ARCHANGEL GABRIEL PARISH THEFOURTHSUNDAYOFADVENT DECEMBER 20, 2020 Mass and Confession Times SAINT MALACHY HOLY TRINITY SAINTMARY,HELPOF CHURCH CHURCH CHRISTIANSCHURCH 343 Forest Grove Rd 5718 Steubenville Pike 1011 Church Ave Coraopolis, PA 15108 Robinson Township, PA 15136 McKees Rocks, PA 15136 HOLY MASS HOLY MASS HOLY MASS Saturday — 4 PM Saturday — 5 PM Saturday — 6 PM Sunday — 8 AM, Sunday — 10 AM, 12:30 PM, 7 PM Sunday — 11 AM 10 AM (outdoor) Mon to Fri — 6:30 PM Mon to Wed — 9:30 AM Thurs to Sat — 8:30 AM RECONCILIATION RECONCILIATION RECONCILIATION SATURDAY, 11 AM - 12 PM MON - FRI, 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM SUNDAY, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Administrative Office: 412-787-2140 Website: www.archangelgabrielparish.org Email: [email protected] Sacramental emergencies: 412-787-2140 x2 WHAT YOU’LL FIND IN THIS WEEK’S BULLETIN Sunday, December 20, 2020 Table of Contents, COVID Mass Protocols.........................................Page 2 Message from Father Dave...................................................................Page 3 Sunday Mass Worship Aid..............................................................Pages 4-7 This week’s Mass intentions.................................................................Page 8 This week’s calendar, Christmas Mass information.........................Page 9 Intercessory prayer lists, Mass readings for the week...........................Page 10 Faith Formation news..........................................................................Page 11 Parish news and updates....................................................................Page 12 Advent Hymn History........................................................................Page 13 Parish news and updates....................................................................Page 14 Sacraments, off ertory, and online giving information..........................Page 15 Clergy and staff contact information.................................................Page 16 AGS school update..............................................................................Page 17 “Gabe’s Grub” Super Bowl Pool........................................................Page 18 COVER ART: “Annunciation” by Peter Paul Rubens COVID MASS PROTOCOLS All Masses are celebrated inside the church buildings with the exception of a special 10 AM parking lot Mass which is celebrated in the front windows at Saint Malachy Church. The faithful can listen from their car by tuning their radio at 87.9 FM. Everyone is asked to please register for an indoor weekend Mass by using the link provided in the bulletin, by following the links on archangelgabrielparish.org, or by calling the parish TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE offi ce at 412-787-2140. The 10 AM Mass at Holy Trinity will continue to be live streamed and can be accessed by visiting archangelgabrielparish.org. You can fi nd what we are doing as a parish in response to COVID-19 at www. archangelgabrielparish.org/covid19 in order to make the best decisions about participation for you and your household. Bishop Zubik has granted everyone a dispensation from the obligation to att end Mass. “No one is currently obliged to att end Mass. If you feel ill, are older than 64, or have health issues, please stay home. FIND THE WORSHIP AID FOR 2 SUNDAY MASS ON THE NEXT PAGES ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT Fr. David Poecking (Pastor) Christmas isn’t only about snow gently falling on fi r trees, decorative lights, and reindeer. It’s about how a traveling mother, Mary, gives birth in a strange town under diffi cult conditions. It’s also about how our patron, the Archangel Gabriel, announced that Mary’s son, Jesus, “will be great…and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Christmas is about how an army of angels announce to the shepherds that God is to get the THEFROM PASTOR credit for a great victory bringing peace to his favored people on Earth. It’s about how Joseph extends his paternal protection to the child as they fl ee to Egypt—in order to escape the malice of an anxious king, who has guessed that the child will threaten his kingdom. And the king may be right, because Christmas is about how God inaugurates his own divine government over a rebellious and hostile world. As bad as the world seems to be, the bad can’t last forever, because God has already begun to establish his kingdom. Let the princes of this world take off their crowns and kneel in humility. Let the wealthy abandon their gold. Let the powers of Hell tremble in anticipation of their downfall, for the new and eternal king is already born to us. We worship on Christmas in thanksgiving for this good news, and in celebration of the Providence of God, who works out such a wonderful plan for our salvation. May God grant you new joy and hope for the Christmas season! Volunteers are needed for Christmas decorating: Saint Mary, Help of Christians on Sunday, December 20 at 2 PM 3 ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Skies, let the Just One come forth like the dew; let him descend from the cloud like rain. The earth will open up and give birth to our Savior. PROCESSIONAL HYMN — SAVIOR OF THE NATIONS, COME FIRST READING — 2 SAMUEL 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 When King David was sett led in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!” Nathan answered the king, “Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.” But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in?’“ “’It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the fl ock to be commander of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth. I will fi x a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked continue to affl ict them as they did of old, since the time I fi rst appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you. And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom fi rm. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand fi rm forever.’” THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT OF SUNDAY THE FOURTH PRINT MUSIC LICENSE 4 One License AGP License Number: 700868-A Invoice Number: 275339 License Type: Annual License G RESPONSORIAL PSALM — PSALM 89 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT OF SUNDAY THE FOURTH 1. I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord; through all ages my mouth will proclaim your fi delity. I have declared your mercy is established forever; your fi delity stands fi rm as the heavens. R/ 2. With my chosen one I have made a covenant; I have sworn to David my servant: I will establish your descendants forever, and set up your throne through all ages. R/ 3. He will call out to me, “You are my father, my God, the rock of my salvation.” I will keep my faithful love for him always; with him my covenant shall last. R/ SECOND READING — ROMANS 16:25-27 Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utt erances. Test everything; retain what is good. Refrain from every kind of evil. May the God of peace make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION — ADVENT ALLELUIAS Verse: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word. GOSPEL — LUKE 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.