St Monica Catholic Church
114 South 4th Street Palatka, FL 32177 386-325-9777 Visit us on the web at Stmonicacatholicchurch.com Come Holy Spirit! September 26, 2021
Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil 4:30 PM Sunday 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
*Summer Weekday Masses*
Wednesday-Friday 8:30 AM
Confessions Saturday 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM Or by appointment
IN ORDINARY TIME Healing Mass Saturday October 2
THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY 10:00 AM
“We are called to welcome and assist all to the compassionate love of Jesus through the Eucharist.”
Beloved, Jesus really loves the poor and outcast. In the Word today, we see how the spirit was poured into the 70 elders. Jesus pours in his Holy Spirit to all of his disciples even if they seem to be absent. Do you re- member what the mother of Jesus said while pregnant with Jesus? God has shown the strength of his arm, he has scaƩered the proud in their conceit. God has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has liŌed up the lowly. God has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. I wrote the following back in 1998. If we empty ourselves of our material richness, then we will be empty. Then Jesus will pour out his Holy Spirit on our empƟness and ours will be the Kingdom of Heaven. A great thank you to Father Jim O’Neal! CongratulaƟons to Mike & Nora Costello/Kerrigan to be married here on Wednesday. Welcome to Father Stephen Ryan a Salesian priest from New Orleans who will preside. Have a great week with love, joy, peace… Father Ron Moses +
The Poor… but simply love them. exist. Sounds so easy, but why so rarely done? Nothing to be afraid of. Have you loved someone poor today? Jesus walks with them. Will we love some one poor tomorrow? Jesus will show us the Way, if we let him. If we love the poor… then they really won’t be poor… The poor… because Love is God live, and Love is God and believe it or not, smile and Love is Word and love. and Word is Food and hope, maybe a liƩle more than we and Food is fulfilling… who have so much more. and removes the empƟness of being poor. What does Jesus hope for in our relaƟonships and encounters with Pour in Love the poor? Poor in Love Pour in Love The poor… and we will be healed is a very general term. with Poured in Love We speak of poor in spirit… Poor Love. could that be depression? and poor of character… how is this fed? and the real poor…
those that physically hunger and shiver for lack of cover, home… The real poor don’t know where or what they will eat next Sunday… except the Body and a drop of Blood.
The poor… really not to be afraid of… Grow Strong in Your Faith With Karen Lee Eucharistic Adoration
Adoring the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus goes way back in time to the early Church and remains with us today. This beautiful devotion comes highly recommended by so many of the saints throughout the ages: St. Paul of Tarsus, St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas More, St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Julianna of Cornillon, St. Rose of Lima, St. Francis de Sales, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Gemma Galgani, St. Katharine Drexel and more. So many holy men and women found adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to be the ultimate means of growing ever closer to God.
Just as Jesus invited his apostles to join him in the garden in prayer, He “Know that you will probably invites you to come and spend an hour with him while He is physically gain more by praying fifteen present in the form of the Eucharist encased in the monstrance on the minutes before the altar. If you have never experienced this form of worship, you will be Blessed Sacrament than by all deeply in awe. Our church is large. You will find that the closer you can the other spiritual get to the altar, the closer you will feel His presence. Don’t be a exercises of the day.” spectator, be a participant. This is an intimate experience with your Lord and Savior. Embrace the silence, inhale the fragrance of the incense, and St. Alphonsus Ligouri smell the candles burning. Breathe in, breathe out. Then simply talk to Jesus. Bare your heart and soul to Him. Then listen. He may or may not speak to you through your thoughts or feelings. If not, just be content to sit with Him in mutual love for each other. That is all He really asks of us. If you feel the urge to do something different, you can always read the Bible and reflect on it. You can pray the mysteries of the rosary, do some spiritual reading, read the Lives of the Saints and ask for inspiration, or adore God and thank Him for all He does for you. If you run out of ideas, find out what the monks do when they pray by reading the insert in today’s bulletin!
Don’t forget to use our code R87GP3 BECOMING CATHOLIC! SAVE THE DATES! Do you hear the call? St. Monica U It could be the RCIA calling... A Series of Mini-Retreats -If you are not Catholic and are interested On Catholic Things to Know in knowing what we are about
-If you attend with a loved one, Catholic Social Teachings (CST) but have never taken the Sacraments Love of God & Neighbor
-If you are fully Catholic and are interested in a ‘Catholic Refresher’ History of the Church A Lively Romp through Time Call Us Back! Prayers, Praises, & Petitions Gatherings Beginning Soon Understanding & Improving our Prayer Life E-mail [email protected] or call the parish office 2-3 Hour Sessions 386 -325-9777 Welcoming All Parishioners & Those Becoming Catholic Leave your name, phone number, and e-mail if you have one. I will contact you ASAP! Starting in (Note that I may be calling from a 404-area code) January 2022
Prayerfully, Cheryl Meis RCIA Coordinator The following is a link which lists all of Our Parish Participation in the Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of La Leche the local parishes in Jacksonville, Gainesville, St Augustine and St. Johns that will be hosting a live stream view- ing of the Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of La Leche on Oct. 10th, 2021 starting at 2 p.m. You are welcome to attend the viewing at any of the participating parishes:
https://coronation.dosafl.com/ parish-livestreams/
Spiritual Bouquets due September 26 Communion will be available at all sites. Please consider attending one Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Friday, these viewing to mark this special October 1 – 9:00-3:00 (sign up for your hour) occasion for our Diocese! Rosary for Our Lady of La Leche – Saturday, October 9 – 3:30 p.m. in the church before Mass The good stewardship of our parishioners at St. Monica Church makes all that we do possible! September 18 & 19
Offertory: $ 5,890.00 Outreach to Poor: $ 98.00 Building Fund: $ 25.00
St Monica provides online giving through ParishSOFT Giving. Thank you for supporting St Monica
We are grateful and we depend on your Mass Attendance fabulous generosity. Saturday Vigil : 50 Visit: https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/ Sunday 9:00 AM: 82 st114191 to get started. Sunday 11:00 AM: 54 First Fruits Donations for September
Hurricane Ida support Louisiana $700.00
If you know of a local organization that needs support. Please call the Parish Office A Journey into the Heart of the Iraq War with Navy Chaplain Father Ron Moses Camarda.
On Sale Now on the St. Monica Webpage or in the Parish Gift Shop
We are asking that parishioners email in a All proceeds benefit current family or individual picture to use in St Monica our new directory by September 30. Please $20.00 per copy include what info (address, phone number, email) that you would like included with your picture. Please send to: Join the St. Francis Gardeners’ Ministry!
Help by using your time and talents to [email protected]. keep St. Monica looking beautiful. Meet We are prayerful that everyone on October 4, St. Francis’s feast day, at will consider participating. Thank you & God Bless. the St. Francis Garden (in Father Ron’s back yard) at 9:00 a.m. for a brief prayer and a morning of gardening. Pope Francis’ Monthly Prayer See you then! Intentions for September:
An environmentally sustainable lifestyle
We pray that we all will make courageous choices for a simple and environmentally sustainable lifestyle, rejoicing in our young people who are resolutely committed to this. The St Monica Fr. Ron will be on vacation from Food Pantry 9/22 through 9/28. Open every Thursday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Next Food Truck Giveaway Thursday October 7, 2021
Fr. Jim O’Neal will be with us while he is away!
Ramona Bodalski Rita Lambert Kira Carr Sandy Freligh Earl Wallace Frine Spearing Saturday, October 2 @ 4:30 PM
This week’s Daily Readings Ushers: Bill Maus, Joe Iovino Eucharistic Minister: Joyce Fitzsimmons Lectors: Mary Crawford, George Schiffbauer Mon: Zechariah 8:1-8, Psalms 102:16-18, 19-21, 29, Altar Server: David Aptt 22-23, Luke 9:46-50 Tue: Zechariah 8:20-23, Psalms 87:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, Luke 9:51-56 Sunday, October 3 @ 9:00 AM Wed: Revelation 12:7-12, Psalms 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, John 1:47-51 Ushers: Jim McMillan, Karen McMillan Thurs: Nehemiah 8:1-4, 5-6, 7-12, Psalms 19:8, 9, Eucharistic Minister: Ramona Bodalski 10, 11, Luke 10:1-12 Lectors: Cheryl Meis, Stephanie Huskey Fri: Baruch 1:15-22, Psalms 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9, Luke Altar Server: Daniel Fazio 10:13-16 Sat: Sunday, October 3 @ 11:00 AM Exodus 23:20-23, Psalms 91:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11, Matthew 18:1-5, 10 Sun: Ushers: Bill Black Genesis 2:18-24, Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6, Mark Eucharistic Minister: Linda Cleveland 10:2-16, Hebrews 2:9-11 Lectors: Amy Moore, Jim Doyle Altar Server:
ST. MONICA RELIGIOUS ARTICLES AND GIFT SHOP (Located in the Parish Office) Saturday, September 25 Open Sundays from 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM + Emirita G. Campo
Attention—The Diocese of Saint Augustine treats all allegations Sunday, September 26 of sexual misconduct seriously and deals with all allegations in a 9:00 AM -Parishioners prompt, confidential and 11:00 AM– Annette & Michael Gilbert thorough manner. Tuesday, September 28 +Alex McCreery To Report Abuse, call: Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator Wednesday, September 29 Erica & Cate Rountree 904-262-3200, ext. 129, or the Thursday, September 30 +Cris & Libby Rountree Department of Children and Families Friday, October 1 Ladies Guild at 1-800-96-Abuse (800-962-2873). Louise Egan, Sue Wilson, Branda Kay Mangum, Barbara Wisniewska Fred Lininger, Pam Mathes, Carrie Brubaker, Curtis Watson Edna Blandford, Gary Rummel, Lance Watson Adrienne Fennell, Larry Beaton, Quinn Soucey, Erica Watson Hoyt Muir, Bernice Rich, Dave Green, Kitty Crews, Diane Kinnon, Ken Lininger, Dorothy Burmester, Tony Wheeler, Frank Fraize, Nancy Jones, Andrew Nanakowski Connie Wiesner, Cooper Newman, Matilda Aloia, Kimball Murray, Sandra Scranton, Lance Watson, Mary Graham, Ron Levesque Theresa Gayle Whitley, Frank Comer, Thomas Szczes Millie Sellers, Billy Watson, Yvon Theriault, Cecil
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