The Cathedral of Christ the Light

**UPDATED CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE** After prayer and consideration, the Cathedral staff has decided to change Christmas Day Masses (December 25) to private, live-streamed Masses, out of prudent concern for the bodily well being of the Cathedral's parishioners and guests. For anyone who desires to attend Mass in person, we encourage you to attend any of the public, outdoor Masses on Christmas Eve (December 24). ... Thank you for your patience and understanding. May the Christ Child bring peace and joy to your homes this Christmas. Come, Emmanuel!

Join us for Blue Christmas: A Service of Readings and Reflections for the Longest Night. This service has been adapted for live-streaming in this time of pandemic. Blue Christmas will be live-streamed at 7:00pm today at https://youtu.be/DArfceSpAAQ.

Today at 7:00pm we will live stream our Advent Mini-Retreat. Join the livestream by clicking this link https://youtu.be/cxgkCgYINlk. We hope to see you there!

Fr. Brandon and Joe invite you to the CTL Mini-Retreat: Come, Let Us Adore taking place tomorrow, December 16 at 7:00pm. The Retreat will be live-streamed at https://youtu.be/cxgkCgYINlk

Join with us in worship for the live stream of the All Souls Day Mass with Bishop Barber, as we pray for all the faithfully departed. Join the livestream by goin to https://youtu.be/XwVYuwSkQH4 The Solemn Mass will be celebrated in Latin, and will feature beautiful music that will lift the soul as we pray for our loved ones who have gone before us.

Join Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J. for the Solemn Mass of the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on November 2, at 7:00PM on our YouTube Page at https://youtu.be/XwVYuwSkQH4. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

You are invited to worship with us, as we gather safely for the indoor celebration of the Holy Mass. Mass Sign Ups for the Thirty First Sunday of Ordinary Time, October 31 and November 1, is now up on our website at ctlcathedral.org. Click on the Sign Up Button under "OCT 31 / NOV 1 Mass Sign Up" on our front page.

Today's 11:00am Mass (Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time) is now on YouTube. We had a poor quality live stream of the Mass today, but you can now watch a recording of the Mass in HD quality!

We are incredibly joyful that parishioners and guests of the Cathedral of Christ the Light may gather indoors again for weekend Masses with reduced attendance. Please do not forget to register for Mass, before coming to the Cathedral for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Register for Mass at ctlcathedral.org. Before signing up for a weekend Mass, please take into consideration the Cathedral's guidelines for Mass attendance during the pandemic.... To attend Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, you MUST: -Be healthy and exhibit no symptoms of sickness -Wear a mask -Observe and respect proper social distancing practices

Indoor Masses are back! They're at reduced attendance, but are still very excited to worship with you again within the walls of our beautiful cathedral! Attending the weekend Masses requires registration. To sign up for Masses go to ctlcathdral.org.

The weekend Mass Schedule at the Cathedral of Christ the Light has been updated with reduced capacity indoor Masses being allowed again. The weekend Mass schedule are as follows: Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm (English)... Sunday: 8:00am (Vietnamese), 11:00am (English), 1:30pm (Spanish) To sign for Masses this weekend, go to ctlcathedral.org.

Weekday Masses will be celebrated indoors beginning today, Friday, October 23 for the 12:10pm. There is no registration necessary to attend a weekday Mass. See you at Mass! All Mass attendees MUST:... -Be healthy and exhibit no symptoms of sickness -Wear a mask -Respect social distancing practices See more

ctlcathedral.org According to the Alameda County COVID-19 ordinances, the Cathedral of Christ the Light will be permitted to resume indoor worship for congregations at a maximum of 100 persons. To ensure we enforce this ordinance, guests MUST register for a weekend Mass to attend. Please see the Saturday/Sunday Mass schedule for Mass Times. Only guests who have registered for the Mass will be allowed to participate in the indoor Mass. ... PLEASE NOTE: Please keep in mind, Catholics are not obligated to attend Masses in this time of pandemic. All of the faithful in the Diocese of Oakland have dispensation from Sunday obligation of the Mass, due to the circumstances of the pandemic. People may come to Mass if they are safe to do so, and are comfortable. For those who do not wish to attend Sunday Mass yet, livestreams will continue. The cathedral encourages the faithful who do not desire, or are unable to attend weekend Masses, to still observe Sunday as a day of prayer and rest.

Good morning! We invite you to join us a video live stream of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 11:00AM on this Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time on our YouTube at https://youtu.be/hRQHV9MX0Ow

We're very close to being able to celebrate Mass within the Cathedral! Let's be unceasing in our prayer until then. In the mean time, don't forget to sign up for this weekend's outdoor Mass. Celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on our Cathedral Plaza, beside Lake Merritt, with fellow faithful Catholics, and most of all to receive our Lord in Body, Blood, Soul, in Divinity. https://cathedralofchristtheligh.flocknote.com/signup/21857... All Mass attendees are required to wear masks and maintain proper social distancing practices. See you Sunday!

Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours. October 15 is the Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, a Doctor of the Church, a mystic, and a Carmelite. Te...resa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada was born in the Castilian city of Avila during the year 1515, the third child in a family descended from Jewish merchants who had converted to Christianity. Together with her close collaborator, the priest and writer later canonized as Saint John of the Cross, she founded what is known today as the Order of Discalced Carmelites discalced, meaning barefoot, symbolizing the simplicity to which they chose to return the order after a period of corruption. The reform met with fierce opposition, but resulted in the founding of 30 monasteries during her life. St. Teresa of Avila died on Oct. 15, 1582. She was canonized on March 22, 1622, along with three of her greatest contemporaries: St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Philip Neri. In 1970, Pope St. Paul VI proclaimed St. Teresa as one of the first two woman Doctors of the Church, along with 14th century Dominican St. Catherine of Siena.