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This Week's Scripture Readings
Nov 13- Nov 28

Nov 20, Sat       Luke 20:27-40
Nov 21, Sun      John 18:33b-37
Nov 22, Mon     Luke 21:1-4
Nov 23, Tue      Luke 21:5-11
Nov 24, Wed     Luke 21:12-19
Nov 25, Thu      Luke 21:20-28
Nov 26, Fri        Luke 21:29-33
Nov 27, Sat       Luke 21:34-36
Nov 28, Sun      Luke 21:25-28, 34-36
Nov 29, Mon     Matt 8:5-11
Nov 30, Tue      Matt 4:18-22
Dec 01, Wed     Matt 15:29-37
Dec 02, Thu      Matt 7:21, 24-27
Dec 03, Fri        Matt 9:27-31
Dec 04, Sat       Matt 9:35-10:1,
                                     5a, 6-8
Dec 05, Sun      Luke 3:1-6

"Do This In Remembrance of Me" 1 Corinthians 11:24
                                     Worship Sites

St Mary of Lourdes - Lincoln                   St Leo the Great - Howland
142 Main St.             18 River Road
PO Box 310                                      PO Box 22
Lincoln, ME 04457                                               Howland, ME 04448
Business Office: 207-794-6333                           Rectory: 207-732-3495

                                                    MISSIONS
Sacred Heart - Winn                                  St. Anne's - Danforth
5 Route 168                                                           75 Houlton Road
Winn, ME 04495                                                    Danforth, ME 04424
(No masses held at present)                                Masses in Summer Only
                                                                              (Memorial Day - Labor Day)
                                                                              Mass - Sunday at 1:00 pm


Reconciliation/Confession
Fridays @ 5:30 pm at St Leo the Great in Howland
Saturdays @ 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm at St Mary of Lourdes in Lincoln

Eucharistic Adoration / Holy Hour
Wednesday, Nov 24 @ St. Leo's     6:30 pm
Wednesday, Dec 08 @ St Mary's   6:30 pm
For more information, contact Dave Goolsby @ 731-7089

St. Matthew Cemetery
Jack Neel (Superintendent) 290-4490
The cemetery is open for burials from May 15 to Nov 01 during the year.
These dates are subject to change depending on weather and the cemetery conditons.

Mass Cancellations due to weather, etc...
     If the weather or road conditions are not good, we encourage everyone to stay safe and do not travel if it may endanger people's health. If Mass is cancelled due to the weather, road conditions, or other unforeseen reasons, we will post the cancellation on our website, ourladyoftheeucharist.org and on our Facebook page. You can also call the Rectory at 732-3495
Parish Happenings

Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish Temporary Office Hours
for the months of November & December

                              Mon, Tue, Wed 9 am – 3 pm
                              Thursday    Closed
                              Friday                        10 am – 2 pm

Thanksgiving Week Office Hours
Monday & Tuesday     9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday                   9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday & Friday        Office is Closed

Mass Schedule Changes
Please note the new mass schedule will be as follows:
Monday         8:30 am @ St Mary’s
Wednesday   5:30 pm @ St Leo’s
Thursday       8:30 am @ St Leo’s
Friday            8:30 am @ St Mary's
Saturday        4:00 pm @ St Mary's
                      5:30 pm @ St Leo's
Sunday          8:00 am @ St Leo's
                    10:00 am @ St Mary's

Rosary before Mass
Saying the rosary is a devotion to the Blessed Mother and important for our parish named Our Lady of the Eucharist. Out of respect for those who wish to have Sacred Silence before mass, starting the rosary at the times listed below will ensure the opportunity for both the Rosary and Sacred Silence.

Saturday, 4:00 pm mass; rosary @ 3:25 pm    5:30 pm mass; rosary @ 5:05 pm
Sunday, 8:00 am mass; rosary @ 7:25 am          10:00 am mass; rosary @ 9:25 am
Monday, Thursday, & Friday,       8:30 am mass; rosary @ 8:05 am
Wednesday,                                      5:30 pm mass; rosary @ 5:05 pm

Attention Offertory Envelope Users
     The 2022 offertory envelopes are now available for pick up at the office. The envelope number that you were assigned for 2021 will be your number for 2022. Any questions? Please call the office at 794-6333.
     If you would like an accounting of your church offerings for next year's tax return, you need to use envelopes (or WeShare). We do not keep track of other forms of giving.

Lincoln Regional Food Cupboard Needs Flour & Sugar
    The first weekend of each month is designated "Flour & Sugar for the Food Cupboard". Flour and sugar for the food cupboard can be left in the tote at St Leo's and in the lobby at St Mary's.

Nov 21 Bulletin now available on the website
Next Bulletin will be available Nov 28
     The bulletin is going to be printed on a weekly basis again. The website will still be updated regularly, and we encourage all parishioners to check the website for up-to-date parish news and events.
Prayer Corner for the Living

Addy Cole                   AJ MacEachern Ashley                         Anne Babcock                Beulah Peters             Betty McGinn              Calvin Ham               Chris
Daniel Noble               Dicker Family            Doris Carney               Donny & Janet Marin       Dominic                      Ed Plourde                 Joe Farinaro                 Jean Neel                   Jennie Leighton          Joel                             Jimmy Corro                 Jake & Marilyn Noble
John Henderson         Kathy Lawrence        Karl McGillvray       Lionel Rodrigue
Marie Kilbride Mariea Tricarico          Matthew     Norma Cottle
Penny Allen                Ray Voisine                Ricky Weatherbee        Phil & Joanne McIntyre
Robin Barker              Ryan Barker Sandra Barker              Stephen Cotter
Stuart Kilbride             Stuart Smith Tyler Harriet          Louise & Clarence McIntyre
Dwight & Pam Osgood & family          James, Wayne, Jeannine, Cindy, Robert

If you would like to add a name to the Prayer Corner for the Living,
please call the office at 794-6333
Crucifixion of St Andrew
The Saints Corner
(This will be updated regularly with a different saint)

St. Andrew the Apostle
First Century
November 30- Feast
Liturgical Color: Red

A big-hearted fisherman becomes a daring Apostle of the Lord

Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida in Northern Israel. He lived on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, which is really a lake, where many of Jesus’ miracles took place. Jesus chose mostly fishermen and small farmers to be His disciples, perhaps because in these professions a man can plan, sweat, and calculate, and still, in the end, fail. Success is not appreciated unless failure is an option. Farmers and fishermen must depend on God’s providence for success. No amount of preparation can make the clouds open and the rains pour down, and no amount of careful planning will make the nets burst with fish. Farmers and fishermen are hard-working, careful, thoughtful, and yet entirely dependent on the weather and other factors outside of their control. They must work, pray and trust in God in equal measure. They must have the discipline of faith. These are the qualities that made Andrew and others such great disciples.

Andrew was first a disciple of John the Baptist. Andrew was at John’s side when a man whom John had recently baptized walked by. “Look, here is the Lamb of God,” John exclaimed (Jn 1:36). Andrew was curious and, along with a few of John’s other disciples, followed the mysterious man. The next day Andrew breathlessly told his brother Simon “We have found the Messiah” (Jn 1:41) and brought him to Jesus, who renamed Simon as Peter. From that point forward, Andrew became one of Jesus’ most reliable Apostles, a leader among the Twelve whose name recurs time and again in the Gospels. There are various traditions about where Andrew evangelized after the Ascension of the Lord, with most focusing on Greece, Turkey, and north of the Black Sea. There are no certain facts about his manner of death, although various apocrypha state that he was tied to an x-shaped cross and then preached from that high pulpit for days until he died.

Saint Andrew sat at the table of the Last Supper, felt the hot breath of the Holy Spirit on his cheeks at Pentecost, saw the radiant body of the risen Lord with his own eyes, and endured physical hardships as he carried a new religion into old lands. We can suppose that he, like many of the Apostles, was content with his way of life before he met the Lord. Fishing on the tranquil waters of a lake, sharing daily meals with his extended family, chatting in the evenings with old friends before a fire. The Apostles did not abandon their lives to follow Jesus because their lives were miserable. It was a question of more. More meaning. More truth. More fulfillment. More challenge. More daring. There is nothing wrong with a good life, but there is something better about a great life.

The Apostles were mostly simple, intelligent, hardworking men whose outstanding characteristics were courage and daring. Many people who could have followed the Lord did not. The rich young man went away sad for he had many possessions. Perhaps the greatest thing that young man had was his youth. Andrew and Peter and John and Simon and all the others were young too. Yet they did not go away sad. They stayed, they followed, they were challenged, and they were contented. Andrew renounced his father, his boat, his nets, and all that was known and comfortable. He traded what was good for what was better. And for that generosity and daring we remember him today, so many centuries later. He was of that generation of pathbreakers who sowed the seeds whose harvests the Christians of today have reaped and enjoyed.

Saint Andrew, we ask your intercession as an Apostle in heaven to make all Christians more generous in responding to the Lord’s invitation to follow Him. Embolden us to share the faith with our families, as you did with your brother Simon Peter, and to be outspoken in our beliefs.

Patron Saint of Scotland, Greece, fishermen, sailors, and spinsters
Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/november-30--st-andrew-apostle/