PRAYERFUL HEARTS JUNE 2018

MARY OUR MODEL FOR PEACE June Birthdays “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” From these words of Jesus, we learn that the world’s idea of peace may not be the same as Christ’s peace. Certainly, we desire peace among the peoples of the world, but we know from history that world peace is often elusive and difficult to achieve. So often, I feel tiny and helpless in the face of the world’s division and war. At these times I turn to Our Blessed Mother who faced great pain and trials in her role as the mother of Jesus. Most of her life was hidden in the ordinary of daily living. She did not rail against the extreme pain and trials of her life. She did not become an activist, but lived, loved, prayed and trusted fully in God. She kept all Julie Knudson 1st things in her heart. Jed Christensen 2nd We too can take our trials and pains and our thirst for true peace to Christ through Mary. She is our Helen Medelman 2nd platform for peace larger than any on earth. We may be tiny, but not helpless when we seek Christ’s Janet Pinkelman 2nd peace for ourselves and for the world through His mother Mary. Mary Dreher 4th Joe Rotherham 4th Blessings ~ Diana Gaspers Mary Wortmann 7th Jason Kreikemeier 7th Lindsay Headley 11th The parish Mass schedule starting May 26th/27th weekend is as follows: Kimberly Ryan 12 th Saturday, 5:30 pm (St. Mary) Joanne Bichlmeier 14th Saturday, 7:30 pm (St. Mary) Dendinger 14th Sunday, 7:30 am (Sacred Heart) Byron Ballantyne 20th Sunday, 9:30 am (St. Mary) Janice Christensen 22nd Sunday, 11:30 am (St. Mary - bilingual) Marilyn Vogel 25th Sunday, 1 pm (Sacred Heart, (1st Sunday of each month beginning July 1) Denise Becker 25th Joan Olenich 26th Alfred Schneider 30th June PRAYER AFTER Month of the Most Sacred HOLY COMMUNION Heart of Jesus Dear Lord, help me to remove from my mind every thought or opinion which You would not sanction, - As we enter the month of June, a wealth of visuals may come to mind every feeling from my heart which You would not approve. weddings with beautiful brides and new love, abundant blossoming flowers, Grant that I may spend the hours of the day generous growth around us - all of which brings joy and beauty. gladly working with You according to Your will. Consider this perspective... Help me just for today and be with me in it. The greatest joy we can experience is through a deeper relationship with our In the long hours of work, Lord and Savior. that I may not grow weary or slack in serving You. This joy develops through the struggles and sacrifices in our relationships In conversations, with others and trusting our Lord through it all. We are One Body. that they may not be to me occasions of uncharitableness. In a marriage, religious life, or the of singlehood, greater depth In the day's worries and disappointments, develops through the trials and is celebrated in the connectedness and trust of that I may be patient with myself and with those around me. one another and our Lord. We are Stewards of this Earth. Bountiful harvests In moments of fatigue and illness, come from the work of our hands and trusting in the Lord to provide. that I may be mindful of others rather than of myself. As we experience this month, let us take time to plant seeds of trust in our In temptations, that I may be generous and loyal, God and then notice the deepening of relationship that they produce and the so that when the day is over I may lay it at Your feet, blossoms of joy that spring forth. with its successes which are all Yours,

— Reyne Viergutz and its failures which are all my own, and feel that life is real and peaceful, and blessed when spent with You as the Guest of my soul. Prayer of St. Amen. June 28 th Feast Day of Irenaeus, early church father died in 202 best known for his teaching against . Saint Irenaeus we ask for your prayers to Our Lord for those who have lost faith. PRAYER TO SAINT ANTHONY It is not you that shapes God, it is God that shapes you. BEFORE MASS If you are the work of God, await the hand of the artist who does all things in th Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua. due season. Offer Him your heart, soft and tractable, Saint Anthony please pray for those who feel hopeless. and keep the form in which the artist has fashioned you. Dear Saint Anthony, Let your clay be moist, lest you grow hard and lose the imprint of his fingers. I greet you today with reverence in the knowledge of your special love of our Lord

Father’s Day — June 17th in the . Today I ask you to help me appreciate better God our Father, We give you thanks and praise for fathers young and old. We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; May they find the graces God gives us at Holy Mass and in receiving the sacred Eucharist. courage and perseverance to balance work, family and faith in joy and I think of you especially when the liturgy sacrifice. We pray for our own Fathers around the world whose children are speaks of "the who have done your will." lost or suffering; May they know that the God of compassion walks with them With your aid I will be more reverent and worshipful in their sorrow. We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and during Mass, more careful in preparation for guide us with fatherly love and advice. We remember fathers, grandfather, holy communion, more grateful in thanking God and great grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our for the graces He gives us in the holy mysteries. memory and nourish us with their love. Amen Let me be always well fed at the sacred banquet

not only by the bread of life but by the word of God ACT OF FAITH AND ADORATION BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION spoken for us and explained to us at Mass. My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that Thou art truly present in the Blessed This favor I ask of you in Christ's name. Sacrament. I believe that in Holy Communion I shall receive Thy sacred body Amen. and Thy precious blood. My faith in Thy real presence in the Holy Eucharist is firmly founded on Thy word, O eternal Truth. My Savior and my God, V. Pray for us St. Anthony, with the angels who surround Thy altar -throne, I bow down in humble R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. adoration before Thy Majesty. Amen.