CATHOLIC CHURCH

5900 West Lake Street Saint Louis Park, MN 55416

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Reverend Joseph Johnson, Pastor Reverend George Welzbacher

Reverend Nels Gjengdahl Deacon Michael Nevin

Jim Grogan, Principal 5925 West Lake Street

Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 www.hfamn.org | 952.925.9193

MASS TIMES:

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 PM Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Weekday and Saturday 8:00 AM Rosary 7:40 AM CONFESSIONS:

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Sunday 8:30-9:45AM for those attending 9AM Mass PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

R H C Due to the current health restrictions, Holy Communion is now distributed only on the hand during Mass. If you would like to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, please approach the Communion rail immediately after Mass to do so. Thanks for your understanding! E C T B C We have added a second confessor and additional times for confession during Advent. That said, we still need to use our online sign-up system to avoid crowding. Visit our website to reserve a time to receive this beautiful sacrament of God’s Mercy in preparation for Christmas. Please also read and follow our safety protocols. C L Those who requested to attend Mass at Holy Family for Christmas should have already received confirmation messages. If you need to change your reservation or you haven’t yet made a request, please contact the parish office as soon as possible. Thankfully we have been able to accommodate everyone who wants to be here with only a handful of people at each Mass in overflow seating. Many thanks for your patience and understanding—we look forward to celebrating together as a spiritual family! S R D 26 -27 W With Christmas on a Friday, we will need to receive requests for the following weekend, Feast of the Holy Family, by noon on Wednesday, December 23rd, as the parish office will then close. N Y ’ M For the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Masses on New Year’s Eve will be celebrated at 5pm and 7:30pm and on New Year’s Day at 9am and 11am. Starting on Monday, Dec. 21, please submit your seating requests so assignment can happen the morning of Monday, December 28th, with confirmation emails going out the same day. Y -E D As you know, this year has seen many extraordinary expenses: A/V and Internet upgrades for livestreamed liturgies, air purification and distance learning capabilities in school, as well as the construction of our beautiful new facility. Thanks to your generous support, our parish is still financially healthy despite the pandemic. That said, we have multiple financial needs if you find that you are able to make an extra sacrifice at this time. Please consider helping: $10 for a Christmas poinsettia, $550 for a table/chairs for our new Crusader Hall, or a sacrifice towards the upcoming $120k church HVAC and air purification project. You can find more information on our website’s sponsorship page or by contacting the parish office. Please see website www.hfcmn.org for more information on all these items.

December 20, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent

CHORAL PRELUDE Canite tuba G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594) Blow the trumpet in Zion, for the day of the Lord is nigh. Lo, He comes to our salvation. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain. Come, Lord, and do not delay. Alleluia. ARCHDIOCESAN PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

PROCESSIONAL HYMN Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

INTROIT (9:00) Gregorian chant, mode I Rorate cæli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem. Ps. Cæli enarrant gloriam Dei: et opera manuum eius annuntiat firmamentum. Skies, let the Just One come forth like the dew, let him descend from the clouds like the rain. The earth will open up and give birth to our Savior. ℣. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. Is 45:8; Ps 19

GREETING

Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit.

PENITENTIAL RITE

Celebrant: Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

R. I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

And, striking their breast, they say: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;

Then they continue: therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Celebrant: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

KYRIE Kyrie XVIII

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD (Online: The readings for the Liturgy may be found here.)

FIRST READING II Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16

PSALM Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Rev. S. F. Weber, O.S.B.

SECOND READING Romans 16:25-27

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Lumen Christi Missal Cantor, then all; thereafter: all GOSPEL Luke 1:26-38

Deacon: The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit.

Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. R. Glory to you, O Lord.

At the conclusion of the Gospel:

Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY

PROFESSION OF FAITH

UNIVERSAL PRAYER

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND OBLATION

OFFERTORY MOTET Dixit Maria H. L. Hassler (1564-1612) Mary said to the Angel: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me, according to thy word. Lk 1:38

OFFERTORY CHANT (9:00) Gregorian chant, mode VIII Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Ps 85:2

INVITATION TO PRAYER

Celebrant: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

R. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

ORDER OF WORSHIP FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT

PREFACE DIALOGUE

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts. R. We lift them up to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. R. It is right and just.

SANCTUS Mass XVIII

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Celebrant: The mystery of faith.

GREAT AMEN THE LORD’S PRAYER AGNUS DEI Mass XVIII

ECCE AGNUS DEI Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God; behold him who takes

away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

R. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

HOLY COMMUNION Due to current health regulations, distribution of Holy Communion will take place in the pews on the hand during Mass. As the priest approaches, actively practicing Catholics are invited to extend their hands to receive the Body of Christ.

If you need a low-gluten host or strongly prefer to receive on the tongue, please approach the communion rail after Mass.

For those who are not Catholic or who are not prepared to receive at this time, please cross your arms across your chest to receive a blessing.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Gregorian chant, mode I Ecce virgo concipiet, et pariet filium: et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. Is 7:14

COMMUNION MOTET Adam Lay Ybounden Anon. 15th c., arr. B. Ord (1897-1961)

The Angel Gabriel R. R. Terry (1865-1938)

SECOND COLLECTION The Care Fund

The Care Fund meets the emergency needs of Holy Family parishioners and the wider community.

CLOSING HYMN Savior of the Nations, Come

During the year of St. Joseph, we will pray in addition to the Hail Mary and St. Michael prayers after Mass, the following:

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.

Please depart the nave of the church by way of the doors on either side of the sanctuary, leaving social-distancing space

between households. Those in the overflow seating downstairs should depart via the staircases through the main vestibule.

“Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus”, “Savior of the Nations, Come”, Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, words and music in the public domain. in the public domain. Music for the responsorial psalm by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B, © 2014, Saint Meinrad Archabbey; used with permission. Alleluia ©

2012 Illuminare Publications, Inc., and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Excerpts from the English translation of the

Roman Missal © 2010, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc.; all rights reserved.

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