Mass Intentions for the Week
MONDAY - December 28 ~ Holy Innocents 8:30 AM Mass for Parishioners
TUESDAY - December 29 ~ St. Thomas Becket 8:30AM Philip Jurick, Family
Live Stream of Rosary, 7:30pm
WEDNESDAY - December 30 ~
6th day Octave of the Nativity of the Lord 8:30 AM Joan E. Haas, Fred & Zoe Haas
THURSDAY - December 31 ~ St. Sylvester I
Vigil of Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God
5:00PM Marlene Taylor, Margaret Friedman
FRIDAY - January 1 ~ Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God
10:00AM Mass for Parishioners
SATURDAY - January 2 ~ Sts. Basil & Gregory 5:00 PM Mass for Parishioners
Live Stream of Sunday Mass, 5:00pm
SUNDAY – January 3 ~ The Epiphany of the Lord
8:00 AM Mass for Parishioners 10:30 AM Ivan Tripar & Rajna Vidas, Patricia Tripar & Beba Tripal
Readings for the week of December 27, 2020 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1] or Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [7a, 8a]/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 Monday: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 [7]/Mt 2:13-18
Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [11a]/Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13 [11a]/Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [2a]/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [3cd]/Jn 1:19-28 Next Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1
Tragedy and disappointment are inevitable.
What sees you through this? There will be challenges, changes, interrupted plans, unexpected circumstances, and injustices experienced by every human being at some point in their lives. We will be asked to adjust our plans, change course, and even encounter suffering and death. Where do we learn all of the lessons we need to live life well? Some of them we learn along the way but much of what we bring to life, positive and negative, comes from our early beginnings, our families. This is our early world and provides the blueprint for how we see the bigger, more inclusive world, which unfolds before us. Our families of origin can be sources of grace, heartache or a combination of both. Families are intended to be pivotal in providing us with proper social structure and understanding, a support system, lessons about relationships and communication, and the unconditional acceptance and love we so desperately crave. They can also determine whether we have an accessible and healthy relationship with God. Many of life’s challenges can literally bring us to our knees and require that we possess a strength of character that resides well beyond the superficialities of our world. At some point we will all need three coping gifts that can be given to us only by God: faith, hope, and love. Our families help us learn that we are not the ones responsible for their creation, but God!
Our experience of early family life colors all of our relationships and what we expect to achieve from life in general. Resolving conflicts, listening to God’s call, dealing with difficulty and suffering, celebrating accomplishments, understanding relationships, prioritizing our needs, disappointment, learning about the virtues and living a centered focused life are all lessons our families either succeed in teaching or do not. To succeed, as God has designed and ordered our world, is to discover his presence and then trust that Presence. The Holy Family can teach even the most dysfunctional family how to best use God’s gifts of faith, hope, and love to find him and do his will. Their simple humble example is always before us, showing us the way. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us!
Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God ~ Holy Day of Obligation Thursday, December 31 — Vigil Mass: 5:00PM ~ Friday, January 1— 10:00AM
The dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass applies for Holy Days. High risk adults and those with compromised health are urged to continue to stay home as much as possible. Any parishioner with virus symptoms or just not feeling well should stay home and participate in Mass from home.
Please Pray…
Please pray for all of our parishioners who are sick or hospitalized: Joseph Barno, June Barr, Jeff & Sue Beam, Kathy Boey, Kate Bramley, Frank Brown, John Brown, Marc Christovich, Iris Clarke, Virginia Cognati, Bob Cozza, John Cutler, Jackie D’Astolfo, David Doranovic, Paul Doranovic, Dustin Dowen, Elizabeth Dravecky, Grace Fiegel, John Finegan, Billy Foley, Rob Gorgon, Judith Greger, Charlotte Gulden, Zoe Haas, Barbara Hangman, Mike Hanlon, Alexandria Marie Hobart, Bill Homan, Tim Horgan, Maria Horwath, Ed Hurayt, Ava Jusko, Keith Karel, Katherine Kirsch, Dick & Irene Kornblum, Jan Kulas, Lori Lewis, Brian Lloyd, Bud Martello, Charles McHugh, Isabelle Meyers, Charlie Moss, Rocco Mastrocola, Barbara Olson, Jenny Pannella, Anson Papa, Billy Paolucci, Cindy Pike, Kate Pilotti, Nancy Preble, Aaron & Missy Reinke, Kris Ruhe, Marty Sintic, Bill Sprenger, Marsha Szymanski, Susan Templin, Lisa Tomaro, Joanne Touhalisky, Greg Usko, Sheryl Yonosik, Cheryl Wilson, Rose Wolf, Phil Wolfson, Tom Zelazney, Audrey Zupan, the shut-ins, those in nursing homes, those needing prayers, those affected by the Coronavirus and all of the intentions written in our Book of Prayers located in the gallery. Many prayers help. Please remember to pray for all our sick and recovering parishioners, families, and friends. Hospitals do not notify the parish of admissions.
To add a name for prayers, or to remove a name, please call the parish office, 946-1177 or [email protected].
Prayer Line
Please call Theresa Davison, 942-5761, to add your request to the Prayer Chain. You can reach the Sisters of Notre Dame prayer line at 440-279-1163.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is Monday through Friday from 9:00am-2:00pm. All are welcome.
You can also come and pray in the chapel on Sunday from 9:00am to noon.
There will be no adoration on Friday, January 1.
From Father Kevin…
The angel says to us,
“Do not be afraid. I proclaim to you good news
of great joy:
today a Savior is born for us, Christ the Lord.”
Merry Christmas to all!
May our lives be filled with Jesus’ glory and His peace in this most difficult year.
We deeply appreciate the wonderful work of the many people who contributed to our parish Christmas celebration.
those who prepared the church and who helped with the decorations;
those who helps us to pray: the
musicians, servers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, ushers, collectors and counters.
the Holy Name Society for setting up the Nativity scene and decoration with the outside lights.
A special thanks to our maintenance and office staff who gracefully handle the many additional tasks of the season.
Thank you to those who sent cards, prayers and gifts our way. The support is very much appreciated.
Peace, Fr. Kevin
Happy New Year!
There will be no Eucharistic Adoration December 31/January 1
The Parish Office will be closed Thursday, January 1
Beth Rossetti, Pastoral Associate 946-1177 [email protected]
Prayer Partners for our
Confirmation Candidates
2021 are needed. Please
go to our website under current events to see this year’s class and
instructions. Select a prayer partner to pray for all year, contact Beth with their name. It’s simple!
Confirmation 2021canildates our next video session will Sunday, January 10 at 7:00PM. All work is due by noon on Saturday, January 9.
Our Christmas Card Writing Campaign
from the churches and organizations of Lake/Geauga Counties were the grand total of 5,482 cards. St. Justin Martyr parish was largest in counties for the card collection. Other counties of the diocese have heard about what Catholic Charities in Lake/ Geauga District did and they also want to get involved. Catholic Charites for the Diocese of Cleveland did over 8,000 Christmas Cards for those who are shut-ins, incarcerated, hospital workers, homeless shelters, nursing homes and many other people who are in need. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who contributed! You were a blessing to those in need. YOU ARE Missionary Disciples! I hope that your Christmas was full of joy even though we celebrated a bit differently this year. My wish for you in the New Year is to enjoy your family and friends in a new way. With all that has changed in 2020 find the goodness and take it with you in 2021. Happy New Year!
Doctrine Behind the Feast: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
From among the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of his Son. “Full of grace,” Mary is “the most excellent fruit of redemption”: from the first instant of her conception, she was totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained pure from all personal sin throughout her life.
Mary is truly “Mother of God” since she is the mother of the eternal Son of God made man, who is God himself. Mary “remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin” (St. Augustine): with her whole being she is “the handmaid of the Lord” (Lk 1:38). The Virgin Mary “cooperated through free faith and obedience in human salvation”. She uttered her yes “in the name of all human nature” (St. Thomas Aquinas). By her obedience she became the new Eve, mother of the living. (CCC 508-511)
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Charles Hunt, MA Director of Religious Education 946-3287 [email protected]
Our Town and All Around books are available in the Parish Office.
They make great Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers for only $28.00
Make checks payable to: Lake Country Right to Life
St. Justin Martyr Holy Name Society Paul Misch Scholarship
The St. Justin Martyr Holy Name Society is again offering one partial scholarship to those who will be attending a Catholic high school in September of next year. This scholarship is for their Freshman and Sophomore years in the amount of $2,000.00 for each year. One student will be chosen on the basis of financial need, academics and a required essay. This scholarship is open to all eighth graders of St. Justin Martyr Parish to assist in their Catholic high school education. Applications are available in the Parish
Office or online, www.stjustin.net.
Would you like to be part of
a virtual get together?
We have started a Coffee and Conversation on Thursday afternoons at 1:30PM, our next chat will be on January 7 at 1:30PM. This is a virtual meeting that allows parishioners to gather. This is a casual gathering and you can join any week you would like. Send me your email address, you will receive the invitation link and email every week. Log on when you wish. You will need to have some type of device that can be logged into a Wi-Fi/internet. This will be a new experience as well as a new experiment. If you think you are interested EMAIL BETH AT [email protected]. Easy log in instructions will be sent to you. An evening group is in the planning stage the date and time will be announced in the new year.
Thank you! Your support of the Annual Appeal
has made a difference, especially as the needs of our communities continue to grow during COVID-19. Because of your generosity, people who are hungry and homeless, addicted and struggling, lonely, sick and hurting will have the services available to assist them during the pandemic and have hope for the future. You can find stories of hope and faith: www.CatholicCommunity.org/COVIDVideo.
Here at St. Justin Martyr, 298 parishioners have pledged $48,513 toward our parish goal of $55,950. That is 86.71% of our overall goal! Your financial support makes a difference and transforms lives. Thank you on behalf of those served by Catholic Charities.
If you have not made your gift yet, contact Karen Joyce at 216-696-6525 ext 1910 to give by phone or make a secure online gift on their website,
www.CatholicCommunity.org/donate.
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Deepen Your Relationship with Jesus Through Mary Deacon Tim will be leading a thirty-three day program that will help lead you to a new way of life in Christ. “33 Days to Morning Glory” is a spiritual journey that concludes the 33 day journey with a Consecration to Jesus through Mary.
The program is highlighted by reflections on four of the greatest Marian saints including St. Louis de Montfort and St. Pope John Paul II. Like these great saints, you will discover a “short, easy, secure and perfect” way to become a saint!
The program will begin with an introduction on Thursday, January 7 with an on-line meeting to introduce the program. You will then begin your journey on Saturday, January 9. The program will conclude with Marian Consecration on Thursday, February 11, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Program packets, including the book, “33 Days to Morning Glory,” a special rosary and other journey aids, will be available in the church office.
The cost of the program is $10 and covers the cost of the materials. Question? Contact Deacon Tim at [email protected] or 440-364-8088.
