First Sunday in Advent November 29, 2015

Mass Intentions

Saturday nov. 28tH

8:00 AM people of the parish

5:00 PM Marion Stober

Sunday nov. 29th

8:00 AM Dick Burchfield

(Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hartle)

9:30 AM Helen Heaney

(Susan & Jim Bodnar)

11:00 Am Gloria Opitz

(Katherine Stehr)

Monday

8:00 AM Peter Muller

Tuesday

8:00 AM Raymond Lopatesky Sr.

(The Family)

Wednesday

8:00 AM Intentions of Chris Quinn

(The Cote’ Family)

Thursday

8:00 AM Don Hopkins

Friday

8:00 AM intentions of the Cote’ Family

Saturday Dec. 5th

8:00 AM people of the parish

5:00 PM Donald and Mary Powers

(The Family)

Sunday Dec. 6th

8:00 AM Howard Stober

9:30 AM Rose Riccardelli

(The DiMieri Family))

11:00 Am Jean Ashby

(Marilyn Rama)

Please remember in your prayers all the sick of the parish and of our families.

Sat.11/28& Sun. 11/29 Christmas Tree Sale 9am-6pm Mon. 11/30 Eucharistic Adoration /Benediction 7:30pm Tues. 12/01 Women's Club Mtg. 7:00 pm Thurs.12/03 Men’s Club Mtg. 7:00pm Sat. 12/05 Religious Ed. Classes 8:30 am Sat. 12/05 & Sun. 12/06 Giving Tree Sun.12/06 Coffee and….

The week of Nov. 29th the Sanctuary Lamp Burns for:

The Living and Deceased Members of The Price and Johnston Family

Thank you for your generous support of last week’s

Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Your contributions will

help strengthen the Church at home and will help

ensure that the Gospel is spread across the United States.

To learn more about home missions funding and who the

appeal helps, please visit www.usccb.org and search

“Catholic Home Missions.”

Miraculous Medal Novena

The Blessed Virgin Mary

manifested the image of the

Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine

Labouré in 1830, generously

entrusting it to us, her children,

and bestowing upon us a mission

to bring others to her for the many

graces she bestows. Please join

us in praying the Miraculous

Dear Parishioners,

Once again we have arrived at the beginning of a new liturgical year and we enter this year of grace with the Season of Advent. It is a time of grace upon grace where the Lord gives us his help in a new and deeper way because he loves us so much and wants us to grow in holiness. The Father delights in us his children and desires that we set aside these four weeks of Advent to celebrate and ponder Jesus’ coming into the world. In the beginning of Advent we focus on Jesus’ second coming when, “the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and glory.” The second coming of Jesus will be a time of great tribulation. It will be the time when the world will come to an end and there will be a new heaven and earth. Everyone left alive will be judged at that moment and some will be taken into the kingdom and heaven and sadly some into eternal damnation. The way we live our lives here on earth will determine where we spend eternity. In our Gospel today the Church gives us Jesus’ words reminding us: “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.” Jesus speaks these words to us, not to frighten us but to help us and remind us to “be vigilant at all times and pray…”

The other coming that Advent focuses on (later on in the season) is the coming of Christmas where the Word takes on flesh and God becomes Man. The weeks before Christmas generally go by rather quickly and for most people are extremely hectic. It is easy to lose track and not be focused on this great season of Advent when there is so much pressure on families. It takes a lot of discipline not to get drawn into what our culture or society views the Christmas season to be about, namely materialism and a gathering with family and friends. I am sure that our Lord wants us to have good things in this world and to be with family and friends at Christmas time but more importantly he wants us to open our hearts to his life and his love and to live the authentic life of a disciple of Jesus Christ. The Advent season is a time for us to get reoriented; it should be a time when we focus on the things of heaven and not the material things of the world. It should be a time when we spend more time in prayer, that is, more time alone with our Savior who took on flesh and become like us in all things but sin. The Church Fathers said that God became Man so that man could become God.

God has given us the gift of the Church and contained within her is everything we need for our salvation. He gives us this Season of Advent to draw us more deeply into the mystery of his great love for us; He sent his only Son into the world so that we would not be lost but rather he would share his life with us. Our readings today remind us that He will come again and that we should not fear that day but rather work at growing in holiness. The Father has given us, his children, so much and yet he wants to give us so much more. Be vigilant, pray more, be more charitable and forgiving, because the Season of Advent is upon us; the time of grace upon grace and our God will not be outdone in generosity.

Our Lady Queen of Peace pray for us,

Father Ed

Administrator

Next weekend the Christmas Giving Tree will be setup in the Church. Gifts donated will be given to help needy families of Sussex County and will be distributed by Project Self Sufficiency. Thank you in advance for your generosity and helping those less fortunate to have a joyful Christmas.

Special thanks for those who have donated and sacrificed to help buy our new electric organ that will add to the beauty of the liturgy. I will keep you posted as to the status of our new organ.

Dec.5th– Dec.6th

5:00 PM Marilyn Stipo

8:00 AM Debbie Carter

9:30 AM Barbara Bayles

11:00 AM Rick Hahn

Nov.28th—Nov.29th

5:00 PM Samantha Price

8:00 AM Joe Mitchell

9:30 AM Tim Kelleher

11:00 AM Paul Corazza

Dec.5th– Dec. 6th

5:00 PM Matt Corazza

8:00 AM John DiMieri

Altar Server Schedule

Eucharistic Adoration

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Monday and 8:30 am -9:30 am Friday (after the 8:00 am Mass) Come join us and spend some quiet time in prayer before the Lord.

Thank you to all

those who have donated to our food pantry.

Donations of non perishable items are needed

to make this new ministry a success! Food can

be left in the hall after all Masses and week days

during office hours. Suggested items for the

food pantry are the following: canned meats

(tuna, Dinty Moore beef stew, Spam, chicken,

etc.), soups, instant potatoes, vegetables, peanut

butter and jelly, snack items, spaghetti sauce,

pasta, coffee, tea, juices, laundry detergent, per-

sonal care items (shampoo, soap, razors, etc.)

Thank you.

Children’s Choir

We are pleased to announce that we are starting a children’s choir. For any child who loves to sing and would like to share their talent with

our parish please see Margaret Moeckel after Mass or email her at MargaretWM@olqpbranchville.org. Come join this new exciting part of our Music Ministry.

Nov.28th-Nov.29th

5:00 PM Tom Hudak

8:00 AM John McDermott

9:30 AM Carolyn Luisi

11:00 AM Michelle Teitsma

Thanksgiving Prayer

Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of giving thanks. Thank you for all the graces and blessings. You have betowed upon us, spiritual and temporal: our faith and religious heritage. Our food and shelter, our health, the loves we have for one another, our family and friends. Dear Father, in Your infinite generosity, please grant us continued graces and blessing throughout the coming year. This we ask in the Name of Jesus, Your Son and our Savior. Amen.

SHOP-RITE, AND WEIS GIFTCARDS

Cards in $25, $50 & $100 denominations are available.

Please support this worthwhile fundraiser

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Christmas Tree Sale

Our Men’s Club will have trees on the

church grounds on Friday 11/27 , Saturday

11/28 and Sunday 11/29 from 9am to

6pm. The trees will also be sold on Saturday 12/5 & Sunday

12/6 from 9am to 6pm. Trees will range in size from 5ft and

up; $40.00 per tree is a suggested donation which will

benefit our parish. Thank you for your support.

Santa’s Ice Cream Parlor

Sunday, December 13, 1:00 to 3:00

PM at St. Joseph Community center,

Halsted St., Newton. The Don Bosco

Columbiettes #7784, Newton, will hold

its annual Ice Cream social with Mr. & Mrs. Claus. The

Santa’s Ice Cream parlor will offer a visit with Santa, a

gift, take a photo (bring your own camera) and ice

cream and yummy toppings. The cost is a ‘free will

offering’ and a new unwrapped toy for needy

children. After expenses, the money collected will be

used to help subsidize St. Joseph’s Youth Mission trip

with “CHWC”: - Catholic Heart Workcamp”. There will

also be a Mrs. Claus’ Flea Market and the Elves’ Bake

The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree will be up

on the weekend of Dec. 5th

and 6th. The gifts donated

from the tag tree will be

donated to needy families of Sussex County and

be distributed by Project Self Sufficiency. Please

return your unwrapped gift the weekend of Dec.

12th & 13th.

A Christmas Celebration

We are happy to announce that

there will be a Christmas

Celebration for all grade 1 through

10 and parents on Saturday,

December 19th. There will be no

religious education classes that day.

The celebration will begin with the

Holy Mass at 9:00 am in the Church; at the

conclusion of Mass there will be a Christmas Pageant

followed by Christmas Caroling, which will be led by

our music director, Margaret

Moeckel. We look forward to

celebrating with you and your

children. All are welcome!

The Men’s Club will be sponsoring a free Bus trip to Washington DC for the March for Life. Come and experience the largest peaceful march on Capitol

Hill. Join hundreds of thousands of Enthusiastic people who give witness to the great gift of life. For more information and to sign up call the office. 973-948-3185

Events at St. Paul Inside The Wall

Men After His Heart

A basic course in spirituality for men. Self-

contained sessions will explore spiritual themes important

to men and their growth in faith. Fr. Paul Manning,

presenter.

Madison, Tuesday, December 1 from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Healing Mass

The Mass will be

celebrated on Thursday

Dec. 17 at 7:30 PM in

the Church. The healing

service will take place

immediately after

Mass; Father Ed will be celebrating the Mass. Light

refreshments will be served in the parish hall at the

completion of the healing service. Healing has always been a

part of the Church. Jesus healed the blind man, the deaf man,

and the leper. We find in Sacred Scripture physical healings,

healing of relationships, psychological healing, financial

healing, and spiritual healing. Come with expectant faith and

join us, and experience the Lord’s healing power.