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Our Catholic Parish; Your Cathedral Nuestra Parroquia Católica;Su Catedral December 8, 2019 — Second Sunday of Advent — OUR CATHOLIC PARISH; YOUR CATHEDRAL NUESTRA PARROQUIA CATÓLICA;SU CATEDRAL Roman Catholic Cathedral Parish of St. John the Evangelist | Boise, Idaho EUCHARIST EUCARISTÍA Weekend Mass Misas de fin de Semana: Saturday Sábado: 5 pm (vigil) Sunday Domingo: 8 am, 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Español), LifeTeen 5 pm Weekday Mass Times Misa Diaría Monday-Friday Lunes - Viernes: 8:30 am and 12:15 pm Miércoles (Español): 6:30 pm Saturdays todos los Sábados: 8:30 am Holy Hour (chapel) Hora Santa (en la capilla) Every Thursday/ Todos los jueves: 7-8 pm SACRAMENTS SACRAMENTOS Penance Reconciliación Sábado 3pm-4:50pm; Tuesday/Martes, in the chapel / todos Baptism Bautismos appointment required preparation. Contact the parish Parish Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 707 N. 8th St. Boise, ID 83702 208-342-3511 (office/oficina) www.boisecathedral.org [email protected] @BoiseCathedral PARISH CALENDAR: December 8-15 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 14 December 15 SECOND 8:30 am: Mass 8:30 am: Mass 8:30 am: Mass 8:30 am: Mass 8:30 am: Mass THIRD SUNDAY OF (Sr. Maria Juan) (Mother (Anne M.N.) (Rose Dick) SUNDAY OF 12:15 pm: Mass ADVENT Catherine) ADVENT 12:15 pm: Mass (Fr. Vitalis) 9 am: Reconcilia- 9:15 am: Satur- 7:25-7:55 am: (Curtis and Mary- 12:15 pm: Mass tion day Catechesis 7:25-7:55 am: 6:30 pm: Mass Rosary Lynn Schulz and (Grace with Fr. Marisz Rosary (Español) 12:15 pm: Mass Family) Fernandez) (Parish Hall) 8 am: Mass 8 am: Mass 6:30 pm: RCIA 6-8:30 pm: Adult (Brian Jain) 9:45 am: Legion 12:45 pm: Rec- 11 am: Blue Hat (Sylvia Rickard) (Queen of Faith Formation of Mary (John onciliation Rosary (Chapel) 10 am: Mass (pro Peace) (Español) 10 am: Mass (pro Paul II) populo) 1 pm: Bible 5 am: Mañanitas 3 pm: populo) 6:30 pm: Oasis 6:30 pm: Bible Study Reconciliation 11:15 am: 6 am: Communi- Youth Group 11:15 am: Study (Queen of ty Breakfast Religious Ed 7 pm: Gospel (Español) 5 pm: Mass Religious Ed Peace) readings with Fr. (Parish Hall) 11:30 am: Mass 6-9 pm: Christ- 11:30 am: Mass Dominic (Craig S.H.) 8:30 am: Mass mas Around the (Theresa Huong) 6-8 pm: Family World (Riffle 1 pm: Mass 12:15 pm: Mass 1 pm: Mass Catechesis Center) (Español) Our (Español) 3 pm: (Riffle Center) 6 pm: Friendship Lady of Guada- Feast (Parish Cathedral Docent lupe / Proces- Hall) Tours sion / Festival 5 pm: Mass (School Gym) 6:30 pm: Guada- lupano Rosary (Fr. Mariusz 3 pm: Cathedral Majewski) Docent Tours 7 pm: Apparitions of Our Lady of 6-8 pm: St. 5 pm: Mass Guadalupe John’s Youth (Isaac Alles) Group (Parish 7:30 pm: Mass Hall) 6-8 pm: St. (Español) John’s Youth Group (Parish Hall) LITURGICAL MINISTERS Readings for the week of December 8, 2019 for the weekend of Sunday: Is 11:1-10/ Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 19 [cf. 7]/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 December 14-15 Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13/Mt 18:12-14 Lectors: Wednesday: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10/Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 [cf. 8]/Lk 1:5-25 5 pm: Braden Stauts, Colleen Stauts Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/Mt 11:16-19 8 am: Mark Bolland, Patti O’Neill Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 10 am: Nick Miller, Phil Toomey Next Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/ Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 [Is 35:4]/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11 11:30 am: Jerrit Kent, Rita Davis Observances for the week of December 8, 2019 Sunday: 2nd Sunday of Advent Extraordinary Ministers: Monday: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (holy day of obligation) Wednesday: St. Damasus I, Pope Sat. 5 pm: 4 Thursday: Our Lady of Guadalupe 8 am: CC Friday: St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr 10 am: C Saturday: St. John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor of the Church 11:30 am: III Next Sunday: 3rd Sunday of Advent ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL BULLETIN—DECEMBER 8, 2019 PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS Dear Parishioners, his hearers that every tree that is not fruitful will be cut down and thrown into the fire. And then he points to adult Jesus. He too, John In much of the northern hemisphere, December days are usually tells them, will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Jesus will be ones of dormancy and darkness. The days are getting shorter and the judge of their lives. He will separate the grain from chaff, and shorter. Almost all the leaves on the trees are gone. So, naturally the chaff will be burned in unquenchable fire. speaking, Advent would not seem to be a season of life and hope. Nonetheless, our readings for Advent liturgies are full of hope and This Advent season, as we hear the urgings of John to change our joyful expectation. lives for the better, many of us will seek our cleansing, not in the waters of the Boise River or in some stream, but in the sacrament of The Jews had long been waiting for the Messiah from the reconciliation. The time before Christmas is the traditional period descendants of their great king, David, son of Jesse. The child when Catholics seek absolution in the confessional. This special living in Mary was to fulfill the prophecies of Isaiah we hear trip that we make to church to be reconciled should be more than today: just a ritual we submit to. It should be a real conversion that passes from heart to deeds and then to our whole life. A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. I would like to encourage you to make the sacrament of penance an important part of your preparation for Christmas. Last Thursday we Isaiah adds that this child will be filled with all the gifts of the Holy celebrated the Deanery Penance Service at Our Lady of the Rosary. Spirit that we pray to receive at the sacrament of confirmation: The next Penance Service will be at St. Mark’s on December 18 at wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, and fear of 7PM. The Cathedral offers confessions four times a week: on the Lord. This anointed King promised by God will change things Tuesday after noon Mass, on Thursday evening, on Friday after in the world. He will make things right, he will bring peace, not morning Mass and Saturday afternoon. The Verbum Spei priests only among people, but even among natural enemies such as cows and myself would like to make this sacrament available to you as and beard or wolves and lambs. In our responsorial Psalm we sing much as possible. today: I pray that these remaining days of Advent you are filled with peace Justice shall flourish in his time, and dullness of peace forever. and the love of God. But our readings also challenge us today too. In the Gospel, we meet St. John the Baptist, the last of the Old Testament prophets, whose message to us is clear and urgent: Reform your lives! The Kingdom of God is at hand. John is not afraid to challenge people. He calls the Jewish religious leaders a ‘brood of vipers’. He warns Fr. Marisuz Majewski, Rector —ANNOUNCEMENT— CHANGES TO RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION Beginning December 1, the first Sunday of Advent, we will begin the implementation of our new changes in regard to the reception of the Holy Communion. We will now have 4 cups to receive the Precious Blood. The cups will be located as such: two in front of the altar, one in front of the ambo, and one in front of the Baptismal Font. The ambo and baptismal font cups will then move forward to the SE and NE corners of the transepts to continue serving communicants. The two bowl ministers at the transepts will retire their bowls after the communicants in the transepts have received. Communion will continue with communicants seated in the main body of the Cathedral receiving the Eucharist from the priest and deacon in front of the altar. For those receiving low gluten hosts, please come forward and around to the valley of the altar to receive. We feel confident that this will alleviate the congestion in front of the altar. Treasure Valley Advent 2019 Communal Penance Services December 18, Wednesday, 7 PM St. Mark’s, 7960 W. Northview Boise 83707 ATTENTION If you have borrowed a Pyx from St. John’s, please return it if you no longer need it so other St. John’s Advent Reconciliations parishioners can use them. We are • Tuesdays after 12:15 PM Mass very low on our supply. It is • Fridays during Advent after 8:30 AM Mass (except De- expensive to keep replacing them.
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