Office Hours: 9:30—1:00 Monday—Thursday Phone: (504) 281-2267 — Fax: (504) 281-2268

E-Mail: stbernard@arch-no.org www.stbernard-stbla.com

DAILY MASSES Monday—Friday: Mass 8:30 a.m. First Saturday 8:30 a.m.

WEEKEND MASSES Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.

St. Joseph Adoration Chapel: Any Time

Rev. Hoang M. Tuong, Pastor Cell Phone: 985-705-0357

Rev. Charles Caluda, Retired Deacon Norbert Billiot, Jr.

Music Director: Bea Girard

St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery: (504) 421-9533 Lynne, Parish Secretary, Cell: (504) 421-5969

Lenore—Religious Ed stbchurch.reled@arch-no.org

Baptism: Parents are asked to call the office. Baptisms will be held the 3rd weekend of the month or by special arrangement. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are held before each Mass, or call for an appointment. Communion of the Sick: Please call when someone is ill or in the hospital. Sacrament of Marriage: Couples must contact the church at least six (6) months before the date of the wedding. Christian Burial: Please contact the funeral home to make arrangements they will contact church and cemetery. Pastoral & Finance Meeting - Pastoral Council meetings will be announced.

St. Bernard Catholic Church

(Established in 1787)

MISSION STATEMENT In the total love for Jesus through the Heart of Mary,

We St. Bernard Catholic Church commit to BE BOLD—BE CATHOLIC—BE CHRIST

And faithfully pass it on...Heart to Heart. I.M.

2805 Bayou Road P. O. Box 220

St. Bernard, LA 70085

Volume 52 Issue 51 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 22, 2019

Saturday December 21, 2019 Rosary 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. Bernard Catholic Church; Bernard & Chase Naquin; Duke Collins; Donald Serpas, Sr.;

Tim George; Timothy George; Sal Gagliano; Mazie LaFond; Karen Smith; Donna Gonzales; Scotty Lopez; Beth Byrd Ruiz; Richie Byrd; Ramona Ramos; Charles, Cornelia & Lori Robertson; Fr John; and all on our Sick List

Sunday, December 22, 2019 Rosary 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Charles L. Smith; Gauthé Family; Agnes & Wallace Serpas; Jerry Wheat; HJ Lind; Josephine & Reese Nunez; Mike, Rosie & André Colletti; Dickie Stander; Merle King; Louise M. Alphonso; Larry Gonzales, Jr.; Raymond Serpas; Jason Steele; Adam Serigne; Walter Guidry; Chester Romero; The Romero Family; Rudy Alphonso; Martin & Cecile Alfonso; Jerry, Vernon & Nathan Alfonso; Alfred Nunez, Sr. & Family; Karen Smith; Weshe Melerine; Adam & Evelyn Gonzales; Flora Calabrasi; Celie Robin; Jake Loyacano; Healing of Sylvia Guillot; Linda Gagliano and Phillip Acosta; and all Military Personnel & Families DAILY—Rosary 8 a.m.—Mass 8:30 a.m.: Monday For Our Youth Tuesday All Sick & Dying Wednesday All Souls in Purgatory Thursday All Parishioners Friday Deceased Priests Saturday (only First Saturday) 8:30 a.m.

Sanctuary Lamp Beth Byrd Ruiz

Marian Candle All Parishioners

St. Joseph Candle All Deceased Priests

December 14—15, 2019

Attendance: 78

Collection: $1,637.55 Maintenance: $ 122.00

Thank you for your support

Readings For The Week

Monday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Wednesday: 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] Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Thursday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Friday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-5; Col 3:12-21 [12-17]; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Ministry Schedule For Next Week:

Saturday, December 28, 4:00 p.m. Celebrant: Fr. Hoang

Lector: Catherine Ministers of Communion:

Ethel

Sunday, December 29, 10:00 a.m.

Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Lector: Sharon

Ministers of Communion: Lynne Lenore

19 When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, This story is the last we will hear of Joseph in Matthew’s gospel. “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” This is a command which closely resembles the command given to Moses in Exodus 4:19. 21 He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee. 23 He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazorean.” The text which is quoted is found nowhere in the Old Testament. Nazareth is not mentioned in the Old Testament. The most probable explanation of the quotation is that it is a wordplay based on the Hebrew text of Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot shall rise from Jesse, and a branch (nezer) shall sprout from his roots.” St. Jerome himself, in his Commentary on Isaiah 11:1, stated that the name “Nazorean” fulfills the prophecy as Christ is the branch (nezer) of the entire race of Abraham and David. LORD OF ALL Jesus Christ will be Lord of all, or he will not be Lord at all. —St. Augustine

Gospel - Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 The story of the visit of the wise men and the flight into Egypt is contained only in the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew’s gospel makes the point that Jesus Messiah is the new Moses and the new Israel, and the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This thesis could only be directed at a Jewish audience. As such, the second chapter of Matthew emphasizes the parallel life which Jesus had like Moses: both survived the slaughter of the innocents (Matthew 2:16 = Exodus 1:22), both had to flee (Matthew 2:14 = Exodus 2:15), both returned (Matthew 2:19 = Exodus 4:19), both led the people out of slavery and to the promised land (Moses to the Land of Canaan, Jesus to the New Jerusalem). Today we hear of the escape of the Holy Family into Egypt. 13 When they [the magi] had departed, Greek: magoi. Originally this term designated the learned priestly caste of the Persians; later it came to mean anyone skilled in occult knowledge and power (much like our “magician” which is derived from the same word). The mention of the star in Matthew’s gospel shows they were called magoi because of their knowledge of astrology, hence the identification is some translations as astrologers. behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” 14 Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. 15 He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Hosea 11:1. The reference is to the basic experience of salvation, the exodus from Egyptian bondage. Jesus is presented as reenacting in his own life the career not only of Moses but of all Israel, for He leads the New Israel.

The list of each state and their patron saints are below: Alabama – Our Lady of the Gulf

Alaska – Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands Arizona – Our Lady of the Highways

Arkansas – Our Lady of the Holy Souls California – Our Lady of the Refuge; Our Lady of the Wayside

Colorado – Saint Francis of Assisi; Immaculate Mary Connecticut – Notre Dame of Easton

Delaware – Our Lady of Mercy Florida – Our Lady of La Leche

Georgia – Immaculate Heart of Mary Hawaii – Mary, Star of the Sea; Our Lady, Queen of Peace

Idaho – Our Lady of Limerick Illinois – Our Lady of the Universe Indiana – Our Lady of Providence

Iowa – Mary of Nazareth Kansas – Mary, Queen of Angels

Kentucky – Mother of God Louisiana – Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Maine – Our Lady of Peace Maryland – Our Lady of the Assumption

Massachusetts – Our Lady of the Incarnation Michigan – Our Lady, Gate of Heaven

Minnesota – Our Lady, Mother of the Church Mississippi – Our Lady of the Sorrows

Missouri – Our Lady of Calvary Montana – Our Lady of the Pines

Nebraska – Our Lady of the Presentation Nevada – Our Lady of Las Vegas

New Hampshire – Our Lady of Perpetual Help New Jersey – Our Lady of Fatima

New Mexico – Our Lady of Guadalupe New York – Our Lady, Help of Christians

North Carolina – Our Lady of the Holy Rosary North Dakota – Mary, Queen of Peace

Ohio – Our Lady of Consolation Oklahoma – Our Lady, Queen of all Saints

Oregon – Our Lady of the Woods Pennsylvania – Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Rhode Island – Our Lady of Mount Carmel South Carolina – Mary the Virgin Mother

South Dakota – Our Lady of the Prairie Tennessee – Our Lady of Lourdes

Texas – Our Lady of the Annunication Utah – Our Lady of the Snows Vermont – Our Lady of Grace

Virginia – Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles Washington – Our Lady of Good Help West Virginia – Our Lady of Victory

Wisconsin – Our Lady of the Americas Wyoming – Our Lady of the Valley

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Let the Lord enter, he is king of glory.

Please Pray for Our Sick Manuel Alfonso; Debbie Gonzales; Charles Duhe; Harold J. Lind, III; Aiden Smith; Madeline Colletti Cimino; Gene Perez; Patricia Fincher; Frances Evans; Donald Campo; Edna O’Rourke; Marlene Campo; Bernard Naquin, Jr.; Dorothy Easley; Devin Dimadigo; Kylie Gritter; David Naquin; Sheri Fernandez; Christina Landry; Brett Gagliano; Brendan Graf; Emile Evans; Landon Ansardi; Kayla Vogelaar; Mindy Casanova Dardar; Wilmoy & Florine Shows; Brett Bergeron; Allen Nunez; Eleanore Erato; David Casanova; Danny Morales; Riley Richards; Hyacinth Serpas; Jerrilee Odinet; Karley Draper; Hailey Martin; Lorraine Daroca; Barbara Simpson; Michael George; Joy Fernandez; Marianne Marks; Kimberly Mones; Avery Cantrelle; Rita Bauer; Sandy Thurman; Talor Gutierrez; Erica Stewart; Maggie Serigne; Valerie Wheat; Hunter Hoffmann; Christina Gardner; AJ Arnone; Evis; Michelle Matthews; Fr. Charley; Sandra Jones; William Ybarzabal; Don Clark; Fred Everhardt; Thelma Lee; Lela Weber; Janey Yates; Connie St. Pierre; Tino Mones; Mary Gagliano; Patrick Campo, Sr.; Joyce Serpas; Michael Fernandez; SE Kreiger; Pasqual Alfonso; Henry Dietrich; Sidney Evans, Jr.; Hope Serigne; Mr. & Mrs. Caesar; Mary Barker; Bob Couch; Linda Gagliano; Rhonda Riley; Norbert Billiot, Sr.; Lisa and Samantha; Paul Remick; Justin Serpas; Rene Poche; Lisa Montelongo; Bobbie Schmitt; Barbara Robin; Lorenza Acosta; Becky Couture Riker; Linda Melerine; Stephen Lobre; Barney Koons; Romona Lucas; Paul Serigne; Taylor Tycer; Dan Assevado; Wendy Walls; Kaleah Kate Ma; Robert Oalmann; Noah Campo; Arley Jarammillo; Robert Burns; Peter Peterson; Anna Morales; Elsie Smith; Philip Deogracias; Beverly Bachemin; Ryan Peltier; Lonny Becnel; Kerry Robertson; Pat Cassagne; Jimmy & Dolly Brien; Margie Palmeri; Misty Morales; Esther Gonzales; Katie Caluda Sanpart; Carol Morales; Michele Morales; Kim Juminias; Charolotte Luna; Elba Quiles; Branden David; Ralph Ziegler; Wayne Landry; Sylvia Guillot; Ryan Guerra; Hillary Miller; Phillip Acosta; Decker Landry; Sherrie & John Graf; Linda Barrett; Stanley Alfonso; Rachael Lemoine

Call the office to add or remove someone from list.

ADORATION CHAPELS The Deanery Adoration Chapel located at OLPS invites you to come spend a little time with the Lord in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Come for a few minutes or consider becoming a “committed adorer” for a particular hour. OLPS 8 am to 8 pm Monday-Friday. If anyone would like to be on the committee at OLPS please contact them. OLPS is need of adorers if you can commit please call them. Our Lady of Lourdes has Adoration on the first Wednesday of the month. St. Bernard has Adoration on Thursday. Please consider spending an hour with the Lord.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION How many languages do you know? Most Americans might say they have a primary language, can follow the basics of another encountered in school or in the workplace, and maybe know the barest elements of a third. Yet nearly everyone is fluent in languages of symbol and ritual, languages that transcend the spoken word and may perhaps communicate more clearly. A dance, the delights of the table, the thrill of sport, the power of a painting, a shared silence on a surf‑washed beach or under a desert sky, a burst of delighted applause, all communicate without a single word. Sacrament empowers fluency in these languages. A little girl returning from Mass where a baby had been baptized was asked to summarize her day thus far. “I went to church, and some little baby became my brother.” That’s far more accurate than the adult’s remark, “There was a baptism at Mass today.” When we celebrate sacrament, Christ is always calling us into deeper fluency with the languages beyond speech. Sacraments open our senses to the presence of God precisely so we can respond to the depth of that love more fully. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Christmas and New Year’s Masses

Christmas Eve Masses:

4:00 p.m. Christmas Day Mass:

10:00 a.m.

New Year’s Eve: 4:00 p.m. New Year’s Day: 8:30 a.m.

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