Advent

In various ways and various places the churches have marked the days around the winter solstice (adapting when possible in the southern hemsphere when December and January surround the summer solstice). Christians have quite naturally kept from their former religions and traditions all manner of customs and rituals, giving these a home around the many-faceted celebration of the Word-made-flesh, the manifestation of God-with-us.

The present Roman calendar has a period of three to four weeks before December 25th. This is called Advent and it is filled with beautiful scriptures, songs, prayers and gestures. These have no single focus but abound with images: of God's promise and human longing, of the beauty in both darkness and light, of the earth's sorrows and its fullness, of the goodness and mystery of time. The spirit of the church's Advent is in the silence and song that arise from constant attention to the human condition.

Can you and your family act as an elf for us?

We have over 15 opportunities for elf service here at the parish!    One of our parishioners connects regularly with some of our parish residents living at Kindred Health Care in Westborough.  We would like to offer them a small gift this year and need an “elf” to meet with them to find out what he or she would like us to buy for them – usually at Walmart.  Once you purchase the gift (with a gift card we provide for you), we would ask that you wrap it and deliver it prior to Christmas with a homemade card and cookies.  If you would like to be an elf  call soon – Julie Basque, pastoral associate at 508-355-8509, ext 4.   Thank you!

Fr. Rick's Christmas Letter

Dear family and friends,

As Christians approach the revered celebration of the birth of Jesus, these words from a singer-poet illumine the meaning of Christmas, in a world and in a Church that are darkly and dangerously troubled:

Ring the bell that still can ring,
sing the song that still can sing,
There's a crack in everything-
that's how the light gets in.
(Leonard Cohen, "Anthem")

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Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24th
4:00 PM  IN THE CHURCH
4:00 PM  IN THE PARISH CENTER
6:00 PM  PARISH PAGEANT
8:00 PM  MASS
9:30 PM    SPANISH  LANGUAGE
12:00 AM  MIDNIGHT MASS
 Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25th
9:00 AM MASS
10:30 AM MASS with the Parish Choir
12 NOON MASS

Tuesday, January 1, 2019
9:00 AM & 11:30 AM Mass

7:00 AM | 12:10 PM | 7:30  PM