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Christmas
O come, all ye faithful…
Again as last year, I make this request: “O come, all ye faithful…â€
O come home this year to Heart of Jesus for Christmas…
Coming home to church for Christmas is a precious Christmas gift to God…
along with worshipping together with some regularity in the coming year.
Your presence is your gift offering for God’s great gift to you of his only Son, his Christ made flesh in the Babe of Bethlehem, Jesus, our Lord.
So – COME HOME THIS SEASON… home where…
- you have fellowship with the crucified and risen Christ
- you are forgiven
- you hear the voice of God
- you grow in the knowledge of the Bible, God’s Word
- you feed your soul
- you are fed and sustained by the Eucharist
- you are loved and encouraged
- you are prayed for
- you love and encourage your fellow Christians
- you help other people
- you worship
- you promote the gospel
- you find the fullness of truth and grace
- you and your children have a faith foundation
Come home to the small parish with a big heart…
Come home to the little church others could be looking for if you show them the way…
Come home to the intimate congregation you won’t feel lost in.
Blessings on you, your family and loved ones this Christmas season and throughout the New Year.
— Fr. Bernie
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Our New Exterior Christmas Banner
A new banner announcing the season of Christmas and our Christmas Mass schedule is hung over the front entrance to our church building where the Advent banner was displayed. Along with the Advent banner, our Christmas banner is also offered to God’s glory and in loving memory of Joanna and Jeremiah DiMeola by their children.
The beautiful 3 by 5 foot vinyl banner proclaims Isaiah’s prophecy of the coming Messiah and lists the times of the Pasterka – Shepherd’s Mass – for Christmas Eve and the Mass for Christmas Day. From our banner Isaiah proclaims:
…. unto us a Child is born; unto us a Son is given ….
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The Christmas Season at Heart of Jesus
CHRISTMAS EVE, Saturday, December 24
Pasterka – Mass of the Shepherds
Vigil of the Nativity of our Lord
9:40 PM Carol Sing: Echo Choir and congregation
10:00 PM Holy Mass
CHRISTMAS DAY, Sunday, December 25
Nativity of our Lord
10:00 AM Holy Mass of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour
Solemnity of the Circumcision of our Lord, Sunday, January 1
9:30 AM Holy Mass
Solemnity of the Epiphany (Three Kings observed), Sunday, January 8
9:30 AM Holy Mass
The blessing and distribution of charcoal and incense will be done for the Feast of Three Kings – Epiphany
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Advent Preparations
Our Parish Advent Tree: This year during the season of Advent, the Advent tee will be set in the narthex as we prepare for the season of sharing and giving. Through the Advent Tree, each of us will have the opportunity to share with others in our community who have basic needs to address. The object of our donating will be the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation which distributes needed items to the people they serve in Bayonne.
Lamplighter Christmas Greetings: Please begin submitting your holiday greetings to parishioners and readers of our Lamplighter Newsletter. As before, the page size per greeting is quarter-page – $5, half-page – $10, and full page – $20. As before, you can submit a greeting text and illustration if you like.
Christmas Floral Memorials: Poinsettias can be donated for this Christmas season as memorial offerings. Please contact any Parish Committee member with your memorial floral designation; or contact the rectory by mail, telephone at 201-858-4320, or by E-mail; or leave your memorial designation request in the offering plate. The poinsettias are $20 per pot.
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Christmas Holy Mass Schedule
We will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with the traditional Holy Mass of the Shepherds at 10 p.m. on Friday, December 24th. The singing of Christmas carols in Polish and English will precede the service beginning at 9:40 p.m.
On Saturday, the Holy Mass of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
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Christmas Preparations
OpÅ‚atki – Christmas Wafers – Coming Soon
Christmas Wafers for this year will be included within the Christmas Lamplighter coming to you in the next few weeks. In it you’ll find an envelope marked with the words “for OpÅ‚atki”. Any donation parishioners and friends would care to make to the parish for the OpÅ‚atki – Christmas wafers – would be appreciated. The offering envelope can be placed in the offering plate anytime during the liturgies of Christmastide or mailed directly to rectory.
Lamplighter Christmas Greetings
Please begin submitting your holiday greetings to parishioners and readers of our Lamplighter. As before, the page size per greeting is quarter-page – $5, half-page – $10, and full page – $20. As before, you can submit a greeting text and illustration if you like.
Please notify the rectory by December 15th of the size of the greeting and any message you may want included for it. Only the notification needs to be done by the 15th. Your greeting offering can be made anytime after that.
Christmas Floral Memorials
Poinsettias can be donated for this Christmas season as memorial offerings. Please contact any Parish Committee member with your memorial floral designation; or contact the rectory by mail, phone at 201-858-4320 or by E-mail; or leave your memorial designation request in the offering plate.
Two large arrangements for the high altar are $70 each. Poinsettias are $20 per pot.
Please arrange for your memorial floral offerings by December 15th for inclusion in the memorial list in the Christmas Lamplighter. Only the notification needs to be done by the 15th. The offering for the poinsettias can be made anytime thereafter.
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