THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

Pastor’s Notes

MASS INTENTIONS:

5:30 p.m. Saturday, December 30 + Ralph Cariseo, Jr. (Paul and Jean Harrison) 8:00 a.m. Sunday, December 31 For the People 10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 31 Knights of Columbus 9:00 a.m. Monday, January 1 + Meade Withrow (Pam Withrow-Dovyak) 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 2 + Dr. Carol Scholtis (The Thompson’s) 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 3 + Irene Surber (Parish Family) 8:00 a.m. Thursday, January 4 + Remo Rocchi (Remo’s 10 Children) 8:00 a.m. Friday, January 5 All Souls (The Thompson’s) 8:00 a.m. Saturday, January 6 David, Kara, Colton, Ayden, Philomena, and Titus Stapleton (D. J. Stapleton) 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 6 For the People 8:00 a.m. Sunday, January 7 + Harriet Davison (Birthday) (Bruce & Jan Davison) 10:00 a.m. Sunday, January 7 Ezekiel Stapleton & Olivia Angel (Scott & Bernadette Lewis) SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: Monday:

Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Peace; New Year’s Day Ss. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen The Most Holy Name of Jesus St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. John Neumann; First Friday St. André Bessette; First Saturday

Total collection: DEC. 23/24 $2,061.00 Christmas: $2,705.00 Average expenses last 4 weeks: $3,303.70 Total in Electrical Fund: $233,391.01 Total Pledged for Electrical as of 7/24: $141,209.25 Atten: 23/24: 5:30 PM (72) 8:00 AM (60) 10:00 AM (65) Christmas: 5:30 Vigil (177) Midnight (68) 9:00 AM (72)

The sanctity of the human family can be said to have been blessed by the very way the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity chose to take on our human nature. It is conceivable that God the Son could have entered the world, still fully human, as an adult. Instead, He chose to come as an infant, born into and part of a human family. It is almost as if Jesus were teaching us that being fully human means being part of a family. The family appears to be such an integral part of God’s plan for salvation that for Jesus to have appeared in our world in any other way would seem to have actually belittled the family. We know almost nothing about Jesus’s early years. Over the centuries, many have advanced pious speculations about how it must have been. Most of these have presented the Holy Family as leading a most ideal life, free from the struggles most everyday families experience. However, the little evidence presented by the gospels would seem to present Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as having lived a far more gritty life. First, they were a poor working family. Jesus was born in a stable. He and His parents had to flee for their lives to escape the political oppression of King Herod. Jesus causes Mary and Joseph to have great anxiety by remaining behind at the Temple following the family’s Passover Pilgrimage. And then Mary must face the difficulty of having Jesus leave home at the age of 30 to become an itinerant preacher. None of these events would seem to point to some form of “perfect” life but instead to the likelihood that the Holy Family was very similar to most other families of that time and place. Some might argue that the Holy Family by its very nature was blessed in ways that insulated it from the struggles faced by ordinary families. They may even point to the visit to the infant Jesus of the three wise men as pointing out that Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had it easy. After all, didn’t they receive the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh as a supreme “nest egg” to get them started in family life? Perhaps. But, the very visit of the Magi is what led to the Holy Family having to flee to Egypt. And as for the gifts, we can only presume that whatever money they provided, the family had to use in going into exile and then returning. There is no indication in the Gospels that the Holy Family was fixed for life. Certainly Joseph and Mary would have received tremendous graces needed to carry out their vocation of parenting Jesus. Sometimes we forget, that couples entering into marriage also receive tremendous graces through the Sacrament of Matrimony. These graces too are given freely to enable them to imitate the Holy Family in facing whatever difficulties might arise. However, God never forces anyone to make use of His grace. We know that Joseph and Mary freely used the graces God gave them and they persevered in their struggles. Unfortunately, we also know that too often in our world today couples choose either to ignore God’s grace or simply to throw it away. Too many others simply give up. Nevertheless, families that attempt to live according to God’s plan can be a sign that those even facing supreme difficulties can live fulfilled lives in traditional family units. However, to do so, they must make use of the grace which God pours out on them and resolve to live out the covenant of love.

Father Tom

MINISTERS: EUCHARIST: LECTORS: SERVERS: USHERS:

SAT. JAN. 6 5:30 PM TERRY OLIVER MARY KLINE GRETCHEN MCCONNELL GABBY MCCONNELL MIKE MCCONNELL FRED CALVERT

SUN. JAN. 7 8:00 AM MATT BOKOVITZ ALICE DACHOWSKI AUSTIN STAPLETON CODY STAPLETON ALLAN STAPLETON ED DACHOWSKI

TIME: Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

SUN. JAN. 7 10:00 AM _ ___ JOY ELLIOTT___________________ ALLEN WHITE _____ MATTHEW MOREAUX JUSTIN MCCLELLAND __ KEITH ELLIOTT MIKE STAPLETON ____ —Benjamin Franklin

FATHER THOMAS HAMM, JR. PASTOR

DECEMBER 31, 2017________ BEARERS OF THE WORD

The Church has placed a number of notable feast days immediately after Christmas. The feasts of Stephen, John the Evangelist, and the Holy Innocents form a summary of the life lived in Christ, the Word made flesh. What do these have to do with the feast of the Holy Family, which crowns the Octave of Christmas? These feasts remind us that suffering will occur in fulfilling the mission of Christ, and that we are all called to be bearers of this Word whose birth we celebrate. We also see this manifested in the lives of Joseph and Mary, both of whom took social and religious risks in obedience to the will of God, and both of whom were open to the word of God sent to them from on high. In these ways they prefigured the life of Jesus himself. Most likely, few of us found ourselves at Mass this past Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, but the essence of these feasts and the essence of the holiness of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus remain central, a holiness we celebrate today. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. NO PSR CLASSES TODAY. NEW YEAR’S DAY:: The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, will be celebrated on Monday, January 1 the Holy Day of Obligation is lifted this year. New Year’s Day Mass will be 9:00 AM. LIVE YOUR FAITH- SERVING THOSE IN NEED. Grow Spiritually. Develop Christian Friendships. Today is the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. During our New Year may our families “grow in wisdom and have the favor of God upon them.” Thank you to everyone that has made a donation to St. Vincent de Paul this past year. Your donations have helped with electric bills, gas bills, food boxes and Christmas gifts. Thank you again for your generosity. REMINDER FOR THE MASS SCHEDULE IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER: If the Gallia County Local or Gallipolis City Schools are delayed or closed due to weather problems the morning Mass will be at 11:00 AM.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY BLESSED NEW YEAR!!!!

‘TIS THE SEASON TO SAY “THANK YOU” Even though Thanksgiving Day is past, any and every day is the right time to thank God for His gifts to us and to thank others who have helped make Him present in our Parish. Let us thank in a special way all music leaders, singers, decorators and ministers at the altar who made our Christmas celebrations beautiful.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

NAMES ON THE PRAYER LIST WILL REMAIN FOR 30 DAYS AFTER 30 DAYS THEY WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS YOU NOTIFY THE OFFICE.

These names will remain until December 31, 2017 Please pray for the health and the healing of our friends and relatives:

Gisela Alonzo, Donna Altizer, Darren Andonis, Wayne Bergdoff, Cathy Bostic, Andrew Calvert, Brent Coburn, Lori Cody, Marge Cornett, Amy Davis, Harriett Davison, Karen Davison, Keith Davison, Betty Doerfer, Greg Frasier, Sue Freyberg, Jonnie Lou Gabrielli, Albert Grable, Kelly Haas, Larry Haas, Patrick Hays, Billy Hendrix, Noah Knackstedt, Phyllis Leport, Jess Luther, Davey Matheny, Jim McCausland, Bill Merry, James Merry, Lee Ann Mollohan, Sydney Elaine Preston, Bart Repass, Jeff Rider, John Rocchi, Vicky Ross, Charlotte Shaffer, Lyle Shillington, Dr. Mel Simon, Lori Stevenson, Gabe Stewart, Charles Surber, Len Sutton, Sandy Walker, Jamie Weis, Judy Werner, Jack Williams and Patrick Wolfe.

There’s no more unusual setting to celebrate today’s Feast of the Holy Family than Barcelona, Spain and the towering unfinished sandcastle known officially as the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia. In 1882, the plan was hatched to build a vast place of worship in reparation for the revolutionary and liberal leanings of the city. The modern artist Antoni Gaudi dedicated his life to the project, living in the building, attending Mass daily, and giving up his personal wealth. When people pressed him to pick up the pace, he responded, “My client is not in a hurry.” (Gaudi’s cause for beatification is moving along, and he could be the first professional artist and architect to be beatified.) The Spanish Civil War, a disaster for the Catholic Church in which thousands of priests, brothers, and nuns were murdered, halted work in 1935. In the 1950s work began anew, speeded up by computers in the 1980s. Still, the final stage of construction is not due to end until 2026. If the original methods had stayed in place, it would take several hundred more years to complete the plan. So far there are eight towers, with four to go. The highest steeple is three feet shorter than the nearest hill, since the architect didn’t want his work to surpass God’s artistry. The three faces of the basilica each have three doors, with the faces named Passion, Nativity, and Grace. The interior is crammed with geometric figures that almost seem to spin, crazy-quilt windows, spiral staircases, and jumbles of statues and figures. Although inspired by ancient Gothic cathedrals, the style is called Expressionist, and very little is left unexpressed by the masonry. If you can’t afford a visit, Sagrada Familia maintains a web site, and virtual visits are free. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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