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Ministry Schedule - Jan 13/14

Hospitality:

5:00pm - Joe Attard & Victor Gatt

9:00am - Lisa Shibley & Derek Koiter

11:00am - Sam Zuvic & Albert DeLaat

Minister of Communion:

5:00pm - Dino Sicoli

9:00am - Tony D’Uva

11:00am - Jackie Gatt

Children’s Liturgy: Rosalind Aliberti

The Epiphany of the Lord

Year B

Where is the

child born King

of the Jews?

Commentators/Lectors:

5:00pm - C - Alex F. & L - Bettina D.

9:00am - C - Larissa H. & L - Terry G.

11:00am - C - Theresa A. & L - Allan B.

Altar Servers:

5:00pm - Needed

9:00am - Needed

11:00am - Needed

Counters: 11:00am - Kim Gatt & Liz Martine

Bishop of the Diocese Most Reverend Gerard P Bergie, D.D.

Pastor Father

Sunday Masses Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 and 11:00 am Children’s Liturgy: September - June

Weekday Masses Tuesday 6:00 pm

Wednesday through Friday 8:30 am Rosary/Adoration before Weekday Masses

Confessions Sat 4 - 4:45 pm or before weekday Masses

Baptism Sunday 12:30 pm by appointment

Marriage Arrangements should be made at least 6

months in advance. Marriage preparation course required

Sacrament of the Sick Communion for the Sick and Shut-ins

Please call the office.

Secretary Sandy Johnson

Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Enter on Victoria St.

Schools St. Patrick Elementary School

905-835-1091 Lakeshore Catholic High School

905-835-2451

Cemetery Mount St. Joseph’s, 712 Lakeshore Rd E

905-835-9617

Diocesan Website: www.saintcd.com

Diocese of St. Catharines

St. Patrick

Catholic Church

Parish Established Church Dedicated

1859 1880

123 King Street

Port Colborne, Ontario L3K 4G3

Telephone: 905-834-6426

Fax: 905-834-1215

Email: parish.stpatrick@gmail.com

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HAVING AN EPIPHANY

Have you ever experienced an epiphany – a moment

of profound insight? The Epiphany of the

Lord was not a moment of profound in-

sight for him, but a moment of profound

insight about him. We are celebrating the

manifestation of Christ to the Magi. To

enter more fully into the significance of

this event we must enter into the heart and

mind of the Jewish faithful.

For thousands of years, Israel had been

set apart as God’s special people, unique from all the

other nations of the world. God chose to manifest him-

self in a unique way to Israel through both words and

miraculous deeds of deliverance. It was with Israel

that God established a special covenant, and to them

that God promised a future, glorious Savior-King and

an everlasting, glorious reign. What a wonderful heri-

tage, one which left the Israelites with expectancy as

they awaited its fulfillment.

And then it happened! The Savior-King is born, not

in a regal setting but in humble surroundings. One

would think that surely the renowned of Israel would

be beckoned to welcome his arrival and pay him hom-

age as Christ and King. But it wasn’t so. Instead, the

angels announced his arrival to the most lowly of Is-

rael, common shepherds, and to the Magi, non-Jewish

kings/wise men from the orient. Was this a mistake on

the heralds’ part? Obviously not, rather it

was an epiphany, a moment of profound

insight symbolically provided by a loving

Father. When the Father chose to make

Jesus, the Messiah-King’s arrival known

to these two groups, shepherds and kings,

he symbolically included all humanity in

this saving act, both Jews and Gentiles.

That favorite verse many of us have

memorized, “God so loved the world that He gave His

only Son,” reminds us that he was a gift for the world’s

salvation. That Jesus is savior of all mankind and sav-

ior for all mankind is the profound insight, the epiph-

any, brought by the Magi’s experience.

With hindsight we can now go back and reread the

promises of God and see salted throughout the Old

Testament, references to the “nations,” the Gentiles. It

was always God’s intention to reach the nations

through the covenant and promises given to Israel.

God’s intention always was to bring salvation to all

mankind, and this profound insight is included in the

Epiphany of the Lord. Will it also be an epiphany for

you? Will it be a moment of profound insight wherein

you realize that Jesus is not exclusively for you, but for

all? His intentions remain the same, to bring salvation

to all mankind, only now his plan includes us, the

Church, as his primary messenger. Will this be a time

of insight when you embrace your responsibility to

help take the Good News to the nations? Paul grasped

this profound insight in the second reading, and be-

cause of it says in the very next verse, “Of this gospel I

have become a servant according to the gift of God’s

grace.” May God enable us to follow Paul’s example

by grasping this profound insight and making this pro-

found commitment of surrender.

Emmaus Journey Reflections

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WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Bishop Bergie will preside at the liturgy for the

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Sunday, January

21, 2018, 3:00 pm, at the Cathedral of St. Catherine of

Alexandria, 3 Lyman Street, St. Catharines.

The Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Chris-

tian Unity expresses the Church’s heart on this issue,

“The restoration of unity among all Christians is one

of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Coun-

cil. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one

Church only. However, many Christian communions

present themselves to men as the true inheritors of Je-

sus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of the

Lord but differ in mind and go their different ways, as

if Christ Himself were divided.) Such division openly

contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world,

and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to

every creature.”

The theme for the 2018 Week of Prayer for Chris-

tian Unity comes to us from the Caribbean region:

“Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in

power” (Exodus 15:6).

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IT IS COLD OUTSIDE

Shoo the January blahs away for an hour. Warm

your body and your spirit by joining the

Discernment Committee on January 28th

at 10:00 am for some warm coffee and

some goodies and the fellowship of our

parishioners and friends.

EPIPHANY PRAYER

Arise, shine, for the Light of the World has come!

Darkness covers the earth and its people,

but the radiance of God's Light

burns away its shadows,

illuminates the smallest corner,

and heralds in the start

of a new dawn,

where hearts no longer fear,

souls might be set free,

and sister shall follow brother,

nation shall follow nation,

and kings and princes bow down in awe

before the one who comes to reign.

Arise, shine, for the Light of the World has come!

Alleluia!

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AN EPIPHANY HOME BLESSING

Using chalk, mark the lintel of your front door (or

front porch step) as follows: 20 + C + M + B + 18

while saying: The three Wise Men, Caspar, Melchior,

and Balthazar followed the star of God’s Son who be-

came human two thousand and fifteen years ago. May

Christ bless our home and remain with us throughout

the new year. Amen.

Then offer the following prayer: Visit, O blessed

Lord, this home with the gladness of your presence.

Bless all who live or visit here with the gift of your

love; and grant that we may manifest your love to each

other and to all whose lives we touch. May we grow in

grace and in the knowledge and love of you; guide,

comfort, and strengthen us in peace, O Jesus Christ,

now and forever. Amen

“Chalking the door” is a way to celebrate and liter-

ally mark the occasion of the Epiphany and God’s

blessing of our lives and home.

Christus mansionem benedictat

May Christ bless the house.

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SUNDAY OFFERINGS

Last Sunday’s Offering: $1675.00

Initial Offering: $452.00

Solemnity of Mary Offering (Jan 1): $1290.00

Thank you for your generosity to the House of God.

Please remember St. Patrick’s in your wills

and may God Bless you as you do so.

Lord may the request of our

people rise before you like a fragrant offering

Tues Jan 9 6:00 pm For a Mass of Thanksgiving by Lily and Dino Sicoli

Wed Jan 10 8:30 am +For the repose of the soul of Helen Augustine by Dick & Kathleen Finamore

11:00 am Portal Village Mass

Thurs Jan 11 8:30 am +For the repose of the soul of Lorenzo Cavasin by Dino & Lily Sicoli

Fri Jan 12 St Marguerite Bourgeoys

8:30 am +For the repose of the soul of Claude Crities by Gordon & Joanne Hopkins

9:45 am School Mass

The 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Sat Jan 13 5:00 pm +For the repose of the soul of Peter Caperchione by the Lannan family

Sun Jan 14 9:00 am For the special intentions of St. Patrick’s Parish family

11:00 am +For the repose of the soul of Antonio D’Uva by the Hendriks family

January 7, 2017 A.D.

The Epiphany of the Lord - Year B