PRAYERFUL HEARTS September 2016

Dear Prayerful Hearts, September Birthdays Years ago my friend was handed a license plate with the numbers “666”. I recoiled in fear. She shrugged her shoulders and said, “It’s just another number.” This was the time of Star Wars Defense System against Armageddon to be brought on by the Russians. My head was full of images influenced by the books The Illuminati and The Stand. The end of the world was predicted and I remember hoping it was true as I had a Math test after lunch. Kathleen O’Brien 2nd Fast forward to Spring 2016. I sit with great anxiousness and trepidation along with other parishioners in Susan Fehringer 3rd Sacred Heart basement and study the book of Revelation with Phillip Zimmerman and Jeff Cavins. I Judy Armbruster 5th didn’t know until then that the book of Revelation is a love letter to the Church that we all should read th Amy Borgmann 7th and understand. Please join fellow parishioners September 13 in the Seeking Truth Bible Study. The Mary Jo Seier 8th Mass will come alive for you. There is no cost and I know you will not regret it. Bring your Bible. I Thomas Wolff 8th can’t wait to see all Prayerful Hearts experience and learn of God’s great love. Details in bulletin. Rosemary Bos 9th P.S. You will find out what "666" really means when you attend the Bible study. " Rosemary Rutten 10th

Sincerely in Christ, Marianne Wright 12th Kristine Linda Coler 14th Ken Finochiaro 15th HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS Margaret Reisdorf 15th Universal: Centrality of the Human Person James Rutten 17th That each may contribute to the common good and to the Doug Ketter 18th building of a society that places the human person at the center. Michelle Leader 18th Evangelization: Mission to Evangelize Lucille Loberg 18th That by participating in the Sacraments and meditating on Sally Beutler 20th Scripture, Christians may become more aware of their mission LaVerne Wiemann 20th to evangelize. Sr. Marita Schweiger 22nd Aaron Truex 22nd Leisa Piper 25th PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF SORROWS Ann Zimmerman 25th (By Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori.) Donna Kielty 27th September 15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Patricia Schmitz 30th I compassionate thee, O most sorrowful Mother! Thy heart was pierced with a sword of grief when Simeon foretold to thee in the Temple the ignominious death and the DEATHS desolation of thy Divine and most dear Son, Angela Kathol which thou west destined one day to witness. September— By the great anguish of thy suffering heart, Our Lady of Sorrows O gracious Queen of the universe, impress upon my mind, THE PRAYERA SALUTATION TO MARY in life and in death, (by St. John Eudes, C. J. M.) the sacred Passion of Jesus and thine own sorrows. Amen. September 12th Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary

PRAYER FOR ONE AND ALL Hail Mary, Daughter of God the Father; Pray for the success of the Parish Festival September 11th Hail Mary, Mother of God the Son; Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Hail Mary, Spouse of the Holy Ghost; We recommend to you all persons dear to us. Hail Mary, Temple of the Most Holy Trinity. We pray for the sick, the suffering, Hail Mary, white Lilly of the resplendent and ever the hungry, the homeless. unchanging Trinity. We pray for peoples of all faiths Hail Mary, red Rose of Paradise. and those with no faith at all. Hail Mary, Virgin full of sweetness and humility,

Hear our confident plea for our Holy Father the Pope, from whom the King of Heaven willed to be for bishops and clergy, born and to suckle at the breast. for all who are engaged in religious or secular callings. Hail Mary, Virgin of virgins. Bless your missionaries spreading the good news of salvation in lands afar. Hail Mary, Queen of martyrs, who spent Strengthen the heavily burdened, Thy life for Heaven while on this earth. revive hope in the despairing, Hail Mary, Queen of my heart, my sweetness, my grant liberty to victims of injustice and persecution. life and my entire hope. Impart wisdom to judges, civil servants, Hail Mary, Mother most amiable. and all who hold positions of leadership in the secular realm. Hail Mary, Mother most admirable. Hail Mary, Mother of fair love. Into your hands, Lord Jesus Christ, Hail Mary, Mother of mercy. I entrust these prayers for one and all. Hail Mary, conceived without sin. I implore your compassion and mercy for every known and unknown human need, Thou art full of grace, since all power is yours on earth as in heaven. Amen. the Lord is with Thee; blessed art Thou among all women, PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. September 14th Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross My good and dearest Jesus, I kneel before You, Blessed be Thy spouse, Saint Joseph. begging and praying with all the ardor of my soul Blessed be Thy father, Saint Joachim. to engrave deep and vivid impressions of faith, Blessed be Thy mother, Saint Anne. hope, and charity on my heart, with true repentance for my sins, Blessed be Thy adopted son, Saint John. and a very firm purpose of amendment. Blessed be Thy angel, Saint Gabriel. Meanwhile I ponder over Your five wounds, Blessed be the Eternal Father who elected Thee. dwelling on them with deep compassion and sorrow, Blessed be Thy Son, who has loved Thee. remembering the words that David the prophet long ago put into Your Blessed be the Holy Ghost, who has espoused Thee. mouth, good Jesus, about Yourself: And blessed forever be those who love Thee and bless Thee. They have pierced my hands and my feet; O Blessed Virgin, bless us all, in the Name of Thy dear Son. they have numbered all my bones. Amen.