Mission San Diego de Alcalá 10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA 92108-2429

Phone: (619) 283-7319 Fax: (619) 283-7762

Website: www.missionsandiego.org

January 31, 2021

Rev. Peter M. Escalante, Pastor Rev. Bill Springer and Rev. Raymond Philip Napuli, Associate Pastors

Deacon Ernest Grosso

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (619) 283-7319 Fax: (619) 283-7762 VISITOR CENTER/GIFT SHOP Rhonda Sosa, Manager Hours, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. (619) 281-8449

MSGR. HALTER ARCHIVES Hours - Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m.—12 p.m. (619) 283-6338 library@missionsandiego.org

SUNDAY MASS TIMES

4:00 p.m. Saturday—Mission Courtyard 7:30 a.m. Sunday—Mission Courtyard 9:00 a.m. Mission Courtyard 10:30 a.m. Spanish in Mission Courtyard 12:00 p.m. Mission Courtyard 4:00 p.m. Mission Courtyard

WEEKDAY MASSES: 7:00 a.m. & 4:00p.m., (no Saturday 7 a.m. Mass at this time.)

CONFESSIONS: Will be by appointment only. Please call the Parish Office.

ADORATION IN LA CAPILLA Suspended until further notice. BAPTISMS: Please call the Parish Office at (619) 283-7319 MARRIAGES: Preparation with priest/deacon at least 9 months in advance. NAZARETH SCHOOL: Principal Mrs. René Coons, (619) 641-7987 MISSION HISTORY INFORMATION: www.missionsandiegohistory.org

Mass Readings and Intentions Sunday, January 31

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35;

Mk1:21-28 7:30am Diaa Issa

9am Leucadia Burke 10:30am (Sp) Parishioners of Mission SD

12pm Pauline Navarro 4:00pm Cliff & Joseph Bourgeois

Monday, February 1

Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 7am Phil Harman

4:00pm Mr. Barney Morgan

Tuesday, February 2 The Presentation of the Lord; Blessing of

Candles Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk :22

-40 [22-32] 7am May Donovan

4:00pm Richard F. Kise

Wednesday, February 3 St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; Blessing of Throats Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14,17-

18a; Mk 6:1-6 7am Sunnie Farrell

4:00pm Raymond Baran

Thursday, February 4 Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 48:2-4, 9-11;

Mk 6:7-13 7:00am Paul Hart 4:00pm Nada Frank

Friday, February 5

St. Agatha; First Friday Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29

7:00am Gustavo Sosa 4:00pm Neil O’Keefe

Saturday, February 6

St. Paul Miki and Companions; First Saturday Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6;

Mk 6:30-34 4:00pm Hank Kelley

Sunday, February 7

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Consecrated Life

Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147:1-6; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39

7:30am Catherine Amitrano 9am Edward Brandel

10:30am (Sp) S-John & Sandy Cabanatan 12pm Samuel Beamon

4:00pm Christina Murray

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Activities this week at the Mission . . . All activities are cancelled until further notice. Please check with your

specific group to see if they are meeting via Zoom.

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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you” (Deuteronomy 18:15-20). Psalm — If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Psalm 95). Second Reading — Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties (1 Corinthians 7:32-35). Gospel — The people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching; he taught them as one having authority (Mark 1:21-28).

FALSE PROPHETS, TRUE PROPHETS In Deuteronomy today we hear that God’s very words will fill the mouth of a true prophet, but a false prophet will, in a manner of speaking, put mere mortal words into God’s mouth. In Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus teaching and healing as a true prophet, one filled with the authority of God’s own voice, the Holy One of God. The whole history of our church is filled with both true and false prophets. But in today’s Gospel we learn that Jesus’ fame spread because he taught with authority; he wasn’t an authority because he was popular or famous. We also learn from him, in his desert temptation confrontations with Satan, that anyone can quote scripture, even against God’s purposes. And today we hear that his authority was not like that of the scribes, who held the official positions of religious authority in his day. Our work is to do our best to discern the true prophets in our midst, and to be true prophets as well. The psalmist tells us how to do this: by not hardening our hearts when God speaks. If we truly listen to God, it will be God’s very words filling our mouths. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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Sunday and Daily Masses will be held in the Mission Courtyard.

The Mission Church will remain open for visits and prayer from:

9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

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Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.

-Psalm 95:6

WEEKLY BULLETINS Due to the current pandemic situation and weather related issues, the bulletin was delayed and not available to you after Mass. If this should happen again, please be assured that our bulletin will always be available via the Mission website and emailed via Flocknotes. If you wish to be assured of receiving a weekly bulletin, please consider signing up for Flocknotes. The link can be found on the Mission website. Thank you for your understanding.

MASSES

ONLINE SUNDAY MASS The Diocese of San Diego is providing Online Sunday Mass. This link will take you to a page that has English, Spanish, and Vietnamese Masses.

https://www.sdcatholic.org/find-a-parish/on-line-Sunday-mass/

The Mission is recording Sunday Mass and posting to our website at:

https://ww.missionsandiego.org and on our YouTube Channel.

Please go to YouTube.com and join the Mission San Diego de Alcalá channel. You will see our postings there.

A Message from the Bishop

Bishop Robert W. McElroy’s Inauguration Day Statement

Pope Francis’ inauguration message to President Biden points to the pathway that the Catholic Community should follow as we seek to transform the political culture of our nation. It is a pathway of reconciliation that places the healing of our society ahead of any specific policy issue, in the recognition that repairing the soul of our country is the pre-requisite for any sustainable effort to advance the common good. It is a pathway which recognizes the breadth and interrelationship of the gravest moral evils that confront us at this moment, ranging from poverty, abortion and racism, to violations of religious liberty, the victimization of immigrants and the destruction of the planet that is our common home. It is a pathway that calls us to reject the notion that the gravest assaults upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ can be categorized into the policy positions of one party or the other, one candidate or the other. Pope Francis’ message to President Biden speaks to him in his humanity, a man of Catholic faith striving to serve his nation and his God. This is how we, the bishops of the United States, should encourage our new President; by entering into a relationship of dialogue, not judgment; collaboration, not isolation; truth in charity, not harshness. Join in the Holy Father’s prayers that God will grant President Biden and Vice-President Harris wisdom and strength in the exercise of their high offices, and that together we might re-forge the bonds of unity, freedom, justice and peace in a world torn asunder.

FEAST OF FAITH “I Confess”

One form of the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass is the traditional Confiteor, or “I confess,” a prayer that was formerly prayed by the priest alone at the foot of the altar, but which is now prayed by the entire assembly. The Confiteor is at once personal—“I confess”—and communal, prayed aloud, together. We recognize that sin does not just separate us from God; sin comes between us and others, isolating us. We acknowledge that sin has many dimensions, individual and communal: sins of thought, sins of speech, sins of action, sins of omission. Sin is not something that happens to us; sin is something we do. In the Confiteor, we take responsibility for our own actions. The repeated insistence on our “fault,” with the ritual gesture of striking the breast, an ancient sign of penitence, is not meant to lower our self-esteem. Rather, it acknowl-edges our human instinct to transfer the blame whenever we can (“The devil made me do it!”). This prayer stops us short. We take responsibil-ity for ourselves, our actions, our failure to act. Then we cry out to God in those ancient words, Kyrie, eleison—Lord, have mercy. For the sinner who repents, there is mercy. This truth is at the heart of our faith, and it is where the Mass, our feast of faith, begins. -Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

What’s Happening at the Mission and around the Diocese . . . . . Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Anaheim Religious Ed Congress—February 18-21 RECongress Virtual Event

Cost: The registration fee of $35.00 covers your admission to the entire virtual event including exhibits, concerts, liturgies, Sacred Space, Keynote Addresses, Youth Track and ALL workshops.

Registration: Registration will only be available online. NO mail in registrations will be accepted. A unique email address will be necessary for each participant to complete their registration. Participants will not be able to share or use the same email address for this event. Registered participants will have access to view the content until March 21, 2021.

Website for registration: www.recongress.org/registration

On the First Sunday of February, all coins in the collection bags as you leave Mass will benefit Eudist Servants of Tijuana-prison ministry. Nuns at the Casa Compos Convent in Tijuana provide outreach to pris-oners as well as homeless. Also items needed for this collection are socks - men’s white and black, hard candy (not lollipops), sanitary pads, bath soap– not too large, powdered laundry detergent, toothpaste - small travel-sized, shaving razors. For more information or to donate directly visit their website: www.eudistservants.org. Watch the bulletin for other outreach activities of the Social Action Committee. For questions or more information about activities, contact Michael.Peddecord@gmail.com or call 619-929-8955. Thank you for your continuing support.

FEBRUARY SAINTS AND FEAST DAY WORD SCRAMBLE

St. Ealbsi _______________ St. Hsniojepe Kitbhaa _______________ St. Retep Mnaida _______________ St. Gasnar _______________ St. Hatcassloci _______________ St. Hataga _______________ St. Lpprcao ________________ St. Luap Kmii ______________ Ruo Yald of Dulsroe _______________ St. Moejer _______________ Npniaseeort of the Dlor _______________ Answers: St. Blaise; St. Ansgar; St. Agatha; St. Paul Miki; St. Jerome; St. Josephine Bakhita; St. Scholastica; St. Polycarp; Our Lady of Lourdes; Presentation of the Lord; St. Peter Damian

Daily and Sunday Mass and Confessions Schedule As of now, there will be no Masses held in the Saint Francis Chapel or the Mission Church.

All 5:30pm Masses now begin at 4:00pm and remain in the Mission Courtyard. Daily Masses are Monday—Friday at 7am and 4pm in the Mission Courtyard. All weekend morning Masses remain unchanged and weather permitting, will be held in the Mission Courtyard.

Face coverings and social distancing will continue to be required. Please note: Confessions will be by appointment only. Please call the Parish Office.

It is possible to watch the Sunday Mass online via the YouTube channel or the Mission website where you will find a link to watch the Mass. Again, we thank you for your understanding and patience.

DIVORCED SUPPORT MINISTRY via Zoom

A free program open to divorced/separated Catholics throughout the Diocese of San Diego.

Thursdays, January 28 to April 15, 2021 7-8:30 p.m.

The Recovering from Divorce Program is specifically designed to accompany divorced/separated Catholics. This 11-week program is designed to confidentially help its participants recover through the light of living their faith. RSVP: Janelle at jperegoy@sdcatholic.org 858-490-8292

Post Abortion Healing and Reconciliation Rachel’s Hope 858-581-3022

www.rachelshope.org

Pro-Life Resources Birthline San Diego: 858-270-2491

Birthline Chula Vista: 619-425-5012 Catholic Charities Adoption: 619-231-2828

National Life Center: 800-848-5683 Culture of Life Family Services: 619-692-4401

College Area Pregnancy Services: 619-337-8080

More Pro-Life Materials and Information www.nccbuscc.org/profile/index.html

www.liferesource.net www.wrg.org

YEAR END CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

are available by emailing Kay at: bookkeeper@missionsandiego.org

ALTAR LINENS GUILD. . . . . . . . . .Peggy Stolberg (619) 203-5871 ALTAR SERVERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dean Gipson (858) 761-1073 AMERICAN FILIPINO ASSOC. . . . Zeny Dobrawa (619) 504-8925 AMERICAN HISPANIC. MIN. Dulce Maria Serrato (619) 961-9913 BAPTISMS. . . . . . . . . Please call the Parish Office at (619) 283-7319 BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY. . . Dr. Roberta Flynn (619) 980-9244 BIRTHLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Melkerson (858) 292-4848 CANTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justine Lee (619) 972-7380 CENTERING PRAYER . . . . . . . Ardy Woodmansee (858) 279-7278 CULTURE OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . .Annette Mechling (619) 656-9178 DOCENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Bartel (858) 560-9312 FESTIVAL OF THE BELLS. . . . . . . . .festivalofbells@hotmail.com FINANCE COUNCIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cheryl Doss (619) 279-6138 9 AM FOLK CHOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Nocon (619) 890-7607 GIFT SHOP/VISITOR CENTER . . . . Rhonda Sosa (619) 281-8449 HOSPITAL OUTREACH. . . . . . . . . Carmen Falcon (619) 916-8476 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. . . . . . . GK Brian Carr (619) 916-6597 COLUMBIETTES (Auxiliary). . . . . . . .Laura Sperry (619) 590-2223 LECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virginia McCarron (818) 519-1769 MARTHA AND MARY GUILD . . . . .Karen Rebelo (858) 277-6243 MISSION-AIRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sylvia Benitez (619) 449-4345 MSGR. HALTER ARCHIVES. . . . . . . Tony Falcon (619) 283-6338 MUSIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Regard (858) 487-7457 MISSION CHOIR . . . . . . . . .Frank Schuld, President (619) 464-0401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Howard McCullough, Organist (858) 208-9515 OUTREACH TO SICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (619) 283-7319 PARISH COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crystal Carr (619) 916-6598 PARISH OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(619) 283-7319 RACHEL’S WOMEN’S CENTER. . . . .Kathy Estey (619) 723-0584 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION . .(4 yrs old—8th Grades and Children’s Sacramental Classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Gamara (619) 624-0900 RCIA/ADULT FORMATION . . . . .Fr. Bill Springer (619) 283-7319 SACRED ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . Susan Swall (619) 518-3101 SENIOR MEN’S GROUP (MMC) . . . . Pete Corrao (619) 582-9386 SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE. Mike Peddecord (619) 929-8955 TASTE OF THE MISSION . . . . . . . .Rachel Peniche (858) 449-8060 USHERS/HOSPITALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Boyd (619) 203-4309 WEDDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .Call the Parish Office to begin the process YOUNG ADULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ximena Olea (619) 750-8417 YOUTH MINISTRY (Sr High) . . . . . . . Cate Rogers (619) 640-0481

Directory of Ministries and Groups

Bulletin Items . .Please submit one week in advance of

bulletin date to charpinnell@gmail.com or call the Parish Office on Mon or Wed.

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An Act of Spiritual

Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are

present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things,

and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this

moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into

my heart. Lord, I know that You have always been there. I embrace

You and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be

separated from You. Amen.

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