1. Due to the current shut down, we wanted to let you know that the parish office will be closed until Dec. 9^th. We will continue to respond to calls and emails. We also want to let everyone know that we will not be doing any home visits by priests, unless it is a sacramental emergency. Please remember that although Bishop Bradley has extended the General Dispensation for attending Mass, his intention is that all parishioners who are able to attend should do so regularly.
2. We will no longer hold the outdoor Masses at South, but will continue to broadcast the Mass to those in the parking lot on FM 96.5. The priest will bring Communion out to those in their cars, just remember to put your blinkers on so we can find you.
3. For your safety, we have placed The Book of Remembrance on the altar this month. We ask that you call the parish office and let us know what names you would like to have added. We will enter all of the names each week and return the book to the altar.
4. We are thankful for those who have already pledged to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal. We continue to pray that our remaining families will join them in their support of our Diocese and our Parish. Please prayerfully consider how your family can help.
5. For your safety and out of charity for one another, please make sure you wear your mask at Mass at all times and remember to maintain a safe social distance of 6’, especially when coming up for Communion.

The intentions for this week: +Chris Glendening, +Grace Neal, +Stephen A. Knezic, +Don Bodjack, +deceased members of the Neumann and Eggleston Families, +Kate Robles, +Kathy Deegan, +Caroline Agay, +John Vu, +Ngoe Vu and Family + Dominick Darato, +Joseph Beckmann, Sr., +Elizabeth Relos, +Charles Rollinger, and the Special Intentions of the People of the Parish.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almight Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, recieve our prayer; your are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, your alone ar ethe Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. 
Amen.

First Sunday of Advent        Lectionary: 2
Reading 1         IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7

A  reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
You, LORD, are our father,
our redeemer you are named forever.
Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,
and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
with the mountains quaking before you,
while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for,
such as they had not heard of from of old.
No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you
doing such deeds for those who wait for him.
Would that you might meet us doing right,
that we were mindful of you in our ways!
Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful;
all of us have become like unclean people,
all our good deeds are like polluted rags;
we have all withered like leaves,
and our guilt carries us away like the wind.
There is none who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to cling to you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have delivered us up to our guilt.
Yet, O LORD, you are our father;
we are the clay and you the potter:
we are all the work of your hands.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm        PS 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
R. (4) Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
O shepherd of Israel, hearken,
from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Rouse your power,
and come to save us.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
Once again, O LORD of hosts,
look down from heaven, and see;
take care of this vine,
and protect what your right hand has planted
the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
May your help be with the man of your right hand,
with the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
Then we will no more withdraw from you;
give us new life, and we will call upon your name.
R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.
 
 
Reading II        1 COR 1:3-9
A reading from the first Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
Brothers and sisters:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always on your account
for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
that in him you were enriched in every way,
with all discourse and all knowledge,
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful,
and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The word of the Lord.

Alleluia        PS 85:8
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Show us Lord, your love;
and grant us your salvation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel        MK 13:33-37

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man traveling abroad.
He leaves home and places his servants in charge,
each with his own work,
and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch, therefore;
you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,
whether in the evening, or at midnight,
or at cockcrow, or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”

The Gospel of the Lord.

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salveation
he came down from heaven,
(At the words that follow, up to and including 'and became man', all bow.)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crudified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son, 
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead 
and the life of the world to come. Amen.