Mailing Address St. Edward’s & St. Paul’s

P.O. Box 38 4905 State Hwy 84

Longville, MN 56655

Phone Numbers Office………………………..218-363-2799 Rectory……………………...218-363-3498

Email: stedwardlongville@yahoo.com

Website: stedwardandstpaul.org

Office Hours Mon. Tues. Wed. & Fri. 9:00am-1:00pm

St. Edward’s, Longville Mass Schedule

Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions - Saturday ................ 3:00pm

or by appointment Saturday ........................................ 4:00pm Sunday ............................................8:30am

Daily Mass Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Mass ................................................8:30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday’s……………..9:15 am - 1:15 pm

Light of Christ Adoration Chapel

St. Paul’s, Remer Mass Schedule

Rosary—One half hour before Masses Confessions before/after Sunday Mass

or by appointment.

Sunday ..........................................10:30am Daily Mass—Thursday

Mass ............................................... 8:30am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Thursday of the Month

9 AM - 10 PM

Prayer List If you, or someone you know or love,

have a prayer need, please contact: Dianne Hipsher at 218-363-2969

First Friday Mass St. Edward’s

Adoration 7:30 am Benediction & Mass 8:30am

First Saturday Mass St. Edward’s Rosary 8:00 am Mass 8:30 am

Women’s Council of St. Edward’s Meets on the 2nd Wednesday

of each month at 9 AM. Next Meeting –December 11th

St. Paul’s Ladies Council Meets on the 2nd Tuesday

quarterly at 4:00 PM. Next Meeting - January 14th

Saint Rose of Lima Conference - Longville/Remer The next meeting is Tuesday, December 10, 2019

3:30 PM at St. Paul’s

Welcome to the Catholic Churches of

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Weekday Masses

Monday, December 9~ No Mass

Tuesday, December 10 - Health of Stephanie Hasser Wednesday, December 11 - Holy Souls in Purgatory Thursday, December 12 - Kenneth Schloesser + Friday, December 13 - Health of Jackie Hasser Kepner

Weekend Masses Saturday, December 14 4:00 pm ~ St. Edward’s ~ Bishop Paul Sirba +

Sunday, December 15

8:30 am ~ St. Edward’s - Paul Hipsher + 10:30 am ~ St. Paul’s ~ Pro Popullo

Longville Area Food Shelf December is Saint Edward’s month to spread

the Holiday Cheer at the Food Shelf in Longville. Wednesday, December 4th at

9:30 AM help is needed to unload the truck and Workers are needed from 11AM – 3PM. The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in

the hallway.

Remer Area Food shelf January is Saint Paul’s month at the Remer Area Food Shelf on Thursday’s

from 1-3:30 PM. The sign up sheet is in the entryway.

GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE Second Sunday of Advent What does it mean to be worthy? There are a few different ways to approach this question. Today’s Gospel highlights two: the way of the Pharisees and the way of John the Baptist. Our faith values good works and discipleship. Perhaps, then, we “earn” our worth by adhering to the right doctrines and following the right pious practice. The Pharisees thought they were worthy. Due to their religious pedigree and proper procedures, they were self-satisfied. John the Baptist’s words to them are strong. “Do not resume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’” Of course, Jesus (and John) don’t omit the responsibility for moral behavior. John gives the Pharisees quite a strong warning in that regard. “Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance … every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

It’s a question of attitude. Of disposition. It’s a matter of the heart. If anyone would be worthy in this scenario, it’s John the Baptist. Jesus himself will name him the greatest of prophets and a great man. John, however, recognizes his own lowly place in the grand scheme of things. “The one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals.” The Pharisees take pride in being “better” than others. John embraces humility in Christ being “better” than him. We don’t self-generate our own worthiness. We receive it as a gift from God.

In a few short weeks, we’ll celebrate the birth of Christ. Bishop Ven. Fulton Sheen wrote about the Nativity in his “Life of Christ”: “Because [Jesus] was born in a cave, all who wish to see Him must stoop. To stoop is the mark of humility. The proud refuse to stoop and, therefore, they miss divinity.” God invites us to prepare our hearts this Advent. When you consider your own life, where are you looking for your worth? This Christmas, are you prepared to stoop?

Readings for the week of December 8, 2019

Sunday: Is 11:1-10/ Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 19 [cf. 7]/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13/Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10/Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 [cf. 8]/Lk 1:5-25 Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/ Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Next Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/ Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 [Is 35:4]/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11

Liturgy Word of the Week

DOGMA - A church doctrine (teaching) issued with the highest authority and solemnity; a core teaching of the church.

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Prayer Shawl Ministry If someone you know is ill, depressed, dying, is in counseling, lonely, is going into a nursing home; anyone who is in need of our prayers, love and care. Contact

the parish office at 363-2799

Sunday Coffee Ministry We are in need of volunteers to help

with our Coffee Socials following Mass on Sunday. Please, sign up to host for

this great time of fellowship. If you are new to hosting help is available.

Home Visitors Ministry are privileged to bring Holy

Communion to parishioners who are homebound or for any rea-

son unable to attend Mass on Sundays. If you know someone in need of this Ministry, please

contact Sharon Thole at 218-363-3811

Bishop Baraga Vocations Apostolate of the Brainerd Deanery

Adopt a Seminarian

Trevor Peterson: If you want to make a donation to our Seminarian, there is a basket to drop your

items in, by the church store at Saint Edward’s and in the entryway at Saint Paul’s, contact the Parish

office if you have any questions. We will be sending a Christmas package by December 16th.

Deacon Mike Knuth’s Blog deaconscellar.wordpress.com

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP - RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MO-MENTS

Jesus Is Headed Your Way One day, we heard the news that a possible tornado was heading our way. We live off of a highway, and it was traveling along that very road. My wife and kids huddled in the downstairs bathroom. Not many tornadoes surface in North Carolina, so our children were particularly worried because it was something they had never contemplated happening before. The tornado never did come into our neighborhood, but it did cause one our sons to express that he needed to go to Confession as soon as possible. He hadn’t done anything too over the top sinful, but coming face-to-face with a tornado had cause him to have some second thoughts about his preparedness for meeting God. Hopefully, a tornado doesn’t make a path through your city or town this Advent.

Sometimes, reminders of our mortality find their way into life. The passing of a loved one, a car accident, or a health scare can all cause us to reflect on where we are in our relationship with God. Without those moments, we can find ourselves living daily without a mindfulness of where God is in our life and if our actions are pleasing to Him … or if they drag us further away into the world.

Advent is the time to take inventory of where we are with God. How are we living as good stewards and ma-ture disciples? What do I need to make amends for in the healing power of the sacrament of Penance? A tornado may not be coming, but Jesus will be returning someday. Hopefully, you will run outside of your home to meet him, and he won’t find you huddled up afraid in your bathroom.

Saint Paul’s Collection

December 1, 2019 Envelopes $ 570.00

Plate $ 40.00

UCA $ 260.50 Building Fund $ 700.00

Saint Edward’s Collection

Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2019

Envelopes $ 675.00

Plate $ 83.00

UCA $ 250.00

What do we know about St. John the Baptist? We know quite a lot about John the Baptist from the Gospels and other historical sources. John was the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth through a graced post-menopausal conception (Luke 1). John would have been raised with an intimate knowledge of Jewish doctrine and religious practice, due to his fa-ther being a Levite priest. Elizabeth is a “kinswoman” of Mary. While not in the same nuclear family, the two were close enough that Mary would journey to spend several months with Elizabeth during her pregnancy. We don’t know how close John and Jesus were as children, but they certainly knew of one an-other as cousins.

Luke 3 tells us he began his ministry in “the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberias Caesar,” roughly 29 A.D. He lived as a hermit with clear ascetic practices, such as rough clothing and a simple vegetarian diet. Despite his remoteness, John’s ministry was prophet-ic. People came from across the region to be baptized in water as a sign of repentance. John, however, con-tinually pointed beyond himself to the one who was to come: Jesus Christ. John the Baptist’s call to re-pentance extended to the rules of his day. John cri-tiqued the local rulers, Herod Antipas and his wife Herodias. Previously, Herodias had been married to Antipas’ brother, Herod Philip, but had betrayed him, left him, and married his more powerful brother. John was arrested for the slight and was eventually execut-ed (Mark 6). This martyrdom prophetically antici-pates the trials that awaited Christ and his followers. In life and death, John the Baptist served as the herald of the Messiah.