“Arise and Eat, Else the Journey Will Be Too Great for You.” (I Kings 19:7)

The Traveling

Chalice

TRAVELING CHALICE/VOCATION THOUGHTS

TRAVELING CHALICE Reflections: “While I was praying, I couldn’t help but think about all the possibilities for vocations: married life, single life, religious life.  They all contribute different gifts to the community.  My most fervent prayer is that all people in our parish will listen to God’s call about their true vocation.  Because, when we are all doing what God calls us to do, we will be the most dedicated and enthusiastic community.”

HOSTING the Traveling Chalice and leading our parish community in prayer for vocations this week are Mark and Pamela Van Ert and their daughters.         —The Vocations Committee

 

Mass Intentions Week of December 10

Sat.        Dec. 9          5:00 pm      People of the Parish

Sun.       Dec. 10      10:00 am      †Marcelyn Wright                                                               2:30 pm   People of the Community

                               6:00 pm      †Pat Maxwell

Tues.     Dec. 12        5:30 pm     †Todd Eaton

Wed.     Dec. 13       10:00 am     Good Health

Thurs.    Dec. 14        5:30 pm     †Donald Beeson

Frid.      Dec. 15        8:00 am       †David Laubach Sr.

Sat.        Dec. 16        8:00 am      †Rev. Msgr. Francis J.                                                         Fleming

                                5:00 pm      †Clarence McDonald

Sun.       Dec. 17      10:00 am      †Dorothy Stannard

             Hispanic      2:30 pm      People of the Community

6:00 pm People of the Parish

Readings for the Week

Monday:          Is 35:1-10; Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday:         Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Lk 1:26-3 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712

Wednesday:     Is 40:25-31; Mt 11:28-30

Thursday:        Is 41:13-20; Mt 11:11-15

Friday:            Is 48:17-19; Mt 11:16-19

Saturday:         Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Mt 17:9a, 10-13

Sunday:          Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Phil 4:4-                           7; Lk 3:10-18

ADVENT CONTINUES: On this 2^nd Sunday of Advent, the Church refers us to one of our major companions of this season:  John the Baptist.  For the next two weeks, we travel with John and are reminded, as were the people to whom he preached, that the Lord is coming and we are entreated to make preparation for him.  He is the One for whom we wait.  Reflect on why we wait.  We wait for the overwhelming presence and action of God to break into our lives and into our world once again.  Our waiting is experienced in a world filled with the sin of immediacy and self-gratitude, with war, terrorism, and a growing lack of dignity of the human person.  Our waiting has to be in prayer, in communion with the Savior already with us.  Our waiting has to be an active waiting, listening to what God promises through the Savior, and working with that Savior to bring our waiting and the waiting of a needy world to its wonderful fulfillment, now and forever.

                                                                                                                                           —Father Goman

Prayer Corner

Ruby Berg                                  Kathy Kuehn

LeRoy Boklep                              Joseph Mannelly

Florence Bretson                         Sr. Agnes Martinka

Elise Christianson                        Ray Martineau

Bobby Dwyer                               Jerry Mashek

Theresa Corona & Baby               Marge Motzko

Fr. Dennis Dunn                                       Deacon Jim Murphy

Nancy Dussol                               Nelson Family

Bishop Joseph Charron                Maryann Nordaune

Joshua Engel                                Agnes Ongeri

Bud Ess                                                    Mandy Quesnell

Dennis Faulkner                                       Mary Ann Roberts

Fr. Ralph Goman                         Gen Sheats

Debbie Griggs                              Sandy Sperrazza

Elizabeth Hanley                         Barb Tautin

Mary Hazlett                                Irene Turmes

Don & Gloria Herzog                  Nick & Christine Turmes

Rose Holland                               Barb & Bob Velner

Donna Johanns Terri Vimr

Dorene Johnson Jim Walker

 

Please keep Joe Pierro and his family in your prayer as they mourn the death of his brother, John Albert Pierro.

Advent Penance Service

Wednesday, December 13 at 7 pm