PARISH PRIEST

FR. Joseph Tran

 

 

second SUNDAY OF ADVENT

READINGS FOR dec. 7^th ,2003.

Bar. 5:1-9. God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory.

Phil. 1:4-6, 8-11. The one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Luke 3:1-6. Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Readings are taken from Cycle C of the Sunday Lectionary

We offer prayers today for all of our sick.  Please remember to pray for Gaston Sanders, Kendra Lea, Gerry Wood, Stephanie Sanders, Leah Beattie, Henry Knaggs, Anne Halabicki, Maria Reichert, Elsie Hink, Janette Warnock, John Hoes, Marcel Knockaert, and Liz Burroughs.

Please pray for our Good Shepherd, Archbishop Emilius Goulet, Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Boniface. 

Please remember to offer Masses for your special intentions; especially your departed loved ones.  Also, please pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life in Canada.

We need to be close to Jesus Christ in his Eucharistic Sacrifice.

If you would like a Mass said, please see Father Joe.

 Did you know that Pope John Paul II declared this year as the year of the Rosary?

To pray the Rosary is a way to be with Jesus and Mary.  We are meditating on their life from the Gospels.

You are invited to join us Tuesday-Friday 8:40 a.m. all year to recite the Rosary.

 

 

To speak of reconciliation is to assume a relationship has been broken.  It may be a husband and wife, parents and children or once close friends; something has happened to open an uncrossable chasm that threatens the survival of the relationship.  Reconciliation becomes possible only when someone makes the first move; a hand extended, a phone call, a word spoken in forgiveness.  The Bible teaches that sin has separated us from God.  The relationship is broken.  Someone has to make the first move.  While it is we who need to be reconciled, it is God who makes the first move.  God extends not just His hand, not just words, but His Son, Jesus Christ.

Personal Application:  

For God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting peoples sins against them.  This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others.  Though we once were far away from God, now we have been brought near to Him because of the blood of Christ.  Reconciliation begins with a recognition that without Christ, we are lost and separated from God...

 

 

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LITURGY IN MANITOU

8:30 a.m.          CONFESSION

9:00 a.m.          MASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

WED. DEC. 24TH, 2003.

6:30 p.m. MORDEN: Children’s Mass

9:00 p.m. MANITOU: Children & Family Mass

11:00 p.m. MORDEN: Children & Family Mass

THURS. DEC. 25TH, 2003

NO MA SS

As there were few participants last year, Parish Council decided NOT to have a Mass on Dec. 25.

 

 

 

 

***If you are unable to exercise your ministry, please find a replacement.

Living Rosary                                                        Dec. 14^th

 

We  must each make up our own mind as to how much we  should give.  God measures the gifts of His people not on the basis of their size but on the basis of how much remains. (cf. Luke 21:1-4, The Widows Offering)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

May God Bless You All

 

Please visit:

http:www.catholic.org/clife/advent

for a wealth of information on advent.

 

 

To ensure your item is in the bulletin, please e-mail any announcements to:

dschofie@rrc.mb.ca

by the preceding Thursday 9 a.m.  Thanks

 

for a wealth of information on Advent.

 

To ensure your item is in the bulletin, please e-mail any announcements to:

dschofie@rrc.mb.ca

by the preceding Thursday 9 a.m.  Thanks.

 

 

The Morden & Winkler Knights of Columbus held another successful Grey Cup Pool in 2003.  The winners were:

1st Quarter: $50.00 Ron Scherr :Morden

2nd Quarter: $100.00 Randy Brown : Morden

3rd Quarter: $50.00 Murray Braun – Morden

Final score:  $200.00 Murray Braun - Morden

Patrick Haggerty of Ottawa, Kathy Ritchie, Wilf Warkentin and Charles Rohleder, all of Morden, won reverse scores of $25.00 each.

Profits are used to support local charities in Morden and Winkler as well as recreation activities for our church youth group..

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