Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church 6596 Smiley Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63139 S
Pastor The Rev. Michael Rennier [email protected] Music Director Elizabeth Wildman Plant Manager John Ellison [email protected] Parish Secretary Trish Nerviani M & S Sunday Masses: 8:00 am, 10:30 am & 6:30 pm (A traditional Latin Mass is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of each month at 6:30 pm.) Weekday Masses Monday through Friday: 8:00 am Tuesday Evening Mass: 6:30 pm Saturday Masses 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Thursdays 7:308:15 pm (with reception for young adults after, hosted by Spirit and Truth St. Louis) Sacrament of Penance: Saturday, 7:307:50 am Sundays, 1010:20 am & 66:20 pm Tuesdays, 66:20 pm OR by appointment Baptisms: Contact the parish office to Register. Marriages: Contact the priest at least 9 months prior to the wedding date. First Sunday of Advent Funerals: To be arranged by contacting the Parish Office. November 29, 2020 Change of Address or Telephone Number: Please call the Parish Office. Phone: 314V781V1199
.FirstBulletin Sunday Deadline: of Advent 4:00 pm Monday. www.epiphanystl.org November 29, 2020
. LFSFKD LRO F>FQE FROM THE DESK OF FR. MICHAEL Thank youto everyone who helped prepare and deliver Thanksgiving dinners to those in our neighborhood who were in need. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception masses will be at 8 am and 6:30 pm. Please note that, because we al- ready have a regular Tue Mass at 6:30 pm, and because the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception this year falls on a Tue, that our two Masses for the Immaculate Conception on December 8 will be at 8 am and 6:30 pm. The Rorate Caeli Mass and St. Lucy Procession are at 6:30 pm, Tue December 15. Please join us for this beautiful, can- dlelit Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin. It's an Advent tradition! This Advent, we won't have an Evening of Recollection. Hopefully, by Lent we can have one. I highly encourage every- one to find time to make a confession this Advent if you haven't done so for a while. We have a number of regular confes- sion opportunities on our schedule. I would particularly recommend coming on a Thursday evening when we always have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and I hear confessions from 7:308:15 pm. 24 hours of Adoration NOnce every three months, a set of penitential days are on the Catholic Calendar. These days are called Ember Days. They're days of fasting and penance, especially to make reparations for sin and to pray for holy priests. This year, we would like to use one of the Ember days,Friday December 18 as a day of Adoration,fasting, and prayer. If we can get enough volunteers to take a shift, we would like to have 24 hours of Adoration from 8:30 am on Friday until the 8 am Mass on Saturday. That Friday night we'll have an Ember Day Mass at 7 pm. Please see the signup sheet in the back of Church to sign up for an hour. We are now beginning our 29thweek of being back at Mass together NSince May 18, 2020, we've hosted approximate- ly307 Masses total.We have hadzero incidentsof community transmission of coronavirus, flu, or norovirus. There is no such thing as a zero risk environment N there never has been N but our common sense approach to staying healthy and safe is working just fine. Thank you all for continuing to respect each other. We have also been running our PSR since the 1stweek of September with no incidents. Here's the current Marian Hymn after Mass With Advent, the Marian hymn after Mass changes to theAlma Redemptoris Mater. Alma Redemptóris Mater, quæ pérvia cæli Porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti, Súrgere qui curat pópulo: tu quæ genuísti, Natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore Sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére. Fr. Michael
E S R G I Y O M There Is Much to Be Done Growing up Catholic means I must have heard a million times the passage in Matthew’s Gospel about how doing things for the “least of these” means you have done them for Jesus. Okay, that is an exaggeration to make a point. But it has been a slogan for so many social justice activities, from clothing and canned food drives, to letter writing campaigns and peaceful protests. Growing up I only knew how to help the least of these through the school and church activities of the time. Today, YouTube and GodTube are filled with videos of creative ways people reach out to one another. Have you seen the one about the pizza party for the homeless? How about the fake lottery ticket or the house bought from online donations for a poor man? There are even videos of people paying for the car behind them at the drivethrough! The awesome thing about this is that it serves as a witness to others. It is not boasting but instead sharing the Good News. Giving and good stewardship can be contagious! Our pastor has several times over the years handed out $10 bills to confirmation candidates and asked them to “pay it forward.” They can keep the money or use it to make a difference in someone else’s life. One teen planted a garden for an elderly woman. One bought ingredients for brownies and sold them to give even more than $10 to charity. The teens not only learned something about good stewardship in the process, but also served as great examples to the parish com- munity. As always, there is much to be done. The King is coming soon! Let’s spread the news and some love at the same time! O Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi
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T A S B T ! Then the Scripture, Isaiah 9: (lines 12 and 56) or Isaiah 63 The Advent season begins today! Take time to reflect on (lines 1617 & 19) or Isaiah 64 (lines 27) is read: how you will use the next four weeks to prepare your heart Reader: The Word of the Lord. for Christmas. R/. Thanks be to God. B T A W With hands joined, the leader says: It’s time to bring out and bless the Advent wreath! The pro- Lord our God, gressive lighting of the candles symbolizes the expectation and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: and the anticipation of his second coming to judge the liv- he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples, ing and the dead. he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us. Use this prayer to bless your family wreath: he is the Savior of every nation. Lord God, When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in let your blessing come upon us the home, it is appropriate that it be blessed by a parent or another member of the family. as we light the candles of this wreath. May the wreath and its light All make the sign of the cross as the leader says: be a sign of Christ's promise to bring us salvation. Our help is in the name of the Lord. May he come quickly and not delay. Response (R/.) Who made heaven and earth. We ask this through Christ our Lord. T F S A The blessing may conclude with a verse from “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: O come, desire of nations, bind in one the hearts of humankind; bid ev’ry sad division cease and be thyself our Prince of peace. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. OFrom Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers
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. LFQRODFBP S@EBARIBP M I F T W First Sunday of Advent, November 29 8:00 am Dorothy Lauman 10:30 am Parishioners 6:30 pm Rev. Richard H. Creason Monday, November 30 8:00 am The Tetreault Family Tuesday, December 1 8:00 am David Soest (Blessings) 6:30 pm Rev. Msgr. Nicholas A. Schneider Wednesday, December 2 8:00 am Dorothy Jeter Thursday, December 3 8:00 am Tom Edmonds Friday, December 4 8:00 am Tammy Gundy Saturday, December 5 8:00 am Rev. James T. Edwards 4:00 pm Norma Martin Second Sunday of Advent, December 6 8:00 am Al Unger 10:30 am Parishioners 6:30 pm Rev. Robert Heimos P P F H & S O O P Anita Gilliam All Coronavirus Larry Lopez Patients Axel Nuspl Phoenix Nuspl
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SOCKS NEEDED…U M . U , - . I , , . For this reason we need your sock donations now more than ever (new or neverworn). These will be distributed to different homeless facilities by the Dominican Sisters & Associates of our Lady of the Rosary St. Louis, Missouri. Instead of dropping the socks off in the back of church, we ask that you drop the socks off to the parish office. If the office is closed simply drop your sock donations through the parish office mail slot. Thank you in advance for your support!!! Katie Patterson, Epiphany .First Sunday of Advent 4 November 29, 2020
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K P C A If you did not get to see Kris after Masses these last 2 eeking Caregivers weekends and want to adopt residents for Christmas, please call Kris at 3142100916. You can get the name Continuum Private Duty Home Care is and wish list over the phone. Many want gift cards, so committed to serving our senior clients’ you can purchase through Trish and Kris will pick them unique care needs at every stage of life. up from the parish office. Thank you for making their Our team of caregiving professionals Christmas special! provides the highest quality home health care in St. Louis, MO. Are you a compassionate, caring, flexible, and relia- ble person that truly enjoys helping others? Contin- uum has immediate caregiver openings: Day, Even- ing and Overnight Shifts (412 hour shifts). Prior Caregiver experience is great but our training SQ. VFK@BKQ DBP>RI AALMQ > C>JFIV can help prepare you for success! For more information and questions please call Lisa It’s hard to believe that Christmas will be here in just 4 at 3146864454. short weeks. This year has already been a stressful year with so many losing their jobs due to COVID19, either temporarily or permanently. Christmas will surely prove to be an even more stressful time for some families, trying to figure out how to provide presents and food for their families during the holidays. Please consider helping by adopting a family for Christmas. Contact St. Vincent DePaul through the parish business office, 3147811199 to adopt a family or to place your name or the name of someone in need of assistance on the adoption list. Dear Members of Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church, Thank you so much for your gift of sup- port during our Fill The Warehouse Cam- paign! With your help, we received over 130,000 diapers that will go out to the December 5, 2020 from 11 am until 6 pm. Traditional St. Louis Region! Epiphany alone col- German Christmas Market...browse the market for lected: 4,705 diapers and 384 wipes! unique gifts, sip on mulled cider, and enjoy traditional Christmas Cheer. Here at the Diaper Bank, we believe in the power of con- U G B C nection. From the beginning of our lives, the connection H B B F & M ! is the most important factor in our healthy development. Call, 3147818673 to learn more, or visit Your support of the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank fuels thou- www.timothystl.org/weihnachtsmarkt sands of critical connections every day. 6704 Fyler Ave, St. Louis, MO 63139 Now, more than ever, we need those connections. Thank you for rising to the challenge to take care of your neighbors. Please know you are part of the army of helpers working tirelessly to bring love and care into he world at a time we all so desperately need it. Congratulations to the Men’s Club Alpha With sincere gratitude, Square winners for October and November! Muriel Smith, Executive Director October 2020 Charlin Hughes, $100 Loretta Sheerin (D22) Director of Outreach and community Engagement $25 Jim Sheerin (D21) $25 Don Bellow (D23) $25 Judy Hof (C22) $25 John Ellison (E22) The Ladies Auxiliary Council #903 November 2020 is asking you to SAVE THE DATE: $100 Sandy Huber (H15) We will be selling Cardinal Calendarsin church $25 Patti Romeo (H14) the first of December. If you would like to reserve $25 Ray Blase (H16) a calendar, please call Eileen Lencz 314781 $25 Russ Krehbiel (G15) 9506. We will let you know the exact date when $25 Jimmy Ryan (I15) our calendars come in. Thank you.
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