SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Micah 5:1-4

Hebrews 10:5-10

Luke 1:39-45

NEXT SUNDAY SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28

1 John 3:1-2, 21-24

Luke 2:41-52

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21

ST. PETER CANISIUS

Scripture: Songs 2:8-14

Luke 1 39-45

5:30 PM For the Soul of Ned Wade

By Mary Ann Grove

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22

ST. MARguerite d’Youville

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:24-28/Luke 1:46-56

5:30 PM For the Soul of Marin Riggs

By Mary Ann Grove

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,

ST. JOHN OF KANTY

Scripture: Micah 3:1-4, 23-24/Luke 1:57-66

5:30 PM For the Soul of William Mullins

By Mary Ann Grove

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

Scripture: Isaiah 62:1-5/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Matthew 1:1=25

5:30 PM For the Soul of Betty Cleary

By Maureen Cleary-Holmes

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

SOLEMNITY OF CHRISTMAS, THE BIRTH OF JESUS

Scripture: Isaiah 52:7-10/Hebrews 1:1-6/John 1:1-18

10:00 AM For Personal Intentions

By Mary Ruetty

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26

BL. URBAN V

Scripture: Judges 13:2-7, 24-25/Luke 1:5-25

8:30 AM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 27

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY; ST. JOHN, APOSTLE

10:00 AM For the People of Holy Name Parish

5:30 PM For the Deceased Priests of the Diocese

In Memoriam.

Main Sanctuary Lamps:

Parish Information

Address: 154 East Patterson Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43202

Rectory: 262-0390

Website: www.holynamercc.info

Administrator Pro-Tem:

Fr. Antonio Carvalho

Director of Music and Organist:

John Carter (614) 832-5957

Mass Schedule:

Sun. – 10:00 AM, 5:30 PM

M-F - 5:30 PM Sa - 8:30 AM

Holy Days – 12:00 PM & 5:30 PM

Confessions: Sat.11:00 AM to12 PM

From Sunday through Friday, one hour before the 5:30 Mass

Spiritual Activities at holy name

Thursdays - Cenacle of the Marian Movement following 5:30 PM Mass. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 6:00 PM followed by silent adoration and Rosary.

Fridays - Holy Hour at 4:30 PM followed by benediction and Holy Mass at 5:30 PM

First Fridays– Meeting of Medjugorje prayer group: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and rosary all following 5:30 PM Mass

Saturdays –Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament with Rosary following 8:30 AM Mass,

Sundays - Rosary in the Chapel of St. Therese at 9:30 AM

Divine Mercy Chaplet following 10 AM Mass

Baptisms: Please call the Rectory

Marriages: Please contact the Rectory 4 months beforehand.

Anointing of the Sick: Please call the Rectory.

Interested in becoming Catholic? Contact Carol Keene614-657-9528

CRISIS PREGNANCY CARE: Call Pregnancy Decision Health Centers’ 24-hour hotline: (614) 444-4411.

PARROQUIA SANTA CRUZ

For Spanish Masses (Misa en Espanol) see: Parroquia Santa Cruz – Sat 6:00 pm, Sun 8:00 am and 12:30 pm

Holy Days 7:00 PM

Confession: Before the Mass

Contact the office at 784-9732 for additional information.

Offertory 12/13/15 $1330.00

Religious Retirement 283.00

LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR DECEMBER 27

10:00 AM 5:30 PM

(EM) Jane Clark David Homan

Deb Stollenwerk Tim Liebhaber

WEEKDAY PSALMS

M: Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.

T: My heart exults in the Lord, my Savior.

W. Lift up your heads and see; your redemption is near at hand

Th: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

F: Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for

ever.

Sat: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of

God.

CHRISTMAS SEASON

CELEBRATION OF MASS

Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve – 5:30 PM

Friday, December 25, Christmas Day – 10:00 AM

Thursday, December 31, Vigil Mass

Solemnity Mary Mother of God – 5:30 PM

Friday, January 1,

Solemnity Mary Mother of God – 10:00 AM

CHRISTMAS EVE CAROLS AND CHORAL – The 10 AM adult choir invites everyone to a carol sing-along and choral selections preceding the 5:30 PM vigil Mass Christmas Eve. Christmas Carols for choir and congregation will begin at 5:00 PM. Come early for the Christmas Vigil and join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord in song,

NOTE: Please join us on Wednesday, December 23, at 6:30pm to clean and decorate Holy Name Church. Any amount of time you can volunteer to help that evening is greatly appreciated.

CHAPLET OF DEVINE MERCY – Please join us each Sunday after the 10:00 AM Mass for this devotion based on the visions of Jesus to St. Maria Faustina. Please bring your Rosary as the chaplet is prayed on the Rosary beads.

PARKING ISSUES - We are continuing to review the 10:00AM Sunday Mass parking issues as we look to find a viable solution. There are many variables involved in resolving this problem. We continue to ask for your patience and charity.

Reflection on fourth Sunday of advent - We are an Advent people. We live not satisfied but plagued with thirst for the coming of the Lord. Our tragedy is that we often do not recognize the source of our restlessness but seek to satisfy it with all sorts of things that anesthetize our longings but do not fulfill them. One of the gifts of Advent is to stir in us the recognition that what we truly yearn for is not some passing palliative but the One who has come and will come again, day by day and at the end of time, to those who seek him. (From Magnificat Advent Companion)

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen. For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:1,5)

And we have seen his glory!

(John 1:14)

When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all powerful word from heaven’s royal throne bounded…And as he alighted…he still reached to heaven, while he stood upon the earth.

(Wisdom 18:14-16)

Corporal works of MERCY – In this blessed Year of Mercy, our actions need to authentically reflect God's mercy. The word “corporal” means “of or belonging to the body,” and so the corporal works of mercy refer to acts of mercy that relate to the physical, to bodily needs. Many of the corporal works of mercy were referenced directly by Christ in the Parable of the Sheep and Goats in Matthew 25:31-46: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. . . Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:35-36, 40) The seventh corporal work of mercy, burying the dead, is referenced more than once in Tobit.

1.  Feed the hungry

2.  Give drink to the thirsty.

3.  Shelter the homeless

4.  Visit the sick

5.  Visit the prisoners

6.  Bury the dead.

7.  Give alms to the poor.