ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME RHINELAND August 22, 2021

LITURGY REFLECTION Fr. Francis TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: JOHN 6:60-69 Chinthamalla HGN Many of Jesus' disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?" Since Je- Pastor sus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, "Does this shock you? What if (682) 251-4107(Cell) you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while (940) 422-4994 (Rectory) the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But there are some of you who Office: 422-4270 do not believe." Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would 10180 CR 6010 betray him. And he said, "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted Munday, Texas 76371 him by my Father." As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no

DRE/Youth Minister longer accompanied him. Janet Dillard Jesus then said to the Twelve, "Do you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to 940-447-2784 whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that [email protected] you are the Holy One of God." ADULTS: In what way has the example of Christian marriage (your own or that of another couple) Santa Rosa Church helped you understand the relationship between Christ and his church? PO Box 428 CHILDREN: What can you do for your family to show them Jesus’ love and care? Knox City, Texas 79529 Secretary: RIGHTWAY IMAGING Noelia Davila The Rightway Imaging representative will be here this weekend to make an announcement and (940) 203-2560 schedule appointments for testing on September 3rd from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you know of an- yone who may be interested, please let them know. Thank you! Weekend Mass Schedule ST. MONICA – AUGUST 27TH: (c. 332 – 387) was an early African Christian Saint and the Saint Joseph mother of St. . St. Monica is recognized as the patron saint of mothers. Her Saturday 6:00 pm faith and dedication to motherhood played a pivotal role in the spiritual formation of one of the Sunday 9:00 am most brilliant philosophers and well-known saints of all time – Saint Augustine, her son. After her husband’s premature death, St. Monica dedicated her life to raising her children. As a single mother of three, she persevered in the face of many difficulties. Her greatest desire was Santa Rosa for her children to follow Christ. Although later in life he was known as a fervent man of God, Sunday 11:00 am St. Augustine did not easily come to see God’s truth. As a child, he proved to be quite difficult, (Mass is Bilingual) causing Monica much grief, and as a young adult he remained uninterested in Christianity. But St. Monica never stopped praying for his eternal soul, in spite of the circumstances. On one par- BAPTISMAL Preparation ticular occasion, when she was discussing the matter with a priest, he urged her to remain stead- Third Sunday of the Month Birth Certificate Required fast in her prayers, stating that it was “not possible that the son of so many tears should perish.” Call: Leno Hernandez A Testament to the Power of Prayer - After many years of prayer, finally saw her 940-782-6497 son give his life to the service of God. St. Augustine declared that his mother’s resilience and dedication to prayer is what led him to become the man of God he was meant to be. He stat- ed that St. Monica was not only his mother, but “the source of his Christianity.” According to Pope Benedict XVI: Augustine himself was to say, his mother gave birth to him twice; the second time required a lengthy spiritual travail of prayers and tears, but it was crowned at last with the joy of seeing him not only embrace the faith and receive Baptism, but also dedicate himself without re-

serve to the service of Christ. St. Monica passed away in A.D. 387, shortly after St. Augustine was baptized. Her legacy serves as a reminder for all Christians to never stop praying for those who do not yet know Christ. Saint Monica was buried at and at first seems to have been almost forgotten, though her body was removed during the 6th century to a hidden crypt in the church of Santa Au-

rea in Ostia. Her tomb was later transferred to the Basilica of Sant'Agostino, .

Lectors: Aug 28 Saturday: Jeannette Reeves & Billie Myers Aug 29 Sunday: Nancy Birkenfeld & Marie Gonzalez

Servers: Saturday: Karley Myers, Loran & Natalie Miranda Sunday: Isaiah Reyes, Nayeli Nunez & Kinslee Carver

Altar Flowers: Flowers for the altar were donated by: Anonymous Donor Thank you for your generous donation.

Mon: 7:00 am Alphonse Kuehler by Johnny & Nancy Birkenfeld Tues: 7:00 am No Service Wed: 7:00 am Kenny Groves by Kenny Joe & Mandi Brown Thurs: 7:00 am F.W. & Naomi Pape by Josh Myers Family Fri: 7:00 am Billy Jake Myers by Kenny Joe & Mandi Brown Sat: 6:00 pm Alvin & Mag Michalik by Groves Family Sun: 9:00 am Kenny Moore by Josh Myers Family Sun: 11:00 am Mass at Santa Rosa

August 15, 2021 Attendance: Saturday: 64 Sunday: 85 Collection: $3,283.00 Youth Ministry: $150.00 Thank you for your generous contributions

Please pray for our sick and convalescing especially: Mary & Freddie Sosa Sr., Gary Wilde, Franz Birkenfeld, Ronnie Verhalen, Kelly Stinnet, Richard Latham, Allie Birkenfeld, Jeanell Kuehler Howell, Nick Ptacek, Jim Williams, Kaitlyn Acevedo, Allen Brown, Jeanene Redder, Arleda Decker, Refugio Nunez, Jamie Welborn, Ethel Birkenfeld, Brittany Solano, Francis Brown, Bob Moore, Kolby Kuykendall, Paulina Mendiola, Dorothy Herring, Joe Castorena, Urban Bellinghausen, Geneva Pennartz, Diana Homer Essig, Angelica Lucas, Albert & LuRose Schumacher, Darlene Bellinghausen, Antonio Mendez, Jorge DeHaro Jr., Karymay Groves, Cory Almanza, Coltyn Eldridge, and any others. Please remember all rest home and shut-in parishioners. Let us earnestly pray for all our sick and do whatever we can to help them. Please let us know if names need to be added or removed

FOOD PANTRY St. Joseph Parishioners are asked to bring peanut butter or anything else for the August Food Pantry. Thanks to all of you who continually help feed the hungry in our community.

FAITH FORMATION The Faith Formation/CCD Program is in need of volunteers for Wednesday evening CCD teachers and assistants. We will be start- ing up in class instruction for ALL grades this September and need HELP for several grades. Please be willing to share your faith and work in this much needed ministry of the church. You may let Fr. Francis or Janet Dillard know if you would like to help out. Faith Formation Registration will be on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Mark your calendars!!

INFORMATION Quincenera classes will be on September 7,13,20,27 at 5:30 p.m. If you are interested, contact Sylvia Hernandez at 940-782-7962 and leave a voicemail. Thank you

NATIONAL COLLECTION FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: The Weekend of September 11/12, we will be taking up the National Collection for The Catholic University of America. Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, Catholic University offers graduate and undergraduate courses in more than 180 academic programs. By giving to the National Collection, you will help support more than 6,000 students who are seeking a faith‐filled education at an institution that supports cutting edge research in multiple fields. Your investment will enable the University to continue to support the Church and to advance its work of prepar- ing the next generation of leadership, both religious and lay, of our Church and nation. It will also enable the continuance of The Catholic Project, a University initiative jumpstarted by philanthropy which aims to help bishops, priests, and the lay faithful develop a deeper understanding of the lay vocation and principles for effective action in the wake of the recent Church crisis. Through research, new academic programs, and dialogue, the project brings together the clergy and lay leaders to develop solutions to the issues facing our Church and bring about reforms. Thank you for your generosity. Learn more at: collection.catholic.edu

STEWARDING OUR FAMILIES: WHEN “BACK TO SCHOOL” MEANS “BACK TO THE FAMILY DINNER TABLE” August brings us face to face with one of life’s realities: summer vacation has to end. Children may groan and parents may breathe a sigh of relief, but one thing is certain. The beginning of school brings a return to routine, and this translates into less eating on the run and more scheduled meals around the family dinner table. It’s not always possible for the whole family to eat together, but mak- ing it a priority at least some nights of the week can pay big dividends for the Christian steward trying to raise a family of faith. Here are a few dinner table tips: • Everyone should know certain nights are family dinner nights. Look closely at everyone’s schedule, make a plan, and then hold family nights sacred. • Whether frozen pizza or prime rib, set the table nicely and sit down. Maybe light a dinner candle or pull out the cloth napkins now and then. Pick up a special dessert once in a while. • Parents and kids often hit the dinner hour fatigued. Make an effort to relax. Start off with a smile and laughter, even when you’d rather hit the couch. • If you haven’t already, begin the family custom of praying before meals in a spontaneous way. What was I most thankful for to- day? Where did I see a situation that calls for prayer? Let everyone take a brief turn. It may lead to a great conversation after the “amen.” • Resist scolding or criticizing a child at dinner. Never demand to know why the math paper wasn’t turned in, or why the kid will not get out of bed on time. Save it for a private discussion later. Allow the dinner table to be a place of welcome and support. • Share the ups and downs of your own day. Listen respectfully to their exploits and complaints. • As you review the day’s events, don’t forget God. Just as you are interested in what your children are reading in literature class or library hour, express an interest in what’s being taught in religion class or in weekly faith formation. • Set the rule that everyone remains seated until all are finished. Then the meal is complete. • But the work’s not done. Divide the duties of setting the table, clearing, washing the dishes, even cooking so that everyone has a role to play and the work goes quickly. • Bring back the custom of an “after dinner” prayer, brief and blessed.

ST. LOUIS OF FRANCE: AUGUST 25TH: At his coronation as king of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace. Other kings had done the same, of course. Louis was different in that he ac- tually interpreted his kingly duties in the light of faith. After the violence of two previous reigns, he brought peace and justice. Louis “took the cross” for a Crusade when he was 30. His army seized Damietta in Egypt but not long after, weakened by dysentery and without support, they were surrounded and captured. Louis obtained the release of the army by giving up the city of Damietta in addition to paying a ransom. He stayed in Syria four years. Louis deserves credit for extending justice in civil administration. His regulations for royal officials became the first of a series of reform laws. He replaced trial by battle with a form of examination of witnesses and encouraged the use of writ- ten records in court. Louis was always respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes, and refused to acknowledge Innocent IV’s sentence against Emperor Frederick II. Louis was devoted to his people, founding hospitals, visiting the sick, and like his patron Saint Francis, caring even for people with leprosy. He is one of the patrons of the Secular Franciscan Order. Louis united France—lords and townsfolk, peasants and priests and knights—by the force of his personality and holiness. For many years the nation was at peace. Every day, Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him, and a large number of poor were served meals near his palace. During Advent and Lent, all who presented themselves were given a meal, and Louis often served them in person. He kept lists of needy people, whom he regularly relieved, in every province of his dominion. Disturbed by new Muslim advances, Louis led another crusade to North Africa in 1270. Within a month of their landing at Carthage, the army camp was decimated by disease. Louis himself died there at the age of 56. He was canonized 27 years later. - Franciscan media.org

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY Santa Rosa IN ORDINARY TIME 211 N. Ave G August 22, 2021 P.O. Box 428 Knox City, TX 79529 Fr. Francis LITURGY REFLECTION (682) 251-4107 (Cell) TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: JOHN 6:60-69 [email protected] Many of Jesus' disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?" Since Jesus (940) 422-4994 (Rectory) knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, "Does this shock you? What if you Convent: 422-4270 were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh Munday, TX 76371 is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe." Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray Secretary/Bookkeeper him. And he said, "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by Noelia Davila my Father." As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer ac- (940)203-1178(cell) (940)-658-5062(office) companied him. [email protected] Jesus then said to the Twelve, "Do you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom Office Hrs: shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are Mon 5pm-7pm the Holy One of God." Fri 5pm-8pm ADULTS: In what way has the example of Christian marriage (your own or that of another couple) helped you understand the relationship between Christ and his church? Weekend Mass CHILDREN: What can you do for your family to show them Jesus’ love and care? Schedule Saint Joseph’s Saturday 6:00 pm RIGHTWAY IMAGING Sunday 9:00 am The Rightway Imaging representative will be here this weekend to make an announcement and rd Santa Rosa schedule appointments for testing on September 3 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you know of any- Sunday 11:00 am one who may be interested, please let them know. Thank you! (Mass is Bilingual) ST. MONICA – AUGUST 27TH: (c. 332 – 387) was an early African Christian Saint and the DRE/Youth Minister mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. St. Monica is recognized as the patron saint of mothers. Her Janet Dillard faith and dedication to motherhood played a pivotal role in the spiritual formation of one of the 940-447-2784 [email protected] most brilliant philosophers and well-known saints of all time – Saint Augustine, her son. Marriage: 8 months After her husband’s premature death, St. Monica dedicated her life to raising her children. As a before date of wedding single mother of three, she persevered in the face of many difficulties. Her greatest desire was for Rectory: 422-4994 her children to follow Christ. Although later in life he was known as a fervent man of God, St. Augustine did not easily come to see God’s truth. As a child, he proved to be quite difficult, caus- BAPTISMAL Prepara- ing Monica much grief, and as a young adult he remained uninterested in Christianity. But St. tion Third Sunday of the Monica never stopped praying for his eternal soul, in spite of the circumstances. On one particular Month occasion, when she was discussing the matter with a priest, he urged her to remain steadfast in her Birth Certificate Required prayers, stating that it was “not possible that the son of so many tears should perish.” Call: Leno Hernandez A Testament to the Power of Prayer - After many years of prayer, Saint Monica finally saw her 940-782-6497 son give his life to the service of God. St. Augustine declared that his mother’s resilience and ded- ication to prayer is what led him to become the man of God he was meant to be. He stated that St. Monica was not only his mother, but “the source of his Christianity.” According to Pope Benedict

XVI: Augustine himself was to say, his mother gave birth to him twice; the second time required a lengthy spiritual travail of prayers and tears, but it was crowned at last with the joy of seeing him not only embrace the faith and receive Baptism, but also dedicate himself without reserve to the service of Christ. St. Monica passed away in A.D. 387, shortly after St. Augustine was baptized. Her legacy serves as a reminder for all Christians to never stop praying for those who do not yet know Christ. Saint Monica was buried at Ostia and at first seems to have been almost forgotten, though her body was removed during the 6th century to a hidden crypt in the church of Santa Aurea in Ostia. Her tomb was later transferred to the Basilica of Sant'Agostino, Rome.

“TASTE AND SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD.”

AUGUST 15TH COLLECTION: $346.42

ATTENDANCE: 60

MONEY COUNTERS~ : AUGUST – Anita Silva and Mary Escamilla

MASS INTENTIONS: AUGUST 22nd – Joe and Eva Flores by la Familia Silva. AUGUST 29TH – Santos Gonzales By Lupe Navarrete.

MASS INTENTIONS Santa Rosa Catholic church is currently needing mass intentions, and if you would like to offer a mass for a family member please contact our Secretary Miss Noelia Davila.

LET US KEEP IN OUR PRAYERS FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH : Ray Lerma, Lalo Garcia, Gloria Diaz, Frankie Stinnet, Elda Garcia, Connie Garcia, Federico Monita, Bartolo Mar- tinez, Margaret Martinez, Bob Lake, Connie Ramirez, Victoria Medina, Connie Ledesma, Paulina Mendiola, Mary Ann Myers, and any others. Please remember all rest home and shut-in parishioners. Let us earnestly pray for all our sick for their healing and recovery.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARISH The Diocesan Board of Directors of the Advancement Foundation has approved an operational grant for the upcoming 2021- 2022 fiscal year. Santa Rosa will receive $17,500.00. These funds come from the “Annual Diocesan Appeal” we collect each year. Our parish goal was $2,100.00 and we collected $3,215.00. Let us continue to be generous during our Annual Di- ocesan Appeal beginning in September. FAITH FORMATION The Faith Formation/CCD Program is in need of volunteers for Wednesday evening CCD teachers and assistants. We will be start- ing up in class instruction for ALL grades this September and need HELP for several grades. Please be willing to share your faith and work in this much needed ministry of the church. You may let Fr. Francis or Janet Dillard know if you would like to help out. Faith Formation Registration will be on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM. Mark your calendars!!

INFORMATION Quincenera classes will be on September 7,13,20,27 at 5:30 p.m. If you are interested, contact Sylvia Hernandez at 940-782-7962 and leave a voicemail. Thank you RIGHTWAY IMAGING The Rightway Imaging representative will be here on August 21-22nd to make an announcement and schedule appoint- ments for September 3rd from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you know of anyone who may be interested, please let them know. Thank you! NATIONAL COLLECTION FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: The Weekend of September 11/12, we will be taking up the National Collection for The Catholic University of America. Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, Catholic University offers graduate and undergraduate courses in more than 180 academic pro- grams. By giving to the National Collection, you will help support more than 6,000 students who are seeking a faith‐filled education at an institution that supports cutting edge research in multiple fields. Your investment will enable the University to continue to sup- port the Church and to advance its work of preparing the next generation of leadership, both religious and lay, of our Church and nation. It will also enable the continuance of The Catholic Project, a University initiative jumpstarted by philanthropy which aims to help bishops, priests, and the lay faithful develop a deeper understanding of the lay vocation and principles for effective action in the wake of the recent Church crisis. Through research, new academic programs, and dialogue, the project brings together the clergy and lay leaders to develop solutions to the issues facing our Church and bring about reforms. Thank you for your generosity. Learn more at: collection.catholic.edu