11-26-2017 Volume 63, Number 48 Address 225 Eighth Avenue P.O. Box 425 Krotz Springs, LA 70750 Tel.: (337) 566-3527 Fax: 566-2803 Website: www.stanthonyks.org Email: parish@stanthonyks.org 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 Nicole 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 Monday & Wednesday: 5:30 pm Tuesday & Thursday: 12:05 pm Friday: 7 am Saturday: 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 sits as King forever. The Lord will bless his people with peace. (Psalm 29:10)
Volume 63, Number 47, Page 2 Sat., 11-25-17 4:00 pm Mass Schedule and Intentions Ray Muse Also remembered in prayer: Johnny & Robert David & Barry LeBlanc, Halphen & Lacassin families (living & deceased), Clovis & Gayle Meche, Bryan Belleau, Sr., Alice Ortis and Alisha Valin Sun., 11-26-17 Mon., 11-27-17 Tues., 11-28-17 Wed., 11-29-17 Thurs., 11-30-17 Fri., 12-1-17 Sat., 12-2-17 Monday 9:00 am 5:30 pm 12:05 pm 5:30 pm 12:05 pm 7:00 am 8:00 am Tuesday Mother Mary We Belong to God Knows Your Voice When you take the full Mother Mary knows measure of yourself, in each voice singularly. Christ, you, too, know She hears the call, your infinite value to perceives the need, the rest of the world, and rushes to her even if the world never child s side. This knows or sees one sweet Mother of thing about you. mercy and grace will Every hair on your be there for her children in all dangers, You are worth more head is numbered,. difficulties, needs, than you know because you have lusts doubts, and fears. Mary knows your and longings and desires. Unto death and voice. She will hear your call, she will out of love, you consent to hold the tension perceive your need, and then she will rush of the conflict. And to your side. Call her your infinite value now. She is waiting to doesn t cease when hear your voice above you die. It lives on, all the others. into eternity. Pro Populo Also remembered in prayer: Steven Halphen, Breaux & Kaiser families (living & deceased), Trace Barras, Gus LeGros, Willie LeGros, Ronnie Andrus, Eula Andrus, Joseph Stelly and Belva Plaisance Daily Reflection Wednesday Morning Offering When I wake up every morning, I say, Lord, thank you for giving me another day. Please grant me the grace to hear and obey you today. While it only takes a few seconds, that simple prayer sets the tone for the entire day. Each new day is a gift from the Lord. Beginning with prayer keeps the distractions of daily life at bay, so that we do not lose sight of God s plan. Thursday God-filled Mothers In our present, fallen condition, the love we as mothers have for our children enables us to see more clearly into the window of our children s souls, beholding their Godgiven glory more easily than other people are able to do. Friday God-filled Mothers The truth is, most of us fail to truly recognize the beauty in those around us. In a perfect world, untainted by sin and selfishness, we should look at everyone with the loving eyes a godly mother has for her child. Saturday Great Love, Great Trust God does not love us because we are good; God loves us because God is good. Nothing humans can do will inhibit, direct, decrease, or increase God s eagerness to love. That is the one absolute of biblical faith, as Pope Francis says, and all else is relative to it. All other claims to some theoretical absolute truth, even by the Church, are all in the head, and that is not where we need truth. Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for this Weekend (November 25th & November 26th) Saturday, November 25th, 2017 4:00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Betty Artigue Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins Sunday, November 26th, 2017 9:00 am Mass EMHC: Jim Soileau Reader: Jenni Turssell Altar Servers: Evan Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten Schedule of Liturgical Ministers for next Weekend (December 2nd & December 3rd) Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 4:00 pm Mass EMHC: Reader: Keith Ardoin Altar Servers: Hunter Ray & Cierra Collins "Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it." - St. Augustine Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 9:00 am Mass EMHC: Jim Soileau Reader: John Kaiser Altar Servers: Evan Kaiser, Nolan Savoy, Zachary Kaiser & Evan Hatten Sunday Great Love, Great Trust For us, the word has become flesh. So we need to first find truth in relationships and in ourselves, and not in theories. Only great love can handle great truth.
Volume 63, Number 47, 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 great Thanksgiving and did not eat too much! This Sunday, we come to the end of the Liturgical Year as we venerate Jesus Christ as King of the Universe. Though we honor Jesus Christ on a regular basis, this is the time of year where He really comes into prominent focus: both on this day honoring His Kingship and with the upcoming approach of Christmas, when we celebrate Jesus as God becoming man. Fittingly, this week s Catechism highlight brings us to focusing on Christ as well. For the last two weeks we have seen Divine Revelation as shown through the Old Testament. Here, we see where the whole Old Testament pointed to: Jesus Christ. Jesus is the fullest revelation of God to man in this life, for Jesus is the Word made Flesh. Thus, if one really wants to know God, then He should look to His Son, for as Jesus once said, Whoever has seen me has seen the Father (John 14:9). III. Christ Jesus Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation (Part One) God has said everything in his Word #65 "In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son." 26 Christ, the Son of God made man, is the Father's one, perfect and unsurpassable Word. In him he has said everything; there will be no other word than this one. St. John of the Cross, among others, commented strikingly on Hebrews 1:1-2: In giving us his Son, his only Word (for he possesses no other), he spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word - and he has no more to say... because what he spoke before to the prophets in parts, he has now spoken all at once by giving us the All Who is His Son. Any person questioning God or desiring some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behaviour but also of offending him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and by living with the desire for some other novelty. 27 Stewardship of Finances Offertory (Nov 18 & Nov19) $ 1,967.00 Catholic Camp $ 323.00 Christmas flowers $ 320.00 Children s gifts $ 100.00 Total $ 2,710.00 Please remember to put St. Anthony Church in your will. Intention of Pope Francis for the month of November That Christians in Asia, bearing witness to the Gospel in word and deed, may promote dialogue, peace, & mutual understanding, especially with those of other religions. Advertiser of the Week In Christ the Lord, Fr. DeBlanc Thanks to our Bulletin Sponsors! Please visit our sponsors for your
Volume 63, Number 47, Page 4 Saints of the Week Thurs., November 30: SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE: d. 1st. C.; brother of Simon Peter and disciple of John the Baptist; tradition holds that he preached north of the Black Sea and in Greece, and died bound to an X- shaped cross at Petras, Greece; patron of Russia and Scotland; as Protoclete, or First Called, patron of the Greek Church, patron of the fishing industry; mentioned in the Roman Canon. Pray for a Priest each day Week of November 27 December 3 Mon. Rev. Fr. Michael Guidry Tues. Rev. Fr. Mitchell Guidry Wed. Chaplain Brad Guillory, USAF Thurs Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD Fri.. Pope Francis Sat. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Sun. Bishop J Douglas Deshotel 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. High School CCD: December 3rd, Mass & community hours & December 21st, Nursing Home 2nd Grade/First Holy Eucharist December 3rd, from 9-11:30am (including Retreat) Love live Christ the King! 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 566-3902. 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 (1895-1981),Second Bishop of Lafayette (1956-1973) in 1957]
Volume 63, Number 47, Page 5 Prayer List Joyce Angona, Effie Ardoin, Carman B., Victoria Barron, Rosemary Batton, Tyler Bellow, Melinda Higdon Bergeaux, Makayla Ann Bergeron, Shelly Bieber, Gloria Bihm, Jayden Blumrich, Herbert Breaux, Jim Breaux, Virgil Brumley, Baby Bordelon, Judy Burleigh, Angie Carriere, Michael Champaigne, Christine Chustz, Cierra Collins, Betty Cormier, Leslie Courville, Robert Courville, Diago Dartez, Mike David, Leona Dicapo, Ashley Domingue, Francis Ducote, Johnny Dunbar, Jeremy Duplechain, Blanchard Dupre, Jessica Dupre, Velma David, Leah Dupuis, Lillian Dupre, Mayonce Dupre, Roger & Trallis Dupre, Verbal Ellis, Gene LeBlanc Family, Pory Carter Family, Jose Luis Flores, Kristan Fontenot, Stacy Fontenot, Amanda Kent Ford, Ashley Guidry, Ava Guidry, John Dean Guidry, Louise Guidry, Kathryn D. Howard, Morgan Hoyt, Casey Hughes, Ginger Johnson, Glory Johnson, Charles Jordan, Loretta & Stanley Kaiser, Jane Kaiser, Sandra Kaiser, Chad Kimble, Rodney & Lucy Krantz, Mary Ann Lacassin, Bradley Lanclos, Landry Family, Frankie LaPorte, Mark Lavoy, Sadria LeBleu, Willie LeGros, Zula LeJeune, Leonita Liu, Annette Luneau, Madeline & baby, Bertha Marks, Billy Marks, Brenda & Ferrell McGee, Patricia McGrew, Thelma Meche, Larry Mitchell, Diane Moran, Gayle Morrow, Beth Morton, Preston Muse, Anthony Ortego, Kirtly & Eloise Ortego, Sharon Ortego, Red Ortis, Diane Pecoul, Pam Pereiria, Sandra Pitre, Sharron Polotzola, Raymond Prejean, Lura Prestonback, Lynn Quick, Gale Rabalais, Reva Reed, Joshua Renard, Hudson Robinson, Paul Schexnayder, Benjamin Sheumaker, Alfred Smith, Mavis Sonnier, Edward & Mary Stelly, Daphne Spears, Fr. Gene Tremie, Gwen (Faye) Lanclos Walls, Judy Williams and Gracie Zaunbrecher Please inform us should you like your name to be taken off the list. Thanks. P a r i s h A d v e n t E v e n t s It s that time of year again when Christmas is just around the corner! As Catholics though, this time begins the season of Advent: a penitential season when we eagerly await the coming of the Messiah. Being a very spiritual time of year, St. Anthony s will have a few things available to you for your own spiritual growth during this time: Confession: The sacrament of reconciliation will be made available each Wednesday night of Advent, starting on December 6. It will begin after the 5:30pm mass, and it will run from 6pm to about 7pm. Adult Catechesis: To help us learn more about our faith and deepen our time in this sacred season, Fr. DeBlanc will hold a special class during Advent. It will be a video series will be all about Advent itself. This is very important, as Advent is often neglected in our culture today. This class can help us better appreciate this time of waiting for Jesus coming. The classes will be held on Thursday nights throughout Advent, beginning November 30. It will run from 6pm to about 7:15pm in the parish hall. All are invited and encouraged to attend! Advent Reflection Book: As done in years past, there will be free copies of the Advent reflection book from Magnificat. They will be in the back of Church (the Vestibule) on the table where the free books are usually kept. These books are free to take and can be of great aid to your prayer life during this time of year! Penitential Rite: Fr. DeBlanc decided that to help the liturgy of the mass feel distinct during Advent, we will use a form of the Penitential Rite not often used (i.e. this is the part of the mass at the beginning when we pray Lord, have mercy ). For this part of the mass, we will use Option B, which is found at the bottom of page 4 in the 2018 Pew Missal. Happy Birthday! (November 25) = Emma Breaux, Richard Ray, Jr.; (November 26) = Nina Angona; (November 28) = Owen Godeaux; (November 29) = Kaleb Ray; (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.