Basilica of Saint Louis King of France The Old Cathedral

209 Walnut Street Saint Louis, Missouri 63102 FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 16, 2020

PARISH FOUNDED IN 1770 PRESENT CHURCH DEDICATED IN 1834 Sunday August 16 Thursday August 20 8:00 AM Richard Ottensmeier 7:00 AM George M. Dankocsik (popularly known as the Old Cathedral) 10:30 AM Parish Family 12:10 PM Sandy & Monte Stiglitz (Live Streamed) 209 Walnut Street 12:00 PM Carole Nelson Friday August 21 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 5:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions 7:00 AM Kathleen Thomas 12:10 PM Maria Mondello Phone: 314.231.3250 Monday August 17 Email: [email protected] 7:00 AM John (Jack) Murphy Saturday August 22 Website: www.oldcathedralstl.org 12:10 PM Bonnie Boulch 7:00 AM Thomas Emerson 5:30 PM Charles & Shirley Drury Tuesday August 18 7:00 AM Gerri Serritella Sunday August 23 12:10 PM Celebrant’s Intentions 8:00 AM Parish Family 10:30 AM Louis Meziere Wednesday August 19 (Live Streamed) 7:00 AM Jim Dwyer 12:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions

12:10 PM Mary Ann Fehlig 5:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Sunday Masses 5:30 PM (Saturday Evening) 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12 NOON, Live Stream Mass

and 5:00 PM Welcome all Parishioners and Visitors of The Old Cathedral to our live stream service. During these

trying times, it is important to maintain spiritual communion with the Lord. We would like to offer you, Daily Masses for this purpose, the opportunity to attend a live stream Mass.

Monday through Friday Live Stream Mass 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM Sundays - 10:30 AM

SATURDAY– 7:00 AM You can access the live streams through the link on our homepage at:

www.oldcathedralstl.org

Readings for the week of August 16, 2020

Sunday: Is 56:1, 6-7/Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 [4]/Rom 11:13-15, 29-32/Mt 15:21-28 Monday: Ez 24:15-24/Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21 [cf. 18a]/Mt 19:16-22 Confessions Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10/Dt 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-36ab [39c]/Mt 19:23-30 Daily, 11:30 AM—12:00 PM Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/Mt 20:1-16 Saturdays, 4:30 PM—5:15 PM Thursday: Ez 36:23-28/Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19 [Ez 36:25]/Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Ez 37:1-14/Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [1]/Mt 22:34-40 Marriage Saturday: Ez 43:1-7ab/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [cf. 10b]/Mt 23:1-12 Please arrange at least six months in Next Sunday: Is 22:19-23/Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 [8bc]/Rom 11:33-36/Mt 16:13-20 advance of the desired date. To reserve a date or for more Observances for the week of August 16, 2020

information, please contact Sunday: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Tracy Marklein at 314.231.3250. Monday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Devotions Wednesday: St. , Priest Perpetual Help Devotions: Thursday: St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Tuesdays, 12:00 PM Friday: St. Pius X, Saturday: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Next Sunday: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

We welcome our devoted Sunday, 08/09/20 Weekly Giving parishioners, neighbors who come so regularly, our downtown working Online Donations $910.00 The Old Cathedral has long been recog- people, Saint Louisans of all faiths nized as one of the most historic and and our many visitors from all over Mailed Donations $760.00 the world. Visitors $1369.00 beautiful churches of its time. Serving you in this beautiful Parish $649.00 Our parish is proud of its more than 240 Old Cathedral is a privilege. year history as a self-supporting Roman

Total $3688.00 Catholic Parish. Your presence, prayer and Father Nicholas Smith Rector generous kindness continue to make it so. Director, Office of Sacred Worship Instructor, Kenrick -Glennon Seminary Your weekly envelope donations can still be made by mail or in person by check at the

Father Charles Samson Old Cathedral rectory or you can set up online donations at oldcathedralstl.org. In Residence By uniting as a parish community and with continued prayer, we will face these Faculty, Kenrick -Glennon Seminary challenging times with faith together.

Thank you for your continued support. Basilica of Saint Louis, King Dear Old Cathedral Parishioners and Visitors:

In the Gospel, Jesus speaks to a Canaanite woman in a way that makes many feel uneasy. The woman pleads for Christ to heal her daughter, but he refuses because she is not an Israelite. Jesus explains that his ministry is only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and not for a Canaanite woman and her family. If there were a question of “who’s in and who’s out?” she is plainly out.

At least, that’s what was true under the old covenant. With the coming of Christ, however, that woman, once on the peripheries, is now invited to the Kingdom. Through her faith, she moves from the outside in, taking her family with her: Her daughter was healed from that hour.

The prophet Isaiah and then Saint Paul also speak of this new Kingdom. Isaiah prophesies that not only will the chosen people worship at God’s holy mountain, but foreigners can also join themselves to the Lord. Indeed, he asserts, God’s house will be a house of prayer for all peoples.

Saint Paul’s own mission to the Gentiles bears out the prophecy of Isaiah. In his Letter to the Romans, he writes that through God’s own design, they – the Gentiles – are receiving the gifts and call of God. God delivered all to disobedience, Paul says, that he might have mercy upon all.

All of our readings today reveal the generosity of God’s grace – God wants all people to know his love and mercy. And through Jesus Christ and the gift of faith, the door to the Kingdom is opened to all who accept the Good News.

As recipients of God’s grace through our baptism and as members of his Church called to proclaim the Good News to everyone, we each have a role in welcoming those who seek God’s healing and mercy. And so, as we pre- pare to receive the body and blood of Christ, let us pray that the grace given to us in this sacrament will help us be conduits of that grace for all, like the Canaanite woman, who come seeking the help of the Lord.

Blessings on your week. Stay safe!!

-Father Smith

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Help us continue our story …

“For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.” (Romans 11:29)

God has a special mission in mind for each of us. He has given us the gifts we need to accomplish that mission. We are called to be good stewards by using those gifts to do

the work that He has planned for each of us. If we deny our gifts or fail Scan to make your gift. to use them as God calls us to use them, then some part of His work will be left undone.

Saint John Eudes, Priest, Religious Founder (August 19): Born in 1601 in Normandy, Saint John Eudes studied with the Jesuits and then the Oratorians. He was formed in the French School of spirituality, characterized by a sense of adoration, a personal relationship with Jesus, and a discovery of the Holy Spirit. In the early years after his 1625 priesthood ordination, he focused on care for the sick. He became a parish missionary, preaching over 100 parish missions. He sought to address the situation of prostitutes who wanted to escape this way of life. In 1641 he founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge, to provide a refuge for prostitutes who wished to do penance. He severed his connection with the Oratory to establish, in 1643, the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) solely for the education of priests and for parish missions. For the laity, Eudes founded the Society of the Most Admirable Mother, a sort of Third Order. The “Eudist family” is composed of the Eudists, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Good Shepherd Sisters, the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the Associates. Influenced by the teaching of the French school and Saint Francis de Sales, especially as set out in the Treatise on the Love of God, Eudes was an exponent of devotion to the Sacred Heart. He changed the somewhat individual and private character of the devotion into a devotion for the whole Church by writing for the benefit of his communities an Office and a Mass, which were later approved by several bishops before spreading throughout the Church. Eudes taught the mystical unity of the hearts of Jesus and Mary. He died in 1680.

Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor of the Church (August 20): Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-August 20, 1153) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian Order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercians. It is said that he founded a new abbey, on June 25, 1115, Clarie Vallee, which evolved into Clairvaux. On the death of Pope Honorius II on February 13, 1130, a schism broke out in the Church. Louis VI of France convened a national council of the French bishops at Etampes in 1130, and Bernard was chosen to judge between the rivals for pope. After the council of Etampes, Bernard went to speak with the King of England, Henry I, about the king’s revelations regarding Pope Innocent II. The king was skeptical because most of the bishops of England supported Anacletus II; Bernard persuaded him to support Innocent. Despite the councils of Etampes, Wurzburg, Clermont, and Rheims all supporting Innocent, there were still large portions of the Christian world supporting Anacletus. At the end of 1131, the kingdoms of France, England, Germany, Castile, and Aragon supported Innocent; however, most of Italy, southern France, and Sicily, with the patriarchs of Constantinople, , and Jerusalem, supported Anacletus. Bernard set out to persuade these other regions to rally behind Innocent. In 1139, Bernard assisted at the Second Council of the Lateran, denouncing the teachings of Peter Abelard to the pope. Following the Christian defeat at the Siege of Edessa, the pope commissioned Bernard to preach the Second Crusade. The last years of Bernard's life were saddened by the failure of the crusaders, the entire responsibility for which was thrown upon him.

Saint Pius X, Pope (August 21): Saint Pius X (June 2, 1835 – August 20, 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was Pope from August 4, 1903, to his death. He opposed “modernist” interpretations of Catholic doctrine. He initiated the composition of the first Code of Canon Law, which was promulgated by this successor, Benedict XV. He was considered a pastoral pope, in the sense of encouraging personal holiness, piety, and a daily lifestyle reflecting deep Christian values. He was born in the town of Riese, which would later append “Pio X” to its name. He was particularly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the specific title of Our Lady of Confidence. He favored the use of the vernacular in catechesis, and his encouragement of frequent reception of holy communion has led multitudes to a deeper sacramental life. He often referred to his own humble origins, taking up the causes of poor people.

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 22): The Queenship of Mary occurs on the octave day of the Assumption; in 1969 this memorial, established by Pope Pius XII in 1954, was moved to May 31. This memorial refers to what happened upon Mary’s Assumption: what we imagine must have been her coronation as and Earth. The Second Vatican Council, in Lumen Gentium 59, used the title “Queen of the Universe.”

All holy men and women of God, pray for us. Did You Know?

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial In 1933, the Old Cathedral was shrouded among the withered buildings occupying the St. Louis Riverfront. There was a plan in the works at the White House in Washington D.C. to demolish the abandoned buildings on the riverfront of St. Louis for a monument to honor St. Louis’ past. Among the buildings scheduled to be demolished was the Basilica of St. Louis, the King. However, the Senator of Missouri at the time, sought to preserve the Old Cathedral. This senator was Harry S. Truman.. He declared the Old Cathedral a historic landmark. This preserved the church from demolition. 91 acres (39 city blocks) were demolished starting on October 9, 1939. The only other buildings spared were the Old Courthouse and Manuel Lisa’s 1818 Rock House. The rock house would not survive over the years. One of the buildings that did not receive pro- tection was the Old U.S. Custom House, which was an important building during the Civil War for federal authority. This building was torn down with the rest. United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought the memorial could fit in with his New Deal programs at the time. When the ground was cleared for the great Gateway Arch, there is a powerful picture of the desolate land, with one block untouched. The old church standing tall and proud making room for its new neighbor. In the Old Cathedral museum is a framed copy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order for the St. Louis Riverfront.

Bryan Buer, Old Cathedral historian

Why Don’t Our Guardian Angels Spare Us Certain Trials?

“In his wisdom,” St. Augustine tells us, “God prefers to draw good from evil rather than to prevent all evil.”

Our guardian angel is interested in everything that affects our life — most of all our soul and its eternal destiny. That’s why a guardian angel, an “expert” in worship, particularly helps us in our prayer time. He also takes an interest in our mental and physical health, and cares for us even in the smallest details of our daily life, inspiring us to fulfill our responsibilities in life … as well as to find that parking space we need! In Exodus we read, “I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him … My angel goes in front of you” (Ex 23:20-23). Thus, the primary mission of our guardian angel is to lead us to safe haven, to an encounter with the living God. “He is the minister of divine solicitude for each and every one,” wrote Pope Benedict XVI, both spiritually and materially. So how to reconcile this understanding of the role of the guardian angel with the troubles, and even the tragedies, of life? For example, we find an angel freeing the Apostles from their prison (Acts 5:19); the same for Peter (Acts 12:7-11). And yet, in God’s good time these angels did not prevent their martyrdom.

The guardian angel doesn’t spare us trials that help us grow spiritually Above all, the angel sees and seeks our finality, our ultimate vocation, holiness. It’s in this sense that our guardian angels actively participate in the spiritual combat “against the rulers … of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Eph 6:12). St. Padre Pio was, however, abandoned by his guardian angel at the time of a terrible battle against evil. “I scolded him severely for having kept me waiting so long when I was ceaselessly calling on him for help. To punish him, I didn’t wish to look him in the face anymore, I wished to flee him… But he came to me almost in tears. He grabbed hold of me until I raised my eyes, looked him in the face, and saw him very angry.” And the angel explained to Padre Pio that he had received instructions from the Lord to act thus, all while reassuring him, “I am always close to you, my dear little one, always surrounding you with affection.” It is in the light of this finality — eternal life — that we must view the disconcerting adversities and crucifying trials of existence. To this end, our angel’s actions can sometimes be “muscular.” St. Françoise Romaine’s angel supposedly once gave her a sharp slap when, at a society dinner, she slandered someone! Everyone heard the slap and saw the red mark on Françoise’s cheek! So our angel is not going to spare us certain tests of spiritual growth. But he will pray for us and be there with us in the heart of the battle. Consider St. Ignatius of Loyola, who had his leg shattered at the siege of Pamplona, or St. John of the Cross, thrown into a dungeon by his Carmelite brothers. One might be outraged that their angels did not prevent these sufferings. And yet, it was through these events that the lives of both men were turned around. “In his wisdom,” St. Augustine tells us, “God prefers to draw good from evil rather than to prevent all evil.”

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