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THE FISH WRAP
The Catholic Parishes of
Saint John Capistran Immaculate Conception Holy Rosary
4th Sunday of Advent
MASS TIMES FOR DECEMBER Elm Creek— Saturday 5:00 PM Overton—Sunday 8:00 AM Amherst—Sunday 10:00 AM
MASS TIMES FOR JANUARY Amherst— Saturday 5:00 PM Elm Creek—Sunday 8:00 AM Overton—Sunday 10:00 AM
HOLY DAYS MASSES Amherst – Anticipatory Mass (night Before) 6:00 PM Elm Creek – Night of 6:00 PM Overton – Night of 7:30 PM OR AS NOTED IN BULLETIN
OFFICE HOURS Please call (308) 856-4375 to make an appointment.
RECONCILIATION Saturday – 4:30 – 4:45 Sunday – 7:30 – 7:45 Sunday – After 10:00 Mass By request Anytime by appointment
MARRIAGES Friday Evenings or 2 PM Satur-days, 4 month minimum prepa-ration, if previously married takes 1 1/2 to 2 years for annul-ment decision.
BAPTISM Call Rectory for class and inter-view.
NEW PARISHIONERS Please introduce yourselves to the Pastor or call the rectory (308) 856-4375 to register.
DEADLINE FOR BULLETIN Wednesday 12 NOON If you miss the deadline sorry no announcements at Mass.
STAFF Rev. Alexander J. Borzych Pastor Rev. Mr. Bill O’Donnell Deacon Helen Glatter Parishes Secretary Angie Kenney Religious Ed High School -Amherst Annette Line Religious Ed Grade School – Amherst Sue Kizer High School Religious Ed - Overton Alicia Luther Grade School Religious Ed—Overton Cheska Hubbard Religious Ed—Elm Creek Denise Ourada Adult Religious Ed—Elm Creek
Website: nebraskacatholic.org Parish e-mail:
[email protected] Facebook:
Immaculate Conception Youth Group
Phone: (308) 856-4375 Fax: (308) 856-4017
Mail Address: P.O. Box 530 Elm Creek, NE 68836
TRI - PARISH NEWS
Immaculate Conception
St. John Capistran
Holy Rosary
Weekday Masses: Tuesday, Dec. 22, Holy Rosary 9 AM for Jerry Just by Rita Borzych Wednesday, Dec. 23, Immaculate Conception 9 AM for Melvin Buettner by Ron & Eileen Smith
Christmas Eve Masses: Thursday, Dec. 24, St. John Capistran 5:00 PM for the Families of Tony & Bev Kleidosty by Tony & Bev Thursday, Dec. 24, Holy Rosary 7:00 PM for Tina Gruntorad byDaniel Gruntorad Thursday, Dec. 24, Immaculate Conception 9:00 PM for Gary Hubbard by Wayne & Delores Johns
Weekend Masses: Saturday, Dec. 26, Immaculate Conception 5:00 PM for Delores Hellriegel by Art & Kristy Marshall Sunday, Dec. 27, Holy Rosary 8:00 AM for Mike Streit by Mom & Dad Sunday, Dec. 27, St. John Capistran 10:00 AM for the People of the Parishes
Knights of Columbus Selling Crosses The Knights of Columbus have small Crucifix's for sale. The Crucifix's are made in Bethlehem from native olive trees. Cost is $10.00 Proceeds go to Christian refugee camps in the mid- east. Contacts, Amherst, Terry Tauben-heim, Overton, Terry Cook, Elm Creek, Brian Kaufman.
St. John's will be sponsoring a canned food/paper prod-uct drive until December 15. At that time, proceeds will be taken to Crossroads Mission in Kearney. Encourage youth to participate by bringing a product to put in the box on CCD night. We have so much to be THANKFUL for and these contributions will help those less fortunate.
Please consider donating to the Hat, Mitten and Pajama Tree that is in the front of the Church. We are requesting mainly infant and youth sizes. The youth group will de-liver these items before Christmas to local charities.
A tote is under the table in the back of Holy Rosary for any items that can go to the local food pantry. The items will be taken at the end of every month. Thank you
THE "O ANTIPHONS" OF ADVENT
The Roman Church has been singing the "O" Antiphons since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from December 17-23. They are a magnificent theology that uses ancient biblical imagery drawn from the messianic hopes of the Old Testament to proclaim the coming Christ as the fulfillment not only of Old Testa-ment hopes, but present ones as well. Their repeated use of the imperative "Come!" embodies the longing of all for the Divine Messiah.
December 17
O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge!
December 18
O Leader of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power!
December 19
O Root of Jesse’s stem, sign of God’s love for all his people: come to save us without delay!
December 20
O Key of David, opening the gates of God’s eternal Kingdom: come and free the prisoners of darkness!
December 21
O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death.
December 22
O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
December 23
O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law: come to save us, Lord our God!
Collection Report: December 13, 2015 Immaculate Conception Holy Rosary St. John Capistran Income needed to $1,000.00 $ 500.00 $750.00 meet expenses
Sunday 2908.00 886.00 872.00 Children 2.25 8.75 15.00 Christmas Flowers 20.00 20.00 -0- Christmas 400.00 -0- -0- Holy Day 98.00 147.00 130.00 Special Collection 20.00 -0- -0- Retirement Fund for Religious 130.00 92.00 60.00 Diocesan Appeal -0- -0- 200.00
Remember the sick in our parishes and Pray for them. Immaculate Conception Parish
Homebound: Robert Harms, Bob Dudek,. Charlie Bryan Ill or Recovering; Hayden Hubbard, Virginia Margitz, Marlene Petzold, Denny Daake, Mike Meier, Michelle Barger, Carol Meier
Holy Rosary Parish Homebound: Katie Bourn, Marge Kearney, Clarice Bamrick, Jean McTygue, Regina Zulkoski, Isabel & Ed Gruntorad Ill or Recovering: Ed Graczyk, , Janice Streit, Paul Streit, , Garrett Scholz, Alan Smith, Mary Cook, Larry Streit, Loyd Hickey,
Saint John Capistran Homebound: Gladys Conroy Ill or Recovering: Vera Lienert, Chase Klingelhoefer, Bernadene Sullivan, Dean Roach, Betty Rodehorst, Patricia Winter,
Diocesan Appeal Update: Goal Collected Balance % Collected #Givers Immaculate Conception $7,985.00 $7,940.00 $ 45.00 99.4% 35 Holy Rosary $5,690.00 $5,386.00 $ 304.00 94.7% 24 St. John Capistran $6,029.00 $6,600.00 $ 0.00 109.5% 23
We are tithing Parishes, meaning we give 10% of what God gave us back (5% parish and 5% other charities). Based off bible (Tobit 1:6-7, Deuteronomy 14:22, Hebrews 7:2-25)
Christmas is one of the main Christian holidays. The Roman Catholic Church and most Protes-tant churches celebrate Christ-mas according to the Gregorian calendar on December 25. Christmas celebrations last for eight days, from December 25 to January 1, a period known as the Octave. December 26 is celebrated as St. Stephen the Martyr Day. December 27 is marked as the day of John the Apostle and the Massacre of the Innocents is commemorated on December 28. Lit candles are one of the main Christmas symbols. Its flick-ering flame is supposed to remind the faithful of the words found in the Gospel: "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it."
Christmas Masses
All Masses will take place on December 24, 2015
Amherst - Saint John Capistran - 5:00 pm
Overton - Holy Rosary - 7:00 pm
Elm Creek - Immaculate Conception - 9:00 pm
4th WEEK OF ADVENT DAILY PRAYERS THIS WEEK
Guide for Daily Prayer" on the Creighton University's Online Minis-tries web site: http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.htmlUsed with permission.
The Fourth Sunday of Advent begins the last week of Advent, which takes us to Christmas on Fri-day. The reading from Micah reminds us that of the seemingly unimportant town of Bethlehem, "from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel." Luke's gospel offers again the story of Mary's going to visit her cousin. Elizabeth under-stands immediately Mary's situation and praises God saying, "How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy." Luke's Gospel is our guide this week. On the 21st, we repeat Luke's story of the Visitation. The story continues on the 22nd with Mary's beautiful response, "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord." On the 23rd is the naming of John by Zecha-riah. On the 24th, during the day, is Zechariah's prayer of praise after being allowed to speak again. The scenes and canticles, or songs, which are part of the story, are so well known to us that we can miss hearing them with an open heart. If we celebrate the Vigil of Christmas on Christ-mas Eve, Matthew's Gospel (though any of the gospels for Christmas may be used at any of the Christmas liturgies) offers the history of Jesus' fam-ily. The first celebration of The Nativity of the Lord is the Mass at Midnight. The first reading is from Isaiah: “The people who walked in dark-ness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.” This power-ful reading deserves a slow contemplation. The Gos-pel is from Luke: the journey to Bethlehem, the birth, the angels announce the birth to the shep-herds. The second celebration of The Nativity of the Lord is the Mass at Dawn. The Gospel is from Luke: the shepherds visit the newborn child. “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” The third celebration of The Nativity of the Lord is the Mass during the Day. Here the Gospel is from the beginning of John's Gos-pel: “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.” December 26th celebrates St. Stephen, the first martyr. The Sunday that follows Christmas is always the celebration of the Holy Family. There are wonder-ful readings from the Book of Sirach, the First Book of Samuel, and Paul’s letter to the Colossians or the First Letter of John. The gospel is the story of the teen aged Jesus teaching in the temple while his parents could not find him. Jesus goes back home with his family. “He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man.”
This may be one of the most difficult weeks to be reflective throughout each day. This weekend may be quite full for many of us. Others of us may be alone, apart from the faith community we will join on Sunday and Friday, perhaps daily this week. While some of us have had guests staying with us and a house to clean, others of us will be reviewing memo-ries and struggling, even a little, with being alone.
Whether this week is full or slow, it is a treasure-filled op-portunity for reflection. Using the same means we've been using, we can let the richness of this week's readings and feasts fill the background of each day. Even on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day we can wake up, surrendering anxiety by letting the anxiety of these days take us to the scene of our Lord's birth. We can imagine the anxiety that filled the ex-perience of Mary and Joseph. We can keep in our conscious-ness their trust in God. The Christmas music on the radio or at our church services and liturgies can bring the faith of these hymns and songs into our hearts. And, once it is there, these songs of faith will remain in the background all day long. When we are tempted to worry or complain, to be hurt or angry, to be frustrated or exhausted, the hymns will draw our hearts to rejoicing and gratitude.
Thinking about Stephen the Martyr with a little desire and focus, can guide our hearts to reflect on the meaning of Christmas - the gift of self-giving love. We can ask ourselves, what generosity can come from the gratitude I have in my heart after celebrating the gift of redemption? Who in my world needs more love? What happens in me when I think about the people in the world who need my support? Who is being martyred today? Who is witnessing our world's rejec-tion?
All of us can imagine Jesus, Mary and Joseph going home.
We can imagine their daily lives. We can ask for the grace to
live in God's presence, just as they must have done, and for
the grace to be sensitive to each other and care for each
other as they must have. We can ask that we might imitate
their busy lives, trusting and dependent on God. Looking on
their hidden life together, we can grow in a desire to be more
humble, in a peace with greater simplicity, in a courage to let
God take care of us. Whether we experience the poverty of
that holy stable or the ordinary simplicity of daily routine,
we can enjoy this week as a special opportunity to be drawn
to a greater closeness with Jesus.
