Bulletin_20171126

Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church
600 South Main Street, Atmore, Alabama 36502
Rectory: (251) 368-3615 Office/Fax: (251) 368-1801
E-Mail: strobertparish@frontiernet.net
Reverend Arulappan Jayaraj, Pastor (251-229-5071)
Reverend Charles Hirudhayam, Parochial Vicar (251-253-7921)
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
November 26, 2017

WEEKEND:
Saturday:
Vigil Mass…………………………..5:00 PM
Sunday:
Mass………………………………...9:00 AM
CCD (Sep—May)…………………10:15 AM
Hispanic Mass (1st Sun)…...……11:00 AM
Church Schedule
WEEKDAY:
Monday: Mass……………………4:30 PM
Tuesday: Mass………………….. 4:30 PM
Wednesday: No Mass
Thursday: Mass……………...…..4:30 PM
Friday: Mass……………………...4:30 PM
First Friday Exception
Mass………………………………..5:00 PM
Adoration follows Mass
Reconciliation: 15 minutes before Saturday and Sunday Mass or by appointment
Sacrament of Baptism: Requires one month prior notification
Marriage: Requires a six-month notice in advance of the marriage date
Hispanic Mass
Sunday, December 3rd, 11:00 AM
Parish Meetings
Parish Council—Friday, December 1st, 10:00 AM
Finance Committee—Saturday, December 16th, 10:00 AM
Stewardship
LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION
Regular Collection $1489.81
Building Fund $20.00
Fall Festival $44.00
Candles $5.00
Campaign for Human Development $73.00
Special Collections
Building Fund—December 2nd / 3rd
Cover Art: Unknown Artist

News and Announcements
Fr. Jay’s Corner
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ,
As we celebrate the kingship of Christ today,
let us remember the truth that He is not our
King if we do not listen to Him, love Him,
serve Him, and follow Him. We belong to
His Kingdom only when we try to walk with
Him, when we try to live our lives fully in the
spirit of the Gospel, and when that Gospel
spirit penetrates every facet of our living. If
Christ is really King of my life, He must be
King of every part of my life, and I must let
Him reign in all parts of my life. We become
Christ the King’s subjects when we sincerely
respond to His loving invitation: "Take my
yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am
gentle and humble in heart" (Matthew
11:29). By cultivating in our lives the gentle
and humble mind of Christ, we show others
that Jesus Christ is indeed our king and that
He is in charge of our lives.
On this solemn occasion I ,on behalf of the
parish community and Fr. Charles, congratulate
Mr. John Chaloux who has been selected
to be our Christ the King medalist for
2017. He is really deserving for his outstanding
Catholic faith and contributions to this
parish community.
Hearty congratulations to you, Mr. JOHN
CHALOUX and HAPPY FEAST DAY TO
ALL. May God bless you
—Father Jayaraj
Church Collection Envelopes for 2018: If
you would like collection envelopes for next
year, please add your name to the sign-up
sheet on the table at the back of the church.
Church Contribution Statements for 2017:
If you would like a copy of your contributions
to the church and special collections for this
year, please add your name to the sign-up
sheet on the table at the back of the church.
This statement may be used for your charitable
contributions on your 2017 income tax
form.
“The Mass Readings Explained”: Join us
for our weekly adult religious education program,
“The Mass Readings Explained,” each
Tuesday at 5:00 PM in Boland Hall. These
30-minute streaming videos are excellent
preparation for Lectors who are scheduled to
read the following Sunday.
December CCD Schedule:
- 3rd: CCD Class
- 10th: CCD Class
- 17th: CCD Class
- 24th: No CCD Class (Christmas Eve)
- 31st: No CCD Class (Christmas & New
Years Eve)
Free Home Repairs in January
2018: Catholic Social Services of Mobile is
pleased to announce that seminarians from
St. John Vianney Seminary will be here January
22-24, 2018. For the past several years,
our Archdiocese has been blessed to have
seminarians come and serve in the Mobile
community. They are interested in serving
homeowners, parishioners and nonparishioners,
who might need minor home
repairs such as: caulking, patching or painting,
minor flooring, siding, door and window
repairs, as well as yard clean-up. Those who
are referred will be contacted for an assessment
of need, and services will be provided
by the seminarians in conjunction with Catholic
Social Services. Please contact John
Wilson: (phone: 251-434-1550) or (email:
johnpwilson@att.net).

Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the
Universe, formerly referred to as "Christ the King,"
was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote
to secularism, a way of life which leaves God
out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life
as if God did not exist. The feast is intended to proclaim
in a striking and effective manner Christ's royalty
over individuals, families, society, governments,
and nations.
Today's Mass establishes the titles for Christ's royalty
over men: 1) Christ is God, the Creator of the universe
and hence wields a supreme power over all
things; "All things were created by Him"; 2) Christ is
our Redeemer, He purchased us by His precious
Blood, and made us His property and possession; 3)
Christ is Head of the Church, "holding in all things
the primacy"; 4) God bestowed upon Christ the nations
of the world as His special possession and dominion.
Today's Mass also describes the qualities of Christ's
kingdom. This kingdom is: 1) supreme, extending not
only to all people but also to their princes and kings;
2) universal, extending to all nations and to all places;
3) eternal, for "The Lord shall sit a King forever";
4) spiritual, Christ's "kingdom is not of this world."
The Week Ahead
Monday
Mass: 4:30 PM
Tuesday
Mass: 4:30 PM
“The Mass Readings Explained”:
5:00 PM
Wednesday
No Mass
Thursday
St. Andrew, Apostle
Mass: 4:30 PM
Friday
Parish Council: 10:00 AM
Mass: 4:30 PM
Saturday
Vigil Mass: 5:00 PM
Sunday
First Sunday of Advent
Community Rosary: 8:30 AM
Mass: 9:00 AM
CCD: 10:15 AM
— Rt. Rev. Msgr. Rudolph G. Gandas
Christ the King as Represented in the Liturgy
The liturgy is an album in which every epoch of
Church history immortalizes itself. Therein, accordingly,
can be found the various pictures of Christ beloved
during succeeding centuries. In its pages we
see pictures of Jesus suffering and in agony; we see
pictures of His Sacred Heart; yet these pictures are
not proper to the nature of the liturgy as such; they
resemble baroque altars in a gothic church. Classic
liturgy knows but one Christ: the King, radiant, ma-

jestic, and divine.
With an ever-growing desire, all Advent awaits the "coming King"; in the chants of the breviary
we find repeated again and again the two expressions "King" and "is coming." On Christmas the
Church would greet, not the Child of Bethlehem, but the Rex Pacificus — "the King of peace
gloriously reigning." Within a fortnight, there follows a feast which belongs to the greatest of the
feasts of the Church year -- the Epiphany. As in ancient times oriental monarchs visited their
principalities (theophany), so the divine King appears in His city, the Church; from its sacred
precincts He casts His glance over all the world....On the final feast of the Christmas cycle, the
Presentation in the Temple, holy Church meets her royal Bridegroom with virginal love: "Adorn
your bridal chamber, O Sion, and receive Christ your King!" The burden of the Christmas cycle
may be summed up in these words: Christ the King establishes His Kingdom of light upon earth!
If we now consider the Easter cycle, the luster of Christ's royal dignity is indeed somewhat
veiled by His sufferings; nevertheless, it is not the suffering Jesus who is present to the eyes of
the Church as much as Christ the royal Hero and Warrior who upon the battlefield of Golgotha
struggles with the mighty and dies in triumph. Even during Lent and Passiontide the Church acclaims
her King. The act of homage on Palm Sunday is intensely stirring; singing psalms in festal
procession we accompany our Savior singing: Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit, Rex Christe,
"Glory, praise and honor be to Thee, Christ, O King!" It is true that on Good Friday the Church
meditates upon the Man of Sorrows in agony upon the Cross, but at the same time, and perhaps
more so, she beholds Him as King upon a royal throne. The hymn Vexilla Regis, "The royal
banners forward go," is the more perfect expression of the spirit from which the Good Friday
liturgy has arisen. Also characteristic is the verse from Psalm 95, Dicite in gentibus quia Dominus
regnavit, to which the early Christians always added, a ligno, "Proclaim among the Gentiles:
the Lord reigns from upon the tree of the Cross!" During Paschal time the Church is so occupied
with her glorified Savior and Conqueror that kingship references become rarer; nevertheless,
toward the end of the season we celebrate our King's triumph after completing the work of redemption,
His royal enthronement on Ascension Thursday.
Neither in the time after Pentecost is the picture of Christ as King wholly absent from the liturgy.
Corpus Christi is a royal festival: "Christ the King who rules the nations, come, let us
adore" (Invit.). In the Greek Church the feast of the Transfiguration is the principal solemnity in
honor of Christ's kingship, Summum Regem gloriae Christum adoremus (Invit.). Finally at the
sunset of the ecclesiastical year, the Church awaits with burning desire the return of the King of
Majesty.
We will overlook further considerations in favor of a glance at the daily Offices. How often do we
not begin Matins with an act of royal homage: "The King of apostles, of martyrs, of confessors,
of virgins — come, let us adore" (Invit.). Lauds is often introduced with Dominus regnavit, "The
Lord is King". Christ as King is also a first consideration at the threshold of each day; for morning
after morning we renew our oath of fidelity at Prime: "To the King of ages be honor and glory."
Every oration is concluded through our Mediator Christ Jesus "who lives and reigns forever."
Yes, age-old liturgy beholds Christ reigning as King in His basilica (etym.: "the king's
house"), upon the altar as His throne.
—Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

Mass Intentions
Sunday, November 26th:
St. Robert Parishioners
Monday, November 27th:
Special Intention
Tuesday, November 28th:
Special Intention
Wednesday, November 29th:
No Mass
Thursday, November 30th:
Special Intention
Friday, December 1st:
Special Intention
Saturday, December 2nd:
Special Intention
If you are interested in having a Mass offered up for
a special intention or for a deceased person, contact
Father Jayaraj. The suggested stipend is $10.00.
Words to Contemplate
“For the kingdom to come
in this world, disciples
must have the competence
to see and the courage to
act, which is a call to do
as Jesus did, working for
justice through loving
service to the poor.”
--Constitution of the Congregation of Holy
Cross Brothers
Prayer Requests
General Intentions
Blessed Virgin’s Intentions, Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope
Francis I, Archbishop Rodi, Father Jayaraj,
Father Milsted, Father Charles, Father Mesa,
Priests of the Archdiocese, Bonnie Latino,
Tim DiVincenti, Curt Beck, Gene Santarelli,
Brigitte Crenshaw, Richard and Mary Powers,
Bob Vale, Persecuted Christians, Ken & Maria
Engleson, The USA, Susan & Carl Bowen,
Ron & Blinda Smith, Catherine Lambert, Mary
McPherson, Ray & Joyce Bolden, President
Donald J. Trump & Family, Lois Smith & Family,
Maggie Richardson, Joan Bogdan, Clyde
& Iva Burkett, Amanda Matta, Mazie Burkett,
Leo & Eula M. Bellard, Bernard & Angelina
Siulburski, Betty Chaloux, Jerry Searcy, Jane,
Burton Roton, Mary Dellis, Jan LeCoque, Tim
Casson, Inactive Catholics, Debbie Angeles,
Alex Seagle, Cruz Angeles, Jack Munoz, Logan
Holder, Mark Holder, Mike Holder, Ronnie
Vega, Frank Dukes, Angie Schell, Maria
Ewing, Michelle McKinley and The Stephens
Family.
Our Military Family
Brock Houghton (USMC), Zachary Gooddwin
(USAF), Dan Markush (USAF), Scott Stanford
(USN), Andrew Markush (USN), Will Markush
(USN), Joshua Wilson (USAF) and Anthony
Berneche (USN).
Repose of Souls
Cecelia Echavez, Todd Goff, John Rompinen,
Ruth K. Tyner, Pat Davis, Laura Sanchez,
Ruth Shaw, and Paul Crenshaw.

St. Andrew, Apostle
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH
St. Andrew was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee, a fisherman by trade, and a former disciple
of John the Baptist. He was the one who introduced his brother Peter to Jesus,
saying, "We have found the Messiah." Overshadowed henceforth by his brother, Andrew
nevertheless appears again in the Gospels as introducing souls to Christ. After
Pentecost, Andrew took up the apostolate on a much wider scale, and is said to have
been martyred at Patras in southern Greece on a cross which was in the form of an "X".
This type of cross has long been known as "St. Andrew's cross."
+Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the
most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe,
O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior
Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.
St. Andrew (or Andreas) the Apostle
Andrew, Peter's brother, and John were the first disciples to follow the Lord. With tender
delicacy the Gospel (John 1:35-42) describes their first meeting with Jesus. Andrew did
not belong to the inner circle of the apostles, Peter, James and John, and the evangelists
narrate nothing extraordinary about him (John 6:8); but tradition (resting on apocryphal
Acts) extols his great love of the Cross and of the Savior; and the Church distinguishes
him both in the Mass (his name occurs in the Canon and in the Libera since the
time of Pope St. Gregory I who had a special devotion to him) and in the Breviary.
The story of his martyrdom rests on the apocryphal Acts which lack historical foundation.
The pagan judge exhorted him to sacrifice to the gods. Andrew replied: "I sacrifice
daily to almighty God, the one and true God. Not the flesh of oxen and the blood of
goats do I offer, but the unspotted Lamb upon the altar. All the faithful partake of His
flesh, yet the Lamb remains unharmed and living." Angered by the reply, Aegeas commanded
him to be thrown into prison. With little difficulty the people would have freed
him, but Andrew personally calmed the mob and earnestly entreated them to desist, as
he was hastening toward an ardently desired crown of martyrdom.
When Andrew was led to the place of martyrdom, on beholding the cross from a distance
he cried out: "O good Cross, so long desired and now set up for my longing soul I
confident and rejoicing come to you; exultingly receive me, a disciple of Him who hung
on you." Forthwith he was nailed to the cross. For two days he hung there alive, unceasingly
proclaiming the doctrine of Christ until he passed on to Him whose likeness in
death he had so vehemently desired. --The legendary account of our saint's martyrdom
has this value: it presents to us the mysticism of the Cross of later times.
—Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch