of Louis King of France The Old Cathedral

209 Walnut Street Saint Louis, Missouri 63102 FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE RIVER Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2020

PARISH FOUNDED IN 1770 PRESENT CHURCH DEDICATED IN 1834 Sunday October 18 Friday October 23 8:00 AM Yolanda Pascual Sarmiento 7:00 AM Joyce & Keith Carlton 10:30 AM Charles L. Drury, Sr. 12:10 PM Emilie & John Duker (popularly known as the Old Cathedral) (Live Streamed) & Family 12:00 PM Parish Family 209 Walnut Street 5:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Saturday October 24 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 7:00 AM Larry Fahrner Monday October 19 5:30 PM In Thanksgiving of Phone: 314.231.3250 7:00 AM Jim Petersen & Family The Old Cathedral Email: [email protected] 12:10 PM Tony Mortellaro Sunday October 25 Website: www.oldcathedralstl.org Tuesday October 20 8:00 AM In Thanksgiving of 7:00 AM George M. Dankocsik The Old Cathedral 12:10 PM Joyce Heberlie 10:30 AM Parish Family (Live Streamed) Wednesday October 21 12:00 PM In Thanksgiving of 7:00 AM John Walsh The Old Cathedral 12:10 PM Bernadine, Michael 5:00 PM In Thanksgiving of & Anna Cody The Old Cathedral

Sunday Masses Thursday October 22 5:30 PM (Saturday Evening) 7:00 AM Marion Felztrenery & Family 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12 NOON, 12:10 PM Luis M. Ventura and 5:00 PM Live Stream Mass

The 10:30 AM Mass is live streamed each Sunday. Daily Masses You can access the live streams through the link on our homepage at: Monday through Friday www.oldcathedralstl.org 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM SATURDAY– 7:00 AM

Readings for the week of October 18, 2020

Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6/Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 [7b]/1 Thes 1:1-5b/Mt 22:15-21 Monday: Eph 2:1-10/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4ab, 4c-5 [3b]/Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Eph 2:12-22/Ps 85:9ab-10, 11-12, 13-14 [cf. 9]/Lk 12:35-38 Confessions Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12/Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 [cf. 3]/Lk 12:39-48 Daily, 11:30 AM—12:00 PM Thursday: Eph 3:14-21/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 [5b]/Lk 12:49-53 Saturdays, 4:30 PM—5:15 PM Friday: Eph 4:1-6/Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 [1]/Lk 13:1-9 Marriage Next Sunday: Ex 22:20-26/Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 [2]/1 Thes 1:5c-10/Mt 22:34-40 Please arrange at least six months in advance of the desired date. Observances for the week of October 18, 2020 To reserve a date or for more information, please contact Sunday: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Mission Sunday Tracy Marklein at 314.231.3250. Monday: Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Tuesday: St. Paul of the Cross, Priest Devotions Wednesday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Perpetual Help Devotions: Thursday: St. John Paul II, Pope Tuesdays, 12:00 PM Friday: St. John of Capistrano, Priest Saturday: St. Anthony Mary Claret, Next Sunday: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Priesthood Sunday

We welcome our devoted parishioners, neighbors who come so Sunday, 10/11/20 Weekly Giving regularly, our downtown working people, Saint Louisans of all faiths and our many visitors from all over Online Donations $815.00 The Old Cathedral has long been the world. Sunday Collection $3789.00 recognized as one of the most historic and Serving you in this beautiful beautiful churches of its time. Old Cathedral is a privilege. Total $4604.00 Our parish is proud of its more than 240 Father Nicholas Smith year history as a self-supporting Roman Rector Catholic Parish. Your presence, prayer and Director, Office of Sacred Worship generous kindness continue to make it so. Instructor, Kenrick -Glennon Seminary

Father Charles Samson Your weekly envelope donations can still be made by mail or in person by check at the In Residence Old Cathedral rectory or you can set up online donations at oldcathedralstl.org. Faculty, Kenrick -Glennon Seminary By uniting as a parish community and with continued prayer, we will face these

challenging times with faith together.

Basilica of Saint Louis, King Dear Old Cathedral Parishioners and Visitors:

Our allegiance to country – be it the United States or other nation – is important, but never more important than our allegiance to God. Our primary identity is not as citizens of a particular country, but as children of God. It is God to whom we belong, first and foremost. This is the message of today’s readings.

Our first reading from Isaiah is about Cyrus, king of Persia, to whom the Lord gave power to subdue the Babylonians. Cyrus then allowed the captive Israelites to return to Jerusalem. This rebellion was accomplished, not for the sake of Cyrus or his kingdom, but for God’s glory. Of primary importance is not belonging to the Babylonians or Persians, but belonging to God and knowing that there is none other besides him.

In the Gospel, Jesus’ opponents try to entrap him on the question of taxation. Jesus’ response is, repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God. Caesar’s image and inscription are on the Roman coin. Thus, they belong to Caesar.

Jesus does not ask, but the next question is implied: Where do we find God’s image and inscription? The answer is, in us, his children. God created us in his image and inscribed his law on our hearts. No matter what their allegiance to , Jesus’ message to his opponents is that they belong to God. Caesar may claim the coins to be his own, but he cannot claim people; they are claimed by God.

We are God’s, we belong to him. We must repay to God what belongs to God. How do we do this? We do this by giving God our very selves: loving him with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind. We do this by giving God the best we have to offer: our first fruits of time, talent, and treasure. We do this by giving God our primary allegiance: putting God first, before nations or kingdoms, political or economic systems, institutions or ideologies.

Participating in the Eucharist, we are united with Christ and one another in offering our very selves to God. The grace of the sacrament strengthens our unity and allegiance to the One to whom we belong, now and forever.

Blessing upon your week. Stay safe!!

-Father Smith

The Four Churches of the Old Cathedral

Originally nomadic priests would celebrate mass in tents. In 1770, located west of the Laclede-Chouteau mansion, the first log church was built. Over the years this little church would prove to be a pillar for the growing village, and what would evolve into the city of St. Louis. As St. Louis would grow, the church would be rebuilt three more times.

By 1776, St. Louis had grown as a village. The little log church was too small for the growing village. A new log church was erected. This church would last for 44 years. During this time the church became a cathedral. It was called “Church of the Palisades.” This church would stand until the arrival of Bishop Louis William DuBourg.

Bishop DuBourg immediately put plans in place to build a new brick cathedral. On March 29, 1818, the cornerstone was laid. The cornerstone would contain two papers: one was the Story of the Founding of St. Louis and the second was a recollection of the ceremony, signed by the bishop, the priests present, and the building committee. Within the cathedral would be Old World treasures. There were paintings from King Louis XVIII of France., sacred vases, ornaments, gold embroideries as well as, gifts from France, , , and the Netherlands. Many of these artifacts can be seen in the Old Cathedral Museum. Although Bishop DuBourg hoped to have this brick church as the cathedral, the building would remain partially built.

Louis William DuBourg would step down as Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas. Following his resignation, St. Louis would become its own diocese. Reverend Joseph Rosati would become the first bishop. He saw the conditions of the incomplete brick cathedral and commissioned a new stone cathedral to be built in its place. The cornerstone for the new cathedral was laid on August 1, 1831 and the construction was completed by autumn of 1834. Just like Bishop DuBourg, Bishop Rosati had a cornerstone where he placed a piece a parchment with the founding of St. Louis and a description of the dedication. This is the cathedral that stands today, thanks to Bishop Joseph Rosati.

Bryan Buer, Old Cathedral Historian

Saint Isaac Jogues and Saint John de Brebeuf, priests, religious, missionaries, martyrs, and Companions, martyrs (October 19): Saint Isaac Jogues (January 10, 1607-October 18, 1646) was a Jesuit priest, missionary, and martyr, who traveled and worked among the native populations in North America. In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawks at their vil- lage of Ossernenon, a site near present-day Auriesville, New York. Jogues, John de Brebeuf, and six other martyred missionaries, all Jesuit priests or laymen associated with them, were canonized in 1930; they are known as “The North American Martyrs.”

Saint Paul of the Cross, priest and religious founder (October 20): (January 3, 1694-October 18, 1775) was an Italian mystic, and the founder of the Passionists. Paul experienced a conversion to a life of prayer at the age of 19. It became his lifelong conviction that God is most easily found in the Passion of Christ. When he was 26 years old, Saint Paul had a series of prayer-experiences which made it clear to him that God was inviting him to form a community who would live an evangelical life and promote the love of God revealed in the Passion of Jesus. They came to be known as the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ or the Passionists. More than two thousand of his letters, most of them letters of spiritual direction, have been preserved. He died on October 16, 1775, at the Retreat of John and Paul (SS. Giovanni e Paolo). Saint Paul of the cross was beatified in 1852 and canonized in 1867.

Pope Saint John Paul II (October 22): Saint John Paul II, born Karol Jozef Wojtyla (May 18, 1920-April 2, 2005) served as Pope from 1978 to 2005. He was elected by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who was elected in August after the death of Pope Paul VI, died after thirty-three days. Then-Cardinal Wojtyla was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted his predecessor’s name in tribute to him. He is recognized as helping to end Communist rule in his native and eventually all of Europe. He significantly improved the ’s relations with Judaism, Islam, The , and the Anglican Communion. He upheld the Church’s teachings on such matters as artificial contraception and the ordination of women, and also supported the Church’s Second Vatican Council and its reforms. He was one of the most traveled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonized 483 saints. Saint John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history. Elected on October 16, 1978, he officially inaugurated his pastorate s Bishop of Rome on October 22, 1978.

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (October 23): Saint John of Capistrano, June 24, 1386-October 23, 1456, was a Franciscan and priest from the Italian town of Capistrano, . Famous as a preacher, theologian, inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname “the soldier saint” when in 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading at the siege of . He is the patron saint of , jurists, and military chaplains, as well as the namesake of the Franciscan missions San Juan Capistrano in Southern California, and Saint Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Texas.

Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop and religious founder (October 24): Saint Anthony Mary Claret, C.M.F, December 23, 1807-October 24, 1870, was a Catalan Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary, and was confessor of Isabella II of Spain. He founded the congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly called the Claretians.

All you holy men and women of God, pray for us.

November – Month of the Faithful Departed

During the month of November, we dedicate our prayers to assist our faithful departed brothers and sisters in Purgatory who are still purifying themselves from the remains of sin. Our bonds with them, especially our deceased relatives and friends, do not end with their death.

As Pope Saint John Paul II said: “We feel bound by charity to offer those brothers and sisters who have experienced the fragility proper to human existence the help of our vigilant prayer. May whatever residue of human weakness still remaining in them to delay their happy encounter with God be definitively wiped out” (Address, 2 November 1982).

During November, parishioners and visitors to the Old Cathedral will have the opportunity to write the names of deceased family and friends in the Book of the Dead, which will be located outside the east side of the sanctuary near the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Those names will be remembered at all Masses celebrated in November. A placard reminding us in our charity to pray for the faithful departed will be placed nearby with a sanctuary lamp that will burn during the entire month as a sign of our prayers ascending to God for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith.

May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. ARCHBISHOP’S COLUMN

Archbishop Let’s allow Jesus to be the capstone of our lives Mitchell T. Rozanski One of St. John Paul II’s teachings was if we contemplate the mystery of Christ, we learn who we are meant to be

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

I have St. John Paul II’s hockey stick!

When he came to St. Louis in 1999, St. John Paul II was given a hockey stick signed by the St. Louis Blues. Now, that hockey stick is not only a memento but a relic. And, as Archbishop of St. Louis, I have inherited it!

I mention that for several reasons. First, because we celebrate the feast day of St. John Paul II on Oct. 22. Second because, as someone who was named a bishop by Pope John Paul II in 2004, it is amazing that I now live in a house where he stayed. Third and last, because I think he has something important to teach us.

One of his favorite quotes — often repeated in his speaking and writing — came from paragraph 22 of “Gaudium et Spes,” one of the documents of Vatican II. The quote is this: “The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light … Christ, the final Adam, by the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear.”

If we contemplate the mystery of Christ, we learn who we are meant to be. And apart from Christ, we remain a mystery to ourselves.

This favorite idea of St. John Paul II echoes something that St. Paul says in the readings this week, the 29th week of Ordinary Time. He tells the Ephesians that Jesus is the “capstone” of the household of God, and that “through Him the whole structure is held together.”

Ancient languages didn’t have separate words for “capstone” and “cornerstone.” But ancient architects knew as well as modern architects that a “capstone” is the final piece that holds an arch together. When the capstone is put in place, everything fits together. And if that capstone is missing, everything falls apart.

What a fitting analogy for Christ! And how fitting that we should reflect on it, since the world’s greatest example of an arch is right here in St. Louis.

In his first homily as pope, St. John Paul said that we should “open wide the doors to Christ,” letting Him be the capstone not only of our personal lives, but also of our social, political and economic systems. Many people know, from personal experience, how their lives fall apart without God. It seems fair to say that the last several decades have shown us how a culture can fall apart, more and more drastically, without God.

So, here are some encouragements this week. First, let’s allow Jesus to be the capstone of our lives. Second, let’s offer Jesus to others as the one who can help their lives to come together, especially in times when they’re falling apart. And last, as we think about voting, let’s think seriously about how we can let God be the capstone of our social, political and economic systems. In God, everything holds together; without God everything falls apart. FUNERAL HOME 2906 GRAVOIS 772-3000 10151 GRAVOIS 842-4458 5255 LEMAY FERRY 894-4500

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