Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

30 Grafton Street Lowell MA 01852

Main Phone: (978) 453-2134 Brazilian Community: (978) 934-0622

Fax: (978) 453-0933 Email: holyfamilylowell@gmail.com

Administrator Reverend Nicholas Sannella

Pastoral Staff Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI Reverend Christiano G. Barbosa

Deacon Alvaro Soares

Business Manager David McLean

Director of Religious Education Claire Couillard

Immaculate Conception

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

(978)808-4505

Parish Secretaries Lira De Moraes (Brazilian)

Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

SATURDAY, December 14, 2019

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Frances Machado 6:30 PM Brazilian Wedding SUNDAY, December 15, 2019

8:00 AM Priests Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Priests Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, December 16, 2019

8:00 AM Priest s Intention

TUESDAY, December 17, 2019 8:00 AM Royal Estate

WEDNESDAY, December 18, 2019 8:00 AM Priests Intention

THURSDAY, December 19, 2019 8:00 AM McArdle Estate

FRIDAY, December 20, 2019 8:00 AM Priests Intention SATURDAY , December 21, 2019 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Muriel Gorman

SUNDAY, December 22, 2019 8:00 AM Priests Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Priests Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

HOLY FAMILY PARISH THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

We pray…..

For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…

Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Joshua Geoffroy, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Karen Graham, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Pauline Jankowski, Marge Keefe, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Barbara Matyl, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Bea Stamp, John Stamulonis, Marilyn Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Lorraine Trahan, Barbara Vayo, Steven Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge.

May they experience God’s healing love and

comfort.

PRAYER AND REFLECTION

Third Sunday of Advent December 16, 2007 Read Mt. 11:2-11 Patience….. We all know that if our friends didn’t have the gift of patience when dealing with us, we wouldn’t have many friend left….. The purposes of God often develop slowly – more slowly than we would wish….. We might complain: “The trouble is that I’m in a hurry, but God isn’t!”…. Losing Faith in Jesus… “Happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.”…… As we move through this season of Advent, perhaps we could look more closely at our lives, and ask the Lord to help us especially in those areas where we are about to give up. Unhealthy Waiting….. Some people get very impatient because they judge that they have been waiting too long. Then they decide that it’s foolish to wait any longer, and so give up hope. Healthy, Holy Waiting…. Perhaps the very season of Advent gives us a clue to the answer. Advent is a time of longing and waiting. We have the assurance of Christ himself that he will see us through to the end. PRAYER:

God of justice, upon your holy mountain is the peace for which the world longs. Hear our prayer for all who thirst for justice and lead us one day to the peace that never ends. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

MONTHLY EVENING OF PRAYER

Tuesday January 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Recitation of the Rosary

and special prayers

All are welcome!

HOLY FAMILY PARISH CENTER

Warm Clothing

COAT DRIVE

BRING NEW COATS

PLACE IN OUR COLLECTION BOX THRU ADVENT SEASON

COATS WILL BE GIVEN TO

NEEDY FAMILIES

Holy Family Parish Giving Tree

There are tags located on the Giving Tree. While shopping for your family members; please shop for one of our family members in need. Return purchased wrapped items with the tag and place neatly under the Giv-ing Tree.

ADVENT Week Three

Light three candles.

Lord God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peo-ples, he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us, he is the Savior of every nation. May the light of Christ lead us to the joy of his kingdom, now and forever. Amen

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Preparai o caminho do Senhor!”

3º Dom Advento (Ano A) – Is 40, 1-5 .9-11; Sl 84 (85); 2Pd 3, 8-14; Mc 1, 1-8

O evangelho de Marcos começa ressaltando que Jesus Cristo, o Filho de Deus, é a Boa Nova da salvação para a humanidade. Como o mensageiro antigo (Is 52,7), João Batista proclama o alegre anúncio, que culmina em Jesus (1,14-15) e ressoa nas comunidades cristãs como apelo a anunciar a mensagem de libertação no mundo inteiro (13,10; 14,9). João é o arauto que prepara o caminho do Senhor com um chamado veemente à conversão, mudança na maneira de pensar e agir. Propõe o batismo como sinal dessa conversão radical. Enviado como precursor, sua missão aponta para o maior, o Messias Salvador, que possui a plenitude do Espírito Santo para transformar e infundir vida nova.

A voz do que clama no deserto, na 1ª leitura, consola, fala ao coração, anuncia a libertação da escravidão. Como outrora no Egito, no fim do exílio babilônico, Deus revela seu amor reconduzindo o povo como um novo Êxodo. O/a salmista manifesta a esperança de um mundo novo de justiça, como caminho para o surgimento da paz e da felicidade. A 2ª leitura acentua que Deus deseja a nossa salvação, sendo paciente conosco, dando-nos o tempo e a chance para a conversão. Enquanto esperamos a vinda do Senhor, pela santidade de vida e piedade, podemos apressar a construção de um novo céu e uma nova terra, onde reinará a justiça.

João Batista, o precursor, propõe a conversão como meio para preparar o caminho do Senhor e acelerar a chegada de um mundo novo de justiça. Deus caminha conosco pelo deserto da história, ensinando-nos a endireitar as veredas através de gestos solidários de amor e paz.

Em nossa assembleia litúrgica a voz profética de Isaías e de João, ressoa, animando a nossa vida para a chegada de Cristo que vem. O nosso profetismo inspira-se na esperança de uma nova terra e novo céu, onde reinará para sempre a justiça, de braços dados com a paz (Sl 85). Ao celebrar a eucaristia experimentamos o já e o ainda não. “Anunciamos Senhor a vossa morte, proclamamos a vossa ressurreição” e suplicamos: “Vinde, Senhor Jesus”. A eucaristia é antegozo da alegria plena prometida por Cristo.

LEITURAS DA SEMANA:

2ª-: Is 35, 1-10; Sl 84 (85); Lc 5, 17-26

3ª-: Is 40, 1-11; Sl 95 (96); Mt 18, 12-14

4ª-: Is 40, 25-31; Sl 102 (103); Mt 11, 28-30

5ª-: Gn 3, 9-15.20; Sl 97 (98); Ef 1, 3-6.11-12; Lc 1, 26-38

6ª-: Is 48, 17-19; Sl 1, 1-2. 3. 4 e 6 (R/. cf. Jo 8, 12); Mt 11, 16-19

Sab.: Eclo 48, 1-4.9-11; Sl 79 (80); Mt 17, 10-13

3º Dom. Advento Is 61, 1-2ª.10-11; Cant.: Lc 1, 46-48. 49-50. 53-54 (R/. Is 61, 10b); 1Ts 5,

16-24; Jo 1, 6-8.19-28

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May the Star of Bethlehem, which shone brightly over the First Crib, stand guard over our homes, filling them and all the earth with light and peace.

All:

We adore you O Christ, and we bless you because by your Holy Birth you gave hope to all the world.

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Holy Family Parish Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve, December 24th 4:00 PM Mass w/Children’s Procession 7:30 PM Brazilian Mass 12:00 Midnight w/Music beginning 11:30PM

Christmas Day, December 25th 10:00 AM Christmas Mass 7:00 PM Brazilian Christmas Mass

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