to grasp the significance of Jesus without passing through the cleansing bath of John the Baptist. He provides a lens through which Jesus is properly interpreted.
John, Matthew tells us, made his appearance as a preacher in the desert of Judea. Deserts are places of simplicity and poverty, places where distractions and attachments are eliminated—and hence where the voice of God can be heard. Wealth, pleasure, power, honor—and all of their avatars and priests—are shouting at us, luring us, tempting us. But what is God saying? We have to go to these silent and deserted places in order to hear.
What is the first thing that the prophet says? “Repent!” This word cuts to the heart of every one of us, precisely because we all know that our lives are not where they are supposed to be. We have all fallen short of the glory of God; we have all fallen into patterns of self-absorption and addiction. So let us hear John’s word today: “Repent!”
MASS SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
8:00 AM, 7:30-Rosary
10:00 AM, 9:30-Rosary
12:00 Noon, 11:30-Rosary
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SATURDAY VIGIL
5:30 PM, 5:00-Rosary
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DAILY (MONDAY-SATURDAY)
8:30 AM Devotional Prayer
9:00 AM Mass
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HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
9:00 AM and 7:00 PM
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CONFESSION
SATURDAY
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
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SUNDAY
30 minutes before each Sunday Mass
Other times by Appointment
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Guide to making a good Confession
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