Gaudete The Third Sunday of December 17, 2017

At 8th and N Streets NW Washington DC

Seton House 1317 8th Street NW Washington DC 20001 202-999-9934 StLukesOrdinariate.com

Fr. John Vidal Pastor

Welcome to St. Luke’s at . We are delighted to have you with us. We are a parish of the of the Chair of Saint Peter, which was established on January 1, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI in response to repeated requests by Schedule for the Season Anglicans seeking to become Catholic. Ordinariate parishes are fully Catholic while retaining elements of their Anglican The Fourth Sunday of Advent (Sunday, December 24th) : Sung Mass heritage and traditions, including liturgical traditions. 8:30 am Christmas Day [holyday of obligation]: Mass with Carols The Feast of the (Sunday, December 31st): Sung Mass MASSES: Sunday—Friday, 8:30 am 8:30 am CONFESSIONS: Sundays & Wednesdays, The of Mary the Mother of God, Monday, January 1st, 7:45-8:15am [not a holyday of obligation this year]: Low Mass, 8:30 am Please note: you cannot fulfil both the Sunday and Christmas

Schedule for Immaculate Conception Church obligations in just one Mass. You must attend Mass on 1) Sunday Fr. Charles Gallagher, Pastor Masses: Weekdays 12:15pm morning and /Christmas Day, or 2) Saturday evening Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 11am & 6pm Confessions: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 10:30am & 5:30pm [vigil] and Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.

Sunday Morning Rosary Helene Vidal will be leading a recitation of the rosary every Sunday morning before Mass, starting at 8:10 am. Meet her at the front of the church on the Epistle side. [ N.B.—A plenary indulgence (under the usual conditions) is granted for the public recitation of five decades of the Rosary. So make a plan to join Helene in this wonderful devotion.]

Keep in touch with St. Luke’s! The Personal Ordinariate of Friend us on Facebook at facebook.com/StLukesOrdinariate the Chair of Saint Peter Follow us on Twitter at @StLukesDC That we all may be one Or join our mailing list for the Friends of St. Luke’s by emailing [email protected], or filling out a form at StLukesOrdinariate.com Hymnal #4 Processional Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers This Week Thursday, December 21st Missal p.36 Rite of Sprinkling Holy Water Asperges me [cream insert] Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the cantor Gaudete in Domino Philemon 4: 4, 5, 6; Psalm 85: 1 Church Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your Saturday, December 23rd moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful John of Kanty, Priest for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. Ps. Lord, Know Your Faith thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the The O , also known as The great Os captivity of Jacob. Glory be….Rejoice… are antiphons used at of the Missal p. 1 Introductory Rites & Summary of the Law last seven days of Advent, the special period of

Advent preparation known as the Octave before all Kyrie Mass in the Phrygian Mode [Wood] Christmas, December 17-23, with December 24 Missal p.2 Collect being Christmas Eve and Vespers for that evening O Lord Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy being for the Christmas Vigil. They are also used messenger to prepare thy way before thee: grant that the ministers as the verses on the same days in the and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make Mass. ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the They are referred to as the “” wisdom of the just; that at thy second coming to judge the world we because the title of each one begins with the may be found an acceptable people in thy sight; who livest and interjection “O”. Each is a name of reignestwith the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one Christ, one of his attributes mentioned in God, world without end. Amen. Scripture. sit First Reading 61: 1-2a, 10-11 They are: The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has December 17: O SAPIENTIA anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, Most High, and reachest from one end to another, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim mightily and sweetly ordering all things: come and the year of the LORD's favor. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my teach us the way of prudence. soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a December 18: O ADONAI O Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel, who bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns appearedst in the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and and gavest him the Law in Sinai: come and deliver us as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD with an outstretched arm. will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. December 19: O RADIX O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign for the Hymnal #658 Appointed Psalm Magnificat [all] peoples, at whom kings shall shut their mouths, to Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24 whom the Gentiles shall seek: come and deliver us, Brethren: Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all and tarry not. circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do December 20: O CLAVIS not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. cantor Alleluia Excita, Domine Psalm 80: 2b stand Alleluia, alleluia. Stir up thy strength, O Lord: and come and help us. Alleluia. Gospel : 6-8, 19-28 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they that openest, and no man shutteth, and shuttest, and asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are no man openeth: come and bring the prisoner out of you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.” They said to him then, the prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What and the shadow of death. do you say about yourself’" He said, “I am the voice of one crying December 21: O ORIENS in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the O Dayspring, Brightness of the Light everlasting and prophet Isaiah said.” Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. Sun of righteousness: come and enlighten him that They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death. the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” John answered them, “I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not December 22: O REX GENTIUM know, even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am O King of the Nations, and their Desire; the Corner- not worthy to untie.” This took place in Bethany beyond the stone, who makest both one: come and save mankind, Jordan, where John was baptizing. whom thou formedst of clay. sit Homily December 23: O EMMANUEL O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of Blue insert The Nicene Creed Anglican Folk Mass [Shaw] all nations and their Salvation: come and save us, O Lord our God. Missal p.25 The Prayers of the Faithful There is one additional O antiphon which dates Missal p.5 The Penitential Rite to the medieval English Church— cantor Offertory Chant Benedixisti, Domine Psalm 85: 1, 2 O VIRGO VIRGINUM: sit O Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned O Virgin of Virgins, how shall this be? For neither away the captivity of Jacob: thou hast forgiven the offence of thy before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. people. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Hymnal #5 Offertory Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending Originally, in the Anglican tradition, the Missal p.7 The Offertory antiphons were shifted to start on the 16th of Missal p.12 The Eucharistic Prayer [Roman Canon] December to allow this eighth antiphon to fall on the traditional closing date of the 23rd of all Sanctus Mass in the Phrygian Mode [Wood] December. The use of this antiphon has been Missal p.19 The Lord’s Prayer integrated into Catholic practice with its inclusion in the Divine Worship Missal. The all Agnus Dei Mass in the Phrygian Mode [Wood] original seven antiphons fall on their traditional Missal p.20 The dates, with the O Virgo Virginum appearing as the alleluia verse at Mass on the morning of the 24th cantor Communion Dicite: Pusillanimes [Cf. Isaiah 35: 4] of December. Say to them that are of a fearful heart: Be strong, fear not; behold

your God will come and save you. As to the origins of these antiphons, according to Communion Anthem Jesus, The Very Thought Is Sweet [Wood] Fr. William P. Saunders, “The exact origin of the O Antiphons is not known. (c. 480-524) Missal p.22 Post Communion Prayer and Concluding Rite made a slight reference to them, thereby Missal p.35 The Last Gospel suggesting their presence at that time. At the Benedictine abbey of Fleury (now Saint-Benoit- Hymnal #153 Recessional Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies sur-Loire), these antiphons were recited by the abbot and other abbey leaders in descending rank, and then a gift was given to each member of the community. By the eighth century, they are in use in the liturgical celebrations in Rome. The usage of the O Antiphons was so prevalent in monasteries that the phrases, Keep your O and The Great O Antiphons were common parlance. One may thereby conclude that in some fashion the O Antiphons have been part of our liturgical tradition since the very early Church.” And, as every schoolboy knows, the hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel (in , Veni Emmanuel) is a lyrical paraphrase of these antiphons. OnLine Giving Serving Next Sunday, December 24th St. Luke’s now provides Online Giving, a safe Ushers Mary Augustus, La-Verne Williams and convenient way to support St. Luke’s. Lector Helene Vidal Getting started is easy—just visit our website and follow the simple instructions. Coffee Hour Host The Lamarra Family

StLukesOrdinariate.com/online-giving/ Altar Servers Patrick Delaney, David Lewis, Gary Schenk, Patrick Questions or concerns? Contact Susan White Rothwell, Randy King, Steve Lawrence, Mark Arbeen at [email protected] for information or assistance.

Prayers for the Sick Those who have asked for our prayers: Nancy Windsor, Thomas Love, Lynn Love, Dallas Love, JoAnn Lewis, Doris Johnson, J.D. Ruff; and all who are sick and all caregivers who minister to the sick. Please call or email the office to add a name to the prayer list. Before calling, please be sure you have spoken to the person [or a member of his family] about adding the name—we do not want to inadvertently disregard someone’s desire for privacy. Names of those who are sick or injured will be kept on the list for 3 weeks unless you specifically request a shorter period of time or call to ask that the name be removed. Names added this week will appear in boldface type.

Request a Mass Intention You are invited to make an offering in honor of a deceased or living loved one, a person’s birthday, anniversary, or any another special occasion. These Mass intentions will be offered by Fr. Vidal at our 8:30 am masses. Forms for Mass intentions [as well as mass cards to share your intention] are available on the information table at coffee hour; requests also may be emailed to [email protected]. The usual Mass stipend is $10. An offered mass will give both spiritual support for your loved ones and material support to our fledgling parish. The Mass this morning (and every Sunday morning) is offered for the People of the Parish. Parish Ministries

Administrative Manager Susan White [email protected] Evangelization Charlotte Hays [email protected] Liturgy Programs Randy King [email protected] Stewardship David Lewis [email protected] Christian Formation James Guinivan [email protected]

Mission & Outreach Patrick Rothwell [email protected] Music Programs Patrick Delaney [email protected] Bulletin Deadline All bulletin announcements and inserts must be Altar Guild Karen King [email protected] submitted no later than the Monday before the Lectors & Ushers Ada Okafor [email protected] publication date. Submissions should be made by email to [email protected]. Altar Servers David Lewis [email protected]