fourth sunday of advent st. joseph’s church · hardly contain their excitement as they wait to...
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT “Behold, you will
conceive in your womb
and bear a son, and you
shall name him Jesus.”
Today is the last Sunday
of the Advent season,
and we hear in the
Gospel the anticipation
of the feast we will
celebrate in just one day. Christmas is coming! Jesus
is on his way!
We have had weeks to prepare for this
momentous occasion, and now we are on the very
verge of its arrival. The children in our midst can
hardly contain their excitement as they wait to wake
up on Christmas morning. The thrill of this coming
moment is meant to remind us of the joy and
anticipation we should all feel as we await the coming
of Christ. Yes, Christmas is a great feast, but there is
more here than a remembrance of the past or a
fabulous party in the present. There is a looking-
ahead as well. We celebrate as we anticipate.
Much as Mary must have waited in wonder
during the nine months of her pregnancy, we wait in
hopeful expectation as Christians looking forward to
being reunited with our Savior. Our future is full of
hope. The deflating melancholy that afflicts many
people after a holiday runs its course need not be the
experience of the Christian waiting for Christ. We are
always looking forward to something! There is never
a moment when we have no cause for joy. Our lives
are lived in a kind of unending advent as we stand in
watchful waiting.
Let us remember this as we enter into our
Christmas Eve gatherings and festivities. As we join
with family and friends to share in the good things of
this life, may we carry with us the joy of knowing that
even better things lie in store for us who welcome the
infant Jesus into our hearts and homes.
Today’s Homily Jesus will be born into the House of David, the fulfilment of all that the prophets have foretold. Yet his Good News will
be not only for the people of Israel but for everyone.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
Readings for Next Weekend
December 31st, 2017 & January 1st, 2018
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 (11B)
Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Romans 16:25-27
Luke 1:26-38
Scripture readings are held each Wednesday after 8am
Mass in the Parish Hall. These readings help us to
prepare for the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel. Please join us.
Prayers for the Healing Amy Howlett, Donna Kenward, Nikera Kolacki
A Special Thank You to Lori Roth for our rectory tree. A humble thank you
goes out to Ray & Ann Zywiczynski for the altar trees. We warmly thank the
Altar & Rosary and Liturgy Committees along with
James and Heather Zywiczynski for making our Christmas wreaths
that hang between the Stations of the Cross. Our hearts our filled with the kindness of our parishioners.
Vol LXII No. 52
A Very Special Thank You goes out to all the wonderful people who helped decorate the church last weekend. It looks beautiful!!
Solemnity of Mary
Mother of God
Mass Schedules
Sunday, December 31st ~ 4:00pm
New Year’s Eve Mass
Monday, January 1st ~ 9:00am
New Year’s Day
Feast of Epiphany Saturday, Jan. 6th ~ 5:00 pm Sunday, Jan. 7th ~ 8 am and 10:30 pm
Gifts to God: Collection Week Of: 12/17/2017
$2327 Regular Collection, $565 Religious Education,
$1150 Religious Retirement Appeal
Counters for December 31st - Team M September-November
YTD Collections $35,528 YTD Budget $39,000 YTD Variance ($3,472)
December 23rd – December 24th, 2017
Merry Christmas
Mass Schedule & Intentions for the Week
M – Memorial A – Anniversary L –Living Monday, December 25th
Midnight Mass Alton & Carol Levesque (Joe & Cathy Levesque)
9am All Mom’s in the Kasprzyk Families Tuesday, December 26th
8am All Souls Wednesday, December 27th
8am Ignatius Kalinowski (Mike & Lori Kasprzyk) Thursday, December 28th
8am Florence Widzienski (Ann Petroski) Friday, December 29th
8am All Souls* Saturday, December 30th
5pm Stanley Zywiczynski (R & A Zywiczynski) Sunday, December 31st
8am George Weissenburger – M (Bill & Sandy Franczak)
10:30am Valerie (Klimaszewski Family) 4:00pm All Mom’s in the Kalinowski Families
ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 30th 5pm Help Needed
Sunday, December 31st
8am Help Needed
10:30am Help Needed
4pm Cameron Kehl
Monday, January 1st 9pm Help Needed
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 30th
5pm N Kolacki, E & B Russell
Sunday, December 31st 8am J Hilton & M Major
10:30am K Gray & P McBride
4pm Help Needed
Monday, January1st
9am Help Needed
LECTOR SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 30th 5pm Sherrie Krzeminski
Sunday, December 31st
8am Valerie Sullivan
10:30am Terry Bennet
4pm Help Needed Monday, January 1st
9am Help Needed
SACRISTAN SCHEDULE
Sat/Sun December 30th – December 31st
5pm A Howes ● 8am A Antholzner ● 10:30am M Szucs