ADVENT/CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Mass 8:00 am 

✝︎First Sunday of Advent 
Saturday, November 26, 2022 - Mass 4:00 pm 
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - Mass 9:00 am ✚ Mass 10:30 am -Polish

✝︎Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Hour of Grace - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Mass 7:00 pm 

✝︎Advent Reconciliation Service
Thursday, December 22, 7:00 pm - English/Polish speaking priests 

✝︎Vigil of Christmas
Saturday, December 24, 2022 - Mass 4:00 pm
✮♫(Christmas Carols begin at 3:40 pm)
✟Midnight Mass PASTERKA 12 am - Polish

✝︎Christmas Day (The Nativity of the Lord)
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Mass 9:00 am ✚ Mass 10:30 am - Polish

✝︎Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Saturday, December 31, 2022 - Mass 4:00 pm
Sunday, January 1, 2023 - Mass 9:00 am  ✚ Mass 10:30 am - Polish

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Advent Candle Wreath 

Week Two - Scripture Reflection/Prayer

*light the second purple candle on December 3/4

        

Scripture Reflection: 

'In those days, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said:  "A voice of one crying out in the desert, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'"  (Matthew 3:1-3)

Pause for Reflection

                                        Advent Wreath Prayer:  

Today we light another candle on our Advent wreaths.  As the light gets brighter, our hearts open a bit wider to all that God has promised.  As the candle flickers, we see the movement of our own lives within its flame - sometimes the fire burns brighter than at other times, but there is always a burning, a light, a blazing hope within us.  May we never walk in the darkness of hopelessness, but may we
always hold fast to the fire of hope, the light of Jesus Christ.  Amen.
 

✟The Fullness of Time, Advent Devotions, Henri J. M. Nouwen