Pentecost Sunday — May 31, 2020

St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church PO Box 299 – 1523 Main Street, Danbury, TX 77534

Archdiocese of Galveston – Houston

His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo — Archbishop

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 4—5pm or by appointment: Contact the Church Office

Devotions in the Church Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: First Friday Mass @ 9:00 am / Adoration 9:30 am to 9:30 pm

Mass Schedule: Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Sunday 8:00 am / 10:30 am

[Livestream Mass at 10:30 am Sunday Mornings on St. Anthony’s Facebook or Churches Website @ www.saopdtx.org]

Weekday Masses: Monday & Wednesday: 6:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday: 9:00 am

Pastor Fr. Joseph Phiet-The-Nguyen (979)922-1253 (Residence) Email: jpnguyen11@yahoo.com

Parish Administrator Deacon Gerald Peltier (979)922-1247 (Office) (979)922-1156 (Residence) Email: deacon.gerald.peltier@gmail.com

Office (979)922-1240 Fax (979)922-8643

Online Giving: www.osvonlinegiving.com/1880 [Our Sunday Visitor]

Secretary Imelda Jez (979)922-1240 st1523@sbcglobal.net

Bookkeeper Jan Peltier (979)922-1211 bookkeeper1523@gmail.com

C.R.E. Monica Sebesta (979)922-1241 stanthony-cce@sbcglobal.net

ARE YOU MISSING MASS?????

Message from the desk of the Pastor…..

My dear people of God,

Today is Pentecost Sunday. Today we celebrate the birthday of the Church. Come, Holy Spirit and fill our hearts with your love.

After his death and resurrection Jesus promised to give his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit. He said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. Je-sus knew that his disciples would need the power of the Holy Spirit to carry out the mission entrusted to them. The Holy Spirit is given to all who are baptized into Jesus Christ to enable us to live a new life—a life of love, peace and joy. The Spirit instructs us in the ways of God and guides us in living according to God’s will. The Spirit is the source and giver of all holiness. Isaiah foretold the seven gifts that the Spirit would give:

Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord.

The gift of Pentecost—the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the spiritual gifts and blessings of God are made possible through the death, res-urrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus.

Do you want power to live a faith—filled life as a disciple of Jesus? Ask the Father to fill you with the power of his Holy Spirit.

My brothers and sisters, The Lord Jesus offers each one of us the gift and power of his Holy Spirit. He wants to make our faith strong, give us hope that endures, and a love that never grows cold. He never refuses to give his Spirit to those who ask with expectant faith. Jesus instructed his disciples to ask confidently for the gift of the Spirit: “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. Do you thirst for God and for the abundant life he offers through the gift of his Spirit?

Lord Jesus, we thank you for the gift of Pentecost and for the new life you offer in the Holy Spirit. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and set our heart ablaze with the fire of your love that we may serve you in joy and freedom.

May God bless you all.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Fr. Joseph

Sometimes God will put you in a battle empty handed, so that when you do get the victory,

you'll know it wasn't you, but Him. -1 Corinthians 15:57

What are silent battles? Have you ever kept something to yourself that you’re currently going through and you don’t want to bother people with it? Whatever it is, you go through it silently and you eventually over-come it. That is what I mean by a silent battle! Sometimes God gives us battles that we have no control over and we just have to go through it until we reach the other side of it. We might even question God and won-der why He is making us go through whatever it is. When God gives us these silent battles, He wants us to realize that once we overcome it, we will know that God brought us through it and we didn’t do it all alone. Honestly, God is so silent when we’re going through a battle and it’s because God wants us to find Him on our own when we need Him the most. Call out to Him and He will be there right by your side through everything. He will never leave you or forget you. God loves you so much and you’re going to get through this, I promise. Please listen to the song, "Over And Over" by Riley Clemmons. "But somehow You choose me over and over again. You keep running to me no matter where I am over and over again. I get lost I must confess. Oh, how quickly I forget, but You keep on showing me I'm loved.” Kylie

If you want to read more of Kylie’s inspirational writings, please feel free to check out her blog: https://inspirationalwritingsbykylieceline.com

Kylie’s Corner

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kin-dled!” Jesus told the disciples (Luke 12:49). These radical women saints got that. They lived it, and they didn’t care whether it cost them earthly love or respect. They did so in a world that looked much like ours. Many of these saints took trains, rode in cars or airplanes, received telegrams, talked on phones, watched television and movies, and perhaps a few knew their way around a computer. All were photographed, and many were filmed as they shared their radicalness. They had an awareness of some—not all, but some—of the modern-day distractions that, when not used in moderation, threaten to crowd out room for God. And while they may not have taken selfies and had social media accounts, I think it’s a pretty safe bet that if they had, they would-n’t have been checking likes and shares at prayer, meals, or time with their loved ones.

Pro-life: Since the beginning of America, over 2,852,901 plus people have been killed in all our

wars. Since the 1973 Roe v Wade deci-sion on abortion, an average of 1,342,936 babies has died from surgical abortion each year. In just two years of surgical abortions the war on the unborn has

killed the same amount of all our war dead since

“And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.’” Let the Holy Spirit infuse your marriage with increased trust and intimacy by participating in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend, June 26-28, July 24-26 or July 31-Aug 02. Contact Brian & Tina Little at 281-773-4014 for more information. Or go on-line to www.houstonme.org.

Jackson Sanders Charles & Mildred Scott Christopher Shepherd Bill Siegel Betty Smith Brenda & Louie Smith Josef Sterzinger Karen Summers Rey & Paula Tenorio Will Thomson Benjamin Thompson Charles Tousek Carol Unsicker Nancy Veselka Jeanette Vrazel Mildred Vrazel Pat & Louis Vrazel Hudson Walker Michael Ward Tony Ware * Dinah Weil Eli Wendel Marianne Whitley David Wilson Gerald Wittman Charlotte Wollam

For more Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Order!

[Please keep in your prayers:]

Sr. Evelyn Korenek, Sr. Anna Marie Vrzel, Fr. John Fr. Joseph Nguyen, Msgr. Boli Zientek, Cardinal DiNardo

* Peace of Our Nation & Prayers for the President & All Leaders For Our Young Adults Attending College!

* For all the Babies & Children in the Hospitals and for their parents!

* For All Mom’s To Be & Their Unborn Babies!

* For women considering Abortion, that their hearts be open to life!

* Our Men & Women in the Military!

* For those prayed for Daily in our prayers!

* For Those Who Are Quick to Judge!

* For those in the Nursing Home, the Homebound , Orphanages and the Hospitalized and the Homeless!

* We pray for all The Poor Souls in Purgatory — —May their Souls rest in peace!

* God Bless the Farmer — Pray for their needs

* For those with Idle minds—the Devil’s Workshop

* For Flood Victims & All Disasters

Kerrie Gore Maria Gutierrez * Henry Hearn Tom Herron Landin Hoffman Brook Jeter Libby Jez Dorothy Prihoda Jones Scott Kidwell Mary Helen Knape * Charles Kolafa Traci Kroll Jamie Larson Evelyn Lassman Mary F. LeCompte Adan Lewis Fiona Lewis Thomas Lewis Claudette Linville Dean Lowry Mike Loy * Henrietta McAdams & Family Al McEndree Doug McKay Guy McNeil

Amelia (child) & Family Camilla Adiles Kyle Atkins Mary Jo Atkinson Mike Bachus Tracy Bazaar Barbara Beer Larry Blasuis Larelle Bockhoff Eleanor Boeker Lorenda Baldwin Marvin & Rosemary Bozarth Francis Buchta Jane Carlile Luke Carrillo Mark Clifford Richard & Dolores Clinton Kathy Coiro Lula Corona Bernadette Dawn Joyce Dixon Lupe Estrada James Fief Tennie Fief Veronica Gardner Jacko Garrett

Larry Mercado Catherine Moore Valentina Morales Randy Newton Mary & Henry Novak Peggy Novak Johnny Olsovsky, Jr. Scott Osborne Chuck Pate Judy Pate Sarah Filipp Peel Irene Peltier Randy Peltier Robyn Peltier Tricia Wollam Perk Butch & Sharon Peterson John Peterson Betty Ann Plander Judy Priselac Deone Raschke Joe Rivera Betty Jo Ritz Gene Roberts Janice Roberts Walter Barret Robinson Joe & Amanda Romero

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Pentecost Sunday Word Search: Asia, Cappado-cia, Confused, Cyrene, Enabled, Galileans, Greeks, Holy Spirit, Jews, Judaism, Judea, Libya, Manifes-tation, Medes, Mesopotamia, Noise, Own Lan-guage, Pamphylia, Parthians, Pentecost Sunday, Pontus, Proclaim, Rest on Them, Rome, Slaves, Speaking, Strong Wind, Tongues of Fire, Work-ings [ 19 ] Remaining letters spell out what?

Please remember the sick, their families, all who suffer in body and mind, in your daily prayers

God's E-mail: One day God was looking down at earth and saw all the evil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down to earth to check it out. He called one of His best angels and sent the an-gel to earth for a while. One day the angel returned. "It's bad on Earth" the angel reported. "95% is bad, and 5% is good." Well, God thought for a moment and decided to send down a second angel to get another point of view. Later, when the sec-ond angel returned, God was given a similar mes-sage. "Yes, the earth is in decline, 95% is bad and 5% is good," the angel said. God thought, this is not good. So He decided to send an e-mail to the 5% that were good. He wanted to encourage them, give them a little something to help them keep going. Do you know what the e-mail said? ...Oh, you didn't get one either, huh? Bummer.

God's Image Radio Program A new Archdiocesan radio program, titled In God’s Im-age, is designed to focus on the inclusion of persons with disabilities, and their fami-lies, in the full life of the Church. Each show is only 15 minutes. Below are the radio stations and air times for In God’s Image followed by links to subscribe to the pod-casts! In God's Image radio program, airing Sundays on: KWWJ-AM "Gospel 1360" at 5:30 a.m. KYOK 1140 AM (Conroe) at 6:45 a.m. KIKK 650 AM (CBS affiliate) at 9:00 a.m. KKHT 100.7 FM "The Word" at 2:30 p.m. Podcast links: For Apple devices: http://bit.ly/IGIPodcast-Apple For Android devices: http://bit.ly/IGIPodcast-Android

Parish Goal: $24,880.00 [2020 year] Total Amount Pledged: $16,525.00 Total Amount Paid: $14,287.50 Thank you to all who pledged. “48” of 252 family members have donated

Scripture Readings For The Week:

Monday Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Jn 19:25-34

Tuesday 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Mk 12:13-17 Wed 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Mk 12:18-27

Thurs 2 Tm 2:8-15/Mk 12:28-34

Friday 2 Tm 3:10-17/Mk 12:35-37

Saturday 2 Tm 4:1-8/Mk 12:38-44 Sunday Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18

Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony

Feast Day: June 13th

O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. En-couraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request). O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms; and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.

Collection Totals for: May 23rd / 24th, 2020

Regular Weekend Offerings $2,038.00 Additional On-Line Giving Donations $1,395.00 Diocese Catholic Cmmunications $ 291.00

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Thank you for your generous donations. God bless! Online Giving: www.osvonlinegiving.com/1880

Or visit the Website @ www.saodptx.org Or mail to PO Box 299, Danbury, TX 77534

Seek & Find Answer:

“in his native language….”

All Parish Activities and decisions made for these activities need to go through the office. Thank you.

Mass Intentions:

Saturday, May 30th 5:30 pm † Jack & Mary Garrett & Past Ancestors

Sunday, May 31st 8:00 am The Parish Family of St. Anthony’s

10:30 am † Mario Mercado

Monday, June 1st 6:00 pm † George Bailly

Tuesday, June 2nd 9:00 am † Rose & Woodie Irwin

Wednesday, June 3rd 6:00 pm † Dorothy Morrow

Thursday, June 4th 9:00 am Special Intention of the Gerald Peltier Family

Friday, June 5th 1st Friday Mass / Adoration 9:00 am † Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blackshear

9:30 am to 9:30 pm Adoration

Saturday, June 6th 5:30 pm † Raymond Herrera

Sunday, June 7th 8:00 am The Parish Family of St. Anthony’s

10:30 am † Jim Clawson

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My JESUS, I believe that YOU are TRULY present in the Blessed Sacrament.

I love YOU above all things, and I long for YOU in my

soul. Since I cannot now receive

YOU sacramentally, come at least

spiritually into my heart. As though YOU have al-

ready come, I embrace YOU and unite myself entirely to YOU, never permit me to be

separated from YOU.

For

Your Special Intentions.

Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Prayer in the Time of the Coronavirus

Comfort us, O Lord, for we are like your disciples on the

storm tossed seas, unsettled by what lies ahead. We turn to

You, our Healer and Guide, To still our hearts in our time

of need and hear our prayer: Heal those whose are sick with

the coronavirus and protect the elderly and most vulnera-

ble. Give strength to all who tend to our health and wis-

dom to researchers who work toward a cure. Open our

eyes and hearts, as you did during Hurricane Harvey, that

we may look beyond our immediate needs to care for others

who need help. Through the Holy Spirit, guide our leaders

to make wise decisions for the welfare of all the

people they serve. Grant eternal rest to those who have

died from the virus. May Mary, Our Mother, who has

heard our pleas in the storms of our lives, Intercede to her

Son, that we may find healing and a prompt end to this

illness. Mary, Star of the Sea, pray for us.

Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, heal us.

Upcoming:

May: Sunday, May 31st — Pentecost Sunday June: Monday, June 1st — The Blessed Virgin May, Mother of the Church Tuesday, June 2nd — Saints Macellinus and Peter Friday, June 5th — 1st Friday Mass / Adoration [please sign-up] Sunday, June 7th — Feast of the Most Holy Trinity Saturday, June 13th — Feast of St. Anthony Sat / Sun, June 13th / 14th — Diocese: St. Mary Seminary Collection [entire collection] Sunday, June 14th — The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi]

Church Cleaners for the Month of June …

Debra Peltier Roxanne Walch

The Office of Pro-Life Activities offers various opportunities for healing after abortion. Interested individuals can attend one or all events depending on need and preference. For more information or to register for any of these programs, contact the Office of Pro-Life Activities at 713-741-8728 or email jkfritsch@archgh.org.