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Mass Schedule Contact Us Sunday, September 13th - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Anticipated 4 p.m. (organ & cantor) Elderly Mass Sunday—9:00 a.m. (organ & cantor); 11:00 a.m. (organ & cantor); 5:00 p.m. (organ & cantor) Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 6:15 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday - 5:30 p.m. First Saturday: 8:00 a.m. followed by recitation of the Rosary Fatima Votive Mass: 13th of the Month, May - October | 5:30 p.m. Monthly Peace Mass: First Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. This Mass heeds Our Lady’s call to pray for world peace and conversion of hearts. CONTACT US 2319 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA 70503 Pastor: .................................................................. Rev. Msgr. Jefferson DeBlanc Parochial Vicar: .................................................................. Fr. Nathan Comeaux Deacon ........................................................................................... Timothy Maragos Administrator: ........................................................................... Stephanie Supple Parish Secretary: ............................................................................ Mona Bouillion Receptionist:....................................................................................... D D McElligott Bookkeeper: .................................................................................. Annie Governale Director of Music, Organist, Choir Master ...................... Keith D’Anna Bulletin Editor ................................................................................ Keith D’Anna Church Office: .................................................................................... (337) 232-8945 Church Fax: .......................................................................................... (337) 232-0323 School Office: ..................................................................................... (337) 235-2464 Church Website: ..................................................... www.fatimalafayette.org Office Hours ....................................... Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Sacrament of Penance on the third Sunday of each with the Church office, if at all month, following the 11:00 possible, at least ONE YEAR in Saturday a.m. Mass. Please contact the advance. To avoid schedule 1 hour prior to the Vigil Mass; parish office before the baby conflicts, all wedding dates Sunday is born for required classes. held at Our Lady of Fatima 30 minutes prior to Mass; Sponsors are to be confirmed must be confirmed with the and practicing Catholics who Parish Administrator, who Monday, Wednesday, Friday attend Sunday Mass. should be the first contact of & First Saturday 30 minutes prior to Mass; the couple. Please visit our Tuesday & Thursday The Sacrament of Matrimony Parish Website to review 1 hour prior to Mass Due to a new “couple wedding and music mentoring” marriage guidelines, and details of The Sacrament of Baptism preparation program, paperwork and preparation The Sacrament is celebrated arrangements are to be made requirements. saint joseph - patron of the universal church why saint joseph? In the Gospel of Luke, we encounter the person of Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector and a wealthy man (19:1-10). As Jesus passes through Jericho, Zacchaeus tries to catch sight of him. The only problem is that there’s a large crowd sur- rounding Christ and Zacchaeus is short in stature. His diminutive size doesn’t stop him, though. He runs ahead of the crowd and climbs a sycamore tree. Now he can see Jesus, and Jesus can see him. Zacchaeus needed a leg up, and he found it in the sycamore. As Christians, we find a “leg up” in lots of different places. Our ultimate help is God, but he provides lots of other helps, too: the help of the Word, the help of the sacraments, the help of our fellow disciples, and, one that we sometimes overlook, the help of the saints. WHY THE SAINTS? On the feast days of saints, the Church reminds us: “By their way of life, Father, you offer us an example, by communion with them you give us com- panionship, by their intercession, sure support” (Roman Missal). The saints give us a leg up by being our models, helpers, and friends. MODELS: by the example of their holiness, the saints remind us that sanctity is pos- sible for everyone. Holiness is not reserved to a select few but is the task of every Christian. HELPERS: These holy friends are frequently invoked for assistance. The Church declares that we rely on the saints’ constant intercession in God’s presence for unfailing help. St. Therese proclaims, “I will spend my heav- en doing good on earth.” FRIENDS: The saints are companions. Alive in Christ, this great cloud of witnesses stands ready to get to know us, to be in conversation with us, to challenge, support, and console us. ST. JOSEPH OCCUPIES A SPECIAL PLACE AMONG THE SAINTS: In the Collect (Opening Prayer) for the Feast of St. Joseph, the Church recalls how St. Joseph watched over the beginnings of the mysteries of human salva- tion in the life of Christ. Christ wills to repeat those very same mysteries in our lives. In us, Christ wills to be born, to die, to rise, and to ascend to the Father’s right hand. St. Joseph, who faithfully cared for the begin- nings of these mysteries, faithfully cares for us as these mysteries are perpetuated in our hearts, homes, and communities. During this year, we as a diocese resolve to go to Joseph, whose witness, friendship, and intercession will help us attain the full stature of Christ (Eph 4:13). O guardian of Jesus, be our guardian, too! St. Mary Mother of the Church will be offering an opportunity to visit the St. Joseph Churches in Patterson, Centerville and Loreauville on Tuesday, September 22. Due to Covid-19, we will not be going by bus, but car- pooling in our own cars. The day includes traveling to the churches, learning about the history of their church, and praying together. A lunch break will be provided (pay your own way). For those interested, we will meet in the parking lot (the Parish Hall side of the complex) of St. Mary Church at 8:45 a.m. to make sure people have their booklets and driving directions. If you have any questions or may be interest in joining this pilgrim- age, please register with JoAnn LeJune at 337-703-3041 on or before Monday, September 21st. 02 FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK: THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA & THE TEN COMMANDMENTS The Third Commandment (Concluded) Consecrating Sunday to the Lord involves direct and conscious communication with the Lord through prayer, individual- ly and with others, worship at Holy Mass, and hearing God’s Word “which, by the ministry of priests, is addressed to us in the general assembly of the faithful. It was to them that the Lord confided the mission of preaching his word to us and guiding us in the way of salvation.” * During the current health emergency of the Covid-19 pandemic, Bishop Deshotel has dispensed us, until further notice, from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation. However, the obligation to pray and other- wise sanctify the Sunday rest remains. ** Sister Lúcia tells us that priests are human and subject to frailty. There are priests who remain faithful to the Lord and others who have lost their way and have gone astray. Lúcia quotes at length Malachi 2:1-7, after which she makes the fol- lowing remarks. God shows us here the figure of a priest who was unfaithful and that of another who was faithful to the Lord and the mission entrusted to him. The fact that some priests fall away must not mean that our re- spect, our esteem and our veneration for those who persevere should be any less: rather the weakness of some should heighten the merit of the rest. Therefore, we should always listen with faith to the priest, because he is a light for our path, a guide for our life and a source of strength for our weakness. Lúcia writes that “from the very beginning, in God’s Church, there were those who did not believe, were unfaithful or de- serted altogether. They left God to succumb to temptations to pride, avarice, sins of the flesh, the devil and the world.” In John’s gospel (John 6:61-71), we read how the Lord’s revelation of the mystery of the Holy Eucharist provoked the disbelief of some followers who then left the Lord. When Jesus asked the Twelve if they too would leave Him, Peter responded, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68). Like Peter, “we must believe in Christ and remain united to Him, in the person of the Successor of St. Peter, the Pope and Bishop of Rome, and say, with him: ‘We have come to believe and are convinced that You are the Holy One of God, the Christ, the Son of the living God, who came into the world to save us; and that You only have the words of eternal life.’” (John 6:69). Jesus is present to us and remains with His Church always until the end of the world. (Matthew 28:20). This is the door of salvation which God has opened for us, and the way by which we will go to Him: Christ and his Church. We are members of Christ’s Church, we are part of the Assembly of Christ and we will live united to Christ, so that we may be saved by Christ. And Sunday is the day appointed by God for all the members of the Mystical Body of Christ who form His Church to gather together in assembly. When Jesus said, “It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail” (John 6:63), He is speaking about physical death when the life-giving spirit will leave our body and our mortal remains will be buried in a cemetery. Yet, on Judg- ment Day and the Day of General Resurrection, our bodies will rise to eternal life and be reunited with our souls “which animated them in life.” Then, we will be immortal in body and soul. All of us, to a greater or lesser extent, in whatever situation we are placed, have a responsibility for the good of others, and the salvation of their souls.
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