Announcements
Sunday, November 30th - 1st Sunday of Advent
Monday, December 1st - St Andrew, Ap - Blessed Edmund Campion, M
Tuesday, December 2nd - Advent Feria - St Bibiana, VM
Wednesday, December 3rd - St Francis Xavier, C
Thursday, December 4th - St Peter Chrysologus, BCD - St Barbara, VM
Friday, December 5th - Advent Feria - St Sabbas, Ab
Saturday, December 6th - St Nicholas, BC
Sunday, December 7th - 2nd Sunday of Advent - St Ambrose, BCD
- Doughnuts & Coffee: Join us in the St Joseph Hall after the 9:30 AM Mass! Please donate $1/item.
- First Friday and First Saturday: This week! Remember the promises attached to these devotions.
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Monday, December 8th, is a holy day of obligation and must be treated as a Sunday.
- Chili Potluck: Next Sunday, December 7th, after the 9:30 AM Mass.
- Choir Practice: In the upstairs classroom at 8:45 AM for the 9:30 Mass.
1st Sunday of Advent - Meditation & Propers
From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.
The Mass prepares us this day for the double coming (adventum) of mercy and justice. That is why St Paul test us, in the Epistle, to cast off sin in order that, being ready for the coming of Christ as our Savior, we may also be ready for His coming as our Judge, of which we learn in the Gospel. Let us prepare ourselves by pious aspirations and by the reformation of our life, for this twofold coming. Jesus our Lord will reward those who yearn for Him and await Him: “Those who trust in Him shall not be confounded.”
Introit: Ps. 24. 1-3
To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded. - (Ps. 24. 4). Show, O Lord, Thy ways to me: and teach me Thy paths. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. To Thee have I lifted up my soul...
Collect:
Stir up Thy power, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and come: that from the threatening dangers of our sins we may deserve to be rescued by Thy protection, and to be saved by Thy deliverance. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Gradual: Ps. 24. 3, 4
All they that wait on Thee shall not be confounded, O Lord. V. Show, O Lord, Thy ways to me: and teach me Thy paths. Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Ps. 84. 8). Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy; and grant us Thy salvation. Alleluia.
Offertory: Ps. 24. 1-3
To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded.
Secret:
May these holy mysteries, O Lord, cleanse us by their powerful virtue and make us to come with greater purity to Him who is their source. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion: Ps. 84. 13
The Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.
Postcommunion:
May we receive, O Lord, Thy mercy in the midst of Thy temple, that we may prepare with due honor for the approaching feast of our redemption. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen
My Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
In all things, look to the end, and how thou wilt stand before the strict Judge, from Whom there is nothing hid; Who takes no bribes, and receives no excuses, but will judge that which is just.
Recessional Hymn
Hark, a herald vice is calling; "Christ is nigh," it seems to say;
"Cast away the dreams of darkness, O ye children of the day."
Startled at the solemn warning, Let the earthbound soul arise;
Christ her Sun, all sloth dispelling, Shines upon the morning skies.
Lo, the Lamb so long expected, Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all to be forgiven.