N A T I O N A L S H R I N E O F

S A I N T F R A N C I S O F A S S I S I

SERVED BY THE CAPUCHIN FRANCISCANS

Very Reverend John De La Riva, O.F.M. Cap., Rector

Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, J.C.D.

Archbishop of San Francisco

ELEVATOR ACCESS: Please ask the Rector or one of our Shr ine volunteers if you need assistance with our Main Church elevator, or automatic door for the Porziuncola Nuova chapel.

Church & Office: 610 Vallejo Street (at Columbus) San Francisco, CA 94133 Office: (415) 986-4557 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Email: info@shrinesf.org Website: ShrineSF.org

November 17, 2019

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

— Lk 21:19

confessions

Monday—saturday:

11:00 AM—12:00 Noon

WEDNESday:

5:30 PM—6:30 PM

Also by appointment

National Shrine hours

Historic Church: 10:00AM - 5:00PM Monday - Saturday 10:00AM - 2:00PM Sunday

Open Certain Holidays

Porziuncola Chapel: 10:00AM - 4:00PM Wednesday - Saturday 10:00AM - 2:00PM Sunday

Saturdays in the Porziuncola Chapel: Holy Rosary Sodality at 2:30PM & Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3:00PM

First Saturdays in the historic church St. padre pio prayer group 10am—1pm

Exposition & benediction of the blessed sacrament 10:50am—12pm

Mass Times

Monday — Saturday:

12:15 PM

Sunday: 11:00 AM

WEDNESday: 7:00 PM

Marriages at the Shrine * By special permission • All inquiries: Please contact the Shrine office for Rector’s

initial assessment • Note: Arrangements at least six months in advance

Baptism • Contact the Shrine office for details

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SUNDAY’S READINGS

First Reading — For those who fear the name of the Lord, the sun of justice will arise (Malachi 3:19-20a).

Psalm — The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice (Psalm 98).

Second Reading — Those who are living in idleness are urged to earn their own living (2 Thessalonians 3:7-12).

Gospel — Jesus foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, the persecution of his followers (Luke 21:5-19).

DAILY MASS READINGS

Monday: The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Ps 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: 2 Mc 6:18-31; Ps 3:2-7; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b, 15; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1 Mc 2:15-29; Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: St. Cecilia 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59; 1 Chr 29:10bcd, 11-12;

Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: St. Clement I; St. Columban; Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro; B.V.M. 1 Mc 6:1-13; Ps 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19; Lk 20:27-40

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

11:00 am

12:15 pm

12:15 pm

12:15 pm

7:00 pm

12:15 pm

12:15 pm

12:15 pm

† Steve Spina

Darren Lingard (Healing)

† Carmen C. Ferreira

Fr. David Lawrence, S.J. (Intention)

† Marie Hong Tran

† Asunta Ercolini

Thynn Thynn (Birthday)

† George Steven Bacigalupi

Mass Intentions — NOVEMBER 17 to 23

MARK YOUR CALENDAR—Holiday concerts

Golden Gate Boys Choir & Bellringers

Sunday, December 15 at 2:00 PM

Schola Chorale

Sunday, December 15 at 7:30 PM

More details will be provided in upcoming bulletins, the website and social media

ALL SOULS ENVELOPES

All Souls Remembrance envelopes can be found in the back of the church List the names of your departed loved ones and

they will be remembered at Mass at the Shrine for the entire month of November.

Please place with your offering in the collection basket during Mass, or

Drop in the rear-center aisle donation box

You may also submit your written names, with an offering, on a blank envelope to the Shrine office.

Thank you for your generosity

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY Thursday, November 28

Porziuncola chapel and Shrine office will be CLOSED

Shrine church OPEN from 10AM—1PM * Doors close following conclusion of Mass Confession: 11AM—12PM, Mass: 12:15PM

Friday, November 29 Shrine church, Porziuncola, and office will be CLOSED

PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Feast: November 21

Mary’s presentation was celebrated in Jerusalem in the sixth century. A church was built there in honor of this mystery. The Eastern Church was more interested in the feast, but it does appear in the West in the 11th century. Although the feast at times disappeared from the calendar, in the 16th century it became a feast of the universal Church.

As with Mary’s birth, we read of Mary’s presentation in the temple only in apocryphal literature. In what is recognized as an unhistorical account, the Protoevangelium of James tells us that Anna and Joachim offered Mary to God in the Temple when she was 3 years old. This was to carry out a promise made to God when Anna was still childless.

Though it cannot be proven historically, Mary’s presentation has an important theological purpose. It continues the impact of the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and of the birth of Mary. It emphasizes that the holiness conferred on Mary from the beginning of her life on earth continued through her early childhood and beyond.

It is sometimes difficult for modern Westerners to appreciate a feast like this. The Eastern Church, however, was quite open to this feast and even somewhat insistent about celebrating it. Even though the feast has no basis in history, it stresses an important truth about Mary: From the beginning of her life, she was dedicated to God. She herself became a greater temple than any made by hands. God came to dwell in her in a marvelous manner and sanctified her for her unique role in God’s saving work. At the same time, the magnificence of Mary enriches her children. They—we—too are temples of God and sanctified in order that we might enjoy and share in God’s saving work.

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Reflections on the Wisdom from St. Francis

by Fr. Bobby

The Lord says, Love your enemies [do good to those

who hate you and pray for those who persecute and

slander you.] For that person truly loves his enemy who

is not hurt by an injury done to him, but, because of the

love of God, is strung by the sin of his soul. Let him

show him love by his deeds. (Admoniton IX)

Young Francis sets off to battle

Francis of Assisi truly had to learn the same lesson

as every other follower of Christ: that loving your

enemy may not be easy, but it is essential if we are to

follow Jesus. One day Francis stood before the walls of

the city of Perugia, Assisi’s neighbor and sworn enemy.

It was the Perugians who had defeated the army of

Assisi and put Francis in prison, yet he knew he was

called by God to preach to them, to share with them

the message of God’s peace. We can only imagine

Francis’ struggle. It was hard for him to believe,

perhaps, that God could love the Perugians or that he,

a man of Assisi, should preach that divine love to

them. He hesitated, yet in the end he let the Spirit

guide him into the town where he spoke the Gospel

message. He thus was able to show his love by his

deeds. May the Lord bless and keep you!

Fr. Robert Barbato, OFM Cap. is the pastor of Old Mission Santa Inés in Solvang, CA.

Discerning a vocation?

Could a friar’s life be for you?

Contact: Fr. Peter Banks, OFM Cap.

Email: peterbanksofmcap@yahoo.com; Phone: 805.686.4127

Website: www.BeAFriar.com

Want to talk about your vocation questions?

Fr. John, the Shrine Rector can be available—contact the Shrine office. Peace

Order of Friars Minor Capuchins (O.F.M. Cap.)

www.olacapuchins.org

The Capuchins

WELCOME FR. MOSES AND FR. ROBERT

Visiting the Shrine and concelebrating this Sunday’s Mass are Father Moses Munialo Khisa, OFM Cap. and Father Robert Onyango Sewe, OFM Cap.

Fr. Moses was born on June 6, 1977 in Bungoma, Kenya and entered the Capuchin Order in September 2006 and made final profession in August 2013 in the Capuchin Order’s Kenyan Custody. He was ordained a Catholic Priest on March 15, 2014 in the Diocese of Bungoma.

From March 2016 to the present, Fr. Moses has been serving as a administrator at St. Boniface Catholic

Parish, located in Masogo, Kenya. He has during the same time been a Parish Choir Chaplain, Parish Secondary School Chaplain, Deanery Chaplain – Catholic Justice and Peace Commission member, and a Parish pontifical Missionary Childhood Chaplain and Animator. Prior to that, from March 2014 to December 2015, Fr. Moses was a Parochial Vicar at the St. Theresa’s Parish, located in Rusinga Island, Homa-Bay Diocese, Kenya. During the same time, Fr. Moses was also a Deanery Chaplain of the Ecumenical Movement, and a Parish Choir Chaplain.

Fr. Robert Onyango Sewe is a citizen and national of Kenya. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya on February 23, 1975. He joined the Capuchin Franciscan Order as a Postulant in Umoja House of Formation in Mpeketoni, Lamu County, located in Kenya in June 2002. He made his perpetual profession at Padre Pio Langáta Friary, located in Nairobi, Kenya on August 8, 2010. He was ordained as a Catholic Priest on May 26, 2012 in the Archdiocese of Mombasa. From March 2016 to the present, Fr. Robert has been appointed and serves as the Dean in Tonga Deanery, located in Homa-Bay Diocese, Kenya. Prior to that, from October 2015 to August 2018, Fr. Robert was appointed as the Director of St. Joseph’s Girls Secondary School, located in Rusinga Island, Homa-Bay Diocese, Kenya. He served as an elected 3rd Councilor in the Capuchin Order, Custody of Kenya, from February 2015 to February 2018. He served as a Parish Priest in St. Theresa Catholic parish in Rusinga Island, Homa-Bay Diocese, Kenya, from February 2014 to August 2018, and as an Assistant Priest in the same church from August 2012 to February 2014.

Please welcome our brother friars with open arms and pray that their time with us will be one of grace and many blessings both for them and for the Western America Province. They are the first of several planned cooperations with international Capuchin communities with possible future benefits for the National Shrine.

News and Events

Any and all signs, posters, fliers, pamphlets, booklets, etc. must be submitted to the Rector for review, possible edit or revision, and necessary authorization before the desired materials can be properly posted, displayed or distributed on the properties of the *National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. Furthermore, any and all Solicitation, petition signing, and promotion of any and all entities outside of the Nat’l. Shrine itself is prohibited without prior approval of the Shrine Rector. It is also Shrine Policy that the removal, altering, and or discarding of any and all approved signage, posters, pamphlets, booklets, etc. will be by Shrine Rector authorization only. Any and all materials that do not abide by this Policy of the Rector: Fr. John De La Riva, OFM Cap., will be removed and confiscated. *Please note: The St. Francis Church, the Porziuncola Nuova Chapel, and the Rectory residence together constitute the properties of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi.

FR. LEON FROM MEDJUGORJE ON OUR LADY’S MESSAGE

St. Dominic Catholic Church

2390 Bush St, San Francisco

Saturday , November 23rd from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Fr. Leon Pereira, OP, is a Dominican priest of English Province and has been the chaplain for English-speaking pilgrimages to Medjugorje since 2016. He will share his experience of encountering (at Medjugorje) Our Lady as a young maiden and Her message of the "Five Stones": Prayer/Rosary, Confession, Eucharist, Bible and Fasting. Please join the St. Dominic community to hear this inspiring talk by Fr. Leon.

CATHOLIC RESOURCES

RELEVANT RADIO: San Francisco—Bay Area– KSFB – 1260 AM, plus now on 101.7 FM Live Stream : www.relevantradio.com, Click at the top of the webpage

TV MASS: Sundays at 6:00am on KTSF Channel 26 and KOFY Channel 20.

Archbishop Cordileone's New Video Channel: Please visit: http://sfarchdiocese.org/home/archbishop/video-series-with-archbishop-cordileone

EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) Videos— Television, Online Live Streaming & Radio http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live.asp

VATICAN YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/user /vatican#p/a BIBLIACLERUS http://www.clerus.org/bibliaclerus/index_eng.html

"This program offers Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis."

CATHOLIC CATECHISM COMPENDIUM http://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html

CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC MINISTRY CONFERENCE IN SAN JOSE

Thursday, Friday, Saturday: December 5—7, 2019

San Jose Convention Center

150 W. San Carlos Street, San Jose

Website: CaCMC.net

The California Catholic Ministry Conference (CaCMC) (formerly the Santa Clara Faith Formation Conference) is the annual conference for catechists, liturgists, lay ministers, religious education directors,and interested Catholics. It offers more than 120 workshops and 80 speakers, as well as opportunities to be a sponsor and prayer opportunities. In addition to Catechetical Formation, CaCMC is focusing on Social Justice, Liturgy, and Leadership Development. There will be multiple speakers in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). This early Advent gathering is a chance to network with three thousand colleagues from throughout the state. Registration is open at the website, and you can book your stay at three major hotels close to the convention center.

ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ‘HUMBLED’ BY ELECTION AS USCCB PRESIDENT

Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez issued

the following statement upon being

elected President of the United States Conference

of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, Maryland

on November 12, 2019.

I am humbled by this vote and my brother bishops’ trust in me.

This election is an honor for me. and it recognizes the beautiful

diversity and the missionary spirit of the family of God in the

Archdiocese of Los Angeles. But it is also a recognition of the

essential place that Latino Catholics hold in the life of the Church

and in the life of our great nation.

We are living in a moment of hope and renewal in the Church.

United with our Holy Father Pope Francis, I look forward to

working with my brother bishops to inspire our Catholic people

to follow Jesus Christ in holiness and love and to continue our

mission of spreading the mercy of God and building his Kingdom

on earth.

I entrust these next three years to the maternal care of Our Lady

of Guadalupe and I ask the prayers of my fellow Catholics — all

our priests, deacons, and seminarians; all our consecrated men

and women; and especially our lay people, who are so vital in

carrying forward the Church’s mission.