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Advent at OLIH

Reveal Your Presence, Lord.

Are you ready? These last few weeks we have been hearing that we need to be ready, to be prepared. If Jesus were to appear today and separate the goats and the sheep which side would you be on? How have you cared for others this past year? How have you tended to your relationship with God?

2020 has been a tough year, one that many want to put behind us. Some people ask if 2020 is the apocalypse, the end of life as we know it? An apocalypse is an event of great destruction; it is also the Greek word for Revelation.  A revelation is an unveiling, a making known something that was hidden before.  After the derecho in August a friend posted a picture of a sunset from her home, she had never seen the sunset from her house before because of so many trees. The sunset had always been there it was just blocked from her view. Sometimes these events of great destruction are clearing a path, revealing something that was hidden before. Through all the bizarre events of 2020 we may be experiencing an apocalypse, the end of life as we knew it, as calendars were cleared and people were sent into isolation with their family unit. 2020 has challenged us to experience life differently, to have our eyes, ears, hearts, and lives opened in new ways. Although many are tired of hearing “new normal” we can see that 2020 has changed our lives in ways we may never have wanted, nor expected, and that every day brings with it a “new normal” way of living.

This Advent, may we spend time looking back over this year with 20/20 hindsight while we open our eyes, ears, hearts, and lives to allow God to reveal Himself to us.

At Home materials available:

OLIH very own: Reveal Your Presence, Lord - available in print and online blog format

AND - Reveal Your Presence, Lord: Family Activity & Prayer Journal for Advent
Pick up at OLIH or print yours at home.

Little Blue Book - limited amount available at OLIH, or go online and purchase in ebook ($4) or download the app and for $10/year you have access to all their seasonal devotionals.

The Word Among Us - limited amount available at OLIH, or download the app and have The Word Among Us at your fingertips for just $1.99/month

Dynamic Catholic is again offering the Best Advent Ever: Let Your Soul Shine - Sign up for free daily emails!

FORMED.org - see the image below for the “Pick of the Week.” Watch, Learn, and Listen your way through Advent!

Not signed up for FORMED yet? It’s easy to do - click on “sign in,” then “Sign up as a Parishioner,” and then type out Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.

Events:

Local Online - join one, or all three!

Advent Evening Retreat: Hope in the Midst of the Imperfect Thursday, December 3, 6-8pm, via ZOOM
with Emmaus House
Register: For ZOOM link
Cost: $15
Facilitator: Kevin O’Donnell

Contemplative Music Service: Creating Sacred Space
Thursday, December 10, 7-8pm, via ZOOM
with Emmaus House
Register: For ZOOM link
Cost: $10
Musician: Steve Dressel

Praying with Scripture: “May it be done to me”
Thursday, December 17, 7-8pm, on ZOOM
Register: For ZOOM link
Facilitator: Patty Mayer

Online - Advent Retreats

Rejoice! Advent Meditation with the Holy Family (with Ascension Press)
Sunday, November 29 through Christmas
From Ascension Press:
Purchase book in parish office $5.00
Find Videos Here

“We Are Not Alone” Online Ignatian Advent Retreat
From the author of Busy Lives, Restless Souls – our 2019 Christmas book
Sunday, November 29 through Sunday, December 27
Register online: Here
Cost online: $39.95
Facilitator: Becky Eldredge & team

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

To prepare:
Examination of Conscience/Awakening of Contrition

There will not be a communal service this year. Fr Michael and Fr James will be available for individual reconciliation times every week.

Times for Reconciliation coming soon!

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