CONTACTS

Rev. James Bach, Pastor, Cell.. ...............644-7780 Very Rev. John Talamo, Jr. V.F. Dean of Algiers/

Plaquemines Deanery

Deacon Dan Reynolds, ............................ 319-9126

Rebecca Berthelot, Secretary (home) ...... 436-6408

Pam Kamphuis, Music Director

& Min. Coordinator .................................. 452-9936

Judy Sherman, Min. Coordinator Asst. ... 496-3903

Fran Laudun, Custodian ......................... 392-5492

Jane Mix, DRE ........................................ 650-1247

Holy Spirit Cathol ic Church 6201 Stratford Place, New Orleans LA. 70131

Phone: 394-5492, Fax: 398-0901, Email: holyspirit@archdiocese-no.org Website: www.holyspiritchurchnola.org

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, B, January 21, 2018

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAY: 4:15-4:45 PM Confessions 5:00 PM Vigil Mass SUNDAY: 10:00 AM Mass

SACRAMENTS

and RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:

Tuesday: 5:00 - 6:00 PM.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:

Saturday: 4:15 - 4:45 PM Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM or by appointment.

MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENTS:

Contact the office six months in advance.

BAPTISM:

Baptismal seminar is required for Parents and

Godparents. Parents meet with the Pastor/Deacon.

Godparents must provide proof of Confirmation in the

Catholic Church.

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

MON 8:30 AM Mass TUE 8:30 AM Mass;

and Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

WED 8:30 AM Mass THU 8:30 AM Mass

FRI 8:30 AM Mass and Adoration with Divine Mercy Chaplet

FIRST FRIDAY EVENINGS: 7:00 PM 6:30 PM Confessions; 7:00 PM Healing Mass with

the Anointing of the Sick; Heart2Heart Eucharistic

Adoration with the Divine Mercy Chaplet

Families: In Loving Memory of

Maria, Bob Dufrene, Sr.,

Ann & Mike Taranto

by Holy Spirit Parishioners

In Loving Memory of

Father Danny Digal Former Pastor

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N E X T W E E K E N D L I T U R G I C A L A S S I G N M E N T S

( Please find your substitute if you are unable to serve as assigned )

January

27 & 28

Mass Readings

Next Sunday

SAT

5:00 PM Constance McEnaney

Sylvia Schwarz

Jerry Simoneaux Valerie Sims

Mary Pax

Julie Williams Jermaine Lewis

First Reading - Deuteronomy

18:15-20

Psalm - Psalm 95

Second Reading - 1 Corin-

thians 7:32-35

Gospel - Mark 1:21-28

SUN

10:00 AM Mary Walther

Charlene Vernotzy

Sandra Rodriguez

Peter Khong Nhan Maria Pham Nhung

Olevia Watson

Erin Perdue

Repent, and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15

by beloved children John, Christina, Jenifer...

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Repent! That is the theme of the

first reading and of the Gospel

today. The second reading gives

us the motive for repentance: “the

world in its present form is

passing away.”

For many of us, the world does

not seem to change very much at

all and we can wonder if there is

much use of repentance in our

lives. For others, the world is indeed changing, and for the

worse. We are much more capable of total destruction of

the world today than other humans were many years ago.

We have to wonder about the role of repentance in our

lives. Is there any good that comes out of repentance? For

sure we can tell others: the Lord asks repentance of us and

so we repent! But that doesn’t seem very strong. Unless

we know why we are repenting, our repentance can be just

an external compliance with some religious law that we

have discovered.

In both the Hebrew Scriptures and in our Christian

Scriptures, real repentance can only be worthwhile

when we have some kind of personal encounter with

God. That does not mean the kind of encounter we might

have with another human being; for instance, meeting our

mother or our brother or our sister or a good friend in the

street. Sure, all of us would like to have an intimately

personal and profound encounter with God in that way.

But generally our encounters with God come about in

other ways.

We have to wonder today also if we really believe that

the Kingdom of God is at hand. That was one way of

describing an encounter with the living God. Today, very

few people sense that God is present at all. More and

more of us humans are becoming

atheists or at most agnostics. This

life is all there is.

But we Christians, who follow the

teachings of our Lord Jesus,

believe in His words. He tells us

that there is another life after

death. He tells us that there is a

living God with whom we can

converse in prayer. He tells us the

gateway to this new life after

death is the love we have for one another in this life.

Our spirituality often comes down to this

fundamental point: do I believe in Jesus Christ? If I

do, I look at the world in one way and begin to try to

choose to make all of my decisions in accordance with

that belief. Jesus tells us that we encounter God

whenever we serve others.

Repentance, then, is really important for all the times

that I fail to be faithful to the words of Jesus and to His

invitation to share His life. Repentance is important when

I fail to love. Personally, I fail so very much. Yet

repentance gives a chance to start over again.

Repentance, if we follow Jesus, is a joy in our life

because it allows us to acknowledge our brokenness

and to receive healing from the Lord of life. Let us

thank God today for this gift of repentance given to us

in Christ Jesus.

© The Monastery of Christ in the Desert

T he 3 r d S U NDA Y , Or d i nar y , B

Ja nua r y 20 - 28 , 201 8

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Our Military and Families *

Aaron Q. Ward * Alexandra Harrison * Alton

Sterling * Anastasia Nedd * Ann Richardson *

Anna Chiasson * Arlene & Bob Eiswirth *

Aurolyn O’Neill * Bing’s Family * Brian & Kevin

Dickmann * Camila Leles * Carey’s Family *

Carlie Raley * Cecilia Lemelle * Code Family * Celestain Family *

Chanel & Lillic Smith * Colbert Family * Corey Brown * Craig

Hzydel * DaShawn Augustus * David Ortiz * Dee Glora * Denise

Wiltz * Donald Booth * Donalisa A. Jones * Eddie Mays * Edwin

Hameson, Sr.* Elizabeth Gale Hardy * Elizabeth Poole * Elren

Waddell * Ernest Miles * Eugene Brooks * Eugenia Augustus &

Family * Fabiola Bass & Family * Greg Haag * Gabe Jas Family *

Geneva C. Jones * Gwen Jolly * Harold Becnel, Jr. & Sr. * Hilda M.

Moceira * Isabella Becnel * James Johnson * Janet Gisleson * Jas

Family * Jennifer & Joe * Joe Sada * Jennifer Mitchem * Jordan *

Joseph Celesten, Jr. * Kim D. Davis * Joycelyn Albert * Judy

Severson * Kalia Borne * Liz Sass * Karen Perritt * Karen Bradshaw

* Kathy M. Deroche * Kliebert’s Family * LaSalle Family * Locke

Walters * Lois Dejean * Ron Juge * Lorraine Perret * Lottie Paulsen

* Lucien Charlot * Lupe Villareal * Pearl Nedd * Lynne Victor *

Lydwing Hurst * Mabel Meyer * Mable Johnson * Marie Nunez *

Marsha Bell * Martha Davis * Mary Berthelot * Mary Clo Carey *

Mary Landreneau * Melanie Evans * Meldon Woods * Micah

McDaniel * Michael G. Dumas * Nat Hill * Mike Simoneaux * Mr. &

Mrs. T. Schiro * Nettie Jackson * Noella Jackson * Peter Enchill *

O’Byrne Family * Odette Gisclair * Patricia Greine * Philando

Cashlle * Phoebe McPherson * Rachel Anselmo * Raynette Bonapart

* Robinson Family * Audrey Allen * Sarah Yarborough * Scott

Morrison * Selma Nicholl * Stella Coleman * Terrance Demas * Terry

Bravender * Theresa & Viktoria * Carole & Lee Baker * Karen

Reaves * Dave Burvant’s Family *

T H I S W E E K E N D

SAT

5:00 PM 01-20

For All Holy Spirit Parishioners, Dominic Tuan, John Matthews,

Maria Tua, Joseph Loi Tran, & Pray for Thanksgiving

SUN 10:00 AM

01-21

Joseph Hoan, Vern Jenkins, Johnny & Family Deceased Member, All Souls, Deceased Members of a

Family, Conversion of Sinner, &

Thanksgiving

W E E K D A Y S

MON 8:30 AM

01-22 Maria Tua, Mary Bu, &

Ancient Parents

TUE 8:30 AM

01-23 Ann Gill, Josephs, Earl Lorio, &

Ancient Parents

WED 8:30 AM

01-24 Joseph & Mary, Mary Bu, &

Thanksgiving

THU 8:30 AM

01-25 Maria, Joseph, & Poor Souls

FRI 8:30 AM

01-26 Kenneth Bonaparte, & Johnny &

Family Deceased Members

N E X T W E E K E N D

SAT 5:00 PM

01-27

Maria Tua, Carol Cassreino, Le Tran, Johnny & Family Deceased

Members, Thanksgiving, Poor Souls, & Conversion of Sinners

SUN 10:00 AM

01-28

Syliva Solano, Joseph Nguyen,

John Matthews, Joseph Loi Tran, Vern Jenkins, Conversion of

Sinners, & Poor Souls

Sanctuary Candle: For All Our Military

Divine Mercy Candle: For Kenneth

Bonaparte

Mary Candle: For Elliot Glapion

To burn a candle in memory of your loved ones, call the office. A donation is $10 for a candle.

JANUARY 20 –26

Elizabeth McKeon * Alex Hamilton * Rick Mithun * Deirdra Cleggett * Brandon Adams * Joachim Rochon * Linda Geyer * Maurice Richier * Carlos Gimenez * Dennis Horan *

Barbie LeRouge *

January 22, 2018; is the day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of

Unborn Children! And for Peace & Justice!

The Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle

January 25

Paul the Apostle, commonly known

as Saint Paul and also known by his

Jewish name Saul of

Tarsus, was an apostle

who taught the gospel of

the Christ to the first

century world Born: Tarsus, Turkey Died: Rome, Italy Buried: Basilica of

Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy

Fr. Bach

WE ARE NOT GOD

We are not God. In our hearts, we know this. And yet, how often

do we act as though we think we are? We might go to God in

moments of weakness, difficulty, or trial and ask God for help, yet

much of the time we go our own way. We hold onto a false sense of

control, rather than finding freedom in reliance on God.

Salvation history, as recorded in sacred scripture, shows us that

there has been this tendency in humanity throughout the ages to try

to be God, rather than to be like God. Such thinking does not work

out well in the end. We are not God! Jesus came to express the depths

of God's love. The authority with which he spoke and taught, healed

and expressed forgiveness, is the authority of one who understands

that love is the answer. Christ shows us the real transformation that

is possible when we give God the authority. "Your will be done on

earth as it is in heaven."

GIFT

What I am is God's gift to me.

What I become is my gift back to

God. --Anonymous

Keepers of the Faith, a scripture-based study group.

•Date: Monday, January 29, 2018 •Time: 12 noon

•Place: Parish Life Center

Bring a bag lunch & drinks will be provided

All are welcome & invited!