Reading I :
( Is 40:1-5, 9-11)
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins. A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God! Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low; the rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley. Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Go up on to a high mountain, Zion, herald of glad tidings; cry out at the top of your voice, Jerusalem, herald of good news! Fear not to cry out and say to the cities of Judah: Here is your God! Here comes with power the Lord GOD, who rules by his strong arm; here is his reward with him, his recompense before him. Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, carrying them in his bosom, and leading the ewes with care.
Reading II: (2 Pt 3:8-14 )
Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The
Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard "delay," but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. Since everything is to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be, conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of
God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire. But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.
Gospel: (Mk 1:1-8 )
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert:
"Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan
River as they acknowledged their sins. John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. And this is what he proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord GOD make justice and praise spring up before all the nations
Reading 1 (Jer 33:14-16)
The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise
I made to the house of Israel and Judah.
In those days, in that time,
I will raise up for David a just shoot ; he shall do what is right and just in the land.
In those days Judah shall be safe and Jerusalem shall dwell secure; this is what they shall call her:
"The LORD our justice."
Reading 2 (1 Thes 3:12-4:2)
Brothers and sisters: May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen.
Finally, brothers and sisters, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God and as you are conducting yourselves you do so even more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord
Jesus.
Gospel (Lk 21:25-28, 34-36)
Jesus said to his disciples: "There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.
"Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth .
Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man."
Catholic Charities’ Share the Warmth Drive
Did you remember to bring back your old coats, sweaters, and winter wear from home?
Bring them to our collection box in our downstairs office! Your donations will be directly helping those in need in our Ithaca
Community!! 
Amp up the Christmas cheer with this joint event with the Protestant Community and Cornell Catholic kids!
We’ll meet outside Muller Chapel at 6:30pm to make our way downtown for caroling! Sign up after Mass!!
Take Flowers Home with You for
Christmas!
We will be purchasing poinsettias to decorate the Chapel during Advent. If you’d like to make a donation and dedicate the flowers in memory of someone you love, there will be a sign-up in the back after
Mass. You can take the flowers with you after Dec 16 th !
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Since we cannot celebrate Christmas together, every year we hold our special Journey-Into-Christmas Mass to get us into the Christmas spirit in the midst of Advent and Finals season! Music Ministry is already preparing a special spread of music for the occasion. There will be treats served afterwards! Be sure to join us! This event will take the place of our usual Thursday night events.
As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord GOD make justice and praise spring up before all the nations

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IC Newman Foundation http://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/catholic
ICCC Ministry Team:
Fr. Carsten P. Martensen, S.J.
Director of Campus Ministry cmartensen@ithaca.edu
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Aimee Shorten
Campus Ministry Assistant ic.catholic@gmail.com
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Peer Ministers
Bella Ciabattoni
Matthew Dezii
Mike Earley
Becca Neidle ic.catholic@gmail.com
Sun, 12/2:
THIS WEEK’S CALENDER
10:15am Communion Service @ Longview
1pm & 8pm Mass @ Muller Chapel
Mon, 12/3: 12:10pm Mass
7pm Rosary
Wed, 12/5: 12:10pm Mass
8:30pm Rosary
Thurs, 12/6: 5pm Reconciliation 6pm Fireside Mass
7pm Soup Supper! 8pm Special Event
Fri, 12/7: 6:30pm Caroling, Cards, Cookies, and Cocoa w/ the PC and Cornell
Katie Ahrens & Joey Kaz
Music Ministry Directors icccmusicmin@gmail.com
Sat, 12/8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)
10am Mass @ Muller Chapel
Our office is downstairs in Muller
Chapel, on the pond side!
Sun, 12/9: 10:15am Communion Service @ Longview
1pm & 8pm Mass @ Muller Chapel
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Today is the first Sunday of Advent! Make a pledge to prepare yourself for the birth of our Lord by attending a Daily Mass every week and praying the rosary!
Connect with our Blessed Mother on a new level and journey with her this Advent season through one of her favorite forms of prayer.
Come pray the rosary with us every Monday
at 7pm and every Wednesday at 8:30pm in the Meditation Chapel downstairs. Make it your Advent resolution!