Mass Schedule - Week of December 8th, 2024
2nd Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 8
2nd Sunday of Advent
St. Marcarius, M
8:00 am Low Mass (Donald Bowman from Cleo Speckert)
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Server: Issac Smith
9:35 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)
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Server: Michael Peck
Monday, December 9
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Peter Fourier, C
6:00 pm Low Mass (Clergy, religious, increased vocations from Jamie Kennedy)
Tuesday, December 10
Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
7:00 am Low Mass (Private Intentions of Jared Clark)
Wednesday, December 11
Advent Feria
St. Damasus, PC
7:00 am Low Mass (Special intention from Cleo Speckert)
Thursday, December 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
8:00 am Low Mass (Salvation & conversion of children, family, friends from Jamie Kennedy)
Friday, December 13
St. Lucy, VM
8:00 am Low Mass (Elsa Bowman from Cleo Speckert)
Saturday, December 14
Advent Feria
St. Nicasius, BM
8:30 am Low Mass (Poor Souls in Purgatory from Jamie Kennedy)
Sunday, December 15
3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete Sunday”
St. Paul of Latros, C
8:00 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Tarciana Pires)
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Server: Alex Sellers
9:35 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)
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Server: MC: Paddy Omlor
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Thurifer: Clayton Wright
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Acolytes: Peter Creighton & Xavier Wright
Announcements
† St. Nicholas will be giving out candy for the children after each Mass today in the upstairs classroom.
† Feast of the Immaculate Conception: “The feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on Sunday this year, and since all the Sundays of Advent in duplex of the first class, the festivity will be celebrated on Monday, December 9, both in the Office and in the Mass. The obligation of attending Mass is not transferred to Monday, however. Any “double obligation” (in use a phrase) incident upon both Sunday and the Immaculate Conception falling on the same day, will be satisfied by the one attendance at Mass on Sunday, December 8” (from the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 1957).
† Masses for the Immaculate Conception BVM (12/9) will be at 6 pm & Our Lady of Guadalupe (12/12) will be at 8 am.
† Rorate Caeli Mass: An Advent Tradition Honoring Our Lady will be at 6:15 am (High Mass) on Thursday (12/19). The Rorate Mass is lit only by candlelight. Because it is a votive Mass in Mary’s honor, white vestments are worn instead of Advent violet. In the dimly lit setting, priests and faithful prepare to honor the Light of the world, Who is soon to be born, and offer praise to God for the gift of Our Lady. As the Mass proceeds and sunrise approaches, the church becomes progressively brighter, illumined by the sun as our Faith is illumined by Christ.
† The St. Therese Academy will be putting on a Christmas play on December 15th, after the 10 am Mass. All are invited to attend! There will be a potluck as well. Please bring a main dish to share! The address is American Legion Post 620 North Broadway St., Lebanon, OH 45036.
† 14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP: is burning for the weeks of (12/4 to 12/17) for the INTENTIONS of Erin Ribar. If you would like to donate to light the 14 day sanctuary candle for your intention, please let Father know. The donation for each candle is $25 (candles generally last 14 days, but sometimes they burn faster than expected).
Reflection: The Catechism Explained By Stories and Examples
by Fr. Francis Spirago
First Lesson: On The End of Man
Question: Of which must we take more care, our soul or our body?
Answer: We must take more care of our soul than of our body.
And Then?: A student once came to St. Philip Neri and asked him for an alms. The saint gave it to him, at the same time inquiring what he was going to be. The student replied, “I am going to be a barrister.” The saint
asked: “And what then?” The young man replied: “I shall earn a good deal by my persuasive tongue.” “And then?” The saint again asked. “Why then, I shall enjoy a comfortable competence in my old age.” “And then?” The saint rejoined. Thereupon the young man’s countenance closed over, and he said sadly: “Then of course at least I must die.” “And then?” The saint once more repeated. The young man did not answer a word, but went away with downcast looks. The words, “And then?”— sounded incessantly in his ears; he could not get them out of his mind. They made a pious and virtuous man of him later on.
The Three Mirrors: There is no real beauty without virtue. A school girl, writing home, asked her mother to send her a looking-glass. Her mother, a sensible and Christian lady, when she answered the letter, said: “I am sending you a parcel by post in which are three mirrors. The first will show you to yourself as you are; the second will show you what you will be; the third will show you what you ought to be.” When the box arrived, the girl opened it with curiosity; the first thing she took out was an ordinary looking-glass; then there was the representation of a skull; below both of these was a beautiful statuette of Our Lady. Thus the pious mother sought to impress upon her daughter’s mind that personal beauty is transitory and is effaced by the hand of death; and for this reason a maiden ought to imitate the virtues of the Mother of God, since thus alone will she attain true loveliness, a beauty which does not pass away with this mortal life, — the beauty of the soul, which lasts eternal. Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, says Holy Writ. I am black but beautiful for the beauty of the King’s daughter is from within.