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“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves
and take up their cross and follow me.”
Matthew 16:24
OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI MISSION
CHURCH
AUGUST 30, 2020 | TWENTY-SECOND
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Reverend Jacob Almeter
Rev. Mr. Timothy Hughes, Deacon
Rev. Mr. Henry Nieves, Deacon
Our Lady Star of the Sea weekly schedule
Mondays No Daily Mass
Tuesdays 5:00 pm Rosary & Adoration, 5:30 pm Daily Mass
Wednesdays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass
Thursdays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass
Fridays 7:30 am Rosary, 8:00 am Daily Mass
1st Fridays 8:00 am Mass @ Historic Chapel
2:00 pm— 3:00 pm Holy Hour
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet Daily Chapel
Saturdays 3:45 pm Confession - Main Church
5:00 pm Mass
Sundays 11:00 am Mass
Saint Francis of Assisi weekly schedule
Wednesdays 5:00 pm Confession 6:00 pm Daily Mass
Sundays 8:30 am Mass
E-Mail: office@wear eolss.or g FatherJake@weareolss.org
Website: www.wear eolss.or g
Office Hours 9AM—2PM
Church Office: 912-882-4718 Fax: 912-882-5845 After Hours Emergency: 912-882-3760
Confessions: OLSS—3:45 Saturdays, SFoA—5PM Wednesdays, or by Appointment
Deacons: Tim Hughes; 912-322-2947; Henry Nieves: 912-674-7023
Parish Secretary: Susan Bayless: 904-612-6143
Parish Council: Br yant Shepar d:912-673-7377 (OLSS) ; Tina Baxter: tinabaxter67@gmail.com (SFoA)
Parish Bookkeeper: Linda J or dan: 912-882-4718 ext 102
Finance Council: Gr eg Lockhar t: 912-322-6206
Ladies Auxiliary: Susan Sar tain: 912-617-8990
Religious Education: Tim & Rhonda Hughes 912-729-2406
Health Ministry: Peg Hudock: 678-642-2893
Hospitality/Bereavement: Victor ia Br ooks: 912-322-6857
Virtus: Sallie Galyean
Knights of Columbus 11058 & Ave Maria Assembly 3391: Br yant Shepar d: KofC@wear eolss.or g
Cursillo Chr issy Bundr ick: 912-729-5705
Catholic Youth Ministry: Tom & Tr icia J enkins: 912-882-9433, Chrissy Bundrick: 912-729-5705
Good Samaritan Outreach: Lena Br athwaite Bell: 912-266-4969
Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers/Altar Servers/Ushers: Contact chur ch office
Music Ministry: Mike Ander son: 912-729-2409 malada@kgldcable.com
Legion of Mary: Sher r y-Ann Jenkins : saj4@att.net
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31
La Diócesis de Savannah ya tiene
Monday: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Ps 119:97-102; Lk 4:16-30 WhatsApp, agrega el (912)201-4067 y
Tuesday: 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Ps 145:8-14; Lk 4:31-37 mándanos un mensaje para recibir
Wednesday: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44 reflexiones diarias y una vez a la
Thursday: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 semana (jueves) noticias diocesanas.
Friday: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39 Evangelizando en las redes sociales.
Saturday: 1 Cor 4:6b-15; Ps 145:17-21; Lk 6:1-5
Sunday: Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Christy Medina, Chris Medina, Kim Cluff, Gabe Cluff, Ashley Medina, Barbara Mascilak, Stephanie Paxton,
Ruth McNeil, Frank McNeil, Lenda Morris, Bea Bonk, Charles Davis Jr., Dustin Lee, Marie Devine, Susan
Durban, Vic Unnone, Joseph Flynn, Peggy Schwarting, Daniel Brausch, Claire Walsh, Amberley Harris,
Kevin Haas, Tina Hood, The Panfil families, Tom O’Shaughnessy, Sophia Fedak, Coach Russ Murray,
Coach Joe Stetzer, Richard Blair, Tom Ussery, Jay Berman, Mark Douglas, Drew Hawks, Donna Allen,
Donna Ussery, MaryCatherine Sokack, Toni Morgan, Mary Cheshire, Jennifer Santos Vitto
To add a name to the prayer list please email office@weareolss.org
OLSS COMPARISONS FROM LAST YEAR SFoA COMPARISONS FROM LAST YEAR
AUG 23, 2020 AUG 25, 2019 AUG 23, 2020 AUG 25, 2019
Collection $ 5,569.50 Collection $ 6,088.40 Collection $ 325.00 Collection $ 586.42
Mortgage $ 460.00 Mortgage $ 3,080.00 Mortgage $ 230.50 Mortgage $ 203.00
2020 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL
OLSS PLEDGED PLEDGE As of the August 20th
BALANCE report we received,
TARGET
27.98% of our
$34,727.00 $ 5,676.00 $ 2,918.00 parishioners have made a
ONE TIME TOTAL % OF pledge to the Annual
GIVEN Catholic Appeal. Our
TARGET
support of diocesan
$ 31,232.00 $ 33,990.00 97.88 % agencies and ministries
# OF # OF % is one way that we
respond to God for all
FAMILIES DONORS SUPPORT we have received.
461 131 28.42 %
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Reading 1 Jer 20:7–9
You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the
day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is
my message; the word of the LORD has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will
not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart,
imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 63:2, 3–4, 5–6, 8–9
R. (2b) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched,
lifeless and without water.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory, For your kindness is a
greater good than life;
my lips shall glorify you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name. As with the riches of a
banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand
upholds me.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Reading 2 Rom 12:1–2
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the
renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.
Gospel Mt 16:21–27
Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief
priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to
rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get
behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and
follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in
exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will
repay all according to his conduct.”
We are invited to reflect on the path of discipleship offered by Jesus in our readings today. Jesus, now seen by the disciples as Messiah and Christ, begins to describe most fully what this means: he will not march into Jerusalem filled with God’s power like a conquering general. His path is like that of Jeremiah; he will be rejected and mocked. His path is like that described by Paul, offering his body as a living sacrifice. Jesus summons his followers down the same path of death and resurrection, to live the radical paradox that “whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Loving and trusting God will entail self-surrender, leading us to joy in service to others. We will learn to let go of what we desire and what we think we need, trusting God to provide what we truly need. THE TEMPTER It seems that Jesus is pretty hard on Peter in today’s Gospel, when he calls him “Satan” for questioning Jesus’ prediction of his passion. The scene echoes Matthew’s story of the temptations of Jesus (4:1–11) when Jesus encounters Satan, also called the “tempter.” Satan had sought to draw Jesus into thinking about his own needs instead of attending to God’s purposes. Peter was an unwitting tempter, anxiously reacting out of his own fears and misunderstanding. This story speaks about Jesus’ identity and vocation, and also about our own. As God’s beloved, sent out to witness to the gospel, we are offered a foundation and a purpose to our lives. There is much in life that tempts us, stirs up false fears, or draws us to the attractive but superficial. Jesus provides us a way forward. He named the temptations that he faced, so they had no power over him. As he followed his path, he placed his full trust in his Father. GOD OF DIALOGUE Our reading from Jeremiah contains some of the harshest language you will find in the Bible toward God. In despair and fury, Jeremiah accuses God of deceiving and abusing him. He pours out his rage at God for ruining his life. He wants to quit God, but finds it impossible. In later verses, he alternates between giving thanks to God and wishing he had never been born. Remarkably, after all this, Jeremiah resumes his prophetic ministry. As with Abraham (Genesis 18), Moses (Exodus 32), Job, and various psalms, Jeremiah pushes back against God. God receives and blesses their prayer, and their relationship is stronger for it. Our God is a God of dialogue, who encourages us to speak our mind and heart in full honesty. Our Trinitarian God is in eternal conversation within God’s self, and with all of creation. God invites honest dialogue, always grounded in love, within God’s Church, and between the Church and the world. THE CROSS OF JESUS The perception of a cross changed dramatically after Jesus’ crucifixion. Before that event, death on a cross was not only horrible, it was degrading. It was a penalty reserved only for the most wretched of criminals. The word “glory” would not have found its way into the same sentence containing the word “cross.” But all that changed with Jesus. Over time, believers began to venerate and honor the cross. They painted, sculpted, and carved images of it. Many lost their own lives for their association with it. Today our reverence for and relationship with the cross recalls little of the contempt originally associated with it. As it has been through the ages, it is our perception of the cross that determines how we follow Jesus. THE EYES OF A CHILD I frequently see signs on churches inviting everyone to come. Often they advertise that they are a contemporary, casual church. One thing that concerns me is that they do not add "challenging" to that description. Some people try to teach that since Jesus is risen from the dead, we should also be able to live that way: Rejoicing, but never sorrowing. But if we preach resurrection without the cross, we are acting like Peter in the Gospel. Peter had just proclaimed that Jesus was the Messiah, but he failed to understand that Jesus' mission was not to bring wealth and glory to Israel. Jesus knew that being messiah required him to give his life for all people. In a sense, Peter was tempting Jesus to avoid the painful death and use his divine power to bring prosperity. Like Satan's temptations in the desert, he wanted Jesus to take the easy way to glory. Instead, Jesus challenges us to deny ourselves. Today this phrase is not very popular with those who say we should be free to satisfy all our desires, or with motivational speakers who say that everyone is able to achieve financial success and live a comfortable life. As long as we center our lives on our own pleasure and comfort, we are rejecting the cross. To deny oneself means to choose God's will over our own. It means to be willing to suffer for being honest. It means giving God the first place in our lives. It means we get more joy from serving others than serving ourselves. This is what Paul is talking about in the second reading when he says to offer ourselves as a "living sacrifice." Or as Jesus says, we lose our life for his sake, only to find it in loving and serving him. That is one reason I like the image of God as father. Parents will lose much of their freedom--and much sleep--when they bring a child into the world. But they find a new joy in the eyes of that child. We are all called to lose our selfish lives and find the joy of living for Jesus.
WHERE IS THAT IN THE BIBLE?
WHY ARE CATHOLICS REQUIRED TO ATTEND MASS?
The people of ancient Judah were conquered by the powerful Babylonian Empire, and nearly all of them w
ere exiled from their land. The city of Jerusalem and the great temple within its gates were ruined. No
longer able to worship there as their ancestors had done, the Jews were forced to live in a faraway pagan
culture that knew nothing of their God.
Only many years later were the surviving exiles and their children allowed to return home at last. The books
of Ezra and Nehemiah report what happened upon their arrival in Judah.
Not surprisingly, those who were serious about their faith made it their priority to rebuild the temple so they
could worship there again. They wept and shouted with joy at its restoration. Having been deprived so long
of the freedom to worship God as he had instructed them, they had learned to treasure their sacred
assemblies in the house of the Lord (see Ezr 3:1-13).
These ancient events illustrate why the Catholic Church requires attendance at Mass on Sundays and certain
annual holy days. Worship is a primary duty owed to God by his creatures, who receive from him not only
their very existence, but every other good gift as well. Worship is also a privilege, a precious opportunity to
encounter the great King of the universe who loves his people beyond all telling.
The ancient Jews who recognized this awesome duty and privilege made every effort to come to the temple
to offer their sacrifices of grain and animals. How much more, then, should Catholics be eager to attend
Mass, where the glorious sacrifice of the Lamb of God himself is offered on the altar (see Heb 9:13-14)!
In the time of Moses, God had commanded his people to keep holy the (weekly) Sabbath day by setting it
apart for worship and rest (see Ex 20:8-11). The Church now applies what we might call that “Sabbath
principle” to Sundays and holy days of obligation, when Mass attendance is an obligation. Just as under the
Old Covenant God required proper observance of the Sabbath, under the New Covenant the Church
requires proper observance of Sunday, “the Lord’s day” (Rv 1:10), the day of Resurrection. In fact, among
the formal “precepts” (rules) of the Church, this one is the very first.
RELATED SCRIPTURE
Texts cited: Ex 20:8-11 ● Ex 3:1-13 ● Neh 1-13 ● Heb 9:13-14 ● Rv 1:10.
General: Dt 5:12-15 ● 2 Chr 36:21 ● Ps 27:4; 69:10; 84:1-13; 122:1-9 ● Mt 28:1 ● Mk 1:21; 2:27-28 ● Jn
20:19 ● Acts 2:42-46 ● 1 Cor 11:17 ● Heb 10:1-15; 12:22-23.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: 2042-2043 ● 2168-2195.WHAT DOES THE CHURCH TEACH ABOUT WORK ON
SUNDAYS?
Nehemiah was a Jewish layman who was devoted to God and who longed to see God’s law kept by his
people. Through Moses, the Lord had commanded the ancient Israelites to keep holy the Sabbath day—that
is, to set aside a particular day each week especially for worship and rest (see Ex 20:8-11). So Nehemiah
rebuked the residents of Jerusalem for treating this sacred day like ny other by working at their normal
business (see Neh 13:15-22).
Scripture suggests that a regular day of rest is actually part of the “rhythm” of creation. In the poetic
language of Genesis, God himself is pictured as “resting” on the seventh day (Saturday) after creating the
world, an example we are to imitate (see Gn 2:1-3; Ex 20:11). Just as importantly, the Lord insists that we
should give the same privilege of rest to family members, employees, guests, and even laboring animals (see
Ex 20:10; 23:12).
Today the Church continues to call us to a weekly Sabbath. But in honor of Jesus’ resurrection on a Sunday,
this first day of the week is now our time for rest and worship—what the early Christians named “the Lord’s
day” (see Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:2; Rv 1:10).
Those who take the Sunday Sabbath seriously have found it a welcome respite. In a society often driven by a
compulsion to work, produce, and succeed, a weekly day when we stop all that (“Sabbath” comes from a
Hebrew word meaning “to cease”) provides a humbling reminder: We’re not the ones who keep the world
turning. God is.
What should we avoid doing on the Sabbath? “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation,” the
Catechism teaches, “the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship
owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate
relaxation of mind and body (cf. CIC, can. 1247)” (2185).
Isn’t work on Sunday sometimes unavoidable? The Catechism continues: “Family needs or important social
service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. [But the] faithful should see to it that
legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life and health” (2185).
RELATED SCRIPTURE
Texts cited: Gn 2:1-3 ● Ex 20:8-11; 23:12 ● Neh 13:15-22 ● Acts 20:7 ● 1 Cor 16:2 ● Rv 1:10.
General: Ex 23:12; 31:15-17 ● Lv 16:29-31; 23:3,24, 26-38 ● Dt 5:12-15 ● Is 56:2; 58:13-14 ● Mt 12:5;
28:1 ● Mk 1:21; 2:27-28; 3:4; 16:1-2 ● Lk 24:1 ● Jn 7:23; 9:14, 16; 20:1 ● Acts 2:42-46 ● Heb 4:9.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: 345-49 ● 2042 ● 2168-2195.PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Called as we are to follow Jesus Christ, let us now pray for the needs of all the world.
For all in the Church, as we continually bring the message of God’s love and human dignity to the world, let
us pray to the Lord.
For peace in all the world, especially in those places ravaged for years by war and violence,
let us pray to the Lord.
For our nation, that we will always protect the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death,
let us pray to the Lord
For the protection and safety of those who serve in our armed forces and first responders,
let us pray to the Lord
For missionaries, evangelists, and all who dedicate their lives to spreading God’s word throughout the world,
let us pray to the Lord.
For all those who labor to support themselves and their families, and for government and corporate leaders to
treat them justly, let us pray to the Lord.
For the voices of scientists and disease experts to be taken seriously and heeded, and for swift and successful
development of a COVID-19 vaccine, let us pray to the Lord.
For all those who are sick, for all who suffer from COVID-19, and for all who have died, especially N., N.,
and N., let us pray to the Lord.
For all the prayers that we hold in the silence of our hearts; for all our intentions spoken and unspoken, let us
pray to the Lord.
Merciful God,
you have called us to the mission
of Jesus your Son,
grant these prayers which we make in his name,
who is Lord for ever and ever.
PRAYER OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
“My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament.
I love you above all things and I desire you with all my heart.
Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
I ask you to come spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already in my heart
and unite myself to you completely.
Please do not let me ever by separated from you
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