Upcoming Liturgies &amp; Events

DECEMBER 2023

02 Saturday
8:30AM Mass
9AM Monthly Children's Rosary in the chapel
5PM Vigil Mass for the First Sunday of Advent, then Anointing of the Sick

03 Sunday - FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM, 4PM

05 Tuesday - ADVENT EVENING OF RECOLLECTION

Incarnation Parish invites you to our Advent Evening of Recollection with Fr. Ed Broom. The evening will start with Fr. Broom presiding at the 5:30PM Mass and then proceed to the auditorium for all participate in a reflection on the importance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation during this Advent Season. The evening will conclude with an opportunity to go to confession with Fr. Broom, Fr. Balagtas, or Fr. Reyes. This is a wonderful way to start the Advent Season!

07 Thursday
5:30PM Vigil Mass: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (holy day of obligation)

08 Friday - SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY (holy day of obligation)
Masses: 8:30AM, 11AM (with School), 5:30PM

09 Saturday
8:30AM Mass
5PM Vigil Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent
6PM iChildren's Choir performing at Fiesta de las Luminarias event at Glendale's Casa Adobe

10 Sunday - SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM, 4PM - preceded at 3:15PM by procession with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and dramatic portrayal of St. Juan Diego and miracle of roses, Aztec dancers ... followed after Mass by the celebration of Las Posadas.

11 Monday - ADVENT COMMUNAL PENANCE SERVICE
7PM in the church

12 Tuesday - FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
5:30AM Las Mananitas & Mass celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with mariachi and Aztec dancers; 8:30AM Mass (cantor & piano) and 5:30PM Mass (cantor & piano).
Our Lady of Guadalupe first introduced herself as the Mother of God and the mother of all humanity when she appeared on the hill of Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531. An indigenous peasant, Juan Diego, saw a glowing figure on the hill. After she had identified herself to him, Our Lady asked that Juan build her a shrine in that same spot, in order for her to show and share her love and compassion with all those who believe. Afterwards, Juan Diego visited Juan de Zumárraga, who was Archbishop of what is now Mexico City. Zumárraga dismissed him in disbelief and asked that the future Saint provide proof of his story and proof of the Lady’s identity. Juan Diego returned to the hill and encountered Our Lady again. The Virgin told him to climb to the top of the hill and pick some flowers to present to the Archbishop. Although it was winter and nothing should have been in bloom, Juan Diego found an abundance of flowers of a type he had never seen before. The Virgin bundled the flowers into Juan's cloak, known as a tilma. When Juan Diego presented the tilma of exotic flowers to Zumárraga, the flowers fell out and he recognized them as Castilian roses, which are not found in Mexico. What was even more significant, however, was that the tilma had been miraculously imprinted with a colorful image of the Virgin herself. This actual tilma, preserved since that date and showing the familiar image of the Virgin Mary with her head bowed and hands together in prayer, represents the Virgin of Guadalupe. It remains perhaps the most sacred object in all of Mexico. The story is best known from a manuscript written in the Aztec’s native language Nahuatl by the scholar Antonio Valeriano. It was written sometime after 1556. Over 20 million people visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year, now situated on the very same hill on which she appeared. Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed Virgin Mary, is patroness of all the Americas and the Philippines.

15 Friday - SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
6PM in the church.

16 Saturday
8:3AM Mass
5PM Vigil Mass for the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)

7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 1st of nine nights)
ADVENT EVENING MASSES AT 7PM
SIMBANG GABI
Saturday, December 16 – Sunday, December 24
All Incarnation parishioners are invited to our community’s joyful and spiritual preparation before Christmas, a nine-day series of Masses celebrated at 7PM, in English, for everyone in the parish beginning Saturday, December through December 24. The history behind these series of Masses is known as Simbang Gabi, Misa de Gallo (Rooster’s Mass) or Dawn Masses is a nine-day novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Expectant Mother of God. It begins on December 16 and culminates on Christmas Eve to welcome the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. This tradition started in the early days of Christianity among Spain, Mexico, and the Philippines. In the 1600s, The Holy See granted permission for the celebration of these early dawn Masses to accommodate the farmers and fisherman working in the fields and on the seas. Hence, the name Misa de Gallo was given because when the rooster crows at the start of the day at dawn, it signaled that it was time to go to Mass before the beginning of the workday.Here at Incarnation, we celebrate this Advent novena of Masses at 7PM to accommodate working families.

17 Sunday - THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Gaudete Sunday)
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM, 4PM
7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 2nd of nine nights)

18 Monday
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM, 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 3rd of nine nights)

19 Tuesday
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM, 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 4th of nine nights)

20 Wednesday
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM, 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 5th of nine nights)

21 Thursday
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM, 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 6th of nine nights)

22 Friday
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM, 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 7th of nine nights)

23 Saturday
8:30AM Mass
5PM Vigil Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the 8th of nine nights), followed by reception in the auditorium

24 Sunday - FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM
Christmas Eve Masses: 4PM (Children), 7PM Simbang Gabi Mass (the ninth of nine nights), Midnight Mass, preceded at 11PM by Christmas Concert

25 Monday - CHRISTMAS DAY
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM (NO 4PM Mass)

30 Saturday
8:30AM Mass
5PM Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

31 Sunday - FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH
Masses: 7:30AM*, 9AM*, 10:30AM*, 12PM, 4PM
*iChildren's Choir's Annual Christmas Caroling after morning Masses.

JANUARY 2024

01 Monday - SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD (not a holy day of obligation)
Masses: 10AM, 5:30PM

06 Saturday
8:30AM Mass
5PM Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord

07 Sunday - FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Masses: 7:30AM, 9AM, 10:30AM, 12PM, 4PM

08 Monday - FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Masses: 8:30AM, 5:30PM (the Christmas ends)

Incarnation Catholic Church

1001 N Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91202
818-242-2579

Upcoming Liturgies & Events