Sacred Heart Catholic Church

October 6, 2013
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
To know, love and serve as Jesus did
110 N. Jefferson Street
Milledgeville, GA 31061
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: sacredheartmilledgeville.org
Phone: 478-452-2421
FAX: 478-454-1110
Cell/Emergency: 770-289-3466
Staff
Rev. Young Nguyen, Pastor
Rev. Mr. John Shoemaker, Deacon Emeritus
Rev. Mr. Cesar Basilio, Deacon
Cindy Sencindiver
Susan Craig
Rick & Melanie Pfohl
Secretary & DRE
Organist
Youth Choir
Sacraments
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday 4:30—5:00 or by appointment
Sacrament of Baptism
For information concerning baptism, call the
Parish priest.
Sacrament of Matrimony
Arrangements with the church should be made
at least six months in advance by calling the
Parish priest.
Sunday Bulletin
Deadline for items for the bulletin is 12:00
Noon on Wednesday.
Parish Membership
We welcome new families to our parish.
Parish Registration
Parish registration forms can be picked up at
the back of the church or at the church office.
Annulment Case Sponsor
Jean Atwood
Schedule of Masses
Monday—Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Vigil
Sunday
12:10 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.,
11:15 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
Holy Rosary and Adoration
Monday—Thursday Holy Rosary
Saturday Holy Rosary
Monday—Thursday Adoration
Friday Eucharistic Adoration
11:45 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
Mass of Healing
1st Saturday of the Month
9:30 a.m.
Masses for the Week of
Why Corner
October 6, 2013
Saturday
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Faith
Rosary
Mass
Jamie Penn, S.I.
Jesus, will you increase my faith?
Sunday
9:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
5:00 p.m..
Tom and Suzanne FitzGerald, S.I.
Linda Stewart, S.I.
Pro Populo
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
12:10 p.m.
12:10 p.m.
12:10 p.m.
Thurs
Fri.
Sat.
12:10 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Sue FitzGerald, S,.I.
Cindy Wylie, R.I.P.
John & Marilyn FitzGerald and
child, S.I.
Jean & Pat Martin, S.I.
Charlie & Irene Penn, S.I.
Rosary
Mass
Rev. Henry, S.I.
October 13, 2013
9:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
John Labella, R.I.P.
For vocations to priesthood and
ordained/consecrated life
Pro Populo
5:00 p.m.
Please call the church office to schedule mass intentions.
Diocese policy suggests an offering of $10 or more per mass
intention.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Jon 1:1 — 2:2, 11; Jon 2:3-5, 8;
Lk 10:25-37
Jon 3:1-10; Ps 130:1b-4ab, 7-8;
Lk 10:38-42
Jon 4:1-11; Ps 86:3-6, 9-10; Lk 11:1-4
Mal 3:13-20b; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:5-13
Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2; Ps 9:2-3, 6, 16, 8-9;
Lk 11:15-26
Jl 4:12-21; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12;
Lk 11:27-28
2 Kgs 5:14-17; Ps 98:1-4; 2 Tm 2:8-13;
Lk 17:11-19
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
First, Luke wrote, "Increase our faith." Faith is the greatest
force in the world. We must again remember that it was the
eastern custom to use language in the most vivid possible
way. This saying means that even that which looks completely impossible becomes possible if it is approached with
faith. We have only to think of the number of scientific marvels, of the number of surgical operation, of the number of
technology advancements, of the feats of endurance which to
date have been achieved and which less than fifty years ago
would have been regarded as utterly impossible. If we approach it saying, "It can't be done," it will not; if we approach it saying, "It must be done," the chances are that it
will. We must always remember that we approach no task
alone, but that with us there is God and all His power. Are
you even trying? How is your faith?
Second, Luke wrote, "We are unprofitable servants..." God
is never in our debt and we can never have any claim on
Him. When we have done our best, we have done only our
duty and a person who has done his/her duty has done only
what, in any event, he/she could be compelled to do. Does
God owe us anything?
Fr. Young
Weekly Offertory
Regular Collection
9/22/13
9/29/13
Helping Hands
$5,416.00
$5,683.00
$1,115.00
Just a reminder that when donating to a second collection or Helping Hands, a separate check needs to be
written. We can no longer divide check amounts.
Welcome to Our Parish
We are glad that you have come to visit. We
invite you to register and become part of our
parish family. Please fill out the registration
form at the back of the church or stop by the
parish office during the week.
INCREASE OUR FAITH
Today’s Gospel passage falls under the category that has come
to be known as the “hard sayings” of Jesus. Hard to understand, hard to
apply to life today. The Apostles’ request, “increase our faith,” is in
response to a previous “hard saying” about how frequently we are called
upon to forgive others. Curiously, Jesus seems rather unforgiving in
responding to their request, or in describing the manner in which they
are to serve others.
Jesus uses exaggerations to wake us up to how God is present
in our lives, and how we are urged to live if God is with us. None of us
is called upon to uproot trees or cast mountains into the sea. The faith
we have is adequate for the task we are called upon to do: spread the
gospel by our witness. And living that witness is done not for selfgratification or recognition, but out of the joy of helping the world to
hear the Good News.
Public Square Rosary Crusade
America is at a historic crossroad. Secu7larists are trying to push God from the public square. They reject His beneficial action upon society. But without God, where will our leaders get the wisdom to solve the great problems we face? We must stop the secularist advance and pray to God for help. He will hear us, if we pray through the intercession of His Blessed Mother. That’s why we’re launching the 2013 Public Square Rosary Crusade. In The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort said: “Public prayer is far more powerful than pri‐
vate prayer to appease the anger of God and call down His mercy, and Holy Mother Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, has always advocated public prayer in times of public tragedy and suffering.” We will be praying the rosary on Saturday, October 12th at 12:00 Noon in front of Sacred Heart. For more information contact JoAnn McClure at (706) 444‐6524 or (478) 320‐8870. LECTORS NEEDED
Just as the baseball teams expand their
rosters in September, we need to do an
October expansion of the roster of Lectors for all the Masses. Being a Lector is
a very important and meaningful ministry which has greatly enhanced the participation of the people of God in the
Mass in the years since Vatican II. If you
can read clearly, you could be a Lector
too!. Please consider it.
There will be a training session for new
Lectors Tuesday, October 15 at 7:00
pm at the Church. Deacon John Shoemaker and John Hargaden will conduct
the session.
Change of Date!!
The Knights of Columbus, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will
be having a blood drive on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST beginning
at 1:00 p.m. in Flannery O’Connor Hall.
Please mark this change on your
calendars now to give the gift of life
through your donation of blood.
Women’s Retreat
Girls Night Out
If you signed up for the Women’s Retreat the
weekend of October 25-27th, please bring
your registration fee by the office no later
than October 20th (or you can put it in an envelope marked “Women’s Retreat” and drop
it in the offertory or the black mailbox by the
office door).
Come join us this Tuesday,
October 9th at 6:30 p.m. at
Lieu’s Peking Restaurant in the
Old Capitol Shopping Center. We
always have a good and relaxing
time.
Joseph Benson
Manuel Lucero
Dan Trexler
Linda Stewart
Barbara Middlebrooks
Elmore Singco
If You Want to Kill the Church
Never go to your church or meetings held there,
If you do go, be late, it’s no one’s affair.
If the weather is bad, either too hot or snowing,
Just stay home and rest, for there’ll be others going.
But should you attend, be sure and remember
To find fault with the work, each official and member.
Be sure to hold back on your offerings and tithes,
The bills will be paid by the rest of the guys.
And never take office if offered the post,
But eagerly criticize work of the host.
If not on a committee you’re placed, be sore!
If you find that you are, don’t attend any more.
When asked your opinion on this thing or that,
Have nothing to say, just turn ‘em down flat.
Then after the meeting, shine out like the sun
By telling the folks how it should have been done.
Don’t do any more than you possibly can,
Leave the work for some other woman or man.
And when you see faithful ones work themselves sick,
Then stand up and holler, “It’s run by a clique!”
-Author Unknown
Oconee Regional Symphony Orchestra
Presents
“Piano Passion”
October 20, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.
Russell Auditorium
On the campus of Georgia College and State University
David Johnson, Music Director
Moona Yu, Piano Soloist
Orchestra selections by Beethoven, Bizet and Mozart
The concert is free and open to the public
Donations greatly appreciated and accepted
For more information: [email protected]
www.oconeeregionalsymphonyorchestra.org
Like us on Facebook: Oconee Regional Symphony Orchestra
(There are parishioners from Sacred Heart who play in the
Symphony. Let’s show them our support by attending).
YEAR OF FAITH
OCTOBER 2013
To Know and Understand, to See and Act
Meditation
“Confessing with the lips” (Romans 10:9) implies that personal faith must express itself in
public witness. A Christian may never think of
belief as a private act. Faith is choosing to
“stand with the Lord,” and this demands that
we accept the social responsibilities that flow
from what we believe (see Benedict XVI, Door
of Faith, 10).
October opens with “Respect Life Sunday,”
and, in this Year of Faith, Jesus’ disciples pray
in our name: “Increase our faith.” How comforting is Jesus’ response. Faith cannot be measured
by quantity but by quality—faith’s willingness
to trust, risk, dare—and when we see a need, to
act on it. Jesus saw ten lepers and healed them;
the Samaritan saw that he was healed and gave
thanks, faith transforming his healing into salvation. If God sometimes seems slow to act, like
the judge in Jesus’ story, could God be inviting
us, who experience Jesus’ self-sacrificing love
in the Eucharist, to make God’s work of love
and justice our own? October’s final Sunday
prepares us for the Year of Faith’s final month
with Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and taxcollector. Though everyone presumed the Pharisee to be faith personified, he was not praying to
God at all, just talking to himself. He replaced
the praise of God with a litany of selfcongratulation, and intercession with judging
his neighbor. As the Year of Faith draws to a
close, Jesus asks each of us, which of these two
are you?
Mission
Translate my personal faith into public witness;
seek opportunities to act on my faith; refrain
from judging others, praying instead, “O God,
be merciful to me, a sinner.”
—Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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Today we too, are tempted to rail at the evil and violence—the culture of death that
seems prevalent in our country:
-acts of terrorism
-mass shootings (a movie theater in Aurora, CO; an elementary school in
Newtown, CT)
- 532 murders in Chicago in 2012; other urban areas also
- over a million children killed each year by abortion (its brutality was seen in
the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion provider)
We can get frustrated: God has not intervened to stop the killing and we’ve been unable
to stop it ourselves through our legal system.
Frustration accomplishes nothing and distracts us from the two things he asks of us, the
two things needed to overcome violence and evil: faith in God and the loving witness of
our lives.
There are more martyrs today than in the early centuries of the Church. (Pope Francis,
Address to Movements 6/18/13); they go bravely to their deaths, witnessing to the faith;
yet do we hesitate to witness to the right to life and inherent dignity of every person, out
of fear of being ridiculed?
It’s unpleasant to thin about
- abortion procedures done on innocent children
- the physical and sexual abuse of children
- neglect of the spiritual, social and physical needs of persons with disabilities
- elderly and dying persons who are alone, afraid, in pain, and unloved by
others
-how it grieves God that financial considerations-not sacrificial love-dictate
our societal and personal decisions
Not only society, but we too, will be judged by the care given to the most vulnerable in
our midst
Are we living our faith fully, are we truly serving God if we allow such suffering to exist
and do nothing about it?
There’s much we can do as citizens as volunteers, as neighbors and family members to
help those in need and protect vulnerable persons from abuse and death. It’s not optional for Christians: we will only be doing what we are obliged to do.
Today, pray about and commit to doing something to help even just one vulnerable person-perhaps a family members, neighbor, or colleague or someone one of them is caring
for. If you can’t think of anyone, contact your pastor or diocesan pro life office for suggestions.
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Please pray for the deceased: All deceased members
of Sacred Heart Church, Robert Allen, Sr., Linda Foy,
Jeanette Holmes, Ty Kennedy, Myrtle Chapman, David
Seitz, R.J. Lowery
Chard Wray Food Pantry
The food pantry is in need of □ Juice
the following items:
□ Macaroni & Cheese
□ Oatmeal
□ Paper towels
Baby Formula
□ Pasta - different varieties
□ Canned beef stew
□ Pasta sauce
□ Canned Chicken &
□ Peanut Butter
Dumplings
□ Powdered Milk
□ Canned Chili
□ Rice
□ Canned fruit
□ Saltine Crackers
□ Canned Salmon
□ Soup—all varieties,
□ Canned Spam
□ Sugar
□ Canned Tuna
□ Toiletry items
□ Canned vegetables
□ Cereal
If you can help with any of
□ Cooking Oil
these items, it will be greatly
□ Evaporated milk
appreciated.
□ Flour
□ Grits
□ Instant Potatoes
□ Jelly
□ Jiffy Cornbread Mix
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