Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church1003 North Tyler Street - Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

“Encounter Jesus, Serve Others.”

Fr. John Marconi, Pastorjmarconi@holysouls.org

Deacon John HallDeacon Lawrence H. Jegley (Retired)Shelley Tienken, Business Manager

Nan Connell, AccountantSusej Thompson, Director of Faith Formation & Music

Samantha Minster, Faith Formation CoordinatorAndrew Baka, Youth Director

Laura G. Humphries, Parish Life & Stewardship DirectorSusie Williams, Facilities & Events Coordinator

Stacey Matchett, Pastoral SecretaryWendy Floriani, Church Secretary

Cindy Stabnick, Bulletin Editor & SacristanAmber Bagby, Principal

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - June 27, 2021

Church Office: (501) 663-8632 • Website: www.holysouls.orgE-mail: office@holysouls.org • Facebook: www.facebook.com/OLHSAR

Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.. School: (501) 663-4513 • Cafeteria: (501) 663-6125 • Extended Care: (501) 663-7438

STARTS THIS WEEKEND!Our parish is hosting a Baby Bottle Campaign for St.

Joseph’s Helpers and Birthright of Little Rock from June 26till July 11th. Donations will be split between these twowonderful organizations.

You may know St. Joseph’s Helpers as ArkansasPregnancy Resource Center. They are located next door tothe only surgical abortion facility in the state. Proceedsfrom the baby bottle campaign help the ministry serve womenwho are considering abortion. St. Joseph’s Helpers providesfree pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds and free STD/STItesting as well as educating women on alternatives toabortion.

Birthright offers free pregnancy testing, friendshipcounseling, help in finding medical facilities for prenatalcare and delivery, maternity clothes, infant clothes andanything else we might do to help people choose analternative to abortion. Birthright of Little Rock is located at804 N. University Ave.

It’s easy to participate! Just pick up a bottle at the frontof church and fill it with coins, cash, or a check (Pleasemake your check payable to the organization you wish tosupport - St. Joseph’s Helpers or Birthright). Bring yourbottle back to the church the weekend of July 10th & 11th.

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To make an appointment,go to our website, www.holysouls.org

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WE NEEDMORE!

Only twice a year in our Cycle B of readings do wehear from the Book of Job, in February and today. It will beanother three years before we hear Sunday readings fromJob so I thought we’d spend a few minutes on the Book ofJob today.

The Book of Job is a fictional composition - not atranscript of historical events and conversations. It is aboutundeserved blessings and undeserved suffering.

Job was a God-fearing man, rich in possessions,friends, health and family, a blameless and upright manwho feared God and avoided evil. Life was good for Job,until one day, he lost his livestock, then his servants, thenhis 10 children, but the faithful Job said: “The Lord gaveand the Lord has taken away, Blessed be the name of theLord.” (1:21)

Then Job lost his health and his wife. And for the next28 chapters Job refuses to confess some sin his friendsthought he committed that must have brought on God’spunishment. “Job! . . . Just repent for your sins and allthese problems will go away.” But Job refused because hehad had not sinned. And so Job insisted: “I wanted to seeGod face to face and ask God why? I am a good man andI don’t deserve such punishment. Surely God made amistake and these tough times were intended for someoneelse.”

Finally, in the First Reading today from the 38th chapterof Job gets his chance to confront God as God appears toJob and says Job: “Gird up your loins now, like a man. I willquestion you and you tell me the answers.” (38:3) ThenGod reminded Job, I am the one who created the earth, thestars and the sea. I understand all of creation because Iam God. And tell me Job, “Have you comprehended thebreadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all”. (38:18).

Job discovered that his preconceived notions of Godwere completely wrong Job’s expectation of give and take,reward and revenge, if I do x then I will get Y . . . was notGod’s way.

Job discovered as we have learned to meet God,

Undeserved Blessings and Undeserved SufferingDeacon John Hall’s Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 20, 2021

requires us to first dismiss our demands of God, set asidewhat we want and why we want and how we think thingsought to be done. . . Job learned that God and all of God’screation doesn’t operate on our terms.

And so for the next four chapters of the Book of Job,God and Job had a conversation . . . And Job found that ifyou open your heart, you will hear God’s voice of love andmercy, and compassion. And finally in the last chapter ofJob, Chapter 42, Job answers God: “I have spoken but didnot understand; . . . I disown what I have said, and repent indust and ashes.” (42:3,6)

Then Job’s prosperity was restored. “Then Job died,old and full of years.” (42:17)

It doesn’t say that Job died happy ever after, just thatJob died an old age.

We, the readers of Job are left to decide why was Job’sfortune restored? Because he repented.

Some preachers of the gospel of prosperity that wemight see on TV would say yes, because he repented Godrestored his possessions. But that would mean that Godblesses us only when we are good.

OR, did Job realize that happiness wasn’t found inpossessions? Happiness was having lived with the beliefthat God’s will be done - with or without his possessions,God’s salvation is knowing that God is with us at all times.Our faith assures us of God’s loving mercy and God’spresence regardless of good times or bad – the faith thatJesus speaks of in today’s Gospel.

God’s salvation is the willingness to live a lifetime inrelationship with the Lord regardless of blessings orsufferings, not in the erasing of pain and loss . . . but in thecourage to go on living in relationship to God and others inthe midst of loss and grief. And as much as we’d like to, wecan’t manipulate God’s response to us based on what wedo.

Undeserved blessings and undeserved suffering … justappreciating God’s love, mercy and presence in the toughestof times or in the best of times.

Holy Souls “Seek”The Holy Souls “Seek” is a program, a Sunday night meeting for new Catholics, people curiousabout joining the Church, or who are already Catholic and who would like to know more aboutthe Catholic faith. This is an extension of RCIA. We attend the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Sundaysand meet briefly in the courtyard after Mass to ask questions, learn more about prayer anddevotions, and be supported in our search for deeper faith. Once monthly, members eat dinnertogether after Mass. For more information, contact Ted Saer at tedsaer@gmail.com.

ENCOUNTER“Life in the Spirit Prayer Group”

All are invited to attend a Life in the Spirit prayer group called “Encounter” that meets onMonday evenings at 6:30 in the Parish Hall. This is a great opportunity to deepen your relationshipwith God by learning more about how the Holy Spirit wants to lead, guide us, and fill us with HisGifts. For more information, contact Susej Thompson, Director of Faith Formation.

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The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock is committed to pro-tecting children and young people. If you are aware ofabuse or have been abused by Clerics, Church volun-teers, or Church workers, please contact the State ofArkansas Hotline for Crimes against Children at 1-800-

482-5964 and the Chancellor for Canonical Affairs, Dcn. MatthewA. Glover, (501) 664-0340 ext. 361. For pastoral assistance pleasecontact the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Diocese of LittleRock: Laura Gosponer, (501) 664-0340, ext. 425. Diocese of LittleRock, 2500 N. Tyler St., Little Rock, AR 72207.

Mass attendance, June 5 & 6 489Mass attendance, June 12 & 13 519Mass attendance, June 19 & 20 530

DIocesan Collections – Church in Latin America $ 37,156

Weekend Collections – June 5 & 6 $ 37,156 June 12 & 13 $ 37,156 June 19 & 20 $ 37,156Total June Collections $ 37,156Total June Budgeted Collections $ 125,000

Actual Collections (7/1/20 -5/31/21) $ 1,332,512Budgeted (7/1/20 - 5/31/21) $ 1,170,000Amount in excess of Budget $ 162,512

Maintenance Fund $ 660

COLLECTIONS/STEWARDSHIP UPDATE

Thank you for supporting our church.

Responding to the Word This WeekWho can I help withan act of kindness?

Jesus, this week I will . . .*To reflect on this Sunday’s readings online, go to

www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062721.cfm

Holy Souls CYM SummerSchedule

Senior CYM:All students entering 9th grade - 12th grade

Sunday, July 18thTimes: 6:45-8:15

Place: Benedict House

Junior CYM:All students entering 7th grade - 8th grade

Wednesday, July 21stTime: 6:00-7:30

Place: Benedict House

Go to our website(www.holysouls.org - bulletin board)

or our facebook page(www.facebook.com/OLHSAR)

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JUBILEE MASSA Mass of Thanksgiving will be concelebrated at 5:30 p.m. onTuesday, June 29th at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rockto honor Rev. John Oswald (60 years), Rev. Joseph Pallo (60years), Rev. James Fanrak (50 years) Rev. John K. Antony, JCL(25 years), Rev. Eric Groner (25 years), Rev. John Lewandowski(25 years), and Rev. James Ibeh, CSSp (25 years) on theiranniversary of priestly ordination. Senior priests will be honoredduring this Mass as well. A dinner reception will follow inMcDonald Hall that is open to everyone. For additionalinformation contact María Velázquez at 501-664-0340, ext. 340.

The Church Office will be closed on Monday, July 5th, inobservance of Independence Day.

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We pray that, in social, economic and political situationsof conflict, we may be courageous and passionate archi-tects of dialogue and friendship.

Petitions of theMinistry of Praise

July, 2021Pope Francis’ Intentions:

WE NEED MORE!WE NEED MORE!Grateful Stewardsof God’s Gifts . . .

Laura Humphries,Parish Life & Stewardship Director

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Yet the more they were oppressed,the more they multiplied and spread.

Ex 1:12

One thing I’ve learned in over twenty years ofparenting is that the exercise of unquestioningauthority rarely yields desired results. Just as adammed river will reroute to continue flowing, peoplewho feel forced, controlled or oppressed gain curiousstrength in alternate arenas.

As people of God, we can certainly rejoice inhuman resilience. Perhaps we can also look at theareas of our lives where we’ve become single-minded in our attempts to change or control others.How can we collaborate with others so they flourishrather than locking doors so they have to jump outwindows? What would it mean to surrender controlto God?

An excerpt from Living Faith

I have to admit that I have had to work on the controlissue. It has taken many years to acknowledgethat it’s okay if I am not in control; that’s its okay ifI don’t take care of everything. It actually feelspretty good too. Letting God be in control ofeverything is a work in progress. Most areas of mylife I have surrendered to God, but there are justone or two that I cling to. But I am praying that oneday, I will be able to let go and let God have themtoo.

When we are able to surrender ourselves over toGod, we are better able to be the people that Godhas called us to be. We want to serve God just asJesus served him while he was here. Let us alllearn from Jesus how to be good stewards of allthat God has given us. God did not control Jesus.God does not control any of us. He wants us tolove and serve him, but he does not make us. Jesusserved out of love of the Father; let us serve out oflove for the Father so that one day we can hear,“…Well done, good and faithful servant!” Mt 25:21and walk into the arms of our Father.

Encounter Jesus, Serve Others

ADORATION ON WEDNESDAYFr. John would like to resume having Adoration of the BlessedSacrament in church on Wednesdays; it will end with Benedictionand the 5:30 p.m. Mass -- if we can get enough people to coverall the hours. Adoration would be from 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m., andwe need at least 2 people to cover each hour. To sign up for an hour,please call the Chuch Office or email office@ holysouls.org.

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REGISTRATION FOR NEW MEMBERSRegistration for new members is completed in the church officeor online by visiting our web page, www.holysouls.org. Pleasecontact the church office or go online at www.holysouls.org ifyou have moved, changed your telephone number, movedfrom your parent’s home or graduated from college.

RCIAIf you are interested in becoming Catholic, please contact SusejThompson at 501-663-8632 or sthompson@holysouls.org.

RETURNING CATHOLICSIf you are interested in returning to the Catholic Church, pleasecontact Susej Thompson at 663-8632 or sthompson@holysouls.org.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONSaturdays from 2:30 to 3:30pm and Wednesdays from 4:00 to5:00pm or call the church office for an appointment.

CHURCH VISITSThe Church is open for private prayer time on Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, & Friday from 7:30am-3pm and on Wednesday from7:30am -5:15pm. Please enter through the door on Harrison St.side by piano or the handicapped door in the front of church.

BAPTISMBaptisms are scheduled on an individual basis. Please callthe church office for more information.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGEContact the church office a minimum of six months in advance.

OUR PARISHIONERS -- Lillian Henriquez; Rob Mondy; JessicaRemsing; Benjamin Stuart; Glennabell McCumpsey; Nick Kirchner; PatKing; Richard Peek; George Loss; Annette Wahlgreen; Janet Davis; DavidSmith; Suzanne Kordsmeier; Dinah Grummer; O. C. Flynn; Henry Schulte;Tom Goodgame; Brian Quinn; Randy Grice; Dan Bailey; Alice Stuff; MegBerry; Barbara Waller; Ron Hoofman; Kem Aburrow; Annabelle Giardina;Jim Swenson; and Emily Ketter.

OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS -- Lucille Marconi; LiamBrooks; Leslie Smith; Raymond Smith; Jane Ann Calhoun; SharonFrance; Corney George; Will Gantt, Mark Bausom; Natalie Miller;Lawson Hether; Heidi Charton; Becky Currier; Frances Heffington;Carl Calhoun; Amanda Williams; Brenda Bunn; Cason Johnston; H.Ed Eddings; Mark Troillett; David Aguilar; Jim Blacklock; Msgr. GastonHebert; Richard & Sheila Phillips, Regina Dillon; Chris Ashcraft;Dorothy Ehlebracht; and Jarrett Allen.

THOSE WHO HAVE DIED -- Stephen Boccarossa, son of Larry &Patti Boccarossa; brother of Ashley McNatt and Stephanie Pierce;and uncle of Wyatt Boccarossa, Levi & Oliver McNutt, and HunterPierce; and Bill Hylton, husband of Marsha Hylton.

OUR SEMINARIANS -- especially Daniel Wendel & Nathan Ashburn.

In order to keep our bulletin prayer list up-to-date for the sick, names willremain on the list for four weeks. Then their name will be written in theBook of Intercession where they will be remembered during everyMass. To continue for another four weeks, please call the church office.

Kathryn Rhett Rutherford&

Walker Reaves Rutherfordchildren of

Ryan Rutherford & Katie Wilson

Avery Elizabeth Miller&

Elliott Graham Millerchildren of

Mason & Kelli (Golden) Miller

Elizabeth Rose Metrailerdaughter of

Aaron & Mary Shannon (Dorman) Metrailer

Please welcome the following newly baptized children ofGod into our church community:

Our Lady of the Holy Souls

Adorationof the Blessed Sacrament

OPEN FOR VISITS:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday:

7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Saturdays: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sunday: 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.(No Adoration during Mass Times)

Adoration Chapel

To read the daily reading online, go to www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml

Monday, June 28 ST. IRENAEUS - Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-4, 8-11; Mt 8:18-22No Mass

Tuesday, June 29 STS. PETER & PAUL - Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-197:00 a.m. Mass Karen Miller by Christine Fernandez

Wednesday, June 30 FIRST MARTYRS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH - Gn 21:5, 8-20a; Ps 34:7-8, 10-13; Mt 8:28-345:30 p.m. Mass Nell Binz by Becky Binz

Thursday, July 1 ST. JUNIPERO SERRA - Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-87:00 a.m. Mass Dottie Massanelli by Holy Souls Men’s Club

Friday, July 2 Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 9:9-137:00 a.m. Mass Tim Boe by Holy Souls Parish

Saturday, July 3 ST. THOMAS - Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-298:00 a.m. Mass The Pawlowski & Guzik Families by Elzbieta Pawlowski4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Mary Keogh by Barbara Brossett

Sunday, July 4 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a8:00 a.m. Mass Joseph Wahlgreen by Theo Wahlgreen10:30 a.m. Mass Intentions of Parishioners5:30 p.m. Mass Charlie Peach by The Peach Family

Mass Intentions may be offered for the Repose of the Soul of a deceased loved one or for healing, a special occasion,or a special intention for yourself, a family member, or friend. Please contact Stacey in the Church Office for more information.

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