September 18, 2016 - Twenty –Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org

stpat.org@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register

by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested

during pregnancy.

Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-

mends this sacrament for those who are grave-

ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to

arrange a visit.

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six

months in advance to allow time for prepara-

tion and planning.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 18, 2016

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, September 17--Vigil of the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Rolfes; Ron Venable; Iris Arceneaux LeBlanc; John Alvin Amos; Alfred Hitter, Jr.; Mrs. Alfred Hitter (living) Sunday, September 18--Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Dr. Almore (Doc) Bordelon; Nick & Earl Chiasson; Sidney & Nina Begnaud; Phil Simon; Bud & Euna Arceneaux 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, September 19--St. Januarius, Bi- shop and Martyr 7:30 AM: Johnny Leon Ducote Tuesday, September 20--Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest, and Paul Chong Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs 7:30 AM: M/M Edras Himel

Wednesday, September 21--St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 7:30 AM:Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, September 22--Weekday 7:30 AM: Souls in Purgatory Friday, September 23--St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Flowers In memory of: Sidney & Nina Begnaud

God . . . wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.

— 1 Timothy 2:4

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 7:15 a.m. Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m. Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Friday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Friday, September 23: No cleaning. “Pope Francis has seen a deeper link between the poor and the unborn. They are both among the first victims of a ‘throw-away society’” — “Poverty and Abortion: A vicious Cycle’ USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities

Prayer for 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 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, loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with you Son in 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 heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen. Bishop Maurice Shexnayder

St. Mary Bus Trip To San Antonio – December 10-12, 2016 St. Mary Mother of the Church is hosting a Bus Trip to San Antonio on December 10-12, 2016, to celebrate the Christmas Season in colorful, Mexican-American style and to attend Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Mass and Celebra-tion. This 2-night trip includes easy access to San Anto-nio’s Downtown Riverwalk where you will find Holiday Boat Caroling, Arts & Crafts, Fiesta de las Luminaries, shopping, restaurants, the Rio San Antonio Cruise (tickets paid individually), and more. Over 70,000 Christmas lights and 2500 luminaries “light the way” along the River. On Sunday, December 11, a local guide will lead us as we visit the Missions, the Alamo, and other “local treats”; we will also visit and tour the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. On Monday, December 12, we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with special services. For complete details and registration information, please contact Barbara Thibodeaux (235-3240) or JoAnn LeJune (981-3379). Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette presents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for October is Rev. Keith LaBove, Pas-tor of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Lafayette, and Hospital Chaplain, Central Deanery. “Food for the Journey” will be held on Tuesday, October 11 (second Tuesday of month due to Diocesan Clergy Meeting), at Wyndham Garden Lafayette (formerly “Hotel Acadiana”), 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional lunch buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are wel-come to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Mary Bergeron (654-8682). Christ in the City - A Young Adult Event All young adults, in their 20s and 30s, are invited to this monthly night of Adoration, reflection, and fellowship. “Christ in the City” is held on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary Mother of the Church, 419 Doucet Road, Lafayette. (Upcoming dates: October 6, No-vember 3). The hour-long service of Benediction and Ado-ration includes Scripture and a reflection, music, silent time for prayer, and the opportunity for the sacrament of Recon-ciliation. Fellowship immediately follows. For more infor-mation, please check out our Facebook page "Christ in the City - Lafayette, LA" or email us at CIClafa-yette@gmail.com. Healing Hearts “Healing Hearts” is a Support Group for women whose re-lationships have been affected by pornography or sexual addiction of a loved one. Meetings are held in the evening during the week for 1 hour and 30 minutes, in Lafayette. This is a highly confidential group. Confidentiality state-ment must be signed by all members before the place and time of meeting will be disclosed. Please call 337-404-6113 Voicemail and the facilitator will return your call.

Come Lord Jesus! If you missed the meeting, it’s not too late! We would like to offer to our parishioners an opportunity to become members of a Come, Lord Jesus! Bible study group. This is a program developed and main-tained by one of our own diocesan priests, Fr. Conley Bertrand, that focuses on the upcoming Sunday read-ings in a small group setting. Come Lord Jesus! groups are active across our diocese. Through study, prayer and faith sharing in a small group on a weekly basis, members are able to deepen their faith, as well as their appreciation for the Sunday Eucharist, as a help to liv-ing out the Gospel day by day. An informational meet-ing was held last week. If you are interested, even in just getting more information, please join us at the sec-ond organizational meeting, this Tuesday, Sept. 20th, at 6:00 pm in the par ish hall (across the str eet, be-hind the oak tree.) Groups will be formed at that meet-ing, so it’s not too late. Rachel’s Vineyard For Post Abortion Healing Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat is an extraordinary oppor-tunity for any person who struggles with the emotional and spiritual pain of abortion. The weekend is a unique and effective process designed specifically to help you experience the mercy and compassion of God. This process is extremely helpful for those who have diffi-culty forgiving themselves or others. The weekend will help your soul find a voice and transform the pain of the past into hope! For more information and to regis-ter call 337-261-5607 or email tlittell@diolaf.org. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential. Stop and Think About How You Spend Your Time! For most of us our priorities are our children, our jobs, career, leisure and God. How much time do you spend just for the two of you as a couple? You deserve to learn how to make the most of your time and relation-ship. Make time to enrich your relationship by attend-ing a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekend is October 14-15, 2016 at the Bishop Robert E. Tracy Center in Baton Rouge. You can get more information or register online at LAMS-wwme.org or by calling 470-297-856 Holy Hour for Vocations Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, October 3, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Pat-rick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, spon-sored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory………………………$ 3,193.80 The second collection this weekend is for The Catholic University of America.

Date

Saturday, September 24 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 25 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 25 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Marguerite Montagnet Linda Garber Michael Doumit

Eucharistic Ministers

Candis Thompson Janell Venable George Eaton

Susan Cain Ted Hampton Kay Hampton

Jerry Boudreaux Dee Boudreaux Robin Roy

Altar Servers Oren Spruill Mary Kramer Phyllis Roy

Ushers Kevin & Daylan Phillips Rachelle Trahan Keith Toups

Jenny Feehan Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for September

Readings for the Week

Monday Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18

Tuesday Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21

Wednesday Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13

Thursday Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9

Friday Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22

Saturday Eccl 11:9 — 12:8; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Lk 9:43b-45

Sunday Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146:7-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31

From the Pastor’s Desk

This past week, the Church marked a rather interesting pair of feasts, one after the other, especially when one considers that those two days offered a reason to celebrate. The first was the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, when we are called to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we behold the wood of the tree on which he was hung. The very next day, the Church marked the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, a day that re-calls the pain Mary felt as she observed the sufferings of her Son, and a day that invites us to stand with her at the foot of the cross, accepting her as our Mother.

Many might well say, “What is there here to celebrate? What is so good about death and sorrow?” It’s a good question. The beginning of our response is to recognize that it is not the suffering and sorrow that we actu-ally celebrate. Rather, it is a recognition that this passion of Jesus and Mary are a necessary part of the path to salvation.

Consider first the crucifixion. This was the final act in a life of total self-giving that began at the Incarna-tion. St. Paul tells us that Jesus did not deem his equality with God something to be grasped, but rather he emp-tied himself, accepting human form. This total giving over of self would be reflected in the entirety of his earthly ministry, and reach a climax in those words spoken from the cross: “Father, into your hands I commend my Spir-it”. This handing over of himself to the will of the Father was something he had been doing since the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, and she conceived by the power of that Spirit.

“I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say.” With these words of response to the angel, Mary would embark on her own journey of self-giving, starting by consenting to become a worthy mother to our Savior. This journey would entail the piercing of her heart with sorrow, as Simeon predicted in the temple. But her sorrows were the sorrows of her Son. Watching him carry his cross, and be hung on that tree, and give over his spirit were the moments that made up her sorrow. She did not set out intent on suffering. She did ac-cept her sorrows as a necessary part of walking through life with her beloved Son, even to the foot of the cross.

When we consider the glory won for us on the cross, and that Mary always stands as a symbol for the en-tire Church, we are instructed on the path to salvation for the Church. We, along with Jesus and Mary, say yes to God, even if that means sorrow, precisely because we hope to share in his glory. Suffering and sorrow were inevi-table on this journey. But in the end, Christ triumphs, over sin and death, and yes, even sorrow.