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St. Bernard Catholic (Established in 1787)

DAILY MASSES Monday—Friday: Mass 8:30 a.m. First Saturday 8:30 a.m.

WEEKEND MASSES Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

2805 Bayou Road St. Adoration Chapel: P. O. Box 220 Thursday St. Bernard, LA 70085

MISSION STATEMENT In the total love for Jesus through the Heart of Mary, We St. Bernard commit to BE BOLD—BE CATHOLIC—BE CHRIST And faithfully pass it on...Heart to Heart. I.M.

Office Hours: 9:30—1:00 Monday—Thursday Phone: (504) 281-2267 — Fax: (504) 281-2268 E-Mail: [email protected] www.stbernard-stbla.com

Rev. Hoang M. Tuong, Pastor St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery: (504) 421-9533 Cell Phone: 985-705-0357 Lynne, Secretary, Cell: (504) 421-5969 Rev. Charles Caluda, Retired Lenore—Religious Ed Norbert Billiot, Jr. [email protected] Music Director: Bea Girard

Baptism: Parents are asked to call the office. Baptisms will be held the 3rd weekend of the month or by special arrangement. of Reconciliation: Confessions are held before each Mass, or call for an appointment. Communion of the Sick: Please call when someone is ill or in the hospital. Sacrament of Marriage: Couples must contact the church at least six (6) months before the date of the wedding. Christian Burial: Please contact the funeral home to make arrangements they will contact church and cemetery. Pastoral & Finance Meeting - Pastoral Council meetings will be announced. Volume 52 Issue 28 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 14, 2019 Saturday, July 13, 2019 Rosary 3:30 p.m. Ministry Schedule 4:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. For Next Week: Bernard Catholic Church; Bernard & Chase Naquin; Duke Collins; Donald Saturday, July 20, 4:00 p.m. Serpas, Sr.; Tim George; Timothy George; Sal Gagliano; Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Scotty Lopez; Beth Byrd Ruiz; Richie Byrd; Felix Lector: Mary Frances Morales Charles, Cornelia & Lori Robertson; Fr John; Ministers of Communion: and all on our Sick List Lucy Sunday, July 14, 2019 Rosary 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Charles L. Smith; Gauthé Family; Agnes Sunday, July 21, 10:00 a.m. & Wallace Serpas; Jerry Wheat; HJ Lind; Josephine & Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Reese Nunez; Mike, Rosie & André Colletti; Dickie Lector: Catherine Stander; Merle King; Louise M. Alphonso; Larry Ministers of Communion: Gonzales, Jr.; Raymond Serpas; Jason Steele; Rhonda Serigne; Walter Guidry; Chester Romero; The Romero Family; Rudy Alphonso; Juan & Frankie Montelongo; Sandra Alfred Nunez, Sr. & Family; Harry Phillips; Thank you St. Jude; and all Military Personnel & Families Sanctuary Lamp DAILY—Rosary 8 a.m.—Mass 8:30 a.m.: Beth Byrd Ruiz Monday For Our Youth Tuesday All Sick & Dying Wednesday All Souls in Purgatory Marian Candle Thursday All Parishioners Tim George Friday Deceased Saturday (only First Saturday) 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph Candle All Deceased Priests Readings For The Week

Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24 July 6—7, 2019

Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 Attendance: 67 Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9; 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, Collection: $1,177.00 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8 Poor Box: $ 327/75 Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21 Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Col 1:24-28; Thank you for your support Lk 10:38-42 1st Reading - Genesis 18:1-10a Knead it and make rolls.” 7 He ran to the herd, picked out The first book of the Bible derives its name from the Greek a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who rendering of chapter 2, verse 4: “these are the generations quickly prepared it. 8 Then he got some curds (genesis) of the heavens and the earth.” Tradition has it Used to make cheese. Cottage cheese is strained and that is the author – that is, he wrote down the oral seasoned curds of skim milk. traditions which had been passed down through the and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and preceding centuries. set these before them; and he waited on them under the The first eleven chapters of Genesis recount such events tree while they ate. 9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they as the creation of the earth, the flood, and the Tower of asked him. “There in the tent,” he replied. 10a One of Babel. It is not until we get to the twelfth chapter that we them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next are able to place a date on the events recounted with any year, and Sarah will then have a son.” certainty. Abram was called by God to journey to Canaan This is the same promise made to by God in about 1850 B.C.. At that time Abram was 75 years old and Genesis 17:6. Abraham’s reaction is to laugh (Genesis God made him three promises of blessing; promises which 17:17). Immediately following our reading today, Sarah were later solemnized by covenants: A nation, made a laughs at the news (Genesis 18:12). The child born was covenant in Genesis 15, and fulfilled in Moses; a name named , which means “laughter”. (dynasty, kingdom), made a covenant in Genesis 17:1-19, and fulfilled in ; and a worldwide blessing, made a covenant in Genesis 22 and fulfilled in Jesus the Christ. It Gospel - Luke 10:38-42 was with Abram becoming Abraham, the father of all Last week we heard the parable of the good Samaritan. nations, at the making of the second covenant, that men Shocking because the Samaritans were considered by the and women began to rely upon God in faith and are Jews to be even lesser than the pagans – although the changed by it. For today’s reading we join Abraham Samaritans also worshiped the same God as did the Jews. shortly after his name change. Abraham is 99 years old Today again we hear of Jesus acting contrary to Jewish and he, along with all male members of his household, has cultural norms in three ways: He is alone with women just been circumcised. who are not his relatives, He is being served by a woman, 18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth and He is teaching a woman in her own house. A terebinth is a small tree native to the Mediterranean 38 As they continued their journey he entered a village region that yields a resinous liquid. It is sometimes called where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. a “terpentine tree.” Other translations show “oaks,” a shade tree which is large. The name “Martha” means “lady”, a feminine form of of Mamre, “lord.” The meaning is uncertain, but Mamre is thought to be a 39 She had a sister named Mary place near Hebron. It is associated with Abraham (in this Not to be confused with Mary of Magdala. She is one of reading), Isaac (in Genesis 35:27), and . To the east seven different Marys in the New Testament. of Mamre is the cave in which were buried Abraham, (who) sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob. This site is now speak. located in Hebron and is a mosque. Recently (several years ago) this mosque was shot up by a Jewish settler. The posture of a (see Luke 8:35; Acts 22:3). The site is believed to have been a place of sanctuary in 40 Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and ancient times. said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by as he sat in the of his tent, while the day was myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” 41 The growing hot. 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of anxious and worried about many things. 42 There is need the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground, of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it Oriental hospitality demanded this action – it is nothing will not be taken from her.” more than common courtesy. The followers of Jesus need to listen to His word. This 3 he said: “Sir, reading again gives us a lesson on prayer. Martha Literally, “my lord” – a common courteous greeting. approaches the Lord with a problem and the solution she if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your wants to that problem, and the answer she receives is not servant. 4 Let some water be brought, that you may bathe the one she wanted. Mary, Jesus’ mother, on the other your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree. 5 Now hand at the wedding feast at Cana pointed out the that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring problem to Jesus and left it up to Him to work out the you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and solution. afterward you may go on your way.” “Very well,” they replied, “do as you have said.” 6 Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, “Quick, three seahs of fine flour! 3 seahs = 1 bushel JULY, MONTH OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

The feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, celebrated in Spain in the 16th century, was later introduced to by . For many there were two days to which the Office of the Precious Blood was assigned, the office being in both cases the same. The reason was this: the office was at first granted to the Fathers of the Most Precious Blood only. Later, as one of the offices of the Fridays of Lent, it was assigned to the Friday after the fourth Sunday in Lent in some dioceses, including, by decision of the Fourth Provincial Council of Baltimore (1840), those in the United States. When Pius IX went into exile at in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1849), he had as his companion Father Giovanni Merlini, third superior general of the Fathers of the Most Precious Blood. After they had arrived at Gaeta, Don Merlini suggested that His Holiness make a vow to extend the feast of the Precious Blood to the entire Church, if he would again recover possession of the . The Pope took the matter under consideration, but a few days later, on 30 June 1849, the day the French army conquered and the insurgents of the capitulated, he sent his domestic prelate Joseph Stella to Father Merlini with the message: “The pope does not deem it expedient to bind himself by a vow; instead His Holiness is pleased to extend the feast immediately to all Christendom.” On 10 August of the same year, he officially included the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the for celebration on the first Sunday in July, the first Sunday after 30 June, the anniversary of the liberation of the city of Rome from the insurgents. In reducing the number of feasts fixed for Sundays, assigned the date of 1 July to this feast. In 1933, Pope Pius XI raised the feast to the rank of Double of the 1st Class to mark the 1,900th anniversary of Jesus’s death. In Pope John XXIII’s 1960 revision of the General Roman Calendar, the feast was classified as of the first class (see General Roman Calendar of 1960). The feast was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969, “because the Most Precious Blood of Christ the Redeemer is already venerated in the solemnities of the Passion, of Corpus Christi, of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and in the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. But the Mass of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ is placed among the votive Masses”. Nevertheless, the devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord has been maintained, in particular during the month of July, especially by the Sanguis Christi Union spiritual family. Six Prayers for Priests I. O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests, take to your heart your sons who are close to you because of their priestly and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy. Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them to us for OUR needs. We pray for them in THEIR needs. We know that You have made them priests in the likeness of your own priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, anointed them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, appointed them to teach, to preach, to minister, to console, to forgive, and to feed us with Your Body and Blood. Yet we know, too, that they are one with us and share our human weaknesses. We know too that they are tempted to sin and discouragement as are we, needing to be ministered to, as do we, to be consoled and forgiven, as do we. Indeed, we thank You for choosing them from among us, so that they understand us as we understand them, suffer with us and rejoice with us, worry with us and trust with us, share our beings, our lives, our faith. We ask that You give them this day the gift You gave Your chosen ones on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their hearts, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their spirits. And let them see You face to face in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread. We pray to You, O Lord, through Mary the mother of all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen. A Prayer for Priests, By John Cardinal O’Connor

II. Almighty, everlasting God, look with compassion on all those who suffer persecution for justice’s sake. Grant them grace to carry their cross with patience in the name of Thy beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Let the chalice pass from them if such be Thy holy Will: yet, in all things, may Thy Will be done. Grant to those who persecute, light to see the truth, and the grace of mercy and forgiveness, for they know not what they do. Mary, Mother of Jesus, Comfort of the Afflicted, help thy children in their time of bitter trial. O Lord our God, by the sign of Thy holy cross deliver us from our enemies. Amen.

III. Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

IV. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

V. GLORY BE to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

VI. St. the , defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host - by the Divine Power of God - cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

In Memory of all deceased husbands

To My Husband

In my eyes there lies no vision But the sight of your dear face. In my heart there is no feeling But the warmth of your embrace. In my mind there are no thoughts But the thoughts of you, my dear. In my soul no other longing But just to have you near. All my dreams were built around you And I’ve come to know it’s true. In my life there is no living That is not a part of you. Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION “What is written in the Law? On a summer day, with the windows open, we How do you read it?” may hear the sound of church bells. Bells seem to A scholar of the law asked Jesus a question. Jesus does a very have come into church life in Irish monasteries Jewish thing. He answered a question with a question. around the seventh century, and spread around the He asked, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” Jesus knew the scholar knew the law. The scholar Christian world by Irish monks on missionary responds by quoting Deuteronomy 6:5 - You shall love journeys. By the eighth century, bells were standard the Lord your God with your whole heart, being, equipment in even small parish churches. An ancient strength and mind and Leviticus 19:19 - and your ceremony, once called the “baptism of the bells,” neighbor as yourself. Jesus tells him to do that and he recognizes that the church bell has a voice to call will live. But the lawyer looks for a loophole, “Who is people to awareness and summon them to worship, my neighbor?” Jesus tells the story of the “Good and even bestows a name on the bell. Samaritan.” I have frequently traveled the road down In a world without clocks or watches, the bell had from Jerusalem to Jericho in an air-conditioned bus. In an indispensable role. For calling monks in from the the time of Jesus the journey was on foot through baron, fields for prayer, or alerting far‑flung visitors, the dry, hot hills and valleys. Jesus uses the story to ask the bell’s voice was enhanced by hoisting it high into a lawyer “Who was neighbor to the man set upon by tower. Soon it was learned that the sound of several robbers?” The lawyer states the obvious, “The one who bells clanging together in harmony imparted a sense showed him compassion.” That should also be obvious of joy to great celebrations, and bell towers prospered, to us. And the implications for how we should treat one some chock full of bells. Different combinations of another should also be obvious. Is it? rings could indicate a death, a Mass, a wedding, a fast day, the curfew at the end of day, and the Angelus. Please Pray for Our Sick Before electricity, bell-ringing was hard work indeed: Manuel Alfonso; Debbie Gonzales; Charles Duhe; Harold J. Lind, III; the biggest bell in the Catholic world, in Cologne, Aiden Smith; Madeline Colletti Cimino; Gene Perez; Patricia Fincher; Frances Evans; Donald Campo; Edna O’Rourke; Marlene Campo; Germany, weighs twenty‑seven tons! There’s no Bernard Naquin, Jr.; Dorothy Easley; Devin Dimadigo; Kylie Gritter; substitute for the resonant roar of a mighty bell; David Naquin; Sheri Fernandez; Christina Landry; Brett Gagliano; electric chimes are not eligible for blessing! Brendan Graf; Emile Evans; Landon Ansardi; Kayla Vogelaar; Mindy —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Casanova Dardar; Wilmoy & Florine Shows; Brett Bergeron; Allen \ Nunez; Eleanore Erato; David Casanova; Danny Morales; Riley Richards; Hyacinth Serpas; Paul Morales, III; Jerrilee Odinet; Karley Draper; Hailey Martin; Lorraine Daroca; Barbara Simpson; Michael George; Jamie Harris; Joy Fernandez; Marianne Marks; Kimberly Mones; Avery Cantrelle; Rita Bauer; Sandy Thurman; Talor Fr. Hoang will be on vacation the week Gutierrez; Erica Stewart; Maggie Serigne; Regina Waguespack; Valerie Wheat; Hunter Hoffmann; Christina Gardner; AJ Arnone; of July 22—29, 2019. Evis; Michelle Matthews; Fr. Charley; Sandra Jones; William During the week there will be a Communion Service Ybarzabal; Don Clark; Fred Everhardt; Thelma Lee; Lela Weber; Janey Yates; Connie St. Pierre; Tino Mones; Mary Gagliano; Patrick only—no Daily Mass. Campo, Sr.; Joyce Serpas; Michael Fernandez; SE Kreiger; Pasqual Alfonso; Henry Dietrich; Sidney Evans, Jr.; Hope Serigne; On July 27th and 28th Fr. Anton will be here to Mr. & Mrs. Caesar; Dona F. Mills; Mary Barker; Bob celebrate the 4:00 pm and 10:00 am Masses. Couch; Linda Gagliano; Rhonda Riley; Norbert Billiot, Sr.; Lisa and Samantha; Paul Remick; Justin Serpas; Rene Poche; Lisa Montelongo; Bobbie Schmitt; Barbara Robin; Lorenza Acosta; Becky Couture Riker; Linda Melerine; ADORATION CHAPELS Stephen Lobre; Barney Koons; Romona Lucas; Paul The Deanery Adoration Chapel located at OLPS invites you to come Serigne; Taylor Tycer; Dan Assevado; Wendy Walls; Kaleah Kate Ma; spend a little time with the Lord in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Robert Oalmann; Campo; Arley Jarammillo; Robert Burns; Come for a few minutes or consider becoming a “committed adorer” Peter Peterson; Anna Morales; Elsie Smith; Philip Deogracias; Beverly for a particular hour. OLPS 8 am to 8 pm Monday-Friday. If anyone Bachemin; Ryan Peltier; Lonny Becnel; Kerry Robertson; Pat would like to be on the committee at OLPS please contact them. Cassagne; Linda Cousin; Jimmy & Dolly Brien; Margie Palmeri; Misty OLPS is need of adorers if you can commit please call them. 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