THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS - DECEMBER 27, 2020

MISSION STATEMENT Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman , St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God.

WORSHIP CONTACT SACRAMENTS Weekday Masses Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x 205 Reconciliaon Monday - Saturday: *8:00 am [email protected] Weekdays: 7:30 - 7:50 am First Friday: 7:00 pm Fr. Robert Aler, Parochial Vicar x 206 Saturday: 7:30 - 7:50 am, Extraordinary Form Lan frrobertal[email protected] 8:30 - 9:30 am and 4:00 - 5:15 pm Weekend Masses Parish Email: [email protected] Marriage Saturday: 5:30 pm Parish Phone: 763-537-8401 Please contact Fr. Rudolph. Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am, and Parish Office Hours Bapsm *12:30 pm Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Please contact the Parish Office. * Masses also live-streamed. Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

7301 BASS LAKE ROAD, CRYSTAL, MN 55428 | WWW.STRAPHAELCRYSTAL.ORG PASTOR’S LETTER indeed, “Can anything good come out of Year of Saint Joseph Nazareth?” (cf. Jn 1:46). When, during a pilgrimage to Our Holy Father Francis, on Jerusalem, Joseph and Mary lost December 8, 2020, proclaimed a “Year of track of the twelve-year-old Saint Joseph,” beginning the same date Jesus, they anxiously sought him and running through the Solemnity of the out and they found him in the Immaculate Concepon of the Blessed Temple, in discussion with the Virgin Mary next year. To go along with it, doctors of the Law (cf. Lk 2:41- he issued an apostolic leer with the tle 50). Patris Corde, Lan for “With a Father’s Heart.” This document, a er an introductory secon, looks at the life of A er Mary, the Mother of God, Saint Joseph under seven tles: “a beloved father,” “a tender no saint is menoned more and loving father,” “an obedient father,” “an accepng frequently in the papal father,” “a creavely courageous father,” “a working father” magisterium than Joseph, her and “a father in the shadows.” I think there is so much good spouse. My Predecessors reading in it that I would like to present secons of it for you reflected on the message contained in the limited informaon over a series of weekly bullen columns. Today we start with handed down by the Gospels in order to appreciate more fully the introducon, courtesy of the Vacan website, his central role in the history of salvaon. www.vacan.va. – Father Rudolph Blessed Pius IX declared him “Patron of the Catholic Church”, [2] Venerable Pius XII proposed him as “Patron of

WITH A FATHER’S HEART: that is how Joseph loved Jesus, Workers”[3] and Saint John Paul II as “Guardian of the whom all four Gospels refer to as “the son of Joseph”.[1] Redeemer”.[4] Saint Joseph is universally invoked as the “patron of a happy death”.[5] Mahew and Luke, the two Evangelists who speak most of Now, one hundred and fi y years a er his proclamaon Joseph, tell us very lile, yet enough for us to appreciate what as Patron of the Catholic Church by Blessed Pius IX (8 sort of father he was, and the mission entrusted to him by December 1870), I would like to share some personal God’s providence. reflecons on this extraordinary figure, so close to our own We know that Joseph was a lowly carpenter (cf. Mt 13:55), human experience. For, as Jesus says, “out of the abundance betrothed to Mary (cf. Mt 1:18; Lk 1:27). He was a “just of the heart the mouth speaks” (Mt 12:34). My desire to do so man” (Mt 1:19), ever ready to carry out God’s will as revealed increased during these months of pandemic, when we to him in the Law (cf. Lk 2:22.27.39) and through four dreams experienced, amid the crisis, how “our lives are woven (cf. Mt 1:20; 2:13.19.22). A er a long and ring journey from together and sustained by ordinary people, people o en Nazareth to , he beheld the birth of the Messiah in overlooked. People who do not appear in newspaper and a stable, since “there was no place for them” elsewhere magazine headlines, or on the latest television show, yet in (cf. Lk 2:7). He witnessed the adoraon of the shepherds these very days are surely shaping the decisive events of our (cf. Lk 2:8-20) and the Magi (cf. Mt 2:1-12), who represented history. Doctors, nurses, storekeepers and supermarket respecvely the people of Israel and the pagan peoples. workers, cleaning personnel, caregivers, transport workers,

Joseph had the courage to become the legal father of Jesus, men and women working to provide essenal services and to whom he gave the name revealed by the angel: “You shall public safety, volunteers, priests, men and women religious, call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their and so very many others. They understood that no one is sins” (Mt 1:21). As we know, for ancient peoples, to give a saved alone… How many people daily exercise paence and name to a person or to a thing, as Adam did in the account in offer hope, taking care to spread not panic, but shared the Book of Genesis (cf. 2:19-20), was to establish a responsibility. How many fathers, mothers, grandparents and relaonship. teachers are showing our children, in small everyday ways, how to accept and deal with a crisis by adjusng their In the Temple, forty days a er Jesus’ birth, Joseph and Mary rounes, looking ahead and encouraging the pracce of offered their child to the Lord and listened with amazement prayer. How many are praying, making sacrifices and to Simeon’s prophecy concerning Jesus and his Mother interceding for the good of all”.[6] Each of us can discover in (cf. Lk 2:22-35). To protect Jesus from Herod, Joseph dwelt as Joseph – the man who goes unnoced, a daily, discreet and a foreigner in Egypt (cf. Mt 2:13-18). A er returning to his hidden presence – an intercessor, a support and a guide in own country, he led a hidden life in the ny and obscure mes of trouble. Saint Joseph reminds us that those who village of Nazareth in Galilee, far from Bethlehem, his appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable ancestral town, and from Jerusalem and the Temple. Of role in the history of salvaon. A word of recognion and of Jn Nazareth it was said, “No prophet is to rise” (cf. 7:52) and gratude is due to them all.

2 SPOTLIGHT EVENTS SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

MASS SCHEDULE

Thursday, December 31st Vigil Mass: 5:30 pm

Midnight Mass: 12:00 am (see note below)

Friday, January 1st Masses: 8:30 am 10:30 am 12:30 pm 7:00 pm (Lan Mass) SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MIDNIGHT MASS

Ring out the old and ring in the new year with prayer. We will have Exposion and Adoraon of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:00 pm - 11:45 pm on Thursday evening, December 31st followed by Mass at Midnight on January 1st. So, the last acon of the old year is Benedicon of the Blessed Sacrament and the first acon of the new year is the Sacrifice of the Mass. The Sacrament of Confession will also be available during this me. Please join us for any or all of the evening. ~ Fr. Aler SAINT OF THE DAY – SAINT FABIOLA Fabiola was a Roman woman who was born in the Fourth Century. She was a determined and independent woman of considerable material wealth. When she was fed up with her husband’s unfaithfulness, she got a civil divorce from him, which was not difficult under Roman law. She married again. Her second husband died, a er which she submied to Church law, did penance, and was readmied to the communion of the faithful by Pope Siricius. A er that, Fabiola devoted her great wealth to works of charity. She gave large sums of money to churches and communies in and nearby islands and founded a hospital for the sick, whom she gathered from the streets and alleys of , waing on them herself. In the year 395 Fabiola went with her a relave Oceanus to Jerusalem to visit Saint . While there she stayed with two other Saints, Saint Paula and her daughter Saint Eustochium. Eventually she returned to Rome, and again involved herself in works of charity, including founding another hospital. She was about to sail on a boat back to the Holy Land when she died, in the year 399. It is said that all of Rome came to her funeral. Saint Fabiola, pray for us! (Excerpted and adapted with permission of the Publisher from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, New Full Edion ©Paul Burns 2003, Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN.) 3 PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH DIRECTORY FAITH FORMATION PASTORAL COUNCIL Parish Office: 763-537-8401 Director of Youth Ministry & Mario Chavez, Sco Gregory, Sharon Confirmaon Coordinator Hedman, Roselyn Lawrence, Jacob Nelson, PRIESTS Maricela Rodriguez Ocampo, Rose Pislli and Pastor Joseph Turner (x211) Family Discipleship Director Mike Vecellio Fr. Michael Rudolph (x205) Parochial Vicar Josh Stegman (x507) Pastoral Council Meengs Fr. Robert Aler (x206) RCIA Coordinator If you would like a parcular item on Mary Jo Smith (x511) the next Parish Council agenda please PARISH ADMINISTRATION contact Fr. Rudolph. Business Administrator WORSHIP Ginny Metzger (x202) Prayer Line (x528) FINANCE COUNCIL Part-Time Administrave Assistant Bullen Prayers for the Sick Sue Kubovec (x201) (x523) Steve Cheney, Kevin Hejna, Nancy Holovnia, Administrave Assistant/ Adoraon Coordinators and Shawn Horn Bullen Editor Sharon Hedman 763-315-0202 Marie Nachtsheim (x222) Char Vecellio 651-336-6630 STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Social Needs Coordinator DECEMBER 6, 2020 CONTRIBUTIONS SCHOOL Bunny Arseneau (x214) School Office: 763-504-9450 Contribuons ...... $27,469.83 Crisis Pregnancy Hotline (x500) Budget ...... $16,623.00 School Principal PARISH TRUSTEES Paul Dull (x352) Building Fund...... $513.00 Tony Pistlli Budget ...... $1,419.00 Jo Tolck Mr. J. Scholarship Fund ...... $186.2 Thank you for your generosity! PARISH CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, December 27 Friday, January 1 2020 CONTRIBUTION No Scheduled Events Mary, Holy Mother of God STATEMENTS Monday, December 28 Holy Day Masses 7:00 PM Schola Pracce, 12:00 AM Midnight Mass, YEAR-END CONTRIBUTIONS Church Choir Lo Church 8:30 AM Church REMINDER: Tuesday, December 29 10:30 AM Church All contribuons must be received 7:00 PM Rosary & Divine 12:30 PM Church at the parish on or before Mercy Chaplet - East 7:00 PM Extraordinary Form Lower Level Outside December 31, 2020 to be included Lan Mass, Church or Inside Lower Level on your 2020 contribuon Parish Office Closed statement. East Gathering Area Saturday, January 2 Wednesday, December 30 If a contribuon is received on or No Scheduled Events 9:00 AM Cana Family Instute, a er January 1, 2021 it will be Fr. Fenelon Room Sunday, January 3 included on your 2021 year-end 7:30 PM Adult Choir, 3:00 PM Parish Holy Hour, statement even if the check is Church Choir Lo Church dated prior to January 1, 2021.

Thursday, December 31 The Parish Office will be closed Thank you for your generosity! Mary, Holy Mother of God on January 1st in observance of Holy Day Mass 5:30 PM Church the Holy Day. Wishing all our wonderful parishioners a Blessed New Year in the Lord!

4 PRAYER & WORSHIP MASS INTENTIONS PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Monday December 28, 2020 Eucharisc Adoraon 8:00 AM + Aaron Werner Contacts Tuesday December 29, 2020 8:00 AM Peggy Diedrich Sharon Hedman 763-315-0202

Wednesday December 30, 2020 Char Vecellio 651-336-6630 8:00 AM + Josephine Talbot

Thursday December 31, 2020 ADORATION OPEN HOURS 8:00 AM + Maryann Grace Bower Every hour must be covered with at 5:30 PM St. Raphael Parishioners least one - preferably two commied God was not content with giving us His Friday January 1, 2021 adorers before the Blessed Sacrament only Son once for all, willing Him to 12:00 AM + Margaret Condon can be connually exposed. If you take flesh in the womb of a Virgin - 8:30 AM + Gene Fink have quesons regarding Adoraon flesh like ours, so that He might suffer 10:30 AM + Tom Fursman and please call Sharon Hedman at and die for us on the Cross - but He + Marie Fursman 763-315-0202. wished Him to remain with us forever, Saturday January 2, 2021 If you are interested in comming to a perpetuang His real presence and His 8:00 AM + Terry Fink specific hour(s) or to get on a sacrifice in the Eucharist. Aided by the 5:30 PM + Betsy Coppollo substute list, please contact Char Gospel narrave we can reconstruct Vecellio at 651-336-6630. Sunday January 3, 2021 and relive in our heart the sweet 8:30 AM St. Raphael Parishioners MOST URGENT NEED: mysteries of the life of Jesus. Had we

10:30 AM + Jerome Deiley SUNDAY: 2:00 pm; 8:00 pm; nothing but the Gospel, however, we 10:00 pm would have only nostalgic memories; WEEKLY READINGS SATURDAY: 7:00 am; 12:00 pm; Jesus would no longer be with us, but Readings for the week of 6:00 pm; 8:00 pm only in heaven at the right hand of the Father, having definively le the earth December 27, 2020 Just a reminder that if you come to on the day of His Ascension. With what Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; adoraon during an hour when you are Sunday: regret we would think of the thirty- not scheduled as the commied 21:1-3/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1] or three years of our Savior's earthly life adorer, and the chapel is full, then you Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [7a, 8a]/ passed centuries ago! Oh, how will need to return at another me. Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Heb 11:8, 11-12, different the reality! The Eucharist 17-19/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 makes the presence of Jesus with us a Monday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, permanent one. 7b-8 [7]/Mt 2:13-18 ~ from Divine Inmacy by Fr. Gabriel Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.

[11a]/Lk 2:22-35 Quote from therealpresence.org Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [11a]/Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13 [11a]/Jn 1:1-18 PLEASE PRAY FOR... Evelyn Barron Mary Edlund Bridgee O’Brien Friday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [2a]/ Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Gladys Benton Andrew Eisenzimmer Renee Page Tom Bohlinger Ed Elling Bill Peters Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, Phyllis Bourgeois Delores Ess Mary Lou Pfeifer 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 1:19-28 Richard Bruins Michael Gardner Danielle Sco Next Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, Lara Bruno Ruth Hacker Lois Smith 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/ Joel Carlson Robert Haekenkamp Janice Stewart Mt 2:1-12 Bailey Carrol Mary Hughes Marilyn Sullivan LPi Judy Dancisak Nichole Iverson Nadine Svetc Pat Dancisak Mary Beth Goebel Komala Mary Lou Wensman Charles Dillinger Janna McDonald Jeff Woodruff Carole Dionne David McMillen Rosie Domeier John Noe Shanna Dykhoff Kathy Osga 5 NEWS

We could use more cantor/ song leader candidates. Moves and pregnancies are again taking a toll on our faithful song leaders. A few have moved away and/or become pregnant so are either permanently or temporarily unable to serve. If you have a good singing voice and some choral or vocal training, please consider this opportunity to serve. Contact Gene McMahon at 763-497-7370 or [email protected]

SOCKS FOR VETERANS There is a plasc bin in the Upper East Gathering Space if you would like to donate crew socks that will be given to our veterans. Crew sock donaons should be placed in the bin no later than December 31st.

Thank you for remembering our veterans!

Prayer to Saint Joseph Rosary and By Pope Leo XIII Divine Mercy Chaplet Tuesday Evenings To you, O blessed Joseph, at 7:00 pm do we come in our tribulaon, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, Please join us in praying the Rosary and Divine Mercy we confidently invoke your patronage also. Chaplet for an end to the pandemic, for our families, Through that charity which bound you for our country, for our president and all elected to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God leaders, for our communies, for our Church and for and through the paternal love the world. with which you embraced the Child Jesus, We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm outside in we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, front of the Our Lady of Guadalupe statue located on and with your power and strength to aid us in our the east side of the church - lower level. Please join us necessies. in front of the statue and observe social distancing. Or, you can also park in the East parking lot facing the O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and pray from your O most loving father, ward off from us car if you are more every contagion of error and corrupng influence; comfortable with that.

O our most mighty protector, be kind to us NOTE: We will pray inside in and from heaven assist us in our struggle event of inclement weather with the power of darkness. or if it is too cold outside. As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, Please enter through the so now protect God's Holy Church lower level doors on the east from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; side of the church near shield, too, each one of us by your constant protecon, Marian Hall and join us in so that, supported by your example and your aid, the upper level East we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, Gathering Space. and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Please come pray with us! Amen.

! 6 YOUTH MINISTRY FAITH FORMATION CONTACT CONTACT & INFORMATION Quesons? Please contact Joseph Turner IGNITE Family Discipleship Program & Sacramental at 763-537-8401 (x 211) or Preparaon: Please contact Josh Stegman at: faithforma[email protected] [email protected] Register for any youth events on the St. Raphael Rite of Confirmaon (ROC) Program: Please contact Joseph youth website: www.straphaelyouth.com Turner at: [email protected] Joseph can be reached at 763-537-8401 x 211 and Josh can also

OPEN YOUTH ROOM be reached at 763-537-8401 x 507

Due to Governor Walz’s Execuve Order 20-99, RITE OF CONFIRMATION (ROC) Open Youth Room is suspended unl further These nights are required for noce. all 8th graders.

There will be no Confirmaon classes on Wednesday, December 23rd or December 30th. A Blessed Christmas to all!

ROC Classes: Wednesday, January 6th from 7:00-8:15 pm. Marian Hall, JP II, Youth Room, Fr. Fenelon Room. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

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