eConnections - November 29, 2024
Advent Season
November 29th, 2024
Notes & News from the Cathedral of Saint James, South Bend
Father Mark's Musings
O Come, O Come Emanuel...
I love Advent. I love its themes of hope and expectation, its call to stay awake and prepare. I love the vastness of the vision it holds out for our pondering creation renewed and reconciled; justice, peace, and mercy met together; and all flesh seeing God’s salvation. In this season I imagine our forebears gathered together in the dark and cold glowing firelight, singing and telling stories, dreaming and watching in the night. Advent stirs our hearts’ longings, from the deeply personal to our yearnings for the whole human family and our planet itself.
What are you yearning for this Advent? The news is full of violence and greed, environmental devastation, and human cruelty. The demands of the holiday season often stir our personal griefs, losses, and estrangements too. We pray, we work, and we hope for the coming anew of Emmanuel, God with us. We hope for the joy and wonder of Christmas and the birth of love in our lives and our world.
What a gift it is to come together at the Cathedral in this beautiful but sometimes difficult season–to watch and prepare, to sing and pray, to keep Advent in the community. And then, what a gift to welcome Christ among us. For Christ comes, whether we are ready or not, whether our shopping is done and our tree is decorated, whether or not we are feeling the season's merriment. Christ was born in a time of anxiety, oppression, and danger to a poor family far from home. Christ is born among us, tender and vulnerable, in a world needing a Savior.
I do not know how the mystery happens, but by God’s grace, it does. The incarnate Word, God with us, is born anew and dwells among us, loving us immeasurably and inviting us to love with all our hearts. Christmas comes once more.
I hear that Advent and Christmas are lovely at St. James. This is my first one here. I hope this Advent and Christmas will be deeply meaningful as we worship, wait, and celebrate together. O come, O come Emmanuel!
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This Week at the Cathedral
Sunday, December 1st
The First Sunday of Advent
8:00 am Holy Eucharist: Rite One
10:30 am Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am Hospitality
Monday, December 2nd
Cathedral Office: Closed
6:30 pm Education for Ministry (EfM)
Tuesday, December 3rd
Cathedral Office: 9:oo am-1:30 pm
No Events Scheduled
Wednesday, December 4th
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am-1:30 pm
9:30 am Assistance Ministry
7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, December 5th
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am-1:30 pm
No Events Scheduled
Friday, December 6th
Cathedral Office: 9 am-1:30 pm
12:05 pm Holy Eucharist
1:00 pm Community Lunch
Saturday, December 7th
Cathedral Offices Closed
No Events Scheduled
Sunday, December 8th
The Second Sunday of Advent
8:00 am Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am Through the Years/Reception Option 1 Fr. Brian
10:30 am Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am Reception Option 2 Fr. Brian
Noon Youth Group
12:30 pm Ecumenical Bible Study
Sunday Ministries
December 1st, 2024
8:00 am
Lector Jane Hunter
Eucharistic Minister Volunteer Needed
10:30 am
Lectors Nan Noecker & Volunteer Needed
Acolyte Kirk Philippsen, Zeke Kallenberg, Matthew Worns
Eucharistic Minister Bunmi Okanlami & Nan Noecker
Ushers Dave Woods & Nicole Pinter
Hospitality Host Tina Velthuizen
December 3rd
Counters Rick Hilliard & Nan Noecker
December 6 th
Folder Peg Swadener
Cathedral Community Prayer List
Steven Mast
Mary Brooks
Gregory Marcks and Michael Marcks
For Steve Wietstock
Jamie, Mimi, Joely, Mia, and the entire Jeter Family
Bill Jones and his family
For Michael Anand-Obleton
Randy Coleman
Sharon Toth, and for the entire extended Sobecki Family
Kathleen Murphy, mother of Jen Mosley; and for Richard Murphy Jr., Richard Murphy III, and for Jill Bird
For Tim Lane (son-in-law of Karen Slack) who is recovering from surgery
Mary M. Burman
Carolynn Raney
For Carl and Melinda Stopczynski; and for Alison Abbot -- cousins/extended family of Mike & Lisa Jaworski
For Betty Walker, Mike Mosely’s Aunt
For Joan Machatton
Jennifer & Mike Mosley
Jim Arns
For Cindy Ahlgrim
For Bob Kenney
For Joni Carlson, who continues treatment of an ongoing issue
For Mike Jaworski and for Lisa.
For Don Zigler.
For Michael, son of Diane Hoist, and his family.
For Joseph Hilliard
For Mary Beth Wright
For Tim Haywood, and Janice
Fred & Kate Mast
Wade & Sue Sheets
Paula Fowler
Canon Tina Velthuizen's grand-nephew, Jordan, who is struggling
Connor Gibbons
Olivia, who has leukemia, and her family
Sheila & family
John Monroe, brother of Sue Fain
Tammy, daughter of Tony Molnar
Alan Thompson
Peju, Bunmi, and the Okanlami family
Tony Molnar
Dan & Gail Mandell
Ron Gunn
Alissa Broussara
Cherryl Andries
Becky Ballentine
Marge Johnson
Jo Dorsch
Sharron McGowan
Joyce Marchant
Fr. Paul Tracy
Richard Bitner
Al Caparell; Tony Lemna; Mike; Denise & Demetrius
For those preparing for Holy Baptism: Finnegan Patty Hillak (Jan 12, 2025)
For those preparing for Holy Orders: Nan Noecker, diaconate
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