Holy SpiritHoly Spirit Catholic ChurchCatholic Church

6201 Stratford Place, New Orleans LA. 70131 Phone: 394-5492, Fax: 398-0901,

Email: holyspirit@archdiocese-no.org Website: holyspiritchurchnola.org

21st Sunday21st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year COrdinary Time, Year C

WORSHIPING SCHEDULE

CONTACTS

Rev. James Bach, Pastor, Cell ............ 644-7780 Rev. John Talamo, Jr. V.F. Dean of Algiers/Plaquemines

Deanery. Elizabeth P. Sliman, Secretary ........... 985-774-9711 Pam Kamphuis, Music Director.

& Ministry Coordinator........................ 504-394-5492 Judy Sherman, Min. Coordinator Asst. 394-5492 Fran Laudun, Custodian ..................... 394-5492. Jane Mix, DRE .................................... 394-5492

SACRAMENTS and RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Religious Education: Tuesday: 5:00 - 6:00 PM.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:15 - 4:45 PM Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM Or by appointment.

Marriage Arrangements: Contact the office six months in advance.

Baptism: Baptismal Seminar is required for Parents and Godparents.

Parents meet with the Pastor/Deacon. Godparents must provide proof of Confirmation in the Catholic Church.

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Sunday Saturday

• 4:15-4:45 PM Confessions • 5:00 PM Vigil Mass

• 10:00 AM Mass

Monday - Friday: • 8:00 AM Rosary • 8:30 AM Mass • 9:00 AM Adoration (30 Minutes.)

Monday Adoration

• Love4Life (Pro Life)

Tuesday Adoration

• Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Wednesday Adoration

• Love4Life (Pro Life)

Thursday Adoration

• Love4Life (Pro Life)

Friday Adoration

• Divine Mercy Chaplet

First Fridays: Morning Mass is Healing Mass with the Anointing of the Sick

MASS INTENTIONS

THIS WEEKEND

SATURDAY 5:00 pm 8/24 All Holy Spirit Parishioners, Joseph Loi Tran, Poor Souls, Special Healing,

Fons Koper, Pearl Nedd

SUNDAY 10:00 am 8/25 All Holy Spirit Parishioners, Pearl Nedd, Tuere and Akil Franklin, 2nd

Anniversary of Death for Sylvia Solano and Diego Martinez

Liturgical Assignments: Next Weekend

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Please find your substitute if you are unable to serve as assigned )

1st Reading - Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (126C) Psalm - 68: 4-5, 6-7, 10-11

2nd Reading - Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24a Gospel Reading - Luke 14: 25-33

AUGUST 31

SEPTEMBER 1

SATURDAY

5:00 PM VIGIL

Constance McEnaney Michael Nedd

Smokey Glapion Rose Demers George Hero

Jermaine Lewis Julie Williams

SUNDAY

10:00 AM

Lolita Isom Louis Russo

Charlene Vernotzy Jill Stone

Michael Nedd

Judy Sherman Erin Perdue

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NEXT WEEKEND

SATURDAY 5:00 pm 8/31 All Holy Spirit Parishioners, Fons Koper, Pearl Nedd, Special Healing, Peace

SUNDAY 10:00 am 9/1 All Holy Spirit Parishioners, Joseph Loi Tran, Poor Souls, Special Healing,

Peace, Erena and Lillian Hardy, Pearl Nedd

WEEKDAYS

Monday 8/26 Tuesday 8/27 Wednesday 8/28 Thursday 8/29 Friday 8/30

Kenneth Bonaparte Special Healing

Nancy Parker from Fox News

Special Healing Viney Miller Special Healing,

Peace

"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest

to send out laborers for his harvest.” Luke 10:2

Is 66:18-21- Thus says the LORD: I know their works and their thoughts, and I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory. I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they shall

proclaim my glory among the nations.

They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jeru-salem, my holy mountain, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their offering to the house of the LORD in clean vessels. Some of these I will take as priests and Le-vites, says the LORD.

Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 - Brothers and sisters, You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: "My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges."

Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not discipline? At the

time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed.

Lk 13:22-30 - Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.

After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' He will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.' And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.' Then he will say to you, 'I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!'

And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.

And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

First Reading

Second Reading

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All discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it—this quote from the second reading today expresses the teaching of the readings for this 21st Sunday of the year.

Most of us prefer the peaceful fruit of righteousness but without the pain of discipline. Yet the Scriptures are so clear: we must learn discipline in order to love God and others. It is only discipline learned in trying to be faithful to God that will help us embrace the pains that ultimately lead to joy.

The first reading today is from the Prophet Isaiah. This prophet has many passages that express tenderness and love and joy and delight. The passage today is not that way! Today’s passage is not difficult and not a sour teaching. When we hear these words, we can feel some consolation: “I know their works and their thoughts…; they shall come and see my glory.

This passage implies, however, that God chooses us. We like to think that we choose God. Of course, both aspects are true, but even in our choosing of God, it is God who acts and chooses us. We humans almost always think of ourselves as autonomous and able to choose whatever we want. That is indeed a part of our freedom. Yet if we choose against God, we choose slavery and not freedom.

The Letter to the Hebrews from which our second reading today is taken, tells us that we have forgotten God or at least we have forgotten the discipline needed to seek God. Often we want to feel encouraged by positive words, but the early Christian writers were not afraid also to tell the truth: we have become unfaithful. Many of us experience that from time to time. We become aware of our brokenness and our inability to seek God just with our own will power. The challenge again is to keep on trying, trusting that God will eventually help us.

Luke’s Gospel today reminds us: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.” There is always hope as we keep on striving. It is when we stop striving and stop seeking God that the way forward begins to block us.

So we can think of the message of this Sunday as encouragement

to keep on striving to be faithful to God, even when we can see

and know our own failures. It is as if God Himself is telling us:

Do not give up hope! Trust in the Lord forever.

Your brother in the Lord,

Abbot Philip: Christ in the Desert, 2016

Fr. Bach

Do not give up hope!

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Father Allen Roy 8/28, Roy Walther 8/23, Kenneth Sims 8/8, Irvin Schwarz 8/27, Rosa Garcia 8/2, Liliana Gimenez 8/28,

Dionne Simoneaux 8/2, Denise Nunez 8/30, Zera Sherman 8/13, Jonathan Baham 8/11, Joshua Simoneaux 8/3,

Michael Kamphuis 8/13, Bobbi Henri 8/30, Patricia Deterville 8/22, Michelina Deterville 8/26, Margaret Williams 8/8

Aaron F. Mckens, Albert Thomas, Alexander, Allen Martin, Ana Sison & Family, Antoinette Franklin & Deborah Franklin,

Ahmad. Phillips, Ava Neal, Auron Gray Croy, Betty Boisdore, Bob & Arlene Eiswirth, Brenda Thompson, Byron Davis, Cary Gomez, Charles & Elizabeth Rivera, Charlotte Dixon, Chris & Arden, Conrad Degel, Corcoran Family, David Nguyen, David Scarnato, Dion Dukes, Donald Carey, Jr. Elena Cutrera, Ernest Miles, Ernest Miles, Sr. & Family, Gwen Jolly, Gwen & Jerry Bennette, Helen Brown, Helen Dukes, Herman Sherman, Jr.,

India Lazaro, Irene Marion, Jaime Tuazon, James Duplessis, Jr., Jayden Pham, Jaymee Pham, Jennifer Pham, Joan Brennan, Jody Barrilleaux, Johnny Jordan, Johnny Pham, Joseph

Celestain, Sr., Joseph Klaus, Joy Nelson, Juanita Hardy, Kelli Cutrera, Kenny Perdue, Lance E. Benezech, Sr., Lea Causey, Liz Burcham, Locke Walters, Lois Timmons, Lolita Feria, Lori

Holmes, Louis Leroy Carter, Sr., and Gary( his Mother)Lucy Jones, Luke Vegas, Lynell Dixon, Lynn Evans, Makeda Dukes, Marcie Chiasson, Maria Nunez, Marie Leatheman, Margaret Covell, Marsha Register, Mary and All Souls, Mary Landreneau, Mary Van, Martinez & Carolyn Hart, Micky and Wendy Williams, Nandi Dukes, Nanette Davis,

Nguyen & Family, Pearl & Michael Nedd, Rachel Celentano, Rachael Hymel, Ranet Jones, Richard Stone, Roland Jones and Family, Sandra Carter, Sheila Phillips, Sylvia Martinez, Teo

Eloy Chesney, Terence R. Donnelly, Thomas B., Jr., Tommie O’Donoghue, Tony Nguyen, Troy T. Townsend, Tyrone & Tenneths, Vanessa Muse, Will Petty, William Charlot, Yael

Dukes. Lyons Family: Loretta, Maria, Mervin, Kowana, Gwendolyn, Carmelita, Sedra, Nakia, NaJae, Infinity, Italy, Roy.

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DONATIONS TO PRAY FOR DONATED BY

Sanctuary Candle Nancy Parker Fox 8 News

Divine Mercy Candle Holy Spirit Parishioners

Mary Candle

Flowers: Altar. Divine

Mercy, Mary

To burn a candle or offers flowers… in memory of your loved ones… Call the Office, $10 is a donation for a candle.

August 2019

There are many events in everyone’s lives!

Let Holy Spirit help you with your next big event.

We have a large Parish Hall and a large kitchen than most, with chef quality appliances.

Rent the Parish Life Center for your next big event Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary...

Ask Elizabeth in the Church office for pricing. VERY REASONABLE

2019 - August/September

Registration for K-8 Religion Class will be on September 3rd at 4:00pm in the Parish Life Center. Classes start on

September 10th at 4:00. Call the office for details

♥ September 2: Happy Labor Day! Office will be closed.

♥ September 7 and 8: Welcome Social and Welcome Coffee celebrating Grandparents Day

♥ September 22nd: Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast after the 10:00am Mass. Tickets are $7.00 each

TICKETS ARE ON SALE FOR THE SPECIAL SAINTS GAME PACKAGE! ASK A PARISH COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE OFFICE FOR DETAILS

Thank You Holy Spirit Parishioners and Friends For everything you do!

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