SAVE THE DATE:Friday, September 17
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church will be designated as an Access Parish for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston at a 7:30 p.m. Mass-Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Presider. We will have a Reception following Mass.
Everyone is invited to attend the celebration!
Ministry with Persons with Disabilities
Office of Continuing Christian Education
MINISTRY OF CARE
During a time of falling health when the need to connect with the faith is at its greatest, people may be too ill to come to Church and receive Holy Communion. Ministers of Care, help individuals nurture their spiritual lives when their physical well being is compromised and their connection with their Catholic community is important.
Volunteers are needed to help support this mission of St. Paul’s. If you are interested in joining this important ministry, please contact Deacon Jim Lockwood at 281 381 1081. There will be a meeting on Wednesday, September 01, Room 10 to outline our mission and goals. Your presence would be appreciation. All Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who currently visit the nursing homes are encouraged to attend.
Re-live the excitement of the most groovy decade with hit songs of the 1960’s. Enjoy the memories of California Surfin’, the fabulous Girl Groups, and the Age of Aquarius. Tickets on sale after all Masses beginning August 21st.
BACK TO THE 60’s Dinner Show, September 10-11th
Oh God hear my prayer, let my cry come unto you. Bless our Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston with many priestly and religious vocations. Give the men and women you call the light to understand your gift and the love to follow always in the footsteps of your priestly son. Amen
LITURGY is a word that comes from the Greek meaning “the work of the people.” What makes our liturgy a “shared” work? We sing; we sit in silence; we listen and speak; we stand, embrace, eat, and drink. In all these actions (including formalized or ritualized communication) we speak to one another and to God with our bodies and our voices, and we “listen” not just with our hearing but with all our senses. The real communication of the liturgy is the moments that it offers us for being still in open and loving relationship with God and one another. Liturgy is not something we do for God. It is our opportunity to touch and enlarge our experience of God, to be with God, to hear God, to know God. When it works, it changes who we are and how we live.
"Eucharistic Adoration prolongs and intensifies what takes place during the liturgical celebration of the Mass" (Pope Benedict XVI, Sacramentum Caritatis 66). How powerful then is prayer in front of the Most Blessed Sacrament? Find out for yourself. Schedule a weekly hour and receive the freely flowing graces showered upon the guardians of the Holy Eucharist. Especially needed are adorers for the open hours of 9 AM Friday, 1 PM Monday, 3 PM Friday (but all hours are available). Call Malina Wojtkowski at 281.532.2567 for information.
Q & AWhat does it mean when we say we are reading Cycle “C” this year?
Since Vatican II, the Church is on a three year reading cycle for the Sunday readings. Year or Cycle “A”, “B”, or “C”. In year “A” we focus mainly on the gospel of Matthew. In year “B” we focus mainly on the gospel of Mark and in year “C” we focus mainly on the gospel of Luke.
O God, Master of this passing world, Hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order
And returned to its former tranquility. You are still the Master of land and sea.
We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: The Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant,
can awake from its seeming calm, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster.
During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving God. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid And whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with the passing of time.
O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a storm less eternity awaits us. Amen.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO STAY….
Christ is the head of a family who graciously invites us, his followers today, to share a pleasant meal with him.
We request that all our Faithful return to their seats after receiving the Holy Eucharist for silent reflection and thanksgiving. The celebration of Mass is not complete until the Celebrant has left the worship area. Thank you for joining us as we respectfully conclude the Mass together.
PASTORAL CARE
If any parishioner or family member is in need of a pastoral care visit and Holy Communion, please call Deacon Jim Lockwood 281-381-1081. Today’s privacy laws do not permit hospitals or nursing homes to contact Churches when a patient is in need of a pastoral visit, as they have done so in the past. We are only made aware, when the parishioner, family or friend contact us directly. Thank you
