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Sunday Collections
September 27th
Attendance: 211 1st : $4,467
MASS INTENTIONS
OUR LADY OF LOURDES 108 North West 4th Avenue, Mineral Wells, Tx 76067
Phone: 940-325-4789 Fax: 940-327-8170 [email protected] www.ollcatholicchurch.com
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-3pm Rev. Thomas Dsouza Pastor Deacon Jesus Cardenas
Secretary: Marla Trevino [email protected]
Oct. 3rd – Oct 9th, 2020 Oct 3rd 4:30pm -St. Francis-Donald Gore† by Heather Pilgrim Oct 3rd 6:30pm– (Chapel)-Rose Hill† by Margaret Colton Oct. 4th 9am-Porfiria Gutierrez† by Eddie Gutierrez & Freddie & Patrick Gonzales† by Dee Gonza-les
Oct. 4th 11:30am– Balvina Romero† by Melva Turcios
Weekday Masses/Chapel
Oct. 7th Mass at 7am- Porfiria Gutierrez† by Eddie Gutierrez & Sandy & Richard Holmes† by Heather Pilgrim Oct 8th Mass at 7am-Tollie Lee Pilgrim Jr.† by Heather Pilgrim
Oct 9th Mass at 7am
October 4th, 2020
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mineral Wells, TX
Eloise Rodriguez, Eddie Gutierrez, Henry Harbrecht, Sharon McKin-ley,Leonor DeSantiago,Letha Rus-sell, Jim Slattery, Kathy DeLara, Johnny Davis, Janet Coalson, Angeli-ca Pineda, Steven Ortiz, Elena Tejeri-na, Pat Luna, Melchora Pérez, Josefa Esquivel, Lupe Trevino, Marie & Bill McGuire, Nicki Ruiz, Joanne Pechacek, D.J. Davis, Julian & Sally Rios, Antonio Maldanado, Liz John-son, Roger Huddleston, Christina Ro-driguez Fuller, Sharon Howell, Jessi-ca Luna Gloria, Joseph Dover, Fr. Thomas Dsouza, Brenda Mendoza, Willie Harrison, Elizabeth Nowak, Ar-mando Dominguez, and Bryan Dominguez, Jesse & Wantia Angui-ano, Sanjeev Joshi, Tomasa Gonza-lez, Rudy & Rita Alvarado, Velia Sa-maniego Barrientos, Arnoldo & Nata-lia Sanmiego, Daniel Nava.,Tina Cruce, Gloria Ortiz, Rocky Turcios, Jane Nixon, Alfredo Guajardo and Ana Plascencia.
THE SICK OF OUR PARISH FROM PASTOR’S DESK
HONORING OUR COMMITMENTS
RCIA CLASS
THOUGHTS, WORDS AND ACTIONS
Catechism classes have
started with success. Please
have patience with this process.
Please email the teachers with
problems. You can still register
on the church website, face-
book and hardcopies in the
back of the chapel/church. All
registration forms can emailed
to Maria Jones at the following
email:
RCIA classes begin Sunday, October 11, 2020. While RCIA is the process where adults are brought into the Catholic faith, it is also a great opportunity for anyone wanting to learn more about the faith to do so. So, if you have been attending Mass for years but haven’t made that final leap yet, or if you just started visiting our church and want to learn more about our faith, come out and join us. Classes will be held in the Me-morial Hall on Sunday nights from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We will be signing up for this year’s class on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 6:00 pm. For more in-formation contact T J Jones at 940-328-0573.
We need to honor our commitments: Today, more than ever, people make marriage commitments too easily and then break them. The problem today is that the couples do not have the courage to make the commitment of marriage work. We all know there is a tremendous shortage of priests because our young people are unwilling to make commitments to God by committing themselves to life-long celibacy, to a diocese or to the vowed life of a reli-gious community. We need to pray for strength to honor our commitments. We are here this morning because, in one way or another, we have said to Jesus, “I will follow you.” Sometimes we are faithful to him, but at other times we are not. Hence, we need to pray for strength to honor our commitments. We need to ask for forgiveness when we fail, and we need to renew our determination to walk with Jesus by being loyal to our spouse and family, by earning our living honestly, and by living, not only peacefully, but lovingly, with our neighbors.
We need to practice humility in thoughts, words and actions. “Learn from me for I am meek and humble of heart. We should not seek recognition and recompense for the service we do for Christ and the Church as parents, teach-ers, pastors etc. Trusting Faith resulting from true humility is essential for all corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Let us not try to prevent anyone from doing good to others because of envy or jealousy. Envy and jealousy are sin-ful because they lead us to sadness over what should make us rejoice. True love always seeks the highest good of the neighbor.
CATECHISM CLASSES
Today’s readings speak of harvesting
grapes in a vineyard. God calls us to
work in the vineyard, each doing our
part to ensure a good harvest. We gath-
er together each week in the Lord’s
name and receive Christ in the word
and the Eucharist. In today’s Gospel,
Jesus promises the kingdom of God to
those who produce its fruit. We pray
that we may be nourished in word and
sacrament so that we may go forth to
produce fruit for the kingdom.
Las lecturas de hoy nos hablan de la
cosecha de uvas en un viñedo. Dios
nos pide que trabajemos en el viñedo,
cada uno haciendo su parte para
asegurar una buena vendimia. Cada
semana nos reunimos en el nombre del
Señor y recibimos a Cristo en la pala-
bra y en la Eucaristía. En el Evan-gelio
de hoy Jesús promete el Reino de Dios
a aquellas personas que producen su
fruto. Oremos para recibir el sustento
en la palabra y en el sacramento para
salir a producir frutos para el Reino.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mineral Wells, TX
WHY DO PARISHES OFFER SPECIAL MASSES LIKE THANKSGIVING AND MEMORIAL DAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE NOT HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION? AM I OBLIGATED TO ATTEND?
OCTOBER— Virgin Mary Rosary Month-Family Rosary is highly recommended. Wednesday, Oct 7th – Memorial of Our Lady Of The Rosary & Financial Committee Meeting starts at 5:30pm in Pallotti Hall. Thursday, Oct 8th – Guadalupanas Meeting starts at 6pm in the Pallotti Hall Sunday, Oct. 11th – English RCIA Classes start in Memorial Hall at 6:00pm. Monday, Oct. 12th – Catholic Daughter of America Meeting starts at 6:30pm Pallotti Hall Thursday, Oct. 15th – Parish Council Meeting starts at 6pm in Pallotti Hall
Out of respect for the various civil celebrations that take place during the year, many dioceses and parishes will host special Masses. However, while it always worthwhile to come together to worship as a community, Catholics are not obligated to attend these celebrations. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes, the only times that we are obligated to participate in celebrations of the Eucharist are on Sundays and holy days of obligation: The first precept ("You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor") requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord as well as the principal liturgical feasts honoring the mysteries of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints; in the first place, by participating in the Eucharistic celebration, in which the Christian community is gathered, and by resting from those works and activi-ties which could impede such a sanctification of these days.
The conviction that we are protected by an angel is an encouragement against our baseless fears and unnec-essary anxieties. The thought that a messenger from God is constantly watching our thoughts, words and deeds is an inspiration for us to lead holy lives and to do good for others and avoid evil. We need to be grateful to God every day, thanking Him for His loving care given us through His angel.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The angels are spirits created by God before He created man. They are meant to be extensions of God’s love and provident care for us. Their role is to praise and worship God, act as God’s messengers, do God’s will and protect human beings. “He will give His angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways (Psalm 91:1). God sent His angels to destroy the evil cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, and to save Lot’s family. God gave Moses an angel to support and guide him: “My an-gel shall go before you” (Ex 32:34). It was an angel who helped Jesus in the de-sert and encouraged Jesus during his agony in Gethsemane. The Acts of the Apostles (1:14) describes how God sent an angel to liberate Peter from the pris-on. The Archangels form one of the nine orders of angels. The most prominent among them in Scripture are Michael the protector, Gabriel the messenger of God and Raphael, the healer and guide for humans. Michael: Michael means “Who is like God?” from the challenge he flung at the rebel angels led by Lucifer. In Daniel, he is the great prince who defended Israel. In the Book of Revela-tion, he is the mighty prince who fought with Lucifer and who dragged the serpent into hell. Gabriel: He is God’s messenger. It was Gabriel who announced to Eliz-abeth’s husband, the priest Zechariah, the happy news that his barren wife would conceive a son, John the Baptist. He announced the “good news” to Mary, that she was to bear the Son of God. He may have been the angel sent to Joseph in a dream to tell him that he was to take Mary into his home as his wife, “for it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a Son, and you are to name Him Jesus because He will save His people from their sins.” Gabriel also announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds; he may have been the messenger instructing the Magi to return to their lands by another route rather than returning to King Herod, and also the messenger who appeared to Joseph in a dream to instruct him to return to Israel, as, “They who sought the life of the Child are dead.” Raphael: He is man’s God-appointed guide and healer. He guided Tobiah’s journey, did Tobiah’s task of collecting his father’s money from Gabael of Rhages, arranged Tobiah’s marriage with Sarah, gave Tobiah the means to heal Tobit’s blindness, and protected Sarah from the devil. Dependable angelic assistance is a salutary, encouraging assurance for us to remember in our fears. The truth that an angel is always watching us is an incentive for us to do good and to avoid evil. Angelic protection and assistance form a great provision for which we must be always thankful to God.
THE ARCHANGELS: MICHAEL, GABRIEL & RAPHAEL
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