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The Epiphany of the Lord January 6, 2019 St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church “The things that we love tell us what we are” ~ St. Thomas Aquinas 4th Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017 Mass Schedule Eucharistic Adoration Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. to Noon Wednesday: 12:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Extraordinary Form) Wednesday: 12:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. First Friday: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. First Saturday: 10:00 a.m. (Extraordinary Form) Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Confession Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 4:00-5:00 p.m.; or by appointment Parish Information Office Hours Parish Staff Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tim Flynn .................................................................. Office Manager Phone: (704) 549-1607 Fax: (704) 549-1614 Valerie Gebhardt ...................................................... Parish Secretary Website: http://www.stacharlotte.com Gina Schafer ................................................... Finance Administrator Thomas F. Savoy ............... Dir. Of Sacred Music & Liturgical Events Religious Education Office Hours José Melgar ......................................................................... Facilities Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Marie Aymar Watkinson .................... Administrative Assistant Phone: (704) 549-0199 Monica Bailey ...... Coordinator of Volunteers & Special Events Baptism Baptisms are held on Saturday mornings & Sunday afternoons. The Preparation Class is held one Sunday each month. Class time and dates vary each month, so be sure to sign up in advance for more details. To make further arrangements, contact Marie Aymar at [email protected] at least three months in advance of your desired Baptismal date. Marriage Registered parishioners are required by Diocesan Policy to contact one of the priests or deacons six months prior to the date of marriage. Couples married at our parish should contact Fr. Bean at [email protected] or (704) 549-1607 to begin the marriage preparation process. Anointing of the Sick/Visiting the Sick If anyone needs a visit from a Priest, please call the Office. Please do not wait until an emergency to call for a Priest. 1400 Suther Road, Charlotte, NC 28213 Liturgy at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT [9:30am] Tantum Ergo – VII Hymnal, pg. 458 Benediction prayers – VII Hymnal, pg. 709 Holy God We Praise Thy Name – VII Hymnal, pg. 217 Introit: [Lalemant Propers] – Jeffrey Ostrowski Cantor: Endow the King with your judgment, O God, and the King’s son with your righteousness. All sing: [PLEASE REPEAT “Behold, the Sov’reign Lord”...] (Lalemant Propers Corpus Christi Watershed © 2013 Antiphon text translations by Solesmes Abbey, licensed in the Creative Commons. Psalms taken from The Revised Grail Psalms Copyright © 2010, Conception Abbey / The Grail, administered by GIA Publications, Inc., www.giamusic.com All rights reserved. Used with permission (4/10/2013). Penitential Rite: Simple Gradual - Adam Bartlett (Please repeat each Lord, have mercy or Christ, have mercy after the cantor sings it.) Gloria: plainchant – [ICEL Adaptation] - VII Hymnal, pg. 110 2 Liturgy of the Word First Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 404 Responsorial psalm: Psalm 72:1-2 / 7-8 / 10-11 / 12-13 (Please sing the response after the cantor and then chant the verses as indicated. After verses, repeat response.) Response: Jeffrey Ostrowski C = Cantor // ALL = Congregation [Repeat “Lord, every nation…”] Second Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 404 Gospel Acclamation: (Plainchant) Refrain: 3 Gospel Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 405 Homily Profession of Faith: VII Hymnal, pg. 8 Liturgy of the Eucharist Preparation of the Gifts: The First Nowell – VII Hymnal, pg. 235 Holy, Holy: Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe – VII Hymnal, pg. 129 Memorial Acclamation: (ICEL – Option A) Great Amen Lamb of God: Vatican Kyriale Communion Proper: [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons] – Andrew Motyka Antiphon: (Copyright © 2010 by Andrew Motyka. All rights reserved. Used with permission.) 4 Communion Proper: [Schola] Vidimus Stellam Vidimus stellam eius in Oriente, et venimus cum muneribus adorate Dominum. We have seen his star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord. see Mt 2:2 Communion Hymn: We Thee Kings Recessional [Organ Postlude]: O Hail, This Brightest Day of Days – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. Thomas Aquinas Charlotte, NC Welcome to St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church Priests Rev. Patrick Winslow Rev. Matthew Bean Rev. Paul McNulty Pastor Parochial Vicar In Residence (704) 549-1607 ext. 201 (704) 549-1607 ext. 208 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] St. Basil the Great Eastern Catholic Parish Campus Ministry Rev. Joseph Matlak Rev. Deacon Matthew Hanes Rev. Innocent Amasiorah Administrator [email protected] [email protected] (704)549-1607 ext. 203 (980) 785-2763 [email protected] Deacons Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena Rev. Mr. James Witulski Rev. Mr. Martin Ricart Sr. Zeny Mofada, O. P. (704) 960-3704 [email protected] Religious Education [email protected] (704) 549-0199 [email protected] Sr. Edeva Jover, O. P Rev. Mr. Joseph Diaz Rev. Mr. Paul. Sparrow Youth Ministry (704) 804-2415 (704) 507 2821 (704) 549-1607 ext. 305 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Today’s Readings Readings for the Week First Reading -- Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The Lord shines upon you Monday: 1 Jn 3:22 -- 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 (Isaiah 60:1-6). Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Psalm -- Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72: 1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 Second Reading -- The Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19 -- 5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14, 15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel -- Magi from the east arrived, looking for the newborn king of the Jews Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 (Matthew 2:1-12). Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass (c) 1969, Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or 1981, 1997, International Com English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30; Acts 10:34-38 or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Saints & Special Observances Sunday: The Epiphany of the Lord; Blessing of the Home; Monday: St. Raymond of Penyafort; Julian Calendar Christmas www.stacharlotte.com The Epiphany of the Lord January 6, 2019 Bless Your Home on the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord! Leader (a priest, if present, or the father of Leader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, All: And the Gentiles shall walk in thy the home): Peace be to this house. and to the Holy Spirit. light and kings in the splendor of thy All: And to all who dwell herein. All: As it was in the beginning, is now, rising, and the glory of the Lord has risen and will be forever. upon thee. All: From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening All: From the east came the Magi to Leader: Let us pray: Bless, O Lord God their treasures they offered precious gifts: Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening almighty, this home, that in it there may be gold for the great King, incense for the their treasures they offered precious gifts: health, purity, the strength of victory, true God, and myrrh in symbol of His gold for the great King, incense for the humility, goodness and mercy, the burial. true God, and myrrh in symbol of His fulfillment of Thy law, the thanksgiving to burial. God the Father and to the Son and to the Together, everyone prays The Magnificat. Holy Spirit. And may this blessing remain During this prayer, the room is sprinkled with Leader: Our Father, who art in Heaven, upon this home and upon all who dwell holy water. After this is completed, all gathered hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, herein. Through Christ our Lord. continue to pray together. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in All: Amen. Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, All: My soul proclaims the greatness of After the prayers of the blessing are recited, each the Lord, my Spirit rejoices in God my and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive room of the home is sprinkled with Epiphany Savior. For He has looked with favor on those who trespass against us. And lead us water and incensed. Then, initials of the Magi His lowly servant. From this day all not into temptation are inscribed upon the doors with chalk. The generations will call me blessed: The All: But deliver us from evil. formula for the ritual for 2019 is easy: with any Almighty has done great things for me, color of chalk, simply write the following above and holy is His Name. He has mercy on Leader: All they from Saba shall come the door of your home: 20 + C + M + B + 19 those who fear Him in every generation.