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July 25 2021 Pastor Fr. Mark Heuberger Parochial Vicar Fr. Anthonio Jean Parochial Vicar Fr. Phillip Schweda Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil: 4:30pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am Daily Masses Mon, Wed, Fri: 11am Tue, Thur, Sat: 8am Holy Days Holy Day Vigil: 4:30pm Complete schedules are listed in the bulletin prior to the Holy Day Confessions Saturdays 3:30pm - 4:20pm Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays 6:30-7pm preceding the Chaplet of Divine Mercy “First Friday” of every month, 11:30am-3pm “Do we not have in the Eucharist the living, true and real Jesus present before us?” —St. Teresa of Avila 2 Sunday, July 25, 2021 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time GO DEEPER into today’s Gospel St. Oscar Romero said, “We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of ✞ Deceased ♥ Living liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very Monday, July 26 well. It may be incomplete, but it is the beginning, a step along the way, an Ss. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.” Ex 32:15-24, 30-34 • Mt 13:31-35 There were a group of ladies many years ago who made quilts. They were ✞ 11am Lenny Mongiello beautiful creations reflecting inspirational designs artfully composed from the simple scraps of fabric each woman would bring to their individual pieces. Tuesday, July 27 Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28 There was no plan for the finished project as each finished work became the Mt 13:36-43 combined creation of what each woman contributed. They abounded in 8am ✞ Eulogio Javier vibrant colors and dazzled the beholder with intricate patterns and their myriad textures. They were so beautiful that they became coveted family Wednesday, July 28 treasures passed from generation to generation. Those women never realized Ex 34:29-35 • Mt 13:44-46 the power of their work. Countless babies rested in the comfort of those quilts 11am ✞ Cliff Motley warmly nestled in the legacy of tradition they were fortunate to inherit. They adorned countless homes with their beauty and brought joy and solace to Thursday, July 29 many faces. St. Martha We cannot do everything. We are not meant to. Our work in life is to Ex 40:16-21, 34-38 Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 contribute our individual piece, a piece that reflects the unique thumbprint I 8am ✞ Jimmy McCoy claim as my own. We only have to do small things well. Then, as St. Oscar Romero reminds us, the Lord’s grace will enter and do the rest. We have to Friday, July 30 trust that this is true just as those women trusted in the eventual beauty of St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and their final work. Doctor of the Church Eucharistic blessings are blessings that start small and multiply. We all come Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 Mt 13:54-58 to life with only a few loaves of bread and a few fish. Not any single one of us 11am ✞ Irene Palahunik has all that it takes to transform our world. Who knows what God will do with the little we have and how many will benefit from our kindness, compassion, Saturday, July 31 wisdom, courage, conviction, love, warmth, zeal, faith, and hope? That young St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest lad never dreamed that his few leftovers would do all that they did. God shows Lv 25:1, 8-17 • Mt 14:1-12 up in unexpected ways! Where would life’s adventure and fun be if it were any 8am ✞ Matthew Behan other way? Being able to be part of bringing God’s creative, transforming, 4:30pm ♥✞ SSP&P Parishioners healing to the world opens us up to wonder, awe, and excitement! We can all bring our little piece to the bigger work of God that can result in being a Sunday, August 1 coveted jewel passed generation to generation. This is good news indeed! 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Bread and wine transform into Christ’s Body and Blood and we become what Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 • Eph 4:17, 20-24 we eat. Trust that. Jn 6:24-35 ©LPi 7:30am ✞ Debi Simpson Next Sunday’s Readings Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 9:30am ✞ Cass Clarke Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 11:30am ✞ Mason J. Pusey 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:24-35 Sunday, July 25, 2021 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 In January of this year Pope Francis announced a new celebration in honour of all grandparents and the elderly, who are so important to our communities and our Church. This new Church Office 2850 75th Street West World Day for Grandparents Bradenton, FL 34209 and the Elderly (941) 795-1228 will be celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday in July. Office Hours Mon-Fri 8:00AM-4:00PM Phone Hrs 8:30AM-12PM As this is the first time and 1:30PM-4:00PM Closed for Lunch we will be celebrating this day NOON-1:30PM the Diocese is offering this special prayer card. Website www.sspeterandpaul.org Email Please pick up [email protected] your prayer card Fax after Mass (941) 794-0127 this weekend. They are located Msgr. Moretti Center on the tables (941) 795-2540 at each exit. St. Vincent de Paul Society (941) 794-1328 SACRAMENTS BAPTISM Parent baptism instruction is LOW-GLUTEN HOSTS AVAILABLE required; call the office. If you have a medical need to avoid gluten, please see the sacristan at least 10 minutes before Mass begins to request a low-gluten host. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Diocese of Venice TV Mass Call office to schedule. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING SUNDAYS AT 9:30AM Anyone can receive the Sacrament of Comcast Channel 9 MARRIAGE Anointing after any Saturday 8am Mass or Frontier Channel 4 Please contact a priest at by appointment. Call the church office at Direct TV Channel 44 least six months prior to wedding date. 795-1228 to make arrangements. Dish Network Channel 44 Spectrum Channel 4 Also, please remember to notify us directly Universal Channel 11 BULLETIN DEADLINE: if you will be in the hospital. Verizon Channel 4 MONDAYS AT NOON; watch bulletin for early Last week’s attendance/offertory amounts will be printed in next bulletin. holiday deadlines 4 Sunday, July 25, 2021 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Blessed Sandra Sabattini August 19, 1961 - May 2, 1984 Knights of Columbus 1st Wednesday/Month: There is something about the way saints OFFICERS PLANNING live that stands distinctly apart from the MEETING at 6pm. 2nd Wednesday/Month: surrounding culture. Whether it’s MONTHLY MEETING at barefoot St. Francis singing as he begged, or Mother Teresa lifting up the 6:30pm. Both meetings are sick off the streets into her homes for the dying, the stories of holy men open to all members. Meet and women amaze us with their radical choices. Watch this video to learn in Council Room at MMC. Tex Johnson: (941) 704-2822 about Alessandra Sabattini, a holy Italian woman whose life was both Bill Dunn: (941) 840-3653 normal and countercultural, and whom the Church has declared venerable just 34 years after she died. Poor Boxes are located at each doorway Alessandra, or “Sandra” as most people called her, was born in Riccione, as you exit the church. Italy, in 1961. The oldest of two children, she grew up in a devout Catholic All donations benefit our family—in fact, for most of her childhood, her family lived with her St. Vincent de Paul Society. Green donation envelopes are mother’s brother who was a parish priest. She kept a journal as a child in the info boxes at exits. that revealed her pious nature from a young age, once writing as reported in this article, “A life lived without God is just a way of passing Holy Water To refill your personal holy time, whether it’s boring or fun, time to be filled in while waiting for water bottles, please use the death.” holy water dispenser and the Sandra was a teenager when she first met a holy priest named Oreste small funnel. Holy water is located in the vestibule. Benzi, whom the Church declared a Servant of God in 2014, and benefited from his spiritual guidance through the youth group he organized. Soon Votive Candles after, she participated in a summer program for teenagers to care for are located in the vestibules of the church and the chapel. people who have severe disabilities. The experience changed her life, giving her a sense of purpose in serving and caring for the vulnerable. Religious Articles Store She told her mother, “We worked till we dropped, but these are people is closed until further notice. I’ll never leave.” Altar Flowers After graduating from high school, Sandra began her studies at the parishioners Mark & Susan University of Bologna, with the goal of eventually becoming a medical Clark of Flowers by Edie donate the altar flowers. missionary in Africa. She spent her weekends and summer vacations volunteering to care for drug addicts in rehabilitation centers. Despite Grief Support her packed schedule, she made it a point to spend time before the call (941) 795-2540 Eucharist early every morning—another example of her unusual and Marriage Preparation admirable choices. & Marriage Encounter While at the university, Sandra became friends with Guido Rossi, a fellow call (941) 795-1228 student who also attended Oreste Benzi’s youth group, the Community Retrouvaille of Pope John XXIII.