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February 7, 2021 Pastor We would like to extend a warm welcome Fr. Jose Panthaplamthottiyil, CMI. to all of our new parishioners! Parochial Vicars Fr. Bartlomiej Lukasz Gadaj Fr. Mason Wiggins Website: http://seaspcfl.org/ Mission Chapel Church, Rectory Office, St. Stephen’s Chapel Retired Associates School & Ministry Center 2400 E. Highway 100, Bunnell, FL 32110 Fr. John McElroy 4600 Belle Terre Pkwy. Palm Coast, FL 32164 Church Hours Fr. Mel Hemann Phone: (386) 445-2246 • Fax: (386) 445-7808 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday Fr. George Sankoorikal School: (386) 445-2411 Rectory Office & Ministry Center Fr. Fred Parke (Pastor Emeritus) Emergency Phone: (386) 283-3420 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday Fr. James May (Pastor Emeritus) (after hours ONLY) Holidays Pastoral Ministry Masses Deacon Perlito (Tom) Alayu Monday - Friday Deacon Bob Devereux 7 am and 8:30 am Deacon Jose Homem Saturday 8:30 am Deacon Ed Wolff and 4 pm Vigil Sunday 8, & 10 am and 12 noon. Business Manager ONLY IF NEEDED Elizabeth Foran there will be a Mass in Seton Hall for the over- Office Assistant flow. Mass times (if Mrs. Elaine Leonard needed) will start 15 minutes past the hour of the regular Mass time in Bookkeeper church. Leanne Rossi Spanish Mass Receptionist “Your Gift Today is Our Treasure Sunday 5 pm. Carmen Cruz-Pritchard Portuguese Mass: for Tomorrow” First and third Saturdays Maintenance To ensure the at 6 pm Jose Valverde January 31 protection Offertory Currently Mass at School Principal of those $15,856.00 St. Stephen remains Barbara Kavanagh around us, Online Giving suspended. the faithful $4,034.00 Office Hours Director of are required School Monday - Friday Christian Formation to wear Support 9:00- 4:00 pm Katie Allio masks $3,303.00 or suitable Total….$23,193.00 Church is open 7-4pm Director of face cover- Sacrament of Youth Ministry ings. Please remember that you may still Jeremy Vest Reconciliation donate to our parish Saturday- 2:45-3:45pm Thank you by using Sunday-30 minutes Music Director & Online Giving. before Mass Don Roy God bless! Go to www.seaspcfl.org & by appointment Bulletin Editor Phyllis Jenkins myParish App Online Giving [email protected] Daily Readings, prayers & Saves envelopes (saves parish $) much more! No need to write checks (saves Go to the App Store or Google YOU $) Cover Play and search for myParish. Or search No missing donations while on the internet, myparishapp.com for the vacation Our Lady of Lourdes ability to find info on all Catholic More efficient form of stewardship churches within the Diocese of St. Go to www.seaspcfl.org and click Augustine. Online Giving link. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Palm Coast, Florida 32164, page 2 February 7, 2021 View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com From the desk of Fr. Jose A Surprise for God Charles Peguy (1873-1914) was an essayist, editor, and only what is. And she, she loves what will be. Faith sees one of the best-loved French poets. Born into abject what is. In Time and in Eternity. Hope sees what will poverty in Orleans, France, he grew up as a radical be. In Time and for Eternity.” socialist and nationalist. However, when he realized his socialist party had betrayed socialism as well as his Let us stop his poem here for the time being and let us country, he broke all his ties with the party. Moreover, look at our own life for a moment. One thing that is he joined the army, valiantly fought, and died for his special about all of us is that we are a people of hope. beloved country during World War I. At that time, he Even during crises and tragedies in life, it is hope that was only 41 years old. gives us the strength to go forward. However, there are times we feel like giving up when we are confronted by When Peguy was young he was an agnostic. However, serious tragedies in life like the unexpected death of a later he became an ardent believer in God and loved one, terminal illness, and tragic failure in converted to Catholicism. And his business or some other aspects of life. strong faith made him acutely aware It is exactly because of this that we of God’s presence in his life. This deep need to become aware of the awareness of God’s presence in his life redeeming value of hope in our life. is reflected in his poems written after his conversion. Written in 1912, The Peguy wrote this poem to remind us Portal of the Mystery of Hope comes of the importance of hope in under this category. It was a bestseller sustaining and strengthening our life. for a long time having more than 60 When we have hope we will try to rise editions in French. again immediately after we fall; we will fight against our enemies until we As the name of the poem suggests, the win; we will work hard to overcome theme of this long poem is hope. the obstacles we face; we will never Peguy presents hope as “little girl give up even after tasting bitter defeat Hope” with Faith and Love (Charity) believing that success is in store for us. as her older sisters. They are three However, if we are deprived of hope virtues traveling together in life. Even our life will be like hell. though hope is generally seen as the “littlest” virtue, for him it is the Let us now come back to his poem. greatest virtue of all. In this poem, After saying that “these poor children Peguy presents God speaking about Charles Peguy see how things are going and believe hope as well as about the other two that tomorrow things will go better” virtues. God continues, “That is surprising and it’s by far the greatest marvel of our grace. And I’m surprised by it He writes, “The faith I love best, says God, is hope. myself. And my grace must indeed be an incredible Faith does not surprise me. It is not surprising. … I force.” That means if there is hope in us for a better shine forth so in my creation. So that in order not to future even amidst the tragedies and failures it is really see me, it would have to be that these people because of the grace of God. It is God who gives us were blind. Charity, says God, does not surprise me. … hope and strengthens us to go forward. These poor creatures are so unhappy that, unless they had a heart of stone, they could not help but love one Whatever happens in our life happens with the another.” knowledge and consent of God. That is why even when things go wrong God comes to our rescue by giving us The poem continues, “But Hope … that is something his grace and strength which is always reflected in our that surprises me. Even me. … That these poor children hope. And, as Peguy reminds us, indeed God’s grace is see how things are going and believe that tomorrow an incredible force. Hence, we need to open our hearts things will go better. … That is surprising.” In the rest to God every day to receive his grace which will fill us of the poem, Peguy attempts to compare the other two with hope and strength to overcome all our failures and virtues with hope and argues that “It is she, this little obstacles. If we do so we will become a people of one, who leads them all.” He also gives his arguments exceptional hope surprising God himself! (Reprinted in support of his thesis. He writes, “For Faith sees only from my Column Reflections, in Pallikkutam magazine, what is. And she, she sees what will be. Charity loves February 2021) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Palm Coast, Florida 32164, page 3 February 7, 2021 View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com Funny Stories Humor in our healing ministry: “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” “Laughter is music of the spheres, language of the gods.” And it's fine medicine. Laughter exercises the face, shoulders, diaphragm, and abdomen. The breathing deepens, the heart rate rises, and the blood is more oxygenated. Endorphins are re- leased, pain thresholds are raised, and some studies sug- gest that even immune systems are boosted. Norman Cousins, in Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, tried laughter therapy, and found that ten minutes of hearty laughter could give him two hours of pain-free sleep. When you laugh, others laugh too. Laughter is a contagious, highly effective, totally organic medicine. It has no side effects, and no one is allergic to it. Did you have your dose of laughter today? Jesus may have burst into hearty laughter when he watched Zacchaeus climb down from the sycamore tree. Perhaps he also had at least a compassionate smile when he reached out to grab Pe- ter’s reaching hand as the Apostle began to sink in his at- tempt to walk on water, forgetting the Master in his sud- den fear. Then why don’t we too have a hearty laugh in the worshipping community in the real presence of our Lord? (via Fr. Tony) Humor in the preaching ministry: After the Sunday Mass a little boy told the pastor, "When I grow up, I'm going to give you some money." "Well, thank you," the pastor replied, "but why?" "Because my daddy says you're one of the poorest preachers we've ever had." (via Fr.