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Our Lady of 7049 Blue Ridge Blvd. Raytown, Missouri 64133 www.ollraytown.com [email protected] 816-353-2380 (Priest Emergency—816-356-3700) June 28, 2020

Parish Mass Schedule Sunday Mass 8 am & 11 am 8 am Live Streamed https://www.facebook.com/ OLLRaytown/

Confession Saturday St Bernadette at 3pm

Devotion to Sacred Heart

& Benediction Continuing on Zoom

Parish Daily at Noon & 30 Minutes Before each Mass

9300 E. 75 th Raytown, MO 64138 816-356-0054 [email protected] @raytownreap https://raytownreap.org/ volunteer/ We continue to collect non perishable items to give to REAP. The container is in the vestibule (area on Blue Ridge side of church).

Regular Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

View the Bulletins also on ’MyParish’ app or DISCOVERMASS.COM Deadline for Bulletin sub- mission is 10 days prior To Donate: text $ amount to 844-901-1648 to Bulletin date .

Pastor Fr. Holloway ~ 816-356-3700 ~ [email protected] Deacon Richard Gross ~ Cell 816-679-8974 ~ [email protected] Deacon Joe Zagar ~ Cell 816-304-3020 ~ [email protected]

Staff Members Parish Secretary—Cathy Gordon ...... (816-353-2380) Parish Council President—Mike Sweetland….[email protected] Adoration Chapel—Mother Julia ...... (816-353-2177) Buildings & Grounds—Gerry Sharkey ...... (816-686-9477) Parish Hall Rental—Gerry Sharkey...... Call Parish Office for availability Bookkeeper—Karen Arredondo ...... [email protected] Dear Parishioners, PSR Leader —Mother Julia ...... (816-353-2177) I have talked to some of my Catechesis of the Good Shepherd—Wanda DeMoss. . . [email protected] priest’s friends in other parts of Please direct Parish Council communications to either Deacon Richard the country and we all share how Gross or Deacon Joe Zagar. different things are with distancing in the churches, the lack of a choir, Classes Holy Communion without the cup, RCIA ...... Contact the Office and other noticeable things. Yet PSR & Sacramental Prep Classes . . . Enrollment Open. . . .Contact the Office the Mass remains a source of hope for those who are able to attend as Report Abuse Diocesan well as those who are staying Joe Crayon, Ombudsman ...... (816-812-2500) home. Our routine may be different, Victim Advocate Kathleen Chastain ...... [email protected] (816-392-0011) our normal activities have changed, and other parts of life are Newsletter Submittals not what we are used to, however Committee/Organization information, birthday/anniversary, and news. Please the Lord is the same. The message send to [email protected] or bring to the parish office by the 20th of each of God, as St. Paul tells us today, month. is that through the death of we all have life. Hang on to what Baptism~ Please contact the parish office in advance for baptism preparation Information. God has given us. Saturday is the 4th of July! Hap- Marriages~ Arrangements are to be made through the parish office at least nine py birthday to the USA! Did you months in advance, but a year is preferred. You must be a registered, know that July 1st is an important practicing, contributing member of the parish. st day in Canadian history? July 1 is Bulletin~ Deadline for submissions is Monday, 10 am, for the next Sunday’s Dominion Day for our friends to edition. NOTE: Please submit at least four days earlier for holiday bulletins. the north of us. Nova Scotia, New

Brunswick, and the rest of Canada New Parishioners ~ Welcome! Please pick up a registration form in the back of where united into one Dominion church or stop by the office to ensure we have your information. We are glad within the British Empire. This you are here. Call the office for sacrament inquiries. was the beginning of Canada even- tually becoming an independent nation. O Canada! Spiritual Communion: God Bless, My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. Fr. Dave I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, Please continue to participate in ADORERING our LORD come at least spiritually into my heart. virtually on the internet with the I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. following link: Never permit me to be separated from you. https://virtualadoration.home.blog/. ? Contact Mother @ 816-353-2177 Amen.

The Diocese of Kansas City-St. is committed to combatting sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or sus- pect sexual abuse: 1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1.800.392.3738 (if the victim is currently under the age of 18), and 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and 3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at 816.812.2500 or [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their families. Please contact the Victim Advocate, Kathleen Chastain, at 816.392.0011 or [email protected] for more information.

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Join us for the Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 6:30 pm every Wednesday. ~ June 28 ~ We have enjoyed Roy Schoeman's talks so much in Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time our ‘Feed Your Faith’ gatherings on Zoom, that we 2 Kgs. 4:8-11, 14-16A; Ps. 89; Rom. 6:3-4, 8-11; have decided to watch more. Last weeks “Notable Mt. 10:37-42 Jewish Converts and the Gift of the Catholic 8:00 am Lectors ~ Sr. Damiana & Cindy Sweetland Church’ was very interesting. He is a fascinating 11:00 am Lectors ~ Onyi Agodi speaker. Don’t miss this week when we continue. & Stephanie Eads

~ July 5~ Please join us this Wednesday, July 1 for Roy Schoeman’s 4th talk—The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time —the Greatest Treasure God has Given Mankind, by send- Zec. 9:9-10; Ps. 145; Rom. 8:9, 11-13; Mt. 11:25-30 ing an e-mail to [email protected] letting them know you 8:00 am Lectors ~ Sr. Damiana & Mother Julia want to be included in the group. About 6:00 pm on Wednesday you will 11:00 am Lectors ~ Onyi Agodi & Mindy Zagar receive an e-mail from them with a link to our Zoom meeting. So easy, so simple.

Stay safe and cool at home, fellowship with your OLL family and Feed Your Faith!

PRISON PEN PALS Due to COVID-19 isolation, MAX Prison & Jail Ministry has seen an Sunday, June 28 8:00 am Mark Mauer † increase in requests for pen pals from prisoners all throughout the U.S. If you are Pen Pals change lives. If you are over 18 and can commit to writing one 11:00 am Jim Kilgore † comfortable that letter each month for a year to someone behind bars, please join us. Our Sunday, July 5 your scheduled program is safe and secure – providing complete direction. 8:00 am Monthly Memorial mass to be 11:00 am Costa & Yvette rescheduled is Contact Laurie Jo Holmes, 816.714.2364 or [email protected]. Ciaenoghi † combined with Sunday, July 12 another SMA Guardian Golf Classic - Monday, July 27, 2020 8:00 am Harold Klote † parishioner please Time to tee up for Catholic Education! Please join us Monday, July 27th 11:00 am The Mooney Family contact the parish at Lakewood Oaks Golf Course for a day of fun on the fairways! Player office. registration includes green fees, cart rental, contest plus lunch and re- Sunday, July 19 freshments out on the course. Tee times are scheduled on a first come, 8:00 am Pat Rufty & Family first serve basis. 11:00 am Trusted Servants Register today at https://www.smacatholic.org/guardian-golf-classic/ Proceeds benefit St. Michael the and The Guard which sup- Please remember in your prayers those who have ports SMA activities and athletics. For additional information, contact died and those affected by the Covid-19. Mary Haggerty Kroening at [email protected] or Stacy May they rest in peace. Needels at [email protected] or (816) 499-8609.

CONTRIBUTIONS are coming in and WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT! The Parish office is now open. We are so ‘Thankful’ for your Weekly donations. Your support to Our Lady of Lourdes means so much to us.

Follow instructions below to set up for texting your contributions: 1. Go to the your text messaging on your phone and begin a new message 2. In the phone number line type in 844-901-1648 3. In the message line type a dollar sign & amount to donate then hit send 4. You will receive a reply back with a link to click on. This takes you to where you can create an account. 5. A debit or credit card is needed to create your account.

You can also go to our website at www.ollraytown.com and press Online Giving For Help call 816-868-0578 or 816-868-0610 Or email to [email protected]

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 June 28, 2020 Are you or a loved one suffering from abortion? Please keep the following Find hope and allow God to heal your heart by

attending a Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat. Parishioners in your prayers : Gwen Ashby; The Brooks Family; Margaret The second retreat of 2020 to be held in the Kansas Curry; Doug & Peggy DeMoss; Grace Diaz; City area will be on July 24-26. Sharon Derkits; Karen Foster; Patty Gem- For more information or to register, mill; Greta Hauer; Dolores Hopfinger; Richard please call Teresa O’Donnell at Hornbeck; Henry Hoss; Mary Hugunin; Lynd- (816) 679-4973 or email [email protected] sey Jarquio; Regina Jones; Dorothy Klote; Tom & Doris Mauer; Sylvia Mooney; Ellen New- (please note: you might have to check your Spam folder for the guaranteed email reply) man; Tom O’Brien; Mary O’Leary; Doris Pa- or visit www.rachelsvineyardkc.org. nagakos; Lorraine Powers; James & JoAnn Rouchka; Catherine Schroder; Kathy Sommer; AMAZON WISH LISTS Cynthia Todd; Larry & Theresa Tholl; Steve & The needs of our clients continue to Jocelyn Webb; Louise Weber; James grow. Because many of you have a Westhusing;; Lisa Witte; Sheila & Pete Zegers

particular cause that is dear to your Contact the parish office at 816-353-2380 hearts, we have created Amazon Wish to add or remove names from our prayer list. Lists that reflect the individual needs of Bold = Newly added each of our pillars; Welcome Center (Emergency Assistance), Children and Continue to Pray for the following Family & Friends Family, Workforce Development, and SSVF. When you log on Phillip Beck; Ben Bongers (friend to Marie to Amazon, search for Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Inc. in the list Bowman); Bill Briggs; Emma Brown; Audrey of charities. If something is unavailable on those lists or you would like to pur- Casassa; Michael Crews; Margaret Dale; Eric chase a similar item elsewhere, we would certainly appreciate any donations. Al- Davis; Barbara Fightmaster (sister-in-law to so, designating us as your charity for Amazon Smile will bring additional dona- Regina Jones);Marcia Felici; Georgia Gerling; tions to us. For questions regarding the Amazon Wish Lists, please contact Nancy Peter Graeff; Ryan Hancock; Shirley Hill; Amy Butters, Development Manager, at 816-659-8266 or [email protected]. Jesaetis; Bonnie Jones; Michelle Kaiser; Kathy & Don Lee; Richard Lorimer; Crescentia Luet- Stewardship Bulletin Reflection: June 28, 2020 kemeyer (Friend to Cindy Sweetland); Lana Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Martinez; Albert Netzela III (son to Karen 2 Kgs. 4:8-11, 14-16A; Ps. 89; Rom. 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt. 10:37-42 Arredondo); Bob Slusher; Clyde Styron Today’s readings take us back to some basics of (Father to friend); Vicky Wright (Sister to Patty stewardship living and demonstrate the genius of this Vest); Ruby Turner (Mother to Cindy Sweet- way of life. land); Jim Underwood; Phyllis Weber; David Zegers; Robert Zegers. Our First Reading, from 2 Kings, shows us the neces- sity and power of hospitality. It recounts the story of As a parish family, we at Our Lady of Lourdes pray for all the members of our parish, a woman who showed loving hospitality to a visitor, especially for our parishion- inviting him to dinner with her family and arranging ers’ family members serving a room for him in their home so that he would have a in the military: comfortable place to stay during his travels through Tyler Griggs, Buck her town. She reached out to the man in a simple and Roberts,Cathy Roberts, practical manner to make him feel welcome and was & Jason Webb rewarded in an extraordinary way.

In our Second Reading, from the Letter to the Ro- mans, St. Paul reminds us of the power of our Baptism and how this sacrament makes us disciples. What does that mean for us here and now? St. Paul tells us very clear- ly: “You must think of yourselves as dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.” We must live for Christ! Nothing less will do.

Our Lord proclaims this same instruction in a rather shocking way in our passage from Matthew: “Whoever finds his life [by living for oneself] will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” But how do we lose our life? Precise- ly through loving actions towards others, loving them as if they were Christ. “Whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a … he will surely not lose his reward.”

The simple brilliance of stewardship living? Only our infinitely creative, compassionate God could conceive it! — Stewardship Reflections by Catholic Stewardship Consultants

Our Lady of Lourdes Page 4 Raytown, Missouri MONTHLY REMEMBER TO PRAY YOUR DECADE MEMORIAL of the LIVING ROSARY

The Our Lady of Prayers are needed so much right now! Lourdes Parish Pray for all those suffering from Covid-19 Monthly Memorial or other illness! and Intentions is a special offering Pray that the Holy Spirit comes into all of made by parishioners our Hearts in this world! of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. These intentions will be listed on the back of When you say one decade of the ‘Living Rosary’ a the bulletin for an entire year. One day you are praying for ALL of the intentions known weekend Mass each month will be dedi- to our Lord by ALL those that are also praying a decade.

cated to those listed. Pick up the form Approximately 40+ are being said every day for the intentions of all who from the tiered cabinet along south wall have signed up, plus the sick of the parish and the life and growth of the parish for of church to one whole year. return to the office. Questions Call Par- Please contact the Sisters in Jesus the Lord at 816-353-2177 if you need help in ish Office 816-353-2380 remembering which decade you have signed up for.

Due to the suspension of mass from the coronavirus — the renewal of the So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am Monthly Memorial will be postponed your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will for those that have already signed up. uphold you with my righteous right hand. 41:10

“The Church has been planted as a paradise in this world.” Quotes of St. of “Knowledge of the Father consists in the self-revelation of the Feast Day: June 28 Son, for all is revealed through the Word.”

“The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the “As those who see light are in the light sharing its brilliance, so vision of God. If the revelation of God through creation al- those who see God are in God sharing His glory, and that glory ready brings life to all living beings on earth, how much more gives them life. To see God is to share in life.” will the manifestation of the Father by the Word bring life to those who see God?” “Having one soul and one heart, the Church holds this faith, preaches and teaches it consistently as though by a single “Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be voice. For though there are different languages, there is but discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the one tradition…Since our faith is everywhere the same, no one unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth who can say more augments it, nor can anyone who says less itself.” diminish it.”

“As long as anyone has the means of doing good to his neigh- “The Lord in his pity for man, who had fallen into the hands of bors, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the brigands, having Himself bound up his wounds and left for his love of the Lord.” care two coins bearing the royal image, entrusted him to the “God did not tell us to follow Him because He needed our Holy Spirit. Now, through the Spirit, the image and inscription help, but because He knew that loving Him would make us of the Father and the Son have been given to us, and it is our whole.” duty to use the coin committed to our charge and make it yield a rich profit for the Lord.” “The Word of God became man, the Son of God became the Son of Man, in order to unite man with Himself and make him, “Thus, the knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obe- by adoption, a son of God.” dience of Mary. What the Eve had bound in unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosed through faith.” “When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made shining “Just as bread from the earth, when it receives the in- by the light...God grants His blessings on those who serve Him vocation of God, is no longer common bread, but the because they are serving Him and on those who follow Him Eucharist, made up of two elements, one earthly and because they are following Him, but He receives no blessing one heavenly, so also our bodies, in receiving the Eu- from them because He is perfect and without need.” charist, are no longer corruptible, because they have the hope of resurrection.”

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