 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  The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 13, 2020

 PARISH STAFF Fr. Alex Anderson, Pastor Deacon Ed Boyer, Parish Deacon & PSR Principal Deacon Terry Baldwin, Parish Deacon, RCIA & Adoration Chapel Coordinator Kathey Compton, St. Rose School Principal Corie Boyer, Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper Natalie Woodrum, SRLS School Secretary Abby Huck, PSR 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 CONFESSIONS 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 CALVARY CEMETERY INFORMATION - 636-337-2150

St. Rose of Lima, pray for us!

  Mass Readings for the Week LITURGICAL MINISTERS SPETEMBER 19TH & SEPTEMBER 20TH

Mon Sep 14 Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 78:1-2,34-38; LECTORS Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 5:00 PM Mary Byers Tue Sep 15 I Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31; Psalm 100:1-5; John 19:25-27 7:00 AM Marie Guzman Wed Sep 16 I Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Psalm 33: 9:00 AM Stephen Nichols 2-5,12,22; Luke 7:31-35 11:00 AM Debbie Wilson Thu Sep 17 I Corinthians 15:1-11; Psalm 118: 1-2,16-17,28; Luke 7:36-50 Note: Since you will be socially distanced from everyone else in church while reading at Mass, you need not wear a mask while Fri Sep 18 I Corinthians 15:12-20; Psalm 17:1, reading even if you wore one to church. 6-8,15; Luke 8:1-3 Sat Sep 19 I Corinthians 15:35-37,42-49; Psalm SERVERS 56:10-14; Luke 8:4-15 5:00 PM Brendan Young & Brayden Young Sun Sep 20 55:6-9; Psalm 145:2-3,8-9, 7:00 AM Brody Hercher & Carey 17-18; Philippians 1:20-24,27; 9:00 AM Levi Huck & Clayton Huck Matthew 20:1-16 11:00 AM Tristan Duepner & Amelia Duepner

MASS INTENTIONS USHERS 5:00 PM Charles Koch, Mike Merseal, Duck Reando FOR THE WEEK Josh Reando & Jerry DeClue 7:00 AM Ken Merseal, Ed , J. R. Merseal, & MON - September 14 6:15 AM Tom Cullen Harold Wickerham Exaltations of the Holy Cross 9:00 AM Jeff Draves, Robbie Winckel, Bob

TUES - September 15 6:15 AM Purgatorial Society Winckel, Brenden Boyer & Lonnie Reando Our Lady of Sorrows 6:30 PM Larry & Margie Huber 11:00 AM Fred Carr, Glenn Jones, Larry Sansoucie Bruce Baisch & John Sampson WED - September 16 6:15 AM Nick/Cecelia/Kenny Sts. Cornelius & Sansoucie EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 8:00 AM Special Intention Note: In the re-opening of churches for "public" Masses, since there will be far fewer people at Mass and since we cannot distribute Holy THUR - September 17 6:15 AM Randy Osia Communion from the cup, and since we cannot have 2 rows of St. people approaching the altar to receive Holy Communion at the same time, Fr. Anderson will distribute Holy Communion by himself. We look forward to the time when you can return! FRI - September 18 6:15 AM James Milner 8:00 AM Theresa Winckel

SAT - September 19 8:00 AM Benita Coleman St. Januarius 5:00 PM Shirley Reando WITHOUT PRIESTS SUN - September 20 7:00 AM Parishioners 25th Sunday in 9:00 AM Jerry McCurdy THERE CAN BE NO MASS! Ordinary Time 11:00 AM Luke Horn

PARISH COUNCIL Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood, The next meeting of St. Rose's Parish Council is on especially among the young men of Tuesday, September 22 at 7:15 pm in the rectory 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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Address______City______Zip______WELCOME to Our Parish School of Religion begins classes today - "WELCOME!" to our students! Classes meet each Sunday morning from 10:00 am until 10:50, Kindergarten through 8th Grade. We are blessed with very dedicated and capable PSR $14,315.00 teachers, with Deacon Ed Boyer as Principal and Abby Huck, the PSR secretary. Yep! You read it right! Our WONDERFUL St. Rose of Lima Pa- If your child is not yet registered for PSR, please do so at rishioners came through with flying colors when it came time to your earliest convenience. rescue the revenue from our cancelled Labor Day Picnic! After We are happy to be able to announce the following COVID- paying out the $5,000 to Roger Moritz, who won the main raffle 19 precautions and procedures that will be in place: - and who gave $1,000 back!!!!! - we netted $12,805.00 on the ★ Masks are optional for students. We encourage students to main raffle and an additional $1,510.00 on the quilt raffle for a use masks. Staff will use masks when social distancing cannot total of $14,315.00! Gail Ott won the picnic quilt and Marcey & be maintained. Steve Nichols won the baby quilt. "THANK YOU!" to ALL of you ★ All students will be assigned seating in the classroom(s). who were SO GENEROUS in supporting our no-picnic picnic! All of the proceeds will be deposited into our St. Rose Mainte- This is per JCHD guidelines. All seating will be at social dis- nance Fund, which will bring the current balance on the tancing standards. maintenance fund to $53,122.80. ★ All students will have their own places for books, materials, To compare - last year the main raffle took in $7,237 and and supplies without sharing. We will not share materials such paid out $5,000 for a net profit of $2,237. Last year the total as pencils, markers, etc. profit from the Labor Day Picnic was $17,692.72 - so our ★ All students will practice frequent hand washing in intervals $14,315.00 this year is not shabby at all! And while no one with their classes. All students will use hand sanitizer when missed all of the hard work that goes into the picnic each year, leaving or entering a classroom. we all did miss working together for a common cause. We ★ Water fountains will NOT be used. Bottle filling stations missed seeing each other and spending time with each other. Is have been installed on both levels of the school. These are it a lot of work? Yes it is! Is it worth it? Definitely! touchless. We can all look forward to next year's Labor Day Picnic and ★ Restrooms are already touchless and frequently touched we pray that the good Lord will let the virus go away and allow surfaces will be sanitized frequently. us to get back to 'normal' once more! ★ Parents should not escort students into the school. A staff member will be at each door to assist you. RUNNING ERRANDS ON ★ Parents will NOT enter the school building at dismissal. The building will remain locked. Teachers will escort students to SATURDAY MORNINGS? you. Please remember that each Saturday Finally . . . morning confessions are heard from after It is IMPERATIVE that you pre-screen your child for symptoms. the 8 am Mass until 9 am. In addition to the post office, the It is up to us, as a school family, to be responsible for the well- cleaners, and the drug store, you can also receive the Sacra- being and safety of our students. ment of . Whew! What a productive Saturday morning! In spite of these restrictions, we hope to have a successful school year as we do all we can to pass on the Catholic Faith to our parishioners who attend public grade school. For more in- "WELCOME!" formation or to register, please contact Abby Huck on fastdirect All of us at St. Rose extend a heartfelt "Welcome!" to or call her at 573-705-8833. Credence Marie Kopp, daughter of Kyle and Kristie (Finder) Kopp, and Everhett Steven Rotter, son of Julius and Madeline (Ketcherside) Rotter, who received the Sacrament of Baptism at St. Rose this past Sunday. May their A C A  L A S T C A L L We would like to wrap up this year's Annual newfound faith bring them and their families nothing but grace Catholic Appeal. If you have not yet made your and peace. pledge but would like to do so, please forward your card to the rectory in the next week or so. "Thanks!" to all of you who have already done so! THIS WEEK'S Q.U.O.T.E "If we were only to uproot one vice each year, DO YOU HAVE . . . ? we should soon become perfect." We're looking for 2 animated electric Christmas figures that we can re-fashion and use as props Thomas a Kempis for our upcoming annual Auction. They need to be about 24" tall and electric rather than battery. They will not be returned. They need not be Mickey or Minnie Mouse and they do not need to match. If you This Week’s Altar Flowers would like to donate one or both, please drop them by the rec- tory or give Corie/Fr. Anderson a call - 636-337-2212. Thanks! In Memory of Richard Huskey. At any time, feel free to add to our bulletin list of those in Sunday, September 27th is the military. The whole Parish will keep them in our pray- "Stewardship Sunday" in the ers. Archdiocese of St. Louis - Maj. Lucas Frank; Col. Seth Frank; John W. Long - U.S. and at St. Rose of Lima Navy; Katie Boyer - Air Force; Tommy Fambrough - Air Parish. For months now Force; Janetta Zehrbach - Air Force; Craig Zehrbach - Air Force; Staff we've been putting together Sergeant Evelyn Drummond; Airmen Dalton Miller - Air Force; Alex our capital campaign to raise the Sunday collection - and I'll Haverstick; Cpt. Neal Grossheider - Air Force; Cpt. Garrett Huck - Air Force; Hanna Jackson - Navy, Cpt. Dennis Boyer - Navy, Lt. Mike spell out the details in the sermon on the 27th. Boyer - Navy; James O‟Harver - National Guard; Sergeant Ashley As your pastor, I'm painfully aware that talking about financ- Johnson - National Guard; Sgt. First Class - Coleman; Sgt. es can be an awkward thing, yet our Parish finances are an Whiteny Brauch; CTTC Jon Cox - Navy; Maj. Dan Thebeau - Army; important part of Parish life - granted not THE most important LCPL Cole Franklin‟; LCPL Sebastian Michaels; Boyer - Army; part, but unless our finances are in order, we cannot live up to Christian King - Navy; Ryan Cook - Navy; SSG Kenneth Kleinschrodt the mission of St. Rose Parish. - National Guard; Schumer - Army; Emily Faulkner - Air Force; Many people are VERY generous to St. Rose. For that I Connor Biermann - Marine; Dakota McKinney - Army; First Lt. Joe Winckel - Army.; Dalton Daugherty - U.S. Marine; Ryan Tillman - give due thanks and praise to almighty God. Many people are National Guard; Colby Davis - Marines.; Garrett Hardin—Army. already doing their very best to financially support St. Rose Parish. Many people could do more. Too many - and that may be only a handful - are letting everyone else do the heavy lift- ing - and that's just not fair. Our campaign motto is "And let it begin with me!", empha- sizing the fact that we're all in this together and we all have a responsibility to give material support to our Parish. If everyone did a little more and if some people would do anything at all - we'd be where we need to be as a Parish. Our goal? To build up some reserve funds so that when and if we ever hit another financial snag like the one that has been "WELCOME!" to our St. Rose RCIA classes officially begin today, dumped in our laps, we'll be able to weather the storm without September 13th. The RCIA classes are held each Sunday from going belly-up. 10:00 am until 11:30 am in the school cafeteria. As usual, begin- We're all in this together and if we're ever going to get our ning next week the members of the class and the staff will attend financial affairs in order at St. Rose, we all need to be doing the 9 am Mass first and then head over to the school cafeteria for our part. Don't wait for someone else - as our campaign motto class. The classes will consist of both video presentations on the says: "And let it begin with me!" Catholic Catechism and talks and reflections by the RCIA staff. The classes run from September through Easter, 2021. Deacon Terry Baldwin is in charge. You can call me (636-337-2212) or him (314-803-5305) with questions or for more information. If you miss Phase 2 reminders for the first class today, not to worry! Come next Sunday and we'll "public" Masses catch you up! The classes are free - there is no charge. 1) Archbishop Robert Carlson has extended the I think one of the reasons St. Rose's RCIA is so successful is dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday because it is so well done - and that's "Thanks!" to our wonderful Mass indefinitely. Those who are sick should remain at home. RCIA staff. So often these programs are more about the ones 2) Mass attendance is limited to 50% of our regular capacity - for making the presentations rather than the ones who want to learn. us that's about 175 people. Not so here! We also personally walk the catechumens (those who 3) Ushers will open the outside doors for you when you arrive and are to be Baptized) and the candidates (those who are already the inside church doors will be left standing open. Baptized in another denomination but want to become Catholic) 4) You are asked to keep a 'social distance' from each other, ex- through whatever they need to accomplish to get things done. cept those of the same household. Don't be shy! If you've spoken with someone before about be- 5) Except for little children, a mask is recommended except when coming Catholic and they put you off, get back in there and invite sitting down or receiving Holy Communion. them again. You may have planted a seed that now is beginning to 6) There will be no holy water in the fonts. germinate. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain - and 7) We will not be using the missalettes. so do you! Happy, devoted, faithful Catholics are the best billboard 8) The ushers will resume taking up the collection and they will for the Church and YOU are our best cheer-leaders for the RCIA. 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 Communion. 12) People should line up for Holy Communion single file, main- taining 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 sanitize the S U N D A Y M A S S church after each Mass even though Phase 2 allows of the Our live-streaming the 9 am Mass here at St. Rose will continue for church being sanitized just once a day. the time being. What a blessing that that so many of our Parishioners who cannot make it to Mass have Mass available to them on face- book. Some of our Parishioners still feel uncomfortable in getting out into crowds, even for Mass on Sunday. The Archbishop's dispensa- Help for those Struggling with tion from obligatory Sunday Mass attendance will continue as long as people are not able to get to Mass - even if Mass is made available, an Addiction to Pornography but they're not able to attend - so, once again, "Thanks!" to Cyle For a Catholic man's approach to conquering Huck, our videographer, for his kindness and generosity. You can an addiction to pornography, go to catholicmenconquerporn.com. view the Mass each Sunday at 9 am on facebook at St Rose of Lima They offer an on-line course in dealing with this problem. You can't get School DeSoto. help with such an addiction if you don't do something about it. MISSOURI NONPUBLIC SCHOOL Please Pray for the Sick

ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION + Bob Barry + Mary Lou Barry + Dalton Benoist + We were recently informed that St. Rose of + Rita Boeving + Dianna Boyer + Scott Boyer + Lima School has received accreditation for the current school year by the Board of Directors of the Missouri + Cheryl Campagna + Alice Clark + Culley + Nonpublic School Accrediting Association. As stated in + Tracy Culley + Yvonne Davis + Judy Hahn + their letter of notification: "This recognition is indeed evidence + Becky Harrison + Frankie Hawkins + Katrina Howe + of your school's commitment to excellence and ongoing im- + Tessa Howe + Mary Huskey + Bobby Johnson + provement." We are also accredited by the National Federa- + Dorothy Koch + Loucks + Catherine Luther + tion of Nonpublic School State Accrediting Association. + Mike McMurray + Michelle Meier + Connie Merseal + + Colleen Minehart + Myrtle Missey + Rosemarie Morris+ + Kenny Northcutt + + Brandon O'Harver + + Cynthia O‟Neail + Russ Ott + Don Patton + THIS WEEK'S POINT + Keegan Reynolds + Frankie Ruch + Dennis Sampson + Experts lament collapse of marriage in + Tim Selsor + Linda Sumpter + Erin Trombly + America, warn of deadly consequences + Joe Tyree + Barbara Williams + Jordan Winckel + + Amanda Woodring + American civil society is facing a serious domestic threat: Mar- riage is declining and family stability with it. Between 1962 and 2019, the Our policy is to remove a name after 6 weeks. Please percentage of women ages 15 to 44 who were married fell by nearly 30%, call the Rectory (337-2212) to add a name to our sick list. according to a recent report. The number of children born outside of wedlock grew from just 5% in 1960 to 40% in 2019. Stable two-parent families in a community are some of the most powerful predictors of the health of the American dream for poor kids. "It‟s SAINT of the WEEK important to remember that there is no such thing as „parenting,‟ Ryan An- derson, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation. “There is mothering, and there is fathering, and children do best with both.” Though it's not possible to know how a child‟s life may have been altered if raised in a happy two-parent home, “what is self-evident - without consulting research - is that more children would fare better if more were raised by their married parents within a healthy relationship,” the committee‟s report states. Children who are raised in a home with two married parents are less likely to live in poverty or experience physical, mental, or sexual abuse, according to the joint committee. They are also more likely to succeed aca- demically and financially. Children raised by a mother and father are also less likely to exhibit behavioral issues, such as aggression. From 1970 to 2019, the percentage of children living without one or both parents doubled from about 15% to 30%. The number of children In the third century, the emperor Decius decided that all who living with unmarried, cohabiting parents has also increased by more than would not give up their Christian faith should be killed. The pope, 10% in the past 50 to 60 years. Fabian, was martyred along with many others. But there were Children born to cohabiting couples are almost twice as likely to apostates, Christians who did give up their faith. Emperor Decius see their parents break up, compared to children born to married couples. Children raised in a single-parent home are at least twice as likely to live in thought that without a pope, the Church would die, so he prevent- poverty compared with children from a two-parent household. ed the election of another bishop of . A council of priests Family stability is “the most significant factor among blacks - not secretly carried on the work. After a year, while the emperor was only for poverty, but also for affluence,” Wilcox said, giving credit to the re- away at war, Cornelius was elected pope. search of John Iceland, a sociology professor at Penn State University. The Cornelius found himself in the midst of problems. A priest most dramatic decline is within the African American community. While the named Novatian - who became an antipope - and his followers share of married white women between the ages of 15 and 44 has fallen by believed that apostates could not be accepted back into the about 25 percentage points since the 1960's, about 65% of black women between the age of 15 to 44 were married in the 1960's, but by 2019, it had Church even if they had repented. Cornelius called a council of fallen to just 24%. bishops together to settle the dispute. The council reaffirmed The disparity between white and black babies born to single moth- Cornelius‟s position as pope and condemned Novatian‟s view. ers doubled between 1960 and 2018, according to the joint committee‟s After two years as pope, Cornelius was arrested under the em- report. Twenty-nine percent of white children were born to unwed mothers in peror‟s rule and sentenced to banishment. He died in exile in 253. 2018, while 70% of black children are born to single moms. In 1960, only 1% Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage in North Africa, was a friend of white babies and about 20% of black babies were born to single moms. and supporter of Cornelius‟s at this time. Cyprian was born in A young person‟s future is not necessarily doomed to failure be- cause of the lack of family structure. However, children raised by a single Carthage about 210, the son of pagan parents. Cyprian lived a parent do face greater adversity when compared with children raised in virtuous life after being converted to Christianity as an adult. He a happy two-parent home, the Social Capital Project report concludes. was made a priest and then a bishop. [by Virginia Allen for LifeSiteNews] As bishop of Carthage for nearly 10 years, Cyprian had only one year of peace. After that, the persecutions under Decius be- gan, as well as disagreements over what to do with apostates. WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 Like Cornelius, Cyprian had to deal with Novatian. 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Cyprian is the of Algeria & North Africa. Thank you” so much for your generosity to St. Rose!” Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time rich in compassion. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. REFRAIN: The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness and compassion. REFRAIN: The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. REFRAIN: The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. ENTRANCE HYMN - There's a Wideness in God's Mercy For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing 1) There's a wideness in God's mercy, like the wideness of is his kindness toward those who fear him. As far as the east the sea; there's a kindness in His justice which is more than is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from liberty. There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has us. been shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of REFRAIN: The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and the head. rich in compassion. 2) For the love of God is broader than the measures of our ❦ mind, and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. If SECOND READING - Romans 14:7-9 our love were but more simple, we should take Him at His A Reading From the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans word, and our lives would be thanksgiving for the goodness Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no of our Lord. one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if 3) Troubled souls, why will you scatter like a crowd of fright- we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, ened sheep? Foolish hearts, why will you wander from a we are the Lord‟s. For this is why Christ died and came to love so true and deep? There is welcome for the sinner, and life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. more graces for the good. There is mercy with the Savior. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. There is healing in His blood. ❦ ❦ GOSPEL - Matthew 18:21-35 GLORY to GOD in the HIGHEST A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Matthew Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as sev- glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord en times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heav- Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of en may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our pray- was brought before him who owed him a huge amount. er; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mer- Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered cy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the property, in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. down, did him homage, and said, „Be patient with me, and I ❦ will pay you back in full.‟ Moved with compassion the master FIRST READING - Sirach 27:30-28:7 of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan. When A Reading from the Book of Sirach that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and start- tight. The vengeful will suffer the Lord‟s vengeance, for he ed to choke him, demanding, „Pay back what you owe.‟ Fall- remembers their sins in detail. Forgive your neighbor‟s in- ing to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, „Be patient justice; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven. with me, and I will pay you back.‟ But he refused. Instead, Could anyone nourish anger against another and expect he had the fellow servant put in prison until he paid back the healing from the Lord? Could anyone refuse mercy to anoth- debt. Now when his fellow servants saw what had hap- er like himself, can he seek pardon for his own sins? If one pened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master who is but flesh cherishes wrath, who will forgive his sins? and reported the whole affair. His master summoned him Remember your last days, set enmity aside; remember and said to him, „You wicked servant! I forgave you your death and decay, and cease from sin! Think of the com- entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have mandments, hate not your neighbor; remember the Most had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?‟ Then High‟s covenant, and overlook faults. in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father ❦ do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother from RESPONSORIAL PSALM - Psalm 103:1-4,9-12 your heart.” REFRAIN: The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

❦ come down! Fix in us your humble dwelling, All your faithful NICENE CREED mercies crown. Jesus, source of all compassion, I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven Love unbounded, love all pure; Visit us with your salvation, and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Let your love in us endure. Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of 2) Come, almighty to deliver, Let us all your life receive; Sud- the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, denly return and never, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial Never more your temples leave. Lord, we would be always with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us blessing, Serve you as your hosts above, Pray, and praise men and for our salvation He came down from heaven, you without ceasing, Glory in your precious love. (bow) and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the 3) Finish then your new creation, Pure and spotless, gra- Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified un- cious Lord, Let us see your great salvation Perfectly in you der Pontius Pilate, He suffered death and was buried, and restored. Changed from glory into glory, Till in heav'n we rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scrip- take our place, Till we sing before the almighty Lost in won- tures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right der, love and praise. hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the ❦ living and the dead and His kingdom will have no end. I be- PRAYERS BEFORE & AFTER MASS lieve in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who pro- The Divine Praises ceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed be Jesus in the Most and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the of the world to come. Amen. Paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most ❦ Holy. Blessed be her holy and . OFFERTORY HYMN - Seed, Scattered and Sown Blessed be her glorious Assumption. Blessed be the Name REFRAIN - Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be St. , her most grown, bread, broken and shared as one, the living bread of chaste spouse. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His God. Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup . that is shared by all: the living cup, the living bread of God. ❦ 1) Is not the bread we break a sharing in our Lord? Is not the Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood cup we bless, the blood of Christ outpoured? REFRAIN of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash 2) The seed which falls on rock will wither and will die. The me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear seed within good ground will flower and have life. REFRAIN me. Within Thy wounds hide me. Separated from Thee let 3) As wheat upon the hills was gathered and was grown, so me never be. From the malignant enemy defend me. In the may the church of God be gathered into one. REFRAIN hour of my death call me and bid me come unto Thee, that ❦ with Thy Saints I may be, praising Thee forever and ever. COMMUNION HYMN - Christians, Let Us Love One Another Amen. 1) Christians, let us love one another, as we share the true ❦ living bread. Jesus is our God and our brother; with his flesh St. Michael Prayer and blood we are fed Everyone who loves is born of God. Saint Michael , defend us in battle, be our protec- Jesus is our life, God is love. tion against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may 2) We who break this bread are one body, we who share this God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of cup are all one, children of our Father in heaven, sharers of the heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan the life of God's Son. Everyone who loves is born of God. and all the evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking Jesus is our life, God is love. the destruction of souls. Amen. 3) We who eat and drink at this table die and rise again with ❦ our Lord, drawing from our rock living water for all men who Hail, Holy Queen thirst for accord. Everyone who loves is born of God. Jesus Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness is our life, God is love. and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of 4) On the path of life we may falter, earthly food alone Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weep- leaves us weak. Always you invite from the altar, "Hungry ing in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advo- souls their food here must seek." Everyone who loves is cate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, born of God. Jesus is our life, God is love. show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clem- 5) Wheat and grape incarnate a mystery; Jesus is the true ent, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen. living bread. Let us eat with joy and thanksgiving, trusting in ❦ the word he has said. Everyone who loves is born of God. St. Rose of Lima, Pray for us! Jesus is our life, God is love. 6) Jesus is the vine, we the branches; we are grains of wheat, Christ the bread. Those who eat this bread live forev- er, one with Christ, our Lord and our head. Everyone who loves is born of God. Jesus is our life, God is love. ❦ Please remember RECESSIONAL HYMN - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Saint Rose of Lima Parish 1) Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heav'n to earth in your will 831250 St. Rose of Lima 636-337-2212 Contact: Corie Boyer [email protected]

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