Parish Staff Rev. Anthony J. Davis, Pastor ……………………… tdavis@columbuscatholic.org

Ms. Winnie Durbin, Bookkeeper ………………… stmatthiascolumbus@sbcglobal.net

Mrs. Bridget Marcek, Parish Secretary ……….. stmatthiascolumbus@sbcglobal.net

Mrs. Gwendolyn Rehm, Music Director ………. grehm1@cdeducation.org

Church School 1582 Ferris Rd. 1566 Ferris Rd.

Columbus, OH 43224 Columbus, OH 43224 (614) 267-3406 (614) 268-3030

1st Sunday of Advent December 1, 2019

St. Ma�hias Church | 1582 Ferris | Columbus, OH 43224

PASTORAL POST

Advent, Wri�en by Fr. Tony

This weekend, we have a change in liturgical seasons. This is a sharp change- from

Ordinary Time to Advent. Our Advent wreath is now up, our liturgical color is purple, and

we enter a 4 week /me of wai/ng…wai/ng for the coming of Christ. On the evening of

December 24, our wai/ng will come to an end with the birth of Christ.

If we are honest, though, some/mes we s/ll feel a bit empty a2er Christmas comes. All

the par/es, gi2s, and decora/ng can never fully sa/sfy us. In fact, some people feel even

more lonely and isolated at Christmas /me. It can be a challenging /me of year.

The theologian Karl Rahner made the comment that perhaps our en/re lives are an

‘Eternal Advent.’ Out of all the liturgical seasons, this one in par/cular speaks to our need

for God. No ma�er how much ‘God’ we get, we always want more. We are never fully

sa/sfied as human beings and always long for more. Even though we will celebrate Jesus’

birth, we s/ll don’t feel like we got all of him. In his prayerful reflec/ons, ‘Encounters with

Silence,’ Rahner writes, “are you the eternal Advent? Are you He who is always s/ll to

come, but never arrives in such a way as to fulfill our expecta/ons? Are You the infinitely

distant One, who can never be reached?…any goal we reach has only one purpose: to

point beyond itself and lead us to the last goal, our end. And thus we s/ll cry: Come!”

As we enter into this season of Advent, we are entering into the season of our en/re lives.

Our en/re lives are a prayer for God to come more and more into our hearts. Even a2er

the incarna/on, the birth of Christ on Christmas, we s/ll long for the Second Coming. May

this season of Advent truly be a /me of longing. May we crave more of God, appreciate his

coming on Christmas, but always long for more. Come, Lord Jesus, un/l the end of /me!

Throughout Advent, we will be singing the same Communion refrain with verses that

reflect the week’s Gospel reading. The refrain is:

Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

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www.stma�hiascolumbus.com

Tuesday, December 3

8:30 AM Robert Carey

Wednesday, December 4

8:30 AM Louise Stoll

Thursday, December 5

8:30AM Dianne McGarvey

Friday, December 6

8:30 AM Mike Conway

Saturday, December 7

5:00 PM Deceased members

of DelMonte and

Bevilacqua Families

Sunday, December 8

9:00 AM Dino Mascherino

11:00 AM Ed Clarke

Tues-Fri 8:30 AM

Saturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 9:00 AM

11:00 AM

1:45 PM (Hai/an)

3:00 PM (Nigerian)*

7:15 PM (Brazilian)

* 3rd

Sunday of the month only

Reconcilia/on: First Saturday of the

Month 3:45PM-4:45 PM

Mass of Renewal: 859; 865; 867; 869;

870

Opening: O come, O Come Emmanuel–

38

Offertory: A Voice Cries Out– 44

Communion: Come to Us (see bulle/n)

Closing: Come, Thou Long Expected

Jesus– 39

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Music Selections

Mass Intentions

Mass Times

1st Sunday of Advent December 1, 2019

St. Ma�hias Church | 1582 Ferris | Columbus, OH 43224

DONUT SUNDAY

We are having donuts and coffee this

Sunday, December 1, a2er Masses. The

parish is now covering the costs of our

donuts each month.

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Masses for Christmas will be held at

5:00PM on Christmas Eve (Family

mass), 10:00PM on Christmas Eve

(incense will be used) and 10:00AM

on Christmas Day.

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES

On Sunday, December 1 (this weekend)

and December 7-8 all the forms to sign

up for various liturgical ministries

(hospitality, lectors, and greeters) will be

available in the ves/bule. If you would

like to be involved in a ministry and have

not yet filled out a form, please stop by

and pickup a form.

CARD MAKING NIGHT

Knights of Columbus is sponsoring its

annual Keeping Christ in Christmas card

making class on Wednesday, December

11 at 6:00 PM

FAITH ON EIGHTH

The next opportunity to prepare and/or

serve food for Faith on Eighth is Wednes-

day, December 11th. Please sign up in the

ves/bule to bring sloppy joes (3lbs of

meat, please), mac and cheese, cupcakes,

or buns, or to serve the meal. All dona-

/ons are may be brought to the A2ercare

entrance between 3 & 5 pm on Decem-

ber 11th. Thank you for your support!

FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION

Adora/on will take place on Friday, De-

cember 6 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. Look

for a new adora/on schedule coming in

2020.

Greeters for December

5:00 PM Rita Dietrich, Joyce

Spurgeon, and Debbie

Porter

9:00 AM Peggy O’Brien and Family

11:00 AM Lynne Mara and Barbara

Douthi�

LECTOR WORKSHOP

There will be a lector workshop on Monday, December 2 at 6:30PM in the church.

This workshop will be led by two experienced lectors and is op/onal. New lectors

and those interested in becoming lectors are encouraged to a�end.

LECTOR WORKBOOKS

Lector workbooks are available in the sacristy for any lectors who have no yet

received it.

CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE

Next weekend (December 7-8) is the final weekend to bring unwrapped gi2s for

children. We will be suppor/ng our friends in Vinton County. Also this year, from

the dona/ons, toys that are DC Comics, Marvel Comics, or Disney characters will be

going to The Royals Project, which works locally with Na/onwide Children’s

Hospital. Reminder tags may be taken from the tree in the ves/bule.

HOLIDAY FLOWERS

If you would like to honor a loved one with flowers in the church for Christmas,

please mail in the name of the person to be remembered or drop it in the collec/on

basket. Suggested dona/on is $10.00 and the deadline is Sunday, December 22nd.

Your generosity helps decorate the Church during the holiday season and through-

out the year.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Concep/on, which normally occurs on December

8 and is a holy day, is transferred to December 9 this year, since December 8th is a

Sunday. December 9 is not a holy day of obliga/on this year, but there will be an

added morning mass at 8:30AM on Monday, December 9.

JUST MERCY

Picking up on the themes of mercy, jus/ce, and the death penalty, our Parish Book

Study Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson will be Thursdays at 7:00 PM in the St. Julie

Room. The format will include summaries and discussion ques/ons from each

chapter. In order to finish the en/re book in six sessions, each session will cover

mul/ple chapters. Books are available in the Parish Offices (Open Tuesdays,

Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9 AM - 3 PM) for $8.00 each.

- Thursday, Dec. 5 (Ch. 9, 10, 11) - Thursday, Dec. 12 (Ch. 12, 13, 14)

- Thursday, Dec. 19 (Ch. 15, 16, Epilogue)

** Monday, December 2, No School, Parent/Teacher Conference Day

** Wednesday, December 4, 7:00-7:30 PM, Grade 5 Band Prac/ce @ DeSales

** Wednesday, December 4, 7:45-8:30 PM Grade 6-8 Band Prac/ce @ DeSales

** Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 PM, First Reconcilia/on

SCHOOL FAMILY STEM NIGHT

The School Advisory Board will be hos/ng a Family STEM Night on December

5th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the St. Julie Room. Come with your family to be a part

of the Family Night. We will be making a lighted Christmas card to take home. The

RSVP form is available online at h�ps://bit.ly/2qQ6F7e or you may request an RSVP

form from the school office. Join us on December 5th for a night of family fun and

to learn more about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

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