December 6th, nd Sunday of Advent

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1 December 6th, nd Sunday of Advent MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND/ HORARIO DE MISAS Saturday 4:30pm; Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am & 12:00pm Español (Spanish) Weekdays: 8:00am Mon, Wed Sat 12:05pm on Tues Holy Days/Días Santas 8:00am, 12:05pm, & 6:30pm Addresses/Direcciones Church 229 S. 28th Ave. Office/Oficina: Parish Center (behind the school/atrás de la escuela) 221 S. 28th Ave. Phone/Teléfono: Office Hours/Horas (Memorial Day Labor Day) Mon - Thur: 8:00am - 4:00pm PARISH /PERSONAL DE LA STAFF PARROQUIA Pastor Rev. Robert Thorn Associate Pastor Rev. Dan Thelen Deacon Rev. Mr. Tom Tierney Plant Manager Jason Seliger DRE & Hispanic RE: Patricia Cicha Dir. Youth Ministry Janet Nichols Pastoral Care Norma Kipp Secretary Ann Graveen Bulletin Editor Lori Zimick Finance Secretary Barb Splinter We, the members of St. Matthew Parish, called to be brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, desire to praise God in our everyday lives by our common worship and by dedicating ourselves to sharing our faith and our talents in service to one another and to the world community.

2 DEVOTIONS Rosary Daily before Mass & Wed. 4:30 PM Prayer for Priests included with rosary Mon., Wed. & Fri. Vespers Wednesday 5:00 PM Benediction Wednesday 4:50 PM and after Mass on 1st Friday of the month EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every Wed. after 8 AM Mass until 5 PM. Pax Christi Adoration Chapel-Marathon Tues. 9 AM-11 PM; Wed. 9 AM-Thurs. 10 PM; Fri 9 AM-6 PM; Sun. noon-10 PM. St. Therese-Rothschild Tues. after 8 AM Mass to Fri. 7:30 AM. Entrance available after 6 PM by ringing main entrance doorbell. Call to volunteer. CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTS Confessions : Saturday 11:00 AM to noon or by Appointment. Baptism: Arrangements must be made at the rectory office. The next class is scheduled for January 11, 2016 at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center. Preparation classes are required of parents and recommended for godparents. Contact Nancy , to register for classes. Registration is accepted up to one week prior to the class session. Marriage: Arrangements for marriage must be made with the Pastor at least 6 months in advance. Call Fr. Bob to arrange your marriage. Anointing of the Sick: If you are entering the hospital for a scheduled surgery and wish to celebrate this sacrament prior to your hospitalization, please contact Norma. If you would like Fr. Bob to visit you during your hospital stay, leave word upon entry as a patient. BULLETIN DEADLINE Friday by 4:00pm Visit us online Intercessory Prayer: If you are in need of prayer, please call Peggy B. at or the Parish Center at Our prayer group is always ready to be of help when prayer is needed. FIESTA GUADALUPANA The Hispanic community of St. Matthew Parish is preparing a fabulous fiesta to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We will start off at 5am in church on Saturday morning December 12th. There will be singing, the rosary, and a light mexican fiesta breakfast. Mass in Spanish will begin at 6:00 pm with mariachi music. Following Mass there will be a huge banquet in the gym complete with roaming Mariachi musicians, folkdances, and lots of fun. Come and worship with us, then enjoy the feast, and dance your heart away! Seasoning Shortly after my mother s second marriage she moved to Hemet, California. I followed a couple of weeks later with my youngest sister, Virginia, in tow. I found a job at a retreat center washing dishes at and prepping the food... slicing carrots, grating cheese, kneading bread dough, chopping up chickens, peeling potatoes, etc. Within a year I was promoted to chef in charge of those prepping the meals and ensuring the food tasted just right. It was then I learned the secret of spices. Spices, or seasonings, can make or break a soup or a main dish and you need just the right amount! I enjoyed experimenting with the various spices and their ability to enhance the flavor of food. God uses seasoning to spice up the lives of us northerners. What would we do without the four seasons of the year? Each adds a different flavor and affects us in a different way. In fact, I like to think of it as 8 seasons of the year chilly fall, freezing cold winter, mushy and warm winter, muddy spring, fragrant spring, mild summer, muggy summer, and then crispy, splendiferous fall with all its colors. The Church in her wisdom also spices up our lives as we move through the year. Last Sunday we began a new Church year with readings from Cycle C, which focus on the Gospel of Luke. (There are three one year cycles A, B, and C). The rhythm of the Church year creates a flavor, as each season impacts us in a different way, spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. The Advent season color purple creates a sense of majesty and beauty as we move from Ordinary Time (green) into the season of anticipation of the coming of the Messiah. This time of the Church year is flavored with excitement and anticipation. The Gloria, a hymn/prayer of praise and petition to the Holy Trinity Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is omitted from the liturgy to emphasize that we, like the ancient Israelites, are awaiting the coming of the promised Messiah. We anticipate the birth(day) of Jesus, the Son of God, but even more profoundly, as Christians, we await and we anticipate with longing the second coming of the Messiah, the establishment of the new kingdom of the reign of God on earth. Let us prepare our hearts, minds and souls to open the doors of our hearts, to allow the Lord to shape and mold us into the holy people we are called to be. O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands. Fr Bob 2

3 EMBRACE THE Year of Mercy For centuries in the life of the Church, the Holy Door, solemnly opened by the Pope at the beginning of great Jubilee celebrations, has been a passageway to conversion, to a change of heart and a deeper opening to God. Pilgrims and those seeking to change their life by turning from sin pass through the Holy Door as a gesture of leaving the past behind, crossing a threshold from sin to grace, slavery to freedom, darkness to light, always accompanied by the outpouring of God s grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The deepest truth about the Holy Door is that it is a sign of Jesus himself. As he told us, I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture (John 10:9). In reality, Jesus is the door. During the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, from December 8, 2015 (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception) through November 20, 2016 (Solemnity of Christ the King), Cathedrals, Shrines, and Basilicas in Rome and throughout the world will have a Holy Door. These Holy Doors will become Door[s] of Mercy through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instils hope (Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus, n.3). The Jubilee Door of Mercy is to be an encounter with Christ. Yet in this Jubilee Year Christ s face is especially merciful, for Jesus Christ is the face of the Father s mercy (Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus, n.1). As Pope Francis explains, by crossing the threshold of the Holy Door, we will find the strength to embrace God s mercy and dedicate ourselves to being merciful with others as the Father has been with us (n.14). The Holy Door of our Cathedral and of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be opened on Sunday, December 13, 2015, and closed again on Sunday, November 13, During this time our entrance into the church through the Holy Door ought to be a prayer and encounter with Jesus, who is Mercy Incarnate, and who bestows the Father s mercy on all sinners, great and small. Upon leaving the church, our passage through the Holy Door is an impetus to show mercy to others and a grace to lead others through the Door of the Church into a life of joy in the Blessed Trinity. Even the doors of our family home are to be domestic holy doors, especially during this year. In a recent Wednesday audience, Pope Francis explained the Holy Door and its personal impact this way: The recent Synod of Bishops on the Family encouraged families in a particular way to enter this door of mercy and to open the doors of their hearts to others. Jesus tells us that he stands knocking at our door, asking that we open it to him (Rev 3:20). How important it is for us to be good doorkeepers, capable of opening our doors and making our homes places of encounter and welcome, especially to our brothers and sisters in need! Jesus also tells us that he himself is the door (Jn 10:9) which leads to salvation; if we pass through him, we will find lasting security and freedom. May the doors of our Christian homes be signs and symbols of the door of God s mercy, a door ever open to all who knock and desire to meet Jesus. (11/18/15) For more information please contact: Fr. Robert Thorn or Fr. Dan Thelen Diocese of LaCrosse Catholic Daughters Christmas Party The Catholic Daughters will meet Monday, December 14th at 6:00pm for a Christmas Party at St. Therese Church. Please RSVP by December 7th. The cost is $9.00, we are collecting items for Blessings in a Backpack or a gift of money. ADVENT COMMUNAL PENANCE SERVICES It is very important to take advantage of the opportunity for reconciliation during Advent. In addition to their regular confession schedules the following parishes will offer an additional Communal Penance Service with the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the times and dates below. Several additional priests will be available to hear confessions. Holy Name Sunday, 12/6 3:00pm St. Anne Saturday, 12/12 10:00am St. Matthew Sunday, 12/13 6:30pm St. Michael Thursday, 12/10 6:30pm St. Therese Monday, 12/21 6:30pm 3 Children s Mass Totes We are so happy that families are using and enjoying the Children s Mass Totes that are in the Parent/Child room. It is our hope that the children having a tote with a quiet activity, a colorful rosary and a Picture Missal gives them something to look forward to when they come to Mass. It is important for the children to feel like they are a part of the Mass celebration. We do ask the parents to please make sure that all items are placed back in the tote before it is returned to the Parent/ Child room following Mass. While doing a recent inventory it was discovered that we are missing 3 of the My Picture Missal books. If one of these books inadvertently was taken home, we appreciate your returning it to the totes. Thank You and God Bless our young families!!

4 PARISH CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST Sunday, December 6th 9:00AM to 11:30AM Please join us in the cafeteria Everyone is invited!! Meet our new Parishioners. St. Nicholas will join us. We will be celebrating someone s Birthday!! Free will offering. Happy Birthday Father Bob December 8th National Night of Prayer for Life On Tuesday, December 8th, 7:30pm to Midnight, our parish will participate in the National Night of Prayer for Life. The purpose is to unite our prayers with Catholics throughout the country in an effort to help bring back the world to Christ and to bring about an end to abortion. The hours are chosen to coincide with Our Lady of Guadalupe's appearance to Juan Diego. Please join us anytime after the 6:30pm Holy Day Mass for Eucharistic Adoration until midnight. Any questions call Nancy Saint Matthew's Mens Club Christmas Party Tuesday, December 15, 2014, School Cafeteria Social 5:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m. Member and guest White elephant gift exchange Men bring a gift for a man. --Women bring a gift for a woman. Chicken, Swiss Steak, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans & Bacon, Coleslaw, Dinner Rolls, Veggies & Dip, Cake for dessert. $15.00 per person RSVP by December 7th to: Matthew Lorge Justen Willemon Joel Stubbe joelstwoba@yahoo.com MARK YOUR CALENDERS Christmas Decorating, Sunday, Dec. 20th at 1:30 PM. Please bring your families and friends to join in the fun! Questions, call Nancy Welcome to Our Faith Community Beau Nicholas and Buckley Rodney Rowland-Proctor, sons of Rodney and Tanya, who were baptized on Saturday, November 28th. Finley Ian Alexejun, son of Bryan and Chasity Cota Alexejun, who was baptized on Sunday, November 29th. May they continually grow in their love and faith in Jesus Prayers and Condolences Our prayers and sympathy go to the family and friends of: Charlotte Weakley, Sister of Grace Rondeau who died Thursday, November, 4th. Patricia Erdmann, Mother of Sherry (Joe) Bauer, who died Thursday, November 26th. Mary Eileen Flynn, Parishioner, who died Sunday, November 29th. May they rest in Peace HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH Three centuries following Our Lord s Resurrection and Death, the Christian faith was still not accepted in the Roman Empire. In fact this century marks two of the worst persecutions ever faced by our church. Come and see how the Church survived these attacks. See who were the major players in upholding Christian doctrine during these times. Fr. Dan will have a class following the 12:05 Mass for the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday December 8 th. Classes continue on December 22 nd, December 29 th, and into January. Meet in the new Gathering Space in the Angelorum at St. Matthew Parish. No cost to participate. No need to have attended previous classes. 4

5 Religious Education Calendar Wednesdays 6:15-7:30pm 12/05 First Reconciliation Celebration (Grade 2) 9:30-11am 12/4 & 12/5 Lock-In grades 6th-8th at Holy Name 12/9 Session #13 Advent Family Night 12/16 Session #14 Grade 9 Parent Meeting Theology of the Body 6:30-7:30 Cafeteria 12/23 & 12/30 NO Session Winter Break You re invited to an Applebee s FLAPJACK FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST to support the St. Matthew and Holy Name 2016 CASA HOGAR YOUTH MISSION TRIP WHEN: Saturday, December 12, 2015 TIME: 8:00 am - 10:00 am WHERE: Applebee s Neighborhood Grill & Bar in Wausau at 221Stewart Avenue COST: $7.00 (includes sausage) Tickets can be purchased from participants, after mass 11/21-22 & 12/5-6, or anytime in the Parish Center or Rel. Ed office at Holy Name. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT! Wednesday, December 9th, :30PM-7:30PM School cafeteria For All Grades Levels Students will report to classrooms for attendance, then proceed to the cafeteria THE LORD IS COMING ARE YOU READY? Join us to prepare for Advent with CHRIST honoring, GIVING focused, FAMILY activities: *Calendar *Wreath *Prayer Chain *Activity Tree *Surprise Celebration Hosted by: St. Matthew Parish Religious Education Program What is a Steubenville Youth Conference? 5 Calling all Teens 8 th Grade and Up!!! DECEMBER 12th SONAR Coming to Marshfield SONAR: An inspired band from the Twin Cities, Sonar enters its thirteenth year of making vibrant, vocally driven music. Over the past twelve years, Sonar has played at hundreds of events throughout the Twin Cities and across the country. Running the spectrum from edgy electric sets to haunting vocal acoustics, Sonar inspires, challenges, and energizes listeners of all ages. This band plays throughout the United States. They are Great!! Would like to invite your teen to join us to travel to Marshfield for this awesome experience. Cost is $10.00, Financial Assistance available. We will leave St. Matthew parking lot at 4:00pm. For more information call Steubenville is a weekend-long retreat with you and 2,000 other high schoolers! You spend the weekend on a college campus, listening to great speakers, watching skits and funny games, singing, praying, going to Mass reconciliation, and adoration, chatting in small group, making friends from all over North America, and basically letting your life be ROCKED by God! Talk to someone who went last year (we took four youth) to find out what a great time they had. Each year Steubenville tickets go on sale in January and in 24 hours they are sold out! Wow it must be good. This year a Steubenville conference will be held in Wisconsin! The conference will be in Kenosha at Carthage College. We need to think about it now to make a decision as January is only a few weeks away. What a great Christmas gift from a parent, grandparent, or godparent! July 22-24, 2016 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI Teens, going into 9 th grade to 12 th grade graduates Speakers; Sr. Miriam Heidland and Fr. Mike Schmitz Paul George, host Sonar Worship Band Down payment needed by January 4 th, 2016 More information please call

6 The Week Ahead at the Parish Mon. 12/7: RCIA, 6:30-8:00pm, Parish Center, Library Wed. 12/9: TMIY That Man Is You, 6:00-7:30am, Parish Center Children s Christmas Choir Practice, 5:00pm-6:00pm, Multi-purpose Room Religious Education Session #13, 6:15-7:30pm Advent Family Night Confirmation Lesson #11 How does God help when it hurts? 6:15-7:30pm, Parish Center, Patio Room Gaudete Choir Practice, 6:30pm, Church Sun. 12/13: St. Matthew Communal Penance Service, 6:30pm Tuesday, December 8 th is a Holy Day of Obligation The Feast of the Immaculate Conception Masses will be celebrated on the 8th at 8:00am, 12:05pm & 6:30pm. Ministry Schedule for Tuesday, December 8th Lectors 8:00am Bernie Dohr 12:05pm Ann Graveen 6:30pm E. Schumann Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion 8:00am N. Kipp, K. Stencil*, Bd Dohr* 12:05pm A. Graveen, J. Pederson, G. Dederich, J. Koy, M. Holm, MA Neuens*, J. Woelfle* 6:30pm E. Schumann, P. McDonald, K. Tierney(P), E. Tierney, V. Tierney, W. Thomson*, P.Thomson* Ushers 8:00am Dan Lannigan, Susan Lannigan, Ted Stencil 12:05pm L. Sanders, T. Fischer, Allan Seubert 6:30pm Matt Lorge, Kristi Lorge, Justen Willemon Servers 8:00am - Mike Bourguignon 12:05pm - Gary Koy 6:30pm - Zach Malovrh, Madison Mosure Musicians 8:00am - Dorothy Giallombardo, Bill Dohr 12:05pm - Lynn Meyer 6:30pm - Emalyn Nikstad, Marie Stubbe Weekly Scripture Readings for the Week of December 6, 2015 Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 Monday/St. Ambrose: Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday/Immaculate Conception: Gn 3:9-15, 20/ Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Wednesday/St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin: Is 40:25-31/ Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 Friday/St. Damasus I: Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 Saturday/Our Lady of Guadalupe: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/ Lk 1:39-47 Sunday 12/13: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-6/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18 Mon DECEMBER 7TH-DECEMBER 13TH, :00 AM Geraldine Radtke IMMACULATE CONCEPTON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Tue 8:00 AM William & Margaret Thorn 12:05 PM John Bauer 6:30PM Living & Deceased St. Matthew Parishioners Wed 8:00 AM Jerry Mijal Thur 8:00 AM Lawrence & Helen Mocello Fri 8:00 AM Chris Thorn Sat 8:00 AM Rosemary Cieslinski 4:30 PM Stefan & Antonia Kolubako 6:00 pm Hispanic Community of St. Matthew Parish Sun 8:00 AM William D. Radtke 10:00 AM Gary Mueller 12:00 Noon Living & Deceased St. Matthew Parishioners 6:30pm St. Matthew Communal Penance Service Liturgical Ministers December 12th & December 13th Children s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) Patricia Cicha Lectors 4:30 pm Norm Howe, E. Schumann 8:00 am Jim Low, Lee Peek 10:00 am Bernie Dohr Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion 4:30 pm E. Schumann, D. Baxter, J. Alexejun, G. Piaszak, K. Teeters, J. Bocke*, G. Byrne* 8:00 am G. Koy, J. Koy, J. Low, S. Low, J. Peterson, S. Lemmer*, C. Lemmer* 10:00 am K. Lobner, L. Sanders, MA Neuens(P), M. Nichols, V. Tierney, P. Sliwicki*, K. Sliwicki* Ushers & Greeter 4:30 pm Dave Burish, Marie Burish, David Mayer 8:00 am D. Lannigan, S. Lannigan, Tom Fischer 10:00 am W. Hornung, J. Kohn, Chuck Miller Servers 4:30 pm Alexis Barber, Jarod Maxson 8:00 am Maren Peek, Tiah Lane 10:00 am B. Nichols, Hunter Proctor, Jesse Miskowiak Musicians 4:30 pm Rob Perkins, Bernie Riehle 8:00 am Annette Southworth, Joel Stubbe 10:00 am Nancy Losinski, Dorothy/Choir Financial Stewardship Minimum budgeted amount needed weekly...$9, Stewardship last weekend..... $6, Amount under budget......$2, Thank you for generously supporting St. Matthew Parish 6

7 Ministro Hispano: P. Roberto Thorn Dirección: 229 South 28th Avenue, Wausau, WI Teléfono: Directora de Educación Religiosa: Patricia Rodriguez Cicha Teléfono: Correo Electrónico: Horario de Misas en español: Cada domingo a las 12 PM Catequesis para niños de Jardín Infantil (Kinder) hasta el 9 grado: En inglés cada miércoles de septiembre a mayo de 6:15-7:30pm en la escuela. Catequesis en español: Favor de hablar con el párroco. Bautismo: Favor de informarnos 6 semanas antes de celebrar el bautismo. Es necesario para los padres y padrinos asistir una clase de preparación bautismal. Las siguientes clases se ofrecen: Sábado el 12 de diciembre de 2015 a las 9:00am Uno de los padrinos tiene que ser católico confirmado en la fé Católica y practicándola- es decir, que no vive en unión libre, Que asiste la misa los domingos, y que recibe los sacramentos. Matrimonio: En la mayoría de los casos es necesario informarnos seis meses en adelante. Ofertorio de 29 de noviembre de 2015: $83.00 CICLO C 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE º Domingo de Adviento Las lecturas de este Segundo Domingo de Adviento ponen como punto principal la justicia. El Libro del Profeta Baruc lo señala a los judíos que viven desterrados en Babilonia y sufren las injusticias como pueblo minoritario e inmigrante. El profeta les recuerda que no se desanimen, que ellos son importantes y especiales ya que son pueblo del Señor. "Dios te dará un nombre para siempre: 'Paz en la justicia y gloria en la piedad'." (Bar 5, 4). La justicia de Dios en el sentido bíblico significa la generosidad y fidelidad de Dios hacia su pueblo. Toda rotura en términos de justicia es curada por la fidelidad y el amor de Dios, es decir por su justicia. La Carta a los Filipenses también nos habla de los frutos de justicia dados a nosotros por Cristo Jesús, para gloria de Dios Padre. Qué significa esto en mi vida? Cómo hago caminos de justicia para mis hermanos y hermanas que lo necesitan? En pocas palabras esta semana debemos de poner manos a la obra en términos de justicia saber ver y elegir circunstancias que nos lleven a buscar a Dios y sus caminos. Juan Bautista, como una de las grandes figuras del Adviento, nos lo hace sentir fuertemente, llama al arrepentimiento y a la conversión por aquello de recordar las formas de abrir el corazón apartándonos del egoísmo, la envidia, la soberbia, el ansia de poder y ser siempre el primero. Dejar de ser caprichosos en situaciones obvias de cambio. El Adviento es una invitación a seguir caminando, seguir enderezando y planeando formas de dejar la violencia por la paz. Recordando siempre que si no trabajo por la paz, no debo exigir la justicia. MINISTROS LITÚRGICOS 13 DE DICIEMBRE Introducciones Letty M. Lectura/Sal Leticia Arias Lectura/Pet Glenda Monaguillos Leslie/Luz America Acomodador/Colecta Raul/Eudel Ministros de la Sagrada Comunión Elodia/Roberto Las lecturas de la semana del 6 de diciembre de 2015 Domingo: Bar 5, 1-9/Flp 1, /Lc 3, 1-6 Lunes: Is 35, 1-10/Lc 5, Martes: Gn 3, /Ef 1, /Lc 1, Miércoles: Is 40, 25-31/Mt 11, Jueves: Is 41, 13-20/Mt 11, Viernes: Is 48, 17-19/Mt 11, Sábado: Ap 11, 19; 12, /Jdt 13, 18-19/Lc 1, Domingo siguiente: Sof 3, 14-18/Flp 4, 4-7/Lc 3,