As we approach the celebration of the Lord’s birth, it becomes increas- ingly difficult to remain in the spirit of Advent. The culture around us has been celebrating the Christmas season for several weeks at this point, and I know that I’m having a hard time not binging on my favorite Christmas hymns (I hope I’m not the only one tempted to listen to “O Come all ye Faithful” on repeat…). Thankfully, in her great wisdom, the Church provides us with a great musical tool to remain focused on whatever liturgical season we are in: the four seasonal Marian Antiphons. Originating from the Divine Office (specifically the office of compline), these antiphons have been part of the Church’s liturgical tradition for hundreds of years, dating back to the Medieval period in Europe. The Antiphons are: Alma Redemptoris Mater “O Loving Mother of the Redeemer” (for Advent through the feast of the Presentation on Feb. 2), Ave Regina Caelorum “Hail, O Queen of Heaven” (for Feb 3 through the Easter Vigil), Regina Coeli “Queen of Heaven” (for the Easter season through Pentecost) and Salve Regina “Hail, Holy Queen” (for after Pentecost until the beginning of Advent). As we are still in the season of Advent, I’ll focus my attention on Alma Redemptoris Mater, which was written by a monk named Herimann in the 11th century. The translation of this antiphon (here taken from Fr. Fortiscue) is quite beautiful: “Holy mother of our Redeemer, thou gate leading to heaven and star of the sea; help the falling people who seek to rise, thou who, all nature wonder- ing, didst give birth to thy holy Creator. Virgin always, hearing the greeting from Gabriel’s lips, take pity on sinners.” Like all the antiphons, Alma Redemptoris is ordinarily sung at the end of Compline, or Night Prayer. During this Advent season, we are continuing this tradition of Night prayer at 8pm Sunday nights through this Sunday, Dec. 17th. The music for this antiphon is joyful and melodic, and it captures wonderfully the image of Mary as our guiding star to Jesus. I strongly encourage everyone, especially if you are not familiar with this chant, to familiarize yourself with the music for this antiphon. Learn to sing it (it’s not hard!) and allow the beauty of the Latin text, combined with the translation, to lead you into prayer. The Church provides us with these antiphons for our benefit; let’s take advantage of this great musical and prayerful gift that has been given to us! Alma Redemptoris Mater: The Church’s Marian Antiphon for Advent DECEMBER 17, 2017 3 RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT You are a Witness to Hope! Dear Parishioners! We are at around 30% of our goal, over $100K and pledges continue to come in! I am so grateful for your generosity and continued support of the Bishop’s campaign and of our parish! Now, let’s get every member of this parish to participate! Let’s not miss out on this God given opportunity to commit to the sacred mission of the Church and give of ourselves! -Fr Tom Pope Francis has called us to be bold, to be missionaries and to be witnesses to Christ and His saving message: “This is our call to give of ourselves, to offer our lives as a willing sacrifice in order to receive the very life of Christ, and to fulfill His mission by His Grace and strength to work in us.” Our financial generosity is one expression of how we can witness to the hope of His message and build His kingdom here on earth. It is not something that we should do grudgingly or as a token response. Witness to Hope is an invitation to be an active missionary and evangelist for Christ Jesus. - From witnesstohope.net/ NOTES FROM JIM RENFER– Director of Music
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As we approach the celebration of the Lord’s birth, it becomes increas-ingly difficult to remain in the spirit of Advent. The culture around us has been celebrating the Christmas season for several weeks at this point, and I know that I’m having a hard time not binging on my favorite Christmas hymns (I hope I’m not the only one tempted to listen to “O Come all ye Faithful” on repeat…). Thankfully, in her great wisdom, the Church provides us with a great musical tool to remain focused on whatever liturgical season we are in: the four seasonal Marian Antiphons. Originating from the Divine Office (specifically the office of compline), these antiphons have been part of the Church’s liturgical tradition for hundreds of years, dating back to the Medieval period in Europe. The Antiphons are: Alma Redemptoris Mater “O Loving Mother of the Redeemer” (for Advent through the feast of the Presentation on Feb. 2), Ave Regina Caelorum “Hail, O Queen of Heaven” (for Feb 3 through the Easter Vigil), Regina Coeli “Queen of Heaven” (for the Easter season through Pentecost) and Salve Regina “Hail, Holy Queen” (for after Pentecost until the beginning of Advent). As we are still in the season of Advent, I’ll focus my attention on Alma Redemptoris Mater, which was
written by a monk named Herimann in the 11th century. The translation of this antiphon (here taken from Fr. Fortiscue) is quite beautiful:
“Holy mother of our Redeemer, thou gate leading to heaven and star of the sea; help the falling people who seek to rise, thou who, all nature wonder-ing, didst give birth to thy holy Creator. Virgin always, hearing the greeting from Gabriel’s lips, take pity on sinners.”
Like all the antiphons, Alma Redemptoris is ordinarily sung at the end of Compline, or Night Prayer. During this Advent season, we are continuing this tradition of Night prayer at 8pm Sunday nights through this Sunday, Dec. 17th. The music for this antiphon is joyful and melodic, and it captures wonderfully the image of Mary as our guiding star to Jesus. I strongly encourage everyone, especially if you are not familiar with this chant, to familiarize yourself with the music for this antiphon. Learn to sing it (it’s not hard!) and allow the beauty of the Latin text, combined with the translation, to lead you into prayer. The Church provides us with these antiphons for our benefit; let’s take advantage of this great musical and prayerful gift that has been given to us!
Alma Redemptoris Mater: The Church’s Marian Antiphon for Advent
DECEMBER 17, 2017 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
You are a Witness to Hope!
Dear Parishioners! We are at
around 30% of our goal, over
$100K and pledges continue to
come in! I am so grateful for
your generosity and continued
support of the Bishop’s
campaign and of our parish!
Now, let’s get every member of
this parish to participate! Let’s
not miss out on this God given
opportunity to commit to the
sacred mission of the Church and
give of ourselves!
-Fr Tom
Pope Francis has called us to be
bold, to be missionaries and to
be witnesses to Christ and His
saving message: “This is our call
to give of ourselves, to offer our
lives as a willing sacrifice in
order to receive the very life of
Christ, and to fulfill His mission
by His Grace and strength to
work in us.”
Our financial generosity is
one expression of how we can
witness to the hope of His
message and build His kingdom
here on earth. It is not something
that we should do grudgingly or
as a token response. Witness to
Hope is an invitation to be an
active missionary and evangelist
for Christ Jesus.
- From witnesstohope.net/
NOTES FROM JIM RENFER– Director of Music
• Please pray for the infirm, including: Dan Krebs, Patricia Fuller, Lisa Ann Kozakowski, John Marshall, John LaRock Sr., Michael Cooper, Phil Rutledge, Kathy Cooley, Robin Fahmie, Karen Prins, Sandra Adams, Richard Pelkey, Tom Dawson, Pete Siebertz, Nicole Brcic, Angela DiLaura, John Dziuban, Jim Stephensen, Mason Rutledge, Georgiana Bruen, Wayne DeForest, Floyd “Doc” Dreffs,
Ron Fuller, Tom Masterson, Noah Kranz, Ann Mary “Nancy” Phillips, Jessica Cox, Katie Hutton, Nicholas Pikor, Roger Thomas, Betsy & Charlie Rodgers, Pam Wiitala, Chris Dreffs
Please pray for those in the military, including: Adam Draves, Nathan Baker, Garette Moore, Larry Workman, Daniel Scott Brown, Mark Richard, Philip Maxwell, Tony Phillips, Anthony
Darket, Samuel Chase Johnson, William Godfrey, Bill Lott, Tony DeLellis, Mike Nelson, Frank Snaith, Allan Fletcher, Noah Kranz, Chas & Holly Carter
Pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. John Henry Keenan, Michael Kunitz, Mark Iadonisi, David Pellican
TO PRAY IS TO LOVE MASS INTENTIONS
“...I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will turn out for my deliverance… with full courage now
as always Christ will be honored in my body...” — Philippians 1:19, 20
Judi Pellican Cecelia Eldersveld Bob Stovall John Dawson Marcia Dreffs Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners
TUE 700:
WED 815:
THU 830:
FRI 815:
SAT 400:
SUN 900:
400:
1100:
MON 1000:
Advent Sunday Night Prayer
Please join us, in the Church, this evenings at 8:00pm for sung Night Prayer. This is a great way to focus your gaze on what really mat-ters during this Advent season.
RETROUVAILLE
Help for Your Marriage Retrouvaille is an inter-national community of people committed to
helping married couples heal and strengthen their marriages. They help couples living in the pain and disappointment of marital problems by engaging them in a weekend retreat and six follow-up sessions designed to empower husbands and wives with the tools to communicate effectively, forgive
and move forward into a brighter future as a married couple. The next retreat held in Lansing is the weekend of January 5th. For info: retrouvaille.org
Job Opening Father Gabriel Richard High School has a job opening for a part time bus driver to shuttle athletic teams. To apply send resume to Hally Yonko- [email protected]
New Christmas Music The Dominican Sisters of Mary - Mother of the Eucharist have a new Christmas CD available: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: Christmas with the Dominican Sisters of Mary. The CD is available from SistersofMary.org
Register Now! Ladies of Old St. Patrick Retreat January 26-28, (Fri evening thru Sun noon) at Maryville Center in Holly, MI. We are blessed to have Fr. Pieter Van Rooyen, a recent recipient of a doctorate in Rome and professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit give the retreat. Cost for the weekend retreat is $150, contact Debbie Welch at the office to register!
Reconciliation Tuesday 5:30PM - 6:40PM Saturday 2:30PM or by appointment; don’t hesitate to call for an appointment!
Weekend Schedule for Holy Mass Saturday 4:00PM Sunday 8:00AM & 10:30AM
EF/TLM Latin Mass 2nd Sunday of Month 12:30pm Weekday Schedule for Holy Mass First Saturday of the month 9:00AM Tues. 7:00PM Wed. & Fri. 8:15AM
Thur. 8:30AM
Eucharistic Adoration of Our Lord Tues. 5:30PM– 6:45PM First Friday 7:00PM– Saturday 8:00AM
Baptisms Baptism Preparation classes as required by the
attend. There is no fee for the class. Marriages Arrangements are to be made at least nine months prior to the wedding. Funerals Funeral arrangements are made by contacting the parish office. Parish Registration Contact the office for a registration form.
Contributions: Weekend of December 10, 2017: $7201.12
Bulletin announcements must be submitted in writing to [email protected] by Monday at noon and will be edited at the discretion of the editor or pastor.
ALTAR SERVERS SATURDAY 4:00/DEC 23 J. Mesch T. Perrydore N. Perrydore
SUNDAY 9:00/DEC 24 B. Eriksen W. Kummet
Check your email for Christmas Mass server schedules.
OLD ST. PATRICK PARISH DIRECTORY
Family of the Month Our Family for the
Month of Dec. is
the Willacker
Family. The
Willacker’s is
involved in many
ministries in our
parish. Steve is
a 3rd degree Knight, on the Finance
Committee and also an Extraordinary
Minister of Holy Communion. He has
helped direct traffic for our cemetery
procession and helped with the Witness of
Hope Campaign. He can be counted on to
help when the Knights ask him. Marti is an
Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion,
a reader at Masses, Mass collection
counter and volunteers where needed with
the Ladies Society functions. Mary
Catherine and Maggie are part of the choir
and also are cantors. Congratulations and
may God Bless You Steve and your family
for your dedicated service to Old
St. Patrick’s Church.
Join The Knights Contact Grand Knight, Brian Heldt at 734-
THURSDAY, December 21 6:30 American Heritage Girls
7:00 Choir Rehearsal
Come on…
Come on…
Throw it!
Restock our Food Pantry! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our food pantry. We were able to serve 6 families during the Thanks-giving holiday. We need to restock! In particular, we could use: spaghetti sauce, oatmeal (family size boxes), jelly, saltine crackers, rice, powdered milk, canned beans, syrup, Chef Boyardee cans and canned beef stew. Thank you to Cindy Bruggner, our new food pantry organizer.
Books Available Ladies, did you miss the opportunity to pick up your copy of The Privilege of Being a Women, by Alice von Hildebrand? Copies are available in the parish office for $14. We will be reading the book in preparation for a dis-cussion at our next Ladies of OSP meeting which will be held at Diane Eriksen’s house on February 9th.
Fish Fry! There will be a fish fry planning meeting Jan. 7th, after the 8am Mass. All are welcome to attend!
REGENCY NURSING HOME
Mass & Music Join us at 2:30 on Wednesday December 27th, for Holy Mass and Christmas music at Regency. After Mass the Deemer family will lead us in music with the residents. All are welcome.
Parent Meeting There is a meeting for parents of children receiving First Reconcilia-tion on January 14th at 9:15am in the Parish Hall. Interviews to review each child's candidacy will occur on January 27th and February 3rd. You can sign up for an interview by calling the parish office.
At Christmas, flowers are abundant in the Church as a sign of the miracle of Christmas, as well as our offer-ings to the Christ Child. Their beauty is a comfort. There are special envelopes in your donation-packet to donate for flowers. If you put the donation in the name of someone living or deceased there is a special Mass by which their souls may receive the graces from that infinite sacrifice. If you do not have a donation packet with the special envelope, just place at least $10 in an envelope and mention the name of the person you want remembered, and we’ll mention them in the bulletin. The special Mass for the intentions of all these folks will be on January 14, 10:30am. Please consider providing for these flowers at this special time in the name of a loved one and attending the Mass too!
Help us Decorate the Church for Christmas!
Sunday December 17th: No Youth Group (Saturday Ice Skate Social in Ann Arbor) December 24th and Jan. 1st: No Youth Group, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! January 6th, 6:30-8pm: Let's continue our discussion of Catholicism Among Christianity. We'll go
through the rest of the denominations particularly Calvinism, Anglicanism, and Eastern Orthodox.
March For Life: We have a bus going to the March for Life! We will be leaving
on Jan18th at 6:00am and returning on Jan 20th at 10pm. It will cost $100, plus
money for meals. Registration forms and more info are available on the Youth
Group page of our website! (Click on “Faith Formation” then “Youth Group”)
