Together, we are one family. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — September 8, 2019

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1115 S. 8th Ave E., PO Box 1478, Newton, IA 50208 641-792-2050 - [email protected] Sacred Heart Church 1115 S. 8th Ave E., PO Box 1478, Newton, IA 50208

Mass Schedule Parish Office: 641-792-2050 Web Pages: Saturday: 5:30 PM FAX: 641-792-8639 www.shcnewton.com www.sharepreschool.com Sunday: 9:00 AM Business Office Hours:

Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Confessions Twitter: SHFF Newton Saturdays 4:30 PM Facebook Page: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Rev. William E. Reynolds — Ext #227 Luke Gregory, Lifelong Faith Formation E-mail: [email protected] & Sr. High Youth Ministry Rectory: 641-792-4625 Ext. # 224 E-Mail: [email protected]

Ann Ratliff, Administrative Assistant Andrew Schwartz, K-8 Faith Formation Coordinator E-Mail: [email protected] Ext. #230 E-Mail: [email protected]

Kathy Hammerly, Stewardship Coordinator, Virginia Bennett, Choir Director/Organist Ext. #222 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] 641-275-3683 SHARE Preschool: 641-792-8639 E-mail: [email protected]

Hymns

Saturday, 5:30 PM & Sunday, 9:00 AM

Cantor: Judy Richmond Cantor: Jean Ferguson

Entrance Chant: Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven #505 Mission Statement

Presentation & We, the members of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, as a caring Christian commu- Preparation of Gifts nity, help one another to live, to nurture, and to celebrate God’s gifts. You Alone We encourage others on their faith journeys to join us in giving witness to our #249 Catholic faith and to grow as disciples. Communion Chant: We celebrate the sacraments and receive the gift of grace to strengthen our faith and Amazing Grace to enrich our relationships with Christ and his Church. #551 We gather together to pray, to worship, to give thanks, to petition, to seek comfort, to share joys and sorrows, and to experience God’s love, joy, and peace. We Are Many Parts #548 Cover Photos: Sending Forth:  Congratulations to Remi Clementine Hughes, daughter of Lucas & Jennah Christ Before Us #473 Hughes, who was baptized last Sunday, September 1st. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019 Pa ge 3

Saturday, September 7:  7:00 PM Bunco will be held in McCann Center  4:30 PM Confessions will be heard Friday, September 13:  5:00 PM Rosary will be prayed in the church  9:00 AM Mass will be offered for the repose of  5:30 PM Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Pam Rausch, wife of Tom Rausch the soul of Fannie Shores, mother of Pat Shores  9:30 AM Coffee & Visiting will be held in  6:30 PM Prayer for Vocations will be held McCann Center following Mass following Mass in the church Saturday, September 14: Sunday, September 8:  4:30 PM Confessions will be heard  8:30 AM Rosary will be prayed in the church  5:00 PM Rosary will be prayed in the church  9:00 AM Mass will be offered for the members  5:30 PM Mass will be offered for the repose of of the parish. the soul of Marian Daly, mother of Mary  10:00 AM Prayer for Vocations will be held LaRosa. September Wedding Anniversary Blessing will following Mass in the church be held during Mass.  10:00 AM Coffee & Donuts will be served Sunday, September 15: following Mass in McCann Center  8:30 AM Rosary will be prayed in the church  10:15 AM Exploring the Catechism will be held  9:00 AM Mass will be offered for the members in McCann Center of the parish. Rite of Election for Ed Machin and  7:00 PM Sr. High Youth Kick-off Event will be Baptism of Ophelia Lynn Bennett will be celebrated held in McCann Center during Mass. Monday, September 9:  10:00 AM Coffee & Donuts will be served in  11:00 AM Funeral Mass for Deloris Klemm with McCann Center following Mass. luncheon following in McCann Center  10:15 AM Family Life Commission Meeting will  6:30 PM Liturgy Commission Meeting will be be held in McCann Center held in McCann Center  10:15 AM Matthew Bible Study will be held in Tuesday, September 10: McCann Center  9:00 AM Mass will be offered for the repose of  7:00 PM Sr. High Youth Group will meet in the soul of Joanne Muller, wife of Paul Muller McCann Center  6:00 PM Knights of Columbus Meal & Meeting will be held in McCann Center Wednesday, September 11: Mass Attendance  6:00 PM Mass will be offered for the repose of Saturday, August 31st at 5:30 PM 147 the soul of Gilbert & Judy Lammers, parents of Sunday, September 1st at 9:00 AM 248 Gene Lammers  5:30 PM Community Meals will be held at the First United Methodist Church  6:00 PM K-6 Faith Formation sessions will be Choir Practice held in McCann Center Choir practice begins on th  7:00 PM Choir Practice will be held in the church Wednesday, September 11 at  7:15 PM Middle School Faith Formation will be 7:00 PM in the church. We will held in McCann Center sing at Mass for the beginning of a Thursday, September 12: new choir season on Sunday September 15th. This is  a great time to join the church choir. 9:00 AM Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Don Wignall, husband of Barb If you decide to join us, you will experience a jolly Wignall musical group, warm, funny and devoted to the  3:30 PM Stewardship Commission Meeting will sacred task of leading music during the be held in McCann Center mass. (You might call it a combination of revelry and  5:45 PM Faith Formation Commission Meeting reverence. LOL) will be held in McCann Center Pa ge 4 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

Prayer for Vocations

In an effort to foster a culture of vocations in our parish, we will have a time of prayer for Esther Henning, Barb Mickelson, Cynthia Warn- vocations after the Masses this dorf, John Valtman, Laura Parker, Terry Ulrich, weekend. Members of the Martha McBeth, Susan Becker, Mary Pritchard, Tim parish are always invited to Stammeyer, Jessica McNeer, Kari Tiffany, Dorothy remain in the church follow- ing Mass for a quiet time of Green, Nancy Smith, Ruth O’Brien, Rose Anna personal meditation. This Henning, Mark Hendrickson, Lois Carter, Betty weekend, an effort will be made to use time after Hummel, Teresa Hauge, Myrna Hill, Cecelia Strat- Mass for parishioners to focus their prayer on ton, Theresa Clark, Ruth Stewart, Sharron Hawkins, vocations. Following the closing song, for those Adam McNeer, Jim Golik, June Rausch (mother of who wish to remain, a group prayer will be recited Tom Rausch), Donna Baker (sister of LuAnn Lu- followed by an invitation for personal reflection. cas), Angi Reed (sister of Pam Zaabel), Jacki We ask all to observe silence while exiting church. Aikeyns (uncle of Dana Determan), Madelyn Kecki (great-granddaughter of Bill & Carmen Gill), Terese Prayer for Vocations & Brad Wiese (sister & brother-in-law of Joanie God our Father, our needs are great Lukavsky), Erick Grossmeyer (cousin of Janet and our people hunger to hear the Gospel Cox), Jimmy Hayes (brother of Margaret Ellis), Jase proclaimed in word, deed and sacrament. Merriman (cousin of Jill Ergenbright), Monica Nilles (mother of Jim Nilles), Thomalu Elliott Send the power of your Holy Spirit to (sister of Marsha Haycock), Jack Whitinger (father encourage men and women to open their of Tammy Cochran), Kristi Forsythe (niece of hearts to hear Your call and to joyfully serve Bruce & Karen Hoffmeier), Pam Quindt (daughter in the Diocese of Davenport as priests, of Marie Frimml), Barb Jaeger (mother of Connie deacons, religious and lay ministers. Loehr), Josh Watson (Joanie Lukavsky’s niece’s husband), Martha Flattery (sister-in-law of Mary May those who minister now be filled with Flattery), LeRoy Childress (father of Pamela Vigil), Your Spirit of courage and love. May they Jeannine Riggenberg (daughter of Ruth O’Brien & sister of Colleen Curry), Jennifer Gardner (niece of persevere in their call to serve Your people. Rhonda Bauer), Elijah & Daniel Lukavsky Grant that many will be inspired by their (nephews of Joanie Lukavsky), Tabitha Vaughan witness and love to answer Your call. (granddaughter of Gloria Welp), Sara Ehler (daughter-in-law of Bill & Peg Ehler), Stephan We ask this through Christ Our Lord, (grandchild of Janet Bengford), Jeanne Sanders Amen (mother of Lori Lopez-Sanders), Art Welp (friend of Mary Brindza), Chris Parisi (niece of Lynn Kel- ler), Keagan Dobbs (cousin of Charity Noe), Elena Shaw (sister of Luke Gregory) Faith Formation Opening Night For Parents and Children Sept 11th 6:00pm For the repose of the soul of Deloris Mass / Parent Meeting / Intro to Classes Klemm, wife of Louis Klemm, who died September 2nd and comfort for

her family. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019 Pa ge 5

“Come to the Table”

We know that back to school schedules get hectic, but consider this, family meals fend off risky behaviors. The more fami- September 9: Paul Muller lies share meals, the less likely their kids Mary Horstman are to drink alcohol, smoke or use drugs. September 10: Joe Coen Coordinating schedules for family dinner time is a challenge, September 11: David McNeer so you’ll want to keep things simple in the kitchen. Here’s September 13: Tracy Hanson one idea. Make “planned overs”. If you’re fixing a beef pot Brooklyn Linahon roast on Sunday, cook extra beef and shred the leftovers to Jacy Linahon mix with frozen vegetables and tomatoes later in the week for a fast and hearty soup or stew. The next time you fire up For Birthdays to be listed in the bulletin, you need to the grill, cook extra meat to make fajitas later in the week. submit names and dates to Ann. Slice leftover grilled steak, chicken or pork across the grain in thin strips and reheat in a skillet with sliced onions and green pepper then wrap in a tortilla. Don’t forget to check- out the website for great ideas on how to connect with your kids. https://www.casafamilyday.org/

THANK YOU! Thanks to all Sacred Heart parishioners who so thought- fully and generously donated supplies during our recent back Fall Festival -to-school collection. Each of the five schools –– Aurora Bags Tournament Heights, Berg, Emerson A bags tournament will be held in conjunc- Hough, Thomas Jefferson, and Woodrow Wilson –- received tion with other activities planned for the one large box and three bags of items. The extra $360.00 that Sacred Heart Fall Festival on Sunday, was donated was used to purchase ear buds, socks, dry erase September 29, 5:00 pm—8:00 pm. Bracket markers, underwear, Clorox wipes, and tissues. A huge thank play will continue on three courts until sun- you goes to the following people who helped with the organi- set. Please pre-register to help us fill brack- zation and delivery: Casie Riney, Donna Holland, Alex Riney, ets. Sign up your team of two at the Fall Avery Meyer, Jackson Riney, and Hudson Meyer. Festival table located in the vestibule of the --Social Action Commission church. It’s free!

Readings: September 9 thru September 15: Monday: Wednesday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday Col 1:24—2:3 Col 3:1-11 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14 Exaltation of 24th Sunday in Lk 6:6-11 Lk 6:20-26 Lk 6:39-42 the Holy Cross Ordinary Time Tuesday: Thursday: Nm 21:4b-9 Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 Col 2:6-15 Col 3:12-17 Phil 2:6-11 1 Tm 1:12-17 Lk 6:12-19 Lk 6:27-38 Jn 3:13-17 Lk 15:1-32 Pa ge 6 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

LITURGICAL ROLES Saturday, September 14 5:30 PM Lector: Bill Ehler E. Lopez-Sanders Hospitality: Wesley & Mary Jane Justus Bill Price Bob Schaffer Extraordinary Ministers: All Sacred Heart parishioners are invited to attend the Carol Price Robert Wadzinski 1st annual Sacred Heart Fall Festival. The Fall Festival Katherine Dietrich Emilee Brisel will be held Sunday, September 29, 2019, at Sacred Bonnie Vos Heart Church. The festival will start with a special 4:00 Craig & Suzy Trotter PM Mass followed by many fun activities. Nick & Valerie Steinbach The festival will include: walking tacos, Altar Servers: Sadie Steinbach caramel apples, cotton candy, popcorn Abby & Carmen Faidley bar, bags tournament, Gaga ball, Rosary: Emigdio Lopez-Sanders crafts, cake walk, basket auction,

photo booth, music and more! Sunday, September 15 9:00 AM Lector: Owen Muhs TJ Ratcliff Hospitality: Dan & Margaret Ellis Lee & Veronica Mangrich Extraordinary Ministers: Barbara Stewart Barbara Gannon Sarah Layton Christina Machin Cody Muhs Paul Muller If you are admitted to a hospi- Nancy Schwickerath tal please remember to inform Terry & Char Townsend the parish office so that parish Altar Servers: Alyssa Machin staff can attempt to visit you. Jacy & Brooke Linahon When you are admitted to a hospital please be sure to be Children’s Liturgy: Jill Ergenbright identified as a Catholic at the time of your admission. Rosary: Joan Thorpe Coffee Host: Knights of Columbus

Ministry Schedule Ministers who have a schedul- ing conflict for the Ministry Schedule should contact Terry Town- send at 792-3637 or by e-mail at town- [email protected] by the 15th. Lectors with a scheduling conflict should contact JoAnne Price Thursday, September 12th at 7:00 PM at McCann Center at 641-792-7465 or by e-mail at Bring your own beverages and a snack to share. [email protected] by the 15th. Cost $5.00

You have one precious life to give. How do you choose to offer it to God? Are you willing to accept the challenges of discipleship? (Luke 14:25-33) If you think God is calling you, call Fr. Thom Hennen, diocesan vocations director at 563-324-1911, or write: HennenT@ diodav.org. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019 Pa ge 7

Vision 20/20

“A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good...for from the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks.” (Lk. 6:45)

Your Vision 20/20 Team attended a Vision 20/20: From Pentecost to Pentecost Convocation in June. We went there not knowing exactly what Vision 20/20 was. We went to learn what Bishop Zinkula had in mind for us as a team and us as a church. We were able to hear some dynamic speakers, participate in moving prayer services, hear some exceptional music ministry, and engage in conversations with our own team and others. We came away with a clearer picture of what Pope Francis and Bishop Zinkula want from VISION 20/20 Team: JoAnne Price, Lucy & Robin Lilienthal, all of us in the way of evangelization. Fr. Reynolds, Kathy Hammerly, Tim Stammeyer, Luke Gregory and William Muckler, not pictured. The team would like to give you an opportunity to experience some of what we were exposed to. We chose 5 sessions that we will offer for view- ing. We will gather in McCann Center on the following Mondays, view a session and then have some time for conversation. You may attend one or all 5 sessions; each can stand alone but they do build on each other. We will provide links if you are unable to make a session. There is no need to feel any further obligation but we hope that by attending you will experience the same spiritual development and understanding of evangelization that we did.

September 23 Mike Patin: Vision 20/20: Lens Crafters Wanted

September 30 Mike Patin: A good Case of Heartburn

October 7 Andre Lesperance: Creating a Culture of Relationships & Hospitality

October 14 Katie Prejean McCrady: The Art of Accompaniment: Sharing that Christ is Alive Through Relationships

October 28 Andre Lesperance: Discovering, Naming, and Telling Your Faith Story

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Sr. High Youth Group Kick-Off Event The Sr. High Youth In The Catholic Messenger Group will begin the the week of September 5: year with a kick-off

 Pacem in Terris Award to honor event at Sacred Heart Church for those youth en- Lutheran peacemaker. tering grades 9-12 on Sunday, September 8 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. We will play a large group  Injured firefighter takes part in Clinton Blue game, gather around a bonfire and roast marshmal- Mass. lows for s’mores and spend time in fellowship as we  Radical Catholic hospitality: transformation begin a new year in youth group. If you have any begins from within. questions, please feel free to contact Luke Gregory

 Fr. Mark Spring, diocesan priest involved in at [email protected] or 792-2050. scouting, passes away.

 Gratitude behind bars. Prayer Chain  Ringing in the new school year at St. Ambrose To have someone added to the Sa- University. cred Heart Prayer Chain, contact

 Fresh Start treasures include White House Marilyn Lamb at 275-0020 or Theresa cookbook. Stewart by e-mail: stewart4@iowatele com.net. If no one can be reached, you may call  State’s green burial laws might not respect Margaret Dimon at 641-521-9819. bodies.

 Texas bishop calls reported Marian apparitions a ‘fabrication.’ SHARE Preschool  English bishop finds concrete ways to We have completed our first week of preschool and encourage eco-friendly practices are ready to come back this week for our “All  Vatican pharmacy adds robot to improve About Me” theme. We will be learning what makes service each of us special. Here are some of the fun activi- Columns ties we will be doing this week:  Bishop Zinkula: Support our national  Participating in Show and seminary. Tell by sharing photos of

 Called and Gifted: Get to know yourself. our family  Learning about classroom  Vision 20/20: A great time to be Catholic. jobs  Christina Capecchi: Being resourceful.  Making patterns  Fr. Rolheiser: A lesson in aging.  Creating birthday

 Patrick Schmadeke: Signs of these political decorations for Pretend Center times.  Doing yoga

 Catholic Messenger Editorial: Finding hope  Participating in a letter hunt on campus.  Playing with our classroom instruments Thank you for your support. Please let us know of  any stories or suggestions you’d like to share with Making birthday cards The Catholic Messenger!  Creating with playdough Pa ge 10 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

Vision 20/20 Let us go forth, then, let us go forth to offer Life After Loss everyone the life of Jesus Christ. Here I repeat for the whole Church what I have often said to the priests and laity of Buenos Aires: I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty SIX-WORD STORY because it has been out on the streets, rather than A six-word story is the well-known writing exercise made a Church which is unhealthy from being confined famous through the legend that Ernest Hemingway was and from clinging to its own security. — Pope once bet that he couldn’t write a short story in six Francis, the Joy of the Gospel: Evangeli words. As the story goes, he wrote the following story: Gaudium “For sale: baby shoes, never worn”. The validity of the legend may be unknown, but the power of six-word stories is unequivocal. School Supplies Thank Yous Recently readers were encouraged to share on Facebook Dear Sacred Heart Members, their own six-word stories about a lost loved Thank you for your generous donation of one. Poignant examples from the hundreds of stories school supplies to our students. that poured in are being shared here because they may Emerson Hough Elementary Staff say best what someone is feeling but can’t find the words.

Better yet if you’re wanting to give meaning in words to Friends - the personal loss of someone close, try writing a six-word Thank you for your wonderful donation story of your own. of school supplies. We have been able to assist

several students. I am my mother’s daughter, eternally. The Grateful Staff at Woodrow Wilson Happily ever after ended rather prematurely. This year I will outlive you. I am complete having loved you.

Didn’t understand all that she sacrificed. Thanks to Dan Hanisch of Suffered too long, is finally free. Newton Eye Clinc for being a bulletin sponsor. A beautiful, valiant soldier and father. See ad on back of bulletin. Your death profoundly changed us all. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019 Pa ge 11

Advertising Spaces Available Pray for our Military on Back of Bulletin Please pray for the safety of these military There are advertising spaces available on the personnel who have ties to members of our back of the bulletin. Besides being printed parish: weekly, the bulletin is also published on our Zachary Geringer, website. There is also a page on our website Steve Kalkhoff, Sean Healy, featuring our advertisers. The small ad cost is Joey Anderson, Tim Dodge, $250 per year and $400 per year for the large ad. Tyler Daly, Joshua Justus, This can be paid monthly, quarterly, or yearly, James Hovar, Jake Bennett, whichever you prefer. Payment may be set up Scott Anderson, as an automatic deduction. All we need is the Caitlin Huggins McCay, information and any picture or graphics that Nicholas J. Huggins, you want in the ad. If interested contact Ann in Payton Cox, Bill Kopsa, the parish office, 792-2050 or shnew- Philip Mead, Joshua Oberheu, [email protected] Devin Shaw, & Curtis Worthy Pa ge 12 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019

In Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings, We return to the Lord: August 31st & September 1st

Envelopes $ 4,412.57 Autoshare $ 4,767.00 A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT Loose Offertory $ 258.00 A thought or two on stewardship in the Sunday readings Votive Candles $ 230.50 Sunday Coffee $ 40.00 At the conclusion of today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus tell a RE Donation $ 245.00 “great crowd” that “…anyone of you who does not re- Assumption $ 5.00 nounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.” A few Cath. University $ 10.00 of Jesus’ immediate disciples, such as Peter, John and James, did just that: They responded to Jesus’ call, re- nouncing everything to follow him. How do modern disciples of Jesus respond when confronted with this St. Patrick Church, Brooklyn apparently harsh command of Jesus? Surely the renun- Church Supper ciation of possessions need not mean literally giving all Sunday, October 6, 2019 one’s possessions away, does it? Questions we might Serving from 3:30-6:30 PM ponder this week though: Do our possessions keep us from encountering Christ at Mass? Do they distract us Supper Menu—Served from our parish family? Do our possessions interfere Family Style: Oven Baked with our relationships? Do they make us insensitive to Steak, (Real) Mashed Pota- those less fortunate? toes & Gravy, Fresh Cole- slaw, Green Beans, Applesauce, Home-made Roll, Desserts/Pie, Tea, Coffee or Milk.

St. Bridget Church, Victor Cost: Adults: $12.00 Children: (5-10 yr. old) $5.00; The Original Chicken and Preschool: (4 & Under) Free Ham Family Style Supper CYO Booth Baked Goods Sunday, September 15th Raffle — Cash Prizes — Need not be present to win Serving from 3:30 PM until 6:30 PM in church basement

Menu: Fried Chicken, Ham, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Dressing, Corn, Apple Salad, Amana Bread & Butter, Domino’s Fundraiser Coffee & Milk, Pie/Dessert Donation: Adults: $12.00, Domino’s Pizza will donate $1 to 10 and under: $6.00, 5 and under: Free our youth group for each weekly Altar & Rosary Country Store, church bulletin they receive with Quilt Raffle and 2 -$100 Cash prizes each order. Just give the bulletin to the driver when he drops off your pizza.

Community Meals The Community Meal resumes this Are You Ill or Homebound? Wednesday, September 11th at First Anyone who is ill or homebound United Methodist Church from 5:30— please let me know so I can schedule 6:30 PM. a visit. Contact Lori Ward at 792- 4242. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 8, 2019 Pa ge 13

Gospel Activity Page — 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Coloring Page Word Search

BATTLE CARRY CROSS CROWDS DISCIPLE FINISH FOUNDATION KING LAUGH OPPOSE PEACE POSSESIONS RENOUNCE RESOURCES WORK

Crossword Puzzle Across: 4. Things you own: money, cars, houses. 6. This weeks Gospel is from the Gospel according to ______.

Down: 1. Another word for build. 2. The Son of God. 3. The opposite of war. 5. Today is the Twenty-third Sunday in ______time.

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From Your Library Sunday, September 8th

We talk about turning away from Question: I read that most Catholics be- lieve the Eucharist is only symbolic of Christ’s body sin. When do we cross the line be- and blood. Is that true? tween temptation and sin? Part 1 The temptations of Jesus, as recorded We address this important topic in two parts. in the Gospels (Mark 1:12, Luke 4:1, The headline from a recent Pew Research survey and Matthew 4:1), give us the proper said that just 31% of Catholics believe the direction with regard to sin and temptation. Jesus Church’s teaching on the Holy Eucharist, some- was tempted three times, but he did not sin. More times referred to as the Real Presence. Even than that, Jesus put his trust in God during the among those who attend Mass regularly, only 63% temptations. Jesus’ message is clear: if you feel believe it. That means for every 10 adults at Sunday tempted, call out to God! Mass, 6 believe in the Real Presence and 4 do not. Temptation is a suggestion or impulse to In 1551, the Council of Trent decreed that the sin, not a sin itself. To experience temptation is Eucharist contains the whole Person of Christ— natural, not sinful. When tempted, remember there the Actual, Objective, True, and Real Substance is always a choice to sin or not. Temptations of his Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, encom- become sins only passing both his Human and Divine Natures. when we act on Although Catholics cannot know this truth by them. The Cate- intellect or senses alone, they must give it Assent, chism of the Catho- must accept it as true. Christ revealed it when he lic Church suggests a instituted the Sacrament at the Last Supper. “silver lining” to Further, Christ sent the Holy Spirit to guide and temptation: “There protect the Church from error.

is a certain useful- Part 2 on September 29: What the Catechism says ness to temptation. about the Eucharist No one but God knows what our soul Prayer Holy Spirit, help me in my unbelief. has received from him, not even we Dictionary references: Actual, Assent, Assent of ourselves. But temp- Truth, Body, Blood, Catholic, Christ, Church, tation reveals it in Council of Trent, Divine nature, Divinity, Holy order to teach us to know ourselves, and in this Eucharist, Holy Spirit, Human nature, Last Supper, way we discover our evil inclinations” (CCC 2847). Mass, Objective, Person, Real Presence, Sacrament, If you worry about temptation and sin, why Soul, Substance, Truly, really, and substantially not take part in your parish’s sacrament of recon- contained. ciliation? Like Jesus in the Gospels, you would then be choosing God over evil. You would be asking Sacred Heart Library call number 238.21 Cat Fis, A God to strengthen your weakness, especially in the Catechetical Dictionary for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Joseph A. Fisher. face of temptation. Like the Lord, you can then proclaim: “Worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve” (Luke 4:8). —[email protected]

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Wedding Anniversary Blessings

Good News! Sacred Heart Church wishes to honor couples of the parish who are celebrating September 8, 2019 wedding anniversary milestones (every 5 years— 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, and so 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time on). Please complete the form available at Wis 9:13–18b; Phmn 9–10, 12–17; Lk 14:25–33 the church office or on the website under “Family Life”. The deadline to be included Jesus is radical in the bulletin is the 15th of the month and absolute when speak- before your anniversary. ing of his first preference for love. In saying hating in today’s Gospel, Jesus Need Help? invites us to place God first in our hearts. And People who need assistance for shoveling when God is first, we will their walk, or mowing of grass, or for doing actually love everyone odd jobs around the house, the Knights of else more and better. Columbus would like to help. Please Saint Gregory comments contact the parish office at 641-792-2050. on this passage: “In this They will handle all requests with privacy. world let us love every- one, even though he be our enemy; but let us hate him who opposes us on our way to Solutions to last week’s God, though he be our relative. We should...love our neighbor; Activity Page we should have charity towards all — towards relatives and towards strangers—but without separating ourselves from the love of God out of love for them” (Evangelia homiliae, 37, 3). Jesus’ words mean that we cannot be halfhearted in our love for God or neighbors— even if our neighbor is an enemy. The very nature of love is to put others first, and that first “other” is God himself. A Vatican painting by Pinturicchio shows a well-dressed St. Anthony, head of a large monastery, meeting in the desert with St. Paul, a poor hermit who lived off the land. Both represented two ways of totally responding to God’s call—one as a religious monk living in a thriving community and another as a hermit, living separated from the world as testimony to what really matters. Religious brothers and sisters living by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience—as monks, hermits, or other forms of consecrated life—testify to the world that this radical, loving God is first above all things. They deserve our support and our imitation! — Fr. Mark Haydu, LC

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Musical Instruments Contact Ann in the 106 W. Buchanan St., Baxter and Repair

Parish Office 641-227-3377 Sheet Music, Hobbies

Hometown dining at its finest! West Side of Square 792-2050 Al & Jeanne Conover, Owners 792-3250 or 800-881-2231

To report child abuse contact: Iowa Department of Human Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800-362- 2178 and if it involves clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, the Victim Assistance Coordinator, 563-349-5002; [email protected] or PO Box 232, Bettendorf, IA 52722-0004.