August 16, 2020 BERNADETTE PARISH   7240 West 12th Avenue Twentieth Sunday in  Lakewood, Colorado 802144712 Ordinary Time

“  What is your gift from God ?  Saint Bernadette Catholic Parish, in the heart of Lakewood, Colorado, is an inclusive Christian community. We are strengthened by the Word of God and the Sacraments, guided by the Holy Spirit, and inspired by our patronesses, The Blessed Mary, Saint Bernadette Soubirous, and Saint . We aspire to live our faith through the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and follow our Lord’s command to call all to discipleship. 

Mass Etiquette  Please come to Mass early enough not to disrupt. Leave late enough not to insult. Worship reverently enough not to distract.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sun.  Aug. 16 8:00 a.m. + Carmen Cammarata   10:00 a.m. Parishioners Continuing with the theme of Faith from last week, this week proves to show a necessity for Faith when Mon. Aug. 17 8:00 a.m. St. the  the supernatural, in this case the demonic shows its  existence in the Gospel. We must accept the reality of Tue. Aug. 18 8:00 a.m. + Ann Valdez  demons, since at root they are angels (which we readily Wed. Aug. 19 8:00 a.m. + Rose Santopietro accept angels that do good) who chose to no longer serve God but serve Satan. These demons;  Thu. Aug. 20 8:00 a.m.  Altar &  function to sow confusion, and many a malady that can be difficult for us to grasp. But basically, they will cause Fri. Aug. 21  8:00 a.m.  Cooper Wisneski disruption with God, disorder, and disunity. Whereas, God serves to show us in Jesus no  Sat. Aug. 22 4:00 p. m.  Ingrid Kolstoe interruption, or communion with Himself, order and  Integrity with God and His creation. The more we seek Sun. Aug. 23  8:00 a.m.  + Pete & Rosanna Zuniga  deep Faith in God, the more possible we will encounter 10:00 a.m. Parishioners the evil which seeks to militate against God. Therefore, even in circumstance where the supernatural evil should exist, we like the Canaanite woman go to Jesus  and persist, relying on His grace to exorcise and Please pray for our chronically ill: command the evil to leave. On a practical level this is Lyndi Abote, Edith Anderson, Clay Ashurst, Teresa Beilfuss, very subtle most of the time, (via the Sacrament of Joya Bumpus Dan Curl, Kelly Davis, Doll,  Confession which is the greatest example outside of Joan Duarte, Alexander Gary, Kevin Howes,  Baptism to expel evil, or using , making George & Pam Johnson, Daniel Kucharski,  the sign of the cross, to name a few) and only in rare Veronica Little, Janet Ludwig, Michael Mancinelli, instances explicit such as found in the movie “The Tom May, Pat Million, Julia Muslanik, Diane Myers,  Exorcist”, which covers the story of young girl  Deacon Phil, Trisha Pacheco, Mary Petrie, Zachary Quick, possessed by a demon that calls for a Solemn Rite of Geno Sirokman, Phil Spaulding, Kathi Stravia Exorcism. How the film portrays the ritual is certainly Jennifer Taylor, Raymond Trujillo,  fantastic, and with many terrifying scenes. Despite Deacon Jim Wall, Janelle Wingert the terror, every exorcism is to bring the person afflicted  by evil to peace by God’s grace in Jesus and His Please pray for our ill:  working through the priest and those praying. With all  that just said, the desire of the Canaanite woman Stephen Ardis, Chad Baker, Nancy Good, for her daughter to be relieved from the demon  Pat Million, Deacon Jim Wall  displayed great faith to Jesus, and Jesus willed to bring  peace to the daughter as well as the mother, and not Please pray for our deceased  allowing her to feel defeated. Lois Holzfaster, Carmen Mejia Vela,   Cecile Montoya, Anita Johnson Vogel My prayer this week for you is: when faced with great  tribulation and evil, may the Lord increase your  Please pray for our service members: Faith, and as we pray the Our Father, may you be   delivered from evil and rest in God’s peace. Brandon Duran, Daniel Fox, Ryan Hart,   James Hittle, Sarah Lowrey,  Remaining by God’s grace, Jonathan Murphy, Maj. Alfredo Romero,   Blake Spaulding, Connor Techentien,  Fr. Joe Donovan Turner A Prayer for our Earth  Allpowerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. We thank you for being with us each day. Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and peace. Amen

The Challenge of Stewardship  Every day we are called by Christ to respond in some way. The more practice we have at giving of ourselves Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time  freely and living in His presence, the easier it is to  I was reading a piece written by an Orthodox Jewish discern that call. Once we hear the call, the choice is woman recently, and I had to laugh. It was just last year ours: will we respond with yes or no? We could say that that she realized that the Canaanites had been living in we are not required to say yes because God has given us the Promised Land for hundreds of years before the  free will. However, our response speaks much to where Hebrews came in from the desert and “took possession” we are in our maturity of faith. When we were children, of it. Nobody told us that people were already living the word “no” used to be one of our favorites. If we there! she shouted. That changes everything! continue to say that as we get older, well, that says  It’s kind of like the first time we figured out Columbus something about where we are in our walk with the didn’t exactly “discover” America. Indigenous people had Lord. If we truly are disciples of Jesus Christ and are been fishing, hunting, and living here for at least ten serious about growing in our faith, we will say “yes.” thousand years before the Europeans arrived. That We are not required to say yes, but we say yes because changes everything. that is who we have become.  That all races through my mind as I envision that brave  Canaanite woman, descendant of one of the early  This is the challenge of a stewardship way of life. Have inhabitants of that land, reaching out to Jesus, begging we matured enough to say yes when God calls,  him to heal her daughter who was being tormented by a regardless of how much our answer may cost us? What  demon (perhaps an unknown mental illness). matters more to us: what it will cost us or our   relationship with Jesus? Some days we will easily be At first he rebukes her, and then becomes delighted at her courageous retort. This is the kind of faith he’s been able to say yes. The grace and love he gives us will be longing for! And it comes from a woman (an outsider in plenty to see us through whatever situation in which we that maledominated world) and a Canaanite. It brings to find ourselves. However, we are imperfect beings and mind Sacagawea, who spoke dual languages, leading there will be days when we are more into ourselves than the way for Lewis and Clark in 1800. A woman, and a him. It is on those days that we find ourselves at a true Shoshone, led them to the Pacific. Two thousand years crossroads of a challenge. The choice is always ours. earlier, the SyroPhoenician woman led the way to a  Hopefully, our faith will be strong enough. His call is radical new understanding of who is beloved by God. never for his own sake. He calls us because the world he  But somehow, even though Jesus praised her faith, it created and the Church he instituted need us. They wait didn’t change everything. We still have systemic  just as he does for our response.  sinfulness in our dealings with the “other,” and,   somehow, those who speak two languages are still made M Tracy Earl Welliver   to feel inferior to those of us (like me) who only speak ©LPi one.  What about the courage of this SyroPhoenician woman touches you?      Kathy McGovern ©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com  Financial Blessings    Offertory August 2…..$ 7,117.80   Welcome to our newest parishioner,  Thank you! Alysia Espinosa and her family. PARISH OFFICE  3032331523 PARISH STAFF Fax # 3032337285 Pastor:  Father McLagan x116 www.stbernadettelakewood.org Deacon:  Deacon Hal Goldwire Email: [email protected] Deaf Ministry: Deacon Joe Benedetto  Dir. of R.E.:  Michelle Bauer x112 PARISH OFFICE HOURS Youth Ministry &  MondayFriday Young Adult Coord.: Frank Trujillo x212 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mon, Tues, Thurs. Deaf Ministry: Sue Metz 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Wed & Fri. Deaf Interpreter: Glenna Cornish  Dir. Of Maintenance: Jerry Stravia x118 MASS SCHEDULE Maintenance:  Jose Silva Saturday (anticipatory): 4:00 p.m. Maintenance:  Fidel Suazo Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Maintenance:  George Herrera Daily: Monday  Friday 8:00 a.m. Office Manager Dorene Woodruff, Notary Public x113 Holy Days: 8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Admin. Assistant: Cynthia Anglada x110 Homebound Ministry: George Sherman  ANOINTING OF THE SICK ~ Anyone seriously ill SAINT KATERI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY may be anointed. Please call the Parish Office or ask to  Sunday Mass: 12:00 p.m. be anointed after any Mass. Please do not wait until  Chaplain:   Father Joe Damhorst the last minute. Deacon:  Deacon Bill Stow  BAPTISM ~ Baptism Preparation classes will be held  Religious Ed.  Margaret Tranekier x117 on the third Monday of the month at 6:30 pm. in the  WELLSPRING CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF ST. BERNADETTE church vestibule for parents and godparents. Please call Principal :   Robert G Bernardin Jr. x002 the Parish Office at 3032331523 to schedule a Baptism Administrative Asst: Alely Holguin x001 Preparation Class   Preschool Director: Karina Campa x004  CONFESSIONS ~ Saturdays 2:30  3:30 p.m. or by   appointment. 1100 Upham St.  3032370401 MARRIAGE ~ Contact the Parish Office at least eight Email: [email protected] months prior to planning your wedding ceremony.  PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL  Mass Intentions Jeanie Mamula  Robert Johnson There are a few Mass intentions available for the  Mike Wisneski remainder of 2020, beginning November 13. Please Al Vaske call or stop by the office if you would like to have a Polly Swainston Mass scheduled. FORMED  Readings for the week of August 16, 2020 Don’t forget to log in to Formed for a variety of helpful religious  content on https://stbernadettelakewood.formed.org  Sunday: Is 56:1, 67/Ps 67:23, 5, 6, 8 [4]/Rom   YOUTH GROUP 11:1315, 2932/Mt 15:2128   Monday: Ez 24:1524/Dt 32:1819, 20, 21 [cf. 18a]/ Please contact Frank @ [email protected] to find out Mt 19:1622 when the group will meet and how to join in. Tuesday: Ez 28:110/Dt 32:2627ab, 27cd28, 30, 35cd36ab [39c]/Mt 19:2330 NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY  Wednesday: Ez 34:111/Ps 23:13a, 3b4, 5, 6 [1]/  Mt 20:116 The Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Denver, under the jurisdiction Thursday: Ez 36:2328/Ps 51:1213, 1415, 1819 of Archbishop J. Aquila, S.T.L. and at the  [Ez 36:25]/Mt 22:114 direction of the Superintendent state that all of their Catholic schools admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights,  Friday: Ez 37:114/Ps 107:23, 45, 67, 89 [1]/Mt privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to  22:3440 students at the schools. Furthermore, Archdiocesan schools admit  Saturday: Ez 43:17ab/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 1112, 13 handicapped students in accord with the policy on  14 [cf. 10b]/Mt 23:112 Admissions. 4.2.1. These schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, handicap, color, national or ethnic origin in the  Next Sunday:Is 22:1923/Ps 138:12, 23, 6, 8 administration of their educational policies, employment practices,  [8bc]/Rom 11:3336/Mt 16:1320 ©LPi scholarship and loan programs, or athletic or other  schooladministered programs.   GOSPEL MEDITATION    August 16, 2020 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time  We are hardwired for wholeness and crave it. When something is broken, we want it fixed. If a part of our body is not working properly, we want it healed. How often do we find ourselves saying, “I’m tired of  struggling with this cold, I can’t wait for my surgery to heal, or I want my treatments to make me better.” Wholeness and healing restore our relationships and make us free to love as we desire. We know very well how our limitations, imperfections, and brokenness really limit us. They can easily prevent us from being and doing what we want to do.  Our physical and emotional wounds and maladies are easier to identify. If my back hurts, I feel it and know what part of my body needs attention. If I am feeling intense anger, I can identify the emotion and take  necessary steps to uncover its cause. Being persistent often brings greater and quicker results. But will  pursuing and even achieving our physical and  emotional healings really be enough? We forget that there is a deeper healing that we seek and desperately need. As we look around at humanity, there are some physical and emotional wounds and scars that cannot be made whole. They are limitations that must remain and, for one reason or another, cannot be rectified. Does this mean that the wholeness and healing that my being longs for is not possible for me? Must I settle with less than what God promises?  The answer is no. Ultimately, there is a desire that goes deeper than the physical and emotional. It is a desire that resides in our soul. What we really seek and thirst for is healing and wholeness for our soul. Inner strength, conviction, focus, grounding, love, hope, faith, courage, determination, peace, and  connectedness are all words that center us on eternity. They direct us to a presence we discover in our core, which is none other than the presence of God. In God, we are healed. When we are persistent in reaching out to and establishing our relationship with God, real healing and wholeness begin to happen.  There are some limitations and some of our  brokenness with which we may simply have to live. This does not mean that we have to abandon our  journey to wholeness and healing. If we have done our inner soul work, we have worked toward and acquired what and who we ultimately need and desire.  ©LPi Towing PLUMBING Save Energy TOGETHER, Conserve Water Moose Hill Ralph’sFoothills Service HEATING Automotive Repair • Foreign • Domestic Cantina COOLING 10% off total bill or catering Quick Lube’s Available (When you bring this ad. Can’t be combined on other offers. Valid for we303.232.6881 grow To-Go Orders.) 11210 W. Alameda WEDDINGS/CATERING available! 303-986-6166 303-777-3037 303-238-6166 Tom Anderson, President Skilled Nursing & Short-Term Rehab www.Braconier.com Located on Colfax & Simms (2 blocks north west)

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