OUR LADY OF MERCY

Please Note : no mass on Wednesday Morning

Monday December 31^st

4:30 PM Jean DeStefano r/o Theresa Mahoney

Tuesday January 1^st Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God

9:00 AM Intentions of the Parishioners

Wednesday January 2^nd Basil the Great

No Mass on Wednesday Morning

Thursday January 3^rd Holy Name of Jesus

8:00 AM Jack Mahoney r/o Keiko & Ray Osborne

Friday January 4^th Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious

8:00 AM Rita Zimmerman r/o Florence Dec

Saturday January 5^thJohn Neumann, Bishop

8:00 AM David & Viola Alliprande r/o Family

5:30 PM Brian Parenti r/o Nanny & Pop-Pop

Sunday January 6^th Epiphany of the Lord

8:00 AM Ray Wawrzyniak r/o Wayne & Mary Ann

10:00 AM Marie Kelly r/o Mary Getlik & Family

12 NOON For the Full Recovery of Sylvia Grosso

r/o Neighbors

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

HOURS Seasonal prop Common of BVM MP: prop antt

pss Sun I DP: pass Sun I NP: Sun II

MASS Prop Gl Cr Pf of Christ I-III

RDGS 17: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 Ps 128:1-5 Col 3:12-21

Or 3:12-17 Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Family life (1,Ps) is rooted in the unconditional love of God (2) as witnessed by the Holy Family (3).

Stewardship

Joseph’s obedience to God was not a one-time thing. His attention to the angel’s warning kept Jesus from being murdered by Herod and led to the fulfillment of the prophecy that the Messiah would be a Nazorean. Fidelity to God’s will assures the best use of my talents, too.

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS including: Josephine Sarnoski, Genevieve Casey, Elizabeth Connelly, Josephine Martens and Peter Yazgier

Fortune Cookie Wisdom

* The real reason you can't take it with you is that it goes before you do.

* Some people are like blisters. They don't show up until the work is done.

Collections

December 16th, 2007 $3710.60

December 23^rd, 2007 will appear in next week’s bulletin

Counters

December 30^th, Team #4

January 7^th, Team #1

January 14^th, Team 2

MOUNT ST. MARY HOUSE OF PRAYER

1651 U.S. Highway 22

Watchung, NJ 07069-6587

(908) 753-2091 msmhope@msmhope.org

Please register for all events

YEAR-END DAY OF PRAYER

Mon - Dec 31, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Free-will offering). Bring bag lunch. A personal quiet day to reflect on the past year. Day begins with communal prayer; labyrinth available in Mercy Hall

MAKING TIME YOUR FRIEND

Wed, Jan 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; repeated Tue, Jan 15, 9:30-11:30 a.m. ($15). In this fast-paced, demanding society time has become many people’s enemy.

Reclaim the holiness of time!

GRIEF RECOVERY

Sun- Jan 13, 1:00-5:30 p.m. ($45). Learning a process to deal with grief. Gentle 4-step experiential process for resolving the grief caused by loss

2007 Bishop’s Annual Appeal

“Disciples of Christ…Stewards of His Gifts”

We are just days away from New Year’s Day 2008! As we prepare for the New Year ahead we also have the opportunity to reflect upon 2007. Indeed Our Lord has provided many blessings during the past year and we are poised as a parish community to accomplish much during the upcoming New Year.

The Diocese of Metuchen, led by Bishop Bootkoski, is also preparing for the New Year. However, before the page is turned from 2007 to 2008, the diocesan Church needs your help. The 2007 Appeal—which is the lifeline of twenty-five diocesan ministries—is nearing the over- all goal of $6.3 million, but more donors are needed. If your family has not yet made a pledge, it is not too late to do so. All Catholics in the four central New Jersey counties of Middlesex, Warren, Hunterdon and Somerset will benefit from your generosity. Please prayerfully consider your gift today! Thank You!

2008 Confirmation Candidates

Now that our 2008 Confirmation Candidates have been recognized by our parish family please stop by their story board, read their autobiographies and pray for them. There are individual names you can take home with you to pray for them. The board is located in the back of the church. Thank you.

Lucky Day Calendars

Holy Family Academy is selling “Lucky Day Calendars” for $25.00 each. The drawing starts New Years Day and end Easter Sunday. They make great stocking stuffers.

The Calendars are available at the Holy Family Academy School office.

Laura’s New Year Resolution

The renown Dr. Neil proclaimed the way to achieve inner peace for the New Year is to finish all the things you have started in the past year.

So I looked around my house to see things I started and hadn't finished; and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Pinot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bole of Baileys, a butle of Kehuha, a pockage of Pinqeuns, tha mainder of bot
Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the Chesescke, some saltins an a
bax a cholates.

Yu haf no idr who gud I fel.

New Church Directory

We are going to create a new pictorial directory of our church family! Please participate! We would like to have EVERY family be part of the new directory. EVERY family receives a FREE 8x10 photograph and a FREE directory just for coming. ANYONE can come to the church to have their photograph taken, so invite your friends and neighbors. (Their picture will not appear in our directory, but they still get a FREE 8x10 and the church will receive another FREE directory.) Casual posing is also available free of charge.

Sign up today while there is still a good selection of appointments, either at the sign up table located in the church vestibule or online at http://signup.olanmills.com . If you sign up online, you will receive a confirmation e-mail soon afterwards. Each household that comes for photography and portrait viewing will receive a complimentary directory and 8x10 Custom Color Portrait. Additional portrait options will be available for purchase. Please participate – it won’t be complete without you! Please take a moment on your way out of service and SIGN UP for your appointment today while there is still a good selection of appointments.