Welcome
- The Joy of Christmas
“For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.” (Lk. 2:11). This is the announcement of the angels when the Son of God finally was born through our Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, in a manger. Christmas means the joy of celebrating that Jesus is in our lives because God loves us very much. Because of this joy is that all of us have special decorations in our homes, we have delicious food such as cookies, chocolate, or ham.
The angels invite not only the shepherds to go and adore the newborn baby, but also to each one of us. We cannot forget that the main reason of Christmas is Christ. Look at that fragile boy. Look at him, his innocence, tenderness, and all of love that God made man has for all of us. Our mission is not only to feel the love of God who is given us through this child, but to transmit the same love in our society who is living in crisis because of violence in many places, such us Ukraine, Israel, South America, Africa, Asia, and of course, our country.
Pope Francis in his Message on Christmas 2023 called Urbi et Orbi (December 25, 2023) invites us to proclaim this message of joy. “What kind of joy? Not the passing happiness of this world, not the glee of entertainment but a joy that is “great” because it makes us great. For today, all of us, with all our shortcomings, embrace the sure promise of an unprecedented gift: the hope of being born for heaven. Yes, Jesus our brother has come to make his Father our Father; a small child, he reveals to us the tender love of God, and much more. He, the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, gives us “power to become children of God” (Jn 1:12). This is the joy that consoles hearts, renews hope and bestows peace. It is the joy of the Holy Spirit: the joy born of being God’s beloved sons and daughters” (Urbi et Orbi. You can read the complete message from Pope Francis).
Let us celebrate Christmas with love and joy. Let us eat delicious food with our family and friends, let us sing Christmas carols and enjoy the snow in company of our children. Let us rejoice because the Emmanuel is among us. Let us keep Christ in Christmas through an amazing action that we can do for our relatives, family, friends, and strangers. Let us live Christmas the whole year because the baby Jesus is always in our hearts and came to us in the wonderful sacrament of the Eucharist
I, as the Pastor of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity and on behalf of our staff, wish you Merry Christmas! ¡Feliz Navidad! May the Baby, who was born in Bethlehem, be born again this Christmas in your hearts and homes and be with you always. Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, my brothers and sisters. Enjoy these wonderful Holy Days in the company of your beloved ones and, of course, the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Remember, The parish that we dream is the parish that I help to build!
God bless you and may the Blessed Virgin Mary be with you always!
Fr. Jorge Ramírez
This Week’s Mass Intentions
Saturday, December 21, 2024
4:30 pm (Vigil) Richard Link, req. by family
Sunday, December 22, 2024
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
8:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
10:30 am Susan Rockford req. by family
Monday, December 23, 2024
St. John of Kanty, Priest
8:30 am Bill Hickey, wedding anniversary, req. by wife, Phyllis
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
4:00 am For the Children of Holy Trinity
6:30 pm For the Youth of Holy Trinity
10:00 pm For the Benefactors of Holy Trinity
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
8:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Saint Stephen, The First Martyr
8:30 am Suzanne Szucs, req. by Dana & Tom Walker
Friday, December 27, 2024
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
8:30 am Catherine Krowl, req. by Robert Krowl & family
Saturday, December 28, 2024
4:30 pm (Vigil) Nicholas Faraldo, req. by Aunts Joanne & Chris
Sunday, December 29, 2024
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
8:30 am Jean LaBelle, req. by Anita
10:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
Christmas Mass Times at Holy Trinity
December 24 – Christmas Eve
4:00 and 6:30 pm
(Christmas Masses for families of young children)
10:00 pm
(Midnight Mass)
December 25 – Christmas Day
10:30 am
(The Nativity of the Lord)
If you wish to make a donation to our Christmas Flower Fund, you may do so by either calling the Parish Office or placing your intention and donation in an envelope in the collection basket.
Parish Office
The Parish Office will be closed on Tuesday, December 24th through Thursday, December 26th.
The staff of Holy Trinity wishes everyone a most blessed Christmas Season filled with joy, love and peace.
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Reading One: Micah 5:1-4a
Thus says the LORD:
You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,
and the rest of his kindred shall return
to the children of Israel.
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock
by the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD, his God;
and they shall remain, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
R. (4) Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
O shepherd of Israel, hearken,
from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Rouse your power,
and come to save us.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
Once again, O LORD of hosts,
look down from heaven, and see;
take care of this vine,
and protect what your right hand has planted
the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
May your help be with the man of your right hand,
with the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
Then we will no more withdraw from you;
give us new life, and we will call upon your name.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
Reading Two: Hebrews 10:5-10
Brothers and sisters:
When Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
in holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight.
Then I said, ‘As is written of me in the scroll,
behold, I come to do your will, O God.’“
First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings,
holocausts and sin offerings,
you neither desired nor delighted in.”
These are offered according to the law.
Then he says, :Behold, I come to do your will.”
He takes away the first to establish the second.
By this “will,” we have been consecrated
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
The Gospel: Luke 1:39-45
Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”
Pope Francis
From the Bishop
