November 22, 2020 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Transcript of November 22, 2020 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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Mass
Schedule
REV. WALTER AUSTIN
Pastor
985-630-2837
REV. MR. THOMAS ST. PIERRE
Deacon
REV. MR. DAVID FARINELLI, LPC,
LMFT
Deacon
Our Clergy
November 22, 2020
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
MASS TIMES
Saturday.……………………………… (Vigil) 4:00pm
Sunday................. 8:30am, 10:30am, 7:00pm
............................................. (Spanish) 3:00pm
DAILY MASS
Mo, Tu, Th, Fri……………………………….. 8:30am
Wednesday…………………………………….6:00pm
Daily Mass and the 10:30am Sunday Mass
are live-streamed and can be viewed on our
parish Facebook page or the Parish Website.
CONFESSIONS
One half hour before each Mass daily
and Sundays.
PERPETUAL ADORATION
CHAPEL - Open 24 hours daily.
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LaPlace, LA 70068
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Office Hours: M-F 9:00am - 4:00pm
BUSINESS MANAGER
Linda Biven
SECRETARY/SACRAMENTAL RECORDS
Amarna Englert
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
Cindy Grosse
PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION
COORDINATOR
Andree Gurdian
YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR
Emily Gurdian
ASCENSION OF OUR LORD SCHOOL
Toni Ruiz, Principal: 985-652-4532
PASTORAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Michael Abbate: 985-652-5041
SYNOD IMPLEMENTATION
COORDINATOR
Susie Lanza: 504-650-0496
Mass Intentions
Monday, November 23 • St. Clement I • St. Columban • Bl. Miguel Agustin Pro 8:30 am Peggy Farinelli
Tuesday, November 24 • St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions 8:30 am Special Intention
Wednesday, November 25 • St. Catherine of Alexandria 6:00 pm Fe Laygo
Thursday, November 26 • Thanksgiving Day 8:30 am Norman & Verna Millet, Rosalind Hutson, Deborah Acosta, Jessica Fournet
Friday, November 27 8:30 am Special Intention
Saturday, November 28 4:00 pm Steve Navarre, Tom & Teresa Bautsch, Cynthia Naquin, Stuart Torres, E.J. & Edna Guidry, Conrad & Betty Hymel, Grady Du1, Jr., Scott Du1, Charles “Chuck” Jeandron, Jr., Fisher & Melancon Families, Dolores Fajardo, Ronald G. Perilloux, Ronald N. Perilloux, Therese Cazenave, Anthony J. Valure, Jacques Williams, Sr., Dr. Keith Melancon & Family, Brock & Larousse Families, In thanksgiving for answered prayers, All Souls, Special Intention
Sunday, November 29 • First Sunday in Advent 8:30 am Gwen Booth, Joseph & Verlie Marks, Maude Hymel, Vivian & Lionel Fisher, Jr., Fr. Benny Piovan, Nancy Freitas, John Snyder, Sr., Deceased members of Lynn Nguyen Family, All Souls, Special Intention 10:30 am Tony & Dolores Dottolo 3:00 pm (en espanol) Our Parishioners 7:00 pm Eric Dangerfield
November 22, 2020
The Parish Office will close at noon on
Wednesday, Nov. 25
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and will be closed on
Thursday, Nov. 26
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& Friday, Nov. 27
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VIGIL LIGHT NOVEMBER�
In memory of Lynn Hymel
CHAPEL CANDLES BURN FOR�
In memory of Elma, Doug, & Emanuel Sicard
Christmas Mass of
Remembrance
December 9th at 6:00pm
Christmas Mass of Remembrance forms were
included in last week’s bulletin. If you would
like to have your loved ones remembered at
this Mass, please return the form to the
Parish Office before December 2nd.
Remember to designate
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COATS FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN
Our annual Knights of Columbus
Coats for Kids Campaign will be held
throughout the month of November.
We are asking for coats to be donated
and brought to Church at all Masses
throughout the month. These coats will be
delivered to the needy children in our community for
the winter season. The coats should be clean and in
good condition.
Those who pre-ordered a 2021
St. Joseph Missal may pick them up
at the Parish Office during
regular business hours.
Advanced Giving is now in progress
and ends on November 30
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Visit aolparish.org and click on the �
#iGive Catholic link to donate.�
Garden Spruce Up Day
Saturday, November 28th
9:00 am - 12:00noon
Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at Help is needed to spruce up the flower beds at the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce. the School and Church Parish OCce.
Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!Come burn those Thanksgiving Dinner calories!
High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours High School Students who need service hours are welcome! are welcome! are welcome! are welcome!
Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and Please wear a mask and bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows, bring gloves, wheelbarrows,
garden shears, and garden shears, and garden shears, and garden shears, and long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.long sleeve shirts.
Help Us to Keep Our Cool!
This year’s #iGiveCatholic campaign
is to raise funds to replace the
broken 20-ton A/C unit with two 10-ton
units. Help us reach our goal of $25,000 to
keep us all cool and comfortable!
Giving Tuesday is December 1
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Our Christmas Giving Tree is set up in the foyer of
the Church. If you would like to help a family in
need, please take an ornament off of the tree and
record the ornament family number and letter with
your name and phone number on the forms provided
in the back of Church. All Christmas Giving Tree gifts
must be returned to Church by December 16th or to
the Parish Office by December 18th. Thank you for
your love and generosity to our neighbors in need!
Thanks for Giving
Blood Drive
Sunday, Nov. 29th 8:30am - 12:30pm
Piovan Parish Hall
Give Blood...Save a Life!
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Perpetual
Adoration
Chapel
Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed:Adorers Needed: Sundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pmSundays: 10am, 1pm
Mondays: 2amMondays: 2amMondays: 2amMondays: 2am Fridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pmFridays: 10am, 2pm, 3pm
Saturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8amSaturdays: 8am
Come back and pray!Come back and pray!Come back and pray!Come back and pray!
“Be at peace; what God has started, He will finish.”
St. Faustina (Diary, 132)
Sacraments
BAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMSBAPTISMS: Baptismal seminars are held on the first Tuesday of each month in the Parish OCce at 7:00pm. Please call the Parish OCce to pre-register.
WEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGSWEDDINGS: Couples must contact the priest at least six months prior to the preferred date of the wedding.
ANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICKANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the Parish OCce or 985-630-2837 (evenings).
HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: HOMEBOUND: To be added to the list, please call the Parish OCce.
FUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALSFUNERALS: Family must make arrangements with the priest prior to making final arrange-ments with the funeral home.
Parish Calendar
Monday, November 23
No School; No PSR
Tuesday, November 24 No School
Wednesday, November 25 Parish OCce Closes at Noon; No School 7:00pm Spanish Ministers Training - Church
Thursday, November 26 • Thanksgiving Parish OCce Closed; No School
Friday, November 27 Parish OCce Closed; No School
Saturday, November 28 • Team 4 9:00am Garden Spruce Up Day - School/Parish OCce
Sunday, November 29 • Team 4 8:30am-12:30pm Blood Drive - PPH
LIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGYLIVE THE LITURGY - INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Titles and privileges, palaces and guards, banquets and benefits, servants and fine living, are all things earthly folks associate with kings and royalty. These have no place in Christ. To understand the kingdom of Christ and what it means to have Christ as our king, one must be willing and able to understand transformation, engagement and empowerment. To live in the kingship of Christ, we have to live deeply and contemplatively; allowing God to change not only how we act, but how we feel, think, and see. It is not an easy journey or one that is always welcomed. Sometimes, it is easier and safer to live as if Christ were our earthly king. It’s a more black and white world. But the kingdom of Christ exists in a world of gray where the hungry, thirsty, those who are strangers, naked, ill, and imprisoned find a welcome home. It is a kingdom that doesn’t always make sense, where the last are first and the weakest are most strong. World economics and secular philosophy doesn’t like this kind of king. Maybe that is why they crucified him the first time and continue to. Whatever we do to the least of God’s children, we do to God. Do you really want to inherit the kingdom? ©LPi
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November 22, 2020
Christ the King
“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for the least ones, you did for me. ”
Matthew 25:31-46
How well will Jesus judge each of us? Some time ago I
read of a test given to some seminarians. As part of their
homiletics class, these seminarians were told that they would
prepare a homily and tape it for television. The subject of the
homily was the story of the Good Samaritan. When the day
came for the taping the seminarians were placed in a room.
They were told that someone would come and take each one
over to the studio for the taping. The TV studio was located
across the street from where the seminarians were seated.
As each seminarian walked over to the studio he
encountered a man lying on the sidewalk, seemingly drunk
and calling out for help. The escort told each seminarian to
hurry along as they needed to meet a strict time table for
taping. Every seminarian passed the man on by in order not
to miss the taping of the homily. A homily given on
compassion.
Today we look forward to that final coming of Jesus in
glory. As we make our way toward that goal we struggle to
live lives of holiness. Every day God provides us opportunities
to care for the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked,
the imprisoned. Jesus will judge us not on how well we
profess our need to care for these outcasts but on how well
we actually care for them.
Fr. Walter Austin�
Readings for the Week
Sunday: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17/Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 [1]/1 Cor
15:20-26, 28/Mt 25:31-46
Monday: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5/Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/Lk
21:1-4
Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19/Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13 [13b]/Lk 21:5-11
Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9 [Rev 15:3b]/Lk
21:12-19
Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5
[Rev 19:9a]/Lk 21:20-28
Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11—21:2/Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a [Rev
21:3b]/Lk 21:29-33
Saturday: Rv 22:1-7/Ps 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7ab [1 Cor 16:22b]/Lk
21:34-36
Next Sunday: Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
[4]/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37
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Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church
There Is Much to Be Done
Growing up Catholic means I must have heard a million times
the passage in Matthew’s Gospel about how doing things for
the “least of these” means you have done them for Jesus. Okay,
that is an exaggeration to make a point. But it has been a
slogan for so many social justice activities, from clothing and
canned food drives, to letter writing campaigns and peaceful
protests.
Growing up I only knew how to help the least of these through
the school and church activities of the time. Today, YouTube
and GodTube are filled with videos of creative ways people
reach out to one another. Have you seen the one about the
pizza party for the homeless? How about the fake lottery ticket
or the house bought from online donations for a poor man?
There are even videos of people paying for the car behind them
at the drive-through! The awesome thing about this is that it
serves as a witness to others. It is not boasting but instead
sharing the Good News. Giving and good stewardship can be
contagious!
Our pastor has several times over the years handed out $10
bills to confirmation candidates and asked them to “pay it
forward.” They can keep the money or use it to make a
difference in someone else’s life. One teen planted a garden for
an elderly woman. One bought ingredients for brownies and
sold them to give even more than $10 to charity. The teens not
only learned something about good stewardship in the
process, but also served as great examples to the parish
community.
As always, there is much to be done. The King is coming soon!
Let’s spread the news and some love at the same time!
-Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS
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