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Divine Mercy Catholic Church

2231 Club Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95835

Tel: (916) 256-3134 www.divinemercynatomas.com

Parish Email: [email protected]

Virtual Office Hours Tuesday and Friday , 9:00-2:00

MISSION STATEMENT ~ To establish a faith-filled community bonded by love. To proclaim the good news, foster

personal encounters with the living Christ and strengthen the family by witnessing the gospel values of love, mercy, justice,

forgiveness and service to all.

PASTOR Father Eric Flores [email protected]

Deacon Rick Morales [email protected]

Deacon James Ogbonna [email protected]

Mass Schedule

Mon-Fri Mass 8:30 AM

Saturday Mass 8:30 AM

Sunday Mass 9:30 AM

11:30 AM

Sacrament of Penance

Anointing of the Sick

Please call the Parish Office.

Rosary English:

30 mins before Mass

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

After the Rosary before Mass

Exposition and Adoration

Sacraments and Rosaries

NOTE: 7:30 AM MASS AND 5:00 PM MASSES

ON SUNDAYS ARE SUSPENDED DUE TO

COVID-UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

To be announced.

Temporarily suspended due to COVID

The Epiphany of the Lord

Matthew 2:1-12

January 3, 2021

Epiphany (epiph·a·ny | \ i-ˈpi-fə-nē \ ) noun

(1): a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something;

(2): an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking; (3): an

illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure; b: a revealing scene or moment

On the heals of celebrating the birth of our Savior, we reflect now on the revelation (theophany) of God

incarnate as Jesus, the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child, and Jesus' physical manifestation to the

world. The end of Advent, a grasp by our Divine Mercy Community for the need to celebrate the Holy

Birth of our Lord, amid the Covid Pandemic resulted in an observance of the Nativity of our Lord as a

simple but striking Christmas Mass.

We would not want to miss an opportunity to send our heart felt love and gratitude to everyone that

made the Christmas Mass not only possible, but absolutely beautiful! The skills, thoughtful innovation

and implementation of our faithful’s God given talents made our Christmas Celebration very special.

May God Bless you, every one!

A Word From Our Pastor...

SAINTS AND READINGS OF THE WEEK

Fr. Eric

Sunday, Jan 3 St. Genevieve

Is 60:1-6 ; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 ; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 ; Mt 2:2 ; Mt 2:1-

12

Monday, Jan 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

1 Jn 3:22–4:6 ; 2:7bc-8, 10-12a ; See Mt 4:23 ; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25

Tuesday, Jan 5 St. John Neumann

1 Jn 4:7-10 ; 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8 ; Lk 4:18 ; Mk 6:34-44

Wednesday, Jan 6 St. Andre Bessette

1 Jn 4:11-18 ; 72:1-2, 10, 12-13 ; See 1 Tm 3:16 ; Mk 6:45-52

Thursday, Jan 7 St. Raymond of Pennafort

1 Jn 4:19–5:4 ; 72:1-2, 14 and 15bc, 17 ; Lk 4:18 ; Lk 4:14-22

Friday, Jan 8 St. Thorfinn

1 Jn 5:5-13 ; 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 ; See Mt 4:23 ; Lk 5:12-16

Saturday, Jan 9 St. Adrian, Abbot

1 Jn 5:14-21 ; 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b ; Mt 4:16 ; Jn 3:22-30

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I

will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn

from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you

will find rest for your souls. “Find quiet…. Matthew

11:28-30

THE CHURCH IS OPEN FOR PERSONAL VISITS AND

PRAYER- TUESDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS FROM 9AM

TO 2:30PM. WE ASK THAT YOU SANITIZE THE PEW

WHERE YOU WERE SITTING BEFORE LEAVING.

Dear Divine Mercy Parishioners:

As we look back on 2020, the change that one

would find inherent as you welcomed me as

your new Priest in July, cannot be overstated.

That’s a really big adjustment, and you didn’t

miss a beat in managing it! I feel certain that

the warm welcome and love you showed for

me as I began my new role in this office will

continue to flow in 2021, and together we will

continue our climb to heaven.

What beautiful gifts does God have in store for us in this New Year? What

challenges and inconveniences will we still have to weather due to the

pandemic? He is our loving Father, and the greatest gift has already been

given to us, His son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And no matter what is coming

our way, we can continue in confidence say, “Jesus, I trust in you!” Then

we take it from there.

I am reminded of Matthew 13:23, “But the seed sown on rich soil is the one

who hears the word and understands it, who in deed bears fruit and yields

a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.” DMCC family, you are the seeds sown on

the rich soil, and have born great fruit…let’s look back on what we have

accomplished together, in just six months….

Were we in or out? We still ask

that question. The doors to our

Church seem to have become

revolving doors. One thing is

certain, everyone is following

the safety protocols, wearing

their masks, keeping their

hands clean, filling out the dec-

larations and practicing safe

distance. In all of the moving

about, you have been flexible,

helpful and especially compliant

to safety protocols. I cannot

thank you enough for your co-

operation. You clearly demon-

strate care and love for one

another, that as Christians we should. We are after all, our brother’s keep-

er. Thank you for being flexible.

In July and August we celebrated First Holy Communion and Confirmation

with CFF. We re-started RCIA I and II. CFF classes began again, virtual-

ly. Many of the ministries became active again in the last half of the year.

Much of it had to be done through Zoom. BUT YOU MADE IT HAPPEN!

We wished DMCC’s long- time volunteer business manager, Frank Cuzzo

a happy retirement in August. Generally speaking it takes a while to ac-

commodate a vacancy such as this but as a faithful community, more vol-

unteers stepped up to facilitate many of our business “missions.” We had

to start a campaign to acquire the funds for the motion alerts and security

devices to monitor the security of our campus. Your generosity not only

paid for the cameras, but there was enough left over to start a new general

fund for grounds/campus maintenance. I am thankful to each of you for

your donations. I am grateful to the Knights of Columbus for their gener-

ous donations that fixed the sprinkler system! We published the Annual

Report to the Faithful in September, and we had a Parish Work Day in

October. Our volunteers stayed after Mass to clean and make necessary

repairs to our church and campus. Many came early during the previous

week and continued their work long after the event.

So many of you became involved, I am bound to miss someone if I try to

thank each of you individually. But please know that I am grateful for each

of you. You didn’t fail in your Stewardship Missions, and had a successful

although tempered due to the pandemic, Stewardship drive in November.

You all continuously demon-

strate your desire to find God in

everything, and you support the

“least of these” as our Lord talks

about in Matthew 25:31–46, by

your support of the Angels of

Mercy food drives, financial giv-

ing at Thanksgiving and support

of the children who needed a

Christmas surprise sponsored

through the Angel’s Giving Tree.

By the looks of the stacks of

coats and blankets in the Nar-

thex, the Squires were success-

ful in spreading the warmth of

the Lord’s love to those who are

cold.

Finally, some of the greatest love of all has been shown by all of those who

make it possible to celebrate our Holy Mass, whether it’s going to be inside

or out. Of course Sacristans, Security and Ushers, sound and video, You

Tube support, Altar support…these are only a few that we recognize, and I

don’t want to be remiss in failing to mention anyone…but please know this,

all of you are known as Christians by your love. Thank you everyone, for

sharing it.

Yours in Christ,

Father Eric

COVID 19-

2020

A REVOLVING ISSUE

2021

JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!

Stewardship Renewal -Week 1

SHARING OUR TREASURE

Fiscal Year July 2020- June 2021

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Sunday, Jan 3 9:30am Fr. Cesar Ageas + Fr. Eric Fausta Ibay Laquindanum + Sylvia Booker + Domingo Taburada + Jose Alpuerto, Jr. + Perla Cuevas + Rosalito Atienza + Adelina Tagulinao + Franco Aguila + Rene Santos Arciga + Estrella S. Sevilla + Yollie Wilson (Birthday) 11:30am Lorianne Talaba (12th Birthday) Fr. Eric Jeffrey Enghoy (Special Intention) Geoffery & Judith Ezimora Family (Grateful for God’s Blessing & Protection Rosalia & Gerardo Rosario + Monday, Jan 4 8:30 am Pacita Resuello + Fr. Ho Tuesday, Jan 5 8:30 am Fr. Eric Wed, Jan 6 8:30 am Fr. Eric Thursday, Jan 7 8:30 am Fr. Eric Friday, Jan 8 8:30 am Fr. Eric Saturday, Jan 9 8:30 am Fr. Eric 10:00 am Feast of Santo Niño Fr. Eric Sunday, Jan 10 9:30 am Alex Balais (Birthday) Fr. Eric 11:30 am Fr. Eric

For The Week Ended 12/27/2020

OFFERTORY REQUIREMENTS Average 4 Week Month Require-

ment $ 60,000

Weekly Average Requirements $ 15,000

Week of: 6-Dec Week 1 $ 8,967




Total Offertory Collections This Month $ 37,732

Note: The Above Amounts Do Not Include

Building Fund Donations

CHURCH MORTGAGE

Mortgage Loan Balance $ 1,937,310

This Week:

Weekend Mass Attendance Totaled = 347

Offertory Donations From Cash/Checks = $5,652

Offertory Donations From Connect Now Giving = $3,727

Mortgage Reduction Donations (Checks) = $5,896 Mortgage Reduction Donations (CNG) = $873

Total Building Fund Donations = $6769

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Offertory = $9,028

Plan Ahead, Sign Up For Connect Now Giving

Have your gift recorded by using envelopes. We will provide you with a record of your tax-deductible donations every year. Don’t have

envelopes? Call Parish office to request – it’s easy!

Mortgage Reduction is this

weekend! January 3rd!

Mass for the Feast of

Santo Niño

Saturday, January 9 at

10:00 am

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