SAINT PETER 311 Bowdoin Street

HOLY FAMILY 24 Hartford Street

SAINT PATRICK 400 Dudley Street

TRI-PARISHES

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 1 2019

FR. JOHN CURRIE, PASTOR Welcome! We wish to extend a warm welcome to all guests and parishioners of the Tri-Parishes.

We are delighted that you have come to worship with us, and we very much hope you feel at home here.

SAINT PATRICK

Saturday: 6:00 pm (Cape Verdean) Sunday: 9:30 am (Cape Verdean) 9:30 am Children’s (CV) 10:45 am (English) 12:00 noon (Spanish) Monday - Friday: 6:00 pm

HOLY FAMILY

Sunday: 10:00 am (English) 11:00 am (Spanish)

SAINT PETER

Saturday: 4:00 pm (English) Sunday: 9:00 am (English) 11:00 am (Portuguese)

MASS SCHEDULE

Tri-Parishes Boston, MA

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Sunday –9am Mass –Ena Jordan 3rd Year

Anniversary

PASTORAL STAFF

Rev. John A. Currie, Pastor

Rev. John Bolduc, SM, Cap,

Rev. Samuel Gomes, OFM Cap

Sr. Chris%ne Smith, SBS, Pastoral Associate

Ms. Tiffany R. Sawyer M.Ed., School Principal

Mr. Richard Gribaudo, Business Manager

Mrs. Melissa DaSilva, Administra%ve Assistant

Rev. Ed Sheehan, SM, Senior Priest in Residence

BAPTISMS St. Patrick: Third Saturday of the Month

St. Peter: Second Sunday of the Month

Holy Family: First Sunday of the Month

Please call 617-445-7645 To Register

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY IN ENGLISH:

Couples wishing to be married should contact

Fr. Currie 6 months prior to the date requested.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION St. Patrick: Sunday a7er the 10:45 Mass

St. Peters: prior to the 4:00pm Mass and

Any%me by appointment.

RCIA: Any adult wishing Bap%sm or Confirma%on

should contact Sr. Chris%ne @ 617-442-0980

ROSARY: Third Sunday of the Month a7er the

10:45am Mass at St. Patrick

MONTHLY HOLY HOUR: First Thursday of the

Month, 6:30pm

BIBLE STUDY: Mondays, 6:30pm at St. Patrick’s Con-

vent

SOCIAL SUNDAY: First Sunday of the Month

1000 CLUB: Last Sunday of Month at 12:30pm

TWL (Those with Leisure): September 24th

Contact: Sr. Chris%ne Smith @ 617-442-0980 for

more informa%on

ST. PATRICK’S SCHOOL: 131 Mt Pleasant Ave.

www.StPatrickSchoolRoxbury.org – 617-427-3881

SOCIAL MEDIA: www.SaintPatricksRoxbury.com &

www.Facebook.com/StPatrickRoxbury

RECTORY: St. Patrick's 10 Magazine Street –

Telephone: 617-445-7645

Email: Mdasilva.triparish@gmail.com

St. Peter's business office: 278 Bowdoin Street

2019 CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS

We are proud to announce that Cardinal Sean has

awarded the 2019 Cheverus Award to

The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concep%on

(Cape Verdean) of St. Patrick’s Parish,

the Missionaries of Charity Sisters of St. Peter’s Par-

ish and Orlando & Flora Mar%nez of Holy

Family Parish. Even more, we are blessed by their

presence and generous commitment to our

parishes, and are extremely grateful to God for

them.

The Cheverus Award recognizes and applauds out-

standing leadership, service and

ministry in the Archdiocese every year. Our three

recipients represent the finest quali%es of

this award and are very deserving of it. They will re-

ceive the award from Cardinal Sean along

with the other recipients from the Archdiocese on

November 24 th , during a liturgy at the

Cathedral. Please take a moment to offer them your

own congratula%ons!

Sacramental &First Communion Classes at

Sundays Dec.1st & Dec. 15th

10:00 am Rectory followed by 10:45 am English

Mass: contact Sr. Chris%ne @ 617-442-0980 for info.

Cathedral Care Health Screening

Tuesday Dec.3rd with FREE FLU SHOTS

contact Sr. Chris%ne @ 617-442-0980 for info

Boston, MA Tri-Parishes

Thirty Third Sunday In Ordinary Time 3

The passage from MaLhew we read today is rather

straighMorward. No one knows the precise %me of

the coming of the Lord in glory, so watchful wai%ng

and vigilance are required. The passage speaks to

the uselessness of looking for signs; there will be

none. As a thief sneaks in during the night, so will

the Lord's coming in glory be.

The ques%on for us as members of the Chris%an

community, then, is how do we prepare for this? To-

day's passage speaks more about the manner of

wai%ng, rather than the details of the prepara%on.

Jesus compares the vigilance required of Chris%ans

to the vigilance of a homeowner who knows the

plans of the thief. If one knows that the thief's ac%on

is imminent, one remains watchful. As Chris%ans, we

know that our Lord is coming even if we cannot

know the precise %ming. Jesus calls us to be watchful

and vigilant, like the homeowner. If we become lax

in our Chris%an living, we may be caught unpre-

pared.

First Reading

Isaiah 2:1-5

Isaiah describes his vision in which all na%ons are

gathered together by God in peace.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 122:1-2,3-4,4-5,6-7,8-9

Rejoicing, let us enter the house of the Lord.

Second Reading

Romans 13:11-14

Be prepared, salva%on is near.

Gospel Reading

Ma�hew 24:37-44

Jesus tells his disciples that the coming of the Son of

Man will catch many people unprepared. Jesus tells

his disciples that they are to always be ready for the

day of the Lord.

Background on the Gospel Reading

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, which is also the

first Sunday of a new liturgical year for the Church.

The Advent season includes the four Sundays that

precede Christmas. It is a %me of prepara%on for the

coming of the Lord. In this season, we recall two cen-

tral elements of our faith: the final coming of the

Lord in glory and the incarna%on of the Lord in the

birth of Jesus. Key themes of the Advent season are

watchful wai%ng, prepara%on, and jus%ce.

In this new liturgical year, the Gospel of MaLhew

will be the primary Gospel proclaimed (Lec%onary

Cycle A). In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus speak

about the need for wakefulness, for watchful

wai%ng, for the coming of the Son of Man.

MaLhew's Gospel is dated by most scholars a7er

70 A.D. Most believe that MaLhew wrote for a pri-

marily Jewish community, but one that was no long-

er centered on the Temple in Jerusalem. These were

Jewish Chris%ans trying to come to terms with their

rela%onship to Judaism in a new situa%on: Judaism

a7er the destruc%on of the Temple in Jerusalem.

There may have been Chris%ans who believed that

the events of the world around them gave evidence

of the imminent return of the Lord in glory.

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