St. Bernard Catholic Church (Established in 1787)
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St. Bernard Catholic Church (Established in 1787) DAILY MASSES Monday—Friday: Mass 8:30 a.m. First Saturday 8:30 a.m. WEEKEND MASSES Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. 2805 Bayou Road St. Joseph Adoration Chapel: P. O. Box 220 Thursday St. Bernard, LA 70085 MISSION STATEMENT In the total love for Jesus through the Heart of Mary, We St. Bernard Catholic Church commit to BE BOLD—BE CATHOLIC—BE CHRIST And faithfully pass it on...Heart to Heart. I.M. Office Hours: 9:30—1:00 Monday—Thursday Phone: (504) 281-2267 — Fax: (504) 281-2268 E-Mail: [email protected] www.stbernard-stbla.com Rev. Hoang M. Tuong, Pastor St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery: (504) 421-9533 Cell Phone: 985-705-0357 Lynne, Parish Secretary, Cell: (504) 421-5969 Rev. Charles Caluda, Retired Lenore—Religious Ed Deacon Norbert Billiot, Jr. [email protected] Music Director: Bea Girard Baptism: Parents are asked to call the office. Baptisms will be held the 3rd weekend of the month or by special arrangement. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are held before each Mass, or call for an appointment. Communion of the Sick: Please call when someone is ill or in the hospital. Sacrament of Marriage: Couples must contact the church at least six (6) months before the date of the wedding. Christian Burial: Please contact the funeral home to make arrangements they will contact church and cemetery. Pastoral & Finance Meeting - Pastoral Council meetings will be announced. Volume 52 Issue 35 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 Saturday August 31, 2019 Rosary 3:30 p.m. Ministry Schedule 4:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. For Next Week: Bernard Catholic Church; Bernard & Chase Naquin; Duke Collins; Donald Saturday, September 7, 4:00 p.m. Serpas, Sr.; Tim George; Timothy George; Sal Gagliano; Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Mazie LaFond; Scotty Lopez; Beth Byrd Ruiz; Richie Lector: Pat Byrd; Charles, Cornelia & Lori Robertson; Fr John; and Ministers of Communion: all on our Sick List Dwight Sunday, September 1, 2019 Rosary 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Charles L. Smith; Gauthé Family; Agnes Sunday, September 8, 10:00 a.m. & Wallace Serpas; Jerry Wheat; HJ Lind; Josephine & Reese Nunez; Mike, Rosie & André Colletti; Dickie Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Stander; Merle King; Louise M. Alphonso; Larry Lector: Maureen Gonzales, Jr.; Raymond Serpas; Jason Steele; Adam Ministers of Communion: Serigne; Walter Guidry; Chester Romero; The Romero Rhonda Family; Rudy Alphonso; Martin & Cecile Alfonso; Jerry, Lenore Vernon & Nathan Alfonso; Juan & Frankie Montelongo; Alfred Nunez, Sr. & Family; Ramona Ramos; Healing of Sylvia Guillot and Belinda Robin Lainhart; and all Military Personnel & Families Sanctuary Lamp Beth Byrd Ruiz DAILY—Rosary 8 a.m.—Mass 8:30 a.m.: Monday For Our Youth Tuesday All Sick & Dying Marian Candle Wednesday All Souls in Purgatory Mazie LaFond Thursday All Parishioners Friday Deceased Priests Saturday (only First Saturday) 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph Candle Larry Gonzales, Jr. Readings For The Week Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; August 24—25, 2019 Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Attendance: 65 Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44 Collection: $1,418.00 Thursday: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5 Thank you for your support Sunday: Wis 9:13-18b; Ps 90:3-6, 12-17; Phlm 9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 1st Reading - Wisdom 9:13-18b Wisdom is a personification of the functions of Yahweh. In The Book of Wisdom is unique in the Bible as being the earlier wisdom literature, wisdom was an effect of the spirit product of a Greek frame of mind, for the author is a of God. Here, Wisdom is identified with the spirit of the Hellenized Jew, thoroughly familiar with Greek culture, Lord and becomes the internal principle of physical and writing probably at Alexandria in about 50 B.C. moral life. The Hebrews did not conceive of humans as constituted of a material body and a spiritual soul; the Against the background of Egyptian worship of animals and human being was a unity. mockery of Jewish trust in God, the author devotes much of the first part of the book to the ineffectiveness of such 18a,b And thus were the paths of those on earth made mockery when God has promised immortality to those who straight. remain faithful. Using Greek modes of thought, he is the first to express the hope of after-life in terms of immortality of the individual soul. In the 2nd section of the book Solomon, Gospel - Luke 14:25-33 the master of wisdom (to whom authorship of the book is People are now streaming from all the streets and lanes. conventionally attributed), speaks in praise of Wisdom. This The poor and the maimed and blind and lame now cured reaches its high point in the descriptions of Wisdom as (v21) form great crowds surrounding Jesus. In last week’s God’s own power at work in the world. The third section of reading Jesus had told the crowd that attendance at the the book is devoted to a rather flowery history, concentrating chiefly on the ineffective opposition of the heavenly banquet depends upon an invitation from God, Egyptians to God’s people at the time of the Exodus. Using and God invites those who recognize their lowliness and Jewish legends and other amplification of the biblical their need of salvation. Jesus now demands total dedication account, the author points a contrast between the wonders from His disciples. God worked for Israel and the adverse effect of the same wonders on the Egyptians, stressing constantly the folly of 25 Great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned Egyptian worship of animals and idols. and addressed them, 26 “If any one comes to me without Perhaps the single-most important contribution of the book hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers consists in its reflections on Wisdom, and especially the and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. personification of Wisdom as God’s agent in the world, yet sharing intimately in His nature. The ground is prepared for This does not mean abandoning or ignoring them, but the understanding of Jesus as the incarnate Wisdom of God. loving them less than they love God. It is also valuable to see Judaism beyond the frontiers of Palestine, at grips with the varied worship of the Greco- 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me Roman world, and to see it developing such ideas as that of cannot be my disciple. the individual as a child of God. Because it was written after 400 B.C. and in Greek, the Book of Wisdom is not in the The Greek word used here for “take up” is identical to the Hebrew canon of Scripture, and consequently it does not one used by John when he describes Jesus on the way to appear in the Protestant Bibles. Today we hear the Calvary. Luke here expects a very close – we might even say, conclusion of Solomon’s prayer for Wisdom. literal – following of Jesus in His suffering and death. 13 For what man knows God’s counsel, or who can conceive what our LORD intends? 14 For the deliberations of 28 Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first mortals are timid, sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for Uncertain its completion? 29 Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers and unsure are our plans. 15 For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the should laugh at him 30 and say, ‘This one began to build mind that has many concerns. but did not have the resources to finish.’ 31 Or what king This verse is reminiscent of Plato. It has caused the author marching into battle would not first sit down and decide to be falsely accused of a dualism, which pronounces matter whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully evil. In fact, he simply states that our deliberations are weak oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty and earthbound because of the body and its concerns. thousand troops? 32 But if not, while he is still far away, he 16 And scarce do we guess the things on earth, and what is will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. 33 In the same within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his are in heaven, who can search them out? 17 Or who ever possessions cannot be my disciple.” knew your counsel, The Greek word boulē, translated here as “counsel,” is There is a cost to being a disciple of Jesus – you cannot act probably not the plan of God, but what God wishes people on impulse, but only on a carefully considered program of to do (He counsels, but do they listen?). involvement except you had given Wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? St. Gregory the Great September 3rd Pope Saint Gregory I, also known as the Great, was the Pope of the Catholic Church between 590 and 604 AD.