St. Anthony the Abbot Catholic Church Courageously Living the Gospel Dec.8 2020 —Dec.8 2021 July 4, 2021 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “ ...and many who heard him were astonished. They said, ‘ Where did is man get a is? What kind of wisdom has bn given him? What mighty dds are ought by his hands!’ —” MARK 6:2 Mass Weekdays: Reconciliation: Welcome to Monday—Saturday Saturday 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. or St. Anthony the Abbot 8:00 a.m. by appointment by calling Wednesday the parish oice Catholic Church 7:00 p.m. Traditional Latin Sacrament of the Sick: We are a Catholic community Mass Weekends: Aer Mass or upon request. dedicated to growth in Faith, Saturday Please call the oice in advance. Prayer, and Service. 4:00 p.m. Vigil Marriage Preparation: Sunday Please call the oice at least 20428 Cortez Blvd. 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. six months prior. Brooksville, FL 34601 11:30 a.m. Traditional Latin www.stanthonytheabbot.org The best Catholic content [email protected] All Masses are Livestreamed at all in one place. Register at (352) 796-2096 St. Anthony’s Facebook page www.FORMED.org (352) 796 -7144 fax Access Code: 4KR96N FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 4, 2021 Mass Intentions and Weekly Readings Mass Intentions CDEF-CDGH Saturday, July 3 Anthony Mary Zaccaria FIJKL DJM— JNOM D 4:00 p.m. Douglas Fox † Sunday, July 4 8:00 a.m. Living and Deceased Members of St. Anthony the Abbot Parish 10:00 a.m. Bob Kettrick † 11:30 a.m. Ingrid Dreibus † Monday, July 5 8:00 a.m. Rose Abusaid † Tuesday, July 6 8:00 a.m. Noah & Robin Jacobson & Chil- dren Wednesday, July 7 8:00 a.m. Robert Valladares & Family † rained as a medical doctor nabas in Milan. Despite church Thursday, July 8 in northern Italy, Anthony opposition, the order won praise 8:00 a.m. Raymond & Thelma Wright T also was drawn to teach- for its care of plague victims, and Friday, July 9 ing religion to the poor. He decid- was formally approved by the 8:00 a.m. Robert Vallaradares & Family † ed to switch vocations and was pope in 1533. Anthony was elect- ordained a priest in 1528. In 1530 ed the first provost general but Saturday, July 10 he and two Milanese noblemen resigned to open a second house 8:00 a.m. Patrick Redmond founded an order of reforming in Vicenza. He fell gravely ill 4:00 p.m. Thomas Busacca † priests, the Clerics Regular of St. while giving a parish mission and died at his mother’s home. He Sunday, July 11 Paul, more commonly known as Barnabites, a/er their first head- was canonized in 1897. 8:00 a.m. Living and Deceased quarters at the Church of St. Bar- Members of St. Anthony Quote from St. John Paul II, copyright © 2002, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City State. All rights the Abbot Parish reserved. Used with permission. Copyright ©2018 Catholic News Service–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC. All rights reserved. 10:00 a.m. Ellsworth W. & Bruce Thomas † 11:30 a.m. Cheryl (Shan) Sharp Readings for the week of July 4, 2021 SAINT MARIA GORETTI Sunday, July 4, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time FEAST DAY JULY 6 Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10; Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4; Mk 6:1-6a Monday, July 5, Weekday [Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; Saint Elizabeth of Portugal] Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday, July 6, Weekday [Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr] Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b and 15; Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday, July 7, Weekday Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday, July 8, Weekday Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Mt 10:7-15 Friday, July 9, Weekday “HE LOVES, HE HOPES, HE WAITS, [Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs] OUR LORD PREFERS TO WAIT, Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mt 10:16-23 HIMSELF,FOR THE SINNER Saturday, July 10, Weekday [Blessed Virgin Mary] RATHER THAN KEEP US WAITING Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Mt 10:24-33 FOR AN INSTANT.” Sunday, July 11, — SAINT MARIA GORETTI Fi4eenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 7:12-15/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14; Mk 6:7-13 ©Tracy L. Christianson at www.portraitsofsaints.com ST. ANTHONY THE ABBOT CATHOLIC CHURCH BROOKSVILLE, FL Weekly Message from Fr. Pecchie My Dear Friends in Christ, St. Germaine of Pibrac was so gentle and wise, in fact, that God gave a truly inspiring exam- couldn't wait to get her home to heaven, ple of what it means to and she died in her sleep when she was only 22-years both hear and heed God's -old. She heard the voice of God's love in those voice. She was a French church bells, and she heeded what she heard. girl from a middle class Praised Be Jesus Christ! family who lived in the late 1500s. A childhood illness It was hard for the people of the Old Testa- le/ her with a crippled ment to hear and heed God's word. It was also hard hand, and a/er her mother for the people of Jesus' home town to do so. If that's died when she was quite the case, we should not be surprised if there are sea- young, her father remarried. When her stepmother sons and situations in our own lives when we also started having children, Germaine began to be treat- find it hard. Our fallen human nature is like spiritual ed more like a servant than a family member. gravity; it's always pulling us towards following the easy path of comfort and self-indulgence, to go with She had to sleep in the flow of popular culture. a cupboard under- neath the stairs. Today we can ask ourselves: What has God And during the day, been saying to us that we have been resisting? It even though she may have something to do with a relationship - was only nine-years someone we need to forgive, or ask forgiveness from, -old and had a crip- for example. It may be bringing some long-hidden pled hand, she was sins to the fountain of God's mercy in confession. It sent out into the may be some part of Church teaching that the world fields to watch over around us disagrees with, and which we have not the family's small accepted or tried to understand more deeply. Or it flock of sheep. They may be an interior nudge from the Holy Spirit to go just wanted to keep deeper in our prayer life, to take a step towards our her out of the way, true vocation, or to make a change of direction in it seemed. But she some other way that has long been weighing on our ©Tracy L. Christianson at www.portraitsofsaints.com had a strong faith. hearts. She made a little rosary by tying knots in a God's wisdom, power, and goodness are string, and she would pray as she watched over the infinite and unbreakable. When he asks us to sheep. change, in little ways or big ways, it's always because he loves us and he is drawing us towards spiritual As she grew older, she would also gather oth- excellence. The residents of Nazareth resisted that er children from the village and teach them the cate- draw, that change, and as a result, Jesus "was not chism. And she never missed Mass. Even if she was able to perform any mighty deed there." out in the fields, as soon as she heard the church bells chime, indicating that Mass was going to start, Today, let us promise to hear and also to she would stick her shepherd's sta> in the ground, heed him, every day, so that his mighty deeds will tell her guardian angel to take care of the sheep, and have free rein to work wonders in our lives. then walk over to the church to attend the Holy Sac- rifice. Her guardian angel did a good job; she never Oremus pro Invicem lost a sheep. What is even more important, she grew in holiness and happiness, becoming an inspiration Fr. Pecchie and example even for her harsh stepmother. She FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 4, 2021 Ministry Information Pastor’s Class Join Fr. Pecchie to study and learn as he shares the truths of God’s Word, and enjoy the fellowship of other people like you. Adult Faith Formation Mondays 7:00 p.m. Practitioner Thursdays 9:00 a.m. Rite of Christian Education Program Initiation for Adults ST. ANTHONY THE ABBOT St. Gianna's Center is hosting a Prac- KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS titioner Education Program (Phase I) COUNCIL 6800 If you or someone you know July 6-13, 2021. would like to know more about This is a 13 month supervised ac- Donuts and Coee the Catholic Church and how to Please join us for co>ee and donuts credited education program for any- a/er Sunday Masses.