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"All the ends of the earth have seen the saving
power of God." - Psalm 98
Our Weekly Bulletin for The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
"For today in the city of David, a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord!"- Luke 2:11
Dear Friends in Christ, Queridos amigos en
Cristo,
I have been reflecting a lot about my
father this Christmas. In this Year of St. He estado reflexionando mucho sobre
Joseph (a year dedicated to fatherhood mi padre esta Navidad. En este que es
as declared by Pope Francis a few el Año de San José (un año dedicado a
weeks ago), I remember fondly the la paternidad como lo declaró el Papa
man who formed me and was in my life Francisco hace unas semanas),
until his tragic death when I was 14. My recuerdo con cariño al hombre que me
father gave me many gifts: a love of formó y estuvo en mi vida hasta su
and loyalty to others especially those trágica muerte cuando tenía 14 años.
on the margins, a thirst for justice, a gift Mi padre me dio muchos dones: el
of gab, a sense of humor, and in my amor y la lealtad a los demás,
earlier days the red hair we both especialmente a los marginados, la sed
shared. His hair is forever red in my de justicia, el don de la palabra, el
memories. Mine, not so much sentido del humor y en mis primeros
anymore. días, el pelo rojo que ambos
compartíamos.
One thing I remember most was his
desire to help those experiencing Su cabello es siempre rojo en mis
homelessness. I remember hearing recuerdos. El mío, ya no tanto. Una
him say many times during my cosa que más recuerdo es su deseo de
childhood how he wanted to invite one ayudar a quienes se encuentran sin
of the men he saw roaming the streets hogar. Recuerdo haberlo escuchado
of downtown Seattle’s skid row home decir muchas veces durante mi
for Christmas dinner. It was something infancia que quería invitar a uno de los
he talked about often, but never put his hombres que veía deambulando por
words into action. Perhaps his heart las calles del barrio bajo del centro de
formed my heart to see the humanity in Seattle para la cena de Navidad. Era
these same unhoused people today. algo de lo que hablaba a menudo, pero
nunca ponía sus palabras en práctica.
My wife and I have been blessed to Quizás su corazón formó mi corazón
break bread at Christmas with many para ver la humanidad en estas
we have met on the streets. Including mismas personas sin vivienda hoy. Mi
one family who are still housed and esposa y yo hemos tenido la suerte de
blessed with several beautiful children. compartir el pan en Navidad con
When we first met this couple, muchos que hemos conocido en las
someone in our parish community calles. Incluyendo una familia que
came into the sacristy one Saturday todavía está alojada y quienes fueron
night after Mass and said, “There’s a bendecidos con varios niños
homeless couple in the lobby who hermosos. Cuando conocimos a esta
needs help.” From that point forward, pareja, alguien de nuestra comunidad
we started our friendship with the parroquial entró en la sacristía un
couple. Little did we know that at the sábado por la noche después de la
time of our first meeting, the woman misa y dijo: "Hay una pareja sin hogar
was pregnant. In time, we helped them en el vestíbulo que necesita ayuda". A
get housed and stayed in touch. After partir de ese momento, comenzamos
their son was born, we baptized him at nuestra amistad con la pareja. Poco
Mass in Everett. Mary and I are sabíamos que en el momento de
blessed to be his godparents. nuestro primer encuentro, la mujer
estaba embarazada. Con el tiempo, les
All this probably would never have ayudamos a encontrar alojamiento y
happened if not for my father’s heart nos mantuvimos en contacto. Después
forming my heart for the years he was de que nació su hijo, lo bautizamos en
in my life. I will be forever grateful to la misa en Everett. Mary y yo tenemos
him and God for this blessing. la suerte de ser sus padrinos. Todo
esto probablemente nunca hubiera
In this time of pandemic and sadness sucedido si no fuera por lo que el
over how much we cannot do with our corazón de mi padre formó mi corazón
families this Christmas, may you take durante los años que estuvo en mi
time to remember those who shaped vida. Siempre le estaré agradecido a él
and formed you and give thanks to y a Dios por esta bendición.
Lord for placing them in your life.
En este tiempo de pandemia y tristeza
Peace... por lo mucho que no podemos hacer
Dn. Dennis con nuestras familias en esta Navidad,
tomense el tiempo para recordar a
quienes los moldearon y formaron y
dar gracias al Señor por ponerlos en su
vida.
Paz
Dn. Dennis
Join Us Physically, Virtually and
Spiritually!
Coming Up This Week at Christ Our Hope
Thursday, December 24
9 AM Morning Prayer (note new time) (via Zoom)
4 PM Virtual Grace Before Meals (via Zoom)
9 PM The Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Night MassRegister
here or attend on Facebook live
Friday, December 25
9 AM The Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Day MassRegister
here or attend on Facebook live
Sunday, December 27
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Sunday
Mass in-person at 8:30 AM, 5 PM (Spanish) or 7 PM. Register here
or attend on Facebook live
Friday, January 1st
Mary, Mother of God Mass Register here for in-person Mass at 11
AM or attend on Facebook live
Please note that the Parish Office will be closed next week as Parish Staff
take a well-deserved holiday. The office will re-open on Monday, January
4th, 2021.
Celebrating The Nativity of the Lord at Christ Our Hope
Join our celebration in-person or on
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Night
Mass) December 24th at 9 PM Facebook Live. To ensure social distancing
we will require you to register for Mass, we
still have some seats left should you wish to
join us in-person. You can register by
The Nativity of the Lord(Christmas Day
Mass)December 25th at 9 AM clicking any of the buttons in this email, or
call Jessica in the office at 206-488-8826.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Friday, If you plan on attending an in-person
January 1st at 11 AM Christmas Mass please consider
volunteering to assist staff in ensuring all
safety protocols are adhered to. We need
A warm thank you to all the volunteers who
help welcoming people into the church,
helped last Sunday night and Tuesday for
check-in & temperature checks, and ushering
the greening of the Church!
parishioners to assigned seats.
Thursday, December 24th, 4 PM Virtual Grace before Meals
Join this 10-minute prayer service on Zoom to "say grace" to bless your Christmas meal at
home led by Sam Sweeney. We'll record the celebration and immediately share it
on Facebook, so you can watch it immediately before your own Christmas Eve or Christmas
Day meal at home.
In an Archdiocesan COVID-19 update email recently, something important was shared: "To
date, we have celebrated almost 30,000 Masses (in the Seattle Archdiocese) and have had
ZERO cases of virus transmission during Mass. This alone demonstrates how your safety
protocols are working.”
Readings Gift Giving for Our
Josephinum Residents
The scripture readings for the upcoming
Masses include We thank the women from the Encountering
The Nativity of the Lord Christmas God group for their volunteer efforts
Masses Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98:
supporting our annual Christmas gifts for the
Hebrew 1:1-6; Luke 2:1-20 220 residents at the Josephinum! The 18
Sunday, December 29th: The 6th women also gathered to fill the gift bags last
Day in the Octave of Christmas
Saturday. Special thanks to Randall L.
Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Psalm 105; Norstrem of Crestwood Animal Hospital who
Hebrew 11:8,11-12, 17-19; Luke:22-40 donated blankets and food items for recent
Friday, January 1st: Solemnity of
meals provided to the residents of the
Mary, Mother of God Mass: Josephinum. Much appreciation and
Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67: gratitude to all!
Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21
Engagement Opportunities Video from Lessons & Carols and our Sunday Coffee Hour Annual Tree Lighting Thank you to everyone who attended last If you would like to enjoy the recent Lessons Sunday's Sunday Coffee Hour: Home For and Carols extravaganza and enjoy the Tree Christmas. We were joined by many lifelong Lighting event again, you can access the friends of Christ Our Hope and parishioners. excerpts from the joint Christ Our Hope and A special thanks to Ruth Ard, and Deanna St. Patrick community evening on YouTube. Tighe for co-ordinating and being wonderful The direct link is available here: hosts. Thank you to our invited guests https://youtu.be/HOfQN9d04bI/ including Fr. Paul Magnano, Fr. Mike Bayard, Fr. Bill Heric, Frances Farrell, Dwight Beckmeyer and Lauren Pusich. If you missed the opportunity to join live, you can access the video here: https://youtu.be/284cUkOMoIg. Additionally, it's also on our website with other past events, follow this link www.christourhopeseattle.org/past- events and access the page with the password 1902.
A blessing over your Crèche (Nativity)
Coffee Hour will take a break for the holidays
and return on January, 10th 2021. More A blessing for your Christmas Tree
information on the topics will be announced
in the New Year. Blessing over your home on Epiphany
A Christmas Gift from
Choir of Hope to the
Parish
Choir of Hope baritone, Marc Wautier, has
created another "virtual" male quartet video
with Marc singing all four parts of Lo, how a
We Need A Little rose e'er blooming the famous carol by
Christmas! Praetoruis, arranged as a "canon" (musical
round) for four similar voices. The
Federal Way Chorale recently aired their first arrangement is often attributed to the late
live virtual holiday concert. This concert Renaissance composer, Melchoir Vulpius (c.
features our 8:30AM Mass cantor Jennie 1570-1615). This is the third wonderful video
Hendrie. Should you want to enjoy some Marc has created for the Parish. You can
Christmas music over the holiday season, access the video here! Enjoy!
you can access the concert here. Thank you
Jennie for sharing your time and talents with
us at Sunday morning Mass. Your presence
and talent are greatly appreciated and
enjoyed by many.
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