Second Sunday of Advent
Annual Collection at O.L.S. Iraqi Refugee Sponsorship Ministry
Christmas Gift for the Poor
This Weekend - Dec. 4th / 5th
Our annual Christmas Gift for the Poor Collection takes
place this weekend: December 4th / 5th. Proceeds from this
collection are shared between:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and
Canadian Food For Children.
Thank you for your generosity which allows these charities
to help many people who are in need of assistance, both in
our city and around the world.
Evening Prayer at OLS
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This Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 pm
Join us in Celebrating the Vigil of the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception.
Mass Intentions This Week
December 6th - 12th
Please join us as we pray for the following,
in our “Announced Mass” Intentions
Mon.:(9 am) +G. Utleg - Emelda & John Tai & Family
Tues.:(9 am) +J. Maldonado - Emelda & John Tai & Family
(7:30 pm) Prayer Vigil: Immaculate Conception
Wed.:(9 am) Intentions of The Members of the CWL
Thurs.:(9 am) +Melbourne Mason -Stella McDonald
Fri.:( 9 am) +Melbourne Mason - Pat & Paul Matthews
Sat.:(9 am) +Mary Parkhurst - Mary Kulyski
(5:15 pm) +Mary & Frank Ferkul - Pohole Family
Sun.:(8:15 am) +Lena Ivan - Marie Ferracuti
(9:30 am) +Janina & John Ryczko - Family
(11:00 am) For Our Parishioners
(12:30 pm) +Mike Moore - Joan Moore & Family
CWL Daylight Retreat
We welcome members of the CWL to this
weekend’s 12:30 pm Mass. Members who
pre-registered will be participating in a
luncheon following the Mass with guest
speaker, Sister Christa Mary, who will be showing a video
of her missionary experience in Africa.
Special Collection: December 18th / 19th
There will be a special collection on the weekend of Dec.
18th / 19th to support the resettlement of the Iraqi Refugee
Family that Our Lady of Sorrows Parish is sponsoring.
The family was advised of the sponsorship on November
20th, after spending more than one year in Syria as
refugees.
All Day Confessions
Saturday, December 11th
9:30 am to 5:00 pm
New Beginnings
For those who are separated, divorced or widowed.
Mini Renewal: Topic: Dealing with Stress and
Loneliness: A mindfulness approach. Facilitator: Gail
Davis MSW., RSW. Tuesday December 7 - Begins at 8:00
p.m. going to 9:30 p.m. Location: Saint Bonaventure’s
Church – St. Francis oom -1300 Leslie St. Toronto. No
pre registration required.
Live-In Retreat: December 10-12. Objectives: To know
the love of God; To receive the Lord’s grace of healing
and reconciliation; To grieve, to let go and find your true
self with the support of a loving community. Location:
Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre.
For enquiries contact: Deacon James Shaughnessy
MSW., RSW, Psyn.D. at 416-921-1163 ext 2246.
Vocation Seeds
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.’”
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, contact Fr. Hansoo Park at 416-968-
0997 or vocations@vocations.ca
 December 05, 2010

Second Sunday of Advent Christmas Schedule 2010

All Day Confessions: Sat., 11 Dec. 9:30 - 5:00 pm

In this week's Gospel and next week's, our
Advent preparation for Christmas invites us CHRISTMAS: THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
to consider John the Baptist and his Friday 24 December
relationship to Jesus. In this week's Gospel,
Matthew describes the work and preaching 5:00 pm Christmas Vigil Mass
of John the Baptist. John marks the conversion of those 4:30 pm Carols
who seek him out with a baptism of repentance. John's
baptism can be understood as an anticipation of Christian 8:00 pm Night Mass
baptism. In this passage, John himself alludes to the 7:30 pm Carols & Choir
difference between his baptism and the one yet to come. In
the context of Matthew's Gospel, today's passage is
11:00 pm Night Mass
followed by Jesus' baptism by John, an event that is attested
to in all four of the Gospels and appears to have been the 10:30 pm Choral Office of Readings
start of Jesus' public ministry. Saturday 25 December
8:15 am Cantor
John's preaching of the coming of the Lord is a key theme 9:30 am Children’s Choir
of the Advent season. As John's message prepared the way 11:00 am Chorale
for Jesus in the first century, we, too, are called to prepare 12:30 pm Choir
ourselves for Jesus' coming. We respond to John's message
by our repentance and reform of our lives. We are also
called to be prophets of Christ, who announce by our lives, HOLY FAMILY
as John did, the coming of the Lord. No Anticipated (5:15 pm) Mass
Sunday 26 December
We do many things to get ourselves ready for our Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
celebration of Christmas: purchase gifts, prepare Christmas 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm
cards, decorate our homes. John's call of repentance in
preparation for Jesus reminds us that our repentance is
another way in which we can prepare for the Lord's coming NEW YEAR’S: Solemnity of the Mother of God
and our celebration of Christmas. Our parish offers a Friday 31 December
special opportunity for families to participate in the 5:00 pm Vigil Mass
Sacrament of Reconciliation by offering All-Day Saturday 01 January
Confessions next Saturday, December 11th.
9:00 am & 11:00 am
Families are encouraged to talk about how John reminds
the people that they prepare for the reign of God by THE EPIPHANY
reforming their lives. As a family, prepare a simple No Anticipated (5:15 pm) Mass
reconciliation service in preparation for Christmas such as Sunday 02 January
the following: Gather in a prayerful space, perhaps around
Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
your family Advent wreath. Read again today's Gospel:
Matthew 3:1-3. Invite each family member to pray silently, 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm
asking God to forgive their sins. Pray together an Act of The Christmas Season ends with the Feast of the Baptism
Contrition. Then celebrate God's forgiveness by sharing a of the Lord on Sunday, January 9th.
Sign of Peace with each other.