AUGUST 8, 2021 MASS SCHEDULE: NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday: Vigil 4pm Sunday: 11am Monday, Tuesday & Friday 8am 400 CENTER ROAD, BEDFORD, OHIO 44146-2296 CONFESSIONS: Fr. Joe Seebauer—Pastor Saturdays 3pm or —[email protected] anytime by appointment. Fr. Isidore Munishi—Pastoral Associate —216-394-7374 BAPTISM: For Verna J. Hudak—Secretary information, please Robert Vano—Business Manager contact the Rectory at Bob Cooke—Maintenance Coordinator 440-232-8166 during Chris McGilton—Music Director office hours. Office—(440) 232-8166 MARRIAGES: Limited Parish Website: to registered parishioners www.ourladyofhopebedford.org only. Arrangements for date and time must be RECTORY OFFICE HOURS made six months in Mondays & Fridays, advance. Final 8:30am –12 noon and 12:30—2:30pm. preparations should be Tuesdays working from home. made five weeks before the wedding date.
SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS The lens through which we view life makes a difference. It also determines who we choose to learn from (PRIESTHOOD/ and what we allow to shape our thoughts and feelings. For many, life is simply what it appears to be, a DIACONATE): For given that either through evolution or some other means just came to be. There is no apparent rhyme or information please contact reason to things and things can be dissected and understood only in terms of what they empirically pre- the Diocese at 216-696- sent. To the person using this lens, a tree is a tree and a flower is a flower. Their composition and exist- 6525. . ence can be understood only to the extent that current human knowledge allows. Through this lens, what gives life purpose and meaning? This lens has an essentially unknown beginning and definite end. Once PARISH SCHOOL OF those are accepted, the middle becomes some kind of pursuit of happiness, with values and principles RELIGION: Please call being things that are self-created and found acceptable. Rectory office. But there is a Divine lens that also exists and deserves mention. It is found when one stumbles upon faith and begins to see things differently. This lens is of God and reveals a Divine Energy and Life that REGISTRATION: If you flows through and in all things. Faith then shows us that all that lives come from this one Source of Love. are new in the parish, This is the only true lens that can give human beings the purpose and meaning they desperately need. please register at the From this perspective, all of life is much more than what is immediately apparent! It now tells and re- rectory or online at our veals a story about God generous, creative, and unconditional love! The unfolding of the human story is website. If you moved out the unfolding of God’s story. What meaning our lives have when they are viewed as a part of God’s love of the parish, please notify affair with humanity! We are indeed special. the rectory. The lens of our faith asks us to learn from Jesus Christ. Jesus, as the real Bread of Life, shows us our eternal destiny and completes and frames our lives. It is only in allowing ourselves to be taught by Jesus, that faith, hope, and love take on much greater importance. All the relationships in our lives are now structured and ordered using God’s primary commandment of love. Jesus, then, is not just some man who lived at some point in history. Jesus is the incarnate Son of God who shows us the way, the truth, and the life. Using this lens changes things up a great deal. Looking at the creation that surrounds you and the special unique people you love, what is God trying to teach you about His love for you and the eternal life He wants you to have? OUR LADY OF HOPE BEDFORD, OHIO
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK YOUR PRAYERS ARE. NEEDED . . . Please remember in your prayers all of the sick in OUR LADY OF HOPE CHURCH: our parish and families, especially: Jim Waple,
Virginia Vitale, Mary Emling, Daniel Baran, Berta Saturday, August 7 Uguccini, Carmen Whaley, Bernie Sylvester, Lil 3:00 p.m...... Confession Kalal, Andy Mizsak, Matthew Reeve, Albert Finn,
4:00 p.m...... Rufus F. Arnold Ronald Richnavsky, Joe McElhone, Laverne Krem- ST. MARY & OUR LADY OF HOPE: pasky, Patricia Zak, Matthew J. Zamiska, Daisy Da-
rus, Gerry Lantos, Louise Dragan, Ken Hudak, Ma-
Sunday, August 8 ria Spears, Frank Richnavsky, Eileen Salupo, Jim Goersmeyer, Shirley Manning, Anthony Sava, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dolores Hustack, Thomas Wagner, Florence Cartel- SM—9:15 a.m...... John Kelly lone, Rosalie Skocaj, Jim Tench, George Klem, El- OLH—11:00 a.m...... Richard Krych eanor Phillips, Special Intention, Deacon Bill Stark- OUR LADY OF HOPE CHURCH: ey, Richard Byrne, Mary Ann Seebauer, Michele
Kierer, and all those affected by the coronavirus Monday, August 9 throughout the world… 8:00 a.m...... Living & Deceased Parishioners
Tuesday, August 10 In this Gospel the love that Jesus re- No Mass veals through the symbol of bread is: (No Priest Available) self-giving, sacrificial, healing, for- giving, in solidarity with the weak, ST. MARY CHURCH: confident in the power of God. Dur- Wednesday, August 11 ing the hot summer months many 8:00 a.m...... Living & Deceased Parishioners of the elderly, especially those who
Thursday, August 12 are sick, are not able to find relief 8:00 a.m...... Living & Deceased Parishioners from the heat. Please help the St. Vincent de Paul Society to bring OUR LADY OF HOPE CHURCH: respite and hope to them. Friday, August 13 8:00 a.m...... Catherine Ginley Our Food Pantry is open on the 2nd and 4th Thurs- days of the month from 3-4:30 p.m. with outside Saturday, August 14 pick-up only. 3:00 p.m...... Confession 4:00p.m...... Nina Pierce Our pantry is not only here for the surrounding com- munity, but for our own parishioners. If you are in
ST. MARY & OUR LADY OF HOPE: need, please call the parish and leave a message on
our St. Vincent de Paul Society voicemail. All calls Sunday, August 15 and information will remain confidential. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary SM—9:15 a.m...... Liv. & Dec. Members of the OFFERTORY CONTRIBUTIONS Karabowicz & Swiatkowski Families August 1, 2021 OLH—11:00 a.m...... Lucena Bico Weekly Collection ...... $3,827.00 Envelopes used ...... 129 2021 & 2022 MASS INTENTIONS Comfort the Needy ...... $400.00 Repairs & Maintenance ...... $397.00 There are still many Mass intentions available in our 2021 Mass Book. We are now taking Mass Inten- Special Collections tions for the 2022 Mass Book. As we did last year, Faith & Values-$20; Ash Wednesday-$10; Assump- we are only able to take intentions for 2 weekend tion of Mary-$60. Masses and 2 weekday Masses per household. To book intentions, please call or stop in either parish MASS COUNT office during office hours. OLH: 4pm—70; 11am—88; Total—158
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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AUGUST 8, 2021
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND! Join us . THIS Sunday for The FEST. It takes
Dear Parishioners, place at Brookside Reservation (3900 John Nagy Boulevard Cleveland, OH This Tuesday, August 10th, we cele- 44144) from 12 noon-10pm. Come hear brate the Feast of Saint Lawrence. great music (for King & Country, Danny Gokey, Tau- Other than the Feast of Saint Ste- ren Wells, We Are Messengers), enjoy activities for phen on December 26th, Saint Law- the entire family, join thousands for Mass at 8pm with rence is the only deacon honored with a feast day on Bishop Malesic, and experience the event of the sum- the liturgical calendar. Saint Lawrence was one of mer. There is plenty of close, FREE, parking and the seven deacons in Rome under the pontificate of something for everyone. For a complete schedule of Pope Sixtus II. He was put to death under the Em- the day, parking directions, and more go to: peror Valerian in 258AD, just four days after the www.theFEST.us. See you at The FEST! martyrdom of Pope Sixtus II. Sixtus is believed to From the comfort of your home! We also want to have been beheaded along with his four deacons, make sure that EVERYONE can join us so The FEST two of whose names we know, Felicissimus and will be streamed LIVE. Go to TheFEST.us for more Agapitus. Yes, they had strange names back then! details. Tell EVERYONE you know to join us for Some days later, Lawrence was captured, and he The FEST streamed LIVE into your home. was asked to reveal where the treasures of the Church were. Tradition has it that he brought to- CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION gether the poor and the sick and told the emperor FREE MONTHLY GRIEF SUPPORT that “These are the treasures of the Church.” After Catholic Cemeteries Association provides free month- the Edict of Toleration, the Emperor Constantine ly grief support groups in two formats: In-Office at built a church above Lawrence’s tomb in a catacomb 3:00 p.m. at six Cemetery offices and Virtually at 5:00 p.m. We meet the 3rd Sunday of every month; in the year 330AD. It was a relatively small church, th with stairs providing access down to Lawrence’s 4 Sunday if the third Sunday falls on a holi- final resting place in the catacomb. Due to the in- day. Meetings are open discussion, surrounding a monthly topic or whatever is on your heart. The Au- creasing popularity of the saint, Constantine then th built a large basilica on the summit of the hill where gust 15 topics are “Planning for Special Days/ Lawrence was buried. Memorials” and “Family Dynamics in Grief”. We offer a comfortable, private, and safe environment. The diaconate has evolved since the time of Saint For Virtual Grief Support Meeting— go to http:// Lawrence, but the three main areas of ministry have bit.ly/ccavirtualgriefsupportgroup to receive login remained the same: minister of the Word, minister information and handout materials. Your RSVP for of the altar, and minister of charity. The three con- both is appreciated but not required. For more infor- texts of the diaconal ministry represent a unity in mation, contact Rhonda at 216-930-4866. service at the level of Divine Revelation: the minis- try of the Word leads to ministry at the altar, which ANNUAL WALK TO REMEMBER in turn prompts the transformation of life by the lit- During October, the month of the Most Holy Rosary, urgy, resulting in charity. Ancient tradition appears Catholic Cemeteries Association invites families to to indicate that because the deacon was the servant participate in a half-mile walking Rosary on October at the table of the poor, he had his distinctive liturgi- 3rd from 1:00 –2:00 p.m. in honor of departed loved cal roles at the Table of the Lord. At Mass the dea- ones. We walk, we pray, we sing, and we remember. con sets up the altar and prepares the chalice. He For those who cannot walk, or in case of rain, the Ro- invites us to proclaim the Mystery of Faith and to sary will be prayed in the mausoleum or in the ceme- give one another the Sign of Peace. The deacon is tery office. At the end of the Rosary, there is a brief the ordinary minister of Communion, and he dis- candle lighting ceremony in remembrance of our misses people at the end of Mass by saying, “Go in dearly departed. Registrations are from now until peace, glorifying the Lord by your lives.” A deacon October 3rd. Whether walking or not, you can also is also the ordinary minister of Baptism, he can wit- honor your departed loved ones on our “In Remem- ness marriages, and he can officiate a Christian buri- brance” Wall. Submit names by September 30th to als. be included for the month of October. Register and/or submit remembrance names by phone at 216-930- Summer blessings, 4866, email [email protected], or online at https:// Father Joe www.clecem.org/Events/WalkToRemember.aspx