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Mass Intentions Sunday, July 29th: St. Robert Parishioners Monday, July 30th: Special Intention Tuesday, July 31st: Special Intention Wednesday, August 1st: No Mass Thursday, August 2nd: Special Intention Friday, August 3rd: Special Intention Saturday, August 4th: 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. Voices of the Church “Before you had a being, God loved you. Before your father or mother was born, God loved you: yes, even before the creation of the world, God loved you. And how long before creation has God loved you? Perhaps for a thousand years, or for a thousand ages. It is needless to count years or ages; God loved you from eternity!.” - St. Alphonsus Liguori 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, Phyllis McGee, Tim DiVincenti, Curt Beck, Gene Santarelli, Richard and Mary Powers, Bob Vale, Persecuted Christians, The Engleson Family, The USA, Susan & Carl Bowen, Ron & Blinda Smith, Maria Ewing, Catherine Lambert, Mary McPherson, Ray & Joyce Bolden, President Donald J. Trump & Family, Theresa Scott, Tony Cossa, Kathy Slay, William Stanhope, Betsy Moates, Lois Smith & Family, Debbie Angeles, Robert J. Odom, Jr., Juanita Smith, Katherine Stephens, The Stephens Family, Bradley Byers, Patrick Byers, David Peterson, Mary Ann McCabe, Carl Anderson, The Unborn & their Families, James L. Worrell II, Mike & Anita Worrell, Paul Peck & Family, Sue Ann Roberts, Alex Seagle, Cruz Angeles, Trey Holder, Mark Holder, Logan Holder, Pia Gorme, Crystal Darnell, Family of Stephen Bailey, Emma McCacken, Michael Coley, Drew Sells, Julia Gordon Hubbard, All Government Leaders, Anissa Ledkins, Eileen Lehman, The Hoffman Family (Safe Travels), Christian Martyrs Everywhere, Joan & Andy Bogdan, Rosa Davis, Fr. Jay’s Family, Shelby Marlin Holcomb, Elizabeth Graehn, Dolores Taylor, Clyde & Iva Burkett, Amanda Matta, Mazie Burkett, Sherry Lucas, Dianne Kent, Renee Rathbun, MaryLee LeCocq, Carolyn Cuevas, Carl Anderson, Gregg Akins and Pat Phillips. Our Military Family Brock Houghton (USMC), Zachary Godwin (USAF), Dan Markush (USAF), Scott Stanford (USN), Andrew Markush (USN), Will Markush (USN), Joshua Wilson (USAF), Anthony Berneche (USN), Byron Tims, Jr. (USN), Gary Shelley (USN) and Alex Jones (USN). Repose of Souls Ken Engleson, Pat Conn, Paul Crenshaw, Stephen Bailey and Rev. Dr. Jose Kaimlett.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4TH St. John Baptist Mary Vianney (1786-1859) was born in Dardilly and died in Ars, France. Although his talents were limited and his education meager, he was ordained a priest in 1815. After three years at Ecully, he was appointed parish priest of Ars. Here he spent almost forty-two years of his life, devoting himself to prayer, mortification, and pastoral works. His success in directing souls made him known throughout the Christian world. Men of all ranks and conditions of life sought his guidance and advice. He was beatified by Pope St. Pius X, himself once a parish priest, and canonized by Pope Pius XI. St. John Vianney During the French Revolution a small band of Ursuline nuns was imprisoned in the Bastille. To cheer her disconsolate companions, one of the group passed wheaten discs of bread, cut from the loaf of the daily rations, to memorialize the happy days when they were free and could receive Our Lord in Holy Communion. At that time all religious schools and churches were closed, and those who harbored priests were imprisoned. At the Vianney farmhouse near Dardilly, France, fugitive priests were offered a refuge. Here their son was prepared in his tenth year for the reception of Holy Communion by a hunted priest. While tending his father's sheep, John Vianney fashioned a small statue of Our Lady out of clay. He hid it in the hollow of an old tree with this petition: "Dear Lady Mary, I love you very much; you must bring Jesus back to His tabernacles very soon!" On a visit to his aunt at Ecully, John listened to her praises of Father Balley, the parish priest, and he sought the Father's advice regarding his vocation to the priesthood. The pastor appraised the overgrown, awkward youth of faltering speech and devoid of general education. Though John was unable to answer the questions pertaining to earthly science which Father asked him, yet, when the priest put to him the questions of the catechism, his face became luminous with lively interest. He answered every question correctly, and in a manner beyond his years. The amazed pastor took this evidence as a sign from heaven, prophesying, "You will become a priest!" The ensuing years brought many trials to John. He was conscripted; his mother died; he failed often in his studies. Ordained as a Mass priest, August 12, 1815, he remarked to Our Lady, Queen of the Clergy: "Here is your priest, O Blessed Mother! Stay close to me. Help me to be a good priest!" As a curate and as a pastor, St. John Vianney's daily instruction on the catechism found an inspired audience, among whom were noted orators such as Père Lacordaire, O.P., the famed preacher of Notre Dame. The saintly pastor performed many miracles, but the greatest was his own manner of Eucharistic living. It was his Lord, living in Father Vianney, who made him "spend and be spent" in ceaseless service for both sinner and saint in the sacred tribunal of penance. — Rev. Vincent F. Kienberger, O.P.
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