STAFF

Sergio Rodicio …….……..……….….. x121 Sr. Carmen M. Ors, SCTJM ……… x105 Marie Marino …….……..……….…..… x122 Gustavo Zayas …………………..……… x111 Stephen Kolarac ………………….…… x111 Ofelia Vazquez ………………………… x101 Tamara Genna ………………………… x101

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

Sister Michelle Fernandez sctjm School Principal

Office: 305-795-2000 Fax: 305-795-2013

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Sister Kristi Bergman, sctjm Religious Education Director

Office: 305-795-2016 srkristi@stmarycathedralschool.org

DAILY MASS

Monday through Saturday

in the Chapel

8:15am English 5:30 pm English

Thursday

7.00pm Creole

SUNDAY MASS

5:30 pm Saturday, English

8:00 am Sunday, Creole 10:00 am Sunday, English

12:00 noon Sunday, Spanish

CONFESSIONS

Saturday Sunday 5.00pm 7:30am 9:30am 11:30am

The Cathedral of Saint Mary Catholic Church & School

7525 NW 2 Avenue Miami, Fl 33150

305 759-4531 ** Fax 305 757-7456 www.thecathedralofstmary.org

frontoffice@thecathedralofstmary.org DAILY MAS

The Most Reverend Thomas G. Wenski, D.D. Archbishop of Miami

Very Reverend Christopher B. Marino, Rector

Reverend Lesly Jean, Parochial Vicar

Reverend Elvis Gonzalez, Director of Vocations, in Residence

Reverend Luis Garcia, in Residence

Deacon Raul Flores

DECEMBER 20, 2015 ** FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT **

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE CLERGY

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

First Friday. From 10am-12pm

The Chapel is located inside the

parish office building.

Jesus is home, come and visit Him!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Sunday, December 20

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT MI 5:1-4A; PS 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; LUKE 1:39-45

O KEY OF DAVID, OPENING THE GATES OF GOD’S ETERNAL

KINGDOM: COME AND FREE THE PRISONERS OF DARKNESS!

Monday, December 21 St. Peter Canisius, Priest & Doctor of the

Church (memorial)

Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 O RADIANT DAWN, SPLENDOR OF ETERNAL LIGHT, SUN OF JUS-

TICE: COME AND SHINE ON THOSE WHO DWELL IN DARKNESS AND

IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.

Tuesday, December 22 1 Sm 1:24-28; (Ps) 1 Sm 2:1, 4-7, 8a-d; Lk 1:46-56 O KING OF ALL NATIONS AND KEYSTONE OF THE CHURCH:

COME AND SAVE MAN, WHOM YOU FORMED FROM THE DUST!

Wednesday, December 23 St. John of Kanty, priest (memorial)

Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25:4-5b, 8-10, 14; Lk 1:57-66 O EMMANUEL, OUR KING AND GIVER OF LAW: COME TO SAVE US,

LORD OUR GOD!

Thursday, December 24 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Lk 1:67-79 Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord

Is 62:1-5, Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25

Friday, December 25 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD - Christmas (Solemnity) Mass at Night

Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-12; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Mass at Dawn

Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Mass during the Day

Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Saturday, December 26 St. Stephen, The First Martyr (Feast)

Acts 6: 8-10, 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4,6,8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10 17-22

The Roman Church has been singing the "O" ANTIPHONS since

at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that accom-

pany the Magnificat canticle of Evening Prayer from December

17-23. They are a magnificent theology that uses ancient bibli-

cal imagery drawn from the messianic hopes of the Old Testa-

ment to proclaim the coming Christ as the fulfillment not only

of Old Testament hopes, but present ones as well. Their repeat-

ed use of the imperative "Come!" embodies the longing of all for

the Divine Messiah.

INTENTIONS OF THE MASS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20

8:00am Lucie Raymond (birthday)

10:00am + Thomas F. Daly

12.00pm + Edith Sevillano

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21

8:15am + Marie Clara Monfiston

5.30pm + Joseph Marino

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22

8:15am + Fr. Ignacio Morras

5.30pm Jason Robert Gardner

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23

8:15am Tamara Genna

5.30pm + Fr. Ignacio Blasco

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24

8:15am + Gregorio Garcia

10.00pm Parishioners

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

MERRY CHRISTMAS

10.00am Dan Felix (accion of Grace)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26

8:15am + Fr. Dan Doyle

5.30pm + Fr. Ignacio Blasco

A sincere and heartfelt "Thank You" to all who worked so hard to make our Advent Dinner Dance a great success. The Lord was truly present! It takes many dedicated people to bring about such a wonderful event. I am very grateful for your selfless generosity of time, talent and treasure. This year we sold over 400 tickets! The Cathedral made a profit of nearly $10,000!!!! Please mark your calendars: Advent Dinner Dance Saturday December 10, 2016

Father Marino Unas sinceras “Gracias” de corazo n para todos ustedes por el duro trabajo realizado para hacer la comida bailable de Adviento un gran e xito. El Sen or estuvo realmente presente! Toma muchas personas dedicadas para lograr el e xito en un evento maravilloso como este. Yo estoy verdaderamente agradecido por su generosa donacio n de tiempo, talento y tesoro. Este an o se vendieron mas de 400 tickets! La Catedral hizo una ganancia de cerca de 10,000.00!!!! Por favor marque su calendario para la Cena Bailable de Adviento, que sera en Diciembre 10, 2016.

Padre Marino Se ak tout ke mwen M'ap voye yon Kokenn chenn Remesiman pou tout Moun ki te kontribye pou fe Fet Dine Tan Lavan-an yon gwo Sikse. Mwen we ke tout Moun te kontan,sa vle di GranMet la te prezan nan mitan nou. Pou reyalize yon Fet konsa, sa mande anpil Preparasyon ak Tet Ansanm,se sa ki fe m'ap remesye nou poutet nou bay Tan nou, Talan nou ak Trezo nou. Fom di nou Ane sa-a nou vann pase 400 tike ki ba nou yon benefis apepre 10 mil dola. Tanpri depi kounye-a make nan Almanak nou dat kap 10 Desanm Ane de Gras 2017 pou yon lot Fet ki va pi bel anko.

Se Kire-Paste nou Pe Marino ki siyen:

Allow Jesus’ loving gaze to transform you during

Year of Mercy Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

“Miserando atque Elegendo”: This is Pope Francis’ papal mot-

to. It is taken from Matthew’s Gospel and recalls Matthew’s vo-

cation. Matthew was a despised tax collector and yet Jesus saw

him through the eyes of mercy and chose him, saying to him,

“Follow me.”

In his homily on the feast of St. Matthew in Holguin, Cuba,

Francis said: “… (Jesus) looked at him as no one had ever looked

at him before. And this look unlocked Matthew’s heart, it set him

free, it healed him, it gave him hope, a new life, as it did to Zac-

chaeus, to Bartimaeus, to Mary Magdalen, to Peter, and to each

of us. Even if we do not dare raise our eyes to the Lord, he looks

at us first. This is our story, and it is like that of so many others.

Each of us can say: ‘I, too, am a sinner, whom Jesus has looked

upon.’”

On December 8, which will mark the 50th anniversary of the

conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, we will begin the ex-

traordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. This past Divine Mercy Sun-

day, the pope explained his reasons for convoking this Holy

Year. He said: “Why a Jubilee of Mercy today? Simply because

the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to

offer more evident signs of God’s presence and closeness.”

The encounter with Jesus and his loving mercy transformed

Matthew. The Year of Mercy is likewise an invitation to us to

allow Jesus’ gaze of mercy to transform us. It is not meant to be

some sort of “get out of jail free card” that dispenses some

“cheap grace.” Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness with-

out requiring repentance, baptism without discipline, Communion

without confession, absolution without personal conversion.

This Holy Year of Mercy is not about denying sin or the seri-

ousness of its consequences. If there is no such thing as sin then

mercy is just a rather empty and shallow sentimentality. Mercy,

to be mercy, must always be “love in truth.” But the Holy Year of

Mercy is about reminding us that God’s mercy is always greater

than our sins. As someone once said, “Every saint has a past and

every sinner has a future.” Mercy opens that future to us.

To allow Jesus to gaze on us through his “eyes of mercy” is to

refuse to define ourselves by our sins; it also means that we who

have experienced his mercy are not to define others by their sins.

To allow Jesus to see us through his “eyes of mercy” is to be

transformed and to hear him say to us also, “Follow me.”

As Pope Francis said at the conclusion of the recent Synod on

the Family, “The Church’s first duty is not to hand down con-

demnations or anathemas but to proclaim God’s mercy, to call to

conversion and to lead men and women to salvation in the Lord.”

God does not love us only when we are good or because we are

good. He loves us in spite of our sins and failings; and it is his

love, his merciful love, that can transform us and help us discover

the joy of service.

The Holy Year of Mercy is an invitation to all to experience

God’s presence and closeness in their lives. “Miserando atque

elegendo,” Jesus calls sinners. If the Church were to publish a

“want ad” looking for new members, the ad might read, “Only

sinners need apply.” As the Holy Father said in Holguin, speak-

ing of St. Matthew: “This is our story, and it is like that of so

many others. Each of us can say: ‘I, too, am a sinner, whom Jesus

has looked upon.’”

Welcome!

ARCHBISHOP WENSKI

as he celebrates

VIGIL CHRISTMAS MASS

December 24 at 10.00pm

AND

THE ANNUAL MIGRATION MASS

Sunday, January 3, 2016 At 10:00am

TOY DRIVE

AS the Christmas Season approaches, we would like to invite the parishioners of St. Mary’s to share in the

generosity of the season.

PLEASE BRING IN A NEW AND UNWRAPPED TOY FOR A CHILD IN NEED.

When we bring joy to a child, we bring joy to Jesus.

Acercándonos a la temporada de Navidad, deseamos invitar a todos los feligreses de Santa María a

compartir su generosidad en esta temporada.

LES PEDIMOS QUE POR FAVOR TRAIGAN UN JUGUETE NUEVO Y SIN ENVOLVER PARA UN

NIÑO EN NECESIDAD. Cuando le damos alegría a un niño, le damos alegría a

Jesús.

Tan Nwèl la ap vini. Nou envite manm pawas St. Mary-a pou yo pratike jenerozite nan tan-sa.

SIL VOU PLÈ POTE YON JWÈT NÈF, KI PA VLOPE, POU YON TIMOUN KI NAN

BEZWEN. Lè-ou pote yon jwèt pou yon timoun ki pa genyen, se

pou Jezi ou pote-l.

Merry Christmas

Christmas and New Year’s Schedule:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 8.15am - Mass

9.00pm - CONCERT 9.30pm - Confessions

10.00PM - CHRISTMAS MASS AT NIGHT Celebrant – Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

10.00AM - CHRISTMAS (ONLY MASS)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 8.15am - Mass

5.30pm - VIGIL MASS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION 8.15am – Mass (English) 10.00am – Mass (Kreole) (NO MASS AT 5.30PM)

OFFICE HOURS Thursday, December 24, closed at 12pm

CLOSED DECEMBER 25-27 (will be open again on Monday December 28)

Wednesday, December 31, closed at 2pm CLOSED JANUARY 1-3

(will be open again on Monday January 4)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD

BLESS YOU.

From

FR. MARINO FR. JEAN, FR. GARCIA,

FR. GONZALEZ ALL THE PARISH

AND SCHOOL’S STAFF