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St. Joseph the Worker Shrine Second Sunday of Advent

December 6, 2015

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St. Joseph the Worker Shrine Lowell, MA

St. JosephSt. JosephSt. JosephSt. Joseph The Worker Shrine

37 Lee Street Lowell, Massachusetts 01852

Office: 978-458-6346 Fax: 978-441-0963

Saint Joseph the Worker Shrine is a place of prayer, reflection, and social action undertaken in the spirit of Jesus Christ and Saint Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates of

Mary Immaculate. Our mission is based on Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.”

St. Joseph the Worker Shrine is a ministry of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, United States Province.

Shrine Staff Fr. Terrence O’Connell, OMI, Director Fr. Eugene J. Tremblay, OMI Fr. Piotr Dudek, OMI Fr. Jerry Orsino, OMI Fr. John Hanley, OMI Aurea Torres, Gift Shop Manager Valerie Gaudet, Business Manager Phillip Stella, Administrative Assistant Masses Weekdays: 8 AM, 12 Noon & 5:30 PM Saturday: 8 AM, 12 Noon, & 4 PM Sunday at 8 AM, 10 AM, & 12 Noon

Confessions Weekdays: 10:00AM - 12:00PM & 4:30PM - 5:15 Saturday: 10 AM- 1 PM

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Saturday: 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM First Fridays: 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM

Holy Days, Holidays & Special Masses: December 17th - Healing Mass Fr. Richard McAlear 7:00 pm

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Oblate Historical Museum Every Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00PM Please visit the Museum after the Saturday noon Mass. Tours Given 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM & 12:30 PM Gift Shop & Bookstore Monday-Saturday: 9 AM – 5 PM (978) 459-9522 or Toll Free (800) 287-9522

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December 5— December 13 Saturday December 5, 2015

8:00 Stephanie M. Hogan - Birthday

12:00 Gerard Bedard

4:00 Lena & Charles Camara

Sunday December 6, 2015

8:00 Lucielle Charbonneau

10:00 Gerard Bedard

12:00 Richard, Raymond & Rosetta

McAneney

Monday December 7, 2015

8:00 Special Intention

12:00 Gerard Bedard - 5th Ann.

5:30 Irene Boutin

Tuesday December 8, 2015

8:00 Madeline Casazza

12:00 Mass For Life

5:30 Stanley W. Kosik

Wednesday December 9, 2015

8:00 All Souls SBI

12:00 Shrine Benefactors

5:30 William Roy

Thursday December 10, 2015

8:00 Sean McShea

12:00 Norman Sayer

5:30 For Sarah

Friday December 11, 2015

8:00 Monica Wagner

12:00 Louise Bolomey

5:30 James P. McIntyre

Saturday December 12, 2015

8:00 Bernard Ponte - Living, B-day

12:00 Charles H. Hogan - Living, B-

day

4:00 Robert Ralls

Sunday December 13, 2015

8:00 Ernie & Dorothy Lambert

10:00 Robert Ralls

12:00 Joseph George Curtis

Music For Sunday, December 6, 2015

Please Sing with Us! CHOIR 8AM.

Entrance #52 Hurry The Lord is Near Offertory #309 All People on Earth Communion #612 Like A Shepherd

Sending Forth #555 Sing Out Earth and Skies

4pm/10am/12pm Entrance #39 Come Thou Long-Expected

Jesus Offertory #402 There is a Longing

Communion # 411 Earthen Vessels & #45 A Voice Cries Out

Sending Forth #70 Every Valley

FINANCIAL REPORTS THANK YOU for all Contributions!

Week Ending November 22, 2015

Weekend Total: $2,693.62

Weekday Total: $1,018.26

Total Offertory:

$3,711.88

Scripture for the week of December 6, 2015

6 SUN Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 7 Mon Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26 8 Tue Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 9 Wed Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30 10 Thu Is 41:13-20/Mt 11:11-15 11 Fri Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19 12 Sat Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-

38 or Lk 1:39-47 13 SUN Zep 3:14-18a/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18

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2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 6, 2015

Last week, we asked Christ to come to our aid; this

week, we ask Him to move us to action, so that we can prepare ourselves for His coming at Christmas.

Advent Wreath Prayer for the Second Week of

Advent

Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Thine only-begotten Son, that through His coming we may be worthy to serve Thee with

purified minds. Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

The Fruits of Our Lives

To help you determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that

comes through Jesus Christ…Philippians 1:10-11

What counts in your life and mine is not successes but fruits. The fruits of our life are born often in our pain and in our vulnerability and in our

losses. The fruits of our life come only after the plow has carved through our land. God wants us to be fruitful.

The question is not, “How much can I prepare myself for total surrender so my life can be fruitful?

Our little lives are small, human lives. But in the eyes of the One who calls us the beloved, we are great-greater than the years we have. We will bear

fruit, fruit that you and I will not see on this earth but whose reality we can trust.

Solitude, community, ministry-these disciplines help us live a fruitful life. Remain in Jesus, he remains in you. You will bear many fruits, you will

have great joy, and your joy will be complete. ~A Spiritual Living

Novena in Honor of The Immaculate Conception

November 30th to December 8th The Novena Prayers will be offered at all of the

daily masses.

Mary Immaculate is the patroness of our country and of the Oblates who serve here at

the Shrine, Prepare for the Feast of Mary Immaculate on December 8th

Pray for our nation, for the Oblates, and your own special intentions in these 9 days.

491 Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, “full of grace” through God,134 was redeemed from the

moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in

1854 Taken from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Virgin Mary, conceived without sin! We remember

that you were miraculously preserved from even the shadow of sin because you were destined to become not only the Mother of God,

but also the mother, the refuge and the advocate of humankind. Holding a lively confidence in your never-failing intercession, we ask you to look with favor upon the intentions of this novena, and

to obtain for us the graces we request. (pause)

Holy Mary, you know how often our hearts are the sanctuaries of God who abhors iniquity.

Obtain for us, then that angelic purity which was your favorite virtue; that purity of heart that will attach us to God alone and that

purity of intention which will consecrate every thought, word and action to His greater glory.

Obtain for us a constant spirit of prayer and self-denial so that we may recover by penance that innocence which we have lost by sin

and so come safely to that blessed abode of the saints, where nothing defiled can enter.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.

Tota Pulchra Es

V/ All fair are you, O Mary R/All fair are you, O Mary

V/ The original stain is not in you R/ The original stain is not in you

V/ You are the glory of Jerusalem

R/ You are the joy of Israel

V/ You are the honor of our people R/ You are the advocate of sinners

V/ O Mary, Virgin most prudent R/ O Mary, Mother most tender

V/ Pray for us

R/ Intercede for us with Our Lord, Jesus Christ

(cont.)

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY DECEMBER 8, 2015-NOVEMBER 20, 2016

“The church must be a place of mercy freely given,

where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the

Gospel.” Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, 114

Like other previous jubilees, it will be a special, holy year of remission of sins and universal pardon, in this occasion

focusing particularly on God's forgiveness and mercy. It is an extraordinary Jubilee because it had not been predetermined long before; usually ordinary jubilees take place every 25 or 50

years. In fact, the 2016 Jubilee was first announced by Pope Francis on March 13, 2015. It is the 27th Holy Year in history, following the ordinary 2000 Jubilee during John Paul II papacy.

The opening day will also be the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. In prior months it was stressed that the Pontiff wishes the Jubilee to be celebrated not only in Rome but in all local churches around the world: for the first time holy doors will be open in single dioceses, either in the main cathedral or in local historical churches. It was also announced that all priests

will be allowed to grant absolution forabortion, which outside North America, is reserved to bishops.

GIVE CHRISTMAS BACK TO CHRIST!

This Christmas, shop for your loved ones at St. Joseph the Worker Shrine Gift shop. We have an excellent selection of books, prayer cards, gift cards, religious

articles and many, many great gift ideas! Remember your loved ones with a special gift!

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In your canonization the Church

recognized your sanctity and proclaimed

you to be a model for others to follow in

their search for Christ the Saviour. As a

saint you are a powerful intercessor for all

in our poverty and abandonment. - St. Eugene, guide

us to the Savior in our time of need. - Litany of

St. Eugene de Mazenod

St. Joseph, Patron of the dying

~ Pray for us.

~ Litany of St. Joseph

Gospel - Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Christ the Friend

St. Luke begins this chapter of his Gospel curiously; with a list of

names and places that seem irrelevant at first glance. Twenty centuries after the fact, we are interested in Jesus, not in tetrarchs

and obsolete geography. But these details reveal something crucial about Jesus: he is not an abstract God. He weaves his action and presence into the fabric of our day-to-day lives; he takes up his

stance on the crossroads of everyone’s personal history and addresses us there. And he does it because he wants to. Jesus Christ is a God who is our friend, not a faceless, aloof divine

architect.

Taken from: The Better Part A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer

The Better Part is available now in the

Shrine Gift shop

Further Reflection: Catechism of The Catholic Church

2567 God calls man first. Man may forget his Creator or hide far from his face; he may run after idols or accuse the deity of having

abandoned him; yet the living and true God tirelessly calls each

person to that mysterious encounter known as prayer. In prayer, the faithful God's initiative of love always comes first; our own first

step is always a response. As God gradually reveals himself and reveals man to himself, prayer appears as a reciprocal call, a

covenant drama. Through words and actions, this drama engages the heart. It unfolds throughout the whole history of salvation.

THE GIVING TREE The Christmas Tree in the back corner of the

Shrine has tags with gift items for children and families in need. All gifts that are

collected will be distributed to children and families in need in the Lowell area.

The last date to return any gifts is December 13th in order to get them to each family in time for Christmas.

The Knights of Columbus will be running their 4th annual coat

drive. Please donate a new or old winter coat to someone in need this

winter. Brite Kleen Dry Cleaners of Dracut will clean the coats for free

and the Knights will see that it is passed on to someone in need. Drop-

off locations are:

Paul Demers Towing, 1015 Lakeview Ave, Dracut

Provencher Ins. of Lowell, 530 Rogers St, Lowell

St. Francis Church, 115 Wheeler Rd, Dracut

Dracut Senior Center, 951 Mammoth Rd, Dracut

Lowell General Hosp, 295 Varnum Ave, Lowell

Lowell Sun Building, 8 Merrimack St, Lowell

Fr. Richard McAlear Healing Mass

Thursday December 17, 2015 @ 7:00PM

Please join us for an evening of prayer, praise, and healing as we welcome Fr. Richard McAlear

back to St. Joseph the Worker Shrine!

Sacrament of Confession Welcome the Lord to be born anew in your heart through the sacrament of Confession in preparation for Christmas.

The sacrament of Confession at the Shrine is available Monday - Friday 10AM to 12 noon and

4:30 to 5:15PM

Saturday Confessions are available from 10AM to 1PM. Your early confession is the best gift you can give to yourself and

an encouragement for others to follow.

Flower envelopes are available for all

who would like to glorify God with a

floral arrangement and to beautify our

worship environment. Also, all

Christmas collections will be for our retired Oblates who have

served us so generously for these many years!

V/ In your conception, Holy Virgin, you were immaculate R/ Pray for us to the Father whose Son you brought forth.

V/ O Blessed Lady, aid my prayer R/ And let my cry come unto you.

Let Us Pray

Almighty, ever living God, through the working of the Holy Spirit, You prepared the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mary to be a

worthy dwelling for Your Son, grant that we who remember her with joy may be delivered by her prayers from the evils that beset

us in this world and from never-ending death in the next. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen

We Have Seen A Great Light, 99 Sayings on Christmas “Since this holy night God has been in this world and the world has

been in God.” - Odo Casel

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2nd Sunday of Advent Admit it! We’ve all faked the words to a song—or hymn—that everyone else seemed to know. We hum along, or make up words and try not to be noticed, but sometimes make disastrous mistakes. For example, an exchange student was listening to the radio, intent on learning a holiday song. Instead of singing “giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, let’s go,” she sang “idiot, idiot, idiot, let’s go!” Right melody, wrong words. People listened to the prophets, teachers and preachers for years. The message was often very similar: reform, change, grow in holiness, observe the law, and live your life to please God. Sacrifice, discipline and service were necessary to the spiritual life. Somewhere along the way, the message was changed and now people hear a message of a Gospel of prosperity, financial blessings and that enough faith will make you great. There is no substitute for truth. We have to get the message right, to hear the words of the prophets, of the martyrs and saints, of the Church, indeed, the words of Jesus Himself. We cannot fake faith, nor just play along as though we know what it’s all about. John the Baptist reminds us to hear the words of the Gospel and proclaim it in word and in deed. It’s a melody that carried life and grace.

~James Gaffney, © 2009 Karides Lic. to

St. George Publishing

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is

Prayed Monday through Saturday at

the Shrine

at 3 pm, the hour of mercy.

2nd Sunday of Advent In a writing course, students had to write an essay in which they were to define love. It proved to be a difficult challenge. Everyone had used the word, and knew what it referred to. But to actually define it, make it precise and understandable, took a lot of time and effort. Most of the students did not do well. They knew what it meant, but had difficulty explaining it. It raises a good question for us in Advent. What do we really believe? We use religious words like faith, belief, grace and salvation, Savior and Lord. But what do the words mean to us? How do they change our way of looking at the world, and how we act and what we think? Time and time again, the Church calls us to be renewed, to strengthen our faith, to deepen our prayer, to be more apostolic and to offer a better example to others. Our faith is meant to be one of action, change, and transformation. During Advent, we recall God’s plan of salvation, and how we are the beneficiaries and the missionaries of His work and love. We know the whole story of our redemption. With God’s presence—His grace—in our lives, we are changed. Our celebration and our actions will tell the world how.

~James Gaffney, © 2009 Karides Lic. to St. George Publishing

Votive Candles Thanks to all who practice lighting votive candles for their prayer intentions at the

Shrine. These lit candles are lights of faith proclaiming trust in God to care for us and our loved ones in need. How beautiful it is to see faith and love proclaimed by the lit

candle(s) that remain after your visits.

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