We begin Advent and we begin a “new liturgical year.” Year A places a special emphasis on St. Matthew’s Gospel.  (When, I was taught Sacred Scripture, our professor would call St. Matthew, “meticulous Matthew.”)  St. Matthew does provide a great level of detail in many of the Gospel accounts.
As our journey opens into Advent, the church asks us to begin by remembering the great flood during the life of Noah.  Jesus will too, cause a “great flood” a flood of grace and mercy throughout all of the earth. Fr. Peter Cameron, O.P., teaches us, “God will save us from corruption, not simply with a good and blameless man like Noah who walked with God, but with a good and blameless man who is God Himself – Jesus Christ.”
In this beautiful season of Advent.  For a few moments, it would be good to pause from the “hustle and bustle” of life’s demands and remember the “reason for the Season.”
During Advent, let us pray:
Lord Jesus, fill my heart with a longing to welcome you.
Give me, I pray, the grace to live each day in your grace, ready to be with you for all eternity.

May the Lord be with you!
Fr. Craig

READINGS FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2022

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
 

1^st Reading—Isaiah 2: 1-5—On that day, “they shall beat their swords into plowshares/and their spears into pruning hooks” prophesied Isaiah. “One nation shall not raise the sword against another.” He went on: “Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.”

Responsorial Psalm:  — “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord; Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.”

2^nd Reading—Romans 13: 11-14— Paul urged the Romans: “It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” Let us put on the “armor of light…Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Gospel Acclamation—Halleluia, halleluia, halleluia, halleluia! “Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.”

Gospel—Matthew 24: 37-44—Matthew’s Jesus said that the Son of Man will come at an hour no one can expect. Therefore, all people must stay awake, keep a watchful eye, and be prepared.


 
ANNOUNCEMENTS – November 27, 2022
 

1. Please stop at our giving tree in the gathering area. Please stop by and take a tag or two. All food and gifts must be returned by Sunday, December 11^th. If you would like to donate toys to the Toy Store, please leave them, unwrapped in the box provided near the giving tree. We need the toys by Thursday, December 8^th.

 

2. Advent little blue books are available in the gathering area.

 

3. The Children’s Christmas Choir practice is Sunday after the 10:30 Mass.

 

4. (Saturday) Please join us for our monthly potluck dinner after Mass.

 

5. (Sunday) Please join us in Solanus Hall for coffee, donuts and fellowship

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