St. Bernard Catholic Church (Established in 1787) DAILY MASSES Monday—Friday: Mass 8:30 a.m. First Saturday 8:30 a.m. WEEKEND MASSES Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. 2805 Bayou Road St. Joseph Adoration Chapel: P. O. Box 220 Any Time St. Bernard, LA 70085 MISSION STATEMENT In the total love for Jesus through the Heart of Mary, We St. Bernard Catholic Church commit to BE BOLD—BE CATHOLIC—BE CHRIST And faithfully pass it on...Heart to Heart. I.M. Office Hours: 9:30—1:00 Monday—Thursday Phone: (504) 281-2267 — Fax: (504) 281-2268 E-Mail: [email protected] www.stbernard-stbla.com Rev. Hoang M. Tuong, Pastor St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery: (504) 421-9533 Cell Phone: 985-705-0357 Lynne, Parish Secretary, Cell: (504) 421-5969 Rev. Charles Caluda, Retired Lenore—Religious Ed Deacon Norbert Billiot, Jr. [email protected] Music Director: Bea Girard Baptism: Parents are asked to call the office. Baptisms will be held the 3rd weekend of the month or by special arrangement. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Confessions are held before each Mass, or call for an appointment. Communion of the Sick: Please call when someone is ill or in the hospital. Sacrament of Marriage: Couples must contact the church at least six (6) months before the date of the wedding. Christian Burial: Please contact the funeral home to make arrangements they will contact church and cemetery. Pastoral & Finance Meeting - Pastoral Council meetings will be announced. Volume 53 Issue 37 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 Saturday September 12, 2020 Rosary 8:00 p.m. Ministry Schedule 4:00 p.m. All Parishioners of St. Bernard For Next Week: Catholic Church; Bernard & Chase Naquin; Duke Collins; Donald Serpas, Sr.; Saturday, September 19, 4:00 p.m. William Ybarzabal; Tim George; Timothy Hoang George; Sal Gagliano; Mazie LaFond; Karen Smith; Donna Celebrant: Fr. Gonzales; Scotty Lopez; Beth Byrd Ruiz; Richie Byrd; Lector: Pat Ramona Ramos; Charles, Cornelia & Lori Robertson; Fr Ministers of Communion: John; and all on our Sick List especially Dwight Merkl Not at this time Sunday, September 13, 2020 Rosary 9:30 a.m. Sunday, September 20, 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Charles L. Smith; Gauthé Family; Agnes & Wallace Serpas; Jerry Wheat; HJ & Harold Lind; Celebrant: Fr. Hoang Josephine & Reese Nunez; Mike, Rosie & André Colletti; Lector: Maureen Dickie Stander; Merle King; Louise M. Alphonso; Heuitt & Ministers of Communion: Alice Howard; Larry Gonzales, Jr.; Raymond Serpas; Not at this Frances Evans; Adam Serigne; Walter Guidry; Chester time Romero; The Romero Family; Joyce Frichter; Rudy Alphonso; Martin & Cecile Alfonso; Jerry, Vernon & Nathan Alfonso; Alfred Nunez, Sr. & Family; Jason Steele; Myra & Lisa Montelongo; Marlene Campo; Lindy LeBouef; Lorenza Acosta; Norbert Billiot, Sr.; and all Sanctuary Lamp Military Personnel & Families Beth Byrd Ruiz DAILY—Rosary 8 a.m.—Mass 8:30 a.m.: Monday For Our Youth Tuesday All Sick & Dying Marian Candle Wednesday All Souls in Purgatory All Sick & Dying Thursday All Parishioners Friday Deceased Priests Saturday (only First Saturday) 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph Candle All Parishioners READINGS OF THE WEEK Monday: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Ps 28:2, 7-9; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps 101:1b-3ab, 5-6; September 5—7, 2020 Lk 7:11-17 Attendance: 39 Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Ps 111:1-6; Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Collection: $1,210.00 Friday: 1 Tm 6:2c-12; Ps 49:6-10, 17-20; Lk 8:1-3 Hurricane: $ 625.00 Saturday: 1 Tm 6:13-16; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 8:4-15 Sunday: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Thank you for your support Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast day September 14 The one symbol most often identified with Jesus and his Church is the cross. This feast was observed in Rome before the end of the seventh century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mt. Calvary by St. Helena and preserved in Jerusalem, but then had fallen into the hands of Chosroas, King of the Persians. The precious relic was recovered and returned to Jerusalem by Emperor Heralius in 629. The lessons from the Breviary tell us that Emperor Heraclius carried the Cross back to Jerusalem on his shoulders. He was clothed with costly garments and with ornaments of precious stones. But at the entrance to Mt. Calvary a strange incident occurred. Try as hard as he would, he could not go forward. Zacharias, the Bishop of Jerusalem, then said to the astonished monarch: "Consider, O Emperor, that with these triumphal ornaments you are far from resembling Jesus carrying His Cross." The Emperor then put on a penitential garb and continued the journey. Historically today is also the feast of St. Notburga, a peasant who lived in the Tyrol, Austria and St. Maternus, Bishop of Cologne. Triumph of the Cross This day is also called the Exaltation of the Cross, Elevation of the Cross, Holy Cross Day, Holy Rood Day, or Roodmas. The liturgy of the Cross is a triumphant liturgy. When Moses lifted up the bronze serpent over the people, it was a foreshadowing of the salvation through Jesus when He was lifted up on the Cross. Our Mother Church sings of the triumph of the Cross, the instrument of our redemption. To follow Christ we must take up His cross, follow Him and become obedient until death, even if it means death on the cross. We identify with Christ on the Cross and become co-redeemers, sharing in His cross. We made the Sign of the Cross before prayer which helps to fix our minds and hearts to God. After prayer we make the Sign of the Cross to keep close to God. During trials and temptations our strength and protection is the Sign of the Cross. At Baptism we are sealed with the Sign of the Cross, signifying the fullness of redemption and that we belong to Christ. Let us look to the cross frequently, and realize that when we make the Sign of the Cross we give our entire self to God — mind, soul, heart, body, will, thoughts. O cross, you are the glorious sign of victory. Through your power may we share in the triumph of Christ Jesus. Symbol: The cross of triumph is usually pictured as a globe with the cross on top, symbolic of the triumph of our Savior over the sin of the world, and world conquest of His Gospel through the means of a grace (cross and orb). The Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following September 14 marks one of the Ember Days of the Church. See Ember Days for more information. Things to Do: Study different symbols and types of crosses, history and/or significance. Then have an art project — creating own crosses, using different media, including paper. • Learn and pray the prayer to Christ Crucified; pray the Stations of the Cross. Point out particularly the phrase repeated at each station: We adore You, O Christ, and praise You, Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. • Study the history of St. Helena and Constantine, especially St. Helena’s quest for finding the relics of Jesus. • Make sure that crucifixes are displayed prominently throughout your home. Point out the crucifix in every room even to the smallest ones. Your child's first word may be "Jesus"! • Explain the meaning of the Sign of the Cross to your children and be sure that even the little ones are taught how to make it. Encourage your children to make reparation for sin; read about sacramentals. • Teach your children a short ejaculatory prayer such as "Through the sign of the Cross deliver us from our enemies, O our God!". • Make a dessert in the form of a cross, or decorated with a cross. Although usually made on Good Friday, Hot Cross Buns would be appropriate for this day. Make a cross cake, either using a cross form cake pan, or bake a sheet cake (recipe of choice). Once cool, cut the cake in half, length ways. Then cut one of these sections in half width ways. This makes three sections - one long and two short. Lay the long section onto a serving plate. Set the two small sections next to the long section forming a cross. Frost and decorate as desired. • Tradition holds that sweet basil grew over the hill where St. Helena found the Holy Cross, so in Greece the faithful are given sprigs of basil by the priest. Cook a basil pesto, tomato basil salad (with the last of the summer tomatoes) or some other type of recipe that includes basil, and explain to the family. More Ideas: Women for Faith and Family and Catholic Encyclopedia. Folklore has that the weather on the Ember Days of this month (September 15, 17, and 18) will foretell the weather for three successive months. So Wednesday, September 15, will forecast the weather for October; Friday, September 17, for November; and Saturday, September 18, for December WHEN SOME FISH RESCUED THE HOLY EUCHARIST We Catholics firmly believe that Jesus is truly present with all his body, blood, soul and divinity in the Holy Eucharist. And it seems that God also likes the rest of his creation to know about this wonderful miracle. Even the fish! It is said that in 1384 a parish priest from Valencia (Spain) went to take the sacred communion to a dying man.