December 20, 2020 www.queenofpeacelafayette.org

Physical: 145 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501 | Website: www.queenofpeacelafayette.org | Phone: 337-233-1591| Fax: 337-232-5961

4th Week of Advent

As the Solemnity of the Nativity nears, there is much to do and many demands on our time. But in the midst of it all, may we stay true to the call of Advent. Let us take time to reflect on the Scriptures, as they invite us to remember God’s fulfillment of promises made by the early prophets. The scriptures invite us to focus on the work of the Holy Spirit in the story of Jesus, Mary’s openness to the annunciation, the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, the humble birth, the adoration of the shepherds, the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple and to remember God’s fulfillment of promises made long ago by the prophets. Like Mary, may we ponder these miraculous events deeply in our hearts. Let us mindfully reflect on the humility of the Lord, who chose to be with us, taking flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary. This day our loving God seeks to dwell in our community and find a home in our hearts. As we prepare ourselves for the celebration of Jesus’ birth, let us make room for Him, remove everything from our lives that is contrary to love.

MASS

M, Th: 7:00 a.m. T: 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

W: NOON F: Adoration 6:00 a.m. &

Mass 7:00 a.m. Sa: 4:00 p.m.

Su: 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

PARISH STAFF

Fr. Edward J. Duhon, Jr. Pastor

Dcn. Louis Lloyd Deacon Emeritus

Kaffy Babineaux Belvin Pastoral Associate

Birdella Carter Sinegal Administrative Assistant

Mary Johnson Bookkeeper

Religious Education Staff Gail Lee, DRE

Deborah Narcisse Keevy Narcisse, Sr.

Support Staff Edmond Lastrapes Church Maintenance

Joseph Chaisson Green Building Maintenance

Joseph “Sonny” Dugas Kenneth Belvin Terry Sinegal

Lawn Maintenance

Eugene Colomb General Maintenance

OFFICE HOURS M, T, Th: 8 – 12 & 1 – 4:30 W: 8 – 11:45 & 1:30 – 4:30

F: 8 - 12

December 20, 2020

Physical: 145 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501 | Website: www.queenofpeacelafayette.org | Phone: 337-233-1591 | Fax: 337-232-5961

www.queenofpeacelafayette.org

Mass Intentions

December 19th 4:00pm Keenan W. Duffy, Alton Dugas, Sr., Colombus Chaisson, M/M Sidney Dugas, Sr., Shirley Simpson, Ricky D. Jock, Claudia Sinegal, Gabriel Sinegal, Lodgy Sinegal, Calvin Martin, Merlin James Colbert, M/M Amilcar Helaire, Daniel Sampy, Shirley & Ethel Rubin, Kenneth Rubin, William Fuselier, Sr., Louida L. Fuselier, William Fuselier, Jr.

December 20th 8:00am Janelle Benoit, Joseph “Will” Richard, C. J. Siner, Cora Francis Derousselle, Helen Derouselle, Joseph Eraste Derousselle, Peter D. Broussard, M/M Doughty Broussard, Nancy Broussard, Jessie Mae Fuselier, M/M Andrew Broussard, M/M Clousy Batiste, Lillian & Lynnette Dupre, Albert Batiste, M/M Robert Gilmore, Celina Thomas, M/M Lewis Soloman, M/M Walter Barber, Monica Dupre, Mary Broussard, Lionel Potier, Ida Derouselle, Arthur Davis, Mary Lewis, M/M Paul Kurzweg, Clarence Zenon, Nelson Zenon, Beulah Onezine, Joseph A. Montgomery, Mary S. Borel, Minos Borel, Sr., Pierce Meleton, Roosevelt Noel, Sr., Linda Carron, Monica Borel, Georgia N. Arceneaux, Jennifer Z. Carter, Ernest Winters, Beulah Winters, Ophelia Johnson, Herbert Winters, Wilbert Joseph Comeaux, Warner Sinegal, Sr., Eula Sinegal, Tame Sinegal, Celina Thomas, John & Julia Lindon, Milton Gabriel, Robert Steib, Janice Guss, Herman Guss, Jr.

11:00am All Parishioners

December 24th 8:00pm Verna Babineaux, Camelia Charles, Joseph Babineaux, Bernice James, Carlton James, Louise Mouton, Debra Bossier, Mary Lee Cormier, M/M Columbus Chaisson, Daniel Sampy, M/M Claby Sampy, Lumus St. Julien, Jr., M/M Alex Comeaux, M/M Paul Comeaux, M/M Loomis St. Julien, Shirley & Ethel Rubin, Kenneth Rubin, Omari St. Julien, Deacon Al Marcel, Jr., Roy and Shirley Slaughter Young, Clifton Siner, Edele Broussard, M/M Valex Siner, Emma Lou Mercier, Geneva Taylor, Melvin Mouton, Helen Siner Mouton, Evelyn Livings, Nellie Sonnier, Shelton Williams, Christopher Cooper, Shelby Batiste, Austin Sonnier, Arthur Livings, Horace Thibeaux, Thelma Kelly, M/M Rene Thibeaux, M/M Willie Bernard, Leslie Bernard, Emily Bernard

December 25th

9:00am Cathleen Guilbeaux, Nelson Guilbeaux, Luelve Guilbeaux, Jessie Mae Fuselier, Alberta & Henry Poydras, M/M Joseph Carter, Sr., George & Josephanie Carmouche, Myra Carmouche, James Brown, Cleveland & Edresta Carter, Horace Sinegal, Orell Daigle, Evella Simpson, Curley Simpson, Felix & Marita Rubin, Joseph, Sr. & Julia Carter, Jerome & Lorraine Sonnier, The Bernard Family, Robert Steib, Janice Guss, Herman Guss, Jr.

Please keep the following individuals in your prayers. Victoria Smith, Verna Sam, Moses Milson, Alfred & Mabel Malveaux, Lena Christian, Keisha Francis, Willie Celestine, Sr., Chad Brown, Lakeithalyn D. Williams, Mary Dalcour, Anna Solomon, Betty Johnson, Ann Mouton, Barry Broussard, Ivory Broussard, Marcel St. Julien, Lucile Johnson, Cade Joseph, Theresa Williams, Lucy Drake, Deacon Louis Lloyd, Joseph Batiste, Shirley Alexander, Alton Plummer, Renee S. Hebert, Catherine Prejean, Lorena

Benoit, Dorothy Francis, Curtis Comeaux, Mary Batiste, Anna Chevalier, John Thomas, M/M Anthony Francois, Jr., Helena LeBlanc, Burleigh Doga, Georgie Breaux, Widney Brown, Sr., Olga Hebert, Audrey Bobb, Rodrick Bobb, Sr., Paul Stanley Boudreaux, Sr., Barbara Brown, Sunni Robinson, Paisley Cowans, Virginia John, Calvin John, Sr., Lester Landry, Joseph Francis, Jr., Joyce Marie Carter, Evangeline Breaux, Suzanne Williams, Anna Batiste, John Murray, Ezola Broussard, Rose Batiste, Paul Roberts, Genevieve Leopaul, Perkin Auguillard, Debbie Broussard, Shawne Siner, Monica Semien, Barbara Cooper, Ronnie Daigle, Rose Breaux, Patricia Butler, Darrell Bellard, Jacqueline White, Carso Breaux, Evan Francis, Ezra Francis, Hermie Jones, Morris Francis, Trinity Porter, Summer Porter, Jessie Broussard, Evelyn Barnette, Mary L. Porter, John Young, Lucy Richard, Brandon Thomas, Kimberly Malveaux, Johnny Alexander

Scripture Readings

December 21th - 27th Monday Song of Songs 2:8-14; Luke 1: 39-45 Tuesday 1Samuel 1:24-28; Luke 1:46-56 Wednesday Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24; Luke 1:57-66 Thursday Isaiah 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 Friday Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 Saturday Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59; Matthew 10:17-22 Sunday Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21;Luke 2:22-40

Stewardship December 6, 2020 Weekly Budget $8,000.00 Offertory Total $7,100.00 Over/Under -$900.00 Pink Envelope $660.00 Church Mortgage Debt $149,464.87

Thank you for your Generosity and Faithfulness

May the Lord continue to shower you with His Blessings of Love, Peace and Joy.

Info about BAPTISM contact Kaffy Belvin at 337–233-1591.

December 20, 2020

Physical: 145 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501 | Website: www.queenofpeacelafayette.org | Phone: 337-233-1591 | Fax: 337-232-5961

www.queenofpeacelafayette.org

Confirmation On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at 6:00 p. m., 16 students will receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Please remember these candidates in your daily prayer. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Have you at times found yourself, thinking I can’t focus at Mass? I try, but my mind wanders. Why?

We are human. The human brain is constantly working. Concentrating on one thing for an hour is difficult. Distractions easily enter into our minds. With distractions come another thought. Challenge: direct your thoughts in the path you would like them to go.

As we settle into prayer, at Mass, it is less like a perfectly calm pond and more like sailing a boat on the lake. Awareness is essential: God’s grace is the wind that moves. We on the sailboat must be aware of the wind, where we are on the lake and where we are headed.

How do we clear our mind and calm our thoughts? Our goal is being attentive to whatever God is doing. In the holy sacrifice of the Mass, God is doing something incredible. When we are at Mass, it is important that we understand what is happening. If we do not clearly understand what is happening, the Mass will be either an unnecessary relic of the past or an interesting diversion.

At the heart of the Mass, Jesus’ saving action of pouring his life out to the Father is made present. His body, blood, soul and divinity are made present in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is an action. It is the action of God, the Son, pouring Himself out in love to God the Father.

The Mass is an action, not merely words. Jesus pours Himself out. The priest who speaks the words of consecration pours himself out with Jesus, in the person of Christ. He does not merely say the words. He is called to do what the words do, make the sacrificial offering of Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God, the sacrificial offering with Jesus. The priest offers up the great once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus as well as offering himself with Jesus.

When we were baptized, we were baptized into the priesthood of Christ. This means that all Christians are called to offer the sacrifice and to be the sacrifice. As the priest prays the Eucharistic Prayer, we are called to be united with each word he speaks. We are called to exercise our priesthood and with the priest, offer-up the Son, to the Father. At Mass, as a baptized Christian, we are called to pour ourselves out with the priest and with the Son to the Father. We are not just spectators. We are being conformed to the image of the Son with the priest. Focusing at Mass means one is attentive and becoming aware of what we are called to do and doing it. Remember, while the words of the holy sacrifice of the Mass are essential, the Mass is an action.

We must realize, that our distractions and services are meant to be united with Christ’s sacrifice and offered to the Father. The Mass never ends.

We bring that attitude out into the world, becoming conformed to Christ’s self-sacrificial love. Fr. Mike Schmitz, UMD Newman

Christmas Prayer

Lord, we worship and adore You. You are our wonderful

Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince

of Peace. As we celebrate Your birth, may we always place

You as the center of our life. Bestow upon us the gifts of

wisdom and fortitude. Thank you for being Immanuel, “God

with us.” Help us to be kind and compassionate to one

another, forgiving one another, just as You forgive us. Open our hearts to Your great love

for each other. Help us to share Your Truth and be Your light. In the Holy name of Jesus, we

pray. Amen.

Ways to give church offerings:

1. Drop off in the basket located in the Narthex. 2. Place in newly installed mailbox in front of the office. 3. Online at Give – Our Lady Queen of Peace queenofpeacelafayette.org/give

Confession Tuesday 4:45pm–5:15pm Wednesday 11:15am–11:45am Saturday 3:15pm–3:45pm Sunday 7:15am–7:45am 10:15am-10:45am During Lent Wednesday: December 16th, 23rd 6:30pm-8:30pm