Mass Schedule
Week of April 28th, 2024
St. Louis Marie de Monfort
Sunday, April 28
St. Louis Marie de Montfort, C
4th Sunday after Easter
St. Paul of the Cross, C
8:00 am Low Mass (William Souza from Michael DiSalvo)
Server: Issac Smith
9:35 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am Low Mass w/Benediction (Pro Populo)
Server: Daniel Wright, Xavier Wright
Monday, April 29
St. Peter of Verona, M
St. Robert of Molesmes, Ab
8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from The Williamitist Family)
Tuesday, April 30
St. Catherine of Siena, V
St. Joseph Cottolengo, C
7:00 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from The Williamitist Family)
Wednesday, May 1
St. Joseph the Worker
St. Peregrine, C
8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from The Williamitist Family)
Thursday, May 2
St. Athanasius, BCD
7:00 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from the Williamitist Family)
Friday, May 3
Finding of the True Cross
Ss. Alexander & Comp., Mm
6:00 pm Low Mass w/Holy Hour & Benediction (RIP Tommy Williamitist from the Williamitist Family)
Saturday, May 4
St. Monica
8:30 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from The Williamitist Family)
Sunday, May 5
5th Sunday after Easter
St. Pius V, PC
8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Tommy Williamitist from The Williamitist Family)
Server: Alex Sellers & Aiden Sellers
9:35 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)
Server: Michael Peck
Announcements
1. First Friday this Friday to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Mass is at 6 pm, follow by Holy Hour and Benediction.
2. The Mass of St. Joseph the Worker will be at 8 am (5/1).
3. Adult Catechism this Wednesday at 6 pm (5/1).
4. There will be Catechism Classes with the Sisters after Mass today. Next Catechism dates will be May 5th and 19.
5. Ascension Thursday (5/9) is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass times will be at 8 am and 6 pm.
6. NOTE: The dates for the Adult Catechism & Children’s Catechism with the Bishop and CMD Sisters will be July 22 - 26.
7. SUMMER CAMPS for BOYS & GIRLS:
St. John Bosco Boys’ Camp August 4 - 10. Please contact Fr. Gabriel frgabriellavery@gmail.com Cost: $125 per youth, $75 per additional child. Dads $50. Registration deadline: July 1st. Location: Hiram, Ohio.
Milites Christi Boys’ Camp August 4 - 9. Please contact Fr. Sellners at 507-276-3476 for the forms to fill out and more information. Cost: $100. Location: Wauzeka, Wisconsin.
Mary Immaculate Catholic Church Girls’ Camp July 15 - 20. To register please call 402-290-5478 or email materdei431@aol.com. Cost: $100. Location: Mater Dei Convent 3715 286th St. Persia, IA 51563.
8. St. Therese Academy Graduation/End of the Year School Programs will be on Tuesday, May 21st at 6 pm. The location will be at the Camp Lebanon Retreat Center. The address is 4464 Emma’s Rd., Oregonia, OH 45054.
9. Petition to St. Therese to help find a building for the school, convent, and rectory. The Novena Prayer to St. Therese after each Low Mass will be said for these intentions.
Weekly Reflection
The Imitation of Christ
Book 4 Chapter 2 On the Great Goodness of God Shown Human Beings in the Blessed Sacrament: “DISCIPLE: O Lord Jesus, trusting in Your infinite goodness and mercy, I come to my Divine Physician in my sickness, to the Fountain of life in my hunger and thirst, to the King of heaven in my great need, to my Lord as a servant, to my Creator as a creature, and to my living Consoler in my desolation. But who am I that You should come to me? Who am I that You should give Yourself to me? How dare I, a wretched sinner, approach You? And how do You, in Your greatness, come to such a sinner? You know Your servant and know that of myself I have no goodness in me to deserve such a favor from You. Therefore, I confess my unworthiness and acknowledge Your overwhelming kindness; I praise Your mercy and I thank You for Your limitless love. You do this, not because of any merit on my part, but for Your own sake, that Your goodness may be more apparent to me, your love more abundantly bestowed, and Your humility more perfectly manifested. Since, then, this please You and You have willed it so, this graciousness of Yours also pleases me; and I pray that my iniquity may not resist it.
2
O sweetest and kindest Jesus, how great must be the reverence, the thanks and unending praise shown to You for this great gift of receiving Your sacred Body, whose dignity no human can express in words! What should be my disposition as I approach You, my Lord, in this holy Communion—You, Whom I long to receive devoutly, yet can never venerate sufficiently? What better thought can I have for my soul’s profit than to humble myself completely in Your presence, forever praising Your infinite goodness to me? May You be praised and glorified forever, my God; while I despise myself to the depths of my nothingness and cast myself at Your feet.
3
You are the Saint of all Saints, Lord, while I am the lowest of sinners. You bow Yourself down to me, who am unable and unworthy to look up to You. You come to me, desiring to be with me and to invite me to Your feast. You desire to give me heavenly food to eat—even the Bread of Angels (Ps 78:25); none other than Yourself, the living Bread, Who came down from heaven and gives life to the world.
4
Behold, where love has its source and what lowliness shines upon us! How great ought to be our praise and thanksgiving to You for such a gift! Your plan in instituting this Sacrament was truly for the health and welfare of our souls—truly a joyous feast in which You give Yourself to be our food. How marvelous is Your work, dear Lord, and how mighty Your power! Your truth is infallible! You spoke, and all things came into being as You commanded.
5
What a wonderful thing, deserving of all faith—far above human understanding—that You, my Lord and my God, true God and true Man, are wholly contained beneath the form of bread and wine, eaten yet not consumed, by whosever receives You. You, the Lord of all things, dependent upon no one, would dwell in us by means of this Sacrament. Keep my heart and my body free from sin, that, with a happy and clean conscience, I may take part in Your sacred mysteries; and may receive what You have instituted for my eternal salvation, for Your own honor and perpetual memorial.
6
Rejoice, my soul, and thank God for such a precious gift, which He has left you for so unique a solace in this valley of tears. Every time you renew this mystery and receive the Body of Christ, you further the work of your redemption and you partake in all the merits of Christ. Christ’s love for us never diminishes, nor is the greatness of His atonement ever consumed. Therefore, by spiritual renewal prepare yourself to receive the Blessed Sacrament, and prayerfully consider the great mystery of redemption. Whenever you celebrate or hear Mass, it should seem to you as great, as new, and as joyful, as if Christ that same day had first come down into the womb of the Virgin Mary and become Man; or, as if He that same day—hanging on the cross —suffered and died for our salvation.”