Infant Jesus Catholic Church

Mass Schedule

Saturday—5:00 PM Sunday—8:00 AM; 10:30 AM;

6:00 PM [Life Teen Mass] Daily Mass

Wednesday—6:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday—

8:30am

“Cry Room” is CLOSED during all Masses at this time.

Confession

Saturday: 4:00-4:30 PM and by appointment

Office Hours 755-1734

Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Church offices are located at

243 S. LHS Dr.

Blessed Sacrament Chapel Persons wishing to use the Adoration Chapel should contact the Parish Office

for more information.

Religious Education Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 9AM to 2:00PM

Grades K-8: Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 PM Grade HS: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 PM

Pastoral Staff Rev. Andrew Moore Pastor ext. #103 Rev. Duc Duong Parochial Vicar ext. #102 Rev. Mr. L.D. Keen Deacon ext. #100 Rev. Mr. Garry LeBlanc Deacon ext. #100 Rev. Mr. Bruce Grimes Deacon ext. #100 Dianne Maxey Secretary ext. #100 Virginia Fischer Receptionist Stacy Keen Director of Rel. Ed. ext. #114 Reagan Gear Dir. of Music/Liturgy ext. #105 Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers Jim Maxey Maintenance ext. #100 Joan Garza Catholic Youth Ministry 791-0710 Shelia Kane Bereavement Committee 755-3073

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P O Box 8180 Lumberton, TX 77657 Phone: (409) 755-1734

Fax: (409) 755-2833 Office E-mail:

infantjesus@gt.twcbc.com Website:

www.infantjesuscclumberton.com To reach a priest in an emergency

409-755-1154

PRAYER GROUP Pray for the sick Zoe Favors Barker, Eddy Favors, Travis and Lauren Williams, Brandon Wade, Rita Prewitt, Amber Isaacs, Carlos Hernandez, Margaret Barnes, Jeffrey LeGros, Eddie LeBlanc, Pat Campo, Robin Perez, Dylan Courts, Cass Faykus, Ralph Gonsoulin, C. M. Bahnsen, Fr. Martin Nelson,JoAnn Sonnier, Virginia Schlihab, Marciano Guerrero, Dylan Glorioso, Joe Farve, Lois Lockwood, Margaret Darby, Peggy Parrie, Mary Huggins, David Norton, Patrick Maher, Sandy Taggert, John Darby, Daniel Begnaud, Justin LeGros, Karen Getz, Eileen Chapman, Donald Poche, Debbie Desmond, Florence Paladino, Gail Montalbano, Lee Summers, Margie Poche, Trevor Reeves, Johnnie Foret, Judson Stone, Jackie Bonvillion, Ronnie Vincent, Hunter Oney, Frank Snider, Teutsch family Names placed on the prayer list will remain for one month unless the

Parish Office is notified otherwise.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 16, 2020 Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come,

my justice, about to be revealed. — Isaiah 56:1

CATHOLIC I.Q. (Catechist.com Magazine) The Family of God Family life only teaches us about avoiding personal sins but doesn’t prepare us to deal with the sins of society, such as corporate greed and human rights violations. True/False

The homeless ministry is temporarily suspending donations . Thank you for all your generous donations in the past, hopefully we will be

able to open our box again soon and start accepting donations.

Good News Inspiration For Daily Life August 16 There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love. —Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Cistercian Abbott, Feast Day August 20

WHY PRAY? The “foreigners” as Isaiah calls them, the “Gentiles” as Paul calls them, or the “Canaanites” as Matthew calls them are called to worship the one true God in prayer. As we listen to today’s readings, perhaps we are tempted to ask: Why pray? The question is rhetorical; it is tantamount to asking why should friends talk to one another or people in love kiss one another. Prayer is a way of relating to God, a way of talking to God. The apostles had the opportunity to talk to Jesus in the flesh. We have the opportunity to talk to Jesus Christ in prayer. Our relationship with him must be enthusiastic; it cannot be faint-hearted. John Donne, a fifteenth-century poet, knew what the qualities of good prayer were. Donne asks God to treat him differently from most Christians. The poet does not want God to merely “knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend,” but also to “break, blow, burn, and make me new” (Holy Sonnets, XIV). It takes a dynamic faith on our part to come to God in prayer. As Jesus once said, “Knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). It may take pounding the door down, but if we are as persistent as the woman in today’s Gospel, the results will follow. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

SAINT PIUS X (1835-1914) August 21 Presidential vetoes we understand. But imagine vetoing a papal election! Yet in the conclave of 1903, the Archbishop of Cracow (ironically, a predecessor in that office of Karol Wojtyla, the future John Paul II) vetoed the leading candidate on the order of the Austro-Hungarian emperor. Instead, the cardinals elected Giuseppe Sarto of Venice as Pius X, the first pope, after a succession of nobles and diplomats, to hail from humble origins. Nor did the papacy alter his endearing simplicity. Tailors eventually made his cassock cuffs detachable because he absentmindedly wiped his fountain pen on them, forgetting that his old black cassock had been replaced by papal white! Taking as his motto “To restore all things in Christ” (Ephesians 1:10), Pius condemned the theological innovations called “modernism,” yet dramatically altered the then-common practice whereby people rarely received Communion for fear of unworthiness, mandating early First Communion and urging everyone to frequent reception. Refusing to bless troops assembled in Saint Peter’s Square—“I bless peace, not war!”—he died brokenhearted as World War I engulfed Christian Europe despite his peacemaking efforts. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

GRATITUDE O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more—a grateful heart.—George Herbert

GOOD EXAMPLE A faithful Christian, illumined by the rays of grace like a crystal, ought to illumine his neighbor with the light of good example, through word and deed.—St. Anthony

All are invited to watch the celebration of the Episcopal Ordination and Installation of

Most Rev. David L. Toups As the Sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont By viewing it at 2PM, Friday, August 21, 2020 on

12News KJAC NBS through Spectrum Ch. 11, Dish/DirectTV Ch. 50 and Antenna Ch. 12.2

It will also be found through live streaming on 12NewsNow.com and on the Diocese of Beaumont

YouTube channel.

16 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Mass Tommie Lastovica 10:30am Mass Amanda Duvall 6:00PM Mass People of the Parish

17 8:30AM Mass Tom Rownd Parish Offices Open 9:00 AM-2::00 PM

18 8:30AM Mass Jim Fischer Parish Offices Open 9:00 AM-2:00PM

19 6:30PM Mass James “Buddy” Beam Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM

20 8:30AM Mass Ilda Birdwell Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM

21 8:30AM Mass Cecile Eatherly

Parish Offices Open 9:00AM-2:00PM St. Pius X, Pope

22 5:00PM Mass Vigil ~ Twenty-First Sunday Ordinary Time John Dumesnil

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

FAMILY OF THE MONTH Wayne and Debi Mougia

August, 2020 BIRTHDAYS

Herbert LaPointe, Randy Eason, Fr. Andy Moore, Curtis Lerette, Wayne Gossett, Art Vogel, Mark

Bahnsen, Brian Kunk Business Meeting every 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00pm in Dollinger Hall. Family Night meets every 4th Monday of each month at 6:30pm in Dollinger

Hall. ALL PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED. Bring your favorite covered dish.

FH-Fellowship Hall, DH-Dollinger Hall, CR-Conference Room, D-Drexel Building, B-Bosco Building, AS-Altar Society Rm

NOTE FROM PASTOR Ordination week is here! This coming Friday, August 21, will be an historic day for our Diocese of Beaumont. Not only will we be getting a new bishop for the first time in 20 years, but for the first time ever we will have the ordination of a bishop in our diocese. The previous 5 bishops of Beaumont were already bishops when they came here. The ordination of a bishop is a beautiful and deeply meaningful liturgy. There are two special musical pieces that are always sung: The Veni Creator Spiritus is a hymn to the Holy Spirit from the 9th century which begs God’s grace on the man about to be ordained. At the end of the Mass, the joyful Te Deum is sung to mark the happiness of the moment. The newly ordained Bishop is given the insignias of his office during the Mass: the crosier (staff) which is a sign of his role as shepherd of this local church, the ring which is worn on the right hand and, like a wedding ring, reminds him of his duty to be faithful to the people he serves in the diocese, and the miter, the bishop’s headgear, which is a symbol of his authority to lead as the chief teacher of the diocese. There will be a couple dozen bishops present, but three of them will be the consecrators, 1 main and 2 co-consecrators. This is to assure that the line of ordination which has passed unbroken for 2000 years since the apostles, continues in the church. After the laying on of hands, the Book of the Gospels is opened over the head of the one being ordained a bishop, that he may always seek to follow the Word of God. And finally the anointing. When a priest is ordained, his hands are anointed with chrism, to sanctify him for service at the altar. At a bishop’s ordination, his head is anointed that he may always faithful-ly lead as the head the body of Christ, the local church entrusted to his care.

Quiz Question Answer: False. The home is exactly the place where we learn about caring for one another, protecting the vulnerable, and creating a community of justice and compassion (see CCC, 2224).

Please join me in praying for our soon-to-be new Bishop, and plan on watching his beautiful ordination Mass this Friday, August 21, at 2pm, broadcast live from St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont. You can watch on 12News KJAC NBC through Spectrum Ch. 11, Dish/DirecTV Ch. 50 and Antenna Ch. 12.2. It will also be found through live streaming on 12NewsNow.com and on the Diocese of Beaumont YouTube channel.

--Fr. Andy

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