Immaculate Conception Church

2310 Robertson Avenue, Norwood, OH 45212

Telephone: [513] 731-8771

Emergency only: [513] 382 -1200

Third Sunday of Advent “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”

Monday 10:50 a.m. Low Mass: G. Bruner / L. Field

Tuesday 10:50 a.m. Low Mass: T. Montesano / S. Kunkel [E. Donohoe / T. Melotik]

Wednesday 10:50 a.m. Low Mass: Lu. Urling / J. Kunkel [Li. Urling / A. Walker]

Thursday 10:50 a.m. Low Mass: N. Montesano / M. Osibodu [N. Birch / J. Bruner] 8:00 p.m. Holy Hour: Dv. Shawhan / A. Shawhan

Friday 10:50 a.m. High Mass: (MC) G. Kunkel / (Th) J. Donohoe / (Cr) A. Percy / (Ac1&2) G. Montesano & J. Yeager / Torches: C. VandeRyt / M. Kunkel / S. Lichter / D. Roosa / M. Lichter / A. Lawson 6:00 p.m. Low Mass: D. Schoech / R. Naegele

Saturday 8:00 a.m. Low Mass: G. Butler / R. Bales

Sunday 7:00 a.m. Low Mass: N. Donohoe / J. Walker 8:45 a.m. Low Mass: I. Bendel / N. Koloc

Please keep in your prayers: Deceased: Michelangelo Pedicini, Jennifer Nies, Gerda Percy, Ron Ackerman, Mike Foley, Ma-

rie Penner, Anna Rita Hayden, Gerard Kennedy, Tom Airgood, G.Bolte,J . Kelbley,W.Martin,D. Wolf, F r. Collins, F . Eichler, A.

DeTar, B. Leininger, S. Lavery, J. Donohoe, A. Marshall, M.L. Duerr, R. Hutchinson, I. Sarlo, A. Reed, M. McCune, D. Meyers,

M. Bochkor, S. Reen, P. Patton, C. Storch, M. Morow, B. Lutkehaus, D. Votruba, A. Dewel, C. Nies, R. Tihista, J. Pedicini, T.

Gripshover, M. Miller, Fr. D. Cooper, R. Regner, H. Gentry, J. Snyder, P.&C. Dye, C. Feibusch, M/M. Schappacher, J. Ackerman,

M.Klinec, K.Ackerman, S.Uribe, F.Gaskins, M.Derksen, R.Greenwell, C.Zint, E.Bowman, R.Hebert, K&J.DiMartino, W.King,

C.Newman, J.Kemmerer, E.Howard, R.Murphy, Sr. Marilyn, R.Faith, W.Lee, R.Petrilli, N.Nies, M.Peter, J.Schmitz, T&N.Schoech,

T.Skierka, Sr.M.Dolorosa, W&L.Kotylo, T.Lichter, M.Lemmick, R.Desborough, J.Calwell, W.Cicatelli, C.Kraft, A.Heller, D.May,

W.Reist, M.Bumb, P.Hunt, C.Dale, O.Hawes, I.McCoy, A.Wietholter, M.Marshall, T.Maguire, B.Baumberger, E.Frizzell, J.Santay,

A.Priest, Wm.Jenkins, D.Hayden, J.Carso, E.Gorey, S.McQuillen, Z.Hauser, A.Kurtz, M/M Casanova, E.Davis, A.Macek, R.Sitar,

D.Kemmerer, M.Abraham, T.Vuksta, A.Huizar, R.Condit, Sr.M.Cecilia, C.Smith, A.Birch, J.Hannikman, M.Kunkel, R.Shawhan,

L.Brugger, M.Shiver, J. Pedicini, J. Whatmough. R.DeLawder. R.Cole, Ill and injured: Bishop Kelly, Mother Mary Bosco,

J.Baumberger, D.Veitkus, B.Shawhan, C.&R.Fiore, E.Hamlin, J.Ring, M/M Kramer, G.Hubley, D.Johnson, J.Capetillo,

M.Connelly, T.Jordan, J.Evans,Sr. Fr.Berry & parents, K.Cline, M.Shawhan, M/M Wildt, M/M Theriot, Tina J., N. Boylson, S.

Smith, Fr. Jenkins, Fr. Greenwell, Fr. Buckley, J. Marsh, A. Bermudez, M. Mathiasen, R. Gorey, B. Lyons, L.Haughey, J. Nosko,

T. Herrington, D.Windisch, baby J. Wittman, B. Mueller, babies James & Rosa Maria, child Cecilia Sauer, P. Bendel, S. Lech, A.

Strouse, L. & D. Lamping, Theresa, B. Piersall, S.Stephenson, Y. Kramer, L. Veitkus, R. & C. Lurker, J. McMahon, M. Evans

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“If we would please this Divine Infant, we too must become chil-dren, simple and humble; we must carry to Him flowers of virtue, of meekness, of mortification, of charity; we must clasp Him in the arms of our love. St. Alphonsus de Liguori

Sunday (December 15): Third Sunday of Advent [Gaudete Sunday] — Octave Day of the Immaculate Conception 7:00 a.m. Low Mass — Intention: +Mary Briggs by the Condit Family 8:45 a.m. High Mass – Intention: Special Intention** Monday (December 16): St. Eusebius, Bishop & Martyr 10:50 a.m. Low Mass — Intention: Special Intention Tuesday (December 17): Ferial Day 10:50 a.m. Low Mass – Intention: Special Intention Wednesday (December 18): Ferial Day— [Ember Wednesday] 10:50 a.m. Low Mass – Intention: Dr. James Hamman by Fran Hamman Thursday (December 19): Ferial Day 10:50 a.m. Low Mass – Intention: Dr. James Hamman by Fran Hamman 8:00 p.m. Holy Hour in Reparation to the Sacred Heart Friday (December 20): Vigil of St. Thomas — [Ember Friday] 10:50 a.m. High Mass — Intention: M/M Mike Shawhan & Family 5:15 p.m. Confessions (also after Mass) 6:00 p.m. Low Mass – Intention: +Julie Donohoe by Kathy Lawson Saturday (December 21): St. Thomas, Apostle — [Ember Saturday] 8:00 a.m. Low Mass — Intention: +Julie Donohoe by M/M Gerald Shawhan Sunday (December 22): Fourth Sunday of Advent 7:00 a.m. Low Mass -- Intention: Special Intention* 8:45 a.m. Low Mass – Intention: +Helen Marie Jenkins (34th anniversary of death) Mission Mass — Intention: Missa pro populo

Today’s Recessional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Refrain: And ransom captive Israel, Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel That mourns in lonely exile here, Shall come to thee, O Israel. Until the Son of God appear. - Refrain - O come, thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. - Refrain -.

Collections & Contributions

Sunday, December 1, 2019: $6,463.83

Please turn in all Christmas

Novena of Masses & Flower Memorial envelopes today!

Please remember the Church and the Academy in your Last

Will and Testament.

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Mass Intentions for the Week: Fr. Jenkins: Sunday (December 15): Lodrini Family by Michelle Lodrini: A. Bermudez Monday (December 16): Sauter Family Members by Joseph Sauter Tuesday (December 17): M/M Dan Shawhan & Family by M/M G. Shawhan Wednesday (December 18): Special Intentions by Jane Tesso Thursday (December 19): Joseph Lodrini by Michelle Lodrini Friday (December 20) through Sunday (December 22): As listed on front page. Fr. Greenwell: Sunday (December 15) through Friday (December 20): As listed on front page. Saturday (December 21): M/M Mike Shawhan & Family Sunday (December 22): +Helen Jenkins

Gaudete—Rejoice! Gaudete Sunday in the midst of the Advent Season — like Laetare Sunday in the middle of the Lenten Season — commands us to rejoice. Both times of the year are somber and reflective. The altars and the priests are vested in the violet color of “vigilance and penitence. The “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” is not prayed at the Masses of the times. Yet we are commanded to be joyful in anticipation of the coming of the Savior. To an-swer the call of the Church, we should put aside (or at least moderate) our preoccupation with preparations for the holidays, and rather devote ourselves to prepare for the holy days. Keeping always in sight the true meaning of this “season for the soul” will enable us to focus on the coming Lord and Redeemer. Prayer to Obtain Favors: Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen! (Pray 15 tim es each day from November 30 - December 25, Christmas Day.)

Novena for Christmas

A novena is a nine days’ prayer said as a preparation for some particular feast, or in order to obtain some special favor. The model and the first of all novenas was that made in the Cenacle, after the Ascension of Our Lord, by the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin in preparation for the coming of the Holy Ghost. The earliest ecclesiastical novena of which we have record is the Christmas Novena, which commemorates the nine months during which the Christ Child was carried in the womb of His Mother.

December 16

O Shepherd that rulest Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, come to guide and comfort us. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 17 O Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things

mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 18 O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning bush, and give him the law in Sinai,

come to redeem us with an outstretched arm! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc.

December 19 O Root of Jesse, which standest for an ensign of the people, at Whom the kings shall shut their mouths, Whom the Gentiles

shall seek, come to deliver us, do not tarry. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 20 O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel, that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth,

come to liberate the prisoner from the prison, and them that sit in darkness , and in the shadow of death. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 21 O Dayspring, Brightness of the everlasting light, Son of justice, come to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the

shadow of death! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 22 O King of the Gentiles, yea, and desire thereof! O Cornerstone, that makest of two one, come to save man, whom Thou has

made out of the dust of the earth! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be t o the Father, etc.

December 23 O Emmanuel, our King and our Lawgiver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and salvation thereof, come to save us, O Lord our

God! Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

December 24 O Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, God of hosts, come, show Thy face, and we shall be saved.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.

Indulgence of 300 days, each day. — Pius VIII. July 9, 1830

Announcements: + Holy Communion: One hour before weddings and funerals (please be kneeling at the Communion rail at that time) + “What Catholics Believe” has a new website of its own: WWW.WCBOHIO.COM – Please use this to access all programs, which now number more than700, with almost 1,990,000 views and more than 8,500 subscr ibers. Thanks for your support! + Catholics believe that the church is the House of Prayer and that the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle is the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, His body and blood, soul and divinity. Therefore, we rightly require that all who enter this church show great respect by the way they behave and the way they dress. + Traditional standards of dress require that ladies wear dresses, or full skirts and blouses. Hemlines must be long enough to touch the floor when kneeling, and to reach at least below the kneecap when standing or sitting. Necklines must be no more than two finger-widths below the collarbone. Slit skirts are not acceptable (a skirt is too tight if it needs to be slit to allow walk ing). Ladies are also required to wear a suitable head-covering while in church. Women wearing slacks, sleeveless dresses (including “capped” sleeves, which are not sleeves at all) or low necklines are not suitably dressed to receive Holy Com- munion. They should not even enter the church if their dress is immodest. + Gentlemen also must wear modest and decent clothing in church. Men must wear dress slacks and dress shirt, preferably with suit coat and tie. If their attire is immodest or indecent, they should not enter the church. + Flip-flops, shorts, sweats, and T-shirts are not acceptable attire in the church. The wearing of revealing, tight-fitting and trans parent garments of sheer material is forbidden. + Please do not come to receive Holy Communion at this church today if you do not meet these standards. Rather, please return more appropriately attired. Furthermore: Anyone who adheres to the erroneous teachings of Father Leonard Feeney and Saint Benedict Center (denying the Church’s teaching concerning “baptism of desire” and “baptism of blood”), or who worships at religious services conducted by any of the Thuc bishops and their clergy, must not receive Holy Communion at Immaculate Conception Church. Please discuss this with our priests. + No one may carry a firearm (CCW) at the church or school without written authorization signed by Fr. Jenkins. +Pray for Matthew Shawhan, Dave Windisch, Robert Gorey, James Ring, Rossana and Catherine Fiore, Daniel Veitkus, Laura Veitkus, Blaise Mueller and Jonah Wittman. +The Banns of Matrimony are announced for the first time for Michael Montesano and Dolores Murphy, who will be married at Assumption Chapel in St. Mary’s, KS, on January 25, 2020. + The Annual Church Christmas Appeal is in progress! Your support is greatly needed. Please be generous. + Please turn in all wrapped and marked Secret Angel gifts today! Thank you for your support. + Several men of Immaculate Conception Church have expressed the desire to re-activate the Holy Name Society. Men who are interested in joining them in this noble effort should contact the church office. . + Save the date for the young adult get-together in Cincinnati Wed., June 10, 2020 through Sun., June 14. For more information, contact Julianna Butler at nanaknew13@hot mail.com or 859-743-2057. + 2020 collection envelopes will be available in the vestibule today. + Volunteers are needed to help decorate the church for Christmas this Saturday, December 21, following the 8:00 a.m. Mass. Breakfast will be served. Please contact Sarah Gentry (505-4577).