Daily Readings 4 Dec (Sun) 2 nd Sunday of Advent Is 11:1-10; Ps 71:2,7-8,12- 13,17; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 5 Dec (Mon) 2 nd Week of Advent Is 35:1-10; Ps 84:9-14; Lk 5:17-26 6 Dec (Tue) St Nicholas, bishop Is 40:1-11; Ps 95:1-3,10-13; Mt 18:12-14 7 Dec (Wed) St Ambrose, bishop, doctor - memorial Is 40:25-31; Ps 102:1-4,8,10; Mt 11:28-30 8 Dec (Thurs) Immaculate Conception of the BVM - solemnity Gen 3:9-15,20; Ps 97:1-4; Eph 1:3-6,11-12; Lk 1:26-38 9 Dec (Fri) St John Diego Cuauht- latoatzin Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4,6; Mt 11:16-19 10 Dec (Sat) 2 nd Week of Advent Sir 48:1-4,9-11; Ps 79:2,3,15- 16,18-19; Mt 17:10-13 11 Dec (Sun) 3 rd Sunday of Advent Is 35:1-6,10; Ps 145: 7-10; Jm 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11 Our Mission Statement We, the community of OLPS, strive to follow Christ and be His witnesses, reaching out to all through love and service. Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 31 Siglap Hill Singapore 456085 Tel: 6241 9565 Fax: 6241 5874 Website: www.olps.sg Faceboook: www.facebook.com/olps.sg 4 DECEMBER 2016 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT A Reflection from Word Among Us He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:11) Infant Baptism Preparation 2 nd Sunday at 3pm; Baptism 3 rd Sunday at 4pm Intercessory Prayers Every 1 st Thursday of the month at 8pm in Adoration Room Christian Meditation Every Wednesday at 8pm in St John/Luke Room Charismatic Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday at 8pm in Verbist Hall Charismatic Mass Every first Wednesday at 8pm in Verbist Hall Bahasa Indonesia Praise & Worship Every 3 rd Saturday of the month at 3.30pm in John Paul Room Rosary Recitation Monday to Friday at 5.15pm Thursday (Intentions for Priests) Divine Mercy Devotion Every Tuesday at 8pm in Church St Pio Devotion Every 23 rd of the month (refer to Bulletin for timing) Faith & Light Community Every last Saturday of the month at 6.30pm Mass MASS SCHEDULE (Confession before Mass) Weekday 6.30am* 6.00pm Saturday 6.30am* 3.45pm (Novena) Sunset Mass 4.45pm 6.30pm Sunday 7.15am (Mandarin) 8.45am 10.30am 12.30pm 6.00pm If it falls on a *Public Holiday, Mass will be at 8.00am. No evening Mass Tagalog Mass Every 4 th Saturday of the month at 8pm Bahasa Indonesia Mass Every 1 st Sunday of the month at 3.30pm PARISH PRIESTS Rev Fr Anthony Kenny Tan E: [email protected]Tel: 6445 6092 Rev Fr Bruno Saint Girons E: [email protected]Tel: 6444 3242 Rev Fr Charlie Oasan E: [email protected]Tel: 6241 8905 CONTACT US Secretariat Agnes Chan Tel: 6241 9565 Andrew Foo Fax: 6241 5874 E: [email protected]Parish Administrator Albert Kwek E: [email protected]Tel: 6449 8471 Catechetical Coordinator Nancy Chan E: [email protected]Tel: 6241 8047 Youth Coordinator Tamara Emir E: [email protected]Tel: 6241 9705 Golden Circle Coordinator Wendy Sequeira Tel: 6444 3602 MARRIAGES Application/Booking for Wedding in our Parish should be made at least six (6) months in advance. This would give the couple adequate time to attend Marriage Preparation Course (MPC) or Engaged Encounter Weekend (EE). Application form for Marriage is available at the Secretariat. For Information on Natural Family Planning (NFP) call the hotline at 9106 1990. OLPS Church Auto Gate Closed from 12.30am to 5.30am daily Adoration Room 6.00am to 12.00 midnight daily Columbarium Tuesday to Friday 7.00am to 10.00pm Mon, Sat, Sun & Public Holidays 7.00am to 7.00pm St Stephen’s School (Car park timing) 3.00pm to 6.30pm (Sat) 8.00am to 2.00pm (Sun) In his Letter to the Romans, St. Paul writes, “We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). In this verse, Paul is saying that at our baptism, we are “buried” with Jesus and then “raised” to a new life with him. He tells us that the outward signs of baptism— water, oil, light, a white robe—are intricately tied to the inward work of regeneration that God does in everyone at their baptism. Each of us becomes “dead to sin and living for God” (Romans 6:11). In today’s Gospel passage, John the Baptist talks about baptism as well. Only here he is saying that Jesus has come to baptize us not with water, but “with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). So what’s the difference? Water baptism washes us from original sin and brings us into a new relationship with God. Baptism “in the Spirit” is what happened to the apostles on Pentecost, when they were filled with the power and boldness of God. They were baptized—immersed or plunged—into the life of the Holy Spirit, who then worked his wonders in them and through them, just as he wants to do for us. Scripture tells us that our God is a “consuming fire” (Exodus 24:17; Isaiah 33:14; Hebrews 12:29). This baptism by the Spirit and fire is God’s way of setting a fire in our hearts so that we will want to go out and share his love. It’s his way of making us more like Jesus, who wanted to please the Father in everything he said and did. It’s his way of building his Church—by empowering his people to do the works that Jesus did. What an honor to receive the Spirit this way! “Holy Spirit, come and purify me. Set my heart on fire so that I can be your witness today.”
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:11)
Infant Baptism Preparation 2nd Sunday at 3pm; Baptism 3rd Sunday at 4pm Intercessory Prayers Every 1st Thursday of the month at 8pm in Adoration Room Christian Meditation Every Wednesday at 8pm in St John/Luke Room
Charismatic Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday at 8pm in Verbist Hall
Charismatic Mass Every first Wednesday at 8pm in Verbist Hall
Bahasa Indonesia Praise & Worship Every 3rd Saturday of the month at 3.30pm in John Paul Room
Rosary Recitation Monday to Friday at 5.15pm Thursday (Intentions for Priests)
Divine Mercy Devotion Every Tuesday at 8pm in Church St Pio Devotion Every 23rd of the month (refer to Bulletin for timing)
Faith & Light Community Every last Saturday of the month at 6.30pm Mass
