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Hospital Visitation is Sunday Dec.21st
at 3.00 p.m. All are invited to come
along. Please wear a t-shirt with a
Catholic print.
There will be a Musical Production
during the Christmas Vigil at Gros Islet
Church beginning 10:30 p.m. Come and
usher-in Christmas in song, dance and
drama. The production will be followed
by Midnight Mass.
Donations of non perishable items &
toys are being sought for families of the
Parish who are in need. Packages will
be collected in church on Holy Family
Sunday, Dec 28th during the Offertory.
Donations in cash and kind are being
solicited for the COR retreat Jan 9-11th
2015. These can be given to the Parish
Office, Ms. Welcome St. Rose or
placed in the food basket at the front of
the Church.
Five men from our Parish, Gerald
Calderon, Anthony Louis, David Popo,
Madison Stanislas and Herald Wilson
will be among the candidates for the
Permanent Diaconate who will be
installed as Acolytes Jan 7th 2015 at the
Bexon Church. Please remember them
in your prayers.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YEAR B - 21ST DECEMBER 2014
May His will be done.
Mass Times for the Season:
(excerpt: wikipedia.org)
Come and Celebrate!
Archbishop Rivas’ 25th Episcopal Anniversary
At a Concert on Thursday Jan 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
At The Gaiety, Rodney Bay
$35
$50
Under the Patronage of
His Eminence Kelvin Cardinal Felix.
Christmas Vigil: 10:30 p.m.
Christmas Day: G/I & G/R-8:00 a.m.
: G/I & Monchy-10:00 a.m.
New Year’s Vigil: 11:00 p.m.
New Year’s Day : G/I & G/R-8:00 a.m
: G/I & Monchy-10:00 a.m.
FIRST READING
2Sam.7:1-5,
he Fourth Sunday of Advent belongs to
8-12. 14-16
Mary. This is so because the celebration of
SECOND READING
the birth of Jesus of necessity involves the motherhood of
Rom.16:25-27
Mary. Saluted as "full of grace" by the angel, she freely chooses
GOSPEL
to cooperate with God's plan, such that our Savior was
Lk.1:26-38
"conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit."
In today’s First Reading, David seeks to build a dwelling place,
MASS TIMES
a temple for the Lord. Instead, it is the Lord who promises to
Morning Prayers:
5:45a.m.
establish a house, a legacy for him. In the Gospel it is Mary’s
yes that brings that legacy to its culmination, the birth of the
MONDAY G.I.
Savior from the House of David. It is she who gives a home to Mass:
Mass 6:00 a. m.
12:30 p.m.
the Son of God in her womb. God chooses to occupy the womb
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in order to achieve his purposes,
TUESDAY G.I
namely our salvation.
6:00 a.m.
Jesus has been made known, Paul says today, to bring all
WEDNESDAY
nations to the obedience of faith. We are called with Mary to 12:30 & 6:00 p.m. G.I.
marvel at all that the Lord has done throughout the ages for our
6:00 p.m. G.R.
salvation.
THURSDAY
And we too, must respond to this annunciation with humble 6:00 a.m./12:30 p.m.
obedience - that His will be done, that our lives be lived
G.I.
6:00 p.m. Monchy
according to His word.
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St. Stephen - Feast Day December 26th
tephen's name is derived from the Greek
“Stephanos”, meaning “crown”, and he was the
first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr's crown.
Stephen is first mentioned in Acts as one of
seven deacons appointed by the Apostles to distribute
food and charitable aid to poorer members of the
community in the early church.
Stephen is stated to have been full of faith and the Holy
Spirit and to have performed miracles among the
people. He aroused the opposition of the "Synagogue of
the Freedmen" and others, who challenged Stephen's
teachings, but he bested them in debate. Humiliated,
they arranged for false witnesses to testify that Stephen
had preached blasphemy against Moses and God, and
dragged him before the Sanhedrin, the supreme legal
court of Jewish elders.
Stephen is said to have been unperturbed, his face
looking like "that of an angel". He denounced his
listeners as “stiff-necked” people who like their
ancestors resisted the Holy Spirit and persecuted
prophets. “They even killed those who predicted the
coming of the Righteous One. And now you have
betrayed and murdered Him”, he said.
Stephen, seemingly now oblivious to them, looked up
and cried “Look! I see heaven open and the Son of
Man standing on the right hand of God!” To the
Sanhedrin, this claim that the recently executed Jesus
was standing by the side of God was such intense
blasphemy that they drove Stephen outside the city and
stoned him. Stephen prayed that the Lord would receive
his spirit and that his killers would be forgiven.
His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus,
a Pharisee who would later become the Apostle Paul.
(excerpt: alicetx.com/frsebastianvettath)
(excerpt: catholicwealdstone.org)
“I am the handmaid of the Lord.
Be it done unto me
according to thy will.”
Is.1:38
CONFESSIONS
Every Saturday
9.00 - 10.00a.m
6.00 - 6.45p.m.
&
by appointment
Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph
Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph
P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia
Tel: (758) 450450-8325 Fax: (758) 450450-8794 Cell: (758) 285285-8831
Email: [email protected] Website: www.grosisletchurch.org
Facebook: facebook.com/grosisletpasrish
FRIDAY
6:00 a.m./12:30 p.m.
G.I.
SATURDAY
6:30 a.m./7:00 p.m.
G.I.
SUNDAY
7:30 a.m. G.I./G.R
10:00 a.m.
G.I./Monchy
HOLIDAY
G.I. 7:00 a.m.
PLEASE PRAY
FORTHE SICK
Week Four
1. Put up a Nativity Crèche to remind you of the coming feast.
2. Say a decade of the Rosary for your mother.
3. Thank God for the gift of His Son, Jesus.
(excerpt: etwn.com/advent)
St. John the Evangelist Feast Day December 27th
C
hristian tradition says that John the Evangelist was the Apostle
John. He was one of Christ's original twelve apostles and is
thought to be the only one of them not killed for his faith.
He was the son of Zebedee and thought to be a cousin of Jesus, by the
sister of the Virgin Mary. John was as a fisherman with his brother
James, his father Zebedee and his partner Simon, working on the shores
of the sea of Galilee.
John and his brother were first the followers of John the Baptist. When
John the Baptist said of Jesus: "Behold the Lamb of God!", John and
his brother left their lives as fishermen to follow Jesus.
John was the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who
did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion. He stood
faithfully at the cross where the Savior made him the guardian of His
Mother.
In the interval between the Resurrection and the Ascension, John
returned to his home at the Sea of Galilee with Peter. When Christ
appeared on the shore after the Resurrection John was the first to
recognize him.
John worked in Jerusalem and at Ephesus (modern Turkey) preaching
the ministry of Jesus and was responsible for the conversion of many
people. His later life was passed chiefly in Jerusalem and at Ephesus,
and he founded many churches in Asia Minor. Brought to Rome,
tradition relates that he was by order of Emperor Dometian cast into a
cauldron of boiling oil but came forth unhurt. He was then banished to
the island of Patmos for a year.
He wrote the fourth Gospel and three Epistles, and the Book
of Revelation is also attributed to him. He lived to an extreme old age,
surviving all his fellow apostles, and died at Ephesus about the year
100 AD.
(excerpt: wikipedia.org)
Annie Etienne
Pearl St. Helene
Peter Felicien
Euralis Flermont
Priscillia Henry
DECEASED
Benedicte Habran
Anthony Herbert
Angelic Polieus
Cyprian Henry
WEEKDAY READINGS
MONDAY
1Sam.1:24-28
Lk.1:46-56
TUESDAY
Mal.3:1-4, 23-24
Lk.1:57-66
WEDNESDAY
2Sam.7:1-5. 8-12,
14. 16
Lk.1:67-79
CHRISTMAS VIGIL
Is.9:1-7
Tit. 2:11-14
Lk.2:1-14
CHRISTMAS DAY
Is.52:7-10
Heb.1:1-6
Jn.1:1-18
FRIDAY
Act.6:8-10; 7:54-59
Matt.10:17-22
SATURDAY
1Jn. 1:1-4
Jn 20:1, 2-8
MASS INTENTIONS
GROS ISLET
CLERGY / RELIGIOUS
INTENTIONS
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YEAR B
Int: Members of the Destang Family
B’day: Vernette Brooks
Sat Dec 20 - 7:00 p.m.
Sun Dec 21 - 7:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
GRANDE RIVIERE
MONCHY
“My soul magnifies the Lord ,
and my spirit rejoices in God
my Saviour, for He has looked
with favour on the lowliness of
His servant……….For the
Mighty One has done great
things for me, and holy is His
name. “
Lk.1:46-49
MISSA PRO POPULO
B’day: Chad & Jayjay Sidoine
Alex Vaudroque
Int: Lysa Esnard & family
B’day: Durand Dorseide
Wedd Ann: Merlina & Durand Dorseide
WEEKDAY MASS INTENTIONS
Mon Dec 22 - 5:30 a.m.
Fr. Cecil Goodman
Rev. Thomas Alexander
B’day: Lance Arnold
12:30 p.m.
Tues Dec 23 - 5:30 a.m.
Wed Dec 24 - 6:00 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
Thks: Treverne Yorke & family
Wedd Ann:
Marie Ange & Neil Williams
Fr. Linus Clovis
Msgr. Theophilus Joseph
Sr. Adinase Mumba
Rev. Girard Glace
Sr. Mary Muskosa OSB
Christmas Vigil
Thks: Alvina George & family
St Martin: Marie George Arnaud
Thks: Fr. Stephen Quinlan
Christine Glace, Karen Matthews
MISSA PRO POPULO
Thks: Connie St. Louis
Agnes Josie
Thu Dec 25 - 8:00 a.m.
Nativity of The Lord
10.00 a.m.
Int: Our Donors & Benefactors
Grande Riviere 8:00 a.m.
For Parishioners
Monchy 10:00 a.m.
For Parishioners
Fri Dec 26 - 7:00 a.m.
St Stephen, 1st Martyr
Sat Dec 27- 6:30 a.m.
St John the Evangelist
Fr. Andrew Rosiac SAC Thks: Shanta King & family
Rev. Nathalbert Husbands Healing: The Prudent family
Sr. Stephania Banda OSB Int: Parish Council & Other Volunteers
Fr. Kevin Murray C.Ss.R
Rev. Gabriel Geoffrey
Thks: Fr. Athanase Joseph & Parish Staff
St Jude Hospital & Recon Project
B’day: Nicholas Philip