Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church 609 E. 4th St, Owensboro, KY 42303

August 2, 2020

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Let the Beauty of Nature remind you of the Goodness of God.

August 2, 2020 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Baptismal Prep Prepare yourself for your child’s baptism by coming to Baptism Prepara-tion. Please call the Parish Office to register or for more information.

Declarations of Invalidity (Annulments) Do you have questions about annulments? Are you divorced and not sure whether you need an annulment? Let Sts. Joseph and Paul help explain and assist you in the annulment process. Please call Debbie at the church office 270-683-5641.

Faith Formation Faith Formation is on break. Contact Laura Shoulders at the office or email her for more information laurasjpc@gmail.com RCIA Journey of Faith Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic faith? For more information, please contact Laura Shoulders: lauras-jpc@gmail.com

Safe Environment To report suspected abuse, call the Kentucky Child Protection Hot Line: 1-877-KYSAFE1 or 1-877-597- 2331 (Toll Free) or contact your local Commonwealth Attorney. To report abuse to the diocese, current or past, by anyone acting in the name of the Church, call Louanne Payne, Pastoral Assistance Coordi-nator (English) at 270-852- 8380, or Nuria Elizondo, Pastoral Assistance Coordinator (Spanish) at 270-880-8360. You may also visit the Office of Safe Environment (owensborodiocese.org/safe) for more information.

Stewardship Spotlight

Dear Lord

I pray that You give me the wisdom to guide me on this faith journey of stewardship.

Help me to understand that

everything I have is a gift from You.

Open my heart and my mind so that I may use these Marvelous

gifts to give back to You here on Earth.

I pray Lord that You welcome me into Your kingdom at the end of my life

and that You are pleased with what I have done with all Your gifts.

Amen

“You yourselves, give them

something to eat.” All four Gospels record that thousands of men, not including women and chil-dren, were fed after Jesus took bread, broke it, and distributed it to the peo-ple. The blessing and breaking of bread will occur again at the Last Sup-per when Jesus institutes the Eucha-rist. Jesus is seeking to do more than

feed a large crowd for one afternoon. Pope Benedict XVI, in his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, describes it this way: “The Eucharistic mystery thus gives rise to a service of charity toward neighbor, which consist in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even the person whom I do not like or even know. . . Keeping in mind the multiplication of the loaves and fish, we need to realize that Christ continues today to exhort his disciples to become personally engaged: ‘You yourselves, give them something to eat.’ Each of us is truly called, together with Jesus, to be bread broken for the life of the world.” As a Eucharistic people are we “personally en-gaged” with others?

Our Masses have resumed and we are so thankful to be able to gather and worship! There is no age restriction on attending Mass, only that you are in good health and not high risk. In keeping with the 6-foot social distancing guidelines, the maximum number of people allowed in the church is 125. For weekend Masses, we will offer 125 color coded tickets per Mass which will be available 8-6pm M-F from the ramp door entrance of church. If these pickup times do not work for you, call the Parish Office. Please pick up one ticket for each person in your household. You must have your ticket to be able to attend Mass.

We have combined the guidelines set by the State of Ken-tucky and our Diocese for those who choose to attend the Liturgy in person. It is the Church’s responsibility to protect every member as best we can and these guidelines are created out of love and re-spect for each of you. All attendees are required to wear masks with the exception

of children 3 years old and younger. If you are not comfortable, or children are not mature enough to wear a mask for the entire liturgy, you should continue to worship from home. We ask that you bring your own mask. If you do not have one, we will have one available for you outside of church.

Please use the side ramp door to enter the church and the front doors to exit.

Families are to be seated in the spaces marked throughout the sanctuary. Only every other pew will be utilized. The short pews on the sides will allow 2 people from the same household. Hos-pitality Ministers will help in guiding families to the appropriate seats which will be marked with a placard.

The cry room is not open for gathering. However, the restroom is available if needed. Only one person (unless family) is al-lowed in the cry room/restroom at a time. Others should wait outside the cry room door and maintain 6 feet between one another.

Because singing causes us to project our voices and therefore can propel the virus, the congregation is asked to refrain from singing. And to reduce risk, we will not use worship guides for the time being.

During the Our Father and Sign of Peace, please do not hold or shake hands with anyone outside of your family.

Offering baskets will be placed at the entrances to church. For the communion procession, a hospitality minister will dis-

miss one row at a time. Parishioners are asked to keep 6 feet between the person in front of you and keep your mask on until the person in front of you receives communion. At that time, the mask can be lowered and if the parishioner wishes, sanitize their hands before receiving the Eucharist. After consuming the Eucharist, we ask that you replace your mask over your face and you may sanitize your hands again before returning to your seat. Communion will be administered in the hands only.

For dismissal after church, hospitality ministers will dismiss each row beginning with the back of the church. Most everyone will be encouraged to exit through the front doors. However, those who need to use the side entrance will be able to use the ramp.

Are you interested in taking communion to those in your home who cannot attend Mass in person? Call the Parish Office at 270-683-5641 to sign up for training.

Guidelines for attending Mass.

Parish Office 609 E 4th St., Owensboro, KY 42303

(270) 683-5641 (270) 685-4766 (fax)

www.stjpc.org Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Parish Team

Pastor: Fr. Jean-Rene Kalombo Ext 222 frjrkalombosjpc@gmail.com Associate Pastor: Fr. Will Thompson Ext 247 frwillsjpc@gmail.com Deacon: Deacon John Cecil deaconjohnsjpc@gmail.com Stewardship Minister: Ashley Wilkerson Ext 239 ashleysjpc@gmail.com Youth Minister: Aynde Bennett Ext 227 ayndesjpc@gmail.com Religious Education Minister: Laura Shoulders Ext 224 laurasjpc@gmail.com Music Minister: Patty Brown Ext 226 pattysjpc@gmail.com Director of Maintenance: Kelly Ward Ext 241 kellywsjpc@yahoo.com Caretaker: Joe McBride Sacramental Records: Debbie Luedke Ext 242 debbiesjpc@owens.twcbc.com Bookkeeper: April Dickens Ext 221 aprilsjpc@owens.twcbc.com

Join Us Mass Schedule:

Monday - Friday 5:30pm Saturday 4:30pm

Sunday 8am, 10am, 6pm 12 noon (Spanish) 3pm Sunday prayer

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Thursdays at 6pm; Fridays at 12 noon

Saints JOSEPH & PAUL

Catholic Church

We give our hearts to God and our talents to His people.

In Special Need of Prayer HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS: Ann Bower, Carolyn Brown, Joyce Clark, Doug Hood, Linda Howard, Betty Johnson, Sarah Jane Johnson, Maurice Kanable, Jackie Mann, Mitzi Mann, Margie Roberts, Marcheta Sumner, Jim Stimpfel, Betty Thompson, Katherine Thomas, Birdie Wedding. NURSING HOME PARISHIONERS: CARMEL HOME: Katherine Brand, Rita Fahrendorf, Mary Faulkner, Margie Hardesty, Rose Keller, Margaret McCarthy, Auda Wink, Sandra Woods; GENESIS HEALTH: Freddie Payne, Mike Payne, ; HEARTLAND VILLA: Mary Hinton; HERMITAGE: Bob Lindow, HILLCREST: Shirley Wilhite. WELLINGTON PARC: Violet Cassidy, Dorothy Hood, Paul Johnson, Carla Payne. OTHERS IN NEED OF PRAYER: Mike Baker, Don Bartley, Tammy Wimsatt Belcher, Patrick Billion, Joe Board, Katherine Brand, Sheila Byrne, Colin Cahill, Tim Cahill, Davena Cecil, J.C. Chrisler, Dana Cecil-Craig, Jimmy Chrisler, Jonathan Clark, Michael Clark, Marty Clouse, Sidney Clouse, Theresa Clouse, Chris Collins, David Condra, Leo Dickens, Luke Dickens, Chase Ford, Bill Freeman, Edwin Garcia, Paul Goetz, Steve Guittar, Jarrod Hagan, Martha Hardesty, Michael Hardesty, Evonne Harl, Julia Hawkins, Charlotte Hayden, Joyce Hayden, Captain Matthew Hayden, Susan Hayden, Tom Hayden, Virginia Head, Ruby Hedges, Lindsey Hill, Brice & Marilyn Howard, Florence Howard, Linda Howard, Rene Howard, Kendall Jarboe, Donna Johnson, Rose King, Tina Keller, Hobert & Mary Lundy, Jerry Lundy, Jan & Lee Etta McCorkle, Michelle Montalvo, Cecil Newton, Betty Pannell, Michael Payne, Shelly Powell, Chrissy Quick, Sheryl Richards, Clayton Roberts, Mike Roberts, Jennifer Rojas, Pat Seib, Alexandria Selby, Martha Taylor, Richard Taylor, Dorie Thacker, Betty Thompson, Tracy Trogden, Nina Van Bussum, Adam Wallace, Darryl & Linda Warren, Scott Warren, James Wathen, Cotton Wilhite, Ronnie Wilkerson.

Word of Life

“We thank you, heroic mothers, for your invincible love! We thank you for your intrepid trust in God and in his love. We thank you for the sacrifice of your life” (EV 86).

Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium vitae © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana.

Used with permission. All rights reserved.

Mass Intentions August 1-9 Saturday 4:30pm David Boarman Sunday 8am Melvin & Maxine Fleischmann 10am David Sapp (Spanish) 12pm Our Parish Family 6pm Logan Davis Monday 5:30pm Genie Prescott Tuesday 5:30pm Marvin Wink Wednesday 5:30pm Bill Brown Thursday 5:30pm For An End to Abortion Friday 5:30pm Jim Lambert Family Saturday 4:30pm Mary Geraldine Payne Hearld Sunday 8am Holy Name Society 10am Tom Mattingly (Spanish) 12pm Our Parish Family 6pm Deacon Corey Bruns

Birthdays 8/1 Noah Carter, Magan Hayden, Hobert Lundy, Christy Nix, Sharon Vasqueuz 8/2 Maximus Belcher, Pete Johnson, Donald Clark 8/3 Madelynn Blondin, Norma Saldivar, Kate Tierney, Jerry Vasquez 8/4 Connor Christy, Tres Toribio, Lupita Soto-Garcia 8/5 Laura Baker, Ellis Birkhead, Sheila Byrne 8/6 Sara Beyke, Paul Johnson, Tony Lindow, Olivia McPherson 8/7 Phil Roberts, Sr., Leslie Scott 8/8 Madeline Payne, Robert Settles, Lauren Underwood 8/9 Belinda Abell, Daniel Barnard, John Harrington, Larry Maxwell

Anniversaries 8/2/97 Chad & Susan Gesser 8/3/74 Carl & Terry Working 8/3/19 Robert & Sharon Settles 8/4/90 Maurice & Pat Kanable 8/4/73 Steve & Linda McDonald 8/4/73 Jerry & Cecilia Wilkerson 8/5/67 Ed & Mary Haynes 8/5/00 Matt & Stacy Royalty 8/6/66 Gerald & Judy Hood 8/6/93 Jimmy & Georgia Coomes 8/8/15 Chad & Mary Moseley 8/8/86 Steve & Pam Simmons 8/9/86 Rod & Ashley Wilkerson

Weekly Giving 7/26/20 Sunday Giving $9,739.90 Weekly Sunday Collection Budget 2020-21 $18,531.67 Sunday Collection Year-to-Date $53,814.04 Budget Year to Date 4 of 52 Sundays $74,126.68 *Over/Under YTD Budget $-20,312.64

Online Mass Opportunities

Sts. Joseph & Paul: 10am Sundays-Mass in English 3pm on Sundays - Mass in Spanish

Sts. Joseph and Paul Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/stjpcc/

GIVE Text, Mobile & Online Giving Available! During our time away from church please con-sider text, mobile, or online giving. Making a gift to Sts. Joseph and Paul is as easy as texting NEW TEXT GIVING NUMBER 844-909-2742 with the amount you would like to give! You can also set up recurring monthly payments through text or mobile giving. To try mobile giving, go to the app store and download the Give+ App. You will enter the 42303 zip code and choose Sts. Joseph and Paul, then set up your automatic giving. To set up electronic giving online, go to stjpc.org and click on the Give button. e-giving is simple, quick and secure, and can provide a record of all your contributions that can be accessed online anytime. We hope you will give it a try!

An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacra-ment. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramental-ly, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit

me to be separated from You. Amen.

August 8 & 9

Parroquia de San José y San Pablo

“Ofrecemos nuestro Corazón a Dios y nuestros Talentos a su Pueblo”.

Bautismo para los Niños: Bautismos para niños menores de 7 años se celebran durante el año (excepto en el tiempo de Cuaresma). Se requie-re que los papás y padrinos asistan a una preparación. (Antes de esco-ger padrinos les pedimos que sean casados por la iglesia o solteros y tengan el sacramento de la Confirmación) Catequesis de Adultos (R.I.C.A.) Domingos 10:00 am. – Los adultos pueden recibir los sacramentos del Bautismo, Primera Comunión y la Confirmación después de un tiempo de formación. Sacramentos para Niños y Adolescentes:Todos los niños deben asis-tir a las clases de catecismo cada miércoles a las 6:30pm. (Inglés). Para los que no puedan los miércoles o prefieran en español, también está la opción los Domingos a las 10:00 am. Unción de los enfermos: Por favor notifique a la oficina parroquial de algún familiar o amigo admitido al hospital y que desee el Sacramento de la Unción. Matrimonio – Comuníquese a la oficina parroquial preferiblemente con 6 meses de anticipación como mínimo a la fecha deseada. Quinceañeras NO es un Sacramento pero es un sacramental: Se pueden celebrar cualquier sábado mientas esté disponible la Iglesia, excepto durante la Cuaresma. Reconciliación (Confesión):

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

SACRAMENTOS

Lunes: Jer 28:1-17; Sal 119 (118):29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:22-36 Martes: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Sal 102 (101):16-21, 29, 22-23; Mt 14:22-36 o Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Miércoles: Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Jueves: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Sal 97 (96):1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pe 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 Viernes: Nah 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Mt 16:24-28 Sábado: Heb 1:12 — 2:4; Sal 9:8-13; Mt 17:14-20 Domingo: 1 Re 19:9a, 11-13a; Sal 85 (84):9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33

SAN JUAN MARÍA VIANNEY (1786-1859) 4 de agosto

El padre Juan nació en Francia, en una familia campesina pobre y esto le privó de una buena educación formal para luego estudiar en latín. A los 19 años lo despidieron del seminario por

no ser apto para los estudios. Un amigo sacerdote intercedió por él ante el obispo para que lo ordenara, ‘no por sus conoci-mientos, sino por su santidad’. Así fue. Unos años después de ordenado lo enviaron al pueblo de Ars donde había 250 per-sonas alejadas de Dios y de la Iglesia. La gente lo rechazó,

pero él los amó profundamente, oró e hizo penitencia por ellos. Poco a poco descubrieron en él a un sacerdote santo y comen-zaron a convertirse. Su fama de santidad se extendió en toda Francia y Asís pasó a ser la capital de la fe, pues el gobierno

francés tuvo que construir un ferrocarril hasta Ars para re-sponder a los peregrinos. Su fama de confesor fue grande y su devoción también, pues llegó a confesar hasta 15 horas diarias, sabiendo incluso los pecados del penitente antes de que se los

confesara. —Miguel Arias, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

FELICIDAD

Hijos míos, la fe, la esperanza y la caridad, las tres, encierran toda la felicidad de la humanidad en la tierra.

—San Juan María Vianney

ORACIÓN Y HUMILDAD Ármate con oración en lugar de espada; vístete con humildad

en lugar de ropa fina. —Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Para denunciar una sospecha de abuso, llame a la Línea Directa de Protección Infantil de Kentucky: 1-877-KYSAFE1 o 1-877-597-2331 (llamada gratuita) o co-muníquese con su Fiscal Local de Commonwealth. Para reportar abuso, actual o pasado, a la diócesis por parte de cualquier persona que actúe en nombre de la Iglesia, llame a Louanne Payne, Coordinadora de Asistencia Pastoral (inglés) al 270-852-8380, o Nuria Elizondo, Coordinadora de Asistencia Pastoral (español) al 270-880-8360. También puede visitar la Oficina de Ambiente Seguro (owensborodiocese.org/safe) para obtener más información.

2 de agosto de 2020 Decimoctavo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

AMBIENTE SEGURO

NUESTRAS NECESIDADES MÁS PROFUNDAS La Palabra de Dios nos brinda hoy una tremenda fiesta. Isaías llama a todos los que tienen hambre y sed para que vengan a satisfacerse en el Señor. El salmista proclama: “Abres tú la mano, y sacias de favores a todo viviente” (Salmo 145:16). San Pablo nos dice que nada puede separarnos del amor de Dios. Finalmente, en el Evangelio, escuchamos sobre el milagro de la multiplicación de los cinco panes y dos pescados con que se alimentaron a más de cinco mil personas. Nuestras necesidades diarias suelen estar cubiertas. Sin embargo, estas lecturas tienen mucho que decir al creyente contemporáneo. Debemos preguntarnos: “¿Dónde está mi hambre más profunda? ¿De qué estoy sediento?”. Una vez satisfechas las necesidades material-es y, en algunos casos, más que satisfechas, mucha gente sigue ansiando tener equilibrio y bienestar espiritual. Al multiplicarse los panes y pescados en el Evangelio de hoy, tal vez nuestra

LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONES Martes: San Juan María Vianney Miércoles: Dedicación de la Basilica de Santa María la Mayor Jueves: La Transfiguración del Señor; Día Memorial de Hiroshima Viernes: San Sixto II y compañeros; San Cayetano; Primer viernes Sábado: Santo Domingo

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God is the stronghold of your life.  It’s hard to recognize that God is always around because we can’t physically see Him, but trus ng that He is near is one of God’s greatest promises. Psalm 27:1 says, “The Lord is my light and my salva on – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?” Like many psalms, this was wri en from a season of trouble. Yet, it is a song of confidence and triumph because David was not in darkness or ul mate peril because the Lord was his light and salva on. God Himself brought light to David’s life. He did not despair in darkness and all that it represented. His life was filled with the Lord, and his life was filled with the light. The same can be applied to our lives. When you’re worried, re-member that the Lord is the stronghold of your life. Only when we you recognize this can you truly be filled with light. 

God is with you wherever you go. God is always with us, even when we can’t see Him or hear His voice directly. Joshua 1:9 says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherev-er you go.” There are three  mes in Joshua 1 that God tells Joshua to be strong and to be courageous because he’ll need to be ready for what’s coming later. God also commands that he not be frightened or dismayed and for one reason only; “the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” If you are going into a par cularly unse ling situa on, have comfort in the fact that God is with you wherever you go. 

God is holding your hand every step of the way. Even when we don’t know it, God is carrying us in the palm of His hand. Isaiah 41:10 says, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Some mes, we can read certain verses from scripture a hundred  mes and fail to take them to heart the way the Lord wants us to. Other  mes, we can linger on a verse or two, and let them minister life, healing and comfort to us. Isaiah 41:10 is so rich with the promises of God that it warrants special a en on from us. Ul mately, the Lord wants to impart to us through this verse that we shouldn’t be afraid. “Fear not [there is nothing to fear].” One reason why God warns us against fear is that it can short-circuit the answered prayers and blessings that He has in store for us. When you are anx-ious, hold onto the promise that God is upholding you in His righteous hand. 

God is our refuge and strength. While we know that we can turn to God, too o en we forget that God is always right there in our corner. Psalm 46:1 re-minds us that, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” By defini on, a refuge is a safe place. When the Bible describes God as our refuge, it is saying that God is our safe place when we need protec on from some-thing. Knowing God is our refuge enables us to trust Him more freely. We need not fear situa ons or people who threaten our well-being, whether in a physical or spiritual sense. There is no situa on we will ever face that is out of God’s control, so the best place to be is right with Him.  

God’s peace passes all understanding. We know from scripture that the peace of God passes all understanding. Philippians 4:6-7 says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situa on, by prayer and pe on, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” This is a wonderful prom-ise. The believer who places his or her full confidence in a loving God and is thankful in every circumstance will possess a supernatural peace. An inner calm will dominate the heart. The faithful believer will know peace – his heart and mind are guarded by it. No one, especially those outside of Christ, will be able to fathom that peace. The most, it will remain a mys-tery how someone can be so serene in the midst of turmoil. Hold onto the promise that God’s supernatural peace sur-passes all natural understanding.  

God takes care of all things. God promises that He will take care of our lives. Luke 12:22-26 says, “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very li le thing, why do you wor-ry about the rest?” What is so great about these verses is that it reminds us that we shouldn’t worry because God will take care of the big stuff and the li le stuff. Worrying doesn’t change things, big or small, except to make those problems ap-pear worse than they really are. Don’t get hung up on the big things. Cast your cares on God and then trust in His wisdom. 

Six Little Reminders That God is With You By Lesli White Reprinted from beliefnet.com