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 Rose of Generosity, Humility, and Love for the Lord in the Holy Eucharist 504 So. Third Street + De Soto, MO 63020 + 636-337-2212 + www.stroseparish.info  15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 12, 2020

 PARISH STAFF Fr. Alex Anderson, Pastor Deacon Ed Boyer, Parish Deacon Kathey Compton, St. Rose School Principal Corie Boyer, Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper Natalie Woodrum, SRLS School Secretary Carol Flesher, Assistant Parish Secretary Mike Merseal, Maintenance Carol Emmett, Parish Music Director RECTORY EMAIL [email protected] SCHOOL INFO 523 S. 4th Street, DeSoto, MO 63020 636-337-7855 I www.stroseoflima.org MASS SCHEDULE Monday thru Friday at 6:15 am I 8:00 am Wed & Fri when school is in session I Tues evening: 6:30 pm (followed by Per- petual Help Devotions) Sat: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm & Sun: 7 am, 9 am, & 11 am SACRAMENT OF Sat: 8:30 - 9:00 am & 4:00 - 4:45 pm

PERPETUAL ADORATION Perpetual Adoration of in the in the lower level chapel on the Miller Street side of church

PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY . . .  to register as a member of St. Rose Parish  to have Holy Communion brought to the sick  to arrange for the Anointing of the Sick  to put someone on the sick list  to arrange for a Baptism or Marriage  to become a convert to the Catholic Church

 Mass Readings for the Week LITURGICAL MINISTERS JULY 18TH & JULY 19TH

Mon July 13 1:10-17; Psalm 50:8-9,16-17, LECTORS 21,23; Matthew 10:34-11:1 5:00 PM Debbie Wilson Tue July 14 Isaiah 7:1-9; Psalm 48:2-8; Matthew 11:20-24 7:00 AM Marie Guzman Wed July 15 Isaiah 10:5-7,13-16; Psalm 94:5-10, 9:00 AM Stephen Nichols 14-15; Matthew 11:25-27 11:00 AM Mike Tolle Thu July 16 Isaiah 26:7-9,12,16-19; Psalm 102: 13-21; Matthew 11:28-30 Note: Since you will be socially distanced from everyone else in church while reading at Mass, you need not wear a mask while Fri July 17 Isaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; Psalm reading even if you wore one to church. [Isaiah] 38:10-12,16; Matthew 12:1-8 Sat July 18 2:1-5: Psalm 10:1-4,7-8,14; SERVERS Matthew 12:14-21 5:00 PM Brendan Young, Brayden Young Sun July 19 Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm 86:5-6, 7:00 AM Brady Turner, Keegun Huskey 9-10,15-16; Romans 8:26-27; 9:00 AM Clayton Huck, Levi Huck Matthew 13:24-43 11:00 AM Dakota Cobb, Dameon Cobb

USHERS 5:00 PM Charles Koch, Mike Merseal, Duck Reando MASS INTENTIONS Josh Reando & Jerry DeClue FOR THE WEEK 7:00 AM Ken Merseal, Ed , J. R. Merseal, & Harold Wickerham 9:00 AM Jeff Draves, Robbie Winckel, Bob MON - July 13 6:15 AM & Nelda Winckel, Brenden Boyer & Lonnie Reando St. Henry Politte 11:00 AM Fred Carr, Glenn Jones, Larry Sansoucie TUES - July 14 6:15 AM Corliss Stroup Bruce Baisch & John Sampson

St. 6:30 PM Ralph & Bernice Jones EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

WED - July 15 6:15 AM Purgatorial Society Note: In this first phase of re-opening churches for "public" Masses, since there will be far fewer people at Mass and since we cannot St. distribute Holy Communion from the cup, and since we cannot have

2 rows of people approaching the altar to receive Holy Communion at THUR - July 16 6:15 AM Frank Bukowski the same time, Fr. Anderson will distribute Holy Communion by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel himself. We look forward to the time when you can return!

FRI - July 17 6:15 AM Stephen Maddox

SAT - July 18 8:00 AM Winona Jung 5:00 PM Daley & Kate Merseal WITHOUT PRIESTS

SUN - July 19 7:00 AM Gertrude Krodinger THERE CAN BE NO MASS! 16th Sunday in 9:00 AM Paul & Juanita Portell Ordinary Time 11:00 AM Parishioners

Please remember Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood, Saint Rose of Lima Parish especially among the young men of in your will our Parish and of our Archdiocese! ARE YOU NEW TO THE PARISH ? If you are new to St. Rose, we extend to you a warm and heartfelt welcome. Please call the rectory to register, or fill out the following information and drop it into the mail or the Sunday collection. We‟ll be in touch with you right away.

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S U N D A Y M A S S Just to be safe from infection, some of our Parishioners W E L C O M E ! may still not feel comfortable in getting out into crowds, even for Mass on Sunday. The dispensation from obliga- tory Sunday Mass attendance will continue as long as people are not able to get to Mass - even if Mass is made ST. ROSE of LIMA available, but they're not able to attend - so, thanks to the kindness of Cyle Huck, our videographer, our live- streamed Masses will continue for the time being, even though we‟re back to our regular Mass schedule. You can view the Mass each Sunday at 9 am on facebook at St Rose of Lima School DeSoto.

MONDAY thru FRIDAY THIS WEEK'S Q.U.O.T.E "Give something, however small, to the one in need. For 9 am until 1 pm it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.” July 13th thru July 19th St. Gregory Nazianzen @ ST. ROSE HALL!

Sympathy All of us at St. Rose extend our heartfelt sympathy and prayers to Tony Vallo and his family on the death of his wife, Mary, who was buried As we enter Phase 2 of resum- from St. Rose on Friday, July 3. May she rest in peace, ing "public" Masses, please and may Tony and his family find comfort and peace in the loving care of all those around them and in the loving keep the following in mind: arms of the Lord. 1) Archbishop Robert Carlson has extended the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass indefinitely. Those who are sick should remain at home. 2) Mass attendance is limited to 50% of our regular ca- Please note . . . pacity - for us that's about 175 people. It is a blessing to be able to livestream our 9 am Mass 3) Ushers will open the outside doors for you when you from St. Rose on facebook each Sunday morning for arrive and the inside church doors will be left standing those who are not able to be here in person. Each week- open. end I read the comments and I am heartened by all those 4) You are asked to keep a 'social distance' from each who send their greetings and good wishes and their ap- other, except those of the same household. preciation for being able in some way to attend Mass 5) Except for little children, a mask is recommended ex- from afar. Less you think I'm not interested, I want to as- cept when sitting down or receiving Holy Communion. sure everyone that I'm not on facebook and that I am not 6) There will be no holy water in the fonts. able to respond to any comments or good wishes. But be 7) We will not be using the missalettes. sure that I appreciate all of you who watch and all of you 8) The ushers will resume taking up the collection and who are so grateful for Mass at St. Rose of Lima church. they will bring up the bread and wine for Mass. 9) There will be no sign of peace. 10) There will be no Holy Communion distributed from the cup. 11) There will be no Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Com- munion. 12) People should line up for Holy Communion single file, maintaining your social distance (except those in the same household) one side of the church at a time. 13) In an abundance of caution, we will continue to sani- So that everyone can feel safe, please remember to tize the church after each Mass even though Phase 2 social distance yourself from others at Mass. allows of the church being sanitized just once a day. 1) THIS WEEK'S "THANK YOU!" Special "Thanks!" to Parishioner Joe Martin who volunteered and then spent a number of hours weed-wacking all the weeds growing along the curbs around St. Rose Parish. Afterward, he even put down weed killer. What an improvement! Such things are always so hard to get under control, but Joe did an outstanding and very thorough ! God bless you, Joe, for being so thoughtful and helpful! 2) THIS WEEK'S "THANK YOU!" Special "Thanks!", too, to Clayton and Levi and Clarey Huck and their mom, Abby, who spent some hours this past week pulling weeds by St. Rose School, St. Rose Hall, [In our continued instruction on the topic of the Real Presence and the church courtyard. Whew! That's a lot of weeds! But of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, pleae consider this:] it looks so, so nice! With the heat and the sun to deal with Among the many important things Pope Benedict during weed pulling, such efforts are even more selfless! spoke about when he was Pope is what he refrred to as 3) THIS WEEK'S "THANK YOU!" the "hermaneutic [pronounced 'herman-oo-tic'] of And speaking of the Huck Family, "Thank You!" to dad, continuity". He reasoned that whatever 'changes' or Cyle, who continues to live-stream our 9 am Mass on Sun- adaptations the Catholic Church institutes should be in days, and who has taken drone pictures of the new win- continuity with everything that went before. Unfortuntaly, dows in school! We can all agree that the new windows are that has not been the case. For that reason we now see a big improvement! Cyle's pictures will help us show them even Catholics defending homosexual activity, birth off! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! control, Holy Communion for those divorced and remarried outside the Church, etc. As we reflect upon beleif in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, we must also call to mind Pope At any time, feel free to add to our bulletin list of those Bendict's 'hermaneutic of continuity', not only continuity in the military. The whole Parish will keep them in our with ages past, but continuity with reason as well. prayers. We are all made in tihe image and likeness of God. Maj. Lucas Frank; Col. Seth Frank; John W. Long - Because of that - and because of that alone - each human U.S. Navy; Katie Boyer - Air Force; Tommy Fambrough life has a dignity and an importance it would not otherwise - Air Force; Janetta Zehrbach - Air Force; Craig Zehrbach - Air Force; Staff Sergeant Evelyn Drummond; Airmen Dalton Miller - have. AND - it not only gives us importance and Air Force; Alex Haverstick; Cpt. Neal Grossheider - Air Force; significance, it also gives us direction and purpose. As Cpt. Garrett Huck - Air Force; Hanna Jackson - Navy, Cpt. Den- you'll see each week on the cover of our Sunday bulletin, nis Boyer - Navy, Lt. Mike Boyer - Navy; James O‟Harver - Na- this quote from St. Augustine: "Our hearts were made for tional Guard; Sergeant Ashley Johnson - National Guard; Sgt. you, O God, and our hearts will be restless until they rest in First Class - Coleman; Lt. Col. Joann Frank; Lt. Col. Josh- Thee." ua Frank; Sgt. Whiteny Brauch; CTTC Jon Cox - Navy; Maj. Dan Part of the 'hermaneutic of continuity' as it applies to our Thebeau - Army; LCPL Cole Franklin‟; LCPL Sebastian purpose and, ultimately, our satisfaction and fulfillment, is Michaels; Boyer - Army; Christian King - Navy; Ryan Cook - Navy; SSG Kenneth Kleinschrodt - National Guard; that we find our purpose in God and in Him alone. And we Schumer - Army; Emily Faulkner - Air Force; Connor Biermann - share that with other people, not only Catholics, but people Marine; Dakota McKinney - Army; First Lt. Joe Winckel - Army.; everywhere. This shared purpose draws us together. When Dalton Daugherty - U.S. Marine; Ryan Tillman - National Guard; God's place in our life is rejected - as it is by so many Colby Davis - Marines. people today - where is our unity? Instead we seem to think that you can make your own set of values and your own meaning in life, leaving objectivie meaning and Help for those Struggling with purpose sitting on the sidelines. an Addiction to Pornography Finally, such a God-less direction makes us prisoners of For a Catholic man's approach to con- relativism, the environment, our emotions, peer pressure, quering an addiction to pornography, go to catholicmencon- fads, etc. Ultimately, even our biology, purpose, and querporn.com. They offer an on-line course in dealing with this identity are something we determine for ourselves. With no problem. You can't get help with such an addiction if you don't individual purpose or communal purpose, there are no do something about it. Judeo-Christian values. And with no such values to guide us, we are aimless. WEEK OF JULY 6, 2020 The Holy Eucharist is meant to be part of who we are. REGULAR ENVELOPES $ 9,554.00 Made in His image and likeness, we seek to become what ADOPT AN ANGEL $ 175.00 we celebrate at Mass. If that reality no longer exists, or if PETERS PENCE $ 50.00 we no longer accept it as reality, what are we to become? ST. VINCENT DE PAUL $ 40.00 And with everyone headed in their own direction, what is VOTIVE CANDLES $ 84.00 there to unify us or guide us or bring us together? We MUST restore the belief in the Real Presence of Christ in TOTAL $ 9.903.00 the Holy Eucharist because without such a belief, we are “Thank you” so much for your generosity to St. Rose!” doomed. Please Pray for the Sick

+ Mike Ames + Dalton Benoist + Rita Boeving + + Dianna Boyer + Scott Boyer + Cheryl Campagna + + Culley + Yvonne Davis + Lisa Harper + + Frankie Hawkins + Jamie Hearst + Catherine Luther + + Connie Merseal + Myrtle Missey + Kenny Northcutt + + Brandon O'Harver + Sandy O‟Harver + Don Patton + + James Pinson, Sr. + Henry Porterhouse + + Keegan Reynolds + Frankie Ruch + + Dennis Sampson + Tim Selsor + Eric Spruell + + Erin Trombly + Barbara Williams + Gus Winckel + + Jordan Winckel + Amanda Woodring +

Our policy is to remove a name after 6 weeks. Please call the Rectory (337-2212) to add a name to our sick list.

THIS WEEK'S POINT Massachusetts city approves polyamory, the inevitable consequence of gay ‘marriage’ Earlier this year, a Utah Republican put forward a bill to de- criminalize polygamy, receiving unanimous consent almost SAINT of the WEEK immediately from a key Senate committee. Once marriage was redefined and placed in a panoply of morally acceptable romantic arrangements, it was only a matter of time before the number of partners would mean nothing. The word “family” now has no readily available meaning. On July 1, the New Times reported, the City Council of Somerville, Massachusetts “now grants polyamorous groups the rights held by spouses in marriage, such as the St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as right to confer health insurance benefits or make hospital vis- a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk its.” Councilor J.T. Scott, who proudly noted that this was village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was cap- most likely the first municipal ordinance of this sort in the tured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband. country (although surely not the last), attempted to pretend She contracted smallpox as a four-year-old child which scarred her that this was simply a recognition of the large extended fami- skin. The scars were a source of humiliation in her youth. She was lies that were once so common. commonly seen wearing a blanket to hide her face. Worse, her entire “People have been living in families that include more than family died during the outbreak. Kateri Tekakwitha was subsequently two adults forever,” Scott said. “Here in Somerville, families raised by her uncle, who was the chief of a Mohawk clan. sometimes look like one man and one woman, but sometimes Kateri was known as a skilled worker, who was diligent and patient. However, she refused to marry. When her adoptive parents proposed it looks like two people everyone on the block thinks are sis- a suitor to her, she refused to entertain the proposal. They punished ters because they‟ve lived together forever, or sometimes it‟s her by giving her more work to do, but she did not give in. Instead, she an aunt and an uncle, or an aunt and two uncles, raising two remained quiet and diligent. Eventually they were forced to relent and kids.” That gibberish aside, Scott says he knows of “at least accept that she had no interest in marriage. two dozen polyamorous households in Somerville,” a city of At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a only 80,000. vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ. Her decision Thus, the demand for formal recognition of fornication was was very unpopular with her adoptive parents and their neighbors. pressing. If the law redefines marriage to say the male-female Some of her neighbors started rumors of sorcery. To avoid persecu- tion, she traveled to a Christian native community south of Montreal. aspect is arbitrary, what principle will be left to retain monoga- According to legend, Kateri was very devout and would put thorns my? If justice demands redefining marriage to include the on her sleeping mat. She often prayed for the conversion of her fellow same-sex couple, what about the throuple? Love equals love, Mohawks. According to the Jesuit missionaries that served the com- after all. Once the law and culture says the male-female as- munity where Kateri lived, she often fasted and when she would eat, pect of marriage violates justice and equality we haven‟t she would taint her food to diminish its flavor. On at least one occa- „expanded‟ marriage, we‟ve fundamentally redefined what it sion, she burned herself. Such self-mortification was common among is. And those redefinitions have no principled stopping point. the Mohawk. The Somerville City Council passed the motion unani- Kateri was very devout and was known for her steadfast devotion. She was also very sickly. Her practices of self-mortification and denial mously. Because the ordinance does not specify that a ro- may not have helped her health. Sadly, just five years after her con- mantic relationship is necessary, some people have already version to Catholicism, she became ill and passed away at age 24, on considered using it to “platonically” partner up. The law would April 17, 1680. allow them to buy a house together and share benefits, like Her name, Kateri, is the Mohawk form of Catherine, which she took health insurance, but also to have outside romantic partners, from St. . St. Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized by or add a third “nesting partner” if they wished. After all, if gen- Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012. She is the patroness of ecology der is fluid, why not marriage? and the environment, people in exile and Native Americans. Her feast [from LifeSiteNews] day is July 14th.

- The 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time - ❦ RESPONSORIAL PSALM REFRAIN: The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest. You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have you enriched it. God‟s watercourses are filled; you have prepared the grain. REFRAIN Thus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows, breaking up its clods, Softening it with showers, blessing its yield. REFRAIN You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich harvest; The untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills. REFRAIN The fields are garmented with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain. They shout and sing for joy. REFRAIN

❦ SECOND READING [Romans 8:18-23] Brothers and sisters: I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be ENTRANCE HYMN: All Creatures of our God and King revealed for us. For creation awaits with eager expecta- 1) All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voices, tion the revelation of the children of God; for creation was let us sing: Alleluia! Alleluia! Bright burning sun with gold- made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because en beams, soft silver moon that gently gleams, O praise of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself Him! O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in 2) Great rushing winds who are so strong, you clouds the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that above that sail along, O praise Him! Alleluia! Fair rising all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and morn, with praise rejoice, stars nightly shining find a not only that, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of voice, O praise Him! O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alle- the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for luia! adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 3) Swift flowing weather pure and clear, make music for The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. your Lord to hear, Alleluia! Alleluia! Fire so intense and ❦ fiercely bright, who gives to us both warmth and light, O praise Him! O praise Him! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Gospel [Matthew 13:1-23] On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that ❦ he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd GLORY to GOD in the HIGHEST stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are Whoever has ears ought to hear.” the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory speak to them in parables?” He said to them in reply, of God the Father. Amen. “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of

heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not ❦ been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given FIRST READING [Isaiah 55:10-11] and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to and snow come down and do not return there till they them in parables, because they look but do not see and have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giv- hear but do not listen or understand. Isaiah‟s prophecy is ing seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who fulfilled in them, which says: You shall indeed hear but eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with achieving the end for which I sent it. their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and be converted, and I heal them. “But COMMUNION HYMN: Sing to the Mountains blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, REFRAIN: Sing to the mountains, sing to the sea. Raise because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets your voices, lift your hearts. This is the day the Lord has and righteous people longed to see what you see but did made. Let all the earth rejoice. not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. 1) I will give thanks to you, my Lord. You have answered “Hear then the parable of the sower. my plea. You have saved my soul from death. You are The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the my strength and my song. REFRAIN word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil 2) Holy, holy, holy Lord. Heaven and earth are full of your one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart. glory. REFRAIN The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the 3) This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us be glad word and receives it at once with joy. But he has no root and rejoice. Death has lost and all is life. Sing of the glory and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or perse- of God. REFRAIN cution comes because of the word, he immediately falls ❦ away. The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches CLOSING HYMN: Glory and Praise to our God choke the word and it bears no fruit. But the seed sown REFRAIN: Glory and praise to our God, who alone gives on rich soil is the one who hears the word and under- light to our days. Many are the blessings He bears to stands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or those who trust in His ways. sixty or thirtyfold.” 1) We, the daughters and sons of Him who built the val- The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. leys and plains. Praise the wonders our God has done in ❦ every heart that sings. REFRAIN NICENE CREED 2) In His wisdom He strengthens us, like gold that's test- I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heav- ed in fire. Though the power of sin prevails, our God is en and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in there to save. REFRAIN one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, 3) Every moment of every day our God is waiting to save, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light always ready to seek the lost, to answer those who pray. from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, REFRAIN consubstantial with the Father; through Him all things ❦ were made. For us men and for our salvation He came PRAYERS BEFORE & AFTER MASS down from heaven, (bow) and by the Holy Spirit was in- The Divine Praises carnate of the Mary, and became man. For our Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate, He suffered be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in Name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven Blessed be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be the His kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, great Mother of God, Mary most Holy. Blessed be her the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father holy and . Blessed be her glori- and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored ous Assumption. Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I and Mother. Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I con- spouse. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His . fess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look St. Prayer forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the Saint Michael , defend us in battle, be our pro- world to come. Amen. tection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; ❦ may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O OFFERTORY HYMN: Seed, Scattered and Sown Prince of the heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast REFRAIN: Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl through and grown, bread, broken and shared as one, the living the world seeking the destruction of souls. Amen. bread of God. Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our Hail, Holy Queen hands, one cup that is shared by all; the living cup the Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweet- living bread of God. ness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished 1) Is not the bread we break a sharing in the Lord? Is not children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourn- the cup we bless the blood of Christ out-poured? ing and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most REFRAIN gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and 2) The seed which falls on rock will wither and will die. after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy The seed within good ground will flower and have life. womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! REFRAIN Amen. 3) As wheat upon the hills was gathered and was grown, St. Rose of Lima, Pray for us! so may the Church of God be gathered into one. RE- FRAIN ❦ 831250 St. Rose of Lima 636-337-2212 Contact: Corie Boyer [email protected]

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