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PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO MASS SCHEDULE FOR CHRISTMAS NO MORNING MASS ON TUESDAY. 

Monday      December 23^rd John of Kanty, priest

7:00 PM        William H. Mathews r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

Tuesday      December 24^th Vigil of Christmas

    4:30 PM   People of the Parish

12:00 MIDNIGHT  People of the Parish

Wednesday  December 25^th The Nativity of the Lord

10:00 AM   People of the Parish

12:00 NOON  People of the Parish

Thursday      December 26^th Stephen, first martyr

   8:00 AM   Santini & Bozzay Families r/o The Family

Friday           December 27^th John, apostle

   8:00 AM   Frank Greczek r/o Anne McConnell

Saturday       December 28^th Holy Innocents, martyrs

   8:00 AM   Becky Wolk r/o Mike & Madelyn Albert

 

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday       December 28^th Vigil: Holy Family

    5:30 PM   Florence Kropiewnicki r/o Kropiewnicki Family

Sunday         December 29^th The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

   8:00 AM   Louis Dzieglewicz r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

10:00 AM   Adolph Immer r/o His Wife

12 NOON     Barbara Weber r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews

 

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes and especially for Morgan Quinn, Terese King, Joe Andruzzi, Bette Nizalak, Florence Altiere, Raffaella Shapiro, Haley Weber, Yoshiaki Nakata, Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Stephen Golaszewski, Nancy Santora, Teresa Kunz and Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen.  Please also pray for the souls of Pauline Pannek, Catherine Juronics and Loretta Papere who passed away last week.

 

Let us pray…That those who counsel women facing difficult pregnancies may always remember the words of the angel to Mary: “Do not be afraid”.

 

COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?” You are invited to come to spend time with Jesus.  Every Thursday from 8:30 AM to 12 Noon there is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in our Church. Stop in for just a minute or two. You will find it is time well spent.

Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.  Behold you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus."  --Lk 1:30-31

 

The angel Gabriel is telling Mary not to fear the path GOD has chosen for her.  He reminds her that she has found favor with GOD.  Have doubts caused you to hesitate in exploring the path of Priesthood, religious life or the diaconate?  Fear not and inquire within to the Office of Vocations at 732-562-1990 Ext. 1700 or by E-mail at Vocations@diometuchen.org.  Or visit our Website at www.diometuchen.org/vocations.

 

 

PRE-BAPTISMAL CLASS The next Baptism Class will be held on Jan 6, 2003.  Please call the Rectory to make arrangements

 

DAY OF PRAYER & DISCERNMENT

For men & women ages 18-45 looking at religious life.

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, from 1:30 – 7:30 PM,  the Office of Vocations will be sponsoring a Day of Prayer & Discernment at Bethany Ridge Spirituality Center in Little York, NJ.  RSVP by 12/30/02.  732-562-1990 Ext. 1700

 

JOIN US for Bingo in the Church Hall.  BINGO IS PLAYED AT 7 PM ON SUNDAY EVENINGS IN OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH HALL.  14 Games…$1,000…plus TWO 50/50 games.  Light refreshments are available.  Please spread the word among family, friends and co-workers that we are playing BINGO at Our Lady of Mercy!  Anyone interested in volunteering his or her time 1 Sunday a month, please contact the rectory.  732-356-1037

 

 

"Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well and yet everything happens only a certain number of times - and a very small number really. How many times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply apart of your life that you can't even conceive of your life without it?  Perhaps four or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many times will you watch the full moon rise, perhaps twenty, and yet it all seems so limitless..."

Paul Bowles Author of 'Sheltering Sky”

 

How many more times will we get to hug our best friend or tell a certain someone how much we love them? How many more times will we get to go for a walk on the beach or through the woods with only the moonlight for company? How many more chances will we get to make a child's Christmas really special? Since we can't know the answers, maybe it's in our best interest to take full advantage of each and every opportunity ;-)

 

THE LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS GIVES MEANING TO ALL HUMAN EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR EARTH MORE FRATERNAL AND GRIENDLY, TO MAKIE IT A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, AND TO ENSURE THAT INDIFFERENCE, INJUSTICE, AND HATRED WILL NEVER HAVE THE LAST WORD. 

John Paul, January 10, 2002

 

National Vocations Awareness Week is January 12-17, 2003

 

 

As we are shortly to bid farewell to 2002, I wish to thank everyone for their support and dedication to Our Lady of Mercy Church.  May this Christmas be one of joy and happiness for you and your loved ones.  GOD bless you and may He hold you always in the palm of His hand.

 

 

 

Interesting Facts

The English-language alphabet originally had only 24 letters. One missing letter was J, which was the last letter to be added to the alphabet. The other latecomer to the alphabet was U.

"Fan" is an abbreviation for the word "fanatic." Toward the turn of the 19th century, various media referred to football enthusiasts first as "football fanatics," and later as a "football fan."

The word "snorkel" comes from the German word "schnoerkel", which was a tube used by German submarine crews in WW2. The subs used an electric battery when traveling underwater, which had to be recharged using diesel engines, which needed air to run. To avoid the hazard of surfacing to run the engines, the Germans used the schnoerkel to feed air from the surface into the engines.

The name "fez" is Turkish for "Hat".

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

"The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

"Jerkwater" is a railroad term. Until about fifty years ago, most trains were pulled by thirsty steam engines that needed to refill their boilers from water towers next to the tracks. But some towns were so small and inconsequential that they lacked a water tower. When trains stopped in those places, the crew had to find a nearby stream or well and, bucket brigade style, "jerk" the water to the train. Those little dots on the map became known as jerkwater towns.

 

HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY