The Cathedral Courier Weekly Bulletin for the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Wheeling, West Virginia
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The Cathedral Courier Weekly Bulletin for the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Wheeling, West Virginia Vol. 6, No. 38 August 13 2017 | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time e often speak of how important stewards and give to God first because may misplace it when we place our Wit is to trust in God, and how we believe and know that God will take trust in things like our job or our that trust is one of the basic tenets of care of us. God has a plan for each of bank accounts or our own abilities. the concept of discipleship. In fact, us and it is better than our own plan. The outcome of that kind of trust is we might call this trust an absolute You may recall that St. Paul’s letter to likely to be “worry.” Like Paul, we need cornerstone of good discipleship. All the Romans is in large part a theological to trust explicitly in God and that is of the readings on this Nineteenth treatise. Paul, like Elijah and so many what opens the door to lasting peace of Sunday in Ordinary Time evaluate or others, placed his trust in the Lord. mind and joyful stewardship. explain some aspect of trusting God. Paul makes it clear in today’s reading As is most often the case, it is the Today’s Gospel from St. Matthew Gospel that displays the im- is particularly about trust as Jesus portance of trusting in God. Is exclaims to Peter, “O, you of little there a better example of trusting faith, why did you doubt?” God than St. Peter’s willingness St. Therese of Lisieux had in- to leave the boat in the midst of credible trust in the Lord, even the storm and reach out to Jesus? though she died from tubercu- This is an interesting narrative losis at the age of 24. Known as for a number of reasons. Jesus the “Little Flower,” St. Therese sends His disciples across the Sea was fond of saying that “Jesus of Galilee at a time of day that sleeps in my boat,” an indica- was often dangerous. The Sea of tion of how she knew that Jesus Galilee is well known for sudden was present and always with her storms, especially at that time of and she placed her total confi- day. Peter and the others among dence and trust in Him. the group who were fishermen Our First Reading from the were well aware of that and the First Book of Kings shows us first sign of their trust was the will- Elijah, who has chosen to hide ingness to go, even though they himself in a cave because of his knew it was not the best time. fear of what may happen. He They trusted in the Lord. basically indicates that he does Most of us are aware of what not fully trust God to be with happened, how Jesus came to him and to protect him. God their aid in this time of need, comes to Elijah in a number of how He said, “Take courage, it ways, but the most subtle and Ivan Aivazovsky. Jesus walks on water, 1888 is I: do not be afraid.” If we are effective is that He comes to Elijah as that trusting Jesus is indeed trusting tuned in to the Lord, He says the same a “tiny whisper.” Elijah is humbled and God as, of course, they are one and the thing to us. When He saves them, es- “hid his face in his cloak.” same. Paul says in closing “…Christ pecially Peter, “Those who were in the If we continue reading this passage who is over all, God blessed forever.” boat did Him homage, saying ‘Truly, from First Kings we learn that Elijah It was Paul’s trust in God, in Christ, you are the Son of God’.” learns to trust totally in God and rely which gave him the strength to ac- By placing our trust in the Son of God, on His guidance and good graces to complish and do what he did. there is no need to fear, worry, or doubt, lead him (Elijah) and help him. Each In the next Chapter of his letter to the because God alone is our savior, eager of us may have to “wrap our faces” and Romans, Paul states “Whoever believes to come to our aid in times of trouble, honestly and humbly admit that we in Him will not be disappointed.” That to assist us with his mercy and love. need God’s assistance all the time and is the whole point for each of us. Where Jesus, the Lord, loves us, and we must in every way. We are able to be good do we place our trust? Sometimes we trust in Him. ¦ The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ThisTuesday, August 15, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which commemorates the dogma of faith that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, This Week was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory,” as pronounced At The Cathedral by Pope Pius XII (Munificentissimus Deus, 44). The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, vvvvv but we don’t know how it first came to be celebrated. Its origin is lost in those days when Jerusalem was restored as a sacred city, at the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine SUN NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (c. 285-337). By then it had been a pagan city for two centuries, 13 ever since Emperor Hadrian (76-138) had leveled it around the (Sat) 6:00 pm Mass for the Parishioners year 135 and rebuilt it as Aelia Capitolina in honor of Jupiter. 8:00 am Mass for Frank Pasden For 200 years, every memory of 10:30 am Mass for Nancy Rodgers Jesus was obliterated from the city, Baptism and the sites made holy by His life, death and Resurrection became MON Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr pagan temples. After the building of 14 the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 12:05 pm Mass for Dr. Jesus Ho in 336, the sacred sites began to be restored and memories of the life of Our Lord began to be celebrated by TUE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY the people of Jerusalem. One of the 15 12:05 pm Mass for Sophie Moses memories about his mother centered 6:00 pm Mass for the Parishioners around the “Tomb of Mary,” close to Mount Zion, where the early Christian community had lived. WED Saint Stephen of Hungary On the hill itself was the “Place 16 12:05 pm Mass for Most Rev. Bernard W. Schmitt of Dormition,” the spot of Mary’s “falling asleep,” where she (Anniversary of Death-2011) had died. The “Tomb of Mary” was where she was buried. At 5:30 pm Finance Council (Parish Offices) this time, the “Memory of Mary” was being celebrated. Later it was to become our feast of the Assumption. For a time, the “Memory of Mary” was marked only in Palestine, but then it THU Weekday in Ordinary Time was extended by the emperor to all the churches of the East. In 17 12:05 pm Mass for Michael Sargent the seventh century, it began to be celebrated in Rome under the title of the “Falling Asleep” (“Dormitio”) of the Mother of God. Soon the name was changed to the “Assumption of Mary,” FRI Weekday in Ordinary Time since there was more to the feast than her dying. It also pro- 18 11:15 am Confessions claimed that she had been taken up, body and soul, into heaven. 12:05 pm Mass for Harold Yahn That belief was ancient, dating back to the apostles themselves. 5:00 pm Wedding Rehearsal What was clear from the beginning was that there were no relics of Mary to be venerated, and that an empty tomb stood on the edge of Jerusalem near the site of her death. That location also SAT Saint John Eudes, priest soon became a place of pilgrimage. (Today, the Benedictine 19 Abbey of the Dormition of Mary stands on the spot) 9:00 am Mass for the Florio Family In the eighth century, St. John Damascene was known for 9:30 am Rosary giving sermons at the holy places in Jerusalem. At the Tomb of 2:00 pm Wedding: Gompers & Palachette Mary, he expressed the belief of the Church on the meaning of 5:00 pm Confessions the feast: “Although the body was duly buried, it did not remain 6:00 pm Mass for Dr. Adiel Anghie in the state of death, neither was it dissolved by decay. You were transferred to your heavenly home, O Lady, Queen and SUN Mother of God in truth.” TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In 1950, in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus 20 8:00 am Mass for the Parishioners Deus, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Assumption of Mary a 10:30 am Mass for dogma of the Catholic Church. With that, an ancient belief Theodore & Cora Scheibelhood became Catholic doctrine and the Assumption was declared a Baptism truth revealed by God. This is a Holy Day of Obligation, which means that vvvvv Catholics are obliged to attend Mass on this day. Mass will be celebrated in the Cathedral at 12:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. 2 The Cathedral Courier August 13, 2017 Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary In your charity, please keep in your prayers: The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.