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                 DECEMBER 04 - DECEMBER 10, 2005
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                      CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  On December 8, 2005, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of
  the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Masses at the  Cathedral  will be
  at 6.30 and 7.00 a.m. and at 5.30 and 6.30 p.m.

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              LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS DURING THE WEEK
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  DEC 06, 2005 - St. Nicholas, Bishop
  DEC 07, 2005 - St. Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
  DEC 08, 2005 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
 
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                REFLECTION - ADVENT, THE COMING
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Tradition  teaches  us that  we enjoy  three comings of Christ: the
first, in  the  Incarnation, the second His return in glory and the
third into each person's heart.  The first coming, the Incarnation,
is the coming of God-Man into time and space. We give thanks to God
as  we  prepare  to  celebrate  the  birth of Jesus our Savior. The
second, we in faith, pray for, long for and groan for Jesus' coming
again.  The third, the coming of Jesus into our hearts, we can know
and  experience  this  Advent season.  The  Incarnation, the second
coming and inviting Jesus into our  hearts are key interventions of
God.  We are charged with cultivating an interior disposition which
desires to grow close to God. This call can find a new and exciting
_expression_  during  the  season  of  Advent and  Christmastide. The
commercial noise is never so loud than at Christmas. It is as if we
enter  into  a kind of silly season - in many senses the impulse to
celebrate, buy  gifts, exchange  presents, enjoy  our  families and
party even, is integral to our celebration of Jesus' birth.

However,  the  Holy  Spirit invites  us  all  to  retreat from this
activity  for a  while, be still, calm  our  minds and  lift up our
hearts  to contemplate the mystery  of God  who humbled Himself and
was born as one of us.  'The Son of God worked with human hands; He
thought with a human mind.  He acted  with a human will, and with a
human heart He loved.  Born of  the Virgin  Mary, He has truly been
made  one of  us, like to  us in all things except sin' (Gaudium et
spes, 22).

Our  minds  are  broadened, nourished  and expanded as we encounter
through  study  the  beauty, complexity  and  glory  of the created
world.  The  great  mystics and saints of history point to how much
there  is  to  'wonder'  and  'marvel'  at  in pondering  salvation
history.  Our  hearts  and  spirits  are  broadened, nourished  and
expanded  as  we  immerse ourselves in the sublime truths of faith.
Advent  and Christmastide  are  wonderful moments  in  the Church's
calendar  to  renew  our understanding of  our faith, to enter more
deeply  into  the  mystery which  is  Christ and  we are refresend,
encouraged  and  comforted  by  the  Father,  the  Son and the Holy
Spirit.

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