OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. (Psalm 93:1)

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1 Volume 64, Number 48 Address 225 Eighth Avenue P.O. Box 425 Krotz Springs, LA Tel.: (337) Fax: Website: Parish Office Hours Mon. - Wed. 8 am - 3 pm Thursday 8 am - 2 pm Friday 9 am - Noon Closed Holidays New Parishioners: Please call or come by the Parish Office for registration. Rev. Fr. Michael DeBlanc Rachel Sanders Sabrina Ardoin/Carolyn Conway John Kaiser Shaun Dupré Monita Reed Nichole Hatten Norma Moran Sidney Bennett Pastor Office Manager DRE/Assistant Pastoral Council Finance Council Cemetery Committee Altar Server Coordinator Homebound Com. Coordinator Come! Lord Jesus! (men) *** Prayer Line: If you have any intentions you would like fellow parishioners to pray for, please text Joan Bergeaux at The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Saturday (Anticipated): 4 pm Sunday: 9 am Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: 12:05 pm Friday: 8 am First Saturday (only): 8 am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday: 2:45-3:45 30 min. before all other Masses or by request Baptism, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick, and Funeral/Burial Arrangements Please contact the Parish Office OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. (Psalm 93:1)

2 Volume 64, Number 48, Page 2 Sat., :00 pm Mass Schedule and Intentions Pro Populo: Also remembered in prayer: Alice Ortis, Clovis & Gayle Meche, Johnny & Robert David & Barry LeBlanc, Bill Bryson, David Batton, Avie & Effie Ardoin, Kourtney Elizabeth Rose and Alisha Lauren Valin, Charley & Steven Halphen & Halphen & Lacassin families (living & deceased) Sun., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat., Monday Food Symbolizes Our Gratitude to God Food is a symbol of our gratitude to God and our mutual appreciation for one another. It is a commodity to share as well as an expression of how much we care. Feeding the hungry is a virtue that must never be forgotten, dining with friends a value we cherish all the more. 9:00 am 12:05 pm 12:05 pm 12:05 pm 8:00 am 8:00 am Tuesday Food Symbolizes Our Gratitude to God It is good to celebrate those moments rare as they may be where companionship around the table becomes a form of communion, where fantastic food seals friendships, where our vitality and our spirituality truly wine and dine together. Ray Muse Also remembered in prayer: Avie & Effie Ardoin, Belva Plaisance, and Trace Barras Robert Bob Chachere and Sarah DeSalvo Effie Ardoin Wednesday Give Thanks for All God s Creatures Francis answered God s revelatory voice by saying he would happily embrace his suffering and pain, knowing now for certain that they will be the pledge of entering God s kingdom of painless, perfect interconnectedness between and among al created things. Francis knew this was true by means of lifetime of learning how to live with all creatures, loving them and serving Daily Reflection Thursday Give Thanks for All God s Creatures Them, and giving God thanks for them. And now, two years before he will embrace Sister Death, God assures Francis and us that everything belongs to everything else, and everything belongs to God. So everything is thereby holy and worthy of care, and reverence, and a song of God s praise. Friday Time Speeds by Us Time speeds by, one event falling into another. I see this now. Was I in danger of reaching the end without stopping to see what was being given? I kept looking up and another year was gone. Another holiday. Another birthday. I was living in my mind. I wasn t really here. Now a door swings open and life is looking back at me. Saturday Time Speeds by Us The roses, the trees, the birds, the stars. Everything is watching. I ask myself, have I been? While I was lost in lists of things to do and goals to realize, where was I? Sunday Eating Is a Moral Act Christianity is one religion that places upon us the obligation to care for the least of our sisters and brothers here on earth if we want to share the banquet the Lord of hosts has prepared in heaven for those who believe. The image of an overflowing cornucopia reminds us that eating ought to be not only an obligation but a celebration. Such a table is a sign of hospitality. When a cook prepares everything from scratch for her guests, no one doubts the efficacy of her loving care for each ingredient. Everyone leaves the table in a jovial mood, satisfied in body and soul, having been the happy recipients of another s hospitality. We leave the table with a full stomach but, more important, our spirit feels bathed in the warmth of love. Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for this Weekend (November 24th & November 25th) Saturday, November 24th, :00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Betty Artigue Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins Sunday, November 25th, :00 am Mass EMHC: Arnold Wiltz Reader: Verna Melancon Altar Servers: Evan Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for next Weekend (December 1st & December 2nd) Saturday, December 1st, :00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Keith Ardoin Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins "I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master." - St. John Vianney Sunday, December 2nd, :00 am Mass EMHC: Arnold Wiltz Reader: Kallie Bergeaux Altar Servers: Evan Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten

3 Volume 64, Number 48, Page 3 ~ From the Pastor ~ God our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth. 1 Timothy 2:3-4 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I hope you all had a very good Thanksgiving this past week! A good time for family and friends and, above all, a time to eat plenty! This week, I thought I would do something a bit different. Instead of looking at the Catechism, I let us take a break and focus on the time we are in now; that is, let us look at this feast of Christ the King, as well as the Advent season. Christ the King is a grand feast it might not feel like it, but it is! Why is that? Well, the feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical Quas Primas. He asked the Church to establish this feast because all feast days, affect both mind and heart, and have a salutary effect upon the whole of man s nature. In other words, every feast day in the life of the Church purifies us, reminds us of our call to salvation, and makes us holy. What better feast to do this than the feast of Our Lord, who is our great King? This is an important point to remember, for Christ, especially through this feast, offers the Church an excellent remedy for the plague which now infests society, that is, the plague of secularism. Secularism leads to an indifference to religion, seeing it as nothing special. That is a great evil of our time, one in which this Feast of Our Lord, the King, seeks to put an end to. The lining up of this feast with Advent is also quite something. Advent is a season that points not just to Jesus humble first coming, but it also points to His Second Coming, which will be one of awe and grandeur. It will be the coming of the King in all His fullness and glory. These two events the feast of Christ the King and the season of Advent serve to remind us of who Jesus is and how we are to prepare for Him. This is something noted especially in the liturgy: the celebration of Christ the King is a very high mass to mark His glory, while the season of Advent is simpler to denote our longing and waiting for His return. With the liturgy in mind, I wanted to note how our liturgy here at St. Anthony s will be during this Advent season. Some of it is what the Church asks of us, while some of it will be things I thought would be fitting and beneficial to our worship during this Advent. The Entrance music for the mass will be quite different for the first two Sundays of Advent. Instead of singing an entrance hymn, the choir will chant the Entrance Antiphon proper to each mass. This will help us start Advent in the right mood. As Advent continues, we will go back to having an entrance hymn sung. For the Penitential Rite, instead of praying the Confiteor (i.e. the I Confess ), we will use Option B like we did last year. The text for this option can be found on page 4 in the new 2019 Pew Missal. As the Church calls for during this season, we will not pray the Gloria, keeping in mind the solemn character of this season and waiting for the Glory of Christ s birth. (However, we still sing the Alleluia) The Our Father, and its responses, will be recited instead of sung. However, we will go back to singing it during the Christmas season. Stewardship of Finances Offertory (Nov 17/ Nov 18) $ 2, Human Development $ Christmas flowers $ Maintenance $ Total $ 2, Please remember to put St. Anthony Church in your will. Intention of Pope Francis for the month of November That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict. Advertiser of the Week I hope your Advent season is a very fruitful one! Let us praise the Lord, and give Him thanks! In Christ the Lord, Fr. DeBlanc Thanks to our Bulletin Sponsors! Please visit our sponsors for your needs.

4 Volume 64, Number 48, Page 4 Saints of the Week Pray for a Priest each day Fri., November 30: SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE: d. 1 st c.; brother of Simon Peter and disciple of John the Baptist; tradition holds he preached north of the Black Sea and in Greece, and died bound to an X-shaped cross, at Patras, Greece; patron of Russia and Scotland; as Protoclete, or First Called, patron of the Greek Church; patron of fishing industry; mentioned in the Roman Canon. Week of November 26 December 1 Holidays with Father If you would like Father to come pay you a visit during the holiday season, either sign up at the entrance of the church or call the office. Father is looking forward to spending Advent and Christmas with you! The Light is On For You As we did last year, the sacrament of confession will be available for you each night of Advent. Father DeBlanc will hear confessions from 6:00pm to 7:00pm the first two Wednesdays (but will stay longer if need be!). For the final Wednesday of Advent, Father DeBlanc will lead in a penance service and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. It will begin at 6:00pm as usual, but Father will stay however long he needs to for those who would like to go to the sacrament. Hope to see you there! The schedule is as follows: Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs Fri Sat Sun. Rev. Fr. Thomas James, SVD Rev. Fr. Johnathan Janise Rev. Fr. Rofinus Jas, SVD Rev. Fr. Stanley Jawa, SVD Rev. Fr. Raymond Jones, SVD Pope Francis Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Eternal Father, we lift up to You these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus the Eternal High Priest. May their live pleasing to You in Je- High School CCD classes: December 9th, pm First Communion CCD classes November 9th, am stanthonycf.webstarts.com Regular Exposition: December 5 and 12 Exposition with Penance Service: December 19 Come, Lord Jesus Group for Men: Join us for Studying, Praying, & Reflecting on the Holy Scripture. Meeting every Wed. at 4:00 pm in the church hall. For details, contact Sidney Bennett at PRAYER FOR PROTECTION DURING HURRICANE SEASON O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem, where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. [Composed by Most Rev. Maurice Schexnayder ( ),Second Bishop of Lafayette ( ) in 1957]

5 Volume 64, Number 48, Page 5 Prayer List Kathy Atchison, Joseph Babin, II, Rosemary Batton, Tyler Bellow, Melinda Higdon Bergeaux, Irene Bergeron, Vanessa Bergeron, Jimmy Bihm, Carmen Billeaudeau, Jim Breaux, Virgil Brumley, Jimmy Carriere, Cierra Collins, Albert & Landon Coorley, Betty Cormier, Lionel Coulon, Robert Courville, Diago Dartez, Mike David, Velma David, Leona Dicapo, Johnny Dunbar, Bob & Grace Dupuis, Darrel Dupre, Jean Dupre, Gene LeBlanc Family, Carl Fontenot, Kristan Fontenot, Shelton Fontenot, Stacy Fontenot, James Frame, Casey Marie Guidry, Deacon Mitch Hebert, Mary Higdon, Ali Hooks, Morgan Hoyt, Ginger Johnson, Charles Jordan, Stanley & Sandra Kaiser, Thomas Kent, Pam Kimble, Tiffany D. King, Rodney & Lucy Krantz, Desiree Lamoine, Bradley & Mavis Lanclos, Kada Lanclos, Tracy Lanclos, Norma LeBlance, Sadria LeBleu, Patricia Leger, Norma LeBlance, Zula LeJeune, Leonita Liu, Annette Luneau, Margerat Maddie, Bertha Marks, Brenda & Ferrell McGee, Thelma Meche, Tonia Meche, Joseph & Jeanette Miller, Leo Miller, Larry Mitchell, Diane Moran, Norma Moran, Gayle Morrow, Lynn Morrow, Preston Muse, Anthony Ortego, Kirtly & Eloise Ortego, Sharon Ortego, Mary Ann Ortis, Red Ortis, Pam Pereiria, Sharron Polotzola, Gale Rabalais, Roy & Reva Reed, Camden Roy, Aria Savoie, Wayne Smith, Mavis Sonnier, Edward & Mary Stelly, Geraldine Spedale, Gwen (Faye) Lanclos Walls, Allen Wiltz, Arnold Wiltz, Bobbie Wiltz, Diane Wyble and Gracie Zaunbrecher Please inform us should you like your name to be taken off the list. Thanks. Diocese of Lafayette: Centennial News Centennial Mass All are Invited the closing Mass for the Centennial Year of our Diocese will be December 12 th at the Cajundome Convention Center at 6pm. Our Diocese and the wonderful people of our diocese and how God has poured forth His Love and guidance upon us in these last 100 Years will be the focus A Century of Love. Along with the Mass, there will be an Historical Display before and after the Mass as well as a presentation of the many people and cultures of our Diocese. The doors will open at 4:30 because there will be much to be a part of and see. All Catholics throughout our whole Diocese are invited and encourage to attend. Please mark your calendars. Tolton From Slave to Priest performed live by Jim Coleman, December 6 th at 7pm and December 7 th at 7pm at St. Pius X Elementary School Auditorium in Lafayette (205 E. Bayou Pkwy). Admission is $25 (ages 10 & up). For ticket information contact Stephanie Bernard or visit: Centennial Items for Sale a limited amount of items were created for this Centennial Year and are true collectors items which will only be available during the remainder of this year Centennial History of the Diocese of Lafayette (book), Centennial Paperweight (color design), Centennial Christmas Ornament and the new Silver Commemorative Coin and designer box. If you would like to have a Centennial remembrance, you can purchase them at Acadian Religious, Crossroads Bookstore, Cathedral Gift Shop and the Diocese Chancery Office (1408 Carmel Dr). These items can also be views on the Diocesan Centennial Webpage. Happy Birthday! (November 24) = Joshua Lanclos, James Venable; (November 25) = Emma Breaux, Richard Ray, Jr.; (November 26) = Nina Angona, Larry Gauthier; (November 28) = Owen Gauthier; (November 30) = Gavin Guidroz, Holly LaFleur, Lorcan Reed You are gifts from God to us. May the Lord bestow a special blessing upon you on your birthday.

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