Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Parish in Boston

Christmas Celebrations Schedule at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel;s Parish

glaf@hotmail.com (Gaspard Lafalaise) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 03:19:04 GMT

The 2023 Christmas Celebrations Schedule at St. Angela's Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Parish

ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, WE WILL HAVE Masses of the 4th Sunday of Advent at the usual schedule. But we will not have the 4pm Christmas Vigil mass on Sunday/Christmas Eve this year. We will have a BILINGUAL MIDNIGHT MASS, of course at midnight.
On Monday, the 25th of December, we will have masses at the regular hours: 7am, 9am, 11am, and 1pm.

The 2023 Teens/Kids Christmas Party

glaf@hotmail.com (Gaspard Lafalaise) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:39:08 GMT

The Young Messengers Parish Youth Invites You To The 2023 Kids Christmas Party in Mattapan

OUR YOUTHS AND CHILDREN INVITE US To participate in their special Christmas party on Saturday, December 23 beginning 5:30pm in the hall of the church. Admission $10. More information will come.

From The Pastor's Desk | Second of Advent

glaf@hotmail.com (Gaspard Lafalaise) — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 02:05:34 GMT

Weekly Letter from the desk of our pastor

FROM THE PASTOR’ DESK

THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Welcome to our parish website!
It is December, ‘the month of months,‘ the most wonderful time of the year, ; as we sing. We see heavy traffic. Everybody is busy. People are nervous. There are holiday cards to send, gifts to purchase, special foods to prepare, and decorations to be done. It is very easy to get caught up in this fever and to forget what is essential to celebrate Christmas.

It seems to me that John the Baptist breaks in on purpose on this second weekend of Advent to remind us of what is truly worth it. The Church calls John the Precursor because he was the one to open the door to Jesus and to introduce him to his mission of salvation. John’s life was fueled by one burning passion: to point others not to himself but to Jesus and to the coming of his kingdom. John does not invite us to be clothed like him and to follow his diet. But he does invite us to live the right way to welcome the era of the ‘New Coming of Jesus’. John the Baptist invites us to go to what is essential in our lives that we may not miss the boat, the encounter with our Lord. For, the essential is not what we eat, what we wear, or what we possess. Christmas is not only about shopping or carols or decorations. Christmas is first about our readiness to welcome the One who is coming. It is about our love for God and our neighbor and the way to live it more concretely today. Christmas is about nourishing our spiritual and inner life. For, not only does the Lord come to be close to us, but he wants to be our ‘Emmanuel’ 'God with us’ and in us that we may not be alone on the way. As we prepare to make everything new and beautiful to celebrate Christmas, may we also prepare a place in our hearts for Jesus so that we may joyfully welcome and proclaim the ‘reason for the season’!

Have a good week and a good Advent season!

Fr. Breneville

Mobile Giving | Parish Zelle

glaf@hotmail.com (Gaspard Lafalaise) — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 02:14:47 GMT

OLMC PARISH ZELLE NUMBER IS 617 922 9860

OUR NEW ZELLE NUMBER IS 617-922-9860 . Use it at your convenience to help our parish community move forward financially.

MARIAN DEVOTION: Divine Praises for the Blessed

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:36:39 GMT

Mother of God

Let us offer praise and thanksgiving to the most holy Trinity who has shown us the virgin Mary, clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars, for ever and ever.

Amen .

Let us praise and thank the divine father who elected her for his daughter.
Amen .
/Our Father/.

Praised be the divine father who chose her to be the mother of his
divine son.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine father who endowed her so richly with his grace.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine father who adorned her at her birth with his most excellent gifts.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine father who gave her St. Joseph to be her companion and most chaste spouse.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.
/Glory be/.

Let us praise and thank the divine son who chose her for his mother.
Amen .
/Our Father/.

Praised be the divine son who became incarnate in her bosom and there abode for nine months.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine son who was born of her and was nourished at her breast.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine son who in his childhood willed to be taught by her.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the divine son who revealed to her the mystery of the redemption of the world.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.
/Glory be/.

Let us praise and thank the Holy Spirit who took her for his spouse.
Amen .
/Our Father/.

Praised be the Holy Spirit who revealed first to her his name of Holy Spirit.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the Holy Spirit by whose operation she was at once virgin and
mother.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the Holy Spirit by whose power she was the living temple of
the ever-blessed Trinity.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.

Praised be the Holy Spirit by whom she was exalted in heaven above every living creature.
Amen .
/Hail Mary/.
/Glory be/.

SUGGESTIONS:

Marian Praises in French and Latin: "Les Louanges Mariales".

From The Pastor's Desk: The Weekly Letters from Rev. Garcia Breneville.

PRAYERS: Triduum Prayers at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:36:30 GMT

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PRAYERS: Triduum Prayers at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Parish

The schedule of Triduum prayers at Our lady of Mt. Carmel's parish are regularly posted at the weekly parish bulletins and on the parish web and social sites online.

The word "triduum" comes from the Latin word triduum, which comes from tris (“three”) + dies (“day”).

THE SACRED TRIDUUM

Sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday is considered the most solemn part of the liturgical year. This three-day period is referred to as the Easter Triduum, also known as the Sacred Triduum, or Paschal Triduum.

Basically, the Sacred Triduum is one great festival recounting the last three days of Jesus' life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection, when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins.

" Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery. "

( USCCB ).

Streaming of the Holy Mass | Read | Stream | Watch

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:42 GMT

The Daily Liturgy and Streaming of the Holy Mass | Listen | Read | Stream | Watch at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Parish Website

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2023 OLMC Parish Christmas and Fundraising Gala in Mattapan

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:41 GMT

SAVE THE DATE: OUR CHRISTMAS GALA Which is also our annual fundraising event, is scheduled for Saturday December 9 in the church hall.

The participation fee is $ 50. The funds collected will serve to restore the hall of the church.

The tickets will come soon.

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Contact the parish office during office hours.

Have a very blessed day in our Lord and Savior, Jesus-Christ!

SACRAMENT | Baptizing Your Child in Mattapan-Dorchester, MA

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:40 GMT

By Baptism, we become members of the Church, the Body of Christ.

Parents are invited to contact our parish office to make arrangement for their child baptism in the Catholic Church.

All adults who are not yet baptized, or who have not yet made their First Holy Communion or Confirmation are invited to participate in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) program. They can call the parish office during offices.

Call our parish office during office hours for an appointment with one of our priests at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's Parish.

Baptism and Christian Initiation

By Baptism, we become members of the Church, the Body of Christ.

The origin and foundation of Christian Baptism is Jesus. Before starting his public ministry, Jesus submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. The waters did not purify him; he cleansed the waters. . . . Jesus did not need to be baptized because he was totally faithful to the will of his Father and free from sin. However, he wanted to show his solidarity with human beings in order to reconcile them with the Father. By commanding his disciples to baptize all nations, he established the means by which people would die to sin – Original and actual – and begin to live a new life with God.

In Baptism, the Holy Spirit moves us to answer Christ's call to holiness. In Baptism, we are asked to walk by the light of Christ and to trust in his wisdom. We are invited to submit our hearts to Christ with ever-deeper love.

Learn more.

Monthly Devotion To Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Mattapan

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:39 GMT

EVERY 16 0F THE MONTH WE CELEBRATE OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL. That will be this month on the 16th of this month starting at 7pm in Haitian Creole and French.

Bring with you your booklet ‘Salve Regina’ as well as your scapular.

FROM THE PASTOR’ DESK - Putting Oil In Our Lamps

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:38 GMT

FROM THE PASTOR’ DESK - PUTTING OIL IN OUR LAMPS

Welcome to our updated parish website!

This year again, All Saints and All Souls’ celebrations attracted many parishioners. They did not forget that All Saints Day is still a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church. All Souls’ celebration has always been a celebration of healing and fervent prayers. The 7pm mass was well attended as if it were a 1pm Sunday mass. The ceremony of the lights during the mass was particularly moving and beautiful. I thank and congratulate everyone for their presence and active participation as we continue to move forward to a better experience of parish liturgy.

In this weekend’s parable ten virgins were expecting the bridegroom’s return. Five of them, called foolish, came with no oil in their lamps; the other five brought with them some flasks of oil. Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. The gospel does not say that the foolish virgins fell asleep while the wise virgins were vigilant but ‘they all fell asleep.’ Therefore, what made the other five so wise was they brought oil for their lamps. We, Christ’s disciples, expecting our master’s return, we often fall asleep like those ten virgins. Although baptized Christians, we are still living our weakness and sinfulness. As St Paul explains, we want but we can’t. We are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. And yet our life is not that inspiring. We all are sleepers on the way. We need help and healing like everyone. But our greatest wisdom is that we come to the right place to get it. Pope Francis likes to compare the Church to a true hospital where Christ, the greatest Physician ever takes great pleasure in touching, healing, and saving us. As we live in Christ’s discipleship, praying and spreading the love, we put oil in our lamps and let God’s strength overcome our failings.

Have a good week !

Fr. Breneville

Holy God, we praise Thy Name

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:37 GMT

Hear | Learn | Practice [ at the updated OLMC parish website]

Holy God, we praise Thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy sceptre claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.
Lo! the Apostolic train
Join the Sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.
Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.
Thou art King of glory, Christ:
Son of God, yet born of Mary;
For us sinners sacrificed,
And to death a Tributary:
First to break the bars of death,
Thou hast opened Heaven to faith.
From Thy high celestial home,
Judge of all, again returning,
We believe that Thou shalt come
In the dreaded doomsday morning;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth,
And the startled dead come forth.
Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy Precious Blood out-poured,
Thou hast saved from Satan's scheming.
Give to them eternal rest
In the glory of the blest.
Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
Never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee;
Never, Lord, abandon me.

One Bread, One Body| by John Foley, SJ

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:23:36 GMT

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One bread, one body, one Lord of all.
One cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the Earth
We are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew
Servant or free
Woman or man
No more.

One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
One cup of blessing which we bless
And we, though many, throughout the Earth
We are one body in this one Lord.

Many the gifts,
many the works
One in the Lord
Of all.

One bread, one body, one Lord of all
One cup of blessing which we bless
And we, though many, throughout the Earth
We are one body in this one Lord.

We are one body in this one Lord.

Retrieve your hidden treasure

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:48:38 GMT

Faith Focus for the Week

Have I kept any of my gifts hidden for a long time? How might God’s care shine through them if brought out into the light to share with others?

There once was a woman who had been gifted throughout her life with lovely jewelry. Some pieces were family heirlooms. Some of the jewelry came as gifts to mark special occasions. Other pieces she had purchased for herself on her travels. She owned pearls from Japan and glass beads from Venice, silver from Spain and emeralds from Colombia. She had necklaces and brooches, bracelets and earrings and rings.

But as she aged, the woman wore less jewelry. She kept her jewels locked in a safe-deposit box. One day, while at the bank to stash a document in her lockbox, the woman opened the velvet pouches and examined her jewelry.

In her, something shifted. The woman realized that in the dark metal box at the bank, the precious stones did not catch the light and send it winking into the world. Nobody delighted in looking upon those hidden gems — bits of God’s wondrous creation. In the pitch dark of the vault, the precious metals did not gleam in the sunlight or catch the moonlight rays.

The woman removed the jewelry from the lockbox and took it home with her. When her granddaughter graduated from high school, she gave the young woman her emerald earrings. When a niece was married, she gifted the bride with something blue: her sapphire bracelet. Little pleased the woman more than seeing her grandmother’s gold locket adorning her daughter’s neck. And the pearls that the lady hadn’t worn in years — the same necklace locked in the dark vault for years — was worn daily with enormous joy by a dear friend who had never had a trove of her own.

The Catholic steward does not hoard his or her treasures. The steward understands that when we hide our precious gifts, we prevent them from taking their rightful place in the Kingdom.

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November 19, 2023

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:48:38 GMT

Mt 25:14-30

Jesus continues his teaching about the coming of the Son of Man. The parable of the talents is specifically concerned with the judgment, the moment the master returns to find that two of his servants have invested and doubled all he gave them while the third did nothing. So, it is in the preparation for Jesus’ return. The preparation must be constant, intense and full of fruitful action.

Show us the way out of hiding to life and living focused on what is and what is to come.

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Mercy always pierces evil

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:48:37 GMT

“Mercy always appeals to the goodness of each person, even though it be dormant and numbed. Far from bringing destruction, as we so often desire or want to bring about ourselves, mercy seeks to transform each situation from within. Herein lies the mystery of divine mercy. It seeks and invites us to conversion, it invites us to repentance; it invites us to see the damage being done at every level. Mercy always pierces evil in order to transform it.” — Pope Francis

Reflection : Who or what has invited you to see your own goodness in the recent past? Do you tend to look for the goodness or the faults of people you interact with on a regular basis? Take a few minutes to rest in the mystery of divine mercy and allow God’s mercy to well up within you then flow through you in addressing damage in your corner of the world.

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Holy family meal

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:48:35 GMT

The Mass is a unique and marvelous sacrifice. It is the mystical reality in which Christ’s sacrifice on the cross is renewed. The Mass is also a sacred banquet where together as the Church family we fulfill Jesus’ command at the Last Supper to “Do this in memory of me.” In many ways, the liturgy is similar to (but certainly more than) a family meal. It may help children to think about Mass as a “holy meal.”

Before we sit down to eat together as a family, we usually wash up and get ready. That is similar to what we do when we enter the church and bless ourselves with holy water. The holy water is a reminder of our baptism in which we were “washed clean” of sin in order to be able to share the Eucharist.

As families gather around the table, we hear about the important news of the day. We do the same thing at Mass when we listen to the readings, especially the Gospel (the Good News), and say the opening prayers. This helps us prepare our hearts for the rest of the Eucharistic meal.

In most homes, dinnertime is a time to talk as a family, to bring up issues that are important to the family as a whole. In some ways, this is what the priest is doing when he preaches the homily. He discusses aspects of our faith life and provides practical applications for living our beliefs after we leave the table of the Lord.

Of course, without food there would be no dinner, and without bread and wine there would be no Eucharist, so at Mass we bring up the sacred gifts to the altar just as we bring the food from the kitchen to the dining room table.

Before our family starts to eat, we say grace. Praying the Lord’s Prayer and extending the kiss of peace is our Church’s family’s grace, a way to connect and be present to each other. Jesus commanded us to “take and eat.” During Communion, we, as an entire Church family, do that when we share the Body and Blood of Christ. We all eat the same food and the same drink, in the same way as families do at home, only this food and drink, instead of merely nourishing the body, provides nourishment for our souls. We receive the real and true presence of the risen Jesus in the Eucharist, and we look to our eternal life with Christ at the heavenly banquet.

Finally, once our family dinner is complete, each of us leave to go about our separate activities. At Mass, the same thing occurs after the dismissal and final blessing, when we “go forth” to “announce the Gospel of the Lord.”

When we look at Mass as sharing a holy meal with our beloved brother Jesus and the rest of our Church family, we can come to understand that it is truly “in the breaking of the bread that we come to know him.”

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