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1 The Parish of and Church of : 869 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY Church of : 411 East 68 th Street, New York, NY (212) parish@svsc.info November 25, 2018 Solemnity of Christ the King Advent Retreat On, we will host our Parish Advent Retreat. We will begin at 9 am in the Lower Church. All Night Watch An All Night Watch before the Blessed Sacrament will immediately follow the 6 pm Mass at on, the beginning of Advent. Vespers will be sung at 7 pm, and, over the course of the night, Compline, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Matins, the Rosary, and Lauds with Benediction will also be prayed. The Watch will conclude with a candlelit Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) in the Dominican Rite the next morning, Sunday, December 2, at 6:30 am. Magnificat This weekend, we are pleased that magnificat has donated copies of its December issue. magnificat is the most popular Catholic prayer and worship resource in the United States. It is perfect for anyone who wants to align their personal prayer life with the daily liturgical rhythm of the Church and who desires ongoing Faith formation. magnificat features daily mass readings, prayers for the morning and evening, articles, inspiring profiles on saints, ancient and modern, daily meditations, and commentaries on art. This issue also introduces Fr. Sebastian, from our parish community, as the new editor-in-chief. Please take home a copy and use it prayerfully for the month. We encourage you to subscribe and you ll find details in the back of the issue. You can also visit magnificat.com for more information or to request a complimentary copy for a friend. You may also take advantage of a special offer to try it out: a four-month subscription for only $10 by calling (914) Marian Lessons and Carols On Friday, December 7 at 7 pm at, a Service of Lessons and Carols in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be offered. This hour-long celebration of the life of Mary, on the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, will consist of a sequence of scripture readings, motets of Bruckner, Howells, Lehman, Redshaw, Tavener, and Wood sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in the Priory Parlors. Immaculate Conception Saturday, December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. There will be Low Masses at 8 am at and 9 am at. There will be a Sung Mass at 12 Noon at. The evening Masses on Friday, December 7 will be Vigils of the Solemnity and will fulfill the obligation. Almsgiving Sunday Next weekend, Sunday, December 2, there will be a second collection to help the Parish's Deficit Reduction. Members of the Social Concerns Committee will collect donations for Food Sunday. Thank you for your generosity and support. Mass and Confessions Saturday Vigil: 6:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pm Weekdays: 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am Confessions Saturday: 5:00 5:50 pm Weekdays: 5:20 5:50 pm Parish Vespers Sunday: 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am, 5:00 pm Weekdays: 7:00 am, 5:15 pm Saturday: 9:00 am Confessions Saturday: 3:00 3:50 pm Weekdays: 4:40 5:05 pm Liturgy of the Hours and Other Prayer Monday Friday: 7:20 am (Morning Prayer) 5:30 pm (Office of Readings and Evening Prayer) Wednesday: 6:30 pm (Rosary) 7:30 pm (Holy Hour) Sunday: 3:00 pm (Eucharistic Adoration) Monday Friday: 5:00 pm (Rosary) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Prayer Group Wednesday: 6:30 pm Queen of Peace Prayer Group Saturday: 9:30 am

2 Parish Office 869 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (212) Office Hours: Monday Friday: 9 am 1 pm, 2 5 pm 411 East 68 th Street, NY, NY Office Hours: Monday Friday: 10 am 3 pm Parish Staff Very Rev. Walter Wagner, o.p. Pastor Rev. Joseph Allen, o.p. Vicar Rev. Luke Hoyt, o.p. Vicar for Formation Rev. Jerome Zeiler, o.p. Vicar Bro. Damian McCarthy, o.p. Sacristan Deacon John M. Powers Lee Ann Rubino Business Manager James D. Wetzel Director of Music and Organist Monica Czausz Assistant Organist Lisa Harrelson Coordinator of Catechesis and Youth Ministry Rachel Miller Administrative Assistant Tony Hicks Church Custodian Tracey Hicks Church Custodian High School (212) Sr. Gail Morgan, o.p. Principal Dominican Shrine of St. Jude (212) Parish Information Welcome to the Parish of and in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, served by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph. For general information about the parish, its many organizations, an overview of the current year s schedule of events, and how to become more involved in our common life, please take a blue Parish Handbook. A Music List, Music as Holy Preaching, contains a list of this season s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild. Both of these booklets are available in the narthex of both churches and online. To register as a parishioner, please use the form found at the back of the Handbook or online. Follow us on and sign-up for alerts by notifying parish@svsc.info. Parish Calendar November Sunday, November 25 Solemnity of Christ the King December 9 am Parish Advent Retreat at 12 noon Visitation Circle at 6 pm All Night Vigil at Sunday, December 2 1 st Sunday of Advent 6:30 am Missa Contata in the Dominican Rite at 1 pm Parish Coffee at Friday, December 7 Vigil of the Immaculate Conception 5:15 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at 7 pm Lessons & Carols in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Saturday, December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Holy Day of Obligation 8 am Low Mass at 9 am Low Mass at 12 noon Sung Mass at Sunday, December 9 2 nd Sunday of Advent 12 noon Solemn Mass with Rite of Acceptance at Wednesday, December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 6 pm Sung Mass & Procession at Sunday, December 16 3 rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) 2:30 pm Family Catechesis at 3 pm Advent Lessons & Carols at Vespsers at is cancelled. Monday, December Misa del Gallo 6 am Low Mass at Rosary Altar Monday, December 17 Reconciliation Monday 4 8 pm Confession at & Sunday, December 23 4 th Sunday of Advent Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve 4 pm Family Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm Sung Mass of the Vigil at 9 pm Christmas Lessons and Carols at 9:30 pm Solemn Mass During the Night at

3 Letting them Have it We accord Kings and Queens, crowned or not, the authority to keep us in line. The monarchs of our lives point out that we have overstepped our authority, or not met our obligations, dressed improperly, or not behaved professionally. We hope they will exercise mercy in our regard, and direct royal wrath at the real villains. Monarchy as an institution may or may not inspire us, but we love it when a de facto sovereign puts the villains in their place. Nothing enhances blood circulation better than the longing to see people get what is coming to them, and no satisfaction is more delicious than deflation of the pompous humiliation of the arrogant, or thwarting of the mean. The one who metes out this kind of justice is our hero, the King or Queen of our moment. In every place where we form community, we will perceive individuals or groups whom the one in charge needs to clobber with the scepter of truth, and thereby appease our indignation. Anyone placed in charge of an office, a school, or a family receives supplications to take royal action against the bad guys, and so restore the proper order of things. Church is no exception. Sometimes people hope the preacher will make the pulpit a throne of righteousness for letting other errant souls know what is what. In fact organized religion has provided a very effective oven for keeping indignation piping hot, stoking hopes that God will reduce our enemies to size. Those my age will remember Bea Arthur s Maude fling at her husband the rejoinder, Walter, God will get you for that. With humor she expressed the ticked off longings of people in every place and time that God would come down on their side with force. Socially, the sentiment hits close to home: in the realm of politics do not many of us pine for a hero to give the other half of society its comeuppance, because they are totally out of line and really asking for it? This King or Queen of our dreams will deliver the final word in the culture wars and all of those people will realize how wrong they were. To me, that imperial moment seems a very long way off. In His day many thought Jesus would deliver the final blow to bad people, and many hope He will finally come through with a carefully targeted thunderbolt. After all, if we are going to call him a King it would be great to see Him stage a truly regal triumph and confound those who do not believe and do not behave. Alas, Christ, the King who could smite anybody smites nobody: good people remain frustrated, and reprobates remain at liberty. So if this is a Kingdom where sinners do not get their just desserts, what kind of kingdom is it? For an answer consider the famous royal moment in the Gospel of John 8: 1-11 when the elders bring the woman caught in adultery before the judgment seat of Christ the King. They invite Gim to impose the statutory penalty for a crime, and they leave us no room for doubt that the crime has been committed. The good order of the Kingdom demands that the woman be stoned, and Jesus needs to execute the sentence to establish that he is King, in charge, and not letting people get away with things. But when the King gives a ruling he shows us an authority deeper than decisiveness and a power more effective than vindication. Let the one among you who has no sin cast the first stone" comes down as a decree of truth in the kingdom of Christ. It exposes all pretense, for it reveals not only the universality of sin, but our concentration on the sins of others as an avoidance of our own. The Kingdom of Christ will confront each of us with the truth of ourselves and with our attempts to evade it. Christ s is a domain of relentless truth. From now on avoid this sin denies permission to do wrong, but it also summons to constant growth, for with the command to avoid the Lord will give the means to do so. Christ exercises dominion to transform rather than to convict. Neither do I condemn you, ranks as a royal moment par excellence. Christ does not blunt His authority: He employs it decisively to ensure that His subjects, having been told the truth of their sin, do not get what that sin deserves. In this moment of grandeur we see our God made visible, who, beholding the vastness of human depravity neither looks the other way nor ceases to love. On the throne of the Cross Christ knows the full weight of sin, yet still He loves. Such love in the face of sin gives us a passport into the Kingdom where acting in this same way shapes real human lives. The Lord s death and resurrection establishes a Kingdom in which sinners are safe from everything save the truth of their sin. In such a realm there is no room for the group to make a scapegoat to the woman caught in adultery, or anyone else. In this domain I may not feel superior to another on account of their weakness, for the law of the land will always show me my own and propel me along the path that leads me beyond it. In this Kingdom the King sees me, knows me, challenges me, grows me, and loves me. In His kingdom satisfaction will no longer mean the bad guys going to jail: it will mean discovering the happiness of being loved into freedom by the King Himself, a freedom I will want for those I used to call enemies. Peace. Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, November 25 6:00 pm (Vigil) Rene Concepcion (D) 8:00 am Stella Formosa (D) 9:30 am Mary O'Conner 12 noon Valeriana Gloria (D) 6:00 pm Jimmy & Ann Carty (D) Monday, November 26 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm S.H. Constantin Christian Graf von Berckheim (D) 6:00 pm Maureen Swift (D) Tuesday, November 27 8:00 am Jim Federline (D) 12:10 pm For the Living & Deceased Members of the Gorski Family 6:00 pm Nora Buckley (D) Wednesday, November 28 8:00 am S.H. Constantin Christian Graf von Berckheim (D) 12:10 pm Lydia Saludares (D) 6:00 pm Richard & Frances Reynolds (D) Thursday, November 29 8:00 am Aquila Zacharilla (D) 12:10 pm Gladys Mylod (D) 6:00 pm Raul Castells, III & Raul Castells, IV (D) Friday, November 30 8:00 am Joseph Hookim (D) 12:10 pm Fr. Lawrence Keitz, o.p. (D) 6:00 pm Jennie Bono 8:00 am For the Living Members of the Redmond Family Mass Intentions Sunday, November 25 4:00 pm (Vigil) David Johnson (D) 10:00 am For the People of the Parish 5:00 pm Martha & James Costello (D) Monday, November 26 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Krzysztof Grobelkiewicz (D) Tuesday, November 27 7:00 am Lois Amend (D) 5:15 pm Anabella Mendoza (D) Wednesday, November 28 7:00 am For the Patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Veronica O'Keefe (D) Thursday, November 29 7:00 am Maureen Toomey (D) 5:15 pm John Joseph Flanagan (D) Friday, November 30 7:00 am For the Purgatorial Society of (D) 5:15 pm Maureen Toomey (D) 9:00 am Frank Siano (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list. Anna Bernhard, Albania Burgos, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Janie Dixon, Alan Djanogly, Don Douglas, Brenda Erickson, The Fisher Family, William Heath, David Henderson, Margaret King, Ivan Kronenfeld, Vicki Lowrey, Bovi Napathong, Calvin Neana, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Sally Rauscher, Roseanne Reilly, Isabell Rivera, Anchalee Sae- Lim, Bill Selby, & Jumlong Ullitavee. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Gina Gavin, Elinore Martinez, Katharine Pettijohn, Isabel Patillo, Ramon E. Reyes, Baron Rothschild, & Kurt Von Schuschnigg, and the souls of all our recently deceased. We continue to pray for the sick, the dying, and their families in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rockefeller University Hospital, & the Intentions of the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry. Candle Intentions St. Vincent Sanctuary Lamps Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Sister Clara Mohan, o.p. (D); Sister Malacy O'Brien, o.p.; Edward C. Perry (D); All Souls in Purgatory; For the People of the Parish; Intention of Donor St. Vincent Sanctuary Madonna Jack Ryan Keegan (L) St. Vincent Pieta Lamp Well-being of Christians in the Middle East St. Catherine Sanctuary Lamp Maria Marta Litrenta St. Catherine Purgatorial Candle Renato S. Ventigan (d); Rosa J. Silan (d) St. Catherine Rosary Altar Candle Maria Marta Litrenta; Intention of the donor St. Catherine Blessed Mother Candle Priscilla Ventigan Mass Intentions and Candles may be reserved in the Parish Office Monday Friday, 9:00 am 5:00 pm, and in the Church Office of Monday Friday, 10:00 am 3:00 pm.

5 Music Notes Next Sunday, December 2, is the First Sunday of Advent and marks the beginning of the new liturgical year (Year C) in the three-year lectionary. The season of Advent (from the Latin adventus meaning coming ) looks forward to the birth of Christ, calling us to prepare for his coming: first in mercy and finally in justice and glory. Liturgies during Advent strike a note of anticipation and repentance mingled with joy and hope; hence, although penitential violet is the season s liturgical color, the Gloria is omitted, and the use of the organ is moderated, the Alleluia is retained. The music at Mass likewise acknowledges this change of character: the congregational Ordinary (Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) is different and the hymns reflect the preparatory nature of the season. The Marian Antiphon Salve Regina, sung during the time after Pentecost, is replaced by the Alma Redemptoris Mater that will remain until Candlemas. During Advent and Christmastide, the Schola Cantorum will sing movements from a choral setting of the Ordinary at the Solemn Mass. For the First Sunday of Advent, the Schola will sing music of the German Renaissance: Missa Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ( ) Ad te Domine levavi Andrzej (Andreas) Hakenberger (c ) Ecce Dominus veniet Et regnabit Dominus Hieronymus Praetorius ( ) A Music List containing a list of this season s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild is available in the narthex and online. Parish Vespers continues this and every Sunday at 5:30 pm in the choir stalls at. Visitation Circle Visitation Circle cordially invites single, widowed and divorced women to our next meeting and fellowship on. We will begin our program at Church with Mass at 12 noon. Our coffee gathering with light lunch and meeting immediately follow in the priory parlors. Free will offering. We look forward to seeing you then. Collections November 11, 2018 Regular Offertory: $20,348 Deficit Reduction: $6,753 Attendance: 1244 Advent Lessons and Carols On Gaudete Sunday, December 16 at 3 pm at, a Service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be offered. This service will make a scriptural and musical pilgrimage through Advent, with readings from the Old Testament prophets, motets of Ledger, Campbell, McKie, Mendelssohn, Near, Piccolo, and Rheinberger sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in St. Dominic s Hall. Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm will not take place on December 16. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at and Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm at will not take place on December 16. Social Concerns Committee Annual Toy Drive Well, we are asking again!!! This time for toys (unwrapped) for children and Gift Cards ($25) for pre-teens for the New York Common Pantry to distribute to the needy this Christmas. Please bring the toys to either Church or the Priory and give the gift cards to the guards, put in the collection (so marked) or bring to the Priory. This collection runs until December 13. As usual and again and again, many thanks in advance for your generosity. The Advent Wreath Again this year we will place the Advent Wreath around the base of the Statue of the Blessed Mary, Porta Caeli, to the right of the altar of sacrifice. The wreath will contain lamps instead of candles. These can be lit with an intention in the manner of the sanctuary lamps before the High Altar. We hope this will be an opportunity for spiritual giving during the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas. Availability would be as follows: The First Week of Advent 1 lamp The Second Week of Advent 2 lamps The Third Week of Advent 3 lamps The Fourth Week of Advent 4 lamps The Octave of Christmas 4 lamps The Second Week of Christmas 4 lamps During these weeks, the Sanctuary Madonna lamp that usually hangs beside the Porta Caeli will not be lit. St. Thomas Aquinas: The Meaning of Love On, Fr. Gregory Pine, o.p. (Thomistic Institute) will present the second installment in the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series with an afternoon considering St. Thomas Aquinas's teaching on the love and friendship. The afternoon will be held at the Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson St.) and begins with Mass at 11:30 am, includes two lectures at 1 pm and 2:30 pm, and a break for refreshments, with lunch available for undergrad and grad students. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. Visit:

6 ALL NIGHT WATCH AT ST. VINCENT FERRER Sunday, December 2 for the First Sunday of Advent Schedule 6:00 PM Sung Vigil Mass 7:00 PM Sung First Vespers 7:30 PM Enthronement of the Blessed Sacrament 9:00 PM Confessions 10:00 PM Compline 11:00 PM Chaplet of Divine Mercy 12:00 Midnight Matins 2:00 AM Joyful Mysteries 3:00 AM Luminous Mysteries followed by Conference 4:00 AM Sorrowful Mysteries 5:00 AM Glorious Mysteries 6:00 AM Lauds and Benediction 6:30 AM Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) in the Dominican Rite This is one of two such periods of extended adoration offered annually in the Parish, the other being for the Feast of the Holy Cross and the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows at, which marks the beginning of the Parish Year.

7 Dominican Third Order Are you a layperson who believes that you are called to a more profound interior life through the charisms of the Dominican Order? You may want to visit the Dominican Third Order (Lay Fraternity) Chapter that meets in the Parish Center of on the third Thursday of each month from 6 8 pm. All are welcome. To learn more visit or visit our blog at Monthly Health Care Ministry Mass: First Fridays at On Friday, December 5, and on the first Friday of each subsequent month, we will have a special 1 pm Mass at the Church of. The chaplains of Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York will be the celebrants and preachers at these Masses and the intention will be for the patients in the hospitals we serve. Everyone is welcome and invited to participate. Mariandale Retreat Mariandale Center will be offering a one day retreat on December 15, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. The day will include time for personal reflection, two writing workshops, lunch, snacks and sharing of work. Mariandale is run by The Dominican Sisters of Hope. Fee: $75; Presenter: Magie Dominic; info@mariandale.org, 914) For more information visit National Pilgrimage to Lourdes Fr. Joseph Allen, o.p. invites you to join him on the 65th U.S. National Pilgrimage to Lourdes: June 30 - July 9. The Pilgrimage is accompanied by a medical staff and clergy to assist the needs of the pilgrims. For details, contact Fr. Joseph Allen at joseph.allen@opeast.org or the Lourdes Pilgrimage office, toll free: , or lourdespilgrimageoffice@comcast.net. The deadline for reservations is March 15, Pregnancy Help Inc. Fall Fundraiser On Thursday, November 29, Pregnancy Help Inc. (phi) will honor Maria McFadden Maffucci, editor of the Human Life Review, a quarterly journal devoted to the defense of human life. She is President of the Human Life Foundation, which publishes the Review and offers charitable grants to pregnancy resource centers. The Reception begins at 6:45 pm with a Mass prior to the reception, at 6 pm. phi offers pregnant women baby clothes and supplies, medical referrals, and most of all love encouragement for the future. Tickets are $200. Please call Keelyn Mulvey (914) , for further information. June 2019 Riverboat Cruise with His Excellency Archbishop DiNoia, o.p. You are invited on a riverboat cruise through Europe May 30 June 9, His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Augustine DiNoia, o.p. is the special guest on this trip and he will celebrate daily Mass throughout the course of the journey. The itinerary begins in Budapest, undoubtedly on of Europe's most beautiful cities. On May 31 the group will rendezvous at the Danubius Hotel Gellert, an exquisite, four-star hotel on the banks of the Danube known for its thermal baths. There, they will enjoy two days before embarking on a seven-day river cruise through Europe's most beautiful cities; Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Durnstein, Melk, Passua, and Regensburg. The final destination is Nuremburg, where a farewell dinner will be enjoyed on June 8 before returning home the next day. The trip starts at $3695 per person and is filling up quickly. If you would like the trip brochure, contact the tour director Joseph Long at jlong@prorome.com or (570) This Week of Grace The Pope s Prayer Intention for November That the Language of Love and Dialogue would always prevail over the language of division. Sunday, November 25 Solemnity of Christ the King Pray on this day of Christ s Kingship, that power in his Church will be used for service and never for domination. Today is a another big travel day: pray for those on the road. Thursday, November 29 Today we host the fall fundraiser for Pregnancy Help. Pray that with our support this center may continue to give crucial help to vulnerable women and their babies. Friday, November 30 St. Andrew the Apostle (Feast) Andrew is First-Called of the disciples. Pray on his feast that we may be responsive when prompted to announce the Gospel. Pray for our parish s advent retreat, and all-night watch, both of which take place today. In challenging times may we give a witness to prayerful hope.