EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord gave them bread from heaven. (Psalm 78:3)

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1 Volume 64, Number 32 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 Pastor Rachel Sanders Office Manager Sabrina Ardoin/Carolyn Conway DRE/Assistant John Kaiser Pastoral Council Shaun Dupré Finance Council Monita Reed Cemetery Committee Nichole Hatten Altar Server Coordinator Norma Moran Homebound Com. Coordinator Sidney Bennett Come! Lord Jesus! (men) 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 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord gave them bread from heaven. (Psalm 78:3)

2 Volume 64, Number 32, Page 2 Sat., :00 pm Sun., :00 am Mass Schedule and Intentions Bill Bryson Also remembered in prayer: Clovis & Gayle Meche, Halphen & Lacassin families (living & deceased), Johnny & Robert David & Barry LeBlanc, Avie & Effie Ardoin, and Bobby Evans Pro Populo Also remembered in prayer: Louise Guidry, Belva Plaisance, Ray Muse and Avie & Effie Ardoin Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., :05 pm 12:05 pm 12:05 pm 8:00 am Effie Ardoin "Our Redeemer ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hands to everyone. He opens His heart and says, 'Come to Me, all of you.'" - St. Raphael Kalinowski, O.C.D Monday We Are Not the Center of the Universe We begin to pray the two major sections of the Peace Prayer Lord...Divine Master and the ground beneath our feet immediately begins to move. We realize and acknowledge that the universe was not designed to revolve around me and my petty wants and desires. Indeed, by virtue of my baptism, I am called to walk in the footprints of Jesus who, in emptying himself, surrendering and serving God s will, has become the Lord and Divine Master of the universe. Tuesday Reflecting on the Peace Prayer Praying and reflecting upon the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis shine a light into the deep recesses of the soul. The prayer reveals how our pride sometimes hides behind the best of intentions and has wrapped its tentacles Wednesday Reflecting on the Peace Prayer Around our decisions, feelings, and relationships. It challenges us to break free from the mirror of me and focus our attention through the window of thee, thus looking outward and responding to the voices of those who are angry, injured, confused and sad. The prayer also exposes how we defensively seek to be justified and understood, how self-pity insists upon consolation and love. Daily Reflection Thursday Our Inner Landscapes There are outer landscapes in which we all move and breathe and experience our being and inner landscapes to nurture and visit too! We pray in the inner landscape of our soul, but the outer world can bring us to prayer with utter gratitude, sorrow and thanksgiving. At times the world around us seems to rush in, and we are moved to prayer as effortless as breath. Friday Our Inner Landscapes We are awake in the present moment, more alive, more present than ever before.. Saturday We Take God Everywhere We Go You, I, and everyone baptized into Christ takes God everywhere we go. We communicate the presence of God even if we do not mention him. Imagine intentionally living this truth of the faith. Imagine the lives that will be touched by our willingness to be what we have become. Imagine knowing that you bring God into your meetings, the supermarket, your athletic competitions, the classroom, etc. We are never alone, we have with us at all times all that we need, if only we believe. Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for this Weekend (August 4th & August 5th) Saturday, August 4th, :00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Keith Ardoin Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for next Weekend (August 11th & August 12th) Saturday, August 11th, :00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Trisha Ortego Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins Sunday Prayer Is a High- Risk Enterprise Prayer that allows the mystery of Christ to change our lives, is a highrisk enterprise an uncontrollable experience. Yet, the power of God s grace is such that one who, like Francis of Assisi, is able to trust God sufficiently can enter into the cave of the heart, the place where Incarnation takes place, and be transformed into the triumph of love. Sunday, August 5th, :00 am Mass EMHC: Arnold Wiltz Reader: Kallie Bergeaux Altar Servers: EvanJenni Trussell Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten Sunday, August 12th, :00 am Mass EMHC: Arnold Wiltz Reader: John Kaiser Altar Servers: Evan Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten

3 Volume 64, Number 32, 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, This week in the Catechism, we continue looking at the Creed by examining its main components. Essentially, the Creed is divided into three main parts based on the greatest mystery of our faith: the Most Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). However, an interesting point made below comes from St. Ambrose, who taught that when you break the creed down further, it contains twelve points based on the Twelve Apostles this reminds us that our faith is thanks to the foundations laid by them through Christ! Of this St. Ambrose writes, As then there are twelve Apostles, so are there twelve pronouncements... He lists them as follows: the Trinity, the Blessed Mother, Jesus Passion, Jesus Death and Burial, the Resurrection, the Ascension, Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Father, Jesus as judge of the living and the dead, the holy Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the Resurrection of the Dead. From this point on in the Catechism, we will be looking at these points more in depth. But taking this lesson from St. Ambrose, the Creed should not just remind us of the Trinity it should also remind us of the Apostles for whom our faith stands on. Only if we believe these teachings can we call ourselves Catholic and live this faith. I encourage you, when you get a chance, to take a creed particularly the Nicene Creed and reflect on the words of that prayer. Think about what God has done for you, what He has revealed to you, and let that increase your faith all the more. Section Two: The Profession of the Christian Faith (Part Two) #190 And so the Creed is divided into three parts: "the first part speaks of the first divine Person and the wonderful work of creation; the next speaks of the second divine Person and the mystery of his redemption of men; the final part speaks of the third divine Person, the origin and source of our sanctification." These are "the three chapters of our [baptismal] seal". #191 "These three parts are distinct although connected with one another. According to a comparison often used by the Fathers, we call them articles. Indeed, just as in our bodily members there are certain articulations which distinguish and separate them, so too in this profession of faith, the name articles has justly and rightly been given to the truths we must believe particularly and distinctly." In accordance with an ancient tradition, already attested to by St. Ambrose, it is also customary to reckon the articles of the Creed as twelve, thus symbolizing the fullness of the apostolic faith by the number of the apostles. #192 Through the centuries many professions or symbols of faith have been articulated in response to the needs of the different eras: the creeds of the different apostolic and ancient Churches, e.g., the Quicumque, also called the Athanasian Creed; the professions of faith of certain Councils, such as Toledo, Lateran, Lyons, Trent; or the symbols of certain popes, e.g., the Fides Damasi or the Credo of the People of God of Paul VI. #193 None of the creeds from the different stages in the Church's life can be considered superseded or irrelevant. They help us today to attain and deepen the faith of all times by means of the different summaries made of it. Among all the creeds, two occupy a special place in the Church's life: #194 The Apostles' Creed is so called because it is rightly considered to be a faithful summary of the apostles' faith. It is the ancient baptismal symbol of the Church of Rome. Its great authority arises from this fact: it is "the Creed of the Roman Church, the See of Peter the first of the apostles, to which he brought the common faith". #195 The Niceno-Constantinopolitan or Nicene Creed draws its great authority from the fact that it stems from the first two ecumenical Councils (in 325 and 381). It remains common to all the great Churches of both East and West to this day. #196 Our presentation of the faith will follow the Apostles' Creed, which constitutes, as it were, "the oldest Roman catechism". The presentation will be completed however by constant references to the Nicene Creed, which is often more explicit and more detailed. #197 As on the day of our Baptism, when our whole life was entrusted to the "standard of teaching", let us embrace the Creed of our life-giving faith. To say the Credo with faith is to enter into communion with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and also with the whole Church which transmits the faith to us and in whose midst we believe: This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul. Let us praise the Lord, and give Him thanks! In Christ the Lord, Fr. DeBlanc Stewardship of Finances Offertory (July 28/ July 29) $ 1, Total $ 1, Please remember to put St. Anthony Church in your will. Intention of Pope Francis for the month of August That any farreaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity. 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4 Volume 64, Number 32, Page 4 Saints of the Week Tues., August 7: Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest: Sixtus II and four deacons (Januarius, Vincent, Magnus, and Stephen) were arrested on 6 Aug. 258 while celebrating the Eucharist in the cemetery of Callistus; by order of Valerian, they were decapitated that same day; Sixtus named in Roman Canon. Wed., August 8: Saint Dominic, Priest: Dominic de Guzman, d. 6 August 1221; born in Caleruega, Spain; founded the Order of Preachers, today numbering some 5,770 religious; an elective, fraternal form of community life devoted to contemplation, study, and preaching; sought to bring Albigensians back into the Church through preaching and living evangelical poverty; Order s ideal (coined by St. Thomas Aquinas): Contemplari et contemplate aliis tradere; canonized in Thur., August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of thecross, Virgin, Martyr: Edith Stein was born in Breslau, Germany in 1891 of Jewish parents. She studied philosophy under Husserl, the leading phenomenologist of his day. Inspired by the writings of St. Teresa of Avila, she was baptized 1 January She taught in various schools from 1923 to 1933 until forced to resign due to anti-semitic legislation. In 1933, she entered the Discalced convent in Cologne where she received the name Teresa Benedicta on the Cross. At the end of 1939, she moved to the convent at Echt, Holland, on account of the Nazi persecution of Jews, but in 1942, during the German killed (9 August) at eh Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Her writings include Finite and Eternal Being: An Attempt to an Ascent to the Meaning of Being; Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities, and St. Bridget of Sweden (23 July), she was declared co-patroness of Europe by Pope John Paul II. Fri., August 10: SAINT LAWRENCE, DEACON, MARTYR: d. 258, four days after four other deacons and Pope Sixtus II were killed; cared for the temporal welfare of the Roman church; said to have been burned alive on a gridiron; after Sts. Peter and Paul, Lawrence is venerated as patron of Rome; mentioned in the Roman Canon. Pray for a Priest each day Week of August 6 August 12 Mon. Rev. Fr. Matthew Hebert Tues. Rev. Fr. T. J. Hebert Wed. Rev. Fr. Gregory Heslip, LC Thurs Rev. Fr. Matthew Higginbotham Fri...Rev. Fr. Godwin Imoru Sat. Rev. Fr. Travis Abadie Sun. Rev. Fr. Lawrence Abara 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 Jesus name. Amen. Dear Friends, You ll never know the joy & comfort we felt in the food that was prepared by all in the community at the time of our love one passing. Mrs. Glory Johnson We ll never forget your kindness. ~The Wilmer Johnson family Lisa Dufour Poppa Johnson 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 32, Page 5 Prayer List Joyce Angona, Victoria Barron, Rosemary Batton, Tyler Bellow, Melinda Higdon Bergeaux, Irene Bergeron, Vanessa Bergeron, Gloria Bihm, Jayden Blumrich, Herbert Breaux, Jim Breaux, Virgil Brumley, Baby Bordelon, Judy Burleigh, Angie Carriere, Jimmy Carriere, Michael Champaigne, Christine Chustz, Cierra Collins, Albert & Landon Coorley, Betty Cormier, Lionel Coulon, Robert Courville, Diago Dartez, Casey David, Mike David, Leona Dicapo, Ashley Domingue, Francis Ducote, Johnny Dunbar, Jeremy Duplechain, Velma David, Leah Dupuis, Darrel Dupre, Jean Dupre, Gene LeBlanc Family, Pory Carter Family, Jose Luis Flores, Carl Fontenot, Kristan Fontenot, Shelton Fontenot, Stacy Fontenot, Amanda Kent Ford, Ashley Guidry, Ava Guidry, Casey Marie Guidry, John Dean Guidry, Deacon Mitch Hebert, Mary Higdon, Kathryn D. Howard, Morgan Hoyt, Ginger Johnson, Glory Johnson, Charles Jordan, Stanley & Sandra Kaiser, Jane Kaiser, Rodney & Lucy Krantz, Desiree Lamoine, Bradley & Mavis Lanclos, Kada Lanclos, Tracy Lanclos, Landry Family, Mark Lavoy, Sadria LeBleu, Zula LeJeune, Leonita Liu, Annette Luneau, Madeline & baby, Bertha Marks, Billy Marks, Brenda & Ferrell McGee, Patricia McGrew, Thelma Meche, Tonia Meche, Joseph & Jeanette Miller, Larry Mitchell, Diane Moran, Norma Moran, Gayle Morrow, Lynn Morrow, Preston Muse, Anthony Ortego, Kirtly & Eloise Ortego, Sharon Ortego, Red Ortis, Diane Pecoul, Pam Pereiria, Sandra Pitre, Sharron Polotzola, Raymond Prejean, Lynn Quick, Gale Rabalais, Reva Reed, Joshua Renard, Jamie Sylvester Richard, Hudson Robinson, Paul Schexnayder, Benjamin Sheumaker, Alfred Smith, Wayne Smith, Mavis Sonnier, Edward & Mary Stelly, Daphne Spears, Gwen (Faye) Lanclos Walls, Judy Williams, Arnold Wiltz and Gracie Zaunbrecher Diocese of Lafayette: Centennial News The Little Cajun Saint - On August 11, 1959 a young 12 year old girl from Richard, Louisiana died at Our Lady of Lourdes after a brief, but difficult battle with acute Lymphatic Leukemia. Charlene Richard was seemingly an ordinary child, but the way in which she faced her suffering and death were truly heroic. She desired to offer her suffering for others and she promised to continue to pray for others in need. After her death, news of her virtue spread and many have sought her intercession and aid when facing illness and death. Her grave in Richard is regularly visited by those seeking miracles and strength. August 15 Fete Dieu de Vermilion our Eucharistic Adoration will be on the Vermilion River this year beginning in Abbeville at St. Mary Magdalen with a Mass in French at 8am. The river procession will begin after with a Rosary and Benediction then a Rosary and Benediction at s, then a foot 3:45pm from Beaver Park to Cathedral up University St. to the Cathedral Vespers at 5pm and Mass at 5:30 with Bishop Deshotel. Having 121 Church Parishes in our Diocese we would like to have at least 1 boat from each parish. To register, please visit or call This is an extraordinary event and we ask that you please consider being a part of the 121 boats. All are invited and encouraged to join us at any of the Masses (even if you don t have boat registered) on August 15 Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption Patron of the Acadians Mass in French at 8am at St. Mary Magdalen or Vespers at 5pm and Mass at 5:30pm at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. All are welcome. Centennial Youth and Family Fest a gathering at Parc International Downtown Lafayette on Saturday, October 20 th from 3pm to 9pm for Faith, Fun, Music, Food and Eucharistic Adoration. Our Youth, All Youth Groups, Families, Clergy and Religious are invited. Please mark your calendars now and watch for more information soon. Happy Birthday! (August 4) = Nyssa Godwin, Adam Ortego; (August 5) = Joyce Burleigh, Megan Dupre, Paul Taylor; (August 6) = Kade Mistric, Reagan Vasseur; (August 7) = Seth Andrus; (August 10) = Jerome Martinez You are gifts from God to us. May the Lord bestow a special blessing upon you on your birthday.

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