Merry Christmas!
COME AND PRAY
PARISHIONERS & VISITORS: God bless you and thank you for coming for
Mass. God says - I will pour out my Spirit of Prayer and Petition on you and
on your family - Zechariah 12:10.
THE 2018 CALENDARS - Please take one as you leave the Church: they are at the
tables at the back of the Church.
2018 GIVING ENVELOPES - The 2018 Giving Envelopes are ready for pickup, please
pick them up at the back of the church as soon as possible..
WORD OF GOD Joseph, son of David,
be not afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
By the Holy Spirit this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a Son and you’re to name him JESUS,
because he will save his people from their sins.
-Matthew 1:18-24
St. Rose of Lima Parish Sharing in One Faith for 145 years
1872—2017
315 East Third Street Metropolis, IL 62960
Rectory: (618) 524-9006 Parish Office: (618) 524-8202
Office @ 405 East 3rd St.
Email: [email protected] Website: www.strosemetropolis.com
Pastor Fr. Mujule: [email protected]
CHRIST LOVES YOU ~ John 15:9
4th Sunday of Advent
December 24, 2017 Volume 17, # 50
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES December 24th - Christmas Eve -
Carols @ 6:30 PM
Mass @ 7:00 PM
December 25th - Christmas Day - Mass @ 8:30 AM
“PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, so that you too may be healed”
James 5:16
• Ministry of Care ~ Lucy Adams, John Benard, Pauline Corder, Diane Croach, Georgette Heavrin, Jean Howard, Frank Jaramillo, and Hal & Catherine Rush.
• In Need of prayer ~ Jake Bass, Rick Bell, Rosalie Corse, Rita Cotten, Gracelyn Goodman, Steve Gunn, Sumar Holt, Jim & Caroline Hendrickson, Brooke Johnston, Lisa Loyd, Ed Puschaver, Jean Rehlmeyer, Greg Sloan, Bonnie Smith, and Betty Tockstein,
• Prayers ~ Paul Henry, Mark Varnum, and Charlotte Crippen.
• For Repose of the soul ~ Howard Medley, Barbara Bard, Diane Crawford, Jackie Leatherman Starr, Hadley Ashby.
4th Sunday of Advent
II Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12
Psalms 89:2-5, 27, 29
Romans 16:25-27
Luke 1:26-38
Weekly Offering of December 16th - 17th
General $ 1,230.00 Poinsettia Memorials $ 105.00
Candles $ 9.00 Giving Tree $ 90.00
Building & Maint $ 474.00
Total Collections $ 1,908.00
Many THANKS for your generosity and continued support of our parish.
Merry Christmas!