20 December 2020 Queenship of Mary Church Fourth Sunday Northampton, PA of Advent PARISH WEEKLY Rev. Patrick H. Lamb, Pastor Msgr. John S. Campbell, Pastor Emeritus Msgr. J. Chaback, In Residence Deacon Michael W. Doncsecz Mrs. Maureen Tancin, Secretary Mrs. Stephanie Kalavoda, PREP THE CELEBRATION OF MASS Saturday Evening: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00, 10:30 AM Mon.Tues. M Wed. 8:00AM Thurs.  NO MASS Friday: 9:15AM (SCHOOL MASS) HOLY DAY MASSES 6:30AM, 9:00AM, 7:00PM   SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 3:00 to 3:45 PM Sunday: 10:00 to 10:25 AM Other times by appointment  Forever I will sing the SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptisms are celebrated on the 4th Sunday of the goodness of the Lord. month. A prebaptismal workshop is required for par- ents, who are expected to be active members for at least three months. Please call Deacon Mike to make RECTORY all arrangements. (6102622227) 1324 Newport Avenue  HOLY MATRIMONY Northampton, PA 18067 A minimum preparation time of six months is required Phone: 610 2622227 for the couple by the Diocese for the proper celebra- Fax: 610 2624192 tion of the Sacrament. Please call Father Lamb to Email: [email protected] make all arrangements. (6102622227) Website: queenshipofmary.weconnect.com  RECTORY OFFICE HOURS WE WELCOME  Monday to Thursday: 9:00AM to 3:00PM NEW PARISHIONERS Friday: 9:00AM to 2:00PM Please introduce yourselves to Father Lamb   or Deacon Mike after Mass. CONVENT PHONE (610) 4400134 PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CONVENT ADDRESS 1314 NEWPORT AVE. OfLice of Safe Environment NORTHAMPTON PA 18067 Pamela J. Russo, M.S.W, M.S.  Secretary, Youth Protection and Catholic Human RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN  Services Good Shepherd Catholic School (6102629171) P.O. Box F, Allentown, PA 18105V1538 Parish Religious Education Program (PREP)  610V871V5200 ext. 2204 Contact the Rectory. (6102622227) [email protected]

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SANCTUARY MASS INTENTIONS LAMP will be lit this week MONDAY DECEMBER 21  8:00 AM Matt Fodor  Wendy Pristash  IN MEMORY OF TUESDAY DECEMBER 22  8:00 AM Anna Marakovits  Lindy & Family  FRANCIS PANY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 8:00 AM Poor Souls  Carole Zarayko   THURSDAY DECEMBER 24 (Christmas Eve) “JINGLE BUCKS” 2:00PM LIVING & DECEASED TICKETS 4:00PM MEMBERS OF QUEENSHIP  7:30PM OF MARY PARISH  FRIDAY DECEMBER 25 (Christmas Day) As in the past, the price of 9:00AM FOR THE PARISH  the ticket is $100. There will SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 only be 250 tickets sold. 4:00 PM William Meltsch  wife Polly & family  There will be seven prizes. SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 The prize breakdown is: 8:00AM Theresa Emerick  Patty & Amber Snell 10:30AM Edward Rossner  Family   First prize  $10,000 Second prize  $1,000  SUNDAY COLLECTION Third thru Seventh  December 13 - $ will be in next week prizes: $200 each May God bless your generosity!    THE ODDS ARE BETTER OPENING THAN THE LOTTERY!!!   (1 IN 250).  Nurses Aide/Housekeeper  ONLY 38 TICKETS LEFT!! Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Center Valley is an independent They are going fast don’t retirement home for priests and miss out!!! . We are looking for a part time  Nurses Aide/Housekeeper to work 8am2pm every other weekend and Call Mimi at the rectory Thursday nights from 2pm8pm. No to make arrangements to experience necessary. Competitive pay.  either pick up your ticket or  we can mail them to you.  Please call Maribeth at 6102821415. (6102622227)

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 SUNDAY READINGS DECEMBER 20, 2020 2 7:1–5, 8b–12, 14a, 16 The Parish gratefully acknowledges  The LORD also declares to you that the LORD the following contributions will make a house for you. to the Queenship of Mary Memorial Romans 16:25–27 Fund. Now to him who can strengthen you… through  Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever.  IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM MICEK Luke 1:26–38 Kirsten Trinkle  Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the  Lord. May it be done to me according to your IN MEMORY OF EMMA LAHNER word.” Husband & Wittreich Family Ann Weber Mary Rajkovac WEEKDAY READINGS Rosemarie Grossbauer DECEMBER 21-26 Theresa Schwartz & family Steve & Mary Kiss Monday, Advent Weekday: Sg 2:8–14 or Zep  3:14–18a / Lk 1:39–45  Tuesday, Advent Weekday: 1 Sm 1:24–28 / Lk IN MEMORY OF ANNA GROSSBAUER 1:46–56 Florence & Marchetto Stephen Marsch Wednesday, Advent Weekday: Mal 3:1–4, 23– Rosemarie Grossbauer 24 / Lk 1:57–66 Steve & Heidi Skrapits Ann Fixl Thursday, Advent Weekday: 2 Sm 7:1–5, 8b– Frances Rupinski 12, 14a, 16 / Lk 1:67–79 Karen Seremula Friday, Christmas: Is 52:7–10 / Heb 1:1–6 / Jn Jane & Mike Krupa 1:1–18 or Jn 1:1–5, 9–14 Terri Trinkle Kirsten Trinkle Saturday, St. Stephen: Acts 6:8–10, 7:54–59 / Mt Gerry, Andy, Beth, & Leo Filipovits 10:17–22 Hermina Augustine Larry & Susan Christoff Patty & Eric Rhodes We welcome our  Hilda Frisch Queenship of Mary Choirs newly baptized  Louis Wolfel Diane, Jared, , Amber, Ben & child in Christ. Greg Silfies     IN MEMORY OF PAT SERENSITS  Steve & Heidi Skrapits The Sipics Family CAMERON MICHAEL MATIKA    IN MEMORY OF FRANK & TESSIE SPITZER May God bless and keep him always Steve & Mary Kiss  in his love.  

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Saint Eugenia(died c AD 258) was an earlyChristianRomanwhose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in theRoman , on December 24 (January 6,New Style) in the, and on January 23 in theArmenian Apostolic Church.[1]She is included in theGolden Legend.  Legend 

Her legend states that she was converted by and martyred with, herChamberlains, during the persecution ofValerian. She was said to have been the daughter ofPhilip, "duke" ofand governor of. She had fled her fa- ther's house dressed in men's clothing and was baptized by Helenus, ofHeliopolis. She later became anabbot, still pretending to be a man. As the story goes, while she was an abbot and still dressing like a man, she cured a woman of an illness, and when the woman made sexual advances, which she rebuffed, the woman accused her publicly of adultery. She was taken to court, where, still disguised, she faced her father as the judge. At the trial, her real female identity was revealed and she was exonerated. Her father converted to the faith and became Bishop of Alexan- dria but the emperor had him executed for this. St. Eugenia and her remaining house- hold moved to where she converted many, especially maidens, but this did not prevent their martyrdom. Protus and Hyacinth were beheaded on , 258, and Eugenia followed suit after Christ appeared to her in a dream and told her that she would die on the Feast of the Nativity. She was beheaded on December 25, 258.  Legacy  There is a small village in the north ofwith the name ofSanta Eugeniathat contains achurchwith a painting of Eugenia dressed as a boy in Romanera attire. A local legend states that Saint Eugenia passed through this area on a nearby Roman road and throughMoure, which lies at a major intersection of ancient Roman roads. There is also a tomb dating from about 1000 AD in the city ofBarcelos, high on a hill that reads "tomb of Saint Eugenia." It is possible that this tomb is the tomb of Saint Eugenia. During theMiddle Ages, some were moved fromRometo the outer parts of Europe by . Patrick J. Geary, in his workFurta Sacra, states that "on April 5, 838, a named Felix appeared atFuldaWith the remains of SaintsCornelius,Callistus,Agapitus,Georgius,Vincentius, Maximus,Cecilia, Eugenia,Digna,Emerita, andColumbana.

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King wants to build God a home! He had first built his own palace and afterward realized that he hadn’t built a space for GodNa place of worship and family communion. It is admirable that David wants to give back, but do we have to take care of God or, rather, is it God who cares for us? Obviously, God doesn’t need David to build him a house. The whole world is his. Didn’t God build up David all along, bringing him to a place where he might consider offering God something in return? It is like children who want to give their parents a gift. First, they ask a parent for money or a gift idea. On their own, they cannot give. God turns the tables on David, saying God will build David a houseNan everlasting lineage to rule over the people. God will build something much bigger than anything David had ever dreamt of. He will build David a kingdom that will become a nation and give birth to a worldwide universal Church. In the painting, The Annunciation with City by the Sea by Marco Palmezzano, Mary stands in front of an ornate house. She stands like us, at the entrance, welcoming God’s coming. It was her yes that allowed the master builder to enter into our world to begin building this house, which became a Church. Like Mary, we await Jesus. With her, let us say yes to him, celebrating the one who has established that house where we celebrate today! God turns the tables, saying God will build David a houseN an everlasting lineage to rule over the people.   Is giving myself to God in prayer a way to let him accomplish his dreams for me?   How can I offer hospitality to others so they can encounter God’s love?

A Word from  Pope Francis PRAYER   Lord, you have called us The angel calls Mary “full of grace”: in her there is no to be your instruments room for sin, because God of peace and reconcilia- chose her from eternity to be tion in the world. Give the mother of Jesus and me the courage to make preserved her from original sin….We too are asked to listen peace with those who to God who speaks to us, and have hurt me and to accept his will….The Lord is caused me pain.  always speaking to us!    NFrom Joyful Meditations for Every Day of NSolemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Advent and the 12 Days of Christmas, Rev. December 8, 2014 Warren J. Savage and Mary Ann McSweeny 

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An Exhibit of Wonder and Love by Johan van Parys 

Growing up I attended midnight Mass on Christmas with my family. I insisted on arriving early because I didn’t want to miss the moment before the beginning of the Mass when the sacristan carried the Baby Jesus into the church and placed him in the manger. He was an elderly man who had worked for the church his entire life. He walked with great difficulty and could barely make it down the steps of the sanctuary. Yet, he held the plaster image of Jesus in his arms with such tenderness and reverence he might as well have been carrying a real baby. He knew this image represented the Savior of the world.  As a teenager, I quickly lost interest in the Baby Jesus. I was too cool to fuss about any baby, let alone a plaster one. As a student at Notre Dame, I thought it theologically unsophisticated to pay much attention to Christmas beyond the reality of the Incarnation celebrated on that day. I had little patience for the obsession of people for Christmas trees and Nativity scenes. I wondered if they really understood the meaning of Christmas.  But my outlook on Christmas completely changed when I was given a small Nativity set from Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa. It was carved in local wood by a Christian villager. Although the figures were rather primitive, one could clearly see that the artist had carved the Holy Family in the image of the people of his village. I loved it so much that this first Nativity set became the start of a large collection of Nativities from all around the world, all of which are in the image of the people who created them.  Each year, I carefully unwrap close to 400 Nativity sets. I do this deliberately, thinking of the people who carved each set in his or her own image. As I gently place the Baby Jesus in the manger, set after set, I also think of the old man in my home church from so many years ago and the woman in our church today who carries the Baby Jesus to the Nativity scene with such love and reverence.  In a simple yet poignant way, these many Nativity sets with their varied features and skin tones and the way we treat them underline the essence of the Incarnation. The artist and beholder alike know that, though very different from us, Jesus became like all of us. Through Jesus, no matter who we are, we are all able to encounter God in a real and tangible way. The Nativity scenes and the rituals around them symbolize and affirm this wondrous reality.  Indeed, this encounter with God in Jesus Christ is not a mere theological exercise or pietistic drivel. Rather, it’s a great reality. We cele- brate that he took on our image and became like us so we might take on his image and be- come like him. +   Nativity scenes help symbolize the reality that, through Jesus, we’re able to encounter God in a tangible way.

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