Our Lady of Mount Carmel Building a Christian Community through Gospel Values

A Catholic parish community served by the Carmelite Order

Phone: 941-966-0807 Fax: 941-969 Website: www.olmc-osprey.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Daily Monday through Saturday 8:00 AM Saturday Vigil 3:00 PM & 4:30 PM Sunday 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM & 10:30 AM Holy Days 8:00 AM & 5:30 PM

CONFESSIONS Saturday 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM January-May PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

PASTORAL MINISTRY TEAM Rev. Frederick J. Tillotson, O. Carm. Pastor ftillotson@olmc-osprey.org Rev. Richard Supple, O.Carm. Assoc. Pastor rsupple@olmc-osprey.org Deacon Thomas Grant Pastoral Assoc. Doris R. Brodeur Adult Faith Development dbrodeur@olmc-osprey.org Darwin Reeck Pastoral Minister to the Sick dreeck@olmc-osprey.org Kathleen Lyda Music Director klyda@olmc-osprey.org Linda Whiteley Business Manager lwhiteley@olmc-osprey.org Donna Pierson Pastoral Assistant dpierson@olmc-osprey.org

Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2018

Gustaf Tenggren, Illustration

Adora on of the Magi, Jacob Jordaens

Rise Up; Your Light Has Come! Michael Simone, America, December 15, 2017 Two feasts of the Christmas season celebrate Christ’s revela on to the whole world. Today’s feast commemorates the “physical” revela on of Christ, the moment when Gen les recognized the incarnate Messiah. Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage. (Ma . 2:2) Tomorrow we celebrate a “spiritual” revela on of Christ. The feast of the Bap sm of the Lord marks the moment when Jews and Gen les together recognized the divine sonship of Jesus. These two feasts mark the return to Ordinary Time, that period of the liturgical year when the church reflects on its con nuing mission to reveal Christ to the world in body and spirit.

The story we hear as today’s Gospel highlights the great vision of Isaiah 60 in the a en on he gives to the magi and their gi s. In Isaiah’s prophecy God’s mercy to Israel becomes an act of divine mercy to the whole world. This prophecy comes from a me when the Jewish people had returned from exile but before they had rebuilt Jerusalem. Just as God had summoned the na ons to chas se Zion, God has summoned them again to restore the city. People from every corner of the earth will come bearing gi s and repara ons for the Temple, the city and its people. As they

stream toward Jerusalem, they encounter for the first me the divine illumina on that Israel had always known. God’s mercy to Israel thus becomes a gi for everyone. In Ma hew’s hands, this prophecy foreshadows the Chris an community’s inclusion of the Gen les. Jesus is the new Zion, the new place in which God has taken up residence on earth. The magi’s gi s, which represent, among other things, earthly wealth, religious insight and mortality, are the repara ons humanity offers to God through the magi. The joy they found at the end of their journey is one of the first effects of the divine illumina on now available to everyone.

This twofold act of divine mercy con nues today. The Chris an community is the restored Israel. Like the returned exiles of the first reading, Christ’s disciples o en first come to him in great need. Whether we are cradle Catholics or recent converts, Christ’s tangible presence in our lives is a mercy we cannot do without. In the liturgy, the sacraments, the Scriptures, our fellow Chris ans and sacred mes and places, we can encounter physical reminders of the incarnate Son. Like the magi, we can respond with our best gi s—our industry, our devo on, our very lives.

We disciples are Christ’s tangible presence in the world. That same child whose light brought such joy to the magi now, through us, offers his mercy to every person. Through us, every day, Christ feeds mul tudes; he heals, teaches and guides countless people. Through individual volunteers and major ins tu ons, through simple acts of kindness or worldwide coordinated efforts, the world can encounter, through the Chris an community, the enduring, tangible presence of Christ.

Q. Do you know how to seek the incarnate Christ? Q. Will you know when you have found him? Q. Have your efforts guided another person to find Christ?

Michael Simone, SJ, teaches Scripture at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.

CHRISTMASTIDE

The Special Collection January 13th & 14th Vocations and Seminary support Collection for Seminary Support - The weekend of January 13 and 14 has been designated for this

collection. Funds are needed to assist our future priests with tuition, room and board, health care,

transportation, and other expenses, including inviting more men to consider the priesthood. Your gift to

the Seminarian Collection helps offset these costs.

LOOKING AHEAD WITH FAITH AND PRAYER

PARISH CALENDAR

01-08 Mon 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Richard

01-09 Tues 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Fred 10:30 AM First Letter to the Corinthians

01-10 Wed 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Richard 8:45 AM Praise & Prayer 10:00 AM Grief Support 12:00 PM Book Club

01-11 Thurs 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Fred 12:30 PM Bridge 01-12 Fri 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Richard 01-13 Sat 8:00 AM Mass-Fr. Fred 2:00 PM Confessions 3:00 PM Mass-Fr. Richard 4:30 PM Mass-Fr. Fred

01-14 Sun 7:30 AM Mass-Fr. Fred 9:00 AM Mass-Fr. Richard 10:30 AM Mass-Fr. Fred K of C Pancake Breakfast after all Sunday Masses

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

January 1st & 2nd, 2018

CFA Goal 2017: $200,000.00 CFA Pledge: $312,529.51 CFA Payments: $310,857.51 Offertory: $15,019.00

We Share is available at our website: www.olmc-osprey.org Or call the office for more information. 941-966-0807

MASS INTENTIONS

01-08 8:00 AM †Jesse Rose †Farrell Rose

01-09 8:00 AM †Phyllis Lamey †Ben Lamey

01-10 8:00 AM Jim Smith Jean Netzel

01-11 8:00 AM †Flora MacMillan Jean Netzel 01-12 8:00 AM †Valerie Hill †Mary S. Tillotson

01-13 8:00 AM †Mary Weber †Jeanne McNeil 3:00 PM †The Mondo Family †The Tierney Family 4:30 PM †John Strauss †Dorothy Kelly

01-14 7:30 AM †Michael Perry †Theresa McCrone 9:00 AM The People of the Parish 10:30 AM Annette Robichaud †Art Brady

Readings for the Week of January 7, 2018 Monday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11 or Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20 or 1 Sm 1:1-8 and 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mk 1:21-28 or Mk 1:14-20 and Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10; Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25; Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps 21:2-7;Mk 2:13-17 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42

Into your hands O Lord, we commend the

souls of our recently departed. May their

souls and the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest

in peace:

Karl Fischerkeller

&

Virginia Temel

Usher Schedule December January 13th & 14th

3:00 PM: J Fanelli, M Giggs, S Sucher, L Heatley, P McDermo , P Adamo, L Alvarez, M Schwartz 4:30 PM: C Gathy, D Hollar, B Horstman, A Tirone, D Arlia, F Madigan, J Madigan, L Smith

7:30 AM: D Kill, D Frederick, M E Miller, J O’Malley, D Terry, J Terry, M Addams, P Podar

9:00 AM: P Wright, M Wright, D Coyle, D McMullen, M Vespoli, C Vespoli, C Adams, T&T Lock

10:30 AM: M Halpin, N Halpin, B Grieco, D Korinek, R Silva, R Ludwig, P Brown,m M Lacenere

ADULT FAITH DEVELOPMENT

January 9 First Corinthians – Part 1 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Darwin Reeck January 10 OLMC Book Club 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Monthly Brown-Bag Lunch January 16 First Corinthians – Part 2 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Darwin Reeck January 17 Storytelling through Photography 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Doris R. Brodeur

January 18 Christian Spirituality (1) 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM DVD Series January 23 First Corinthians – Part 3 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Darwin Reeck January 25 Christian Spirituality (2) 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM DVD Series

Please register in advance for all classes. For more information, contact Doris R. Brodeur, dbrodeur@olmc-osprey.org, 941-966-0807 x314.

Lifetouch Directory Photographers returns in February.

Photographs for the new Our Lady of Mount Carmel Directory will take place February 5-11, 2018. For those of you who were unable to schedule a photography session in November, we are providing an additional week to have your portraits taken in February. There will be folks in the lobby at all the weekend Masses on January 13th and 14th through the end of January. They will assist you in finding a convenient time to have your portraits taken here in the OLMC classrooms.

If you have not yet had your picture taken, please take advantage of this addition week of available appointments. If you have any questions, please call the parish office. 941-966-0807

OLMC Adult Faith Development Our Shared Faith – Past and Present

January 2018

OLMC Book Club Meeting The OLMC Book Club will meet on Wednesday,January10,12:00PM–1:30PMin the Club Room of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Hall. We will be discussing TattoosontheHeart:ThePowerofBoundlessCom-passion by Gregory Boyle. Bring a lunch. Beverages, cookies, and fruit will be provided. Please register in advance by contacting Doris R. Brodeur, dbrodeur@mit.edu, 941-966-0807 x 314.

BREAKINGOPENTHEWORD:THEFIRSTLETTERTOTHECORINTHIANS Darwin Reeck, Master’s in Pastoral Ministry

Tuesdays,January9,16,23,10:30AMto12:00PMRooms3and5 In this 3-part series, you will engage in the process of Breaking Open the Word to explore St. Paul’s FirstLettertotheCorinthians, and understand how these writings apply today here in Southwest Florida. Selections from this chapter will be read at weekend Masses beginning on January 14. Please bring a Bible. Pleaseregisterinadvanceatthefrontdesk.

LIVING OUR FAITH

A Retreat for OLMC Women

Theme: Responding to God’s Call throughout Life’s Seasons

Leader: Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D., M.A. in Pastoral Theology Adult Faith Development Ministry, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Osprey

Friday, February 2, 2018, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, with Mass at 3:00 PM

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat and Spirituality Center 3989 South Moon Drive, Venice, Florida

Fee: $35, includes continental breakfast and lunch Sponsorships are available for those who need assistance with the fee. Contact: Doris R. Brodeur, dbrodeur@olmc-osprey.org, 941-966-0807

To register, contact Pat Harris, scottandpatharris@verizon.net, 941-966-4640. Last day to register is January 25.

A Retreat for OLMC Men

Theme: You Want Me To Do What? – Answering God’s Call

Leader: Darwin Reeck, Master’s in Pastoral Ministry Pastoral Minister to the Sick, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Osprey

Thursday, February 1, 2018, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, with Mass at 3:00 PM

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat and Spirituality Center 3989 South Moon Drive, Venice, Florida

Fee: $35, includes breakfast and lunch Sponsorships are available for those who need assistance with the fee. Contact: Doris R. Brodeur, dbrodeur@olmc-osprey.org, 941-966-0807

Last day to register is January 25.

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Awake to Our Blessedness Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, Give Us This Day, January 2018 The event of Jesus’ bap sm is wonderfully described in the Gospels: Jesus comes to the Jordan River to be bap zed by John the Bap st. As Jesus reemerges and his head breaks the waters, the heavens open and God’s voice is heard: “You are my blessed one; in you I am well pleased.” We need to be alert to the underlying image here of Jesus’ physically breaking the waters. Much like when a child is born it breaks the waters of its mother’s womb, Jesus’ bap sm is an image of birth: as his head breaks the water he is being born into a new consciousness, the consciousness of knowing his own

blessedness. It’s impossible to understand Jesus, his consciousness and his vision, without grasping this point. It is as if, a er this, for the rest of his life, Jesus is forever hearing inside of him his father’s voice saying: “You are my blessed one; in you I am well pleased!” Because of this awareness Jesus can look at every situa on and see it as blessed: “Blessed are you when you are poor, when you mourn, when you are hungry, when people hate you, when you are abused, and when you are persecuted.” How can he say such an astonishing thing? Because he has been blessed, he sees others through that prism. The blessing at his bap sm forever colors his eyesight. Most of us were asleep to our own bap sm. But just as surely as those words of blessing were spoken over Jesus, they were also spoken over us—and they should become the prism through which we see. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. His books are popular throughout the English-speaking world, and his weekly column is carried by more than seventy newspapers worldwide.

YOUTH CORNER

The Feast of Kings in Latin American Countries Across Latin America, families come together in early January for a day that means more to them than Christmas: Dia de los Reyes. Known as Three Kings Day throughout the world, Dia de los Reyes falls 12 days after the birth of Jesus Christ and is considered the day of the Epiphany. This Twelfth Night holiday is often celebrated with a feast and, in some countries, actually the day when kids get to open presents.

Typically, the family meal also includes Rosca de Reyes – the traditional Kings’ Bread. Baked round to represent a King’s crown, the Rosca de Reyes is a staple of the holiday. Hidden within the sweet bread is a “Baby Jesus” figurine. The boy or girl who finds the toy in his or her slice must then prepare tamales for everyone on the Day of the Candles, which is celebrated on February 2.

In some countries, children leave their shoes right outside their doors so the Three Kings will leave their gifts inside; the bigger presents are placed around them. Many families leave a box of grass (or hay) and water for The Three King’s camels to eat. This practice is similar to the tradition of leaving out cookies and milk for Santa Claus. Camels are known for being a bit sloppy, leaving a trail of hay behind them that children can follow to their gifts!

While Latinos all celebrate a little differently, this traditional holiday is very popular from Argentina to Puerto Rico.

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