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Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2, 2018

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00am & 10:30 am Weekdays: Tues.—Fri. 7:00 am Holy Day: Contact Parish Office

PASTORAL STAFF Pastor: Rev. Shaiju Thomas [email protected] (270) 625-9514

DRE/Youth Minister: Nick Higdon [email protected]

Minister of Music: Jacob Hein [email protected]

Secretary: Patti J. Bartley [email protected]

Bookkeeper: Susan Calhoun [email protected]

Parish Membership: We give a warm welcome to all new families moving into our parish. Please register at the Parish Office as soon as possible.

PASTORAL COUNCIL Danny Ebelhar; Jason Elder; Jane Thomas; Shannon Offerman; Jeff Riney

FINANCE COUNCIL Kenny Knott; Rebecca Schwartz; Rita Wood; Sarah O’Bryan

SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: Contact Pastor at least a month before the baptism for instructions.

CONFESSIONS: Saturdays at 4:00pm (one hour before Mass time) ;anytime by appointment.

MARRIAGES: Contact the pastor six months in advance to begin marriage preparation.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: First Friday’s during Mass, or anytime it is needed.

Ministry to the Sick and Homebound: If you know someone, who is a member of our parish, would like to visit the sick, homebound, assisted living or in the hospitals and to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, Communion and Anointing, contact the office or the pastor.

September 6th, 7th & 8th This is a huge fundraiser for the Parish. The Parish Hall will be open on Monday, Sept. 3rd, Tues., Sept. 4th and Wed., Sept. 5th from 6:00AM-7:00PM each day for donated items to dropped off. Rummage Sale Times: Thursday, Sept. 6, 6:00AM-7:00PM; Fri., Sept. 7, 6:00AM-12PM; & Sat., Sept. 8th, 7AM-12PM. How can you help? Donate and bring them to the Parish Hall on the 3rd-5th. Second, help is needed pricing and organizing Monday-Wednesday. Third, help is needed the days of the sale, checking customers out and helping carry items to their cars if needed. Fourth, help is needed on Saturday, the 8th after the sale boxing up unsold items so they can be donated to area services.

7232 KY 56, Owensboro, KY 42301

www.stmarymagd.org Ph: 270-771-4436 Fax: 1-866-856-7191

September 2, 2018 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

2 Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2, 2018

Minister to the Sick: Sept. 9th— Karen Gilbert 270-302-5995

Monday, Sept. 3rd No Mass

Tuesday, Sept. 4th 7:00AM Martha O’Bryan

Wednesday, Sept. 5th 7:00AM Bob & Terry Knott

Thursday, Sept. 6th 7:00AM Kenneth Ebelhar

Friday, Sept. 7th 7:00AM Ruth Ann Hardy

Saturday, Sept. 8th 5:00PM Winnie Riney Sunday, Sept. 9th 8:00AM Parishioners 10:30AM Vincent & Mary Pheobe Ebelhar

THE HIGHEST LAW From time to time, newspapers and magazines will offer, as an item of “filler,” various laws that are still on the books but seem silly to us in our day and age. In one California city, it is illegal to have two indoor bathtubs in one house. Clean water, a precious commodity when the law was written, is now readily available, so the law seems silly. But the human value of protecting and preserving precious resources is still around, evident in many conservation laws that seem sensible to us. So it is with the laws of religious tradition. What Jesus scorns today is others’ attitude toward ritual laws, an attitude that becomes near-ly idolatrous when laws are observed for their own sake. Jesus teaches that ob-servation of external ritual laws is of value only when they are emblems of our internal disposition toward the will of God. Our whole lives must follow the one ultimate law of God: to love God completely and to love neighbor entirely. Roman Catholicism is a tradition rich with customs, traditions, and even laws. As we continue to listen to the voice of Christ, we must always look into our own hearts and underneath our ritual practices to make sure that love of God and love of neighbor are what we prize above all. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH If you are a visitor to St. Mary Magdalene, we want to

welcome you. If you are new to the parish, please call the office at (771-4436) to register in the parish.

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday

7:30-2:30PM

5:00PM 8:00AM 10:30AM

Altar Servers

Louis & Nick Szemethy

Zeke, Jeffrey & Nate Smith

Max, Addy, & Jack Byrne

Lectors Tina James Joey Smith Mark Payne

Eucharistic Ministers

Haley James Jason & Logan Elder

Sara Burden Tony & Julie Ebelhar

Jennifer Byrne Danny & Sharon Ebelhar

Ushers/Greeters

Randy James John Hartz

Kevin Thompson Bill Hardy

John Wathen Sean Byrne

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Mi 5:1-4a; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]

September Church Cleaners: Linda Rickard; Rita Wood; Michaeline Chandler; Sharon Ebelhar; Jane Bratcher; Jennifer Nonweiler;

LITURGICAL MINISTERS for September 9, 2018

Weed Eating Crew

The week of September 7th & 8th Brad & Nick Stephen


TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us? (Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8). Psalm — The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord (Psalm 15). Second Reading — Religion that is pure is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction (James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27). Gospel — This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Dont forget to sign up for Kroger Rewards! List St. Mary Magdalene (or look us up by our NP # GT515), as your Community Rewards partner and donate to the Parish everytime you shop! It costs you nothing, just adds to the rewards you already get from Kroger! Last quarter we received a check for $382.84, Currently we have 43 households supporting us! This amount was raised from 3-01 through 5-28. https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/ If you have any questions or need help signing up, call the Parish Office and we will be happy to help!

Bible Study will resume on Wednesday, September 12th after the 7:00AM Mass in the Parish Center.

September Mass Count- Every year dur ing the month of September the diocese conducts a Mass Count of those who attend our Sunday Masses. This count will take place the weekends of September 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th These numbers become a part of the national Mass Count and then the world’s Mass Count. Ushers, please be sure to count everyone attending Mass, this includes the children.

In last week’s bulletin article, I shared Msgr. Michael Heintz’s article on the encouragement to silence for the sake of encounter. We see not only from his encouragement that silence is important but scripturally in 1 Kings 19: 11-13, God is not in the raging storms but in the silence. We see Jesus retreat away from the people he serves, his followers and disciples to a place of solitude. It also doesn’t seem that Christianity has a corner on the idea of silence. We can see it present in other faiths such as Buddhism, in modern psychology we find it part of a practice called mindfulness and it’s been a practice can be seen all the way back to ancient philosophers.

So we can say that silence finds itself in many cultures, through many ages and at times without religion. It’s almost as if we could say that it’s one part among many of being human. But what component of silence separates the Tradition of the Catholic Church from the rest? From my studies it’s an orientation to encounter the Triune God within that silence. There is so much to say about the encounter itself, primarily who are we encountering when we encounter the Triune God? I believe there is a depth that we could spend a lifetime to uncover this question and I hope to speak on some of that depth in the future but for now I simply want to speak on the challenge of silence.

I don’t know if you have ever attempted to be silent for 30 minutes or an hour. But in my experience thoughts tend to flood my mind, the todo lists, what I’m going to cook for dinner, will UK win the national championship in 2019? Generally speaking the trivial, except for the UK winning the national championship of course. But I also find the deeper things like insecurities, fears, and substantial worries. How do we handle these trivial and things of depth when we try to enter into the silence? Try and fix them? Create a to-do list? I believe there are a couple of approaches.

I always bring a piece of paper or notebook to silence. Writing down all those things so that I can act on them later. Writing these down, gives recognition that these are important but it’s also a way to help me to be in the moment with God. Also, not everything I write I put off for another time, those deeper things are the things that I relate to God. I know he knows them but there is something substantial about being willing to share those things with him and to listen for him.

That being said our experience with God isn’t always transactional. Because we show up it doesn’t always mean that God will reveal something to us in connection with what we shared. It could be something different, it could be a challenge, it could be a call to conversion or forgiveness. It may be a month, a year, a decade before God answers that prayer. But there is grace in the unexpected that can come from prayer, sometimes greater than the expectations we have from an answered. I hope that you take time to encounter the silence, to dispose yourself to something that’s been practiced for centuries and to encounter the living and most loving God. ~Pax Nick Higdon

St Mary Magdalene is having a raffle during the month of September. We will be raffling either $3000 or one OCS K - 6 Tuition. The tickets are $40. The drawing will be held at the conclusion of 10:30 mass on Sunday, September 30. This raffle will support the SMM budget with funds for the catholic schools. Please see any OCS parent for details or for purchasing a ticket.


Marian Conference Do you want to grow in your devotion to Our Holy Mother and deepen your knowledge of the Church? Then join Bishop Medley for "Mary, Mother of the Church," presented by the Diocese of Owensboro Marian Conference, on September 29, 2018 at the Owensboro Convention Center. This engaging event will be headlined by acclaimed author Father Donald Calloway, whose amazing conversion story and path to Marian devotion is a story you can't miss! Teresa Tomeo, the inspiring and informative EWTN star, will also be speaking. Tickets are available at the Owensboro Convention Center Box Office,(270) 297-9932.

The 39th annual Walk for Life, sponsored by Right to Life of Owensboro, Inc will take place on 9/15/18. Registration from 9am to 10am, WALK begins at 10am. There will be members of St Mary Magdalene participating in the walk. If anyone wants to make a pledge, they could do so by calling the Right to Life office at 270-685-4922 or contact me at 270-313-7784 or by email at [email protected]

~JL Byrne

Parents with Children going to PREP On Wednesday September 5th we will have our first PREP meeting at the parish office and religious education building. We will start serving a meal to those participating in PREP at 6:00 pm. When you arrive, please stop at the registration table to drop off registration forms, if you haven’t already and also to receive direction to classrooms. Classes will start at 6:30 and end at 7:30. When picking up your child who are in grades K-6, please go to their classroom and they will be dismissed from there. (Pick-up procedures may change depending on numbers)

Youth and Adults You are invited to help clean up after the rummage sale on Saturday September 8th in the parish hall at 11:00. This is a great way to give back to the parish community, we hope you can be there! Please, contact Nick and let him know if you are able to help. HIGH SCHOOL Youth Group grades (9-12) Our kick off meeting will be on Sunday September 9th meet at the parish offices at 5:30pm for food then games! For those younger than 9th grade The hope is that sometime in the beginning of October there will be a youth group oriented to kids younger than 9th grade. Keep an eye out for details!


The main theme of today's readings is that true religion does not consist in scrupulously performing certain rituals and saying empty words for prayers. The essence of true religion is loving God, recognizing His presence in our neighbors and doing them loving service. True religion lies in loving our neighbors as ourselves and not simply in keeping the laws and traditions in the Bible and in the Church. The first reading points out the characteristics of true religion as God’s closeness to His people and the intimacy of people with their

God and the pursuit of God’s justice in society. The observance of the Law was considered a sign of commitment and obedience to God, enabling the Israelites to lead lives better than their 'pagan' neighbors. The responsorial psalm describes a person who lives justly before God —blameless and just, thoughtful and honest in dealing with others. In the second reading, James defines true religion as translating the love of God into action by putting into practice the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, thus doing deeds of loving kindness for the vulnerable and needy members of the community. In other words, people of true religion glorify God by caring for those who are unable to care for themselves. In today’s gospel lesson our attention is drawn to a debate between Jesus and the Pharisees on the subject of "Tradition." Jesus warns them against the tendency to equate traditional “human precepts” with God’s will. He blames the scribes and the Pharisees for giving undue importance to external observances in the name of “tradition,” while ignoring the Law’s real spirit. True religion should focus on the essentials. In particular, Jesus criticizes Pharisaic observance of ritual washing and declares that it is our inner motivations and dispositions that reflect our purity or impurity. We need to keep the spirit of the Church’s laws and practices. For example our Sunday obligation is intended to encourage us to worship God in the parish community, to offer our lives to God, to ask his pardon for our sins, to thank God for His blessings, to present our needs before Him and to receive divine life and strength from Him by receiving Holy Communion. Our daily family prayers are meant to thank God for his blessings, to present the family’s needs before God, to ask pardon for all our sins, and to maintain the spirit of unity and love in the family. Let us accept the challenge to become listeners and doers of God’s word as St. James instructs us: Let us ask the question how the Sunday or daily readings are affecting or changing our lives to discover whether we are being attentive listeners to, and doers of, God’s word. We become more fully Jesus’ family members, only when we consistently “hear the word of God and do it” (Lk 8:21). When we receive Jesus in Holy Communion today let us ask him for the grace to become the doers of his word as he was the doer of his Fathers’ will. Communal Anointing of the Sick: There will be a communal anointing of the sick on September 8 & 9 weekend’s masses. All those who would like to receive this sacrament are welcome to stay after the mass. Copy of the homily. I was told that some of our old par ishioners have the problem of hear ing homily and was asked whether I could make a few copies of my homily for them to follow. So I will try to make 30 copies and leave 10 each in 3 bulletin boxes. Please follow it and put it back in the boxes for the rest of the two masses. Thank you


IN SPECIAL NEED OF PRAYER

HOME BOUND/RETIREMENT HOMES: Patty Beyke, Bobby Collignon, Ruth Ann Hardy; Paul & Dorothy Knott, Jean McCarty; Larry & Benita Riney

We ask that you pause a moment and say a prayer for the sick in our community. Nathan Brown, Savannah Dean, Kelly Dean, Danny Durbin, Allan Ebelhar, Jennifer Ebelhar, Margie Elder, Miles Evan, Sylvester Fischer, Patrick Fulkerson, Connie Griffin, Robert Haire, Jim Hamilton, Melissa Hamilton, Shannon Hamilton, Kelly Hayden, Mary Lucy Hines, Steve Hopkins, Becky Joiner, Amelia Jones, Eugene King, Paul Knott, Mary Ann Kurz, Leiann Lashbrook, Mary Lasley, Margie Merimee, Jessica Obert, Larry Oller, Sandra Posey, Steve Raley; Larry & Benita Riney, Clayton Roberts, Jason Roberts, Michael Roberts, Christian Ruiz, Cassidy Skaggs, James A. & Juanita Smith, Dennis Smith, Special Intention, Helen Rose Smith, Patti Terrell, Hillary Thomas, Charles Thompson, Kelly Thompson, Alma Topper, Erika Vandiver, Baron Vanover, Linda Warren, Paula Wilson, Rita Woodall. *Please note: Names will remain on the list for one month.

Prayers for our Military- As a parish family, we at St. Mary Magdalene pray for all the members of our parish. We especially pray for our parishioners and their relatives who are currently on active duty in the military. Jackson Brett, Zachary Brett, Cody Byrne, James Calhoun, Chris French, Chad Norris, Ryan Offerman

Happy Birthday to You!! Parishioners celebrating

Birthday’s this week 01– Paula Payne 02– Jackson Morris; Chelsea Rice 07– Mike Kinney 08– Baxter Byrne; Amber Dunn; Shelly Riney; Nate Smith; John Wood 09– Sabrina Ebelhar

Happy Anniversary!! Parishioners celebrating Anniversaries this week

We wish all our Parishioners celebrating this week a happy and blessed Anniversary. 01– Grady & Donna Ebelhar 01– Mark & Paula Payne 04– Matt & Jennifer Keller 05– Bob & Terry Knott If your birthday/anniversary is omitted from this list, or incorrectly dated, please call the parish office.

OFFERINGS: August 26, 2018 Weekly Actual Weekly Budget $ 8,322.94 $ 8,372.85 Year to Date Actual Year to Date Budget $69,200.44 $75,355.65 Weekly Deficit Year to Date Deficit $ 49.91 $ 6,155.21

Thank you for your sacrificial giving and generosity!

St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery Please contact Pa to purchase a cemetery plot. (270) 771-4436.

Men’s ICON Retreat Join men from around the diocese for a men’s retreat at Gasper River Retreat Center on Saturday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 16. The retreat will dive into, unpack and process the topics of prayer, who you are as a man made in God’s image (“icon”) and your mission to love. Cost is $75 and includes lodging and meals. Find out more information, a schedule and online registration at https://owensborodiocese.org/mens-icon-retreat/. This event is sponsored by the Office of Evangelization.

Women’s ICON Retreat Ladies from around the diocese are invited to attend a women’s retreat Oct. 19-20 at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park. The title of the retreat is Reclaiming True Femininity with guest speakers Cindy Costello, Emily Sederstrand and Debbie Staresinic. The cost is $50 and lodging is a separate fee and must be completed by attendee. Rooms are blocked off and a discount code is available online. Find out more information, a schedule and online registration by visiting https://owensborodiocese.org/womens-icon-retreat/. This event is sponsored by the Office of Evangelization.


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