eBulletin January 19, 2025

Each year at this time, as hard as it is for me to let go of the Christmas season, which I truly love, I also feel the attraction to something new.  The calendar changes from one year to another, and we begin Ordinary Time.  It feels like there is a freshness, a newness.  I like it.

I feel like today’s readings are filled with the call to newness.  In the Prophet Isaiah, we hear “You shall be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the Lord.”  No more are we called “Forsaken” or “Desolate,” but “My Delight,” and Espoused.”  Wow!  God delighting in me, in you, in us.  In John’s gospel, we hear how Jesus makes new wine for a wedding feast.  Empty are the cisterns, symbolic of the old covenant.  Along comes this new one, Jesus, who fills the old cisterns with his new law of love, and suddenly people are enjoying the best vintage ever.  And the psalm, “Sing to the Lord a new song.”  Such is the call to newness, I feel rather that God is singing to us a new song.  All this to say, how is God calling you to something new at this time?  What new thing is God inviting you to realize, to see?  Is there a new gift God wants you to share with others?

We Jesuit priests are inviting you to embrace the Eucharist in a new way.  You may have been told by your parents or by priests at some point that to receive the Eucharist from a priest is more special, or that you receive extra grace.  We have even noticed that a number of people will “jump lines” in order to receive the host from the priest.  We would like to invite you to recall what we believe:  that the bread, once consecrated, is always and everywhere the Body of Christ.  It does not matter which minister gives it to you, it is fully the Body of Christ, the real presence of Jesus.  We Jesuits will be shifting the stations from which we distribute communion, and as we do so, we invite you to receive communion from whichever minister is nearest you, trusting in the fullness of the sacrament.

As we celebrate the newness of this year, we continue to pray for our brothers and sisters north of us who suffer from the fires.  

Important Notice
The parish office will be closed on Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Our Sunday missals in English have arrived!
Don’t forget to stop by the parish office to get your copy during office hours. They are only $10!

Are you new to the parish and would like to become an official member?
We would love to have you with us!
We will be happy to assist you at the parish office and help you register.
It would be a pleasure for us to have you as part of our community!

Attention 8th Grade Students of Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Diego!
Cathedral Catholic High School invites you to register for the Class of 2029.
Applications are now available and must be submitted by January 25, 2025.
We will also be holding the placement test on the same day, January 25, 2025.
Every student who has applied to attend Cathedral Catholic High School will be automatically registered for the test.
For more information, visit the school's website:
www.cathedralcatholic.org 

🌍 Laudato Si’ 

It is an exhortation to greater environmental and social responsibility, based on the Christian vision of creation as a common good that must be protected and cared for.