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St. Francis Xavier Parish
Bienvenido a la parroquia de S. Francisco Xavier
"The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives." -Lk. 4:18
"Me ha enviado para proclamar la libertad a los cautivos, para poner en libertad a los oprimidos.
(Lucas 4,18)
Our faith community and I, Fr. Francis are delighted that you and your family have chosen Saint Francis Xavier Parish as your place for worship. Saint Francis Xavier, S.J. (Society of Jesus) showed a great zeal for missionary work, and just as him we strive to follow on the footsteps of such a great preacher and evangelizer for the Malaysians.
We welcome you as Christ! Whether you are a member or a visitor, we pray that you find Christ among our brothers and sisters in the faith and trust that the word of God would stir your heart to actively listen and be prompted to action for the greater glory of God.
OUR MISSION
As members of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, we are a multicultural community guided by the Holy Spirit and the Catholic Church. Our family of faith leads a Christ-centered life to enrich our world through sacrament, worship, service, and hospitality.
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3rd Sunday of Advent
We continue, in this third stage of the “Advent journey”, to prepare for the coming of the Lord. Called “Gaudete Sunday”, this third Sunday of Advent invites us to joy: the coming of the Lord is drawing near; our deliverance is getting ever closer.
In the first reading an anonymous prophet announces to the inhabitants of Judah, exiled in Babylon, that the years of sadness are coming to an end and that the new times of joy and hope will finally arrive. Why? Because God “is here to do justice”. He will intervene in history, will save Judah from captivity, will open a road in the desert so that his People, in a triumphal procession, may return to Zion. God never gives up on his beloved children.
In the Gospel, Jesus himself defines the mission that the Father entrusted to him when he sent him to meet humankind: to give sight to the blind and draw them out of the darkness in which they are sinking, to free the lame from everything that prevents them from walking, to heal lepers and reintegrate them into the family of God, to open the ears of the deaf who live closed in their self‑sufficient world, to restore life to those who feel they are at death’s door, to announce to the poor the “Good News” of God’s love. With Jesus, the Kingdom of God has come into the life and history of human beings.
In the
second reading a certain James, who presents himself as “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ”, warns the poor, victims of the abuses of the powerful, that the Lord, the “judge” of human beings, is coming to bring justice. His coming will free them from the oppression to which they have been subjected. While they wait, the poor must place their trust in God and continue to walk, faithfully and without discouragement, the path that lies before them.
Mass Times
Sunday:
9:30am Mass in English
11:30am Mass in Spanish
Daily Mass:
Monday to Friday: 8am in English and Spanish
Confession:
Before weekly and Sunday mass. Also upon request to the office
Eucharist Adoration:
First Friday of the month from 8:30am to 10:30am
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And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."