April 8, 2012 December 9, 2012 EasterSunday Sunday Second of Advent 5271 CLINTON STREET ELMA, NY 14059 716-668-4017 •Fax: 716-656-0616 Website: www.stgabeschurch.com Email: stgabriel5271@roadrunner.com Religious Ed. Office: 716-668-2070 REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m. Rosary, 8:00 a.m. Mass Saturday Evening Vigil 4:00 & 7:00 p.m. Sunday 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.
DAILY HOLY HOUR 7:00 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 8:05 a.m.
(Monday through Friday) Exposition Confession Morning Prayer Benediction Rosary
SACRAMENTS RECONCILIATION Weekdays 7:15 a.m. Saturdays after the 4:00 & 7:00 p.m. Masses
MARRIAGE Appointments are to be made six months PRIOR to wedding day. Attendance is required at a Marriage Preparation Program.
BAPTISM Sundays immediately following the 12 Noon Mass. Call the Rectory to make arrangements.
PARISH REGISTRATION New Parishioners are requested to register at the Parish Office during office hours as soon as possible, in person or by telephone. Please notify the Parish Office when moving out of Parish or changing address.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Weekend & evenings by appointment)
PASTORAL STAFF Pastor, Rev. Daniel J. Palys Sr. Parochial Vicar, Rev. John Mitka (Retired) Pastoral Associates: Ann Bauman, Sr. Joseph Marie Marczak, CSSF
RELIGIOUS ED. STAFF Director, Paul J. Bloom Secretary, Sandy Bloom
RECTORY STAFF Business Manager, Alan Jenson Secretaries: Deborah Grabowski, Kris Iwankow, Rosanne Depczynski
MAINTENANCE STAFF Director, Anthony Cording
MUSIC STAFF Director, Lisa Gortzig
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St. Gabriel’s Church
Living The Word
Elma, New York
On the second Sunday of Advent each year, the Church leads us to the Jordan River, to hear the message of John the Baptist and put it into action in our lives. The reason why the Church talks about John at the Jordan is because he was the one chosen by God from all eternity to get the people ready to receive His Son, who was already walking toward the Jordan River to inaugurate His public ministry. Advent means ‘coming toward’. Through Advent, we are called to prepare for God’s coming toward us-in the past, 2000 years ago in Bethlehem, in the future, with the power and glory of heaven and in the present, in His Word and in the Eucharist. Through John, we are called to get ourselves ready to receive the Lord who is coming.
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John tells us to ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.’ John is telling us that to get ready for the Lord who is coming this Advent, we need to prepare a way for Him. We need to make straight the paths. For us, that pathway will be traced in our hearts. It will not be made in the desert but in our life. What John the Baptist is calling us to is conversion. The Lord is coming for us in Advent, but for Him to reach His destination, we have to convert. ‘To make straight the paths of the Lord’ means to clear the path of sin, which is the obstacle for the Lord to come into our lives. John speaks of valleys, mountains, uneven ground and rough places. We need to call them by their right names- pride, sloth, lust, violence, dishonesty, hypocrisy, selfishness, superficiality, sensuality, hatred, drunkenness, addiction and more. We have to make low the mountains of our pride and egocentrism. We have to fill in the valleys that come from a shallow prayer life and the indifferent way of living our faith. You need to straighten out whatever crooked paths you have been walking. You might be involved in some ’secret sin’. Jesus calls us this Advent to end it. If you are involved in dishonest practices at work or at home, you need to straighten it out and make some type of restitution. If you are harboring grudges or failing to reconcile with others, now is the time to clear away all the debris. If you have been pushing God off to the side of the road of your life and saying that you really do not have the time for Him, now is the time to get your priorities straight. This Advent which is a gift of the Lord to us, will succeed or fail on the basis of how well we change and clear our lives of sin so that the Lord may come to us. Conversion is a choice, to turn away from sin and to embrace the Savior. In today’s Gospel there is a huge contrast between those who chose poorly and those who chose well. The Gospel lists seven political and religious figures: Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, his brother Philip, Lysanius, Annas and Caiphas. On the other side stands one, John the Baptist. Of those named, he was the only one who chose Jesus. Before John preached the Gospel of repentance to others, he went out into the desert, fasted on locust and wild honey and lived a life of penance. In today’s terms, before he preached, he practiced what he preached. The Lord is calling us to do the same thing. This week we light the second candle of our Advent wreath. It is a symbol of our waiting for the Word to become Flesh. We hear about Jesus, the Word of God from scripture. This second candle is sometimes called the Bethlehem candle and should remind us of love.
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VOCATIONS Could God be calling you to be a priest, deacon, brother or sister in order to help our world of today to truly “prepare the way of the Lord”? If God is calling you to a Church vocation, call Fr. Walter Szczesny at 716-847-5535. You can also check out the “Priest of the month” stories on our website - www.buffalovocations.org!
Sanctuary Light The Sanctuary Light, next to the Tabernacle, is available for “A Special Intention” or “In Memory of a deceased Loved One”. Call the rectory office during business hours for more information or to schedule your intention.
Host & Wine Offerings Host and/or Wine Offerings are available for the “Memory/Honor of your Loved One”. Call the rectory office at 668-4017 during business hours for information or to schedule an intention for your loved one.
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St. Gabriel’s Church
Elma, New York
MISSION STATEMENT We the people of St. Gabriel’s Parish, are members of the body of Christ, a spiritual community nourished by prayer and the Eucharist, joyfully committed to carrying out the mission of Jesus. In working together, we share our gifts and proclaim: We are a family that is welcoming and caring, that celebrates our faith.
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Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. Today we meet St. John the Baptist - who tells us to prepare the way of the Lord. Yesterday we celebrated the great American Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Our country is placed under the protection of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary and John the Baptist are the two great characters of Advent. They help us all to get ready for Christmas. They are both people of Prayer, Joy, Peace and Patience. Advent is a time for prayer. The lighting of the Advent wreath reminds us we are waiting for the light of Jesus The sun and Son of God. Daily Mass is a great way to pray. Advent is a time for joy. Jesus first, others second and ourselves last. True joy comes in being a disciple of Jesus. Advent is a time of peace - We need to make up for our sins. We have hurt others - yet we still have great love and compassion. Advent is a time for patience. We all wait for Jesus. When we come to Mass - we listen to the readings and say thank you to Jesus before we receive Holy Communion. We are patient until we receive Him and then we take Him home. Most of all Advent is a time of Love. We love God. All our thoughts are centered on the Holy Trinity - and we love our neighbors, our friends, our family and even our enemies. As we shop, write cards, decorate, party and prepare - we do all out of Love. Love conquers death and evil.
II Maria Grimaldi & Jeffrey Sabin
PLEASE PRAY FOR .
We continue to remember the sick, the infirmed and all those recommended to our prayers, especially the following, that they may experience the healing power of Christ:
Nicole Kalota, Marlene Dahn, Eddie Suchocki, Donna Frajdofer, Marcia Kester, Bonnie Morris, Linda Zglinicki, Sue Osika, Robert Palys, Mary Popielski, Mark Davison, Melanie Mietlicki, Elizabeth Durys, Jessica Schilling, Cynthia Szajna, Lauren Reese, Baby Xavier Evans, Jeanette Puccio, Elaine Wichrowski, Ray Murray, Debbie Schlau, Dorothy Ciezki, Nicole Martin, Jeannine Militello, Virginia Wojcik, Victoria Koszuta, Susan Repko, Robert Thielman, Celia Orlowski, Erin Matthewson, Kimberly Stribing, Rita Prabucki, Charlotte Chowaniec, Adeline Matuszak, Ed Mutka, Sr. Joseph Marie, Barbara Wojtaszczyk, Joan Davis, Jean Glaser, Jane Boye, Charles Jayne, Walter Jozwiak, Joseph LoGuidice, Jan Depreta, Stanisnaw Kucharski, Michael Cloen, Robert Wieczorek, Joseph Wieczorek, Michael Carmisa
And for our deceased: Mary Fisher
Continue to celebrate Advent. God bless you and your family. Love & Prayers,
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Monday, December 10 8:30AM Sharon Cole by Friends & Family 11:30AM Mary Prabucki by Prabucki Family Tuesday, December 11 St. Damasus I 8:30AM Vito LaBarbara by Family 11:30AM Anniv. Joseph J. Pauly by Family Wednesday, December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30AM Anniv. James Mahoney by Daughter & Family 11:30PM Anniv. Marion Falkowski by St. Gabriel’s Ladies Guild Thursday, December 13 St. Lucy 8:30AM Anniv. Rodney Connolly Sr. by Daughter 11:30AM Anniv. Joseph Marczak by Family Friday, December 14 St. John of the Cross 8:30AM Earl Kraft by Marge & Family 11:30AM Deceased members of the Mardel & Szretter Family by Mary Mardel Saturday, December 15 8:00AM Norbert Chowaniec by Charlotte & Teresa 4:00PM Mary Sartori by Daughters 7:00PM Anniv. Gary Olszewski by Marcia & Sons Sunday, December 16 Third Sunday of Advent 6:00AM Carol Hine, Jerome & David Olejniczak by Estate 7:30AM Anniv. George Hails by Hails Family 9:00AM Helen Tkach by St. Gabriel’s Ladies Guild 10:30AM Anniv. Isabella Schneider by Gail NOON Anniv. Norbert Jenson by Family
The Sanctuary Light will be lit this week in Memory of
James & Dolores Knapp by Jackie & Jim
Elma, New York Our students are great. Really. Must be they come from some mighty fine families. They never cease to impress us with their insights, enthusiasm, joy in living, compassion, and yes—their faith. On Nov. 19th, our 6th and 7th grade students gathered in our parish hall to listen to (and they are good & respectful listeners) five speakers from local agencies that help children. Our guest speakers were representatives from: Child and Family Services, Vive La Casa, the Buffalo News Neediest Fund, the U.S. Marines (Toys for Tots), and 211 WNY Olmstead Center for Sight. The presentation was entitled “All I Want for Christmas”. Our students learned about the large amount of children and youth in our Western New York Community that have families that are facing lean, difficult, and challenging times, often regarding finances. It is our belief that many of our young folks present that evening left with a renewed perspective of gratitude. They just might be a little less inclined to whine or complain about what they don’t have. If we really want to start drawing comparisons with other people about how we are faring in life, we soon realize how blessed all of us really are. We are all very grateful to our presenters for helping us open our eyes a little more. As a follow up, a few teachers asked our students what they were thankful for. A common answer from our students was life...for life itself! Not bad eh? How many of us would answer likewise? Last night, one of our 1st grade teachers shared with me each one of her students’ “thank you cards” to Jesus. There were 19 students who wrote cards. One student thanked Jesus for toys. Every other student thanked Jesus for any combination of the following: *family (moms, dads, grandparents, siblings, & cousins) *friends *food *Jesus himself That was it. That is what all of them are thankful for. Look at that list again. Pretty good for 1st graders, eh? As our teachers consistently say, we surely can learn lots from our children. We thank them for helping us understand what is really important. Calling all 6th & 7th graders: including our students in Home-schooling and Catholic schools: we invite and encourage all of you to come to our parish hall for the upcoming class presentations by Tom Iwankow: 7th grade...this Monday, Dec. 10th: Peer Pressure and Being Catholic...7-8 pm 6th grade...next Monday, Dec. 17th: The New Testament Future...7-8 pm 3rd grade families, and any other families with children who will be making their First Holy Communions in May: If you have not yet picked up your packets to help prepare for the celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, please do so by stopping into our office during office hours or class-times. Also, we are now asking each family to choose a Mass in May for this blessed occasion. Some of our elementary grade students made Thanksgiving cards for local residents in nursing homes, and for our troops overseas. They were heartfelt, creative, and beautiful. There they go again...caring...helping...givingF loving.
St. Gabriel’s Church
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Elma, New York
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Sunday, December 9 After 9 & 10:30am Masses - CYO Coffee Hour - PH Monday, December 10 Religious Ed. - Parish Hall 7pm - RCIA - St. Gabe’s House 8-9pm - CYO MNO - PH 8:15pm - Folk Group Rehearsal - CH Tuesday, December 11 5:30pm - Children’s Choir Rehearsal - CH Religious Ed. - PH 7:30pm - HNS Meeting - PH Wednesday, December 12 10am - Fr. Dan’s Bible Class - PH FMR 6:15 - Adult Choir Rehearsal - Church Thursday, December 13 7pm - Bible Study - Parish Hall Friday, December 14 7pm - Venture Crew - PH Saturday, December 15 Religious Ed. - Parish Hall Anointing of Sick - after 4pm Mass
UPCOMING EVENTS 12/16 HNS Advent Mass & Breakfast - 9-11:30am - PH Living Nativity 7pm - CH & Pavilion 12/17 Religious Ed. - Parish Hall RCIA - 7pm - St. Gabe’s House CYO MNO - 8-9pm - PH Folk Group Rehearsal - 8:15pm - CH 12/18 Children’s Choir Rehearsal - 5:30pm - CH Religious Ed. - PH 12/19 Fr. Dan’s Bible Class -10am - PH FMR Adult Choir Rehearsal - 6:15 - Adult - Church Ladies Guild Board Meeting - 7pm - PH FRM Folk Mass Rehearsal - 7pm - CH 12/20 Bible Study - 7pm - Parish Hall Advent Penance Service - St. Philips Church - 3 & 7pm 12/22 Religious Ed. - Parish Hall
. FR. DAN ON TV!!! ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE Fr. Dan is the celebrant of the TV Mass on December 16th. The Mass is on Fox Channel 29, Cable 6 at 7:30am and other times listed in the Catholic Paper.
This year St. Philip’s will be the host of the Vicariate Cluster Penance Service on Thursday, December 20th at 3 and 7pm.
This is a great way to prepare for Christmas!
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS Readings for December 9, 2012
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:
Is 35:1-10 / Lk 5:17-26 Is 40:1-10 / Mt 18:12-14 Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab / Lk 1:39-47 Is 41:17-19 / Mt 11:11-15 Is 48:17-19 / Mt 11:16-19 Sir 48:1-4, 9-11 / Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Zep 3:14-18a / Phil 4:4-7 / Lk 3:10-18
You have received a special envelope in your packet of envelopes. If you would like to help with Christmas Flowers, you can make a donation in memory or in honor of a loved one. Mark the envelope with the name of your loved one and if it is in memory or in honor of. In order to put all our loved ones in the bulletin, we need your enveloped returned by Thursday, December 13th.
St. Gabriel’s Church RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS Thank you for donating to the Retirement Fund for Religious. A sister from Pennsylvania writes, “In our prayers, all the sisters remember in a special way the faithful of the diocese who support the Retirement Fund for Religious collection. We realize that their sacrifices and generosity have made this financial assistance possible. May God reward them.”
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ADVENT CANDLES & OPLATEK (wafers) Whether you dine alone or with the entire family around the supper table, a lit candle brings us closer to God year round. We are truly blessed to have the wonderful tradition of the Advent Wreath to help us prepare, refocusing our hearts towards God after our day at work, school and holiday readiness. Sharing the Oplatek while exchanging Christmas greetings is a beautiful family custom observed in many homes.
Holiday Schedule Christmas Eve Monday, December 24 4:00 pm ~ Children’s Pageant & Children’s Choir 7:00 pm 11:30 pm ~ Prelude ~ Choir 12:00 pm ~ Midnight Mass Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am ~ Family Masses and 12 noon
Advent candles, Advent wreaths [Foliage and Brass] and Oplatek is available for purchase at the main entrance of Church. Just place your donation in the box next to the table display. [Make checks payable to “St. Gabriel’s”].
SENIOR NEWS St. Gabriel’s Senior’s Christmas Luncheon will be on December 10th at the Polish Villa II, 1085 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY at 11am and lunch will be served at 12:30pm. Fee is $13.00 for member’s and $16.00 for non-members. Reservations must be made by December 3rd. For more information, please contact Rose Marie at 6681230 or Florence at 895-9580.
Experience A Living Christmas !
! Do you often wish you could experience Christmas today just the way you did as a child? Do you wish your children or your grandchildren could have that experience? The story of the first Christmas will be re-enacted in our Church and will journey to the stable where we will meet the shepherds and kings, and the Holy Family. All will begin in the Church Sunday evening, December 16th at 7pm and proceed to the “stable”. You, your family, friends and neighbors are invited to an all new experience of the true meaning of Christmas with us. Light refreshments will follow.
THEME BASKET RAFFLE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Our Annual Theme Basket Raffle will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2013. We will be selling tickets at all the Fish Frys starting Friday, Feb 15th. We are asking Parishioners & Businesses for donations of items & Gift Certificates to be used in the Baskets. As always, the success of this event depends on your generous donations. Also, if you won a basket last year and wish to donate the basket, it would be greatly appreciated as we are always in need of large baskets. Thank you in advance for your donations. For further information, call Sally at 685-3986
St. Gabriel’s Church CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS ADULT CHOIR The Adult choir will begin practicing for Christmas Midnight Mass at 6:15pm on: Tuesday, December 11th Tuesday, December 18th As always, enter through the back parking lot door...the light will lead the way. Any questions, please call Lisa @ 649-2003
CYO NEWS We will start rehearsing for our 3rd Annual Living Nativity. All 7th - 12th graders are welcome to participate. We need singers, Wiseman, Sheppard's, etc. Rehearsal will be held at MNO on December 10, 2012 We hope to see everyone there!!!!
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Children’s Christmas Choir All singers ages 7-13 are invited to sing at the 4:00pm Christmas Eve Mass. We will have a short concert before Mass begins and then lead the singing during the celebration. Our mandatory rehearsals are at 5:30pm on the following days: Wednesday, December 12th Wednesday, December 19th All sessions are from 5:30pm - 6:30pm in the Church. Please enter through the back parking lot door. No other door will be open. Any questions please call Lisa @ 649-2003.
GIVING TREE St. Gabriel’s Parish will again have our annual Giving Tree. This event has been helpful to so many over the past years. You have made Christmas a happy and joyful experience for young children all the way up to the very aged. The individuals you help have been those who have experienced poor health situations, multiple hospitalizations and surgeries. Very many are in bad economic straights. Please pick an ornament off the tree, purchase the gift asked for, wrap it and tape the ornament to the gift. Bring it back to Church on the weekend of December 15th /16th.
Christmas is for children. Every year we have a Christmas pageant at the 4PM Mass on Christmas Eve. If your child would like to be a shepherd, angel or king or even Mary or Joseph, please come to our one rehearsal. Children of all ages are welcome. We will have a drawing for Mary and Joseph but any child can be a shepherd, king or angel. Costumes are optional. I need a few parents to help me to organize the children on Christmas Eve. If you can help, please come to the practice.
Watch the bulletin for time and date of the rehearsal.
You will find many ornaments asking for gift cards. PLEASE, take these. These are the ones always left behind. The gift certificates to Wegmans. Tops, Kmart, Target and Walmart are very necessary. Even though a person may receive food stamps, they cannot buy any paper products—toilet paper, tissues or paper towels. Nor can they buy any cleaning products—laundry soaps, dish soap, bath soaps or shampoos or any cleaning products for the bathroom or kitchen. Personal clothing items are necessities better purchased by the individual. Often a parent needs to look at the article of clothing to make sure it will fit properly. After all, every child wants a gift from Santa that he or she can wear and not have to wait for the opportunity to go back to the store and wait for something that will fit. Please include the amount and receipts for the gift cards. That would be extremely helpful to us so we won’t have to call on each card to find out the amount. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
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Have you ever played a game where you asked for a "do-over" so you could try again? When John told his neighbors to be baptized, he wanted them to have a second chance, A "do-over." He wanted to give them a fresh, clean start with God. Prayer Dear God, when I find myself doing or saying things that you would not like, help me to stop and start over. Something to Draw Draw John washing someone in a river.
Mission for the Week When you catch yourself being selfish, not following directions, or using hurtful words, stop. Say you're sorry, ask for forgiveness, and then try again.