SACRED HEART CHURCH BOWIE, MARYLAND DECEMBER 13, 2020 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE WHITEMARSH BRANCH CH=Carroll Hall (basement of church) --HC=Hogan Center (hill) WMH=Whitemarsh Hall - HH=Hogan Hall (both in HC)

Sunday No Babysitting - Carroll Hall Closed 3:00-8:00 p.m. - Adoration - Chapel 6:00-8:00 p.m. - Confessions - Chapel

MONDAY DECEMBER 14 FRIDAY DECEMBER 18 Monday 7:00 p.m. - Our Lady’s Sodality Rosary - Chapel St. 6:30 Jim Svoboda 7:30 p.m. - Our Lady’s Sodality Mass - Chapel 6:30 Denis & Theresa 8:00 Susan Donnelly Levine Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - St. Peter the Rock - HC Weber (L) SATURDAY DECEMBER 19 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Adoration - Chapel 8:00 Dick Decicco 9:30 Frank Smigielski & 7:00 p.m. - Walking With Purpose - WMH

TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 Beverly Merther Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Confessions - Chapel 6:30 Kathy Pullin 8:00 Mohammad Ali Najafi Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - St. Peter the Rock - HC 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Confessions - Chapel WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16 6:30 Pacita “Tessie” Berres Friday 7:00 p.m. - MS YG Gingerbread Manger Making 8:00 Jim Svoboda - WMH/HH

THURSDAY DECEMBER 17 Saturday 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Confessions - Church 6:30 Maria Gancayco 8:00 John McAuliffe The Chapel will be open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. for individual prayer time.

All daily and weekend Masses are celebrated in the Church. Weekdays after 8 a.m. Mass - Coffee, Tea, etc. - HH Adoration on Tuesdays in the Chapel from 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

During the Advent Season, confessions will be offered on the PARISH REGISTRATION: New families are following days and times: welcome! It is important that you REGISTER in a parish since weddings, baptisms and other parish Wednesday, December 16 and 23, 2020 services such as sponsor certificates or letters of 7:00—8:00 p.m. - Chapel good standing require membership in a parish. Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:00—8:00 p.m. - Chapel To register, please contact the parish office at 301-262-0704.

Saturday, December 19, 2020 The second collection this weekend will be for the 2:30—4:00 p.m. - Church Retirement Fund for Religious Brothers and Sisters. Sunday, December 13, 2020 6:00—8:00 p.m. - Chapel All ladies of the parish are invited to Our Lady’s Sodality monthly Rosary and Mass on Monday, Please take this opportunity to spiritually prepare yourself for the December 14, in the Chapel. The Rosary will be birth of our Savior. recited starting at 7:00 p.m. followed by Mass at 7:30 p.m. For more information about Our Lady’s Sodality, eGiving through Faith Direct. Enrollment is contact Rosemary Morson at 410-721-5756 or Pat easy. Simply visit www.faithdirect.net and use Campbell at 410-721-6646. the Sacred Heart church code MD929. Be sure to include your Sacred Heart Check of the Come Let Us Adore Him Month envelope number too. In addition to On December 13, Gaudete Sunday, we will have your monthly contributions, you can make payments for the Poor Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 3:00— Box, Good Samaritan Fund, Christmas, and second collections. 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel. You can sign-up for a specific time slot here or on the website. Stop by Your generosity to the weekly POOR BOX has and spend some quiet time preparing for the allowed us to make the following distributions in birth of our Savior. November 2020: Remember to contact the Parish Office with any Bowie Interfaith Food Pantry $300.00 changes in your mailing address, email address or Sisters Servant of the Lord $250.00 phone number. We appreciate your help in keeping Mary’s Center $200.00 our records accurate. Contact us at 301-262-0704 Sanctuaries for Life $425.00 or [email protected]. Catholic Charities Health Care $500.00 Mount St. Mary’s Seminary $375.00 CHRISTMAS FLOWERS: Orders are being taken for Christmas Flowers that will decorate the Church and Follow Sacred Heart on social media Chapel during the Christmas Season. The cost is $10 per plant. Envelopes are at all entrances of the Church. Facebook: Sacred Heart Bowie

Instagram: @sacredheartbowie O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

From the desk of Father Ronald A. Potts: the Lord to reveal Himself. We admire and strive for the

Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent humility exemplified by John in our own lives— to allow traditionally called Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete comes from Christ to “increase” in us while we with our own selfishness the Latin word, gaudere, to rejoice. We are at the midpoint and self interests “decrease.” As we celebrate the joy of this of our Advent season and the theme of our readings is one Sunday, may we deepen our prayer life and draw closer to of joy as we light the rose candle on the Advent wreath. the Lord Jesus and reduce the distance that always exists between the little that we are and all that God has in store In today’s first reading from the Prophet , we find and prepares for us. two passages: the announcement of the prophet sent by God to bring good news to the poor and to proclaim a year of favor—the great cause for rejoicing among God’s people. In Memory of a Loved One... The Hebrew word for “poor” means “bowed down,” an If you would like to place a memorial, prayer attitude of humble submission. God’s people are in Exile request or spiritual notation for your loved one and are about to be freed. They have stood before God, on the back of the church bulletin, please whose benevolence and kindness they recognize, whose contact Snyder at 814-771-8628 or mystery they adore, and for whom they have awaited with [email protected]. The Diocesan art utter confidence. It is the cry of these poor—the persecuted, department will design a spot for you which will appear weekly in our church bulletin advertisement page. What afflicted, and unfortunate that has been heard. As friends better way to show your continued love for those special to and servants of God, they have been pardoned for their you and support your church bulletin at the same time. iniquities and reassured that the kingdom of heaven belongs Even at this time when we are not printing the bulletin, it to them. As they are rescued by God, they are filled with will still appear on the parish website. joy. God’s people are no longer strangers held captive in a strange land but are ready to return to their home. For this PLEASE PRAY for our parishioners who are in the reason, the images of the “robe of salvation,” “mantle of ARMED SERVICES: Katie Stafford, Bill Glynn, Jr., justice,” “diadem,” and “jewels” are used to describe the Katelyn Ballagh, Riley Cassidy, Ann Maloney, Jake restoration of their dignity and as they return to their Rohme, Cody Komala, Joshua Poole, Aidan Reilly, homeland. Ethan Copping, Kenton Stacey, Chris Seager, Richie Mulhare, Joe O’Connell, M. K. Harris, Justin Burns, In St. Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, we find the Steven P. Maqui, Andrew Rodriguez, Damian Pedersen, Jim exhortation, “Rejoice always.” Paul in no way diminishes Ballagh, Jr., Sierco, Stephen Prevo, Paul Gannett, James the sorrow and anguish of our lives but he speaks of one of Pritchett. Please notify the Office of family members that can be the fruits of the Holy Spirit: joy. It is not a question of included or removed. trying or appearing to be happy in order to get rid of or hide ******************************************** a profound sadness, something that is impossible to do. PLEASE PRAY for the SICK of the Parish especially Kathy Christian joy is rooted in hope, and is indestructible even in Italiano, Joanne Vath, Maureen Crawford, Jayne Cassella, Len Ceruzzi, Tom Smith, Bill Mecca, Bernie Toth, Matthew the midst of suffering. Paul admonishes us to, “Pray without Chamberlain, Manahan, George Smith, Rick DeCicco, ceasing.” It is an easy step to go from constant joy to Richard Harris, Jim & Barbara Reilly, Sister Ignatia, Evie Leckie, constant prayer, and vice versa, because the one is based in William Flanagan, Reba Waple, Mary McDonough, Maxine the confidence and hope that the other expresses. Paul also Gorman, Don Hirzel, Wilda Raffensperger, Robert Shourds, Jr., teaches us to, “Refrain from every kind of evil.” He Karen Larson, Rosamond MacDonald, Adeline Grima, Lileen recognizes the call to Christian holiness is comprised of Schwarz, Mark Rose, Jeanne Danko, Leona Kilday, Jennifer works of charity, joy, and prayer. This sanctification McClure, Matthew Leake, George Murphy, Jr., Patrick Ledger, requires us to cooperate with the grace that God gives to us. Brendan Farr, Carol Fitzgerald, Flanagan, Peter Kubic, True joy flows from living our lives as God has Kristen Vicencio, Jennie Guilbaud, Paul Ford, Bill Hardin, Susan commanded us: by loving Him and our neighbor—nothing Swick, Regina Madigan, Luis Martarano, Roberto Cruz, Eric Seith, Kathleen Sierco-Werking, Jim Braswell, Thomas Lumsden, more, nothing less. Bernadette Braswell, Carolyn Kassabian, Bill Murphy, Raymond In our reading from the Gospel of John, we find John Wehrmeister, Hoa My Cai, Teri Mignosa, Renee Smigielski, being “interrogated” by the priests and Levites sent by the Jamie April, Lorna Schrom, Margaret LaFerrara, Ruth Hayes, authorities in Jerusalem. “Who are you?” they ask— Debra Walter, Betty Dyer, Jeanette Harris, Karly Szostak, Mary Kotarski, Laurie Smith, Marianne VanOverwalle, Ivan Cobo, thinking he is the Messiah. He responds vigorously and Monica Diaz, Charles Coley, Mary Krok, Mary Beth Fitzmaurice, sharply after their inquiries, “No.” As to his identity, John Loretta Foley, Rachel Euber, Rene Roach, Robbie Svoboda, the Baptist quotes the Prophet Isaiah, “I am the voice crying Linda & Pat McKenna, John Kylus, Ann Leister, Dawn out in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord.” Thus Chapdelaine and Joni Seith. he is placed in relation to someone else, whose servant- Names will remain 3 weeks and can be continued by calling the precursor he is—Jesus. acted as an Office. authentic precursor: he prepared himself through prayer and Please remember in your prayers the souls of the FAITHFUL fasting to recognize and receive the Lord, while allowing DEPARTED especially Margaret Quarto and Dora Robinson.

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