Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 11, 2019

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Fr. Gerard Saguto, FSSP ~ Fr. Cassian DiRocco Pastor Associate 435 4th Street NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 (612) 379-4996 ~ fsspminneapolis.org

Filiae Laboris Mariae Sisters

Mother Maria Regina, FLM, Superior Convent: (612) 353-6343

Holy Mass

Sunday 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM (High Mass) Monday 7:30 PM Tuesday 12:15 PM Wednesday 12:15 PM Thursday 12:15 PM Friday 12:15 PM, 7:30 PM Saturday 9:00 AM

Holydays 12:15 PM, 7:30 PM (High Mass) Unless otherwise noted.

Confessions 45 minutes before Sunday Masses 30 minutes before daily Masses Extended times on Sundays upon availability of the priests.

All Masses and Sacraments according to the Usus Antiquior of the Roman Rite

Pontifical High Mass. We will welcome auxiliary Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Bishop Andrew Cozzens for the feast of the Assumption ~ Masses and Intentions for the Week ~ this Thursday, August 15 at 7:30 PM, which is also a holyday of obligation. The pontifical Mass will include the Sunday, August 11 Green reception of perpetual vows of Mother Maria Regina as Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, II Class well as the investiture of Sr. Rosanna, where she will 8:30 AM Fr. Andrew Jaspers receive her novice habit (white veil) and her religious 10:30 AM Pro Populo (Low Mass) name. While encouraged to attend, please note that these additional ceremonies will lengthen the Mass a bit. Two Monday, August 12 White low Masses will be offered that day at 7:00 AM and 12:15 St. Clare, Virgin, III Class PM. 7:30 PM Vercilla Opitz + St. Clare was the first woman to practice the life of entire poverty taught by St. Fran- The Monthly Recollection is scheduled for this cis. Placed by him at the head of a few companions at San Damiano, she governed her community for 42 years, thus ranking as the foundress of the Order of Poor Clares. Saturday, August 17 from 10-11:30 AM. These recollections She died August 11, 1253 and canonized in 1255. consist of two sermons on a related topic, with exposition,

Tuesday, August 13 White the Rosary, and Benediction, with confession available as Feria, IV Class well. As formal retreats are impractical for many, it is 12:15 PM Nick Opitz Jr., + hoped that these regular recollections will serve as a profitable substitute, especially for busy parents. Wednesday, August 14 Violet Vigil of the Assumption, II Class Confirmation Registration. Forms to register for 12:15 PM Souls in Purgatory Confirmation are available in the vestibule and are open to registered and regularly attending parishioners only.

Thursday, August 15 (Obligation) White While the archdiocesan age norm is 13 and older for the Assumption of Our Lady, I Class Sacrament, provision can be made for those younger with 7:00 AM Pro Populo the approval of the pastor (albeit not younger than 11). 12:15 PM Lori Hasbrouck + Please return the forms either by mail, by placing in the 7:30 PM Filiae Laboris Mariae (Pontifical Mass) mailbox, or by dropping them in the collection basket. The Church celebrates today with great joy our Lady’s immediate entry, body and soul, into the glory of heaven, giving praise to her in whom the Redemption was fully Preparation classes will begin in September and effective without restriction, since, before all the other saints, she was privileged to Confirmation will be conferred in December. enjoy the resurrection of the body, following the example of the Risen Christ Him- self. A great sign appeared in heaven; the Mass of this feast, introduced by Pius XII after the definition of the dogma on November 1, 1950, sees in the woman portrayed in the Grocery Apostolate. Anyone who may be interested Apocalypse, clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars in being part of a rotating schedule to buy and deliver the glorified Mother of God in the full radiance of her eternal glory. groceries for the priests, please contact the coordinator, Friday, August 16 White Karen Hastreiter, at [email protected] for more St. Joachim, Father of Our Lady, II Class information. For those interested in doing the same thing 12:15 PM Greg Lougerbone + for the sisters, please contact the coordinator, Carmen 6:00 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Braaten, at [email protected]. Thank you! 7:30 PM All Marriages of the Parish Desiring to associate St. Joachim with the triumph of his blessed daughter, St. Pius X transferred his feast from March 20, on which it used to be kept, to August 16, the Newsletter. The Sisters will be starting a newsletter day after the Assumption. In Hebrew the name Joachim means “preparation of the In Corde Mariae which will be sent out as a PDF by email. If Lord.” The Gospel sets out the genealogy according to St. Matthew. The divine you would like to receive the newsletter, please email the preparation was begun far back and runs through the history of the whole chosen people, to finds its completion in our Lady, of whom was born Jesus Christ. The Sisters at [email protected]. Thank you!

feast of St. Joachim, like that of St. Anne, should help us to venerate all the righteous of the Old Testament, whose lives were passed in preparation and waiting for the coming of the Messias. upon us (can’t get enough), With warmer weather for the honor of God and His house, and for the edification Saturday, August 17 White of our neighbor, kindly remember to be thoughtful in one’s St. Hyacinth, Confessor, III Class attire for Holy Mass. Using the Vatican dress code as a 9:00 AM Sr. Sarah Greene reliable guide, while casual dress is acceptable, please be 10:00 AM Monthly Recollection sure that all clothing has sleeves that cover the shoulders, Sunday, August 18 Green dresses reach the knee, and shorts and accentuating attire are altogether avoided. God reward you for your attention Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, II Class in these regards! 8:30 AM Christopher Schmitt 10:30 AM Pro Populo (Low Mass) Enrollment in Direct Deposit can be done by clicking on the “Online Giving” link on the parish website
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Church of All Saints

Baptism Exposition and Benediction Convert Instruction Within the first month of birth. The Godparents must be Fridays from 6:00-7:15 PM On a rolling basis. Please contact the office to schedule an practicing Catholics in good standing. Please contact the First Saturdays from 7:45-8:45 AM. interview with a priest.

office to schedule. Choir and Schola Gregoriana Monthly Recollection Jacob Flaherty, Director. For info call (612) 801-5467. Marriage Third Saturday of the month from 10:00-11:30 AM. Please arrange at least six months in advance of the - anticipated date. Pre-Cana instruction with a priest. Educational Co op St. Joseph’s Men’s Guild Jacob Flaherty, Director. Info at www.allsaintscoop.com.

Sacramental Preparation Second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM, except for First Communion and Confirmation as announced. July and August. Parish Lending Library

Available for registered and attending parishioners only. Open Sundays from 7:30-10:15 AM. Located in the basement of the convent (through the back door).

gifts; one-time gifts are also possible through this link Contributions May God reward your generosity! without creating an account. Check and cash donations are August 4 $7179.92 still welcome, but as the envelope system has been Second Collection $3133.00 discontinued, for cash donations to be credited for tax purposes, please be sure to put your name and address on the Calendar of Events envelope that is used so it can be identified and recorded. August 15 Assumption (Holyday of Obligation) Thank you! August 17 Monthly Recollection August 19-22 Choir Camp September 21 Parish Picnic (Save the date)

A Final Thought… One great difficulty in married life arises from the tendency to measure one another's sacrifices and to try to lessen one's own because of the apparent insufficiency of those of one's partner. Now it is impossible to strike such a balance because one is trying to equalize different things—one is measuring the reality against the appearance. On one's own side, one has a vivid realization of the interior cost entailed in making the exterior sacrifice. For the other side, however, one can only guess the cost, which is often much higher than it seems to be. The result is that the estimate is too low, and one's own actual investment is correspondingly reduced below what is really necessary, which causes corresponding reaction on the other side. One, in fact, is trying to balance the apparent large size of the metal of one's own five-cent piece against the hidden value of the partner's apparently tiny dime. How different is the ideal of Christian love. "If a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing" (Sir 8:7). As soon as one starts to count the cost, that is the beginning of the end of love. True love is reckless. Those who are afraid to tell their love lest they be called upon to live it, or lest it be used against them, should take a lesson from the Crucifix. No love has ever been abused as the love of our Lord for us has been. We assume it, we trade upon it, we even allow ourselves to sin because of His mercy. Yet our Lord went to endless suffering in order to try to convince us of His love for us. He even carried the manifestation of His love for us "to death . . . even to the death of the cross." The ideal is a high one, and the difficulties of married life are far from negligible. To realize this, it is only necessary to remember that every single word or gesture in married life calls up a whole chain of associations, some pleasant, some quite unpleasant; each word may be the last straw in a series of unspoken sufferings that leads to an outburst altogether out of proportion with the immediate occasion—which is often too ridiculous to be spoken of—and yet which has its real reason in quite considerable anguish of heart. Only the continual grace of God can make such a life successful. Only the grace of God can make it possible for a man or a woman to live, as it were, in front of a mirror, with somebody who knows one in ways better than one knows oneself, who can see through all one's self-deception, and realize all the motives behind one's every action. Another example is that of the incalculable sacrifice which is necessary to maintain that candor and mutual trust, without which marriage is a mockery. It is so easy to use reservations, to evade questions, to use half-truths, and so difficult to have the courage to lose "face" for the moment by candor for the sake of building up that mutual trust which in the long run is so valuable and so essential to married life. Many marriages fail merely because the husband or the wife begins to suspect the veracity of the other's replies and excuses. Yet no one can deny the difficulty of constant candor. Still, the very difficulty of such a life is a foundation for confidence in its sanctifying power. And sanctified it must be. Marriage is a secret society. Public society is formed by secret societies. And unless such secret societies are formed in Christ, Christ will not be formed in public life. We have said little about the responsibility of parents to their children. The subject would need a book. Let it suffice to say that all that is done for the child is done for Christ. And it should be evident that one cannot give life without giving oneself. The seed must die if it is to bear fruit. The truth of that is written in the face of every mother; her self-sacrifice is written large in her eyes. One final word. There is one thing that must be done in marriage for the child and for each other that is often overlooked. The whole of any man's spiritual life is influenced principally by the idea which he has of God. Now, that idea is formed chiefly by the example and model of one's parents' love and kindness, and in later years by the love and kindness of one's partner. No lower standard can be safely set for husband and wife—for father or mother—than to be "another Christ." That is the burden of this whole book, and that is why we insist upon applying all the principles of the spiritual life and allotting the highest of its aims to Christian marriage, for in loving as in being loved, Christ is our perfect supplement and partner. And in marriage, as in all else, we may sum up the essentials of the spiritual life and of union with Christ in five points: faith, hope, charity, humility, and generous acceptance of God's will. Thus do we put on Christ, and He is "all in all." So much so, that the ideal of Christian marriage can be stated in St. Augustine's words: “And there shall be one Christ loving Himself."
Fr. Eugene Boylan, This Tremendous Lover, ch.21