18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Intentions for the Week Monday August 03: From
8:00 AM Judy Molina ~ Mary Hodges Father Joseph Tuesday August 04: St. John Vianney
8:00 AM Michael Dinh and Michelle Dinh
Wednesday August 05: Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
7:00 PM † Ben Coletti, † Ron Ausmus, † Kathy Majek, † Matthew and Anna Bach, † Sister Purificacion Palis, † Cynthia De Leon, † Dominic Philip Nguyen, † Pedro Apiado † Bobby Almager, † Michael Maraist, † Hazel Joyce Nowotny, Davie and Danny Nguyen, Judy Molina, Misa Molina Healing: Debbie Garcia, Mary Dennehy
Thursday August 06: The Transfiguration of the Lord Feeding People with Five Loaves and Two Fish
8:00 AM † Joseph Berner ~ Joan Deets Recalling the time that I was training to be a priest both in
Friday August 07: St. Sixtus II and Companions;St. Cajetan; undergraduate and graduate schools, there were at least three
First Friday levels of training. The level of the quest for the unknown future (discernment) is the first level. The second level is the level of doing 8:00 AM Huong and Thuy ~ Family ministries while we are in seminaries. The third level is that of Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time engaging in a prayer life and the celebration of the Eucharist Saturday August 08 everyday of a week. 5:00 PM Deceased members of the Visosky Family~Janice Crocker When I first arrived at the undergraduate school, Saint Joseph
Sunday August 09 Seminary in Covington LA, I asked myself, “What have I gotten
8:30 AM Altar and Rosary Society into?” I arrived at the school around 8:00 or 9:00 PM because I got 11:00 AM Parishioners of St. Paul the Apostle Church lost in several turns because the school was hidden inside an area 6:00 PM † Daniel Jimenez- Ana Navejar that had a lot of trees. I happened to see a movie during my two years in this school that just incidentally mentioned the name of a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ town called Covington Woods . The town that I was in is also Daily Mass at 8:00 AM on weekdays, the 5:00 PM Vigil Mass on Covington, and it had a lot of trees. In this quest for the unknown Saturday and the Sunday Mass at 11:00 AM are all live on our future, the process of discernment, it reminded me of Jesus’ stpaultheapostlecc.com website and on our Facebook page. disciples facing the quest from the master to feed people in the Or you can always watch a mass on television or on YouTube. middle of the deserted place. This is the first level of the school of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ faith. Readings for the Week In the second level of the school of faith, Jesus sent his disciples Monday: Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; into the world to feed the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless and the Mt 14:22-36 broken, while providing them with limited resources: Two fish and Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-21, 29, five loaves of bread! In training for a priest, we were also sent out to 22-23; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 do ministries when we reached graduate school. At this level some Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 in the class failed. Thursday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 When Jesus’ disciples faithfully followed him, he taught them the Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 third level, the level of being grateful for what they have and learning Saturday: Hb 1:12 — 2:4; Ps 9:8-13; Mt 17:14-20 to share with others when he took the loaves, said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 them to the crowds. In our school of theology, we learned to be thankful to God for what we have and who we are. We were also Monday Evening Devotions taught to have faith and trust in the Lord before we were sent out Join us for Evening Prayer every Monday evening at 6:30 after graduation.
PM in Church. Then from 7:00 - 8:00 PM we have a Holy Learning to be a priest is a process of discernment and learning to Hour with Praise Music and Adoration. place our faith and trust in the Lord and to be graceful for what we Benediction will close the evening . Come tell the Lord all your have and who we are. This is not only a process for men learning to worries be they sickness, illness, or any thing that is a daily struggle be a priest, but for all of us who profess ourselves to be Christians. and ask for his help in being strong enough to overcome them. We are all invited to learn to have faith in the Lord and to be thankful You may also want to say prayers for your loved ones and friends for who we are and what we have in this process of discernment to and don’t forget to also thank Him for the good things in your life. be Christians, the followers of Christ. The decision is yours.
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time O Loving Father, spare us from storms and hurricanes that threaten Religious Education 937- 6908 us and turn our fear of your power into praise of your goodness. Let the children come unto me, and do not hinder them; Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these . Mark 10:14,16 reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. From Religious Education Amen. What I enjoy most about the end of Mass is the closeness I feel to An Act of Spiritual Communion parishioners, but especially to their children. I have been involved My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy with Religious Education since 1992 as a catechist and the DRE. Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You The children I engaged with in the early years are now parents into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You themselves with some of them bringing their children to Mass. This sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You is the measure of success for our parish, attendance at Mass by as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never families and extended families. The decision to stay in the Church, permit me to be separated from You. Amen. to make sure the children attend Religious Education through high school remains with the parents. The responsibility of our educational programs must center on engaging our students so Saint John Vianney (1786-1859) well, that they can’t wait to get home to share what is touching their August 4 heart. A busy pastor jokingly suggests the Currently, we have received the challenge of a lifetime. Our family secret of John Vianney’s holiness: life has changed with the shutdown of schools and other “He died seventeen years before recreational outlets. Our classes only exist on paper, and we await telephones!” Call they didn’t, but the decisions of our school district. With Bishop Mulvey’s directive visit they did, keeping Vianney to mirror what the public schools do, we don’t have much control of eighteen hours a day in the how we will conduct classes. Our research has come up with some confessional. distant learning solutions, they cost money, and the children will Stories abound of reading hearts need to remain at home. and exorcisms, but Vianney’s first We do have an issue with our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd miracle was getting ordained. classes. It is a hands on program, so a child who wished to Difficulty with studies delayed him, manipulate the sacred vessels would need to sanitize each item prompting the rector’s apology to he/she after each use. At times two children work together handling the bishop, “So far to ordain just one, especially this one!” the same books. In other words, it would take twice as many The bishop, who could not know he was ordaining the future patron catechists, if not more to monitor the children. It could be doable saint of parish priests, replied, “No burden to ordain one good with many hands joining us. priest!”. Possibly, we could offer an alternative live streaming presentation In Ars, France only an elderly handful attended Mass, “praying,” one with the children and the parent on the computer working together, told Vianney, “for a priest with brains.” But he stayed forty-two years, and giving us feedback. Not the ideal, but if worked on, could fulfilling the promise he made the day he arrived. provide the environment for learning. Let us pray that the Lord helps find a way. We must keep our trust and faith in the Lord In a sculpture just outside the village Vianney points skyward: strong. “Show me the way to Ars,” he tells a boy, “and I’ll show you the way to heaven.” God be with you all. Deacon Frank, DRE Grace Geeding, Asst. DRE To someone who feared there was no heaven beyond the grave, Vianney smiled, “My child, it would have been heaven enough to
Prayer to Avert Storms and Hurricanes have lived as Jesus’ disciple on earth.” - Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its humility rather than fine clothes. — St. Dominic former quietude. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf.
All Teens who are in Grades 9-12, even if already Confirmed, For Youth in 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades are invited to Life Teen on Sundays from 7 - 9 PM in the hall. Wednesdays at 7:00 PM in the Charlie Room Live Classes are canceled until further notice. Classes canceled until further notice. FMI: Call Youth Ministry Director Cathy Fichtel 937-5875 FMI: Call Youth Ministry Director Cathy Fichtel 937-5875 (If no answer, please leave a message) (If no answer, please leave a message) 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Editor’s Note : If you know of a neighbor or friend that Lateran Council. When Pope attends our church but is staying safe at home and is without a Julius II died, Cajetan resigned computer, please print the bulletin and give it to them. his position in order to study for the priesthood, and he was Do Your Share for Our Parish ordained in 1516 at the age of 36. We are in partnership with St. Peter’s by the Sea UMC and Lord of Life Lutheran Church to distribute food monthly through the Coastal Not long after that Cajetan and Bend Food Bank to households in Flour Bluff. a small group of like-minded priests founded the Many volunteers are needed to help with the distribution which Congregation of Clerics takes place at St. Peter’s by the Sea on August 27. Regular, later called Theatines, Sign-up sheets are on the table in the vestibule. Volunteer to help if a community of priests seeking you can. to live like the apostles. Catholic Charities Flour Bluff Like their contemporary, Martin Luther, Cajetan and his For this Month of August the food pantry is open on companions were seeking to reform the Church, and especially the Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 :00 AM to 2:00 PM clergy - but unlike Luther and his followers, they believed this reformation could take place from within the Church itself. Please Note The order took their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience Clients need to park in the main parking lot for the church. We seriously. St. Cajetan asked that the order live poverty so strictly will be in the Community Room until the construction of the that they not even beg for alms, but that they rely totally on new Religious Education Building is completed. whatever God chose to send them to sustain themselves. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before closing so we can They sought to save souls primarily through living moral lives, properly serve your needs. For assistance or questions on sacred studies, preaching, and through tending to the sick and the requirements please call our office @ 361-929-6077 during poor. operating times Cajetan was also known for some miraculous cures in his lifetime, The Health Department does not allow us to distribute any items including a man whose foot was to be amputated due to gangrene. beyond their expiration date After telling the man to trust in God and ask for the intercession of St. Francis, he kissed the foot , rebandaged it and made the sign of Pantry Needs: Canned meats (Tuna, chicken, Spam etc.), Soups, the cross over it. The following day the foot was healed. peanut butter, apple sauce, fruit cups, instant oatmeal, mac and cheese, breakfast bars, Spaghetti O’s and ravioli, spaghetti noodles, At the age of 42, Cajetan founded a hospital for “incurables” in spaghetti sauce, and peanut/cheese crackers Venice and worked to comfort and heal the sick during times of the bubonic plague. Personal Care Needs: body wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine hygiene products, deodorant and toilet paper In 1533, the pope sent Cajetan to Naples, where he founded Monetary donations are also welcome. another oratory. The corresponding church, San Paolo Maggiore, became an important hub of Catholic reformation. ------St. Paul the Apostle Church August 02 2020 Volume 22 Issue 31 While in Naples, Cajetan also founded a charitable nonprofit bank 2233 Waldron 78418 937-3864 Fax: 939-7774 [email protected] designed to protect the poor from usury - or lending money at exorbitant rates of interest. Eventually, the bank became the Bank St. Cajetan 1487 – 1547 of Naples. August 7 There Cajetan became dangerously sick and offered his sufferings Unemployed due to coronavirus? for the conversion of the people of Naples. He refused to be moved As with most things, the Catholic Church has a saint for that. St. off the planks of wood that were his bed, so that he had more Cajetan is the patron saint for the unemployed who really knew suffering to offer. something of poverty and pestilence. It was said that the spiritual, political and social strife in the city of Naples ceased shortly after Cajetan’s death, confirming to many the Born in Vicenza, Italy the son of a nobleman and his mother, Maria, holiness of his life. a devout woman who consecrated Cajetan to the Blessed Virgin Mary at a young age and saw to it that he received a religious St. Cajetan is the patron saint of job-seekers and the unemployed, education and upbringing. His father died when he was just two as well as many countries, including Italy, Argentina, Brazil and El years old. Salvador. In his 20s, Cajetan received degrees in both civil and canon law St. Cajetan’s order, the Theatines, continues to serve the Church from the University of Padua, and then moved to Rome, where he today. In the U.S., Theatines serve primarily as parish priests in worked in the court of Pope Julian II and assisted at the Fifth Colorado 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Pilgrim Rosary Our Deepest Needs The Pilgrim Virgin and Rosary will meet again when the The word of God serves up a tremendous feast for us today. Isaiah orders are changed on Sunday at 2:00 PM at church in beckons all who hunger and thirst to come to the Lord for Classroom A. satisfaction. The psalmist cries out, “The hand of the Lord feeds us; To schedule a Pilgrim Rosary at your home or for more he answers all our needs” (Psalm 145:16). Saint Paul tells us that information call Barbara Bassett at 361-944-5767. nothing can separate us from the love of God. Finally, in the Gospel, Legion of Mary we hear the story of the miraculous feeding of over five thousand people from a mere five loaves and two fish. Do you want to serve God more but don't know how? Do you want to grow closer to Jesus and his Mother? Do you want to be Most of us have our material needs met on a day-to-day basis. Jesus to others? Do you want to deepen your spiritual life? These scriptures, nevertheless, have much to say to the
All practicing Catholics, 18 and older are invited to come to Legion contemporary believer. We must ask ourselves, “Where are my of Mary meetings on Mondays at 6:00 PM in Room A. FMI Call deepest hungers? Where are my thirsts?” After material needs are Barbara Bassett at 361-944-5767. satisfied and, in some cases, over-satisfied, many people still experience a deep longing for spiritual balance and well-being. As If you would like to be notified of a death in your the loaves and fish are multiplied in today’s Gospel, perhaps our parish family contact us by email so your name and prayer can be a longing for the satisfaction of the deepest needs e-mail address can be included in the contact group. that only God can fill. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. [email protected] To Celebrate or Remember
In Memoriam Reserve the dates on which you want to have a mass said and/or Raul R. Olivares one of our large vigil lights lit for a week in honor of a friend, a Father of Rick Olivares birthday, a graduation, an anniversary, or to remember someone you have loved and lost. To schedule your special mass, for which Treasures from Our Tradition the usual offering is five dollars, or to schedule a special week to Over the last several weeks, the history of confirmation has been have the vigil light(s) lit. The offering for the Infant Jesus light is $3 set out as a rite following baptism and preceding First Communion. per week and the offering for the two chapel lights is $6 .. To arrange Eucharist was a sacrament of spiritual maturity, attuned to the legal for those come in to the office, or contact us at 937-3864 or age of majority, which was considered to be fourteen years or so. [email protected]. Medieval bishops were often generous, if not especially pious, in Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time seeing to it that children were confirmed before adulthood. A pattern more familiar to us surfaced in the Diocese of Toulon in France in 1748, where it was decreed that “children are to be confirmed only after receiving First Communion.” This was an amazing shift in practice that undermined centuries of theology and tradition by which confirmation was seen as a bridge between font and table. The innovation swept through France and across Europe, despite constant complaints from Rome. French-trained bishops like Cheverus of Boston and Carroll of Baltimore, founders of the American church, established the practice here. The order of the sacraments was thus disrupted in France and in the United States, and remained an eccentric All you who are thirsty, come to the water! exception to the rule until big developments in 1910 - Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch — Isaiah 55:1a 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Please remember those who live in need of our Confession Scheduled Again prayers: Rosemary Acosta, David Adams, John Adams, Confessions have resumed at 3:30 PM on Andrew Alvarez, James Armstrong, Belva Armstrong, Lupe Arredondo , Viola Ayala, George Ayala, Greg and Janie Saturdays before the Vigil Mass in church. Ayala, Tamra Bacon, Steve Barns, Mary Ann Benes, Alma Please be sure to wear a mask. Berrones, Steve Beck, Esther Bentancourt, Irma Biano, Chris Bolte, Marjorie Boxwell, Meredith Boxwell, Noah Boxwell, Angela Brenz, Yvonne Brooks, Giorgio Buchi, Manuel Buentello, Chris Burns, Manuel Bustos, Ann Carson, Rena Fay Casanova, Don Casey, Kathy Casey, Pat Cavanaugh, Aiden Chavez, Scott Clark, Cecil Cruz, John Cruz, Trey Cunningham, Barry Dalton, Jacqueline Dancy, Lily Davila, Joseph and Pamela Davis, Linda C. Degollado, Margarita Degollado, Nelda DeLeon, Remy and Lidia Ducote, Denny (David) Eaton, Mark Eickleberry, Grace Escobedo, Bertha Faz, Greg Figel, Simon Figueroa, Leo John Finnegan II, Abel Flores, Antonio Flores, Oscar Flores, Mary Ann Franklin, Jeremy Forgy, Gary Frontera, Blanca Fuentes, Jenny Fuentes, Gamez Family, Amanda Garcia, Danny and Esther Garcia, Lea Garza, Luz Garcia, Joe Luis Garza, Grace Geeding, Margarita Gonzalez, Patricia Gonzales, Sylvia Gonzalez, Najmeh Griffin, Perla Guerrero, Dottie Harper, Herrera Family, Jimma Hertzler, Amy Hinkel, Maria Holguin, Shea Jalice, Gary Wayne Jennings, Gary Kirkpatrick, David Kraeer, Richard Kraeer, Thomas Arron Lambert, Stephen Libby, Deborah Lopez, Aimee Lusson, Juanita and Steve Lusson, Martin Family, Joseph S. Martin Jr., Cynthia Mora, Elizabeth Morales, Wes Morales, John (Johnny) McCarty, Amanda McDonald, Jerry McKamie, Patricio Mendoza, Sterling Murphy, Orest Muzyka , Alonzo Nunez, Lupe Ortiz, Margie O'Docharty, Steven Ortiz Jr. Ernie Pena, Jason Pena, Rhoda Reflecting on God’s Word Philby Palmer, Gloria Perez, Pete Prado, Becky Quiroz, Martha Real, Ben Two years ago Michon and her children had gotten their own Raney, Maria Teresa Reyna, Sarah Richenberg, Pat Rikke, Angela Riojas, apartment and left the safety of the women’s shelter behind. Three Thalma Riojas, Marissa Rivera, Eddie Rocha, David Reynolds, Fernando weeks ago she brought the children back for the first time since they and Antonia Rodriguez, Oscar Rodriguez, Martha Romero, David Rohde, had left. They came for the feast celebrating the grand opening of Phyllis Ruff, Nati Ruiz, Teresa Ruiz, Rosa Salazar, Angie A. Salinas, the shelter’s new addition. Consuelo Salinas, Roy Shutt , Michael Stefanou, Tommy, Denise, Bradley, Austin and Ethan Smith, Lisa Trevino, Inocencio Terrazas, Johnny Terrazas, The feast had felt just like old times, only better, with plenty of Cassandra Turilli, Sandy Upshaw, Paul Vargas, Sr. Amore Vigare, Elizabeth speeches, laughter, tears, and hugs, and more than enough food to Villarreal, Gayle Garza Villarreal, Margaret Whitmire, John Wright, Stan go around. Michon was glad to be able to bring a big chicken salad Wondolowski, Israel Ybarra, Kathy Yearwood , Luis Zamora, Nena Zamora , to share. There had been plenty of meals when she had had nothing Vilma Zuniga to contribute. At the feast everyone commented on how happy Michon’s children looked and how much they’d grown. Since then Chapel Vigil Lights and she had already returned to the shelter four times as a volunteer. The Infant Jesus Statue Light A feast could be defined as a large gathering of people to share Altar and Rosary Society Members food and memories in celebration of a significant event or vision. . Copyright © 2011 The Zondervan Corporation Feasts have an amazing power to heal and nourish our spirits, to bind us together in love, and motivate us to care for one another. The feasts in today’s scriptures illustrate the miraculous physical and spiritual nourishment that takes place when we gather for the Eucharist, to celebrate the memory and promise of “the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). - Virginia Stillwell. Copyright © 2013, World Library Publications. All rights reserved. . Living God’s Word In the Gospel we hear that Jesus “was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick” (Matthew 14:14). Then we hear Jesus say to the disciples, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves” (Matthew 14:16). How do these statements
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