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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]
Sept 26th – Oct 2nd, 2020 Sept 26th 4:30pm -St. Francis Sept 26th 6:30pm– (Chapel)-Clarence Fischer† by Jane Nixon & Richard Kaminiski† Sept 27th 9am-Porfiria Gutierrez† by Eddie Gutierrez & Michael Goren† by Erma Muniz
Sept 27th 11:30am– Balvina Romero† by Melva Turcios, Es-teven Jose Aguilar† by Rafaela Aguilar & Ruben Gutierrez Jr.† by Patricia Luna
Weekday Masses/Chapel Sept. 30th Mass at 7am- Oct 1st Mass at 7am- Porfiria Gutierrez† by Eddie Gutierrez
Oct 2nd Adoration -9am-5:45pm Mass at 6pm-Henry Argumaniz†
September 27th, 2020
Catechism classes start this Sunday,
September 27th online, pre-recorded.
The Students have until midnight to
complete the class and homework.
Please have patience with this pro-
cess. Please email the teachers with
problems. You can still register on
the church website, facebook and
hardcopies in the back of the chapel/
church. All registration forms can
emailed to Maria Jones at the follow-
ing email:
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, Lee Sanchez, Gloria Ortiz, Rocky Turcios, Jane Nixon, Alfredo Guajardo and Ana Plascencia.
THE SICK OF OUR PARISH FROM PASTOR’S DESK
WE ARE WORKS IN PROGRESS
RCIA CLASS
What prompts you to make the decisions you make? When confronted with a decision, whether one that is more trivial and mundane or one that is more significant and profound, we rely on guidance. That guidance can be the re-sult of impulse and passion or the fruit of the interior voice of conscience. Decisions made on impulse and passion can be misguided and erroneous. Decisions based on conscience, or the moral voice within, will reflect the depth and maturity of our soul work. A more contemplative soul will make more contemplative decisions. A less devel- oped conscience will make deci-sions based on the individual’s level of development. Conversion and a change of heart are at the core of Je- sus’ message precisely because of this reality. We are works in progress. For the person on fire with the Holy Spirit and centered on God, life re- flects an ever-deepening aware-ness and heightened sense of God’s presence and a greater willingness to do God’s will. What is happening internally is validated by what is witnessed externally. The hypocrite is the one who says yes when they really mean no. From the start, they had no desire to do the virtuous act but wanted to outwardly appear as if they did. Where are you on the road of integrity? Honesty is all that is required. God is good with that. It is okay to struggle with our decisions and wrestle with ourselves. Consciences on the path to maturity and greater depth are not always going to know what action is immediately best. We may, at first, say no to what we know is right and, after prayerful reflection and thought, come around to doing it. Conversion happens when our no changes to yes, regardless of how sinful or out of sync we may be at the time. God is anxious to welcome us to Himself. But we cannot embrace Him unless we want to. Learning to orient our gift of free will to what is of divine origin, right, and best is a discipline we must always tweak and perfect.
In today’s second reading, Saint
Paul calls upon the Philippians to “(be)
of the same mind, with the same love,
united in heart, thinking one thing.”
We come here today probably each
thinking different things, but during
this holy time together we pray that
the Holy Spirit may unite us in heart
and mind, with the love of God and
love of neighbor we have in common,
as we lift our voices to sing and pray
as one.
En la segunda lectura de hoy san
Pablo exhorta a los filipenses a tener
“una misma manera de pensar, un
mismo amor, unas mismas aspira-
ciones y una sola alma”. Hoy venimos
todos aquí, pero probablemente cada
uno pensando algo diferente; mas,
durante este tiempo santo que pasa-
mos juntos, oramos para pedirle al
Espíritu Santo que nos una en una
sola alma con el amor de Dios y nues-
tro amor al prójimo que todos tene-
mos en común, y por eso cantamos y
oramos a una sola voz.
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.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Mineral Wells, TX
WHY DO CATHOLICS GENUFLECT?
IS IT THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS?
Genuflection is an act of devotion that literally means “to bend the knee.” For many Catholics, it’s an almost au-tomatic gesture that we perform before entering our pew or row of seats at Mass. But, like many of the symbols and gestures of our faith tradition, gen- uflecting can also be an invitation for deeper reflection. The practice of “bending the knee” is an ancient way of recognizing the presence of someone greater than we are. It has been said that the practice dates back to the time of Alexander the Great, but it became a common part of eti-quette in the royal courts of the Middle Ages. From throne rooms and palaces, it was a small step to genuflecting be- coming part of the devotional lives of Chris-tians, who used this secular gesture as a way of recognizing the presence of the One who is King of Kings, especially in the Eucharist. Today, Catholics are asked to genuflect in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament (whether in the taber-nacle or exposed on the altar during eucharistic adoration). So, while it has be-come second nature to genuflect be- fore entering your seat in church, we should pay attention to where the Blessed Sacrament is kept in each church or chapel that we visit, and genuflect in the direction of the tabernacle where the Blessed Sacrament is kept. In churches or chapels in which the tabernacle is in a separate space, we are invited to simply bow toward the altar. In addition to genuflecting before the Blessed Sacrament, we are also instructed to genuflect before the cross used for venera-tion on Good Friday (during the solemn celebrations of the Lord’s Passion) and any time a relic of the True Cross is displayed for veneration. This long-standing tradition is a way of honoring the cross as the great sign of our sal-vation and of showing devotion to the passion of Jesus.
I can remember times when I received a gift that I would not have chosen for myself. At those times I certainly thought to myself that “it was the thought that counts.” I was happy that the gift-giver thought of me at all. Then there have been times when my children have not given me a gift and then chose to tell me all about what they were going to give me. They would then follow it up by saying, “it was the thought that really counts.” Really!?! I don’t think so. I could think of sending my wife on a cruise, but that is not in any way the same as going on the cruise. I think there are times when all of us think we are more generous than we are, simply because we were thinking about being generous. This way of think-ing can be dangerous. Jesus teaches us to say what we mean and mean what we say. The intentionality of our actions is important, but intentionality without action is meaningless. How we act and what we give serves as evidence of our intentions and indicates where our heart truly lies. If we fool ourselves into thinking we are someone we are not, it can become diffi- cult to see the truth. We need to look for the fruit in our lives. We need to make sure our desires and thoughts are moving us to act. You know that other saying about intentions, don’t you? Don’t pave the road to a place no one wants to end up with your intentions. Instead, let your intentions and actions lead others to another place where Jesus can be found.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 27th-Sunday-Cathechism Starts Online. Tuesday, Sept. 29th— Altar Society Meeting starts at 1pm in Pallotti Hall. OCTOBER— Virgin Mary Rosary Month-Family Rosary is highly recommended. Thursday, Oct. 1st — Knights of Columbus Meeting starts at 6:30pm in Memorial Hall Saturday, Oct. 3rd—English Baptism Class starts at 10am in Memorial Hall for pre-registered couples only. Wednesday, Oct 7th – 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
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