St John the Baptist Catholic Church THE LITURGICAL WEEK www.stjohntryon.com MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, September 26 SS. Cosmas & Damian 4:30pm - Edwina Brodzinski Sunday, September 27 26 th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Fr. Santiago Mariani 11:00am - Rene Tanguay 12:30pm - St. John Parishioners *Monday, September 28 St. Wenceslaus, St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions No Mass - Edward Driscoll *Tuesday, September 29 SS. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael No Mass - Priest s Intention *Wednesday, September 30 St. Jerome No Mass - Mitzi Ruff *Thursday, October 1 St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus No Mass - Mary Gage *Friday, October 2 First Friday The Holy Guardian Angels No Mass - Mitzi Ruff Saturday, October 3 *First Saturday No First Saturday Mass - Angelo I. D Ambrosio 4:30pm - St. John Parishioners Sunday, October 4 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30am - Mary Gage 11:00am - Hans Huwyler 12:30pm - St. John Parishioners *No Regularly Scheduled Masses Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. ~St. John the Baptist (John 1:29) CONFESSION *Monday 7:30 8:15am *Wednesday 4:00 5:00pm *Friday 7:30 8:15am Saturdays 3:30 4:15pm *No Confession Sept. 28, 30 & Oct. 2 DEVOTIONS ADORATION Wednesday at 5:45pm *No Adoration Sept. 30 MORNING PRAYER After Mass on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday *No Morning Prayer Sept. 28, 29, & Oct. 1, 2 DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET After Morning Prayer on Monday THE SANCTUARY LAMPS are lit this week in memory of Marshall Monroe PRAYERS FOR OUR SICK & SHUT-INS Please remember the infirmed of our parish, especially those who, by request, have been placed on our parish prayer intention list. Added to our Prayer List is Anne Marie Ross If you would like to be added to this list, please call the parish office. You may also call for a copy of the prayer list. UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS! SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME! SPIRITUAL READING & REFLECTION Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth. John 17:17 THE PATH FOR ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD Now the first thing that I wanted to share with you is precisely the joy of having Jesus as teacher and as a model for our lives. Let us look to him! This gives us so much strength and consolation in our weaknesses, in our misery, and in our difficulties. We all have difficulties, all of us... Looking at Jesus we see he chose the path of humility and service. Rather, he himself is this path. Jesus was not indecisive; he was not indifferent. He made a decision and followed it through until the end. He decided to become man and as a man to become a servant until his death on the cross. This is the way of love, there is no other. This word solidarity runs the risk of being deleted from the dictionary because it is a word that bothers us, it bothers us. Why? Because it requires you to look at another and give yourself to another with love. And we want to take this path. Christ s humility is not moralism or a feeling. Christ s humility is real; it is the choice of being small, of staying among all of us sinners. Be careful, this is not an ideology! It is a way of being and a way of life that comes from love and from God s heart. Jesus is the path, and a path is for walking and following. We cannot follow Jesus on the path of love unless we first love others, unless we force ourselves to work together, to understand each other and to forgive each other, recognizing our own limits and mistakes. We must do works of mercy and with mercy! Putting our heart in them. Works of charity with love, with tenderness, and always with humility!. Therefore following Jesus on the path of charity, going with him to the existential outskirts. For the Good Shepherd what is far, what is on the margins, what is lost and unappreciated is the object of greater care, and the Church cannot but make her own this special love and attention. The first in the Church are those who are the most in need, humanly, spiritually, materially, the neediest. POPE FRANCIS His Holiness Pope Francis was elected to the See of St. Peter in 2013. Magnificat, Vol, 17, No. 7, September 2015 THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED! PAGE 2
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH! PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS For sacramental emergencies, please call 828-859-9574, ext. 6 If you or anyone you know is homebound or hospitalized, even temporarily, please call the office so that we may arrange for them to be visited by one of our Extraordinary Ministers. DAILY MASS READINGS FINANCIAL FACTS This Week Y.T.D. Actual $5,675 $82,615 Budgeted $7,115 $85,385 Variance ($1,440) ($ 2,770) (unfavorable) September 27 Sun 26 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Nm 11:25-29/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 September 28 Mon Zec 8:1-8/Lk 9:46-50 September 29 Tue Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a/Jn 1:47-51 September 30 Wed Neh 2:1-8/Lk 9:57-62 October 1 Thu Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12/Lk 10:1-12) October 2 Fri Bar 1:15-22/Mt 18:1-5, 10 October 3 Sat Bar 4:5-12, 27-29/Lk 10:17-24 October 4 Sun 27 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gn 2:18-24/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 The Priests Retirement and Benefits collection was $3,556. This is the collection report for the Sunday Masses of September 19 & 20, 2015. ATTENTION 4TH QUARTER LITURGICAL MINISTERS The 4th Quarter 2015 schedule was mailed out to ministers (listed on the schedule) over a week ago. Please check the glass board outside the church. If your name is listed and you did not receive a schedule in the mail, please notify Theresa in the parish office. Note: Once the schedule is completed, posted and mailed, it is the minister s responsibility to find a sub if they cannot fulfill their assignment. Thank you all for your gifts of service to our parish. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 9am to 5pm First Friday, Oct. 2 nd Please sign up in the Church vestibule PRIESTS RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS Our parish received $3,556 in contributions to the Priests Retirement and Benefits Collection last week. We are grateful for the generosity of our parishioners. Our assessment is $12,901. Those who were unable to give last week may still put a contribution in the regular collection any time. There are additional envelopes available in the parish office for those who did not receive one in the mail. Reminder: Each Adorer is requested to arrive 5 minutes before your assigned hour. We will have Adoration and Benediction, even though there is no First Saturday Mass on October 2 nd. UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS! PAGE 3
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME! PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS O UR L ADY OF F ATIMA A ND T HE F IVE F IRST S ATURDAYS On December 10, 1925 at the Convent in Pontevedra, Spain, Sister Mary Lucy of the Sorrows [Lucia was 10 years old and the oldest of the three shepherds when Our Lady appeared to them in 1917] saw the Ever-Virgin. Then, the Mother of God, addressing Lucia, asserted: My daughter, look at my Heart encircled with the thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, go to Confession, and receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep me company for a quarter of an hour while mediating on the mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to me. During May of 1930, Lucia was asked by one of her spiritual directors Why should it be five Saturdays and not nine or seven in honor of the Sorrows of Our Lady? Lucia replied by stating that in the chapel on the night between May 29-30 1930, she asked our Blessed Lord He answered in the following way. There are five ways in which people offend and blaspheme against the Immaculate Heart of Mary: The blasphemies against her Immaculate Conception; The blasphemies against her Perpetual Virginity; The blasphemies against her Divine Maternity (Motherhood), and simultaneously refusing to accept her as the Mother of all mankind; Those who publicly try to instill in the hearts of children indifference, contempt and hatred against this Immaculate Mother; Those who directly insult her in her sacred images. Taken from: Taking Another Look at Fatima: An Introduction To The Apparitions and Message of Our Lady of Fatima by Msgr. Charles M. Mangan. COULD YOU GIVE A COUPLE HOURS FOR JUST FOUR WEEKS?... Hello ladies and gents of the parish. We are in need of some help. Monday mornings, ladies from the parish clean, sweep, dust, replace candles and polish the sanctuary. One of our weekly volunteers will be temporarily out of commission due to surgery. We are asking one or two ladies or gentlemen if you can help on Monday mornings after the 8:30 Mass for a couple of hours, for just four weeks. We are usually finished by 10:30am. If you can help, please contact Theresa in the parish office at stjohnff@windstream.net. Thank you! Please note that when a regularly scheduled Mass cannot be celebrated here, Fr. Arnsparger will offer the previously requested intention at a private Mass. PARISH LIFE AT A GLANCE Mon Sept 28 9:00am 5:30pm 7:00pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, Church Schola Choir Rehearsal, Church RCIA, Parish Center Tue Sept 29 6:30pm Women s Group, Parish Center Wed Sept 30 6:00pm Faith Formation Classes, Parish Center Thu Oct 1 Fri Oct 2 9am-5pm First Friday Adoration Sat Oct 3 NOTICE Please see the liturgical schedule changes for this week on page 1 of the bulletin. THE FOOD BANK COLLECTION is Oct. 3 & 4 Please bring your canned goods and/or donate by way of the Second Collection at Masses. Items needed this month: canned salmon, mustard, grits, flour & jello. All canned goods should be 14-15 oz. in size, except fruit and soups, which can be any size. Thank you from Thermal Belt Outreach NO YOUTH GROUP THIS SUNDAY, SEPT 27 TH THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED PAGE 4
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH! FAITH FORMATION Sunday, September 27 Youth Group at 5:30PM Parish Center Sunday, October 11 Youth Breakfast with Fr. Arnsparger Sunday, October 18 Youth Event HIKE is in the works! need parent chaperones Sunday, October 25 St. John Parish Picnic be sure to attend with your families Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable of solidarity, peace and love of life, with respect for everyone. Become craftsmen of a new humanity, where brothers and sisters members of all the same family are able at last to live in peace! Saint Pope John Paul II F AITH F ORMATION N EWS EVERY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING! Each year October is designated as Respect Life Month by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and this year's theme is "Every life is worth living". Prayer is the foundation of all that we do in defense of human life. Parents, join your children in saying a short prayer or blessing. Meditate or ask for God's intercession for mothers, fathers, couples or grandparents. Devote some time to pray a Holy Hour (Wednesdays while your children attend FF), or commit to a novena or Stations of the Cross. We should also offer special prayers for those who have lost a child due to miscarriage, abortion or other causes. FAITH FORMATION CLASSES: Meet Wednesday evenings 6pm to 7:15pm. Classes go down to the Church at 7:00pm for prayer, adoration and benediction. Parents are invited to join the youth for prayer, adoration and benediction. Parents are responsible for picking up their children directly from the catechist following benediction in front of the church. Homework folders: will go home with students each week. Parents are asked to review their folders with their children as well as read and discuss what they are learning in class. Note: Mixed Sacramental prep classes to be announced no classes at this time for those children who are past second grade and are seeking preparation for the sacraments of Penance and First Holy Communion. WOMEN S GROUP Untold Blessing: Three Paths to Holiness Tuesday evening, September 29 6:30 to 8:00pm Ladies, we thank all of you who joined the session this past Tuesday. If you were unable to make it, please join us this coming Tuesday as we explore Bishop-Elect Robert Barron s, Untold Blessing series. This series is a six-part series running through the end of October. Rev. Robert E. Barron paints a beautiful and mysterious image of what it takes to be a follower of, the One who is, Jesus Christ. The greatest calling for all of us is to be a saint. Our ultimate path to holiness is full of untold blessing. We hope you will join us this Tuesday, September 29th in the parish center at 6:30pm. Bring a friend! "Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly." St. Ignatius of Loyola The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God. --CCC, no.27 ATTENTION ALL MEN OF THE PARISH Brothers in Christ is a group of men seeking to live a vibrant Christian life by praying, studying, and sharing fellowship together. Our first meeting of the year will be on October 8 at 7:00 in the Church for evening prayer, followed by a meeting in the social hall. Fr. Arnsparger will be present as we discuss the direction we would like to take for this coming year. Please call Greg Lobas at 828-817-0774, or email at lobosez@gmail.com if you have any questions. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS Every year adults are welcomed into the Catholic faith through RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation. It is a life transforming experience for many as they learn about our beautiful and ancient faith. RCIA meets on Monday evenings 7:00pm to 8:30pm in the Parish Center. Be sure to return your Inquirer forms to the parish office: Attention, Theresa Fitch. Thank you! UT IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS! PAGE 5
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME! ANNOUNCEMENTS 40 DAYS FOR LIFE September 23 to November 1 Prayer Fasting Peaceful Vigil Join us as we uphold the dignity of life and pray for an end to abortion. Join a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigils, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion. You can volunteer one hour or multiple hours. This campaign will be in Asheville. To participate, please contact Matt Bradley at 828-668-2070 or: ashevilleprolife@gmail.com and/or visit www. 40daysforlife.com/asheville/ DIOCESAN SUPPORT APPEAL Our diocesan ministries will touch the lives of thousands of Catholics each year! If you have not yet made a gift, you can donate online at www.charlottediocese.org/dsa, or by returning the pledge form that you received in the mail. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHECK OUT THE ST. JOHN LIBRARY Come and browse the St. John library which contains a wide variety of religious books, reference materials, VHS videos and a small selection of DVDs. These items are available to enrich religious education and enhance an individual s spirituality. The library is located in the parish office and open during office hours. Feel free to use our self check-out system, or see Andrée for assistance. Parish Picnic October 25 th NEW CONTACT INFORMATION? If you have recently moved or changed your phone number or e-mail address, please call Andrée in the parish office at 828-859-9574 or email at: stjohnchurch@windstream.net, with your updated information. Thanks! Harmon Field St. John the Baptist Catholic Church SAVE THE DATE Oct 25 Nov 1 Nov 2 Parish Picnic, Harmon Field All Saints Day All Souls Day Nov 26 Thanksgiving, office closed Nov 26 & 27 Nov 29 Dec 8 First Sunday of Advent RCIA Rite of Acceptance Immaculate Conception Dec 25 Christmas, Parish Office closed Dec 24--28 THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED PAGE 6