May 29, 2016 - Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor Parish Website: www.stpat.org

stpat.org@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 12 noon

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturday: 4:00 pm – Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 am Monday through Friday: 7:30 am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday: 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Weekdays: 7:15 am

Baptisms

Seminars are held every other month - register

by calling the office. At-tendance is suggested

during pregnancy.

Anointing of the Sick The Church recom-

mends this sacrament for those who are grave-

ly ill or in danger of death. Call the priest to

arrange a visit.

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six

months in advance to allow time for prepara-

tion and planning.

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Solemnity Of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

May 29, 2016

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, May 28--Vigil of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 4:00 PM: Cecil & Eva Mae Hebert; Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Rolfes; Myrna & Lillian Campbell; Lydia Dugas Sunday, May 29--The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 8:30 AM: Robert Chastant & Evelyn; Eddie Upton; Dr. Almore (Doc) Bordelon; Nick & Earl Chiasson 10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s Monday, May 30--Weekday (Ninth Week in Ordinary Time) 7:30 AM: Gwen Guidroz (living) Tuesday, May 31--The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:30 AM: Lanny Stutes

“In those days Mary arose and

went with haste in to the hill country…” — Luke 1:39

Wednesday, June 1--Saint Justin, Martyr 7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne; Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living); Col. Kimberly Fedele (living) Thursday, June 2--Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs 7:30 AM: Verna & Wiley Romero Friday, June 3--The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart Altar Plants In memory of: Len & Yvonne Courcier Daniel Sonnier Family

[A]s often as you eat this bread

and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord

until he comes. — 1 Corinthians 11:26

Non-Liturgical Devotions Daily Rosary: Monday - Thursday 6:55 a.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena: Tuesday 7:15 a.m. Rosary for Priests: Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday 7:15 a.m. Pro-Life Rosary: 1st Friday of the month 7 a.m. Shamrocks—Friday, June 3: Donna Guilbeau; Andre Arceneaux; Martha Thompson; Charlotte Privat Meetings Al-Anon meetings are held weekly on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., and Thursday at 10:30 a.m., at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall. Meetings are open to anyone wishing to attend. Alcoholics Anony-mous meets there at 7 a.m. on Monday through Friday (open), and at 8 am on Saturday (closed).

Memorial Day Prayer God of power and mercy, you destroy war and put down earthly pride. Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears, that we may all deserve to be called your sons and daugh-ters. Keep in your mercy those men and women who have died in the cause of freedom and bring them safely into your kingdom of justice and peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. —Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers

Pastor away Fr. Keith will be out of town from Monday, May 23rd, through Friday, June 3rd. Please pray for safe travels. Central Region "Prayer Service: Anticipating Hurri-cane Season & Storms" A special “Prayer Service: Anticipating Hurricane Season & Storms” will be held on Tuesday, May 31, at 6:30 p.m. at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette. All are invited to attend this evening of prayer sponsored by the Cathedral and supported by the Central Region. Rev. Neil Pettit, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Cecilia, will lead the Prayer Service and give the homily. He will be joined by Rev. Thomas A. James, SVD, of the Central Region of the Diocese of Lafa-yette. Please join us to pray for continued safety and to thank God for His grace and protection of our area. Our “Prayer Service: Anticipating Hurricane Season & Storms” is open to all, and along with services being held in the West, North, and South Regions, provides an area-wide opportunity for prayer and awareness at the start of Hurri-cane Season, which runs June 1–November 30, 2016. For more information, please call the Cathedral (232-1322) or contact Mary Bergeron (654-8682; Mbergeron@diolaf.org). St. Mary Church Bus Trip St. Mary Church, Lafayette, is offering a 5 day/4 night Bus Trip on June 6-10, 2016, to visit Eureka Springs, Benton-ville and Branson. We will depart Lafayette on Monday, June 6, at 7:45 a.m. from St. Mary parking lot (419 Doucet Road, Lafayette). Our schedule includes “The Great Pas-sion Play” in Eureka Springs and “The Story of Moses” at the Sight & Sound Theater in Branson. Numerous guided tours, visits to historic areas and museums, and much more are also included. For complete details, registration, cost and more information, please contact JoAnn LeJune at St. Mary Church (981-3379) or Barbara Thibodeaux, Group Director (235-3240). Volunteers Needed Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center needs vol-unteers: greeters; courtesy shuttle drivers; patient advocacy; cancer center, alternate Eucharistic ministers. Contact infor-mation: volunteer@lourdesrmc.com or call, 337-470-2081. Come and See Retreat for Women—May 27-30 This retreat is open to women who are interested in the Sis-ters Project at the Community of Jesus Crucified. High-lights of the experience will include learning about conse-crated life, as well as the charism and spirituality of CJC consecrated, chanting the Divine Office and participating in the daily activities of CJC. For more information, contact Father Michael Champagne, CJC at 337-394-6550 frcham-pagne@yahoo.com

Holy Hour for Vocations Please join us for our monthly “Holy Hour for Voca-tions and for the Spiritual Renewal of All Priests” on Monday, June 6, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 406 E. Pinhook Road. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in these prayers for vocations and perseverance of vo-cations to the priesthood and religious life, sponsored by the Serra Club of Lafayette. Food for the Journey The Central Region of the Diocese of Lafayette pre-sents “Food for the Journey”, a monthly lunchtime speaker series designed to help Catholics live out our faith in our daily lives. Our speaker for June is Rev. William Ruskoski, Associate Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Broussard. “Food for the Jour-ney” will be held on Tuesday, June 7, at Wyndham Garden Lafayette (formerly “Hotel Acadiana”), 1801 W. Pinhook Road, beginning at 12:00 noon. An op-tional lunch buffet is available for purchase beginning at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come “eat and be fed”- please bring a friend! Pre-registration is not re-quired. For more information, please call Mary Ber-geron (654-8682). Immaculate Heart of Mary Awesome Bible Sum-mer Camp—June 6—July 15, 2016 Registration for the Summer Bible Camp, for children 4—12 years old, will be May 16—30th., from 9:00 am—1:00 pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary School Campus. The fee is $100, one time amount cash or money order; only $50 for each additional child. Gently Worn School Uniforms Needed Gently Worn School Uniforms are once again being collected for needy children in the Lafayette Parish Schools. Please bring your children’s outgrown uni-forms to church as soon as possible. Sizes 4-20 and all adult sizes are needed. Shirts: red, white and navy blue, black and green. Pants/Shorts: navy blue, black and khaki-traditional style. The need is great! Quo Vadis Days 2016 Young men ages 15-25 are invited to attend a discern-ment camp, sponsored by the Diocese of Lafayette Of-fice of Vocations, to be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat House in St. Martinville, June 28-30th. There is no cost, and registration forms can be downloaded from the vocations website lafayettevocations.org STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory………………………$ 5,054.75 Thank You! The second collection next weekend will be for our Building Fund

Date

Saturday, June 4 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 5 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, June 5 10:00 a.m.

Lectors Angie Redrick Kenneth Phillips Michael Doumit

Eucharistic Ministers

Candis Thompson Harold Guilbeau Kathy Kalweit

Geneva Phillips Ted Hampton Kay Hampton

Leroy Abshire Barbara Abshire Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Rosalind Allen Fred Vallot Andre Arceneaux

Ushers Kevin & Daylan Phillips Donald & Scottie Vallot Jenny Feehan Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for June

Readings for the Week

Monday 2 Pt 1:2-7; Ps 91:1-2, 14-16; Mk 12:1-2

Tuesday Zep 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56

Wednesday 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2; Mk 12:18-27

Thursday 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Mk 12:28b-34

Friday Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11; Lk 15:3-7

Saturday 2 Tm 4:1-8; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 2:41-51

Sunday 1 Kgs 17:17-24; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Gal 1:11-19; Lk 7:11-17

From the Pastor’s Desk

This weekend we celebrate our Eucharistic faith, in the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. This event leads easily to reflection on the Incarnation, for if the Only Beloved Son had not taken on flesh of the Virgin, he could not give us his Body and Blood. Our belief in the Incarnation — the Word made Flesh — tells us a lot about who this Jesus is: true God and true man, even if we don’t totally understand it. This Jesus the Christ, with two natures, one human and one divine, is unique in the history of the world.

Our faith in the Incarnation also tells us about our selves. The fact that Jesus became one like us in all things but sin reveals a dignity of the human body that can only come from God. It means we take our bodies se-riously and it reveals the necessary connection between body and spirit. Our Catholic tradition honors this mind-body connection by paying attention to our posture during liturgical prayer: standing, kneeling, genuflecting, bowing, etc. We recognize that our standing or sitting or kneeling means something, and can help us to nurture the spiritual side of who we are. And so we genuflect to express reverence for the Real Presence of Christ, and we kneel as an expression of humility, and sometimes sorrow, before God. We stand in praise of God’s glory. We sit to listen attentively to the proclamation of God’s Word in our midst, and stand during the Gospel to honor Christ, who speaks to our hearts through the Scriptures.

In our Catholic prayer, especially at Mass, our posture serves another important purpose. Our common posture at various parts of the Mass is also an expression of the unity of our hearts, in communion with others.

So, for example, when we all stand to begin Mass, we express our communion with our brothers and sis-ters standing around and with us. When we come in procession for Communion (procession is a kind of ‘moving posture’), we affirm that we come to receive the Eucharist not alone, but in the midst of and with the rest of the Church. When we bow as we approach the Communion minister, we express in a bodily fashion the reverence in our hearts for the Lord whom we prepare to receive. Likewise, when we stand to receive Communion, we affirm that we stand with the Church. It is because our Church respects the human body which Christ embraced, and uses posture to make visible what is in our hearts, that we don’t sit during the Creed, or kneel during the Gospel, stand during the First Reading, or kneel to receive Communion. If we individually choose postures different from the rest of the congregation, we suggest that we are not one with them. The Eucharist is a communal celebration, where we pray together, sit together and stand and kneel together, in and through Christ.