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Sign up for a variety of Advent resources through Formed.org by clicking below.
From the Pastor's Desk:
Advent is the liturgical season that annually ushers in a new year.
This weekend we begin the Year of Grace 2024!
As the Church, Advent is a time to prepare ourselves in two ways.
We prepare to celebrate Jesus’ first coming during the season of Christmas.
Especially beginning on December 17th, we begin to proclaim biblical titles given to the Messiah.
We call these “O Antiphons” and they are prayed at Vespers (evening prayer):
O Wisdom, O Lord, O Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Rising Sun, O King of the Nations, O Emmanuel.
We might know them from the popular hymn “Oh Come Oh come Emmanuel.”
The other preparation we make during Advent is to prepare for Jesus’ second coming.
We proclaim each Sunday in the creed that Jesus “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.”
During Advent, we take time to prayerfully consider how we are living our faith and how we might be judged
if we live long enough to see Jesus’ second coming (or when we meet Jesus at our death).
There are several special opportunities at our parishes during Advent.
I would call your attention to a special prayer service and the opportunity to celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation
on Sunday, December 10th beginning at 1 pm at Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Church.
As always, if this opportunity or our regularly scheduled confession times do not work for you,
you can always contact Fr. Hugh or me to schedule an appointment.
Happy Advent!
God bless,
Fr. Kevin
Upcoming dates:
HOLY DAY - IMMACULATE CONCEPTION:
December 7- St. John’s at 5:30 PM
December 8 - SHSF at 9:00 AM
December 8 - St. John’s at 12:15 PM
December 8 - SHSF at 5:30 PM
December 10 1:00 PM Penance Prayer Service at SHSF
December 16 -10:00 AM - 3;00 PM Theology of Bread Retreat for High School Students SHSF preregister https://vermontcatholic.org/event/bread-retreat/
December 16 - 1 PM A Ukulele Christmas - Benefit for Food Pantries at St. John’s UPDATED
December 17 4:00 PM - SHSF/SJB Church’s Christmas Pageant at SHSF (UPDATED)
CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE
December 24 - 4:00 PM St. John’s
December 24 - 4:00 PM SHSF
December 25 - Midnight Mass SHSF
December 25 - 8:00 AM SHSF
December 25 - 10:00 AM St. John’s
Formed.org Advent Resources
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Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED.Enter your name and email address
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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a community of baptized people who have,
as their common goals: to love, model, teach, serve, and celebrate Christ in our lives.Committed to the Eucharist, our Bread of Life, and guided by the Holy Spirit,
we are dedicated to service to God’s people
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