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Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
December 9, 2018 Second Sunday of Advent
Readings: pgs. 17-19Ordinary of the Mass: pg. 850 Kyriale Simplex Mass I (5pm and 8am);
pg. 887 Kyriale Mass XVII (11am)Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas: pg. 1000
Entrance Hymn: Comfort, Comfort, O My People #13Entrance Antiphon (@5pm and 8am): O people of Sion...(pg. 904 #4); Populus Sion @11
Responsorial Psalm: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.Creed: Credo III (only sung at 11am) pg. 899
Offertory Hymn: Creator of the Stars of Night #9Communio: Jerusalem arise... (pg. 905 #6); Ierusalem surge @11
Communion Hymn: The Angel Gabriel #142Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater #5
Recessional Hymn: Wake, Awake for Night is Flying #11
Saturday December 8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:30am - Mass (holy day of obligation) 4:30pm - Confessions 5:00pm - Mass - (Steven Swarm)
Sunday December 9 Second Sunday of Advent 7:30am - Confessions 8:00am - Mass - (Eunie Chan-Barchak and Family) 9:00am - PSR Classes (MC) 9:00am - RCIA & Basic Catechism for adults 10:30am - Confessions 11:00am - Mass~ (St. Mary Parishioners) 12:00pm - Hospitality after Mass/ Book shop sale! 4:30pm - Confessions 5:00pm - Mass - (Rev Charles Jones+)
Monday December 10 11:30am- Confessions 12:00pm - Mass - (Mildred & Michael Romano+) 6:30pm - Knights of Columbus General mtg.
Tuesday December 11 St. Damasus I, Pope 10:15am - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (MC) 11:30am - Confessions 12:00pm - Mass - (Joseph Magalski+) 5:30 pm - Vespers (C) 6:30 pm - Choir practice (C) 6:30pm - Scouts (FH) Wednesday December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Adoration beginning at 1:00pm today through Thursday evening at 6:00pm 6:00pm -Mass - (Holy Souls in Purgatory) 7:00pm - Authentic Mexican Dinner (FH) Parishioners are asked to bring a dessert to share.
Thursday December 13 Saint Lucy, Virgin & Martyr 5:30pm - Confessions 6:00pm - Mass- (Luigi Nannini) 6:30pm - Altar & Rosary Society General mtg. (MC)
Friday December 14 11:30am - Confessions 12:00pm - Mass~ (Intentions of Dixie Altman)
Saturday December 15 4:30pm - Confessions 5:00pm - Mass - (Don Shrewsbury+) 6:00pm - K of C Christmas Party (FH)
Sunday December 16 Third Sunday of Advent 7:30am - Confessions 8:00am - Mass - (Quiroga Family) 9:00am - PSR Classes (MC) 9:00am - RCIA & Basic Catechism for adults 10:30am - Confessions 11:00am - Mass~ (Tapko/Savrnoch Families) 4:30pm - Confessions 5:00pm - Mass - (St. Mary's Parishioners)
Mass Times: Monday - Friday @ 12:00 Noon
Saturday @ 5:00pm Sunday @ 8:00am, 11:00am &
5:00pm _____________________
PARISH OFFICE 6oo N.Liberty St. Independence, Mo.
OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY & TUESDAY
8:00AM - 4:00PM WED. & THURS. 9:00AM - 12:00PM
FRIDAY - CLOSED 816-252-0121
www.saintmarysparish.org _______________________
St. Mary’s Outreach Agency: Food,Clothing and Prescription
Medication Assistance Hours: Wednesday & Thursday
9:00am - 3:00pm (816) 252-8649
(Please call for an appointment) *Donations of food & clothing may be
brought to the Ministry Center Monday - Thursday by 12:00 noon.
Contact Information
Pastor: Rev Matthew Bartulica ext 104
Labor Mariae Sisters -Religious Education
mailto:[email protected]
Tony Douglas - Contributions, Scripture Study ext 101 [email protected]
Angelina Gearke - Music Ministry, [email protected]
Debbie Gilbert - Secretary, Bulletin ext 110 (Mon. & Tues. 8 -4)
Kari Boutross - Office Assistant Wed. & Thurs 9:00am - 12:00pm
Dec 8 & 9, 2018 2nd Week
Altar Servers: 5:00pm - Volunteers 8:00am - A Rincon, W Pappas 11:00am - A Talato,N Smith, E & J Diamond, M Deggendorf Lectors: 5:00pm - J. LeMay 8:00am - L. Gibbons 11:00am - E Holder
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE PARISHIONERS and FRIENDS IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Jeffery Klenklen, Joyce Klenklen, Betty Underwood, Annie Moran, David Barrett, Mary
Pappas, Anthony Rizzi, Bob Trusty, KE Hun Ngo, Bob DeSchepper, Roberta Vargas, Tonya Huey,
Brodie Gorbet, Michele Jordan, Pat Sicola, Jerry Belcum, Darlene Huey, Maggie Cruz, Rob Rector,
Harold Mitchell, Beth Gibson, Richard McAfee
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY MEN & WOMEN:
SFC.Christopher Kinnaman - Wainwright, Fairbanks AL. (Grandson of Betty Kinnaman)Fr. CPT. Brian Klingele - Kreech AFB & Nellis AFB, Nevada, (Nephew of Ken & Karen Klingele)Cpl Trevor Melton - Camp Pendelton, CA (Grandson of Marilyn Pontalion) Rev. Joseph Reardon - Bahrain (Persian Gulf) Command ChaplainSSGT Christopher Wood - Cherry Point, NC (Grandson of Jean Wilcox)ICSN Josiah Smith - San Diego, CA. (Grandson of Mary Smith) & IC3 Christina Smith - Virginia (wife of Josiah) CPT Eric Hoffman - US Air Force, Middle East (Nephew of Chuck & Karen Vlasin)
The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to combatting sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or suspect sexual abuse:1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1.800.392.3738 (if the victim is currently under the age of 18), and2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Jenifer Valenti, at 816.812.2500 or [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their families. Please contact Victim Advocate, Kathleen Chastain, at 816.392.0011 or [email protected] for more information.
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Collection: 12/2/2018: 5,891Year to date total: 231,257
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Dec 15 & 16, 2018 3rd Week
Altar Servers: 5:00pm - Volunteers 8:00am - T & T Spooner, W Pappas 11:00am - A Talato, N Smith, E & J Diamond, M Deggendorf Lectors: 5:00pm - D Gilbert 8:00am -M Pontalion 11:00am - E. Ball
Readings for the week of December 9, 2018Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17-26Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13 [Is 40:10ab]/Mt 18:12-14Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Jdt 13:18bcde, 19 [15:9d]/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab [8]/Mt 11:11-15Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16-19Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10-13Next Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [6]/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18
Ask Father…By Father Matthew Bartulica
The past weeks, there were two questions in the “Ask Father” box. I am happy to respond to them. The first question is “Why is it important to genuflect?” The simple answer is: Because GOD is present in the tabernacle. In the Book of Daniel of the Old Testament, we read of the young Jewish men, Daniel, Anania, Misael and Azaria. They were in the king’s service. King Nabuchodonossor had a golden statue made and ordered that whenever people hard the sound of the trumpet, flute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe and other musical instruments, the people were to “fall down and worship the golden statue” (Dan. 3:5). The young Jewish men refused to do so; they refused to fall down as a sign that they worshiped the golden statue. They served faithfully the one true God and would not bend the knee to any other god.
We, too, bend our knee for God, as a sign that we recognize Him to be God. Worship is not only interior, but it must also express itself in our body. In a question to which I responded some months ago about the role of the laity at Mass, I referred to an article by Father Cassian Folsom, O.S.B. In that same article, Father Cassian talks about genuflection. Here is what he writes:
Genuflecting Before the Blessed Sacrament and Bowing Before the Altar What’s the next thing you do as you enter the Church? You walk to your pew, and if the Blessed Sacrament is reserved on the altar, you genuflect; if it’s reserved somewhere else, you make a profound bow to the altar. I’ll say something about kneeling later. Here we are talking about a gesture of greeting, a kind of salute. I mentioned both genuflecting and bowing. What’s the difference?
There’s a traditional distinction that’s very useful: a distinction using three Greek words: latria, hyperdulia, dulia. These three categories indicate different grades of reverence due to God and the saints.
Latria means adoration: it is reserved to God alone.
Dulia means reverence; it is given to the saints and to sacred objects.
Hyperdulia means “extra special reverence”. There is only one person in this category: Mary the Mother of God, since she is above all the saints by the glorious design of Divine Providence.
Latria, hyperdulia, dulia. When we reverence the altar — and the altar always represents Christ — we are showing honor to a sacred object. That means dulia. So we bow. When we reverence the Blessed Sacrament, however, we are adoring God Himself, since the Lord is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. That means latria. So we genuflect.
Genuflecting — a “half-kneel” This gesture is related to kneeling, but you can think of it as a quick kneel, or a “half-kneel”, since you only bend one knee, not both, and immediately get up again. When I say “a quick kneel”, I don’t mean that you should do it in a hurry! Sometimes when people go into their pew, you see them make a little bob that vaguely resembles a genuflection. No. Put that knee all the way down to the floor, and let it rest there for a moment. Keep your back straight, and for balance, you might want to place both hands on your other knee. You might want to practice at home, and teach your children to make this gesture well.
Now, my suggestion to practice genuflecting may seem silly — but actually these bodily gestures have become foreign to us, and we need to re-learn them with a new deliberateness. To do it well, you have to be conscious of what you’re doing. We have to be taught.
The second question in the “Ask Father” box reads: “Do you consider Vatican II to be a valid and legitimate Council of the Catholic Church? Why or why not?” Yes, the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council was a valid Council. Why? Because it was convened as it should have been, that is, by the proper authority, namely, the Pope, John XXIII at the time. A council would be invalid if it were not convoked in the appropriate manner. For this reason, the Council is legitimate, that is, in accord with the law (the meaning of the word “legitimate”). Saying that Vatican II was valid and legitimate is not the same as saying that one thinks that everything that happened at the Council was good or for the best.
Altar & Rosary MeetingThe General A&R meeting will be held on Thursday, December 13th, 6:30pm, at the Ministry Center. New members welcomed! Christmas CleaningPlease mark your calendars for the annual church Christmas cleaning that will take place on Saturday, December 22nd @ 9:00am. Many hands make light work. We welcome all that are able to donate some time to prepare the Church for Christmas.
Join us on Wednesday, December 12th, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm. (There will Not be a 12 noon Mass on Dec 12th) Dinner will follow in Fitzgerald Hall. A Free Will Offering will be accepted, and we ask those attending to donate
a dessert.
Here We Come A-Caroling: St. Mary’s Christmas Caroling PartySaturday, December 22 at 6:00 pm. Outdoor caroling by candlelight, hot wassail and cocoa, dinner and dessert to follow. Free and open to all.
Coffee, Tea, Donuts and Shopping!THIS SUNDAY, December 9th after 11:00 am MassJoin fellow parishioners after Mass for coffee, tea, and donuts as well as Christmas shopping from the parish Book Shop. The Book Shop will remain open throughout the hospitality and will be offering a
15% discount on ALL merchandise on this day ONLY!
LOVING GOD, HELP US TO WAIT WITH PATIENCE AND ANTICIPATION, TO NOT BE CAUGHT UP IN THE RUSH OF THE SEASON, BUT RESTING IN YOUR EVER-PRESENT LOVE. AMEN
Basic Catholic Catechism Study Groups
Advent-Christmas schedule:
Sat. December 15 – NO classSun. December 16 – Regular class
Sat. December 22 – NO classSun. December 23 – NO class
Sat. December 29 - Regular class
Sun. December 30 – NO class
Sat. January 5 – Regular classSun. January 6 – NO class (Epiphany)
12/13 January onward – Regular class
St. Mary's Altar and Rosary Society would like to thank everyone for participating
in our last blood drive. We were able to collect 12 units of blood to help those in need!
Thank you!
*Come join us (after 5:30pm Vespers) on Wednesday, December 19 at 6:00pm in the church for Advent Lessons and Carols, combined with the seasonal Penance Service. Come contemplate the season of Advent, and prepare your heart for Christmas, with Scripture, song, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
***PLEASE PICK UP AN ENVELOPE AT THE CHURCH DOORS THIS WEEKEND AND PURCHASE A MERCY TREE GIFT FOR SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE THIS CHRISTMAS!