Bulletin: 3rd Sunday of Advent 12/15/24
SAINT CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC CHURCH
39 West 200 South, Kanab UT 84741
Office: (435) 644-3414 [Please leave a message and we will respond as quickly as possible]
parishinfo@kanabcatholicchurch.org
WEBSITE: kanabcatholicchurch.org
Sacramental Minister: Rev. Richard T. Sherman, Kanab, UT
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS 5:30 PM (Suspended Indefinitely)
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 AM
MASS DURING THE WEEK : MONDAY – SATURDAY 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Christmas Mass Schedule: Christmas Eve: 7:00 PM Christmas Day: 9:00 AM
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is December 21, 2024 from 10:00 AM-Noon. If you have friends or relatives that are interested in the Catholic faith, or are thinking of returning to the Church, please tell them about us and have them stop by. We would love to meet with them! OPEN DOOR is scheduled every first and third Saturday of the month.
FINANCIAL REPORT: December 8, 2024: Offertory: $1296; Donations Mail: $300; R&I: $40. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) for 2024. We are over!! Our goal this year is once again $8800. We have $300 in unpaid pledges with $9965 paid in!! Fourteen households have participated. Thank you all who have already given so generosity.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Eva Montelongo, Billy Rosenkranz, Mark Aliprandini, Sergio Olvera, Stan Tuczakov, Our Wounded Veterans. If you have specific prayer requests, please leave us a phone message or send us an email. We will get your intentions on the list. We also remember all the sick and infirm at our daily Masses.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursday from 4 to 5:00 PM.
Community Rosary: After the Monday morning Mass
Religious Items: While enjoying the fabulous conversation and refreshments during our social hour, take some time and browse our extensive selection of religious gifts including some amazing. New items on the way!
Stewardship: Bishop Oscar Solis
Just one click away on our website
Advent and Christmas Scriptural Reflection Booklets
Two versions are available in the gathering space. Please pick one up and make the daily Mass readings part of your Advent and Christmas preparation.
Gospel of Life messages for December
December 15th – Third Sunday of Advent
For all victims of human trafficking: May they find hope and healing
in the Lord who proclaims liberty to captives and release to prisoners.
Let us pray to the Lord. USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities
10 Ways to Support Her | Respect Life
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Remember, Fr. Rick is available most any time for Sacrament of Reconciliation, especially during Advent. Just leave a message on the phone, catch me after Mass during the week or during Adoration from 4 to 5 PM on Thursdays. For those wanting a more anonymous experience, check out the Reconciliation times at St. George Parish at: https://saintgeorgecatholics.com/
Journey through Advent: Encounter the Newborn Christ in Scripture
These short videos are really quite good. Even if you haven’t taken the time to view them day-by-day, they would still make a nice mini retreat by dedicating a couple hours for viewing and reflection. Serve a simple lunch and invite a few friends to join you in your home.
This Advent, join Scott Hahn, John Bergsma, and other respected Catholic scholars on a free Advent journey. 32 Brief video reflections exploring the Scriptures and the Church’s mystical and liturgical tradition. Consider the key messianic promises of the Old Testament, and their typological fulfillment in Christ and His Church. Register at this link. Just a click away on our website bulletin. https://stpaulcenter.com/advent
Homily reflection:
- LK. 3:15 ‘Now the people were filled with expectation…On this Gaudete Sunday what are OUR expectations for the Advent and Christmas Seasons? How have we prepared for their fulfillment or disappointment? What will we do? What will we share?
- 2. How can the prophet Zephaniah possibly rejoice given the events of his times (641-609 BC)? What lessons can that teach us amidst our concerns for the present and coming year?
- 3. Is. 12:6 “Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel” Who is REALLY great among us? On whom are we REALLY depending to set the world of our grandchildren aright? How joyful are our closest friends and loved ones? Who is great among them?
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“The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.” St. John Chrysostom