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St. Anthony Shrine& Ministry Center

100 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110Tel. 617-542-6440 Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.orgThe Good WordTel. 617-542-0502 Prayer Request Line Tel. 617-553-4100

Sunday, December 21 Saturday, December 27, 2014

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D E C E M B E R

20 Satrda

Centering Prayer Group, Noon to 1:30 p.m.,

4th fl. Francis room

Instructional Knitting class, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.,

auditorium classroom, instructor Mary Meehan

Lessons & Carols, 7:00 p.m., 2nd fl. Church,

Arch St. Band with Jennifer Galea and the

Franciscan Friars

21 Snda

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,

womens services 12:55 to 2:30 p.m.

Blood pressure & Blood Sugar screening,

flu vaccine, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Wellness Center

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Wellness Center will be closed Dec. 22nd. for

Christmas holidays and will reopen January 5th. 9:30

a.m. May you have a peaceful and blessed Christmas.

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22 Monda

No scheduled events.

23 Tesda No scheduled events.

24 Wednesda Christmas Eve

Bread on the Common, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.,

Auditorium (See ad for details.)

25 Trsda Christmas

Shrine closes at 2:00 p.m. (See ad for details.)

Prison Ministry, SCHC, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.,womens services 12:55 to 2:30 p.m.

27 Satrda

Instructional Knitting class, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.,

auditorium classroom, instructor Mary Meehan

Welcome to the St. Anthony Shrine

Community. All are welcome here.

No one is excluded.

Please take tis blletin ome wit o aswell as te man brocres tat advertise

te programs and services of te Srine.Tank o for being wit s toda.

Franciscan friars and staffSt. Anton Srine commnit

WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK

REGULAR EVENTSMonday A.A. 12 Step Meeting 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday Seniors Crafts Group 10:30 a.m.

A.A. Open Meeting Noon

Mens Cursillo Reunion 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday Remembrance Day for Deceased (3rd Wed.) All Masses

Womens Spiritual Refl. Group (2nd & 4th Wed) 12:30 p.m.Seniors Computer Lab 1:30 p.m.

Grupo Hispano de Oracin 4:15 p.m.

A.A. Open Meeting 5:45 p.m.

Bread on the Common (2nd & 4th Wed.) 5:45 p.m.

Anointing of the Sick Mass (2nd Wed.) TBA

Thursday S.L.A.A. Meeting Noon

Mens Spirituality Group (2nd & 4th Thurs.) 5:00 p.m.

A.A. Big Book Meeting 5:45 p.m.

Saturday Centering Prayer Group (1st & 3rd Sat.) Noon

Vietnamese Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.

Secular Franciscans (2nd Sat.) 1:00 p.m.

Sunday 20/30 Boston Young Adults Coffee (4th Sun.) 11:00 a.m.

alt. Wine & Cheese Social (odd 4th Sun.) 5:00 p.m.

Emmaus Ministry Prayer/Discussion (1st Sun.) 11:00 a.m.

Healing Service (2nd Sun.) 1:30 p.m.

Hispanic Secular Franciscans (1st Sun.) 3:00 p.m.

2 Saint Anthony Shrine The Church on Arch Street

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent; Winter begins

Tuesday: St. John of Kanty

Wednesday: The Vigil of Christmas

Thursday: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

Friday: St. Stephen; First Day of Kwanzaa

Saturday: St. John

Cover Art: Shepherds, mral at Franciscan Capel, BeitSaor, Seperds Field, at Kirbat Siar al-Ganim.Poto b J. Stewart, Nov. 2008. See also centerfold.

Is tere someone oknow wo will be alone

tis Cristmas? Invitetem to be part of or

Merry Christmas!

Peace and all Good!

Pray for Peace in the Middle East!

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EventsThis Week

Christmas & New Years Schedule

100 Arch Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 617.542.6440 3

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd;

Lk 1:46-56

Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;

Lk 1:57-66

Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5,

27, 29; Lk 1:67-79

Thursday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;

Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]

Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13;Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14

Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12;

Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20

Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6;

Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]

Friday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6,

8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22

Saturday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12;

Jn 20:1a, 2-8

Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3;

Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-

21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19;

Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]

Bread on the Common StreetMinistry to Homeless PersonsWednesday, December 24 (night beforeChristmas), 2014. 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.

All are invited to be part of a ministry to homeless

persons on the streets and nearby the Shrine onthe 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each

month. We meet in the auditorium

of the Shrine at 5:45 p.m., prepare

food packets, and then visit with

homeless persons on the streets,

offering food, socks, and most of

all presence, ending at 7:30 p.m.

Please call ahead of time if you

plan on coming. Limited no. of volunteers forChristmas Eve outreach. For more information,

please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email [email protected].

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HOLY LAND JOURNAL

Observations from the land of Jesus, the Gospel of the land and people, by Dr. Jackie Stewart

And tere were in te same contr seperds

abiding in te field, keeping watc over teirflock b nigt. And te Angel said to tem, Fearnot, for beold, I bring o good tidings of great

jo, wic sall be to all people" (Lke 2:8-10).

Approximatel 2 km to te east of Betleem laste village of Beit Saor, were one of te mostsacred places to Cristians, te Seperds' Field, isfond. Tere are several sites in Beit Saor wereCristians onor te seperds wo received teglad tidings of te angels annoncing te birt ofJess.

Te Roman Catolics site as a Franciscan Capeldesigned to resemble te seperds' tent (see poto

below wit te bronze angel over te entrance).Te Greek Ortodox site, at al-Rwat, as a 5t c.crc bilt over a cave. Te Franciscan site as a

natral cave wit a soot-blackened roof, wic asbeen partiall enclosed to make a modern capel.At te back of te cave, tere is an empt manger(see poto pper rigt). I ave participated in anmber of Masses in tis cave (see Fr. Gene in

poto from or Ma 2013 Pilgrimage). A nmber oftimes I was privileged to proclaim te Word ere.Tere are also a nmber of oter caves recentlnearted ere at Kirbat Siar al-Ganim werepilgrims also celebrate Mass. Tere is a beatiflfontain in te center of te plaza depicting aseperd and seep (see poto rigt).

In te little rotnd Franciscan Capel tere aretree concave mrals, wic depict te seperds

in te Cristmas stor. Te first mral (see cover andpoto rigt) depicts te amazement of te seperdsat te annoncement of te angels at nigt. Temral (top, rigt page) sows te ol familsrronded b te animals and te seperds, oneplaing is flte. Te tird mral sows teseperds plaing msic and dancing wit jo as

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te retrn wit teir flocks to teir fields indaligt, aving witnessed te wonder of tenativit.

Tere is an amsing caracter in tis stor tat is abellweter of te progress of te seperdsemotions teir seepdog. In te annoncementscene, e is sown crocing down gardedl andgrowling at te angels (see poto below, left). At

te nativit (rigt) e is serene, watcing te cildand is famil in awe. Te last scene (below rigtinset) sows im prancing, entsiasticallaccompaning te ong dancing jofl seperd.

In te Church of the Nativityin Manger Square, Bethlehema Pilgrim pras in awe beforete medallion marking tebirtplace of Jess in te crpt.Anoter Nativit is markedpstairs in te Crc, next tote sanctar, were a newmoter and er bab dagterwit sponsor and little cildare blessed b a GreekOrtodox priest.

Bot of tese sites are part ofor Ma 2015 Pilgrimageitinerar.

A Blessed Cristmas to all!Potos: J. Driscoll & J. Stewart (November 2008), J. Stewart (2007-2013).


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MINISTRIES OF SAINT ANThONy ShRINE

WORShIP/yOuR SPIRITuAL hOME RECONCILIATION MuSIC LAzARuS PROGRAM WELLNESS CENTER

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ThE KIDS PROGRAM SENIORS ON ARCh STREET MyChALJuDGE CENTER FOR RECOvERy FRANCISCAN FOOD CENTER

EvANGELIzATION GOOD WORD: (617) 542-0502 hISPANIC MINISTRy FRANCISCAN ADuLT SChOOL 20S/30S

EMMAuS MINISTRy COME hOME PROGRAM PRISON MINISTRy LGBT MINISTRy GRIEF MINISTRy

CONTACT US:Phone: 1-617-542-6440Website: http://www.StAnthonyShrine.orgAddress: 100 Arch Street

Downtown CrossingBoston, MA 02110

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Fr. Thomas Conway, OFM

Exective Director

Fr. Barry Langley, OFM

Associate Director

SAINT ANTHONY SHRINE & MINISTRY CENTER~ All Are Welcome ~

WEEKDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m.1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.

Second WednesdayAnointing Mass:time to be announced

Third WednesdayDay of Remembrance

SATURDAY MASSES

Celebrated in Second Floor Chapel

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

VIGIL MASSES

Second Floor First Floor

Chapel Chapel

4:00 p.m. ** 4:15 p.m.

5:30 p.m. **

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Celebrated in First Floor Chapel

Weekdays: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.;

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday: 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Seasonal Communal Penance Service:

(to be announced)

Sunday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Legal Holiday: 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.Following Masses ** Music

10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 Noon

4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Benediction

(First Floor Chapel)

Weekdays: 5:00 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays: 3:30 p.m.Holy Rosary of Mary 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays: 2:55 p.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy 2nd & 4th Sundays: 3:00 p.m.

Vespers Sundays: 3:15 p.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

(First Floor Chapel)

Weekdays at 1:45 p.m.

Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.

Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

Tuesdays: St. Anthony Devotions

Wednesdays: Spanish Mass - 5:15 p.m.

Thursdays: St. Jude Devotions

SUNDAY MASSES

Second Floor Chapel

** Music Masses

The Arch Street Band

MISA EN ESPAOL

Cada mircoles a las 5:15 de la tarde

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

LEGAL HOLIDAY MASSES

Second Floor Chapel

MISA EN ESPAOL - PRIMER PISO

Cada domingo a las 11:45 de la maana


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The 4th Sunday of Advent B

Reading I: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16

Responsorial Psalm: 89:2-3, 4-5, 27-29

Reading II: Romans 16:25-27

Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

Listening With the Heart

Offand, it migt ave been better if te readingsfor Snda ad covered more grond: te censs,Joseps dream, Mars visit to Elizabet, te tripto Betleem, te refsal from te innkeeper, testar, te angels, te seperds, te animals andfinall te birt. Tere is plent of stor to tell.W did we not ear it?

Becase in te Gospel tis Snda, Lke and teCrc are concentrating not on te externals ofte Advent narrative bt on te insides of it. OnMars eart, beginning to ponder. Ma it bedone nto me according to or word, se sas.Tis inside stor is dramaticall significant to tewole man race, and er words isse from tecenter of wo se is.

Tere is a small problem for s, owever, inclarifing Mars words. A certain parallel stor inLke wold ave made te meaning of Mars

words mc more dramaticall clear: te angelGabriels annnciation to acaria (Lk 1:5-23).Te Crc cose not to inclde it tis Snda.*

Bt let s pretend tat acarias tale is inclded.Gabriel makes two Annnciations, one rigt afterte oter. Eac is abot a cild to be born, btneiter one is feasible as tings stood. Elizabet isbarren, so se cannot ave a cild. Mar as nosband and se ad never as ad conjgalrelations. W was ecaria strck deaf andmte, wile Mar went peacefll on er wa?

Te are in te same kind of fix, bt listen to oweac one reacts:

ecaria: how sall I know tis? ForI am an old man, and m wife is advancedin ears. Mar: how can tis be, since I ave norelations wit a man?

Stop. Ponder tese responses for a moment.

Spirituality of the Readingsecarias repl, wile realistic, is inslting. he issaing, give me some reason to believe wat oare saing, since or word is not enog.

Tis kind of qestion sold never ave occrredto im. Gods voice ad alread spoken lovedeepl into is eart trogot is wole life (likeDavid in te First Reading). his trst in Godspromise sold ave been te deepest meaning ofis existence.

In tis sense, ecaria was alread deaf and mtewen e first eard te Angel! he cold notreceive te words of te Angel (to ear), andterefore cold not give birt to te trt (tospeak).

Mar on te oter and seemed to know alreadtat noting is impossible to God. So se simpl

asked for clarification. Jst tell me ow tis isgoing to appen and I will gladl do it.

A remarkable insigt, too often idden from s.Comparison of te two responses elps simmensel to nderstand Mars inside stor,and ow se listened wit er eart.

how mc do o and I listen to te voice of Godspromise? It is written in or earts. Do or ownwords jst spot ot of s witot reference to tatnwavering love deep witin? In tat case we ma

be like ecaria. hard of earing wen it comesto te needs and beaties of tose arond s, andspeecless wen a word of love wold make all tedifference.

Let s ask mbl in tese last das of Advent forte grace to listen and to ear. Te one wopromised will not fail.____________________* At risk of making tis reflection into a market-place, I wantto mention tat I ad te onor of writing msic for botecarias and Mars Annnciations (as well as te rest of

te entire Advent stor). Te CD is called Like Winter Waitingand is a companion for Advent tat ma give o back part ofwat commerce migt ave taken awa. I am compelled tosa, terefore, tat it is available at 1 800 LITuRGy, orttp://www.ocp.org/prodcts/30109060#tab:contents

Fr. Jon Fole, S. J.

Coprigt 2014, Te Center for Litrg at Saint Lois universitAll rigts reserved. used b permission

Write me an email! I'd like to ave a discssion wit o abot tis.:Fr. Jon Fole, S. J. ([email protected])


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2015 Holy Land PilgrimageIn the ootsteps of Jesus

Infant Baptism

New!! Announcing....

Infant Baptism ProgramFor families who regularly worshipat St. Anthony Shrine

Beginning in 2015 St. Anthony

Shrine will offer parental andsponsor preparation for those parents

wishing to have their infant (up to 1 yr of

age) baptized here at the Shrine and welcomed

into our worshiping community. Preparatory

sessions and Baptisms will be available about six

times per year (approximately every other month).

It is anticipated that the Baptisms ordinarily will be

on the last Sunday of the month (if liturgically

feasible) at the regular Sunday 12:30 p.m. Mass.

Baptisms for Latin@ infants will be at the regular

Sunday 11:45 a.m. Spanish Mass. Both parental &sponsor preparation and Baptism are by

appointment. Note: At least one sponsor must be

Confirmed in the Catholic Church.

If interested/for more information, please contactDr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext. 143 oremail [email protected].

Offered by Evangelization

May 19-29, 2015Cost: $3,999 pp. dbl occupancy

All inclusiveLeaders: Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM &

Dr. Jackie Stewart & local guide Anton Farah

Our tour agent is Carmel Tours

Highlights of the Pilgrimage Roundtrip airfare & taxes via LUFTHANSA

GERMAN AIRLINES from Boston

Accommodations at the Ron Beach Hotel in

Tiberias, at the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and The

Pontifical Institute, Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center,

owned and operated by the Vatican and located close to

the Old City

Israeli Buffet Breakfast and Dinner daily

Bethsaida, Capernaum, Mt. Beatitudes, St.

Peters Primacy, Tabgha, Mt. Arbel, Jericho, CaesareaPhilippi, Mt. Tabor, Cana, Magdala, Nazareth, Kursi,

Jordan River, Wadi Qelt, Dead Sea, Hebron, Herodian,

Beit Shean, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Shepherds Field,

Mt. of Olives, Dominus Flevit, Gethsemane, Emmaus

(Abu Gosh), Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount and more

Daily Mass will be celebrated

Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa

Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee

Deposits were due on/by December 18, 2014.We have requested & are waiting for an extension fromour carrier Lufthansa to accommodate others who may

wish to join this Pilgrimage to the land we love and callholy. Final payments due by February 10, 2015.

Please contact Dr. Jackie Stewart to check onavailability and for a brochure with full itinerary [email protected] or 617-542-6440, ext.143. Online brochure available at:https://stanthonyshrine.org/ministries/holy-land-

pilgrimages/

Offered by the Franciscan Adult School

Serving the Spiritual Needs

of Grieving ParentsLosing a cild nder an circmstance is

orrific. Focsing on te spiritalit of tegrieving process can elp tremendosl.

Please join s. All are welcome.

One-Day Retreat on March 21, 2015

Monthly Meetings 1st Sunday of Every Month

One-on-One Companioning

For more information,Call Diane, Moter of Pal, at 617-542-8057.

Imperial China & the Yangtze River

CruiseOctober 4-29, 2015Prices are per person. $3,700-JFK gateway$450 down payment, Final payment July 16,2015

Highlights... Beijing, Tiananmen Square &Summer Palace, The Great Wall,

Yantze River Cruise, Three Gorges Dam, Lesser

Three Gorges, Chongqing, Xian, Shanghai

Brochure at front desk of Shrine. For more info,contact Fr. Rafael Bonanno, OFM, 617-542-6440.

Gift suggestion!!! A Holy Land Pilgrimagewould make a great Christmas, Anniversary,Birthday or Graduation present for a loved one oryourself!!

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