November 29, 2015 - First Sunday of Advent Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org [email protected]Office Hours Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am Baptisms Seminars are held every other month - register by calling the office. At- tendance is suggested during pregnancy. Anointing of the Sick The Church recom- mends this sacrament for those who are grave- ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to arrange a visit. Weddings Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time for prepara- tion and planning. 406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727 Phone: (337) 237-0988
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November 29, 2015 - First Sunday of Advent
Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon
Celebration of the Eucharist
Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am
Baptisms
Seminars are held every other month - register
by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested
during pregnancy.
Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-
mends this sacrament for those who are grave-
ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to
arrange a visit.
Weddings
Arrangements must be made at least six
months in advance to allow time for prepara-
tion and planning.
406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727
Phone: (337) 237-0988
Welcome to St. Patrick Church
First Sunday of Advent
November 29, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday, November 28--Vigil of the First Sunday of Advent 4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Judith A. White; Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert ; Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Joyce Lavergne Ducote Sunday, November 29--First Sunday of Ad-vent 8:30 AM: Helen Vallot; Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Dr. Almore (Doc) Bordelon; Nick & Earl Chiasson; Frank Garber; M/M Elliot Roy; Robert Cole; John Viltz, Sr.; Hazel Cormier; Shelton LeBlanc, Sr. 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, November 30--St. Andrew, Apostle 7:30 AM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes
I will raise up for David a just shoot; he shall do what is right and just in the land.
— Jeremiah 33:15
Tuesday, December 1--Advent Weekday 7:30 AM: Rufus & Scott Mouisse Wednesday, December 2--Advent Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, December 3--St. Francis Xavier, Priest 7:30 AM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes Friday, December 4--St. John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart
Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday 7:15 a.m. Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m. Pro-Life Rosary: 1st. Friday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Wednesday, December 4: Jerry & Dee Boudreaux; Betty Fournet; Gloria Bou-dreaux. Advent Healing Service All are invited to attend an “Advent Healing Ser-vice” on Thursday, December 10, at 6:00 p.m. at St. Jules Catholic Church, 116 St. Jules Street, Lafayette. Main celebrant of the Mass will be Rev. Dan Edwards, Pastor of St. Jules. For addi-tional information, please call 234-2727.
Annual Christmas Social You are invited to attend our yearly Christmas Social on Sunday, December 13, at 11 am. at the Parish Hall. Bring your favorite holiday dish. The parish will provide the meat. This is a great opportunity to fellowship with one another and to meet parishioners who attend mass at another time. For Your Information Chanh Van Nguyen, a priest of the Diocese of Bac Ninh, North Vietnam, until recently serving in the Diocese of Lafayette, has published a book about salvation, and has been attempting to promote the book in Catholic parishes and other local venues in our Diocese. A number of its elements are considered incompatible with Catholic doc-trine and seriously deviate from the integrity of the truth of the Catholic faith. Given the nature of these doctrinal errors, the book should not be promoted under Catholic auspices. Chanh Van Nguyen is currently on personal leave from priestly ministry; therefore, he should not be asked to address any Catholic group.
The Light Is On for You The Church encourages all Catholics to celebrate the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation each Advent. In addition to our nor-mal Saturday afternoon confession time, our parish and all the Catholic parishes of the Diocese will be open on the first three Advent Wednesdays (Dec. 2, 9 & 16) from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please take advantage of this opportunity to make a good Advent confession and also reach out to the Catholics you know that have been away from the regular practice of our faith and invite them to seize this chance to begin again. 2015 Parish Advent Missions—Central Region St. Peter Catholic Church, 102 N. Church St., Carencro, LA 70520. “Getting Personal with Jesus”, December 1, 2 & 3 —6:00 pm (Mass at 5:30 pm). Presenter: Mr. Gary Zimak, Catholic Speaker/Author/Radio Host. For more information, please contact Patricia (337-896-9408; [email protected]). St. Bernard Catholic Church, 204 N. Main St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517. “My Soul Magnifies the Lord”, Decem-ber 3, 10 & 27—6:15-7:30 pm. Presenter: Rev. David Broussard, Pastor. For more information please contact Donna Melancon (337-332-2159 Ext. 222; [email protected]) Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 818 12th. Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. “Parish Advent Mission”, De-cember 7, 8 & 9—7:00 pm (Musical Prelude at 6:45 pm). Presenter: Rev. Sebastian Myladiyil, SVD, Pastor. For more information, please call the Church Office (337-235-4618). Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 145 Mar tin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501. “True Devo-tion to Mary”, December 9 & 10—6:00—8:30 pm. For more information, please contact Rashida McZeal (337-233-1591; queenofpeace [email protected]). Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, 1454 Henderson Hwy., Henderson, LA, 70517. “Advent: The Sin of Man and God’s Response”. December 9 & 10—6:30 pm. Pre-senter: Mr. Aaron Breaux. For more information, please call the Church Office (337-228-2352). St. Joseph Catholic Church, Broussard and St. Anthony Chapel, Cade, 232 St. De Porres Street, Broussard, LA 70518. “Awakening the Gift of Mercy at Christmas”. De-cember 13, 14 & 15—7:00 pm (Musical Prelude at 6:45 pm). Presenters: Deacon Al Marcel (December 13); Dea-con Louis Lloyd (December 14); Deacon Michael Morrison (December 15). For information, please call the Church Office (337-837-6218).
Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-sents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for December is Rev. Jerry Mesley. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday, December 1, at Wyndham Garden Lafa-yette (formerly “HOTEL ACADIANA”), 1801 W. Pin-hook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not re-quired. For more information, please call Mary Ber-geron (654-8682). Holy Hour for Vocations Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, December 7, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Pat-rick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Holy Year of Mercy In the bull of indiction Misericordiae Vultus, Pope Francis decreed that the Holy Year of Mercy will begin on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8, 2015, with the opening of the Holy Door in the Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican. On the following Sunday, December 13, the Third Sunday of Advent, the Holy Father decreed that “in every local church, at the cathedral—the moth-er church of the faithful in any particular area—…a Door of Mercy will be opened for the duration of the Holy Year” (MV, 3). The Rite of the Opening of the Door of Mercy in the Diocese of Lafayette will be celebrated by Bishop Mi-chael Jarrell at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette on Sunday, December 13, 2015, at 10:45 a.m. It will include the celebration of the 11:00 a.m. Mass. All are invited to attend. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,387.26 Thank You! The second collection next weekend will be for our Building Fund.
Date
Saturday, December 5 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 6 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, December 6 10:00 a.m.
Lectors Marguerite Montagnet Linda Garber Karen Begnaud
Eucharistic Ministers
Harold Guilbeau Kathy Kalweit Peggy Spruill
Larry Lewis Ted Hampton Kay Hampton
Kenneth Broussard Madeline Broussard Robin Roy
Altar Servers George Eaton Glenn LaGrange Nicholas Begnaud
Ushers Oren Spruill Joyce Stelly
Donald & Scottie Vallot Lionel Jeanmard Joyce Stelly
Liturgical Roles for December
Readings for the Week
Monday Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 4:18-22
Tuesday Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24
Sunday Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6
From the Pastor’s Desk
With Thanksgiving behind us, one of the most common questions you’ll hear in the days ahead just has to be, “Are you ready for Christmas?” For most, the heart of that question is of course, are you finished with your Christmas shopping? One of the symptoms of our December is that retail overcomes just about everything, in-cluding the spiritual. Does it have to be that way? Of course not. But doing it differently takes effort.
One way that is different to really immerse ourselves in the season of Advent, which shouts from the housetops, “Not Yet!!!” The fact is that as we begin Advent, we’re not supposed to be ready for Christmas — not yet at least. If we were, we wouldn’t need the time of preparation that this holy season offers us. We embrace Advent precisely to get ready.
And get ready for what? The coming of a Savior, of course. And that is part of the richness of Advent — it’s not only about preparing for Jesus’ birthday, but so much more than that. Advent is about preparing for the multitude of ways in which God visits his people, in which our God is truly ‘Emmanuel’ — God with us.
Consider the Advent scriptures , which work backwards, beginning with a future coming of the Redeemer. Advent begins with the message of hope announcing that Christ isn’t finished with us yet, and that he is coming again at the end of time, to bring all creation to fulfillment. No amount of shopping can get us ready for that!
The two middle Sundays of Advent move to our past, to the time of Jesus, but toward the latter part of Je-sus’ life. We focus on the one who announced the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry. John the Baptist is that voice in the desert crying out, “Prepare the way of the Lord!” This Jesus who was baptized at the Jordan is the same one who is present in our midst, most especially in His Word and in the Eucharist, and we prepare to re-ceive him ever more fully, ever more completely.
Only on the last Sunday of this holy season do we shift our gaze to the events leading up to his birth. Mi-raculous signs and heavenly wonders abound, as everything is being made ready for the Word becoming Flesh, and coming to dwell in our midst. Mary is visited, says Yes to God’s will, and grows the baby Savior deep within.
And those are only some of the ways in which our Savior comes to us. He is with us in prayer, and he is revealed to us in worship. He abides in our homes, in the midst of our families, and he makes himself known in the face of the poor and needy. All of these are the visitations of the Lord for which we prepare. So, of course we’re not ready — yet. But we can be, if we embrace the Advent season.
