Pastors Rev. Julio C. Jimenez, Administrator Rev. Bernardo Lozano, Associate Pastor Rev. Jim Merold, Visiting Priest Rev. Don Dietz, O.M.I., Visiting Priest

Deacon Rev. Mr. Edson W. Elizarraras Rev. Mr. Joel Ruíz

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Mass Times Saturday: 5:00 pm English 6:30 pm Spanish Sunday: 8:00 am and 9:30 am (Eng.) 11:00 am and 1:00 pm (Esp.) 6:30 pm Bilingual/Bilingüe Weekdays: Monday–Friday 8:00 am

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MISSION St. Joseph Parish is committed to know, love and serve one another in a welcoming community in Christ Jesus.

MISIÓN—La Iglesia de San José es comprometida para conocer, amar y servir el uno al otro en una comunidad acogedora en Jesucristo.

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Gaudete! A few weeks ago we started a new liturgical year

and now we are in the midst of Advent. However, culturally, we have skipped this beautiful anticipation of the coming of Christ and have already reached Christmas. Let us remember that Advent is a season of preparation. Yet, for what are we preparing?

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I visited the parish I grew up in, but I felt like an outcast. This unwelcoming feeling that came over me was then turned into a sudden realization that this is normal for anybody at any parish. What therefore, does parish mean? The word comes from the Greek word paroikos, which literally means, an alien, a stranger in a foreign place, a pariah. I was, by all intents and purposes, a pariah in a familiar place.

We are all exiles on earth. Being a parishioner of a certain parish is, liturgically speaking, the Advent way of seeking Christ all year round. When we say, “I am a member of this or that parish,” we may think we are saying we belong, but in reality what we are saying is, “I am an outcast.” Parish is there to remind the faithful that our home is not here. Rather we go to our parish to find a foretaste of our true home. Tt is there, through the liturgy, that we find this heavenly home.

This week the first reading from the Prophet Zephaniah is reminding us that, “the King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst…” The response for the Responsorial Psalm is even repeating to us that the Holy One of Israel is among us. This theme is constantly recurring. Yet, should we fear? Paul tells us, “No.” Instead he says, “Rejoice!... The Lord is near.”

The essential nature of Advent is to prepare us for the Coming of the Lord, but it is not the preparation of his first coming but his second, the one in which we hope to rejoice with him in heaven.

Gaudete! Hace unas semanas que comenzamos un nuevo año

litúrgico y ahora nos encontramos en medio de Adviento. Sin embargo, culturalmente, se nos ha saltado esta hermosa anticipación de la venida de Cristo y ya hemos llegado a la Navidad. Recordemos que Adviento es un tiempo de preparación. Pero para que nos estamos preparando?

El fin de semana de Acción de Gracias, visité la parroquia en donde crecí, pero no me sentía como parte de ahí. Este sentimiento poco acogedor que se apoderó de mí se convirtió en una súbita comprensión de que esto es normal para cualquier persona en cualquier parroquia. Lo que por lo tanto, que significa parroquia? La palabra proviene de los paroikos palabra griega, que significa, literalmente, un forastero, un extraño en un lugar extranjero, una paria. Estaba, por todos los efectos y propósitos, en una paria en un lugar familiar.

Todos somos peregrinos sobre la tierra. Al ser un feligrés de una determinada parroquia es, hablando litúrgicamente, la forma de Adviento de buscar a Cristo durante el año. Cuando decimos: “Yo soy un miembro de esta o aquella parroquia,” podemos pensar que estamos diciendo que pertenecemos, pero en realidad lo que estamos diciendo es: "Yo soy un paria." Parroquia está ahí para recordar a los fieles que nuestro hogar no está aquí. Más bien nos vamos a nuestra parroquia para encontrar un anticipo de nuestro verdadero hogar. Que está ahí, a través de la liturgia, nos encontramos con esta casa celestial.

Esta semana la primera lectura del profeta Zephaniah nos recuerda que, “el Rey de Israel, el Señor, está en medio de ti …” La respuesta para el salmo responsorial aún nos repite que el Santo de Israel se encuentra entre nosotros. Este tema está constantemente recurre. Aun deberíamos de temer? Pablo nos dice: “No”. En cambio, dice, “Regocíjate!...El Señor está cerca.”

La naturaleza esencial de Adviento es para prepararnos para la venida del Señor, pero no es la preparación de su primera venida, pero su segunda, aquel en el que esperamos regocijar con él en el cielo.

From the Director of Liturgy

Del Director de Liturgia

Peace, Paz, Efrain

December 13, 2015 Page 3

CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAM

The Entrance Exam for the Class of 2020 will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8 a.m. The fee is $25.00 (checks payable to Carmel Catholic High School). In addition to the fee, eighth graders should also bring several #2 pencils. It is not necessary to pre-register for the test. Free bus transportation is available from area parishes and schools. Families are encouraged to visit our website, www.carmelhs.org for additional information regarding the Entrance Exam, including the bus schedule.

If there are special circumstances which prevent a student from taking the Entrance Exam on January 9th or if you have additional questions, please contact our Director of Admissions, Mr. Brian Stith, at 847-388-3320 or by email Bstith@carmelhs.org.

EXAMEN DE ENTRADA CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH

SCHOOL El examen de entrada para la Clase del 2020 es el sábado, 9 de enero 2016 a

las 8 a.m. El costo es $25.00 (cheques se hacen al pago de Carmel Catholic High School). Además de esto, estudiantes del octavo grado deben de traer varios lápices #2. No es necesario de registrarse anteriormente. Habrá transportación gratis de las parroquias y escuelas. Se invita a las familias a visitar nuestro sitio web, www.carmelhs.org para obtener información adicional sobre el examen de entrada incluyendo el horario de los autobuses.

Si hay circunstancias especiales que impiden que su estudiante no puede tomar el examen el 9enero o si tiene preguntas adicionales, por favor comuníquese con nuestro Director de Admisiones, Sr. Brian Stith, al teléfono 847-388-3320 o por email Bstith@carmelhs.org.

One month of hosts $212 Cassock 1 at $70 Surplice 1 at $70

Please call the rectory if you would like to make a contribution toward any of these ítems.

Un mes de hostias $212 Una Sotana $70

Una Roquete $70

Favor de llamar a la rectoría si deseas hacer una ofrenda para cualquiera de estos objetos sagrados.

STRENGTH AND COURAGE

Prayer infuses the weak with strength and the faint-hearted with courage. —Anonymous

FORTALEZA Y VALOR

La oración infunde fuerza al débil y valor al temeroso. —Anónimo

December 13, 2015 Page 4

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc -9; Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 7:18b-23 Thursday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7-8, 17; 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: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45 LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a; Sal 25 (24):4-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mt 21:23-27 Martes: Sof 3:1-2, 9-13; Sal 34 (33):2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23; Mt 21:28-32 Miércoles: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Sal 85 (84):9- 14; Lc 7:18b-23 Jueves: Gén 49:2, 8-10; Sal 72 (71):1-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Viernes: Jer 23:5-8; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 12-13, 18- 19; Mt 1:18-25 Sábado: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71 (70):3-4a, 5- 6ab, 16-17; Lc 1:5-25 Domingo: Mi 5:1-4a; Sal 80 (79):2-3, 15-16, 18- 19; Heb 10:5-10; Lc 1:39-45

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION This week, our celebration of Advent makes a transition in ritual and texts. Beginning December 18, the countdown of nine days (a novena) to Christmas sees a heightened sense of expectation, and also a turning from the call of the Baptist in the wilderness to the events leading up to Jesus’ birth. In ancient Spain, December 18 was once celebrated as the “Feast of the Expectancy,” and customs grew up to heighten readiness in the homes. Some customs arise from monastic life and practice and spill over into our parish life. Beginning tonight, those who pray Vespers will sing in the opening phrase a beautiful title of Christ. These titles belong to a collection of opening phrases called the “O Antiphons” after the awe-inspired “O” sung on the first note. There’s a playful code in the titles: O Wisdom, O Lord, O Flower of Jesse, O Key of David, O Dawn, O Ruler, O Emmanuel. When you take their Latin names—Sapientia, Adonai, Radix, and so on—the titles form an acrostic when you read them backwards: “ERO CRAS.” In Latin, that is translated as “I will be there tomorrow!” It’s as if Christ were answering the prayers of the waiting people in the words of the prayers themselves. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Los cristianos latinos tenemos unos cinco siglos en nuestra trayectoria de fe y como todo cristiano aguardamos la segunda venida del Mesías, Jesús. Nuestra espera forma parte de dos milenios de cristianos que buscan verlo llegar en las nubes. Desde el siglo VII la oración oficial de la Iglesia clama el retorno de Cristo con las exclamaciones llamadas las “Antífonas Oh”. Estas llaman a Jesús pidiéndole que venga bajo los títulos de Emmanuel, Sabiduría celestial, Señor de gran poder, Vara de Isaí, Llave de David, Alba de la luz, y Deseo y Rey de gentes, y algunos más. Estos refranes se usan aún todavía hoy durante los días 17 al 23 de diciembre, y unidas en un acróstico latino forman las palabras ero cras (estaré mañana), como respuesta a la petición cristiana. Eventualmente en el siglo X o XI estas antífonas fueron unidas en el canto gregoriano Veni, veni Emmanuel (Oh ven, oh ven Emmanuel). Este Adviento mientras cantamos las antiguas antífonas hay que preguntarnos si de veras estamos listos para el regreso del Hijo del Hombre que viene para juzgar a vivos y muertos. —Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

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Ministers for December 19-20, 2015 Lectors Lectores

Communion Ministers Ministros de Comunión

Servers Monaguillos

5:00 PM M. Losch K. Rodkey

D. Del Vecchio L. Del Vecchio J. Lahera

L. Lantz R. Lantz D. Theobald

J. Cutler E. Gomez S. Williams

6:30 PM R. Ayala C. Hernandez

A. Arguelles M. Ayala J. De Hoyos H. Jacobo

A. Marinero A. Romero S. Ruiz

V. Cerna N. Huizar K. Valadez

8:00 AM J. Barna C. Zmijewski

D. Healy M. Held P. Nguyen

T. Nguyen C. Thompson G. Vilchis

A. Najera C. Reyes E. Reyes

9:30 AM J. Hoegnifioh S. Sandoval

A. Gomez T. Knudtson E. Lagman

B. Phillips D. Raihle K. Sanders

E. Blome C. Garcia L. Tejeda

11:00 AM A. Jimenez A. Ruiz

M. Anguiano E. Espino G. Guzman J. Guzman

H. Jacobo M. Jimenez M. Ramirez

J. De Ita J. Lopez O. Mercado

1:00 PM E. Alcantar M. Herrera

D. Garcia M. Herrera M. Jaimes M. Lara

G. Tinajero C. Vazquez G. Zavala

D. Alcantar M. Garcia N. Lara

Please Pray for the Sick/Reza por los Enfermos

Giovanni Albiter Marge Allen George Belitz Carmel Brown Jonathan Burkert Maxwell Burkert Theresa Calamia Gustavo Castellanos Matthew Cerriteño Donato Cordova Carmen de la Rosa Maria Di Giralomo Thomas Fitzpatrick Teri Frost Esther Garcia Guadalupe Gonzalez

Michele Harper Barbara Herman Tyrone Hoper Arthur Jones Jennifer Jones Catrina Karstens Ashley Leslie Richard Madeja Therese Mazalawski Wanda Mazurek May Memenga Yvonne Molidor Francisco Montez Elaine Norkus Margaret Pragalz Ruth Restrepo

Isaac Ruiz Bill Shafer Robert Sheriff April Simmons Pat Soppe Betty Terry Courtney Tragasz Miguel Trujillo Rosalia Vaca Javier Vazquez Aurora Vega Bertha Villegas Mary Walleck

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How are we celebra ng the birth of Christ at St. Joseph School?

Advent prayers con nue in our classrooms. The teachers and students spend me discussing service projects and the true meaning of Christmas. Students are reminded of the Gospel of Ma hew’s message about how we take care of Jesus when we take care of others. We have several projects going on simultaneously. Christmas baskets are being filled with holiday food items. Gi items are being collected for young children to help make their Christmas brighter. We are also decora ng our Christmas tree with hats, gloves, mi ens, and scarves. God calls us to share our gi s with others and our families con nue to bless the community. Remember to join us on Thursday, December 17th, for the second evening of Las Posadas hosted by the school children. The school doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin in the gym promptly at 7 p.m. Our kindergarteners through fi h graders will present a small collec on of Christmas songs. We are also holding our annual grandparent and senior luncheon on December 17th. The program will begin at 10 a.m. and lunch will follow immediately. Please call the school office at 847-546-1720 to RSVP. We look forward to seeing you on the 17th.

¿Como estamos Celebrando el Nacimiento de Cristo en la Escuela San José?

Oraciones de adviento con núan en nuestras aulas. Los profesores y los estudiantes pasan el

empo discu endo sobre los proyectos de servicio y el verdadero significado de la Navidad. Se les recuerda a los estudiantes del mensaje del Evangelio de Mateo acerca de como nosotros nos encargamos de Jesús cuando nos ocupamos de los demás.

Tenemos varios proyectos en marcha en forma simultanea. Canastas de Navidad se están llenando de ar culos de comida de fiesta. Ar culos de regalo se están recogiendo para niños pequeños para que su navidad sea mas brillante. También estamos decorando nuestro árbol de Navidad con sombreros , guantes, y bufandas. Dios nos llama a compar r nuestros dones con los demás y que nuestras familias sigan bendiciendo la comunidad.

Venga a unirse a nosotros el Jueves 17 de Diciembre, a la segunda noche de Posadas organizadas por los niños de la escuela. Las puertas de la escuela se abrirán a las 6:30p.m. y el programa comenzara en el gimnasio puntualmente a las 7p.m. Nuestros estudiantes del kinder a quinto grado presentara una pequeña colección de cancines de Navidad.

También estamos celebrando nuestro almuerzo anual para abuelos y personas de la tercera edad el 17 de Diciembre. El programa comenzara a las 10 a.m. y el almuerzo comenzara inmediatamente después. Por favor llame a la oficina de la escuela al 847-546-1790 para confirmar su asistencia. Esperamos ver los el 17.