January 27, 2019 - Third 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

Holydays of Obligation: 7:30 am only Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:00-7:25 am (and by appointment)

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

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 27, 2019

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, January 26--Vigil of The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM: Dr. Leonard & Betty Rolfes; Mary Ann Lavergne; Pat & Danny Bulliard (living); Ray & Kathy Kal-weit (living); J. Foreman, III & J. Meche; W. Donahue & J. Hurst; M/M Charles Bachus; The Sick of the Parish & their families Sunday, January 27--Third Sunday in Or-dinary Time

8:30: David Chance; Mary Ann Chiarulli (living); Frank Garber; Annabell Simpson Johnson 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick Monday, January 28--St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church

7:30 AM: Bella & Yvonne Hernandez, Gussie Hernandez

Tuesday, January 29--Weekday 7:30 AM: Krystal Lee, Mark & Belinda Youngblood Wednesday, January 30--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, January 31--St. John Bosco, Priest 7:30 AM: Anthony Christiana; Gerard Azemar Friday, February 1--Weekday 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers In memory of:

Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tues-day 7:15 am Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 am Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 am Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Fri. of the month 7 am St. Patrick's Breastplace Last week, we learned a new piece of music, Christ Be near at Either Hand (#615 in the Missalette). We will sing it again soon. Some-thing significant for us was not obvious, unless you read the fine print at the bottom of the page. The text of this tune is attributed to St. Patrick, our patron saint. It is knows as 'The Lorica of St. Patrick', or as St. Patrick's Breast-plate. Those who attend our annual St. Pat-rick's Day Breakfast may recognize some of the phrases from our prayer service used each year on that day. The prayer of our patron saint, written centuries ago, echoes today in our own St. Patrick's Church.

From Fr. Keith While a few tests remain, it has become clear that because of the spread of the disease, there is no clear path to a cure. Fr. Keith will be pursuing what management and treatment options appear benefi-cial in managing his condition. In the interim, as long as symptoms can be managed he will continue to perform limited duty in the parish. He is im-mensely grateful for your prayers and support dur-ing this time. Please continue to pray for an open-ness to, and willingness to accept God's guidance and grace during this time.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.

— Luke 4:18a

Heifer —Thank You! We have received $8,060.00. We are grateful to all who donated. All donations will be sent to benefit families around the world. “Whatsoever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.” (Matt 25)

Holy Hour for Vocations You are invited to the monthly “Holy Hour for Vocations and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, February 4th., from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick 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 priest-hood and religious life sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Food for the Journey The Central Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-sents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speak-ers series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Rev. Stephen Pellessier, Parochial Vicar, St. Bernard Church, Breaux Bridge, will be the speaker on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at River Oaks Catering and Event Center Lafayette, 520 East Kaliste Saloom Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An optional buffet is avail-able for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed” – please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not required. For more information, please call Danielle Huval (232-1322). Diocesan Marriage Anniversary Mass Holy Cross Church—Sunday, February 10 at 2 pm Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel will celebrate the annual Dioc-esan Marriage Anniversary Mass honoring couples who are celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60, or more years of married life during 2019. Couples who wish to be honored during the Mass must pre-register by no later than February 4. Pre-registration is available online at diolaf.org/marriage-anniversary-mass-registration. Calling All Newlyweds Mark your calendars: on Thursday, February 17, 2019 from 2-4 pm in the Holy Cross Mission Hall (415 Robley Dr.), Catholic Engaged Encounter of Lafayette is hosting a fun and enriching gathering, “Walking Together,” for cou-ples married five years or less. Couples need not have at-tended a CEE weekend. Refreshments will be served, SEC childcare will be provided, and a date night prize will be awarded, all for FREE. Please prayerfully consider this opportunity to bring in the new year focusing on walking together with your spouse and meeting with other newly-weds! Call 337-237-2597 or 337-349-1607 to register or for more information –Clayton & Felice Hanks & Fr. Brian Harrington, Lafayette CEE Coordinating Team Love in Our Works Our Lord does not care so much for the importance of our works as for the love with which they are done.

—Teresa of Ávila

Lenten Day of Recollection St. Edmond Ladies Altar Society Lenten Day of Recol-lection will be Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (the day after Ash Wednesday). Our retreat master will be Fr. Andrew Schumacher, Paro-chial Vicar of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette. Coffee and donuts in the Atrium at 8:00 a.m.; Rosary at 9:00 a.m.; then Fr. Schumacher will begin the conference. Mass will be celebrated at 12:10 p.m. Confessions will be heard before Mass and the conference will end with the Way of the Cross and Benediction. Tickets are $12.00 and include a lunch. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For tickets, please contact Ranelle Simon (337-232-2849), Betty Robinson (337-258-6372) or they may be purchased from the St. Edmond Church Office. Centennial History As part of our now ended celebration of our Diocese’s Centennial, we have been having monthly inserts in our bulletin, offering a snapshot of the history of our Diocese. On our parish web page, you can download all of these inserts as one file (pdf), should you want to keep this bit of our history. Go to: stpat.org. GriefShare GriefShare is a grief recovery support group where you can find help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one. It provides a caring place where people can find support, healing, and hope. New sesion begins at St. Mary Church, February 6. For more information about GriefShare, call JoAnn LeJune at 703-3041. Healing Hearts A Catholic support group for WOMEN, whose rela-tionships have been negatively impacted by the por-nography addiction or sexual addiction of a loved one. This may include a spouse, boyfriend, family member or friend. Strict confidentiality is observed by all mem-bers. Meetings are held on a weekly basis. Contact 337-404-6113 for more information and respond to the prompting.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory…………….……… $4,876.75 Heifer International………….$8,060.00 (to date) Thank You! The second collection today is for The Church in Latin America.

Date

Saturday, February 2 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 3 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, February 3 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Dana Guidry Linda Garber Coty Eastin

Eucharistic Ministers

George Eaton Candis Thompson Kathy Kalweit

Gerrie McGovern Maggie Sonnier Susan Cain

Jerry Boudreaux Dee Boudreaux Monica Mullins

Altar Servers Janell Venable Fred Vallot Phyllis Roy

Ushers Kevin & Daylan Phillips Anne Pitre Donald Vallot

Lionel Jeanmard Ben Berthelot

Liturgical Roles for February

From the Pastor’s Desk

This past week saw the marking of two seemingly different kinds of anniversaries. The first was the cel-ebration of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrated every year near his January 15th birthday since 1986. The second was the marking of the landmark Supreme Court Decision knows as Roe vs. Wade, issued on January 22, 1973. One celebrates the life and accomplishments of a man assassinated by a gunman. The other marks a decision with life-changing, and life-ending consequences by the high court of our land.

We could go on listing the differences. Our purpose here today, however, is to look at what binds the two events together, and particular what connections there are to Catholic teaching on life and society.

The bedrock of Catholic teaching on life and living remains our understanding of who and what the hu-man person is. That belief begins with the Genesis story, where we learn that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God, always and everywhere. This is something given from the very beginning, unearned, undeserved, and never lost. It speaks to that dignity and sanctity of human life which flows from that act of cre-ation of every human being.

Offenses against this dignity are numerous and varied, throughout the wide scope of history and through today. In the case of Dr. King, he led a movement against the denial of human dignity we know as racism. Even-tually he would found a parallel movement for economic equality. This denial of human dignity was deeply root-ed in attitudes, ideas and customs of society as well as written into society’s laws. To change, both laws and atti-tudes need to change.

With regard to abortion, there too, we find a blatant denial of human dignity, justifying putting the child to death. Instead of the color of one’s skin, here the qualifying characteristic to be denied human dignity is to simply be too young, to not have yet been born. In the womb, the human being is not a human person.

As different as these two examples are, they share much in common. In each case, beloved children of God are denied their dignity and worth because they are different from those who have power over them. In both cases, human being are treated as property, to be disposed of at will.

And these are only two. Countless more examples abound in the history of our nation and world. Our faith demands that we proclaim from the rooftops the dignity and worth, the sanctity of life, of each and every human person. We can do no less and be faithful to the Gospel.

Readings for the Week

Monday Heb 9:15, 24-28; Ps 98:1-6; Mk 3:22-30

Tuesday Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40:2, 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11; Mk 3:31-35

Wednesday Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 4:1-20

Thursday Heb 10:19-25; Ps 24:1-6; Mk 4:21-25

Friday Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-6, 23-24, 39-40; Mk 4:26-34

Saturday Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]

Sunday Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Cor 12:31 — 13:13 [13:4-13]; Lk 4:21-30