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The Liturgical Week ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH! THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE LITURGICAL WEEK MASS INTENTIONS DEVOTIONS Saturday, November 10 ADORATION & BENEDICTION St. Leo the Great OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 4:30pm - Marshall Monroe† Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 — 9:30am Sunday, November 11 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Adeline & James Kenny† MORNING PRAYER 11:00am - For All Veterans After Mass on Monday, 12:30pm - Pro Populo Tuesday & Friday Monday, November 12 DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET St. Josaphat After Monday Morning Prayer 8:30am - Betty & Carl Lewis† Tuesday, November 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini 8:30am - The Meyers Family THE SANCTUARY LAMPS Friday, November 16 are lit for St. Margaret of Scotland Our Faithful Bishops, Priests, St. Gertrude 8:30am - Deceased Members of the Seminarians & Religious Mechensky Family† Saturday, November 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary 4:30pm - Edwina Brodzinski† Sunday, November 18 PRAYERS 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Sylvia DeCotiis† FOR OUR SICK & SHUT-INS 11:00am - Leonard F. Polaski† Please remember the infirmed of our 12:30pm - Pro Populo parish, especially those who, by request, have been placed on our parish prayer intention list. If you would like to be added to this list, please call the parish office. You may call for a copy of the prayer list. CONFESSIONS Monday 7:30 — 8:15 am Friday 7:30 — 8:15am Saturday 3:30 — 4:15 pm BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD PAGE 1 ● NOVEMBER 11, 2018! UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME! WWW.STJOHNTRYON.COM SPIRITUAL READING & REFLECTION THE WIDOW’S SACRIFICE My daughter, I want to instruct you on how you are to rescue souls through sacrifice and prayer. You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone. I want to see you as a sacrifice of living love, which only then carries weight before me. You must be annihilated, destroyed, living as if you were dead in the most secret depths of your being. You must be destroyed in that secret depth where the human eye has never penetrated; then will I find in you a pleasing sacrifice, a holocaust full of sweetness and fragrance. And great will be your power for whomever you intercede. Outwardly, your sacrifice must look like this: silent, hidden, permeated with love, imbued with prayer. I demand, my daughter, that your sacrifice be pure and full of humility, that I may find pleasure in it. I will not spare my grace, that you may be able to fulfill what I demand of you. I will now instruct you on what your holocaust shall consist of, in everyday life, so as to preserve you from illusions. You shall accept all sufferings with love. Do not be afflicted if your heart often experiences repugnance and dislike for sacrifice. All its power rests in the will, and so these contrary feelings, far from lowering the value of the sacrifice in my eyes, will enhance it. Know that your body and soul will often be in the midst of fire. Although you will not feel my presence on some occasions, I will always be with you. Do not fear; my grace will be with you… (Diary, 1767). Saint Faustina Kowalska Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament ( +1938), was a Polish Sister of Our Lady of Mercy. She was canonized in 2000. November Magnificat 2018 THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED ! PAGE 2 ● NOVEMBER 11, 2018 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ! THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS DAILY MASS READINGS FOR THE WEEK OFFERTORY REPORT Fiscal Year July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 Offertory Totals for the Masses of Nov. 3 & 4, 2018. This Week Y.T.D Actual $10,949 $134,686 The donations above include All Souls’ and All Saints’ Day Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; donations. Mk 12:38-44 [41-44] Monday: Ti 1:1-9; Ps 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Lk 17:1-6 Tuesday: Ti 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29; SECOND COLLECTION Lk 17:7-10 NOVEMBER 17 & 18 Wednesday: Ti 3:1-7; Ps 23:1b-6; Lk 17:11-19 MISSIONARIES OF FAITH Thursday: Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7-10; Lk 17:20-25 The Missionaries of Faith, based in the Philippines, currently Friday: 2 Jn 4-9; Ps 119:1-2, 10-11, 17-18; have 20 seminarians who are studying for the priesthood. Lk 17:26-37 This collection will help with the seminarians’ board and Saturday: 3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112:1-6; Lk 18:1-8 lodging, their tuition fees, books, field trips and other Sunday: Dn 12:1-3; Ps 16:5, 8-11; Heb 10:11-14, 18; expenses. Please be generous as many come from poor Mk 13:24-32 families. LECTOR REFLECTION & REVIEW Saturday, November 17th Fr. Christian requests the presence of all lectors /proclaimers of The Word, for a short reflection and review on Saturday, November 17th at 10:00am in the Church. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you have not done so already. Thank you! NOVEMBER 25TH — LA CRISTIADA MOVIE The Cristero War, or Cristero Rebellion (1926–29), also known as La Cristiada [la kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in many central western Mexican states against the secularist, anti-Catholic and anti-clerical policies of the Mexican government. Fr. Christian will be showing the movie La Cristiada (Spanish Version of “For Greater Glory”) in ATTENTION LECTORS & USHERS the parish social hall following the 12:30 Mass (Spanish) on FIRST QUARTER 2019 Sunday, November 25—The Feast of Christ the King! The first quarter 2019 liturgical schedule will be prepared Fr. Christian invites all Spanish speaking near the end of November. Please be sure to call the parish parishioners and their families to attend office at 859-9574 ext. 3 or email Theresa Fitch at: and bring an item for a potluck luncheon [email protected], regarding your availability and if following Mass. We'll gather for lunch you have a change in your status. Please let me know if you and fellowship and watch this historical are not available to serve a particular month during the next movie about Mexico and sainthood (Jose quarter: the months of January, February and March 2019. Sanchez del Rio)! Great food, great Also, please let me know your availability for Christmas movie and an excellent chance to get (Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25) and together. Viva el Cristo Rey! the Solemnity of Mary (January 1, 2019). Thank you. PAGE 3 ● NOVEMBER 11, 2018 ! UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME! WWW.STJOHNTRYON.COM LOOK WHAT’S NEW IN THE CATHOLIC SHOPPE: • Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine by Archbishop Michael Sheehan PUERI CANTORES • Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis by Peter Kwasniewski (CHILDREN’S CHOIR) • Treasure & Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass Rehearsals are Sundays, after the 8:30am Mass, in the parish center. • Manual for Spiritual Warfare • Manual for Eucharistic Adoration FORMED.ORG The Miracle of Fr. Kapaun — a must see film • Manual for Men, by Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix Do You Know This American War Hero? Emil Kapaun— priest, soldier, and Korean War hero—was awarded • Kingdom of Happiness, Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life, by posthumously the Medal of Honor, and is also being Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD — retails for $14.95 — offering to considered by the Vatican for canonization as a saint. (See parishioners at great price of $6! glass board outside) •New Rosaries You have FREE access provided by the parish account. Go to… www.formed.org / Click on Register/ •St. Benedict Black 3-inch Cross Enter parish code: GFP4TN Auto Visor Clip •Auto Rosaries: Black glass, Multi-color crystal and Wooden-brown WORD OF LIFE “Our love for our children has nothing to do with their •St. Benedict Rope bracelet—Black corded rope with Silver medals only $5 abilities. We love them simply because of who they are, and understanding this teaches us how to truly love everyone.” We invite you to visit our small parish shop — USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities “A Perfect Gift,” open Monday through Friday during office hours: 9am to 3pm. YOUTH BREAKFAST WITH FR. CHRISTIAN Today at 9:45 in the Social Hall P ARISH L IFE K OF C CHRISTMAS DINNER TICKETS ON SALE NOVEMBER Mon Nov 12 9am Divine Mercy Chaplet, Church PRAY FOR THE DEAD 5:30pm Schola Choir Rehearsal, Church Let us not hesitate to help those who 6pm Faith Formation, Parish Center have died 7pm RCIA, Social Hall and offer our prayers for them. Tue Nov 13 9:30am Patriotic Rosary, Church — St. John Chrysostom Sat Nov 17 10am Lector Training, Church 5:30pm K of C Beer & Brats Dinner T THATHAT IN IN A ALLLL T THINGSHINGS G GODOD M MAYAY B BE EG GLORIFIEDLORIFIED ! PAGE 4 ● NOVEMBER 11 , 2018 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ! THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NEW THIRD ORDER DOMINICAN GROUP STARTING UP IN JANUARY 2019 SIGN UP NOW! St. John the Baptist Catholic Church announces the formation of its own Lay Dominican group to commence in January 2019. Who are the Lay Dominicans? Lay Dominicans are one of several recognized “Third Orders” within the Catholic Church. Lay Dominicans are a branch of the Dominican religious order. It is essential to acknowledge that the call to a Third Order is a call to a vocation for the purpose of sanctification of its members.
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