THE LITURGICAL WEEK DEVOTIONS MASS INTENTIONS. THE SANCTUARY LAMPS are lit for the protection of all human life PRAYERS

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1 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THE LITURGICAL WEEK SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT MASS INTENTIONS DEVOTIONS Saturday, December 8 *The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary *8:30am - Pro Populo *12:00pm - Priest s Intention 4:30pm - Marshall Monroe Sunday, December 9 2 nd Sunday of Advent 8:30am - Wilma Lofink 11:00am - Ann Marie Rowe 12:30pm - Pro Populo ADORATION & BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 9:30am MORNING PRAYER After Mass on Monday, Tuesday & Friday DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET After Monday Morning Prayer Monday, December 10 8:30am - Colletta Lobas Tuesday, December 11 St. Damasus I 8:30am - Joanne Cave Friday, December 14 St. John of the Cross 8:30am -Ceccile Fournier Saturday, December 15 *5:30am - Rorate Marian - Latin - Pro Populo 4:30pm - Donna Maltony Sunday, December 16 3 rd Sunday of Advent 8:30am - Butch Kennedy 11:00am - Charles Benedict LeBlanc 12:30pm - Pro Populo *Change from regular schedule CONFESSIONS Monday 7:30 8:15 am Friday 7:30 8:15 am Saturday 3:30 4:15 pm BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD THE SANCTUARY LAMPS are lit for the protection of all human life PRAYERS FOR OUR SICK & SHUT-INS Please remember the infirmed of our parish, especially those who, by request, have been placed on our parish prayer intention list. If you would like to be added to this list, please call the parish office. You may call for a copy of the prayer list. Added to our prayer list is David Ausum PAGE 1 DECEMBER 9, 2018 UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS

2 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT SPIRITUAL READING & REFLECTION PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD In accordance with our nature, nations and families have their times and seasons for days of special celebration. This specialness is sacramentalised in the Church s year. She too has red-letter days, seasons marked out in a special way to commemorate God s saving, life-giving love. Are we right in claiming that God offers himself more fully at these times? That the living water of grace is flowing even more abundantly? The wise answer is, I think, that as human beings we need to think so, and therefore it is so. The Church, in this manner, educates us in a more concentrated way, provides a more intense stimulation to faith so that, if we respond, we are better prepared for the Lord to give himself more fully to us. Advent is one of those special times as a season of preparation for the feast of Christmas But faith in his coming does not grow of itself. We have to nourish our faith, exercise it. We don t sit idly at home waiting for his arrival we must run out to make him welcome. We must question him: Are You he? We must ponder the sacred texts, try to discover their meaning, receive their message. There has to be effort in our daily living. We must climb the mountain heights where the God of Jacob makes his home, for we want him to teach us how to love him; we want to follow where he leads. We must move into the shadowy mists of detachment. Far on the horizon, see God appears, and his coming spreads a mist over all the earth. We should want this silencing, shadowing mist, that cuts us off from unnecessary things things that are not him for us. We cannot truly see them until he comes, so it is better to live in the mist detachment, silence of desire accepting the mystery. We must shroud our souls in Advent mist. It may be, and in my experience often happens, that instead of the inner silence we so desire, our emotions are upset and our thoughts tend to run off. We can feel very discouraged about this lack of inner peace, but there is no need to be. This is merely temptation, the cross. In no way do these feelings come between God and us provided we quietly resist, and bear with ourselves sweetly and patiently. It may be, in fact, a far deeper Advent in that we realize our immense need of a Savior and what a blessing that is! Sister Ruth Burrows, O.C.D. Magnificat December 2018 THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED PAGE 2 DECEMBER 9, 2018

3 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DAILY MASS READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-3, 10ac, 11-13; Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80: 2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a; Is 12:2-6; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 OFFERTORY REPORT Fiscal Year July 1, June 30, 2019 Offertory Totals for the Masses of Dec. 1 & 2, This Week Y.T.D Actual $7,654 $163, OFFERTORY ENVELOPES NOW AVAILABLE Everyone who used offertory envelopes last year has a 2019 envelope box with YOUR name on it. The envelopes are in the social hall, arranged in ALPHABETICAL order. Please pick up only the envelope box with your name on it. If there is not a box with your name on it, or you wish to begin using offertory envelopes, please contact Kelli Wood in the parish office. Remember, it is the gift that gives all year long! RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS Second Collection Dec. 8 & 9 Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their religious communities without adequate retirement savings. Your gift helps to provide medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Please be generous. Candlelit RORATE MASS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM This Saturday, Dec. 15th, at 5:30am to worship God, to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, to support your Advent preparation, to strengthen your Catholic identity, and to create memories for you and your children. COME, SING AND REFLECT on the coming of Christ with the Youth Choir of St. John's, Pueri Cantores! The annual production "O Antiphons: Lessons and Carols", an original production created by the PC Director, Jennifer Murrey, will be presented at 9:45am in the church between the Sunday morning Masses on December 16, Gaudete Sunday. Please come, sing and pray and reflect...with the children of the parish and the titles of Christ to lead us! PAGE 3 DECEMBER 9, 2018 UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS

4 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT FORMED.ORG 1531: A Story That Is Not Finished Yet Our Lady of Guadalupe came to change the world. The year 1531 shares the history of why millions of Aztecs converted to the Catholic Faith and the little known truth that this incredible story is not finished yet. You have FREE access provided by the parish account. Go to / scroll down to see Get Started with three options/ click on Enter Code enter our parish code: GFP4TN next step will be to create your account. Enjoy! THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS This Friday, December 14th 7pm to 9pm Parish Social Hall All in the parish are invited to a special reading of the The Dream of Gerontius, a poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman. Fr. Christian will be our reader for the evening and we invite attendees to bring treats to share--eggnog, warm cider, etc. All who wish to attend are encouraged to go to the following website and download a copy of the poem for reading beforehand or for following along on the night of the reading LOOK WHAT S NEW IN THE CATHOLIC SHOPPE: Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, by Archbishop Michael Sheehan Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis, by Peter Kwasniewski Treasure & Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass Manual for Spiritual Warfare Manual for Eucharistic Adoration Manual for Men, by Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix Kingdom of Happiness, Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life, by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD retails for $14.95 offering to parishioners at great price of $6! Makes a great Christmas gift inexpensive and rich in content. New Rosaries St. Benedict Black 3-inch Cross Auto Visor Clip Auto Rosaries: Black glass, Multi-color crystal and Wooden-brown. St. Benedict Rope bracelet Black corded rope with silver medals only $5 these make great stocking stuffers for the kids! We invite you to visit our small parish shop open Monday through Friday during office hours: 9am to 3pm. CONGRATULATIONS to Canongate Catholic High School's theatre students on their accomplishments at the 2018 NCTC High School Play Festival! The adjudicators honored Canongate with the following awards: Festival Spirit Award Theatre Arts Award - Excellence in Creative Use of Live Sound Theatre Arts Award - Excellence in Design and use of Properties and Puppetry Excellence in Acting - Catriona McKenon Excellence in Acting - Jerusalem Garcia Excellence in Ensemble Acting Excellence in Directing - Jennifer Murrey Honorable Mention Distinguished Play We are so proud of these students! PARISH LIFE 2019 Calendars are Available in the Vestibule Mon Dec 10 9am 5:30pm 6pm 7pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, Church Schola Choir Rehearsal, Church Faith Formation, Parish Center RCIA, Social Hall Tue Dec 11 9:30am Patriotic Rosary, Church Fri Dec 14 3pm Men s Group, Social Hall THAT IN IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE BE GLORIFIED PAGE 4 DECEMBER 9, 2018

5 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT NEW THIRD ORDER DOMINICAN GROUP BEGINS JANUARY 19, 2019 SIGN UP NOW! St. John the Baptist Catholic Church announces the formation of its own Lay Dominican group which will commence in the parish center on January 19, 2019 from 8:30am to 10:30am. Who are the Lay Dominicans? Lay Dominicans are one of several recognized Third Orders within the Catholic Church. Lay Dominicans are a branch of the Dominican religious order. It is essential to acknowledge that the call to a Third Order is a call to a vocation for the purpose of sanctification of its members. With St. Dominic as its Founder and St. Catherine of Sienna as its Patroness, the Dominican Third Order is an Order of Preachers founded for the salvation of souls based on veritas (truth)! Its four foundational pillars are Prayer, Study, Community, and Preaching. The program is five years in length to reach one s Final Promise, with meetings once a month at the parish center. Father Christian, himself a Third Order Dominican, will be an integral part of the monthly meetings as the group s spiritual advisor and mentor. Requirements are that one be a practicing Catholic, be at least 18 years of age, hold a desire to deepen baptismal commitment, and be fully-initiated into the Catholic Church for at least two years. We encourage all eligible and interested Catholic laity to contact Suanne Then for any questions or to sign up for the program via at suannethen@gmail.com. THE GOLDEN RULE SERVICE GROUP Do you need temporary assistance with meals, transportation, etc., or would you like a visit? Are you feeling unwell? Contact Peggy Wyllie at the Golden Rule Service Group: , or the parish office: Just ask, we re here to help! HAVE YOU LOST OR MISPLACED ANYTHING? You may have accidentally lost something while at the church. We hope your something (umbrella, jacket, sweater, children s boots) will soon be found by you! We will have a table, with all of the lost /misplaced items, for the next two weeks downstairs in the social hall. After December 16 th, all unclaimed items will be donated. Thank you! SAVE THE DATE Dec 9 Dec 9 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Second Sunday of Advent Advent Program K of C Annual Christmas Dinner Gerontius Presentation w/fr Rorate Candlelit Marian Mass 5:30am O Antiphons Program Dec 25 Christmas, office closed Dec PAGE 5 DECEMBER 9, 2018 UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS

6 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT FAITH FORMATION Monday, December 3 rd 7pm to 9pm Parish Social Hall CLASS All are welcome to attend the RCIA classes. The topic this week is Grace! The last topic before Christmas will be the Sacraments. If you are interested in purchasing the book that the RCIA class is using the title is Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, by Archbishop Michael Sheehan. This book is available for purchase in the parish office gift shoppe. ($29.95 plus tax) Y OUTH M INISTRY Sunday, December 9, 2018 Sunday, December 16, 2018 Youth Breakfast with Fr. Christian 9:45am Parish Social Hall Christmas Caroling; Blessing Bags for Homeless and Youth Christmas Party Turn to the Saints and future saints for inspiration. I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf. St. Juan Diego Those whose hearts are pure, are temples of the Holy Spirit. St. Lucy MEN S GROUP December 14th 3pm, Social Hall All men of the parish are invited. ATTENTION ALL FAITH FORMATION PARENTS All FF families, please join us for the Holy Mass Monday, December 17th join your children, during Faith Formation, for Holy Mass at 6:15pm on December 17th. FF Classes will run per usual 6pm to 7:15pm Mass will be celebrated within the time frame. Drop children off at parish center before 6pm. Faith Formation Classes meet 10th & 17th No Classes on December 24th or 31st. Children/youth are reminded to bring in your item(s) for those who are homeless we are collecting the next two weeks. THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED PAGE 6 DECEMBER 9, 2018