The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life Celebrating our 10th anniversary of the world. 2011-2021 John 6:51 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Mission Statement AUGUST 8, 2021 MISSION STATEMENT Parish Leader and DRE: Deacon Randy Smith We are people of God, 330-323-5904 celebrating our faith as a parish. With diverse roots Ofϐice/St. Mary Site: 1602 Market Avenue S., Canton, OH 44707 and unique talents, we 330-453-2110 Ofϐice hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday - Friday strive to love and serve St. Benedict Site: 2207 Third Street SE, Canton, OH 44707 God and neighbor. As we gather in prayer and Sunday Masses worship to praise our 8:00 a.m. St. Mary & 11:00 a.m. St. Benedict Holy Rosary prayed after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Lord, we share a communion of faith, grace, Weekday Masses and service. We 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays & Fridays, St. Mary endeavor to live as Christians by Liturgy of the Word with Communion 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays, St. Mary reaching out to our brothers and sisters, Confessions: Second Sunday of the Month proclaiming the Word, 9:00 a.m. St. Mary & 10:30 a.m. St. Benedict demonstrating Sacristan/Secretary: Brenda Jones Facilities Manager: Shawn Roush compassion, and by CCD Principal: Lee Ann Smith 330-575-0918 sharing our faith through Prayer Chain: Contact Sue Ritzert at 330-488-0721 or the parish ofϐice evangelization in order to make our parish Website: www.stmary-stbenedict.com email: ofϐ[email protected] Facebook: St. Mary/St. Benedict Catholic Church a community of love and service. WELC ME SUNDAY August 8 SUNDAY August 15 Mass: 8:00 a.m. St. Mary Mass: 8:00 a.m. St. Mary 11:00 a.m. St. Benedict 11:00 a.m. St. Benedict Confessions after the 8:00 a.m. Mass Holy Rosary prayed at 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. before the before the 11:00 a.m. Mass 11:00 a.m. Mass ___________________________________ BLESSING OF BACKPACKS MONDAY August 9 _____________________________________ MONDAY August 16 ___________________________________ _____________________________________ TUESDAY August 10 TUESDAY August 17 Liturgy of the Word Liturgy of the Word with Communion with Communion 8:30 a.m. St. Mary 8:30 a.m. St. Mary ___________________________________ _____________________________________ WEDNESDAY August 11 WEDNESDAY August 18 Mass: 8:30 a.m. St. Mary Mass: 8:30 a.m. St. Mary __________________________________ Blood Drive THURSDAY August 12 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Word St. Benedict Social Hall with Communion ______________________________________ 8:30 a.m. St. Mary THURSDAY August 19 ___________________________________ Liturgy of the Word FRIDAY August 13 with Communion Mass: 8:30 a.m. St. Mary 8:30 a.m. St. Mary ___________________________________ SATURDAY August 14 Book Club Meeting 6:30 p.m. St. Benedict Social Hall ___________________________________ FRIDAY August 20 Mass: 8:30 a.m. St. Mary _____________________________________ SATURDAY August 21 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dt 10:12-22; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 I am the living bread that came down from Wednesday: Dt 34:1-2; Ps 66:1-3a, 5, 8, 16-17; Mt 18:15-20 heaven. Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17; Ps 114:1-6; Mt 18:21 — 19:1 Friday: Jos 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24; Mt 19:3-12 John 6:51 Saturday: Jos 24:14-29; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-8, 11; Mt 19:13-15 August 8, 2021—Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Thank you for your faithful offerings to Sunday, August 8, 2021 Sunday, August 15, 2021 St. Mary/St. Benedict 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Parish +Joseph Zucal +Cornell Matronia Offered by the Zucal Family Offered by Family Weekend of Sunday, August 8, 2021 Sunday, August 15, 2021 August 1, 2021 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. +Dale & Joan Wardle +Eugene Rice $7,463.00 Offered by Dr. Bill Fayen Offered by Angie Rice & Family Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Wednesday, August 18, 2021 St. Mary $2,026.00 (41 env.) 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. St. Benedict $4,424.00 (32 env.) +Connie Donahue +Andrea Ishikawa Mail-In $678.00 (19 env.) Offered by the Donahue Family Offered by the Dressler & Skubiak Families Electronic Giving $335.00 Friday, August 13, 2021 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 20, 2021 Living & Deceased Members 8:30 a.m. of the Altar Rosary Society +Walter “Joe” Brunner Offered by Barb & Dick Freday Save Time and Donate Online! Online Giving is now available for parishioners with WeShare, an SANCTUARY CANDLE INTENTIONS easy and convenient way to save time and support the church. Donating is simple, safe, and August 8-14—St. Benedict August 15-21—St. Benedict completely secure. +Ronald Neitzel +Eugene Rice Offered by The Rice Family & Friends If you would like to enroll in Offered by Derek & Daphne Diss Online Giving, please visit: stmarystbenedict.weshareonline.org. If you have any questions or ST. JOSEPH CANDLE INTENTION concerns about the program or would like help setting up your August 8-14—St. Benedict account, please call the parish +Donald Schneider ofϐice at 330-453-2110. Offered by Derek & Daphne Diss August 8, 2021—Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We are sending our children and teachers back to school with our prayers and blessings! Next Sunday, Deacon Randy invites all students and teachers (CCD teachers too!) to bring their backpacks and laptops cases to Mass for a special blessing as they prepare for the 2021-22 school year. Next Sunday, August 15 Catholic Men’s Conference at The Assumption of the St. Thomas Aquinas High School on September 18, 2021 Blessed Virgin Mary 2021 Gathering of Catholic Men and 8th All are invited to attend the Annual Catholic Men’s Fellowship to be recitation of the Holy Rosary held Saturday, September 18, 2021 at together as a parish family at St. Thomas Aquinas High School. The 10:30 a.m. before the 11:00 a.m. Mass. theme for this gathering is “Letting Go of Fear—Embracing Faith.” Check website for registration and details: CMFDOY.org Parish Summer Book Club Faith formation in fun, easy, breezy summer style! Our last book of the summer, we will be reading “When Life Grabs You by the Baseballs: Finding Happiness in Life’s Changeups” by Jon Peters, with Ginger Kolbaba. No matter what dreams you have lost or what demons you are battling, you too can ϐind hope, redemption, and joy. We will be meeting at St. Benedict Social Hall on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. for discussion. August 8, 2021—Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time page 4 A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHAT, HOW AND WHY Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: Song of Heaven The words of the Sanctus are rooted in the scriptures. They recall the song of the seraphim in the prophet Isaiah’s vision of God in majesty: “Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet, and “Do not grieve the Holy Spirt.” with two they hovered aloft. ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LĔėĉ of hosts!’ they Your faithful response to your cried one to the other. ‘All the earth is ϐilled with his glory!’ ” (Isaiah vocation gives joy to the heart of 6:2-3). They recall the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of God. Perhaps priesthood or the Lord; hosanna in the highest” (Matthew 21:9). Yet the liturgy adds consecrated life awaits you. something new to these ancient texts. The seraphim sang, “the earth is Contact ϐilled with his glory.” But the liturgy proclaims, “heaven and earth are Fr. Scott Kopp at 330-744-8451 full of your glory.” In the Eucharist, earth and heaven meet. For a or email: moment in time, we join in the song that the angels sing for all time. [email protected]. The Sanctus raises us to heaven, but does not remove us from the earth. It is the song of the King who took on our human ϐlesh so that we might share in his divine life.—Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. CIVIL DISCOURSE “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.” These words bring us up short! What could we be doing to grieve the Holy STEWARDSHIP Spirit? Alas, the same things THOUGHTS that the Ephesians were doing in the time of Paul, that “Get up and eat or the journey will is, ϐighting, shouting, reviling be too much for you!” 1 Kings 19:7 each other with fury, anger, and malice. Just tune in to talk radio some day or observe some “road rage” on the expressway. If we who are partakers of the Body of Christ can treat one another this God knows that committing to a way, what does that mean about our belief in Christ’s message of stewardship lifestyle is difϐicult. peace and reconciliation? The Eucharist is the sacrament of unity. However, we were not designed to It is communion with God and with each other. A good ϐirst step do it on our own, we need His help. would be to speak civilly to each other, even in disagreement! Fortunately, God gave us the Copyright © J.