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PASTOR CORNER
December 4th 2022: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENTPREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD We know that the Lord will come, but when? How? Like a thief, says St. Paul: when least expected. Some believe that the Lord is slow to fulfill his promise. It’s just that he is in no hurry but is patiently waiting for all of us to repent; he wants to find us at peace with Him. This approaching Christmas will be the fulfillment of John's prophecy: "I have baptized you with water; but one more powerful than I is coming, and He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Sisters and brothers: 1. Hermits attract the crowds. They are prophets who "proclaim the meaning of human reality" but who also "interpret it." This is what happened with John the Baptist, who was among the people, awakening messianic hopes. John is the voice crying out in the wilderness. The content of his preaching coincides perfectly with Christ's. What is the relationship we find between John and Christ? St. Augustine says it beautifully: "It's the relationship between voice and speech. John is the voice, Christ is the Word; the first is a sound; the second is the speech, the message, the fullness of the truth." 2. The dominant voice on the first Sunday of Advent was: "Watch"; that of the second is "Repent." People wondered after hearing John's preaching: "What should we do?" It's the same question we ask ourselves now, faced with the challenges of an enigmatic world that worries us and requires us to undergo profound changes in our mores. Our world is changing. There is no lack of prophetic voices awakening consciences, but some prefer not to hear while others flee from reflection and from respect for the moral order. When values crumbling, there are still people ask the question again: "What should we do?" 3. A conversion is not a superficial change but a profound renewal. Many times we settle for noticing that something is changing and then we think we have already reformed. We need to make radical decisions! A change of situation is not enough. We need decisions that are the result of a new approach to life, a new way of loving. Advent is the maturation of our hope. It is the conviction that God's salvific coming is imminent. We will assemble the nativity set, light up our streets and squares with colored lights, and enjoy bonuses and candies, but it will only be Christmas if our heart lives in grace and peace with God. The tempting spiral of shopping and gifts has already begun. Consumer society traps us in its net. But is that the Christian preparation for Christmas? Something has to change in Advent 2008! Will it be noticed that we have accepted Christ as a criterion of life, with his attitudes and mentality? Societal changes start in the commitment of the Christian family, and these changes begin in the conversion of the heart of every believer. May God make it so. -Fr. Luta -
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Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Okanogan
Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. (English)
Sunday Mass 10:30 a.m. (Spanish)
Wednesdays Mass 8:00 a.m.
Thursday Mass 8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Friday Mass & Adoration 8:00a.m.
2511 Elmway
Okanogan, WA 98840
(509) 422-5049
Holy Rosary Parish, Tonasket
Saturday Vigil Mass 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sunday Mass 7:30 a.m.
Wednesdays Mass 10:00 a.m.
Fridays (3rd & 4th) Mass 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
S. Whitcomb Ave. & E. 1st St.
Tonasket, WA 98855
(509) 476-2110
Immaculate Conception Parish, Oroville
Sunday Mass 12:30 p.m. (English)
Sunday Mass 2:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Friday (1st & 2nd Fridays) Mass: 7:00 p.m. in Spanish
1715 Main St.
Oroville, WA 98844
(509) 476-2110
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Nuestra Señora del Valle, Okanogan
Domingo 9:00 a.m.: Misa en Inglés
Domingo 10:30 a.m.: Misa en Español
Miércoles 8:00 a.m.: Misa en Inglés
Jueves 8:00 a.m.: Misa en Inglés
Jueves 7:00 p.m.: Misa en Español
Viernes 8:00 a.m.: Misa y Adoración
Sábado 5:00 p.m.: Misa
2511 Elmway
Okanogan, WA 98840
(509) 422-5049
Santo Rosario, Tonasket
Sábado 7:00 p.m.: Misa de Vigilia en Español
Domingo 7:30 a.m.: Misa en Inglés
Miércoles 10:00 a.m.: Misa en Inglés
Viernes (3ro y 4to viernes): Misa en Español 7:00 p.m.
S. Whitcomb Ave. & E. 1st St.
Tonasket, WA 98855
(509) 476-2110
Inmaculada Concepción, Oroville
Domingo 12:30 p.m.: Misa en Inglés
Domingo 2:00 p.m.: Misa en Español
Viernes (1ro y 2do viernes): Misa en Español 7:00 p.m.
1715 Main St.
Oroville, WA 98844
(509) 476-2110
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