Bulletin: First Sunday of Advent

Posted 2023-12-01 by @saintmichaelyyc

 

What you need to know from this weekend’s bulletin:

 

Advent According to Mary

December 1, 2023

While the Season of Advent starts the new liturgical year based on Christ’s life and times, it can also be celebrated from the perspective of Mary, Christ’s mother and His closest disciple. Our season’s preparations for Christ’s coming can be inspired by Mary’s own preparations for the birth of her own Son, our Savior. It is a period of intense awareness of what Christ’s coming presence into our lives means to us, just as what it means to Mary during the late period of her pregnancy. Mary is a model for us as we try to imitate her sense of humility and obedience as she struggles to reconcile her own personal wish to remain a virgin in her entire life with God’s will for her to become the mother of the Redeemer. God’s presence in her womb is a powerful inspiration that can motivate us to create a space for God’s presence in our own personal lives.
 
The Advent season also prepares us for the beginning of a new civil year which the Church marks with the celebration of the Solemnity of Mary. The season presents Mary as our role model in accepting God’s coming into our complicated lives. The season reflects on Mary’s sense of openness and humility as welcoming into her own private life the birth of the Savior of the world. It is a Marian season in the sense that it emphasizes Mary’s love and generosity as she surrenders her own will to follow God’s will in her life.  
 
As we begin to celebrate Advent according to Mary, let us reflect on our popular prayer to her: Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.  
 
In Mary’s fullness of God’s grace, we seek to fill our own emptiness for God’s love and mercy. In Mary’s presence in the Lord, we re-discover our own presence before the Lord in the various given opportunities of our life. In Mary’s holiness, we renew our resolve to be holy and to share the love and presence of Jesus with others. With the help and intercession of Mary, we ask God to inspire and guide us to be more conscious of our sinfulness and our need for forgiveness and reconciliation as we remind ourselves of the end of our earthly journey in death and/or Christ’s second coming.
 

fredmund@saintmichael.ca

 

 
 
Healing Lines
 
“Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man”. As things begin to get busy this time of year, we need to guard against increased stress and short tempers. Be sure to take care to keep a healthy perspective on the pressures and remember the true meaning of this time of year.
 
 
Mass Schedule for this Weekend
 
Saturday, December 2 at 5pm – Fr. Jose Bustalino Presiding and Dc. Randy Gritter Assisting
Sunday, December 3 at 9am – Fr. Fr. Edmund Vargas
Sunday, December 3 at 11am – Fr. Fr. Edmund Vargas
Sunday, December 3 at 5pm – Fr. Kevin Chukwurah
 
 
 

Announcements:

 

Please see this weekend’s bulletins for all announcements:

Download St. Michael bulletin

Download Diocesan bulletin (Condensed)

Download Diocesan bulletin (Full Length)

 

 

St. Michael Event Schedule

 

December – Regular Events

Sundays | Coffee Sundays | Narthex | After 9:00am & 11:00am Masses

Mondays | Bible Study | St. Nicholas Room| 7:00-9:00pm

Tuesdays | Rosary Group | Day Chapel | 6:30-7:00pm

Tuesdays | RCIA | St. Nicholas Room| 7:00-9:00pm

Wednesdays | TMIY | Narthex | 6:00-7:30am

Thursdays | Coffee Thursdays | Gathering Area | After 9:00am Mass

Thursdays | Knitting Ministry | Library | 10:00-11:30am

Thursdays | Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary | Day Chapel | 7:00-8:30pm

 

December – Special Events:

December 1 | Friday | Community Night | Mass at 6pm | Entertainment 6:30pm | Reception to Follow

December 3 | Sunday | Children’s Nativity Rehearsal for Everyone | Sanctuary, St. Nicholas Room, Guardian Angel Room | 12:00-1:00pm

December 5 | Tuesday | CSSD Advent & Christmas High School Festival “Hear the Angels Sing” | Sanctuary | 7:00-8:30pm

December 6 | Wednesday | Children’s Nativity Pageant Dress Rehearsal for Everyone | Sanctuary, St. Nicholas Room, Guardian Angel Room | 6:00pm

December 7 | Thursday | First Reconciliation Session 3 |  6:00-7:30pm

December 8 | Friday | Children’s Nativity Pageant | Mass at 6:00pm | Pageant at 6:30pm | Reception to Follow

December 10 | Sunday | Angel Tree Gifts Due

December 10 | Sunday | Catholic Christmas Market | Mezzanine | After 9:00am & 11:00am Masses

December 11 | Monday | Bible Study Last Session | St. Nicholas Room | 7:00pm 

December 11 | Monday | Holy Name School Christmas Concert | Sanctuary | 6:00pm

December 13 | Wednesday | TMIY Last Session for December | Narthex | 6:00am

December 14 | Thursday | Guardian Angel School Christmas Caroling | Sanctuary | 6:30pm

December 14 | Thursday | Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary Last Session | Day Chapel | 7:00-8:30pm

December 15 | Friday | Seniors Christmas Luncheon 50+ Years | Narthex | 11:00am

December 15 | Friday | Confirmation Session 1 | Sanctuary | 7:00-8:30pm

December 18 | Monday | Hamper Day

December 21 | Thursday | Advent Parish Reconciliation Night| 7:00-9:00pm

December 24 & 31 | Sunday | Coffee Sunday Cancelled

 

Christmas and New Year’s Schedule

 

Saturday, December 23

Regular Mass:  5:00 pm

 

Christmas Eve:  Sunday, December 24

Regular Mass:  9:00 am, 11:00 am

 

Christmas Eve Mass:  4:00 pm, 7:00 pm (live streamed), 10:00 pm

 

Christmas Day:  Monday, December 25

Mass:  9:00 am, 11:00 am (live streamed)

 

Boxing Day:  Tuesday, December 26

Daily Mass:  6:00 pm

 

Wed. Dec. 27 | Thurs. Dec. 28 | Fri. Dec. 29

Daily Mass:  9:00 am

 

Saturday, December 30

Regular Mass:  5:00 pm

 

New Years Eve:  Sunday, December 31

Regular Mass:  9:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm

 

New Years Day:  Monday, January 1

Mass:  9:00 am, 11:00 am (live streamed)

 

Parish Office: The office will be open regular hours from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. on December 27-29. We will be closed on December 25 and 26.

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