Saint John Chapel Bulletin
1397 Brick Church Rd.
Bland, Missouri 65014
(Highway P and Brick Church Road)
December 7, 2025
Advent
Sunday, Dec 7, 9:00am
Second Sunday of Advent, I cl., Violet
Monday, Dec 8, 6:00pm
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I cl., White
Commemoration of Advent
Tuesday, Dec 9, 5:00pm
Feria of Advent, III cl., Violet
Wednesday, Dec 10, 8:00am
Feria of Advent, III cl., Violet
Commemoration St. Melchiades Pope & Martyr
Thursday, Dec 11: No Mass
St. Damasus I Pope & Confessor, III cl., White
Commemoration of Advent
Friday, Dec 12, 8:00am
Our Lady of Guadalupe, III cl. (USA), White
Commemoration of Advent
Saturday, Dec 13, 8:00am
St. Lucy Virgin & Martyr, III cl., Red
Commemoration First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, Dec 14, 9:00am
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudate), I cl., Violet
Officiant: Father Brendan Dardis, OSB
This is a Private Chapel dedicated to the Latin Mass and to the Traditional Sacraments
Prayer Requests: Keith Joseph Jahnsen III born on November 23 weighing in at 7# 9oz and his proud parents, Keith and Suzie Jahnsen.
Mother of Lu Prayer: After Mass at the Communion Rail every Sunday.
Confessions: 30 minutes before Mass: Rosary, 20 minutes before Mass
Collection: November 30: $
Highlights of the Week
Feast of St. Ambrose of the IV Century who as Governor of Milan was called by public demand to become Bishop of the city. He baptized St. Augustine, brought him into the Church, is one of the four great Doctors of the Church. He passed away 4 APR 397, and the Feast today commemorates his consecration as a Bishop. Although not commemorated using the 1960 rubrics of the Missal, our prayers can be offered to bring about the conversion of unbelievers. MON, 8 DEC: Immaculate Conception: Holy Day of Obligation. Mary, the Immaculate Virgin, reverses the evil created by the first woman, Eve. In pictures depicting her triumph Mary is seen trodding upon the evil spirit who once crushed Eve. Mary's conception and life were Immaculate TUES, 9 DEC: St, Damasus, a Roman, became Holy Father in 366. He fought heretics who denied the divinity of the Holy Ghost, and is attributed by St. Jerome to having introduced the new version of Scriptures, the Vulgate. WED: 10 DEC: St. Melchiades suffered through the persecutions against the Church, but with the Edict of Milan, he was able to see peace FRI, 12 DEC: US Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, who appeared to St. Juan Diego 9 DEC 1531, left the famous picture of herself on his humble serape which is displayed above the altar and led to the conversion of the Indians of Mexico. In many churches, shrines in her honor have been set up for the edification of the faithful. SAT, 13 DEC: Patroness of Syracuse and Sicily, St. Lucy, is one of the most beloved Saints in Rome, and 20 churches are dedicated to her honor. In Vespers, antiphon at Magnificat: “Your constancy has saved your soul, Lucy, spouse of Christ. You have vanquished the enemy by your blood.” She was martyred in about 303, and her name is inscribed in the Canon.