CHRIST THE REDEEMER 720 Talbot Avenue, Thibodaux, LA, 70301 JUNE 18, 2017 SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm PHONE (985) 447-2013 AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY ext. 1 WEB www.ctr-htdiocese.org EMAIL ctrchurch@htdiocese.org FACEBOOK @ctr.htdiocese INSTAGRAM @ctr.htdiocese MYPARISH APP Christ the Redeemer RECONCILIATION SATURDAY 3:00-3:45 pm FIRST SATURDAY 8:00-9:00am During every Mercy Night, there will be time for reconciliation when the night ends at 8:15 pm. 24 HOUR ADORATION Christ the Redeemer offers 24 hour adoration in our chapel located between the main church and the family center. All are welcome. WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY 4:00pm SUNDAY 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am 3:00pm Español DAILY MASS SCHEDULE MONDAY-SATURDAY 7:30 am DEVOTIONAL MASSES FIRST FRIDAY 7:30am FIRST SATURDAY 7:30am The readings for today can also be found in the green Journeysongs hymnal 925 and in the red Daily Roman Missal 1703. PRAYER LINE (985) 446-2202 ABUSE OUTREACH HOTLINE (985) 873-0026
LITURGY OF THE WORD In the Scriptures, God speaks to us, his people, in inspired words, opening to us the mystery of redemption and salvation and offering us spiritual nourishment. Christ himself is present in the midst of the faithful through his Word. As we are fed by the Word of God, we sit in attentive silence or offer our voices in song in full participation. We stand for the Gospel, showing great reverence for Jesus Christ present there, and finally we affirm the faith we have in the Creed before offering up our hearts to the Lord in our Universal Prayers. FIRST READING: DEUTERONOMY 8:2-3, 14B-16A Moses said to the people: Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD. Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and terrible desert with its saraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna, a food unknown to your fathers. The Word of the Lord.. Thanks be to God RESPONSORIAL PSALM: PSALM 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. SECOND READING: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16-17 Brothers and sisters: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. The Word of the Lord.. Thanks be to God.
ALLELUIA: JOHN 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live forever. GOSPEL: JOHN 6:51-58 Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my bloodremains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent meand I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever. The Gospel of the Lord.. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. HOMILY NOTES PASTORAL REFLECTION Today, we celebrate this gift and the gift that is the Body and Blood of Christ. This is the truth each Christian learns, Bread into his flesh he turns, To his precious blood the wine: Here beneath these signs are hidden Priceless things to sense forbidden; Signs, not things are all we see: Sight has fail d, nor thought conceives, But a dauntless faith believes, Resting on a pow r divine. Blood is poured and flesh is broken, Yet in either wonderous token Christ entire we know to be. -The Sequence of Corpus Christi We know that the Eucharist is the way to our salvation, that he is the source and summit of our lives. Yet knowing this is sometimes easier than believing it. Because we don t see esh or blood; we see the accidents of bread and wine, meaning we still see them and taste them as they looked and tasted before. And so, in this mystery, we must rely on the eyes of faith to see the gift that is given. We must allow the Lord to guide our hearts, and to make himself known to us in this, the sacrament of highest praise, of deepest love, and of greatest refreshment. O sweet Jesus, bread of angels, joy of the saints, medicine of immortality, conversion for sinners, ration and reward of our souls, grant, we pray, that we might learn to open our hearts to receive the graces that come to us whenever we approach your altar, and to not receive those graces, or your most precious Body and Blood, in vain. Amen.
CHRIST THE REDEEMER STAFF FATHER MITCH SEMAR Pastor ext. 203 msemar@htdiocese.org HEATHER AULICH Secretary ext. 201 heather.aulich@htdiocese.org REBECCA ABBOUD Religious Education ext. 206 rebecca.abboud@htdiocese.org CINDY ORDOYNE Pastoral Associate ext. 202 cindy.ordoyne@htdiocese.org DENISE THERIOT Receptionist ext. 200 denise.theriot@htdiocese.org WANDA LEBLANC Housekeeper wanda.leblanc@htdiocese.org WEEK OF JUNE 18 TH, 2017 MONDAY, JUNE 19 TH TUESDAY, JUNE 20 TH DEACON CHARLIE GIROIR Retired Deacon WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 ST THURSDAY, JUNE 22 ND FRIDAY, JUNE 23 RD 12:00 pm - VBC Closing Mass SATURDAY, JUNE 24 TH 3:00 pm -Reconciliation 4:00-Mass SUNDAY, JUNE 25 TH 9:00-Mass 11:00- Mass 3:00-Spanish Mass MASS INTENTIONS FOR JUNE 17 TH - JUNE 23 RD Edgar Guillot, Nookie & Theresa Diaz, Isabelle Vicknair, Fred Hebert, Sr., Frank Kolwe, Sr., James Kolwe, Wayne Naquin, Gene Voiron, David M. Belanger, Louis Scioneaux, Michael Oncale, Sr., Sterling Boudreaux, Luke Oncale, Jr., Paul A. Lambert, Bobby Theriot, Martin & Fertitta Fly, Willie W. Bonvillain, Dean Bonvillain, Sr., Horace Thibodaux, Kerman Rodrigue, Sr., Arthur Schexnayder, E.J. Bonvillain, Ferdinand Himel, Dean Bonvillain, Sr., Joseph Jay Fertitta, Glynn Hernandez, Robert Gaudet, Nunu Schexnayder, Roy P. McDonald, Josie & Sidney Benoit, Bob & Kitty Kee, Kevin Kee, Benny LeRay, Jr., Gilmore Mahler, Louis Theriot, Felix Grabert, Juy Jermaine Breaux, Rodney Simon, Sr. VIGIL LIGHT IN MEMORY OF: Jim Martin, Wilbert Bernard, Leroy & June Aucoin ADORATION LIGHT IN MEMORY OF: Brett Ordoyne, Michael Oncale, Sr., Luke Oncale, Sr., HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? Robert Bobby Daigle CONTACT THE CHRIST THE REDEEMER FRONT OFFICE TO SCHEDULE: BAPTISMS: Twice a month after 4:00 pm Saturday Mass, except during Lent. MATRIMONY: 8 months of marriage preparation is required. ANNULMENTS: Handled by Father Mitch directly. HOME OR HOSPITAL VISITS to receive HOLY COMMUNION, the SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION, or ANOINTING OF THE SICK. (985) 447-2013
CHRIST THE REDEEMER ANNOUNCEMENTS VACATION BIBLE CAMP: VBC is this week! Please note that the Family Center will be closed all week to accomodate our campers! TEMPORARY WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE (WEEK OF VBC ONLY): The 7:30 AM Mass will be held at 7:00 AM from Monday, June 19 th - Friday, June 23 rd in order to accomodate our Vacation Bible Camp. Weekday Masses will return to their normal time on Monday, June 26 th. CONGRATULATIONS! We welcome into our Catholic family the following newly baptized: Hallie Marie, daughter of Lee & Kelly; Logan Russell, son of Blaine & Angela; Sarah Marie, daughter of Blaine & Angela; Addeline Elizabeth, daughter of Courtney; Brayden Michael, son of Courtney. May God abundantly bless each of you! CCD REGISTRATION: CCD Registration is now open for all new and returning CCD students! Forms for the 2017-18 sessions have been sent to the homes of our currently registered families. Student families must be registered members of Christ the Redeemer. In addition, Catholic school students entering the sacramental preparation grades 2, 10, & 11 need to register as well. Forms can be obtained in our church office. For more information, contact Rebecca Abboud by calling 447-2013 ext. 206 or by emailing rebecca.abboud@htdiocese.org. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: If you are a registered parishoner of CTR and you are celebrating your 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or beyond wedding anniversary in the 2017 calendar year, we want you to celebrate with us by participating in our Annual Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, August 26, 2017. The celebration will include a renewal of vows during Mass followed by a reception for the couples and thier families in our Family Center. Please call our office to register. The deadline to register is Friday, June 30th. WHAT A LIFE! : Copies of Fr. Wilmer Todd s book What a Life! Daily Readings for a Holistic Spiritual Life are available in the church office for $25. Stop by the front desk to grab your copy! Checks can be made payable to: Greater NOLA Foundation WEEKLY COLLECTION TOTALS JUNE 4TH COLLECTION: $10,313.85
What a Life! Daily Readings for a Holistic Spiritual Life by Father Wilmer Todd
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