Christmas Season Schedule
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 24 - 8 pm Family Mass (Choir) *
Tuesday, December 24 - Midnight Mass * (African Catholic Community choir - all are welcome)
Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25th - 10 am Christmas Morning Mass (Cantor)
New Year's Eve: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 - 5:15 pm Mass (Cantor)
New Year's Day: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 - 10:00 am Mass (choir)
12 noon (African Catholic Community Mass)
Feast of the Epiphany
Sunday, January 5th - 10 am Mass
12 noon (African Catholic Community Mass)
*carols begin 1/2 hour before Mass
Please keep and post on your refrigerator at home for future reference.
Mass Intentions
Rosary at 11:50 a.m.
Tues. December 24th: Christmas – The Nativity of the Lord
8:00 p.m. Family Mass
Isaiah 62.1-5, Ps. 89.3-4, 15-16, 26+28, Acts 13.16-17, 22-25, Matthew 1.1-25
Midnight Mass
Isaiah 9.2-4, 6-7, Ps. 96.1-2, 3-4, 11-12, 13, Titus 2.11-14, Luke 2.1-16++
Wed. December 25th: Christmas – The Nativity of the Lord (Holy Day of Obligation)
10:00 a.m. Mass
Isaiah 52.7-10, Ps. 98.1,2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, Hebrews 1.1-6, John 1.1-18
Thurs. December 26th: St. Stephen
Please note: No 12:05 pm Mass
Acts 6.8-10; 7.54-59, Ps. 31.2cd-3ab, 5+7ab, 15bc-16, Matthew 10.17-22
Fri. December 27th: St. John, Apostle
12:05 pm:
1 John 1.1-14, Ps. 97.1-2, 5-6, 11-12, John 20.2-8
Sat. December 28th: The Holy Innocents
5:15 pm: Paciente Udan +
1 John 1.5 – 2.2, Ps. 124,2-3, 4-5, 7b-8, Matthew 2.13-18
Readings for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
December 29th, 2013
1st Reading: Sirach 3.2-6, 12-14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 128.1-2, 3, 4-5
2nd Reading: Colossians 3.12-21
Gospel: Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23
That Gentle Christmas
And on that gentle Christmas
There was a woman with four smiling faces
beaming up at her with eyes of Innocence,
constant giggles and untidy laces
They called her ‘Ma-di-ma’ because she cradled them at night
when the heat ran low and the chill crept in
and there was only a little light.
And on that gentle Christmas
They looked out upon the snow
and waited at their seats by the little front window
For a father laden with gifts they hoped would soon appear
With big warm hugs
that surely would bring Ma-di-ma just a little cheer.
Yet on that gentle Christmas
With a poor hat in hand Ma-di-ma wandered out to the street
with her old coat and the simplest of shoes on her feet.
“Would it be too much trouble sir . . . I mean I hate to ask . .
But the world has been so very difficult . . . everything such a very hard task.”
And on that gentle Christmas
There were lights glistening from afar
where the purest Happiness lay.
And where the Spirit of Hopes and Dreams had been born
on that Truly Wondrous Day.
And on that gentle Christmas
The Community of the Spirit stopped
for just a single, solitary, moment in Time.
For they had found one woman stranded ‘tween Heaven and Earth
with neither nickel, nor quarter, nor penny, nor dime.
And on that gentle Christmas
As four smiling faces gathered ‘round her waist
the Community filled her hat to overflowing
and held Ma-di-ma’s hands in Sweetness and in Grace.
As her Laughter burst forth in tears of Happiness and Joy
The Spirit touched her lightly with the Glow from a tiny infant Boy
On that very gentle Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM HOLY NAME PARISH STAFF
Rev. Andrew Morasse, C.S.C. (Pastor)
Rev. Alexander Osei, C.S.Sp. (African Catholic Community)
Rev. Jinto Puthiyidathuchalil. C.S.C. (In Residence)
Rev. Mr. Hugh Taylor (Deacon)
Carol Soloman (Lay Pastoral Assistant)
Pamela Cobham (Parish Secretary)
Sarah Matte (Choir Director)
Elly Kaas (Bookeeper)
Eddie Carswell (Caretaker)
Rosita Miller (Housekeeper)