STATEMENT OF GIVING FOR INCOME TAXES: If you wish to receive a statement of your financial contributions to St. James Church for 2006, please indicate this on your Sunday offering envelope so that we can assure confidentiality. WASHINGTON RIGHT TO LIFE: You are invited to join concerned citizens around the Nation as they gather in Washington to promote the sanctity of life and to bring an end to abortion. A chartered bus will leave the parking lot of St. Peter’s Church on Sunday evening, January 21 at 8 pm for the Monday March for Life. The bus will return to Plattsburgh early morning, January 23. You may reserve a seat for $25 by calling Betty Buffett at 563-8177 or Karen Smith at 566-6229 or St. Peter’s Rectory 563-1692. RESPECT LIFE COLLECTION: Next Monday marks the 34th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, which legalised abortion on demand in our nation. Bishop Cunningham has authorised a Respect Life Collection, which will take place in all the parishes of the diocese the weekend of January 27-28. Money collection will be disbursed in the form of grants to local organisations active in pro-life ministry. EPIPHANY OF THE LORD: On this first Lord’s Day of the new year we come together in joy to celebrate the festival of the Epiphany of the Lord. Today is the high point of the Christmas season and one of the greatest days of the year. A shining star in the heavens proclaims the good news that Jesus Christ is the new-born Saviour. You will notice that the Bible readings overflow with superlatives. WELCOMING CHRIST IN THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT: Joseph was told in a dream: Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him. Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. And so the Holy Family became refugees, fleeing the horror of infanticide perpetrated by King Herod. If we were to encounter them today, would we reach out to welcome them into our land and offer them hospitality, or would we shun them? Help us recognise Jesus in the migrant who labors to bring food to our table in the refugee seeking protection from persecution, war, and famine in the woman and child who are victims of human trafficking in the asylum seeker imprisoned fo fleeing without documents   PRAYER OF BLESSING OF THE HOME AT EPIPHANY Lord our God, bless this household. May we be blessed with health, goodness of heart, gentleness, and the keeping of your law. We give thanks to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen