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Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Eulalia Parish,

Merry Christmas!

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; …you have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing (Is 9:1-2). These resounding words certainly can fill our hearings this year as we prepare ourselves to celebrate Christmas in the midst of this terrible pandemic. The Lord is coming, let us rejoice and be glad. Fr. Jim Savages’ homily on the meaning of Rejoicing

The homily on the Third Sunday of Advent inspired me greatly as I was listening (available on parish website). I always enjoy listening to his homilies, but this one really touched my heart and soul. From the Scriptural point of view, he provided 4 areas that associate with joy. The Bible is truly the resource for us to look for peace, love, and joy that we need in life. (1) Joy associates with New Life. He explained with the stories of the angels’ talk with Zachariah in the temple, Mary at Annunciation, and the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. (2) Joy associates with Discovery. The parables of the lost sheep and coin, as well as the return of the prodigal son were excellent evidence. (3) Joy in Suffering. He used scripture passages to remind us the great words of Jesus “Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.” (4) Joy and Jesus himself. The words of Jesus at the Last supper were real.

Personal Testimony

Having been in the darkness of pain and suffering for 18 years, I know well of the light of good health. A car accident in my early 20’s in the Summer of 1992 made my life miserable. My back was in terribly pain con-stantly; my neck was as stiff as a stick. No doctor could figure out what the problems were. Years later in the Fall of 1996, the pain went down to my left leg, my brain seemed to lose control of it. To a point, I was a se-verely handicapped man. I had to use a cane often and had people to help me climb up the stairs at Mass. Again, no doctor could help me ease the pain. Being weary, frustrated, and depressed was a constant in life. I prayed and questioned; I searched and was disappointed. Yet, I persevered. God seemed to turn a deaf ear to me until the Fall of 2010. A few invitations came to me from a priest who was on my faculty at the Seminary in Beijing. I answered finally, the third time, to go to the prayer meeting they were having. Miracle! After they prayed over me, my neck could make turns, my back became flexible, and I could raise my left leg! I was healed! Leaping with Joy, I cried. That great joy from God is still with me. It seemed that Fr. Jim was speaking to me directly about the Joy that associates with Actions. At that moment, I remembered the failed promise I made to that priest who invited me: I will go and tell people the work of God. I have a need to fulfill my promise to tell the world that God has done great things for me. John the Bap-tist and Mary both fulfilled their promises. The shepherd who lost sheep and the widow who lost her coin all shared with others their joys.

Friends, no joy is too personal to be shared. The angel used “Do Not Be Afraid” three times in this week’s Gospels (Mt. Fri., Lk. Sat and Lk. Sun) to encourage people to go out and proclaim the good news. After over nine months of pandemic, I am sure that we are not afraid anymore because we know the Lord is with us. Our Lord is coming to deliver us from fear and darkness. Come, Lord Jesus. May all members of St. Eulalia parish be blessed! Peace and Joy!

God bless,

Fr. John Chen

Greetings from the Staff

Peace and blessings to you and your loved ones this Christmas Season and in the new year.

Cheryl Pongratz, Director of Opera ons/Contemporary Music

May the message of Christmas fill your life with peace and joy. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!

Louise Cocuzzo, Pastoral Associate

Wishing all a Christmas filled with peace and joy. Barbara Doherty, Faith Forma on Secretary

May peace be your gi at Christmas and your blessing all year through!

Stephanie Rogers, Faith Forma on Coordinator Gr. K-6

“A Savior has been born to us, and He is Christ the Lord.” May your Christmas season be filled with joy and the New Year bring you peace .

Laura MacMullin, Parish Secretary

May Jesus the divine physician give you peace and hope this Christmas and in the New Year.

Barbara Mahoney, Pastoral Care Coordinator

Best Wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year Bob Ferry, Custodian

Wishing you and your families good health and many blessings

for Christmas and the new year. Deborah Moscoso, Choir Director

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T B L S 4:00 S 10:00 5:00 S S Monday Dec 21 9:00 Daily Mass Tuesday Dec 22 9:00 Daily Mass Wed Dec 23 8:30 Morning Prayer 9:00 Daily Mass Thursday Dec 24 2:00 Christmas Mass full 4:00 Christmas Mass full *Just added* 6:00 Christmas Mass Friday Dec 25 9:00 Christmas Mass *11:00 Christmas Mass Saturday Dec 26 4:00 Vigil Mass Sunday Dec 27 10:00 Sunday Mass 5:00 Sunday Mass *11:00AM Celebration of the Eucharist for Families with young children. See Kid’s Bulletin on page 7.

Tune in with the whole family on our website, Facebook Page or YouTube Channel as Fr Jim preaches his homily for our fami-lies with young children. Also, print out the song sheet from the website so you can sing along at

home. The print out will also have a Blessing you can pray at your Christmas Table! If you can’t be in St Eulalia Church this Christmas, we can help to bring a little St Eulalia into your home!

D W D 7 Masses: $ 1,741 Mail In 2020: $ 2,000 Mail In 2021: $ 8,450 Online: $ 20,135 Total: $ 32,326 ***N *** B C

Love to read? Missing our groups and discussions? On Wednesday January 27, 2021 at 7PM please join us for an online book club. January’s book is “The Dearly Be-loved” by Cara Wall. It's the story of four people who come together in the 1950's and work together to make their world a better place.

Charles and James are co-ministers at New York City's Third Presbyterian Church.” If we have the interest, we will be hosting one book per month. Please email Cynthia at cyn-thiamfp@gmail.com if you are interested to sign up and receive the Zoom link. S E M As you may know, each year at Christmas our par-ish publishes a comprehensive list of our many wonderful ministries. This year many of these have been put on hold. Some are continuing or are starting up again. This is a list of our currently ac-tive ministries. Many thanks to our dedicated staff and volunteers for their tireless efforts to continue to serve. Ministry to the Bereaved Louise Cocuzzo 781-729-8220 ext. 102 Ministry to the bereaved provides

emotional and spiritual support to people and families who have lost a loved one in death, assistance in planning funeral liturgies, including the wake. Follow-up care for the bereaved family is offered. Ministry to the Sick Barbara Mahoney 781-729-8220 ext. 105 Sunshine Committee: Parishioners reach

out to the homebound, elderly, and sick with “Get well” cards and seasonal and birthday greetings.

Faith Formation Faith Formation - 781-729-8758

Stephanie Rogers, ext. 107 - Grades K-11 Barbara Doherty, ext. 106 - F.F. Secretary Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

Adele Hamblett 781-729-8220 Spiritual Development

Louise Cocuzzo 781-729-8220 ext. 102 Men’s Fellowship Group meets every other

Tuesday via Zoom Scripture Study will be resuming in the new

year via Zoom The Way of the Cross - TBD

Parish Councils Contact the Parish Office 781-729-8220 Parish Pastoral Council Parish Finance Council

Christian Service Somerville Homeless Coalition

Ken Toomey 781-935-0405 Members of Saint Eulalia Parish prepare and serve a meal on the third Wednesday of each month at the Somerville Homeless Coalition.

St. Matthew Parish Food Pantry John and Mary Deyst 781-646-9449 Parishioners donate food while others assist in the distribution of food at the St. Matthew’s Parish Food Pantry in Dorchester, MA. Prayer Shawl Ministry

Claire McKenna 781-729-2809 Knitters and crocheters meet on the first Tuesday of the month after the 9:00 Mass. Yarn and in-struction are provided.

C C The upcoming Christmas collection will benefit the Clergy Health and Retirement Trust which cares for the health and well-being of our 536 active and senior priests in good standing. Whether it is within our parish communities or in the community at large, our priests are making a difference every day. If you are able, please consider a generous gift to the Christmas collection this year. Thank you in advance. H W Since we still cannot offer holy water in the fonts as you enter, if you would like to have your own, bring in a bottle of water and we will bless it on request.

W C For over 20 years our parish youth have lived the Advent/Christmas Story through the production of ‘Welcome the Child’. Since this year we are not able to bring this to you live, we will be streaming past years’ productions at various times over the next 3 weeks. Please watch our streaming sched-ule for the days and times. Once the video has been streamed, it will remain available for 30 days. C M P We encourage everyone to participate in Christmas Mass in whatever form they can, while maintaining their safety: a live stream from their parish, the CatholicTV Mass, some other recorded or streamed Mass, or an in-person Mass in their par-ish. For in-person Masses

Pre-registration is required (St Eulalia website) Masks must be worn covering mouth and nose Social distancing must be strictly observed Spaces will be sanitized between Masses Doors and windows should be open wherever possible. There must be no congregational singing People should not gather outside after Mass.

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On Christmas Day from 12:15 to 1:00 pm. we will have distri-bution of the Holy Eucharist. Please enter through the front door, process up the center

aisle, and exit through the ramp door. All safety protocols will be observed. T W W -C ! MANY THANKS to WIN-CAM for the generous loan of the studio camera we have been using to stream! Back in March, we thought it would be for a few weeks! We are blessed to have such profes-sional equipment.

Thank you to all who participated in the ‘Giving Tree’ Program this year!

As you know, we were unable to have our physical Giving Tree in the foyer of the church and our annual sorting event in

Manion Hall, but Christina and Jessica made it all happen in the Parish Center.

Diapers to Healthy Families Agency

Sweatshirts for St Francis House

Backpacks for McInnis House

Final stack of backpacks - 130!!

Bags of tays (100+) to Healthcare for the Homeless

Diapers, wipes, and gift cards for Healthy Families

The Blessing of the Nativity Scene

Holy Child, on this festival of your birth

we ask your blessing on all who look upon this scene.

In abandoning the riches of heaven, you exalt poverty. Choosing a manger for your crib, you honor simplicity.

In the lowliness of your birth, humility is praised.

As we look upon this scene, fill us with a spirit of poverty, simplicity of desire, and blessed humility.

Make our souls a new Bethlehem

where we will sing your praise for ever and ever.

Amen.

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Lord, Jesus,

In the peace of this season our spirits rejoice:

With the beasts and angels, the shepherds and stars, with Mary and Joseph, we sing God’s praise.

By your coming may the hungry be filled with good things,

and may our table and home be blessed.

Glory to God in the Highest!

The Crucible of Ownership – Part I

“I am yours and you are mine.” These words ring out in song, scripture, and in many commitment ceremonies over the decades. The Song of Solomon and Isaiah 43 are two places where I find these particular words calling out to us.

For many, these are scary words. I don’t think I ever thought of them as scary, but certainly hard to understand. For me, this was because of distance or boundaries to God made clear by the nuns catechizing me as a child. Every time I had an experience of God’s love, it was complemented by the knowledge (instructions) that God was to be feared, and I was to behave if I had any chance of even meeting Him in the afterlife. There was little discussion of God’s continued presence in the world and, in particu-lar, Sr. Rosario’s classroom (humor intended).

The separation from God indicated to me I had to keep God on a pedestal, just like the statues in the sanctuary at St. John’s in Trowbridge, England. I was to keep my dis-tance and have reverence in all things when in the sanctuary, and then we could let loose a little when back in the playground behind our school.

There was a duality taught to me, which is still perhaps present today, but more im-portantly, I was conditioned in another way. God made me, (Baltimore Catechism), but I didn’t own God, and God didn’t own me. My relationship was to be at one level alone; adoration and obedience. All else was forbidden; even if it was not verbalized, it just was not taught.

So moving to the next level, the idea of a God of fellowship and friendship was not easily attainable to me; after all, I could not be friends with God, could I? Now, I don’t want you to get the idea that the Church in the 1960s was preaching a God of fear alone, it wasn’t, but the point for me was I was being told I could not attempt to get too close to Him.

As it happens, this was juxtaposed with my experience of God. At my First Commun-ion, I had a mystical experience (I didn’t know what it was at the time), where I truly felt the physical presence of God inside my body. It assured me that despite all the teaching that I could not get close to God, they could not prevent God from being as close to me as it gets—being inside me!

So, I am going to return to the title of this reflection—the crucible of ownership. If I am yours and you are mine is a true statement (which I believe it is as it is written clearly so many times in scripture) then what does that mean for my relationship with God? Do I own God? Does God own me? Do we own each other?

Ponder these questions during the week, and we will continue to examine this question further in another seven days. Have a blessed week.

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Rev. John Chen-Administrator 104 Rev. James Savage-Senior Priest Cheryl Pongratz-Dir. of Operations

5:00PM Music Director 103 Louise Cocuzzo-Pastoral Associate 102 Barbara Mahoney-Pastoral Care Coord. 105

Laura MacMullin-Parish Secretary 101 Joanne Boag-Parish Secretary 101 Stephanie Rogers CFF-Grades K-11 107 Barbara Doherty-CFF Secretary 106 Bob Ferry-Custodian Deborah Moscoso-11:00AM Choir Director

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ANOINTING AND PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK Both sacramental and pastoral services are offered by the Pastoral Staff to the sick, hospitalized, homebound, and all who are in need. Pastoral visits are currently on hold. The parish offers a special ministry to the hospitalized at Win-chester Hospital. The Catholic Chaplain at the hospital is Mary Beth Moran, 781-756-2295.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION - by appointment by calling the parish office.

SACRAMENT OF INITIATION - Adults interested in learning more about the Catholic faith should call Louise Cocuzzo at 781-729-8220, ext. 102. To register, please call Louise Cocuzzo, ext. 102.

MARRIAGE - Engaged couples planning marriage are asked to contact Fr. John Chen at 781-729-8220, ext. 104 to make arrangements for the wedding. A program of marriage preparation is offered to all couples.

FAITH FORMATION - Saint Eulalia Parish offers a full program of faith formation for ages kindergarten to adult. Please call the Faith Formation office at 781-729-8758 for information.

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Office Hours Currently the office is open Monday - Thursday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and the church is open for Masses Mon-day through Friday at 9:00am. Please reference the schedule on page 3 for the weekday and Sunday streamed Masses. Also, Mass Intentions are now available. Call the parish of-fice if you would like to schedule a Mass. Please check the website regularly as it is constantly being updated.

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