THE OLD CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Founded in 1770 present Church dedicated in 1834 Twenty second Sunday in ordinary time August 29, 2021 Archbishop of St. Louis Sunday Masses Confessions 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil) Daily, 11:30 AM—12:00 PM The Most Reverend 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, Saturdays, 4:30 PM—5:15 PM Mitchell T. Rozanski and 5:00 PM Daily Masses Marriage Rector Monday through Friday Please arrange at least six months in Father Nicholas Smith 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM advance of the desired date. Director, Office of Sacred Worship SATURDAY– 7:00 AM To reserve a date, or for more Faculty, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary information, please contact Live Stream Mass Tracy Marklein at 314-308-0091 In Residence 7:00 AM Weekdays & 10:30 AM Sunday [email protected] Father Charles Samson Access the live streams at: oldcathedralstl.org Baptisms Assistant Professor, Kenrick-Glennon Devotions Sundays, following the12:00 PM Mass Seminary Perpetual Help Devotions: Please call 314-231-3250 to arrange Tuesdays, 12:00 PM Readings for the week of August 29, 2021 MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, August 29 Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 [1a]/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 8:00 AM Parish Family 27/Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 10:30 AM Carol Marie Cummings Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18/Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Lk (Live Streamed) 4:16-30 12:00 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 4:31-37 5:00 PM Gerald Matt Wednesday: Col 1:1-8/Ps 52:10, 11 [10]/Lk 4:38-44 Monday, August 30 Thursday: Col 1:9-14/Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 [2]/Lk 5:1-11 7:00 AM Janet M. Nieters Friday: Col 1:15-20/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 [2b]/Lk 5:33-39 12:10 PM Mr. & Mrs. John Saturday: Col 1:21-23/Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8 [6]/Lk 6:1-5 & Olga Salas Next Sunday: Is 35:4-7a/Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 [1b]/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37 Tuesday, August 31 Observances for the week of August 29, 2021 7:00 AM Chet & Helen Wilda 12:10 PM Members of the 816 Sunday: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Expeditionary Air Squadron Monday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Wednesday, September 1 Tuesday: Weekday in Ordinary Time 7:00 AM John Masek Wednesday: Weekday in Ordinary Time 12:10 PM James Thomas Thursday: Weekday in Ordinary Time Friday: St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Thursday, September 2 Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary 7:00 AM James Solomon Next Sunday: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 12:10 PM Celebrant’s Intentions Friday, September 3 7:00 AM Brenda Sergent 12:10 PM Michael Amantea Weekly Giving Saturday, September 4 7:00 AM Donald Barker The Old Cathedral has long been recognized as one of the most historic and 5:30 PM Celebrant’s Intentions beautiful churches of its time. Our parish is proud of its more than 240 year Sunday, September 5 history as a self-supporting Roman 8:00 AM Catherine Ludwig & Catholic Parish. Your presence, prayer, and generous kindness Margaret Anthony continue to make it so. 10:30 AM Michael “Mick” Andreas Your weekly envelope donations can still be (Live Streamed) made by mail or in person by check at the Old 12:00 PM Mike Aegan Cathedral rectory or you can set up online donations at : 5:00 PM Parish Family www.oldcathedralstl.org/give The Old Cathedral SCAN TO MAKE 209 Walnut Street THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. YOUR GIFT. St. Louis, Missouri 63102 Phone: 314.231.3250 Sunday, 08/22/21 Email: [email protected] THANK YOU FOR Online Donations $280.00 Website: Sunday Collection $3,957.00 HELPING US www.oldcathedralstl.org Total $4,237.00 CONTINUE OUR STORY ... From Our Rector Dear Old Cathedral Parishioners and Visitors: The readings today discuss two very different kinds of service to God. On the one hand, there are believers who offer God “lip- service.” These are the ones Jesus criticizes so harshly, quoting Isaiah: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are Saint Gregory the Great, far from me. On the other are those who offer what we might call Pope, Religious, Doctor of “heart service.” People who are doers of the word and not hearers the Church (September 3): only. As James writes, Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their Gregory I, c. 540 – March 12, affliction. 604, was Pope from September 3, 590, to his Rob Adams was on the receiving end of this pure form of religion. death. His writings were When he was 11 years old, he and his family had no home and more prolific than those of spent six nights a week sleeping in the bed of his parents’ pick-up truck. One night a week, they were able to afford a motel. He was any of his predecessors as pope. Gregory often hungry, and his biggest meal was lunch, when kind cafeteria wrote on many moral and ladies overloaded his plate. Just before Christmas that same year, a theological subjects (e.g., his Moralia on Job, family from their church went out of town, leaving Rob’s family Dialogues and Pastoral Rule). Throughout the not only the keys to their home, but a Christmas tree, Christmas presents, and a refrigerator so stocked with food that Rob cried Middle Ages he was known as “the Father of when he opened it. Christian Worship” because of his exceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his The family from their church did not just profess their faith to God day. Not only is he noted for liturgical reform with “lip-service.” Rather, they gave what they had to others. Rob but also for chant (Gregorian Chant). suggests that there was not any judgment, and the family did not provide extensive rules for their home; they just let his family enjoy He was the first of the popes to come from freedom and dignity for the holidays. It changed his life, and he a monastic background; he was a member of decided to do something for others one day. the Benedictine Order. He sent missionaries to England. Gregory is a Doctor of the Church The Pharisees and scribes in today’s Scripture demonstrate this “lip-service” to God. They, and anyone like them, immerse them- and one of the Latin Fathers. He is selves in religious customs, but because their hearts are far from considered a saint in the Catholic Church, God, they are filled with malice. They direct their worship to God, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican but to fellow believers, direct their arrogance and judgment. No Communion, and some Lutheran churches. good deeds result from this – no building up of the kingdom of God Immediately after his death, Gregory was occurs with this. No life-changing-for-the-good experiences happen in this environment. No opportunities to witness to the goodness of canonized by popular acclaim. The Protestant God arise from this. reformer John Calvin admired Saint Gregory. Saint Gregory called himself the “servus Yet for those who are doers of the word, and who care for others in sevorum Dei” (The Servant of the Servants of their affliction, there is room for bountiful harvest. Today, Rob Adams runs a national nonprofit organization whose mission it is to God). serve full meals on Thanksgiving to families in need. He began with the goal of providing 10 families a full meal, but this effort has All holy men and women, Saints of God, grown to include 800 volunteers and more than 2,500 boxes of pray for us. food, 53 pounds each, for hungry individuals and families in Utah and cities in Texas, Ohio, and Florida. ______________________________________________________ What is within our hearts? Do we offer lip service – or heart service – to God? Any small act of kindness or a small gesture from a pure OLD CATHEDRAL SUNDAY TOURS heart can change another’s life, and build the Kingdom in ways we could never envision. We are pleased to offer tours of the Basilica of St. Louis, King beginning Sunday, August 29, 2021, Blessings upon your week. Stay safe! following the 12:00 PM Mass. These will continue on an ongoing basis, most Sundays, led by Luke Koebbe, our Deacon in training. -Father Smith Please call in advance to confirm that there is a tour scheduled for the Sunday you will be visiting @ 314-231-3250. Those who would like to participate in the tour are asked to proceed to the front pews immediately follow- ing the noon Mass. THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME Felipe Aquino - published on 08/22/21, Aleteia Whatever worries we have about the future, we can leave everything in God's hands. Uncertainty about the future has always been a factor in human life. While things like food and medicine are much more available and certain than in the past, globalization and modern life have brought problems of their own. As the pandemic has reminded us, our economy and health, as well as our very lives, are still vulnerable and dependent on many factors.