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Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 21, 2014
The child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
—Luke 1:35
ECHOING MARY’S DECISION
The angel Gabriel today confronts Mary with a mystery. The mystery of salvation in Christ is not a mystery that is
solved, but a reality beyond our comprehension that we must choose to enter into. In the liturgy of the Eastern Church,
everyone waits to see if Mary will enter into the mystery: God waits, Adam and Eve and all the souls of the dead who long
for paradise wait, angels wait for new heavenly companions. And there is much rejoicing when her decision is “yes.”
We have less dramatic choices offered to us, but the mystery of our salvation in Christ is by no means “solved.” We
may understand it a bit better due to Mary’s “yes.” We may be a bit closer to it through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But it still remains a mystery to which we all must give our own “yes.” Soon we will be singing “O
come, let us adore him.” May our Advent prayer, our echo of Mary’s “yes,” continue then, so we may enter into the mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, God among us.
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Tuesday:
1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56
Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;
Lk 1:57-66
Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29;
Lk 1:67-79
Thursday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;
Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]
Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14;
Lk 2:1-14Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12;
Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6;
Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]
Friday:
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab,
16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22
Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Sunday:
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128:1-5
or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or
Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]
SAT. 12/20@ 4:00PM; Shirley Kay Kavanaugh
SUN. 12/21@ 9:00AM; Dorothy Andrews
MON. 12/22; No Mass
TUES. 12/23@ 8:00AM; Florence Hardy
WED. 12/24@ 8:00PM; Jerry and Ron Beltz
and Family
THUR. 12/25@ 9:00AM; Elizabeth Johns
FRI. 12/26@ 8:00AM; Shirley Kay Kavanaugh
SAT. 12/27@ 4:00PM; John Merle Jordan
SUN. 12/28@ 9:00AM; Aggie Gognat
CHRISTMAS FLOWER MEMORIALS
Jerry and Ron Beltz
The Dunn Family
The Akers Family
The Stoltz Family
The Beltz Family
The Danielsen family
Don Moody
Marie Moody
The Holbrook Family
The Heeron Family
Don Hesher
Marge and Jim Burns
Plomer Barnes Family
Anthony Standarski Family
Mike Tillotson
Christopher Short
Baby Short
The Ortman Family
The Creech Family
Mary Jo Hasler
Baby Krych
Jesse Longnecker
Don Hesher
Jesse
Shannon
Bill and Dorothy Smith
Frank Supinie
Ronnie G. White
Dwight, Jean and Ike Coonce
George and Monica Geiger
Frank and Mary Zwilling
Seth Wirth
The Clauss Family
Marie Moody
Joseph and Adeline Pacholski
Loretta Gajewski
Josephine Gajewski
The Lockhart Family
The Novsek Family
Dorothy Andrews
Aggie Gognat
Elizabeth Johns
Shirley Kay Kavanaugh
Corrine Roth
The Diver Family
Joan Stephenson
Frank Ladner
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December 31st: (Wed.) New Year’s Eve: 6:00 PM MASSJanuary 1st (Thur.) Solemnity of Mary; 9:00 AM MASS
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
Prepare for Christ’s Coming – This weekend is the
winter solstice, when we experience the shortest day
and the longest night of the year. Advent is about
waiting in the uncertainty of darkness. Learn, Act,
Connect, Pray: Think about the times you have
waited in the dark with a family member. Perhaps it
was illness, or maybe fear, or simply a power outage
that kept you in vigil together. Disperse the darkness today by keeping your Advent candles burning a
bit longer. Pray the Rosary and meditate on the Luminous Mysteries.
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