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“AN OASIS OF SILENCE, AN OASIS OF PRAYER”
1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT - NOVEMBER 28, 2010
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Lanteri’s
Corner
Spiritual thoughts from
Ven. Bruno Lanteri,
Founder of the
Oblates
of the Virgin Mary.
Three Methods of Meditating Well (continued)
To whom shall I have recourse in order to obtain such
graces?
To the Holy Spirit, who dwells personally in the heart of
the Just One, expressly to procure for us good sentiments,
illuminations, helps, he being ex officio our Sanctifier.
To Jesus Christ, citing to him the name of the mysteries of
his passion, exactly as is done at the end of the litany of the
Saints, so much the more as nothing is closer to his heart than
our salvation, and our sharing in the merits of his passion in
order to obtain from the Eternal Father as much as we want.
To the Eternal Father, citing to him his glory itself, which
results from our sanctification.
One is also able to have recourse to all the Patron Saints,
asking similar graces for ourselves and for others, explaining
our own and others’ needs…
- by Fr. Pio Bruno Lanteri.
Fall Speaker Series:
My Eucharistic Life...balancing
professional and spiritual life.
Our final speaker is scheduled for December 11th. The
Saint Francis Chapel welcomes Doctor Martin Mihm,
M.D., internationally acclaimed physician and expert in
various forms of cancer. Join us for this inspiring and
practical presentation...
...Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two
who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own
brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah"
(which is translated Anointed). Then he brought him to
Jesus… (John 1: 40-41) St. Andrew, November 30
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Sunday, November 28
8:00 AM + Steve Ucali
9:15 AM + Felicisima Cirilos
10:30 AM Joseph Smith
11:45 AM + E. Robert Ross
1:15 PM + Por las almas del Purgatorio
4:00 PM
5:30 PM + Rose Saturno and Salvatore Saturno
Monday, November 29
8:00 AM + Joseph W. Crowley
12:05 PM Timothy Cameron
12:35 PM Claude Broom
4:45 PM + William Bernard
Tuesday, November 30
8:00 AM For the members of the Carr family
12:05 PM + John DiMonda (5th anniversary)
12:35 PM Gabriel Gonzalez (health)
4:45 PM + Áine Greenhalgh
Wednesday, December 1
8:00 AM + Edward G. Picardi
12:05 PM + Teresa Nguyen Thi Sú
12:35 PM Manuel V. Morais
4:45 PM For the intentions of the Blessed Virgin
DECEMBER 10-12, 2010
Young Adults’ Advent Retreat
Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Jesus
William Brown, OMV and Jeremy Paulin, OMV
Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, Biddeford, Maine
For more information or to make reservations, please call
Richard McKinney, (617) 536-4141,
omv.office@verizon.net
Cost: $135.00
Arrival: 6:30 PM / Friday Departure: 1:00 PM Sunday
Thursday, December 2
8:00 AM Meredith Paul
12:05 PM Mary Willerer
12:35 PM Special intention
4:45 PM Intentions of Celsa Perez
Friday, December 3
8:00 AM + Philip, Genevieve, and Wilfred
12:05 PM + Teresa Nguyen Thi Sú
12:35 PM Anita Crovo
4:45 PM + For all deceased priests
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Saturday, December 4
9:00 AM + Souls in Purgatory
12:00 Noon + Paul Vincent Casey ( 7th anniversary)
4:00 PM + Bridget and James Riordan
5:30 PM + Anne Zenyan Fisher
7:00 PM + Armando Antonio Simona Fioreli
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St. Joseph’s Retreat House
Staffed by the Oblates of the Virgin Mary
Conveniently located south of Boston...the retreat house
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convenience…(617) 698-6785
St. Joseph’s Retreat House
65 Father Carney Dr. Milton, MA 02186
Discerning the Will of God
Weekend Seminar
Fr. Tim Gallagher, OMV
January 15 and 16, 2011 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Saint Clement’s Upper Room
$35 ($25 student)
For more information call Carol at:
(617) 266-5999 ext 130

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Pope Benedict XVI: What Are We Waiting For?
Highlights Mary's Example as the
"Woman of Advent"
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Advent
is a season of waiting, says Benedict XVI, and a time to
ask ourselves what we are hoping for, what our heart
are longing for.
The Pope stated this today in an address before praying
the midday Angelus together with those gathered in St.
Peter's Square.
He noted today's beginning of Advent, the season that
looks both "to the first coming of the Son of God, when
he was born of the Virgin Mary, and to his glorious
return, when he will come to judge the living and the
dead."
The Pontiff proposed a reflection on this theme of
"waiting," noting that "it involves a profoundly human
reality in which the faith becomes, so to say, completely
one with our flesh and our heart."
"Our whole personal, familial and social existence
passes through this dimension of waiting," he noted.
"Waiting is something that is present in a 1,000
situations, from the smallest and most banal to the most
important, which draw us in completely and in the
deepest way."
For example, the Holy Father said, "we think of a
husband and wife waiting for a child; of waiting for a
relative or friend who is coming from far away to visit
us; we think of a young person waiting to know his
grade on a major exam or the outcome of a job
interview; in romantic relationships, of waiting to meet
Intentions of Pope Benedict XVI
the beloved person, of waiting for a letter, or of receiving
forgiveness."
"One could say that man is alive so long as he waits, so
long as hope is alive in his heart," he affirmed.
Reflection
Benedict XVI continued: "Everyone of us, therefore,
especially in this season in which we prepare for
Christmas, can ask himself: What am I waiting for?
"For what, in this moment of my life, does my heart
long?"
He added: "And this same question can be posed at the
level of the family, of the community, of the nation.
"What are we waiting for, together? What unifies our
aspirations, what do they have in common?"
Pointing to the example of Mary, the Pope acknowledged
that "in her heart the longing for the Savior was so great,
her faith and hope were so ardent, that he was able to find
in her a worthy mother."
He added, "After all, God himself had prepared her before
all time."
"There is a mysterious correspondence between the
waiting for God and the waiting for Mary," the Pope
affirmed, "the creature 'full of grace,' totally transparent to
the plan of love of the Most High."
He concluded, "Let us learn from her, the woman of
Advent, to live with a new spirit in our daily gestures,
with the sentiment of a profound expectation that only the
coming of God can fulfill."
November, 2010
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Oblates of the Virgin Mary
El Papa afirma que la esperanza da vida al hombre
Durante el Ángelus en
la Plaza de San Pedro
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, domingo 28 de noviembre de 2010
(ZENIT.org).- “Esperar” es “una dimensión que atraviesa
toda la existencia personal, familiar y social” de hombre, y
esta esperanza “es la vida” de la persona, afirmó el Papa
Benedicto XVI, durante el rezo del Ángelus de este primer
domingo de Adviento.
Desde la ventana de su estudio del Palacio Apostólico, el
Papa se dirigió a los fieles que le esperaban, como cada
domingo, en la Plaza de San Pedro para el rezo del Ángelus,
recordándoles el sentido del tiempo litúrgico que acaba de
empezar para toda la Iglesia.
Con el nuevo año litúrgico, afirmó, la Iglesia emprende “un
nuevo camino de fe que, por una parte, hace memoria del
acontecimiento de Jesucristo, y por otra, se abre a su
cumplimiento final”.
“Es precisamente desde esta doble perspectiva de donde
vive el Tiempo de Adviento, mirando tanto a la primera
venida del Hijo de Dios, cuando nació de la Virgen María,
como a su vuelta gloriosa, cuando vendrá a “juzgar a vivos
y muertos”, como decimos en el Credo”.
El Papa quiso centrar su reflexión en el “sugestivo tema de
la espera”, una actitud, subrayó, profundamente humana,
“en el que la fe se convierte, por así decirlo, en un todo con
nuestra carne y nuestro corazón”.
Esperar es algo que pertenece a la existencia humana,
explicó el Papa, y que “está presente en mil situaciones,
desde las más pequeñas y banales hasta las más
importantes, que nos implican totalmente y en lo profundo”.
Por ejemplo, “la espera de un hijo por parte de dos
esposos; a la de un pariente o de un amigo que viene a
visitarnos de lejos”; la de un joven “en un examen decisivo,
o de una entrevista de trabajo”, o en las relaciones
afectivas, “en la espera del encuentro con la persona
amada”.
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“Se podría decir que el hombre está vivo mientras espera,
mientras en su corazón está viva la esperanza”.
Otra de las implicaciones de la espera, apuntó el Papa, es
que “dan a conocer” a la persona: “nuestra 'estatura' moral
y espiritual se puede medir por lo que esperamos, por
aquello en lo que esperamos”.
Por ello, invitó a los fieles a “preguntarse: yo, ¿qué espero?
¿A qué, en este momento de mi vida, está dirigido mi
corazón? Y esta misma pregunta se puede plantear a nivel
de familia, de comunidad, de nación”.
“En el tiempo precedente al nacimiento de Jesús, era
fortísima en Israel la espera del Mesías, es decir, de un
Consagrado, descendiente del rey David, que habría
finalmente liberado al pueblo de toda exclavitud moral y
política e instaurado el Reino de Dios. Pero nadie habría
nunca imaginado que el Mesías pudiese nacer de una joven
humilde como era María, prometida del justo José”.
“Tampoco ella lo habría esperado nunca, pero en su corazón
la espera del Salvador era tan grande, su fe y su esperanza
eran tan ardientes, que Él pudo encontrar en ella una
madre digna”, añadió el Papa.
Por ello, se despidió de los presentes exhortándoles a
aprender de la Virgen, “Mujer del Adviento, a gestionar los
gestos cotidianos con un espíritu nuevo, con el sentimiento
de una espera profunda, que solo la venida de Dios puede
colmar”.

Oblates of the Virgin Mary—USA
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Fr. Bruno
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(1759-1830)
The Founder
of the
Oblates of the Virgin Mary.
Declared “Venerable” -
the first step to
Sainthood.
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