Alexander Serrenelli at the Tomb of St. Maria Goretti

Alexander Serrenelli at the tomb of St. Maria Goretti

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Mass Schedule

Saturday, July 18 - Vigil: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 pm † Jack Heston by Family Sunday, July 19 - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am † Anthony Grumeretz by Adamson Family 10:00 am In Thanksgiving 50th Wedding Anniversary of Michael & Loretta Larner 12:00 pm † Most Rev. James A. Murray by St. Joseph Parish 2:00 pm The People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome Burmese 5:00 pm † Souls in Purgatory Spanish

Monday, July 20 8:00 am † Mary Roberts by Krajewski Family Tuesday, July 21 8:00 am † Daiana Lopinto by Krajewski Family Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday, July 22 8:00 am † Walter & Evelyn Hudson by Jack Haciak ▪ Monday 7:00 - 8:00 pm in the Parish Center Chapel Thursday, July 23 8:00 am † Sergio & Papa Arroyo by Krajewski Family ▪ Wednesday 9:00 am - Saturday 9:00 am in St. Philip Seton Center Chapel 5:00 pm Holy Hour for Vocations Friday, July 24 ▪ Thursday 5:00 - 6:00 pm Holy Hour for Vocations in 8:00 am † Manolo & Mercedes Bello by Krajewski Family St. Joseph Church. 8:30 am Adoration ▪ Friday 8:30 am - Benediction at 4:45 pm in St. Joseph 4:45 pm Benediction Church

Saturday, July 25 St. Joseph: To sign up for a Holy hour or to be on the sub 8:00 am † G. Joseph Krajewski by Krajewski Family list for Friday Adoration, please call Marlene: 962-8641 3:30 pm Confessions and leave your name and phone number.

St. Philip: Seton Center Chapel, Wednesday 9:00 am to Saturday, July 25 - Vigil: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday 9:00 am, call Betty Dillard: 962-8255 to sign up. 5:00 pm † Marilyn Carattini by Family Sunday, July 26 - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am † Norma Naas by Bob & Bev Zalewski Financial Information 10:00 am † Sally Kohl by Cindy Schroerlucke 12:00 pm † JoAnn Mrak by Mary Pat Harter 2:00 pm † Elizabeth Cer Sia by John Thang Kap Burmese 5:00 pm The People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome Spanish

Readings For 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12, Rom 8:28-30, Mt 13:44-52

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Connecting with Mercy “Those who plant kindness gather love.” St. Basil

Noble Scion of David, Pray for Us View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 July 19, 2020 From Fr. Christopher Ankley

Dear Friends, A while ago I went to the hospital to see a woman who After leaving the prison the very first person he was dying. I went there to anoint her. When I entered visited was Maria’s mom, he asked her to forgive the room I said, “Hello, you’re on our hospital list.” him. Which she did saying, “If my daughter can But she wasn’t hearing so well and she thought I’d forgive you, who am I to withhold forgiveness?” said, “You’re on our impossible list.” She smiled after They went to Mass together and they received the saying this, but it got me to thinking. Nobody’s on an Eucharist together, kneeling side by side at the impossible list, everything is possible with God. communion rail.

On July 6th we celebrated the feast day of Saint Maria Alexander eventually became a Third Order Capuchin Goretti. You may remember I spoke of her on the 5th and spent his remaining days working quietly as a of July. Maria was born in 1890 in Northern Italy. gardener for The Brothers of St. Francis Monastery. She was born into a poor farming family and her father He lived long enough to see Maria Goretti become a died when she was very young. Her mom struggled to canonized saint of our Church and in 1970 he died a put food on the table for Maria and her five siblings. peaceful death. On a hot July day in 1902 Maria sat outside mending a shirt. A neighborhood boy by the name of Alexander Why have I told this story? I’ve told it because I came to the house. This boy had been in the habit of think because it’s a story that gives hope, because in repeatedly pestering Maria with advances. She always the eyes of God nobody is a lost cause. Nobody’s on resisted and told him to go home. On this day, the impossible list. Repentance and conversion are however, he dragged her into the house and because of always possible and sometimes they’re even her resistance he attacked her with a knife stabbing her miraculous. The Gospel always calls us to repentance repeatedly. and in today’s Gospel we’re called to it twice. Jesus says, “But I tell you if you do not repent you will An ambulance brought Maria to the hospital and it was all perish as they did!” This call to repentance, seen at once that she couldn’t possibly live. In those however, is also combined with divine patience. The next few hours Maria showed more concern for her fig tree is given more time to bear fruit. We are given family and the man who attacked her. She prayed for more time to bear fruit. God is patient. And with our Alexander and she forgave him, hoping to one day rationalizations and stubbornness in not wanting to “See him in Heaven”, she said. The man who killed always follow the narrow way or the good path we her was Alexander (Alessandro) Serrenelli. He was an need a God who is patient. We are all, at one time or eighteen year old who was very much addicted to another that non-bearing unproductive fig tree. But pornography and in his own words said, “My God lavishes us with his grace waiting for us to behavior was influenced by pornography and the produce abundant fruit and this fills us great hope bad examples of friends which I followed without because our God is kind and merciful he is quick to even thinking, I was not worried and looking back bless and slow to punish. Nobody is on an now at my past, I can see that in my early youth, I impossible list. chose a bad path which led me to ruin myself.” After being captured and tried, and still being I want to end with something Alexander wrote just considered a minor, he was sent to prison for thirty before dying, “I feel that religion with its precepts years of hard labor. He began his sentence in an is not something we can live without, but rather it unrepentant rage. He even attacked a young priest is the real comfort, the real strength in life and the who was sent to see him in his cell. only safe way in every circumstance, even the most painful ones of life.” After three years of hard labor Alexander was finally willing to let a local Bishop visit with him. He later Let us be great Saints, sent this Bishop a thank-you note and in that note he told the Bishop about a dream he had had. He wrote Fr. Christopher J. Ankley that he had dreamt of Maria Goretti and in this dream she had given him a bouquet of white lilies, which in the dream, immediately turned black and disintegrated when he touched them. This dream marked the beginning of Alexander’s conversion. Peace began to invade his heart, he began to live a constructive life, and he began to live in repentance. After twenty seven years of his sentence Alexander was released three years early for good behavior

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Attention St. Philip Class of 1970!

The 50-year reunion which was scheduled for August 2020, has been canceled. Plans are to have a reunion in 2021, details are pending.

MONTH 4 – Developing Baby Spiritual Adoption Program “I Had a Dream!” The baby’s brain has begun maturing – a process that will continue until hes is about 14 years old. Her eyelids are now sealed shut and will re-open at 7 months. Her taste buds are now working. Nutrients consumed by her mother are passed on to her within an hour or two. Three hundred quarts of fluid a day are sent to the baby via the umbilical cord. Fine hair begins to grow on head, eyebrows and eyelashes. Facial expressions similar to the baby’s parents can be seen at this time.Thi s month REMs (rapid eye movements) have been recorded – a sign of dreaming. Sponsor of the Week

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In Memoriam – Bishop Emeritus James A. Murray Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bishop Emeritus James A. Murray who was laid to rest on June 11th. A Memorial Mass for Bishop Murray is being planned for August 2nd, 2020 at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Portage.

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Psalm 86

The theme of Psalm 86 is a common theme throughout the Book of Psalms: A cry to God for help in a time of need. “Hearken, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my pleading,” and again, “Turn toward me and have pity on me.” After making the appeal for help, the Psalmist then gives reasons why the Lord should answer his call for help. The main argument he uses is the goodness of the Lord. “O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call on you.” And again, “Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord, nor works to compare with yours.”

The other argument in favor of God’s mercy is more surprising: the holiness of the one asking. “Preserve my life, for I am holy. Save your servant who trusts in you.” If we take literally the inscription of the Psalm which says “A prayer of David,” it is even more surprising, since we know how King David was guilty of adultery and murder, the sins which occasioned Psalm 51: “My transgressions, truly I know them; my sin is always before me.” As Jesus fulfilled all the promises made to David, so we also see that this Psalm fits perfectly on the lips of Jesus. He pleaded with God, not only on behalf of his own life, but on behalf of the life of all humanity, and could truly say, “Preserve my life, for I am holy.”

The last two verses of the Psalm are especially fulfilled in Christ. Psalm 86:16 says, “O give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.” Though God gave strength to many of the prophets and saints throughout history, it is Christ alone who possesses entirely the power of God, being God himself made flesh, and manifesting this power through his resurrection from the dead. “Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.” (John 17:1-2). So also, Christ is truly called “the son of your handmaid.” This handmaid of the Lord is none other than Mary, who declares this in her response to the angel, when she says “I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38) Finally, Psalm 86:17 says, “Show me a sign of your favor...that you, O Lord, give me comfort and help.” Jesus teaches, “No sign shall be given to this generation, except the sign of Jonah.” (Mark 16:14) As Jonah was in the belly of a sea creature for three days before appearing again, so Christ is buried in the earth before rising on the third day.

Take time this week to pray the entirety of Psalm 86 (especially if you’re having a hard time!). Ask God for help, confident that Jesus Christ at the same time prays on your behalf.

Prayers for the Sick/Those in Need

Geri Bateman, Chris Bradley, Chuck Brown, Peggy Crane, Bernadette Emmons, Bradley Gagnon, Sharon Harris, Sr. Cyrilla, Carolyn Kewley, Pat Kukla, Nathan & Robert Lindstrom, Jakob Livingston, Victor Lupina, Scott Marko, Doug Marshall, Curtis Mason, Lori Ann McAdam, Katie Miller, Laurie Morris, Karen Partin, Cheryl Scales, Kathy Scott, Gerald Smith, Margaret Smith, Carol Strope, Cristian Reyes Torres, Michael Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Sara Wixson, Dee Wygant, Christine Ybarra, Marion Zull

Prayers for the Deceased Herman Blankenburg, Lenore Hull

Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

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