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412 Main Street, Greenville, MS 38701 Phone: 662-335-5251 — Fax: 662-332-1178 Rev. Richard Somers, Pastor
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| SUNDAY MASSES: Vigil on Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. NURSERY: during 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays DAILY MASS: 6:30 a.m. Monday - Friday; 8:00 a.m. Saturday HEALING MASS: 12:00 Noon Friday (except June, July, and August) STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Friday during Lent at 5:30 p.m. CONFESSION: Saturday 4:45–5:30 p.m. (or by appointment) ADORATION & EXPOSITION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT: Tuesday and Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. OUR SUNDAY 10:30 MASS IS ON RADIO WNIX 1330 EACH WEEK! |
| Fourteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time |
July
6, 2008 |
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It’s a process…
One of the most successful and healing programs of our time is Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s 12-step process has been adopted to effectively deal with and treat many kinds of addictions and obsessions and serious personal problems. The 1st step is to admit that I have a problem and it is bigger than I can handle. The problem is controlling and driving my life. This is difficult for us to do because we believe we can handle any problem that comes our way. So to admit that we cannot overcome some problem, that we cannot save ourselves or our families, that we have very little control over our lives is often difficult for us to believe or accept. The 2nd step necessary for healing is to believe in a higher power that can restore us and bring us back to sanity. This is also a difficult step to handle because I may not know who my higher power is and find it impossible to relate to. The movement to acknowledge the higher power as a loving, merciful God is at the heart of healing and Jesus’ message when He says come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you healing and new life. May we always be humble enough to acknowledge our human weaknesses and go to Him for restoration, forgiveness, and healing. It will make all the difference in the world and in our lives. May we learn how to “come to Him,” know Him, trust Him, and receive the gift of healing from Him. |
Our
Congratulations to…
• Meredith Muzzi, daughter of Joe and Linda Muzzi,
and Lucas Portera, son of John and Linda Portera, who will be married
here on Saturday, July 12, 3:00 p.m.• Andy and Mary Andrzejewski on their 46th Wedding Anniversary – July 7
• Joe and Pat Bordelon on their 45th Wedding Anniversary – July 7
• Larry and Nina Moore on their 20th Wedding Anniversary – July 8
• Bogdan and Ioana Dinu on their 14th Wedding Anniversary – July 8
• Charles and Johnnie Harmon on their 26th Wedding Anniversary – July 9
• Frank and Anne Terracina on their 54th Wedding Anniversary – July 10
• Bill and Debra Bell on their 34th Wedding Anniversary – July 12
Send
us your news and graduations and special notices. We will be glad to
list them all.
| Rest in peace… ✚ Sam Loyacono, a graduate of St. Rose of Lima Class of 1934, in Athens, Texas, at age 92. Pray for the Sick in hospitals… DRMC — Gale Jones, Sarah Little, Philomena Pietrowski, Richard Mahfouz, Frances Cooper, Debra Pruden Pray for all who are ill at home… Tommy Walker, Bettye Walker, Jamie Blalack, Josephine Melancon, Denise White, Charlie Roth-Roffy, Peggy Potts, Bruno Tubertini, Thomas Beavers, Pat Knotts, Grace Warren, Rose Glines, Mildred McKenzie, Cassie Smith, Bill Hunt, Sally Calder, Jason Hughes, Greg Marshall, Chris Virden, Patsy Lamberson, Ann Danna, Bob Wright, Dr. Marcelene O’Neal, Alice Duncan, Mildred Smith, Ben Hammond, Brittney Gray, Chuck Burton, Virginia Hollman, Joe Sherman, Raymond Bianca, Lois Saia, Ken Fisher, Eli Shapley, Rita Moore, Johnny Prewitt, Lisa Kersh, Bobby Hipps, William Roth-Roffy, Ashley Gibbs, Julia Farr, Patricia Long, Richard Thomas, Melanie Williams, Kelly and Lauryn Scalon, Irene Perez, Margaret Lafon, Joseph Kowalczuk, Terri Key, Ray Haley, Win McGraw, Peter Watzek, Gene and Dorothy Gilbow, Doris Mattiace, Jerry LaBlanc, Winfred Jones, Frank Serio, Shirlaine Repke, Dale Blackstock, Wayne Woods, Beulah Wells, Tomilee Abidie, Ralph Wright, Howard Story (surgery on 7/10), Ricky Hollister, Frank Carlton, III, Carrie Maniscalco, Leonard Signa, Joe Fortner We are very glad to put people on the prayer list and keep them in prayer. We keep someone on for about four weeks unless you let us know to take them off earlier, or keep them on longer. CALL US PLEASE — If you or a family member is hospitalized, please let us know. The hospitals do not notify us. We can visit you if you wish and put your name in the bulletin for prayers. Call 335-5251. Know a Catholic who is sick and needs our help or the Sacrament of Anointing or Holy Communion, or a visit. Let us know (335-5251). Pray also for those in residence at: Arnold Avenue Nursing Home — Lena Brocato Legacy Manor — Cliff Bennett, Elouise Griffen, Marjorie Jones, Edwina Johnson, Alice Robinson Magnolia Gardens — Charlotte Crawford, Joan Kaye, Winifred Hartwig, Mary Belle Rosella, James Countiss, Julia Farr Mississippi Care Center — Rose Glines, Tommy McGovern, Mary Helen Procell, Beatrice Smith, Maxine Oakes, Jewel Taylor, Joe Maranto, Larry Fratesi, Vincent Maniscalco Washington Care — Goldie Christen, Lavinia Roell, Ellen Shumate, Grace Bianca, Jerre Lane, Connie Lane, Chief Oltremari, Nellie Mandolini, Edna Kerr, Manuel Longoria Wellington Place — Sara Rose, Bess Condon Mississippi State Veterans Home, Kosciusko — Ray Haley, Win McGraw Pray for all serving in
Iraq, especially:
Shane Kelly, Tara and Sean Fitzpatrick, Mark Askew, Joseph Queen, Thomas Griffin We are in the process of compiling a history of St. Rose of Lima — Do you have pictures we could scan into it? Call Mary Lynn Powers at 335-2746 or Doris Maggio at 334-3175. We are looking for a sponsor for our Sunday morning broadcast on WNIX ($40/week). If interested call Dick Clark at 335-5251. You can do it… Do not forget to sell items on e-Bay for St. Joseph School Endowment Fund. For information call Harry Noble at 332-9918 or Paul Artman at 378-9711. Flowers in the sanctuary this weekend are placed in loving memory of Chris Cintgran by his family. Dishes, casserole, pyrex, etc. If you are missing a container in which you brought food to the parish hall, please stop by the Parish Hall kitchen and pick them up. Thanks. St. Vincent de Paul - Please do not send any rags to St. Vincent. We no longer have a buyer. Thank you. "May I live in them as you live in Me." Christians are four things, First, they are a body in which Christ lives. Paul writes, “I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20 Second, they are a mind through which Christ thinks. Paul writes, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” Phillipians 2:5 Third, they are a voice through which Christ speaks. Jesus said, “Whoever listens to you listen to me.” Luke 10:16 Fourth, they are a heart through which Christ loves. Jesus said, “Whatever yo did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 To what extent are we the body, mind, voice, and heart of Jesus? Christ has no hands but ours, no feet but ours, no voice but ours, no heart but ours. This is the time of year when people are either taking vacations or dreaming of them. That includes popes. Despite his many hours of meetings and ministry, Pope John Paul II always made time to go skiing or hiking. Pope Benedict XVI has followed that wise tradition by vacationing in the Italian village of Les Combes each July and visiting Castelgandolfo, long known as the summer residence of the popes. Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, a preacher of the papal household, once told Vatican Radio that relaxing and having fun are necessary parts of a vacation, but said people should not forget that vacations can also be a time of discovery. “Perhaps the most beautiful meaning of vacation is that of getting back into an intimate, profound contact with the root of our being, with God,” he said. Americans are said to forego vacations more than any other nation in the world. Perhaps we’re losing more than sleep. Catholic Schools… The best there is… Where Faith and Knowledge Meet Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary 334-3287 St. Joseph Jr./Sr. High School 378-9711 |
This
Week…
| SUN |
9:00 am Refreshments for all and fellowship in the
Parish Hall 9:15 am 10:30 Mass Choir practice in the Choir Room 9:15 am Bible Study for Adults in the Parish Hall Meeting Room. Open to all. |
| MON |
7:00
pm Greenville Depression & Bipolar Support Group
meets in Parish Hall |
| TUES |
7:00
am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament till 8:00 pm
in the Adoration Chapel 7:00 am Mission Mississippi Prayer Breakfast at Shady Grove M. B. Church, E. Walthall 7:00 pm 4th Degree KC Meeting at KC Hall on Reed Road |
| WED |
6:00
pm St. Vincent de Paul Conference meets at 711
Washington Avenue |
| FRI |
7:00
am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 8:00 pm
in the Adoration Chapel |
| SAT |
8:00
am Mass, followed by the Rosary in Church 10:00 am AA meets every Saturday in the Parish Hall Meeting Room 3:00 pm Wedding of Meredith Muzzi and Lucas Portera |
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Say the Rosary daily
for peace in the world; for the safety and protection of service men
and women and their families; for the victims of natural
disasters. Say a special prayer for peace in the middle East and Iraq this week. |
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| MON |
6:30 a.m. |
Peter Virden |
| TUE |
6:30 a.m. |
Sarah Lee Little |
| WED |
6:30 a.m. |
Liturgy of Word & Communion |
| THU |
6:30 a.m. |
Liturgy of Word & Communion |
| FRI |
6:30 a.m. |
Liturgy of Word & Communion |
| SAT |
8:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. |
Frank Signa Camille & Vincent Provenza |
| SUN | 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
Roscoe Parkerson, Jr. People of the Parish |
| SUNDAY | Zec 9:9-10 • Rom 8:9-13 • Mt 11:25-30 |
| MONDAY | Hos 2:16-18, 21-22 • Mt 9:18-26 |
| TUESDAY | Hos 8:4-7, 11-13 • Mt 9:32-38 |
| WEDNESDAY | Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 • Mt 10:1-7 |
| THURSDAY | Hos 11:1-4, 8-9 • Mt 10:7-15 |
| FRIDAY | Hos 14:2-10 • Mt 10:16-23 |
| SATURDAY | Is 6:1-8 • Mt 10:24-33 |
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7:00 am – 8:00 pm Tuesday and Friday |
“The purpose of the
Holy Hour is to encourage a deep personal encounter with Christ. The
holy and glorious God is constantly inviting us to come to Him, to hold
converse with Him, to ask for such things as we need, and to experience
what a blessing there is in fellowship with Him.” (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen) |
A Prayer for the Nation
Almighty God, you have given us this good land for our heritage.
We humbly ask you that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will.
Bless our land with honorable endeavor, sound learning and pure manners.
Save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitude brought here out of many nations and tongues.
Endow with the Spirit of wisdom those to whom in your name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to your law we may show forth your praise among the nations on earth.
In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble do not allow your trust to fail.
—Thomas
Jefferson
Our country celebrates its independence on July 4th. As men and women of the Gospel, we are called to freedom, to be free from sin and from anything which keeps us from God. Let us thank God for his gift of faith, for his generosity in giving us a country of freedom. Let us pray, rededicate ourselves to the restoration of America as the land of the free, the home of the brave, and the Country of God.
Our 4th of July Mass
will be this Friday at 9:00 a.m. in the Church.
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