BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21213

REV. MICHAEL J. ORCHIK

Pastor

RECTORY 2854 Brendan Avenue Phone: 410-483-1700

WEBSITE:

www.shrineofthelittleflower.org EMAIL: slflower@netzero.net

MASS SCHEDULE

WEEKEND: Saturday - 4:00 PM HOLY DAY: As Announced in the Bulletin

Sunday - 7:00 - 9:00 - 11:00 AM WEEKDAY: 8:00 AM Monday through Saturday

FIRST FRIDAY: 8:00 AM Adoration from 8:30 through 10AM

NOVENA MASS:

Miraculous Medal Novena and Mass, Monday evening, 7:30 P.M. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE:

Saturday: 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. Other times as announced in the bulletin. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:

Second Sunday of the month at 12:15 P.M. Please call the Rectory for information concerning Baptismal instruction for parents and for registration. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE:

Couples planning to be married should contact the priest at least 6 months in advance. CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS:

Persons interested in inquiring about the faith should call the Rectory - 410-483-1700. RELIGION CLASSES:

For public school children in the Religious Education Center: Pre-K to 8, Saturday morning at 10:00 A.M. To register, contact the Rectory, 410-483-1700.

THE SICK:

Please notify the Rectory when a member of the parish is in the hospital, or is unable to attend Church and wishes to receive Holy Communion at home.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:

The use of Church envelopes is the responsible way to support your Parish. Parishioners are requested to register at the Rectory Office, Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. or complete the following form: Name ____________________________________________ Street ____________________________________________ Phone: _________________________ Zip _______________ Check:

New Registration Moving out of Parish

Change of Address Want Envelopes

Please cut out and drop in the Collection Box or mail to Rectory.

(BULLETIN DEADLINE — MONDAY, 12:00 NOON)

SHRINE of the LITTLE FLOWER THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME

Monday, November 6: Rom 11:29-36 Ps 69:P30-31,33-34,36

Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday, November7: Rom 12:5-167b Ps 131:1cde,2-3 Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday, November 8: Rom 13:8-10 Ps 112:1b-2,4-5,9

Lk 14:25-33 Thursday, November 9: THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN

BASILICA Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12 Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 1 Cor 3:9c-11,16-17 Jn 2:13-22 Friday, November 10: Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church Rom 15:14-21 Ps 98:1-4 Lk 16:1-8 Saturday, November 11: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Rom 16:3-9,16,22-27 Ps 145:2-5,10-11 Lk 16:9-15 Sunday, November 12: THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 or 4:13-14 Mt 25:1-13

SACRIFICIAL GIVING (10-28 & 29) Envelopes: (#83) $2,460 avg. per envelope $29.64 Loose: + 475 Total: $2,935

POOR BOX Weekend (10-28 &29) St. Vincent DePaul Society = $169.00 Weekend (11-4 & 5) St. Vincent's Weekend (11-11 & 12) St. Vincent's

Thank you for your support of this weekend's monthly collection for

"PARISH MAINTENANCE" Next weekend is the

"ANNUAL COLLECTION FOR SEMINARIANS" Did you know that in our country, compared to 50 years ago, there are

20,000 fewer priests & 130,000 fewer religious sisters? During "VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK" please

pray that young people in today's society will hear & respond to God's call, and do your part to encourage them

to consider the priesthood and religious life.

Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not

far from me! Make haste and come to my

help, O Lord, my strong salvation!

Almighty and merciful God, by Whose gift your faithful offer You right and

praiseworthy service, grant, we pray, that we may hasten without stumbling to receive the things You have promised. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in

the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. AMEN

November 4 & 5, 2017

Dear Padre, A priest said the Scriptures should set us free. I wish this could happen to me! I feel so trapped by life. My job, my kids, my aging parents, bills, health insurance. Everywhere I turn I'm cornered by responsibilities. How can Scripture help?

Many of us feel trapped by life. Life is complicated because often there is too much to do, too many obligations, too much going on. We feel burdened and many times even guilty that we're not doing more. There's never enough time. People are demanding and sometimes hurt our feelings. We can easily become victims of it all. Or we can become defensive, offensive, or overly "people pleasing." I invite you to pray the Scriptures daily. Open yourself to the Spirit's movement that's alive in the word and alive in you. Read a short6 passage. Think about it. Put yourself into the scene. Picture yourself listening to Jesus speak. Allow Him to use your name. Let yourself be comforted, loved, freed, healed and challenged to change your hectic pace in life. Instead of trying to control all that happens, begin to surrender and trust in God. The word of God can lead us to freedom if only we open our hearts to the wisdom it contains. It will probably lead you to prayer, to ask for God's help. You may find your heart opening to receive the love of God you encounter in the word. Remember, Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it" (Luke 11:28). (adapted from Dear Padre: Questions People Ask, 2003 Liguori Publications)

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Bishop-Elect Mark S. Rivituso Vicar General

Archdiocese of St. Louis

Sat. 11/4 8:00 Poor Souls Novena 4:00 Regina Sobus Sun. 11/5 7:00 For the People 9:00 Poor Souls Novena 11:00 Legacy League JoAnn Moss Kollman Mon. 11/6 8:00 Poor Souls Novena 7:30 Ed, Doree & Mariana Hudson (liv)

Tues. 11/7 8:00 Poor Souls Novena Leliah Byrd Wed. 11/8 8:00 Poor Souls Novena Special Intention Thurs. 11/9 8:00 Poor Souls Novena Msgr. Thomas Tewes (liv) Fri. 11/10 8:00 Poor Souls Novena Paul Broring Sat. 11/11 8:00 Anna Hang Vu 4:00 Elizabeth Doyle Sun. 11/12 7:00 For the People 9:00 John & Doris Neubauer 11:00 Don & Helen McCauley Doris Vojik

Let us always remember and pray for all the souls of the faithful departed, may they rest in Christ's Peace. Let us also pray for the recently deceased in our parish and community, and for their love ones, that they may be consoled by God's Tender Love and Divine Mercy: Vincent Frank Grande, Raymond J. Rostkowski

Let us pray for the sick, dying and homebound of our parish and community, our families and friends, the special intentions on the Little Flower Prayer Chain; the elderly, lonely, downhearted; the poor, destitute, oppressed; unemployed, homeless, helpless, addicted, prisoners, sinners and those who have no one to pray for them; for caregivers, ministers to the sick, those in nursing homes and hospice care and those in (or recently released from) the hospital: Brightview (Perry Hall): Jackie Watts Caritas House: Dorothy Donohue Franklin Woods: Anna Knach Genesis (German Hill Rd.): Marie Nelles, Karen Williams Levindale: Rosemarie Durkin Little Sisters of the Poor: Anna Hagerman Pickersgill: Angela Mulcahy St. Elizabeth Hall: Dorothy Kelley

PRO-LIFE CORNER "In our day, some try to justify the killing of

the unborn by appealing to 'freedom of

choice.' Tragically, however women getting

abortions feel that they have no freedom and

no choice. They feel trapped, and this is

why the pro-life movement provides

alternatives to abortion. Moreover, this

'freedom to kill' leave s no freedom of choice

for the child who is killed. Freedom is not

the ability to do whatever we want; freedom

is the power to do what is right, to always

respect the truth and to choose life. (May 7,

2005, Pope Benedict XVI homily in Rome

"The freedom to kill is not true freedom, but

a tyranny that reduces the human being to

slavery"

www.priestsforlife.org INTERCESSION FOR LIFE

For all who are forgotten or thrown away, and especially for the poor, the sick and the aged:

that God might change our hearts and move us to love them as the image of Christ.

LET US PRAY TO THE LORD

"The greatest among you must be your servant.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;

but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

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