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“InstituteoftheIncarnateWord”IVEPastor: Fr. Andrew Whiting, IVE AssociatePastors: Fr. Javier Ibarra, IVE Fr. Alex Salazar, IVE Deacons:Dcn. Frank Cesario Dcn. Jaime Abundiz, IVE Administrator: Mark Frederick, ext 108 Secretary: Shirley Pestka, ext. 101 FaithFormation/CGS Sister Strength of Martyrs, ext.105 Con irmation/YouthMinistry Beverly Miller, ext. 110 DirectorofMusic:Grace Kunkel, ext.102 ParishTrusteeDaniel Scott, Craig Ros jord PriestResidence: 512 E. Mulberry St.

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Daily: 7:00 am Mondaythru Friday 8:00 am Saturday Saturday: 5:15 pm Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:15 am Latin Mass 1:00 pm (Espanol) HolyDay: See bulletin

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November 29, 2020

First Sunday of Advent

“Be watchful! Be alert!

You do not know when the time will come.

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SacramentofReconciliationSaturday: 11 am-noon & 4-5 pm Daily: After the 7:00 am Mass Othertimesbyappointment.

SacramentofBaptism Contact the Parish Of ice at least one month in advance of the desired date. For baptism preparation sessions for parents and sponsors please contact Sister Strength of Martyrs at 388-2995. The usual time for Baptism is at 2:00 pm the 4th Saturday of the month. SacramentofMatrimonyFor registered, participating members of the Parish, arrangements for preparation and the date are made by contacting one of the pastors, at least six months before the wedding.

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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Monday, November 30 7:00 am +Edith Miller: James and Susan Eichten +Howard Sweiger, Jr.: Marge Sweiger +Sylvis Schneider: Bernie and Nancy Fasnacht Tuesday, December 1 7:00 am +George Yonkovich: Mike Yonkovich +Joseph Lai Nguyen: Family Intentions of Dale Schneider: Mom and Dad Wednesday, December 2 7:00 am +Anniv. of Father Charles Kerr, S.J.: Rosie and Chuck Bernard +M. Corredentora, General Superior of the Servants of the Lord +Joseph Lai Nguyen: Family Thursday, December 3 9:00 am +Rosella Bernard: Carroll and Sue Bernard +My dad Tong: Minh Tong Family +Joseph Lai Nguyen: Family Friday, December 4 7:00 am +Anniv. of Neal Cooper: Charlene Ubl +Legion of Mary Living and Deceased: Annabella Riemer Intentions of Doug Martinka: Mom Saturday, December 5 8:00 am +Frank Willaert: Kay Willaert +Catholic Daughters of the Amnericas, Living and Deceased: Jan Bauer Intentions of the IVE Priests serving our parish: Seven Sisters

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12 -13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19- 21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147: 1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8

Ushers Schedule for the Month of December Please arrive 20 minutes before Mass. Thanks.

5:15 PM December 5,12,19,26 Mark Frederick, Kevin Olson, Chris Hughes, John Dougherty 7:30 am December 6,13,20,27 Earle Peters, Dewey Mettler, Bob Hallberg, Wyatt Rodriguez 9:30 am December 6,13,20,27 Stan Huettl, Bob Kreuzer, Ervin Stueber If you are unable to keep your assigned appointment please contact another usher. Thank You.

Pastor’s Message 3

From the Papal Audience on Wednesday, October 17, 2001. Psalm 47 (48) 1. The Psalm just proclaimed is a canticle in honor of Zion, "the city of the great King" (Ps 47 [48],3), at the time, the seat of the temple of the Lord and the place of his presence in the midst of humanity. Christian faith now applies it to "Jerusalem above" which is "our mother" (Gal 4,26). The liturgical tone of this hymn, which evokes a festive proces-sion (cf. vv. 13-14), the peaceful vision of Jerusalem that reflects divine salvation, renders Psalm 47 (48) a prayer that we can use to begin the day, offering a canticle of praise, even if clouds form on the horizon. To appreciate the mean-ing of the Psalm, three helpful acclamations are placed at the beginning, the middle and the end, almost as though of-fering the spiritual key of the composition and introducing us to its interior atmosphere. The three invocations are: "The Lord is great and worthy to be praised in the city of our God" (v. 2); "O God we ponder your love within your temple" (v. 10); "Such is our God, our God forever and always, it is he who leads us" (v. 15). 2. These three acclamations, which exalt the Lord but also "the city of our God" (v. 2), frame two great parts of the Psalm. The first is a joyful celebration of the holy city, Zion, victorious against the assaults of her enemies, serene un-der the mantle of divine protection (cf. vv. 3-8). There is a virtual litany of definitions of this city: it is a wonderful height that is set up as a beacon of light, a source of joy for the peoples of the earth, the only true "Olympus" where heaven and earth meet. It is - to use the expression of the prophet Ezekiel - the Emmanuel-city because "the Lord is there", present in it (cf. Ez 48,35). But besieging troops are massed around Jerusalem for an assault, it is a symbol of the evil that attacks the splendor of the city of God. The clash has an immediate and foreseen outcome. 3. Indeed, the powerful of the earth, by assaulting the holy city, also provoked its king, the Lord. The Psalmist shows the dissolution of the pride of a powerful army with the thought-provoking image of the pains of childbirth: "A trem-bling seized them there like the pangs of birth" (v. 7). Arrogance is transformed into feebleness and weakness, power into collapse and rout. Another image expresses the same idea: the routed army is compared to an invincible naval fleet, on which a typhoon is unleashed caused by a violent East wind (cf. v. 8). What remains is an unshaken certainty for the one who stands within the shadow of divine protection: the last word is not in the hands of evil, but of good; God triumphs over hostile powers, even when they seem great and invincible. 4. The faithful one celebrates his thanksgiving to God the deliverer in the temple itself. His is a hymn to the merciful love of the Lord, expressed with the Hebrew word hésed, typical of the theology of the covenant. We come now to the second part of the psalm (cf. vv. 10-14). After the great canticle of praise to the faithful, just and saving God (cf. vv. 10-12), there is a sort of procession around the temple and the holy city (cf. vv. 13-14). The towers of the sure protec-tion of God, are counted, the ramparts are observed, expressions of the stability offered to Zion by its Founder. The walls of Jerusalem speak and its stones recall the deeds which must be transmitted "to the next generation" (v. 14) through the stories that fathers will tell their children (cf. Ps 77,3-7). Zion is the place of an uninterrupted chain of sav-ing actions of the Lord, that are announced in the catechesis and celebrated in the liturgy, so that believers will contin-ue to hope in God who intervenes to set them free. 5. In the concluding antiphon there is one of the most beautiful definitions of the Lord as shepherd of his people: "It is he who leads us" (v. 15). The God of Zion is the God of the Exodus, of freedom, of closeness to the people enslaved in Egypt and pilgrims in the desert. Now that Israel is settled in the promised land, she knows that the Lord will not abandon her: Jerusalem is the sign of his closeness and the temple is the place of his presence. As he rereads these expressions, the Christian moves to the contemplation of Christ, the new and living temple of God (cf. Jn 2,21), and he turns to the heavenly Jerusalem, which no longer needs a temple or an external light, because "its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.... the glory of God is its light and its lamp is the Lamb" (Apoc 21,2-23). St Augustine invites us to this "spiritual" rereading because he was convinced that in the Books of the Bible "there is nothing that only concerns the earthly city, because all that is said about it refers to her, or what is realized by her, symbolizes something that by allegory can also be referred to the heavenly Jerusalem" (City of God, XVII, 3,2). St Paulinus of Nola echoes him, because commenting on the words of the Psalm he exhorts us to pray so that "we can be found to be living stones in the walls of the heavenly and free Jerusalem" (Letter 28,2 to Severus). Contem-plating the solidity and compactness of this city, the same Father of the Church continues: "In fact, he who dwells in this city, is revealed to be One in three persons.... Christ is not only the foundation of the city but also its tower and door.... If the house of our soul is founded on Him and a construction rises on Him worthy of such a great foundation, then the door of admission into the city will be precisely him who will lead us forever and will take us to the place of his pasture" (ibid.).

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PHÚC ÂM: Mc 13, 33-37 "Các con hãy tỉnh thức, vì các con không biết lúc nào chủ nhà trở về". Tin Mừng Chúa Giêsu Kitô theo Thánh Marcô. Khi ấy, Chúa Giêsu phán cùng các môn đệ rằng: "Các con hãy coi chừng, hãy tỉnh thức và cầu nguyện, vì các con không biết lúc đó là lúc nào. Ví như người đi phương xa, để nhà cửa lại, trao quyền hành cho các đầy tớ, mỗi người một việc, và căn dặn người giữ cửa lo tỉnh thức. Vậy các con hãy tỉnh thức, vì các con không biết lúc nào chủ nhà trở về, hoặc là chiều tối, hoặc là nửa đêm, hoặc là lúc gà gáy, hay ban sáng, kẻo khi ông trở về thình lình, bắt gặp các con đang ngủ. Điều Ta bảo cho các con, thì Ta bảo cho tất cả mọi người là: Hãy tỉnh thức!" Đó là lời Chúa.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ALL DAY ON

MONDAYS

We will have Eucharistic Adoration every Monday 7:45 am and continuing until 6 pm, in the Church. Please come and spend some time with the Lord.

Rosary Rally On Sunday, November 29, there will be a rosary rally held near the Mankato Government Center at 410 South Fifth Street at 3pm, the Divine Mercy Hour, with the intention for our country and for the fairness, honesty and accuracy of the outcome of the election. Please join us "For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them." Matthew 18:20 If any questions, please call Julia at 507-345-7496.

What does Advent mean?

Advent is a time of waiting, expectation, and preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ, the world's savior, on Christmas Day. Advent is the beginning of the Church's liturgical year and is comprised of the four Sundays before Christ-mas culminating on Christmas Eve and marked by special seasonal devotions. Prepare for Ad-vent this season with your family and loved ones. Our gift store has beautiful sets of Four Advent Candles, Advent Prayer Books, Advent Calen-dars and wreaths, that will help families count the days to Christ’s birth.

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 5

Wednesdays at 6:00 pm, DeSmet Hall

December 2nd– Preparing for the Sacrament of Confession Presented by: Sr. Strength of Martyrs December 9th– 5th Promise of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: “I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.” Presented by: Fr. Andrew Whiting I.V.E. December 16th Keeping Christ in CHRISTmas Presented by: Sr. Strength of Martyrs

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PRO LIFE Having received the gift of the Gospel of Life, we are the peo-ple of life and a people for life. It is our duty to proclaim the Gospel of Life to the world. To proclaim Jesus is to proclaim life itself. Gratitude and joy at the incomparable dignity of the hu-

man person impel us to bring the Gospel of life to the hearts of all people and make it penetrate every part of society.

The Rosaries you pray for this week will be for all the faithful, may the Lord help us build a cul-ture of life in vigilant expectation of His return.

Wired to the Heart silent auction The silent auction that we have all come to love will be offered as an online auction starting Friday, November 20 at 9am and will close on Sunday, November 22 at 9pm. Watch www.wiredtotheheart.com for de-tails! Items will be added throughout the week prior to the opening of the auction for preview! Wired to the Heart update Taking into consideration the health and safety of our fami-lies, volunteers, donors and potential attendees, Loyola's annual Wired to the Heart event, originally set for mid-November will be postponed to Saturday, February 6, 2021 We will continue to monitor the data and the recommenda-tions of health officials in regard to in-person events. The committee will continue our planning for this fabulous event, whether it will be held in-person or virtually. Thank you for your continued support. Please watch for our event updates.

LOYOLA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Spiritual Exercises

St. Ignatius, Spiritual exercises for men will be held December 17-20th. Please contact Father Alex Salazar IVE at 507-387-2565 or alexsalazar@ive.org to reserve a room at the IVE Minor Seminary, 512 East Mulberry Street. Cost $50.00. Also St. Ignatius Spiritual Exercises for Women will be held on January 1-4, 2021. Please contact Mother Faith, SSVM at 507-388-8088 or m.faith@servidoras.org to reserve a room at the IVE Minor Seminary at 512 E Mulberry. Cost $50.00.

The Catholic Ministries

Appeal Our parish Goal is $49,600.00. We have received $25,251.00 from 86

parishioners. If you haven’t already contributed, please return your CMA pledge card or give online at www.catholicfsmn.org.

Roary Society

Mass Schedule for Holy Day December 8, Christmas, December 24 & 25 and

Mary, the Mother of God, January 1, 2021 December 7th—7:00 am daily Mass and 5:15 pm Mass, Vigil for the Holy Day, December 8th - Holy Day 7:00 am and 5:15 pm Christmas Masses December 24—4:00 pm and 12 Midnight December 25—7:30 and 9:30 am and 1:00 pm Spanish Mary, the Mother of God– January 1, 2021 December 31, 7:00 am daily Mass and 5:15 pm Vigil Mass for the Holy Day January 1, 2021, 9:30 am and 1:00 pm Spanish Mass

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Novena for Our Lady of Guadalupe will begin on Thursday, December 3rd at 6:30 pm in church and con-tinue every evening at 6:30 pm and end on Friday, December 11 at 11:00 pm.

Solemn Holy Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be at 1:00 pm on December 12.

PRIMER DOMINGO DE ADVIENTO 29 de noviembre de 2020

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA Lunes: Rom 10:9-18; Sal 19 (18):8-11; Mt 4:18-22 Martes: Is 11:1-10; Sal 72 (71):1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lc 10:21-24 Miércoles: Is 25:6-10a; Sal 23 (22):1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Jueves: Is 26:1-6; Sal 118 (117):1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Viernes: Is 29:17-24; Sal 27 (26):1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31 Sábado: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Sal 147 (146):1-6; Mt 9:35 — 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Domingo: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Sal 85 (84):9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mc 1:1-8

Evangelio Mark 13:33-37

En aquel tiempo, dijo Jesús a sus discípulos: «Mirad, vigilad: pues no sabéis cuándo es el mo-mento. Es igual que un hombre que se fue de vi-aje y dejó su casa, y dio a cada uno de sus criados su tarea, encargando al portero que velara. Velad entonces, pues no sabéis cuándo vendrá el dueño de la casa, si al atardecer, o a medianoche, o al canto del gallo, o al amanecer; no sea que venga inesperadamente y os encuentre dormidos. Lo que os digo a vosotros lo digo a todos: ¡Velad!»

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Domingo: Primer Domingo de Adviento Lunes: San Andrés Martes: Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el SIDA Jueves: San Francisco Javier Viernes: San Juan Damasceno Viernes: Primer viernes Sábado: Primer sábado

Novena de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Comenzará el jueves 3 de diciembre a las 6:30 pm en la iglesia y continuará todas las noches a las 6:30 pm y terminará el viernes 11 de diciembre a las 11:00 pm.La Santa Misa solemne para la fiesta de Nuestra

Señora de Guadalupe será a la 1:00 pm el 12 de diciembre.

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