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There is no 12:05 PM Mass Thursday, January 5. The 8:00 AM Saturday, January 7 Mass also is cancelled as well as 8:30 AM Confessions. Confessions will be heard at 2:00 PM next Saturday, January 7. Other local Masses Thursday, January 5 are: St. Mark, 9:00 AM; Christ the King, 8:30 AM, and St. Anthony, 5:30 PM (Latin, Low Mass). The Epiphany water will be blessed after the 5:30 PM Thursday Mass at St. Anthony.

The Solemnity Masses are Saturday, December 31 at 4:00 PM and Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 10:00 AM. The Saturday 8:00 AM Mass and 8:30 AM Confessions are cancelled as well as the 2:00 PM Confessions.

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In my own name and that of Bishop Christopher Coyne and the staff of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, we wish you a most blessed Christmas and a Joyous and Blessed New Year! May this season be a time of great joy and peace for your families and friends. - Msgr. Peter A. Routhier, Rector

CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR MASS SCHEDULES Saturday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Mass at 4:00 PM ****** Sunday, December 25 - Christmas Day Mass at 10:00 AM Mass***** Vietnamese Mass at Noon Christmas Day ****** Saturday, December 31 - New Year’s Masses****** Eve Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Mass at 4:00 PM ****** Saturday, December 31 - New Year’s Eve Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Mass at 4:00 PM***** Sunday, January 1 - New Year’s Day Mass at 10:00 AM

Sunday, December 18 – Fourth and Last Sunday of Advent. Our Advent wreath is complete today, with all four candles lit, just as the light of Christ is near to breaking in on us later this week when Christmas Day dawns. This week, Nature seems to observe this momentous change with the Winter Solstice, when daylight hours will begin to grow. As John the Baptist observed, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Our final preparations begin and excitement builds as we await the Savior’s birth.

Do to Msgr. Routhier's injury, the Penance Service Sunday afternoon at St Joseph’s is cancelled. Please go to St. Mark's Church on North Avenue for their service from 2 PM to 4 PM. You are invited to take a little time during this busy season of preparation to spend some time with the Lord preparing for His coming. Come and prepare your heart for the coming of the Lord at Christmas!

Today we lay aside purple and penitence to rejoice on Gaudete or Joy Sunday. We are nearing the end of our journey to the Savior’s birth. The priest may wear rose colored vestments and we light the rose candle on our Advent wreath. More light, more anticipating joy. We continue to prepare, cleaning our souls, our hearts, our homes, making ready for the holy babe who is on his way to Bethlehem.

The Cathedral's K of C DeGoesbriand Council #279 will celebrate its 125th anniversary with Mass and a free dinner catered by Bove's Tuesday, December 6. The Mass will be at 5:30 PM. There is no 12:05 PM Mass that day. After Mass, the Knights will serve dinner in the parish hall, and hold a Christmas tree lighting. Please sign up at church for dinner attendance.

You are invited to take a little time during this busy season of preparation to spend some time with the Lord preparing for His coming. Come to join us for a service of Scripture Readings, quiet meditations and reflective Advent music. During this time, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered. Priests from the local area will be available to hear confessions as well. Come and prepare your heart for the coming of the Lord at Christmas!

In our readings from Isaiah, Psalm 72, and St. Paul's Letter to the Romans, we hear promises of harmony, justice, and peace. The Gospel, however, rings with St. John the Baptist's warning: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” - Matthew 3:3