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December 6, 2020 Second Sunday of Advent The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

On Tuesday, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This reflection provides a better understanding of this holy feast day.

“Mary’s Immaculate Conception is a direct consequence of her Divine Maternity. St Anslem of Aosta wrote: ‘Assuredly, it was fitting that the Virgin be beautified with a purity than which a greater cannot be conceived, except for God's. For, toward her, God the Father was so disposed to give His only Son who was naturally one and the same common Son of God the Father and of the Virgin.’ (De conceptu virginali et originali peccato, XVIII)

This link between the privilege of Divine Maternity and Mary’s Immaculate Conception results also in her superiority with respect to us. She is a perfect image of the Church in heaven, the new triumphant Jerusalem, that won’t have any marks nor will there be pain and death. This is why today’s preface recites: '…she was to be a worthy mother of your Son, your sign of favour to the church at its beginning, and the promise of its perfection as the bride of Christ, radiant in beauty’. Also in heaven Mary is not and will never be only a disciple, but her Son’s most exalted. She is and will always be the Mother of God, the Mother of the Church, the Queen of the Angels and Saints. Therefore, the preface of the Mass adds: ‘…You chose her from all creatures to be our advocate with you and our pattern of holiness.’

Mary was Immaculate because she had to be the Mother of God. She, herself has received the original grace of purity and the final state of the blessed life that we also, by collaborating with Divine Grace, hope one day to receive.

Immaculate Mary is full of grace. She is not only Christ’s disciple, who with the help of grace has overcome the chains of sin, but she is totius Trinitatis nobile triclinium, the noble resting place of the Holy Trinity (St Thomas Aquinas, Exposito Salutationis Angelicae, I). The Immaculate, full of grace, will always be Mother and Queen for that elect part of the Church that we hope one day to join, that will one day joyfully sing before the Almighty.”

To read the article in its entirety, please visit: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear.

Sacramental Life Mass Intentions Monday, December 7 Reconciliation: By appointment only. 8:30 am † Tiffany Rzepczynski Please call the Parish Office at Tuesday, December 8 407-657-6114 to make schedule an Schedule of 8:30 am † Dora Lam appointment. Wednesday, December 9 Masses & Devotions 8:30 am † Lucille Barisonek Saturday Anticipated Mass of Sunday Baptisms: Please call the Parish Office Thursday, December 10 5:00pm, 7:00pm (Spanish) at 407-657-6114 to make 8:30 am † Fred Brent Sunday Masses arrangements. Friday, December 11 8:00am, 10:00am 12:00pm 8:30 am † Greg & Mary Ferguson Holy Day Masses Marriages: Please call the Parish Office Saturday, December 12 8:30am, 7:00pm at 407-657-6114 for more information. 5:00 pm † Vitin Racher Private Prayer, Mon-Fri 7:00 pm † Virginia Neves 9:00am - 4:00pm, Church Anointing and Pastoral Care of the Sick: Sunday, December 13 Weekday Masses, Mon-Fri Please call the Parish Office (Ext. 223) if 8:00 am † Nick Petrillo 8:30am, Chapel anyone is sick at home, in the hospital 10:00 am † Corey Allicock or nursing home, and would like to be 12:00 pm † For the People of the Parish visited. Ministry Happenings Here are ways you can

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We are very close to reaching our goal! Parish and Ministries Our Annual Catholic Appeal this year is $420,448. With 764 pledges received, totaling $419,122.10 we as a parish HERE ARE 2 CONVENIENT WAYS are now at 99% of our goal. You can make an electronic pledge online ONLY at www.cfocf.org/oca/give. Thank TO GIVE: you for your prayerful consideration and continued 1. Click the DONATE button on our support. church website: www.stspp.net. 2. Select OPTION A to give through 300 Club The lucky winning numbers for Sunday, November 29 are the our Realm online community. following: $50 - #028 (weekly), $100 - #214 (quarterly), and 3. Click GIVE and enter your $500- #039 (yearly). payment method to complete the transaction. Save the Dates On Tuesday, December 8th we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at 8:30am and 7:00pm, along with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Saturday, December 12 at 8:30am. ONLINE

Angel Tree Project A friendly reminder to return all gifts and donations by December 13th. 1. Text PeterPaul to 73256. 2. Click the link you receive in your Praying for the Clergy St. John Paul II Ministry invites everyone to pray text message response. (each day) for our clergy by name, as an expression of our gratitude, love 3. Follow the prompts to complete and support. Please use the link to access the calendar for December 2020 your gift. https://www.stspp.net/clergy-religious-prayercalendar or find it on Sts. Peter and Paul Facebook page. With Mary, the Blessed TEXT Mother of God, always pray that our clergy have a burning desire for the salvation of souls and intense love for God in the Holy Eucharist. Amen -St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests / Prayers for Priests SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR DECEMBER

Arts and Environment Needs your help Are you a good tree fluffer? Are you interested in serving your parish community? The Arts and Retirement Fund for Religious Environment team needs your help. Since we are in the midst of a pandemic, decorators of the church for the Christmas season will be Please click online to give through our healthy, masked, have signed a Covid waver for this or any ministry, and Realm online community. scheduled into teams. If you or your group are interested in and available in helping in this fun project please contact Maggie Klingele at [email protected]. The dates when help is needed are Offertory QR Code Monday and Tuesday December 21 and 22, 2020 and Sunday and Monday January 10 and 11, 2021.

With Great Sadness We ask that you pray for the repose of the soul of Michael Chandler who has recently passed. Grant to him eternal rest. Let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the soul of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Bulletin SubmissionsPlease send all bulletin articles to Communications THE ABOVE WAYS TO GIVE CANNOT Coordinator, Emily España at [email protected]. All submissions are BE USED FOR OCA PLEDGES. due by noon on Monday. Ministry Happenings Advent Evening Prayer & Reflection Please join us each Monday evening of Advent at 7:00pm in the church for an evening of prayer and reflection:

December 7th - Waiting in Love: Pointing to God December 14th - Waiting in Joy: Surrendering December 21st - Waiting in Peace: Repentance

This Monday, December 7th - Waiting in Love: Pointing to God. John the Baptist, who preaches repentance and forgiveness, now points to someone greater than he - Jesus. One way we point to the one who IS love is in how we love one another, but how can we do something meaningful with the worries and anxieties of today during our Advent journey? Our Evening Prayer will be celebrated as Evening Prayer I for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which takes place on the next day, Tuesday, December 8.

Advent, which always begins on the Sunday closest to November 30, dates back to the fourth century. It is a four-week period of devout and joyful preparation for the celebration of Christmas and for Christ’s second coming at the end of time.

Early in Advent, the liturgy focuses our attention on the second coming. After December 16, it shifts our attention to the events surrounding the nativity. Marion Eagen, © 2002 Resource Publications, Inc. Around the Diocese

Celebrate the Reason for the Season, December 16 Come to San Pedro Spiritual Development Center on December 16th from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. for a night the whole family will enjoy! This event features live animals, Christmas carols, food and holiday treats, Christmas crafts, photos with the Three Kings, and presentations of the Live Nativity throughout the evening. Cost is FREE, with food and treats for sale! RSVP: https://www.sanpedrocenter.org/december-2020-family-night

2021 Orlando Ministry Formation Conference: I Thirst, February 5-6, 2021 at 7:00pm on Friday and Conference takes place on Saturday from 9:30am -1:00pm. God thirsts for us and we all thirst for Him too! This year’s Ministry Formation Conference, I Thirst, is about recognizing that we can only be satisfied by the love of God, and He yearns to give it to us. Who can come? Everyone! For those active in ministry and those who hear God’s invitation to serve! What is it? I Thirst, the annual Ministry Formation Conference for the Diocese of Orlando to prepare people to serve Christ in His people! Where? The conference is virtual and in-person at satellite sites around the diocese! Opening reflection will be live-streamed via YouTube and Facebook! I Thirst will feature a series of talks on God’s desire for us from Mother Adela Galindo, foundress of the Pierced Heart Sisters of Jesus and Mary, Br. Adam Neri of the Brotherhood of Hope and Director of Campus Ministry at UCF, and Michelle and Asís Lopez, leaders for the Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Miami. All reflections will be available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.

For more information and to register, you can visit https://mfc2021.eventbrite.com or For more information and to register, please visit the link below or scan the QR code.)

This Week’s Parish Calendar

MondayMonday 30 7 Friday 11

Daily Mass 8:30am - 9:00am, Church Daily Mass 8:30am - 9:00am, Church 10:00am-12:00pm, Conference Room B Advent Evening Prayer & Reflection7:00pm -8:00pm, Church Parish Council 7:00pm-8:00pm, Conference Room E & F Saturday 12

Tuesday 8 The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30am-9:30am, Church Confessions 4:00pm - 4:45pm, Church Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception8:30am - 9:30am, Church Sunday Mass 5:00pm - 6:00pm, Church Bell Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm-7:30pm, Choir Room Spanish Mass 7:00pm - 8:00pm, Church Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception7:00pm - 8:00pm, Church

Sunday 13 Wednesday 9 Sunday Masses 8:00am, 10:00am, & 12:00pm, Church Daily Mass 8:30am - 9:00am, Church Youth Group 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Youth Room Patriotic Rosary4:30pm - 6:00pm, Contact Ministry Head or more details. Thursday 10 Scouts - Boys Troop Meeting7:00pm - 8:30pm, Parish Hall

Men’s Bible Study 7:00 am - 8:00am, Conference Room B Daily Mass 8:30am - 9:00am, Church Ablaze 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Conference Room B Confirmation Sac Prep Session7:00pm - 8:30pm, Church

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