Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 4, 2020 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church and School www.olphrm.com 331 Hammond Street • Rocky Mount, NC 27804 • Office: (252) 972R0452 • Fax: (252) 972R4780 STAFF DIRECTORY T HE M ONTH OF THE H OLY R OSARY CHURCH OFFICE From the encyclical of Pope Pius XI, beset civil and religious society. munists. However, they despise (252) 972-0452 September 29, 1937 In fact, because the supreme the light of evangelic wisdom OFFICE HOURS More than once have We as- and eternal authority of God, and endeavor to revive the er- Monday—Friday serted that there is no remedy which commands and forbids, rors of the pagans and their 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for the ever-growing evils of is despised and completely re- way of life. our times except a return to pudiated by men, the result is To this is added the clever PARISH PRIESTS Our Lord Jesus Christ and to that the consciousness of Chris- and lamentable sect of those FR. TIM MEARES, ADMINISTRATOR His most holy precepts. Truly, tian duty is weakened, and that who, denying and hating God, FR. PAUL PARKERSON FR. RICHARD TURNER only He "hath the words of faith becomes tepid in souls or declare themselves the enemies Ext 1 eternal life" (Cf. John, vi, 69), and entirely lost, and his afterward of the Eternal, and who insinu- Rectory … (252) 972-1949 individuals and society can only affects and ruins the very basis ate themselves everywhere. fall into immediate and misera- of human society. They discredit and uproot all DEACON JOSEPH KIBBE Ext 1 ble ruin if they ignore the maj- Thus on the one hand are religious belief from souls. Fi- esty of God and repudiate His seen citizens intent on an atro- nally, they trample on every MRS. ANNA ZIEGLER Law. cious struggle among them- human and Divine right. And Secretary . Ext 1 However, anyone who studies selves because some are provid- while they cast scorn on the Director of Religious Education with diligence the records of ed with abundant riches and hope of heavenly reward, they Ext 1 the Catholic Church will easily others must gain bread for incite men to seek, even by MRS. PENNY SILVERS recognize that the true patron- themselves and their dear ones illicit means, false earthly happi- Music Director & RCIA … Ext 3 age of the Virgin Mother of by the sweat of their brows. ness, and therefore drive them God is linked with all the an- Indeed, as we all know, in some with brazen temerity to the CARITAS . Ext 4 nals of the Christian name. regions the evil had reached dissolution of the social order, SCHOOL OFFICE When, in fact, errors every- such a pitch that it seeks to causing disorder, cruel rebel- (252) 972-1971 where diffused were bent upon destroy all private right of lions and even the conflagration rending the seamless robe of property, so that everything of civil war. ...to be continued SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS Monday—Friday the Church and upon throwing might be shared in common. 7:30AM to 3:30PM the Catholic world into confu- On the other hand, there are MRS. JULIE LOVE, PRINCIPAL sion, our fathers turned with not lacking men who declare confident soul to her "alone that they honor and exalt, CONFESSIONS Tuesday: after 8:00 AM Mass who destroys all heresies in the above all, the power of the Wednesday: 5:30 - 6:00 PM world" (Roman Breviary), and State. They say they must use Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00 PM the victory won through her every means to assure civil or- or by Appointment brought the return of tranquili- der and enforce authority, and ty. pretend that only thus are they LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST INTERIM SCHEDULE FOR THE HOLY MASS But also in our day, dangers able totally to repulse the exe- Saturday: 5:30PM (Español) no less grave than in the past crable theories of the Com- Sunday: 9:00AM and 11:00AM (Traditional Latin Mass) Sacraments Holy Matrimony Baptism Anointing Tuesday-Thursday: 8:00 AM Arrangements must be made Friday: 9:00AM Arrangements must be made of the Sick with the parish clergy at least with the church office. Available upon request prior ST. JOSEPH ADORATION CHAPEL six months in advance. to surgery or at the time of Monday-Friday 6:00AM-Midnight Participation in the Diocesan illness. Pre-Cana program is required. Page 2 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rocky Mount IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT To protect the health of all parishioners, please remember to adhere to the guidance set by the Diocese of Raleigh on reducing the transmission of Covid 19. https://dioceseofraleigh.org/news/updated-guidance-masses-parish-ministries- and-sacraments-effective-may-22 (access to link is available on our parish website—www.olphrm.com) Sunday October 4, 2020 9:00AM Ruth & Lonnie Howell + Additional seating is available in the church basement if physically 11:00AM Frances Meares distancing six feet from others is not possible in the pews. Monday October 5, 2020 FIRST WEDNESDAY DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH Tuesday October 6, 2020 October 7th 6:00PM—7:00PM 8:00AM Jack Kandl + All are welcome to join us on the first Wednesday of Wednesday October 7, 2020 each month as we pray for St. Joseph’s intercession as 8:00AM Steve Palmateer our father, protector, and guide in the way of salvation, 7:00PM Traditional Latin Mass and entrust ourselves to his spiritual care. Thursday October 8, 2020 Rosary-Joyful Mysteries 8:00AM Kenneth Palmateer + Meditation Friday October 9, 2020 Litany to St. Joseph 9:00AM Mike Gupton + Consecration to St. Joseph Saturday October 10, 2020 St. Joseph, help us to lead an innocent life, and keep it ever safe under your patronage. 8:00AM Michael R. Hilton + 5:30PM Marcie Nelligan + OCTOBER IS RESPECT LIFE MONTH! Sunday October 11, 2020 This year’s theme, Live the Gospel of Life, 9:00AM For the People is inspired by the 25th anniversary of 11:00AM Gray Baines + Pope St. John Paul II’s Evagelium vitae (The Gospel of Life). If you or someone you know is suffering after SAVE THE DATE! abortion, confidential, non-judgmental help is Rosary Coast to Coast available from Project Rachel Ministry. Visit the “Find Help” map on HopeAfterAbortion.org to Sunday, October 11th find the nearest diocesan ministry. Spanish speakers may visit EsperanzaPosAborto.org. OLPH parish rosary details forthcoming FAITH FORMATION RosaryCoasttoCoast.com We are very grateful for the assistance of Michelle Collins and Lorena Cisneros in helping our parish children in their preparations for First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Families with school age children should contact the parish office at 972-0452, ext 1 for inquiries and to register for Faith Formation classes for this upcoming year. Sep 14th-Sep 20th Offering . $2,926.00 Sep 20th Adoration Chapel Security . $ 836.00 RCIA CLASSES FORMING SOON Today’s second collection is for Anyone interested in becoming Catholic through Catholic School Support. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults should contact The Second Collection on October 11th will be Penny Silvers at [email protected]. for Building Maintenance Costs. If you are unable to attend Mass at this time, please consider mailing your offertory to the church office or tithing online to continue MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY your parish support. We are in need for Meals on Wheels volunteers to Your generosity is very much appreciated. deliver meals to local residents on the 3rd Friday (10-Noon) each month. It is a much needed ministry. Please contact Anna at our church office to sign up. Praying to Christ with Mary Jesus invited us to turn to God with insistence and the confidence that we will be heard: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you” (Mt 7:7). The basis for this power of prayer is the goodness of the Father, but also the mediation of Christ himself (cf. 1Jn 2:1) and the working of the Holy Spirit who “intercedes for us” according to the will of God (cf. Rom 8:26-27). For “we do not know how to pray as we ought” (Rom 8:26), and at times we are not heard “because we ask wrongly” (cf. Jas 4:2-3). In support of the prayer which Christ and the Spirit cause to rise in our hearts, Mary intervenes with her maternal interces- sion. “The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary”. If Jesus, the one Mediator, is the Way of our prayer, then Mary, his purest and most transparent reflection, shows us the Way. “Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the Holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries”. At the wedding of Cana the Gospel clearly shows the power of Mary's intercession as she makes known to Jesus the needs of others: “They have no wine” (Jn 2:3). The Rosary is both meditation and supplication. Insistent prayer to the Mother of God is based on confidence that her maternal intercession can obtain all things from the heart of her Son. She is “all-powerful by grace”, to use the bold expres- cÜtç yÉÜ âá sion, which needs to be properly understood, of Blessed Bartolo Longo in his Supplication to Our Lady. This is a conviction which, beginning with the Gospel, has grown ever more firm in the experience of the Christian people.