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SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH CH THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 21, 2020 SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH WELCOMES YOU Pastor: 720 East Beach Boulevard Secretary: Fr. Cuthbert “Cuddy” P. O. Box 1529 Becky Mullins O’Connell Long Beach, MS 39560 228-863-1610 Cell: 228-493-9303 Website: [email protected] www.saintthomaslb.org Parochial Vicar: Office Manager & Bookkeeper: Office Hours: M-F Beverly Leslie Fr. Colten M. Symmes 9:00am-4:30pm 228-863-1610 On Sabbatical Phone: 228-863-1610 [email protected] Fax: 228-868-6068 Music Director: In Residence: Lauren Hymel Fr. Pat O’Shaughnessy 228-865-3972 MASS SCHEDULE [email protected] Deacon: Ernest “Buddy” Vancourt ATTEND MASS Maintenance: Ben DiLorenzo TUESDAYS 228-596-3379 Youth Ministry: AND [email protected] Ashlie Moran THURSDAYS CH 228-863-1610 11AM Bulletin Editor: [email protected] Donna Brown SATURDAY VIGIL 228-863-1610 4PM [email protected] SRE Coordinator: Dave Gauthier SUNDAYS Data Resource Coordinator: 228-596-8835 9AM & 11:30AM 228-863-1610 [email protected] [email protected] CONTINUE TO Pastoral Council: WORSHIP Receptionist: Lisa Starita VIRTUALLY Ann Mink 228-863-1610 228-669-3205 [email protected] [email protected] SUNDAYS AT 9AM TUESDAYS Baptism: Community Center Rental Sue Hoffman Robert Phillips AND 228-864-5868 (home) 281-773-8328 THURSDAYS 228-313-0157 (cell) [email protected] 11AM [email protected] JOIN OUR PARISH We welcome you to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Long Beach, MS. To join the St. Thomas family complete a registration form on our website under “Join Our Parish” and submit your registration electronically. If you have questions please call or visit the church office (228-863-1610). SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH ENTHUSIASM AND GRAMMAR There is a good reason that the writings of St. Paul don’t show up as examples in grammar textbooks. Today’s reading is a case in point. It begins with one of those long Pauline run on sentences that leave lectors gasping for breath. So what? Take a closer look at how Paul’s fervor for his subject matter derails the gram- mar. There is something admirable about being so caught up in his convictions that the words cannot come fast enough to express them, much less in an orderly fashion. Scripture scholars usually take this grammati- cal ineptness as a sign of a passage’s early importance in the Christian community, something they were so ardent about that their language never got refined. What leaves us in this condition? Re-telling the plot line of an action movie or the play-by-play of a sporting event? When was the last time any of us was so excited by our faith in Christ that we were left grasping for words, stumbling over our own errors in speech? It may be bad grammar, but it is an excellent way to inspire others with the message of Christ! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. CH The Sacrament of Baptism Profession of Faith was received by: was made by: Sarah Louise Brown Murphy Chase Jordan Fappier Ellie Grace Hicks Sacrament of Confirmation & was received by: Tanner William McKinney Geovarrie Lopez First Communion & was made by: Morgan Maurice On May 31st, Nativity Cathedral Chase Jordan Frappier Ellie Grace Hicks Chase Jordan Frappier Tanner William McKinney Ellie Grace Hicks & & Sarah Louise Brown Murphy Sarah Louise Brown Murphy SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH A FEW THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ST. JOSEPH, FATHER OF JESUS 1) He has no recorded words in Scripture explain why he apparently died while Jesus was a He protected the immaculate Mother of God and young man, as well as explains why some people are helped raise the Lord of the Universe! But he is not referred to as Jesus’ “brothers” and “sisters” in the quoted. Rather, he’s a silent, humble servant of God Gospels: they could have been Joseph’s children from who does his task well, and no more. a previous marriage, and so were Jesus’ step-siblings. 2) He is not even mentioned in the Gospel of Mark – 5) Veneration of him goes back at least to the 9th CH or most of the New Testament century. An early title used to honor him was nutritor Joseph is mentioned in Matthew, Luke, once in John Domini, meaning “guardian of the Lord.” (someone calls Jesus “the son of Joseph”) – and that’s it. He’s not mentioned at all in Mark or in the rest of 6) He has 2 feast days. The Solemnity of St. Joseph the New Testament. is March 19th (if this falls on a weekday during Lent, you can break your fast!), and the Feast of St. Joseph 3) His exit from the story of the Gospels is left the Worker is May 1st. Of course, he’s also included unexplained in Scripture. He’s an important figure in in the Feast of the Holy Family (December 27, 2020), the Nativity narratives of Matthew and Luke, and he and he’s certainly a part of the Christmas story. is included in the story of finding the 12-year-old Jesus with the teachers of the Law in the Temple. 7) He’s the patron of many things: the Universal But that’s the last we hear of him. Mary comes up Church, a happy death, families, fathers, expectant several times during Jesus’ ministry, but Joseph is mothers, travelers, immigrants, craftsmen, engineers, gone without a trace. So what happened to him? and workers. He’s also the patron of the Americas, Various traditions explain this gap by saying that Canada, China, Croatia, Mexico, Korea, Austria, Joseph died around Jesus’ 20th birthday. Belgium, Peru, the Philippines and Vietnam. So start asking for his intercession! 4) He may have been an old widower. Scripture doesn’t tell us how old Joseph was when he married 8) Josephology is a thing! Among the sub-disciplines Mary, or really anything about his previous life. An of theology, you’ve probably heard of Christology early tradition, though, claims that he was about 90 and Mariology. But did you know there’s years old, and that he had been previously married, Josephology now? Of course, St. Joseph has been a had children from that previous marriage, and that his figure of theological interest for centuries. But only in wife had died, leaving him a widower. In this the 20th century did some people start to gather the account, he knew that Mary had taken a vow of Church’s insights about him into a sub-discipline of virginity, and he was chosen to marry Mary and serve its own. In the 1950s, three centers dedicated to the as her protector in part because he was older and not study of St. Joseph were opened: one in Spain, one in interested in starting another family. This helps to Italy, and one in Canada. SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Joseph was chosen by God to be the head of the A PRAYER FOR PARENTS Holy Family. He was a faithful husband to Mary, and a devoted foster father to Jesus. Sacred Scripture portrays O glorious St. Joseph, him as a pious man who always followed the will of God. to you God committed the care of His only begotten Son Saint Joseph as the model of fatherhood. It is a lot to amid the many dangers of this world. live up to. He isn’t quoted but his influence reaches We come to you and ask you beyond words. He is the patron of many things and places, to take under your special protection his contribution and presence is strong and quiet. Steadfast the children God has given us. CH in his faith, he does as God wills and receives little Through holy baptism they became children of God obvious credit. and members of His holy Church. Thank you to all the fathers, who do their best, who We consecrate them to you today, believe (sometimes) no one is listening, who support their that through this consecration families with love, time and effort, who smile when they they may become your foster children. hear their children say….”thanks mom!” Guard them, Please know you are loved and appreciated for all you guide their steps in life, do! form their hearts after the hearts of Jesus and Mary. St. Joseph, who felt the tribulation and worry of a parent when the child Jesus was lost, READINGS FOR THE WEEK protect our dear children for time and eternity. Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, May you be their father and counsellor. 12-13; Mt 7:1-5 Let them, like Jesus, Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; grow in age Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14 as well as in wisdom and grace before God and men. Wednesday: Vigil: Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; Preserve them from the corruption of his world, 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17 and give us the grace one day Day: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; to be united with them in Heaven forever. Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Amen. Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-5, 8-9; Mt 7:21-29 Friday: 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-6; Mt 8:1-4 FATHERHOOD Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; When a father gives to his son, both laugh; Mt 8:5-17 when a son gives to his father, both cry.