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December 7, 2021
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Church Tradition lets us know that the third Sunday of Advent is “Gaudete,” “Rejoice,” Sunday, named after the entrance antiphon in the Roman Missal. At the midpoint of our season, the liturgy overflows with rejoicing. This season is meant to show the joy of our faith in Christ the Light. The season of Advent encourages us to make time in our preparations to joyfully greet Jesus in the Christmas season.
The readings for this Sunday are filled with images of rejoicing. The Prophet Zephaniah tells us to shout for joy because the Lord is near. St. Paul insists that we rejoice that the Lord is near. On this day, we are all call to rejoice that our Lord is near and is coming once again into our lives.
STHY will have our annual Advent Penance Service on Tuesday December 21st at 7:00 pm in the Religious Education building Classrooms. We will have multiple priest confessors available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation that night. I encourage you to come and experience this most powerful and healing sacrament.
Now that the Holiday season is in full swing and there are several opportunities for our parish community to witness the love of Christ to those in need this season. The SVDP Food collection box is also located in the narthex of the Church for food donation for the holiday season. Thank you for your generosity.
The next opportunity for you to give is to the parish itself. The 2021 STHY gift list is out and this presents a great opportunity to support our parish in a special way to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Check out the list in the bulletin or Sthaycinth.org and see how you can share the gift of Christmas with STHY.
With the busy times of the Season of Christmas right around the corner, enrolling in online giving today is a great way to ensure your gifts of treasure to St. Hyacinth are received even if you may be out of town. Go to https://sthyacinth.org/online-giving and register for online giving. Don't forget to add your Christmas or End-of-Year contributions to your account this season. Thank you for your online support of St. Hyacinth.
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Let’s look ahead to the Christmas schedule. Our Christmas Mass schedule is as follows: Friday, December. 24th, Christmas Eve: 4:00 pm, and 12 Midnight; Saturday, December. 25th, Christmas Day: 10:00 am.
For Sunday December 26th, there will be the regular Sunday schedule of Masses at 8:00 am , 10:00 am and 12 Noon .
With all those masses we will be stretched thin on ministers to help cover the many needs of the Christmas Liturgy. In particular I am asking our Eucharistic Ministers of Holy Communion to please sign up to assist at one (or two) masses if at all possible. Same goes for our Sacristans, Acolytes, Altar Servers, Ushers and Greeters. We will have a lot of visitors with us this Christmas season and we need your presence, please.
God Bless,
Fr. Reginald Samuels
