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November 30, 2014
First Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 63: 16-17, 19
After all, you are our Father.
If Abraham will not own us,
if Israel will not acknowledge us,
you, Yahweh, are our Father,
'Our Redeemer' is your name from of old.
Why, Yahweh, do you let us wander
from your ways
and let our hearts grow too hard
to fear you?
Return, for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.We have long been like those
you do not rule,
people who do not bear your name.Oh, that you would tear the heavens open
and come down
– in your presence
the mountains would quake,
Psalm 80: 2-3, 15-16, 18-19
over Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh;
rouse your valour
and come to our help.God, bring us back,
let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.protect what your own hand has planted.
They have thrown it on the fire like dung,
the frown of your rebuke will destroy them.Never again will we turn away from you,
give us life and we will call upon your name.
God Sabaoth, bring us back,
let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
1 Corinthians 1: 3-9
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am continually thanking God about you, for the grace of God which you have been given in Christ Jesus; in him you have been richly endowed in every kind of utterance and knowledge; so firmly has witness to Christ taken root in you. And so you are not lacking in any gift as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed; he will continue to give you strength till the very end, so that you will be irreproachable on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. You can rely on God, who has called you to be partners with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mark 13: 33-37
'Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come. It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from his home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake. So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn; if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep. And what I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake!'
First Sunday of Advent
November 27, 2011
INTRODUCTION: (Isaiah 63, 16b-17. 19b; 64, 2-7) In all the events of our daily lives, a true prophet has the ability to see God more profoundly than anyone else can. In our first reading taken from Isaiah, the prophet recognized that when the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Israel, it was a disaster that God's people brought upon themselves for having ignored the direction God had tried to give them. When they returned home after 50 years of captivity, the job of rebuilding what they had lost was enormous. The prophet laments how God's people are now suffering and, in the name of God's wayward people, the prophet prays for their heavenly Father to forgive them and help them. It is an extremely beautiful prayer.
HOMILY: (Mark 13, 33-37) Today begins a new Church Year - designated as Cycle B. I might point out that our gospel today was written by St. Mark. Most of our gospels in Church Year Cycle A came from St. Matthew. Now this year we'll hear mostly from St. Mark. For many people that may not seem significant, but each gospel has its own unique features. Mark is the oldest gospel, written most probably in Rome sometime between the years 64-67. Tradition describes Mark as the interpreter of Peter. That is, he wrote down whatever he remembered of Peter's proclamation of the good news (that's what gospel means) about Jesus Christ. Matthew and Luke, who wrote for their own faith communities, borrowed heavily from Mark and included additional materials of their own. Today's gospel passage comes from Jesus' final days in Jerusalem. Mark is encouraging his community of believers to be strong in the face of persecution and to resist the temptations of the pagan world they lived in. He tells them Jesus is going to come again. Evil will be destroyed and those who have remained faithful will be rewarded with eternal life. Thus, when Jesus comes he will expect his followers to be living according to his teachings. If we remain aware that he might return at any time, perhaps when we least expect him, then we will be watchful. It is a message Mark is giving us as we begin the season of Advent. All that Jesus had to say to the people of his day, all that Mark wrote for his faith community, is a message that holds just as true for us today for it is more than human words. It is God's inspired Word.
Once there was a man who had a store and in order to protect his store he bought a big watchdog. His watchdog loved to curl up right across the doorway of the store to keep watch over the store. Unlike many watchdogs who are alerted at the slightest noise, this dog often fell asleep and kept sleeping even as people stepped over him to enter the store. Outside the store was a big sign: "Beware of dog." Visitors to the town would often ask why they had to beware of that dog sleeping in the doorway. The owner said, "well, before I put up the sign, people kept tripping over him." (taken from Preaching Resources, Nov. 27, 2011, pg 3) Not a good example of being watchful. A better example would be families who had a loved one serving in Iraq or Afghanistan for many months and who are now waiting for their loved one to come home in the near future. You can imagine their excitement and anticipation. Or perhaps you can think of the excitement and anticipation of a child who is waiting for Santa Claus, not knowing exactly when he might arrive.
We will soon celebrate Jesus' coming to us as an infant, but that was only the beginning of God's coming to us. Jesus continues to come through prayer, through charity toward others, through sacraments and Scripture and at the time of our death. Finally, he will come in glory at the end of the world. Advent is more than just to prepare us to celebrate Jesus' birth, it is a time for renewed awareness of God in our lives now and a time to be sure we are ready to meet him when he comes to take us into his eternal kingdom.
There are dozens of things a person might do to prepare themselves better spiritually. I will leave you with one suggestion: read the gospel for each day of Advent and think about it for several minutes. Where will you find the gospel? Get out your Bible, and look it up using the references in the bulletin each week or the references on the insert in today's bulletin. Amen.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Give the gift that keeps giving this Christmas
6 different Blue Books for $30.00 including postage
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Books available in limited supply for this sale.
Blue Book Blow Out for Christmas
Blue Book 1 – $6.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 2 – $5.00 each plus postage
Blue Book 3 – $4.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7,
6A, B, C –
$3.00 each plus postage
Blue Books 4 & 5 –$2.00 each plus postage
The more you use the Blue Books and
become one with Jesus – more
intimate with Jesus –
the more your lives are a blessing and
everything you do in life can help
to bring down great grace for the world
because of your being so
one with Jesus.
Guiding Light Homily Book Series
Fr. Joe’s Books
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4 for $20 plus postage of $5.95
These books can be given to:
1) All Priests
2) Good for Music Ministers
3) Good for DRE's
4) Good for Deacons
5) Good for Principals of Schools
6) Good for Teachers
7) Good for Mom and Dads
This statue was handmade and
hand-painted
and has a little piece of the glass
from the image face of Mary –
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PV-Fatima w/glass - 27  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 15  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 18  |
PV-Fatima w/glass - 12  |
OL-Fatima w/glass - 11  |
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OL-Guadalupe
w/glass - 28  |
OL-Grace
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OL-Mt.
Carmel w/glass - 24  |
OL-Lourdes
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SH-Jesus
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SH-Blessing
w/glass - 24  |
Sorrow
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Inf.-Prague
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OL-Lourdes
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Carmel w/glass - 18  |
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We
cannot
get
these
statues
any
more
–
the
men
making
them
were
from
Portugal
and
no
longer
do
so
We
will
have
a
limited
number
until
they
are
gone
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These statues are a treasure, a work of art
At
the
end
of
this
message
are
healings
from
statues
and
the
Jesus
and
Mary
waters
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Given March 21, 2014
R. Pray for These Things
1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
6) People going to Florida and China.
7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
9) Pray for pope helping us.
10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
11) Blue Book 14 cover; Blue Book 13 – all involved.
For our Publisher and all involved
12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
15) Donors and members and their families.
16) Healing of the Family tree.
17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
18) All who asked us to pray for them.
19) All we promised to pray for.
20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
21) 2 babies and moms.
22) Funds and insurance.
23) Jerry's garage.
24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
26) Consecrate all hearts.
27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.
We need money for
Fr. Joe's new homily book
(we sent almost 40,000 to priests,
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Tell My People $5.00
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$6.00 plus postage
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$175 plus postage
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with a sliver of glass and a little
bottle of Jesus and Mary water.
The glass will be fixed behind the
back of the picture.
$200.00 plus postage
Dan called and gave the report to me, when I hung up I saw this rainbow and took a picture for him.
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