OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Mater Misericordiæ (Mother of Mercy) Mission glorifies God, uniting its members in faith, hope and charity through confession of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith and through participation in

the Sacraments and Traditional Rites of the Missale Romanum of 1962, under the governance of the

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.

Madonna in the Rose Bower, by Stefan Lochner (1400-1452)

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP Associate: Rev. Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP

Office: 602-253-6090 Cell: 480-231-0573 (for urgent messages) Fax: 602-253-8013

Church: 1537 W. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mail: same as church address

Email: contact@phoenixlatinmass.org Website: www.phoenixlatinmass.org

Notitiæ November 24, 2013

Sunday Masses

Propers: Readings:

Twenty-fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost, Class II, Green

Colossians 1:9-14; Matthew 24:13-25

Intentions:

9:00 am Low Mass; 11:00 am High Mass at Mater Misericordiae Mission, Phoenix

9:00 am: Pro Populo; 11:00 am: Loren E. Nelson+

Intention:

9:00 am Low Mass at Saint Cecilia’s Mission, Clarkdale 9:00 am: Pro Populo

Weekday Masses

At Mater Misericordiae Mission, Monroe St. Church

Monday-Friday: 6:30 am and 6:30 pm, Saturday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am

Monday, November 25 Thursday, November 28

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr

Class III, Red

Ecclesiasticus 2:1-8, 12

Matthew 25:1-13 6:30am: Souls in Purgatory

6:30pm: Souls in Purgatory

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Class IV, Green

Colossians 1:9-14

Matthew 24:13-25

6:30am: Souls in Purgatory

6:30pm: Romulo E. Guevara Sr.+

Tuesday, November 26 Friday, November 29

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Sylvester, Abbot

Class III, White

Ecclesiasticus 45:1-6

Matthew 19:27-29 6:30am: Elvira Carlyle+

6:30pm: Souls in Purgatory

Propers:

Readings: Intentions:

St. Saturninus, Bishop and Martyr

Class IV, Red

II Timothy 2:8-10; 3:10-12

Matthew 10:26-32 6:30am: Robert and Anne Gustke

6:30pm: Daniel de la Pava

Wednesday, November 27 Saturday, November 30

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Class IV, White

Apocalypse 12:1, 5, 14, 15-16

John 2:1-11 6:30am: Xavier Nadackapadam

6:30pm: Souls in Purgatory

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Andrew, Apostle

Class II, Red

Romans 10:10-18

Matthew 4:18-22 6:30am: Thanksgiving to St. Therese

8:00am: (High Mass) Sister Marion+

Confessions At MMM Monroe St. Church: Mon-Sat: 15 minutes before each Mass. Saturdays: 3:30-4:30 pm.

Sundays: 8am, before the 9am Mass, between the 9am and 11am Masses, and after the 11am Mass.

At St. Cecilia’s: Saturdays: 3-4 pm. Sundays: Before the 9am Mass. Other times by arrangement.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starting December 1, the First

Sunday of Advent, we will be

scheduling a 7:00am Mass on Sun-day in addition to the other Mass-

es.

FSSP Christmas Cards and

Calendars are now available in the Church vesti-bule. Christmas cards are free and the calendars

cost thirteen dollars.

FSSP PRAYER REQUESTS

November 24: Fr. Peter Byrne November 25: Fr. Erik Deprey November 26: Fr. Robert Ferguson November 27: Fr. John Fongemie November 28: Fr. William Define November 29: Fr. Carlos Casavantes November 30: Fr. Mark Fischer

The Life of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Catherine was a noble virgin of Alexandria. Before

her Baptism, it is said, she saw in vision the

Blessed Virgin ask her Son to receive her among

His servants, but the Divine Infant turned away. After Baptism, Catherine saw the same vision,

when Jesus Christ received her with great affec-

tion, and espoused her before the court of heav-

en. When the impious tyrant Maximin II. came to Alexandria, fascinated by the wisdom, beauty and

wealth of the Saint, he in vain urged his suit. At

last in his rage and disappointment he ordered

her to be stripped and scourged. She fled to the Arabian mountains, where the soldiers overtook

her, and after many torments put her to death.

Her body was laid on Mount Sinai, and a beautiful

legend relates that Catherine having prayed that

no man might see or touch her body after death, angels bore it to the grave.

Reflection—The constancy displayed by the

Saints in their glorious martyrdom cannot be iso-lated from their previous lives, but is their natural

sequence. If we wish to emulate their persever-

ance, let us first imitate their fidelity to grace.

SUNDAY COLLECT.

Stir up, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the wills of Thy faithful

to seek more earnestly this fruit of the divine work, that

they may receive more abundantly healing gifts from Thy tender mercy. Through Our Lord...

SUNDAY EPISTLE: Colossians 1:9-14

Brethren: we cease not to pray for you, and to beg that

you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God, in

all wisdom and spiritual understanding: That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in

every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God:

Strengthened with all might according to the power of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy, Giving

thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to

be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath trans-

lated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, In whom

we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.

SUNDAY GOSPEL: Matthew 24:15-35

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When therefore

you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was

spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand. Then they that

are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains: And he that

is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house: And he that is in the field, let him

not go back to take his coat. And woe to them that are

with child and that give suck in those days. But pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the sabbath. For

there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not

been from the beginning of the world until now, neither

shall be. And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those

days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say to

you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him. For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall

shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if

possible) even the elect. Behold I have told it to you, be-forehand. If therefore they shall say to you, Behold he is

in the desert: go ye not out. Behold he is in the closets:

believe it not. For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the cowling of

the Son of man be. Wheresoever the body shall be, there

shall the eagles also be gathered together. And immedi-ately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be

darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the

stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven

shall be moved. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all tribes of the earth

mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the

clouds of heaven with much power and majesty. And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice:

and they shall gather together his elect from the four

winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the ut-most bounds of them. And from the fig tree learn a para-

ble: When the branch thereof is now tender and the

leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it

is nigh, even at the doors. Amen I say to you that this

generation shall not pass till all these things be done.

Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

St. Andrew the Apostle—From the Catholic Encyclopedia

St. Andrew, the Apostle, son of Jonah, or John (Matthew 16:17; John 1:42), was born in Bethsaida of Galilee (John 1:44). He was brother of Simon (Peter) (Matthew 10:2; John 1:40). Both were fishermen

(Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16), and at the beginning of Our Lord's public life occupied the same house at

Capharnaum (Mark 1:21, 29).

From the fourth Gospel we learn that Andrew was a disciple of the Baptist, whose testimony first led him

and John the Evangelist to follow Jesus (John 1:35-40). Andrew at once recognized Jesus as the Messias,

and hastened to introduce Him to his brother, Peter, (John 1:41). Thenceforth the two brothers were dis-

ciples of Christ. On a subsequent occasion, prior to the final call to the apostolate, they were called to a

closer companionship, and then they left all things to follow Jesus (Luke 5:11; Matthew 4:19-20; Mark 1:17-18).

Finally Andrew was chosen to be one of the Twelve; and in the various lists of Apostles given in the New

Testament (Matthew 10:2-4); Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13) he is always numbered among the first four. The only other explicit reference to him in the Synoptists occurs in Mark 13:3, where we

are told he joined with Peter, James and John in putting the question that led to Our Lord's great escha-

tological discourse. In addition to this scanty information, we learn from John’s Gospel that on the occa-

sion of the miraculous feeding of the five thousand, it was Andrew who said: "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes: but what are these among so many?" (John 6:8-9); and when, a

few days before Our Lord's death, certain Greeks asked Philip that they might see Jesus, Philip referred

the matter to Andrew as to one of greater authority, and then both told Christ (John 12:20-22). Like the

majority of the Twelve, Andrew is not named in the Acts except in the list of the Apostles, where the or-der of the first four is Peter, John, James, Andrew; nor have the Epistles or the Apocalypse any mention

of him.

From what we know of the Apostles generally, we can, of course, supplement somewhat these few de-

tails. As one of the Twelve, Andrew was admitted to the closest familiarity with Our Lord during His public life; he was present at the Last Supper; beheld the risen Lord; witnessed the Ascension; shared in the

graces and gifts of the first Pentecost, and helped, amid threats and persecution, to establish the Faith in

Palestine.

When the Apostles went forth to preach to the Nations, Andrew

seems to have taken an important part, but unfortunately we

have no certainty as to the extent or place of his labours. Eusebi-

us, relying upon Origen, assigns Scythia as his mission field: An-dras de [eilechen] ten Skythian; while St. Gregory of Nazianzus

mentions Epirus; St. Jerome mentions Achaia; and Theodoret

mentions Hellas. Nicephorus (H.E. II:39), relying upon early writ-

ers, states that Andrew preached in Cappadocia, Galatia, and Bi-

thynia, then in the land of the anthropophagi and the Scythian deserts, afterwards in Byzantium itself, where he appointed St.

Stachys as its first bishop, and finally in Thrace, Macedonia,

Thessaly, and Achaia. It is generally agreed that he was crucified

by order of the Roman Governor, Aegeas or Aegeates, at Patrae in Achaia, and that he was bound, not nailed, to the cross, in or-

der to prolong his sufferings. The cross on which he suffered is

commonly held to have been the decussate cross, now known as

St. Andrew's Cross. His martyrdom took place during the reign of Nero, on 30 November, A.D. 60; and both the Latin and Greek

Churches keep 30 November as his feast.

St. Andrew's relics were translated from Patrae to Constantino-ple, and deposited in the church of the Apostles there, about A.D.

357. When Constantinople was taken by the French, in the be-

ginning of the thirteenth century, Cardinal Peter of Capua

brought the relics to Italy and placed them in the cathedral of

Amalfi, where most of them still remain. St. Andrew is honoured as their chief patron by Russia and Scotland.