Novena for Our Country in Honor of the St. Vincent, In the Diary of St. Faustina (59), Jesus said, “Make Saints Fabian and Sebastian, a for your country. This novena will consist Saints John and Paul, of the recitation of the of the Saints.” , I invite you to pray the Litany below for nine days in All you holy , a row for the USA, beginning on October 23. Then you will have it done for Day, November 1. St. Sylvester, pray for us. St. Gregory, Litany of the Saints St. , St. Augustine, Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. St. , Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on St. Martin, us. St. Nicholas, Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. All you holy and Confessors, Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. All you holy Doctors,

God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. St. Anthony, pray for us. the Son, Redeemer of the world, [repeat boldface] St. Benedict, God the , St. Bernard, Holy , one God, St. Dominic, St. Francis, Holy Mary, pray for us. All you holy and Levites, Holy Mother of God, All you holy and , Holy Virgin of virgins, St. , St. , pray for us. St. , St. Agatha, St. , St. Lucy, All you Holy and , St. Agnes, St. , St. Cecilia, St. Joseph, St. Anastasia, All you Holy Patriarchs and Prophets, St. Catherine, St. Clare, St. Peter, pray for us. All you holy Virgins and Widows, St. Paul, [You may add some of your favorite saints here.] St. Andrew, All you holy Saints of God, St. James, St. John, Lord, be merciful, Lord, save Your people. St. Thomas, From all evil, St. James, From all sin, St. Philip, From Your wrath, St. Bartholomew, From a sudden and un-provided death, St. Matthew, From the snares of the devil, St. Simon, From anger, hatred, and all ill-will, St. Jude, From the spirit of uncleanness, St. Matthias, From lightning and tempest, St. , From the scourge of earthquake, St. Luke, From plague, famine, and war, St. Mark, From everlasting death, All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, By the mystery of Your Holy Incarnation, All you holy Disciples of the Lord, By Your Coming, All you holy Innocents, By Your Birth, By Your and holy fasting, St. Stephen, pray for us. By Your Cross and Passion, St. Lawrence, By Your Death and Burial, By Your holy Resurrection, Lord, save Your people. they do much less harm than you think. If you By Your wonderful Ascension, sincerely want to pray, and you try reasonably well, By the coming of the Holy Spirit, you are praying. As St. Teresa puts it, “Your will is On the Day of Judgment, with His Majesty.” Gently turn your mind back to Him when you notice that it has strayed. You are Be merciful to us sinners, Lord, hear our . succeeding. That You will spare us, Listen to the following story about a distraction in That You will pardon us, prayer. St was once traveling That it may please You to bring us to true penance, with a poor, uneducated farmer, who noticed that the Guide and protect Your holy Church, abbot kept his eyes cast downward. When the farmer Preserve in holy religion the Pope, and all those in asked why the wasn’t looking at the beautiful , countryside, Bernard explained that he wanted to avoid Humble the enemies of holy Church, distractions while praying. Give peace and unity to the whole Christian people, In response, the farmer boasted, “I’m never Bring back to the unity of the Church all those who distracted when I pray.” are straying, and bring all unbelievers to the light objected, “I don’t believe it. Now let me of the Gospel, make a deal with you. If you can say the Our Father Strengthen and preserve us in Your holy service, without one distraction, I’ll give you this mule I’m Raise our minds to desire the things of heaven, riding. But if you don’t succeed, you must come with Reward all our benefactors with eternal blessings, me and be a .” Deliver our souls from eternal damnation, and the The farmer agreed and began praying aloud souls of our brethren, relatives, and benefactors, confidently, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed Give and preserve the fruits of the earth, by thy name...” Then, after pausing for moment, he Grant to all the faithful departed, asked St Bernard, “Does that include the saddle and That it may please You to hear and heed us, Jesus, the bridle, too?” Son of the Living God, Here is an idea. Before we pray, we tell God that we want to focus and pray well. In other words, we pray , who takes away the sins of the world, before we pray. We can turn distractions into . spare us, O Lord. Whatever we think about while we are praying, we Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, give it to God. For example, if we begin to think about graciously hear us, O Lord. food, we say to God, “I know you will provide food Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, later on.” Then we gently turn back to Him in prayer. have mercy on us. Prayer for Power from the Holy Spirit Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Lord, in the book of Acts You said “you shall receive Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. Lord Jesus, hear our power when the Holy Spirit comes on you...and you prayer. shall be My witnesses...to the ends of the earth” (Acts Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. 1:8). Give me a fresh anointing, Lord, and a fuller Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on release of Your Spirit’s power and gifts that are us. already present in me through water Baptism and Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. . Divine Lord, I do not wish to be just Your follower. Distractions in Prayer (from Fr. Michael) Take away any indifference that I have toward Your We all want to pray well. To help us, I recommend a Divine Presence in me. Change and release that book by Thomas Dubay called Prayer Primer: Igniting passive indwelling power of Your Spirit in me into that A Fire Within. All of us get distracted in prayer at active infilling power. Let that “rose bud” become a times. Fr. Dubay has the following question and “rose bloom,” the “acorn” become the “oak tree,” so answer in his book: that I may experience that same infilling power as did Question: I am often pestered with distractions in the disciples at the first Pentecost. prayer. I really do not want them, but is there anything By that same power, give me a new inner strength I can do to get rid of them? I try but don’t much over the sinful habits of my life. Help me to become succeed. an effective witness for You and draw others to You Answer: The first thing you can do is be at peace. according to Your plan and purpose in my life. As long as distractions are not deliberate or intentional, Gems of Wisdom from the Diary of St. Faustina about 800 hymns and all the readings for the 3-year 811. When I entered my solitude, I heard these words: cycle. It should last 6-10 years. Obviously it will replace At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory the paperback hymnal and missal (which will be every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others recycled). say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same. Temporary Mass Time Changes at St. Peter When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying Sunday, October 25 at 11:15 a.m. person, God’s anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender Temporary Communion Services at St. Ignatius mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Saturday, October 24 at 4 p.m. Passion of My Son. Begin to Turn In Your All Souls Envelopes/Offerings Quick Apologetics (Defending Your Faith)—Call The offering money goes to pay for Vacation Bible No Man Father School (Totus Tuus). One time when I was working at Lackland Air Force St. Anne Renovation Payoff Countdown: $29,288 Base as a chaplain candidate, a good man asked me, “Why do you call your priests ‘father’? The Bible says St. Peter Renovation Collection: $37,380 not to call any man ‘father’ in Matthew 23:9.” Calendar of Events Matthew 23:9 does state: “Call no one on earth your -Oct 23 – Oct 25 (F-Sun). Men’s retreat in Winter Park father; you have but one Father in heaven.” -Nov 8 (Sun). Spanish Mass at Our Lady at 1 p.m. I told him that if we took everything literally in the -Dec 12 (Sat). Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass in Spanish Bible that I would be a blind paraplegic. He smiled. at Our Lady of the Snow at 10 a.m. He knew what I was saying. In Matthew 5:27-30, -Dec 13 (Sun). Spanish Mass at Our Lady at 1 p.m. Jesus basically says that if our eyes cause us to sin, we Mass Collections, October 10 - 11 should pluck them out, and if our hands cause us to sin, we should cut them off. We know that Jesus is, in this St. Anne $ 1608 passage, trying to get us to think about avoiding sin, St. Bernard 3074 not to maim our bodies. Our Lady of the Snow 741 Anyway, I explained to him that we needed to look St. Peter 674 St. Ignatius 917 at the whole Bible in context. Even Total $ 7014 called human men fathers in the fourth commandment: “Honor your father and mother.” Also, in Romans Vocations Prayer Calendar; October 4:16-17, St. Paul refers to as “the father of us Please pray for our seminarians every day. all.” In 1 Corinthians 4:15, St. Paul says, “You do not Sat--Francesco Basso & Guillermo Bustillos have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Sun--Joe Grady & Deacon James Claver Jesus through the Gospel.” Mon--Deacon Mason Fraley & Deacon Matt Magee So there are many times in the Bible where ‘father’ is Tue--Deacon Salvador Sanchez Wed--Connor Lyle permitted. Priests are called ‘father’ in the sense that Thu--Nicholas Larkin & Peter Wojda they are called to be spiritual fathers to everyone meet. Fri--Men and women applying for formation Priests ask God the Father to participate in His Fatherhood. God is the origin and source of all Mass Intentions and Schedule for StA, StB, and OLS KEY: StA = St. Anne; StB = St. Bernard; fatherhood. He is perfect in love and mercy. All of us OLS = Our Lady of the Snow pray to the Father to be more like Him. -Sat, Oct 17, StA, 5 p.m., Chip McGinn A Father’s Covenant (by Stephen Gabriel) -Sun, Oct 18, StB, 7 a.m., Parishioners and visitors A few promises of a husband to his wife: -Sun, Oct 18, OLS, 9:30 a.m., Paul and Sonia Jones

-I will continue to court you. Weekday Masses (see extra Masses listed in bold) -I will find ways to keep the embers of our romance -Mon, Oct 19, StA, 8:30 a.m., Todd W. and Leslie Larkins glowing. -Tue, Oct 20, OLS, 7:30 a.m., Paul and Sonia Jones -I will remind you often why I married you and assure -Wed, Oct 21, StB, 8:30 a.m., Tim and Pat Pulliam you that I would do it again. -Thu, Oct 22, OLS, 8:30 a.m., Carl and Anne Ingham -I will call you during the day and tell you that I love -Fri, Oct 23, OLS, 8:30 a.m., David and Carol Cox you. Mass Intentions and Schedule for StP and StI New Hymnal-Missal Coming in Advent KEY: StI = St. Ignatius (Walden); StP = St. Peter The parish-finance council unanimously chose the St. -Sat, Oct 10, StI, 4 p.m., Parishioner and visitors Augustine Hymnal. It is a hardback book that contains -Sun, Oct 11, StP, 11:15 a.m., Parishioners and visitors