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324 Nicolet Blvd., Menasha WI 54952 Discover! Follow! Worship! & Share Jesus! Phone: 725-8381 Fax: 725-5544 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.stpatricksmenasha.org Mass Times: Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30am Reconciliation: between Sunday masses except on Holidays Parish Office Hours: The office is open by appointment only until further notice. PǂǓNJǔlj SǕǂLJLJ Pastoral Leader (x102):................... Mary F. Krueger ......... 920-419-6990 [email protected] Priest Celebrant: ............................. ............................. Fr. Jim Hablewitz Priest Moderator: ........................... ............................ Fr. Robert Kollath Deacon: .......................... Kurt Grube .......... [email protected] Faith Formation/Youth Ministry (x107): ...................... Natalie Carney ...... [email protected] Discipleship/Communications Coordinator (x103) ... Erin Goyette ..... [email protected] Musician: ..................... Seth Duprey ............... [email protected] Secretary (x101): ... Jeanne Hesprich [email protected] Bookkeeper (x112): .... Scott Richter ...... [email protected] Maintenance (x114): .... Mike Goble ....................... [email protected] PǂǓNJǔlj TǓǖǔǕdždžǔ Kristen Bergstrom ............................. .................. [email protected] Clay Quick ......................................... ....................... [email protected] Consider St. Patrick’s in your Will and Estate Plans. Discover! Follow! Worship! & Share Jesus! 2 DearDe St. Patrick Family, The priest who wrote “On Eagle’s WiWings,” one of the most popular Mass Intentions ChChristian songs in our hymnals, has Sunday, July 5, 2020 pepenned a new tune inspired by the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time cocoronavirus world pandemic. Titled 8:30am In celebration of “Shelter Me,” the new hymn touches on Judy Martin ththemes of social isolation and 10:30am Damie family ununcertainty, based on the text of the bebeloved Psalm 23. Fr. Joncas adapted A Sanctuary the psalmist’s sentiments to respond to our present anxieties. Candle burns When I saw an article in ALETEIA about this new song, I this week from listened to both Fr. Joncas and Spiritu sing it. I then asked Seth to June 28-July 4 in learn and play this song for us during COVID. Hopefully, you will be loving memory of hearing it this weekend and on weekends to come. Here are the Viler & Gertrude lyrics: Zilsch. SHELTER ME (by Father Michael Joncas) Shepherd and sheep, my God and I: to fresh green fields You led my steps in days gone by. You gave me rest by quiet springs Monday (Sts. Peter and Paul, and filled my soul with peace Your loving presence brings. Apostles): Acts 12:1-11/Ps 34:2- 9/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19 Refrain: O shelter me, O shelter me: Tuesday (The First Martyrs of the way ahead is dark and difficult to see. the Holy Roman Church): Am O shelter me, O shelter me: 3:1-8; 4:11-12/Ps 5:4b-8/Mt 8:23 all will be well if only You will shelter me. -27 Yet now I tread a diff’rent way; Wednesday (St. Junípero Serra, death dogs my path with stealthy steps from day to day. Priest): Am 5:14-15, 21-24/Ps I cannot find Your peaceful place 50:7-13, 16bc-17/Mt 8:28-34 but dwell in dreary darkness, longing for Your face. Thursday: Am 7:10-17/Ps 19:8- 11/Mt 9:1-8 Refrain Friday (St. Thomas, Apostle): I will look back in days to come Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2/Jn 20:24-29 and realize Your faithfulness has led me home. Within Your house I’ll find my peace, Saturday (Independence Day): trusting that in Your mercy You have sheltered me. Am 9:11-15/Ps 85:9ab, 10-14/Mt 9:14-17 Bravo to Fr. Michael for his composition! It is gentle and Sunday (14th Sunday in comforting for our spirits, positive and much needed with so much Ordinary Time; Independence negativity surrounding us! Day): Zec 9:9-10/Ps 145:1-2, 8- We have seen the usual extremes that seem to come out in 11, 13-14/Rom 8:9, 11-13/Mt human behavior during a crisis. Some politicians and citizens seem to 11:25-30 be more set on their narrow interests than on the common good. However, we can take heart from the bravery of our medical personnel, police, firemen and women, those in essential businesses, those stocking our grocery shelves, etc. Plus, those parents who are trying to continue working from home while taking on another full- time job of homeschooling their children along with online teachers. Let this song wash over you. Even in the midst of a world pandemic and extreme anxiety, we can be grateful for God’s protection. ~Mary K. ‘Say to the LORD, “My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust.” He will rescue you from the fowler’s snare, from the destroying plague … (Psalm 91:2-3) Discover! Follow! Worship! & Share Jesus! 3 GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE When we were baptized, we were baptized into Christ’s death. Take a moment to ponder these profound words. We were baptized into death. In every sense of the word, we are asked to die. This is not just about our final death but about daily deaths due to inconvenience, discomfort, pain, loss, or others’ needs. This is an incredible epiphany given the way we very often approach our lives. We do everything to avoid death, let alone encounter it! Many avoid pain, discomfort, inconvenience, uneasiness, change, interference, and suffering of any kind. We put a lot of energy into finding the easiest and least inconvenient way through many things. Even holding the door open for a stranger or saying hello to someone in the store can be major undertakings. We are called to die. One of the biggest wake-up calls we can have is realizing that life is not about us! There are millions of other people sharing life on this planet with whom I have a relationship. Does my life celebrate those relationships? The most distracting question we can ask is, “What do I want to do?” The more focused, faith-filled question is, “What do I need to do?” What I need to do may not be what I want to do. However, asking this question more frequently will teach us how to more purposefully and intentionally live so we can be a life giving vessel for others. When we learn to live more sacrificially, to put the needs of others before our own, and to not always seek our own self-interest, we become aware of what baptism into Christ’s death is really all about. These are the roots of virtue and the seedbed for justice, tolerance, solidarity, love, and peace. Learning how to accept all the “small deaths” and sacrifices life calls us to teaches us how to approach our final death. All deaths ask us to empty ourselves into something or someone else. Whether we empty ourselves into the heart and soul of another human being or empty ourselves into God at the moment of our final death, new life is always received and nurtured. A heart that exclusively seeks its own interest is a heart that is closed to love. A heart that pours itself out to others and is content with being emptied is a heart that has been touched by and open to mercy. It is a heart that overflows with joy. ©LPi Everyday Stewardship— Recognize God in Your Ordinary Moments God Is Love I was recently at a Catholic conference and had a conversation with someone living in the thick of Hollywood culture. He was Catholic and spoke of how hard it was to live out his faith amid tremendous temptation and negativity toward religion. He spoke about how going to daily Mass helped to keep him centered and stay strong in his faith. He was a great witness to living out one’s faith in the face of disbelief. One thing that he told me stood out above all the rest. He spoke of his engagement to his fiancé and how important it was to him that God was a major part of their relationship and their lives as individuals as well. He told me he said something to her like, “If you don’t love Jesus more than you love me, this is never going to work.” What an amazing and truly moving witness! Songs and books are written about the intense longing one human being can have for another. We can describe another as meaning everything to us. We speak of wanting to offer our complete selves to our beloved. However, true love is about more than wanting to be with that person. It is about wanting that person to know a love even greater than theirs: the love of God. No love can last without God. My Hollywood friend knew this to be the case. He showed his true love for his wife-to-be by sharing more than himself — he shared the very One who created love. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS Discover! Follow! Worship! & Share Jesus! 4 Norbertine Center for WHY DO WE DO THAT? Spirituality Upcoming FREE Catholic Life Explained Digital Presentations. Because of COVID-19 Calling Priests Father restrictions, these programs will Question: Why do Catholics call priests Father ? only be offered online. For Answer: One of the common objections evangelical more information, call Christians have to Catholics is our practice of calling 920.337.4315 or priests by the title Father. They will often cite a www.norbertines.org/events/ passage in Matthew’s Gospel in which Jesus tells his followerfollowers:s: “Call no ononee ncs. on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (23:19). It seems pretty straightforward, but when we put this verse in context, we see that Storytime with Friends Jesus is speaking out against religious leaders who had forgotten what their Tues, June 30 from 6:30- proper role was and who were bad examples through their own hypocrisy and 7:30pm.