BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21213

REV. MICHAEL J. ORCHIK

Pastor

RECTORY 2854 Brendan Avenue Phone: 410-483-1700

WEBSITE:

www.shrineofthelittleflower.org EMAIL: slflower@netzero.net

MASS SCHEDULE

WEEKEND: Saturday - 4:00 PM HOLY DAY: As Announced in the Bulletin

Sunday - 7:00 - 9:00 - 11:00 AM WEEKDAY: 8:00 AM Monday through Saturday

FIRST FRIDAY: 8:00 AM Adoration from 8:30 through 10AM

NOVENA MASS:

Miraculous Medal Novena and Mass, Monday evening, 7:30 P.M. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE:

Saturday: 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. Other times as announced in the bulletin. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

Second Sunday of the month at 12:15 P.M. Please call the Rectory for information concerning Baptismal instruction for parents and for registration. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE:

Couples planning to be married should contact the priest at least 6 months in advance. CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS:

Persons interested in inquiring about the faith should call the Rectory - 410-483-1700. RELIGION CLASSES:

For public school children in the Religious Education Center: Pre-K to 8, Saturday morning at 10:00 A.M. To register, contact the Rectory, 410-483-1700.

THE SICK:

Please notify the Rectory when a member of the parish is in the hospital, or is unable to attend Church and wishes to receive Holy Communion at home.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:

The use of Church envelopes is the responsible way to support your Parish. Parishioners are requested to register at the Rectory Office, Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. or complete the following form: Name ____________________________________________ Street ____________________________________________ Phone: _________________________ Zip _______________ Check:

New Registration Moving out of Parish

Change of Address Want Envelopes

Please cut out and drop in the Collection Box or mail to Rectory.

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SHRINE of the LITTLE FLOWER SECOND SUNDAY of ADVENT

Monday, December 5: Is 35:1-10 Ps 85:9-14 Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday, December 6: Saint Nicholas, Bishop Is 40:1-11 Ps 96:1-3,10-13 Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday, December 7: Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Is 40:25-31 Ps 103:1-4,8,10 Mt 11:28-30 Thursday, December 8: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Gn 3:9-15,20 Ps 98:1-4 Eph 1:3-6,11-12 Lk 1:26-38 Friday, December 9: Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoazin Is 48:17-19 Ps 1:1-4,6 Mt 11:16-19 Saturday, December 10: Sir 48:1-4,9-11 Ps 80:2-3, 15-16,18-19 Mt 17:9a,10-13 Sunday, December 11: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Is 35:1-6a,10 Ps 146:6-10 Jas 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11

SACRIFICIAL GIVING (11-26 & 27) Envelopes: (#82 ) $2,646 avg. per envelope $32.27 Loose: + 270 Total: $2,916

POOR BOX Weekend (11-26 & 27) St. Vincent DePaul Society = $342 Weekend (12-3 & 4) St. Vincent's Weekend (12-10 & 11) St. Vincent's

PARISH MAINTENANCE

Thank you very much for continuing to use the envelope provided in this week's monthly collection.

RETIRED RELIGIOUS

Your donation works for elderly religious by helping to furnish medications, nursing care and more. Please support next week's collection. "Please give to those who have given a lifetime."

O people of Sion, behold, the Lord

will come to save the nations, and

the Lord will make the glory of his

voice heard in the joy of your heart.

Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company. Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

December 3 & 4, 2016

Dear Padre, I have two questions about Christmas. First, why do we use red and green during the season? Second, what does the word "Noel" mean?

The Church uses colors as symbols to mark the change of liturgical seasons and to remind ourselves of religious themes. White (or gold) is actually the liturgical color for the Christmas season, and violet (purple) for the weeks of Advent. Red and green were associated with a wintertime feast that predates Christianity. However, since these colors have additional meanings for Christian that relate to this time of the year, they are still in use and commonly associated with the holiday (holy) season. December 28 is the feast of the Holy Innocents, the male children of Bethlehem who were slaughtered by Herod's order. It's color is red, the color of martyrs. Poinsettia flowers and candy canes, popular Christmastime accents, also prominently feature red. Green—most visibly found in evergreen trees and wreaths—is the color of life. During Advent , it witnesses to the imminent birth of Jesus, which brings hope for new and eternal life to the world. In response to your second question, Noel is an old French word meaning "Christmas," the "Christmas season," or "yuletide." The French word comes from the Latin for "birth" or "birthday." As we all know, Christmas is the time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus and the Incarnation of our Lord and Savior. From Liguorian, December 2004

sundaybulletin@liguori.org 2016 Liguoiri Publications … Imprimatur

Most Rev. Edward M. Rice Auxiliary Bishop

Archbishop of St. Louis

Sun. 12/4 7:00 For the People 9:00 William Kirby 11:00 Helen Smith Davenport Mon. 12/5 8:00 Hellina Thuy Duomg 7:30 Adam & Eva Hessenauer Tues. 12/6 8:00 Doris E. Neubauer Wed. 12/7 8:00 Msgr. John J. Duggan John & Mary Derus Thurs. 128 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 8:00 For the People 5:30 Aunt of Florence Wells Fri. 12/9 8:00 Harry Deasel The Duhan Sisters Sat. 12/10 8:00 Daniel Jolley 4:00 The Mugowski & Hagens Family Sun.12/11 7:00 For the People 9:00 Thomas LeWald (liv) 11:00 William Kirby

Let us always remember and pray for all the souls of the faithful departed, may they rest in Christ's Peace. Let us also pray for the recently deceased in our parish and community, and for their love ones, that they may be consoled by God's Tender Love and Divine Mercy: Fr. Joseph Hughes, Gertrude Whiteford

Let us pray for the sick, dying and homebound of our parish and community, our families and friends, the special intentions on the Little Flower Prayer Chain; the elderly, lonely, downhearted; the poor, destitute, oppressed; unemployed, homeless, helpless, addicted, prisoners, sinners and those who have no one to pray for them; for caregivers, ministers to the sick, those in nursing homes and hospice care and those in (or recently released from) the hospital: Brightview (Rossville Blvd): Jean Sobus Brightview (Perry Hall): Jackie Watts Caritas House: Dorothy Donohue Franklin Woods: Anna Knach Genesis (German Hill Rd.): Marie Nelles, Karen Williams Little Sisters of the Poor: Anna Hagerman Lorien (BelAir): Helen Bialek Pickerskill: Angela Mulcahy

PRO-LIFE CORNER

Advent leads the Church to the Silent Night

when God Himself is revealed as one of us.

This season leads us to the joy of His birth.

If God has joined His nature to ours, how

can we ever allow our nature to be despised?

If He has come to bring us Divine Life, and

will return to take to the skies, how can it be

all right to throw people in the garbage?

May His birth shed protection on all about to

be born, and as we work to end abortion,

may we "wait in joyful hope for the coming

of Our Savior, Jesus Christ."

www.priestsforlife.org INTERCESSION FOR LIFE

That our nation may heed the Gospel call to reform our lives by ending the practice of abortion,

euthanasia and capital punishment LET US PRAY TO THE LORD

"Hail, full of grace!

The Lord is with you."

Mary, our mentor and model, help us to sing the Lord's praises;

help us to have the holy obedience that you lived.

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