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January 10, 2021 The Baptism of The Lord-January 10, 2021 St. Anthony of Padua 3009 High Ridge Blvd. High Ridge, MO 63049 Business Hours Monday - Thursday 7:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Phone (636) 677-4868 Fax (636) 677-2781 Website www.stanthonyhr.org Pastor Father John Reiker Parish Mission Statement Our mission is to be on fire with the love of Jesus Christ, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, to celebrate our community of faith in the Eucharist and to share God’s love and mercy with our neighbors through our ministries and evangelization. Mass Schedule Daily Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M Sunday Saturday 4:30 P.M. (indoors) Sunday 10:00 A.M. (indoors) Confessions Saturday 4:00-4:20 P.M. By appointment anytime Marriages: Make arrangements with Rectory Office Religious Instruction Priest or Deacon of your choice no less Father John Reiker Parish School of Religion than six months prior to proposed Pastor ext. 102 Phone (636) 677-4868 ext 118 Grades (pre-K through 8) wedding date. [email protected] Mrs. Kathy Joslin [email protected] Parish Help Line: St. Vincent de Paul Deacon Jim G’Sell Society, 1-877-238-3228, ext. 3329 [email protected] 314-484-2055 Adults - RCIA New Parishioners: Welcome! Please contact: Please register by contacting the rectory Mrs. Rusalyne Ahlemeyer The Rectory Office 636-677-4868 ext. 100 Office Manager, ext. 104 during business hours @ 677-4868 ext. 100 [email protected] Secretary, ext. 100 Baptism Preparation Meeting: Infant Change of Address or Telephone: Paula Mari Willenbrink Baptisms require parental attendance Please call the rectory during business [email protected] at a meeting prior to baptism,with the hours. 677-4868 ext. 100 Pastor in the rectory. Call rectory office Cafeteria for information 636-677-4868, ext. 100. Parish website: Ext. 212 stanthonyhr.org Bulletin Deadline Archdiocese of St .Louis Website: For submissions to our Facebook NO LATER than Monday 9:00 AM the www.archstl.org page, Website, or our Parish App please email Monica Becker at week you need it to be published in the Catholic Elementary School: [email protected] Please bulletin. Notices must be submitted in All of our parish children who wish to allow several days for submission to writing: email text to attend a catholic elementary school may be approved and posted. Thank You [email protected] do so at the school of their choice and still remain parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua. Call rectory. St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pastor’s Column Recorded Mass continues after Saturday Saint of the Week Mass on our web- page:www.stanthonyhr.org and Facebook Lawrence Jenco Priest (1934-1996) In 1985, Fr. Lawrence Jenco, a Servite priest from Illinois Pope Francis Prayer of the Month and the director of Catholic Relief Services in Lebanon, was taken hostage in Beirut by a Shiite group called Islamic Holy Lord Jesus, War. He would spend 564 days in captivity before his release we adore your cross and return to the United States. which frees us from sin, the origin of every division and evil; Days of unrelenting boredom—often blindfolded, locked in a we proclaim your resurrection, closet, or handcuffed to a radiator-were interspersed with which ransoms man from the slavery of failure and death; bursts of terror. During transport from one hiding place to an- we await your coming in glory, other he was bound in tape from head to toe or wrapped with which will bring to fulfillment your kingdom of justice, joy and explosives. He endured beatings and several times expected peace. execution. Nevertheless, he sustained himself with prayer, reciting a Lord Jesus, homemade rosary, or celebrating a clandestine Mass- by your glorious passion, sometimes in the company of fellow American hostages. The conquer the hardness of our hearts, imprisoned by hatred and night before he was released, one of the guards asked him if selfishness; he could forgive his captors. Jenco realized his faith was being by the power of your resurrection, put to the test. While he would not forget his treatment, he save the victims of injustice and maltreatment from their suffer- chose the way of forgiveness in place of vindictiveness. ing; After his release, Jenco remained remarkably free of bitter- by the fidelity of your coming, ness, sharing a message of peace and reconciliation. (He was confound the culture of death and make the triumph of life more disturbed to learn that his freedom had been purchased shine forth. by the sale of arms to Iran.) He served as a campus minister at the University of Southern California and died of cancer on July ✞ Pope Francis, Prayer for Peace at Meeting with the Assyr- 19, 1996. ian-Chaldean Community – 9/30/16 “God, give me a new heart and a new spirit. You have asked me to love unconditionally. May I forgive as you have asked me to forgive, unconditionally. Then you will be my God and I will RCIA Rites of Acceptance and Welcoming be your son.” and for Confirmation Candidates —A prayer by Fr. Lawrence Jenco, composed the night of his release Sunday, 10:00 AM Mass The initial inquiry (Precatechumenate) period for St. Anthony’s Joke of the Week group of inquirers will be moving into the second stage to go through the Rite of Acceptance. The first phase of initiation has Do You Know Jesus Christ? been a time for seekers to hear the mystery of Christ pro- An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction claimed. The inquirers have consciously and freely sought the site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to living God and entered the way of faith and conversion as the spend some time with them to correct their ways. She decided Holy Spirit opens their hearts. she would take her lunch, sit with the workers and talk with them. She put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to We ask you to please pray for our catechumens as they con- the spot where the men were eating. Sporting a big smile, she tinue their conversion journey and for our RCIA process as we walked up to the group and asked: “And do you men know Je- assist them in moving toward a closer relationship with Jesus. sus Christ? They shook their heads and looked at each other… Your prayers are critical to the success of our program. We will somewhat confused. Then one of the workers looked up into continue to keep you informed of the initiation process and pro- the steelworks and yelled out, “Anybody up there know Jesus gress of those considering joining the Church. We invite you to Christ?” One of the steelworkers yelled down, “Why?” The take an active role in welcoming our candidates, and to be worker yelled back, “’Cause his wife’s here with his lunch. models of faith and Christian charity for them. Steve Cassady-sponsor: Randell Cassady Spread the Gospel, the Good News about Jesus and His St. Anthony Family A HOLY COMMUNITY Elizabeth Peters-sponsor: Tori Rynders THROUGH HOLY COMMUNION! Your brother in Jesus, James Stoeckel, Jr.-sponsor: Lacie Martin January 10, 2021 Welcome TODAY’S READINGS To all our Guests, First Reading — Behold my servant with whom I am pleased; he shall bring forth justice to the nations Fr. John Reiker, Deacon Jim G’Sell, and All (Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7) or Isaiah 55:1-11. your sisters and brothers at St. Anthony’s Parish Psalm — The Lord will bless his people with peace Family welcome you and hope that your time (Psalm 29) or Isaiah 12:2-6. with us may be a moment of spiritual experi- Second Reading — God anointed him with the Holy Spirit ence. You are always welcome here and if you (Acts 10:34-38) or 1 John 5:1-9. Gospel — You are my beloved Son, with you I am well would like to become a member of this parish or pleased (Mark 1:7-11) are thinking to become a Catholic, contact the Rectory office. Our phone is 636-677-4868 ext. SUNDAY GOSPEL 100. THE WATERS OF BAPTISM When new sod is put in, it needs constant saturation with water. Landscapers say that this “knits” the sod to the soil. The same when a branch is grafted onto a tree: the Mass Intentions poultice that joins them at the splice must be kept wet at all times. Water is the stuff that binds the very cells of our bodies together. No wonder religions throughout all times Monday, January-11 and cultures have used it so prominently. When Jesus 8:00 A.M. Joe Proot stepped into the Jordan for baptism, he “knit” himself to Tuesday, January-12 what had come before him. By going to the Jordan, he 8:00 A.M. Earl Challans made himself one with the people of Israel who had Wednesday, January-13-St. Hilary crossed it into their Promised Land. With John the Baptist, 8:00 A.M. John and Hazel McCarthy Christ wove himself into the prophetic tradition that her- Thursday, January-14 alded the coming reign of God. He had become fully hu- 8:00 A.M. Vicky Norton man in the waters of Mary’s womb, and by partaking in Friday, January-15 the rite of the baptism of repentance, Jesus identified him- 8:00 A.M. James Engemann self with our sinful, frail humanity. It is through the waters Saturday, January-16 of baptism that Christ continues to graft new members 4:30 p.m.
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