FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT NATIVITY OF OUR LORD DECEMBER 23-25, 2018

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1 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT NATIVITY OF OUR LORD DECEMBER 23-25, 2018 CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota Rev. John L. Ubel, Rector Rev. Mark Pavlak (Sundays) Deacons Phil Stewart, Ron Schmitz & Nao Kao Yang ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda, Archbishop Most Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop

2 PHOTOGRAPHY The Cathedral welcomes all visitors to Mass today. We encourage those who wish to take photos of this sacred space to do so freely before and after Mass. Once the opening announcement is made, please refrain from taking photos and videos until Mass has concluded. Thank you. OPENING CAROL ADESTE FIDELES 392 O Come, All Ye Faithful INTROIT (10:00 a.m., as needed) Puer natus est Gregorian Missal, Mode VII Puer natus est nobis, et fílius datus est nobis: cuíus impérium super húmerum eius: et vocábitur nomen eius, magni consílii Ángelus. Ps. Cantáte Dómi -no cánticum novum: quia mirabília fecit. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Dominion is on his shoulder and his name shall be called the Angel of Great Counsel. Sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has accomplished wondrous deeds. Is 9:6; Ps 98 GREETING Roman Missal Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Celebrant: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (or similar greeting) And with your spirit. PENITENTIAL ACT I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, And striking the breast, all say: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. KYRIE LITURGY GUIDE FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD Missa XVI.. COLLECT Amen.. GLORIA. Congregational Mass, John Lee THE LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING #778 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Isaiah 62:1-5 #781 Christmas Day Isaiah 52:7-10 RESPONSORIAL PSALM Eve : Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 USCCB/New American Bible J. Robert Carroll Day : Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 Richard Proulx

3 SECOND READING Eve Acts 13:16-17, Day Hebrews 1:1-6 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Te Deum, adapted GOSPEL Eve Matthew 1:18-25 Day John 1:1-18 Deacon: The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to N. Glory to you, O Lord. At the conclusion of the Gospel: Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Roman Missal HOMILY PROFESSION OF FAITH Please stand I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, All please KNEEL while saying: and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. UNIVERSAL PRAYER Lord, hear our prayer. AGNUS DEI Cantor: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: Third time: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: Missa XVIII ECCE AGNUS DEI Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND GIFTS ANTIPHON/MOTET (4:00 p.m.) CAROL (when announced) MENDELSSOHN 387 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ORATE, FRATRES Roman Missal Celebrant: Pray brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. SANCTUS A Community Mass, Richard Proulx HOLY COMMUNION Catholics who are properly disposed are invited to come forward to receive Holy Communion. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to receive a blessing. COMMUNION ANTIPHONS Gregorian Missal: Cf. Is 40:5; Ps 97:3cd The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see the salvation which comes from God. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation which comes from our God. MOTET (4:00 p.m.) CAROL (All Masses) ST. LOUIS 386 O Little Town of Bethlehem CAROL (4:00 p. m.) STILLE NACHT 379 Silent Night CONCLUDING CAROL ANTIOCH 399 Joy to the World

4 Page 4 CATHEDRAL HOURS CATHEDRAL CAMPUS Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday - Sunday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Offices, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY MASS Anticipatory (Saturday) 5:15 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Noon, & 5:00 p.m. DAILY MASS Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday - Friday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Wednesday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ROSARY Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the Cana Chapel and at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Weekdays at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin OFFICE HOURS (RECTORY AT 239 SELBY AVENUE) Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. WELCOME CENTER HOURS Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. GUIDED TOURS Offered Tuesday-Friday at 1:00 p.m. (except on holy days and national holidays). Please meet at the Tour Desk in the back of the church. MUSEUM HOURS Call the Cathedral at for hours of operation. VIRTUAL TOURS Visit for a mobile app tour and to virtually walk through the Cathedral. The 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass is recorded and aired on Relevant Radio 1330 AM Sundays: 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Weekday Masses are recorded and broadcast at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CAMPUS Twin Cities Hmong Catholic Community Located at 651 Virginia Street, Saint Paul Sunday Mass (Hmong and English) 9:00 a.m. U SUNDAY STEWARDSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DECEMBER 9, 2018 Sunday Envelopes $ 15, Member EFT/Credit Card $ 5, Plate $ 7, Total Sunday Contributions $ 28, Immaculate Conception (holyday) $ 5, Saint Vincent de Paul Campus $ 1, ADVENT ANTIPHONAL ACROSTICS: AWAITING THE COMING LIGHT OF CHRIST Noted political pundit and inveterate baseball fan George Will once wryly commented that baseball is one sport wherein the level of enjoyment is directly proportional to one s level of knowledge about it. In other words, if you know the intricacies and strategies of the game, you will appreciate the game that much more. So too, I believe with regard to the liturgy of the Catholic Church, which has layer upon layer of meaning. The liturgy is the source and summit of our Catholic Faith and the degree to which we carry it out fully and reverently impacts our lives. Take for example, my favorite Advent hymn, O Come, O Come Emmanuel. The O Antiphons are sung or recited with the Magnificat during Vespers from December 17 through December 23 inclusive. Anglicans and Lutherans also employ these historic antiphons. We have been reciting the O antiphons at Evening Prayer this past week, providing rich food for our meditation during this brief season of Advent. Each stanza highlights a title for the Messiah: O Sapientia (O Wisdom), O Adonai (O Lord), O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse), O Clavis David (O Key of David), O Oriens (O Rising Sun), O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations), and O Emmanuel. Each verse praises the coming of the Savior by a different name, and closes with petitions appropriate to the title. According to musical scholars, the arrangement was not accidental. It is called an acrostic, something known to puzzle fanatics. If one starts with the last title and takes the first letter of each one - Emmanuel, Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapientia - the Latin words ero cras are formed, translated as, Tomorrow, I will be [there]. Those of you reading this on Sunday December 23 may take this quite literally! Their first mention of the group of antiphons dates to the philosopher and theologian Boethius ( 524 AD) who in referencing them, suggested their use. At the magnificent French Benedictine abbey in Fleury (resting place of St. Benedict), the antiphons were recited by the abbot and then a gift was presented to each member of the monastic community. By the eighth century, they were in use in the Advent liturgy (cf. Rev. William Saunders, What are the O Antiphons? Arlington Catholic Herald). One detects a movement of time throughout all the seven antiphons: O Wisdom (God s eternal Wisdom of old); O Adonai (time of Moses, 1350 BC); O Radix Jesse (preparing the line of David, 1100BC); O Clavis David (time of David, 1000 BC), and so on. It is intriguing to note that the antiphons of the final days before Christmas speak more than once of the darkness and the shadow of death. The theme highlights our tremendous need to be freed from the darkness of our sin, and that only One so great as a Savior could do this. The antiphons take their cue from the prophets, especially Isaiah, as seen in the biblical references below. The antiphons likely have this monastic origin; after all those monks were prolific, placing a high emphasis on the liturgy, and were not consumed with lights, locks, leaks, litter and litigation, as are many pastors, so I am told! They had sufficient time for reflection and were quite creative. One verse was sung or chanted each evening (rather than being sung together as a single hymn, as we do today). It is quite possible that by the 12th century, five of the antiphons had been combined to form the verses of a single hymn with its refrain Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascetur pro te, Israel ( Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel ). As each day progressed, the faithful inch closer to the birth of the Savior. The liturgy unfolds the mystery, giving voice to the longing and expectation of the people for the birth of the Messiah. Notice, that the rejoice command stands alone,

5 followed by Emmanuel shall come. We typically sing it as if Emmanuel is the object of rejoice. No, He is the reason for it. 17 December: O Wisdom, you who come forth from the mouth of the Most High, arranging all things from beginning to end mightily, and disposing them sweetly; come to teach us the way of prudence. 18 December: O Adonai and leader of the house of Israel, you Who appeared to Moses in a fire of burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai. O come and save us with your outstretched arm. 19 December: O Root of Jesse, you stand as a signal of the peoples; before whom kings will contain their mouths (remain silent); to whom the nations will earnestly pray. O come to deliver us, and do not delay. 20 December: O Key of David (Rev 3:7), and scepter of the house of Israel; who opens, no one closes; who closes and no one opens (Isa 22:22): come, and lead out the fettered from the house of prison, sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. (Ps 107:10); 21 December: O Rising dawn (Zac 6:12), splendor of eternal light (Hab 3:4) and Sun of Justice (Mal 3:20): come and illumine those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. (Lk 1:78); 22 December: O King of Nations, and longed for One of them; cornerstone, you who make both one: come and save mankind, whom you formed from the mud. (Isa 2:4); 23 December: O Emmanuel (Isa 7:14; 8:8), our King and Lawgiver (Gen 49:10; cf. Ezek 21:32), expected of the Nations, and their Savior; come to save us, Lord our God. (cf. Isa 7:14). As we pass the final hours before, and indeed celebrate the Nativity of our Lord, I pray that your devout and joyful preparation bears much spiritual fruit for you and your family. I am so blessed to be able to serve here. Despite my unworthiness, God graces me with the privilege of celebrating the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist regularly for the many who avail themselves of His mercy and grace. We are all blessed to gaze upon the Crèche, to bask in the joyous light of our Savior who has overcome the darkness. Thank you for visiting the Cathedral I am most grateful for your presence today! After learning that a Nativity scene would not be allowed in a Mall, a resourceful Scottish couple decided to make themselves into a living crèche, dressing up as the Holy Family! The Mall near Edinburgh reconsidered and allowed a display after all, but such legal disputes have only increased of late. The Illinois Capitol permitted a display by the Satanic Temple a sculpture of an arm with a snake coiled around it, holding an apple. Sacrilegiously, it was placed right next to a Christmas tree. Our floral decorations do not appear mysteriously out of thin air. I am tremendously grateful, both to our staff and treasured volunteers for their assistance in preparing the chapels and the sanctuary for Advent and Christmas. The Church looks magnificent! I was encouraged by Archbishop Hebda s recent call for the creation of an independent review board for investigating and assessing any allegations made against any bishop, just as exists for priests and deacons. He is disappointed in the lack of progress made nationally and internationally and will continue to advocate for transparency. Click the link on the Cathedral website to read the letter. If you are here for the 4th Sunday of Advent, I hope you ll return shortly to celebrate with us at the Cathedral. Merry! [Wait between hours, insert samtsirhc and reverse the letters]. Sincerely in Christ, Fr. John L. Ubel Rector CATHEDRAL CALENDAR Sunday, December 23 11:15 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Monday, December 24 - Christmas Eve 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph 10:00-11:30 a.m. Final Pre-Christmas Confessions 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass (with Children s Choristers) 6:00 p.m. Church Closes 9:00 a.m. Church Re-opens 11:15 p.m. Carols - Main Church Tuesday, December 25 - Christmas Day 12:00 a.m. Midnight Mass (with Cathedral Choir) Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda, Celebrant 8:00 a.m. Mass (with Organ and Cantor) 9:00 a.m. Mass - Saint Vincent de Paul 10:00 a.m. Mass (with Organ and Cantor) Most Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, Celebrant 12:00 p.m. Mass (with Organ and Cantor) 1:00 p.m. Church Closes Wednesday, December 26 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph Thursday, December 27 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph Friday, December 28 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph Saturday, December 29 No Special Events Page 5 Sunday, December 30 - Feast of the Holy Family 11:15 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Christmas 2018 Cathedral of Saint Paul Saturday, December 22 Confessions 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. & 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Monday, December 24 Confessions 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Christmas Masses Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass with the Children s Choristers Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day 12:00 Midnight Mass - Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda, Celebrant with Cathedral Choir (preceded by Carols at 11:15 p.m.) 10:00 a.m. Mass - Most Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, Celebrant 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Noon Mass with Organ and Cantor 9:00 a.m. Mass at the Saint Vincent de Paul Campus Feast of the Holy Family Saturday - Sunday, December Regular weekend Mass and Confession Schedule Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Monday, December 31 5:15 p.m. Anticipatory Mass Tuesday, January 1, :00 & 10:0 a.m. and 12:00 Noon

6 Page 6 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday - Sunday, December :15 p.m. Cheryll Sylla 8:00 a.m. Carol Quest (B) 9:00 a.m. SVDP Campus ~ For the People 10:00 a.m. Cathedral Parish ~ For the People 12:00 p.m. Tracy Jean Quinn 5:00 p.m. Roger Young Monday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Mass 7:30 a.m. Mark John Messisco 4:00 p.m. Communal Mass Intentions Tuesday, December 25 - Christmas Day 12:00 a.m. Midnight Mass Communal Mass Intentions 8:00 a.m. Communal Mass Intentions 9:00 a.m. SVDP Campus ~ For the People 10:00 a.m. Communal/Cathedral Parish 12:00 p.m. Communal Mass Intentions Wednesday, December 26 7:30 a.m. Dierdre Murphy 5:15 p.m. Lorenzo Hernandez Thursday, December 27 7:30 a.m. Cathedral Benefactors 5:15 p.m. Virginia Conley Friday, December 28 7:30 a.m. Francis Ivory 5:15 p.m. John Lamey (B) Saturday, December 29 8:00 a.m. James Tipping MASS READINGS Readings for the week of December 23, 2018 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, [4]/ Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45 Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29 [2]/Lk 1:67-79 Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 [2a]/ Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/ Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/ Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [3c]/ Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14 Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, [12]/ Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Friday: 1 Jn 1:5 2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8 [7]/ Mt 2:13-18 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/ Lk 2:22-35 Next Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 [cf. 5a]/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52 Liturgical Publications Inc EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING KITS Epiphany House Blessing Kits will be available after the 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Masses on January 6, Be sure to pick up your Epiphany House Blessing Kit at either Selby entrance, or at the cross aisle. The kit comes complete with holy water, chalk, and a prayer card. VOICES FROM THE ARCHIVES The Christmas story should be told... Cathedral to Have Outdoor Nativity Scene. In December, 1948, seventy years ago, a local news headline in the Pioneer Press announced: The Christmas story will be told dramatically on the snow-covered slope outside the Cathedral this year. The article quoted Msgr. George Ryan, Rector, There are some people who will not go inside to see the Nativity scene in the Cathedral, so we are moving a crib outside for them. The Christmas story should be told even to casual passersby. The stable, made from packing-box lumber and designed by Msgr. Ryan was built in the basement of the Cathedral by Cathedral workers. Three sections a large center section, and two smaller side sections provided a background for life-size statues of Mary, Joseph and the Child Jesus. The figures were designed by Sydney Woolett, who designed the statues of the Sacred Heart and Saint Patrick in the Cathedral. An angel in flight was suspended above the head of the Blessed Virgin. Three small lambs and two large sheep grazed in the side sections. By 1952, the side sections were crowded: on the left Three Kings and one sheep, on the right, two shepherds and one sheep. In 1963, these three sections were expanded to five. Three Kings, an attendant and a full-size camel occupied the left section. On the right, two shepherds stood among a small flock of lambs. Later a full-size cow and donkey were added. The first archival record of the indoor crèche is the date, 1941, and a note. It describes the Christmas scene inside the Cathedral, set in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin, made up of countless small figures, carved and painted in great detail. The twenty-six figures in the indoor crèche include; the Holy Family, the Kings, the Shepherds and animals; a camel, a cow, a donkey, sheep and lambs. The figures, created by the St. Paul Statuary Company in the 1930s, were restored in 2007 by Helen DeNardo Sandbeck, daughter of the founder of the St. Paul Statuary Company. ACSP. Note: Cathedral Men s Association volunteers set up the outdoor crèche every year, rebuilding the stable, carrying and setting the figures in place. (It takes six men to carry each piece.) In 2017, the Pioneer Press noted that the Christmas scene that faces the City from the Cathedral steps is the most popular site for photo snapshots in town. ACSP. A FINAL WORD ON JOHN IRELAND It seems to me Archbishop Ireland possessed the qualities of leadership which we American Catholics so desperately need today. He was courageous, truthful and compassionate. He was not always right, but he did not suffer from the palsy which seems to afflict our leadership today. If his career can teach us a single important lesson, it may be this: that decisiveness is not tyranny; that candor is not divisive; that forthrightness, however mistaken on occasion it may be, will always serve God and man better than maneuver. John Ireland in Retrospect, by Marvin O Connell. A WOMEN S DAY OF REFLECTION: THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM JANUARY 19 Join award-winning local author and speaker Liz Kelly and the women of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary for a morning of reflection on hope, healing, and the majesty of a woman s heart for the New Year ahead. Begin the morning with 8:00 a.m. Mass, followed by a light breakfast, two talks, adoration, and sisterhood. Come and renew your heart with us! Click the link on the Cathedral website to register for this event. Contact JoAnn at CathedralAux.blogspot.com. Cost $25.

7 LITURGY GUIDE FOR ADVENT IV The Great Organ is silenced during Advent. OPENING HYMN 373 ST. STEPHEN INTROIT (8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.) Rorate caeli Gregorian Missal, Mode I Skies, let the Just One come forth like dew, let him descend from the clouds like rain. PENITENTIAL ACT Confiteor and Kyrie salve THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 777 RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, Howard Hughes, SM, adapt. RITES Page 7 BAPTISM We welcome those who have been newly baptized. Please pray for them as they continue to grow in Christ. MARRIAGE Please join us in praying for all couples preparing for the sacrament of Matrimony. SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION BAPTISM The sacrament of Baptism is celebrated for our parishioners on Sundays after the Noon Mass. Parents must attend a preparation class. To inquire, call Gail Wood at GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Te Deum, adapt. FIRST RECONCILIATION/HOLY COMMUNION, AND CONFIRMATION Registered parishioners are encouraged to register for preparation for the sacraments. For more information regarding catechesis for children ages 3 through Confirmation, call Stephen Hilgendorf at THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION HYMN 368 CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM SANCTUS See page 3 MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION A Community Mass, Richard Proulx Roman Missal Curious about Catholicism? Considering becoming Catholic? RCIA, a process of learning and formation, is modeled on how people were brought into the Church in the first centuries. Visit cathedralsaintpaul.org/rcia and call Stephen Hilgendorf at MATRIMONY To be married at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, one or both persons of the engaged couple must be an active, registered Cathedral parishioner for six months prior to requesting a wedding date. For more information about wedding policies, call Gail Wood at AGNUS DEI See page 3 Missa XVIII HOLY COMMUNION All Catholics who have prepared themselves to receive Holy Communion are invited to come forward. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to signal their desire to receive a blessing. COMMUNIO Ecce virgo Gregorian Missal, Mode I Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. COMMUNION ANTIPHON VENI EMMANUEL YEAR-END CHARITABLE GIVING Stewardship Opportunity: Donors who are 70 1/2 years old have until December 31, 2018 to direct a Required Minimum Distribution out of their IRA account. By giving directly to a charity it is possible to avoid taxes on the donated amount. Would you consider donating to the Cathedral of St Paul through your RMD? Any amount to support the parish is greatly appreciated, as the expense for upkeep is significant. Please talk to your tax professional for complete details. Thank You in advance for your prayerful consideration. May God bless you for your generosity. ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS MEDIA RESOURCES CLOSING HYMN 374 ES IST EIN ROS ENTSPRUNGEN 3 We look forward to welcoming you to our Christmas Masses! 4:00 p.m. Midnight, 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and Noon COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The English translation and Chants of The Roman Missal 2010 ICEL Corporation. The following reported under OneLicense 4676: Congregational Mass by John Lee 1970, 2010 GIA Publications, Inc. Responsorial Psalms by Howard Hughes, SM, and Richard Proulx 1998 GIA Publications, Inc.; A Community Mass by Richard Proulx 1970, 2010 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Please note that the CD rack has been restocked with Advent and Christmas themed talks. If you are able, please consider offering a donation for each CD taken using the envelopes provided. Your donations enable the Cathedral to purchase more CDs and pamphlets. We hope the materials enrich your spiritual life. Have a Merry Christmas!

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