Third Sunday

     Of Advent

     December 13, 2009

First Reading:  Zephaniah 3:14-18a

Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has moved the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies; the King of Israel, the Lord is in your midst, you have no further misfortune to fear.

Second Reading: Philippians 4:4-7

Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.

Gospel:  Luke 3:10-18

The crowd asked John the Baptist, “What should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none, and whoever has food should do likewise.”

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Prayer for Generosity

Dear Lord, teach me to be generous;

Teach me to serve you as you deserve;

To give and not to count the cost;

To fight and not to heed the wounds;

To toil and not to seek for rest;

To labor, and not to ask for any reward –

except that of knowing that I am doing your holy will.                                               

                                                  AMEN.

MASS INTENTIONS

    December 12 - 19, 2009

Fri.       8:00 A.M.         Margaret O’Neill   +

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

5:00 P.M.               Elena Bunnell, Tony Elenteny,

Nancy Fahey, Sr. Catherine Ginther,

Eileen Herrmann

9:00 A.M                Teresa Picchi, Michael Porcher, Marites Sanders, Sonya Simril,

Almaz Yihdego, Bill Branca,

11:00 A.M.              Karen Patterson, Lynda Suciu,

Nikiya Arcia, Elisa Davila,

Dennis Emmett, Sr. Barbara Hazzard,

Allie Holley, Jeanette Louden-Corbett

LECTORS           

5:00 P.M.               Michelle Benki, Nancy Rieser

9:00 A.M.               Lois Doctor, Tom Doctor

11:00 A.M.              Bruce Corbett, Jeanette Louden-Corbett

PLEASE HELP TO DEFRAY THE COST OF OUR NEW SOUND SYSTEM.

You may have noticed that we installed a new Sound System. We would like to thank all parishioners who already made a donation to defray the cost.

We need your help! If you would like to contribute to the cost, please make your check payable to Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

Total Cost: $62,000.00

Amount donated $50,271.16

We are still    $11,728.84 short.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

   Catholic Charities of the East Bay

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BIBLE STUDY GROUP

AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

RETIRMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS

COLLECTION

December 13, 2009

This weekend December 12/13, 2009 the second collection benefits the Retirement Fund for Religious. More than 37,000 women and men religious are now past age 70 and their institutes struggle daily with the spiraling costs of heath care.

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS

ON THE WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 12/13, 2009

ADVENT SERIES

Advent is a time to re-awaken and re-form our lives on Jesus Christ in the midst of all the commercialism and busyness that surrounds our lives and tends to draw us away rather than into a life with the Holy Trinity.

Please join us for one hour on Monday’s at 7:00 p.m. December, 14 and 21^st in the parish hall to reflect on how much God loves us and how God continues to invite all of us each and every day into a deeper relationship.

Session III – In Power and Spirit – The middle coming

• Living our lives today through the Power of God’s Spirit.

Session IV – The Sheep and Goats – The second

              Coming

• Go in the peace of Christ to love and serve the Lord and one another.

SABBATICAL FOR PERSONAL RENEWAL

The SAT Sabbatical program an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California is accepting applications for the Winter/Spring 2010 Semester as well as Fall 2010. If you are mid-life or beyond and wish to relax with God and minister to yourself, please visit our website at www.satgtu.org or call Sr. Maureen-Therese McGroddy, RSHM at 510-652-1651. Come be our guest for a session. We are located at St. Albert’s Priory just two blocks from the Rockridge BART station.

WE WELCOME OUR VISITORS

Communal Penance Service

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

7:00 P.M.

Please take this opportunity to celebrate as a community God’s love and mercy, especially during this holy season of Advent.

Please note, that Saturday, December 19, 2009 will be the last opportunity for confession before Christmas. Confessions will resume Saturday, January 2, 2010.