ARCHANGEL GABRIEL PARISH THESECONDSUNDAYOFORDINARYTIME JANUARY 17, 2021 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,5:30PM-6:15PM SUNDAY,9:30AM-10:30AM 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, January 17, 2021 Table of contents, COVID Mass protocols.........................................Page 2 Sunday Mass worship aid..............................................................Pages 3-7 Message from Father Dave..............................................................Pages 8-9 This week’s Mass intentions...............................................................Page 10 This week’s calendar, Sunday Mass registration link.....................Page 11 Parish news, hymn history.................................................................Page 12 Faith Formation news, Baptism announcements............................Page 13 Intercessory prayer lists, Mass readings for the week...........................Page 14 Respect Life news.................................................................................Page 15 ¢ȱȱěȱȱȱǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯPage 16 ǰȱěȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯǯPage 17 Archangel Gabriel School updates...........................................................Page 18 COVER ART: “The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew” by Caravaggio 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 will be able to listen from their car by tuning their radio at 87.9 FM. If you are unable to be seated or feel uncomfortable being inside during Mass, please participate from your car and tune your radio to 87.9 FM (applicable to all Masses at all churches except for the live stream Mass from Holy Trinity at 10 AM on Sunday). 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 ĜȱȱȱȱŚŗŘȬŝŞŝȬŘŗŚŖǯȱȱŗŖȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ can be accessed by visiting archangelgabrielparish.org. Youȱ ȱ ęȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭŗşȱ ȱ www. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE 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 ȱȱĴȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱĴȱȱǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱŜŚǰȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱǯ You can listen to any Mass (with the exception of the 10 AM live streamed Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Church) from 2 the church parking lot by tuning in to 87.9 FM on the radio. PROCESSIONAL HYMN — PRAISE TO THE LORD SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ORDINARY OF SUNDAY SECOND GLORIA - HERITAGE MASS 3 FIRST READING — 1 SAMUEL 3:3b-10, 19 Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was. The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.” “I did not call you,” Eli said, “Go back to sleep.” So he went back to sleep. Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said, “You called me.” But Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.” At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet. The LORD called Samuel ǰȱȱȱȱǯȱ Ĵȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȃ ȱ ȱǯȱȱȱǯȄȱȱ Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth. So he said to Samuel, “Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply: Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” When Samuel went to sleep in his place, the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, “Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Samuel grew up, and the LORD was ȱǰȱȱĴȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱěȱǯ RESPONSORIAL PSALM — PSALM 40 1. I waited, I waited for the Lord, and he stooped down to me; he heard my cry. He put a new song into my mouth, praise of our God. R/ Řǯȱ ȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱěȱǰȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱȱ holocaust and victim. Then I said, “See, I have come.” R/ 3. ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ĴȱȱȱDZȱȃ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱ SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ORDINARY OF SUNDAY SECOND God; you instruction lies deep within me.” R/ Śǯȱ Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly. My lips I have not sealed; you 4 know it, O Lord. R/ SECOND READING — 1 CORINTHIANS 6:13c-15a, 17-20 Brothers and sisters: The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ORDINARY OF SUNDAY SECOND God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? But whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one Spirit with him. Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION — FESTIVAL ALLELUIAS Verse:We have found the Messiah: Jesus Christ, who brings us truth and grace. GOSPEL — JOHn 1:35-42 John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” — which translated means Teacher — “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱęȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ “We have found the Messiah” — which is translated Christ. Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” — which is translated Peter. ARCHANGEL GABRIEL PARISH PRAYER O blessed Archangel Gabriel, you announced our salvation to the Virgin Mary. Pray for us that we may be courageous and compassionate, strong and faithful followers of her Son, Jesus. By your intercession, obtain for us the unification of our parish, and the fruitfulness of our mission to make disciples. Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints, through Christ, our Lord. Amen. ȱ ȱ One License AGP License Number: 700868-A Invoice Number: 275339 License Type: Annual License G 5 OFFERTORY HYMN — THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION HOLY, HOLY, HOLY SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ORDINARY OF SUNDAY SECOND 6 SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME ORDINARY OF SUNDAY SECOND MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION AMEN COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION HYMN — A HYMN OF GLORY 7 ON MISSION FOR THE CHURCH ALIVE! Fr. David Poecking (Pastor) ¢ȱęȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǷȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱȱȱŘŖŗŞȱȱȱ pastoral administrators for 50+ parish groupings, now in various stages of consolidation into new ǯȱ¢ȱȱŘŖŘŖǰȱȱȃ Ȅȱȱȱȱ ȱǯ The ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȃȱ storm” of demographic changes in southwestern Pennsylvania: • Regional industry thinned from the late 1960s to the late 80s, disproportionately ěȱȱ¢ȱȱǻ ȱȱȱ¢Ǽȱȱȱǻ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȬȱǼǰȱȱȱȱřŖƖȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ so among Catholics. • Catholic family size, perhaps due to the legalization and popularity of contraception and abortion, dropped from the 1950s average of nearly four children to about two today. • Ĵȱ mostly missed out on Latino immigration during these decades. • In our region, the transmission of the faith through the early 1970s depended heavily ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ȭȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱŘŖȬ¢ȱȱǻǰȱǰȱ automobile, TV) fed suburbanization and the dissolution of those neighborhoods—but ¢ȱȱȱěȱȱ£ȱȱǯȱ ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱǯȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱȱŞśƖȱȱ ȱȱȱ Ĵȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȬŘŖǯ • The number of adults answering vocations to the priesthood, religious life, or marriage also dropped with the overall Catholic population. The vocational decline likely becomes an accelerating “feedback loop” that worsens the problems in evangelization and catechesis. • The Catholic population loss, especially among younger families up to the 1980s, ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ Ĵȱȱ ȱ ȱ lively liturgies and funding. During the parish consultations, when faced with this information, the faithful of the Church ȱ Ĵȱȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ǷȄȱ ȱ ŞŖƖȱ ȱ FROM THE PASTOR FROM ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ £ȱ ȱ ěȱȱ to evangelize and catechize our youth. The faithful also showed strong support for renewing discipleship among those “drifting away,” for revitalization of Sunday Mass, and for reorganizing parishes so as to reduce infrastructure (a multiplicity of programs and 8 buildings) and reallocate scarce resources ȱȱȬȱǯ So that’s what we’re doing at Archangel Gabriel Parish. It’s sometimes sad or scary to have to let go of familiar ways and things, such as ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭ¢ȱ ȱ the former Mother of Sorrows Church. But it ȱȱ¡ǰȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱĴȱȱ ȱȱśŖȱȬȱȱ ȱ monthly for the EDGE faith formation program. The pandemic disrupted our plans to intensify our support for parents raising their children in the faith, but we’ll get back there eventually, ȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱȱŘŖŗŞȬŗşȱ ȱ PASTOR THE FROM and in the meanwhile Steve Swank and his team nights in renewing their Baptismal promises ȱȱęȱȱȱȱěȱǯ You’ve already been introduced to our “pastoral plan,” in which my top priorities for the parish as a whole are Sunday and discipleship.