St. Anthony mission catholic church

Hardeeville, south Carolina

December 6, 2020

Rev. Msgr. Ronald R. Cellini, Administrator Rev. Fr. Pedro Gomez, Parochial Vicar Karen S. Widenhouse, Parish Manager Sr. Candelaria Garcia - Albarez, Asst. to

Hispanic Ministry

23049 Whyte Hardee Blvd.

Hardeeville SC 29927

Confessions

Tuesday, 7pm

Saturday Vigil

English 5pm

Spanish 7pm

Sunday

English 8:30am

Spanish 10:30am

Spanish 6pm

Parish Office Hours: Tuesday 2pm –6pm (Spanish)

Wednesday 10am—6pm Friday 10am—4pm

21 Main Street

Hardeeville SC 29927

843-784-2943

Email: stanthony@hardeevillecatholic.org

Website: www.saintanthonymission.com Follow us on Facebook at St. Anthony Mission Catholic Church, Hardeeville, SC Ministerio Hispano St. Anthony Mission

Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020

ENTRANCE HYMN: COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS

RESPONSORIAL HYMN: Lord, let us see you kindness, and grant us

your salvation.

1. Come, thou long expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in thee.

2. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth thou art; Dear desire of

every nation, Joy of every longing heart.

RECESSIONAL HYMN: I HAVE LOVED YOU

Refrain: I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have called you and you are mine; I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have called you and you are mine. 1. Seek the face of the Lord and long for him; he will bring you his light and his

peace. 2. Seek the face of the Lord and long for him; he will bring you his joy and his hope.

OFFERTORY: MARANATHA

Refrain: Come, Lord, come Lord Jesus. Give your people hope. Come, Lord, come Lord Jesus and lead your people home. 1. O Lord of light, fill the night. Many have lost their way. O Rising Dawn, shine up-

on, darkness shall be no more. 2. O King of Kings, love you bring. The world is made anew. O Prince of Peace,

make us free, justice for human kind.

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION

MASS SCHEDULE:

Monday, December 7 - 5pm English, 7pm & 9pm Spanish Tuesday, December 8 - 830am English, 7pm & 9pm Spanish

Dec. 5, 2020 5pm Paul & Nancy Dorgevale+ Requested by Deacon Al & Kathi Schito Dec. 6, 2020 8:30am Antoinette Dezort+ Requested by Vic & Marie Kobe

The 2021 Mass Intention Book

is now available. Please email or call Karen to request Mass Dates

for loved ones.

PLEASE CONSIDER ONLINE GIVING! THANK YOU!

VISIT OUR WEBSITE ON HOW TO….

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS TO GROW

GOD’S KINGDOM

November 14 & 15, 2020 - $2,931

November 21 & 22, 2020 - $2,929

Parish prayer list for our loved ones John Disher Preston Bradley Dalton Fox J Bishop Those affected by Covid19 Michael Cole Noah Cruz Al Urbano

This Christmas year we ask our parishioners to make a donation to St. Anthony Mission and NOT give gift cards. Please note on your gift that it is for toys for our children. We have a team in place that will buy gifts for the children. If you wish to give a gift card for the home-less, we suggest you contact Sr. Mary Frances prior to purchase. Mercy Mission provides food for those in need. Your gift may be more helpful as a

donation to Mercy Mission. St. Anthony plans to have our 2nd Annual “Feed the Hungry” by passing out “to go” boxes to those in need as well as well delivering. If you are interested in helping or donating to the cause, please call Karen at the office. Thank You!

Sr. Mary Frances has requested donations of SNEAKERS, TENNIS SHOES and BOOTS please.

The Mission currently has plenty of coats but sweaters and sweat-

shirts are helpful as well as blankets. Hardeeville’s homeless need to keep warm and we want to help!

Please continue to provide dry goods. The students of John Paul

II held a food drive at their school which resulted in over 3,000 cans of food for the needy!

Thank You JPII!! You all ROCK!!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN USHER?

PROCLAIMER OF THE WORD ?

CHOIR MEMBER? OFFERTORY COUNTER?

OFFICE HELPER?

PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE OR EMAIL KAREN

IF YOU

WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE!

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AND A PRIEST IS NEEDED: CALL 843-757-5558 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT OUR DEACONS: Deacon Brian Laws 843-707-7492 Deacon Al Schito 843-540-7547

PRAYER FOR SEMINARIANS

Father, thank You for the generosity of our seminarians. Safeguard them as they prepare for the priesthood. Keep all evil far from

them, so they may become strong Christian men who are faithful to prayer, diligent in their studies, open to spiritual direction, and doc-

ile to all aspects of seminary formation. Above all, enflame their hearts with love so they will be ardent and gentle shepherds for

Your Church. We make this prayer through the great High Priest, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Advent -- Week 2

“Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,

makes straight his paths.’” Mark 1:1-8

John the Baptist knows he is not the centerpiece of his day, but he also knows that he plays a

vital role. John’s mission was to gear the people up, to remind them of how all the promises of

old assured them that the broken world they knew was neither the will of God nor was it defini-

tive. Relying on his religious traditions, John interpreted his times and preached that God would

soon intervene, but the people had to be ready if they were to be a part of what God was about to

do in their midst. John’s mission was to drive home the message that the way things were was not

the only possibility, that God had something much better in mind.

O God, grant me your sense of timing. In this season of short days and long nights, of grey and

white and cold teach me the lessons of beginnings: that waiting and endings may be a starting

place, a planting of seeds which bring to birth what is ready to be born – something right and just

and different, a new song, a deeper relationship, a fuller love – in the fullness of your time. O God,

grant me your sense of timing. (Excerpts from Celebration Publications: By Mary McGlone with

prayer adapted from Guerrillas of Grace by Ted Loder)

PROGRAMA DEL NOVENARIO EN HONOR A NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GADALUPE

TE INVITAMOS A PARTICIPAR!!! LAS ACTIVIDADES REALIZARAN EN LA IGLESIA

Primer día, Jueves 3 de Diciembre Rosario: 7:00 pm.

Misa: 7:30 pm.

Segundo día, Viernes 4 de Diciembre Rosario: 7:00 pm. Misa: 7:30 pm.

Tercer día, Sábado 5 de Diciembre

Rosario: 6:30 pm. Misa: 7:00 pm.

Cuarto día, Domingo 6 de Diciembre Rosario: 5:30 pm. Misa: 6:00 pm.

Quinto día, Lunes 7 de Diciembre

Rosario: 7:00 pm. Misa: 7:30 pm.

Sexto día, Martes 8 de Diciembre Rosario: 6:30 pm. Misa: 7:00 pm.

Séptimo día, Miércoles 9 de diciembre

Rosario: 7:00 pm. Misa: 7:30 pm.

Octavo día, Jueves 10 de Diciembre Rosario: 7:00 pm.

Misa: 7:30 pm. Noveno día, Viernes 11 de Diciembre

Rosario: 7:00 pm. Misa: 7:30 pm.

EL DESEO DE CONTEMPLAR A DIOS

Del libro Proslógion de San Anselmo, Obispo

Deja un momento tus ocupaciones habituales,

hombre insignificante; entra un instante en ti

mismo, lejos del tumulto de tus pensamientos.

Arroja fuera de ti las preocupaciones agobiantes;

aparta de ti tus inquietudes trabajosas. Dedícate

algún rato a Dios y descansa siquiera un mo-

mento en su presencia. Entra en el aposento de

tu alma; excluye todo, excepto Dios y lo que

pueda ayudarte para buscarle; y así, cerradas

todas las puertas, ve en pos de Él. Di, pues, al-

ma mía, di a Dios: «Busco tu rostro; Señor, an-

helo ver tu rostro.» Y ahora, Señor, mi dios, en-

seña a mi corazón dónde y cómo buscarte, dón-

de y cómo encontrarte.

Señor, si no estás aquí, ¿dónde te buscaré, estan-

do ausente? Si estás por doquier, ¿cómo no des-

cubro tu presencia? Cierto es que habitas en una

claridad inaccesible. Pero ¿dónde se halla esa

inaccesible claridad? , ¿cómo me acercaré a

ella? ¿Quién me conducirá hasta ahí para verte

en ella? Y luego, ¿ con qué señales, bajo qué rasgo te buscaré? Nunca jamás te vi, Señor, Dios mío; no conoz-

co tu rostro. ¿Qué hará, Altísimo Señor, éste tu desterrado tan lejos de ti? ¿Qué hará tu servidor, ansioso de

tu amor, y tan lejos de tu rostro? Anhela verte, tu rostro está muy lejos de él. Desea acercarse a ti, y tu morada

es inaccesible. Arde en el deseo de encontrarte, e ignora dónde vives. No suspira más que por ti, y jamás ha

visto tu rostro.

Señor, Tú eres mi Dios, mi dueño, y con todo, nunca te vi. Tú me has creado y renovado, me has concedido

todos los bienes que poseo, y aún no te conozco. Me creaste, en fin, para verte, y todavía nada he hecho de

aquello para lo que fui creado.

Entonces, Señor, ¿hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo te olvidarás de nosotros, apartando de nosotros tu rostro?

¿Cuándo, por fin, nos mirarás y escucharás? ¿Cuándo llenarás de luz nuestros ojos y nos mostrarás tu rostro?

¿Cuándo volverás a nosotros? Míranos, Señor; escúchanos, ilumínanos, muéstrate a nosotros. Manifiéstanos

de nuevo tu presencia para que todo nos vaya bien; sin eso todo será malo. Ten piedad de nuestros trabajos y

esfuerzos para llegar a ti, porque sin ti nada podemos.

Enséñame a buscarte y muéstrate a quien te busca; porque no puedo ir en tu busca a menos que Tú me ense-

ñes, y no puedo encontrarte si Tú no te manifiestas. Deseando te buscaré, buscando te desearé, amando te

hallaré y hallándote te amaré.