I’m back! I had a great time visiting my family in Boston. I want to thank Father Pete Logsdon, CSC, for filling in for me. I hope you all enjoyed his visit.
Every year we plan our Parish Picnic as close to the Feast of St. Augustine as possible. Plan ahead and mark your calendar for Sunday, August 25, 2019 at the Berta Pavilion in St. Patrick’s Park from 12:30 – 6 PM.
Lectors and Extraordinary Holy Communion Ministers, please remember to pick up our lists for July – December.
In our first reading today, we have Abraham bargaining with God over his cousin Lot and his family. Abraham saves his cousin’s life. It could be said he did it through prayer.
The Gospel is all about prayer. First there is the Our Father. Then Jesus says: “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened, How much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
The Church celebrates two popular saints this week, Saint Martha and then St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Let us continue to pray for peace in the world. Let us also pray for vocations to the church. Let us pray for the sick of the parish. Let us pray that all will come to respect life. Let us pray for one another and for the canonization of Father Tolton. Let us also pray for those who are victims of sexual abuse and mass shootings.
A Father Tolton Prayer:Father in Heaven, Father Tolton’s suffering service sheds light upon our sorrows; we see them through the prism of your Son’s passion and death. If it be your Will, O God, glorify your servant Father Tolton, by granting the favor I now request through his intercession (mention your request) so that all may know the goodness of this priest whose memory looms large in the Church he loved. Complete what you have begun in us that we might work for the fulfillment of your kingdom. Not to us the glory, but glory to you O God, through Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are our God, living and reigning forever and ever. Amen.
Good News
It was announced in the Vatican that Pope Francis accepted - the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Augustine Tolton, Diocesan Priest; born in Brush Creek (United States of America) on April 1, 1854 and died in Chicago (United States of America) on July 9, 1897. This means that Father Tolton now can be called Venerable. The next step is Beatification. For this a miracle approved by the Vatican is needed. So, keep those prayers coming!