Announcements
Sunday, December 8th - 2nd Sunday of Advent - St Macarius, M
Monday, December 9th - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - St Peter Fourier, C
Tuesday, December 10th - Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
Wednesday, December 11th - Advent Feria - St Damasus, PC
Thursday, December 12th - Our Lady of Guadalupe
Friday, December 13th - St Lucy, VM
Saturday, December 14th - Advent Feria - St Nicasius, BM
Sunday, December 15th - 3rd Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday - St Paul of Latros, C
- Sisters' Breakfast: Join us after the 9:30 Mass in the St Joseph Hall.
- Blessing of Religious Articles Today: Please bring your items to the Communion rail after Mass.
- Feast of St Nicholas: He will visit with treats for all the children of the parish after today's 9:30 a.m. Mass.
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception: The feast day is translated to Monday, December 9th, but the obligation does not - Monday is not a holy day of obligation.
- Christmas Decorating: Church decoration party will be Saturday, December 21st, after 8:00 a.m. Mass, with finaldecorating the morning of December 24th.
- Free Clothes: Girls' clothes, sizes newborn to 10, are along the north wall of the parish hall and are free to take.
- Choir Practice: In the St Joseph Hall at 8:45 for the 9:30 a.m. Mass. There will also be practice for Christmas Sunday,December 15th, 15 minutes after the 9:30 Mass.
St Andrew Prayer
To be prayed 15 times daily.
Hail and Blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold; in that hour vouchsafe, oh my God to hear my prayer, and grant my petitions through the merits of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother, Amen
2nd Sunday of Advent - Meditation & Propers
From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.
Numerous allusions appear in the Liturgy of this day to Jerusalem and her people. Let us be filled with sentiments of hope and joy, for the coming of Jesus is nigh. Let us prepare the way in our hearts for the Messias: Our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ.
Introit
People of Sion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations: and the Lord shall make the glory of His voice to be heard, in the joy of your heart. -(Ps.79.2). Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and every shall be, world withough end. Amen
Collect
Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the way of Thine only-begotten Son: that through His coming we may attain to serve Thee with purified minds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Gradual
Out of Sion the loveliness of His beauty: God shall come manifestly. V. Gather ye together His Saints to Him, who have set His covenant before sacrifices. Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Ps. 121.1.). I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go unto the house of the Lord. Alleluia.
Offertory
Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life, and Thy people shall rejoice in Thee: show us, O Lord, Thy mercy, and grant us Thy salvation.
Secret
Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and sacrifices of our humility and where we lack pleading merits of our own, do Thou, by Thine aid, assist us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion
Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and behold the joy that cometh to thee from Thy God.
Postcommunion
Filled with the food of spiritual nourishment, we humbly entreat Thee, I Lord, that by our partaking of this Mystery, Thou wouldst teach us to despise the things of earth, and to love those of heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen
Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
Oh, what great thanks am I bound to render unto Thee, for having vouchsafed to show me and all the faithful a right and good way to Thine everlasting kingdom!
Recessional Hymn
Immaculate Mary! Our hearts are on fire;
That title so wondrous Fills all our desire!
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria!
Ave, Ave, Maria!
We pray for our Mother, The Church upon earth,
And bless, sweetest Lady, The land of our birth.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria!