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THE OLD CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Founded in 1770 present Church dedicated in 1834 eighteenth Sunday in ordinary time August 01, 2021 Archbishop of St. Louis Sunday Masses Confessions 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil) Daily, 11:30 AM—12:00 PM The Most Reverend 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, Saturdays, 4:30 PM—5:15 PM Mitchell T. Rozanski and 5:00 PM Marriage Rector Daily Masses Please arrange at least six months in Father Nicholas Smith Monday through Friday advance of the desired date. Director, Office of Sacred Worship 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM To reserve a date, or for more Faculty, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary SATURDAY– 7:00 AM information, please contact Tracy Marklein at 314.231.3250. Live Stream Mass In Residence 7:00 AM Weekdays Father Charles Samson Devotions Assistant Professor, Kenrick-Glennon 10:30 AM Sunday Perpetual Help Devotions: Seminary Access the live streams at: Tuesdays, 12:00 PM oldcathedralstl.org Readings for the week of August 1, 2021 MASS INTENTIONS Sunday: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15/Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54 [24b]/Eph 4:17, 20-24/ Sunday, August 1 Jn 6:24-35 8:00 AM Parish Family Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 [2a]/Mt 14:13-21 10:30 AM John Masek Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13 [cf. 3a]/Mt 14:22-36 (Live Streamed) or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 12:00 PM Donald Barker Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 5:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions 23 [4a]/Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Nm 20:1-13/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Mt 16:13-23 Monday, August 2 Friday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a and 9a]/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mk 7:00 AM Beatice Actis 9:2-10 12:10 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Saturday: Dn 6:4-13/Ps 18: 28, 3-4. 47 and 51/Mk 17:14-20 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [9a]/Eph 4:30—5:2/Jn 6:41- Tuesday, August 3 51 7:00 AM Mary Lou Williams 12:10 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Observances for the week of August 1, 2021 Wednesday, August 4 Sunday: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM Celebrant’s Intentions Monday: St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian Eymard, 12:10 PM Jean Annette Jeggle Priest Tuesday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Thursday, August 5 Wednesday: St. John Vianney, Priest 7:00 AM Brenda Sergent Thursday: The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major 12:10 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Friday: The Transfiguration of the Lord Saturday: St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Friday, August 6 Priest; Blessed Virgin Mary 7:00 AM Ross Watson Next Sunday: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 12:10 PM Michael Amantea Saturday, August 7 7:00 AM James Solomon Weekly Giving 5:30 PM Jim & Madi Ebeling The Old Cathedral has long been recognized as one of the most historic and Sunday, August 8 beautiful churches of its time. 8:00 AM James Solomon Our parish is proud of its more than 240 year 10:30 AM Louis Fagas history as a self-supporting Roman (Live Streamed) Catholic Parish. Your presence, prayer, and generous kindness 12:00 PM Michael “Mick” Andreas continue to make it so. 5:00 PM Parish Family Your weekly envelope donations can still be made by mail or in person by check at the Old Cathedral rectory or you can set up online donations at : www.oldcathedralstl.org/give The Old Cathedral SCAN TO MAKE 209 Walnut Street THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. YOUR GIFT. St. Louis, Missouri 63102 Phone: 314.231.3250 Sunday, 07/25/21 Email: [email protected] THANK YOU FOR Online Donations $255.00 Website: Sunday Collection $2,736.00 HELPING US www.oldcathedralstl.org Total $2,991.00 CONTINUE OUR STORY ... From Our Rector TOP 5 WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF MASS No matter who you are or how long you’ve been Catholic, you’ve likely at least one point or another thought, “I’m just not getting Dear Old Cathedral Parishioners and Visitors: anything out of this Mass…” Even the best of us have our off Sundays. Unfortunately all too often, people use this as a reason to In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus fed a crowd of more than stop going to Mass. They question the importance. They leave the five thousand, and now much of that crowd has followed Church. They forget or maybe have never realized that the Mass is him to Capernaum in the hope that he will perform the “source and summit” of our Catholic faith. They turn their back very thing they need to nourish their spiritual life. And their faith life another sign. Jesus understands their hunger but knows is seriously diminished as a result. it is not a spiritual one. They clearly haven’t understood the true significance of what he did with those simple If you’re reading this post, you may be finding yourself on the cusp of this very experience. Don’t fret! Gird your loins! There is hope! Even loaves and fishes. In an attempt to refocus their minds, if the cantor sings off-key, even if the priest’s homily is a 20-minute Jesus tells them, Do not work for food that perishes but long run-on sentence, even if the family behind you seems to be for the food that endures for eternal life. singing directly into the back of your head, the Mass can still be the most profound experience you have all week. The following is a list But as often happens, the crowd does not understand, of things I did when I decided to dive deeper into my faith which made the Mass come alive for me… and the people are unable to see their relationship with God and his generous care as a divine gift. Jesus 5. Set the tone before you go. reminds them that it was the Father who fed their Cannon Law requires you to fast at least one hour before receiving Holy Communion. By doing so, we are reminded of Christ’s sacrifice ancestors with manna in their time of need. Yet even for us, but we can take it a step further. While you’re getting ready, then, they remain stubborn, demanding something more review in your mind your week. Take stock in what you’ve done right – a never-ending source of bread to feed their stomachs in the eyes of God and what you’ve done wrong. Read the day’s forever. Little do they understand his words and the readings before you leave the house. Turn off the radio on your meaning behind them! drive and think/meditate about a passage from those readings that stood out to you. This part of the Gospel of John is referred to as the 4. Make a personal offering each Sunday. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Jesus begins to speak When you get to your seat (15 minutes early), kneel before God directly to the crowds and to identify himself as the one and remember your shortcomings and sins and ask for a specific help to follow Him more closely. Thank God for your blessings and who feeds all who hunger for truth and knowledge of God express your gratitude for His goodness. Remember your family, – the true bread of life, given by the Father to satisfy the friends, coworkers, and others (living or dead) in need and offer the deepest spiritual need. mass for someone. During the Opening Prayer (the Collect), be sure to remember them before God. Today and for the next three weeks, as we hear the 3. Read along with the prayers in the missalette for a short time. discourse proclaimed and the people’s response to Jesus’ When was the last time you intentionally attended to the words you self-revelation, we have the opportunity to think about were saying in Mass? By picking up the missalette and following our own response to the bread of life, now offered to us at along word by word, you can see the Mass again in a new light. You learn what the parts of the Mass are. You recognize how much this Eucharistic feast. scripture is used in the Liturgy. You drown out distractions by focusing on the words. You engage more fully aware of what is Like the people in today’s Scriptures, we, too, can search going on. If you do this for six weeks and then put the misallette out the wrong things in life: things that we think we need away, you’ll be surprised at the difference. or that we are sure will fulfil our every desire. In the face 2. Research a new part of the Liturgy for each Sunday. of the dusty roads of life, we can grumble as the Israelites At some point during the week, take a moment and research a new did, preferring the fleshpots of Egypt even as their full- part of the Mass. Learn what we do and why we do it.