St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church 417) 623-8643 812 S. Pearl Ave. Joplin, MO 64801www.saintpetertheapostlejoplin.com Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. J. Friedel 417-623-8643 ext. 11 Associate Pastor: Rev. Simon Mario Enudu 417 623-8643 Director of Outreach Ministry and Coordinator of PSR: Terri Giarratano 417-206-2588 Secretary: Jeanne Brummet 417-623-8643 ext. 10 Music Director: Michael Gregory 417-781-5104 Director of Faith Formation: Sr. Diane Langford CDP 417-623-8643 Liturgy Coordinator: Rose Millard 417-623-8643 ext. 19 Director of Parish Administration: Elizabeth Runkle 417-623-8643 ext. 18 Liturgy Contact Information Saturday Parish Office: Mass 5:15 p.m. Hours: Monday - Thursday Reconciliation 4 -4:45 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Phone: (417) 623-8643 Fax: (417) 623-0866 Sunday E-Mail: [email protected] Masses 9:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Please contact the parish office for 6:00 p.m. all Sacramental Preparations and Anointing/Visitation of the sick. Mon., Wed. & Fri. Joplin Area Catholic Schools: Rosary 8:00 a.m. Morning Praise 8:20 a.m. St. Mary’s Elementary Mass 8:30 a.m. Ann Hamlet, Principal 417-623-1465 Tuesday St. Peter’s Middle School Mass 6:00 p.m. Greg Emory, Principal 417-624-5605 Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration McAuley Catholic High School 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Gene Koester, Principal 417-624-9320 Thursday NEW MEMBERS WELCOME! Mass 9:00 a.m. Registration forms are in the gathering A Communion Service will be area and available at the parish office. held on days when there is no Mass. December 21, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Advent READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Thursday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; 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 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40] Adoration Wednesdays 9 am to 9 pm Adoration—Jackie 782-2078 OUR MISSION “We, the parishioners of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, are led by the Holy Spirit to further our faith community. Through prayer and action we proclaim the Word of God and live out the message and mission of Jesus Christ to know, love, and serve others.” REMINDER: The deadline for the bulletin is Friday, NINE (9) days prior to the date you wish the announcement released. We would like to thank Downtown Imaging Let us pray for our sick, including: Parishioners: Jerry Kukes Gloria Beagle Dick Porath Lecreta Gray Garnett Thomas Al Zar Art Sprouse Ellen Broglio Friends and Family: Finn Roslev JoAnn Davis Charles Teeter Sheri Wilson Dana Cook Mary Bruffet Vonna Tindill for advertising in our Sunday bulletin. Military Personnel: Sgt. Adam Bliesner Sgt. Maj. Alfred C. Fisher CPT Thomas L. Williams Lance Cpl Dalton Gilliam Giko Magsaysay-Rosete Sgt. David Koenig Christopher J Pasimo-Field PO2 Lisa McDonald PLEASE NOTE! If you would like to add names to the prayer lists please call the office. Happy Birthday! Dec 22, 2014—Dec 28, 2014 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sun No Events Choir Practice 7pm NO ADORATION CHRISTMAS EVE MASS 6PM AND MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY MASS 10am Office Closed NO CHILDREN’S LITURGY NO PSR Coffee/donuts after 9am Mass ST. PETER’S WEBSITE Want to listen or “relisten” to Fr. J.’s homilies? Need additional information on social events, upcoming activities, or parish programs? Visit the St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church website at the following web address: w w w . s a i n t p e t e r t h e a p o s t l e j o p l i n . c o m . To access the bulletin, click on the links on the left side of the home page and then click on Pastoral Solutions. THE MONTHLY MINISTRY SCHEDULE is now on the St. Peter’s website and available in print form in the gathering area. Go to www.saintpetertheapostlejoplin.com and click on the right under Liturgy, click monthly liturgical schedule. Mon Tue Wed 12/22 12/23 12/24 Thu Fri Sat Sun 12/25 12/26 12/27 12/28 8:30am 6:00pm 6:00pm Midnight 10:00am 8:30am 5/15pm 9:00am 11:15am 6:00pm Dec 22, 2014– Dec 28, 2014 Dec 22 Mary Lowry, Annette Peterson Dec 23 Jesse Adams, Mary Kay Evans, Ewa Flake, Mary Lou Kelly, Shannon Schachtner, Chris Zar Dec 24 Robert Elbert, Brenda Frost, Chastity Mace, Daelyn Parker Dec 25 Lisa Jimenez Dec 26 No Birthdays Dec 27 Sue Donahoe, Tom Hergenrother, Stephen Meuschke Dec 28 Roger Bartlett, Melanie McNeil, Jane Fethers, Sydney Flake, Caitlin Lacy, Samuel Lee, Claire Schmitt, Erin Schmitt, Kim Vaughn, Christopher Whelan + + + + All Souls Thanksgiving (Toan Huong Vu) For Peace in the World For the Poor/Homeless For Our Priests/Religious Ned Walters Mary Wynn (Phuong Nguyen) Fr. John Brath For the Sick of the Parish/Family/Friends Parish Family Benediction Father Simon Mario Enudu will be conducting the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on the first Wednesday of every month starting Wednesday, December 3, this year. Time: 7:45 pm There will also be confessions on that same day; 6:00pm—6:50 pm 15 minute talk on prayer and the spiritual life: 7:00 pm—7:15 pm. All are invited! “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Mt. 11:28). ADORATION SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER NO ADORATION ON NO ADORATION ON DECEMBER 24 DECEMBER 31 ADORATION TO RESUME ON JANUARY 7 Reflecting on God’s Word In today’s first reading King David is settled in his cedar palace, no upcoming battles on the horizon, feeling quite content, glass of wine in hand, chatting with Nathan the prophet about how good life is, when he gets this inspiration: “God should have a house! Certainly more than that old tent we have been dragging around. And I will build it!” Nathan approves. But that night, God weighs in: “Tell David, ‘Thanks, but no thanks. I like the tent.’ ” We don’t know why God said no to David. But it seems that God wanted to make clear not only who was building God’s dwelling place but also who really was in charge of everything. God was the kingdom builder and God chose to work with very simple material, like a tent. But this was nothing compared to God’s decision a millennium later, on the day when the angel Gabriel was sent to a town of Galilee called Nazareth. God’s plan from the beginning was to take up residence among us closer than any building could be, whether it was as magnificent as Solomon’s temple or as humble as the simplest parish church. What God intended was to dwell with us as one of us, taking on human flesh and blood. And in the fullness of time God came asking if one of us would be willing. We don’t know how long it took for Mary to answer. We only remember the important thing: she said yes. —James A. Wallace, C.Ss.R. Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. Questions call Jackie Hurly at 782-2078 Outreach House CONFESSIONS PLEASE NOTE! There WILL be confessions after morning Mass on Dec 17th until all are heard, and also on Dec 23 after 6 pm Mass until all are heard. The Outreach House will be closed from Dec. 22 to Jan 5 for some renovations. FAITH FORMATION †††††† Sunday Morning Adult class continues after Christmas on Jan. 4 and 11 in a special study of The Joy of the Gospel, the apostolic exhortation that Pope Francis wrote last fall. This document is heavily quoted in the media; we’ll take a good look at it at the Sunday morning adult class over the next four sessions. [No sessions on Dec. 21 and Dec. 28.] †††††† The regular RCIA sessions will resume after Christmas. See the schedule below. New Inquirers are always welcome! Call Sr. Diane at 210-378-5018 with questions. If you know someone interested in being a Catholic, bring them! All sessions are on Thursdays; all begin at 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted; all last about 2 hours. New Inquirers are always welcome! December 25 January 1 January 8 Christmas Day—no session New Year’s Day—No session Sessions resume at 7:00 in Our Lady’s Hall †††††† As the Advent Season comes to a close we relish the graces which we have received through the Advent readings which brought to us a composite of the Messiah awaited by the Jewish people. Isaiah, Zephaniah, the author of Sirach, to name a few, reveled in announcing the type of world we could expect because of the coming of the Messiah. One of the great Jewish leaders of the 20th century, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, died on December 23, 1972. He had been a professor in Frankfurt in 1938 and barely escaped Warsaw just before the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. He made his way to the US where he spent the rest of his life teaching in Jewish and Christian seminaries. Because of his extraordinary influence on Christian students he was called another “apostle to the Gentiles.” “His writings recalled Christians to their Jewish roots and their common faith in the God of Israel.” Heschel was a champion of interfaith dialogue and challenged us to decry antiSemitism. “Above all, he communicated a sense of the ‘holy dimension of all existence.’” Our understanding of the Incarnation teaches us the same thing: all of creation is holy because Jesus, the onlybegotten Son of the Father, has lived among us! Blessed are we indeed. [from Give Us This Day, Dec. 2014, p. 205] Please Note! Effective July 1, 2015, the stipend to have a Mass read will go to $10.00 per Mass. Any Masses scheduled for after that date will require the new stipend. SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent; Winter begins Tuesday: St. John of Kanty If you are interested in signing up for Adoration please call Jackie Hurly at 782-2078. Wednesday: The Vigil of Christmas Thursday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART Christmas! It's the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart. St Peters Youth Group (SPY) JUNIOR HIGH SPY SCHEDULE DYC- Diocesan Youth Conference (March 2729 2015) NCYC – National Catholic Youth Conference (November 19-22 2015) Confirmation classes Fall 2015 Friday: St. Stephen; First Day of Kwanzaa Saturday: St. John St Peter’s Youth Group (SPY) Jan 14 TBA NCYC – National Catholic Youth Conference (November 19-22 2015) Confirmation classes Fall 2015 ECHOING MARY’S DECISION The angel Gabriel today confronts Mary with a mystery. The mystery of salvation in Christ is not a mystery that is solved, but a reality beyond our comprehension that we must choose to enter into. In the liturgy of the Eastern Church, everyone waits to see if Mary will enter into the mystery: God waits, Adam and Eve and all the souls of the dead who long for paradise wait, angels wait for new heavenly companions. And there is much rejoicing when her decision is “yes.” We have less dramatic choices offered to us, but the mystery of our salvation in Christ is by no means “solved.” We may understand it a bit better due to Mary’s “yes.” We may be a bit closer to it through the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But it still remains a mystery to which we all must give our own “yes.” Soon we will be singing “O come, let us adore him.” May our Advent prayer, our echo of Mary’s “yes,” continue then, so we may enter into the mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, God among us. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 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