Transcription of HOLY FAMILY PARISH
1 HOLY FAMILY PARISH . St. Irenaeus, Oakmont St. Januarius, St. John the Baptist, Plum St. Joseph, Verona, Our Lady of Joy, Plum . The only official website for our parishes. School sites can also be accessed from this website. CLERGY. PARISH Email: Rev. Kevin G. Poecking Pastor Rev. George Dalton Senior Parochial Vicar Rev. David DeWitt Senior Parochial Vicar Deacon Joseph Vannucci Deacon Timothy Noca Deacon Frank Bursic Weekend Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM St. Irenaeus 4:00 PM St. John the Baptist 5:30 PM St. Joseph 6:00 PM Our Lady of Joy Sunday: 8:00 AM Our Lady of Joy 8:30 AM St Joseph 9:00 AM St.
2 John the Baptist 10:00 AM Our Lady of Joy 11:00 AM St. Januarius 11:00 AM St. Irenaeus 11:30 AM St. John the Baptist 6:00 PM St. John the Baptist Confessions: Monday 6:00-6:20 PM St . Januarius Wednesday 6:00-6:20 PM St. Irenaeus Saturday 9:30-10:00 AM St. John the Baptist . 1st Saturday After 5:30 Mass St. Joseph 'HFHPEHU - Or By Appointment - .. FFrom rom the conversion, replacing hate with love, and fear with trust in the the gifts of God. Desk DeskOf .. Of .. Deacon Joe Vannucci John is pointing the way to the only person that completely Holy FAMILY PARISH deserves trust and loyalty, love and devotion- and that is Meredith Fraschi Jesus Christ.
3 My Dear Fellow Parishioners, He rules not with oppression and tyranny, arrogance and greed, but with peace and justice, and love and mercy. I want to begin today by asking a question. Who was the 28th President of the United States? If you're like me, you John tells us that every valley will be filled, and every don't know. We could look it up, but off hand we don't mountain and hill made low. Is he talking about our spiritual remember. Think about that for a moment. lives, and how will that come about? The answer is through the mercy of God given through Jesus.
4 This was a man who was once the leader of the most powerful nation on earth, and we can't recall his name! (It We can use the works of mercy, spiritual and physical ways was Woodrow Wilson.) of caring for others, such as feeding the hungry, counseling the doubtful, clothing the naked, and sheltering the We see this in our Gospel reading today, when we hear homeless to, as one man put it, fill in the valleys of empty, about the earthly rulers of apostolic times-Caesar, Pilate, wounded souls and remove the obstacles to healing and Herod and Philip, Lysanias, and the high priests Annas and wholeness.
5 Caiphas-these powerful men respected and honored and feared in their times, but whose kingdoms no longer exist. So by listening to the words of John the Baptist this Advent, let us prepare the way of the Lord by repenting of our sins You might think that if God were going to reveal his in Reconciliation, by meditating ever more deeply on his presence in the world just then, he would make it known to real presence in Scripture and the eucharist , and by being one of these powerful men. compassionate to our brothers and sisters. But God thinks differently.
6 His Word instead comes to a Then we too, like John, will be called prophets of the Most camel-skinned loner named John, living on locusts and High by our baptism , and many more will be led to honey in the desert. salvation. Come, Lord Jesus! I am reminded of the words of Mary's Magnificat, You Your brother in Christ, Deacon Joe . have cast down the mighty from their thrones, and have lifted up the lowly.. But as his father Zechariah correctly predicted, John, PARISH SURVEY. scraggly though he was, would be called the Prophet of the Thanks to those who completed the Most High, preparing people for salvation by the PARISH Survey in November.
7 We forgiveness of their sins. received great feedback on our He tells the Jewish people, and us, to prepare the way of PARISH . Most responses to the the Lord. Have we perhaps lost our way, and wandered off questions were very good and there in search of something missing in our lives, not exactly sure were several who gave helpful critical feedback. what it is? Nevertheless, the number of surveys completed was not statistically substantial for our PARISH size. This new leader that John is announcing to the people is Therefore, we have reopened the survey and will not an earthly king or emperor or dictator-his kingdom will continue to encourage survey completion over the be a spiritual one.
8 Holidays until January 15. The people of that time probably thought that a change in As a reminder, if you completed a survey, please take a their earthly leadership would make things better, as many holy FAMILY medal as a gift for your time and effort. The do today. But instead of improvement, they always seemed link to the online survey is open again and can be to get more of the same-greedy and self-serving rulers who found at: We really didn't care about them, or at best simply ignored their will have more paper copies of the survey at church problems.
9 They put their trust in the wrong place. entrances soon. They (and we) may not so much need a change of Thank you for your continued support of our PARISH ! government leadership as we need a change of heart, a 2 .. SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. READING I BAR 5:1-9 prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of the splendor of glory from God forever: wrapped in the cloak of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name.
10 For God will show all the earth your through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God. splendor: you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship. Alleluia LK 3:4, 6. Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and R. Alleluia, Alleluia see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: all flesh of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God. Led shall see the salvation of God. away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring R.
