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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham
The Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Under Protection of Our Lady of Walsingham
Bishop Steven J. Lopes
Father Charles A. Hough – Rector & Pastor
Deacon James Barnett, Deacon Mark Baker, Deacon Mark Stockstill
Deacon A. G. Stockstill, Deacon Scott Woloson – Pastoral Assistants
+ Fourth Sunday of Advent + 20 December AD 2020 +
Welcome to Our Visitors
Thank you for sharing in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with us today. Please fill out a visitor’s card (found in the pew
racks) and return it in the offering plate so we will have a record of your visit. And please introduce yourself after Mass.
If you are a Catholic, we at Our Lady of Walsingham receive Holy Communion kneeling and by intinction (both species on the tongue).
If you are not a Catholic, during Communion we invite you either to come forward with your arms crossed over your chest, or fingers across your lips, and receive a blessing from the Priest or Deacon, or remain in your pew and reflect on the presence of Christ.
You are encouraged to take the Bulletin & Mass Leaflet home to utilize them in your prayer life.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham 7809 Shadyvilla Lane + Houston Texas 77055
713-683-9407 + Fax: 713-683-1518 + olwcatholic.org Parish Secretary: Catherine Heath [email protected]
Business Manager/Director of Facilities: Deacon Mark Stockstill Director of Sacramental Life: Deacon James Barnett Director of Cathedral High School: Sr. Thomas Aquinas Director of Music/Organist: Edmund Murray
Director of Events: Ana Newton Associate Director of Music: Chalon Murray Director of the Office of Liturgy: Rebecca Hill Director of Altar Guild: Ruth Mack
Director of Holy House Academy: Catalina Brand Director of CCD & Youth Ministry: Tim Caruthers Director of RCIA: Deacon Mark Baker Safe Environment Coordinator: Chalon Murray
Life & Family Ministries Coordinator: Taylor Ehrhard
Call the Parish Office if you wish to. . . + become a Registered Member of Our Lady of Walsingham + explore the possibility of becoming Roman Catholic + schedule a Wedding or a Baptism + talk about the Annulment process + schedule a Confession by appointment
Prayer Intention of the Holy Father, Pope Francis
We pray that our personal relationship with Jesus Christ be nourished by the Word of God and a life of prayer.
O Rex Gentium December 22
O King of the Nations, and their Desire; the
Corner-stone, Who makest both one: come and save mankind,
whom thou formedst of clay.
Third Sunday of Advent Weekly Budget $ 16,650 Regular Offering $ 24,573
On-Line contribute on amounts are en-tered in the weekly Regular Offering. On-Line contributions can be made by click-ing the “Donate Now” button at www.olwcatholic.org or you may mail your contribution to Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church 7809 Shadyvilla Lane Houston Tx 77055, if you are unable to attend Mass. If you have questions please contact Deacon Mark Stockstill at [email protected].
Weekly Votive Lights
the Votive Lights
of
The Martyrs
burn this week for
all those ill, especially
Howard Chapman Larry Jones
Susan Thurber Mariza Edling Elva Perricone
+
the Votive Light of
Our Lady
burns this week for
James Fisher & Mark Ferenz+ Pat Davis+
+
the Votive Light of
St. Gabriel
burns this week for
Dale Barton & Family +
the Votive Light of
St. Joseph
burns this week for
Fr. Peter Walters & The Children of Casa Walsingham
+
The Votive Light of
St. Jude
burns this week for
Linda Stegall, Mother of Chalon Murray For our Beloved Nation
For Rachel Elizabeth
In Our Parish This Week
Saturday, December 19 O Radix Jesse 8:00 am Said Mass [Paul G. Valdez]
8:00 am - 12:00 pm HHA Theater Class Recording - Rehearsal Hall
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cathedral Open for Individual & Private Prayer
9:00 am - 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus - St. Jude Hall Kitchen
3:45 pm Confession
4:00 pm Rosary for Vocations
4:30 pm Said Mass 60 Years & Older [Tom & Joan Feehrey+]
Sunday, December 20 Fourth Sunday of Advent 7:30 am Rosary for Vocations - Cathedral 8:00 am Sung Mass [Mark Ferenz & James Fisher+]
8:00 am Live Stream Mass at olwcatholic.org 8:45 am Confession 9:30 am Sung Mass [Parishioners of OLW]
9:00 am KoC Turkey Pick Up - St. Jude Hall CCD Classes on Break Adult Forum on Break 10:50 am Advent Sung Mattins - Cathedral 11:15 am Solemn Mass [Clergy & Faithful of the OrdinariateCSP] 1:00 pm William James Portas Baptism 2:00 pm Peter Mascio Baptism 5:00 pm Private Reception - St. Jude Hall 5:30 pm Rosary for Vocations 6:00 pm Said Mass [Larry & Suzie Wilson] Monday, December 21 O Oriens 8:30 am Morning Prayer - Cathedral 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Cathedral Open for Individual and Private Prayer Holy House Academy Classes on Christmas Break
12:00 pm Said Mass [Tien Vu] 5:00 pm Evening Prayer - Cathedral 5:00 pm Private Reception - St. Jude Hall Tuesday, December 22 O Rex Gentium 8:30 am Morning Prayer - Cathedral 8:30 pm - 5:00 pm Cathedral Open for Individual and Private Prayer
12:00 pm Said Mass [Laura L Kirby]
12:00 pm Bulletin Folding - Newman Hall/St. Edmund Campion 12:45 pm Rosary & Adoration - Cathedral 12:50 pm Confession - Cathedral 4:15 pm Treble Choir Rehearsal - Seton Rehearsal Hall 5:30 pm Private Reception - St. Jude Hall 6:00 pm Evening Prayer & Benediction - Cathedral Wednesday, December 23 O Emmanuel 8:30 am Morning Prayer - Cathedral Holy House Academy on Christmas Break
12:00 pm Said Mass [Jenna Malapitan+]
12:50 pm Confession - Cathedral 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm OLW Floral Team - Cathedral 4:00 pm Sacrament of Initiation - Holy House Chapel 5:00 pm Evening Prayer - Cathedral Thursday, December 24 The Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord 8:30 am Morning Prayer - Cathedral 4:00 pm Sung Mass at the Shrine with Treble Choir 6:00 pm Solemn Vigil of Christmas with Cathedral Choir 8:00 pm Solemn Vigil of Christmas with Cathedral Choir 8:00 pm LiveStream Mass at olwcatholic.org
10:30 pm Choral Prelude with Cathedral Choir 11:00 pm Solemn Midnight Christ Mass with Cathedral Choir Friday, December 25 Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord 8:00 am Mass of Christmas Day for 60 years & Older
10:00 am Sung Mass of Christmas with Hymns
Saturday, December 26 St. Stephen, the First Martyr 8:00 am Said Mass [Richard Kramer+]
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cathedral Open for Individual & Private Prayer
3:45 pm Confession
4:00 pm Rosary for Vocations
4:30 pm Said Mass 60 Years & Older [Elliott & Joann Goula+]
Sunday, December 27 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 7:30 am Rosary for Vocations - Cathedral 8:00 am Sung Mass [Mark Ferenz & James Fisher+]
8:45 am Confession 9:30 am Sung Mass [Joann Palmer+]
Adult Forum on Break CCD Classes on Break
Sunday, December 27 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
11:15 am Solemn Mass [Parishioners OLW] 11:15 am LiveStream at olwcatholic.org 5:30 pm Rosary for Vocations 6:00 pm Said Mass [Jenna Malapitan+]
Parish Office Hours during Christmas
The Parish Offices will reopen on Monday, January 4 after having been on Christmas break since December 24 at 12 noon . The Daily Mass schedule will continue through the Octave of Christmas.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! December 19, 1998 – Abraham & Karen Velez
December 20, 1995 – William & Janet Ryan
December 20, 2008 – Patrick & Stephanie Partida
December 21, 2013 – Ross & Rachel Tieken
December 22, 1979 – Tom & Kari Curtin
December 22, 1986 – David & Elsa Snavely
December 23, 1972 – Rory & Patricia Olsen
December 23, 1989 – Terry & Jennifer Johnson
December 24, 1975 – John & Kaye Roewe
The Greatest of Gifts: Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
If you would like to have a Mass celebrated for a special intension, on behalf of a someone in great need, a family mem-
ber, a friend, or a deceased loved one, please complete the Mass Intention envelopes located in the narthex or contact
Catherine Heath in the parish office at 713-683-9407. Mass Intention envelopes may be place in the collection baskets.
St. John Paul II emphasized the graces that come when a Mass is offered. "The Church believes that she will be heard, for she prays in union with Christ her Head and Spouse, who takes up this plea of His Bride and joins it to His own redemptive sacrifice."
O Adonai, come and deliver us!
The Fourth Sunday of Advent begins the week preceding the birth of the Messiah, and we prepare to wel-
come the Word made flesh and the Light of world. Today's Mass takes its name from the Introit Rorate,
Caeli ("Drop down, ye heavens, from above") and richly draws together the principal themes and voices of
the season: desire, personified in the longing cries of Isaiah; preparation, figured in the forerunner John the
Baptist bidding us "Prepare the way of the Lord"; and joy, perfectly exemplified in the Blessed Virgin Mary
whose soul magnifies the Lord, whose heart opens the Kingdom of God, and whose womb gives birth to the
Infant Savior.
Helping us to contemplate the immense mystery of the Incarnation, the Marian motifs of the Sacred Liturgy
hearken back to the Annunciation and would have us imitate their meanings today in our Eucharistic com-
munion with Christ. The Offertory and Communion Antiphons echo St. Luke's account of the Annunciation
and help us, as the Postcommunion puts it,
to draw near unto this mystery, that we may set forward the work of our salvation.
The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, deriving from the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary, punctuates
this mood of setting forward and hastening on our way:
whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sorely hindered in running the race that is set
before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us.
Welcoming the Messiah who is Adonai (the Hebrew Name for God as the Master of Israel), we wait in trem-
bling awe for the birth as Man from the womb of the Virgin of the selfsame God that appeared to Moses in
the burning bush. As the Introit sings, let the earth open, and bring forth a Saviour.
Dr. Clint Brand
Happy Birthday! December 20 – Kamilla Avila, Melinda Houser,
Chelsea Perez, Katy Toale, Charles Miggins December 21 – Madeleine Boler, Keith Calkins, Paula Holes,
Christopher Hotze, Ian Zimmerman, Elizabeth Farnie December 22 – Tanner Toale, Anthony Smither, Jocelyn Hayek
December 23 – Omar Shurbaji, Jacinda Woloson, Mary Knight Mizell December 24 – Mary Kehoe, Betty Mortensen, Kelsi Wilson
December 25 – Ramon Medina, Christopher Stanulonis December 26 – Carolee Cote, Connie Richards December 27 – Karen Dixon, Charlene Love
The Shrine Shoppe we will be closed December 27 and January 3. We will be open on January 10, 2021!
The Banns of Marriage are published between Kelly Kathleen Bartusiak and Ruben Myron Gilbert, Jr.,
both of this parish. If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it.
This is first time of asking.
Bulletin Folding for Christmas The members of the Bulletin Folding team will meet
Tuesday, December 22 at 12:30 pm in St. Jude Hall
to prepare all the leaflets for the Christmas services.
There will be much to do so additional help is gladly
appreciated. Contact Catherine Heath at 713-683-
9407 and let her know you can help. Thank you!
The Advent Anthems: Great O Antiphons
The Roman Church has been singing the "O" Antiphons since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that
accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from December 17-23. They are a magnificent theology that uses
ancient biblical imagery drawn from the messianic hopes of the Old Testament to proclaim the coming Christ as the ful-
fillment not only of Old Testament hopes, but present ones as well. Their repeated use of the imperative "Come!" em-
bodies the longing of all for the Divine Messiah.
December 19 O Radix Jesse
O ROOT OF JESSE, which standest for an ensign of the peoples, at whom kings shall shut their mouths, to whom the
Gentiles shall seek: come and deliver us, and tarry not.
December 20 O Clavis David
O KEY OF DAVID, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; that openest, and no man shutteth, and shuttest, and no man
openeth: come and bring the prisoner out of the prison-house, and him that sitteth in darkness and the shadow of death.
December 21 O Oriens
O DAY-SPRING, Brightness of the Light everlasting and Sun of righteousness: come and enlighten him that sitteth in
darkness and in the shadow of death.
December 22 O Rex gentium
O KING OF NATIONS, and their Desire; the Corner-stone, who makest both one: come and save mankind, whom thou
formedst of clay.
December 23 O Emmanuel
O EMMANUEL, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation: come and save us, O Lord our
Chrismon Tree
What are chrismons? What is a chrismon tree? The name “chrismon” comes from the Latin “Christi
monogramma” meaning “monogram of Christ.” Chrismons are tree ornaments with symbols depicting
the life and saving acts of Jesus Christ. The evergreen tree on which they are hung symbolizes eternal
life, while the ornaments themselves remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.
Beginning December 23rd, please be sure to pause by the tree in the narthex to admire the beauty of the
chrismons. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas!
Mass Schedule for Christmas
The Nativity of the Lord Thursday, December 24
4:00 pm Outside Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham with Treble Choir
6:00 pm Solemn Vigil Mass of Christmas with Cathedral Choir in the Cathedral
8:00 pm Solemn Vigil Mass of Christmas with Cathedral Choir in the Cathedral
Christmas Mass in the Night Thursday, December 24 10:30 pm Choral Prelude with Carols 11:00 pm Solemn Midnight Christ Mass with Cathedral Choir
Christmas Mass in the Day Friday, December 25 8:00 am Mass at Dawn for 60 Years & Older
10:00 am Sung Mass of Christmas with Hymns
Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God Thursday, December 31 - 6:00 pm
Friday, January 1 - 10:00 am
Mass Intentions Fr. William Saunders
An individual may ask a priest to offer a Mass for several reasons: for ex-
ample, in thanksgiving to the Lord, for the intentions of another person
(such as during a crisis), or, as is most common, for the repose of the soul
of someone who has died. One must never forget the infinite graces that
flow from the Sacrifice of the Mass which benefit ones soul.
In his encyclical "Ecclesia de Eucharistia," our beloved late Holy Father,
Pope John Paul II, taught, "In the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice,
the Church prays that God, the Father of mercies, will grant His children
the fullness of the Holy Spirit so that they may become one body and one
spirit in Christ. In raising this prayer to the Father of lights, from whom
comes every good endowment and every perfect gift, the Church believes
that she will be heard, for she prays in union with Christ her Head and
Spouse, who takes up this plea of His Bride and joins it to His own redemp-
tive sacrifice" (No. 43).
Please keep in mind that the tradition of offering Masses for others, particularly the dead, originates in the
very early Church. Inscriptions discovered on tombs in Roman catacombs of the second century evidence this
practice: for example, the epitaph on the tomb of Abercius (d. 180), Bishop of Hieropolis in Phrygia, begs for
prayers for the repose of his soul. Tertullian (c. 200) attested to observing the anniversary of a spouse with
prayers and sacrifices, i.e. the Mass: "Indeed she prays for his soul, and requests refreshment for him mean-
while, and fellowship with him in the first resurrection; and she offers her sacrifice on the anniversaries of his
falling asleep" (On Monogamy, X). Moreover, the Canons of Hippolytus (c. 235) explicitly mentions the offer-
ing of prayers for the dead during the Mass. St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386), in one of his many catechetical
discourses, explained how at Mass both the living and dead are remembered, and how the Eucharistic Sacri-
fice of our Lord is of benefit to sinners, living and dead. St. Ambrose (d. 397) preached, "We have loved them
during life; let us not abandon them in death, until we have conducted them by our prayers into the house of
the Lord." St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) stated, "Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were puri-
fied by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consola-
tion? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them." St. Augustine (d. 430)
recorded the dying wishes of his mother, St. Monica in his Confessions: "One thing only I ask you, that you
remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may be." Finally, Pope St. Gregory (d. 604) said, "Let us
not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them."
Given this understanding, we can add some specifics. When a priest offers Holy Mass, he has three inten-
tions: First, to offer the Mass reverently and validly in accord with the norms of the Church. Second, to offer
the Mass in union with the whole Church and for the good of the whole Church. Third, to offer the Mass for a
particular intention, such as the repose of the soul of someone who has died. Therefore, the effects of the
Mass bring certain benefits or fruits. The general fruits of the Mass are the effects upon the whole Church to
the living faithful as well as the poor souls in purgatory. For this reason, in the Canon of the Mass (the Eucha-
ristic Prayer), a special mention is made for both the living and the dead.
The special ministerial fruits of the Mass are applied to the particular intention of the Mass, i.e. "for whom the
Mass is offered." The special personal fruits of the Mass benefit the celebrating priest who acts in the person
of Christ in offering the Mass and to the people who are in attendance and participate in the offering of the
Mass.
We find not only the origins of this practice dating to the early Church but we also clearly recognize its im-
portance. When we face the death of someone, even a person who is not Catholic, to have a Mass offered for
the repose of his soul and to offer our prayers are more beneficial and comforting than any other sympathy
card or bouquet of flowers. To have a Mass offered on the occasion of a birthday, anniversary or special need
is appropriate, beneficial and appreciated.
