J.M.J.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
“What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”
On this First Sunday of Advent, the theme of the End Times continues. Our Lord Jesus Christ is under no illusion, and neither should we be, about the value of being prepared. The time of the death of each of us and the time of Our Lord’s Second Coming are unknown. Therefore, “Watch!”
*Let us pray for +Janice
Schoenfelder, Janette Quail, +Jerry Weber, Judy Waldera, Donna Squires, Dennis
Maiers, Kathy Engerbrecht, Teresa Louise, Mary Wilcox, Ione Allerdings,
Jeff and Karla Ball, Jamie Smith, Mollie Grove, Joseph Grove, Jane Lynch,
Heather Marie, Leona Cowles, Sue Bullard, Peter and Lydia Adcock, Deacon Jerry
Wathen, Father David Janes, Father Dana Christensen, Father Andrew
Thuringer, Father Charles Duman, Father Jordan Samson, Father William Osborn
and Father Jerome Kopel.
*Should
masks be worn when attending Mass? The use of masks is highly recommended as a
safety measure for oneself and for those nearby.
*Please
pray for our Discalced Carmelite Sisters who will elect their Prioress this
Monday, November 30th—the Feast of Saint Andrew.
*Let us
take advantage of the incredible spiritual riches that the Church through
our Parishes affords us this Advent!
*Thank you
to all who worked at the Fatima Family Shrine last Saturday.
“What is Your Question?”
By Father Ben Miriam
Q. How might we think of Advent?
A. The word Advent is from the Latin ad-venio, “to come to.” The Reverend Father Francis Mershman, O.S.B. (1852-1916) wrote: “ . . . Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (30 November) and embracing four Sundays. The first Sunday may be as early as 27 November, and then Advent has twenty-eight days, or as late as 3 December, giving the season only twenty-one days. With Advent the ecclesiastical year begins in the Western churches. During this time the faithful are admonished: to prepare themselves worthily to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord’s coming into the world as the incarnate God of love, thus to make their souls fitting abodes for the Redeemer coming in Holy Communion and through grace, and thereby to make themselves ready for His final coming as Judge, at death and at the end of the world.”
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Wednesday, December 2nd
The Recitation of the
Most Holy Rosary at 6:30 p.m., Saint Mary of Mercy Church
Sunday, December 6th
9:15 a.m.
Confessions, Bridgewater
3:15 p.m. Monastery, per
usual
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