CONFRATERNITY OF ST.

ALBERT THE GREAT

SACRAMENTS AND SACRAMENTALS

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Baptisms: Baptisms are by appointment. At least one parent as well as the sponsor (only one sponsor is required) must be practicing Roman Catholics who attend the Traditional Latin Mass exclusively. Blessings: Religious articles are blessed on the first Sunday of every month after Mass. The Blessing of Expectant Mothers will take place on the second Sunday of every month after Mass. Catechism: Contact Jan Satola for details. Confession: Confessions are heard before Mass on Sunday and during Mass whenever a second priest is available. Confirmation: The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered every year at a time appointed by the bishop. First Communion: First Holy Communions are made on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Funerals: Call Father for assistance in making arrangements with the funeral director. Last Rites & Sick Calls: Father Ramolla serves a wide area and must often travel far to administer these Sacraments. Please do not put off making arrangements until the last moment. Let us know if a church member is sick, hospitalized or in danger of death. Matrimony: If you are contemplating marriage, please make an appointment to speak with Father before setting a date.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA MISSION

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS CENTER

6811 Dublin Center Drive Dublin, Ohio 43017

The Holy Family

January 8, 2012

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CONTACT INFORMATION 513 870 0222 Cell 513 746 0291 (Emergency) @ pastor@albertthegreat.org www.albertthegreat.org http://stanthonymission.blogspot.com/

Sunday January 8, 2012 Todays Mass Intention: Special Intention CMB (Gerry Keaveney) Todays Missal Settings: FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY: 2ND OR: Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany, 3rd OR: Within Octave of Epiphany, Pref. & COMMUNIC: Epiphany. PREF & COMMUNIC: Epiphany

The Holy Family Sunday within the Octave

Calendar for the Week of 9 January

Month of the Holy Name of Jesus & Holy Family
DATE 09 JAN (MON) DAY Resumed Mass of the Sunday Within the Octave Within the Octave Within the Octave St. Hyginus, PM Within the Octave Octave of the Epiphany St. Hilary, BpCD St. Felix, PrM Epiphany II St. Paul, First Hermit, C St. Maurus, Ab MASS

Announcements
Welcome to Saint Anthony of Padua chapel at the Dublin Village
Center. After Mass, we invite all to join us for refreshments in the social hall. If you are a visitor, feel free to talk to Father and our friendly parishioners to learn more about the traditional Latin Mass.

According to St. Anthonys bylaws, the election of the 2012 board

must take place within the first 30 days of January. Details to follow.

10 JAN (TUE) 11 JAN (WED)

Beautifully Decorated ChapelThank you, Marylou, for the many

hours you spent artistically designing, shopping all around Columbus for parts, and beautifully decorating our chapel for Christmas! 12 JAN (THU) 13 JAN (FRI) 14 JAN (SAT)

Catechism Classes for students who have already received their First
Holy Communion resumes today, at 1:15 PM. See Jan for details.

Please pick up your collection envelopes for 2012. Your continued

prayers and financial support make Saint Anthonys possible.

Quiet PleasePlease save your conversations for the Social Hall,

since people wish to pray before and after Mass, and especially since the Blessed Sacrament is now reserved on the altar. 15 JAN (SUN)

2012 CalendarsOur New traditional 2012 calendars are available

after Mass for only $7.00 in the Social Hall.

In your charity, please continue to pray for those in our parishes,

especially our friends Anne and Larry Brugger, Sr., Peggy Miller. Due to complications following her surgery, Anne has been moved to a nursing facility called Vancrest, south of Urbana on route 68, about a mile south of where route 55 crosses route 68. She is in good spirits and would enjoy a call from her friends at 937-652-4539.

2:00 PM6811 DUBLIN VILLAGE CENTER ______________ KEY TO SYMBOLS

Traditional day of complete abstinence (no meat)

NO Mass celebrated in Columbus Holy-Day of Obligation Mass celebrated in Columbus

LAST WEEKS STATISTICS

Attendance: 34 1st Collection: $ 475.00 2nd Collection: $ 85.00\

Todays Epistle

(Galatians 4:1-7) Brethren, as long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all, but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father. So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, that He might redeem them who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father. Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also through God. EXPLANATION--St. Paul desired to instruct the Galatians, many of whom still clung to the Mosaic law, that this was no longer necessary, because Christ had freed them from its hard bondage, which contained merely the rudiments, so to speak, of the one only saving faith, and had made them children and heirs of God, for which they should rejoice. Ours is a far greater happiness than that which the Jews received, because we, through our ancestors, were converted by apostolic messengers of the faith from heathenism to the true, saving Catholic faith, and by this holy religion were changed from vassals of Satan, into children and heirs of God. What a great advantage is this! Must it not be dearer to us than all the kingdoms of the world? Let us thank the Lord for it, and be careful not to lose this prerogative of being a child of God, an heir to Heaven, let us not by sin give ourselves anew, as voluntary slaves to Satan.

Why did Mary and Joseph wonder at the things which were spoken of the child Jesus? They wondered, not because that which was said of the child Jesus by Simeon was new to them, for they already knew why He was sent from God, but because of the marvelous ways in which God revealed the mysteries of the new-born Savior to Simeon, the shepherds, and to other pious people. How is Christ set for the fall of many? Christ is set for the fall, that is, for the eternal damnation, of all those who either reject His doctrine, or live not according to its teachings. They themselves, not Christ, are the cause of their damnation on account of their perversity and hardheartedness. "If I had not come and spoken to them," says Christ, "they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin" (St. Jn. 15:22). For whom is Christ the resurrection? For those who believe in Him, and live in accordance with the teachings of His doctrine. These, if they persevere will at the Last Day rise to eternal life. Why is Christ a sign that shall be contradicted? Because, by His birth from a virgin, by His life and death, and especially by His heavenly doctrine, which is entirely opposed to the carnal spirit of this world, Christ became an object of mockery and blasphemy. Even now, according to the saying of St. Bernard, Christ is a sign of contradiction for many Christians who contradict His humility by their pride, His poverty by their avarice, His fasting by their gluttony, His purity by their impurity, His zeal by their indolence, etc., thus denying by their actions that which they confess with their lips, proving thereby that they are Christians but in name, of whom it is written: "Thou hast the name of being alive, but thou art dead" (Apoc. 3:1). What is meant by these words: Thy own soul a sword shall pierce? It means that the greatest grief should cut like a sword through the inmost parts of the soul, which came to pass, when Mary heard the calumnies and blasphemies of the Jews against her Son, and when she saw Him die on the cross between two thieves. Meditating on this grief of the most loving mother Mary, St. Bonaventure exclaims: "Never was there grief so great, for never was there a Son so loved!" What else do we learn from this gospel? The widows should learn from Anna, who spent nearly all her life in the temple, to serve God by prayer and fasting; for a widow who prays not, but lives in pleasures, is dead, while she is living (I St. Tim. 5:6). Parents should learn from it, to be careful that their children not only increase in knowledge, but that they by a pious life advance in grace before God and man.

Todays Gospel

(St. Luke 2:33-40) At that time, Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother: Behold, this Child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; and thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day. Now she at the same hour coming in, confessed to the Lord; and spoke of Him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel. And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And the Child grew and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in Him.

INSTRUCTION ON BLESSING
And Simeon blessed them (St. Luke 2:34)
What is meant by a blessing? A blessing on the part of God, means the giving to man some spiritual or temporal grace; a blessing on the part of an angel or a man, means the expression in prayer of a wish or desire that God would give to some particular person a corporal or spiritual grace. In the proper sense of the word, only God can give a blessing, because all spiritual and temporal good comes from Him; angels and men can only wish and ask of God that He would bestow His gifts. Have we examples of blessing in the Bible? Yes, for the angels blessed Jacob (Gen. 32:26), and Jacob blessed his sons and grandsons (Gen. 48:15), Melchisedech blessed Abraham (Gen. 14:19), and Rebecca was blessed by her brothers (Gen. 24:60). Is it well for parents to bless their children? Yes, for God frequently ratifies the blessings wished by the parents, as in the case of Isaac who blessed Jacob, and Jacob who blessed his own sons (Gen. 49). And, on the contrary, God permits the curses of parents to be fulfilled on their children as history shows. "The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children; but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation" (Ecclus. 3:11). What power has the priest's blessing? A very great one, because it is given by the priest, the vicar of Christ on earth, in the name of Jesus, and of the Church founded by Him, in which He has deposited the plenitude of His blessings. The Church expresses this, when the bishop, anointing the hands of the newly ordained, makes the sign of the cross over them. "All that they bless, is blessed; that they consecrate, is consecrated and sanctified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." The blessing of the priest is to be prized therefore, and an obstacle not set to it by a sinful life. Parents should ask his blessing for their children when he happens to visit them. Children were brought to Christ that He might lay His hands on them and bless them (St. Mt. 19:13). What is the effect of God's blessing? In spiritual life it gives great joy and strength to practice virtue; and in physical life it gives fruitful prosperity in our occupations and undertakings. Therefore, all is contained in the blessing of God, and he who receives it, is richer than if he possessed the whole world. We should endeavor by a pious life to secure this blessing, for it rests only on the head of the just (Prov. 10:6).

The EPIPHANY of OUR LORD

The word Epiphany means manifestation, and it has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church, from the fact that Jesus Christ manifested to the eyes of men His divine mission on this day first of all, when a miraculous star revealed His birth to the kings of the East. Thus was fulfilled the prophecy that a star would arise from Jacob (Numbers 24:17). It was understood by these Wise Men that this star was announcing the Savior-King, destined to be born of the Jews. And they, in spite of the difficulties and dangers of a long and tedious journey through deserts and mountains almost impassable, hastened at once to Bethlehem to adore Him. And there they offered Him mystical presents, as to the King of kings, to the God of Heaven and Earth, and to a Man whose human nature made Him mortal and subject to sufferings. The second manifestation commemorated by this feast day occurred when He came forth from the waters of the Jordan after having received Baptism from the hands of Saint John, and the Holy Ghost descended on Him in the visible form of a dove. A voice from Heaven was heard, saying, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. The third manifestation which the Churchs liturgy recalls to us is that of the divine power of Jesus when, at the marriage feast of Cana, by the first of His miracles He changed water into wine. And at the sight of this prodigy His disciples believed in His Divinity. These three great events, concurring to the same end, the Church has wished to celebrate in one and the same festival.

Reflection. Admire the almighty power of this little Child, who from His cradle makes known His coming to the shepherds and magi to the shepherds by means of His Angel, to the magi by a star in the East. Admire the docility of these kings. Jesus is born: behold them at His feet! Let us be little, let us efface ourselves, and the divine strength will be granted to us. Let us be docile and quick in following divine inspirations, and we shall then become wise by the wisdom of God, powerful by His almighty power.
Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butlers Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894)