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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. John Eudes, Priest Perpetual Help Devotions: Thursday: St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Tuesdays, 12:00 PM Friday: St. Pius X, Pope 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 STEWARDSHIP 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.