December 21, 2014 - St. Domitilla Parish

4940 Washington St. Hillside, IL 60162. (708) 449-8430. Fax: (708) 449-2009. www.stdomitilla.org
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Rev. Diego Berrío, Pastor, ext. #21
Rev. Michael Knotek, Resident
Deacon Philip White
Deacons Kenneth Bell &
Joseph Siranovic, Retired
Richard Singer,
Finance Manager, ext. #13
Marge Dixon, Parish Secretary, ext #10
Maria Castañeda,
Administrative Assistant, ext #15
Deborah Guscott, Music Director, ext. #11
Mass Times
4:00 PM (Saturday Anticipated);
SUNDAY 8:00 AM; 10:00 AM and Spanish
11:30 AM
Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM
First Saturday of Month: 8:30 AM
Holy Days: Anticipated Liturgy 6:30 PM;
Day:
7:00 AM; 9:00 AM and bilingual 6:30 PM
Confessions
Saturday 3:00-3:45PM
First Friday of the Month: 6:30 –7:30 PM
Baptisms
Third Sunday of the month: 1:00PM
(Spanish)
Last Sunday of the month: 1:00PM
(English)
Marriage
Call the oﬃce for arrangements at least
six months before the wedding.
Devotions
Adoration and Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament:
First Friday 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
The Rosary:
Daily: 7:30 AM. First Saturday: 8:00 AM
Sorrowful Mother Devotion:
Fridays 7:00 PM
St. Peregrine Devotion:
First Saturday 8:30 AM
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Pastor’s Column
Friends, among the works of art about the Nativity of Our
Lord, one that struck me for its simplicity is George De La
Tour’s “Adoration of the Shepherds.”
The adoration of the shepherds was a common theme
among XVII century’s painters. Here, De La Tour presents
it with drastic simplicity: Without angels, clouds, or halos.
De La Tour reveals the capacity to focus on the essential,
excluding every superficial detail, and concentrates on the
effects of the only source of light in the scene. The baby
Adoration of the Shepherds, George
looks like a small mummy, but has a peaceful, sleeping
De La Tour. Musee de Louvre
face. The shepherds are simple people, but with great
dignity. It can be seen in their clothes, hair, and the tools
for their labor. A little sheep smells the baby and some wheat. Mary appears dominant on the left and her hands are the only ones in an attitude of prayer. Joseph protects them with the heat of a lamp. The movements of the hands are awesome. They
express life: Work, nourishment, feast, protection and prayer. De La Tour represents
a world of internal light with great serenity. He proposes to see interiorly, which is the
only way to feel a presence. The seer is invited to take place to complete the circle
around the baby.
Let’s, friends, take a minute on Christmas: In silence, total silence and solitude to
take that place to complete the circle opened by Mary, Joseph and the shepherds.
Let’s rest in silence in front of Him, called by the evangelist, “the Savior, the Lord
Christ”. Nothing miraculous, nothing extraordinary, nothing magnificent is given to
the shepherds as a sign. All they will see is a child wrapped in swaddling clothes, one
who, like all children, needs a mother’s care; a child born in a stable, who therefore
lies not in a cradle but in a manger. God’s sign is the baby in need of help and in poverty. Only in their hearts will the shepherds be able to see that this baby fulfills the
promise of the prophet Isaiah, which we heard in the first reading for Christmas Mass:
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his
shoulder" (Is 9:5). Exactly the same sign has been given to us. We, too, are invited by
the angel of God, through the message of the Gospel, to set out in our hearts to see
the child lying in the manger.
God’s sign is simplicity. God’s sign is the baby. God’s sign is that he makes himself
small for us. This is how He reigns. He does not come with power and outward splendor. He comes as a baby – defenseless and in need of our help. He does not want to
overwhelm us with his strength. He takes away our fear of his greatness. He asks for
our love: so he makes himself a child. He wants nothing other from us than our love,
through which we spontaneously learn to enter into his feelings, his thoughts and his
will – we learn to live with him and to practice with him that humility of renunciation
that belongs to the very essence of love. God made himself small so that we could
understand him, welcome him, and love him.
Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Fr. Diego
Pastor’s Column
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Mis queridos amigos,
Imágenes de la natividad de Jesús abundan en el arte y es
por esto que es común encontrar bellezas en los museos
del mundo. Entre todos aquellos que he visto, me llama particularmente la atención aquel de George De La Tour “La
adoración de los pastores” de 1644 que actualmente se conserva en el museo de Louvre en Paris.
La adoración de los pastores fue un tema común durante el
siglo XVII. Aquí se presenta con una simplicidad drástica, Adoration of the Shepherds, George
sin ángeles, nubes, ni aureolas. De La Tour revela la capaciDe La Tour. Musee de Louvre
dad de concentrarse en lo esencial, excluyendo todo detalle
superfluo y concentrándose en los efectos de la única fuente
de luz interna en el cuadro. El niño parece una pequeña momia, tiene un rostro bien logrado y adormentado. Los pastores son personas simples pero se presentan con gran
dignidad, cuellos de encajes, bien peinados y portan objetos cotidianos de su labor como el bastón y la olla. Una ovejita huele al niño y cualquier espiga de trigo. María figura
dominante a la izquierda y sus manos son las únicas en posición de oración. José los
abriga con el calor del fuego. La danza de las manos es formidable, expresan la vida: el
trabajo, el alimento, la fiesta, la protección y la oración. Este cuadro tiene un lenguaje
para nada sacro, sin embargo es capaz de hablarle al espíritu.
De La Tour representa un mundo de luz interna, caracterizado de gran serenidad. Propone un ver interior, el único que puede nutrir una presencia. Alrededor del niño se está
invitado a tomar un lugar para completar el círculo y contemplar. Tomemos ese puesto
también nosotros y completemos el círculo abierto por María, José y los pastores. Descansemos en silencio delante de Aquel que el evangelista llama el Salvador, el Cristo
Señor.
Nada extraordinario, nada milagroso, nada magnifico se les ha dado a los pastores como un signo. Todo lo que ellos ven es a un niño envuelto en pañales, uno que como
todos los bebés, necesita el cuidado de una madre; los pastores encuentran a un niño
nacido en un establo, quien por lo tanto no se recuesta en una cuna, sino en un comedero de animales. El signo de Dios es un niño en necesidad y pobre. Solamente en sus
corazones es donde los pastores pueden ver que este niño cumple la promesa de
Isaías que escuchamos en la primera lectura de la misa de Navidad: “Porque un niño
nos ha nacido, un hijo se nos ha dado; lleva sobre sus hombros el signo del imperio” (Is. 9:5). El mismo signo se nos ha dado también. Nosotros somos invitados por el
ángel de Dios, a través del mensaje del evangelio, para ver al niño en el pesebre como el
centro de atención.
El signo de Dios es la simpleza. El signo de Dios es un bebé. El signo de Dios es que se
hace pequeño por nosotros, y así es como él reina. Él no llega con poder esplendido, pero como un niño en necesidad. Él no quiere abrumarnos con su poder para pedirnos
amor. El pide amor y para eso se hace un niño. Él se hace un pequeño para que lo podamos entender, darle la bienvenida y amarlo.
Les deseo una feliz navidad!
P. Diego
Liturgy and Prayer
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MASS INTENTIONS
FUNERALS
Intenciones de la Misa
Oremos por los difuntos
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Ant. Mass
4:00 PM-Dec. Members of Arcisz & Griﬃn Families
-Michelle, Ethyl & Bernard Fitzgerald
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Advent
8:00 AM-Hughes, Dyer, Quinn &
Skozalas Families
10:00 AM-Anthony Cuomo-5th
Anniversary
-Evelyn DeSalvo, Kawa & DeSalvo Families
11:30 AM-Gilbert Rosales
Monday, December 22, 2014
7:00 AM-Ronald Augustine
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Saint John of Kanty
7:00 AM-Joseph Cesario
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
7:00 AM-Women & Men in the Armed Forces
VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS
4:00 PM-Belmonte & Innocenti Family
11:00 PM-Joseph Zailskas
-St. Domitilla Parishioners
Thursday, December 25, 2014
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
8:00 AM-Raymond Latto
-Peter & Josephine Orozco
& Dec. Members
of Anguiano & Orozco
Families
10:00 AM-Bernie Wittlinger
11:30 AM-Our Homebound and Unemployed
Friday, December 26, 2014
Saint Stephen, the 1st Martyr
7:00 AM-Denise Stoltman
Saturday, December 27, 2014
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
Ant. Mass
4:00 PM-Anna Vivoda
-Ernest Visco
Sunday, December 28, 2014
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
8:00 AM-Severino & Filomena Dalpiaz
10:00 AM-Sabatino Family
-Svaldi Family Living & Deceased
11:30 AM-Rafael Ferrerira
-Dolores Nevarez
Please keep in your prayers our recently deceased parishioners, family members and friends, especially:
John Fontana, Marianne Dawson.
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Oremos por los enfermos
PLEASE PRAY FOR…
Evelyn Disavow
Katherine Spatafore
Holmes
Frank Spatafore
Ellen Pendola
Tom Carroll
Len Kwasniewski
John Pezza
James Buchanan
Jerry Hoﬀman
Jennie Patete
James Turner
Carlton
Jameson Carroll
Louise Saso
Tom Cismesia
Nick Patete
Joan Pezza
Sonnny Raguso
Miguel Badillo
Gabriella Raguso
SUNDAY READINGS INTRODUCTION
ECHOING MARY’S DECISION
The angel Gabriel today confronts Mary with a
mystery. The mystery of salvation in Christ is not a
mystery that is solved, but a reality beyond our comprehension that we must choose to enter into. In the
liturgy of the Eastern Church, everyone waits to see
if Mary will enter into the mystery: God waits, Adam
and Eve and all the souls of the dead who long for
paradise wait, angels wait for new heavenly companions. And there is much rejoicing when her decision
is “yes.”
We have less dramatic choices offered to us, but
the mystery of our salvation in Christ is by no means
“solved.” We may understand it a bit better due to
Mary’s “yes.” We may be a bit closer to it through the
passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But
it still remains a mystery to which we all must give
our own “yes.” Soon we will be singing “O come, let
us adore him.” May our Advent prayer, our echo of
Mary’s “yes,” continue then, so we may enter into the
mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, God among
us.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Parish Life and Operations
CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE
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THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Calendario semanal
CHRISTMAS EVE
4:00 PM-Christmas Eve Mass-Adult & Children’s
Choirs with Brass & wind accompaniment.
10:30 PM-Candlelight Carols Prelude-Full choir
along with brass & wind accompani-ment.
11:00 PM-Traditional Midnight Mass-Full choir
along with brass & wind accompaniment.
CHRISTMAS DAY-NATIVITY OF THE LORD
8:00 AM-Christmas Mass-Cantor & Organist
10:00 AM-Christmas Day Mass-Full Choir along
with brass & wind accompaniment.
11:30 AM-Spanish Language Mass with choir &
band
SUNDAY, December 21, 2014
NO Religious Education Classes
POSADA-12:30 PM-Hanley Hall & South Hall
MONDAY, December 22, 2014
Recovery Group-7:00 PM-Library
TUESDAY, December 23, 2014
NO RCIA or RICA
Vespers-6:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, December 24, 2014
Christmas Eve Masses: 4:00 PM & 11:00 PM
Christmas Carols: 10:30 PM
THURSDAY, December 25, 2014
Christmas Day Masses: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM;
11:30 AM (Spanish)
FRIDAY, December 26, 2014
NO Novena
SATURDAY, December 27, 2014
Confessions: 3:15-3:45 PM
Mass of Anticipation: 4:00 PM
SUNDAY, December 28, 2014
Feast of the Holy Family:
Masses: 8:00 & 10:00 AM; 11:30 AM (Spanish)
CHRISTMAS ALTAR SERVERS SCHEDULE
CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES
DECEMBER 24th
4:00 PM
11:00 PM
M. Gallegos
S. Gallegos
D. Mendieta
F. FernandezDeLara
N. Sypkens
A. Stohl
A. Watts
OFFERTORY COLLECTION FOR
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14th
will be in next week’s
Bulletin due to
Holiday printing deadline
NATIVITY OF THE LORD
DECEMBER 25TH
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
A. Hernandez
C. Paiz
D. Tate
E. Trujillo
S. Zimmerman
V. Martinez
G. Rodrigues
PARISH OFFICE
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
The parish oﬃce will be open until noon
December 24th and closed December 25th
& 26th
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Announcements
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
By the year 800, when anointing was defined
as the proper office of priests, very complicated
rituals began to take shape. Perhaps this was to
reassure the laity, who had memories of an earlier
practice, that the new way was not only better, but
impossible for a layperson to conduct. Blessings
and sprinkling of holy water, the singing of as
many as seven psalms, penance, anointing of all
the senses, viaticum, all capped off by the clothing
of the sick person in penitential garments, were
part of the rite. This proved unwieldy, and creative
spirits got to work. By the 1500s people made distinctions between visiting the sick, anointing, and
viaticum.
The attempt of the Church to be faithful to the
image of a healing Christ has some complicated
history, including centuries when the celebration
was rare. Most sick people had no access to the
rites at all; only monastics or the well off had
much hope of this care. Today, those unhappy
days are long behind us, and the care of the sick is
an essential task in every parish’s life. As Christmas approaches almost everyone comes in contact with someone who is a candidate for pastoral
care. You live out the best of our tradition when
you arrange for a sick person to receive Holy Communion or the sacrament of the sick and the consolation of regular contact with the faith community.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART
Christmas! ’Tis the season for kindling the fire of
hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the
heart.
—Washington Irving
SIGNS OF THE SEASON
Christmas Lights & Candles: Lights
are a symbol that many religions share
at this time of year. Some people celebrate Winter Solstice because it marks
the darkest day of the year and the
beginning of lengthening days. Jews
have their own Festival of Lights at this time of the
year, Hanukkah. For Christians the light of the
world is Jesus Christ.
Candy Canes, Shepherds & Sheep: A
candy cane is a reminder of the shepherd’s staff. The shepherds who represent the poor and the outcast were the
first to hear the good news and visit the
newborn Messiah. They also recall God’s
promise to send a faithful shepherd to
lead and guide them.
Angel:
The word “ angel” means
messenger. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary with the message that
she would bear God’s son. Angels
came to tell the shepherds of Jesus’
birth. Angels are Advent symbols of
God’s communication to us.
Creche: St. Francis of Assisi is
credited with making the first crèche
scene around the year 1200 CE
when he realized that the people of
his little Italian village had lost sight
of the real meaning of Christmas.
During Advent, the manger should
be absent or empty—no Baby Jesus. Add the
baby on Christmas eve. Add the Magi on the
Feast of the Epiphany.
Bells: For centuries bells hung
in church steeples. They were
used to announce special occasions-the good news. Christmas
bells symbolize the good news of
Jesus’ birth.
Events and Announcements
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LOOKING FORWARD WITH THE MUSIC MINISTRY…
Be sure to save the following special dates:
Wednesday, Dec. 24th
4pm, CHRISTMAS EVE MASS with Brass, Winds, Children’s & Adult Choirs
Wednesday, Dec. 24th
11pm, CHRISTMAS EVE MASS with Brass, Strings, Winds & Adult Choir
(10:30pm pre-Mass concert & sing along carols)
Thursday, Dec. 25th
8am, CHRISTMAS DAY MASS
10am, CHRISTMAS DAY MASS with Brass & Adult Choir
11:30am, MISA DE NAVIDAD en Español

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