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Sunday of Advent December 9 th, 2018 The

1 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH th Street ~ Astoria, New York The Second Sunday of Advent December 9 th, 2018 The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Wednesday, December 12 th, 2018 PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION ~ ~ info@immacastoria.org ~ (Parish Website) (Main Telephone Number) (Main ) (Fax Number)

MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY 7:00AM Weekday Mass 9:00AM Weekday Mass 5:00PM Sunday Vigil Mass SUNDAY Upper Church 7:00AM Low Mass (Mass Without Music) 9:00AM Family Mass 10:30AM High Mass (Mass with

9:00AM Mass, and at 5:00PM with Rosary and Evening Prayer. CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese......Pastor Rev. Liju Augustine, CMI........Parochial Vicar Rev. William A. McLaughlin.

The languages generally available are English, Spanish and Italian. OTHER SACRAMENTS Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated monthly. Please call the Rectory for an appointment.

Marriages Please notify the Rectory at least six (6) months before the desired wedding date. Please check with the Church before contacting the Catering Hall.

2 MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY 7:00AM Weekday Mass 9:00AM Weekday Mass 5:00PM Sunday Vigil Mass SUNDAY Upper Church 7:00AM Low Mass (Mass Without Music) 9:00AM Family Mass 10:30AM High Mass (Mass with Choir) 12:00PM Spanish Mass/Español 1:30PM Contemporary Music Mass Lower Church 9:00AM Italian Mass/Italiano MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:00AM, 9:00AM & 12:00PM MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Monday after the 9:00AM Mass, and at 5:00PM with Rosary and Evening Prayer. CLERGY Rev. Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese......Pastor Rev. Liju Augustine, CMI Parochial Vicar Rev. William A. McLaughlin....Parochial Vicar Dcn. Francisco Hernandez Dcn. Elkin Tamayo In Residence: Rev. Msgr. Charles Patrick Boccio Rev. Msgr. Vincent Fullam CONFESSIONS The Sacrament of Confession is available Saturdays from 4:00PM to 4:45PM. The languages generally available are English, Spanish and Italian. OTHER SACRAMENTS Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated monthly. Please call the Rectory for an appointment. Sick Calls Please contact the Rectory at any time. Only use the Emergency Number for cases of Extreme Unction (Last Rites). Marriages Please notify the Rectory at least six (6) months before the desired wedding date. Please check with the Church before contacting the Catering Hall. RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday 9:00AM 12:30PM / 1:30PM 8:00PM Saturday Sunday 9:00AM 4:00PM Office is Closed Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy Ms. Eileen Harnischfeger, Principal Religious Education Office (CCD) Mrs. Marylyn Crum, Director mcrum@immacastoria.org

3 Faithful It is a truism today that commitments don t hold for very long. If something better comes along, you simply renegotiate things. One s word is just that: a word, which can be changed by another. Traditionally, when one gave one s word or made a commitment, it was something sacred. One s whole self-image and the trust that people have in you was dependent on your fidelity to your word. We see the fall off of this idea in the realm of marriage. With our reliance on falling in love and the personal choice of our spouses, it is very easy to rely on our feelings to determine our true love. The problem with this model of marriage is that it is dependent on feelings that come and go according to circumstances. The experience of falling in love can lead to the feeling of falling out of love. In both experiences, the person is completely passive before the forces of attraction and repulsion that determine one s direction in life. In the past, when marriages were arranged, it was the parents who determined the partners. One had to learn to love the other. Remember that heartfelt exchange between Tevye and his wife in Fiddler on the Roof. They never fell in love, but they made a decision to love and kept that decision throughout their lives. In the musical, they discover that they do love each other and it was proven true by their many years of being there for each other and sharing their lives with each other. The problem with a feeling-based way of looking at things is that one s faithfulness is based on circumstances and not a firm decision that we will love no matter what. Keeping one s options open is a way of hedging our bets about something. But when we take our vows at Baptism (really renewing them as adults) or our marriage vows, we take our lives in our hands and, in this risky world, say that I will be true to this decision I am making. This is what faithfulness is. When we move into our relationship with God, then the full power of faithfulness shows forth. We often separate the experience of having faith in God from the faithfulness or fidelity that we have to a friend or loved one. But this faith in God is the same reality as our fidelity to a friend. Otherwise, we merely have faith in propositions. This is not what Jesus was talking about. Over and over again in the Gospels, whenever someone expresses thanks to Jesus for a miracle wrought by the Lord in that person s life, Jesus refuses to take the credit. Rather, He says: Your Faith has saved you. This is not faith in doctrine. On the contrary, Jesus is helping the person to realize that he already has a deep fidelity to God in even asking for the miracle and expecting that Jesus could do it. Nowhere in the Gospels does Jesus accomplish a miracle when a person expresses disbelief in God or in Him. A great example is the woman who tried to sneak a miracle out of Jesus without His knowledge or approval: the woman with the 14-year hemorrhage. In a more negative incidence, we read that when He went back to His hometown of Nazareth, the peoples lack of faith there distressed Him and, thus, He was not able to perform miracles because of their lack of faith. Faith is so important that the woman who suffered for 14 years could draw out His power without His willing it, and then in Nazareth, where He presumably wanted to perform wonders, He was prevented by the people s disbelief. This personal fidelity to God and the willingness to risk being wrong is essential to anyone s spiritual growth. We have to dare to believe. This is not easy. Witness the anguished prayer of the father of the possessed child: Lord I do believe but help my unbelief. Faith is essential in the spiritual life. It is its foundation. To be consistent, to say what we mean and mean what we say in this realm of belief, is a sine qua non of the spiritual journey. There can be no progress without it. In fact, we cannot even begin the journey without it. exäa `ÉÇá zçéü YxÜÇtÇwÉ YxÜÜtÜxáx

SUNDAY December 9 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM In Honor of the Immaculate Conception 10:30AM Mario & Rita Vidinich 12:00PM Spanish: Emilio Rodriguez, Sr. (4th Anniv.

) 1:30PM Nikola & Kate Mrakovcic Lower Church: 9:00AM Italian: Lucia DiCostanzo SUNDAY December 16 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM Gerarda Luisa & Ugo Maglio 10:30AM The

4 SUNDAY December 9 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM In Honor of the Immaculate Conception 10:30AM Mario & Rita Vidinich 12:00PM Spanish: Emilio Rodriguez, Sr. (4th Anniv.), Angel Orihuela and Deceased Family Members; Amaya Teresa Lopez & Norma Pineda de Valencia (2nd Anniv.) 1:30PM Nikola & Kate Mrakovcic Lower Church: 9:00AM Italian: Lucia DiCostanzo SUNDAY December 16 7:00AM For the People of the Parish (Pro Populo) 9:00AM Gerarda Luisa & Ugo Maglio 10:30AM The Deceased Members of the Noel & Walsh Families 12:00PM Spanish: Arleth Gomez de Villanueva, Nancy Morales, Rafael & Elodia Morales, Lupe Espinoza (2nd. Anniv.) 1:30PM Grace & Vincent Trupper Lower Church: 9:00AM Italian: Bruno Cavazzini MONDAY December 10 7:00AM Ana, Emma, Tiverno & Linda Jimenez (Liv.) 9:00AM Victoria Ann Connelly & Joyce Baker 12:00PM Giulio Salvatore DiVirgilio MEMORIALS THE BREAD & WINE are donated this week in loving memory of Giovanna & Joseph Camenzuli, requested by their daughter Virginia Camenzuli. TUESDAY December 11 7:00AM Alfred Hertrich & Thomas Gibbs 9:00AM Teresa & Carmelo Facciolo 12:00PM Carmela DeMarco WEDNESDAY December 12 7:00AM Donald Fitzgerald (10th. Anniv.) 9:00AM Santa Lucia 12:00PM Michael Manniello Please pray for all the faithful departed. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them. PLEASE KEEP THEM ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS THURSDAY December 13 7:00AM Patricia Carberry 9:00AM Giovanni Tenaglia 12:00PM Joseph & Albina Squeri FRIDAY December 14 7:00AM Giovanna & Joseph Camenzuli 9:00AM Karen & Mark Fletcher 12:00PM Gaspare Caradonna SATURDAY December 15 7:00AM The Purgatorial Society 9:00AM Gloria Caponigro 5:00PM Salvatore Fazio

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2019 DAILY LOTTERY RAFFLE The Knights of Columbus Council 11449 is starting their 2019 Daily Lottery Raffle! The ticket price is $20 for a full year of drawings.

com Or stop by at the entrances of the Church on December 8th after the 5:00PM Mass, and from 9:00AM to 12:00PM on December 9th. Thank you for supporting the charitable works of the Council!

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25th (Christmas Day): Christmas Eve 5:00PM: Family Mass with Nativity Pageant 12:00AM (Midnight): Traditional Solemn Midnight Mass Christmas Day 7:00AM (English): Low Mass (Mass without Music) 9:00AM

5 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2019 DAILY LOTTERY RAFFLE The Knights of Columbus Council is starting their 2019 Daily Lottery Raffle! The ticket price is $20 for a full year of drawings. There are various holidays during the year when the prizes are higher than usual! If you want to purchase a ticket, please contact the Chairman of the Raffle at: thegoldenknight011@gmail.com Or stop by at the entrances of the Church on December 8th after the 5:00PM Mass, and from 9:00AM to 12:00PM on December 9th. Thank you for supporting the charitable works of the Council! WREATH SALE The Columbian Squires of our parish will be holding their Annual Wreath Sale on the weekends of December 8th & 9th and December 15th & 16th. Come and get a real wreath for your decorations! CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY MASS SCHEDULE The following is the Mass Schedule for The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) as celebrated on Monday, December 24th (Christmas Eve) and Tuesday, December 25th (Christmas Day): Christmas Eve 5:00PM: Family Mass with Nativity Pageant 12:00AM (Midnight): Traditional Solemn Midnight Mass Christmas Day 7:00AM (English): Low Mass (Mass without Music) 9:00AM (English): Missa Cantata (Mass with Music) 9:00AM (Italiano): Messa Cantata 10:30AM (English): High Mass (Mass with Choir) 12:00PM (Español): Gran Misa (Misa con un Coro) 1:30PM (English): Mass with Contemporary Music PARISH CHRISTMAS COLLECTION The "My Christmas Gift to the Parish" collection will be taken up in our parish the weekend of December 15th & 16th. This collection is very important for the upkeep of the parish. We depend a great deal on the contributions received at Christmas and Easter. We understand that this is a busy time for everyone and circumstances differ from person to person. However, it would be appreciated if each person would give a gift to the Church as generous as you would give to one who is very close to you...one whom you love and cherish. Thankyou once again for your continued support of our parish! Please note: a special envelope for this collection is included in your monthly envelopes. If you do not receive envelopes, we have placed additional ones around the Church. CHRISTMAS PLANTS & DECORATIONS Envelopes have been placed around the church for those wishing to donate flower/plants in memory of a deceased loved one or as a gift to the church for the holiday season. The donation is $ Please return the envelope as soon as possible to permit the printing of names in time for Christmas. All those who participated in the sanctuary Christmas decorations, either in the memory of a deceased loved one or as a gift to the Church, will be remembered at all the Masses on Christmas Day.

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 21-47 29th Street ~ Astoria, New York 11105 The First Sunday of Advent December 2 nd, 2018 The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, December