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DECEMBER 22, 2019 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Consecrated to the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary Fourth Sunday of Advent This last week of Advent is a short one with Christmas eve on Tuesday! Our time of Advent preparation is coming to an end to usher into our lives a renewed joy in Jesus. By ridding ourselves as much as possible of distractions and spending time in prayer and good works, we pray that our hearts have room for Our Savior. With hope-filled hearts, we can share with one another a "Merry Christmas!" We transition from the Advent season and into the Christmas season! Don’t be throwing out that Christmas tree on the 26 th ! If you wonder where the time went and hadn’t time to prepare, you still have a few days! We may miss the opportunity of grace that our Heavenly Father has afforded us if we don’t prepare. Pray with St. Luke's second chapter in the Bible where he talks about the first Christmas. Involve your family! Share with them the joy that Jesus has brought you. Early Christmas Present As an early Christmas present, I’ll let you in on one of the things we’re giving out this Christmas. We have purchased a year’s subscription of FORMED for our parishioners and friends to enjoy! It’s like a Catholic version of Netflix but so much more! First, you have to visit www.formed.org (you can even download the FORMED app on your smartphone). All you need to sign up is an e-mail address you can easily access. When you click on “Sign Up,” choose the 3 rd option (that you belong to a parish). Enter your e-mail address and type in our zip code (or our parish’s name). And voila! You can watch Advent reflections with Dr. Tim Gray or watch movies like Mary of Nazareth, Joseph of Nazareth, and The Story of the Nativity to name a few! There are also books to read and audio books to listen. You can even download them so that you can view/hear them offline (especially helpful if you are flying or on a road trip)! I hope we will be using this resource more throughout the life of the parish - there are resources for Bible studies, apologetics, and even movies! However, we could always benefit from generous individuals who would be interested in showing what we have on FORMED to our community. We have a big screen in the gym, let’s use it! If this is something that interests you, please let me know! In Jesus through Mary, Fr. Phil

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DECEMBER 22, 2019 • FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Consecrated to the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Fourth Sunday of Advent This last week of Advent is a short one with Christmas eve on Tuesday! Our time of Advent preparation is coming to an end to usher into our lives a renewed joy in Jesus. By ridding ourselves as much as possible of distractions and spending time in prayer and good works, we pray that our hearts have room for Our Savior. With hope-filled hearts, we can share with one another a "Merry Christmas!" We transition from the Advent season and into the Christmas season! Don’t be throwing out that Christmas tree on the 26th! If you wonder where the time went and hadn’t time to prepare, you still have a few days! We may miss the opportunity of grace that our Heavenly Father has afforded us if we don’t prepare. Pray with St. Luke's second chapter in the Bible where he talks about the first Christmas. Involve your family! Share with them the joy that Jesus has brought you. Early Christmas Present As an early Christmas present, I’ll let you in on one of the things we’re giving out this Christmas. We have purchased a year’s subscription of FORMED for our parishioners and friends to enjoy! It’s like a Catholic version of Netflix but so much more! First, you have to visit www.formed.org (you can even download the FORMED app on your smartphone). All you need to sign up is an e-mail address you can easily access. When you click on “Sign Up,” choose the 3rd option (that you belong to a parish). Enter your e-mail address and type in our zip code (or our parish’s name). And voila! You can watch Advent reflections with Dr. Tim Gray or watch movies like Mary of Nazareth, Joseph of Nazareth,

and The Story of the Nativity to name a few! There are also books to read and audio books to listen. You can even download them so that you can view/hear them offline (especially helpful if you are flying or on a road trip)! I hope we will be using this resource more throughout the life of the parish - there are resources for Bible studies, apologetics, and even movies! However, we could always benefit from generous individuals who would be interested in showing what we have on FORMED to our community. We have a big screen in the gym, let’s use it! If this is something that interests you, please let me know! In Jesus through Mary, Fr. Phil

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We are familiar with the story from the Bible about the angel, Gabriel, appearing to Mary and telling her that she has found favor with God and that she would conceive a son. Mary goes about debating with the angel telling him that she had not been with a man. The subject would be closed, but the angel tells Mary that the Holy Spirit will come upon her and that the power of the Most High will overshadow her. This child will be holy, the Son of God. Mary is told that she will give birth to the Savior of the world, but she did not really know it at the time. However, she knew how to reply to everything that the angel said to her; “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” And so, it began, God’s plan for the salvation of the world, which started at the beginning of time, and now sent into motion. Mary’s “yes” to the Lord helped to bring together both the human and the divine. Mary’s husband Joseph is also visited by an angel who comes to him in a dream. He wants to divorce Mary when he finds out that she is pregnant, and he knows that he is not the father. The angel explains Mary’s condition and gives him a command, to take his wife into his home and to name the baby Jesus. Joseph does what he is told and takes Mary into his home, cares for her and finds a place for her to have our Blessed Lord when the time came. Did you know that Joseph did not speak a word in the gospel? Not even when Jesus was lost in the temple, it was Mary who addressed Jesus not his foster father. Joseph protected the family when they were in danger and he was a carpenter, but we have no written words that he spoke to anyone. Joseph served his family through his actions. He said yes by doing what the angel commanded him to do. We are called to say “yes” when we enter the Nativity of our Lord. We are asked to have hearts that are open and fleshy, minds that are focused on Jesus, and hands that are ready to serve all year around. We say yes when we turn from harsh words or gossip, and when we reach out to family members who are estranged from the family. We say yes when we turn from addiction and turn back to the Lord. We say yes when we pray for poor souls in Purgatory that have no one to pray for them. We live in a world where many say “no” most of the time. Our salvation began with a yes from a young woman who was barely old enough to get married, and her husband who chose to act out his “yes.” Entering the Nativity makes it easier to say yes to Jesus and no to the distractions that take us away from the manger. May you find peace in the warmth of this season’s “Yes!” Merry Christmas.

SUSAN’S CORNER Deacon Tracy M. Esper

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT The length of the Fourth Week of Advent depends on when Christmas Eve and Christmas fall in the week. Perhaps we can use these days to try to heighten our awareness of whatever is going on in our lives these days, and how that can bring us to Christmas. Some examples might help. So many of us experience the ironic reality that Christmas can be the most lonely time of our lives. Some of these “mixed feelings” or “sad feelings” are difficult to recognize or name. For some of us, the Christmas we will celebrate this year pales in comparison to wonderful Christmases of our past - perhaps because we were younger or more “innocent” then, perhaps because some of our loved ones who were central to our Christmas are no longer living or not where I am, perhaps because the burdens and struggles of my life or the changes in our world and the conflicts around us have robbed this Christmas of something that was there before. For some of us, Christmas will be just another day. Unable to get out to go to church to be with a faith community, and without family or friends to be with, Christmas will be a day we are tempted to ignore. For some of us, Christmas inevitably means family conflicts. Facing the days ahead, whether it be the last few remaining parties, or conflicting demands of family and friends, or the friend or relative who drinks too much, or the experience I'm having that I drink too much and this season is an easy excuse. For some of us, Christmas challenges us with terrible financial burdens. Children today become victims of the gross commercial exploitation of the day. For those of us struggling to make ends meet on a day to day basis, feeling the cultural pressure of buying for our children things which we can't afford, can lead us to put more debt on the credit card in ways that simply push us further and further behind. Some of us might be really looking forward to Christmas, and not be aware of these struggles with Christmas, yet feel that, in spite of our best efforts to make Advent different this year, there is still something missing, and we still feel unready for Christmas. For all of us, the story behind these days can draw us in, and invite us to bring our lives to the mystery of how Jesus came into this world and why. Our best preparation for the Holy Night ahead and the Joyful Morning to follow is for us to reflect upon how he came. He came in the midst of scandal and conflict. He came in poverty. He was rejected before he was born. He was born in a feed trough. He was hunted down. And he grew up in obscurity. He did not shun our world and its poverty and conflict. He embraced it. And he desires to embrace us today, in this day. Right where we are. Right where we are feeling most distant. Right were we are feeling least “religious” or “ready.” If we let him come into our hearts to be our Savior these challenging days, we will find ourselves entering the sacred night and morning of Christmas “joyful and triumphant” as never before. Come, Lord Jesus. Come and visit your people. We await your coming. Come, O Lord.

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Merry Christmas! Gloria in Excelsis Deo! The angel said to [the shepherds], “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:10-14

Glory to God in the highest! The celebration of the glorious birth of Christ the Lord has begun…Merry Christmas! Try to put yourself in the shoes of these shepherds. Little excitement would have regularly come their way. They were poor, simple shepherds who spent their days and nights tending the sheep of the fields. That night, a group of them had gathered together for camaraderie. It’s easy to imagine the scene of normal talking, laughing and being together. Little did they realize what was about to happen. As they were gathered, an angel of God appeared to them announcing “good news of great joy!” They must have been stunned. But that’s only the beginning. The angel announced that the Savior of the World had been born and then, much to their surprise, they witnessed the whole host of heavenly angels singing praises: “Gloria in excelsis Deo!” “Glory to God in the highest!” These humble shepherds were the first to be called by God to go and greet the newborn King. What’s amazing is that God did not first call the “important” of the age to come worship. He called these poor shepherds. One thing this tells us is that, in the eyes of God, all are equal. God does not pick favorites from among those who are seen as important in the eyes of the world. No, He sees the great value and dignity of each and every person and desires all of us, rich or poor, powerful or weak, to come to Him in adoration and love. Christmas is a time filled with many exciting things. Often there are gifts and gatherings, food and good times. But more than anything else, Christmas

must be seen as a time for us to step back and take in the deep and rich meaning of this sacred event. We must see, first, that God entered our human condition and, in doing so, is able to identify with all that we experience in life. God understands human life! He lived it. Second, we must understand that the birth of the Savior of the world and His appearance to shepherds reveals that each and every one of us is invited to come and meet Him. God humbled Himself in the most profound way so that we could come to know Him and His perfect love for us. “Do not be afraid,” as the angel said, to come and behold the Christ who came as your Savior. Do not be afraid to come to meet Him, love Him, adore Him and get to know Him. God is given to us, today, as an infant. Small, weak, fragile and innocent. Do not be afraid to gaze upon His humble presence and to give glory to God for His blessed coming. Lord, I love You and adore You. I thank You for the unfathomable gift of Your divine presence among us. I thank You, especially, for the invitation You offer me to join the poor shepherds as they come to adore You. May this Christmas celebration be one in which I understand, more deeply, the incredible love You have for all Your children. May I know that You came for me, to save me and to invite me to worship. May I, this day, enter into that worship and adoration with all the Heavenly Host. Jesus, I trust in You. https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/2018/12/24/merry-christmas

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CHRISTMAS CHURCH DECORATING Monday, December 23 at 9 AM after Mass

Many hands are needed to help! Thank you!

Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas

& A Blessed New Year!

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FAITH FORMATION Today we hear the central message of Advent, “God is with us” (Emmanuel). Imagine how Mary must have felt when the angel Gabriel appeared to her. She was so young, yet so full of hope and love for God, and so her heart was open to hear God’s message. Then, she was able to trust that her betrothed, Joseph, would understand her situation. She could have been stoned to death for betraying Joseph. God intervened and gave them both the courage and the faith to say yes. God was with them both in a very personal and miraculous way. God calls each of us into that same kind of faith, that same kind of relationship. As in all relationships, it cannot be one way. God is always there, waiting for us. In our busyness, we tend to put off meeting with God. We forget to pray, we put off going to Mass, and we think because we cannot see God, that it is okay to put that relationship on hold. Our focus for the fourth week of Advent is love. God loves us so much he sent his only Son to be in our world, to walk among us, to die for us, rise from the grave and send us the Holy Spirit. God is there for us, waiting for us to come to Him. What an awesome gift! As we come closer to Christmas, may we take this time to reflect on God’s love for us, our love for each other, and our love for God. Emmanuel: God is with us. Merry Christmas. Mary Quick

MEN’S RETREAT The men of St. Michael the Archangel Church are invited to attend a Men's Retreat at St Paul of the Cross Retreat Center in Detroit. The dates this year are January 17-19 2020. It begins with dinner at 6:30 pm on Friday and ends after Mass on Sunday. It combines a prayerful weekend of fellowship, conferences, Mass, morning and evening prayer, confession, 24-hour chapel availability, silent time, and individual/private conversations with priests. It is a great time to spend with God and your brothers in faith. This year's theme is Who do YOU say that I AM? You do not want to miss this. Each retreatant gets a private room with a private bath. You are not required to do anything. You make your own retreat however you need it to be. You also get great meals and plenty of snacks each day there. I look forward to it every year and I personally invite you to make a commitment and not an excuse. There are always reasons not to go. Do it and I promise you will not regret it. The cost is whatever you can afford. There is a suggested donation, but the Retreat Center said money should not deter someone. If you have, please give. If you do not, then don't. But still come. If you are able to pay, a $30 deposit is due to secure your reservation. If you are interested, we can take care of the reservations for you or you can register yourself at https://www.stpaulretreat.org/retreats/register-upcoming-retreats/. If you have questions, contact Tim Lusch at 216-952-0505 or [email protected], or call Karl Mercer at 734-735-7285.

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Our Mission: Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools is a Christ-centered, Catholic learning community committed to the academic excellence and spiritual development of every student. www.mcesmonroe.com

Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools www.mcesmonroe.com (734) 241-6335

Merry Christmas from all of us at Monroe Catholic

Elementary Schools!

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 St John of Kanty, Priest Mass 8:15 am - church Faith Formation Classes 6 pm - St. Mary Boy Scout Meeting 7:30 pm - gym

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 Christmas Eve Mass for children 4 pm - church Mass 7 pm - church Mass Midnight - church

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 The Nativity of the Lord Mass 9 am - church

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 St Stephen, First Martyr Cub Scout Den 6 pm - Archangel Rm Lounge, Music

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 St John the Apostle & Evangelist Devotions 8 am - church Mass 8:15 am - church

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Confessions 3:30 pm - church Mass 5 pm - church

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 The Holy Family Mass 8:30 am - church Mass 10:30 am - church

The parish office will open 9 am Thursday, January 2nd to allow our staff to enjoy these festive

days. Messages will be monitored for emergencies. Happy New Year!

Next weekend is the FIFTH Sunday of the month. Please check your schedule. Thank you. LITURGY SCHEDULE DECEMBER 23 - 29

DAY & TIME INTENTIONS Monday 8:15 am U Pietro Vitale

U Gregory James Tuesday 4:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 am

U The People of St Michael U The People of St Michael U The People of St Michael

Wednesday 9:00 am U The People of St Michael Friday 8:15 am U Ruth Kiebler 1 year

U Mary Sue Terrasi Saturday 3:30 pm 5:00 pm

Confessions

U The People of St Michael Sunday 8:30 am

10:30 am

U Donna Lajiness U Bernetta Brooks U Eileen Craven 1 year U John Pillarelli

WEEK AT A GLANCE ~ DECEMBER 23 - 29

Readings for the week of December 22, 2019 Sunday: Is 7:10-14/ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [7c, 10b]/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24 Monday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14/Lk 1:57-66 Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29 [2]/Lk 1:67-79 Wednesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 [2a]/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [3c]/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14 Thursday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22 Friday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Saturday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7]/Mt 2:13-18 Next Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/ Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1]/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

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PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY: Major Matthew Aubry Brett Bennett Tracy (Scobel) Bennett Pvt. Adrien Boudreault Major Zachery Briscoe CWO3 Ricky Brown Cpt. Kyle Burkardt, DDS Cpt. Patrick Burkardt, DDS 1st Sgt. Robert C. Cebina LCPL Chase E. Collingsworth Spc. Skylar Cooper SMS. Wayne Fetty Cpl. Jacob Luthy Sgt. Michael Makela

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Fourth Sunday of Advent In today’s Gospel, we hear that Jesus will be named Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” The mystery of the birth of Jesus is supremely a mystery of love. May each Christmas find us more and more like him: more humble, more holy, more happy and more full of God. Your gifts to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul helped those who are poor and suffering to find Emmanuel and they also came to know that “God is with us.”

The St Michael Catholic Christian Women (CCW) will celebrate their Christmas Party Monday, January 6th at 6 pm at Harbor Inn and Ale. To reserve your space, please leave a message by January 2nd with Linda Wallace (457-5418) or Barb Mercer (242-6647). You may bring your payment ($10) to the restaurant that evening.

ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL PARISH ~ (734) 241-8645 Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest

Fr. Philip Ching, Pastor x12 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Tracy Esper, Deacon [email protected] Susan Lyke, Pastoral Associate x35 [email protected] Dr. Ray McLellan, Music Director x39 Mary Quick, Faith Formation 734-241-6097

Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools (MCES) Mr. Kyle Kubik, Executive Principal

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ST. MICHAEL CAMPUS ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY 241-3923 241-1411

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The Monroe Vicariate Evangelization and Catechesis Committee is sponsoring a Healing Prayer Day from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturday, January 4th at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 2214 Manhattan St., in Erie. Members of the prayer team stand with you, united in God’s love, in prayer and in His desire to heal you. All are welcome and no appointment is necessary. Could you prepare a dessert? We would love to have your help in providing desserts for our funeral luncheons or other events at St. Michael. Please send an email or give us a call and we will add you to our list: [email protected] or 241-8645.

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