May 8, 2011 - St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

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Page 6Parish MinistriesTHE NEXT MONTHLYMEMORIAL MASSwill be Saturday, May 21st@ the 5:15pm Mass.At this Mass a list of names will beread out loud and a candle will belit in memory of those who havepassed away a year ago in April &May 2010, here at St. Anthony’sChurch. We invite members of thefamilies to come up after Massto take the candle home as amemorial to your loved one. If youhave any questions please call theOffice of Ministry at: 439-0124,ext. 105. God bless...Join us for Taizé Evening PrayerMonday, May 23, 2011At St. Anthony of Padua Churchfrom 7:30pm-8:30pm in the MainChurch. Taizé Prayer is an hourlongmeditative candle-lit servicethat centers around music, prayer,and silence, to quiet the mind, openthe heart and feed the soul…a timeof quiet and solitude in the presenceof God. A few words sung over andover again reinforce the meditativequality of prayer.“Who except God can give youpeace? Has the world ever been ableto satisfy the heart?”~ St. Gerard MajellaFor questions, please contact the Officeof Ministries at: 439-0124, 105.OUR LADY FATIMA ROSARY & MASSTuesday, May 10th@ St. Anthony of Padua ChurchCome join us on Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30pmto pray the Rosary followed by Mass at 7pm in theChurch. Come pray for the conversion of sinners and for peacein the world! If you have any questions, please call Filomena at 447-5038.Women’s Bible Study—Thursday Mornings @ 10:00am –11:30amWhere: Room #21—Childcare provided in Room #24Study: Discovering the God We Call Father: “A Catholic Bible Study on TheLord’s Prayer” If you have any questions please call the Office of Ministries at:439-0124, ext. 105.St. Anthony’s Support Group-Divorced & SeparatedThis group meets every Thursday at 6:30pm-8:00pm in the ParishOffice Library Upstairs. We welcome newcomers from all Parishes.For questions, call the Office of Ministries at: 439-0124, ext.112.Save the Date! Feast of St. Anthony, Monday, June 13thOnce again we will gather as a Parish Community tocelebrate the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, our PatronSaint. The celebration will begin with Mass at 5:30pmfollowed by a Procession to the St. Anthony School grounds, with a‘Free Dinner'. If you would like to VOLUNTEER and help out in:Setting up tables, servers, clean-up, etc...pleasecontact the Office of Ministries at 439-0124 ext. 105.THANK YOU and we hope to see you there!!ST. ANN’S BRIDGE CLUBCome join us for fellowshipand fun Monday, May 9th,at 12:00 noon in the ConferenceRoom. For reservations call RoseMarie at: 439-2601 or Ann at:439-1649. New comers are alwayswelcomed!ST. ANTHONY FOOD DRIVEMAY 21 & 22 WEEKEND!Catholic Charities is truly in greatneed of food at this time. If youcould help they need, nonperishablefood items such as:peanut butter, tuna, cannedvegetables, tomato sauce, beans,rice, cereal, etc. Monetarydonations are greatly appreciated;please send checks to:Catholic Charities149 N. Fulton StreetFresno, CA 93701For questions contact: Rick & KathyMartinez at: 431-3398.As always we thank you in advance foryour generosity!“Lord, help me to make time today to serve you inthose who are most in need of encouragement orassistance.” ~St. Vincent de PaulLEGION OF MARY This group meetsevery Tuesday from 5pm-6 pm, in theBoard Room. Help us to keep bringingJesus & Mary to our neighborhood.For more information please contact theOffice of Ministries at: 439-0124, ext. 112.CENACLES oF LIFEMeets every Wednesday, at6:00pm in the Parish OfficeLibrary. If you have anyquestions please contact Sr. Rosa inOffice Ministries: 439-0124, ext. 112.Tuesday Night Bible Study!May 3rd thru May 24thTuesday evenings from 7:00pm -8:30pmin Room #21. After this we will be on asummer respite until October. Thankyou in advance for your dedication....
Third Sunday of Easter Page 7For the Ride HomeThird Sunday of EasterMay 8, 2011Scripture• God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. (Acts 2:32)• You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence,(Psalm 16:11)• realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct … so thatyour faith and hope are in God. (1 Peter 1:18,21)• Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the wayand opened the Scriptures to us. (Luke 24:32)Reflection• How does the Jesus rising change the disciples traveling to Emmaus?• What grace from Christ’s rising has changed your direction?• What would you do to take your life closer to God through encounteringthe risen Christ?Many men in the past have been loved with extreme intensity –Socrates by his disciples, Julius Caesar by his legionnaires, Napoleon by hissoldiers. But today these men belong irrevocably to the past; not a heartbeats at their memory. There is no one who would give their life or eventheir possessions for them even though their ideals are still beingadvocated. And when their ideals are opposed, no one ever thinks ofcursing Socrates or Julius Caesar or Napoleon, because their personalitiesno longer have any influence; they are bygones. But not Jesus; Jesus is stillloved and still cursed; men still renounce their possessions and even theirlives both for love of him and out of hatred for him. No living being is asalive as Jesus.Ricciotti, Giuseppe, Christian Readings, edited by John E. Rotelle, Catholic BookPublishing; New York, 1973, p. 33.May is the month for Mother’s Day. It is also the month for ourBlessed Mother Mary. We encourage you to take some time to honoryour mother as Jesus honored his mother.Devotion to MaryThe people of God through the ages have shown Mary veneration andlove. They have called upon her in prayer and they imitate her. All theseways of praising Mary draw us closer to Christ. When Mary is honored, herSon is dully acknowledged, loved and glorified, and his commandments areobserved. To venerate Mary correctly means to acknowledge her Son, for sheis the Mother of God. To love her means to love Jesus, for she is always theMother of Jesus.To pray to Our Lady means not to substitute her for Christ, but toglorify her Son who desires us to have loving confidence in his saints,especially in his Mother.(Catholic Update, 1992 St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1615 Republic St., Cincinnati, OH 45210)Blessed Mary, mother of our divine Savior.I seek to emulate your loving kindness in every way.Please bless me and my children,and keep us always mindfulOf the great gifts motherhood can bring.Amen!EYES WIDE OPENOnly Saint Luke tells the story of twodisciples walking to Emmaus, and it isfull of puzzling gaps. While all the otherdisciples and Jesus’ mother were inJerusalem trying to understand theamazing fact of the Resurrection, whywere these two hurrying out of town?Only one is named—Cleopas. Who wasthe other? A friend, a brother, a cousinor, perhaps, Cleopas’ wife? The twowere going over the terrible events inJerusalem during the previous dayswhen they were joined by a strangerwho asked what they were talkingabout. He listened intently to theirstory, and then explained what hadhappened to Jesus in the larger contextof the Jewish scriptures. But these twowere too blinded by grief to realize whothe stranger was. When they reachedthe village it was late, so theypersuaded him to come into the house,which we may guess was either thiscouple’s home or a relative’s. Theculmination of the story occurs whenthey sit down for a meal and Jesusbreaks bread and gives thanks, at whichmoment “their eyes were opened” andthey knew their guest was the Lord(Luke 24:31). It was not just that theyopened their eyes, but they wereawakened to a whole new reality.Perhaps that is just the point. God’sgrace falls on us in the midst of dinneror as we hurry down the road, trying toget away. God’s grace falls on us smackdab in the everyday, ordinary moments,in the plain and simple struggles tounderstand, through conversations inthe checkout line, at the bedside of asick relative, during phone calls anddriving the car to pick up or deposit thekids. The Emmaus story says that Godis alive, right now, in every moment.Wake up and see!Copyright © 2010, World Library Publications. Allrights reserved.
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