November 28, 2010
First Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 2:1-5/Romans 13:11-14/Matthew 24:37-44
“You Lord, are our Father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O Lord, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not… Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways… Yet O Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you are the potter: we are all the work of your hands.”
How many images we find in the bible to describe our God. Jesus speaks of His role as Good Shepherd, the Father as a king inviting us to a banquet, and the Holy Spirit as advocate or consoler. Those images reveal to us His identity.
Isaiah the prophet uses a different model. He portrays our God as a potter, we are the clay. The former fashions and molds us in His image and likeness. We become what He wishes us to be. If you ever watched a glass blower take simple elements with sand, place them in a hot oven, he twists, turns, heats and cools, clips and cuts, and finally a beautiful vase or animal is produced.
Advent is the time our God is taking us, molding, heating, turning and clipping us to produce what He wants. If we are honest with ourselves, and with God, we admit to wandering and sometimes indifference or hardening our hearts. During this period of prayer, escape the running and bustling, get on the right track, soften your heart like the clay and find time for the Lord to work on you making the changes necessary so He can love you even more. As we live these days of anticipation, realize that He is holding you in the palm of His hands. How comforting a way to begin the four weeks of Advent. I am held in His hand and He begins to shape me anew.
HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly
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Cathedral of St Patrick Young Adults (a young adult apostolate for those in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s) present the 7th Annual Dear Santa Project: Operation Corpus Christi School on December 2, 2010 at the Cathedral Parish House, 14 East 51st Street between Madison and 5th Avenuesat 6:30pm-8:30pm. It is that time of year where answer the Dear Santa letters from the Catholic school students. This year we have chosen Corpus Christi School as our beneficiary. Come on this day, pick a letter and find out how you can create a Christmas miracle for these children and their families. Please rsvp to .
Catholic Charities Junior Board Advent Recollection on December 9, 2010, 6:30pm, at the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 5th Avenue and 51st Street, behind the main altar. The recollection will consist of the Rosary, a 30 minute meditation, followed by closing prayer. For more information please write to .
Founded in 1985, the St. Francis Center for Adult Education serves as a vibrant resource for ongoing faith formation and human development. Each semester we offer a variety of courses covering many topics and interests.
ADVENT DAY OF PRAYER
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wait for the Lord!
Led by Hugh Macsherry, O.F.M.
Advent, as a season of waiting for Christ, challenges us to step back from our busily paced lifestyle.
What does it mean for us to wait for Christ and His Kingdom?
Schedule:
9:30 AM Registration in San Damiano Hall
Gathering and Coffee will follow
10:15 AM Morning Prayer
10:45 AM Reflection
12:00 PM Lunch will be provided
San Damiano Hall of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is located at 127 West 31st Street.
For more information please contact: Fr. Kevin Tortorelli, O.F.M. Director, Adult Education Center.
212-736-8500 Ext. 311
The Roman Forum Lectures in Church History
2010-2011 New York City Program
Syllabus of Errors Weekend
5 December 2010
Dedicated to the Memory of Blessed Pius IX (1846-1878)
Guest of Honor
Dr. David Allen White
Retired Professor of World Literature
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis
Sunday, December 5, 2009
2:00-6:00 P.M.
Charles Dickens and the Evils of Modernity
A lecture by Dr. David Allen White
2:00 P.M.
Cold Buffet Luncheon with Open Bar
3:00 P.M.
Opening Comments by Dr. John C. Rao
Dickens and the New Social Order: “Hard Times” Had Barely Begun
3:30 P.M.
Main Lecture by Dr. David Allen White
“Unless you turn and become like little children” (Matthew 18):
In Praise of Mr. Pickwick
Conclusion:
Reading of the Syllabus of Errors
Reservations
$50 per person, reservation by November 28th is required.
Make checks payable to “The Roman Forum” and send to 11 Carmine St., Apt. 2C, NY, NY 10014
Location
University Church of St. Joseph
371 Sixth Avenue
New York, N.Y.
Soap Sale to Benefit the Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ
On December 12, the parish will host a sale of soaps and lotions handmade by the Dominican Nuns of Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery. This very succsesuful presentation provides a wonderful opportunity to purchase inexpensive Christmas presents and to help this thriving monastery of contemplative Dominican women to continue their minstry of prayer.
For more information on the Nuns please visit.
Please call the Rectory and inform us if you know of anyone who is homebound, feeling the effects of old age or is ill and not able to attend mass. We will be happy to visit them on a regular basis and provide them with the sacraments at home. Call 212 741-1274
FEAST DAYS, SCRIPTURE CITATIONS
AND SPECIAL INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
SATURDAY, November 27
Rv 22:1-7/Lk 21:34-36
12:10 PM
5:30 PM Virginia Monteferrario
SUNDAY, November 28 First Sunday of Advent
9:00 AM Elsa Pardal
11:30AM
6:00 PM
MONDAY, November 29
Is 4:2-6/Mt 8:5-11
12:10 PM Cantu Family
5:30 PM
TUESDAY, November 30 St. Andrew
Rom10:9-18/ Mt 4:18-22
12:10 PM
5:30 PM Mary V. Rahilly
WEDNESDAY, December 1
Is25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37
12:10 PM Margaret Mary Donne
5:30 PM Francis & Veto Rota
THURSDAY, December 2
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27
12:10 PM Guerra Family
5:30
FRIDAY,December 3 St. Francis Xavier
Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31
12:10 Carl & Angelo Cometta
5:30 PM
SATURDAY, December 4 St. John of Damascus
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35-10:1,5a,6-8
12:10 PM
5:30 PM
MONTHLY PARISH ACTIVITIES
Sunday10:00 AM / Children’s Religious Studies / Casserly
10:00 AM / Scripture Discussion / Library
2:30 PM / Roman Forum Lectures / Casserly
7:00 PM / Grad Law / Casserly/Rectory
Monday
6:30 PM / Centering Prayer / Church
7:00 PM / YACHT Club for Young Adults / Casserly/Library
Tuesday
7:00 PM / Aquinas Circle of Undergraduates / Casserly/Library
Wednesday
6:30 PM / Korean Catholic Students / Casserly/Library
Thursday
6:30 PM 1st /mo / Pax Christi Bd Mtg / PCMNY
7:00 PM / Newman Club / Casserly/Library
Friday
6:00 PM 1st/mo / Novena/ Sacred Heart / Church
6:15 PM / St. Egidio Prayer / Church
Saturday
10:00-3:00 PM / Soup Kitchen / Casserly
12:30 PM 1st/mo / Blessing of the Sick / Church
6:00 PM / Alcoholics Anonymous / Caserly