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4th Sunday of Ordinary Time

1/27/2023

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Please pray!
Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work has begun. Planned completion date – April 4, 2023
Organ – Planned Completion Date – March 2023. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

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St. Paul
white and yellow
Jesus resurrection
Mother Theresa
Confession at least once a year
The Swiss guards
St. Frances
Chasable
Matthew
Pyx
50 days
7 statements
Saint Anthony
Moses
November 2
Simon
Theology
Purple
Matthias
Ecumenism
Parables
John Paul II
The wounds of Jesus (St. Frances and Padre Pio received them)
Zaccheus
Canon Law
Men dedicated to serve the Church and to help with vocations
The Sanctuary Lamp
Christopher Columbus
Monstrance
Miter
The church
Basilica
Manna
Jesus The Nazariun King of the Jews
Mount Nebo
Crossier
The Trinity
Alleluiah
He was a carpenter
Jerusalem
Genesis
The Angelus
Michaelangelo
lay people following the religious community
Pectoral
1858

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3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

1/22/2023

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Please pray

For single men and women who are alone, lonely, maybe unsure of their vocation.
For parishioners with family members in the hospital or otherwise ill.
For the souls of family members and Basilica Parishioners memorialized on plaques and pews in our Church.
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
For the needs and intentions of Bishops Emeritus, Galeone and Estevez.

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work has begun. Planned completion date – April 4, 2023
Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

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Catholic Trivia!

What future apostle stood by watching the stoning of the Church's first martyr, Stephen?
what colors are papal flag?
What station has been added recently to the Way of the Cross?
Who is the inspiring sister who won the Nobel Peace prize for her work with the poor of India?
What does "Easter duty" mean?
Who are the men in colorful costumes who have been responsible for the personal safety of the pope since 1506?
Who is the saint who supposedly tamed a wild wolf?
What is the name of the large, colored vestment the priest wears for mass?
Which is the longest of the four Gospels?
What is the name of the small, round container that is used to bring consecrated hosts to the sick
How many days after Easter does Pentecost occur?
According to the Gospel, how many times did Jesus speak when he was on the cross?
Which saint is petitioned in order to find a lost object?
What man of God had so radiant a face after conversing with God that the people feared him?
On what day do Catholics remember and pray especially for those who have died?
What was St. Peter's name before Jesus changed it?
What is the study of the nature of God and religious truth called?
What color vestment do priests wear during Advent and Lent?
What apostle replaced Judas?
What is the movement among Christian Churches to become united?
What are short stories Jesus used to teach and reveal religious truths?
Who was both the first non-Italian pope since 1523 and the first Polish pope?
What is a stigmata?
Who climbed a tree to see Jesus?
What is the name for the body of laws that govern the Church?
Who are the knights of Columbus?
What is the sign in a church that the Blessed Sacrament is reserved there?
Which famous Catholic explorer's ship was named Santa Maria after the Blessed Virgin Mary?
What is the vessel called that is used to expose the Sacred Host for adoration?
What is the ceremonial hat of a bishop called?
What is Noah's ark a symbol of?
What is the title bestowed on a Roman Catholic Church because of its age or importance?
What is the name of the unleavened bread used at the time of Jewish Passover?
What do the letters at the top of a crucifix mean?
Where did Moses die?
What is the staff used by a bishop as a symbol of office?
The shamrock is a symbol of what mystery?
What is the favorite word of the Church used especially during the Easter Season?
What are tools a symbol of St. Joseph?
What is another name for the "city of David"?
In what book of the Bible is the story of Abraham found?
What prayer containing three Hail Marys is prayed in honor of the Incarnation?
Who is the artist who painted the famous scenes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
What are third orders?
What is the cross worn by a bishop or abbot?
In what year did Mary appear to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, France

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Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

1/13/2023

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Please pray

For the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Pell, and Fr. Tom Sullivan
For Seniors who are alone and lonely.
For the souls of family members and Basilica Parishioners memorialized on plaques and pews in our Church.
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
For the intentions of Bishop Eric.

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work has begun. Planned completion date – April 4, 2023
Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support. We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations. Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!

Please remember, we still need parishioners & ‘Friends of the Basilica’ to give during the Sunday Collection in person or online. Special projects are important, but so are lights, AC, staff, etc.

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Catholics in Ireland
Father O’Reilly told his congregation, “Anyone who has a special need and wants to be prayed over, please come forward.” So, Seamus got in line and when it was his turn, Father O’Reilly asked, “Seamus, what is your special need?” Seamus replied, “Father, I need you to pray for help with my hearing.” So, the priest put his hands on Seamus’s ears and then prayed and prayed and prayed with the whole congregation joining with great enthusiasm. After a few minutes, Father O’Reilly removed his hands, stood back and asked, “Seamus, how is your hearing?” Seamus replied, “I don’t know. It ain’t ’til next week.”
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Maggie never went to church. She always promised to go but never did. Father Sullivan was astounded when she suddenly showed up for Sunday service. Thereafter Maggie was there every Sunday. Three months later the pastor asked her, “What happened to you? You always dodged church and now it looks like you can't get enough?" Maggie replied, “It's this new car of mine, they told me the warranty will lapse if I miss even one service!”
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Sister Mary asked her students, "Does anyone know what we mean by sins of omission?" Paddy replied, "Aren't those the sins we could have committed, and now regret that we didn’t?”

Young Danny was waiting outside the grocery store while his mother shopped. While he was waiting, he was approached by a man who asked him, “Son, can you tell me where the Post Office is?” Danny replied, “Just go straight down this street a couple of blocks and turn to your right.” The man thanked the boy kindly and said, “By the way, I’m Father Sullivan, the new pastor at St. Kevin's. I’d like for you to come to church on Sunday. I’ll show you how to get to Heaven.” Danny replied, “Right, you must be joking. You don’t even know the way to the Post Office!”
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Erin told Mick, “If you don't stop snoring, I'm going to toss you out on your ear!” Mick asked, “Does it upset you that much?” Erin replied, “It’s not just me, it annoys the entire congregation.”

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Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord

1/6/2023

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Please pray

In thanksgiving for blessings received in 2022
For the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict XVI
For the innocent who find themselves victims of war
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For the souls of Parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ memorialized throughout the Church
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work begins this month, very very soon. Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows. Two of the new stained glass windows (Holy Spirit & Eucharistic Cup) are on display in the Parish Office.
Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

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Fun New Year Resolutions:

Make vanilla pudding, put it in a mayonnaise jar and eat in public.
Hire two P.I.’s and get them to follow each other!
Get into a crowded elevator. Wait until door closes, say, “I am really sorry, can anyone smell it yet”?
Run into a store, ask what year it is… when they answer, joyously exclaim “it worked”, and run out!
Buy a parrot, teach parrot to say “help, I’ve been turned into a parrot”!

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Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

1/2/2023

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Please pray

In thanksgiving for blessings received in 2022
In thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Pope Benedict XVI
For those who enter this new year with fear and anxiety
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work begins in January. (Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows)
Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

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A young boy celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. His older brother, Noah, was asked to help his brother carry them in. “I could,” he said, “but I’d prefer not to.” Spotting a teaching moment, we asked Noah, “What would Jesus do?” Noah answered, “Jesus would heal him so he could carry his own cupcakes.”

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Feast of the Nativity of Jesus

12/22/2022

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Merry Christmas

Please pray

In thanksgiving for blessings received during Advent
In thanksgiving for family reconciliations over Christmas
For those who are alone during this season of Christmas
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work begins in January. (Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows)
Organ – Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Work completed. Fundraising continues.

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Legend has it that in 1670, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany handed out sugar sticks among his young singers to keep them quiet during the long Living Creche ceremony. In honor of the occasion, he had the candies bent into shepherds' crooks.

In 1847, a German-Swedish immigrant named August Imgard of Wooster, Ohio, decorated a small blue spruce with paper ornaments and candy canes. It wasn't until the turn of the century that the red and white stripes and peppermint flavors became the norm.

In Indiana, a candy maker wanted to make a candy that could be a reminder of Jesus Christ, so he made the Christmas candy cane. He started off with a stick of pure white hard candy. The white color symbolized the virgin birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and the hard candy symbolized the solid rock which was the foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God.

The candy maker made the candy in the form of a J, which represented the name of Jesus and the staff of the Good Shepherds. He then stained it with three stripes which showed the scourging Jesus received, and symbolized the blood shed by Christ on the cross. When you break the cane, it reminds us that Jesus' body was broken for us.

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4th Sunday of Advent

12/17/2022

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Please pray

For Parish Families who might be suffering during the ‘Holidays’
For those without warm shelter during the cold nights
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work begins in January. (Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows)
Organ – New Console has arrived and sounds nice (without pipes) Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.

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Are things getting intense or stressful for you? Maybe you should try singing this version of ‘Let it Snow, Let it Snow’! You might find it helps to take the edge off.

Oh the weather inside is frightful,
But the fire of faith is so delightful,
And since I’ve got no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
the stress is enough to keep me hopping,
Lord my batteries are running low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally say goodnight,
How I'll hate getting up in the morn!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All through the trials I'll be warm.

The fire of faith is growing,
And, my Lord, your peace is abiding,
and as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

For those of you with weak memories, or little time, it also works to just say ‘let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’!

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3rd Sunday of Advent

12/8/2022

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Please pray

For Parish Families who might be suffering during the ‘Holidays’
For those without warm shelter during the cold nights
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
In Thanksgiving for a great celebration of the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception with Bishop Eric

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – Work begins in January. (Please pray for the timely completion of our Stained Glass windows)
Organ – New Console has arrived and sounds nice (without pipes) Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.

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2nd Sunday of Advent

12/3/2022

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Please pray

For Parish Families who might be suffering during the ‘Holidays’
For those without warm shelter during the cold nights
For those listed in the bulletin, who asked for our prayers
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
In Thanksgiving for a great celebration at the Pipes of Praise Concert & Reception

The main Eucharistic Celebration for the Parish Feast / Holy Day will be with Bishop Eric at 7 pm
Candlelight Rosary in the courtyard will precede Mass, at 6:15 pm
Confessions will be heard prior to Mass, from 6 – 7 pm
Reception & Fellowship in the Courtyard / Leon Hall after Mass, 8 – 9 pm
There will also be Masses at 7:15 am and Noon, for those who cannot come to the evening Mass with the Bishop

Renovation & Repair – Updates:

Adoration Chapel – We are in the final stages of preparation for work to begin in January.
Organ – New Console has arrived and sounds nice (without pipes) Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite. Fundraising continues.
Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.

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Little 'Life Hacks'

Never lend any amount of money you can’t afford to be a gift.
If you are on a road trip with young kids…and they have to use the bathroom…stop at a hotel rather than a gas station, restaurant, etc. You can park right at the (often covered) front door of the hotel and use the lobby bathrooms which are usually empty and almost always clean.
The tag on a fitted sheet goes bottom left. So instead of trying to figure out long and short side, and always get it wrong and have to rotate sheet….just look for tag and put it bottom left or top right.
Don’t wait for your hard boiled eggs to cool completely after boiling. Put them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator while still warm. The moisture in the bag makes them much easier to peel.
If you 'hate' everyone, eat a snack. If you think everyone hates you, take a nap
Proofread your own writing sentence by sentence backwards. That way your brain doesn’t infer what you actually meant to write and you’re more likely to catch your errors!

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First Sunday of Advent

11/25/2022

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Please pray

For Bishop Estevez, recovering from surgery
For Parish Families who might be suffering during the ‘Holidays’
For those without warm shelter during these cold nights
For those listed in the bulletin, who need our prayers.
For benefactors who are ‘Friends of the Basilica’
For our Capital Campaign: Bold Faith. Bold City, Phase 2 Organ Restoration and Repair

Do you need the parish community to pray for your intentions?
                  Email office@icjax.org and let us know.

Readings for this weekend are here
Bulletin for this week is attached or viewable online here
Worship Aids / Homilies are posted online:

Renovation & Repair – Updates:
Adoration Chapel – We are in the final stages of preparation for work to begin in January.

Organ – New Console has arrived and sounds nice (without pipes) Pipes have been removed to be cleaned and prepped offsite.

Rectory / Office – Fundraising continues.

Thank you to parishioners and ‘Friends of the Basilica’ for your continued material and prayerful support.  We benefit from the sacrifices, prayers, and material support of past generations.  Future generations of Catholics will benefit from yours!

Please remember, we still need parishioners & ‘Friends of the Basilica’ to give during the Sunday Collection in person or online. Special projects are important, but so are lights, AC, staff, etc.

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