POSTPONED!!!
2020 Fall Retreat – December 11 & 12 POSTPONED!!!
It is with sad regret that our Fall Retreat 2020 is now postponed until further notice.
Due to the rise of Covid 19 cases here in LA County and with the mandate by the State Governor we would like to take extra precautions for the safety of everyone. Our Retreat Staff and Catechists will meet and discuss other options and possibilities in order to provide a quality, life-changing and safe Retreat soon.
Annual Christmas Toy-Give-Away
We are asking our Year 1 & 2 Candidates, Parents, Sponsors and the Community of St. Martha to Donate New and Unwrapped toys for our Annual Christmas Toy-Give-Away. Our Toy-Give-Away will be held on December 19 from 9am to 11am. Please drop your toy donation in the Rectory or at the Youth Office. “Let us all put a smile and cheer to our most unfortunate children in our parish & community!”
CONFIRMATION CALENDAR
A new calendar (January 2021 – July 2021) will be posted on the website by December 30, 2020.
Our first Zoom Faith Sharing Class for next year is scheduled on the week of January 10 to 14, 2021.
We wish you all a safe, healthy and blessed Merry Christmas!
Challenge
3rd Sunday of Advent – This Sunday’s Gospel invites us to continue our reflection on the person and mission of John the Baptist. Today we depart from the Gospel of Mark and read a selection from the Gospel of John. John announces that the savior they seek is already among them, but as yet unrecognized. John’s response highlights for us an important Advent theme: Jesus has already come into the world as our savior. During Advent, we pray that we will be able to recognize Jesus’ presence in our midst. Advent also reminds us that Jesus will come again to fulfill the promise of salvation. We pray that we will continue to be watchful as we anticipate that great day.
The third Sunday of Advent is also called Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete, a Latin word which means “rejoice,” is taken from the entrance antiphon for Sunday’s Mass. This theme is echoed in today’s second reading from the first Letter to the Thessalonians. It is a reminder that Advent is a season of joy because our salvation is already at hand.
John gives testimony that he is preaching and baptizing in order to prepare for the coming of another.
John 1:6-8,19-28
If you can attend Mass in person and you are longing for Him in the Eucharist,
then He wants to see you.
Come to Mass this Sunday and be transformed by His Word and by the Eucharist.
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, Not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7