7 October 2018 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Weekly Bulletin for the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling, West Virginia Vol. 7, No. 45 In this Issue: 40-Hours Devotion 2 Month of the Rosary 3 Rector’s Ruminations 4 Christian Awareness 5 Saint Joseph Cathedral Parish is called to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a community. We are committed: to our urban neighborhoods, to being the Cathedral of the Diocese, and to fellowship, formation, sacrament, and prayer. 40 Hours ThisAt The Cathedral Week DEVOTION October 7 - 14, 2018 In Reparation for Sins vvvvv and For Healing of the Church SUN TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7 40 HOURS DEVOTION 6:00 pm Mass for Mary Albanese October 7 - 9, 2018 8:00 am Mass for Shirley Sheets 9:15 am Religious Education Classes The Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Wheeling, West Virginia, 10:30 am Mass for the Parishioners will host a 40-Hours Devotion in Reparation for Sins and for Opening Mass of 40-Hours Devotion the Healing of the Church, beginning Sunday, October 7, 2018 Eucharistic Procession with the 10:30 Mass and Eucharistic Procession and ending with 6:00 pm Vespers a Mass at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. This prolonged time of Eucharistic Adoration is meant to MON Weekday in Ordinary Time provide the opportunity to offer prayers for reparation and 8 40 HOURS DEVOTION healing – healing of victims of sexual abuse and for the healing of 11:15 am Confessions the Catholic Church. It is particularly fitting that this 40-Hours 12:05 pm Mass for Joyce Sample Devotion is being held at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, the 7:00 pm Infant of Prague Novena Mother Church for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, as the faithful are also encouraged to pray for the appointment of a new TUE Saint Denis, bishop, and Companions, martyrs; Diocesan Bishop. 9 Saint John Leonardi, priest For over 500 years, Forty Hours or Quarant’Ore has been 40 HOURS DEVOTION regarded as one of the most beautiful of all Catholic devotions. The Blessed Sacrament is solemnly exposed for 40 hours outside 11:15 am Confessions the tabernacle and continuously adored by the faithful. In past 12:05 pm Mass for Ruth Rogers centuries, especially in the late Middle Ages, people turned to the 6:00 pm Closing Mass of 40-Hours Devotion Blessed Sacrament, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, during times of trial and crisis. The faithful would come in shifts before WED Weekday in Ordinary Time the Sacrament seeking God’s intercession during events threat- 10 12:05 pm Mass for Frances Amato ening the local community. Three special dimensions have sur- rounded this devotion: the protection from evil and temptation; reparation for our own sins and for the Poor Souls in Purgatory; THU Saint John XXIII, pope 11 and deliverance from political, material or spiritual calamities. 12:05 pm Mass for Nicholas & Nimnoom Ghaphery Here the faithful implore the Lord Jesus to pour forth his abundant graces not only for themselves, but also for their neighbors, not FRI Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, priest only for their own personal needs, but also for those of the church 12 and the world. 11:15 am Confessions The 40-Hours Devotion at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph will 12:05 pm Mass for Dr. Adiel Anghie begin with a Solemn Opening Mass followed by an outdoor Eu- charistic Procession on Sunday, October 7 at 10:30 a.m. After SAT Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary the procession, the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance will 13 9:00 am Mass be placed on the main altar of the Cathedral for an extended 9:30 am Rosary period of adoration. The Church will remain open each day 5:00 pm Confessions until midnight. In addition to an abundance of time for private 6:00 pm Mass for Most Rev. John J. Kain adoration, several public prayers will be included in the schedule, (Anniversary of Death - 1903) such as the recitation of the Liturgy of Hours. There will also be numerous opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The SUN 40-Hours Devotion will conclude on Tuesday, October 9 at 6:00 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 14 p.m. with the Solemn Closing Mass for the Forgiveness of Sins, 8:00 am Mass for Frank Pasden followed by a Eucharistic Procession and Benediction. 9:15 am Religious Education Classes A detailed schedule of events may be found on the Cathedral 10:30 am Mass for the Parishioners website at www.saintjosephcathedral.com or on the flyers in the vvvvv narthex of the church. 2 The Cathedral Courier October 7, 2018 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time In your charity, please keep in your prayers: Numbers 11:25-29 • Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 James 5:1-6 • Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Arthur Danehart, Austin Cook, Barb Mazzocca, Today’s readings give us a wonderful refresher on the Biblical Bertha Wurtzbacher, Betty Teater, Bill Wilson, Bob origins of the Sacrament of Marriage, going all the way back to Armstrong, Bob Jones, Brogan Gallentine, Caleb the second chapter of Genesis in our First Reading, and then Hlebiczki, Charles Heizer, Children of the Youth reinforced by Jesus in our Gospel Reading from St. Mark. Services System, Chuck Fair, Darleen Williams, David In Mark’s Gospel, the section on marriage is immediately A. Kress, Jr., Dustin Ronevich, Eva Wood, Father Joseph followed by the injunction to be like a child if we want to enter Wilhelm, Frank Davis, Fred Herink, Gail Koch, George the kingdom of God. Jesus challenges the Pharisees (and us) Kirchner, Haley Carter, Helen Chiazza, Hines Rotriga, to be faithful to God’s commands by being open and trusting James Benner, Jane Rudari, Marlene Martin, Janet Cupp, like a child. While marriage is designed to produce both a Janie, Jean and Chuck Schultz, Jim Antill, Jim and Dee, loving relationship and children, all people (whether married Jimmy Hocking, John Petrella, Jon-Michael Lasher, or not) are invited to acquire the heart of a child. Judy Pack, Julia Sheets, Kathy Cooley, Kermit Klos- In the week ahead, let us offer some prayers for those who terman, Liam Manning, Lukie Brown, Margaret Stocke, are married and for those who are struggling in their marriage. Mark Davis, Martha Yocum, Mary Alice Florio, Mary Ask the Lord to assist them in recommitting themselves to each Ann Fowler, Mary K. Schlosser, Mary Walicki, Michael other. You may also wish to pray for those who are separated DeBlasis, Milissa Rose, Milly Burke, Mona Wurtzbach- or divorced that they may find peace and forgiveness. Pray er, Nadine Greenwood, Norma Bosold, Paul Camil- also for yourselves that you may develop the heart of a child letti, Patricia Kaliscz, Pete Mack, R. J. Stocke, Richard which is open to God’s will. ¦ Simon, Rick Burgy, Ron Hickman, Rosalie Davis, Sarah Hanasky, Sarah Sargent, Shirley DeCaria, Stanley Kyrc, Stephanie Bugaj, Susan Graff, Susan Mize, Susan October: Month of the Most Holy Rosary Schulte, Tammy, Thelma Pearson, Thomas Griffith, On October 7, we celebrate a well-loved memorial in honor Trystan Timmons, Victoria Jeskey of the Rosary, and according to a long standing tradition, the entire month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. In the Rosary, with its sequence of prayers and Cleaning Supplies mysteries, we contemplate the Gospel in company with the Drive Blessed Virgin Mary. As St. John Paul II wrote in 2002, “the Rosary….is a prayer loved by countless Saints and encour- October 20 & 21 The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace aged by the Magisterium. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of The Cathedral parish will be for those who cultivate peace. the Mother of the Redeemer” (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 1). hosting a cleaning supplies drive to benefit the Catholic Cleaning supplies will Pope Francis has invited all the faithful of all the world to Charities Neighborhood Center. — James 3:18 be collected during the weekend of October 20-21 pray the Holy Rosary daily during the entire Marian month and will be delivered to the Center on October 22. Boxes October. According to the communique from the Vatican will be available in the Cathedral church to deposit the Press Office, the Holy Father wants all to join in communion supplies. The Neighborhood Center is particularly in and in penitence, as the people of God, in asking the Holy need of the following supplies, but will gladly accept and Mother of God and Saint Michael the Archangel to protect use any supplies: the Church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us Bleach Carpet or floor cleaner from God and from each other. Toilet Bowl Cleaner Dish Sponge Multi-Purpose Cleaner Steel Wool scrubbers Pine Sol Fabric Softener Comet/Ajax Powder Toilet Paper INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE NOVENA Wood/Furniture Cleaner Paper Towels at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph Dish Liquid/Detergent Laundry Detergent Lysol Dryer Sheets Glass Cleaner The “I Am” Statements of Christ Week IV - October 8 “The Gate” Weekly Collection Rev. Mr. Douglas Breiding September 30, 2018 Deacon, Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling Envelopes: $2454 Loose: $890 Nine Consecutive Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Online: $229 Please join us! Thank you for your generosity and support. Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 Rector’s Ruminations Saint Luke saying, “Only Luke is with me” (2 BY REV. MSGR. KEVIN M. QUIRK Tim 4:11). Indeed, the last of the “we sections” in Acts corroborates his week, as we continue our other author.