October 19, 2014 - Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Baptisms

Parents are encouraged to call the Church during pregnancy to avoid de-

lays of the sacrament

406 East Pinhook Road Lafayette, LA 70501-8727

Phone: (337) 237-0988 Fax: (337) 233-8868 Rev. M. Keith LaBove, Pastor

Parish Website: www.stpat.org

Weddings

Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance to allow time

for preparation

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

Welcome to St. Patrick Church

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 19, 2014

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday, October 18--Vigil of the Twenty-

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

4:00 PM: Mike Guilbeau; Robert & Hazel

Chiasson; Herselle & Gus Medina;

David Dias; Gussie & Valsin Benoit;

Monty & Pierre Montagnet;

M/M/ Charles Bachus; M/M Sidney Desforges

Sunday, October 19--Twenty-Ninth Sunday in

Ordinary Time 8:30 AM: In Thanksgiving to God;

Elise B. Dalferes; Clay L. Dalferes;

Ewing Latimer

10:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Patrick’s

Monday, October 20--St. Paul of the Cross,

Pirest (Msgr. Charles Mallet)

7:30 AM: Bella Hernandez; Agnes Duple-

chain; Gussie Hernandez

Tuesday, October 21--Weekday (Msgr. C. Mallet)

7:30 AM: Carmen Murillo, Christi Ana Al-

vergue; Adam Hernandez

Wednesday, October 22--Weekday (Msgr. C. Mallet)

7:30 AM: Dr. Tommy Comeaux & Dorinne;

Col. Clark Comeaux & Catherine (living);

Col. Kimberly Fedele (living)

Thursday, October 23--St. John of Capistrano,

Priest (Msgr. C. Mallet)

7:30 AM: Effie Broussard

Friday, October 24--St. Anthony Mary Claret,

Bishop (Msgr. Charles Mallet)

7:30 AM: Dr. Charles Stewart

Altar Flowers In Memory of:

Monty & Pierre Montagnet

Non-Liturgical Devotions

Daily Rosary: Monday - Friday 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, October 24: No cleaning.

Father Glenn Meaux – Golf Classic

Father Glenn Meaux’s 1st Annual Golf Classic

will be held on Monday, November 17, at Oak-

bourne Country Club to benefit Father Glenn’s

Mission in Kobonal, Haiti. Funds raised will

support the poor in Kobonal, Haiti. For infor-

mation, please visit www.solthaitimission.org.

“Evening of Reflection and Music with Dan

Schutte”

All are invited to “Experience an Evening of Reflec-

tion and Music with Dan Schutte” on Friday, No-

vember 7, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Genevieve Catholic

Church, 417 East Simcoe Street, Lafayette. Dan

Schutte has been composing music for more than 30

years, including extensive collaboration with the St.

Louis Jesuits. A contemporary Christian songwriter,

he is best known for composing the hymn “Here I

Am, Lord”, as well as “Mass of Christ the Savior”,

which is widely used in the Acadiana area. His more

recent pieces exhibit an enduring ability to reach into

people’s hearts and draw them into prayer. He is one

of the best known, most prolific and influential com-

posers of music for the liturgy today. For more infor-

mation, please contact Jodi Bollich (337-234-5147 or

jbollich@stgens.net).

Morning of Reflection

Is Jesus’ Reality…Your Reality?

The Breaux Bridge Area Theresians invite you to a

“Morning of Reflection” with guest speaker Mike Patin on

Saturday, October 25, at 8:00 a.m. at St. Bernard Church, Breaux Bridge (in the P. A. Borel Center). Women of all

ages are invited. Cost is $15.00 per attendee. For registra-

tion and more information, please contact Cheryl Ro-bicheaux (crobicheaux@brittcam.com).

Spiritual Preparation for Death! A Day of Recollection to help Catholics prepare spiritually

for “Going home to God” will be held on Saturday, No-

vember 1, 2014 at Our Lady of Sorrows Retreat Center,

103 Railroad Avenue, St. Martinville. Participants will hear a young person’s perspective on preparing for death as well

as from someone terminally ill. There will be time for re-

flection on the beautiful grounds, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and opportunities for Confession. The talks

begin at 9am and the day ends with benediction at

3pm. Mass will be held at 12 noon. There is no cost and no registration is necessary. Please bring a brown bag

lunch. For more information call Fr. Champagne at (337)

394-6550.

Healing Hearts “Healing Hearts” is a new Support Group for women

whose relationships have been affected by pornography or sexual addiction of a loved one. Meetings are held in the

evening during the week for 1 hour and 30 minutes, in

Lafayette. This is a highly confidential group. Confidenti-

ality statement must be signed by all members before the place and time of meeting will be disclosed. Please call

337-404-6113 Voicemail and the group facilitator will re-

turn your call as soon as possible.

Food for the Journey Seminary Burse

In celebration of the 10-year Anniversary of “Food for the Journey” and with great gratitude, the Central Region of

the Diocese of Lafayette has created a “Food for the Jour-

ney Seminary Burse” through the Office of Vocations and

Seminarians. Donations for seminary burses are placed in a trust fund, with interest used to pay for the education of

men preparing for the priesthood. To contribute, please

make check payable to “Diocese of Lafayette” (with nota-tion “Food for the Journey Seminary Burse”) and mail to

Office of Vocations, Diocese of Lafayette, 1408 Carmel

Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501. For more information, please call Mary Bergeron (654-8682).

Into the Wild! Men, do you want to experience God in a profoundly

masculine way? Want to keep a young man’s interests

engaged for four full days? Consider then The King’s

Men’s dynamic Into the Wild outdoor experiential re-treat coming to Chicot State Park November 13-16,

2014. The weekend includes Eucharistic Adoration,

daily Mass & rosary, orienteering, archery, fishing, hiking, brotherhood, bonfires & much more! Visit

www.intothewildweekend.com to learn more and regis-

ter for the retreat. For info. please contact Mark at mark@thekingsmen.org or call 267-980-5507.

Immaculee Ilibagiza – “The Depth of Mary’s Love”

Save the Dates!!! Come celebrate the Feast of Our La-dy of Kibeho with Immaculee on Friday, November

28, at 5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic

Church, 2319 Johnston Street, Lafayette. Also, please join us and register for Immaculee’s powerful one-day

retreat entitled “The Depth of Mary’s Love” on Satur-

day, November 29, also at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. For complete details on these events or to reg-

ister for the retreat, please visit www.immaculee.com.

For additional information, please contact Cathy

McLaughlin (Registration Contact) at cwmc27@gmail.com or 215-498-1700 or Renee

Helmer (Local Contact) at renee4immaculee@aol.com

or 337-278-9257.

Bishop’s Services Appeal

Today is Commitment Sunday. Your generous pledges to the Bishop's Services Appeal will be placed in the

service of Jesus Christ. The BSA is the most effective

and efficient way to meeting the needs of the multi-tudes. Our parish goal for this year is to unite as a par-

ish and have every family and individual participate to

the very best of their ability, in recognition and in

thanksgiving for God's many blessings. All registered parishioners should have received a special letter from

Bishop Jarrell requesting a personal commitment and a

pledge. If you have already responded in the spirit of stewardship and discipleship, fervent thanks and bless-

ings are yours. If not, please do so, by using a pledge

envelope found here in church or by giving online @ www.diolaf.org/bsdaonline or by calling 337/261-5641.

Thank you and may God bless you abundantly. Know

that God will indeed bless and reward your generosity

and concern for others. Glorify the Lord by Our Lives.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE PAST WEEK

Our Response to God’s Generosity to Us Offertory……………………..$ 4,976.35 Thank You!

Date

Saturday, October 25

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 26

8:30 a.m.

Sunday, October 26

10:00 a.m.

Lectors

Kathy Kalweit Kenneth Phillips Karen Begnaud

Eucharistic

Ministers

Candis Thompson

Janell Venable

Rosalind Allen

Geneva Phillips

Maggie Sonnier

Sarah Hamsher

Kenneth Broussard

Madeline Simon

Janeth Harrington

Altar Servers Merrick Stelly Fred Vallot Nicholas Begnaud

Ushers George Guidry

Joyce Stelly

Keith Toups

Rachelle Trahan

Jenny Feehan

Lionel Jeanmard

Liturgical Roles for October

Readings for the Week

Monday Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21

Tuesday Eph 2:12-22; Ps 85:9ab-14; Lk 12:35-38

Wednesday Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48

Thursday Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53

Friday Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59

Saturday Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9

Sunday Ex 22:20-26; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; 1 Thes 1:5c-10; Mt 22:34-40

From the Pastor’s Desk

Someone once said that “In the year 10,000 A.D., they will be speaking of us as the “early church’”. We feel like we have been waiting and longing for the Second Coming of Christ for, well, forever. But since ‘no knows the day or the hour’, as Jesus himself said, that end of the world as we know it may come tomorrow, or ten thou-sand years from now.

The people we call the early Church at Thessalonika to whom St. Paul wrote, had some difficulty with this. Many were expecting an immediate return of Christ, and when some of their members began to die before that Second Coming, they were disillusioned. In both his letters to the Thessalonians, St. Paul deals with this delayed Coming of Christ, strengthening their hope, and challenging them to let go of their idea of when that would hap-pen. He even gave them an image of being “caught up in the air” with Christ at that glorious return.

So, when will Christ come again? Many though the ages have tried to answer that question, with some delving into the Book of Revelation and trying (unsuccessfully) to apply the admittedly strange imagery of that book to current events, a clear misuse of the Scriptures. In this way, they hope to determine the identity of the Anti-Christ (often the Catholic Church), the ‘number of the beast’ (beware of barcodes!) and the date of the Sec-ond Coming. To do so is to ignore the words of Christ himself: No one knows.

These long-awaited events at the end of time have gotten much attention in recent decades through the popular “Left Behind” series of books. Now, there is another movie, out in theaters now, which seeks to promote these beliefs. The problem is that while the movie is based on the books, the books are not true!

The books and movie center around the concept of the “Rapture”. Christ will come again, and suddenly raise up those who are ‘saved’ into heaven. (Bumper sticker: ‘In the event of Rapture, this car will be driverless’.) Everyone else will be “left behind”. There will then be a period of tribulation — war, pestilence, the Antichrist, etc. — after which Christ will come again, again. In this theory, Christ comes again twice.

This idea of the ’Rapture’ and being ‘Left Behind’ was invented by John Nelson Darby in England in 1827, and popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the popular Scofield Reference Bible. While be-lieved by many, it is false theology. Nobody is being ‘left behind’, though all will be judged. Jesus is coming again, but once, not twice. No one knows when, no matter what happens in Israel or Russia. Feel free to see the movie, but just remember it’s fiction. It’s entertainment, not a proclamation of the Gospel.