WEEKLY COLLECTION 10/25/2015. SPECIAL COLLECTION IN NOVEMBER November 22 nd. Campaign for Human Development

Transcription

1 WE LONG TO SEE GOD S FACE Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. This antiphon for today s responsorial psalm offers the focus for today s readings. As we on earth celebrate the triumph of all the saints the ones officially canonized by the Church, and the countless others who have also reached heaven we add nothing to their glory. But we give ourselves reason to hope. We too long to see the face of God and believe that we can one day be counted among those whose robes, as John tells us in the book of Revelation, are washed white in the blood of the Lamb. The passage from John s First Letter offers further assurance: we are God s children who will one day see God. But today s Gospel pulls us past longing and reassurance into action. Jesus clearly tells us what we must do to be counted among the saints. We must be poor in spirit, hungry for holiness, merciful, single-hearted, and peacemakers! Then we too will see the face of God. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. WEEKLY COLLECTION 10/25/2015 St. John the Baptist Identified Contributions (144 Families) $ 6, Unidentified Contributions $ Building Maintenance Fund (2) $ Youth Ministry (2) $ Mission/Daughters of Mary $ 5, Legacy of Faith / Capital Camp (28) $ 3, ONLINE GIVING Regular Contributions (26) $ 1, Building Maintenance Fund (5) $ Religious Ed (1) $ Legacy of Faith Capital Camp. (26) $ 2, CAMPAIGN TOTAL $ 5,429, Our Lady of Assumption Identified Contributions (35 Families) $ 2, Unidentified Contributions $ Building Maintenance Fund (1) $ World Mission Sunday (1) $ Mission/ Daughter of Mary $ 1, ONLINE GIVING Regular Contributions (3) $ 1, Building Maintenance (1) $ SPECIAL COLLECTION IN NOVEMBER November 22 nd Campaign for Human Development READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 [41-44] SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Friday: Saturday: All Saints; Daylight Saving Time ends; National Vocation Awareness Week Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) St. Martin de Porres St. Charles Borromeo First Friday Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday SANCTUARY LIGHT OCTOBER 31 ST - NOVEMBER 6 TH The Sanctuary Light at St. John will burn in memory of Dee Bibbs and Noel Deming. The Sanctuary Light at Our Lady will burn for our Children that have left the Church. Thank You The Daughters of Mary Sisters wish to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Fr. Bayhi, SJB and OLA parishioners, and to all those who helped with and donated to their congregation, The Daughters of Mary, Mother of the Church institute. Thank you very much. God bless. Be assured of our prayers to you all. All Souls Day Mass There will be a Mass for All Souls Day on Monday, November 2 nd at 7:00 am.

2 Pray for our Military and their families Marvin Ashford, Jr., Army Matthew Boyd, Army LeLand Crochet, III, USM Patrick Deslatte, USN Stephen DiLorenzo, Army Brad Gautreaux, USMC Joseph N. Jones, Jr., Army Markus Kippers, USN Joseph L. LeBlanc Jr., Army Ben Gordon Morseth, USCG Robert Brett Parker, LaNG Andrea Byrd Prosser, USCG Jesse B. Richard, Army Michael Roberts, USCG David Welch, LaNG Tyler Wigger, USN Honor our Veterans James A. Benning, USMC Eugene Cazedessus, USMC Matthew Charlet Dart, USN Jacqueline Deslatte, USN Adam Foster, USN J. Michael Head, USMC Sabrina Jones, LaNG Dustin Knight, USN Stanley Mays, USAF Gordon Newman, Army Brian Plauche, USAF Mike Prosser, USCG Nicholas Richards, USN James Rouchon, USMC Gordon M. White, USAF Christopher Williston USAF Sunday, November 8 th at 2:00 pm. At the Masonic Cemetery in Clinton Sponsored by the Alexander Stirling Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Never forget their service! Free Family Photo If you did not purchase any photos from the Pictorial Directory photo shoot, your free 8 x 10 is now available at the entrance of church. Please find your photo alphabetized by last name. Welcome to St. John the Baptist Parish Due to circumstances beyond our control, the party for new members that was scheduled for November 6 th has been CANCELLED. Healing Rosary Our monthly Healing Rosary is Monday, November 2 nd at 9:00 am at Linda Holley s residence. YOUTH MINISTRY Father Jeff s Famous Pulled Pork Poboy Sale- Pick up your order at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on October 31 st from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Meals on Wheels - drive through to pickup your order: Enter on McHugh Drive and exit on Lee St. ~ NEXT WEEK AT A GLANCE ~ Sunday, November 1 st All Saints Day Daylight Savings Time Ends; Set your clock back 1 hour -6:30 am: Knights of Columbus Rosary -7 am: Mass / KofC Quarterly Breakfast -10 am: Chaplet of Divine Mercy / Rosary -11am: Mass -5:30 pm: 9th-11th Lifeteen -OLA -8:30 am: Rosary / Choir -9 am: Mass -10 am: First Sunday Social Monday, November 2 nd All Souls Day -7 am: Mass -9 am: Healing Rosary at Holley Residence -6:30 pm: Intercessory Prayer Group -6:30 pm: Scouts -7 pm: N.A. Meeting Tuesday, November 3 rd -5 pm: Children Choir -5:30 pm: Youth Choir -5:30 pm: K-5th Religious Ed Class -5:30 pm: Emmanus Road -6 pm: Adult Choir -OLA -6 pm: Rosary -6:15 pm: Confessions -6:30 pm: Mass -7 pm: Men s Club Wednesday, November 4 th -7 am: Mass -5:30 pm: Jr.. High Youth Night Thursday, November 5 th -7:30 am: Mass -10 am: Ladies Altar Society -7 am: R.C.I.A. Friday, November 6 th -7:30 am: Mass/Divine Mercy/Coffee & Biscuits Saturday, November 7 th -3 pm: Confessions -4 pm: Vigil Mass Sunday, November 8 th Thirty second Sunday in Ordinary Time -7 am: Mass / Coffee & Pastries -10 am: Chaplet of Divine Mercy / Rosary -11 am: Mass / Children s Liturgy -5:30 pm: 6th-8th -Edge -OLA -8:30 am: Choir -9 am: Mass -10 am: Religious Ed Class #6 New Schedule for Saturdays Confessions available at 3:00 pm. Mass begins at 4:00 pm.

3 OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION United in Faith ~ Color 2Mile Run ~ Saturday, November 7 th at 8:00 am United Methodist Church in Clinton An event to honor U.S. Military Veterans - Proceeds go to Louisiana War Veterans Home Contact /Register at: Faithchurchclinton.org, or forms available at entrance of Church. Thanksgiving Vigil Mass and Soup Supper Please join us for our Thanksgiving Vigil Mass on Wednesday, Nov. 25 th at 6:30 pm followed by our Soup Supper. Remember to bring your Thanksgiving bread and wine to be blessed at the Mass and your soup to share afterwards. Contact Diane Rouchon at Thanksgiving Baskets for Families in Need Please donate non-perishable food items to complete our food baskets for Thanksgiving. We are requesting cans of fruit / cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes/yams, sweet peas, green beans, broth, cream of mushrooms soup, condensed milk, French s fried onions; and boxed stuffing /dressing mix, mashed potatoes, corn bread mix, cake mixes; and marshmallows, brown sugar, coffee, tea, mixed drinks. If you would prefer to make a cash donation and avoid the grocery store, we will do the shopping for you! Contact Diane Rouchon at or If you know a family in need, please contact Diane Rouchon. Your Prayerful Support of the BAA Meets Personal Needs Thirty years of faithful devotion to the work of the Bishop s Annual Appeal is a lasting measure of a diocesan commitment to our friends and neighbors throughout the Diocese of Baton Rouge. It involves significant engagement on the part of Catholic parishioners like you, as you help meet the needs of people all across the capital region. You may know someone whose life has been personally touched through the BAA because of support for Catholic Charities, the Sanctuary for Life, Catholic Life TV, or the outreach and fellowship celebrated at St John the Baptist Parish. Ultimately, impact is widespread and annual contributions benef it us all. Because you understand that commitment, you may have already contributed to this effort. If so, we again express our thanks. If not, then please take advantage of the opportunity to participate with your fellow parishioners, as we look forward to the upcoming Commitment Weekend. Together, we Glorify God and Serve Others, this year s timeless theme and a reminder that the work continues because needs persist. There are many ways to engage. If you ve yet to do so, please read through the packet of material Bishop Muench recently sent to you. You ll note the many ministries you support through the BAA and will find many ways to conveniently make your commitment: complete the form and mail it in the envelope provided, join The Crosier Society or The Bishop Stanley Ott Society, log in and make your donation online through baabr.org, or simply utilize one of the offering envelopes provided to you at the upcoming Commitment Weekend. Your personal commitment will matter to many. Great is the Lord One generation praises your deeds to the next (Ps. 145:3-4).

4 Catholic Prayer: Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart: From CatholicCulture.org From the writings of St. Margaret Mary: On Friday during Holy Communion, He said these words to His unworthy slave, if I mistake not: I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that its all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on nine first Fridays of consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they will not die under my displeasure or without receiving their sacraments, my divine Heart making itself their assured refuge at the last moment. With regard to this promise it may be remarked: (1) that our Lord required Communion to be received on a particular day chosen by Him; (2) that the nine Fridays must be consecutive; (3) that they must be made in honor of His Sacred Heart, which means that those who make the nine Fridays must practice the devotion and must have a great love for our Lord; (4) that our Lord does not say that those who make the nine Fridays will be dispensed from any of their obligations or from exercising the vigilance necessary to lead a good life and overcome temptation; rather He implicitly promises abundant graces to those who make the nine Fridays to help them to carry out these obligations and persevere to the end; (5) that perseverance in receiving Holy Communion for nine consecutive First Firdays helps the faithful to acquire the habit of frequent Communion, which our Lord eagerly desires; and (6) that the practice of the nine Fridays is very pleasing to our Lord since He promises such great reward, and that all Catholics should endeavor to make the nine Fridays. Prayer Source: Enthronment of the Sacred Heart by Rev. Francis Larkin, SS.CC., St. Paul Editions, 1978" 12 promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque ( ). From Zenit.org 1. "I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life." 2. "I will establish peace in their homes." 3. "I will comfort them in their afflictions." 4. "I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death." 5. "I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings." 6. "Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy." 7. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent." 8. "Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection." 9. "I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored." 10. "I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts." 11. "Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out." 12. "I promise thee in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; my divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment."

5 Update on New Church Construction from Ritter Maher Architects Work Completed: Demolition of Orange House Site Clearing Work in progress: Drilled Shafts Clearing site for new parking lot

6 SJB ~ Religious Education Life Teen (High School Rel. Ed) next class is TONIGHT, NOV. 1 st. The next EDGE (middle school) is Nov. 8 th. We are looking for extra hands to help in the Elementary classes. Please sign up to assist in your child s class at least once every other month. More hands make learning fun! We also need substitute teachers. To follow up on Life Teen and Edge nights go to and click on Religious Ed. Confirmation Candidates: Please reread all info on Angola Retreat and turn in the information by NOV.15 th. We have to turn it into Angola for them to process. The Red Confirmation folder has all details and info that we need for all events. Turn in all forms as soon as possible on Sponsor & registration. November Class Schedule : K 5 Nov. 3, 10, 17 6 th 8 th Nov. 8, 29 th 9 th 11 th Nov. 1 st, 15 th