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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD
Let’s first look at the event in today’s Gospel. The Magi depart after their unexpected visit. An angel appears in a dream to Joseph. The message is brief: Leave the country. Go to a foreign nation. Jesus is being hunted down by a jealous king who, after hearing from the Magi that a new King has been born, fears for his shaky throne.
Joseph wraps up the Infant, places him in the arms of his amazed and half-asleep mother. They go to Egypt. This would not have been a pleasant journey. King Herod dies. Historians write that his body was rotting even prior to his death from every sort of eating, drinking and sexual self-indulgence. Again, an angel comes to Joseph in a dream. It’s time to return to Israel, but not to your real hometown. Another king, Archelaus is on the throne. Avoid his reach. Herod was mad— but Archelaus is a tyrant. “Out of Egypt,” the Son of God is called. Back to his new hometown: Nazareth.
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“A virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall name him “Emanuel,” which means “God is with us."
“God is with us.” The great event of God taking human flesh is our Christmas Day celebration. Welcoming that day of divine entry into humanity is a prayerful and peaceful purpose of Advent. In that we remember. This final week of Advent is not looking at long ago, it is a description of our ongoing encounter with God.
Advent means every coming of Christ, first into the world in human flesh, and in all comings of God to us. “God is with us” in our faith, in the believing community, in the sacred Scripture, in the Sacraments, in our acts of charity and in Christ coming for us at the end of our earthly lives. “God is with us” is a day, a lifetime, our faith!
For Christmas, masses on Friday, December 24 will be at 5 p.m. Family Mass (English), and 8 p.m., (Spanish); Ceremony of Carols at 11:30 p.m. with mass at Midnight (English).
For Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, as has been our schedule for the past two years, English masses will be at 9 and 11 a.m. only. There will be a Mass in Spanish at 12:30 p.m.
According to directives issued by Francis Cardinal George, there will be NO 5 p.m. mass on Saturday, December 25 in anticipation for the Sunday obligation.
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CHRISTMAS GRATITUDE
The Spred communities of Queen of Angels thank you for your support of our Christmas fundraiser on behalf of our Spred friends We depend on this fundraiser to provide money we need to offer a quality program for our friends with special needs from Queen of Angels and neighboring parishes. This revenue also makes it possible for us to continue as a regional Spred resource center to host training and observation for people all over the Archdiocese of Chicago and beyond. We are always looking for more people to join us … please consider making Spred a part of your life. Finally, in gratitude, we would like to offer a special pricing on this last weekend of our sales:
Cashews are reduced from $10 to $8; All $8 items will go for $7
Case quantities (12) will be reduced by 15%
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Every Friday, the Blessed Sacrament is placed out for veneration and prayer from 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. Enter the church through the Claremont door, walk up the stairs, turn to your left and to the left again. Walk down the hall behind the altar and enter a small chapel.
Visitors are asked to register their attendance in the sign-in book when attending veneration. The book is located in the chapel.
Saturday, December 25—
Mass, (English), Midnight, Church
Mass (English), 9 a.m., Church
Mass (English), 11 a.m., Church
Mass (Spanish), 12:30 p.m., Church
No Mass of Anticipation at 5 p.m.
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