DIVINE MERCY CATHOLIC PARISH Loving Mercifully, Living Marian
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May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter DIVINE MERCY CATHOLIC PARISH Loving Mercifully, Living Marian. 4337 Sal Lentini Parkway • Kenner, Louisiana 70065 Church Office: (504) 466-5016 • Church Email: [email protected] www.divinemercyparish.org Parish Staff Mass Times Devotions Pastor: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. & Eucharistic Adoration: Rev. Robert T. Cooper 7:00 p.m. (Español) 24/7 in the Adoration Chapel Sunday: 8:30, 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Parochial Vicar: Monday and Tuesday: Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Rev. Paul Clark 6:30 p.m. Thursday & Friday, 3 p.m. in Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: Adoration Chapel Deacons: and following Noel Martinsen, Drea Capaci, 7:30 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation Weekday Morning Masses Larry Oney, and David Caldero See Inside the Bulletin for Schedule Rosary: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Monday—Friday before Mass, Joan Kathmann, Principal Confession Times Sunday before 8:30 a.m. Mass, and (504) 468-3524 Saturday: 3:00—3:45p.m. Sábados, 6:30 p.m. (Español) Sábado: 6:15—6:45 p.m. (Español) Director of Religious Ed.: Sunday: 30 minutes before Mass Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Jacques Delouche Tuesday: Prior to 6:30 p.m. Mass Novena on Wednesday following And by Appointment Youth Minister: the 7:30 a.m. Mass Ryan Foulon Culture of Life Rosary Director of Music: 1st Thursday of Month following the Garrett Fried 7:30 a.m. Mass Administrative Staff: Sherryl Clements Antoinette Silver Page 2 St. Joseph Sunday Missal Today’s Readings: p. 460 Mass Intentions Next Sunday: p. 466 To schedule Mass intentions, please visit website To purchase a Sunday Missal for $20, www.divinemercyparish.org. The link for the please see an usher. Mass intentions page is under “Pray,” then “Prayer & Liturgy,” then “Mass Intentions”, or The Sanctuary Candle contact the Parish Office. burns this week In Memory of May 16 - 22, 2020 Luis Schmidt Saturday 4:00 pm Alicia Soto, Angelina Giurintano, Betsy Long, Blanche Sevenker, The Adoration Chapel Charles Kronlage, Danny Picou, Evelyn Beler (Living), Helen Zara, Candles burn this week James Kapner, Jamie Coco, JeroLynn Jennigs, Joan Preston, Jonathan Oney, Jordan Zara, Joseph Zara, All Impacted by KPD Chief Mike Glaser (Living), Margie Parrish, Marie Liberto, Mike Lemmon, Mirian Chacon, Nelson Guarin Campof, Covid-19 Patricia Rodriguez (Living), Peggy Childers, Poor Souls, Stanley Adamcewicz, Sr., Teresa Zara Sábado-Misa de las 7:00 pm Pray for the Repose of the Clergy of Divine Mercy Parish Souls of those who have died: Sunday 8:30 am Douglas Hux Tomohiro Nakamoto, Emile C. Falanga, Ronnie Held Nikki Duhon Gabriel Varela Sunday 10:30 am Paul Siragusa Andres Albarado Flores Sunday 6:00 pm Mass May their souls and the souls of all the faithful All Parishioners departed, through the mercy of God, rest in Weekday Masses peace! Monday 6:30 pm: Mason Seals Act of Spiritual Communion Tuesday 6:30 pm: Mark Trimarco My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Wednesday 7:30 am: Tomohiro Nakamoto Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since Thursday 7:30 am: John & Joanne Bourgeois I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As Friday 7:30 am: Anthony & Clara Cacioppo though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You. Jesus, I trust in You! Page 3 Calendar of Events Stewardship of Treasure Sunday, May 17 Weekend of May 3, 2020 • Masses 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM Envelopes ………………………….. $ 7,398 • Bilingual Confessions 3 to 4 PM under Loose …………………………...…... $ 61 the SEAS Portico Online Giving ………………….…. $ 9,500 Capital Campaign ..……..……….. $ 4,085 Other Income ……...…..…………. $ 3,529 Monday, May 18 Totaling ……………...….……….. $ 24,573 • Church open 9 AM to 5 PM • 6:30 PM Mass St. Anthony Ministry ..…….…….. $ 714 Diocesan Priest Retirement….….. $ 940 Tuesday, May 19 “Let us focus on generosity, or • Church open 9 AM to 5 PM returning God’s gifts with • 6:30 PM Mass increase, through the generous sharing of our time, talent and treasure.” Wednesday, May 20 ~ Fr. Cooper • 7:30 AM Mass • Church open 9 AM to 5 PM Thursday, May 21 • 7:30 AM Mass May 17, 2020 - 6th Sunday of Easter • Church open 9 AM to 5 PM "For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be God’s will, than for doing evil.” Friday, May22 (1 Peter 3:17) • 7:30 AM Mass • Church open 9:00 AM to 5 PM The old line says “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” Many of us are diligent in our Saturday, May 23 planning and making sure things are progressing • smoothly. Then disaster strikes, we don’t get the Masses 4:00 PM Vigil, 7:00 PM Spanish result that was intended or an unforeseen problem • Second Collection Life Teen / Edge arises. Many times we may respond negatively and ask, “Why me? I did everything Sunday, May 24 right!” Here’s the thing – • Masses 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 6:00 PM adversity humbles us and • Second Collection Life Teen / Edge reminds us of our • Bilingual Confessions 3 to 4 PM under dependence on God and not on our own self- the SEAS Portico reliance. Rest assured, God has a better plan in store for you. Loving Mercifully, Living Marian. Page 4 Today, we celebrate the sixth Sunday of Easter. In Divine Mercy Parish would like to thank our the Gospel (John 14:15-21), we are presented with families who are currently giving electronically. Jesus’ explanation of The Advocate (Holy Spirit). You may not see these fellow parishioners place Jesus says, “I will ask the Father, and he will give an envelope in the basket every week, but their you another Advocate to be with you always,” consistent giving does not go unnoticed. Each month our parish receives a steady and predict- (JN 14:16). A LIFETEEN author states, “God does able stream of income from not leave us on our own, ... God gives us a gift: The those donors who have made Holy Spirit…God gives us His very self to advocate the commitment to give to God for us and in us.” The LIFETEEN author further first by having a states, “The Holy Spirit will teach us how to love designated contribution God and keep His commandments, ultimately lead- automatically transferred to our ing us to perfect, lasting joy.” At LIFETEEN and parish through our Online Edge we learn about and praise the Holy Spirit. Giving Program. If you would like to learn more Just as the LIFETEEN author says, “When we allow about this easy, safe, and secure way of giving, the Spirit to show us God’s will — that is, to teach please check out our website: us how to love God and follow His will for our lives https://giving.parishsoft.com/App/Giving/dmp — we are filled with great joy. This joy is a result of our fulfilling the purpose for which we were creat- Prayer Intentions ed.” Please join us as we invoke the Advocate/ Holy Spirit. Barbara Sutphen, Miley Zapata, Stanley Pearse, Parker Shy, Amy Waguespack, Sylvia Bordelon, Louise Ogier, Rosemary Cotham, Irma Schmidt, You are invited to stay connected with us on Roberto Aguilar, Karen Tassin, Sandra Woods, Instagram at divinemercylte, Elvira Savery, Lyle Heisser, Hazel Harclarode, Twitter at divinemercylte, and Brian Jeansonne & Family, Louise Aucoin, YouTube at Divine Mercy Life Teen Noel Yambra, Jody Rome, Bruce Abadie, All Prayer Blanket Recipients, and All Prayer Intentions on the Divine Mercy website. Names will remain on the list one month. Call 466-5016 to add a name. Prayer Blanket Ministry Memorial Day Relief to the suffering, peace to the fearful. Holiday May each Prayer Blanket Recipient know they are not alone. We are praying for their healing and comfort. This beautiful act of sacrifice The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, before the Lord transforms this blanket into a prayer blanket May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. whose very threads become interwoven with pleas for healing on behalf of the recipient. To request a Prayer Blanket for someone We will reopen on Tuesday, who is ill or in need, contact Meryl Rooney at (504) 472-4383. May 26th at 10:00 am. Jesus, I trust in You! Page 5 “I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours…and I have been glorified in them… And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world.” (John 17: 10-11) At the last supper, when Jesus made this prayer to the Father, He knew that everyone would not be saved because some, like Judas, would refuse salvation. The suffering of Jesus would have been intense, because despite His sacrifice He would not be able to save everyone. The world as we know it is “filled with God’s glory” (Isaiah 6:3) and yet there are those who will not see it be- cause their souls are dark with sin. We cannot save everyone although we would like to, but we can be like the Apostles, who filled with the power of God, “went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them… Unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice came out of many possessed people, and many para- lyzed or crippled people were cured. There was great joy in that city…Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 8:5-11) Jesus asked that we pray the Divine Mercy chaplet for everyone but especially for serious sinners.