November 8, 2020 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Stay Awake and Be Ready! for You Do Not
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p ll PARISH OFFICE: 506 Fourth Street, Marietta OH 45750 PHONE: 740-373-3643 WEBSITE: www.stmarysmarietta.org www.facebook.com/stmarysmarietta EMAIL: [email protected] SUNDAY MASSES - Saturday 5:30 PM; Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM CONFESSIONS - Saturday 3:30-5:00 PM (or anytime by appointment) BAPTISMS - Contact Parish Office WEDDINGS - Contact Parish Office six months in advance Rector - Rev. Msgr. John Michael Campbell ([email protected]) Parochial Vicar - Rev. Joshua D. Erickson Permanent Deacon - Rev. Mr. Lee Weisend Music Director - Mr. John Ontko (740-350-4224, [email protected]) St. Mary School - 320 Marion St, 740-374-8181 (www.stmaryscatholic.org) School Principal - Elizabeth Tokodi, ([email protected]) DRE - Cecelia Cottrill ([email protected]) Parish Council Chairman - Dennis Blatt K of C Grand Knight - Mr. David Payne (740-373-7834) CWC President - Jenn Tinkler Hibernians - Mr. Tom Binegar, President (740-374-4559) Prayer Line - & Eucharistic Adoration, Mrs. Shelly Medley (740-525-6360) Pregnancy Assistance - Women's Care Center (740-374-7123) Health Ministry - Mrs. Janet Jaeger (740-374-6768) Daily Bread Kitchen - Mrs. Carol Henshaw (740-885-1181) St. Vincent De Paul - Help Line (740-376-1334) Welcoming Committee - Jim Naylor (740) 350-5510 November 8, 2020 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Stay awake and be ready! For you do not MASSES FOR THE WEEK know on what day your Lord will come. SAT 5:30 PM - James & Frances Mike SUN 8:00 AM - Charles & Marie Rose READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY: 10:00 AM - People of the Parish 12:00 PM - Dec’d members of K of C Council Prv 31:10-13,19-20,30-31; 1 Thes 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30. #478 MON 7:45 AM - Renee & Nate Frazier, 11th REST IN PEACE: Wedding Anniversary Bob Lang, brother of Deb Lang of this parish passed away October 12:05 PM - Ralph E. Stollar th nd TUE 7:45 AM- Lawrence Weinheimer 27 . Bob’s wife, Edna Huck Lang, passed away On November 2 . 12:05 PM - Richard Crum We extend our deepest condolences to Deb and the entire Lang WED 7:45 AM - Louise Mayer, 36th Anniversary family. May Bob and Edna now enjoy eternal peace and happiness. 12:05 PM - Francis Huck THU 7:45 AM - Liv/dec’d of the Roger Bradley Kenneth Cooke, brother of Gerald Cooke and nephew of Gerry Family 12:05 PM- Marian Webb Pouzide of this parish, died recently in Nashville, TN after a FRI 7:45AM - Rose Karas courageous battle with cancer. We will remember Kenneth in prayer 12:05 PM - Wendy Cook and ask God to grant him eternal rest. SAT 9:00 AM - Clarence Bauerbach 5:30 PM - Liv/dec’d of the Robert & CEMETERY COLLECTION: Jean Potter Family Each year, during the months of May and November we have a SUN 8:00 AM - Liv/dec’d of the Dale Spindler Family collection for the care and upkeep of our two parish cemeteries. 10:00 AM - Shirley Stollar Oliver Envelopes were provided with your packet and may be put in the 12:00 PM - People of the Parish collection baskets or mailed to the parish office any time this month. MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL MASSES Masks are worn to protect our priests, our fellow parishioners and ourselves. VISITORS WELCOME! We welcome any visitors who are joining us for Mass this weekend. We hope your stay in Marietta is enjoyable. Any new parishioners at the Basilica are asked to please register with the parish office. MEETINGS AND EVENTS MON 6:15 PM - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions. See announcement. 7:00 AM - RCIA in the Basilica Social Hall. WED 8:15AM - 7:00 PM – Eucharistic Adoration in the Chapel of the English Martyrs. See announcement. THU 8:30 AM - 9:30AM – Cleaning the Basilica. Volunteers are welcome FRI 8:15 AM - 7:00 PM - Eucharistic Adoration in the Chapel of the English Martyrs. See announcement. SAT 3:30 PM - Confessions. ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS The Lord Will Never Be Outdone “Fish Fry to Go”: We will be having another In Generosity! “Fish Fry to Go” on Friday, November 13th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Enter through the Marion or Total collection last weekend: $ 12,559.00 Montgomery alley entrances to the Parish Center Parking lot where you will place your order and Second collection last weekend for receive your order of fried fish, French fries, green the maintenance of our Basilica: $ 1,345.00 beans and cole slaw for $10.00 per meal. You will exit through the Parish Center parking lot exits. God bless those who support our Basilica Parish! Thank you for your support of St. Mary Catholic School as we get creative in our fundraising efforts due to the pandemic. ONLINE GIVING IS AVAILABLE For information on online giving, please visit The Fall Festival Virtual Auction: In lieu of our http://www.stmarysmarietta.org and go to the left traditional in person live auction, we have elected side of the web page and click on the GIVE ON for an online platform due to Covid-19 restrictions. LINE button to see more information or to sign up. An app is available for download in Apple and Google stores. The link to the virtual auction is: BASILICA FOUNDATION https://www.auctria.com/auction/stmaryfallacution A fund has been established by the Marietta We also have a phone number for auction sign up: Community Foundation for the maintenance and 1-740-251-0995 Text “Hello” to the phone number repairs of our Basilica. This fund is separate and and instructions will be sent to you to sign up for unique from the monthly maintenance collection. the auction site. The bidding sites are open at this Our goal is to have at least One Million in the fund time and will remain open until Sunday night, before using it. To donate, contact the Community November 15th at 6:00 PM. Foundation. We will be offering an opportunity for you to see the HIBERNIANS MEMORIAL MASS wonderful auction items in person on Friday, November 15th at 10:00 AM is the Ancient Order of November 13th from 8:30-10:00 AM and 2:30- Hibernians Memorial Mass to remember all the 3:30 PM. Please enter through the Marion Street Irish Catholics that have influenced us in a positive, door into the old gym. Please wear a mask to view meaningful and loving way. The Monsignor Donal the auction items. Questions may be directed to O’Carroll Division of Washington County thanks Mrs. Bradley at you for your prayers. [email protected]. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Raffle tickets and tuition raffle will be drawn on The parish office is closed until 1:00 PM each Friday, November 13th. Winners will be notified by Monday. We are open Tuesday thru Friday from the school. Thank you for your support of the Fall 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM, with a lunch break from Festival! Noon until 1:00 PM. Will You Please Help THE THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Notes on the Gospel In the parable of the Ten Virgins, Jesus equated feeding faith with being alert, waiting for the coming of the Christ. Jesus told his followers: The kingdom of heaven is like this story. Ten unmarried girls took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom at night. Five of them, however, were foolish because they didn't bring extra oil and five were wise because they carried extra oil in containers. Since the bridegroom took his time, all the girls got tired and fell asleep. Late that night, there was an announcement. "The bridegroom is here! Go meet him!" The girls got up and turned up their lamps. The careless girls said to the girls who had extra oil, "Give us some of you oil because our lamps are going out." "We don't have enough to share," they answered. "Go to the store and buy more oil." While they were at the store, the bridegroom arrived. The girls who were ready went with him to the wedding party. And the doors were closed. When other girls arrived later at the party, they said, "Sir, open the door for us." " No! " answered the bridegroom. "I don't know who you are." Be prepared! You don't know when the Kingdom will come. "...ten unmarried girls..." is literally "virgins" in Greek. In time of Jesus, the term "virgin" had a greater meaning than celibacy; it referred to a girl's unmarried status and her age as an adolescent. In Greek, "bridegroom" is possessive, so the phrase should read "...a meeting of the bridegroom." This parable is part of a greater discourse on the end times. The moral of all three parables is the same: be prepared. In Matthew, Jesus connected the image of the wedding feast to God's Kingdom. When Jesus told this festive story specifically for his followers. The groom was the Christ. The town crier was the evangelist who proclaimed the coming King in the marketplace. The night represented the dark times of persecution prophesied before the final judgment. All the signs pointed toward the lived experience of Matthew's audience: a Jewish-Christian community awaiting Jesus' return. The waiting girls were Christians longing for the Christ, the bridegroom. The lamps represented the disciple's example which gave light to the world. In this context, the time of slumber became the delay of the Lord's coming. The extra oil became the faith which fueled the follower's example during the delay.